miscellaneous bin

1. We received our one day of winter here in Dallas Tuesday night. It left an inch of ice on our back patio and one ticked off pug. After falling on his hiney one too many times he's on strike. I told him just to blame it on the economy.

2. Steve Martin is hosting SNL this week. Nuff said.

3. I'm very excited for this Sunday for two reasons. One: the game is on and it's the one day of the year where Tivo can take the day off and not be forced to fast forward through commericals. Two: the Puppy Bowl!! You can always count on one dog to pass out of pure puppy exhaustion during the game and then you have the Kitty Halftime show which really makes it. It's entertainment at it's finest and promotes pet adoption...so even better. Of course we will be cheering for this little guy.


Y'all know I'm so going to want another after watching this.

4. I'm organzing my office this afternoon. It's not going so well or going for that matter.

5. Boy brought back pug a gift from his recent business trip to Kansas that included a game.


Rock-Chalk-Pug Hawk KU
(that's Kansas University, not Kentucky University...quickest way to insult a Jayhawk fan).

What are you up to this weekend?

for the love of paper towels

So every fall the great state of Texas has their BIG state fair. It's a huge deal around here as most schools get a day off to attend, there is a humongous cowboy named Tex as the mascot (shocking a cowboy) and more fried food than Ms. Deen could wrap her head around. Oh, the fun. For boy he has lots of great family memories at the fair, so each time it rolls around he gets very excited. I'll have Texan's spitting at me for saying this, but honestly I'll make it through the year if I miss the fair. That probably comes from the fact that I've only been saying y'all for 14 years now and needed some explanation about how one goes about deep frying an oreo.

It's an art.

But I respect the fair and love to share that with my husband. This past year the family had picked a day to head to the fair and this girl had a prior commitment. Oh no! I sent boy lovingly on his way though instructing him to eat a turkey leg for me (gag).

And so later that day boy returns full of fair fun revealing his official fair find as a gift to me.


Oh yes that would be a shamwow.

Did I mention that the fair also holds tons of booths filled with sales people and their junk galore?

Oh yes ma'am they do.

And did I mention that boy also cannot say no to sales folks?

Oh yes ma'am his heart of gold will not allow it.

But I must add that boy wasn't regretting this investment seeing as how and I quote him "you will never have to purchase paper towels again".

me: "No, that's dumb I'm not going to live off 2 shamwows. I love my Bounty. They make me feel clean and sane."

boy: "But the guy demonstrated how easily they mop up spills from the carpet. Paper towels can't do that"

me: "Yes, yes they can". Why do these smell like mildew?"

And so dear friends those shamwows sat waiting for the BIG spill and could do their thing. They waited 4 long months when boy spilled a Sprite on the carpet and as I rushed to grab a towel he quickly remembered the shamwows. I was hoping he forgot. And wouldn't you know as we watched waiting for it to suck up the spill, all the moisture in the air and leave that carpet as dry as can be...nada.

And then I heard those 3 magical words.

"You were right".

It was a good day.

episode four

On tonight's episode of the The Bold and the Bachelor...whoa friends this was almost too much with a soap opera in a soap opera.

I'm going to jump past a good part of the first hour since a majority of it was some of the worst acting I've seen since Saved by the Bell: The College Years and Jason making out. It was a bit much. Let's instead do a list with my favorite scenes.

1. The "wrap party" that turned into a pity party.
2. I'm afraid Shannon did not get the memo before going on the Bachelor that said...Rule #1 "Picking your nose will not get you a rose". There is no napkin exception to that rule either.
3. Hey Lauren the crazy cab called they're here to pick you up. Was anyone else shocked at just how mean she got this episode?
4. If you don't want a rose, be sure you wear a ruffled flapper dress. I noticed Megan, Lauren and Shannon were all sporting this style.
5. Shannon's goodbye interview. I was really shocked at how well she left. She showed a lot of class, but then she said something about her electric toothbrush and I thought I know this cannot be good and then she completed that sentence with french kissing her dog and I nearly busted my head falling of my sofa laughing so hard. Could be the funniest Bachelor line ever!

And then the ceremony. No shock that he was eliminating 3. Oh, let me back up and chat Nikki leaving. I'll be honest here and say that for a few minutes I thought that Stephanie would be the one leaving. I do hope that if Jason has any doubt that Stephanie is not the one that he will let her go and not keep her from Sophia any longer than she has too. But back to the ceremony, I was not surprised at all with his choices. I feel like Jason is really left with 5 great girls and I cannot wait to see next week's! Looks like something big goes down!

So do spill your thoughts.

bloggy giveaways-sonic gift card

CONTEST CLOSED!!

Using random.org we have a winner!! Congratulations Janna!

Thanks everyone for playing!!

It's the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival again! This is so much fun!

This prize is a $10 Sonic Gift Card. I have to admit I'm a very frequent visitor of our Sonic for their Route 44 Dr. Peppers! They have the best ice and if you go between 2-4 pm they're half off. You can't beat that!


Here are the rules:
~ Please leave a comment (If you do not have a blog, please include an e-mail address).
~ Only 1 comment per person per day (yep, you can come back each day and enter if you like)
~ Contest will end Friday, January 30th at 8 pm (CST) Winner announced by Saturday, January 31st.
~ Open to U.S. residents only

That's it...good luck!

bloggy giveaways-hobby lobby gift card

CONTEST CLOSED!!

Using random.org we have a winner. Congratulations Torinem!

Thanks everyone for playing!

It's the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival again! This is so much fun!

This prize is a $10 Hobby Lobby Gift Card. I love everything Hobby Lobby. They have great sales and some great home decor pieces. Oh, and where else can you go to fully decorate your house for Christmas in August if you feel like it? So, I hope the winner can put it to use.


Here are the rules:
~ Please leave a comment (If you do not have a blog, please include an e-mail address).
~ Only 1 comment per person per day (yep, you can come back each day and enter if you like)
~ Contest will end Friday, January 30th at 8 pm (CST) Winner announced by Saturday, January 31st.
~ Open to U.S. residents only

That's it...good luck!

procrastination

I was going to tackle cleaning out our closet.

Instead poladroid entertained me.

Procrastination is wonderful isn't it?

how about some randomness

1. "Lost" starts tonight. I am very excited. We always thought that show looks so stupid and then after someone convinced us to rent it we got hooked after the first episode. So go rent it if you haven't seen it yet.

2. There was a large box of tampons in my yard today when I woke up. I'm not going to lie it makes me very uncomfortable to be typing the word tampon on my blog despite the fact that I'm a girl. But, yes there it was with some of the neighbors other trash that had floated to our yard. Just like some big piece of yard art. I was tempted to take a picture for you, but lets face it that could raise some concern with the homeowner's association. People might start to wonder about the girl in her pj's taking pictures of tampon boxes in her yard...oh and my hair was an awful sight as well. Thankfully, I quickly removed it and fixed my hair to eliminate any further embarrassment.

3. It's 72 today and my windows are open. Oh how I love when we get little bits of spring in January.

4. Thank you all so much for your sweet comments on this blog post. I have to admit that I get those waves of anxiety about it. I know there are worst things and I am very blessed to be facing such a minor obstacle. I was talking to a very wise and sweet friend of mine. I have never heard this phrase used like this before but she told me to "take the lazy way out". She said just hand it all over to God. I have done absolutely everything I can and the rest is not up to me so I'm passing it on to Him. Oh friends what a huge relief that simple advice has been. God's plan is so much better than my own. So, I'm being lazy and it feels great. Won't you join me today?