Work Perk Weekend

This weekend, my work hosted a Sales Conference and we flew in our sales reps from around the country and put them through all kinds of boring workshops, but most importantly.....wined and dined them. I was obligated to be there the entire weekend, which was boring and tedious but also fun and 100% free. (Plus Mike and I got to stay in a hotel downtown for FREE). On Friday night, we went to a steakhouse here in town and rented out one of their rooms and ate and then had a casino night. Let me just say, Mike and I have never ever gambled. Which means, when you talk about poker, black jack, craps, etc.....I have no idea what you are talking about! So Mike and I parked it at the black jack table, learned the ins and outs and stayed there for 3 hours playing! Its all luck, but Mike did well.....I did not as well. It was fake money we were playing with and whoever had the most money at the end was awarded prizes. Top three women, and top three men. Lucky for me, there were only 4 women there so I had great chances. Mike was up against at least 30 men, so at the end we just pooled our money and I took 2nd place! I got Clinique product, a purse and $100 gift card to Macy's.

Saturday night we all went to a Thunder game, they got two suites and fed us dinner. We had a great time there too. And the Thunder actually won, so that always makes for a better game. I bet you didn't know that before the game starts, even before the national anthem, there is a prayer. Yes, a prayer. And to make it even more interesting for Mike and I, the guy who said the prayer was reading his previously written prayer off of his iPhone. Oh dear. And people think Mormons are weird.

We went and bought our Elton John and Billy Joel tickets!! I am so excited. The concert is February 25...so we are just celebrating Valentines Day then. This is like my dream come true concert, so I am so thankful to Mike for putting up for my music tastes.

My sisters baby shower was last Thursday. I am so bummed that I couldn't be there. And I can't believe that I am going to miss this adorable baby boy finally gracing us with his presence. But good luck to the parents! I am so excited for you! February 1st is not too far away!

Boredom Blog

I have been such a blah person lately. My job has been so time consuming. I have been working later hours just to try to get stuff done, and then I add in my commute time....an extra hour and a half a day, and I pretty much lose all time at home with Mike. I get home, eat something for dinner....often a bowl of cereal, because Mike has already eaten dinner, because I don't get home in time to cook....but even if I did get home in time to cook, I probably wouldn't because I don't have the energy or mental capacity to even think of something to make. Then I usually plop down in front of the stupid TV because I have no desire to workout, or clean, or do pretty much anything. I haven't done a load of laundry in weeks, because Mike has pretty much taken over that whole chore. Then I take a shower and am usually in bed by 10:00 because I am wiped. I have no ambition lately. I just don't want to do anything.....ever. Then again, what is there to do? If I had all day every day to do whatever I wanted, just liked I did before the dreadful day of November 4, 2009 when I got a job, what would I even do? Well for one, my house would be clean. I could be a better wife. I could actually workout again. But really, that's about it. Hobbies are expensive. And so is law school tuition. So for now, I continue working to keep the student loans at a minimum. But the student loans cannot go to support my desire of redecorating my house, making healthy gourmet meals, or replacing my wardrobe. So I continue to read the books that I borrowed from my mom, and then utilize both my library card and my digital cable that I am still convinced is severely overpriced. Being bored is awful. But having no money to pay bills is worse. So I suck it up, at least on the outside. Sadly, Michael gets the brunt of whats on the inside. So to my dear husband, I am sorry for the lack of wife that I am. Just call me the breadwinner.....I cannot wait for the day when I can no longer say that.

My Love For Hobby Lobby

I love you Hobby Lobby.

I went today and finally got myself a Nativity.

Regular Price: $100.00

The awesome price I paid: $20.00

Gotta love 80% off.

It is pewter (or at least looks like pewter).

And absolutely beatiful.

Only about 300 more days until I can put it out.

New Year Thoughts

I miss Christmas.

I took down all my Christmas decorations today.

It was sad.

Airplanes really smell bad.

I forget that small detail and then I get on a plane.

And they make my stomach hurt.

Costco pizza is the best pizza I have ever tasted.

I made my first batch of homemade ice cream in my new kitchenaid attachment ice cream maker.

SUCCESS!

I love my husband. He is constantly making me smile.

Our gas bill more than doubled.

Some new way of pricing the gas that you use.

I hate you Oklahoma Natural Gas.

I finally got a firewire cord.

I can now convert my camcorder videos into DVD's.

This is exciting.

The Da Vinci Code and Pearl Harbor have the best movie music ever.

Seeing Avatar kind of made me want to be a Navi.

Winter is cold and awful.

People in Oklahoma have no idea how to drive in snow.

A little kid in the Walmart parking waved to me.

It was like he knew me. He was so excited to see me. I love kids.

I am so happy 2009 is over. What a dumb year.

2010 is gonna be my year. I am gonna make it that way.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I'll Be Home for Christmas....

Mike and I went to Utah for Christmas! It was a whole lot of fun hanging out with our families and leaving all our cares here in Oklahoma! Here are some pics to sum up our stay!

Singing Christmas Carols

Playing Games

Building Gingerbread Houses

New Blanket from Grandma

Christmas Morning and our new GPS

We hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas because we sure did. Thanks to all our family and friends who made it really special!

Let it Snow

We are in Utah, and right now, as I type this, it is snowing outside. And it is absolutely beautiful. Snow is one of those things that you don't know how wonderful it is until you never have it anymore....like in Oklahoma.

Let it Snow!!

Bus Stop Forecast

I went outside today without a coat on

AND I DIDN'T GET COLD!

I love Oklahoma weather sometimes.

Matching Shoes

I may be the biggest dork ever, but it just so happens that I don't really care. I did a little Christmas shopping yesterday, and came across a pair of mens shoes on clearance that I wanted. So I bought them. Merry Christmas to me....from me. Then I came home and showed Mike and pretty much begged him to let us go back and buy him a pair so that we could have matching shoes. He gave in....fairly easily. So now Mike and I have matching shoes. And it really makes me so excited! I feel like a 3 year old, I really don't want to ever take them off. I love having the same shoes as Mike. We are like twinners!And don't worry, in normal every day wearing circumstances, I wouldn't let Mike wear his black church socks with them. And I am hoping he would never want to.

Dear Utah, I miss you but don't worry, I will be there in

days! Please provide us with good flying weather so that we can get there on time.

Love, Me

Thunder Game

My work has season tickets to the Oklahoma Thunder and this past Friday, I got the tickets! They played the Boston Celtics, so needless to say, we lost pretty bad. But we still had a great time and our seats were pretty decent!

The parking garage that we parked in downtown for the game, gave every car the chance to get their money back for parking by giving the chance to shoot a free throw. If you make the shot, you get 5 dollars cash. Yes, Mike is just that amazing. He definitely made the shot. I am so proud. Here is his proud and crisp 5 dollar bill.

I have to admit though, my favorite part of the night was going home to my new KitchenAid Mixer that my parents got us for Christmas! We got it on our porch that day and I couldn't have been more excited! I just hugged the box and kept whispering I love you to it. And of course, I was up early the next morning putting it to use by making some chocolate chip cookies.

I am counting down the days until we get to go home for Christmas. Its a double whammy for both Mike and I. We get to see our families and I don't have to go to work and he doesn't have to go to school!

Only

13

days to go!

Thanksgiving in Houston

Mike and I were lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving in Houston with Mike's brothers family! We spent a relaxing few days just hanging out with family and playing with our cute niece and nephew! We did some Black Friday shopping, ate some amazing Costco pizza, and went to Kemah...which is a town right on the coast. They have a pier with rides, games and restaurants. We ate at an aquarium restaurant, which the kids loved. We are so grateful to have family still so close to us here in Oklahoma! While we were there, our car got hit while parked in front of Mike's brothers house. Dumb guy just didn't pay attention while pulling out of his driveway. So now, our car is in the shop....being fixed after being hit for the 6th time. Next time it gets hit, I am getting rid of it. It has a hex on it or something.