Weekend Warrior

Good and bad weekend :( :) I had to work all day Saturday while friends got a free ride around the lake, buuut I got to go to Esther's Follies on Saturday and see Jersey Boys in San Antonio Sunday. Overall the good outweighed the bad, but still. Work on a weekend should be illegal! I can't complain because I get summers off aaand I got paid for working Saturday. It's not like it's a lot, but still. Oh well!

This week should be a breeze (fingers crossed). I have drinks with Caitlin tonight, nothing tomorrow, Steve's game Wednesday, Vanessa grad dinner and Ags vs OSU game Thursday night, then SA this weekend! Mom and I are heading to Fredericksburg on Saturday to meet up with some other Austinites and check out Oktoberfest. I've never been before, so I hope we both like it! Plus I'm excited that my mom will get to meet some of the Austin crew. Alison if you're reading this- she's very sad she isn't meeting you!

Back to work, trying to get a ton done this week so next week is a breeze for ACL! So close :)

Cheers!
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Sleepy Girl

Last night I went to kickball (lost...sad) and then went to the Dave Barnes concert at Stubbs! It was a suuuuper late show, but I got some good quality hang out time with Steve, so it was all good with me :) We got downtown around 9, grabbed some pizza and a drink at Stubbs, then waited for Dave to come on at 11! What was really cool is that he AND the "opener", Andrew Ripp, came on at the same time. Mostly Dave playerd, but Andrew played a couple songs in the middle of the set. This was my 7th Dave Barnes concert (3 times at Stubbs, 1 time at La Zona Rosa, 1 time Island Party in BCS, 1 time in NYC at Bowry Ballroom, ...and I can't remember if it was Dallas or Houston I saw him a while ago.) Anyway, it was super good because I LOVE his new CD! My absolute favorite song is this song "God Gave Me You" that Steve loves too. He got a huge grin when he played this last night. So cute! Steve bought me a "i heart dave barnes" shirt too. What a man- letting his woman "heart" another man! Hahaha. Always a funny concert- love love Dave's humor. I wish he played in Texas once a month, I would totally go each time! Except if he played at 11-1 everytime- eek I'm sleepy today. I reeeeally want to go to Houston Saturday and see him with Amy again. Too stalker-y?

Sooo I read on an Austin blog that Ryan Reynolds was in down at the Drafthouse last night promoting a movie. Holy crap how did I not know about this!? I'm not a huge stalker of celebrities but I would have camped out for that one! Just look at him...he's so pretty....:) These are pictures from last night's premier of "Buried" .

ok it won't let me upload anymore. sad. anywho. he's beaaaaauuuuutiful.

In other news- we signed up for another season of bowling! I think our team is going to be "Thunderwear" since we always have a Thunder theme going...I like that name a lot :) That's my vote at least. It will be me, Steve, Bob, Jeff and Rebecca. I hope I don't bring the team down! eek. We will practice this weekend!

Happy Friday y'all!! ;)

Look at me posting two days in a row!

I don't have to write a novel every time, I just have to remind myself of that!

Yesterday Bruno Mars was on the Bobby Bones Show and I cannot get over how perfect and amazing his voice is! There was a link to his  cover medley of songs including Proud Mary,  Eye of the Tiger, and The Way You Make me Feel! Then here is his hit of  Just the Way You Are ... so good! I am getting a liiiiittle sick of them playing that song every hour on the hour, and then some, but his voice is p-e-r-f-e-c-t. So what if he had a little cocaine run in, in Vegas. It was "his first time", right?

Steve and I are going to see Jersey Boys in San Antonio on Saturday night! So excited!

 Now to decide what we should be for Halloween....I have a feeling there will be LOTS of Jersey Shore people. I might just do nerd again because that was easy and I still have the stuff for it! Last night our friend Marcus turned 27 and for that, we celebrated at ZTejas! Yum! Tonight we have Steve's bball game and I have to decide between Polvos with the girls, or Taco Bell...I know, I know this should be a no brainer. However, I told Steven almost a year ago that I would eat Taco Bell for the first time in my liiiiife on his birthday. Ugh. Buuuut something I DO know is- Modern Family is new tonight! Yay! Can't wait.

Happy Hump Day!

help!

does anyone know how to get the huge white space around my posts to go away? i want it to be all orange! i am horrible at this stufff....

Hi. It's been a while.

So with all the reading of blogs I got into again (school starting, I need a break from lesson planning) I thought I would update my own! Not that anyone reads this, but there is something very therapeutic to typing out all of your thoughts. Hmmm. Anywho- it's a new school year and lots has happened since last February!

Let's see...

On Valentine's, I ran my first half-marathon! It was tought but sooo rewarding. Speaking of, I need to man up and get new shoes and start training again. I got a stress fracture so that kind of scared me away. However, everyone has reassured me that it's the shoes, so I shall go shell out a billion dollars (motivation to run now?) for new running shoes. Boo. Any suggestions? 

I went to the Taylor Swift concert with Paige! So fun and I am such a teeny bopper, and sang every word to every song (but one) but it was a blast! I definitely want to see her again!

Now drop down about 28374 notches, and enters the Velcro Pygmies. These are by far the favorite concert of Steven, and they are disgusting buuuut they do put on a good show. You have to be in the mood, and you might want to bring a pair of earplugs with you. We had a good time- dancing to a cover 80's rock band. 

We took a trip to Houston to see the Niko Niko Gryo Eating Championship and our friends Joey and Pat compete. I will save your eyes the images of the actual competition, but here are us with the number 1 (Joey) and number 2 (Pat) places.

A couple of us helped out with the Special Olympics and GenNext...track and field. Very fun and rewarding day! Here's a shot of the whole group.

I'm thinking these are not in order but oh well! Here's a shot (and the only picture I took all day!) of some colleagues and myself on St. Patricks Day in Austin! FREE open bar at Maggie Maes= heaven...and trouble.

We took a trip to College Station at some point in the spring to see the FTA Basketball team and we tried to bring as many non Aggies as we could! Twas a fun day! here's a picture of the whole group in the Chicken!

A fun night with the girls at a John Mayer concert- aka sexxxyyyy man voice.

 And a little kayaking on TownLake....

A fun Girl Talk concert with the group...! :)

My birthday in June was a HUGE success due in large part to  my amazing friends coming in town and the bf of the year putting it all together! Best cookie cake ever....

Steve's brother Tom got married this summer and Steve was the best man and gave a wonderful speech! Here we are at the gorgeous reception!

  

4th of July this year we sucked it up and went to Coney Island to see the hot dog eating championship! Had a blast! Here's the champ himself, along with other pictures and THE BEST PICTURE EVER TAKEN OF AMY! ahahahaha

 Aaaand we were front and center for Kobyashi's arrest! I was the paparazzi! 

Amy's birthday in Houston- we went to St. Arnold's  brewery- my second fav place in Houston! Aside from Amy's of course...:) Here's the group of gals!

I went to San Diego for a week for work and got to see LB!

 

Who doesn't have fun on a night out wearing a moustache? :) 

Austin Sport and Social Kickball (SuperSocial) champions! **I am their #1 cheerleader/manager

Port Aransas with the Dell crew (Steve's class) for the weekend was a blast! Most pictures I can't put up on my website, but here's a picture of some of us in the shark!

PUB CRAWL! We did a Crawl for Cancer this year which raises money for cancer research. We had two teams- boys and girls. The boys were beach boys and the girls were nerds and it was a fantastic day! 

Lastly we just got back from a fun (and first for me and Steve) trip to NOLA for Steven's 26th birthday! I want to go back soon, that city is fuuuuun!

Last but not least- I have a baby! Her name is Callie and she's the cutest little furball everrrr!!

I hope it doesn't take me another half (or more) of a year to write in this again, but there was my year in a nutshell! One of my best yet, and I can't wait to see what more is to come :)