Grilling Goodness #24

So I know its been an awfully long time since I played...but I'M BACK! So here we go....

1. Do you prefer to write with pen or pencil?

I like writing with a fine tip black pen. so much so, that I buy a pack 5 at a time.

2. What was off limits to you growing up that you do all the time now?

Long showers....its my only free time to myself these days....and boy do I take advantage every chance I get. Talking on the phone past 9pm...LOL

3. What is the age difference between you and your spouse?

4 years....and I'M the older one.

4. Did you hurt yourself in anyway this week?

Hell ya...I totally was TOOOOOOOO into texting and was trying to open  the door to get into my job yesterday and totally let the heavy ass door close on my little ass body. DAMN! I have this huge bruise down my left arm and on my left knee.

5. Do you like wallpaper enough to hang it in your home?

Ugghh NO! 

6. What do you need to do that you've been putting off?

Sending out our first family picture that we took the day after christmas. Whatever....I'll just send one a day until everyone has gotten one...I'm lazy.

7. What did you do this week that you wish you hadn't?

HAHA...LMAO...WORK! 

8. Did anything keep you up late this week?

Just big daddy! (LOL) And a semi feverish 11 month old who's getting over an ear infection. And "For the Love of Ray J."

So here's to more grilling goodness...every friday! Join me and Tina at the Golden Goodness and play along too. 

"Where've you been?" (part 2)

Ok so...saturday (3/14)...because we had gotten in so late, and it took awhile for juju and tank to settle down, we ALL actually slept in a little bit...just until 8am. My MIL woke up milkshake to have breakfast (he's the one with type 1 diabetes). Tank woke up right at that time, so he and I joined milkshake and my MIL in the kitchen for some pancakes. Soon after juju was awake, and next skinny. Of course big daddy was still snoozing. I really tried to stay awake, but I was just too damn exhausted...so I handed tank over to the MIL and crawled back into bed. I heard big daddy get up but I was NOT gonna move. Around 10 or so I did finally make it out of bed. After all, we were driving into austin today. To help wake me up, big daddy and I took a shower. I know...my bad...TMI. LOL! Anyways, after we showered and got dressed and got everyone else dressed, we were off to round rock. YAY!!!! But first lunch! The MIL took us to this thai restaurant. All I have to say is YUM! It was crazy good, and fresh, and super authentic. The cook aka the owner kept asking me if I was enjoying my food and if there was anything else that I needed. Just me. Weird right? Well before we left she asked if I thought everything was great and when I told her most definitely, she asked me if I was thai. So thats why she was beingEXTRA nice. Whatever I don't care. I told her I was 1/2 phillipino and 1/2 hawaiian and her face just lit up. Cool. 

The drive to austin was only like 45-50 min tops. We took MIL's car and the rental. And the scenery was just beautiful. I am so a desert person. So the first thing we did? You guessed it....SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We ended up going to the round rock premium outlet mall. its an outdoor mall, kinda like we got here in shreveport, but WAY better. It was love at first site! As soon as we pulled in the first store I see...COACH! I didn't even say anything. Big daddy just looked over at me and shook his head. So we did our thing. don't wanna bore anyone.

Moving on...

We shopped, we ate, we had a good time. It was getting close to dinner time and big daddy and I had plans with a couple of his friends. So we said bye bye to the kids, and the MIL and all 4 of our boys drove off, back to cove. We met big daddy's best friend and another close friend at a restaurant for $1 drafts. Now I don't like beer, but they had this one that I think started with a Z....hell I don't remember....but anyways, it was so good. Smooth I guess is the better word. Big daddy said he's never seen me drink so much beer. Well after about 4 mugs a piece, the 4 of us ordered some food. We all had a great time and laughed too much! Big daddy and his friends got a chance to catch up, in person, with each others lives. After the restaurant, his friends took us to this small little bar/club. Now big daddy DOES NOT do the club stuff. This was the first time we have been out to the "club" together. The guys played pool and drank all night, and I danced and drank all night. Now big daddy is not very PDA...but he sure was that night. He was huggin on me, and givin me kisses outta no where...must've been the jeiger bombs (is that how u spell jeiger). Anyways, we had a great time. When the club closed, we made our way back home. After stopping and jack in the box first! I miss jack's. We used to have one here in shreveport, but they closed down the year I moved here. We made it to his best friends house, which is literally behind MIL's house. We ate and then I called it a night. Big daddy said he would walk home...since it just entailed jumping over the fence...and that I could take the car. so I left the 3 guys playing pool in the garage and I made my way home. It was a great night.

Part 3 will be posted later.

"You know, like that sunset orangy-red"

(So I know I have been promising all week for part 2 of my fantabulous weekend in austin...I promise I'm still working on it. Just wanted to get this post out of my head.)

So...when big daddy and I were planning our vow renewal in October of 2006, my mom and I were desperately trying to find "my wedding colors." She would send me scraps of paper and fabric, but we could never get it just right. And my only response was always, "you know, that orangy-red color of the sun at sunset." We finally got it right and everything was beautiful.

Well on my way home from work last night...at 7:22pm...I saw IT! My wedding color...just as I wanted it in all its glory. I live on the southwest side of my city, so it was like I was literally driving into this "orangy-red" circle. It was amazing! I tried taking pictures from my phone, but since I was in fact driving, the pictures didn't turn out so well. I couldn't get it to show the circle itself. And of course as soon as I got home I called my mom to tell her.

Well on my way in to work this morning...at 7:17 am...I saw it again! Now I already know I'm an emotional and sentimental basket case, but never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought that a big orangy-red circle in the sky could make the tears start flowing. Big daddy and I had a pretty rough first year of marriage. I already had my 2 boys, and then juju was born like 10 months into our marriage. A lot on our plate at that time. And here we are...completely inseparable. Yes we irritate each other on a constant basis lol, but its fun! Like my mom says, "you act like like you don't know how to breathe when y'all are separated" (well she doesn't say y'all...she says you guys..but tomaTOE/tomaTOW).

So now I'm off to write part 2 of my weekend!
Later Gator!

Just a quick hello...I'm typing on my brand new mini laptop. Its so super cute...mini just like me. I'm still tryna get a feel for the pearl princess (yes I have named her). And all have to say is I LOVE IT!!!!!! It came with Ubuntu...thats open source software people! Made by computer geeks, so stop pickin on them people! Well people I need to continue getting to know my pearl princess. Part 2 of where have you been is on its way.
Later Gator!

Re-runs update....and then some...

So yesterday marked the first day of the sale. I'm off today so headed on over there. I got SO much stuff for $38.00. So as I was walking out, I see a group of people standing at the door, arms loaded with tagged goodies. They were all standing around this big table FILLING OUT SELLERS AGREEMENTS! Yup...I get another chance to bring my stuff in. YAY!!!!!!! 

I felt like I was speeding all the way home. Pulled into my carport and there it was...a door tag from FedEx. AAARRRGGGHHH I missed them. So I came into the house as fast as I could, dropping my purchases all over the kitchen floor, to get on the phone with fedex and beg them to come back. So what is soooooooo important you ask? Well mister fedex was delivering my brand new white mini laptop from dell! And according to the door tag, the shipment needed my signature. So I get on the phone and explain to Vanessa that I NEED this package. So what does she do? She gets on the phone and calls my local fedex shipment center and gets them to come back within the next hour! GO VANESSA! So I hate to make this SUPER short but I found some other stuff to tag and need to go do that. I'll be back tonight to post pics of the new laptop and pics of all the stuff I got today!

Later Gator!

"Where've you been?" (part 1)

Here I promise...catching up on sleep that I obviously missed this past weekend. So here's my fabulous weekend run down...

I took friday off from work so I could get everything together. I went to pick up the rental car..WOW..now all we really needed was a compact. You know just to drive around Texas with since we were also taking my truck. Well the lady at enterprise, who by the way was super friendly, says to me, "oh here comes your car now." How deceiving, because when I look out the window 2 cars are pulling in..a camry and a kia. Obviously I didn't get the camry. Anyways we do the normal inspection of the car and then I'm off. So I get home and just look at the car. I mean I know we said compact but this was super compact. So I call big daddy and he laughs. "Ha ha nothing dude, you're the one driving it." So of course his mood changes. Obviously this car "just won't do." (in those exact words) Man I wish I took a picture of the car. It was a base model kia rio. No power anything. Well I call back up to enterprise, per big daddy's instructions, "Tell them your husband says this car is too damn small. Tell them what real life grown man wants to drive THAT car." Well I didn't quite say it like that, but they got the point because I was promised that I would have the next size up within the next couple of hours. I was even promised an intermediate sized vehicle by 4:30pm, the time big daddy got off of work.

So rental car--CHECK.

I did some laundry, mostly boxers for big daddy and some jeans for me. While I was waiting on laundry , I finished tagging all my items for re-runs. I got the bunny a bag together of all the things she was gonna need for the "bunny babysitter" (who happened to be the lady that gave marley to juju). So off I go to bring marley to her house. Got all the way over there dropped her off, and then headed over to where they were holding the re-runs sale. But wait..I forgot all the stuff at home. AARRGGHHHH! It was already getting late plus it was raining soooooooo...no re-runs sale for me this year. BOO! Oh well...next year then.

So bunny--CHECK, laundry--CHECK, re-runs--UNCHECK BOO!

So feeling a little pissed off, I decided to work out. P90x Kenpo is the ULTIMATE cardio! Got my heart rate up and was able to release some energy and pissed off-ness. Laundry was done so all I had to do was get clothes together for juju and tank. Skinny and milkshake packed all their stuff the night before and so did big daddy. 

So pack clothes--CHECK.

Now all that was left to do was wait on the lady from enterprise to call and tell me they found a car for me. So being the impatient person that I am, I call. Nope...nothing yet. But I was assured that I would have car very soon. And then no later than 10 minutes since I called my phone rings. I answer and all I hear is "pontiac g6." YES! So I went back up there and traded my mini car for the pontiac.

New BIGGER car--CHECK.

Now I know I've just been babbling...sorry...but I've missed you guys! So to wrap up friday's events...Big daddy got home around 4:45 and we were all packed and headed to the gas station to fill up at 5:30pm. Got taco bell and then we were off..in the rain mind you. Got stuck in one lane interstate traffic for absolutely no reason for like 40 min, which made our drive longer than expected. But we got into Copperas Cove (where my hubby was from...where we were staying...with his mom..yuck) around 12:15am. 

Let me get my "chores" on for a little bit and I'll come back and post part 2.

ReRuns are FUN!

So yesterday on my to-do list I said I had to get everything ready to be dropped off at reruns. I had PLANNED to post about it last night while I was at work, but I had got surprisingly busy..on a thursday..very odd. 

Anyways..reruns. What is it you ask? Well its actually called reruns are fun. Its a city wide consignment type of sale that is held twice a year, spring and fall/winter. And its all KID STUFF! Its really cool. So here's the run down. Its our spring sale now. So I take all of juju and tank's "spring stuff" that doesn't fit, plus toys and other junk they don't use anymore (potty, toys, etc) and label them..which is a requirement. I get to price everything at what I would like to sell it at. The lowest price is $3.00. So you put the size, description, and price of the item on an index card and safety pin it to the clothing (tape if not clothing), and then hang the clothes on a hanger. Once I have everything priced and labeled I take it to the "sale place" which is in an old department store, where they separate everything by size, type (toys, books, strollers,etc), and gender. Now how do I make sure I get paid? There's also a "seller's code" that you have to write on the index card. Its your initials and the last 4 digits of your phone number. So when I get to the place, I fill out the seller's agreement..which is where I would list my sellers code so they can track my earnings. And just like any consignment store, reruns are fun takes 30% off the total you make. Not too shabby huh? This past fall/winter sale I made over $200! Besides clothes this year, I'm taking juju's potty, his old race car bed that he HATES (boo! it was so cute too), and tank's old stroller and infant car seat (only because we got this cool jeep double stroller). its totally a great idea, and as long as I sell stuff I can 'replace' stuff, which is ALWAYS cool!

Well party people, I got LOTS to do today. Just wanted to post like I said I would. If I get everything done in time, I promise to come back and play before going outta town!

Later gator!