Dear Walmart Sugar Cookies

Dear Walmart sugar cookies,

I would like to start off with this...HOW DARE YOU?! Yes I said it and I'll say it again, HOW DARE YOU?! What you ask. Oh the ever so blatant sarcasm you seep. How dare you sit on that shelf staring at me, taunting me. You know exactly what you're doing! How can you just sit there so spring colored, and moist, pointing your little star shape at me while I walk by. You KNOW how hard I've been working out. You KNOW the food sacrafices I have made over the past couple months. But there you are...teasing me, laughing to yourself. Calling out my name was just plain cruel! How could you? After all this time, I thought we had an understanding. You were going to let me do my thing and patiently wait for me. But NOOOOOO...you had to go and doll yourself up with those spinkles. For Easter you say? HA! I know your scheming ways. Are you going to explain to my husband what you are doing in my house? No I have to. Just know that you and all your taunting deserve to get whats coming to you!

(***swallow***)

You're number 1 fan!

Pout

So..OMG..I'm actually gonna make it this week! The theme for this week is "POUT." PERFECT!

Juju was so NOT liking the beach!

Don't forget to check out all the other i heart faces entries for this week. And get your pout pictures in too!

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!