Congratulations Dad!!!

Today my dad is being acknowledged as Employee of the Month for working at the Suns games. It was really fun because all of us kids, my Aunt Arlinda, and my Grandma were able to go. Not only were we excited about seeing my dad, we took my Grandma on the light rail for the first time. Here is Grandma sitting on the lightrail, Alyssa is behind her playing her Nintendo DS.

When we get to the arena, we were greeted by my dad. It was really exciting to see him so soon as I thought he would be assigned to another area. Here is Grandma with my dad.

Here are Alyssa and me with our dad. I am a little upset that no one told me you can see by bra, but whatever.

You aren't a true fan unless you paint your face.

All of the employees being acknlowledged lined up on the court and my dad is near the end on the right side. He is even talking to Go-Rilla!

When the game was over we ran into my dad in the hallway. It was pretty exciting and everyone was giving my dad a hug. Well, apparently when Andy was giving him a hug I came up and pushed him out of the way and caused his drink to fall out of his hand. It caused a spill and everyone blamed Andy for the mess. I didn't realize that it was my fault until after everything was taken care of, so that is why I am taking responsibility for it now. But the upside was we were able to my dad in action. Here is calling on my walky-talky for clean-up in aisle.....ummm I am not sure what they say.

The picture on the left is dad actually making the call but you can't see his face so I made him pose again.

Poor Andy, you can see him and Shawn in the background laughing about what happened.

Just as a little addition, my dad has also been recognized as Employee of the Month for working at the Diamondback games. He was even nominated for Rookie of the Month. It just goes to show that no matter at how much money you make, if you do what you love, you will be rich with happiness and go far.

Good-Bye Dear Friend....

I am doing an assignment in my biology class titled "Eat, Drink, and Feel Guilt". Basically it is a lab where you write down everything that you eat for 7 days, calculate how many calories each day, minus your daily activities to determine if you should lose or gain weight.

Well, in my log I realized that I drink a ton of soda. Like 4 or 5 a day...so I decided that I am only going to allow myself one coffee each morning and that is my caffeine for the day. Yesterday was my first day, and let me tell you I was so tired by 8 o'clock that I was grumpy and not so nice. I did sleep great last night though. But this morning I have the worst headache....Even with my coffee it is still the worst....

The good thing is I love club soda, which is basically just carbonated water. So when I get the craving for carbonation, I will just drink that. The only problem is that it is high in salt so I have to make sure I drink a lot of water throughout the day to keep me from getting puffy....

So good-bye dear friend (soda)....I will see you soon, but not that often....

New Name

Many of you know that I hang out with my cousins Lindsay, Stephanie, Courtney and my sister quite a bit. Naturally, we had to think of a name for ourselves because all clicks have cool names. Lindsay thought of the Fab Five as I like to call it sometimes.

It seems that Teddy hangs out with the Fab Five quite a bit and I don't think anyone minds because sometimes he is one of the girls.

But I was thinking that maybe we can make an addition to the name Fab Five....you remember that show "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place"? Well, what if that can be incorporated in our name?

Five Girls and a Teddy? Or the Fab Five and Teddy.....I am not saying all the time, just when Teddy is going to be invited....

Grounded

In follow-up to my last entry regarding Cake Mania, Adam did buy it for me and it is amazing. However, I have officially grounded myself from my DS. I am really sad about it. But I am failing my humanities class and I can't have anything to distract me while I get my grade back-up.

But it was fun while it lasted and now, I only have three months until I can play it again....

Cake Mania

So as many of you know, I was given an extension to finish two of my classes from last semester. Well I just got my grades back and I earned A's in both classes!!!!! I took three classes and I earned a B and two A's!!!!!

Adam said that he would buy me Cake Mania for my DS if I earned all A's this semester, but I think I should get it now!!!!

I am so exicited!!! My GPA is 3.2!!!!

Introducing Baby Brown

I already told you about Baby Brown below, but now I can show you....

They will either name the baby Cecelia Irene Brown or if it is a boy, the middle name will be Rodney after my Uncle you passed away at a very young age in Iowa.

I get so excited everytime I look at these pictures!!!!

Baby Brown

This is going to be the best blog ever!!! My brother and his wife Mindi announced last week that they are going to have a baby!!! I can't believe it!!! They have been waiting for this day for so long! The baby is due September 14, 2009 (which is the day after Mindi's birthday).

What should the baby call me?

Jacob

As many of you know, Jacob is my co-worker and he is a part of a lot of my stories from work. Especially now that Courtney is working there. He even had a special blog dedicated to him and what of my work I should assign him. So I figured I would formally introduce him to you all.

Everyone this is Jacob.....

He is a lot of fun and he even talks Twilight....sorry Jacob, but I had to tell them. He reads my blog but doesn't comment. So let's see how long it takes him to mention this to me at work....:)

School

Today I took a half day so that I could go to school and finish a class that I was given an extension to complete. I had to take five tests and I did!!!! I am very proud of myself. Now I took the first test last week and waited to get my grade back so I could see how well I did and I got an A!!!! Now I can focus on my last three classes that I need to graduate this semester.

I really just keep dreaming about the day that I can say I am done with school!!!!!! Now I really need to focus on my humanities class....it is really hard and I have to read a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Old Men Pass Gas

So last week at lunch I went to Stapels to by some labels for work. When I went up to pay there was an elderly man standing behind me. All of a sudden I hear this noise that sounded like a huge fart. But then when I didn't smell anything I thought he had just made a noise with whatever he was buying. But then out of the corner of my eye he was down a few lanes looking at some stuff and that is when it hit me. The worst smell in the world.

So that old man farted then walked away so that it looked like I am the one that did it. It was not cool....

Muffin Tops

When they aren't hangin' over your pants, they can be a delicious treat....

The Office

I figured I would dedicate this blog to my cousin Courtney. Now Courtney and I have always been close, but now that we are older and have experienced some of the same things we get even more closer. So when a position at my law firm opened up I didn't hesitate to offer her the job. It is a temporary position but she sure is making a name for herself in the office and the firm.


I mean that in a good way. I would recite some of the jokes that the fab five made to her about the lawyers, but I think her mom might read my blog so I won't do that.

Even though Courtney has to work hard and stand at the copier a good part of the day, she still has a smile on her face....

And because she is so nice and wonderful, she will stop and get me a coffee from McDonalds. I pay for it, but she helps me out by stopping there on her way in to work.




















Wait a tick, who is that reading a law book?????

1/30/09

I celebrated my birthday with my mom the Friday after my birthday. We went over to my Grandma Hoff's house because it was easier than going out and I wanted my mom to have a good time. So we ordered Native New Yorker and my family plus my best friend Lizzie, her husband Mike and their little boy Mikey joined us for dinner. We all had a lot of fun and so did my Grandma. And even though it was my birthday, seeing my Grandma laugh and play with Mikey made me so happy.

Again, everyone was so generous.....but the present that topped the cake.....my Nintendo DS!!!!! I have been wanting one for so long, but Adam said no until I graduated from school with straight A's. So I was so excited that my mom, sister and brother all pitched in for one. And to make it even better...They gave me the game Diner Dash which is my all time favorite game...

All in all, this was probably one of my favorite birthdays. I was always surrounded by the people who love and care about me the most....

1/28/09

The Wednesday after my birthday I met my family for our weekly visit to The Vine and we celebrated my birthday. It was very nice and everyone was so generous with their gifts. I was even given a sundae that I shared with everyone. My cousin Lindsay has pictures from that night on her blog, so you will have to visist that to see them:

http://whereintheworldislb.blogspot.com

1/27/09

Well today is my actual birthday. I was actually a little sad the night before because it was the first birthday where I would wake up by myself. Every birthday I have either had my family there with me in the morning or my girlfriends will stay over. So Adam was nice and spent the night with me.

It is a tradition in my family to give a present to you in the morning when you wake-up. It is usually something that you wear all day :) So when I woke-up that morning I had a present from Roni and David (Adam's parents) along with the sweetest card. I took my birthday off as a vacation day so that I could relax and enjoy myself.

When I opened my delicious looking cake, there were sunglasses in side! Don't I look like a movie star? "Ralph Lauren was boren before I worem...." Adam just taught me that....

After the paparazzi cleared the way outside my house, I went to Sanctuary to use a gift certificate my Dad gave me last year for my birthday. If you thought I hoard my perfume, you should see how long it takes me to use gift cards.

Anyways, Sanctuary had a special where instate residents got 30% off their treatments through the end of January. So I made it just in time for the deal. It was the most amazing this I have ever experienced in my life!!! When I was finished with the massage, I took a shower and did my hair. I wish I had really known how much I could have done while I was there, because I would have brought my make-up, and then my bathing suit to sit in the hot tub. But it was still so much fun.

Because I was given that 30% discount I still had enough left over on my gift card to have lunch at the resort restaurant. I was sat in a booth over looking the pool and facing Camelback Mountain. (The picture was taken from my camera phone and I am not good at downloading them on the computer)

For lunch I had the most amazing chicken, shrimp, and sausage chipotle pasta. I didn't really care for the sausage, so I picked that out and the rest was amazing. I even had a Bud Light. Of course I had two glasses of water because you need to hydrate yourself after a massage. But who can say no to a Bud Light????

After the pasta I had a delicious dessert. It was peanut butter with chocolate ice cream....

Now, after my amazing massage, great shower, amazing view, great lunch, I was walking out of the restaurant and I tripped and fell walking up the stairs. It was very embarrassing. Even one of the waitresses came running after me to see if I was ok. I almost cried.....what a way to finish my birthday.....

1/25/09

The Saturday before my birthday Adam planned a special surprise for me. All he told me to do was be ready by 5:45. Of course I was running late and while I was getting ready someone came over the house, but they were super quite. The reason I could tell was because Princess, my dog, was acting really weird. Well when I came around the corner I saw my sister Alyssa and her boyfriend Andy sitting on my couch. It was really exciting as I had no idea what was going on.

That is when Adam told me we were going on a trip on the light rail to downtown and then Alyssa handed me ear plugs...which only meant one thing.....MONSTER TRUCK RALLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was awsome riding on the light rail.....here is a picture of Andy, Adam's mouth, Alyssa and me before we got on the train. As you can see, we needed Lindsay's help on getting the group shot.

Alyssa and Adam had a little trouble buying our tickets......

But soon everything worked out and we were on the rail....

And then we made it to the MONSTER TRUCK RALLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ate
a giant bratwurst and Alyssa had to wear ear plugs....

As for the MONSTER TRUCK RALLEY, the only way to show you what it's really like is to play a video.......

Birthday

I would like to say thank you to everyone that has helped celebrate my birthday. I will have a lot of blog entries coming this weekend to document each celebration, but I just wanted to send a quick thank you. Plus check out my new profile pic!!!!

'Bacon Explosion' a huge hit

OMG Jackie......http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/dining/28bacon.html?no_interstitial

Light Rail

Hello Everyone,

On February 16th, my cousin Courtney and I are going to take the Light Rail from McClintock and Ash to Indian School and Central to see how long it will take us to get to work. If anyone would like to join us....we will be meeting at the park-n-ride on McClintock and Ash around 6:30 a.m.

Then I plan to come home and go back to sleep!!!!

Twitter

Many of you might have noticed that I have added a new section to the right of my postings called "On The Go." Well my sister introduced me to a whole new world and level of blogging....I can make entries from my phone. All I do is text my message to a number and it will show up on my blog. Now I will be able to keep it updated!!!! Holla!!!!!

Free Samples

So the other day I went to Sam's Club to get a few things for the office and what did I see what I turned the corner?????? Free Samples!!!!! And what did I see when I got closer???? Bacon....as I was walking up there it was like angles were singing and we were running towards each other in a field full of flowers.

I was a little disappointed to find that it was Turkey Bacon, but it was still good.....so maybe not angels singing, but still the field full of flowers.

Yeah Right Jackie

So my friends from Wake-Up With Cosmo kept talking about these youtube "webisodes" called Jackie and Debra. They even had Debra on the show! So I decided to watch them, and I have to say I love it!!!! Yeah right Jackie!!!!!!

I Want My TV Back!!!!!!!!!!!

First, Go Cardinals!!!

Second, obviously I love Adam which means I deal with.....wait....support his love of sports. However, as a woman who didn’t sit down to watch a sports game until I met Adam, I have to voice that three sports games back to back on a Sunday is ridiculous. I had this whole plan to relax and catch up on my recorded shows (shout out to Ellen!), only to be pushed out of the way to watch the Eagles and Giants game. I understand it was a big game, but then it is was the Suns game, and then the Chargers game! When this happens at Adam’s house, I usually go into the bedroom and watch my shows there. That way we both are happy. But we were at my dad’s house and there is only one TV (dad’s house, dad’s rules, dad’s TV) so I kept my mouth shut and cleaned my room and bathroom.

But later that night, I turned the TV on to watch Desperate Housewives and walked away to get something only to come back to the couch to find Adam watching ESPN highlights of all the games he had just watched. He must have recognized the look on my face and put the remote down and went to the bedroom to watch TV And I would have gone to the bedroom to watch the show, I was doing laundry so it would have made sense, but Adam gave in so easily I wasn’t about to say anything.......hee hee

Third, I know this is a battle that I will lose, but I had to voice it…..I am now waiving my white flag….

What's Buzzin Cousin????

My cousins and I have a little joke that cousins are a gift from God and we are going to make shirts that say I "heart" Cousins. And I was thinking, there has to be a day to appreciate your cousins....and sure enough there is.....

Cousin's Day
When : July 24th
Cousin's Day honors your Aunt and Uncle's kids. They are those great kids who are likely close to your age, and endure the countless family get togethers with you. If it wasn't for cousins, these family events would be much, much longer.

This is a great day for your cousins. Now, hold on a minute. If you have cousins, that means your cousins have cousins. And, that's you! Therefore, today is your day,too.

Celebrating should be nothing but fun. Get together with your cousins. Hang out, just chill, or do anything you want to do...... as long as its a fun time spent with your cousins.

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/July/cousinsday.htm

Rude Follow-Up

And just so everyone knows, my eyebrowns will be taken care of on Saturday....

Rude

Today Adam and I had lunch and he was sitting across from me and stared at me for a few minutes, then he asked "When is your next eyebrow waxing?" As Stephanie Tanner would say "How rude!!!!!" Even though I do have a little unibrow, I can't find my tweezers to keep it undercontrol....but don't think that I took it lying down. I responded with "Well your fingernails are longer than mine, and that is innapropriate!" Ha, I showed him!!!

Cosmo Prize Pack

Sheesh...it has been a while since I last blogged...my apologies. Well I did open my Cosmo Prize pack and they sent me a little mesh backpack that says Cosmo Sirius Radio, a water bottle that says the same thing, and compact that lights up when you open it. The oustide just says Cosmo. I have used the backpack once and I keep the compact in my purse. The light really comes in handy. I just washed the water bottle so I will start using that in a few days.

Unveiling

So my Cosmo Prize Pack came in yesterday and Adam is going to bring it to The Vine so I can open it in front of everyone!!!! I am so excited I can't wait.....

Good Going Down

On Sunday night, Alyssa, Andy, Lindsay, Adam, and I went to the Botanical Gardens to see the luminaries, but that didn't work out quite like we planned so we decided to head to Gallagher's for some dinner. There we each had a couple beers and I ordered the chili baked potato. Before I ordered it I took some advice from Lindsay's friend Lisa and requested a sample of the chili. It tasted good, so I went ahead with my order.

Little did I know that at 2 a.m. I would wake-up and throw-up the chili until 7 a.m.!!! 5 hours of throwing up....it was the worst......I did call in sick to work (sorry Jacob) because every hour I was throwing up!!! I even tried to drink some water and eat some pretzels because I didn't have any crackers and those didn't even stay down. The last time I threw up was yesterday evening.

I haven't been that sick in a long time. The last flu I had included nausea, but I never really threw-up.....

It is over.....

Adam shaved the mustache...something about being teased, looking like an idiot, having to meet with clients at work....all lame excuses to me.....so he lost!!!!!!!!! He only lasted two weeks!!!!!

Mustache Update

I will take another picture of Adam's mustache this week and post it for everyone to see it. It is starting to get full!!!! As of today, my birthday is when everyone seems to want Adam to shave his mustache....but since that date wasn't part of the original bet, he will shave it on New Year's Day. It is really funny to stare at him....I don't like it at all!!!!!

I Can Be Your Hero Baby....

Resemblance?????

Poll

So, As you can see I have added a poll to my blog about Adam's Mustache. He started the mustache the day after Thanksgiving. And everyone at the tailgate (well, me, Alyssa, Stephanie, and Lindsay) decided that it would be fun to see how full the stache got.....hence the poll. Please vote for when you think Adam should shave his stache....and it can't be a date earlier than 12/24....

I will upate the blog with pictures of the stache every few days so everyone will see the status....here is a picture from 12/1......

Vegas

Ok, so here is my trip to Vegas in a paragraph.....I landed in Vegas around 9 p.m and met up with my cousins and sister. When I got to the hotel room, I got ready and we all went to a club called Rok in New York, New York where we were staying.

Then Courtney and I walked the strip....

where I fell and hurt my knee.

Then we stopped and ate some pizza that was soooooooo good....and then called it a night.

The next morning we all headed down for breakfast where I had the best breakfast, bacon and fruit......My sister and her friend Alyssa had the biggest bloody mary....

Here is everyone smiling after a great meal....

After breakfast we walked the strip again, and I met up with the Green M&M, very cold in there.....

And then I met up with a stone man........

Then I was off back to Phoenix.....

Christmas Lists

Last year Adam and I only exchanged Christmas lists with ourselves as we were still only boyfriend/girlfriend we didn't want our families to buy for each other. But this year is different....so Adam has been introduced to the world of Christmas lists. For others, it is so easy to just right down a few things here and there and your family decides who is going to get you what....Well not in my world. And poor Adam didn't realize that there is a lot that goes into it...a list for Adam/mom & dad wright/sister wright, mom brown/sister brown/brother brown, and dad brown. You can't duplicate anything on the lists unless you want to make sure you double of them. Like put work pants on each list, but only list a movie on one of them. You try to incorporate something a little expensive on each list, because you don't know how each parent is going to buy. Is it the same price for everyone or the same amount of gifts for everyone. (that really only applies to my parents, not Adams).

And after all that, we do a Christmas drawing on the dad's side of the family...so you need to make sure that you keep at least three things on the side to ask for from them.

Now, everyone knows that I stress out about everything...and I am sure that when Alyssa reads this she won't agree with how hard core it is...but still....anyways, the point of the story is that now Adam is experiencing Christmas the way that I have my whole life.....4 of them....but now, we have 7!!!!!!

Vegas

It is coming....I have many things to blog about in regards to Vegas....so stay tuned....and I have a lot of hilarious pictures....

So funny.....

Understanding Domo

The name "Domo" was acquired during the second episode of his show in which a TV announcer said, "dōmo, konnichiwa", which is a greeting meaning something along the lines of, "Well, hello there!", but which can also be interpreted as "Hello, Domo!", and thus is a convenient pun. The kun suffix on "Domo-kun," the name used to describe the character in the Japanese versions, is a Japanese honorific often used with young males.

Domo, the main character, is described as "a strange creature that hatched from an egg." Domo's favorite food is Japanese-style meat and potato stew, and he has a strong dislike for apples, due to an unexplained mystery in his DNA. Domo can only communicate via producing a low-pitched noise which sounds somewhat like his own name, but other characters appear to understand him. Domo-kun is known to pass gas repeatedly when nervous or upset.
Domo lives in an underground cave with Mr. Usaji, known in Japanese-language versions as Usajii, a portmanteau of the words usagi , (rabbit), and jii (old man, grandpa). Mr. Usaji is a wise old rabbit who loves to watch television and drink astringent green tea. Mr. Usaji is not into any "new" materials, and does not own a telephone. In terms of fashion, Mr. Usaji focuses on materials instead of shapes. Mr. Usaji's favorite food is carrots, and his least favorite food is "something that is meaningless."

Also in the cave live two bats, a mother named Maya and her child Mario. Maya has a drinking problem; her favorite foods are seasonal while her least favorite food is, ironically, alcohol. Mario's favorite food is Japanese-style tomato spaghetti, while his least favorite food is shiitake mushrooms.

The other main character in the shorts is a weasel girl named Tashanna. Tashanna, 17 years old, is a weasel who aspires to be a fashion stylist or model in Tokyo and is always using technology (televisions, mobile phones, and cameras). In English Tashanna has a "weaselly accent" and ends her sentences with "y"s. In the Japanese version, she ends her sentences with "chi". According to the English site, she is also looking for a boyfriend. Tashanna's favorite food is apricot and mint tarts, and her least favorite food is sea urchin. The Japanese name originates from the word "multichannel" of digital broadcasting.

Bear Boy, also known as A Little Bear, is one of Domo's friends from the neighborhood; the timid cub enjoys playing baseball.

Hee and Haw (Flower Two) are pixie twins from a flower. Domo is the only individual who can see them.

The Fox Trio consists of Esther, Brother Fox, and Fox Boy. Esther, the youngest member, enjoys producing crocodile tears, plotting schemes, and causing havoc. Brother Fox, the eldest member, dutifully cares for his youngest siblings and feels upset when referred to as "short-legged". Fox Boy, having a quiet demeanor, converses with Domo and Bear Boy and prefers to read.

Hungry Bear, a large and powerful bear, feels too hungry to take advantage of his strength.The Ghost randomly appears and disappears.

Hello Domo

So, this past Halloween, Target started using a mascot other than the dog around the store and in commercials. When Alyssa and I went to Target this past Halloween we saw signs hanging in the store that looked like Fudgems....but now we know that it is a Japanese cartoon called Domo. So you can see that he doesn't look exactly like Fudgems, but he is a similar.

But last night at The Vine, Alyssa surprised me with a Domo aka Fudgems doll!!! I am so excited, I can't wait to start taking adventures with him. Now my blog will include the adventures of DomoFudgems.

I love it....I am so excited.....

Meet Fudgems

Domino's Pizza(R) (NYSE:DPZ) , the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, is preparing to deliver a new and irresistible chocolaty dessert to America's doorstep. Available nationwide beginning August 21, Domino's customers who order a large pizza at regular menu price will receive an order of Domino's new oven-baked Brownie Squares absolutely free.A new twist on a classic dessert, Brownie Squares are Domino's first dessert menu item to not use traditional pizza dough among leading national pizza chains. According to Restaurants & Institutions magazine's 2005 Menu Census, brownies are one of the top five desserts appearing on most foodservice menus. Additionally, Domino's found in its own test market research that customers loved the idea of rounding out their pizza meal with warm Brownie Squares. Now Domino's is the first to deliver oven-baked brownies among all quick service restaurants.Domino's new Brownie Squares come 10 to an order -- bite-sized brownies with warm chocolaty centers. All orders are delivered with a side of fudge dipping sauce. These bite-size treats are perfect for sharing at the end of a meal, or enjoying by oneself."Everyone loves brownies, but no one can deliver on the promise of warm, oven-baked brownies delivered right to your door like the Delivery Experts at Domino's Pizza," said Ken Calwell, Domino's chief marketing officer. "In addition to a great dessert, we understand that our customers want great value. What could be better than offering our delicious new Brownie Squares dessert to our customers free of charge?"To support the new product launch, Domino's retained Fudgems to spearhead the effort. Fudgems, a three-foot-tall brownie character, will serve as the mascot and figure head for the national launch appearing in Domino's television and print advertising and the Internet to increase excitement -- and appetites -- for the new Brownie Squares.Fudgems makes his much-anticipated debut August 17, with the launch of his Web site, http://www.fudgems.com/ . The site will also be available in Spanish featuring the Hispanic version of Fudgems, named Brownito(TM), at http://www.brownito.com/ . Although the English and Spanish Web sites are slightly different, visitors at both sites can:• Hear Fudgems "brownie-speak" and see it translated into English or Spanish• Watch Fudgems dance to music of various genres including salsa and hip-hop• Play Fudgems games• And much more to come!Beginning August 14 in select markets and nationwide on August 21, customers will receive a free order of Brownie Squares when they order a large pizza at regular menu price. Brownie Squares are also available for purchase on their own (price varies by market).

I tried the websites and they don't work...sorry...but for your viewing enjoyment, Fudgems....

Tetanus Shot Number......

This past weekend I attempted to climb a fence at an ASU game....yes I had been drinking, but that is not why. My cousin Devyn accidentally threw one of the bean bags over the fence and instead of having her climb over the fence and get it, I attempted to do it. Now I could have done it, but I had all of these people yelling behind me to get down and I was going to get hurt, and it turns out I did!!! I have some pictures of it at home that I will post later, but now I have to get a tetanus shot....

So I was trying to remember how many tetanus shots I have gotten throughout my life. Generally, I think people get one their whole life, maybe two!!! Well I am on to number three!!! The first one I can remember was when I was little and playing in our sand box in the backyard. We used to have this wooden kitchen set and it fell apart, due to old age, and we thought that all the pieces were picked up. Well there was one lonely door with a nail that wasn't picked up and I found it....The reason this is sticks out to me is because my sister had to carry be inside the house with the door hanging from my foot!!! And then my mom called my grandpa over and he had to pull it out!!! Can you say traumatizing.....

Then, as many of you know, I had an incident with barbwire and a four-wheeler.....you will all read more about it on our wedding website due out November 21, 2008.....so I won't tell you all about it, but I had to get another shot at the town doctor....

And now today, I will have to endure another tetanus shot, making it number three.....what do you think my next tetanus shot will be for?????

Oh no....Adam and I are going to Mexico for our honeymoon!!!! Can they give tetanus shots in Mexico????????

Leggings....

So last year for Christmas my mom got me this gray Verra Wang dress from Kohl's...I love it so much and it is so comfortable....I am going to wear it at Thanksgiving, so you will all be able to see it then. But I have always wanted to wear it with leggings and my mom got me some for my birthday, but I have never worn them until today.....

It is a whole new world, NO JOKE... My legs are so warm and so comfortable....I absolutely love them and I want more of them. Currently I have black ones, which I am wearing them now, but I would love some brown and perhaps some other colors.....But I am not sure....Also, I would like to experiment and get a long enough shirt to cover my hips and wear the leggings with my Uggs.....I can't wait...

P.S. Adam hates leggings....I tried to wear them last Thanksgiving and they were too small and I ripped them, but he didn't like them....oh well....they make my legs feel so good!!!!

Little Scare

As everyone knows I have an obsession with Cosmo Radio. I love it...for those of you who don;t know....when Adam and I purchased the Jetta, a free 3 month subscription to Sirius Radio was included. That is how I found out about Cosmo Radio and I love them, they are my new best friends....They taught me how to say "No She Didn't!"

Anyway, so Adam and I were driving around this weekend and I realized that the satellite wasn't working.....hence our free subscription has ended. So this morning, there was no Waking Up With Cosmo.....

However, I remembered that when I was trying to figure out how to listen to Sirius at my desk I accidentally signed up for an Internet subscription which is like $2.00 a month, but it has saved me...I can now listen to Kenny, Taylor, Victoria, Patrick, Julie, Sarah, Keisha, and Brian all day....

I hope I never have another scare like this again......

Santa Didn't Leave Me A Silver Bell.....

So, there has been a lot of talk about families going up to the Polar Express train in Wilcox, Arizona. And I feel that I need to let you all know my "incident" that occurred at the Polar Express.

A few years ago, I babysat for this family that the Judge I used to work for knew. They were actually her neighbors and they were the coolest people and they paid really well. The best part was they would get all of their friends together for a night out and I would watch all the girls, like seven or eight of them. And then I would get paid even more.

So around December they all asked me if I would like to accompany the whole group to the Polar Express for an overnight trip and watch the girls later than evening so their parents could all go out. And of course I said yes!!! So I go up there with them and everyone gets dressed into the matching pajamas, even the adults, and then I find out that I am not going on the train. I had to stay back and wait for them to finish the train ride.

For about two hours I had dinner by myself, walked downtown and watched the Christmas parade, and then came back and waited for them. Well when they all came back all the kids got silver bells from Santa, like in the book. And I have to tell you I was so sad....so before we left I went and bought the book and a silver bell.

The only good thing was, I got to see snow, free food, free room, and I made $300....but everytime I hear about other people going on the train I always get a little sad and jealous.

Maybe one day, I will find someone to go on the train and wear matching pajamas with me....sniffle sniffle.....

I NEED YOU BLOG STALKERS!!!!!!!

Calling all commenters and blog stalkers, I need you. Please, if you are ever going to comment on my blog, this has to be it!!!

My co-worker Jacob, is fighting me on doing matrices here at work. I hate doing them. They are stupid and a waste of time. Jacob did do a lot of them last week and he about lost his mind, but I did come to his aide when they were about done. Which, as many of you know, is my style. But I did help and that is what matters.

But for some reason the attorney who normally gives the matrices to Jacob (cough cough frenchie) gave them to me!!!! So I told Jacob that if he did the matrices for me, I would serve Subpoenas and do his calendaring for a week. But he still won't take the papers to do the matrices off my desk, saying "if I decide to do them, then I will come pick them up."

So I need you all to vote and tell Jacob to do the matrices......

Uneducated

So as I previously wrote, I went and saw the Kathy Griffin show on Thursday. I had a good time. I didn't realize that she was so political, or a Democrat, or supported gays that much. There is nothing wrong with either one of those, I just didn't realize how passionate she is about each of them.

In any case, during and after her show I realized how uneducated I am. I am not embarrassed to admit that I am a Republican, but I am embarrassed at the fact that if someone asked me a question about it I wouldn't know how to answer. I mean, I can't even remember how I voted for Prop. 102.

I do know why I am a Republican and it isn't because I am following in my dad's foot-steps. But I would like some feed back on how and where I can educate myself. Do I need to take a U.S. History class next semester?

Hello My Nemisis

Well, by now I am sure that everyone has heard the story about Adam and the bed sheets at Magic Mountain being his nemesis. But I thought that everyone would benefit from hearing about how my lovely sister, Alyssa, has a nemesis as well.....the parking garage!!!!! Yes, you heard me correctly, the parking garage.

The first time I realized that she had a problem was a long time ago we went to Scottsdale Fashion Center to get an x-mas present for my mom and we got lost in the parking garage. Looking back on it, it is really really funny. But at the time we were so mad at each other. She wouldn't listen to me about where to go and we just kept going up, then down, then up and we could never find our way out. We did get in a big fight and didn't talk to each other the whole way home. If I remember correctly, I blared "Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart" by Leanne Rimes the whole way home.

Anyway, Alyssa and I went to see Kathy Griffin with some of our girlfriends (shout out to Lori and Julie) at Dodge Theatre. We first met at the Arizona Center and had dinner then walked over to Dodge. Alyssa and I both parked at the garage at the Arizona Center.

So after the show, Lori drove us back to the garage for us to our cars. Alyssa backed out first, and then I followed. But when we got to the end, she didn't go straight to the little booths in front of us, she turned left and went out this side area. I just thought she knew a better way to get out. Well she didn't.

I was parked behind her watching her try to put in her parking card, and it wouldn't accept it. Then I shouted out the window that she was at the wrong exit, this was for annual card holders only. We had to exit out of the garage that she passed.

So I backed up just fine and sat there and waited for her to back up...Which was hilarious....she couldn't do it......

So yet again, we have to incidents under our belt involving parking garages....

Calm Down

I kept this to myself for obvious reasons, but now I can write about it because it is all over. The last couple of months I wasn't sure that I was going to vote. For my own reasons, that I will not discuss any further than this. But Monday night, I decided that I really needed to vote. So I woke up at 5 a.m., which is super early, and got ready to go vote. The poll was just down the street from my house, so it only took me about 5 minutes to get there. But when I got there the line was so long!!!! So I ended up waiting in line for about an hour.

Now I paid attention to the presidential debate, but I didn't really read anything about the propositions. So I figured, well I have a long time to wait, why not read about them now. So I went up to the front of the line to see if I could get a copy of the propositions. When I reached the front of the line, some guy was like go on in you don't have to be scared. And I replied that I wasn't scared I was looking for a printout of the propositions. He then pointed to a copy of the ballot that was taped to the window and I told him that I wanted a hard copy so I could read it in line. And then he stared at me and yelled "I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE DON'T DO THEIR RESEARCH BEFORE THEY COME!!!!!" And I am not exaggerating. So, I just turned around and went back to my place in line. The woman that was in front of me was nice enough to hold my spot. And I told her what happened and she got all mad and was like "People need to calm down."

When we were just talking some guy that was behind the man who yelled at me came and gave me a little book that had the propositions in it. I was very thankful.

Now I know what everyone is going to say that I should have really researched them before I got to the polls. And I do agree with that; however, I have only voted one other time in my life, so I am still learning. And I do know that I would have taken longer to vote so I could have read them on the ballot.

But that's not the end of it. When I finally get inside I have an issue with my driver's licence. When I changed my address at the DMV online and got a new drivers licence, I registered to vote at my new address. Well apparently, that is not how you are suppose to change your address as a registered voter. I had no idea you actually have to go down to the DMV to change your address. Anyway, I ended up having to fill out this stupid "Provisional Ballot" that I am sure didn't even get counted.

Anyway, my experience at the polls wasn't the best, but after I voted I felt great.....and I got to come into work late, so that is always good.

Hilarious.....

I can't even write about these....they just crack me up!!!!

Cosmo

So this morning Wake Up With Cosmo had a segment about sexy halloween costumes and how they are so great. Well as you have read, I am a little bitter towards sexy costumes....So I decided to call in. I called and they picked-up after one ring and I hung up because I was scared to talk to them. Then I called back and got through again. So I told Kenny, Victoria, and Taylor about how a stupid pirate won most original and we should have. They didn't agree with me and told me I should always go sexy....

But later today, I also called into my favorite show on Cosmo, Get In Bed with Brian, Sarah, and Keisha. They have this segment every Monday called "Post-Date Recap." And since Adam and I finally had a date night, we celebrated our pre-wedding anniversary, I decided to call in and tell them about it. And they loved it!!! I had them laughing pretty hard.....funny how I have to have pretend best-friends for people to laugh at my jokes...hmmmmmm

Halloween

This past weekend my sister, andy, adam, and I all went to a Halloween party. We went as Alvin and the Chipmunks....

The reason we went dressed like this was to win a costume contest. There are three categories, most original, scariest, and funniest. I figured we would win for most original. But I figured wrong. A stupid sexy pirate one for most original.

Can you believe that? She didn't even make her costume, she bought it pre-made. Anyway, I am really upset about it and I am thinking about giving up on Halloween......j/k next to Christmas, it is one of my favorite holidays.

Walking in Jesus' Shoes

So many of you know that two years ago my sister and Andy dressed up as Jesus and Mary for Halloween. The whole idea from the costume came from my a pair of shoes my mom has that looks like Jesus sandals. I know, I know, it isn't very Catholic of me, but the really look like shoes that Jesus would have worn. They are hilarious.....

So today I am getting in the elevator to go to work and I was looking at the floor and I noticed that the woman in the elevator was wearing the same kinds of shoes. When it clicked I looked up at her and I had to have had the weirdest expression on my face, because she gave me a dirty look when she got out of the elevator.

I was just surprised because I didn't think that anyone else had sandals like that. They were identical to the ones that my mom had....I wonder if that woman would go as Jesus for Halloween too.....

A Shower A Day Keeps The Dr. Away

Well as I previously told you, I have the flu. I came down with the flu in the afternoon on Monday, 10/13. I had the worst headache and sore throat. But I came home and took a nap, I felt a little bit better but my head still hurt and my body ached, but I had plans to go out to dinner with my dad, Lauren, and Adam in honor of Cristina's friend that past away. When I got home that night, I still had a headache, but I was just really tired. On Tuesday morning I woke up with the same headache only multiplied by 100,000, I was so nauseious, my throat hurt, and I could barely keep my eyes open so I stayed home from work. On Wednesday morning, I woke up, still feeling nauseated, with a little sore throat, but my body ached still. So I went to the Dr. and she told me that I had the flu and I couldn't go back to work until Monday, 10/20.

SO here I am today, just sitting on my couch watching Sex and the City. By the way, I love that movie. I cried all afternoon. But the funny part is, I called Adam this morning and told him that I have not taken a shower since Sunday. That is 4 days without showering or washing my hair!!!!!! He said I was disgusting and that he wouldn't come over tonight unless I showered. How funny, that is how he bribes me to come over.

But the point is, other than grossing you out, that during and after my shower I felt great. My headache went away, my body didn't hurt, and I didn't feel like throwing up. So I decided to take advantange and get a load of laundry done. Well that was a mistake. I should have just got out of the shower and came and relaxed. Now my headache is bad, my stomach hurts like it did two days ago, and I am exhausted. Just from doing a load of laundry.

Anyway, if I would have just relaxed the shower would have helped me get better. Well gotta go.....going to take a nap. This typing is making my arms ache.

Nightmare

So last night I had the worst nightmare I have ever had. Do you remember the old receptionist that we had, Autumn? Well she had a boyfriend named Josh, who apparently wasn't to happy with me. Here is the dream.....

I am house-sitting for someone who has a three legged bull dog. The house is in a coldesaque and it has a big living room and a huge window along the side of the house that faces the street. When I get to the front door I see a note from a flower company that i have flowers waiting on the side of the house. Attached to the note, was the card for the flowers from Josh that said " I am going to kill you!" I grabbed the flowers and ran inside. When I was standing in the kitchen I saw Josh walking toward the house with all these flowers and rocks....so I fall to the floor and listen to him yell and scream something about Autumn and a baby....I didn't really know what he was saying, but I escaped out of the house and drove away.

When I came back later than night, my brother, sister, Lindsay, Stephanie, and Courtney were all at the house waiting for me and cleaning up all this blood all over the house. Apparently Josh had gotten in the house and did something to the dog. And then somehow everyone knew and went to the house to make sure that i was OK. Then I see my ex-boyfriend Brandon standing outside with a white van and Josh tied up inside. Then my brother comes running out and says get out of here before he tries to do something to you and you better hurt yourself so he doesn't try to. So I drive out of the coldesaque and then see my Uncle Rick in a red truck with some girl in there and then I drove right into them. A couple of times actually.

Then Brandon drove away and Shawn and everyone else piled into my car. Then as I started to drive away, I started to cry and Alyssa was yelling at me that I can't keep crying about it that it is fine now and I need to toughen up......

Then I heard my Dad getting ready this morning and I woke up....it was the craziest thing that I have every dreamed....and I was so scared.....it must be the flu.....

Vegas

I am very excited....me, Alyssa, Stephanie, Lindsay, and Courtney are all going to Las Vegas on 11/21...I can't wait....I wnt to Vegas a few times when I wasn't 21, but now that I am over 21 I can't wait.....it is only for one day, but I am still just so excited.

Sick

Well as you might have figured out, I have a lot of time on my hands. I am sick....I have the flu....so I am sure over the next few days I will be blogging a lot.....who knows what I will write about....stay tuned.

Twilight

So I had an interesting conversation with Lindsay today. It was about Twilight and my feelings toward Edward and Jacob. I will just say that I haven't officially made my choice....and I will leave it at that....AND I AM A ROMANTIC!!!!!!

Dreams

So even though I have had some problems with DD, I still have my dream of opening my own shop. Even though Adam said that I can't raise kids and run a doughnut shop. But I will one day open a DD and noone will ever write a letter about my store. Also, Adam's dad has decided that his new name is Don Viejo, which means old man. But the idea I had is that Adam's dad makes the best cup of coffee I have ever tasted in my life. Even better than Starbucks. So I have decided to open a DD and sell Don Viejo coffee. Doesn't that just sound good?????

Brother

So I am sitting here with my sister-in-law and my brother and I just have to blog that sometimes he is not nice. I see a lot of my sister in him. He is just sitting on the couch and complaining about everything. Even Mindi's eyebrows.

Babysteps

Well, this past weekend Alyssa and I had a little slumber party since Andy had plans and Adam was out of town. So, Sunday morning Alyssa and I went to Dunkin' Doughnuts...and it was a little stressful. Now I only mean it is stressful because they were very unorganized and they put my doughnuts in the bag upside down. But all in all, it was pretty good. I will go back again.

Long Live Little Drummer Boy

Well, all is good for the Snowman and Santa Band. Turns out that they need new batteries. However, the Snowman does have a disability, he will continue to play........maybe this year I will find an addition to the Christmas Buddies Band....

R.I.P. Drummer Boy

So Adam and I were unloading my Halloween decorations and I came across one of my favorite Christmas decorations that I was so excited about....but my excitement soon turned to horror, when I realized that the Snowman had been murdered....Well actually not murdered, just assaulted. His neck was broken, and yet, through all of his pain, he managed to play just one more song. I am sorry, I can't talk about it anymore....I will just show you the evidence and the murderer who couldn't even look the camera in the eye........

Bacon

I have officially developed an addiction to bacon. I don't know what it is. But when Roni, Adam's mom, was is town a couple weeks ago we all made breakfast and had bacon. It was delicious and I believe when my addiction started. So this past weekend I made breakfast on Sunday, it was just a small one for Adam and my dad. I was going to have a big breakfast with my sister, Adam, my dad, Adam's sister, and Adam's cousin but I didn't want to get up that early. We had pancakes, eggs, and bacon. It was delicious. But then later that afternoon, I really think it had to be just 3 or 4 hours later, I asked Adam to go to the store to get some things for our tailgate. My list included another package of bacon, lettuce and tomatoes so that I could have a BLT. Sunday morning came and I couldn't wait until lunch time to make my BLT, so I made breakfast burritos for Adam and I. Which included potatoes and bacon. But those filled me up, so I decided to keep the rest of the bacon for my lunch today.

The funny part is, I actually had to put the rest of the cooked bacon away so I couldn't see it. Otherwise, I would have eaten it and not had any left for my blt today.

I had my BLT today and it was delicious. I have even noticed that bacon gathers a crowd. While I was heating it up in the microwave, several people in my office came to see what I was cooking because it smelled so good. I was so proud of my sandwich (sorry Alyssa I should have taken a picture before I devoured it).

Here is why I am starting to be concerned; during my sandwich bliss, I was thinking about the next time I would be able to eat bacon!! Doesn't that sound like an addict? I was thinking about my next fix before I even finished the one that I had. I even sent Adam a text that we should start buying bacon in bulk at Sam's Club because it would be cheaper than getting it at the grocery store.

I really feel like that dog from the Beggin' Strips commercial…." I want bacon!!!!" But this weekend I listened to a segment on Sirius Cosmo Radio, a new radio show that I am also addicted to. And the segment had to do with PMS and what women's bodies do to cope with it. I think that my body had decided to turn to bacon to help calm my nerves and keep me happy…..

P.S. I am not pregnant, so these are not pregnancy cravings.

Blog Rules!!!!

So I have been getting some requests to update my blog more frequently. I didn't realize that I had such a large following, because people don't leave comments except for Poo Head. So from now on, I am making a rule that more people, other than Poo Head, have to leave comments. If I see that people are commenting then I will be inspired to write more and even deticate more time to adding pictures.

Wednesday

Well, it has been a while since I last blogged, but I assure you this will make up for it.

Last Wednesday, me, my sister and my cousins all went to the Maroon 5 and Counting Crows concert. The morning started out a little before 8, with the e-mail chain. It was mainly to discuss who was picking up who and what time. I, of course, had the best deal. Adam and I carpooled so they all picked me up at work and then dropped me off at Adam's that night. It was perfect.

I was picked-up a little before 5 and we were all excited, laughing and making fun of each other all the way there. And then we pull into the parking lot and got a great parking spot. It could have been because the parking lot was empty or the fact that we just rock.

As we walk to the gates, it starts to rain. Not hard, but enough to make us get our umbrellas out. Thanks everyone for letting Alyssa and I use the umbrellas….we didn't plan that well.

When we finally get inside, we cant get to our lawn seats because the employees weren't in their positions yet. Mind you, we did get there really early. I have never been to Cricket that early or seen it that empty before. Stephanie and Courtney go up to the Security guards and flirt with them to try and get into the lawn before anyone else. That didn't work and they came back to our little table. But the Security Guard did tell Stephanie that he would waive her over when he got the word. As soon as security gave the go ahead on the lawn, Stephanie runs up the stairs and almost trips going up there. And Courtney has to run after her. You really had to be there, but it was funny.

When we get to our blanket, we break out the picnic J Did you know that you can bring food into Cricket? We just found this out and it worked out!!!! The worst part of the lawn was the bugs. I, of course, was a poor planner and wore a dress which exposed my legs to more bug bites. I just got rid of the last set of bites….

Alyssa didn't like the bugs at all, so she tried to go to her car to get bug spray. While she was gone a huge mosquito landed on the blanket and Lindsay killed it. But when she picked it up with a napkin it exploded and there was a huge spot of blood on the blanket. It had looked like someone cut them selves and dripped blood. When we saw Alyssa walking back we turned the blanket over so she wouldn't see the blood and know what happened. It all worked out and she never knew J And Alyssa wasn't allowed to go and get her bug spray. But once the sun went down the bugs went away too.

Then the concert started and Augustine played. I only know one of their songs and it was pretty good. After Augustine, Alyssa and I went to get a beer. Mind you I had already had a couple and was a little tipsy. I am not sure if Alyssa was or not, but she can handle her alcohol better than I can. But she purchased a beer and I purchased a beer for me and soda for Courtney. We were walking back to our seats and bumped into each other causing us to spill some of my beer, which we did in front of two Security Guards. Not the same ones Stephanie was talking to.

The next thing we know, the Security Guards stop us and check our i.d. They even swipe it in a machine to make sure it is real. Alyssa said it was my fault because I said we were going to get in trouble loud enough for them to hear us, but I think it was because we were walking funny and running into each other.

After that, nothing too exciting happened, except for Maroon 5. They were awesome. Then the Counting Crows came out and we stayed for a couple of songs and then left. Alyssa and I dropped everyone off, stopped for a cheeseburger, and then I went to sleep.

The next morning I woke up with a little hangover and found out my class that night was cancelled, so I went home last night and slept….