This Little Piggie Cried Wee Wee Wee.....

This morning I was running late, of course, and I ran into my room to get my shoes. Well the night before I had been working on my laptop and I put it down next to my bed. So when I ran into my room I stubbed my little pinkie toe. I didn't think anything of it until I got to work and my toe is just throbbing. So I look down and what do I see???????

It hurt so bad!!!!!!!!

And don't laugh at my toes....I already know they look like little sausages.

Tea Bag

So I made this detox tea this morning and i realized that i realy want a tea bag holder.

B.M.

Holy Crow (does anyone know where that came from?) So I was reading US Weekly today at lunch when I lost my breath and my heart stopped beating for a few seconds. What caused such a reaction??????

Bret Michaels will be at Cricket Pavillion on August 29, 2009!!!!! Oh My Gosh!!!!! I would love to go to that concert!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone want to come with me??????

Radishes

I felt the need to blog about this delicious little vegetable. I love radishes; however, how is it possible that such a little thing can be so potent????? You either have bad breath or the worst burps.....but I still love them....so my apologies to everyone that I come across today.

MBT

Yesterday my dad took me the store to get my birthday present...I know it is late and he still owes me a Christmas present too, which were a pair of MBT's. They are a great shoe that help your body in so many ways. They are only meant for walking but they help your posture, tone your legs, stomach and butt all just by walking. They are super cute!!!

Well, today Courtney and I went on our first walk and my legs are already hurting. But you know what they say, you aren't really exercising unless you can feel the pain :(

We also asked the receptionist Nina to come along with us. That way we can gossip about all the boys.

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.....