"Everything looks better by the seaside"

Wow it has been soo long since I blogged! I plan to get back to it...after I get back from Cancun! That's right, we're taking a little vacation! We leave for San Antonio in a couple hours (right after my pedi with Amanda - yay cute toenails!) and fly out on Monday for a week of sand, sun & surf! I can't wait and will definitely bring back lots of pictures and a tan! (unless it's raining all week, since there is a chance of showers EVERY SINGLE DAY...but I am not going to think about that because I'm doing my best to believe we will have gorgeous weather). Then I'm going to work on blogging consistency! ha. I promise I've been keeping up with everyone's blog even if I haven't been commenting!

Edit: We MAY be going to Cancun...stupid, stupid swine flu!!

Oh Messy Closet

Monday's over..yeah! I don't have any exciting weekend news to write about, because I worked from like 9-3 on Saturday and was very "domestic" for the rest of the weekend. Not only did I do three loads of laundry, vacuum, sweep, mop, dust, and clean the bathrooms, but I did some spontaneous closet reorganization. The closets in our house are pretty small because it's and older house, and even with our two dressers (quite large dressers), it seemed Adrian and my clothes were always having to be "stuffed" everywhere. And it's been bugging me lately, especially when I put up laundry, so I made a trip to Bed Bath and Beyond this weekend and bought two plastic stackable drawers and an extra bar and spent most of Sunday afternoon arranging and rearranging our clothes. Adrian thought I was crazy because I tend to overthink things and I was all like, "So do you want your undershirts in this drawer, or maybe your dress socks, or your dress socks could go there and your athletic socks here or..." And HE was like, "I could care less - I'd be fine with a pile by my bed!" ha. Anyways, here is my organized closet..ta da! (I know it doesn't look that spectacular, but just humor me. Now I'm already dreading when when we need to use Adrian's closet for baby clothes...not fun! ha)

We did have some friends over on Saturday night for dinner, and Adrian made some delicious lasagna..thanks babe!! Well I'm off to bed....it's been a long day.

Two posts in five days..I'm on a roll! haha. Adrian and I went to San Angelo this past weekend for Tristen's birthday party. It went great..Adrian's sister is always really organized and good at planning ahead (unlike me!) so party planning is right up her alley! We had it at the park and it turned out be a beautiful day...I love spring =). Her and her husband cooked beef & chicken fajitas, beans & homemade salsa....soooo good. The theme was cars, complete with a Mater pinata and everything.

I don't feel like doing captions, but I'm pretty sure all the pictures are self-explanatory =). We also got to see the house Adrian's mom found - she sold her house in Snyder and is planning on moving to San Angelo within the next few months. We moved her stuff from Snyder into storage a few weekends ago (and let me tell you, that was a tiring weekend!) so hopefully moving won't be too bad this time around!

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Debbie Downer

I'm alive!! Anyways, I'm going to try to get back to blogging but we'll see how that goes =). We've been working a little extra for tax season (for those of you don't know, Adrian and I are both accountants at a CPA firm), and it just seems like time gets away from me. I've never been the best at handling stress and I've been letting myself get overwhelmed with work and working out and cleaning house and saving SOME time to relax & spend time with Adrian. I'm trying to learn not to worry about it all so much....what good does worry do, right? =)

I hate to make my first blog in so long a sad one, but I'd like everyone to pray for my cousin. She's a freshmen in college...just a really beautiful, super sweet, Godly girl. Anyways, a little while ago she broke up with the guy she'd been dating for about a year, and last night he committed suicide - I don't really know many details right now, but I think it's going to be really hard on her. Her dad passed away with lung cancer a few months ago and I know she really leaned on her boyfriend during that time. I think she ended things partly because they were having to do the long-distance thing since she left for college and because they were still young and had a lot to experience. But they were still friends and she talked to him the night he did it. I'd only met him a couple times but he seemed like a guy with a lot going for him - he was youth minister at their church and was supposed to go into the army to be chaplin this summer. My cousin has already had a really rough year and her mom said she was just starting to "cope" with the death of her dad, so her mom is worried about how this is going to effect her. And I think her older sister is pretty upset by it all too. So just keep them and of course, the guy's family, in your prayers.

Anyways, my nephew (Adrian's sister's son) is having his first birthday party in San Angelo this Sunday, so I'll make sure and take lots of pictures to share. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Yummy taco soup!

Okay, this is going to be quick, cause I have stuff to do. Our friends made us some taco soup the other night that was really good and soooo easy - just thought I'd share the recipe in case anyone needs some good wintery food =)

Ingredients
2 cans corn
2 cans tomatoes (diced or mashed or whatever)
2 cans ranch style beans
1 pound ground beef (I use ground turkey)
1 package ranch dip/dressing mix (on the dressing aisle)

Directions
Pour it all together and heat it up!
Put in bowls and top with sour cream, cheese, and tostada chips (optional of course)
Eat until you're stuffed

Yum Yum!

Random

Well it's been forever since I last blogged - I think I'm going to have to start putting this on my "to-do" list so I don't keep putting it off. So I guess I'll do one of those random, bulleted blogs =)

- Our weather is officially CRAZY...it was in the 80's a few days ago and today our high was 29! So I took the sleet as permission NOT to go to the gym and Adrian and I had a nice lazy night watching the Biggest Loser, eating frozen pizza, and drinking hot chocolate.

- Some friends of ours invited us to watch "My Bloody Valentine" with them the other night. It was my first 3-D movie ever, and I have to say I thought it was pretty cool - definitely looks different than a regular movie. I only wish someone had warned me one of the girls is attacked by the killer while completely naked and you get to see every part of her body while she runs and hides - still naked. (And this last about ten minutes). Didn't exactly love my husband seeing THAT in 3-D.

- I went to San Angelo the weekend before last to do a little shopping/hanging out with my sister and nephew. We had a blast and got to eat at Henry's..mmmm I miss that place!

Connor and his mommy

Eating some Taco Bell

And not to brag, Connor is seriously one of the BEST babies I've ever been around...he is sooo happy and hardly ever whines. Jamie said she gets told that a lot. Funny story - We didn't buckle him up in the stroller in the mall and I looked down in Victoria's Secret and his butt had slid completely out of the seat; His little hands were hanging onto the tray with his feet dangling just above the floor. I know he could have hurt himself but still it was funny =)
I think we wore him out shopping though!

He also discovered himself in the mirror and it was so funny watching him play with his new "friend."

- So I chopped my hair off - shorter than I've had it in a long time! I like it alright...my hair was looking horrible long, but it's taking some getting used to!

Of course then I decided I needed a new color and tried to do it myself and that didn't go so good...let's just say my hair's not in the best shape after about three tries with three different dyes =D. (And it'a still kind of a funky color I'm not crazy about).

- We're having a Super Bowl party here Sunday, so if anyone has any great snack recipes, I'd love to hear them!

p.s. Does it take anyone FOREVER to do pictures on here? I wish they would just insert them where the mouse was - so annoying!

happy tuesday!

Well I don't have much to blog about (as usual!), but thought I'd write something real quick before I go take a nice hot bath...ahh I love baths! Especially when I'm all sweaty ha - I went to the gym tonight (yay me!) and ran about 3 miles It was sooo hot in there tonigh!...Adrian sat on the couch after me and said it was wet where my back was - gross huh?

Anyways, I just got done watching the Biggest Loser..anyone else watch that show? I love it...it's really inspiring to see people completely change their lives - those people are athletes by the end of the show!

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Adrian and I did - we got a lot done too! He did some roofing on our tool shed out back and made a door for it! I'm proud of his carpentry work =)...He has no experience and did it all by himself! I FINALLY took our Christmas trees down and packed away all our decorations, washed all the sheets on our guest beds, and did just some normal house cleaning. We also did some fun stuff though =)

On Friday night, we hung out with a guy we work with and his fiance and friends - they're lots of fun and we got to go to Starbucks..mmmmm. Then on Saturday, Adrian and I went to the drive-in to see "Marley and Me." I really liked it, but not just because of the dog part of the plot - it was a realistic look at marriage and kids and careers. I got emotional at weird parts in it - not just the ending...just made me think about all the things that Adrian and I had experienced and were going to experience that were going to test us and bring us together. And I've decided the drive-in is the way to go! It's cheaper and you can bring food and drinks and talk if you want - it's nice =)..got a little cold though. Sunday we went over to Casey and Amanda's (some of our good friends here) and they cooked steak and shrimp for us..delicious! We had a fun night playing Office trivia and Rock Band =)

Okay, to end on a serious note...someone close to me really, really needs some prayers. It's not me or Adrian, just some family issues. So if everyone could say a I'd appreciate it =)

Blah

Just a warning - there's going to be some whining going on in my blog today haha. I'm having one of those weeks that I know every girl where I just feel "blah" about myself - one of those weeks where I just don't feel pretty.

So I've decided I need a little mini makeover...I'm just not sure what to change ha. My body frustrates me, but I already try to eat somewhat healthy (although I could definitely do better - I'm working on it!) and I try to go the gym about three or four times a week and I just don't feel like I can fit in that much more without giving up other stuff. I weigh about the same as I always have but I just have no TONE..ugh. I know girls who weigh way more than me but look better - so I'm thinking maybe I need to do something besides running (which I actually enjoy)- lift weights or something. I wouldn't mind being a "curvier" type but my boobs NEVER get bigger so I feel like I look better slender and fit. So my "goal" right now is to lose like 5-10 pounds and tone up!

The other I REALLY need is a new hairstyle - actually just a hairstyle period - my hair has no style! I'm debating whether I'm brave enough to go short - I loved this girls picture in Cosmo for reason,(I tried taking a picture of the page with my phone ha) but talk about scary - that's short! Like almost can't wear a ponytail short! So I'll probably do something less drastic =)...maybe about shoulder length with layers or something..who knows!




Anyways, I have rambled long enough about this!! I will try to blog a much more interesting, uplifting blog this weekend!

Edit: I had some pictures posted (which Shaunna is referring to in her comment) but I decided to take them down...they were goofy haha.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Ahhh sometimes it would be so nice not to have to work =)....I'm sitting here in my pj's, watching What Not to Wear and drinking coffee - it's awesome! I actually took tomorrow off too because only one or two people from our office are working tomorrow...so I have a four day weekend! I have a little list of things I want to get done
-clean house (of course!)

-LOTS of laundry...sheets and everything

-organize the music on my computer, download new music, and put new music on my ipod..fun =)

-clean out and organize the pics on my computer..i have soo many

-write Irakarama (the little girl Adrian and I sponsor through Food for the Hungry)

-take down my christmas trees and decorations =(

-work out

-and then of course, some relaxing - I have a book I want to finish and some TV shows I want to watch

Well I haven't blogged since Christmas...I had an AMAZING Christmas!! We went to Tina's (Adrian's sister) house the weekend before Christmas and had fun, relaxing time. We did a little shoppping, looked at the lights along the river, walked around the neighborhood, and just sat around! And I know Christmas isn't about gifts at all, but I loved all my gifts =).

Then Laura (Adrian's other sister) came back to Midland with us and stayed with us for the next three nights...she was nice enough to go Christmas shopping and help me wrap gifts!

On Wednesday we left for Jamie and Ty's house in Leakey. It's a pretty long drive - about 4 1/2 hours - but I love road trips =). Torey's husband Josh was flying into the San Antonio that night so we went and picked him up then went to eat at Texas Land and Cattle...it had a great "atmosphere" with a fireplace and everything. Then we went and got some coffee and walked the River Walk. The rest of the weekend we opened gifts, went to Bandera to go to the little downtown shops, threw around a football, played some cards, went on walks, etc. It was really nice to spend some time with my family - made me miss my little sis a little because she lives in Kentucky so I don't get to see her a lot.

Then it was back to work - holidays are fun but busy! So it's nice to have these days off with nothing to do and nowhere to be!

Well for some reason, I'm slow at posting pictures on here so here's the links to the rest of my Christmas pictures...I forgot my camera at the River Walk so as soon as my family sends them to me I'll post some!

http://http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2032695&l=f11d7&id=54101015

http://http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2032694&l=78d1c&id=54101015

My Beautiful Rescue

Okay so I have lots and lots of pics to post from Christmas but i'm going to bed early tonight..I don't know why but i've been sooo tired - I guess the holidays caught up to me =)

So i was going to post the music video for the song that i got my blog title from, "My Beautiful Rescue" by This Providence. But I can't find it ANYWHERE on youtube anymore...bummer. So if anyone cares, here's a link to it on MTV
http://www.mtv.com/videos/this-providence/177839/my-beautiful-rescue.jhtml

I'll post Christamas updates soon I promise =)