I am giving in....

Everyone always does these fun surveys so I decided I would follow the trend and do it too. Hopefully it won't be too boring.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

My middle name is Grace, after my great grandmother. I have her color hair too and when my parents chose that name, they didn't know I would end up with the exact same color red hair she had. Cool huh? 

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Like a week ago

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
yeah I guess

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Sara Lee Cajun Turkey

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
yep

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
I would but it would probably take me awhile once I got up there to actually let go and jump.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
hmm thats hard...either cinnamon toast crunch or apple cinnamon cheerios

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
nope

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Breyer's chocolate, or Bear Claw from Old Dutch

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Personality and teeth. Weird I know.

15. RED OR PINK?
Red

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
Sometimes I can totally see myself being an old stubborn woman who is set is her ways and won't do anything another way, and I hate that. Cause sometimes even now, I do stuff a certain way and if Tim or someone else does it another way, I want to go behind them and redo it my way. I gotta learn to relax. ha.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Well I miss my grandfathers alot, but I also miss Magen, Deborah, and Lindley bunches I don't get to see them enough. 

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
Well since I don't think anyone even reads my blog....it doesn't really matter. 

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Skinny Jeans and flats that are T-Strapped and brown, black, and cream.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
"Whats Up?" by 4 Non Blondes

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Either Orange/Red or Copper

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Fresh Cut Grass, Coffee, Citrus Candles

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Tim

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
No one sent it to me, I stole it off someone's facebook. 

It Has Been Awhile....

Well its been forever since I last posted...the holidays came and things got crazy. Lots has happened since my last post....let's see where do I start....

1. In November I started working out. It sucks I hate it, but I gotta do it. Plus Tim is helping to motivate me by buying me new shoes if I go atleast 3 days a week. Now if I could only eat healthy so I actually keep off the calories I burn. Right now all the calories I burn at the gym I eat back in a matter of hours after coming home. Dr Pepper and chips are just too good to resist. Oh well...

2. At Thanksgiving, my sister Elissa and her husband Allan, announced they are Preggo. It is their first, and they are super excited, as am I. She is due 7/21 I am hoping it will be a girl, they are hoping it will be a boy....I hope I win.

3. The day after Christmas, my entire family, left for a road trip to Texas to see both my grandmothers. It was loads of fun. It was the first time we have all really been able to hang out for longer than a few hours, since we all got married. It was a crazy trip...my dad, mom, Elissa, JulieAnna, Tim, our dog Bear, and my parents dog Sadie....in two cars. It was supposed to be all in one car, but at the last minute that changed when my dad went to pick up the van we were renting at Enterprise, and found out they had rented our RESERVED van, to someone else. It worked out ok though.

4. Last week, my other older sister Mary Lee and her husband Matt, announced they were Preggo too! They have 4...thats right 4! boys so they are hoping for a girl....she is due 9/13.


5. On Tuesday, Tim started his last semester of college! Woo Hoo! I CANNOT wait till he is done, it will be like getting married all over again, because right now I never ever see him. We are going to take a cruise or do something fun to celebrate when he graduates.

6. At the end of February, we are going to New York. I am SO excited. I have never been, and always wanted to go. We are going to go to all the Art Museums- which I am SO SO pumped about. After yesterday's litle mishap with the US Air plane going down in the Hudson River, I am not pumped we too are flying US Air.....

I think thats about does it....2009 is off to a crazy start already and I can't believe January is almost over. I am pumped American Idol has started and cannot wait for Lost next week!

Fall Fun

Last weekend, Tim and I headed up to Auburn to see Phillip and Deborah. Phillip's Bday is today (Happy Birthday Phillip) and Deborah was throwing him a party on Saturday night so we decided to go up for it. It was lots of fun. Phillip's classmates from the Deisgn/Build program he is in at Auburn came over to their house and we grilled out, made Smores by the fire, and.....Carved Pumpkins!!! It was my first time ever to carve a pumpkin (can you believe that?!) and I LOVED it! It was such a fun weekend with our fun friends!!!

My totally Hot husband with some crazy sunglasses he found in his mom's car...haha.

Phillip and Deborah

Getting ready to carev our pumpkin

Drawing out the design....

Carving out the design...

The finished product!

Phillip carving his pumpkin with a Saw....typical builder....

Phillip's finished prodcut....pretty scary huh? He meant to make it look nice HAHA!

Deborah carving her pumpkin

And of course the lovers...Bear and LuLu making out...they LOVE eachother! :)

TIM is 24!!!!

Today is my wonderful husband's bday! So in honor of his bday I thought I would share 24 facts about Tim:



1. He is an awesome drummer. Well ok everyone knows that...
2. He is the most patient person I know. Sometimes that makes me mad.
3. He goes to school full time,
4. works full time,
5. and has been on the Dean's list almost every semester. WOW.
6. He drives a car with no AC-and we live in Alabama where it is hot all year round.
7. He is very handy- he has installed new heating element in our water heater, built a shed in our backyard, fixed our toilet, fixed our plumbing, installed crown moulding, and fixed both of our cars on numerous occasions.
8. He loves Andy Griffith-I hate it.
9. He is a great gift giver. He buys me cute clothes.
10. He studies more than I ever thought about studying in college. EVERY night from 7-11PM. Crazy I know.
11. He is obsessed with the stock market. Well more obsessed really with researching stocks. The he tries to explain it to me. I smile and nod and pretend I am listening as I daydream.
12. He makes the best over-easy eggs I have ever tasted.
13. He says when we have kids he wants a boy first, but I know he secretly wants a girl.
14. He likes listening to books on cd when we go on road trips. Not action packed fiction books that keep you on the edge of your seat- books about Real Estate, Finance, the Stock Market, and Investing. I like them becuase they put me to sleep really fast.
15. He encourages me every day and keeps me going when I want to quit.
16.In High School he drove a Volvo station wagon, which for awhile smelled like fish guts-because some of his friends put fish guts IN the dashborad of the car to be funny. Kids at school smelled him coming from a mile away. Poor guy.
17. He used to have dreadlocks. They stunk. Thank God they are gone. (I will find a pic and post it)
18. He used to have gages in his ears-they were huge. He took them out about 4 years ago and they have closed up ALOT but he could still fit my earrings through his ears.
19. His alarm goes off every 5 minutes for about an hour every morning. It drives me nuts, but I am used to it now.
20. He is a pack rat. When we got married, we were going through a bunch of his boxes and I found his Trapper Keeper from 4th grade. 4th grade people. That was a LONG time ago. And when I tired to throw it out he said and I quote, " Don't throw that out, it has a lot of good notes in it!!!" I'm sure he is going to go back and study his 4th grade Science a lot... I threw it away.
21. He is very sweet and romantic and I love that about him.
22. He is very disciplined and I wish I could be more like him in that regard.
23. He plays hide and seek with Bear. It is cute.
24. He is the best husband and best friend I could have ever dreamed of!

Happy 24th Birthday Tim! I hope its the best year yet!!!!! I love you!

Just a little something to brighten your day....

I don't know how to upload videos or else I would have but...you need to go watch these videos....you will laugh, you will cry, you might even wet your pants. These videos get even funnier the more you watch them. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7myO3imGy0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8

Friends...Bowling...and Birthdays....

WOW. I haven't blogged in forever. Not that anyone even reads this but whatev.

Alot has happened since I last blogged...

1. Bear and I finished Dog Obedience class with flying colors. He was great for about.....a week. No really he is ALOT better but there are still issues to work with him on like...don't run away from me when I take you outside. But I love him!

2. Our good friends Ryan and Elita Friesen had another baby! They already have Noah who is 3 and the cutest,smartest kid! They had Jackson Pete on July 28th and he is so little and cute! We are so excited for them!

3. Tim and I went to Auburn in August to visit Phillip and Deborah (who needs to start a blog b/c it would be hilarious!). It was so fun! Bear and their dog LuLu are in love, so they had fun playing non stop all weekend. it was so cute. Bear passed out on the way home and slept the whole way and for three days after! While we were there we went to Sylacauga, AL (about an hour outside of Auburn) to a lake house their friend owns. It was so fun! We went out in the boat, went jet skiing, flooded the jet ski and had to tow it back with the boat (it was hysterical), went horse back riding, and just hung out. It was so good to see them and their cute house.
All of us on their front porch

Bear and LuLu sharing a bed...they are so scandalous.

4. My little sister left for college! She is a freshman at Southern Miss. I can't believe she is already in college! I remember when she came home from the hospital and all the years of torture Elissa and I put her through. haha-let's just say we did things like make her eat rabbit poop and we told her they were raisins and she would say "MMMMM Ray-Ray's". WOW we are mean.

5. My dad, who has been working in Mexico for the past year and a half, and only gets to come home about every 3 months :(, came in town for a visit! It was he and my mom's 27th anniversary. Cute. One night when he was here we all went bowling as a Family (everyone but Matt, JulieAnna, and Jonah), plus my nephews brought a friend, so there were 10 of us. I hadn't been bowling in forever so I didn't do so hot. My 10 year old nephew beat me. Sad. Elissa and Allan on the other hand are professionals. They even have their own bowling balls, shoes, and a handy dandy rolling bag. All they are missing is those hot bowling league shirts. HMMM maybe that's what I will get them for Christmas. I think even my mom did better than me. She has never played a sport in her life. It was quite hilarious to watch her bowl.

The whole gang from left: Tim, Allan, Elissa, Mary Lee, my dad, my mom

Me, my nephews James and Preston, and their friend Aaron

Elissa and Allan "The professionals" aka LOSERS

My Mother.

6. I turned 23!!!! I know that's not old at all but I feel like I am getting old. Tim was so sweet and got me flowers, cooked me breakfast, took me to dinner, and got me a Bissell Steam Vac (don't worry its not a clue for me to clean the house. I actually really wanted it!). I have already cleaned the couches and WOW they look amazing. I should be on an infomercial for it and they could show before and after pics of my couch. Its amazing the difference...now on to the living room rug.....

Tim and I before we went out for a yummy dinner at Bangkok Thai

Bear and I on my birthday. He even got me a card. He is so sweet.

Well I guess that about does it for my 2 month update. Hopefully it won't be that long before I post again.....

Doggy Obedience

Yep that's right....Bear and I are taking Doggy obedience classes. It has been quite an adventure....
Week 1
First of all there are about 30 dogs at the class (not exaggerating) and when you get 30 dogs together of course all they want to do is sniff each other, pee on trees, and play. The first week I made the mistake of getting there right before the class started so Bear didn't really have a chance to get to know all his new dog friends before the class began.....BIG MISTAKE. The class begins, the lady who teaches it is a Yankee-Nazi all rolled into one (I will get to her later), and so everyone is standing there with their dogs and she starts to talk. Well Bear was not interested in sitting there quietly, like all the other dogs, while she talked....he began howling and I mean HOWLING at the top of his lungs. I suddenly felt like a parent who's kids yells out something embarrassing in the grocery store line. I bent down as nonchalantly as I could and said "Bear, shut up". Didn't help. So I thought well maybe he is just freaked out, so I bent down and patted him and said, "It's ok Bear." All of the sudden the Yankee-Nazi teacher yells from across the field, "DON'T PET YOUR DOG WHEN HE IS DOING THAT!" Everyone was staring at me by this point...it startled me and so I quickly stood up scared I might get kicked out. Bear finally stopped, after what felt like an hour. We finished out the class.....

Week 2
I made a point to get there alot earlier so Bear would have time to get to know all his fellow classmates. By the time the class started he was already pretty worn out so, I figured getting him to sit for a while for her to talk would be no prob. And it was, he actually laid down and fell asleep while we were all standing listening to her. Then we start to do some exercises she taught us. Bear was doing great. We were learning how to properly walk on the leash...It was Bear's turn to go so we started walking and doing our exercise....well all of the sudden Bear decides he needed to go #2. I tired to make him stop, but I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go. Nazi Yankee immediately comes over and says, " Well go get your bag and clean it up." " My bag?" "Yes, your dog bag. You should have brought bags to clean up after your dog, it was on your supply sheet." "Oh yeah right, the supply list I forgot to read." So there I was stuck next to a smelly pile with no poop bag. Thankfully a really sweet lady had a special belt she was wearing with a roll of poop bags and a pooper scooper attached (No joke) to it that she let me borrow. So thus ended another eventful night of dog obedience.


Week 3
Went off without a hitch! Bear was great and I can really tell that he is learning.....5 more weeks of classes to go so I am sure there are bound to be a few more eventful stories......