The Joys of This Town...

Dear lady who is feeding the geese in from of my apartment stairs,
STOP. Walk away. DON'T FEED THEM. unless it's antifreeze. But seriously don't feed them & then walk away as I am walking up to them. Ok, now they are fighting and biting the feathers out of each other. Oh great. Now, they're going to attack me...

Dear car who went around me at a red light,
DUDE, it's a red light no matter where you are in line. And especially if you get on the side of the road and go around me and run the red light. YOU ARE A MORON. And I laughed at you when I caught up to you because you were in such a hurry but it got you nowhere. Lame.

Dear rude person,
You don't get that far in life being mean. Yes, people may give you want they want but they are scared of you, would like to avoid you, and will never want you to come around again. Get over yourself. You're not THAT special. No matter what your parents say.

Dear smoke detector that likes to go off because of low batteries at 4am,
I need my beauty sleep. Quit shrilling at ungodly hours of the morning. I promise we'll put batteries in you at a normal time. (Has anyone noticed that this things batteries only die in the middle of the night?...always)

Dear Moving Boxes,
Can you please pack and move yourself down 3 floors & up 3 floors in the miserable heat? Yeah, that'd be great.

Dear allergies,
This is my personal letter of resignation. No 2 weeks notice, I quit you. So go AWAY. lol.

I feel better now that I got that off my chest. haha.

Mission Accomplished

Woohoo! I survived AND got my driver's license. It's official! My name is changed & now my future children won't have to wait at the end of the line when it's in alphabetical order. YEESSS! It was totally worth waking up at 5 AM this morning and driving 40 miles out of the way. Yes, 5 AM because my lovely husband likes to work out at that time....and leave lights on :) Anyways, I had to get up early in attempt to get there by 7...which was more like 7:15...and I was done at 8am! And the guy even knew how to pronounce my last name without having to tell him! So my day started out well & was good for the rest of the day, minus minor details. I'm going to bed now, this whole 5AM thing doesn't work out so well for me.
-Mrs. B

P.S. We definitely got that coffee stain out of my skirt! Success
P.P.S. Dont you love my new header? I would love to tell you HOW to do this, but I couldn't...alot of time messing around with photoshop...but I can definitely show you.

Story of my life

OF COURSE....the white skirt, that I have only wore one other time, was the target of some mid morning coffee. Not mine, of course. I was helping someone out & lifted the coffee pot thing up to move it over to clean off a table...and OF COURSE as soon as I lifted it, it squirted ALL over me. And so for the rest of the day I was known as "Coffee Girl" so I took it upon myself to quote Billy Madison with a "everybody's doing it" lol. That's not a direct quote but referencing to the peeing in your pants scene for all those non-movie watchers... So pretty much, I think the skirt is ruined. Guess it's good that I rarely wear it huh? Well we're about to head out to pint night...woohoo for socializing!! :) And tomorrow, I am going to go get my driver's license...supposedly my last DMV experience was so rewarding. I will be hauling my butt out of bed at 5 something in order to look halfway decent for a license pic, drive 20 mi out of the way to not wait in that 28 people ahead of you line, and hopefully make it to work by 8. Lucky for me, my boss is very understanding. Now to avoid enjoying pint night too much....

Happy Father's Day!!!

I am so happy there is a day to celebrate our Moms & Dads....I mean let's face it, for most of us, they have one of the greatest influences on our lives... Drew & I have both been blessed with amazing fathers & I am so grateful that we have had such great men to look up to!Drew & Larry at the Rehearsal Dinner
Dad walking me down the aisle...I am begging him to not cry!!!

Thank you so much for spending time with us, investing in us, and loving us. We hope to one day be great parents like all of you have been! Love you Dad & Larry!!!

Friends & baseball pants

So I came home to the cutest piece of mail. and i LOVE mail....whitney sent me a sweet card & a pic of the girl's breakfast before my wedding. It made my day!!! Thanks so much whitnasty :)Last night, I decided that because I have such a hard time waking up in the morning, I was going to go to SLEEP at 9. Well, 9 rolls around & I kiss Drew good night, check out the arkansas game score...and go to bed...and then Chaney texted me about the Hogs. So I had to turn it on. Woo Pig Sooie. We had tied the game in the 9th inning & on to inning 10, and inning 11, and finally inning 12. All were scoreless until FINALLY we scored a run. So thank you hogs for winning, for causing me to almost have a heartattack, and for making me go to bed 2 1/2 hours later...

m&m's win everytime.

So today, I decided I'd be good but because my lunch was cut short...well, basically as soon as I got home I got called back to work...healthy didn't happen. Luckily, my wonderful husband bought me a foot long for lunch yesterday from subway so I had the other half to grab on the way out....

by the time 3 came around, my energy was fading fast...and I have some m&m's next to my desk...and man, when it's between my self control & m&m's...m&m's win everytime!

but by the time I got home, I was exhausted & starving....so we got a $5 pizza from Little Caesar's... I told drew I think I may have a blood sugar problem or something because by the time I got home from work I had literally NO energy...but as soon as I ate, I was motivated to clean out the refrigerator, do the dishes & start the dishwasher....

lame. maybe it's my eating habits? maybe it's my sleeping habits? maybe it's my caffeine/no water habits? maybe it's all of the above.

any suggestions??? i need healthy snacks/quick but filling breakfast. yesterday, i woke up at 5 when drew woke up to work out so i made myself an omelet & was not starving by lunch time as usual. but i dont have time to make myself omelets everyday....(i prioritize sleep over breakfast prep time) so anyways, today i tried a whole wheat 100 cal english muffin, toasted, with peanut butter & i wasn't STARVING by lunch but I was also so busy I could not remember my name much less my growling stomach....

anyways, suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

patio time is my favorite time

well, drew's at a baseball game so amanda & i decided to hit the patio & try new, fun drinks. I had a blast. I am so happy we got to do that. We've already started planning margarita night with some other girls so I'm, of course, pumped.

anyways, it's been crazy around here. my leg is hurting like crazy. maybe tomorrow i will show you a pic, but drew took my camera. work is absolutely insane. we are crazy busy so of course i love it. our first big event is this weekend & since we are short staffed on the restaurant side, i was asked to work saturday afternoon/evening. haha i'm game as long as i don't have to hold food up in the air. since grace is my middle name of course lol. but seriously, i make time & a half so it's all good.

my parents will be stopping through on sunday & i am so excited to see them! they're going to stay at the hotel too. and in about a month, we will be heading to see drew's parents & we are both pumped. also, the weekend of august 7 & 14th i have friends from home coming so I am soooo excited. (poor drew lol).

anyways, drew's asked me to make a list of the top 12 things (not top 10 for some reason...) i want for my birthday but i need ideas....of course i always want clothes but lets think out of the box. leave me a comment with a great birthday gift suggestion please :) :) :)

p.s. our AC is healed...due to my stupidity. yesterday, i thought the AC was leaking but it was really the cooler LOL. but anyways, weve been having issues with it so it was ok. today, i came home to meet drew for lunch & a box (drew's cell) was on the ironing board & our air was at 63...i started freaking out wondering who was in my house...but it was just the air guy. woohoo. now, the air flows so cooly!!!!

Ouch

I just NAILED my shin because I am lazy....and OMG I am still in pain (it bruised instantly). My WHOLE bone hurts. The worst part is I already have like 10 bruises on my legs because there's barely any room between my desk & my boss' desk. And lets face it, I'm not the most graceful person. But a few days ago, while pushing a cart in target, I kept walking and forgot to push the cart and nailed myself in the shin in the EXACT spot that I did tonight. Seriously, I feel like I can't walk. Lame. Guess I won't be wearing a skirt anytime lately...

Pictures to follow.

Speaking of pictures, if you want to see our wedding pics, leave me a comment & i'll get you the website.

That's what I get for whining.

I called my mom at lunch & she said "I have to go, we're in the middle of the restaurant because there are tornado warnings". So because the weather there usually ends up here, I figured it was headed our way.
Drew called me at 5, right when I was about to leave work. "Are you ok" yes, I'm fine. why? "well, there are tornadoes everywhere, and they won't let me leave work. The power keeps going off." well, it's not even raining here. do you think it's ok for me to drive home? (cue downpour) (cue electricity going out).

This picture doesn't even do it justice. The winds were stronger than I had EVER seen. Thankfully I was in a brand new hotel with plenty of shelter (alot better than being on the 3rd story of an apartment). We have iron furniture on the patio outside & it flew into the parking lot. It was absolutely insane. People were stopping for shelter. It was insane. Anyways, about 5:45, the winds had calmed down so I decided to drive home.When I finally was able to get through to drew (cell phones werent working), he said our power was out...so I get to the gate & the person in front of me keeps trying to open the gate with his car. Listen dude, clearly the gate it wide open on both sides. And it's not closing. Quit trying to open it & drive through!!! Our power didn't come back on last night so THANKFULLY, we headed to Amanda's to stay the night. THANK YOU SO MUCH!Here are some cool pics of the sky. All of these were taken on my phone so ignore the quality.

We decided to come home today & sat in traffic for forever because lights were still out. BUT when we got home our electricity was back!!!! Thank you God! So we deep cleaned for a really long time. The bathroom, kitchen & living room area looks awesome! Go drew & me!!!

Can I please catch a break?

So there I am, standing in the world's longest line. It's hot. I'm in heels & signs everywhere say NO CELL PHONES. Ridiculous.
Where I'm from, you walk into the DMV, take a number & sit down & wait. Not here, you have to stand in line for a lady to give you paper work & tell you where you need to go. So I'm waiting in that line. It's dark, dirty & disgusting. A flashing sign above my head says: 28 people ahead of you. A man storms out saying "I didn't know it would take this long, I'm leaving" "Sir, no one said it'd be quick. It's a process...what does he think this is? the grocery store?". FINALLY, I get to the front of the line. I have all evidence of my life in my hands and she says: "do you have your birth certificate?"...um no, you're website didn't say anything about that. "do you have your passport?" yes but it's a passport card. Well, this won't work. You have to have your passport. Listen here lady, I can get into Mexico with that thing so yes, it will work. BLAH.

So I'm very annoyed because I took off from work to do this. And my birth certificate is 5 hours away. So I leave. And go to the social security office, across town. Where they are having a pro golf tournament or something. Needless to say, the police officer stops me wanting to know where I am going...SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE. I mentally dared him to mess with me. But he didn't. He unblocked the street for me. So anyways, get to the SS office. Am there for about 15 minutes, playing on the internet on my phone. Security guard comes up to me and says "Ma'am, you're not allowed to use your phone in here" Well, I'm not talking on it (figuring they just didnt want people to be loud & obnoxious, talking on their phone) "Touching buttons counts as using it". Fine! ALL OF YOU PEOPLE SUCK.

This is the MOST complicated city I have EVER lived in. I can't catch a break. First they won't let me into the pool, then I can't get a driver's license, and now I can't use my cell phone. GEEZ. At least the SS office was only about 45 minutes. So of course, I did not eat lunch til 4 because I was hoping to get everything done today. But no, stupid DMV. I miss my little city, where all you have to do is take a number & you don't need a birth certificate if you have your drivers license. I'm ALIVE. Isn't that enough of a birth certificate?

Is it the weekend yet? This whole working alot/sleeping 3 hours a night isn't working for me....

Napoleon, give me some of your tots!!!!

Well, since yesterday I didn't get to wear anything cute because I was cinderella-ish. Today, I wore my opening day outfit. I got the shirt & skirt for $30 total...and I had been eyeing that skirt since the day I went shopping with Shaunna about 2 months ago...

* Ignore the wet, curly hair. It was gross here today so I figured I wouldn't waste precious sleep time to actually do my hair lol.

Anyways, everything is good to go as far as the hotel. We seriously had about 10 walk-ins today...plus phone calls trying to reserve stuff. It's insane. SOOO much easier than TV sales (although not near as fun as my TV work crew (: miss you guys) People LITERALLY walk in, see the hotel and there is no selling needed (minus the price) It's Insanity.

Still haven't worked out. Still haven't cooked. Drew cooked sloppy joe's tonight plus tots & broccoli minus the tots because they tasted like a frozen bag...yuck. Thats the worst thing ever...when you expect something & it tastes totally different. One thing that is consistent about this week = my wine time lol. But next week, I think I will give it up during the week. I'd like to loose 12 lbs....oh & the positive of being a housekeeper for the day? Down 2 lbs....Oh and the other positive = being able to knock on people's doors & saying in a very high pitched voice "housekeeping". Does anyone else think of Tommy Boy?! lol

So I'm already looking forward to the weekend...I'm hoping Friday night will be happy hour/patio time...so don't rain please. Drew has to be my happy hour buddy for now and as much as he doesn't like that, i love it :) lol. Saturday - pool time...finally!!!!! & Sunday - church & a BBQ. So I will have things to do but plenty of relax/sleep time. I'm pumped.

Have I mentioned my brain has left the building? Too much training, too many questions, too much new stuff, not enough sleep....

P.S. Because of my over time, I'm taking off tomorrow at 12 to go to the SS office & DMV so I can officially change my name.

looong

2 o clock & i'm just now home for lunch. it's been a loooooong week. is it friday yet???

Officially Open for Business...

Well, we are officially open for business folks. We had A LOT of walk-ins tonight. But don't you worry, I cleaned from 8am until 6:15 pm and the only reason I left is because I have been getting too much overtime (the only benefit of not being salary). My feet were killing me & I am exhausted so drew suggested a bubble bath & wine. Good idea. My feet feel so much better and I am so relaxed, I could fall asleep at 7:30..lol.



Our cake was pretty good but kind of freezer burned :( oh well. The reason I haven't posted any recipes lately is because I haven't been cooking...sorry. By the time I get home, and especially if drew's not hungry & I want wine, it's just a Smart Ones for me. lol. So hopefully by this weekend we'll be back on our cooking streak. But for now, opening the hotel has worn me out! :)


I had a friend ask what kind of weights I use for Jillian Michaels & it's only 5lbs. I 'm weak lol. And I haven't done anything since last Wednesday. Hoping tomorrow I can definitely either walk or do the DVD. We've both been so busy that by the time we sit down, we just want to go to bed. Yes, we are 80 years old lol.



P.S. we went and saw The Hangover on Saturday night...if you're into the dirty, raunchy, can quote it again at a later time movie, then I totally recommend it. haha.

P.P.S. Bradley Cooper is extremely good looking haha.

A great weekend

So we got to go home this weekend....so much fun but too little time. I didnt get off work til 7:30 so by the time we left, it was 8. Around 1ish, we FINALLY got there.

I finally got to meet Mer's puppy, Vito. And he is ADORABLE. I fell in love. I sat down to pet him & he crawled into my lap :) :) :) it's a little blurry because it was taken on my phone.

I miss my friends & family SO much. Tonight, I am watching the bachelorette alone...well actually, i'm bored so i'm watching i'm a celebrity get me out of here because of all the drama with heidi & spencer (so annoying, but so addicting) plus I used to work for NBC so I have to support :)


Anyways, I'm waiting on our wedding cake to thaw because it's officially our 1 month anniversary!!! Can anyone believe it's been a whole month? Where has the time gone? Tomorrow, the hotel opens, hopefully. I'm excited! It's been a lot of work but hopefully everything will work out and we will be able to open!

Mr. Coffee Tea Maker Review

This is the reason I have been able to drink less diet coke. I highly recommend the Mr. Coffee Tea Maker. It's easy to make, easy to clean up, and easy to drink haha. *Always remember to fill it with ice before you start brewing, otherwise it'll break the pitcher*

So if you're looking for a nice, refreshing drink alternative, i recomment this tea maker.

Get it at retailers everywhere for less than $20.

Should I quit my day job? haha

Recommendations

Any recommendations for making a sore throat feel better????

I lied.

So I just got done with the Jillian Michaels DVD & I lied when I said it was not that bad. My muscles are still shaking & I wanted to die. I don't know what the deal was & I am probably just a weakling but it is hard. A good workout but hard!

I need good easy recipes please! SO please leave comments with some good ones!

3 nights ago I made Chicken, asparagus, & whole wheat penne pasta & Drew LOVED it. haha. He just asked if we could have it again tonight & he ate the leftovers a few days ago for lunch.

So here's the original recipe:

1 (16oz) package of penne pasta (we use whole wheat)
2 tbs Olive oil, divided
3/4 LB skinless, boneless chicken breast meat - cut into bite size pieces
4 cloves of garlic - minced
12 oz of asparagus, trimmed & cut into 1in pieces
1 teaspoons of crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 cup parmesan cheese

1. Boil & cook pasta
2 In other skillet, heat 1 tbs of olive oil over med. heat. Saute chicken until firm and lightly brown (I added garlic salt to the chicken to make sure it had good flavor); remove from pan. Add remaining tbs of olive oil to skillet & stir garlic, asparagus, and red pepper flakes in oil until asparagus is cooked to your liking. I added another tbs of olive oil (it looked too dry). Stir in chicken & cook for 2 minutes to blend the flavors. Add pasta. I added another tbs of olive oil because it still looked too dry. I also added some more garlic salt (my favorite LOL). Then once everything was blended together add/top with some parmesan cheese.

Changes I did/will make:

• I used a total of 4 tbs of olive oil - dont be afraid to make adjustments to recipes lol I use garlic salt on everything.


• I would not use a full tsp of red pepper flakes. It was pretty spicy (even drew thought so)


• We also did not use the amount of things this recipe called for - I used about half & drew still had enough for lunch the next day


• We decided this would be very good with broccoli or shrimp

I tried stuff a long the way & I REALLY liked the asparagus cooked like this. Great flavor. So even if you dont want to eat pasta & need a good way to cook a veggie. This is a healthy, easy, delicious way.

Have I mentioned I'm pumped for our trip to destin??? July, come quickly please!

hair woes

So I am trying to grow my hair out still. I decided I want to see what it would like if it was long. Usually I am a commitment phobe & can't last long with a hairstyle. but since I am now married, my phobia has left the building lol. Anyways, any suggestions for my hair? Some days it looks just plain flat. This is a pic from a few weeks ago. Only difference is its probably lighter since my hair LOVES the sun & lightens pretty easily. (I dyed my hair dark for the wedding but I wish it would stay dark!) What do you guys use/do for body & pretty hair? Help a girl out whose in the awkward-growing-out-my-hair stage!