March Madness

It was a busy month of March for me. Work trips to Arizona & Oregon. Going up to the campsite to for Girls Camp to start to map out activities for June. But, the highlights were my dad's 60th birthday & Sean's birthday that we celebrated when cousin Cathy came to visit.

Below are some pictures capturing the last weekend in March. It was freezing!!

Cathy had never been to Fort Worth or a rodeo, so we went down to the Stockyards to eat great bbque @ Riscky's & attend the Rodeo. The kids had a blast when they got to go out to chase the sheep & try to get the ribbon off.

After going to the kids games on Saturday, we went to famous Babe's Chicken to eat. We thought we would throw in a Happy Birthday moment for Sean, since he LOVES (not) people singing to him at restaurants. He was a great sport though & did the Chicken dance. Babe's is all about the Southern cooking --fried chicken, biscuits, peach cobbler & all you can eat sides. Everyone was "fat & happy" afterwards! The waitresses line dance throughout the night, they have a juke box playing your requests the entire time. If you locals haven't checked it out, I recommend it.

We then hung out at Sean's to have cake & ice cream and let them open presents. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my two favorite guys !!! Thanks for all you do for me. I love you guys!

You'll notice my other favorite boys.....my 3 nephews (Matthew, Austin & Jake)

We are a dog lovin' family! Austin is w/ my Mackie & Dallas. Taylor with her Squirt (which was her 9th birthday present).

Cousin Cathy, my dad & I went to downtown McKinney to see the old shops, the Victorian homes & one of my favorite restaurants, Spoons.

Thanks again for coming to visit Cathy. We loved spending time w/ you!!

I have a new territory for work!

I'm with the same company but was assigned in January a new territory. I'll now be recruiting for Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon & Washington. I'm very excited as I'll get to see some of my friends in AZ & UT more often. I'm sad though that my great friend, Brooke, who lived in Seattle for 3 years just moved in December back to CA. Bad timing Brooke- sorry. Don't get too excited. It's not like I'll be there once a month but you'll see me more than you have probably.

I've already been to Utah. Love being able to go over to Amy's & hang out for dinner w/ friends. I'll miss seeing my family in Denver though & then my sister in Austin since I won't be traveling there anymore. Not going to miss going to Oklahoma though (sorry if offending anyone)....I've been through 2 tornado incidents & 2 ice storms. It's always been crappy weather when I go there. I think it was just once or maybe twice that my flight actually left on time.

Looking forward to seeing many of you....

He's Just Not That Into You...

Have you seen this movie yet? I'm not sure how I feel about it. My single friend Susan & I decided that we had to see the movie together. Really because we've both had situations lately where we were supposed to go out with a guy or a setup but then they bail.

There were very funny parts in the movie. I enjoyed it. I think I walked out of there thinking I'd have an "AAHHHH" (picture a lightbulb) moment and I would figure everything out. DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I always think of Charlotte in Sex in the City, when she said "I'm exhausted. I've been looking for Him since I was 15, where is he already. My hair hurts!!!" Love it.

There was a finder's fee on the table at one point, but in the economic state, I'm sorry to say it's been pulled. I will just have to settle for everyone keeping their eye out for me for FREE. :)

But, I realized I'm very blessed in so many ways. I am continuing to work on being happy with me, myself & I. If someone comes around, great. But if not...oh well. I have the best family & friends EVER!!

See it & let me know what you think. If I had to be any character in the movie, I'd want to be Jennifer Aniston.

Billy Bob's

I haven't been to Billy Bob's in soooo long. If you haven't heard of it, it's called Billy Bob's Texas The World's Largest Honky Tonk (only in Texas folks). It's a club but very family friendly. They have bands that come play, bull riding, restaurant, pool & arcade games, etc....

Well, me & 5 couples went to see Cross Canadian Ragweed (huh?). I hadn't heard of them but am always up for a good time. They don't look country & didn't sound like the typical country but, they were good. Yes, I was to have a date but he backed out. I was taken care of that night by all my friends husbands (thanks guys!). I might have a new blind date that comes out of it, we'll see.

BEST people watching scene in a long time. It's a hoot! Nice work Nikki (she's always driving the country concert banwagon. We went to a Casino to see Dierks Bentley a few months ago)! Had a blast.

My Sister's a Celebrity

Kristen works in Austin for a Recruiting firm. They asked her to be on TV to discuss how to find a job in this economy & give some tips. She said she didn't know the questions they were going to ask her. She did great on the fly!!

Nice work baby sister!!! Proud of you.
http://www.kvue.com/video/local-index.html?nvid=324133

Fiesta Bowl--Go Bucks!! OH --IO

Well, any of you that know me at all are aware of my family's passion for College Football & especially THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES!! We lived in Columbus growing up, mom was born & raised in Ohio and graduated from OSU. You need to know that she brainwashed us all at a very young age to sing the fight song all by age 3 and now has passed this on to her grandchildren (Lyssa is thrilled).


So, for my mother's Christmas gift my Aunt Joyce & I took her to the Fiesta Bowl where Texas & Ohio State played. Ohio State was ranked 10th & Texas was ranked 3rd. We were supposed to be killed in this game but, we went anyway (as any true Buckeye fan would).


We did all the game festivites from the Pep Rally (which it was raining--in Arizona, really?), Pregame w/ the band & cheerleaders, a great Tailgating party and then the game. Fun weekend!!


Here is a sample of us die hard fans & other zealous fans. :)

This is Brutus, the mascot. By the way, for all of you who have wondered...a Buckeye is a nut that grows on trees. DO NOT EAT THOUGH. They are for good luck.

This is Ro. I worked w/ him at Liberty Mutual. He went to Texas & is a season ticket holder. He HAD to meet my mom & Joyce so he understood the stories I've told him.

At the Pep Rally. Can you tell it's the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl? I think the guy on the right has enough buckeye necklaces for all of Columbus.

Before the game. My mom was chasing the band down the street & trying to get up close to them. Christine & I didn't want to be associated with her :)

At the game. Ro actually sat one row up from my mom & aunt in the next section over. He would text me during the game to give me updates on what the two were doing. Ex. that my mom was running up & down the aisles telling the Buckeye fans to get on their feet, my aunt had pom pom's that she was almost knocking people over with them and that he thought my mom was going to charge the field with the team. He hadn't seen such hardcore fans before. Do you think I'm rethinking the fact that my friend now knows what "nuts" I have for relatives???


Christine & I were in another section. Yes, on purpose. We had great seats that were 13 rows up. This in the back is the Ohio State Band which is known as the "Best Damn Band In the Land". They are good!

At the end of the game. Yes, we told my mom she HAD to smile. They did lose but it was an AWESOME game. Texas was lucky to win!! They won in the last 26 seconds of the game by 3. Thanks for all of you that texted me with your condolences. Glad we went! Had a great time!

While I was there, I did have time to see my great girl friends!! Tawna hung out with me most of the weekend and then did lunch with old roommies and friends @ Paradise Bakery. Miss you guys so much!! Y'all mean the world to me!!

I'm ready for a New Year

New Year's Eve party at Anne & Cameron's. Anne, Kelly & Jenny were the hosts. Nice work ladies. I had fun with all the games. I almost was the Spoons Champion.

Me & like 12 other couples. Next year, I better have a companion to join me.

We also did a white elephant gift exchange. The girls added a little twist to it by wrapping one of their husbands prized possessions to give away in the exchange (examples: favorite baseball cards which were worth a lot of money, a BYU football helmet that had autographs on it, Favorite Cowboys sweatshirt, a framed picture of one of the guys w/ Cowboys cheerleaders, an expensive watch, etc.... None of the guys had any idea. I thought some would have a heart attack. Hilarious! Expressions were priceless. Great idea ladies.