This week, Salice and I finally got to go visit the Houstom Museum of Natural Science to see the Titanic Exhibit. She and I have wanted to see it for months but something kept coming up and ruining our plans. I was grateful to share such an interesting experience with her and we even got to speak with the curator and see some extras that aren't on display at the museum! It was great to share the experience with her and we even made a date out of it. Dinner and a museum -- what more can you ask for??? :) This week receive some disappointing news about my brother. He has been in the hospital since the weekend and was diagnosed with full-fledged Crohn's disease. Previously, we had been told that he was suffering from Ulcerative Colitis but now we know that he has an even longer battle ahead of him. I am so thankful for all the support and prayers from friends and family for his health and recovery from his current bout of GI issues. We are so blessed to have people thinking about him and checking up on him. And, I'm blessed to have friends who are there supporting all of us. Thank you all. Today, my friend Rachel and her family come to stay with us. Rachel and I have been friends since we were in elementary school. I can't believe that I can look at her now with her two babies (2&3) and remember her just a couple years older than those boys! On Friday, she and her family were driving through Houston to meet her in-laws for a week in Galveston and they had some time to kill. Luckily, I had just arrived from my business trip and was about 15 minutes away! We got to spend about 45 minutes together completely impromptu! Sometimes those are the best visits! I'm thankful she gets to spend the next couple of days with me as well! I'm so thankful for my morning dates with my friend Kim (my anchor ;)). Whether it's to our favorite Starbucks or to get some breakfast, our dates really help my days. Not sure what I'd do without her here (so she can't even change jobs! Or get preggo again and leave me... haha).
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This week I am so thankful for my little brother. We celebrated his 22nd birthday on Tuesday night and I think he really enjoyed himself. In honor of him officially being old (hahahaha), I thought I'd pull out an old picture of us from about 17 years ago. Doesn't he look ADORABLE??? What a little blondie!! I'm thankful to have such a wonderful, loving brother and to have such a good relationship with him. Last night, I stayed up wayyyyy too late talking to Caitlin but it was totally worth it! I'm thankful that I get to talk to her so regularly and that I may actually get to see her next month!!! (If you're reading this, Caitlin, you should probably look at your schedule now and make sure you can come!). It's so amazing that we have gotten a chance to really build our relationship and become close! :) Sooo on a totally superficial level, I'm so pumped that it's finally turning into boot season! I can't wait to pull out the boots (and eventually the scarves/hats/other fun fall accessories) and enjoy fall! I've been looking all over for some fun fall boots. How cute are these??? Not sure what I'd wear with them but they are adorable! And I love the grey! Although the game tonight was postponed, and we won't be starting the season for another week, I'm still thankful that Aggie football is starting up! I love the college football season and it's going to be an exciting journey as we start up in our new conference! I really hope that this move is good for us and I'm proud to cheer on my Aggies!! This week I'm thankful for my super friends! We had a pool day over the weekend to celebrate my bday and it was so fun to just spend the day with some of my good girl friends. They are so supportive and I'm lucky to have them in my life :) For my birthday, my family took me to this adorable French restaurant called Chez Nous. It's a little hole-in-the-wall place but super fancy. It was absolutely delicious and wonderful to see my familia. I'm so lucky to have them and that they spoil me so much! I'm thankful for everyone who has already donated to my race. I've said before how much I love the Run 10 Feed 10 program that I'm working with to raise funds for local starving children, but I can't get over how great it is. Please check out my fundraising page and go through the links on it. There is a link to the Run10Feed10 project as well as the Feed Project (which is a world-wide foundation to help feed starving children). While you're there, please help me reach my goal of $1,000! Any little bit helps!! Thanks so much! I'm very grateful for the new bicycle tires I got for my birthday! My bike is about 13 years old and definitely isn't as snazzy as the one in the picture here (but I wish it was!) and right now, it is hanging in our garage with flat tires. I haven't ridden a bike in years but I have recently wanted to take it up. I think it's a good way to mix up my workouts and I'd love to teach my dog to run next to me while I ride. He'd love to be able to run a little faster than he does when I'm jogging. Hopefully this weekend I can change out my tires and get a nice little ride in. It shouldn't be that hard, right? It's easy as riding a bike... or it is riding a bike... Happy Friday, Dear Readers!!
I have been looking forward to Friday allll week! This weekend I'm celebrating my birthday so I am excited to see some of my good friends and, you know, be the center of attention ;) This year, I decided that I wanted to just relax for my birthday. That means, most of my activities include doing a whole lotta nothin with my friends :) Can.Not.Wait. The actual bday is on Monday so if you really want to get me something, you have a couple days....I did ask for a new set of tires for my bike ;) What do you have planned for this weekend? Anything exciting? Bath and Body Works has their fall line ready for purchase!! That means fall is just around the corner and I'm soooo excited! It's my favorite time of year for so many reasons and I get giddy when I start seeing autumn-themed items hit the shelves! I'm thankful for cozy smells and beautiful colors that will start filling up houses and stores soon! This morning I was sooo thankful for convenient healthcare! If you have a RediClinic in your area, you should really take advantage of it. It's so easy to just pop in (no appointment needed!) and only pay your regular co-pay instead of a large minor emergency fee! This place is great and when I woke up coughing up my left lung, I knew I needed to go in. I was in an out in 30 minutes with 4 prescriptions in hand! Thank goodness we have a system that allows for easy medical care! I'm so thankful I got to see my friend Maria this weekend! Ever since she got married and moved away, I've had major withdrawls :( She was in town for her great-grandma's 98th (you read that right 100-2!) birthday party and she was able to set aside a couple hours for us to get pedicures! Even though 2 hours is not NEARLY enough time with her, we made the most of it and got to act like we were back in high school :) Thanks for making time for me, girl!! Miss you like crazy!! This past weekend, Husband took me on a date and I'm so thankful that we still have semi-regular dates even when life gets a little tough! We went to see The Dark Knight Rises and it was really good! Hubs has a thing for Anne Hathaway so he was very pleased with the movie, haha! Although, Christian Bale isn't too bad, either so I guess it was a win-win! Have you seen it yet? What do you think??? This week I'm thankful for the chance to participate in a great cause. I just entered the Run 10 Feed 10 project to run a local 10K to raise money to help feed starving children living close to home. My sister Cate is going to run with me and I'm pumped to share such a great opportunity with her!! We are both raising funds for this and your support would be GREATLY appreciated. Even a $10 donation will feed several starving mouths!! Please check out my fundraising page and help me raise this money! Doing something like this is so fulfilling, I feel like I'm feeding my hunger to give as well as feeding children who can't afford meals!! Try it out! Giving really does feed the soul!! Visit my page here and you can donate a meal or 10!! I'm so thankful for the woman who found our dogs when they got out two days ago and then kept them safe in her backyard while Husband and I traveled from downtown all the way over to her house to get them. Our pups have been super sneaky lately and they love getting out and getting into trouble. Here is a picture of them plotting their next escape! I love my German Shepherd tumbler that my best friend gave me this week. I've been bringing it to work every morning and whenever I use it, I think of my baby Max and my bestie Salice :) Thanks so much, girl! It's perfect!! I'm thankful for love. I have been thinking about love a lot this week. As I drove past a place that always reminds me of Hurricane Ike, I remember how people banded together to help others during the crisis. I think people are good deep-down and during hardships, that love really shows. People are already donating to my fundraising site and I just launched it an hour ago! People are supporting others that they don't even know and that is truly love. I've also noticed that one of my strengths is that I have so much love to share. I absolutely cannot get enough of sweet babies and children or sweet pets/animals. I want to love everything around me and I want to share it with the world. Love is truly something to be thankful for and I can't even begin to explain how much I really just love love! Remember to show someone you love just how much they mean to you this week!! MUCH LOVE!!! xoxo, ME! Today I would like to wish a happy birthday to one of my favorite people! My old college roommate, bridesmaid, good friend Erin turns an age that still qualifies as mid-twenties today and I'm so excited it's finally her bday :) :) In honor of that, I stole pics off her facebook page (including a cutie from when she was little!) to share with you!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN! LOVE YOU! And, in honor of the 2012 Olympics beginning today, I would like to post this awesome pic I found. Go USA!!!!!! I am so pumpmed!!! I love the summer olympics!!!
This week I'm thankful for hilarious (and true) cartoons like the one right here. I mean, this is so funny because I can actually hear the dial-up internet as I read it! It has been a stressful week and I've had some great laughs as my friends Kim and Allison have sent me an array of funnies like this. I'm so thankful for precious babies! Baby Claire was so well-behaved at the wedding on Saturday and her constant smiles (other than when she passed out in my arms) brought so much joy! I only hope that one day I have a baby with a similar temperament! I'm so grateful for my friend Kim this week. She has been there to listen to me complain, cheer me up, send me words of encouragement (and some good laughs) and has been so supportive of me! So glad we are friends :) :) :) (and she has some dang cute kiddos!!). Lastly, I'm grateful that I got to see my friend Ama this weekend. It's been too long since I last saw her (my wedding I think!) and I always love hanging out with her. Can't you tell how fun she is just be the pic?? She has always been such a good friend and she's shown me what a true friend can be. For example, when my friend MB passed away a few years ago, Ama took a day off work to drive over 100 miles just to be at MB's funeral with me so I could have a shoulder to cry on. She turned around and went back home as soon as she felt certain I was in good hands with MB's family after the ceremony. I will forever be grateful for her selflessness in that situation as well as others. Love you, girl! (P.S. hope you don't mind that I stole this awesome pic!). So I know I have mentioned my friend Gretchen before and I've spoken wonders of her art abilities, but I'd just like to show off (and brag about) my new Sicilian tiles that she made for my kitchen. I called her up and told her that I was decorating my kitchen in a Sicilian theme and sent her pictures of some of the things that inspired my decision to go that route. I told her I wanted tiles to look rustic and Mediterranean while including some lemon accents. Then, I told her to just run with it. I knew she would send me something incredible but when I received my tiles yesterday (they are pictured above), I was sooo pleased! She outdid herself!! These are absolutely beautiful and I'm so happy with them! Plus, they were hand-painted so that makes them even more special :)
Gretchen started a new etsy page where you can buy her work. Her new company is called Chatoyan Trends and she takes special requests (like you see here!). You can also take a look at her gallery so see how versatile she is! I can't wait to display my tiles so that everyone can see them! Hope you find something you like as well!! |
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