hello friday and birthday wishes

hello friends and hello friday.

i want to wish one of my bestest friends a happy birthday. it was yesterday...but seeing i just finished work at 2:30 am - i still consider it her birthday.

when i first met her - i didn't like her.

she was the girlfriend to my boyfriends' best friend.

i thought she was rude and her sense of humor was too harsh.

but after many years and now we work together...

i am happy to call her one of my closest friends.

i am not embarrassed to talk about stuff you don't talk about with "acquintances".

i was in her wedding and she will be there for mine.

our kids are going to be best friends.
i love her family like they were my own.

when she hurts, i hurt

i trust her with my life and my most valueable secrets.

happy birthday to my bestest friend alex!

uneventful, but hopeful

well life has been slightly...no really boring lately. i have had a lack of energy, sleepy all the time and working my brain off. if you didn't know already, i work with Microsoft. We have a lot of stuff coming up for the holiday season, which means I have been working my tail off. Kinect for XBox is coming out this Holiday Season and if you have a friend/boyfriend/husband/son/daughter, etc. that has a XBox I am sure the Kinect will be on their wish list. Well that is what I am working my brain on, that and 25 new hires in a few weeks, a training event in September that 140 people will attend and I am in charge of making sure all our people are on a flight and get to the hotel and back home again. Slightly stressful...plus I haven't been sleeping very good.
I am going to get a sleep test on Saturday to check out if there is an underlining reason why I am more tired in the mornings and throughout the day than when I went to sleep.
Also, it has been a scorching 100+ degree everyday here for the past 14 days or so! We haven't been doing much other than going to the store for dinner, running a few errands in the morning and staying hydrated.
So that is my exciteness lately. I have signed up for Home Ec and haven't had a chance to get the items for it and am too sleepy in the evening to even attempt to get my sewing machine out :(. I am also doing Janel's Journaling for a Cause class and need to get somethings to finish some of the pages.
Summer is too hot in Texas. It makes me exhausted and I can't wait for Autumn/Fall!!

all images from weheartit - tags {autumn, apple tree, pumpkin}

Happy Humpday v2

hello friends
i hope you are having a wonderful week!! today's version of Happy Humpday is brought to you by Autumn...
I don't know about you, but I live in TX and it is hot as hell here in the summer. Yes, I love the summer, perfect days for swimming. But nothing more. There is not usually a cloud in the sky.
I can't wait till fall. Impromptu cloudy cool days! Sweaters, scarfs, boots and driving with the windows down.
So here is some lovely pictures of clouds. I absolutely love clouds. I wish I could lay upon them in the sky and do nothing.
Hope you enjoy and only 2 more days until the weekend!!

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all photos from weheartit

hello friday!

i love fist pumping...although i do not watch or have ever watched jersey shores. i just think it is so fun!! Today deserves a double fist pump...it was a long week!

Happy Humpday v1

I will start posting something that makes me Happy on Wednesdays. Something to get all of us through the tail end of the week.

KITTENS!!

i love kittens!

i love their purrs
i love their little noses

i love their curiosity

It is all down hill from here...at least I hope so...
Have a wonderful Wednesday!!

back from the long weekend

we got back last night from a lovely weekend in Canyon Lake, TX where I floated the river. Charlie, just relaxed (since he hates river/lake water). I floated the Guadalupe River on Friday and Saturday. It was a lot of fun, but really busy on Saturday. I only brought my camera on Sat. because I didn't have a water proof case. My arms kill from paddling, but if you didn't know. I LOVE BEING IN WATER!! Love it, love it. No cell phones, no computers, no tv...just nature and good friends.

Charlie and I stopped in Austin on Sunday to visit Tattoo Mike and get cupcakes from Hey Cupcake!! I love that place.

Here are just a few pictures from the weekend.







also, today was the first day of Journaling for a Cause. Here is my page! I hope to get better at doodling and coming up with ideas.

Part I - 100some things about me

i am opening a window into a bit about me. i am very random and these are in the order my threw them out in.

1. i am very superstitious, but only about certain things
2. i sneeze like a mouse or that is what people say
3. i like my drinks ice cold
   
4. i like all fruits, especially berries
5. i like the idea of fashion, but can't figure out how to wear things. so jeans and t-shirt it is
6. i like things to match
7. i prefer classic cars to new cars
8. i wish i lived in the 30's
9. i love reality shows. some of my favs - big brother, hells kitchen, housewives, 16 and pregnant
10. i ache for a new slr camera
11. i love buying notebooks
12. i have had 2 hip surgeries
13. i love reading books and magazines
14. i don't like lemon/lime flavored candies, but love the fruit. i could eat lemons straight
15. i hate fruit punch
16. i have been married before
17. i love bmx bikes, my first one was named purple people eater
18. i don't stay mad at anyone longer than a week
19. i treat everyone like my best friend when i first meet them
20. i used to go to concerts all the time in las vegas, but hate going to them in dallas due to parking
21. i am really good with travel directions
22. i wanted to be a marine biologist or zoologist growing up
23. i would rather live in a cold climate like Colorado or Montana
24. i want to own a farm someday and produce my own food
25. i love having my back scratched
26. i tried so hard to be popular in school - when i should have just been myself
27. i miss my family more than anything, living in texas
28. i love nature and mountains
29. my favorite food is steak (medium rare). although i wish i was a vegetarian
30. i have panic attacks when i am super overwhelmed