Bad things come in 3s!

Hello all... I have had some heartache in my life since my last post so there will be some sad blogging... but I will try and add some happy events as well so this post isn't such a downer.

First bad thing... Katie! When she came here years ago she was the meanest poeple hating thing I'd ever had the pleasure of being around. She hadnt ever been around people. she had spent years guarding the farm. but at my house... there is always people. Katie learned that people feed you people food and rub all over your body (which apparently feels super good). Soooo Katie became a lazy guard dog who lived for scraps and a good rub down from anyone who would feed or love on her. In the month of February... this old girl was run over and had to be put down. It was a very hard day for me. Not the worse I would have though. So RIP Katie.

Kooter!! Now this was the hardest day I have experienced in a long while. I have had Kooter since the day he was born. His entire life he ate like he was afraid after the food was gone there would never be anymore. And he loved to ride in the car. Last Friday I went to lunch with a friend and came home to find that he had died as well. I have no idea what happened or why. At the time I didn't want to know.... I just couldn't handle it. Luckily something saved me from the dark place I was in that day... I'll introduce you to that something later in the blog. But for now I need to take a break from the blog while I go take my shoe away from that something that saved me!! RIP Kooter!

This is Keno. My boss's dog. I'm just as attached to him as I am my own animals. I guess since I spend as much time with him as I do them. He even stays with me when they go out of town. Last Saturday... the day after Kooter died... Keno was chewed up by 4 big dogs that pulled him through his backyard fence while he was out taking care of personal business. The vet said he needed to be put down so ... Lisa let him be. The twins don't really understand but they do talk about him being in heaven. RIP Keno!


          So those are my 3 bad things. 3 dogs in 2 weeks. Lot of grief. Let's get some happy in this blog. or at least something a little less sad. :)

Got my bracelet off. and yes even though I'm super white... there was still a tan line. And no more lines across my face when I sleep. For those that don't know... that bracelet was wore from the time my brother left for afghanistan and until the night he was back on US soil. I had the flu so he and I had to cut our bracelets off through text photos instead of person but lol the pictures still made my mom cry. Also for those of you that don't knowww... he's in texas this month. Got in last night.

Sorry it's sideways... no matter what I do it just wont turn. Meet Bogart... this big little guy is the one I was talking about saving me. The evening that kooter died... after having cried all day in bed... my dad called and asked me how I felt and if I could come outside to his vehicle. When I did... he handed me this guy. How does a puppy not make everything feel so much better!!? I was still sad and cried but it was hard to stay sad with a puppy that was away from his mom and siblings for the first time. Nowww to everyone's amusement... he thinks I am his momma and he follows me everywhere and even howls when I take a shower and lock him out. Don't let the cuteness fool you though. I havent gotten a full night sleep in over a week andddd he has sharp freaking teeth!!! That's right... hes MEAN. He's also really sweet. And I already wubs him!!

Did this today... the light bulb in a lamp got me. It feels way worse than it looks. Dumbest part of the whole thing is that this is not my first time getting burned by that same lamp. In fact it's not my second or my third. Let's just say that this lamp kicks my butt on a regular basis.

Kinda boring cuz there is a lot of subjects but very little details!!

          I haven't posted in sooooo long. 1. because I kept forgetting and 2. well I forgot my password. Boy has my life changed since my last post. Lets see... chopped off a couple of feet of hair, dyed what little hair I had left a really really dark brown, pierced my nose, lost the piercing in my sleep a couple of months later, made new friends, lost some old ones, and had the very last birthday I'll ever have in my 20s. There has been major drama but there isn't enough cyber space to hold all the details. Besides... this is my happy place.


Let's start with today...

         Today was FLR day... If you've read my blog before you know what that is. Friends Laughter and Ritas. Mostly girls from my high school days and we get together every month or so and have a ton of laughs and we make lots of noise. Soooo much fun. This is a picture of 3 of us... Candie, me and Jessica. I have pictures of all of us but I was unaware the waiter was doing a slide show and I look horrible in all of them and since this is my blog I chose a pic from today that I look semi ok in. This one won. I have some scary roots going on though. After spending 3 fun loud hours at Logan's with some of my favorite girls... Candie and I went SHOPPING! I got a sample from ulta and left it in her truck :(. It was a good shopping day because I smartly left my wallet in her truck to keep me from doing what I shouldn't. I should do that more often. Although we took a picture of a necklace at compass that I need to go back and get because it will go awesomely with my dress for my dad's wedding. Now to find shoes and earrings.


June!

          This is a picture of me and my dad from Junie's birthday party... I didn't take any pics that day so I don't have any with me and Junie. I was having an awesome hair day that day though!! We had hot dogs and cupcakes in the park. Junie had so much fun and got tons of presents. Afterwards me my mom and Lerin did some shopping, had dinner at rosas and then went and saw what to expect when expecting. It was a pretty great day... one of the last I would have for awhile.

          My dad's birthday in the stockyards I met the man of my dreams... yes that's him in the picture with me... Isn't he awesome. Black hair and blue eyes is my thing!! It was a pretty good night except taylor was tired so we didn't get to do anything and went home early... oh well it was fun. I'm not a chocolate cake person but I actually liked the chocolate cake we had from sweet imaginations. Although there is a creepy balloon artist/clown/cowboy in the stockyards... I totally get a chester molester vibe from him. This is the last long strawberry blonde hair you will see in my blog for a long long long time... I hope to have it back as soon as possible but these things take time.


July:

I cut several feet of hair off and donated it to locks of love. And then because I was feeling a little wild and like a rebel... I dyed it a very dark brown. It was definitely a major change as you can tell. It took months to get used to seeing it in the mirrow. My stylist had a grand ol time cutting all that hair off... she gets scissor happy any way. Thank goodness Lionela was there to hold my hand. But the change was good for me. Buuuutttttt I want my old hair back!!

          Nose Ring... this is less than an hour after I got it done. Lionela held my hand (literally) through this too lol. With 30 rapidly approaching I wanted to do something I had always wanted but never did before it was too late... a nose ring in your 30s is just lame. It only lasted like 4 months because it caught on my bracelet while I was asleep and just slipped right out... I didn't even realize it until 4pm the next day and then it was too late... it wouldn't go back in. Soooo I had a nose piercing for 4 months of my life... It was kind of annoying anyway.


August:

          Kate and Rylee's birthday party... These girls have the most funnest birthday parties ever!! I think the grownups have just as much fun as the kids... I definitely enjoyed filling the pinatas!! We ate just as much as we stuffed. Actually I didn't cuz Ry kept stealing my candy stash!



September:

           Labor Day. I spent the first half of the day at my dad and Johnnas labor day party. Which is where this picture of me my dad and Lerin was taken. I didn't have any food here because 1. I don't do bbq and the kind of meats they had and 2. I had another party at my grandparents to go to. The grandparents had burgers... I like burgers!! This day turned out to be a lot more fun than I had figured it would.

      

            Break the silence 5k at the ball park in arlington... Candie Lerin and Kate walked with me. It totally made my day... I wish some of my family could have made it but hey what can you do and I consider these ladies family anyway. It was so much fun. You can get a lot of talking done in 3 and a half miles. But whatever you do... don't drink a milk product in the september heat right before you do a 5k. The stuff I threw up was uber yucky! But is was still an awesome day!! we need to do more 5ks ladies!!!

          Brain Tumor 5k to support the brother in law candie lost last year. We did this one week from when we did the ovarian cancer 5k! 2 5ks in a row like that... oooooh weee. And it rained on us the whole time.... actually the rain was really nice. It definitely wasn't hot like it was the weekend before. And that walk felt like it was the shortest but I walked way more miles than usual. I had to park like a mile away grrr. but walking is good for you lol.  I wubs her!!


October:

          Ice Age with Candie and her girls. I love Ry's face in this pic. It totally shows her mischief!! This was a really good movie and I always enjoy these girls. Ry fed me sour worms.  Ry also did other things but lol I wont out her on the internet. Lets just say it was hilarious!

          On the border and then the cutting edge!! One of my most favorite nights of the year... Cutting edge night. It's crazy that I am the biggest scaredy in the world yet one of my favorite things to do is go to one of the scariest haunted houses. I had so much fun even though it was FREEZING and I didn't have a coat just a light sweater. I had Taylor's face buried in my shoulder all night and her hands squeezed the blood out of my arms. And I swear one time she bit me... she says no but I think she did!!



November:

         Thanksgiving at Lake Fork. Shiva and I went to Lake Fork to have Thanksgiving with my moms side of the family. We stayed in the Condo for like 5 days and Shiva LOVED it. She didn't want to leave. I'm gonna have to buy her a fake fireplace. She loved that thing and just laid in front of it any chance she could get. Her and I are both ready for our next trip.




December:

          My 29th birthday in the stockyards!! It was a totally awesome night annnnd a totally horrible night! But my awesome friends made up for the horrible part. It's been a long time since I laughed like I did that night. We had so much fun with the camera... my fb will prove it!! And not only did I get a ton of gifts from my awesome friends... a guy in one of the jewelry shops in the stockyards gave me a free pair of turquoise earrings... not my style but it was really great of him!! The theme of the night was... "photo bomb" and there was a ton of that going on!! I hope my 30th birthday extravaganza is as much fun!!!

          My aunt got married... it was such a sweet cute little wedding. Nooooo that's not what I wore to the wedding... I changed after... and then my dress was jacked by my cousin. This was a really great day. Most Roberts get togethers are... I love my family. And it was Lerin's first time in Deleon. She loved it. I wish Pt could have been the one to show it to her but he was in afghanistan!!

           Lake fork trip with Lerin and my neice JJ! Since we spent Christmas with my dad we went the next weekend to Lake Fork and had a christmas sorta with my mom and Marcus. I dooooo love those condos. I would totally live in one. This is the weekend I heard about a soft warm kitty a million times. and then thanks to a dead cat on the road I heard in the same tune... about a dead kitty that used to be a ball of fur! Lol! I also learned that Brookshires can be a very fun place to go!! :) my mom learned that she will never take me and Lerin to the Brookshires in quitman together ever again. Great times at the Brookshires!!!


2013:

            My first time in Louisiana and I get the Flu... All I remember of the trip is the walmart and wendy's in alexandria and this here gas station with a CASINO in it in Shreveport. I definitely wanna go back and try again. But I wanna go when I'm not dying and when it's not raining and storming.


I'll do a book review next time!!

wow!! you have missed SO much!!

Ok.... so I've done a horrible job at blogging the last couple of months!! I'll try to do better now that school is out for awhile!! A lot of time has went by since my last post... a lot of great things and not so great things have happened!! I of course don't remember most of them so I will try not to be too boring with my little bit of Mandy's Life knowledge!! Sad when Mandy has no facts on her own life!! Yeah it was just that hectic!!  And btw... there won't be a book review this blog!! Not because I haven't read a bazillion of them but because I just don't feel like doing it. I'll have one next week though... I read the next book of those Lucky Harbor books I've been telling you guys about and I wanna share. Just not today! And yes I am aware my blog is full of grammatical errors... I'm just not in the mood for grammar today either!!

April:
          Boy was that an interesting month... Me my mom and Candie tried something new!! Didn't know the results would be so good!! I so enjoyed our adventure together that Candie and I are doing it again. If you can't tell what our adventure was then I'm not telling you!! You are now on my I don't like you list. In April I learned that I now hate apples... yup hatem!! I learned you can live without sweet tea but it's extremely painful annnnnd melba toast is not toast its a freaking hard as a rock crouton!! A yucky crouton at that!! I know I saw several movies with L-nel but I swear I can't name them.  My stepdad fixed the a/c in my car thank goodness since it was about to get hot! Goodness... you say April and I immediately draw a huge blank!! What I do remember about April was that I was sick!!

May:
          This month is a little fresher in my mind lol. Let's see... Lionela and I went to the midnight premiere of the Avengers. Awesome movie and we had a great time. Even though I had a drunk man dressed like Thor on one side and Lionela had a crazy lady on her other side. And since the movie tavern had just fired their entire staff and gotten all new employees... well let's just say the service really really sucked. Hmmm... then I took Riah and my dad's gf's daughter Taylor to Casa Manana to see Annie. It was really amazing. I loved it and so did the girls. The young girl that played Annie did a very good job. I can't wait to go back to another show and see something else. I had forgotten how much I love live theater. Then there was Mother's day that I spent with my mom seeing Think Like A Man... If you haven't seen this movie welllllll you should. It was hilarious and soooo true on so many levels. Everyone in the theater was laughing the whole time. I also scored some new clothes that day... that my mom paid for... free stuff is the best stuff!! Ohhh and my brother asked Lerin to marry him although I wasn't there for that I knew it was happening. And I saw the pictures so I feel like I was there. Thennnn Lionela and I went and saw Dark Shadows  with our man Johnny Depp. At first I was scared cuz I have this theater phobia where I can't be alone in the theater without other people but a young guy and an old guy came. The old guy turned out to be a weirdo but since he was a funny weirdo we didn't mind too much. He would laugh loud and long like a whole minute after whatever was funny had passed. The next day my brother left for Afghanistan so I didn't really do anything fun :(!! And of course there was Manduh's birthday celebration at Abuelos. OMG.... my food was horrible. I got sour cream enchiladas. Maybe if I had gotten something else it would have been ok but Lerin, My dad and my mom all said their food was a no go. Buuuut it was Manduh's birthday and she loved her food so that was the important thing. Plus.... Dad bought a cake from sweet imaginations and I just love them.... I really really do. No really I do. They also have amazing cookies. Even though I didn't like my food... It was a really great and fun night. I do so love our family get togethers... only 10 of that was sarcasm I really do like em... don't tell anyone though!! Then on Sunday I went to a MaryKay party at Sister Williams and got to see Janna and Bethany and Charity (too bad Lauren wasn't there). Hadn't seen them in forever and I got a facial. Facials are GREAT! I really liked my lip gloss... Fancy Nancy! When I run out of what I already have I know what I will be getting. I also want that travel bag... I like cool things even if I will never use them. All this would have been soooo much more fun.... if I weren't sick! yeah yeah I'm on it!!

This is one of the most amazing cookies I have ever tasted. Seriously.... Try these!!


Chocolate white chocolate chunk walnut cookies

2 - cups of flour
2 - teaspoons baking powder
1/4 - teaspoon salt
3/4 - cup butter or 1&1/2 sticks
1&1/2 - cups dark brown sugar NOT light
2 - eggs
1 - teaspoon vanilla
4 - squares baking chocolate (semi-sweet)
1 - pkg white chocolate chunks or chips
1 - cup chopped walnuts

Directions:
Heat oven to 350. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a plastic bowl; set aside.
Beat butter & sugar in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium until light and fluffy. Add eggs & vanilla. Melt chocolate and add to sugar mixture. Slowly add flour until mixed well. Stir in white chunks and walnuts.
Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
Bake 11 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute before moving to wire racks.

OMG... all the lost whispered "stupid"s! sigh

I knooooooooowww.... I'm really behind and there is still so much to go over!! This blog is going to cover the week THE JERK aka my brother was home!! And aweeee man I just realized I didn't whisper "stupid" not one time while he was here... what the crap is up with that!?? I'll just have to do it extra when he gets back from afghanistan!! If you don't know what that is... it's something I've done to him for decades. For years no one knew I was actually doing anything all they knew was that he would all of a sudden freak out. I whisper stupid sooooo softly that no one hears me.... EXCEPT Pt. It's like he is so tuned to that word cuz it can be a crowded and loud room and he will hear. It used to drive him crazy that no one would hear and look at him like he was nuts. Now everyone knows but he still freaks out... just cuz they know doesn't mean anything as he is still the only one that hears me!! Ohhhhh the joys of being an older sibling.

The Picnic:
          Here we have the welcome home before you leave picnic! Ha. We decided to have this here picnic at Warren Park in Burlesonm Pt's first full day back home. And it was a chance for Pt to meet my dad's girlfriend and her daughter before there was other people around to make an uncomfortable situation even more uncomfortable. We had subs, chips, pasta salad and cupcakes. Turquoise cupcakes of course. And a dumb boy game to see if we could fit an entire cupcake in our mouths. We found out that both my brother and my dad can fit an entire cupcake in their mouths. I for one can not. I also learned that even though I love mustard on my french fries... I DO NOT love a mouthful of yellow mustard. Of course I realized the minute I said,"I don't want any stupid mustard" what my jerk of a brother was about to do. I didn't even put up much resistence because that usually ends with someone getting hurt and that someone is usually me. I bruise easy and my bones have been known to break easily also. I know what you are waiting for.... you want me to tell you what he did. He held my head and filled my mouth completely full of the "stupid mustard" I had said I didn't want. All I have to say is thank goodness for water and cupcakes. That was really awful. I'm sure you are wondering about the picture above since it is the picture depicting something from our picnic. Well... I will tell you about it. Most Roberts wont even need an explanation they will just need 2 words. Basketball and Roberts. We Roberts like to make every sport a contact sport. Lots of insults and lots of blood. There used to be a fake nail on that finger with the blood pooled under the nail. It was ripped off after a particular insult. I don't even remember how I insulted but I do remember the ripping off of the nail and the laughter after he saw the pain on my face and the damage to my poor nail. You people may think we are the waltons but I promise you we are a sick and twisted version.

Swooshy Bangs:
            Me and my mom took a spa day and got our hair did. I also got a new pair of shoes. She changed her color and I finally got my swooshy bangs fixed... Oh how I love my swooshy bangs. I just wished that my hair didn't grow so fast. As you can see I have no problem taking my picture with rollers in my hair. It doesn't bother me at all. My mom wouldn't take a picture until she was 100% done getting ready. She is not the camera ham her two children are. I'm pretty sure my brother and I take enough pictures to make up for her and my dad hating the camera. In this picture we were about to leave for Texas Roadhouse. This was a super fun night. In fact I have 2 more pictures for this particular night.

  

Nerdy Nerds:
           Ha... remember what I said about our camera fetish. We also like to make faces at the camera at the very last moment. This is something that totally ticks my dad off cuz while he's looking at us he thinks his picture will be a good one and right as he hits the button we both instantly morph to our goober versions. I think Lerin or my mom took this picture... I can't remember. But I do know we were at Texas Roadhouse in Mansfield for the Gma's birthday. I always try to put something together for her birthday. She was super excited that my brother got to be home for it. Even though we had a good time here... it wasn't a completely awesome place. I'm pretty sure they poisoned me. I was super sick about an hour after we ate. I'm kinda mean when I'm sick and if I remember right I might owe manduh an apology for snapping at her. They were having so much fun and I was a little irritated. Not by their fun but the constant chatter while I was trying to concentrate. Like every movement had me breathing deep and hoping I kept everything down. Which really sucked cuz it kinda put a damper on my night. And where we were going after was not somewhere I enjoyed being sick while doing that activity we were doing. :) I have a picture for that as well.

Matching Tats:
          And this would be that after birthday dinner activity. Me and PT drug my mom, Lerin and Manduh to a tattoo place. Where we got a matching tattoo. I of course asked the guy to cut mine down because my arm is smaller than PT's and the size they put on him just wouldn't have worked. He says that makes me a sissy but it doesn't. There is very little difference in the size of the tattoo but just enough that it fit my wrist and not wrap around my whole arm.  Our artist was hilarious. He made the entire experience way more fun. Except of course I was still trying to hold my chicken critter salad down. And the fried pickles I stole from PT. Those are probably what poisoned me. Not that you guys care but I wasn't able to continue to hold down my food the whole night. I eventually became too sick and lost everything. Luckily I was back at the hotel and amazingly I felt so good afterwards. After I showered with a sprite that is. Yeah I don't shower with beer, I shower with sprite. Had I have just gone ahead and thrown up earlier in the night I would have a way more fun time. Since even though I was sick I had such a grand time I can't even imagine how the night would have gone. But I do have a permanent reminder of the night Texas Roadhouse poisoned me!!

Enlighten Me:

          Who knew bowling could be sooooo enlightening.... I sure didn't. I wouldn't say it was my favorite experience of the week but we managed to have a ton of fun even with the occasional hiccups. I do know I should have freaking won that last game. I was soooooo far ahead and just putting the whoop on them. Who would have ever guessed my brother would get three strikes in the tenth frame and beat me by six points. Yeah as a Roberts it's just in me to not take that loss well. If I had had a sharp object he would have left the bowling alley with it protruding from his body. Probably his eye. We take anything we play very very seriously. No whiners and no quiting... just revenge and cheating. As I've said before... we are the twisted version of the waltons. After bowling... My mom, me, Pt and Lerin went to the Hulen Movie Tavern (one of my favorite places!!) and watched A Thousand Words with Eddie Murphy. I had almost forgotten how hilarious my brother's high pitched squeal of a laugh is. His laugh makes any movie a million times better. But what makes a movie a million times better than that is a Tropical Thnder smoothie that is brought right to your chair. I do so love those things. The movie tavern makes the best smoothies ever.

From my Nook:
          If you read my last blog then you were introduced to the bachelor uncles that are raising their neice. This is book number two. Another uncle who has sworn off commitment will fall!! That would be Uncle Sam. :) The wine maker. Who is the woman who will eventually be in his life?? Lucy. She's a glass maker who has a little sister who is sooooo spoiled due to a childhood illness that she gets whatever she wants even if it belongs to Lucy. After Lucy's fiance tells her on her birthday that he has been sleeping with her sister for a long time and now wants her to move out so that her sister can move in... she meets Sam. After a long line of embarrassing and hilarious events... they end up stuck in his house together with him taking care of Lucy due to an injury that keeps her from walking for a while. And showering without help is a no go as well. And of course there is the little neice and also some magic. No not romantic magic even though there is some of that... I'm talking about real magic. Lucy has a secret as to what she can do with glass. Sam has a secret as to what he can do with plants. What is no secret is that this is a really good book. Lisa Kleypas always delivers a great read and this is no exception. I can't wait for the book to come out that tells all about the third and final uncle's fall.

That's a lie... Oooooh YUM!!... WTF are you doing!?!

The title is a little random but you will soon understand why!! This entire blog is about some kind of edible thing... except for the book. Although it's also edible if you are into that kind of thing!! Don't come to my house if you are... I will cut you!!

           Ok... it says right there on the package that it sweetens just like sugar! Measurement for measurement!! Yeah... THAT'S A LIE!! I was so excited to try it cuz I can't find any low calorie sweetener that doesn't have a horrible after taste. I am a sugar snob! So this package of low calorie sugar blend had me thooper dooper ethcited!! Oh goodness let me tell you of my devastation!! Have you ever used the amazing Kaboom toilet bowl cleaning powder? The most amazing toilet bowl cleaner I've ever used although it is hard to find the powder anymore.... but back on track... this toilet bowl powder is dumped in your toilet and left to sit for awhile. When the powder is dumped into the water it starts foaming and growing until the foam is all the way to the seat. Pretty cool to watch when it's your cleaning solution! Not fun to watch when it's the sugar you had such high hopes for. It just started foaming up just like my beloved toilet bowl cleaner. I am obsessive about my toilet bowl lol ask my friend Candie... I have a blue water obsession that I confessed to her recently!! Anyway... back to the sugar. It foamed and grew and foamed and grew! How did it taste you ask... Aweful! It was ten times worse than sweet n low and the texture in my mouth made me gag!! So the only thing the package told the truth about was that it had less calories!!

           Oooooh YUM... I love almost anything with the word TACO in it!! And this here Taco Soup is no exception. It is super super good, but I wouldn't eat it every day if I were you. It's not super high in calories but high enough it shouldn't be a frequent flyer!

Taco Soup
1 - pound ground beef
1 - can corn, undrained
1 - can chili beans, undrained
1 - can of petite diced tomatoes, undrained (or ro-tel)
1 - pkg taco seasoning
1 - can fiesta cheese soup
tortilla chips
shredded cheese

Directions:
           In a large pot, season ground beef with salt and pepper then brown. Drain off any fat. Add all remaining ingredients with the exception of the chips and shredded cheese. Cook 15 minutes on medium and serve over crushed chips topped with shredded cheese. you can add lettuce and sour cream if you like!! So easy and so good!

           Hmmm... does that look disgusting?? It will when you hear the story. We call Junie Mikey for a reason. Ever seen the old cereal commercial that says,'' give it to mikey he will eat anything!"? yeah well that is why we call Junie Mikey. She will eat anything. Her mixtures can sometimes be disgusting... like her peanut butter and bologna sandwiches! How gross does that sound?? On this particular day that I took this picture Junie and I were in the kitchen and she was watching me get me something to eat for lunch. She suddenly asks me if she can make her some oatmeal. I say yes and go on about my business. She makes her oatmeal, adds her splenda and starts eating. I am eating leftover chicken enchiladas from the night before. She is watching me. Then all of a sudden she says,'' Mandy can I have that?'' and points to the last enchilada cold right out of the fridge. I of course tell her yes. And then I stand by and watch in absolute horror as she scoops out the cold cold enchilada and it's cold cold sour cream sauce with cheese on top and hovers it above her bowl of oatmeal. I burst out with ''WHAT ARE YOU DOING??.... PLEASE tell me you aren't about to do what I think you are'' She replies back with,'' I sure am'' I'm like,''Junie that enchilada is COLD'' and she immediately fires back as she plops it down in her oatmeal,''yeah but my oatmeal is hot.'' Like that totally made sense right!! After she was done eating she said,'' thank you mandy that was goood'' as if I had prepared that horrific meal for her. To this day I gag a little when I think of it. The picture just doesn't do it justice!!

From my Nook:

        Oh Lisa Kleypas... One of my favorite authors. This is the first book of three and you will just fall in love with the little girl in this book being raised by her bachelor uncles. Of course by the end of the book she has one less uncle with bachelor status... that's just how these romantic dramas go. A young widow, a grumpy uncle (hot though) and a little girl that has asked Santa for a mother as her only Christmas wish. Read this book. It will make you sigh. I promise. Not as long a review as I normally do buuuuuut I ran out of time... got to get to work!! READ this book!!

Do you like midnight premieres?? We do!!

I know... I know... I'm wayyyyyyy behind!!! This last month was busy busy with everything that went on! So busy I don't even remember most of what went on! A couple of things stand out in my mind buttttttttttttttttt, if you read my most recent fb post you know that I have decided to become a nice girl and get rid of that mean one that sometimes takes over! But luckily I took a couple of visual aids and I can at least tell you about the pictures!!! 

          My L-nel! We love midnight premieres she and I!! They are so freaking funtastic! It could also be that we have so much fun together. Our most recent midnight premiere was the dun dun dun... Hunger Games!! Loved the book... loved the movie!! What a good ending to what started as a rough day. Sooooo... my brother was on leave for the week and came home. My mom drove up from college station and got a hotel so she could spend some of that time with him. Welllllll... the day before she hurt herself and I had to spend the hours before Lionela got out of school listening to her moan every time she breathed. Yes I know... she was in pain blah blah blah. It was hilarious :) How did she hurt herself you ask?? well I'd be delighted to tell you. She was in one of those stand up tanning beds... and she decided to do something most people don't do in a tanning bed. She decided... "I'm gonna exercise!!" which led to her hurting her back barely being able to walk and when she did she was hunched like an old crone!! ohhhh and don't forget the moaning. She definitely provided a lot of laughs for Lionela and I!! I guess I shouldn't have laughed because karma seems to always find me IMMEDIATELY!! It's like that hag has me on speed dial I swear!I get dressed and start putting on the boots that went with that outfit and when I went to zip up the second one.... the zipper popped right off!! Those boots were NOT cheap!! annnnndd I had decided to get dressed at my mom's hotel and only had a pair of plaid sneaks! yeah... you could definitely say they didn't match!! My mom and Lionela let me knowwww they didn't match... repeatedly!! They also laughed at me after I left the room because I could see them in the mirror making fun!! Luckily I had a different shirt and pants that would go with those shoes but they just werent midnight premierish clothes sooooo I was bummed about that for like 23 and a half seconds!! Then we left for our fun night out!! Lionela has this quirk where every song that plays she tries to imitate the singer... no matter how high... or how DEEP that singer's voice is!! It's hilarious and something I wish everyone could see or should I say hear!! We love to laugh at each other because we are both quirky nerdy nerds!! So we finally get to the Hulen Movie Tavern because it's the best one ever... and we are still laughing and having a good time... and then well we weren't having a good time because even though lionela had bought her ticket a month before... her ticket wasn't showing up!! After like 30 minutes the manager took car of us and we got to cut to the front of the line and got vip service... we had such great vip service that we were our waiters only 2 customers... he was at our or should I say Lionela's beck and call. She was hungry and thirsty that night and kept him hopping... plus the delivery guys who she dubbed "HEY" ran errands for her also. :) The movie was great. I loved it. I was really surprised that they did such a good job. I was also surprised there was as much comedy as there was! Gotta love Ceasar!! So if you haven't read  the book... read it! If you've read the book... watch the movie!! Both are awesome!! Now I'm excited about our next midnight premiere and we don't even know what it is yet!!

I hate......

     There are so many things I love and are thankful for... but they all come with those little annoying things we hate!! Like I love to sleep but I hate my alarm clock. I love to cook but I hate to do dishes. I love to go places but I hate to buy gas. I love to go swimming but I hate wet clothes (yes even a wet swimsuit). I love to read but I hate having to stop to pee. I love my phone but I hate that the battery is always almost dead. I love how I feel after an hour of zumba but I hate (well I hate everything) the morning after zumba. I love Fruity Pebbles but I hate milk. I love my friends but I well... lets just say some of the spouses need to go! I love having my nails done but I hate not understanding a word the nail tech says to me the entire time. I love my laptop but I hate that it is mostly used for homework. But all those good things are definitely worth the irritating things that come with them!! :)

   

I hate....... popcorn!:

          But I love going to the movies!! Especially when Channing Tatum is going to be on the screen. Friday Amanda and I went to the movies to see The Vow. First time we had been to the movies together in over five years! It was a really great movie and even though we almost died like twice... It was a really fun time. Although the food was horrible (Casa Rita on western center) and I spent like 2 hours sitting in standstill traffic. We saw this lady that should have checked the mirror before she left. Three words... O... M...and G!! Speaking of OMG, Zac Efron!! He has a new movie coming out called The Lucky One and boy if that isn't the most appropriate title!! Just conjuring the preview in my head has made me speechless!! Soooooooo moving on!

I hate........ chickens! :

           But I loooooovveeee baby chicks. They are so cute and tiny!! And hilarious. Have you ever watched one go to sleep?? Cutest/funniest thing you will ever see. They just drop dead wherever they were standing and land in the most awkward positions. It's like in the movies when a robot is turned off the way they just shut down and their head drops... that's kinda like a baby chicken. This weekend was vaccination day. Even though I hate that the babies are being stuck with a needle almost as big as they are, I love vacc day! Tons of babies and Gypsy is like a mother hen/yorkie trying to make sure they are all safe and she wants to see every single one of them to make sure they are ok. I've never seen a dog that had her own animals. She has chickens, her very own evil kitty, a horse and she had a rabbit but he's missing. She's worse than I am about collecting random animals!!

I hate..... Scary movies! :

           But I love the adrenaline rush I get from them even though I know I'm going to be checking every inch of my backseat every time I get in my car. And I'm going to be avoiding the rear view mirror for months. And I will not sleep until I'm totally exhausted and can no longer keep my eyes open. I have an insanely active imagination and scary movies are just a dumb thing for me to do. But as I said... I love the adrenaline rush even though I don't actually see much of the movie :)!! I'm told I'm pretty entertaining to watch one with. In fact anyone who has ever watched a scary movie with me will tell you that I'm the best form of entertainment! I went with Lionela to see the black lady against my better judgement. I had seen (ok that's a lie... I had HEARD) the previews and even though it wasn't as scary as most... well I'm a big old baby. She had a grand ole time laughing at me. We have watched many many movies together but we had never watched a scary movie together. She was highly entertained with my antics. If she only knew that was tame compared to my usual. It will be awhile before she gets to see it again because I'm going to need at least a year to recover. I even chose a really small version of the picture because I was afraid if it was any bigger I'd be able to see something I didn't want to. Yes I'm aware I need therapy!!

I hate.........   Beer!! :

           But I love Almond Joys! If this really tastes like an almond joy I could see where one might become an alcoholic!

From my Nook to yours!:

           The last blog of the month which means... It's a historical book!! This one is about those Highlanders!! And it's only like $1.99!! I think. Don't hold me to that! In this book, Laurel is a tiny half English/ half Scottish highland beauty with a feisty personality. She is on her way from England to the highlands to live with her Highland laird grandfather when her and her escorts are attacked and she is taken by a monster of a man. She escapes after a beating and stumbles across another highland laird and his band of men. Laird McTiernay also known as Connor is a buff, gorgeous chieftain. The laird used to being in control and having everyone do as he says meets his match in the small fireball he takes back home beaten and bruised. Convincing her to Marry him was only the beginning of his troubles! Actually that part was easy. It's everything that comes after!! It's an OhNo!! Hahaha!! OhNo!! Hahaha!! kind of book. If you've never read a historical before you are missing out. Start with this one.