On Tuesday, Anthony and I went to a Nashville Sounds ballgame. Even though they lost to the Iowa Cubs I had a blast. Who couldn't with such an amazing guy sitting right beside me.
This is my instagram photo of the field.
My favorite picture of the whole night! ♥
The planes from the Nashville International Airport flew right over the field.
And of course Fourth of July fireworks at the end of the night even though it was a day ahead.
We are planning on going again on July 14 so see the Albuquerque Isotopes. They feed into the LA Dodgers which is Anthony's favorite team.
Today's music comes from the Canadian duo, One More Girl. These future country super stars, Britt and Carly McKillip, are rockin' out to their single "Maybe" which I highly recommend. I mean why else would I play it on my blog right? Well go ahead, give them a listen. According to their website, they will have a CD release sometime later this month.
My mom brought home this shelf for my bathroom, I just needed to fix it up a bit. Of course I had some help from the nephews with this project.
P.S. That's Buttercup (named after The Hunger Games) He is mean as a snake and hisses like one too.
This is a welcome addition to my bathroom. I had no place to put my towels. Until now they've been on the back of the toilet. Plus I like anything pink.
I found this cute patio table at Kroger for only $99!
Of course Red is not my color so I had to spruce it up with a lovely shade of pink!
Right now its sitting in my hallway. It makes me wish I was sitting at a bistro table in Paris underneath the Eiffel Tower. Not too bad for my first project. I have a few more on the way so stay tuned.
This Memorial Day the Buffalo Wild Wings Crew tool to the water again. This time we chose the Buffalo River in Pulaski, Tenn. (Get it, we work at Buffalo Wild Wings and were on the Buffalo River!)
Anyway, we started out much sloppy but in no time Sam and I had our canoe under control. We had this!
Three boys and five girls, at least we out numbered the boys this year.
Don't you love our hats! Shout out to Samuel Adams!
Larry, Tim, Dani, & Jarod
Just chillin' on the water!
This is Henry. His owner's last name is Winkler, so that makes his name Henry Winkler! AYE!!!!!!
Last year we saw a duck on the Duck River this time we saw a cow. Hey, it resembles a Buffalo.
What an amazing trip. We are going to try and go again on July 4th. Hopefully on the Duck, the Buffalo was way too shallow and people kept tipping their canoes, thankfully we didn't tip ours, not to mention the Buffalo is over an hour away from me. Until next time.
This summer I want to read at least fifty books (even if they are one I've already read once, or twice, before). So here goes:
1.) The Hunger Games Trilogy ~ Suzanne Collins 2.) Catching Fire 3.) Mockingjay 4.) Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy ~ EL James 5.) Fifty Shades Darker 6.) Fifty Shades Freed 7.) Sloppy Firsts Series ~ Megan McCafferty 8.) Second Helpings 9.) Charmed Thirds 10.) Fourth Comings 11.) Perfect Fifths 12.)Witches of East End ~Melissa de la Cruz
13.) The Last Summer of Me and You ~ Ann Brashares
14.) Along For The Ride ~ Sarah Dessen
15.) The Summer We Read Gatsby ~ Danielle Ganek
16.) Twenties Girl ~ Sophie Kinsella
17.) My Life in France ~ Julia Child
So here are seventeen of my fifty summer books. Of course I will be blogging about all of them. Now when to start?
I feel as though the worst of the pain is behind me. I'm still taking my pain medicine regularly. And although the pain is decreasing, I am still having a hard time swallowing and the heartburn is not helping my throat much. I hate riding in cars because it makes me sick and I've only left my house twice. I've gone through cases of cold sweats and keep getting dizzy in the shower. After reading stories online I think my experience is nothing compared to some people out there. I would rate my pain no higher than a 6 and I've had cases of strep that was an 11 sometimes. Of course the medicine is keeping me asleep for about 18 hours a day. Unfortunately it's at the wrong time. I sleep all day and am awake for most of the night and even though I take the medicine at night its like it wants me to stay awake and get heartburn and crave foods I still don't have the throat to eat yet. It does seem as though I have most of my strength at night instead of during the day. I am out of jello and soup and don't feel like cooking this late at night when my mom is sleeping and waking her up. I REALLY WANT A DIET DR. PEPPER TOO!! I haven't had one since the Monday before the surgery. I always though that was what gave my heartburn, guess not.
On the plus side, I have cleaned out over 40+ hours on my DVR. I've caught up on Pan Am, Grimm, Eureka, Unforgettable, and a few other random shows and movies that I had taped. I will be starting Once Upon a Time tomorrow.
There are times when I think I am ready to go back to work but then I get to thinking do I really want to? and of course the answer is no! I wish I didn't have to work anymore. I need to be someone's trophy wife! Any takers? I am out of money though and am still trying to decide if I want to pick up a Sunday morning possibly night shift too. I won't be able to take my medicine though. So I guess I won't be working!! :-)
It has been one week since I had my tonsils removed from my throat. And I can't tell you how many times I have dreamed of food. It has been an almost constant when I sleep, anytime, day or night.
There was one dream when my entire family went out to eat and I pushed my plate away to go to the bathroom and I came back and it was all gone! I woke up crying!
I miss real food. I have a craving for everything I can't have chips, candy, burgers, you know the things I wouldn't be able to swallow. For someone who loves ice cream you wouldn't think I'd get tired of it, but it doesn't feel me up.
I hope within this next week and a half that my tonsils will be all healed up and I will be able to eat whenever and whatever I want without having a hard time swallowing or feeling sick.
I just want to wish a very Happy Mother's Day to the best mom I know. She has been so great taking care of me this week. I haven't been taken care of like this since I was a little girl. I love you Mom!
Well I have managed to clean out over twenty hours on my DVR so far by watching almost all of my Grimm episodes. It is a good TV show. Next I think I will catch on Once Upon A Time. I've only seen about 15 episodes.
For those of you who follow me on Pinterest I apologize for the food I keep posting but I'm hungry and can't eat anything. My mom just said, "I can tell you are hungry just by all the food you keep pinning!"
Today however was a very lazy day for me. I woke up at 7:30 and went back to sleep until 11:30 then I went back to sleep until 3:30. My mom came home from work and took me and Grant to Sweet Cici's for cakebatter and pink bubblegum ice cream. IT WAS AMAZING but I couldn't add my sprinkles or hot fudge or whip cream which is my favorite part with the cakebatter. I didn't feel to good after eating it and went t0 sleep in the car while my mom went soft food shopping for me. I do have a wonderful mom for taking care of me while I am in this condition. I came back home and slept until 7:30 where Gavin was waiting for me to wake up, don't get too excited he only wanted to play the Wii which is set room.
The pain these past two days has been a little more intense then the first two. It has been hurting more to talk which is why I am glad we have text messaging or else I wouldn't be able to communicate with any of my friends! Not like too many have tried to contact me anyways.
Well today the pain was about the same as yesterday. I have progressed up to scrambled eggs and potato soup but don't want to venture out much further then that since the throat is way sore.
I've learned a few more things about what went down after my surgery. Apparently the nurses kept asking what my pain was on a scale of one to ten and I kept saying a four and a three. What was wrong with me? Oh yeah I was doped up on medicine!!
The doctor told my mom that my tonsils were so inflamed and that there was so much extra blood going to them that I need to be extra careful and when he squeezed one of the tonsils, it oozed with bacteria which is why I kept getting sick. I am so glad to have these infected things out of my body. I did notice a little snoring/vibrations going on today which is a first for me I think. I never noticed my snoring before and no one has ever mentioned it to me either.
I've spent 90% of my day in bed but I did get up and take a shower. And on the plus side, look at this cute little thing I got to nap with today!! This is Hershey!
My nephews stopped by again today and the oldest, Garrett, asked my what was wrong with my voice. I was like seriously Garrett I had my tonsils out just like you did!! Crazy Boy!!
I will be all alone tomorrow. My mom goes back to school and my sister will be at work. There will be no one to take care of me. :-( I wish I had a pool to relax in, I could just float around all day soaking up the sun.
The procedure went great. I got here at 9 but didn't go back until 11. But I slept in the hospital bed almost the entire time. When I finally went back I remember rolling into the surgery room and nothing after that. I love that medicine.
I woke up to fogginess and just wanted to go back to sleep. I apparently told the nurses that I didn't want to take the hydrocodine. Which I told my mom that she should have made me take it!!
Apparently this happened too. I stole this off my mom's facebook page! It probably helped that I still had my makeup on from the day before but of course my hair was a curly mess.
Right now the pain is minimal. I've had strep that has felt worse then this. It feels like there is something stuck on the back of my throat that won't go away. I know the real pain is coming soon though. Of course I got a giant bottle of the good stuff to help with that and put me to sleep as well!! And I do enjoy having a legitimate excuse to sleep all day long.
Right now I am just hungry but last night I tried to eat some mashed potatoes yesterday and they didn't go down very well so I will be sticking to popsicles and ice cream.
I think I'm pretty well stocked up for the next two weeks too!
A friend of mine whom I haven't spoken to in a few weeks sent me a text today. He was telling me how he has been depressed and not making enough money at work and that's the reason why he hasn't spoken to me or been able to hang out the past few weeks.
I understand that and I told him flat out that I eventually quit asking him to hang out because he was always too busy for me and not his other friends. And I also told him the statement above. "You can't shut people out of your life. They may not be there when you need to let them back in."
People can only be rejected so may times before they no longer want to be your friend anymore. As someone who has been a complete nerd her whole life, I am familiar with depression and rejection. I have always had people come up to me and ask me when my baby is due, which wouldn't be a problem if I was actually pregnant which I have never been. It can really lower your self-esteem especially when you have already lost over 25 pounds and people are STILL asking you that damn question.
I had given up on being happy and settled on being miserable. I figured this was the best it was ever going to be.
Then I heard this song. (I prefer the SMASH Cast version. It's a little more fast paced then the original.)
Originally sung by Rihanna, "Cheers (I'll Drink to That)", has some inspiring lyrics right from the beginning.
Life's too short to be sitting around miserable.
People gonna talk whether you doing bad or good.
Just those two lyrics right there were enough to pull me out of my slump and start focusing on the good things around me. Of course this lyric helped as well since it dealt with my main problem, people. People are what hurt the most.
Don't let the bastards get you down.
I don't care what people think about me anymore, I only care what I think about me. When I started focusing on the good instead of the bad I became more positive and when I looked in the mirror I saw someone I hadn't seen in a long time, myself. And she was smiling a little!
I hope you take my advice seriously and don't shut people out of your life that you may need to let back into your life again one day. Who knows if they will be there. Of course a true friend will never truly leave you, you may just have a lot of explaining to do to get them to open up to you again.
I of course found this recipe on Pinterest and I knew I had to try it out. The actual recipe from Sugar Baby Aprons was a mess though. It told you to add food coloring after you had already frosted the cake!!! So I am going to rewrite the recipe for you here.
Pink Lemonade Pound Cake
Ingredients: 1 (18.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix 1 (3 ounce) package instant lemon pudding mix 4 eggs 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup pink lemonade concentrate 4 drops pink or red food color, optional
Bottom Glaze: 1 cup frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed 1/2 cup white sugar
Top Glaze:
1/4 cup butter
2 cups powered sugar
2 tablespoons of cream (actually more then this)
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring _________________________________________________________ Recipe 1) Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour one 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan.
2) Combine the cake mix, lemon pudding mix, eggs, vegetable oil, 1/2 cup lemon concentrate and the milk. Mix until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
3) Bake at 350 for 50 minutes to 1 hour. If your oven runs hot be sure to adjust accordingly!
Remove from oven and prick cake all over with a fork. Immediately pour lemonade glaze over the bottom of the cake. This lets it soak into the cake and be extra moist
Let cake stand in pan until almost cool.
BOTTOM LEMONADE GLAZE: Combine the remaining thawed frozen lemonade and the white sugar. Mix thoroughly and pour over still warm cake.
TOP LEMONADE GLAZE: 1. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a saucepan or microwave.
2. Sift 2 cups of powdered sugar into a medium size bowl.
3. Add the melted butter to the powdered sugar.
4. Add 2 tablespoons of cream.
5. If desired either add 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract or 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla for flavor.
6. Beat until smooth and creamy adding a little more milk if necessary.
7. Add Pink food coloring. 8. Drizzle over a cooled cake.
So there it is, although I recommend not using the top glaze at all. (It does cut down on the tartness of the cake though). The recipe is not like what it is supposed to look like. I kept having to add cream to make it spreadable. I don't know how they made 2 tablespoons work for them. I might also recommend for the next time making double the glaze and pouring some on top of the cake as well.
For now, I am going to enjoy mine with a nice refreshing glass of pink lemonade on my pretty pink bistro table and pretend I am in Paris! Au Revoir!!
Friggatriskaidekaphobics, an alternative, though just as tongue-twisty, word for the fear is "paraskevidekatriaphobia," is the word used to describe people who are afraid of Friday the 13th.
We all know the superstitions on Friday the 13th, don't walk under a latter or it's bad luck if a black cat crosses your path. Here are some I found in a Time magazine article that even I didn't know about.
• If you cut your hair on Friday the 13th, someone in your family will die.
• A child born on Friday the 13th will be unlucky for life.
• If a funeral procession passes you on Friday the 13th, you will be the next to die.
• Thought to derive from the Last Supper with Jesus and his 12 apostles or the Norse Myth where the uninvited Loki made the 13th guest, that having thirteen people seated at a table will result in the death of one of the diners.
There are many reasons that this day is considering bad luck for so many people. I however think it has good luck tendencies. It is my brother's 34th birthday after all and I have a love of black cats!
This day is how you make it, if you think it's unlucky then it will be, but if you think it's lucky it will be. I hope it's a lucky love day for me and I intend to make it a very lucky day for myself.
So for all you believers and nonbelievers, have fun and be safe!
So do you have any old shirts just sitting in a draw taking up space? This morning I made an awesome workout tank out of an exe's old t-shirt thanks to Blogilates.
It was so simple an easy that I made another one after my workout.
Want to make one for yourself? Just follow these step-by-step instructions and be sure to check out the Blogilates website for more fitness tips.
On Tuesday my friend Samantha took me to get my first tattoo! It tickled and hurt followed by moments of searing pain. The long swirly lines were the worst part but it turned out so beautifully. I love it.
My next one will be an Eiffel Tower going down the right side of my body, which will be done when I am tan since I technically can't go to the tanning bed even though I've paid a lot of money for the tanning package. Yes all my tattoos will be Paris related for the most part. I still think my sister and I should get matching big sister/little sister tattoos. Those are cute.
For the first time in my life, I can look into a mirror and actually like what I am seeing. For so long I was surrounded by negativity in my life from people I thought cared about me. With this new decade came a realization that I am beautiful and anyone who does not see that does not really know me or deserve to be part of my life. It's all about how you perceive yourself that makes you happy.
Sure I still have flaws but they don't matter anymore. I love myself, flaws and all. For it's my flaws that make me who I am.
This song is called Flawz by Caitlin Crosby. I hope you will embrace your flaws just as I have begun to embrace mine.
My favorite day is finally here, January 12. That means I am officially thirty. To me this is no big deal because I don't feel like I am thirty. Unlike most people my age, I don't have a mortgage or a car payment. I don't have a husband or children. The only person I get to focus on is myself.
This is my New Year! So today at 6:58 pm, begins my new year. I am going to make this my year. I have a few things that I want to be this year that I hope I can accomplish. I want to get a tattoo. (Sam is going to help me with that in the next week or so.) I want to have my own place, whether its an apartment or a townhouse, Just a place to call my own. And mainly I want to have a REAL job. Not saying I don't like my job now and I do make so great money some days, but I have a degree that is doing nothing but hanging on my wall.
I want to be able to be myself. I am doing a pretty good job of that so far! ____________________________________
This is one of the few baby pictures I have. I was the youngest so after my brother and sister my family was all "camered" out!
My First Birthday - 1983
My Second Birthday - 1984
Always a Lover of Cake!
My Fourth Birthday - 1986
Strawberry Shortcake will always be my favorite!
I will always love my birthday though. It's the one day of the year that I can have all to myself. Although there are some great people I share my birthday with, so Happy Birthday to my dearest friend Mr. Ed Anderson. He will be 84 this year. Happy Birthday to my France Friend Tad who is 25. And for Jeremy who got me hooked, Happy Birthday to Howard Stern. And everyone else before and after!
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
