Weekend...oh til we meet again...

Let me just start this Monday morning weekend review with the obviously start:
OMG! Why must the weekends go by so fast?? ;)

I had a good weekend, though. I was footloose and childrenfree.
Ok, I wasn't really footloose, but I was child-free...for the whole weekend.
So of course, I had to take advantage and go out, listen to some live music, chill with the bff Friday night.

Friday morning I woke up at freaking 3:30 a.m. and could NOT go back to sleep. I usually get up at 4:15....and that 45 minutes was a lot to miss out on!!
I knew I was going to have to go home and take a nap after work, so I could handle a night out. I think you may be getting too old to go out when you're planning a nap before going out.
Eh, who am I kidding, I like to nap even when I'm just going to bed that night.
I ended up having a nice little two hour nap and was pretty refreshed!

I showered and got all dolled up for my night out.
And by "dolled up" I do mean my jeans, a tank top, my flimsy Rangers shirt, and my black boots that are falling apart because I've had them since I was 16 years old, but cannot get rid of...because I love them so. I'm serious when I say they're falling apart, too.
My (ex) father in law actually had to GLUE the sole back on a few years ago.
I do believe it's time to get the glue out again. Yes, that's as good as it gets for me. :)
Don't you have anything like that? That you just can't get rid of???

Anyways, so I went to pick up Marianne and we headed to Iron Horse.
I had planned on having a couple beers, listeing to some music, and chatting.
Half way through my second beer, the waitress set down a big glass about 1/3 full of some kind of dark liquid in front of everyone at the table. (six of us in all, I believe)
I look at Marianne and say,"Uhh, what is this"?
She says it's Jager and it's good.
I know so little about this alcoholic beverage that I don't even know if I'm spelling it right.
I just know it's pronounced yay/grrr.
As in, yay! Free drink and then grrr, I'm sick!!
Ok, someone bought me this drink, I suppose I have to drink it.
We all cheers and I take a drink, look around and notice that everyone's glass is empty.
Whaaat?
Everyone's like, uhhh, it's a shot, finish it. Wait a minute! THIS is a shot??
Since when is a shot this big?? I thought shots were in those cute little bitty glasses? What happened to shots like that?
It takes me about 15 minutes to finish this shot.
I'm not a shot girl.
In fact, before I could even finish that shot, the waitress brought over another shot! At least it was a normal size shot!
I ask Marianne,"What is this??"
Chocolate cake. It's good.
I wonder how in the world someone can make an alcoholic drink taste like chocolate cake? I mean, it did taste like it, but....why?

Two hours, two beers, and two shots later (if you can call that first one a shot), Marianne asks if I'm ready to go, so she can make her gym date in the morning.
Crazy girl.
But, yes please. I'm ready to go.
As I drive her home, we have our sappy girl talk...damn alcohol. haha.

When I got home, I sat down in my living room floor with my Whataburger, hoping to sober myself up, and watch some tv.
I guess I didn't realize how intoxicated I was because come 5:00 a.m. I was still awake.
I felt so bad, I couldn't sleep.
I'm laying in bed thinking...there goes my Saturday plans!!
I'm going to sleep my day away...once I finally fall asleep.
I believe I finally fell asleep about 5:30 a.m.

Fast forward 4 hours.... Marianne texts me...let's go to Leah's and lay out when I get out of the gym!
What??? You're going to the gym?
You crazy girl.
But Carrie and Jorge are in town, Leah's cleaning their teeth, so no laying out today.
I didn't know they were in town...so much for sleep.

I drag myself out of bed, make some coffee, brush my teeth, pull on some shorts and a tee and head out. I did get to go see the beautiful babies, Annabel and Ava!

So, it's ok I didn't get to sleep my day away. When Leah was done cleaning their teeth, she took me for a ride in her jeep.

lovely day for a ride in the jeep.
Dustin calls her and says he wants to cook out. We go to the store to get charcoal and then head to Leah's house.
Lucia and Jack had stayed the night at Adrien's house, so she brought them home and came over for the cookout.

Adrien's little girl Noa is 5. That chick and I get along well. I love that kid. Adrien and Leah have already arranged for Noa and Jack to get married.
Those two kids are "best finns".
Noa already knows she going to marry Jack. She knows we want our families tied together.
So she walks into Leah's house and says,"Stephanie! Is that you??"
She comes running to me and says (all grown up like), "If I'm going to marry Jack to tie us all together, then you have to get married too."
Me: "I do? Well....who can I marry?"
Noa: "I don't know. You can find someone to marry you."
Me: "Hmmm, I'm not very good at that. Will you help me?"
Noa: "Yeah!! We can drive around town, until we see a bunch of boys. Then we'll go up to one of them and tell them to marry you."
Me: "That sounds like an awesome plan, Noa!"
But...she says....right now, she's going swimming with Jack. We'll go looking for a husband later. :) Kids....they crack me up.

That was pretty much my weekend. Sunday just consisted of laundry, Law and Order: SVU, and uhhh....a nap. :)
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.... and have a great (fast) week! :)

My weekend....

I know you're DYING to know what I did this weekend!! So, let me fill you in on the greatness....

Friday I went shopping with Marianne. But does it really count as shopping if you don't even buy anything? Oh well, it was fun walking around, looking at clothes, talking anyways....
Then I went home and caught up on some tv. Fun stuff.
Saturday, I picked up Gage and his friend Cody, from Cody's house. We went and ate at Sevi's. then he and Cody watched Lucia and Jack while me and Leah went to buy me a new washing machine.
Yeah, mine quit spinning. Did you know it really sucks having to wring out your clothes because they're soaking wet. I'm glad I didn't live back in the days when you had to scrub and wring out and hang up your clothes. I'm just too lazy for all that.
Saturday night me, Leah, Lucia, Jack, Gage, and Cody all went to the St Paddy's Festival downtown.

Jack and Lucia immediately wanted a turkey leg.
Those things are bigger than the kids!!!

Lucia found this awesome green bow that she just had to have.

Her head looks so small in between the giant bow and huge turkey leg!!

Marianne met up with us...but way later and of course, my sister was ready to go by then, Jack was tired. We had already been there for a couple hours, so we talked for a bit, then headed home.

I cleaned up a little bit and headed to bed.

Sunday morning, I went to pick up Zac from his nana's and of course, Lowe's decides to come at the exact moment to deliver my washer! Luckily he was talking to my landlord, so I got back in time to let him in.

Once he had it hooked up, I went CRAZY doing laundry!! Wow. It's so easy to do now!! I LOVE IT! :)

Who knew I could get so excited about a washing machine???

While folding laundry, I watched a couple movies that I rented the day before.

First one being "127 Hours"

OMG! I LOVED this movie. It was so good. So sad.

I cried at the end.

I love James Franco!

Then I watched "The Romantics".

It's was aight.

It was pretty much a wanna be "St Elmo's Fire" remake.....wasn't even close in being as wonderful.

It's about a close knit group of friends that date eachother and break up and date the other, who end up with the wrong one in the end...blah, blah, blah.

Like I said...it was aight. :)

THEN Sunday night....I was up all night. Stupid time change.

I'm exhausted today :(

I just want to go home and nap.

Thank God it's only a 3 day work week for me! Then I'm off to see the family! yay!

Happy Birthday, Girls!!

Happy TWENTY-SEVENTH Birthday, Marianne and Mickey!! Only my favorite twin girls EVER!! And believe me, I know A LOT of twin girls!!
Ok, not really....but they're still my fave! :)

At the St Paddy's Festival last year! Next one is next weekend! Wish Mickey could be here for it :(
Why are we cheezzzin' so??

At good ole Old Town.

At some karaoke bar on the twins' 24th birthday!!
lots o' shots, lots o' drinking, lots o' singing (not by me, obviously)...my poor Marianne got TRASHED! Had to take my bff home by midnight. hahaha. Remember that night, Marianne????

I've had some good times with these girls. I hope they have a fabulous birthday!!
Love you both! Happy Birthday!!!

TWOOOO THOUSAND ELEVEN!!!

Did everyone have a fabulous New Year's Eve?

I had a lot of fun with my boys, sister, niece, nephew, friends, kids of friends... :)

Adrien got a hotel room for the weekend. It was a lot of fun.

The kids went swimming and running around the hotel...getting in trouble for being too loud and for playing up and down the halls in Gage's wheelchair! haha. Dorks.

As many times as we went up and down.....Zac refused to ride in the elevator, so I had to take the stairs with him EVERYTIME.

He saw the previews to Devil...which I saw and LOVED! Anyways, he just saw the previews...people get stuck in an elevator, one person is the devil....Nope. I'm not riding in an elevator!!! Ugh. I got my work out for the year! ;)

We stayed up late, talking, watching movies. We watched '80s horror flicks...of course, AFTER Zac was asleep!! Drank some wine, the kids had Sparkling White Grape juice. haha.

We missed the countdown, because we were all playing, acting silly. I looked at the clock and said,"Uhhh, it's 12 o'clock." Everyone started screaming "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" Then me and Leah were ready for bed. :) I actually made it to about 1:00. That's big time, baby...for me!!
The next morning, the kids were playing with the balloons we were blowing up the night before...and this is what Jack did.

He said that was his pee pee hanging out of his underwear.

You gotta love him!!

We had a good time! I'm looking forward to the new year. I haven't really made any New Years Resolutions this year. I'll be thinking about it though!

Happy 2011!

Day 28: This Year in Great Detail

Day 28 of the 30 Day Challenge

Day 28: This Year in Great Detail

Seriously, all you have to do is go back and read this year's blogs. :) That's a lot of detail for ya.
Ok, ok, here are some pictures of this year so far....


My new mobile home! Ohhh, how I've always aspired to be trailer trash! It's a dream come true! haha. Just kidding. But seriously...it's 3 bedroom, 2 bath...and I'm super excited that I got it!!

Thursday of this week.......I will be seeing Kings of Leon!! Woo Hoo!




Went to the fair and this little guy fell in love with me. haha.


Celebrated my sister's THIRTY SIXTH birthday!!


My son got a girlfriend. :(
But isn't she cute?


I started postcrossing...which I absolutely love.


Went to Chicago....had the BEST time with my family and bff.


Me and my bff, the first night there.



Saw Mr. Willie Nelson in concert.....he is and always will be AMAZING!



Got a new obsession.......True Blood. And a new crush....ERIC NORTHMAN!!!




Finally saw Eclipse!! It was wonderful.



And I kinda started crushing on cute ole Jasper with his little Texan accent. ;)


Had a little girls night at my sisters.


Did some fun stuff with my boys: fair, Chuck E Cheese, visiting the fam.



Started blogging more. A LOT more.



Celebrated Annabel's FIRST birthday!!!


Did the Relay for Life.


St. Patricks Day festival.




The Road to Wrestlemania with my son and bff.




Took my son and a couple of his friends to Possum Kingdom cabins for a weekend for his birthday. Me, Leah, and Marianne have all gone with Gage and a few of his friends the past two years...good times.

Day 27: This Month in Great Detail

Day 27 of the 30 Day Challenge

Day 27: This Month in Great Detail

Duuuuude, seriously? My month...in great detail?? I can barely remember what happened last week. And that's sad because everyday is a re-run of the day before!! If you want to know about my month, read the Day 25 or Day 26...because that's pretty much how the whole month went. Fer realz.

Same for tomorrow's challenge....this YEAR in great detail!! OMG!! There's no way.

For today, I will tell you about something I'm excited about that is happening THIS MONTH! Actually in just 4 little short days......

KINGS OF LEON concert, baybuh!!!

Cannot wait. It's going to be sooooo much fun. I love them. And we have a big group going, which makes it even more fun! :)

Me
my sister, Leah
my son, Gage
his friend, James
my cousin, Ashley
my other cousin, Carrie
Marianne (who was sweet enough to enter this contest for me and, of course, won the tickets!!! BEST bff EVER!!!)
Marianne's dad (Unlike his daughter, my bff, he also loves KOL...haha, that's ok Marianne...you will love them after Thursday night!!)
Marianne's sister, Maddie
and Marianne's hubby Philip

And to top it off, I have Friday off. 4 day work week? Kings of Leon? 3 day weekend?
Wow, my month is looking better and better by the second. ;)

Fair 2010

So, we went to the fair last night. We had a pretty good time. :) Me, Marianne, Gage, and Zac met Leah and Jack up there.

Gage and Marianne standing in line to ride the Spider. Marianne was nervous. haha.



We went to the petting zoo, where you could go in and feed the animals. This little guy took a liking to me. He practically crawled up in my lap. When I stood up and stepped back, he walked back up to me and started nursing on my pant leg. It was so cute.
So, I told Zac and Jack to feed him, he was eating me! They did, then he came back and starting chewing on my pant leg again. haha. It was cute. :)




Marianne wanted a picture with the little one so bad, but the big ones kept getting in the way. The big animals bullied the little ones and stole all the food. haha. They were very annoying.




Jack had a good time feeding them. He just laughed when they ate right out of his hand.




This is always Zac's favorite part of going to the fair. We usually spend the most time here.




As we were leaving, Marianne saw a spray on tattoo place and SOMEHOW saw that they had a Seahorse...from like 5 miles away. haha.
She wants a seahorse tattoo soooo bad, so she figured she'd get a fake one to see how she liked it...and to see how her boss would react!!




It was VERY cute and I totally think she needs to get it...permanently!!! She loved it...she kept staring at it. haha.

All in all, it was a good night at the fair. It was freaking hot and we were all soaking with sweat, and it was PACKED, but it was fun. Marianne got her carnie food and my kids had a good time.

Well, I guess Gage had a good time....he left us for his friends. :( He's just getting to old to hang out with mom, I guess. So sad.

Labor Day Weekend

Ohhh, how sad that this is the last day of the wonderful 3 day weekend. I finally got to spend some time with Jauque. We've been friends since 5th grade! She's one of my oldest friends. We've been through a lot. Good and bad.
She's a year younger than me, but has FIVE kids!! And I'm a single mom with two boys...so obviously it's hard for us to be able to find time to get together. Gage and her son are just 3 months apart. And they're best friends...and have been since they were newborn babies. :) James is like my second son!
So, Saturday Jauque and I met up for lunch at P3 (Pioneer 3). We just had chips and hot sauce, smoked, talked. It was nice to catch up. Then we went to check out the new TJ Maxx store.
James wanted to stay the night, so after our afternoon together, I went to Henrietta to pick him up. Jauque wanted to cook out, so we stayed, visited, and ate. It was a good time.

Gage.

Gage and James trying to steal Jauque's van to go driving around town.....didn't work. haha.

Jauque and Kourtney (she's 13).

Cody (he's 8)...this boy is the sweetest boy EVER! Sooo well behaved and sweet and funny. I love this kid.

And Jauque's twins. Trey and Thomas (they're 2). Cutie pies!!!

Me and Jauque!!

It was a fun weekend.

Good times, good times.

My bff, Jess, and I signed up to do the Race for the Cure in October. Our team name is TuTu Wild for TaTas. We're all going to wear tutus. haha. How cute is that?

Last year we did the Relay for Life. We had a lot of fun and raised money for a good cause. :)

Our team last year. :)

Me and my bff, listening to the speakers. I cried. haha. I'm such a baby sometimes. :)

I made this one for my Mee Maw who died from breast cancer when I was in elementary school.

On another note, I FINALLY got a couple pics from my sister's birthday get together a couple weekends ago....

Me and Ms. Marianne

Me and Ms. Lauren

Marianne, me, and the Birthday Girl