So we tailgated
Considering that this was our first time to do this, I wasn’t sure what to expect. And since this game was kind of bigger than the Superbowl to us Texans, the tailgating was out of control. People that go more often told me that the crowd was way bigger than normal and that people really went all out. It was very hot outside so I think the majority of our group of over 20 people barely ate or drank. We sat and talked and laughed and took pictures instead. At one point we did walk around to see other people’s set ups. I was amazed to see people who brought in freakin 52 inch big screens hooked up to generators and leather couches and a pool table under a tent. I’m not even kidding. So our set up which at 1st seemed so awesome to me seemed low key after that! We had a flat screen…we had a generator…we had tons of food and desserts and of course beer…a satellite dish…it was pretty awesome. We’ve decided we need to do this at least once a year. I officially like tailgating.
And y’all know me with pink. Apparently The Man does too because he got me that pink coozie. LOL
And yes, that is a beer bong. I refused to take part but plenty of other people did and it was hilarious watching it all day long.
I’ve also NEVER liked beer until I went to see Jennster last month where she convinced me that Bud Light with lime was amazing. She was right and since then I’ve been drinking it more and actually acquiring a taste for beer…THAT beer only for now but I think my horizons will expand with time. It’s like red wine…it’s all I drink now but for a long time the taste was horrid to me. So Bud Light with lime? I love you.
It was a day of fun with family and friends and I’m so glad we did it. Yes we lost the game but I’d like to remind everyone, especially Cowboys fans, that our record is still better.
Stay tuned because I took super awesome pictures of the girls this weekend and they’re deserving of their own post 
My lifesaving trip
I don’t think I can stress enough how this trip to San Francisco saved me. I was about to implode from work. Literally. And I’ve been missing my friends for two years now. That in itself was wearing on me. EVERYTHING was wearing on me though. I needed just a few days to unwind and relax and laugh and be childless. So that’s what we did. We did things we would do with friends we see all the time and that’s exactly what I wanted. I wasn’t there to be entertained. I was there to hang out and do normal friend things. So we shopped at my mecca aka Coach.
We had yummy drinks.
We went dancing.
We played with neighbor dogs.
(After I took this picture I fell in love with my camera and lens all over again. This is unedited. Freakin amazing.)
We took photoshoots on boats parked in the street.
We went into the city and did a little site seeing.
And thank God for Jennster who is as much as a camera freak as me because then I wouldn’t have awesome pictures like this of me and The Man. I had to crop his face out for obvious reasons BUT it’s still amazing and the real version is even MORE amazing.
But mostly, we laughed. A lot.
And that is how you go from being ready to explode to feeling alive. I was ready to come home to my girls and hug and love on them, yes. But in those days I was gone I was rejuvenated and restored. I don’t know how I’d live without my friends whether they be here near me or far away but near in my heart. Thank you girls for giving me a fantastic weekend! I love you.
One month from today
I’m anticipating August 7th. I’ve been for the past few months. One month from today I’ll be with Jennster and Cat, 2 of my greatest friends.
I haven’t seen them since July of 08. It’s been 2 years. That’s a hell of a long time after I spent 3 years spending time with them in the summers.
Last year I complained about this in great detail on this blog…the whole not seeing them for the summer. But this year I get to see them. And Hubs is coming which is awesome because those 3 guys together is a force to be reckoned with. It’s awesome how all our husbands get along so well and we all just mesh awesomely and have the best time together. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to laugh like this again.
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Tonight I start a new work out. The Shred did a lot for me and now it’s time to kick it up a notch. I’ve still got a LONG way to go so I’ll be blogging about that tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Broken Heart
A Saturday post from me. What a rarity. Be assured though that I’m not actually typing this out on a Saturday. I’m post dating it because I have these things on my mind but I wanted this post to have it’s own day and not to be shared with another day that I’ve already blogged on.
I have a friend who is very near and dear to me. She gets me. I get her. We struggle with a lot of the same things in life when it comes to marriage issues or money issues or family issues. We get together over wine and laugh and cry and hug eachother. I love her.
And right now she’s struggling. Struggling with unanswered questions and begging God for some clarity and strength.
This is something I can’t share with her. I so badly want to…I want to take away some of her pain. But I can’t. So I pray for her.
You know how you are sweetie. There’s nothing I can say or do to make this all better. Just know you are constantly in my thoughts. I love you.
In like a Lion
I talk about Twitter every now and then on here because truly, it’s been a huge part of my life the past 7 months. I’ve made amazing friends…people that I feel like I’ve known forever. Through the course of meeting all these new friends, I met Renee. She was friends with my other friends and she seemed so sweet. I started reading her blog, But Why Mommy, and I immediately became intrigued with her life. See, she and her husband adopted their daughter, Bunny, from China. She’s so cute and reading stories about her took up hours of my day the day I found her blog. As I kept reading I saw that they were trying to adopt again. This time from Ethiopia. A son….they named him Lion. They’ve gotten pictures of him. They already love him. And soon, they’ll be getting him. So a bunch of us Twitter people decided hey, why not throw a little internet baby shower for Lion. So Renee, although I didn’t bake this, you really can’t have a shower without cake.
(I stole this image from www.ameliascakesandfavors.com but it was perfect!)
Here’s some advice about having 2 children instead of 1. I went down that path this year and I have learned a few things.
1. Make sure you still take time for just Bunny. She will love Lion with all her heart…but she might get jealous of him. Make sure she knows that you love her as much as always…that she’s still special to you.
2. I will admit that with the baby coming into our lives, it seemed to make even LESS time for us. Make sure you set aside time for just you and your man.
3. Take TONS of pictures of the kids together. I have lots of my girls together and yet it still seems like it’s never enough. Nothing will make your heart swell more than to see your babies together smiling in a picture.
4. You can pretty much guarantee that having any private time in your house is out the window. I can’t remember the last time I took a shower without a kid in the bathroom with me. Peeing alone? Read the 1st part of this number.
5. Laundry will be a lost cause. I wash clothes. I fold them. 3 days later I have another pile to wash. I now have piles of clean clothes and piles of dirty clothes and I’m just glad I know the difference between the two. Putting them away has become optional.
6. Dishes. See #5.
7. Love. SO SO much more love than you ever thought possible. People might think that having 2 kids stretches out the love. I think it increases it and there’s an abundance of it. I never thought I could love more than I love Hannah. Now I love even more…enough for both of my kids.
I’m so excited for Lion to get here and to see pictures of him…to get to “meet” him. This day is for you Renee!
ps: Issa…thanks for the awesome idea
Empathetic
I’m a very empathetic person. When someone I know and love is hurting, I feel their pain. I know that’s not uncommon. BUT I can also empathize with complete strangers. I can read a story online about someone’s tragedy and put myself in their shoes and cry and hurt with them.
The past few weeks I’ve been a hot mess. Then as suddenly as I became the hot mess, I became normal again and have been ever since. I’ve really been sticking to my goal of not sweating the small stuff and focusing on what really matters in my life. But now I have friends who are hot messes. And I ache for them. I feel for them. I hate that they live so far away. I wish so badly I could fly to them and feed them cookies and icecream and watch girly movies til all hours of the night. Most of my girlfriends live far. I have a lot of friends I’ve made through the internet. When these friends hurt, I hurt. When any of my friends ache, I ache. I’ve always been like this. My friend’s bad day becomes MY bad day.
I hate that there isn’t much I can do to fix my friend’s problems. I hate that I can’t be there to even talk about them with them in person.
Nonetheless, I ache today for a friend.
Friends
I wanted to post this last week but then I got sick and so, I’m posting it now. It’s still on my mind from Friday. It’s important for me to say.
What is a friend exactly? Someone you can vent to? Someone you can trust with your deepest secrets? Someone you know won’t steal your husband from you? HAH, sadly, that last one I DO think about. Things that I look for in a friend. Before 2003, a friend was someone that I saw or at least talked to often. Someone who’s voice I heard on the phone or someone I at least saw a few times a year. After, 2003, my opinion of a friend changed drastically. I delved into the message board world. I made awesome friends. In 2006, I started blogging. I made MORE new friends. A few months ago I started using twitter. I made even MORE friends. I actually think that I probably have more “good” friends online that I do in “real life”. And what is real life? I mean, all of us online know what this term means. The friends that we made OFF the computer. Friends we see often. I’ve met most my “good” online friends in person. A few of you I’m still dying to meet. It’s crazy to my family and a lot of my “real life” friends that I have friends that I consider TRUE GOOD friends that I’ve never met. And maybe before I became part of this world, I would have thought that too. Not anymore.
Last week sucked for me. It was just a big clusterfuck of things going wrong…mostly in my head. Nonetheless though, to me, it was a crappy week. I felt like everything was spinning and I had no control over ANYTHING in my life. It was just a dark week for me. I’m still sort of in that place. I feel a bit more lifted now but I’m still sorting out things in my head. By the time Friday got here, though, I was just ready to cry at the drop of a hat. Anything could have set me off. And then I get on twitter and 2 of my friends posted links to their blogs. They posted about me. They told other bloggers and twitterers to read my blog. To follow me. They told the world that I was someone to keep up with. That I was someone of value. That I was worth their time and should be worth YOUR time. They made my whole week. Just when I thought I was gonna lose my shit, these girls swooped in and made me feel like ok yes, things in my “real life” were sucking, but in my supposedly non real “online” life, things were fantastic. I know that I’ll probably continue to use the terms “online” or “real life” friends because sometimes they need to be able to be told apart. Friday they weren’t though. Friday they picked me up. Friday they made me feel better. Friday they came through for me. Friday my “online” friends were my “real” friends. Thanks to Issa and Ali for being so freakin awesome. I heart you girls. Tons.
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