Husband

This morning, as I was dragging myself out the door headed to work, M says to me, "hey you look really cute." Now normally I would make fun of him for using such a girly word. Today however, it made my day.

And that's all there was.

xoxo
L

A Collection of Miscellanity

As I sit here sipping my delicioso QuikTrip hot chocolate, watching my #2 guilty pleasure show, some thoughts have flipped through my head.

It goes something like this:

QT is the best. Is there anyone who does not think so? M and I had a related conversation the other day that went like this:

"I wish there was a QT by our house. OR even better, by my work. Then I could eat there for breakfast AND lunch. Every day."

"You would get so fat."

"At least I would be happy."

Isn't he a dear?

I am grateful for spare keys. If you don't have a spare key to your car you should really get one. I've learned this from experience. This week we've had 2 opportunities to use our spares. Once when I locked my keys in my car and couldn't leave work (subconsciously it was on purpose because I love work so much?) and once today when M locked his in the car at the bottom of a mountain.

It's not that cool to be scared of your neighbors. I sincerely hope the large black man with the baseball bat's wife recovers quickly from the dog bite she sustained from our other neighbor's large pitbull. I also sincerely hope that he never yells at or around my husband with a baseball bat in his hand again.

Waiting is BORRRRING. I'm tired of waiting for stuff. I resolved today to stop waiting for things I can't speed up. Be happy now and all that jazz. How you ask? Beats me. Maybe my new hobby will help me forget about the things I'm waiting on. What hobby is that you ask? You'll see.

:) Happy weekend folks!

L

It's 70 degrees outside. In January!

Guys. Isn't winter supposed to be cold or something? Thank goodness it's not. I became a mountain biker this weekend, making all of Mr. Brown's dreams come true. I came to a few realizations on this bike ride.

One: downhill > uphill.

B) I would do just about anything if it meant being outside in nice weather.

Third-it's near impossible to get your dog to pose for a picture.

Please excuse the butt shot.

Here's a good one, to make it up to you.

Have a great week!

L

Birthday Month!

Happy 24th birthday to me! As should every girl, I had a pink princess birthday dinner courtesy of my fabulous mother. Complete with feather boas and sparkly crowns. (Is that not a real word? Curse you red squiggle line for mocking my poor spelling). Guess what I got for my birthday!!! Stay tuned for some awesome crafts once I learn how to use this thing :)

In other news:
Yesterday half of our office building was evacuated due to a gas leak. Apparently our office was just fine to stay and breathe in the toxic fumes coming from the other side of the not so big building. Anyway, after a close call re: a panic attack on my part and the street being blocked by fire trucks so no patients could get in, I got off work an hour early. We went to the park.

xoxo
L

Better Together

It's official. We made it to the year mark (over a month ago). I thought in honor of this most blessed occasion a top ten list is in order.

Okay! Top ten fav things about our first year as Mr and Mrs:

10) Read-a-thons on the couch. E-books count right?

9) Mitchell's bi-monthly purges on my closet. It usually takes me only a few days to forgive his kind donations to Goodwill on my behalf.

8) TV on DVD marathons. Or, let's be real-Netflix marathons.

7) Birthday coupons for back rubs that I stretch to last all year.

6) Road trips. Mostly to Cali, there's been about 6 or 7 this year alone. We listen to terrible music reminiscent of high school and eat terrible food. Like Yum Yum Donuts outside of Beaumont.

5) Discovering my new passion for hiking, which could also be called my passion for taking my dog cool places that he can explore and run around.

4) Being scared out of my mind at least twice a week. Turns out, my husband finds joy in hiding behind doors and jumping out at me. The first time I fell to the floor in a useless heap. I've since progressed to throwing things and punching.

3) Settling our fights with wrestling matches. I rarely win, but I do know just the right buttons to push to get myself pushed off the bed. And it always amuses me. Plus Mitchell's ticklish. In case anyone needed to find a weakness in his manly exterior.

2) The sickeningly sweet and cheesy nicknames we have for eachother. It's turned into a game. Whoever pauses or repeats a name thats already been said loses.

1) Nightly cuddle sessions on the couch. Wouldn't miss them for the world. Bonus: if we have a blanket Fender gets to come cuddle too.

B-sides and Rarities

OKAY! Month of October! Let us start with the road trip to CA we took with Mitchell's sister and brother-in-law Stephanie and Alex. The main goal of this trip was to go to our good friend Stevo's missionary farewell. And maybe a little bit to go to the beach.

The next weekend I was off

to Vegas for a wedding (no, really) turned girl's trip. It's possible I

won almost an entire dollar playing the penny slots. Mitchell stayed home this trip and pretended not to miss me desperately.

The next two weekends we proved our redneck status by A) Heading to the state fair with the sole purpose of seeing the Demolition Derby. That's right folks, the cars CRASH IN TO EACHOTHER ON PURPOSE. (How could anyone not love this?)

AND 2) we humiliated both our dog and ourselves by forcing him into a hot dog costume for Halloween.

Wish you all could have seen him chase his tail in this. Totally worth it the 7 bucks.

XOXO

We had quite the eventful weekend. Whilst the parents were in Cali for the Race for the Cure, we sat on the baby Chikin (also known as my 15 year old brother, Blake). We noticed something weird going on with Fender's eye, the inner corner was swelling and very pink. I would post a pic but it was gross. Turns out it was Cherry eye which, although common in dogs, I had never heard of. The options were: A) $700 surgery, or 2) a do-it-yourself fix via doglover9's video post. Apparently you just shut their eye and rub it till it pops back in. I should be a vet. Good as new, underbite still in tact. On another note, Mitchell received his first scorpion sting, hence the very sad face. Worst pain of his life...baby.

To make up for all that sadness, I had some great luck at the local thrift store with this little number. (I wore it to church AND to work the next day, shhh...) I originally intended to alter it to make it stylish just like my inspiration Marissa from newdressaday.com, but it ended up being perfect as is.

And there you have it folks. As always, it was a pleasure.

xoxo