I Love Britney B*tch!

Since it had been nearly a week since my last blog post until tonight I thought why not write two? :) Have I told you lately how much I love, love, LOVE - I mean like REALLY love this girl....

Ever since I laid eyes on her in that cute school girl outfit I was smitten. She is the only girl for me :)

Tonight I came over to my parents house dressed in my Britney Spears concert shirt all giddy with excitement waiting for 7:00 when I would get my fix thanks to "Glee."

This was the first time I had ever watched an episode of a show so many have come to love. Our own Erin is a HUGE fan! I really enjoyed tonight's episode because of Britney. Honestly, while the singing is up to par (there's nothing I love more than listening to singing. Even though I wasn't a big KOL fan, I really enjoyed last Thursday's concert only because his voice was amazing!) I don't think I'll be taking in another episode unless they feature someone else I really love :) I just don't think I can get into the characters. Although I did not know Uncle Jesse was on there - John Stamos is still just as sexy as he ever was! Tonight though did not dissapoint - I LOVED watching all the takes on Brit Brit's hits, dance moves and outfits. And of course I loved seeing my girl even more!!!

This was my favourite cameo of the night:

I've had my share of Britney fantasies! One day I'll have to take a pic with my collection of all the magazines I have with her on the cover - but then again I think you might say I'm a stalker if you don't already think so now haha :) Okay I really must get to bed! I have a long day at work in the morning! xoxo

Welcome Home Soldier!

For nearly a year my mother had the Blue Star Service banner hanging on the door to our house. For those of you who might not be familar with what this flag symbolizes, it is an official banner that family members of service members in harm's way can display. A symbol of pride in honour of their loved one who is serving and to remind others that preserving America’s freedom demands much. This past week with great joy and sheer happiness, she was able to take it down!

Saturday we welcomed home my darling brother Marco & his Christina (who also served in Iraq with Marco). You might remember hearing about Christina through twinkie's post here. It was nice to finally "meet" her after skyping with her back in July. She is a doll! So sweet with the cutest laugh! She just fit in with our crazy, loud family so naturally. Instantly she got the "seal" of approval from his two sisters who are here (any girl my brother has ever brought home has to go through the harshest critic - our youngest sister Madeline! She's tough! She only wants the best for her brothers :) and from Mom who just adored her.

*God Bless our soliders!!!

*Madeline, Christina (check out Domo on her shirt! Marco LOVES Domo!) and me
*At Addison's Ice Cream (I LOVE their Key Lime pie flavour!)

It was so nice to hug my brother again. In that moment it made knowing he is home and safe "real." We got to spend all of Saturday with them and then a couple of hours tonight. They got here around 5. We started watching "Iron Man 2" but as soon as it was 7:00 I had to put the TV on "Glee" much to the complaining of my father who does not share my love of Brit Brit! We had a fun family dinner. One of the things I love the most about my family is the laughter. My mom's laugh is contagious! At one point during the evening we started laughing so hard our sides were hurting! We were literally laughing for 10 minutes straight until I had tears rolling down my face! We all missed Micaela more than anything and wished she was home too.

When 9:00 rolled around it was time for them to head back. Luckily the base they are at before they go home to Arizona is only about 45 mins away from here. They will go back to Arizona tomorrow. Hopefully my brother will be back next month while he is on leave. He just left but already we want him back home!

Thank you God for protecting Marco, Christina and all the other soldiers serving our country. Thanks to all of you who supported Marco - it truly made a difference to his well being while he was over there. He appreciated all your prayers & care packages! Thank you God for making me the happiest sister in the world :) It's good to have my brother back!

Thank you Gabby!!!!!

In honour of her 400th blog post the lovely Gabby at Gabby, She Wrote... hosted a FANTASTIC giveaway and guess what??!?!?!?! I WON!!!!!! :) Lucky #7 indeed!!! :)

*Beautiful Gabby who has the most beautiful dresses! I have serious dress envy for your wardrobe lady!

I was SO excited to find out the great news I called Micaela right away. Nothing could have started out my work day better than to find out that I will be the proud owner of some beautiful SparkleOnline goodies!!!

Sparkle Cards Lucky Dip Combo with different messages on them (5 cards and envelopes total which means 5 of you will be receiving these cute cards in your mailbox!)

*Gabby's favourite print of Tillie's I LOVE prints so much and can't wait to have this one! Micaela gushes about Tillie all the time :)

Oh Gabby thank you for making my day!!! Yours was the very first giveaway I have entered and I still can't believe I won :) Even before I became a blogger myself, I was a reader of your blog. From the very first time I read "I keep my passport next to my bed, just in case." on your profile I was hooked on your words. I have literally sat here and laughed out loud at some of your posts. I love your style, when I read your words I feel like you are sitting with me and we've been the best of friends for ages just sharing a conversation. xoxo

A piece of my childhood....

Oh how my seesters and I LOVED "Adventures in Babysitting"!!! My kuyah Marco said that all he had to do was put our VHS on to get us to "shut up" and sit there when he use to have to watch us growing up :) My seesters and I would reenact this scene over and over - we would have great fun taking turns using the curtain as our viels :) Oh it brings back so many great memories watching this :) How beautiful is Elisabeth Shue??? (how beautiful is her brother Andrew Shue???? Billy was always my favourite on "Melrose Place" even topping sexy Jake!) I always wondered what happend to Elisabeth. Every couple of years or so you'll see her pop up in a movie. The other night at Buffalo Wild Wings there was a trivia question on her. It asked what actress is in Piranha 3D? I had NO idea Elisabeth was in it!!! My bff Steph said we needed to go see it after we saw the trailer for it at the movies to which I replied "HECK NO!" Now I might just have to change my mind.



Always beautiful :)

And just because I can't resist....here's another one of my most favourite dancing in the bedroom scenes:



I love you Brit Brit!! Funny thing is when Dan Aykroyd comes into the room and Brit is trying to hide reminds me of my best friend in high school, a shy girl named Amy. Micaela & I often spent the night at her house and would often end up dancing in her room to the Spice Girls and one night in the middle of one of our dance sessions her mom walked in her room without knocking. Amy was SUPER embarrassed that her mom caught her busting a move :) hahahaha

Fair, Friends, Family, Food, Football = FUN!

Sunday has a new meaning now that it's NFL season :) I just got done eating a feast of prosciutto, pumpernickel bread and cheese with my parents sitting in front of the TV watching the Giants @ Colts game (neat watching the talented Manning brothers! Just wish my seester was here with us :(. I had such a fun last couple of days :) Apparently "F" is my new favourite letter as you can see from my blog post title. Here's a couple of pics from the weekend:

Actually let's start with Thursday. Every year my bff and I take her boys to the fair. It's like a family tradition of ours. I look forward to it every year because not only do I get to spend some time with her amazing family (her sister Leah and her kids came too), but I get to indulge in carnie food! I know how horribly bad it is for me to eat, but man do I enjoy it :) Chocolate covered cheesecake, keetle corn and greasy pizza - YES please! :) We all had such a good time!

*The little baby goats at the petting zoo were absolutely adorable!!! I wanted so badly to take one home with me :) They also had gorgeous deer there and I wanted to steal one of those for twinkie who wants a pet fawn :)

I came home from the fair with a little souvenir...(no, no, not the baby goat - although I wish! haha)...

On our way out, I saw a spray tattoo booth and guess what?!?!?! They had a seahorse design!!! I was SOOO excited!!!

*It is ABSOLUTELY adorable!!! I love it sooo much! That's exactly where I want to get it. I could not stop looking at it for the rest of that night, or the next day, or the day after that. I just love it so much. It's finally starting to fade now :( I want to take a sharpie and trace over it before it does, that's how much I love it! I'm thinking I need to finally get it for real....

Friday night I had a birthday party to go to in celebration of my friend Maria. She and I use to work together at JC Penney way back when (that place has seriously brought so many important people into my life! My husband, my bff Steph and so many of my closest friends).

* Me and the birthday girl Maria

We pigged out on finger foods (I have a serious addiction to little smokies!), played a mean game of catch phrase (quite possibly my new favourite game) and made a trip to the casino.

*Had such a wonderful time with these lovely ladies!

Saturday afternoon my parents and I went to the Jamaica Festival with some of our church friends.

*I'm trying to hide a HUGE zit on my chin hahaha :)

*DELICIOUS enchilada, taco, Spanish rice, beans, chips and hot sauce meal cooked by the lovely ladies of Our Lady of Guadalupe church

*Me and my parents with friends from church

That night Philip & I went to watch the Texas @ Texas Tech game at Buffalo Wild Wings (our home away from home). Tech is one of my best girlfriends Erin's alma mater so I have cheered on the Red Raiders on more than one occassion. I pledge my loyalty in honor of our great friendship :) Too bad they ended up losing :(

*Got my guns up!

And of course the loss that was felt the hardest was today's Cowboys loss to the Bears :( SAD day!! Philip and I went yet again to BWW to watch the noon games and lucky for me I got to cheer on my boys and my husband Terrell Owens. Fortunately, he pulled a win for me as the Bengals beat the Ravens :)

I hope all of you had as wonderful a weekend as I did! This week won't be that hard to tackle because it will be a fun one! Lots of amazing things to look forward to - the Kings of Leon concert with my bff on Thursday night and an even more AMAZING one next weekend...details coming soon :)

Keri my breath away!

At work I was sent the new FOX Primetime sitcom premiere dates and there in my email was a gorgeous photo of Keri Russell in a promotion of her new show "Running Wilde." Fast forward to the end of the work day and while running on the treadmill watching E! I nearly fell over upon seeing these gorgeous pictures of her in the new issue of Esquire. How beautiful is she? Micaela and I just LOVED watching her in "Felicity." She is so talented and so naturally beautiful. It's past midnight and the girl is still on my mind! So I thought I'd share with you those pics that have made such an impression on me :)



Such a perfect mix of sweet and sexy! Okay now it's seriously time for bed. Good night! :)

One of my fetishes...

I was writing some postcrossings listening to some music on my lap top when it dawned on me that I have a major male falsetto fetish!!!! (Well okay I've known this for quite some time now, but it's something about me that you aren't prob aware of yet!) It absolutely drives me WILD when I hear a man singing high. Almost all of my favourite pop singers can hit this unbelievable sexy range (I'm not music major so if I use the term incorrectly please forgive me). I thought I would share with you how it is that I came by this fetish.
It all began when I was very young and my mom would play her music for me and my sisters. My favourite songs of hers were not the Elvis songs mom & Micaela cherished. I love



*Hey There Loney Girl - Eddie Holman



Aaron Neville has one of the best faselttos! I LOVE this song! Prob because "Bird On A Wire" is one of my absolute favourite movies!! I love the ending when they are sailing into the sunset to this song :) oh Mel I love you baby!



Barry Gibb - the King of the falseto! NOBODY does it better than this man whose voice is ageless. Barry was always my favourite of the Bee Gees (and I was always WAY more a Bee Gees fan than a Beatles fan) I love EVERY single song of theirs. Barry is British, has an amazing CHEST FULL OF HAIR, and sings a mean high pitched falseto - talk about my dream man! swoon!



Sir Elton - one of the great loves of my life!! I love ALL his stuff! How cool was he circa the 70's??

As I got older and learned my own personal music tastes besides that of my parents, there was a common trend...



My favourite NKOTB song hands down. I'll be loving Jordan Knight FOREVER (LOVE when he hits that high note! Still gives me shivers! lol) Always my favourite New Kid, he has one of the most beautiful voices! One of my very first hard core crushes - it was amazing to see them all in concert with my seesters :) I was in heaven!



Couldn't resist putting another of my favourite Jordan Knight moments :) Don't you just love that little move at the 1:06 mark??? STILL drives me nuts haha



My darling Gary Barlow, my favourite member of Take That for very much the same reasons Jordan was of NKOTB - the hottest member of the band (to me anyway), plays piano, lead singer and hits a falsetto!!! "My Commitment" was one of my favourite songs of his solo days because of the higher notes (plus it's just a sweet song, I always imagined him singing it to me! haha)

Who doesn't love some Justin Timberlake?? Even my husband loves him some JT! ha My favourite of his!

It seriously is SO sexy to me! I love it :) Thanks for taking this trip down memory lane with me :) I'm sure you all think by now what a big dork I am, but every one of these songs makes me think of a great memory!

It's Game Day!

My husband is ADDICTED to Football. When we first began dating I dreaded football season. Dreaded it with a passion, because it meant the TV set would permanently be on a game and I would become a "football widow." Sundays were the worst, because at least on Mondays I would watch WWE Monday night RAW while he watched his Monday night football. As the years passed I began to embrace his passion for the sport. I picked out my favourite football player (I loooooooove me some SEXY Terrell Owens! Say what you want to say, (I seem to be a fan of loving controversial people - Mel Gibson, Britney Spears etc.) but I love this man! Soon I began to enjoy and look forward to watching the games with Philip.

Tonight I'll be thinking of my twinkie (she has always had a love for sports!) as I watch the Cowboys game on television knowing she'll be cheering like crazy because she'll actually be there at the game. LUCKY girl! She has always wanted to go to a game and her sweet Chippy is making her dream come true :) I'm SO happy for her!

So come one boys!!! Let's pull a win for our girl Micaela :)

We Will Never Forget

9 years ago I was a senior in high school. I was sitting in Government class when we heard the tragic news. I immediately went to the bathroom so I could sneak on my cell phone and call my father. His voice was the one I wanted to hear in a time of national crisis. After school I went over to Philip's house (we had just began dating a month before) and we sat on the couch glued to the news - sad, stunned and shocked and took it all in together.
My family and I were in Pasadena, CA visiting my granddaddy (another man I miss every single day) when the war broke out. My brother Marco was there with us on this trip. I'll never forget watching the images on the news that night and just remember this feeling of knowing it was only going to be a matter of time before my brother Marco would be over there. We all knew it. We were all so scared. And sure enough we were right. As many of you already know, this is my darling brother's third deployment.
He truly is my hero! I am so proud of my brother. Since I was little he has always taken care of me. Has always had the sweetest and most thoughtful heart. Yesterday I came home to a package from my Kuyah. The second I saw his handwriting I was overjoyed. He sent Philip and I an American flag that had flown over the skies of Iraq on a mission. It made me cry to hold that flag and what it symbolized. It made me cry to know it had been in his hands and now in mine. It made me cry because when I hugged it to me I felt close to my brother. It felt so fitting given the date that I would receive it when I did.

*My dad took this picture of me today with the American flag my brother sent me and the certificate. My brother is the one on the left kneeling down in the photo. He's so handsome :) This is taken in the backyard next to the Texas flag my dad painted a couple years ago.

Thank you to every one of you who has sent cards, letters and care packages to my brother while he's overseas. It means the world to all of us! Thank you for the prayers and for your thoughtfullness!

I wanted to post some photos of my brother and me when we were growing up, but I don't have a scanner at home and when I tried to take pics with my camera they came out blurry :( I'll have to share those another time. Here's a couple that were on my computer:

*Kuyah and me on my wedding day

*December 2009 at Marco's deployment ceremony in Lawton, OK

*Me, Marco, Madeline, Chet and Micaela July 2010 at Maria's wedding. I am blessed with such amazing siblings! I miss both my handsome brothers!

*Last picture we took at the airport before he went back to Iraq July 2009

No we will never forget 9-11-2001. Thank you Marco for serving your country and protecting our freedom. Thank you for being the best older brother any little sister could ask for. I love you always!

Welcoming the weekend with Open Arms

TGIF!!!! :) Even though this was a short week, I'm SOOOOO glad it's Friday! :) Today's been a great day so far - awesome day at work and I just got back from a fun lunch date with my amazing family - Philip, my parents and seester Madeline at Fuzzy Taco's. Football season officially kicked off last night which means a happy husband (who will be even happier if his Cowboys win on Sunday!). So now it's time to play along with Lauren's Fill in the Blanks on this lovely Friday!

1. The strangest thing I've ever eaten is calf fries. I had no idea what they were until after I had ate one. A youth minister I had a crush on (haha) at church camp gave me one to eat and I nearly puked after he told me what I had just consumed.

2. I wouldn't be caught dead in stilettos because I would look like a fool - it's such a shame but I cannot walk in high heels! My twin sister LOVES high heels and would wear them even in her TV reporter days when she'd be on her feet all day chasing a story. It just seems so uncomfortable to me. I use to make fun of my bff for wearing trainers out to the bar, because I use to be one of those girls who hardly EVER wore trainers. Now I wear trainers just as much as I wear dress shoes :) But only to work out, not to the bar haha

3. When I am 75 I will.... hopefully be a grandmother.

4. If I had to be named after a place I would want to be named London. I seriously am considering naming my future daughter this or perhaps as a middle name. Other UK inspired names I've played around with as far as future baby names are Cambridge (call her Cam for short perhaps? Reminds me of the Baby-Sitters Club and Mary Anne (I loved having a character with the same name as me!) who had a crush on a singer whose name was Cam Gary! Funny I remember that :) Twinkie and I LOVED that series! I also like the name Britain (I'd call her Brit Brit for short just as I affectionally call my girlfriend Britney Spears). Of course there's Ben (Big Ben of course)and Jack (Union Jack!)for boys .

5. My name is "Marianne" - because all of my family member's have names that start with an "M" and my Lola's name is Marina so it's a slight variation of hers. I have no middle name. But I kept my maiden name together with my married name so now I technically have two last names :)

6. My all time favorite photo is The one on my blog header. I had dreamed of London ever since I was a little girl and when I finally made it there I just can't even put into words what that meant to me. The sheer happiness of seeing Big Ben in person is a moment I won't ever forget. I literally was in awe. *disclaimer: There are SO many different pictures I can name here (wedding, family, my nephew etc.*

7. If I could afford it I would have a flat in London.

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!! xo

Wee Bit Wednesday!

I love answering and reading q&a's and I can't believe I have yet to play along on Leigh's Wee Bit Wednesdays. So here is my very first one :)

{one} what was your first pet and how did you come up with its name?The first family pet I can remember us having was a white mutt named Gizmo when we lived in the Philippines. He was mainly my older brother Chet's dog. He use to give him baths using Pert Plus and I remember my sister Maria saying she could not think of Gizmo anytime she smelt Pert Plus :) I got a little teary eyed thinking of our closest family pet who we lost a year ago. Our sweet chihuauha Mooshi who we miss still. Dogs truly are man's best friends! I can't wait to see twinkie's puppy post later today :)
{two} do you like your ice crushed or cubed?Actually I prefer very little ice. Sometimes I even prefer no ice - I guess I'm a little European that way :)
{three} do you believe in love at first sight?Realistically I would say no. But I have to admit, I can honestly remember EXACTLY what Philip was wearing the very first time I ever saw him 9 years ago. He walked into work wearing a yellow long sleeve polo with his sleeves rolled up, tucked into his khaki pants. I was instantly transformed into a giddy school girl with a MAD crush. I was shameless when it came to pursuing him. I just had to have him :)
{four} do you have any nicknames?My family nickname has always been Monise (not sure where that came from, but it's something I have been called by my parents and siblings forever) my mom also likes to call me "meow meow." Twinkie soul by my Micaela. And of course my long time nickname with both family and friends and the one you are most familiar with "Marz" (also my buzztime trivia handle or name whenever I go bowling etc). When I was in middle school in Bitburg, Germany my girlfriends, twin and I were all in love with the boy band Take That. (of course Twinkie and I STILL love Take That to this day! Somethings never change haha) My favourite member was Gary Barlow whose nickname is Gaz. So my friend Barbara started calling me Marz :) And the name stuck. I love that nickname!
{five} what movie do you never get tired of watching? Dirty Dancing. Notting Hill. Bird on a Wire. The Sound of Music. Becoming Jane. Labyrinth. Any of the Harry Potters (with Philip). The list could go on and on! And I do literally mean that :) I just love movies! I have a tendency to pop in a DVD and just watch my favourite parts over and over. Kinda like I do with music. I repeatedly play a favourite song and listen to it over and over :)
{six} how do you like your eggs cooked?scrambled! I hate eggs any other way (besides hard boiled. I do like hard boiled eggs!). I could eat scrambled eggs ANY TIME. I love egg sandwiches :)
{seven} are you named after anyone in particular?My lola's name is Marina (who my adorable niece was named after) so my name came about partly for her. My entire family all have names that start with "M."
{eight} what are three things that you would like to do that you haven’t done yet?run a 5K (which I am hoping to accomplish next month for Race for the Cure, be maid of honor at my twinkie's wedding, be a mother
{nine} what one thing always brightens your mood?Family. My twinkie and my mom ALWAYS brighten my mood.
{ten} what five things will you always find in your purse?wallet/check book, carmex (I'm ADDICTED to it!) pony tail holder, makeup, gum

What will I do without my Tuesday fix???

Tonight's season finale of "White Collar" did not dissapoint. It had my palms all sweaty and my heart racing - partly due to the story line, mostly to do with Neal Caffrey. Have I mentioned how much I love him?!?! I am SMITTEN - he is so sexy! I hardly ever watch a television series in "real" time anymore. That's why this season finale is SO depressing for me. I don't have the option to say "one more episode" as I play catch up and watch episode after episode. I love television DVD marathons (like my current Gossip Girl one my mom and I are savouring! And what I'm planning to do as soon as the last Grey's Anatomy season comes out later this month). You're telling me I have to wait until freakin JANUARY to find out what happens?!?!?! *UGH* What will I do without my Tuesday fix??? I'm addicted to you Neal. I want you always! :)

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*my heart definately raced at a shirtless Neal this season. Although he's missing one vital aphrodisiac of mine....CHEST HAIR. I go wild when I see chest hair coming out of a man's shirt...WILD I tell ya :) But for Neal, as sexy and charming as he is, I will overlook this requisite of mine.

If you like slice of life movies

Let me recommend two that I watched today thanks to netflix (best thing ever!! I love just watching movies on my lap top with my earphones while Philip is watching college football). I just got through watching


Because relationships are complicated, I appreciate an honest, relatable & real love story. If you liked "500 Days of Summer" you will appreciate this movie because it has that same out of sequence story telling that depicts the highs and lows of a relationship. I really loved this movie! More so then my first movie choice earlier today
The other morning Micaela texted me about the ending scene of "Castaway" and we went on and on about how it makes us bawl every time. I guess Helen Hunt was on my mind since that conversation so I decided to watch this one that she stared, directed and produced. I also love Colin Firth and Bette Midler (she's just plain fabulous!). It wasn't my favourite movie, but I appreciated Helen's incredible talent in a couple scenes.

Both were great for a lazy Labor Day. (I didn't even put on makeup today) If you guys have any suggestions for my netflix que please let me know :)

I can't believe it's already back to the daily grind tomorrow *sigh* but I just got a text from my lovely Lauren saying let's go boogie and have a girl's night on Saturday. I'm SOOO in! :) I got to spend time with her lovely sister Mehle (I love my Armstrong sisters with my whole heart. They were there for me through one of my darkest times! I literally can not thank them enough for everything they have done for me. Thank you Lo for always making me feel like everything will always be okay!) this past Saturday and we were just talking about how much we needed a good girl's night! So already I'm looking forward to next weekend. I hope everyone has a great week!

Spending Labor Day with Chuck Bass

Oh how I wish I was somewhere beautiful for Labor Day. But sadly I'm not anywhere exotic for the holiday. Just at home. We didn't even end up going to my mother-in-law's house in Ft. Worth. I'm a little bummed out because I was really looking forward to getting away and lounging by the pool. I am so very blessed to have the most amazing mother-in-law. We get along so great! She's such a fun person and we have a great time when we are together. Philip is very opposite from me when it comes to the relationships we have with our families. I am SO close to mine. I think I'm closer to his family than he is to his own family. His sister's husband ended up not being able to make it to Ft. Worth and neither could his uncle or brother. Which meant he would be the only man there. Being with just his mom, sisters, aunt, nieces and me his wife was just a little too much women for him. So we opted to stay home.

We slept in late today, which was nice though I'm sad I missed church. I never get to sleep in. ever. And we hardly get to sleep in together. One of us always having to get up earlier than the other due to schedules etc. so that was def a nice start to the day. I was looking forward to lounging in my pj's and watching my Snapped marathon (one of my Sunday rituals! Love that show!) but for some reason the Oxygen channel has had NO audio ALL day long! It's the only tv channel like that! And not just on my tv set so something must have been up with cable. So upsetting! (I just checked again and it still has no audio) So I came over to my parents house and am in the middle of another Gossip Girl season 3 marathon with my Mom :) We are on disc 4 (there are 5 total). What better way to spend a Labor Day at home than with Chuck Bass? Man oh man I love him more and more each time. He's so sexy...

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Love this show :) Philip and I are talking about going to see a movie late tonight. Any suggestions?? I want to see "Going the Distance" but it will take quite a bit convincing on my part to get my "no chick flick" Philip to agree on this. "The American" is more his type of movie. See - such opposites :)

Okay I better get back to my Chuck :) I am thankful for this nice, relaxing (albeit ordinary)weekend. It's SO nice not to have to go into work tomorrow :)

Bring on the LONG weekend!! :)

Counting down to 4:00 when the work week finishes and the long weekend begins! :)

My amazing boss (love working for him!) treated the office to lunch at Cheddars (did you know they have the best tortilla soup? It's delicious!!) We celebrated my co-worker Laura's birthday. Laura truly is the most thoughtful, kindest and most hard working person I know. She's been there for me and has listened countlessly when I've had to cry on her shoulder. Words cannot explain how much she means to me. I am blessed to work with the best group of people. After lunch we went to get ice cream at Maggie Moo's. It was my first time there and I got the better batter and added pecans and graham cracker crumbs. It was HEAVENLY! :) Here's a couple of pics my co-worker James took:

*Me & Blaine visited Churro-land haha :)

Come on 4:00!!!! :) We are going to Philip's mom's house in Ft. Worth for the holiday. I am SO looking forward to lounging around the pool and relaxing! Hope all of you have a safe and happy holiday!!!

Busy Bee

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The long weekend can't get here soon enough.

I've been so busy I haven't even been able to read your blogs. I've been missing you! :(

But it's been a very good, productive work week. You work hard, you play hard! And I can't wait to do that over Labor Day :)