Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Fun Times

These are pics from last weekend. We went to the hockey game (me & Mike & Connor & Jeremiah). We had a great time- the Oilers won, but sadly there were no big brawls.

here's Connor & I --he's got crazy eyes in this one!
Mike & Jeremiah

Connor making sweet love to his straw- gotta love my little brother

Thursday, January 26, 2006

there aren't enough hours in the day...

i haven't been updating much lately...i've been too busy! as i said before, we're doing the south beach diet, which means we have to cook every day, no fast food or pre-packaged anything- so that takes a lot of time. we're working out 6 days a week @ 6am, which means we have to go to bed at like 10:30 every night...ugh. But, on the bright side, phase one ends on Sunday!!! thank the Lord!!

Friday, January 20, 2006

Phase One...


So, Mike & I have almost made it through our first week on the South Beach diet. We've been getting up every morning at 6am, going to the gym & alternating strength training & cardio workouts. So, I should feel great...right?? Ugh, I don't!! Don't get me wrong- I really like the working out--it feels great to get back in the gym (and it feels great to do it on my own & not have an evil college softball coach "making" me do it!). What's killing me is the Phase One of South Beach. During Phase one, you can't have any breads, pastas, starches or fruit. I miss my fruit!!! I want orange juice! I want a damn banana!! Luckily, phase one only lasts 2 weeks- then you can add back the good stuff- fruit, whole grain breads, oatmeal, dark chocolate etc. I hope i can make it that long!!

P.S.-- Hi to Brooke, I drove behind you this morning on 21st Street---all the way onto the highway!

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Best Weekend Ever!

a pic of us before dinner on Friday:


We celebrated our anniversary on Friday & it was perfect! Mike surprised me with dinner at Bodeans (alaskan king crab, amazing chocolate mousse & our favorite Pinot Grigio). Then we went to the Doubletree for the "romance package" (lol). We got an amazing room with a really pretty view, they brought a bottle of wine to the room & breakfast in bed in the morning!! It was a wonderful way to celebrate our first year together!!
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Friday, January 13, 2006

Special Delivery...

I just got these gorgeous flowers deliverd to my office for our anniversary! The picture doesn't do them justice! Its a mixture of roses, lillies, lavender, daisies etc... I love it!! Happy Anniversary Mike!!! Love ya!!!
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R.I.P.: Charlie Murphy

Charlie Murphy passed away a few days ago. We only knew him for a brief time, but we couldn't have asked for a better mouse. Rick James is still alive & is dealing with his grief quite well.
In other news, Mike & I have been very busy with work/school/wedding etc.Tonight is our anniversary, yay!!
Have a great weekend, please keep Rick James in your thoughts & prayers!!

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Sort-of-a wedding post...

we found a chapel!! We went yesterday & looked at Kirkland Chapel (I'd never heard of it, but my mom wanted us to go look at it). Its right by Oaks Country Club & its soooo pretty!! I've got pics on our wedding blog. Go look!
In other news, Mike & I over slept this morning & didn't make it to the gym, boo! I've got to buy us a louder alarm clock!
Oh yeah, I'm loving the snow outside!! Yay for winter weather!!

Monday, January 09, 2006

Fun Weekend!!

we had a great weekend (even with the wedding shows!). Okay, so the wedding shows were kinda crazy... um, half the girls there weren't even engaged (how creepy) and the other half were like 17 years old (yay for Oklahoma!). We met some good vendors, we're still looking for a photographer & a limo service. We're going to go to Ann's Bakery & try some cakes, yum! Below is a pic of the wedding show nonsense:


Mike was such a good sport, that I took him out Saturday night to the hockey game. We LOVED it!! It wasn't nearly as cool as the NHL game we went to, but there were more fights! We had seats right next to the ice, ate some fun hockey food & are planning on going again next weekend.


Hockey pics:


Some of the fans were psycho-- you can tell they never miss a game!



This afternoon we're going to take a tour of a possibility for the wedding chapel. I'm less than thrilled with the customer service from Sharp Chapel, so we're on the prowl for a better one!!

Friday, January 06, 2006

TGIF!!!

ahhh, the weekend!! I am sooo ready to be away from work for a few days. I "suggested" to Mike that he should hang out w/ Jeremiah tonight so that I can catch up on my very necessary dvr watching-- I have some Project Runway, some Real World-Road Rules Gauntlet 2 and Meet the Barkers to watch!! ( high quality tv, right?). Saturday afternoon, I'm dragging Mike to a wedding show ( he's sooo excited) and Saturday night we're contemplating going to the Tulsa Oilers hockey game. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Our First Piece of Art!!


this is the beautiful, meaningful, thoughtful painting that I gave Mike for Christmas. I commissioned an original piece of art from Brooke!
I'll do my best to explain some of the symbolism: Mike is the man in the painting, playing chess (he loves chess!), he's touching the queen (me- I love getting to be the queen!!) and...my favorite part:notice the two knight pieces at the bottom corners-- those symbolize Brooke & Paul "Knight"!!
I know Brooke could do a much more "artistic" explanation, but the point is--- we LOVE it!!!!!
Brooke, I can't tell you how much we love it & how much it means to us. This is something that will be hanging in our home when we're old & wrinkled!! We love what you did--this is the first of many peices of art we hope you'll do for us!!!