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best salad ever.

My friend Beth introduced me to this stuff a few months ago and I eat it several times a week- for lunch, a small salad before dinner, I've even been known to eat this if Mike and I are up watching movies super late at night. I crave this stuff! I use Earthbound Farms Organic Mixed Baby Greens salad with Newman's Own Lighten Up Raspberry & Walnut Dressing topped with almonds (not the parmesan flavor- it was the only pic I could find). Sometimes I add some feta cheese- drool worthy. Seriously- so good!!

saturday

I haven't been blogging much and I really don't have a reason. There's just lots of stuff going on and none of it is necessarily blog-worthy. The thing that has basically consumed Mike and I for the past two weeks have been the Walmart layoffs. We are very thankful to report that he survived and is still gainfully employed. Yesterday was a scary day in our house!

Today should be a nice lazy Saturday. Mike is playing xBox with some friends and I think I'm going to try and sew a pillow. Wish me luck!

been there, done that.

This morning as I waited for my daily Golden Girls (don't laugh!) episodes to start I caught the tail end of some show called Get Married. It's all about planning your wedding- today they were discussing paper products: engagement party invitations, save the dates, wedding invitations, bachelor/bachelorette party invitations, wedding programs, wedding favors etc etc etc I was exhausted just listening to the host--- and so thankful that I don't ever have to do that stuff again!!

The funniest part of the Get Married show- it's hosted by the chick from The Bachelor/Bachelorette. The girl that recently broke of her engagement. I'm thinking she got the gig while she was still a bride-to-be. LOL

Get over yourself!

Okay, I'm giving you fair warning here- my blog, my rules. Tonight I feel like being a brat. I'm going to vent and if that's a problem for you, move along to the next blog in your google reader! LOL

I am SO FREAKING SICK of all the anti-Valentine's day crap. It's a "Hallmark holiday", it's worthless, I'm loved everyday etc etc etc. Okay, I get it, you don't like Valentine's Day. But guess what... I do. And just because I celebrate doesn't somehow diminish my relationship or how much my husband and I love each other- just like your lack of celebrating it doesn't mean a damn thing. (How absurd!) And I don't want to hear how lame I am for celebrating it with my AWESOME husband. Yeah I know this isn't a big deal, it's just annoying to me. So there. I told you I was being a brat tonight!!

Whew, I feel better!! :-) And you know what, sometimes that's what this blog is for.

Oh and fyi- I got flowers and candy and chocolate. ha!

It's in the bag

I've been desperately trying to come up with something, anything to blog about- and I found it over at my good friend Allison's blog! The challenge was to post a picture of the bag you're currently carrying. I couldn't cheat and go pick out one of my favorites out of my closet, I had to be honest and keep it real! lol So here it is! Mike calls this my rock-n-roll bag. I actually remember exactly when and where I purchased this. It was in February of 2005 at Wilson's Leather at Woodland Hill's Mall in Tulsa. This bag holds a special place in my heart because Mike and I had only been dating a few weeks and he agreed to go shopping with me for a new black bag. What a trooper!! LOL
I think I paid around $50- I do remember that it was on sale. It's the softest, nicest leather and I love it. So if you want to participate- here are the rules:


Rules (are for losers):

1. Post a picture of whatever bag you are carrying as of late. No, you cannot go up to your closet and pull out your most expensive purse. I want to know what you carried today or the last time you left the house. No cheating!
2. I want to know how much it costs. And this is not to judge. It is for entertainment purposes only. So, spill it. And, if there is a story to go along with how you obtained it, I'd love to hear it.
3. Tag some chicks. And link back to this post so people know why the heck you're showing everyone your bag.

Tag. You're it.

Stuff

I've been a blog slacker lately! We've been pretty busy:

I got my hair colored on Friday:



We also filed our taxes on Friday: this is usually a dreaded occurrence in our house but for the first time ever we're actually getting a little bit of money back from the damn government!!!! WOOHOO!!!

Saturday we ran some errands- Barnes & Noble and Starbucks. :-)

Saturday night we had a zombie movie marathon. So FUN!

I've been saving money and planning for a girl's weekend in Dallas.

Mike's been planning and saving for a guy's weekend in Atlanta.

We've both been planning and saving for our trip to D.C. in a few months.

Mom & Dad have been talking to Connor- sounds like he's doing really well at his infantry/combat training school (I'm not sure what it's called exactly).

So that's it, we're all doing great and keeping busy!

Daniel comes to an end

Tonight was my last Bible study class of Beth Moore's "Daniel". It was such an awesome experience. I learned a ton and met some of the kindest, warmest and funniest girls. We're taking the rest of February off and will start a new class in March- I can't wait!!

Humor me one more time...

one more picture of my favorite Marine.

what a great weekend!

I finally got to spend some time with my brother. It was fantastic. He was such a good sport and agreed to let me take some pictures of him in his new uniforms:




this one is my very favorite- we laugh so much when we're together:



of course I had to mess with him a little bit- here are a few more funny ones