Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The sweetest day

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I wasn't expecting much out of my birthday day given it fell on a Monday. I had my four day weekend where I got to soak up all the time that I wanted with my family. So yesterday morning I quietly took Brando to work, Justinb to camp, and Shawners and I went home. I answered every single phone call that came in, where usually I have my cell on silent, and as a disguised gift spoke to people I don't get to talk to often enough - my grandma, my sister in law, my dad, my sisters, my mother in law three times singing happy birthday each one. The only call I accidentally missed was my father in law.

Yesterday evening was my normal girls night which I had every intention of going to and enjoying like I normally do every week to just relax and be with the girls. Li was gone, and she is the fore runner of the group. The rest of us were going to go out for my birthday, but with my back pain I asked if they would just be up to doing a regular girls night. Little did I know that M, Ambs, and Anny had thrown together a little birthday gig for me complete with spoilage. Presents, gorgeous roses, cards, and a black forest with bourbon soaked cherries cake. Each time one of them came in, I had to close my eyes until they got the present, flowers, or cake situated. The tears welled up too many times and I sat back and marvelled at the situation and am so very grateful these girls are in my life. To laugh and cry and celebrate with.

About an hour into my girls night and just before we had dinner ready Brando and the boys knocked on the door and brought me two roses and a Lindt chocolate bar. Then they went back out and came back in about six more times, ech time with two red roses and a gift until I had a dozen roses total, four starbucks frappucinos, whoppers from Justinb, ferrero rocher from Shawners, Sweet Leaf tea, a card from each of them, and the Lindt chocolate bar. All my favorites! Shawners card came by way of Justinb and it read, "I wish we could spend your birthday with you." while he sat forlornly on the couch watching cartoons with K. I told Brando to let them stay up and watch movies until I got home so I could hang out with them for a little bit, and they did. When I got home Justinb and Brando had cake and chocolate and passed out while I cuddled up with Shawners on the couch and asked if I could watch the rest of his movie with him and spend my birthday with him. We finished the movie then I laid next to him until he fell asleep w his hand wrapped around my finger like he did when he was a baby.

A truly amazing, delightful, surprising, fabulous day. I couldn't have asked for anything better!
Monday, July 13, 2009

Upbeat

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I'm not sure how this girl has such positive and motivational thoughts to blog about all the time, because she's a normal, down-to-earth girl and has struggles just like we all do. I am LOVING her blog posts and her upbeat, introspective thoughts she posts regularly. Her latest post, Accessorize your life, is my favorite so far and so relatable in that when I want to look cute, I pick the best of what I have to go out in. Why wouldn't I do that with my perspective on life too?
Sunday, July 12, 2009

I don't know, something amazing I guess

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At any one point in time something amazing is happening in the world. This weekend I have been so grateful for my something amazing happening right here, right now in my own quiet little world. It doesn't appear to be amazing to the outside world, or to me even. It being time with my family, my amazing hubby who bends over backwards for me doing everything I shouldn't be doing, the massage he scheduled not once, not twice, but three times simply because I didn't feel up to going to the first two appointment times he had scheduled, the movies and treats he ran out to get, the massages he gave me, the plans he made with the boys, the outings he planned with all of us. These are truly precious to me. I'm glad I had a whole weekend where I was literally forced to sit back and experience them. A small piece of what my life would be without me making the plans and dictating what we do, just sitting back and enjoying. I love the amazing, too, and can not WAIT to get back to it, but I have so enjoyed the quiet amazing this weekend.

As far as being literally forced to enjoy the weekend, or actually four day vacation (yay, Brando!), going to the chiro literally made my back so bad I woke up in tears the next morning and was heavily drugged for the next two days just to bear the pain. The original pain is gone I think unless the all over back pain that replaced it once I went to the chiro is drowning out the original pain. It has slowly gotten better by taking muscle relaxants and not doing ANYthing to make it worse and I'm so hoping it will heal completely soon!

The title quote is for Sami... can anyone guess where it came from?
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Healing

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So remember my working out stint? Well, somehow I managed to injure myself during that. Yes, personal trainer and all, I injured myself. I was doing something like laying on my back and lifting a weight with my arms outstretched from behind my head to my toes. Would have been smart of me to only do it five times or so. Instead I did it twenty in a row. When I got up I felt a pang in my back and said OUCH. I thought I only bruised it but two weeks later it is still hurting. I went to the chiropractor today and it feels better, the pain is more dispersed and less intense instead of concentrated in one area. My shoulder had started to hurt as well, and at least that has stopped. I'll have to go back again tomorrow for another $25 co-pay. Ugh. Sure drains our budget those seemingly innocent $25 co-pays. Hopefully it pays off!

Oh and exactly where her hands are is where it hurts! Ouchies!
Sunday, July 05, 2009

Perfect 4th

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Starting the day off right by going to the pool in the morning with chips and dip,

eating at our favorite place for lunch, finding a quiet spot to listen to the A*stin Symphony Orcestra and watch the fireworks,

letting our shady grassy spot fill up with people around us, but not in our bubble, bringing appetizers over from Ho*ters, watching the fireworks over the A*stin skyline (we're definitely doing that again! Our spot was fabulous but we already have mapped out several new spots to try),
Photo by Brando
having a dance party in the car while waiting to get out of the parking garage, floating in the pool with Land Sharks at midnight when we got home. A perfect beginning, middle, and end to enjoying fireworks, independence, and the ones I love. Hope you had a wonderful day as well!
Friday, July 03, 2009

Texas Date

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Dinner at Fl*res

Watching the sunset

With the sunset!

The gorgeous Austin, Texas sunset

Our sweet set up that rivals a parking spot on West Cliff in Santa Cruz, California


Feel free to gag now.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Little Tired

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It's been a busy year. Busy with friends, weekend plans, and fun. I can only think of one weekend that we had free with nothing planned, but then it got filled up. But I'm a little tired. I've gone out four times in the last week and stayed out until 3 or 4am, and I think it's been the final straw that has worn me down. I'm ready to just relax and be HOME for a little bit. Take in the simple pleasures of life for a little while rather than the grand gestures. Discover my own town a little more. I love doing that. California isn't really in the works this year. My parents are working double time in this economy, and Brando's Mom is working full time for the first time ever since I've known her. We could go and make it a little vacation, but I would be a little sad if we were out there and weren't able to see them. I'd rather stay here just to be together and have it not be so much work.

On my list for this summer:
*Hamilton Pool (I've been wanting to go SO bad!!)
*Movies in the pool at Deep Eddy
*Blues on the Green at Zilker Park
*The Music Man at Zilker Hillside
*Six Flags

Maybe these for a little while... then I'll be back in the mood for planning grand adventures.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Everything a girls weekend should be

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Girl talk, mimosas, vodkas with raspberry lemonade while floating in the pool, strawberry crepes, migas, enchiladas, and bean and cheese nachos at Guero's, chicken pasta salad with spinach, and red and yellow bell pepper, shopping SoCo, the Ranch, and Union City on West Sixth, creepy guys the kind of guys who will approach six girls, perverted quotes, Imperia for sushi with the cast of Real World, sunshine, laughter, riding with the top down, tacos at 3am. Absolutely EVERYthing a girls' weekend should be. More pictures over at Alli's. Oh and she just sent me some of her and I from her iphone. I thought we'd missed those this time around! Yay, SO glad we didn't!!

Getting ready to go out. We had four girls getting ready in here at one point.

Love that we got some cute pictures!

Party time with our hot heels!








Sunday, June 28, 2009

Girls Weekend!!

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Wheeeeee!!!!! AHmazing girls weekend!!! Can't wait to post all about it with pictures!!! For now I'm going to pass out from drinking vodka and raspberry lemonade at the pool for the second day in a row, and from staying up til 3 or 4am for the last four nights!!
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Guadalup*n' It

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Man, I am up super early and I can't get back to sleep. Alcohol does that to me when it doesn't give me a hangover.

Had an AWESOME weekend floating the river with KT. When we first got on the river some boys from Bost*n tried to talk us out of our alcohol. They even opened our cooler! Then, we met a cute couple from San Marc*s and floated with them the rest of the way, chatting about everything from bl*dder infections (mine), to frat parties, to work, to school. We had a blast! The river was soooooo slow we had to paddle when we weren't going down a chute, so my arms and shoulders are sore today. Oh, and two hours into it I had to pee like a racehorse only I COULDN'T pee like a racehorse (as in, go in the water) so I was freakin' MISERABLE thinking it was my infection until my body couldn't take it anymore and took over my unwillingness to go in the water, like everybody does, and knows it, because well, you're tubing, what else are you going to do. Still, I'm self conscious about and it and didn't grow up going in the water ANYwhere!! Okay, enough, of that conversation. See, I'm still uncomfortable? Ahem.

We stopped for burgers afterwards at the most delicious burger place, but I suppose anything would've tasted pretty fantastic after that. We danced the hour ride home in the car to KT's CD collection, and had quite a few audiences on the way. I'm getting pretty good at driving and dancing. Stoplights are my friend, though. We are officially each other's car dancing partners.

I'm off to read blogs, or facebo*k, or read my Sisterhood of the Travell*ng Pants 2 until I'm tired enough to fall back asleep. Yawn.
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