Some Sooner Football

it had been years since i had found myself drinking a beer in a parking lot. but this saturday i did just this waiting for our team to come out and give us some entertainment!

luckily our team did not disappoint. and either did the band by delighting our ears with the Family Guy theme song. i loved it and so did anyone else under the age of 35! i loved the part when their formation turned into Stewie's funny head.

i clapped.


david completely spoiled me on our fun day in norman. (he spoils anyone he is with, he's a giver)

my favorite part was our high fives.

he gives great high fives.

Everything Peacock

i do not want to ever come across one of these peacock spiders.
it has a creepy wing and holds up his 3rd row of legs to attract a lady friend.

freak me out.....my skin is crawling and i have the willies......but i can't stop staring.....

yep, skin is still crawling even when i see his small stature. he might of received his name from the beautiful peacock but i want nothing to do with him or his jumping ways.

nor do i want my car to be tricked out like a peacock. even though it does have a little sparkle which i adore.

but i do want one of these.

they are fantastic.

the feather pieces i am finding are dark feathers and with my hair color they get lost.

i am not cool enough to pull off blue, green, and gold hair so i think i will be in the clear with these perfectly perfect feathers adorning my head.

or do i just go blonde?

decisions, decisions, decisions

otis's buddy

i give this past weekend 2 thumbs up because...

one too many bites of my mexican food
a friend yelled a word at lunch a little too loud
my video suggestion made someone gag
my team won
"you look great...have you lost weight?"
i watched a movie which made me clap
i cooked a thank you dinner
my new dress
i heard 2 christmas commercials...already?
"i like your red lip stick"
i got a phone call saying our kitten who ran away yet again had come home yet again
i did not do one lick of yard work
a movie made me cry

and it was this big fellas fault i cried like a baby during the ENTIRE movie.
you can probably guess the movie....

Candy of the Season

how could you not smile with a hand full of candy corn?

Happy Halloween!!

a little sparkle

yesterday i told you i have developed a crush on foreign films.

i have a major crush on this cement truck as well.

everything is better with a little sparkle!

Pita Pit for dinner

i am still figuring out things which change when you no longer have a husband.

it is up to me to get the trash can to the curb.
i no longer have to wipe wiskers before i brush my teeth.
i did not have an automatic person to carve a pumpkin with.......bummer.

but this was an easy fix. make a few phone calls, send a few texts, and voila i had myself a carving buddy.
(who needs a husband? not me!!)

after a text message conversation with taylor jane we decided wednesday evening we would carved pumpkins. we had to do it on wednesday because she had a date on monday and on tuesday. sheesh

her new dogaughter Desi helped us with our design ideas. taylor's new furry family member is sweet, cute, and already a little mama's girl....

while we were carving our buddy (taylor's housemate) david brought us dinner, laughed at us, and told us to not cut our fingers off because he was tired and would not take us to the hospital. taylor told him her mom would not be very happy with him if he did not take her to the hospital. so he said he would call her mom and she could come take us if we were to slip with the knife.

luckily no limbs were lost because this was getting complicated.

us 3 spending time together was like the good ole' days. the days when we thought it was normal to cook our chicken in beer. i think it had been 4.5 years since all 3 of us were alone in a room together. which was simply too long......a little ridiculous if you ask me.

when i flipped my freshly carved pumpkin around for david to see he simply stated...."it's katie holmes" and then laughed at my carving abilities. i am not one to say mean things but she does have one eye which is smaller than the other.....

Taylor went all fancy and gave her's eye brows and named him Billy Bob.

Billy Bob and Katie now are hanging out on their front porch.....if they are not already smashed in the street.....

personally i think if kids go to take one of this pumpkins they will put it right back after noticing the craving genius which took place. and we all know neighborhood hoodlums totally respect craving genius's.

french

i loved the film Diary of a Chambermaid because...

it is in black and white
it has subtitles
no fancy effects
it was my entertainment on saturday evening

i officially have a crush on foreign films.

Warning: Sweetness to follow

tuesday evening i went with my mom, sister, and nephews to Lake Arcadia's Halloween celebration....fairytale forest....book trail....fairytale book story trail.....i have NO idea what the name was but i do know it was super cute and i almost took some of the kids home with me. but then i thought their parents might miss them.

Sutton was a black bird and Mr Wyatt was a pumpkin head scarecrow. but you would not know it because the pumpkin head was never on his head.

we went on a trail with candy stops....

...and cute story book scenes...

...then played some games.

and i got to check one more item off of my Fall To Do List with a chilly hayride.

we finished off the night by roasting hot-dogs.


with the excitement wearing off, the warmth of the fire, and his neena's lap the scarecrow was fighting off the sandman.


when we were leaving we all said our favorite part.
mine....the hayride
sister....watching her boys experience the evening
mom....the campfire
wyatt....the candy
sutton.....the hotdogs....the candy....the hotdogs....he could not make up his mind.

but i change my mind.

my favorite part was sitting in the backseat in between the boys. it was a tight squeeze but holding sutton's hand and playing tetris with wyatt pretty much was perfect.

to do list

a month ago i made a Fall To Do List. this is how far i have made it.

X-go to the lake
-take a chilly boat ride while i am at the lake to really enjoy the scenery
-go to a pumpkin patch
-carve a pumpkin
-find the perfect rain coat
X-go on a hayride
X-avoid all haunted houses
X-get all my fall decorations out of the attic without falling down the attic ladder

Tonight i am carving a pumpkin with a friend who has never carved a pumpkin. yes you heard right....she has made it 27 years without getting to experience the slimy joy of making a jack-o-lantern.

ps the small red tree is at my work. isn't it lovely?

love

our #1 fans

a customer came in today with a heavy heart....he lost his dog over the weekend. he stayed awhile and told us about his buddy and how she went to work with him everyday and how he knows he spent more time with her than his wife. we sat and listened as he told stories about her knowing talking about his old friend always helps.

he ended up bringing my mom and me to tears.

a few months ago i lost one of my dogs. he went to live somewhere else. (divorce sucks) i try to not think about him. i try to not think about how his big head felt in my hands when i rubbed his ears. or the sweet sounds he made while trying to get comfortable. i try to not think about how he was the one and only reason i cried when my life was being flipped upside down.....because if i don't think about it then it does not exist. mind over matter, mind over matter, mind over matter.....

enough about that.

i have my little man Otis to cuddle with, to be my constant companion, and be my #1 fan. i will do whatever it takes to keep him happy and healthy.

carrots over dog treats
brush his hair every evening
his own hammock in the back seat.....wait... what?

since my best buddy rides in the car everyday to and from work his chances of being in an accident is much higher than the average dog. and even a small fender bender can be deadly for a dog.

scary thought.

his hammock keeps him safely tucked in the backseat even if i have to slam my brakes. and he could of easily rolled onto the floor board before his safety hammock made the backseat a solid surface.

i love his hammock for keeping my most treasured possession safe and for being just the right height for him to peak over.

Baby Gecko

last night i went to dinner with these beautiful women. you should know Linzi by now (bestie of 21 years), the blonde is Jaime (she is 3 months pregnant!!) and Mandy (she is like me single and not wanting to mingle)

the service was slow, it was freezing, and the alarm kept beeping but the food and company made up for it.

we talked about babies, furniture, boobs, hair, the flu, baby names, clothes, a growing baby bump and my love for ikea. in other words a meal conversation i am sure any man would happily avoid.

i personally thought a detailed conversation about child birth went perfectly with sushi.

after dinner Linzi told me she had a dream i was a blonde.
i was lookin' good in her dream so she went on to 'dare' me to bleach my mop.

oh no.....should i do it?

How do I love thee?

this is what you would call Happy Feet.

no they are not pretending to be a cute penguin tap dancing.
they are enjoying the house shoes i just put on.

my toes are in heaven.

i even wore them to bed last night.

Birthday Request

this is a request for my birthday...cough cough...sister...cough....

cupcakes which confuse you! how wonderful!

are they dinner or desert??!! brownie or beef??!!

i think they are all wonderful. especially the mash potatoes with gravy.

if anyone could recreate one of these confusing treats it is you my sister.

you have 9 months to get ready for this baking challenge.

corn on the cob birthday cup cakes would be perfect for this July baby.....

okay this one freaks me out a little.

i have faith in you Sister. you are my very own Martha Stewart....

thank you notes

Dear McDonald's,
thank you for your early morning yummy-ness. it might be ridiculous to spend $3.01 on a coffee but this is more than a coffee it is perfection.

Dear Friend,
thank you for saying 'food is 30% of my happiness'. it made our shopping trip complete and i think it was the most brilliant statement i have heard you say in our 13 years of being friends.

Dear New Red Lipstick,
it still feels a little daring to put you on. i do not know if you will stick around.

Dear So You Think You Can Dance,
thank you for my weekly cry/goose bump session. you are needing to change your name to 'So How Many Times Can We Make Christel Rewind To Re-Watch a Performance'.

Dear Mom,
thank you again for my home made, better than anything bought online phone cover. it is perfect.

try and not smile

i have watched it twice.

pink

remember when i said i like these?
i said the chicken made me giggle but a special order pink penguin would be perfect. well.....

yesterday when i came to work this was on my desk!

my mom loves me.

"the way to know life, is to love many things."

van gogh.

question & answer

question: why do i not post on Sundays and Mondays?

answer: this lady does not have a computer at home. nor do i intend on getting one.

now i have one of those fancy internet phones i can google things and get directions but for me there is no need for any more internet usage at my house. and since i can't figure out how to post off of my phone i have to wait till i am at work to write out my thoughts for the world to read.


Dear Peng & Shadow,

thank you for coming home last week. now please never go missing again. we missed you.