Hi from Sarasota

Look at all these plants! Just lining the store fronts! Don't see that in west Texas. Hello from sunny Florida!!Or at least that's what the admin at the office I'm visiting said when she emailed about travel arrangements last week. So far, it's pretty rainy. Way more sunshine back home. I'm pretty unimpressed. But the real question today is... Hotel bathrooms on business trips. Shut the door or leave it open?? I'm a firm believer in a closed bathroom door at all times, even in solo hotel rooms. It makes me feels safe. Opinions?...

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Wanderings of the Mind

Look how cute she is!!! I'm pretty sure she hung the moon. JUST LOOK AT HER! *sigh* I love her too much.  Katniss was totally on to something. When I really need my hair outta my face and secure, I start with an extra deep part and start french braiding my bangs back, then when I get near my ear, I french braid it all in to a side braid. This is so glorious under a hardhat, in case anyone else who reads blogs wears a hardhat. While I feel like this is almost an oxymoron, I know I exist. I'm pretty sure I exist. So there is...

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Weekend Update

Friday High: That hyper-productive gear you kick it in to you when you're leaving a little early for a three-day weekend? No? No one else seem to wait until the Friday before a three day weekend to decide to get ish done? Well, regardless, I got ish DONE at work Friday. A wonderful feeling before you shut your brain off for a few days. Friday Low: The tale of the terrible traffic. There was a wreck on Ranger Hill (A semi carrying a bunch of cars to a dealership slammed in to the median and spilled cars all over both sides of I-20). Traffic...

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Working for the (Memorial Day) Weekend

D and I have just been traveling fools here lately! And it's not going to end ANY time soon. Last weekend while I was at Mel's Garden Party he was... somewhere... it just hit me that I don't know where he went... to go hog hunting. And raccoon and squirrel and cactus hunting. And fishing. Our weekends really couldn't have been any different. Hahahahahaha complete polar opposites, no?! This weekend we will be together though because this weekend is....... THE BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZAaAAaaAaA!!! Errr year (I think this...

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Currently

Get 'em, Pop! I don't know what he was mad about but he is clearly about to say a word that starts with an 'F', no? Watching: The Spurs!!! So... a little story of how I came to love the Spurs. I had a roommate from hell in college who just LOVED the Mavs. She watched EVERY game which is just an obnoxious number of games during regular season. For the record, she was miserable for many reasons other than her obsessive basketball-watching. Obsessive basketball-watching could have been charming if it had been someone nice. Anyway. In...

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Mel's Garden Party

My Mel. Ohhhhh My Mel. Just days after returning from our seven day cruise, little missy sends out a Facebook invite for a Garden/Slumber Party. And I'll admit it for all to hear, I thought, "I just can't. I am too tired." And I even told her, if it was a normal slumber party, full of yoga pants and wine, I'd be there in a heartbeat but I just couldn't theme it up. I was themed out. In my defense, we had a LOT of themes on the cruise. So I RSVP'd No.  But then, I took a bunch of naps, got back in to my routine of life, work...

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Photo Dump Friday!

Ch-ch-ch-check me out! New Beautiful Mess app, baby. My trainer was trying to convince me my form was horrendous because the mirrors don't go all the way to the floor and I was like, no, this feels pretty perfect, bro. When he showed me the pic, I was like, uhm, all I see is how fabulous my butt looks.  Gripped pushups... much less fabulous booty and still struggling with form Put the phone down. We're done with pictures for today. I finally got some boxwood balls for my bookshelf! Now it looks weird...

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Friends with a Capital F: Part 3

As a part of an ongoing series where I just spew love for my bestest of Friends (Katie&Lori, Mel&Ashley, D) each month, I thought my my next installment should be for my oldest and dearest Friend of them all. MY SISSY! At her bridal shower that I forced her in to letting me throw for her :D Christmas morning 1998 2011 My sister and I met... when I was born... obviously! She's 4 years older than me and did not like me for a very long time. We fought like beta fish our whole childhood. One time I beat her with a hanger....

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