Friday Five

1. So my little prince and his wifey (Bella) got some bad news yesterday. We knew Kanye was going to be tall for his breed... we didn't seek out a teensy yorkie by any means. However, at a whopping 9 pounds, the vet informed my mom yesterday that he is just too much bigger than Bella for them to have puppies. For small breeds, they recommend the boy be smaller than the girl and Kanye is exactly two times bigger than Bell (She weighs 4.5 pounds). It's just too dangerous. And to avoid an oopsie, one of them is going to have to get fixed....

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The Good Guys - Customer Review Post

Buying a house is expensive. It's scary and overwhelming. It's exciting and causing me to have intense nightmares all night. Buying a house is not easy, but God Bless Texas. We had the absolute BEST luck with the PEOPLE we've met along the way. Just a whole network of Good Old Boys referring each other and providing excellent service. I thought I'd give a shout out to the stone cold badasses that have helped us along this process, in case you're in the market for some stone cold badass service. 1. Brandon McMorries at The Real Estate Company in Midland, TX. I am restraining myself from writing an entire blog post about...

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Boob Tube

Well would you just look at that! I have to be excited about this top ten ranking this week because we're going to Norman this weekend and... undefeated at Norman is never a fun weekend for Tech. Last time (2008), I found myself eating brownies out of the pan and drinking wine like a boy just broke my heart after we went to Norman. *sob* I'm just going to say it, blogosphere. While I have been known to craft every now and then and I can occasionally get on a workout kick, my most favorite hobby is watching TV. Real talk. It's my...

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Empty House Tour

Our Realtor, Brandon mentioned during the house hunting process that D and I had "vision". We could see past the wall paper and dated kitchens to see great layouts and good bones. Realtors will say anything to make a sell, but I hope you all have "vision", too, as I show you around our new home!! Here's the floor plan with our tentative room labels. We want to be the type of people that have (and use) a workout room and we think D could benefit from a space of his own (D's Room) but if it ends up being wasted spaces, we...

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Friday Five

1. Moving in phases - Daryl can be... particular. And I can be... what's the opposite of particular? Haphazard? An actual hazard? The point is, we know ourselves. So a day that requires a lot of coordination is a day I prepare for in advance. My plan: Do two installments of "Big Stuff" moves with a couple guys from his work. One tonight and one Saturday morning. Then, we plan to break for the Tech football game tomorrow at 11, relax, refocus and then after the game, my family is going to help us with the little stuff moving. The multiple...

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Man, I feel like a woman!

This one has been going around the blogs lately. Thought I'd join in on the fun. I'd love to see my answers for this 5 years ago and my answers 5 years from now. I'm just getting my footing in the world of being a woman and shaking off my girlish ways. The Eight Things Every Woman Should Have: A go-to drink: Champagne A go-to Karaoke song: Yea, it's a little diddy called "No thanks, I don't do karaoke" ever heard of it? But if I absolutely had to pick one, it would be Kanye West's Gold Digger. I'm obviously hating every...

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Home Owner

You guys. I bought a HOUSE yesterday. It's BIG (to me) and smells good (until Kanye pooped in the kitchen 5 minutes after we arrived) and has TONS of natural light. I'm overwhelmed by how much I love it and how much I already feel like it's MINE and none of my things are even there. I got to take my family over yesterday and show them around and watch Peyton run a muck and I loved it. It made me miss Daryl terribly; I wish he could have been there with me for that first day. But he'll be home tonight and we'll go over and eat pizza...

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Weekend Update

Friday High: D found us a killer deal on a trailer. He's been wanting one to tow his Jeep and I figured, if he was going to get one, better BEFORE the move so we don't end up wasting money on a rental. So... now we have SIX things that need parking spaces. Luckily, our friends offered to let us park it on their land for the low, low fee of them being allowed to use it when we aren't. Needs a coat of paint but it'll do! Friday Low: The Homecoming bonfire was just as lame as I remember it being in college. Fellow Red Raiders, can...

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Friday Five

1. I'm unnecessarily horrified by the fact that I am wearing burgundy nail polish to the Iowa State game tomorrow... but I didn't have time to change it! I'm not so crazy as to need red or black polish... but BURGUNDY at the IOWA STATE GAME?! For shame. 2. My hair looks stupid. Every morning, I wake up and attempt to do something with it (kinda) and I'm always upset by the results. It has been 26 weeks and 6 days since I got my last haircut (I don't delete ANYTHING off my calendar) but I want it to grow out so badly that I'm refusing...

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Image Not Found

I've been an exceptionally terrible blogger as of late. I get brilliant ideas of blog topics, mostly funny things that have happened to me recently, but I don't have any PICTURES to make the blog worth it! I wrote out a whole blog about dealing with my wallet getting stolen... but it just fell flat without pictures. But how do you take pictures of your wallet getting stolen?! You can't. Last night, D and I walked K up to the high school tennis courts up the road from us and played a rousing round of terrible tennis. Terrible tennis...

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Baby Boom

My very favorite bloggers on this whole planet, Sherry and John Petersik of Young House Love are expecting! They announced it on the blog yesterday morning... and I GASPED and then welled up with tears. I immediately  felt the need to blog about this wonderful news! #YoungHouseLoveFangirl One of my OTHER bloggers announced she was preggers over the weekend and my sister and I text about it and I excitedly showed my mom her Instagram announcement! I mean, obviously when my sister told me she was pregnant, I was shaking...

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