inside is outside

Staishy, I hope you had a wonderful Birthday, and I really enjoyed talking with you! I can't wait to hear about your angel cake! Thursday Paul, Meredith, and I went to Dallas with a carload of more stuff. I'll just go ahead and skip the part about traffic, and Mina, (our gps whose formal name is Garmina) not being able to figure out that Wendy's is now actually a Pappy's- although we were so desperate we would have taken it had they been open, and then settling for nasty Subway. Yes, I hate Subway. This is how desperate we were. I usually pack a lunch for trips to Dallas, but I failed as a wife/friend/mother. Anyway, emotions were escalated. Well I didn't skip that part, but after today we will never speak of that trip again. So we dropped Paulie off at class and Meredith and I explored around the apartment. We walked around Container Store and Barnes & Noble- both within a few minutes from the apartment. It took every ounce of me not to come home with an Elfa closet... not that I could afford it. We also braved the mall even though we were definitely not dressed for mall walking. There is this neat little area you can sit in that is inside, but the roof is open, so we were in the mall but sitting outside? Much windier than expected considering we were just sitting in a box. Does that make any sense? Then we waited for Paul outside his class. Fun night! So today is one of our biggest sales at work, and Easter weekend, so it will probably be a long day. Luckily I work with one of my favorites, Belen. ; ) We might just have to go for a coffee run!

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Happy Birthday Staishy! I love you and wish I were there to take you out for a pedicure and lunch! Sigh. Maybe someday. I'll call you tonight to see how your day went... unless you are still partying of course. ; )

sleepy smile

Baby Asa is the cutest baby! Well... until Paul and I birth out the cutest little mixed baby in the world of course. Yesterday I went shopping with Courtney and the family in Weatherford, then went for barbecue. It was a fun day, and I'm so glad I got to spend time with the Gardner/Bemis families again! Today, Paul and I are going to take another car load to Dallas. I can't wait to be there full time and experience all that is good about Dallas! Yes, I believe there are going to be lots of things. If we managed to find fun things to do in Denton, we can find it anywhere. With all the driving back and forth I've really only been able to experience the traffic, which is not at all at the top of my list. Today is a beautiful day, which might actually be one of the first times we will be moving without rain or snow! I'm sure that I will have many adventures in Dallas to write about later. Have a good day! I'm so thankful I don't have to go to work and hear lame April Fools jokes. : )

i love cakes & naps

The last few days have been a whirlwind! I worked Friday and Saturday, then went to visit Courtney and her family Saturday night. I haven't seen them for a couple of years, but it was just like the old days...well except Courtney has baby Asa now. I was literally holding him all night, which is why I neglected to take any pictures! If you would like to see how incredibly adorable he is, take a look at Courtney and Nate's blog! I will see them again on Wednesday, and I promise to get a good shot. Saturday night/Sunday morning, Paul and I stayed at Stefan's house. Thank you Stefan! Stefan was a life saver- he helped me make Nanny's Birthday cupcakes and made us an awesome breakfast. The cake part was coconut, and the frosting was supposed to be homemade buttercream with coconut extract, but ended up being store bought frosting. I was slightly disappointed in myself, and I know Martha would be horrified to know I iced her precious little cakes with fake icing...but it actually was pretty good- especially with the toasted coconut. They were pretty for sure! I can't wait to be living within a mile of a Central Market and Whole Foods where I can actually find all the crazy ingredients needed for Martha's cupcake recipes. We stuffed ourselves at Outback, then went for cakes at Nanny and Papa's house. Staishy and Sean- I just wanted to point out that yes, that is a mustache on Papa's face! By the time we got back to Denton, we literally walked in the door and crashed for a three hour nap. When I say we, I really should speak for myself because I honestly was out so fast, I had no idea what Paul did. : )

nest egg

I picked up an extra shift today out of financial desperation. It always sounds like a good thing when I arrange it, but then when I wake up on days I usually have off, I always regret it. Then again I always return to feeling good when I see the paycheck. Oh the cycle. I know...it doesn't get any better. Charlie at work always says, (when customers have to point out that its too bad I can't go outside in the nice weather), "That's why they call it work." But I guess I'd rather them say how nice the weather is than complain over the "downfall of our country", or "those poor homosexuals", or how much they love recent candidates. Just last week a lady says this to me: "I don't know how well she would have done, but she sure would have been a lot of fun!" Oh dear. On a lighter note, the babies are playing hide and go seek on the bed. Of course Baby wants nothing else to do with Leila now that she's been found/pounced on. Of course!

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Happy Birthday Nanny! We love you and can't wait to celebrate this weekend!

ice slab

Saturday night after work, we headed to Dallas to show Paul's dad the new apartment and take more boxes. Our heater has not been working, so we called them for the third time on Friday to make sure it would be fixed for the blizzard, but of course it was not fixed in time, so we spent the most miserable night of all time at our new place. We felt bad for leaving Baby for the night, but later felt envious that he was livin' it up in the warmth of the old place. When the office opened Sunday afternoon we were prepared to pull out our mean eyes, but they called someone who came over within twenty minutes, and fixed it in about ten. How hard was that? Ugh. I definitely had to grab some coffee from the office for warmth more than a pick-me-up. The rest of the day was quite pleasant for all of us. We braved the snowy streets for some good food from the local "Taco King" where the menu is all in Spanish, but the pictures look good...and it was. We thought a couple of small burritos for each of us would be perfect, but were surprised to see that the small are actually about the size of Chipotle's burritos. I can't even imagine what grande might look like. Paul's dad left early this morning- we had a great time, and can't wait to see you for Paul's graduation in May!