Christmas Shopping...Oh My!

This year I have been trying to be as creative AND frugal with my Christmas presents. I must say I surprised myself with some of the ideas I came up with.

My sister is easy, we always get each other a new pair of PJ's from VS. Sounds simple, and it is, but I actually look forward to new sleep wear every year.

Mom and Dad- These kids are hard. Especially dad. But I got him ( and gave to him already) this really nice painted picture of Texas back in the day framed in all. It was quite expensive so I'm letting that be his early gift this year. I was going to buy my mother and I tickets to go see the Rocket's this year but the dates caused a conflict with our schedules so I'm still working on hers.

Jeff's parents- We made a photobook on mypublisher.com of all the kids and grandkids. I think they both adore this book and love having some portable photos to share.

Nieces and Nephews- For my nephews I found this adorable tee pee at Kirklands that I can only imagine them sitting in and laughing at each other. I'm also grabbing them some cute StarWars cookie cutters from William Sonoma. Jeff's niece is getting a comfy sweater and beanie from gap kids, she's into fashion these days. We got his 1 year old nephew this little hoops set which is perfect coming from basketball fanatic Jeff.

All overs I can't say on here until after given in fear they we see this and the surprise will be ruined. But I assure you they are gifts that keep giving for years to come.

I've only got 3 more gifts to go and them I am DONE! So excited to hopefully be done with Christmas shopping by the end of this week. Such a relief!

Back to the grind...

I'm usually really good about taking pictures and uploading them but lately I seem to keep forgetting I even own a camera. This is very annoying to me! Oh well I'm going to try my absolute hardest to be better and capturing little frozen moments in time.

Thanksgiving weekend was pretty amazing. Jeff and I headed to Waco Wednesday afternoon and what could've been an hour and a half drive was 3 hours. UHG that traffic was horrible. But we made it and spent the evening with my family. We took Christmas pictures and went to Rudy's BBQ for dinner. Obviously no one wanted to cook that night and BBQ just sounded delicious! The next day we all chipped in and got the Thanksgiving feast ready and were joined by my brother-in-laws sister Melanie and her man Peter. Never a dull moment or conversation at the dinner table when all of us are together. I really enjoy listening to my dads stories sometimes. Especially when we know that some of them are a little over exaggerated haha.

After lunch we got on the road back to Austin for the game and Jeff had to work. I was super excited to meet up with my oldest friend Lara who I had not seen in forever. She was in town with her husband and sister in laws family for the game and the two girls ran the turkey trot that morning. We met up and watched the game downtown. One little aggie girl on a street full of longhorns. It was so nice to get to catch up with her. It's very refreshing having a lifelong friend like her. It seems like no matter how long we go without having time to catch up we pick up like we had just talked yesterday. It's kinda the same way with our dad's they are defiantly 2 peas in pod and have this bond between them I don't even think I could explain if I tried.

Friday afternoon Jeff and I braved the crowds to see if there were any good deals for us. We did some damage but all in all got a few things we both really needed. We also got season 1 of  BigBangTheory. I love this show! It's still running but Jeff and needed to get caught up and we've already finished season 1. (I'm hoping he gets season 2 today while I'm hard at work). Friday night was low key. We stayed in, watched movies, hung out with the cooper and stayed warm. Last night though we went to dinner and a movie. Dinner was amazing, we went to Macaroni Grill which neither of us had been to in years. MMMMMMMMM sooooooo GOOD! The movie choice was hard, there are so many out right now that I'm dying to see. I also love going to the movies and would go every night if I could. We choose Fair Game and it was very entertaining. I suggest it to anyone who is into govn't/CIA/ conspiracy theory entertainment (which we both are). One thing I loved about the movie is that it kept my attention the whole time. I was super tired but was completely compelled to the movie.

So that was our Holiday weekend. Nothing to exciting or fancy. Just quality time spent with loved ones and a weekend full of thanks.

be thankful

Yesterday was just one of those funky moods day. You know the one where you just feel exhausted and don't have the energy to do anything but lie in bed and feel sorry for whatever may not be perfect in your life. I tend to get frustrated easily and let little petty things get to me way to much. Then this morning I was reading a friends blog and she mentioned how a few days ago she felt the same frustration yet blessed at the same time. Perked me right up reading her post.

I am so thankful for my life and everything God has given me. I have an amazing family who I miss daily. Some great friends that will always be there for me. The sweetest most patient man in my life who is so kind to everyone. Two great jobs where I enjoy the company of everyone I work with. Just simply blessed.

I find it easy these days to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the world and hard to just sit back and look around realizing how truly amazing life is. Sure I've had some rough times, who hasn't. Sure I think why did this happen to me? But there are going to be rough times and I truly think there are reasons behind everything. I know in my heart God will not give me anything I cannot handle rather on my own or with some help from loved ones.

I just kicked myself this morning after reading her blog and reminded myself how wonderful my life is and can be if you just stay positive. Remember the "song" Free to wear sunscreen? I downloaded it last night and that message alone is pretty great when you take the time and listen to what he's saying.

Found a copy here (with words). Maybe this will perk you up if your having a funky mood day also.

Happy Turkey week!

blog slacking

I'm slacking in the blogging world this month. Well honestly I don't feel like there is much to blog about right now. Ha even though my life seems to be constantly moving at in increasing pace each day it's not to exciting from my view.

In other news my amazing wonderful super friend Kelly moved in with her future hubby Kyler this weekend and I am in love with their new place. Jeffy and I went over yesterday to check it out and absolutely fell in love with the complex and layout of the small but efficient 1 bedroom. I'm very picky about layouts, flooring, shelving, storage ect. and thank goodness Jeff kind of is too. Anyways this place was perfect. Small but not to small, it's a pretty great size a a young couple with small income and not a lot of stuff, but plenty of storage for all that extra stuff we all hang on to. Great kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. Wood flooring throughout. 50inch flat screen included in the living room. Brand new top of the line washer/dryer included. GREAT closet space and good size master bedroom. The bathroom is really simple and nice and this is my only issue with the place: the bathroom has very little counter space. I've always gotten he master in 2/2 apartments which means I've always had the long counter top in the bathroom. BUT this is a small price to pay for the amazing layout and price of this place. Hopefully in June we can all be neighbors and have dinner parties!

The way my brain works I'm already online today looking for decorating ideas, colors and furniture for our new place that's 7 months away. Haha. Believe me i will have everything we need for that place ready to go 1 month before we even move in. I have a folder on my work computer with images and fabric swatches for inspiration. I will not sleep once we move in till everything is in place and fully decorated. Again, poor Jeff. He deserves presents all the time for dealing with me. (I did buy him some things online today from under armor...shhhhh).

That's all for now! Happy Monday.

such a sad world we live in...

Have you heard about this? This really makes me sick to my stomach that some people would react this way to a 5 YEAR OLD playing dress up!

Nerdy Apple Bottom is a blog by a mother and her latest entry is about her 5 year old son who wanted to dress up as the girl from Scooby Doo for Halloween. This story has gone national and she was even interviewed on CNN recently from all the attention it has brought upon her family. More then 1 million people have viewed her blog and over 40,000 comments have been made. 

I have to say I could not agree with her MORE! It is so sad to think that it wasn't even the kids in his classroom frowning upon his costume choice but the mothers and adults around. So immature and flabbergasting that some people are raising their children to be judgmental like this. Why is this such an issue? They are so many devastating things going on in the world right now and America is wasting their breath talking about a 5 year old who picked a creative Halloween costume. 

I hope that I can be 1/2 the mother this mother seems to be and allow my future children to express themselves and just be kids while they still can be. Who cares, what damage is this sweet little boy doing by choosing this Halloween costume?

It never fails.

Every year for the past 5 years i have been sick over Halloween. Last year I thought I broke the curse, but have no fear I am sick once again Halloween week. At least this year I made it till the actual night of Halloween and started to get really sick yesterday and today. I don't know what it is about this week that my body can never handle. I think it might just be the changing of the seasons summer to fall. I'm not sure but it is getting very old.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween filled with sugar, family and friends. This will be all for my post today, I'm crawling back into bed with my soup that's boiling right now and corny TV movies.

Ed's advanced white belt test 4

the little ones...

Couple of weeks ago I went to a friend of mines baby shower and got to see the wonderful and growing up so fast SQUISHY! He's becoming quite the handsome little fella and will soon have all the girls fighting over him:

Then this past week Jeffy and I traveled to Waco to watch my oldest nephew play in one of his last baseball games of the season. I couldn't believe how some of the parents/grandparents were with these darling little 8 and 9 year olds. I mean they were into winning this game. It was too cute watching these little guys though, some of them got so upset when they struck out and others just couldn't wait to get back in the dug out to hang out with their friends.

My youngest nephew and Jeff volunteered to be the score keepers and hung out in the score booth the whole game. They were too cute up there. Ed was taking it so very seriously and Jeff was just having fun listening to Ed ramble on with his impressive vocabulary.

All in all it was a great trip down to see my sis and her family. Those boys are going to be teenagers before I know it! Here are A LOT of pics form the evening in Waco:

you can't tell but Lee's team is the Rangers and I'm wearing an old Rangers Little League jersey in support.

Ed and Jeffy heading up to keep score

LeeMo up to bat

Score keepers goofing off

I just ADORE this picture ^

That's all for now folks. Happy Monday.

The Big Move

I would love feed back from this post, even if you stumbled upon it and don't even know me or anything about me.

Come June my lease will be up and I have defiantly decided I am too old and too OCD for a roommate anymore. Jeff and I will be together 3 years in June. Yes we talk about the future and marriage and kids but we are not ready for marriage quite yet. We both would like to be more stable in our own lives before we get married. We spend all of our free time together and no each pothers habits good and bad. My question of the day is what is your opinion about living together before marriage? I'll give you a little bit of my opinion plus my moms...they are VERY different.

Me- To me it just makes sense to move in with someone before you marry them. Goodness you learn so much about a person when yo live with them. I mean how many friendships have been ruined from living together. Also were not thinking about moving in together so we cans hack it up every night. My mom's generation everyone got married young so they could make babies so to speak. Flash forward 35 years and times have changed. Money is a huge factor too for me. instead of spending $800 a month on rent plus paying all utilities alone I'd be around 1grand a month, split 2 ways though would save $500 a month. That's a lot, and Jeff and i's argument for not getting married int he next year is that we both want to have some more money saved up. My parent generation is so different then mine and we do butt heads on certain issues and opinions. I will however never make this move with out their blessing. Their opinion and and how they think of me matters the most and if they say come closer to June they would be heartbroken then $1000 a month it'll be.

My mom- Just plain out thinks you shouldn't be living together till marriage. I know my dad doesn't like the idea but I have a feeling when he hears some of my reasons for it he might be easier to persuade then mom. Dad likes to act like the tough one sometimes, but he's really not. I honestly think they might think Jeff will move in with me and not like me anymore haha. Anyway she's open to the idea for discussion but she's not for it at all right now. She's claiming if we were engaged it would be OK, but we're not mom. And she adds all these studies about people who get divorced because they lived together first. I find those to be full of it. Unless you are interviewing the WHOLE population it's not an accurate number.

Anyway there is my question of the week so let me know what you think. I really would love some outside opinions on either side.

Thank blogworld

MindOverHeart

A couple of weeks ago I got to thinking about something my therapist said to me when I first met her. (I no longer go, that's a whole other story) Anyways I was explaining what happened to bestest and Adam and she stopped me in the middle and asked me if I realized I was talking about them in present tense. I didn't realize it but I also didn't see anything wrong with it. She explained that might be why I'm kind of stuck in this in between stage of grieving. First of all I believe after something tragic happens such as death there is no right way to grieve, no time limit on where you should be in the process (one of the reasons I stopped seeing her). She said that in my mind I know what happened and that they are not hear and that's why I am able to talk about the story of how they passed. But in my heart I don't even except it. She said in my heart I still think of them as alive which is why I talk about them in the present and why my emotions don't take over me when talking about them. 

GREAT! Maybe it's just me but I would love to always be able to think of someone as still here with me and not burst into tears every time I talk about them. Maybe it's not healthy in some peoples eyes. But what is healthy? What is the correct way to cope with the death of a loved one? 2 loved ones? back to back? News Flash: THERE IS NO CORRECT WAY.! so I guess now you can kinda figure out why I stopped seeing her. Don't get me wrong she was super sweet and I guess I'm just not up for the whole "I can feel them in the room right now as your talking about them", No you can't because bestest would probably slap me and tell me to stop wasting money on you. But that's me. I know a lot of people who Therapy has helped and done a great deal of good for them. 

One thing she also said to me is I like to do things on my own or in my own way. Very true, which should have been a red flag that I wasn't going to want her help. 

In my mind I can remember everything that happened. But in my heart it never did. Both of their phone numbers are still in my phone. I finally stopped texting bestest when someone else replied. (That was a weird moment). But I can't find myself to look at picture and just start crying. I guess to me I associate death with growing old, being sick, an accident, but not dying in your sleep when your 24 years old. There is something about that to me that I cannot grasp and probably never will and I'm perfectly OK with that. I guess where this post might be going is that don't let anyone tell you how to emotionally deal with something. Sure I had a rough time, I still am having a rough time, but I'm doing it at my own pace and I'm working through it and living through it in a way that is best for me.


I'll leave you with a few oldie but goodie pictures of bestest and I.

Bestest turns 21

The night we survived our car wreck

Never a dull moment

 First time we saw each other after her Europe trip

LoveMyBestestWithAllMyHeart!

Oh Halloween...

So I've never really jumped on the Halloween dress like a playboy bunny ban wagon. Honestly I think I only enjoyed Halloween freshman year of college and my friend Melissa and I dressed as the mafia (blank pants, suspenders, white tank, and a hat). Other then that I've always had a test the next day and never went out or for the past 4 Halloweens I've been working at the bar, (It's too good of a night).

But I've never really been into it like most of the girls in Austin are. See here it's pretty much an excuse to dress up like a Victoria secret model, put animal ears on your head and call it a day. I always have a hard time coming up with costume ideas that are 1. warm 2. I'm able to work in and 3. don't look like every other girl walking down 6th street. This year I really wanted to be a dinosaur, weird I know but it was different. I've searched and searched and every costume out there is like a huge Barney Costume. So if someone reading this knows of one thats cute and I won't suffocate in let me know. Or feel free to invent one for next year, I think it'd be a HIT!

So my next idea is a ballerina. It's simple, easy and cheap. Already have the shoes, tights and leo. Just need the tutu which I know of of about a gazillion places to find one. I originally got the idea because of Black Swan coming out december 1st. If you have not seent he trailer please please please play it below. It looks simply amazing. Anyways I thought about being the black swan but then I realized the the world is not as into dance and ballet as I am and some might not get it, that is until after the movie. And now I'm sure every girl will be a black swan next Halloween.

Then I found this in VS online and thought why not just be a normal ballerina:

Obviously my tata's will not be out like that and the tutu will be some what longer, but I think this is a very classy look for Halloween. This was like $200 on VS and is now sold out so I'm creating my own version. Oh and I'll need a tiara of course and my hair in a bun. 

BLACK SWAN - Official HD trailer

just click it...

LMAO

the prize in my cereal box...

i am a sucker for love stories. hopeless romantic at heart 100%. i always believed one day i would have my own fairytale to tell. then i realized you create your own fairytale in life. the way jeffy and i met and started dating is in no way a fairy tale. but looking back now i see what an amazing story we have created and how far we have come and grown together. being the hopeless romantic i am i could look back and tell you exactly when i knew i loved jeff and that he was the one for me...and i will in a minute. let's start from the beginning. 

jeffy and i were both working downtown in different bars but really met each other through a mutual friend. one of my bartenders was friends with him and we started going over to see jeff when we were on break. at the time i was in a long distance relationship and blindly in love with a cheating 30 year old. (don't get me wrong im thankful for that relationship now because it led me to jeff.) so i always thought jeff was a cute but never did anything to show it because i was dating someone, though jeff will tell you i used to call him my texas boyfriend (i do not remember this nor think it's true). anyways i went out one night with jen (my roommate then and now) and some girlfriends i think to meet up with some hockey players? i was fresh out of my break up with the 30 year old in jan of 08 and just looking for some good girl time. we happend to end up at jeffs bar. i had gone upstairs to say hi to him and we got to talking about me being single and such. jeff was up there with adam (who passed away in may of 09). and once jen came to find me, adam and jen realized they knew each other. This is the exact time the 4 of us all started hanging out and dating. after the boys got off work they met us girls at ihop. we all sat around ate some breakfast, flirted a little then started walking to our cars. this is when jeff first kissed me. yes you kissed me first get over it. ihop parking lot, romantic right? it is now though because thats our place and it's our own story. i remember telling bestest this and her response was "classy reese". 

After that night we began hanging out casually, neither one of us was looking for anything serious, we just hung out in groups of mutual friends and bartenders. jeff's older brother biggie was dating one of my friends joy and i remember joy telling me that at some point we were going to have to talk about where this was going. we hung out casually for about 4 months just having fun and getting to know one another. i dont think we ever hung out more then twice a week during that time. in may of 08 we hit a little bump in the road that really changed our relationship. we both kind of realized that feelings could get hurt and we were more involved then we had thought. from that point on we've pretty much been inseparable. over the next year we met each others families started hanging out more just the two of us and really just enjoyed each others company. carved pumpkins, went on adventures in austin and learned more about ourselves too.we also realized how completely different we are. it really is an opposites attract story for us. we had fights and we had great dates. 

then in may of 09 adam died. it was adams birthday and luckily jeff and i went out for an hour to see him and say hi. everything went downhill after that night. we both were dealing with it differently, me not dealing with it at all. jen and adam were still dating at the time and i was till living with jen which made things even harder. then 1 month later bestest (brandy yeoman) died. it sounds strange but this is when i realized i loved jeff. i spent a few days in ohio (where bestest passed away) then a week in houston dealing with funeral and so on. i remember sitting on the couch at bestest's moms house trying to get the obituary just right. jeff had texted me and sent him something back saying "i can't believe i lost my best friend. im writing her obituary right now, this isn't real" and all he said back was "she's still your best friend reesa". it was the most perfect thing anyone had said to me the past week. i knew then that i loved him. 

i had a rough time that summer. a lot of built up anger inside of me and i took a lot of it out on poor jeffy. i think a part of me had something against him because he never really knew bestest, she had moved to houston when we first started dating then to ohio. a part of me felt like he couldnt help me because he never knew her. they had met once or twice but that was it. then one night we had gotten into a big fight and were sitting at the park talking and fighting and said to me "what would brandy tell you about this right now if you asked for her advice" that just again was a perfect thing to say. it just showed me how he was thinking about her and my friendship and he knew i was missing my bestest friend. thats when i knew he was the one for me. 

i realized later on how much i was stressing him and how much he was just taking it because he knew i was going through a hard time. and we have communicated so well since then and really put effort into being the best for each other. i think fighting is healthy in a relationship, in small portions. these people who get married because everything perfect and you dont fight. well thats a load of crap. your both being fake and putting on fronts. We get in little arguments here and there but don't get into big fights anymore. we listen to each other and always apologize. we take time to just talk about things. i see A LOT of my dad in him, in fact they were talking this weekend about these shows my mother and i will watch for hour after hour and how they both hate them. They are both very driven men who will hold their pride till the day they die. They both made there way up in this world just by working hard. Maybe it's true, maybe daughters do want to marry guys like their father?

next step...cooper the dog. let me tell you something, get a dog before you marry someone. it really shows how much effort they are going to put into your family. jeff and cooper have been the funniest duo to watch ever. cooper just follows him around everywhere. and jeff bless his sole is trying to teach him every trick int he book. it really has painted a picture as to how great jeff is going to be with kids one day. 

we made it through some events that no 2 people have been through together. and were stronger then ever now! my family absolutely adores him, i know my bestest dose too, and he really is the prize in my cereal box. the most patient and kind human on earth. i could not imagine one day with out him in my life. 

did i fall in love with jeff at first sight? no. did i have my doubts these past 2 and 1/2 years? yes. do i love him with all my heart? yes. will we get married one day and start our own family together? with out a doubt. 

the thing i love most about us is that it just happened. we never rushed anything. so many people would make remarks about how weird it was that we wouldn't say i love you for the longest time or other things. but we did it at our own pace and created this fairytale story of two people who became friends first then fell in love. We sat outside on my porch the other night (wine for me beer for him) just talking and enjoying the fresh cool air. i'll find us laying on my living room floor just talking about the most random things. 

jeffrey scoot hazzard you are the love of my life!

p.s. sorry for all the punctuation and grammar errors. i just like typing as it comes and not worrying about that.

Growing boys

It really does seem like just yesterday my nephews were in diapers...then with the blink of an eye they are on baseball teams and learning Karate! I stole these pictures from my sisters facebook page and just had to share them. I cannot believe these little geniuses are becoming young men so fast. As you may have read on here before these 2 are some of the smartest kids under 10 I have ever known. Lee, the oldest, is becoming quite the handsome young fella and I'm sure going to be a charmer with the ladies. Ed, the baby, is so witty and funny and way too smart for his own good. I know my dad is loving having 2 boys finally in a family of all girls. I can only imagine the proud look in his eyes as he saw his grandson on the baseball field. 

 Pa watching over his pride and joy

I love this picture because you can see Ed in the background watching his big bro

He looks like such teenager in this picture though he's only 9!

Up to bat...Lee!

Little Ed in his Karate class

Too too cute

Can't wait to see this in person

And off in his little Ed land...probably singing a song in his head

Love these 2 boys so much! They are going to make great role models for my future children one day.

COOPSTER

Jeff reminded me last night that I hadn't made any posts about our little cooper. If you don't know we got cooper the 1st of March 2010. He was 2 months old at the time, Maltese/Poodle mix and was estimated at 5-7 pounds full grown. Well Well Well, he is 9 months old and probably weighs around 15 pounds! That's right our tiny toy puppy isn't so tiny.

BUT I wouldn't trade him for anything. He really is the sweetest pup there ever was. Don't get me wrong he is still a puppy and has his moments of barking, tearing into toilet paper, chewing on flip flops, and accidents. However I've learned that it's more the owners who have to compromise too in living with a new puppy.

1. Don't leave flip flops on the floor. Easy.
2. The barking will decrease as he gets older. He is a puppy.
3. He is pretty much accident free now. But it is our responsibility to take him out, he can't let himself out.

He loves to snuggle right by your head at night and most of the time will stay right there and sleep till around 7am (when i get up anyway). He is in heaven when we take him for walks outside. Just can't get enough of the fresh air and all the different smells.

We have been working on tricks for a while now and he got sit down pretty quickly. Shake was not so easy BUT FINALLY last night he got it! Jeff and I were ecstatic! We had been working with him for so long and he just couldn't get it till yesterday! I don't have any pictures with me at work right now but I'll make another post in the near future with some of our little guy.

We love you Cooper!

picture-less post...

It's finally fall and the weather is ahhhhh-mazing! Jeffy and I have been taking Cooper on walks almost everyday now that it has cooled down. This is my absolute favorite weather month. Leaves are falling, outside is perfect for porch and wine, simply vannnnnnnderful.

This weekend was pretty great too. TX vs OU in Dallas, well we all know how that went. BUT every year my parents for some weird reason make a weekend trip to Austin during OU weekend. This year Jeffy took off from the bar and we had the nicest Saturday night in with my folks. They arrived around noon on Saturday and dad showed off his new truck to Jeff that he had just purchased earlier in the week. This thing has every bell and whistle you can imagine, but very well deserved by my hardworking father. He spends a lot of time in his truck driving to and from work 5 days a week so after having his last truck for 10 years it was time for an upgrade. And boy oh boy did he upgrade. We headed lunch followed by of course a trip to specs. Then dad and Jeffy watched the end of the game as mom and I headed to Lowe's to check out some new carpet. My parents are upgrading their kitchen, carpet upstairs, and laundry room. This means ALL new appliances, new counters, new carpet, new washer/dryer...the works! Can't wait to see the finished project before Christmas.

That night we took my parents to the Melting Pot downtown. Nom nom nom! Love that place. It was extra nice because they placed us in one of the private rooms so we really got to enjoy our own conversation and the whole experience with out anyone else around. After dinner we all headed to my apartment and just enjoyed some wine and a game of sactergories. It was such a nice change of pace for Jeffy and I to get to spend some quality time with my parents and stay in on a Saturday night.

The parentals left early Sunday. I took my little from BBBS to see a movie then came home just to change and head to another movie with Jeffy and a co-worker of mine and his girlfriend. We saw Social Network and it was very good! The best part was just seeing how facebook really developed to what it is today. It's something I do everyday and being able to see the story of how it came about was very interesting to me.

Overall it was a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend. Very low-key for a change of pace.

Happy Monday!

100

1. I have an amazing family and am grateful we are only a car drive away.

2. Jeff is the love of my life. Brandy (bestest) is my soulmate.

3. Lara smith and I have been best friends since the day she was born (literally) and I don't know how I would've made it this far with out her.

4. My mom is one of my best friends.

5. I tell myself every week that I'm going to start working out more and eating healthy...next week.

6. Jeff and I are complete opposites in so many ways.

7. I love hammocks.

8. I work 6 days a week and I'm sure I would be bored if I didn't.

9. I LOVE going to the movies.

10. I cannot wait to have children of my own when the time is right.

11. I have recently noticed the server OCD in me.

12. I believe there is a place for everything and nothing should ever be messy.

13. I only cry when I have had too much to drink now.

14. I love taking showers, but HATE drying my hair.

15. I flip my pillow at least 100 times a night.

16. I inherited my dads love for wine.

17. I could eat a side ceaser salad with every meal.

18. Gossip magazines are my guilty pleasure (but honestly I just look at the pictures of clothes).

19. I want a huge closet.

20. I have 1 million ideas for my first family home all typed and saved.

21. I love guys names for girls.

22. I love living in Austin and will probably never leave.

23. I can get very bratty on a bad day.

24. Jeff has to be the most patient and kind man I know.

25. I miss watching shows with my mother every Sunday night.

26. I like to cook but hate to do the dishes.

27. I like to wash clothes but hate to put them away.

28. I re-arrange my room at least every other month.

29. I am a homebody.

30. I am an impulse buyer.

31. I ice skated as a kid for years and miss it so much.

32. My mother is an amazing cook, I however am a very simple eater.

33. I want to get married at the Richmond house where my sister did.

34. No doubt in my mind, my rehearsal dinner will be at the swinging door. It is a BS cooker tradition.

35. I have no idea who my dad would be without his BBQ pit.

36. Vacations make me miss my home.

37. I am an extreme organizer.

38. I want twins. One boy One girl One set of 9 months One labor. 

39. There is always something new to do in this city and I just now taking advantage of it .

40. The death of my bestest has forever changed me.

41. I am 25 and I can name 10 significant people in my life who have passed.

42. HGTV is my new obsession.

43. My dream is to work for a non profit putting on amazing events.

44. I couldn't ask for a better sister. She has set high standards for my future family.

45. I will marry Jeffrey Scott  Hazzard one day.

46. I get annoyed by girl drama.

47. I drink diet coke at least twice a day.

48. Jeff and I take cooper on a walk at least twice a week.

49. I will have separation anxiety when I have children.

50. Breakfast food for dinner.

51. Jeff and I had our first kiss in an IHOP parking lot.

52. I love singing. Poor Jeff.

53. The smallest gesture will give me the biggest smile.

54. Dentist are the meanest humans on earth.

55. I know God has a plan for me.

56. Pink will forever be my favorite color.

57. I think Lauren Conrad is an excellent role model for young girls.

58. I am so grateful for my friends that have turned into family.

59. In 10 years I want to be happy.

60. Bubble baths after a long day are heaven.

61. I love cheese.

62. Fresh flowers can brighten any room.

63. I wish I could work for Rachel Zoe. All those designers are AH-mazing.

64. I would not know what to do with out my iPhone.

65. I love my Barefoot Dreams robe.

66. I try on multiple outfits before leaving the house.

67. I enjoy going to the grocery store.

68. I think gift wrap is part of the gift.

69. I love Alice in Wonderland. Old and New.

70. I love the sound of a child laughing.

71. Fresh rain is my favorite scent.

72. My life seems to be very routine and I don't mind one bit.

73. I will not lay on freshly cleaned sheets until I have showered.

74. I wash my sheets every 10 days.

75. I love to decorate.

76. I love being cold when I sleep.

77. I do not like blood. I have never had blood drawn with out my mother by my side.

78. Saying please and Thank you is a must. If you don't you are rude.

79. I was raised to say yes mam and no sir.

80. I absolutely love my parents house and a piece of me will be gone if they ever move out.

81. I never listen to my iPod.

82. My nephews are smarter then me.

83. I have a weakness for cupcakes.

84. My boss is a genius and the most entertaining man I have ever met.

85. I learned more about myself in the past 18 months then in 24 years. 

86. I'm saving up for a king size bed.

87. I have one piece of jewelry that I wear everyday no matter what.

88. I'm a planner.

89. Old habits die hard.

90. I would love to have a job where I could travel the world with my family.

91. I think texting is a cop out. Face time is what really counts.

92. I am a hopeless romantic and always will be.

93. I tend to let things blow over to easily.

94. Steak and potatoes kind of girl.

95. I have a new taste for edema-me.

96. My father is th hardest working man there is.

97. I take pictures a lot.

98. Jeff has the most beautiful eyes.

99. I wish I had more time for scarp booking my life. Year by year.

100. I love and adore everyone in my life.