Have a Great Weekend!

Four more hours of work, and I'm out of here! Gotta run home, pack up real quick, take the dog to the pet hotel, and hop on a plane! Fun stuff! Now if only I hadn't been up all night with indigestion from the Italian food we ate last night! So sleepy - let's hope I can get some sleep on the plane! Have a WONDERFUL weekend and see you on Tuesday!

Never Have I Ever

I've been tagged again! This time by Jes for the ten things I've never done. So here goes:

1) I have never used drugs (unless you count alcohol).
2) I have never met my grandfather on my mother's side because he passed away before I was born.
3) I have never been to South America, Africa, Antartica, or Asia, but I believe I have been to every other continent.
4) I have never had such a wonderful day as the day I married my husband.
5) I have never known 100% what I want to do with my career or what my calling might be and still am struggling with that one.
6) I have never lived at home since I came out to Texas for college, just gone at most for a month at the Christmas holidays but stayed here each summer in between.
7) I have never been fond of snakes; actually I despise them and have a great fear of them.
8) I had never known how beautiful love is until I finally met Austin.
9) I have never gotten a tattoo and never will.
10) I have never been fired from a job (knock on wood!).

Okay, now that that is out of the way a brief update: The air conditioner was fixed Monday afternoon and sleep has returned to my household. I no longer have to run around in pj shorts and a tank 24-7! I've been working some extra hours this week trying to make up the time I will miss tomorrow and Friday since I don't get paid vacation until June 14. I'm pretty proud of myself that I'm doing so well. Tonight I will be packing for our trip - yippee! And of course watching the American Idol finale. Other than that, I wish I had more to say but life is pretty normal and boring right now! I'll try to write a little something tomorrow before I go. :)

A Short Week

The good news about this week (even though it's Monday already!) is that it will be a short week for me. :) I am taking a half day off on Thursday and a full day off Friday plus we have next Monday off for Memorial Day. So I will have a nice long weekend to relax and enjoy! We leave on Thursday night to head to Pennyslvania for the weekend to meet up with my parents and visit with our family up there and show Austin around where I used to spend my summers growing up. I can't wait! Yummy food, good weather, it should be fun!

Our weekend was good I guess although very hot and very short! The Mavs finally lost the series on Friday, so that was sad but now we have more time to watch other quality television! LOL! We went to see Star Wars on Saturday after my dentist adventure (I survived) which was good. Yesterday was mostly about running errands and getting a manicure and pedicure (gotta pamper myself after Saturday's gum torture). :)

I must say the worst part of the weekend by far though was the weather. It went from being unusually cool around here to being unusually hot. It was 99 degrees Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The rest of the week until Thursday or Friday is supposed to be in the mid 90s and then cool off a bit to the 80s for the weekend. I hope it is like that after we get back too! Needless to say, it was horrible to be outside. And since this heat wave came on suddenly, our air conditioner did not enjoy it and decided to be tempermental. We suffered through the entire weekend with our apartment over 80 degrees (when our thermostat was set at 70). Saturday night, we finally broke down and went to Walmart and got on of those big fans that turns from side to side to help make it bearable, and if it weren't for that, we probably wouldn't have survived yesterday or sleeping Saturday or Sunday night. The poor pets have fur coats to deal with - I feel bad for them! :)

The apartment people came yesterday to try to fix it and put some coolant in but that didn't help much so they were supposed to come back again today and try to fix it. I'm hoping they will give in and replace it! I'm sure our electric bill for this month is going to be horrendous!!! But at least the gas bill is cheap now that there is no heat on and we are only heating up our water with it so that helps even things out! :) Let's just hope things are nice and cool when I go in there today after work because otherwise we'll have to board Mikah (the cat) also this weekend when we go out of town for fear of him having heat stroke in our apartment! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and talk to you soon!

I'm Still Alive.......

This has been a very SLOW week for me which is why I haven't posted since Monday afternoon. But I figured I would post a short bit to let you know that I haven't been attacked by the dentist or anything like that! LOL I am sad that Mavs lost last night, but hopefully they can pull off a victory tomorrow night and send it into game 7. It is a tough road for them, but they can do it if they put their minds and bodies into it.

Other than that, I'm looking forward to the weekend more than ever. Not only has it been the longest week in the world, but we also have fun stuff planned for this weekend so that will make it good. And then a week from today we leave for Pennsylvania which will be a nice long relaxing weekend hopefully. Definitely looking forward to it! :)

Hope you all are getting through the week better than I am! Let's hope this day passes by quickly and we can head into the final stretch of the week!

A Big Pain in my Wallet

I'll start out by saying that we had a great weekend despite the Mavs losing on Friday night. But they redeemed themselves last night and are dead even yet again. Hope they can get in gear and continue playing like they were most of last night's game! I also did some shopping this weekend which is always fun and therapeutic! :)

Anyways, the title of my blog has to do with the fact that I'm very bitter about how much it costs to go to the dentist these days. I had NO IDEA. My whole life I have gone to a dentist in my town in Florida that was friends with my dad so we never had to pay for dental care. I never had any cavities, never had any problems. So I waited a little longer than I should between visit due to not being home in awhile except at Christmas when he wasn't working, and I decided I needed to bite the bullet and go ahead and get a checkup on my teeth. I picked out a provider that was in-network with my dental insurance through work and headed in this morning at 8 am.

Well, they did a bunch of really fancy x-rays, and they have some super HIGH TECH equipment. They checked my teeth and the dentist came and told me I have 3 tiny cavities but that he would need to scrape them out and do a small filling. I also apparently have tartar buildup (I hate flossing and my dad also has problems with tartar so I guess it's hereditary). Needless to say, I have to have a "deep cleaning" also known as a periodontal scaling to alleviate some of it and to make it so that my gums don't get in trouble further. This scares me although they have all this high tech stuff so I think she said it was ultrasonic waves and would only take an hour and I have to go on Saturday for that and in June for the fillings. Ugh!

To top it all off, I hate the fact that it is so EXPENSIVE! Even with insurance it's quite more than I thought it would be, but I know that I definitely DON'T want gum disease because that can later cause all kinds of other problems in the long run and you lose your teeth and all that mess. So I know it needs to be done but WHY must it cost so much!!! So I'm a little disenchanted with the dentist today which previously had been a good experience for me. And please let me know if you've ever had this periodontal scraping business because I'm really scared and want to know more....I'm making Austin come with me on Saturday to help ease my fear! :)

Hope you all had a good weekend and have a good evening! Going to need to catch up on my sleep tonight!

Happy Friday!

At work, we have this thing for our section called Happy Friday. Each Friday, one person in the group brings in either breakfast or dessert for the afternoon to make the day go by a little better. This morning the girl that was "hosting" it brought in chicken biscuits from Chik-Fil-A - yummy!!!! :) So that was a good start to the day even though it's going to be a slow one. My boss is out of the office today, and all the attorneys are leaving at 11 to go to some sort of retreat (I'm thinking more like schmoozing at the Byron Nelson but who knows?!). Needless to say it's going to be really EMPTY here this afternoon....which would be good except for the fact that I have to bill for my time and that makes things difficult when I have nothing to bill for, but that's a different story reserved for a different type of conversation.

Jes wanted to know some more details on the court reporting thing. I don't have to make a decision at any specific time because I already know that if I'm going to do it, I'm going to do the home-based one because the school one is too expensive and too long. So I can sign up for the home-based one whenever I want and go at my own pace. Since it will take me approximately a year, I just need to decide based on when I want to be done. The first test I have to take (the national one) is only given in May and November so I'd pretty much have to start immediately to try to be ready in time for the test in May. But I figure if I start later this summer, I can always go quicker or wait and take the November test. The Texas test is given 4 times a year (not sure exact dates yet), but at least I should be able to take that soon after as long as I pass the national one and be certified either by next fall or January/February 2007. So it's basically up to me and what I decide and when I decide to do it.

No, they did NOT fix the monster outside my bedroom window!!!! So I woke up several times last night hearing it scream....left some "nice" messages on the apartment office machine last night and Austin called them this morning and supposedly they are going to fix it today. He is going to call back at lunch and remind them again!!!

Other than that, not a whole lot to report. We're going to the Mavs game tonight - yippee - and tomorrow I plan on going shopping to see if I can find a cute dress to wear to my friend's wedding in June. Today is pay day so that always helps although I am not used to the new paychecks here and all the fees and things that have to be taken out, I always wish it was just a little more!!! ;) Oh well I guess we all do - that's why I need to get this court reporting thing on the road. They said working two days a week you can make more than I'm making now working 40+ hours. I like the sound of that!

Hope you all have a great weekend and comment and write away because I'll be bored and checking often today! :)

The Monster Outside Our Window

Let me start off by telling you a little bit about how my appointment went last night. I'm SO GLAD that I went because I found out a bunch of great general information about court reporting, and I definitely think it is something that I am interested in and may pursue. There is a lot opportunity for job openings especially in captioning due to the requirements that all television has to be captioned by 2006. But I did find out if I'm going to do it that I DEFINITELY want to go with the home-based program for flexibility and the opportunity to work at my own pace. The evening program they have at the institute is Monday, Wednesday & Thursday evenings from 6 pm to 10 pm and can take up to 5 YEARS!!!! Not to mention the fact that it costs about $22,000 at the end of all your classes and that is just ridiculous. I mean, I know I would make good money as a court reporter, but not enough to have to pay all those loans back! The home based program costs about a fifth of that so it is much more reasonable, and that includes buying a brand new stenograph machine to use. It's still quite a bit of money so I want to make 100% sure that this is something I want to get myself into, but I think it would be interesting, provide for greater flexibility, and be an interesting option for my future career. I got to use one of the machines there last night just to see how it feels, and it's definitely different but with the software that they have to link to computers, so much of it is built in now so that helps. So I'll be thinking about that for a month or so more before making any sort of moves in that direction.....let me know any thoughts or opinions or if you know anyone and their likes and dislikes about it!

After my appointment, I went home, ate some dinner that my loving husband cooked, and watched American Idol and the Scrubs finale that we had tivo'd from Tuesday night. Then we went in the bedroom to watch the Mavs game. A little before halftime, I started to drift off to sleep, confident the Mavs could pull this one off. I woke up around midnight to this horrible grinding, squealing noise. I love our apartment complex and it's relatively new, but I think it's right at that age that they original appliances and systems are started to fail and are in need of replacements. So it wasn't in our apartment, but it was right outside our bedroom window that the horrible noise was coming from, from vents on the balcony next to ours that I think are to keep the hot water heater cool in its storage closet. Needless to say, it is LOUD and shrill and made me want to scream because I was still tired. The good news was that I woke up right before the final few minutes of the game and got to see the end and see the Mavs pull off a victory. But then the process of trying to fall back to sleep while screeching was going on was not pleasant. I managed and luckily am not too tired this morning, but as soon as the apartment complex opens, we are calling to tell them to fix that so I don't have another unpleasant wake-up call in the middle of the night. Not to mention the fact that I was scared that it was going to start sparking or something from grinding so hard and start a fire, and that is just too scary to even think about it so hopefully they will fix it today and I can put my mind at ease!

Hope you all have a good day and avoid any monsters outside your window. It's almost the weekend at least!!! :)

A Moment Like This

I want to tell you about how great my evening was last night! First of all, I got to leave work at 4:45 which is always nice and helps me actually get to sit down and breathe at home for a second before having to leave again. When I got home, Austin had surprised me with an AMAZING arrangement of cymbidum (sp?) orchids in this really cool vase and other greenery. He is the BEST at picking out unique flowers and surprising me with them. He said since we were having a "date night" that it should be complete with flowers - plus our 3 year anniversary (of dating) would be tomorrow so it's kind of like an early "celebration." And since he is such a sweetheart and gets them pretty often, he has made friends with a local florist that for whatever reason gives him awesome deals. The arrangement he got me was worth over $100 and he paid less than a third of that price! Here's a picture of it sitting on our mantle:



So that obviously started the evening off great!!! We went to Nokia Live, probably my favorite venue to see concerts in Dallas, and saw Kelly Clarkson. I have to say that hearing her makes all the other American Idol contestants and many female professional singers sound like crap in comparison. She has an AMAZING voice and sounds nearly as good as her CD which is hard for many artists because they digitally remaster that stuff so much. She sang all her popular songs from the new album and some of the old ones too and the cool part is that she put soul to some of the old ones and changed up A Moment Like This to be a more rock-type song and it was cool. Plus several covers from Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Garth Brooks, Annie Lennox - it was good stuff. Of course, I was probably one of the oldest people there aside from the moms there with their kids! But I still had a great time, and Austin was actually impressed as well even though he was just going to be a good husband but ended up really liking her.

Girl From Florida requested I let you all know what she was wearing. She started off wearing black pants with a silver sparkly belt and then one of those short tops that shows your stomach and ties up at the top with a halter and in the back with a tie too. Then about 5 songs in, she ran off stage for a minute and came back wearing the same top but wearing one of those long peasant skirts which are popular now that was multicolored and she wore that the rest of the show. She was barefoot and jumping around - it was fun! She definitely has lost A TON of weight from when she was originally on American Idol and she looked really good. The only annoying thing was that both the skirt and pants she wore really low which would be fine except she kept pulling the backs up higher than the fronts that were pushed down and it made her butt look bigger and her front look weird because it was so low and uneven. It's also hard for me to get used to her with blonde hair but she looked cute. It was a great show and the best part was that we were home by like 10:30. :)

The other random thing that happened last night is that as we were walking out, we were right behind this girl that looked familiar to me. I don't know if any of the rest of you are sucked into reality tv like we tend to be, but in the fall there was a show on NBC that was a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model competition. The girl that got second place was from Mesquite and the girl that won was from Vegas. Anyways, Shannon, the girl from Mesquite that got second but who Austin and I thought should have won, was who was in front of us. I almost said something to her like "hey you should have won" but then I didn't want to bug her or seem cheesy but it was definitely her. So that was randomly entertaining because we watched that show and then she happened to be right by us as we were leaving!

So that was my fun and exciting evening. Luckily I'm not even tired today which is the best part because I got to sleep at nearly the same time as I usually do. Going to Pei Wei for lunch today - yum - and I have my meeting with the Court Reporting school tonight to find out more info. Hope you all have a great day and talk to you soon! :)

And Also Tuesday....

That title is a tribute to a little discussion that I had with Jes & D at lunch on Saturday. Long story! :)

Anyways, today is already shaping up to be a better day. When I got home from work last night, I cooked dinner, ate, and proceeded to lay down on the sofa. I almost fell asleep once around 7:45 while watching the tape of Family Guy & American Dad. So we moved into the bedroom at 8 and watched Las Vegas and the start of the Mavs game. I should say I only watched the start of the Mavs game because I think Austin stayed up for most of it. The stupid thing didn't start until about 10 pm and that is just TOO late!!! ;) Needless to say, I was sad to hear they lost but I haven't given up hope for them yet. Now they have another day or two of rest before having to play again, they can stop having big heads from their 40 point lead over the Rockets on Saturday, and focus on winning this series. Oh and we are SUPER lucky because we found out last night that Austin's dad was able to get tickets from one of his vendors for Friday night's home game so we do get to go to the game! And for free which is very exciting! Hooray! :)

Since I got good sleep last night, I'm feeling much more awake this morning which helps. Tonight we are going to the Kelly Clarkson show which is really cool because it's sold out and even though I feel like a dork saying it, I think she's great and really like her newest CD. I jam it out in the car on my way home from work a lot! It should be a good concert and hopefully it won't be too late since it starts at 7:30 and there is only one guy opening for her. I might be sleepy again tomorrow, but it will be worth it!

Other than that, not much to report. Hope you all have a great day and talk to you soon! :)

Monday.....The Bane of My Existence

After a great weekend, it is always so tragic when the alarm goes off on Monday mornings, and I actually have to get up, get dressed nicely, and head out the door in order to beat traffic and make it in at a decent time so I can leave at a decent time and get home. We had a great weekend, nothing too exciting but still a lot of fun, but now I am completely exhausted.

Friday:
We did our usual: dinner on the patio at 7 Salsas and then came home and watched the O.C. which we had taped the night before because of watching Apprentice and the Mavs game. Laid in bed all night which is fun sometimes and just relaxed and watched tv.

Saturday:
Got up early because we couldn't sleep, had breakfast, laid around and watched tv for a bit, then got ready and went to Addison to have lunch with Jes & D. We had a good time at On the Border and even though the weather wasn't quite as nice as we had hoped, the sun began to peek out towards the end of our 2 hour lunch. We chatted, ate guacamole and queso and all things bad for us, and sipped on fruity margaritas. It was good stuff!! Came home from that with a bad headache because I hadn't taken my allergy medicine so spent the rest of the day lounging on the sofa until getting up to shower and get ready for the evening. We went to eat dinner at Jack Astor's with Austin's parents and then went to the basketball game on Saturday evening. It was an AMAZING game. The Mavs beat the Rockets by 40 points and won the series. It was so much fun and so great being there as they spanked the Rockets back to Houston! Go Mavs!

Sunday:
Since we didn't get to bed until 1 in the morning (much later than we usually go to sleep), we "slept in" until 9 am, had some breakfast, tried to get tickets to the second round Mavs games but with no luck, and then headed to Target to grab a bag for the gift we got for Austin's mom. Then we met his family for lunch at Macaroni Grill, went grocery shopping, attempted to exercise but got too lazy, and then showered and headed to Buffalo Wild Wings for a small meal since we weren't super hungry. We watched the Contender and Desperate Housewives and read gossip magazines in bed - we are dorks!

Sadly though, because we had "slept in" later than usual, I could NOT fall asleep last night. I think I finally fell asleep after midnight, woke up at 3 in the morning and couldn't sleep for about an hour, and then had to get up at 6:40 this morning to get ready for work. Not much fun! I now feel like I could fall asleep on my desk!!!! Oh well, guess that's how it goes sometimes. Gotta get some sleep tonight though because we are going to see Kelly Clarkson tomorrow night so I'm sure that will be a latish night and we will be tired on Wednesday again. At least it will be fun!!!!

Hope you all had a great weekend - here's to hoping this week flies by quickly! Two weeks and 3 days until we head up to Pennsylvania to see my family and have a nice long weekend of fun and shopping! :)

A Quick Note

Not a whole lot to say, but I just wanted to wish all the mothers out there a very happy Mother's Day on Sunday!!! The Mavs lost last night so we'll be going to support them one last time tomorrow night and hoping they make it to the next round. I'm sure it will be a nerve-wracking game yet again! ;) The weather is BEAUTIFUL today and is supposed to be the same way tomorrow so I'm looking forward to it after our dreary, cold, and rainy weather we've had lately. Of course, it is supposed to start raining again on Sunday but at least it won't be cold. I think the months are really confused because it barely rained in April and that's supposed to be the rainy month. I guess we'll have to see....

Hope you all have an AMAZING weekend and see you on Monday morning (hoping to sneak out of here soon to get a jump-start on my weekend since I have gotten all my work done and my boss is already gone!!). :)

Happy Birthday Memee!

Even though she won't read this, I want to let everyone know that today is my grandmother's birthday - Cinco de Mayo! LOL. She is 98 years old today and enjoying every minute of it!!! I love her lots because she is like a second mom to me since she has been living with my parents at least part of the year ever since I was little. Plus she's the only grandparent I have left! Love you Memee and have a WONDERFUL day and MANY, MANY MORE! :)

Tag! You're It!

The rules: Of the five you selected, you are to finish each phrase with what you would do as a member of that profession. Then pass it on to other bloggers.

I tag Sara of the Sticky Muffin, Austin, Kim of Kimdergarten, and D to respond in comments! :)

If I could be a scientist...I would come up with a scheme to implode hurricanes by somehow lowering their barometric pressure so that they would dissipate or at the very least be able to control their movement so that there was no destruction or damage caused by them. Then I would sell this information to the government or the highest bidder and be rich and carefree the rest of my life!
If I could be a farmer...
If I could be a musician...
If I could be a doctor...
If I could be a painter...
If I could be a gardener...
If I could be a missionary...
If I could be a chef...I would concoct extravagant dishes that taste wonderful, take 15 minutes or less to make, and are low in fat and carbs so my husband and I could eat them without feeling guilty!
If I could be an architect...
If I could be a linguist...
If I could be a psychologist...
If I could be a librarian...
If I could be an athlete...
If I could be a lawyer...I would realize how important my staff was in helping me earn the big bucks and treat them nicely and pay them lots more $$$!
If I could be an innkeeper...
If I could be a professor...
If I could be a writer...I would write about celebrity gossip and be able to go to movie premieres and red carpet events and get the scoop.
If I could be a backup dancer...
If I could be a llama-rider...
If I could be a bonnie pirate...
If I could be a proctologist...
If I could be a TV-Chat Show host...
If I could be an actor...
If I could be a judge...
If I could be a Jedi...
If I could be a mob boss...
If I could be a backup singer…
If I could be a CEO...
If I could be a movie reviewer... I would review movies based on entertainment value rather than the artsy aspects of it. I love all types of movies, artsy and just for fun, and it really annoys me when reviewers give a movie a bad grade just because it's cheesy funny or because it's a girly movie or because it isn't realistic. Hello - movies were originally meant for ENTERTAINMENT, a distraction from every day life - they don't have to be realistic or artsy or whatever else you want from them in order to be decent.

May I Help You?

It is May. The calendar says it, my watch says it, my phone caller id says it. Somehow the weather has got it all wrong though!!!! We've have an exceptionally pleasant "spring" this year which is nice because it usually goes from cold winter to super hot summer with no spring in between. However, it is now May and we need to have at least the springlike weather back instead of feeling like late fall/early winter. It has been in the 40s at night and only reaching the low 60s during the day. And rainy and windy and cold.......grrr!!! Being from Florida, I'm not very happy to this type of weather. Luckily, it is supposed to improve by tomorrow and have a beautiful weekend so I guess that's all that really matters. Just difficult to figure out what to wear to work because you feel kind of silly putting on a sweater and other wintry clothes in MAY!

Let's see what else.....I am going through my continual identity crisis of what to do with the rest of my life. Thinking about having children and the future has been a topic of discussion lately around our place. And me trying to figure out how all that will fit into my current life or what changes will need to take place is always interesting. At least for a little while, we will need my second income to help manage things especially if we have another mouth or two to feed. But dumping my child in daycare 8 hours a day 5 days a week isn't sounding like too much fun either. I've been exploring options for a "career" that pays well and has flexibility.

So a week from today, I'm going to an appointment at the local court reporting school just to see how things are. I've already looked into a home-based program as well as the option of going to this school in the evenings. I would prefer the home-based program, but I figured that I should still go by the school and check it out plus it will give me the opportunity to sit in front of the equipment, hear people talk about what it takes, what it's like, and try to figure out whether or not it might be for me which I can't do with the home study program until I've forked over the money and bought all the equipment and learning materials. So we'll see what comes of that! It would take me at least a year and a half to do the home-based study plus take the tests needed for Texas. But from what I've read about the schools it would take 2-4 years and that's just no fun. I already type 90+ words per minute, and I have familiarity with both the medical and legal terminology so at least I'd have a great start if I decide to go that route. I'll keep you updated!!

Austin got to leave work early today because he had to go to the doctor because he has fluid in his ear. But now he has medicine so that will make it more comfortable for him at least! I just wish I could go home and join him so we could start our workout earlier. Oh well, at least I get to leave by 5! I went to a lunch seminar today for work so I actually have some extra hours than normal so I will either get an hour or so of overtime next check or possibly just leave a little early on Friday or something. Guess we'll have to see - this week has gone by SUPER slow - tomorrow we have more training for 4 hours so again it will at least take up some time. Okay enough boring you with my little details, have a great day and talk to you later, alligators! :)

Mavs Mania

The Dallas Mavericks won again last night!!!! It was such a great game, very nerve-wracking at times, but they played really well overall. I'm just hoping that they can seal the deal down in Houston on Thursday and move on to the next round!

We had a lot of fun last night. The crowd around us was great - in fact the guy standing behind us got picked as the High Energy Fan of the Game and got an autographed jersey and was on the Jumbotron after halftime. George Clooney was even there last night although after he was on the screen, Austin and I spent half the game trying to locate him in the crowd of people down on the floor when we were up in the 3rd level. I think we spotted him towards the end!

Not much else to say - lots on the mind but not a lot to say. Have a good day - go Mavs! :)

Monday, Monday.....

Another weekend flying by at warp speed! ;) I can't believe it's already May! It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the new year! In a few weeks, we have our trip to Pennsylvania to look forward to, and I will at least get to see my family and hopefully do some shopping at the outlets up there!!!

Here's a brief recap of our weekend: Friday night came home and went to Seven Salsas (yes we love that place!) for dinner. Came back and watched some TV shows that we had to tivo last week and hadn't had a chance to watch yet.

Saturday, Austin got up early, returned my car to the dealership, I worked on some things on the computer and put away the laundry, then we ran by the post office to ship my grandmother's birthday gift and cards for that and Mother's Day and then went to Mesquite to get my hair highlighted and trimmed. Austin's friend at work does hair on Saturdays, and she is really really good and only charged me $40 for highlights and a trim. And she worked on my hair for like 2 hours! That is amazing - that's cheaper than even the people in my hometown in Florida so I'm really excited because I can actually afford to keep up with my highlights on a regular basis. ;) Then Saturday afternoon, we came back, cleaned up around the house, watched the Mavs game (they won - yippee!), grabbed some Buffalo Wild Wings during the 3rd quarter and after the game, we watched "First Daughter," a typical cute teenagy type flick starring Katie Holmes who I am very bitter to since she dated Chris Klein, Josh Hartnett, and now Tom Cruise!!!

Sunday morning, we got up and went to the shop so Austin could mow the lawn. Then we came home, went to see "A Lot Like Love" at the early matinee (very cute - sweet movie), I did the Core Secrets workout, Austin went to get his haircut, and then we watched TV and relaxed last night. Tonight, we got cheap seats to go to the Mavs game so that should be fun and hopefully this time they will actually win!!!! :)

Other than that, not a lot to report....hope you all had a great weekend and keep on commenting, I feel like I don't have anyone reading my posts any more!!!