Friday, February 11, 2011

Crazy start to the semester

We seem to have had eternal winter around here. Quick run through of things...
first week back my house flooded, third week back I threw out my back, fourth week back we were snowed in and now, here on the fifth week, it's just felt eternal. haha.

Monday, January 31st, it was a beautiful day, it was 70 degrees and sunny. Monday, January 31st at 10 pm, it was like the Apocalypse. It started hailing, raining, snowing, there was thunder, lightning, wind and it dropped to 18 degrees by the time I went to bed. The next morning we had 8" of fresh snow and ice everywhere and needless to say, school was canceled. I went to the guys house and we made an AWESOME breakfast and spent the whole day thoroughly enjoying our snow day. We watched movies, made dinner, played board games and went for walks with Liesl in the snow. It was a great day. Then, the unthinkable happened... for the next 3 days, we were snowed in. We had four days off of school/work. We found our snow days getting pretty boring after day 3. We continued to just vegg at the boys house, but I'll tell ya, you get pretty tired and cranky in a small house for 4 days with even your best of friends. haha. We did end up making our own fun, almost literally the whole city of Abilene was shut down. All the roads had a 2.5" skating rink on top of them. We did manage to get out a few times and escape to the few places in Abilene that could keep us occupied. We had another scare this week where they thought Wed would be canceled.... never in my life have I seen so many people that were saying, "seriously? come on, I just want to go to classes". lol. We didn't have a snow day, but it was around -12 degrees with windchill and that's COOOOOLD with the stupid 25 mph winds!

It's been a fun time, but finally getting back to normalcy might be nice for a change.





Monday, January 24, 2011

How Embarrassing....

So yeah, I failed.... day two of snapshot moments and I failed. haha. Well, I have some catching up to do.

My snapshot moment #2 from Friday would surly be going to see Black Swan with the gang. The guys and I all went to see it and all I have to say is if Natalie Portman doesn't win best actress, I quit watching movies, cause she SO deserves it!


My snapshot moment #3 from Saturday would be taking one of my best friends out on a friend date night. He's had a really stressful week with little sleep, so I took him out to catch up on relaxation and life:) We went to italian food, a funny movie and then to get a favorite dessert. It was a fun night. (we didnt take pics, so this is an old silly one:) )


My snapshot moment #4 from yesterday would be Nathan, Bailey and my Pride and Prejudice marathon. We watched the A&E version, ate take-out and raw cookie dough and drank tea.... ahhh, splendid!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Snapshot Moments, Day 1...

My goal over the next year or so is to be able to blog most nights. Now I know I talk big and it might get pretty exhausting and hard to keep up with, but I want these posts to be snapshot moments of each day. Today, my snapshot moment is with Luke and Nathan.

After work, I went, like most nights, to hang out at the guys house. We made dinner and watched our show. After it was through we ended up hanging out and visiting in Nathan's room. Luke and I were feeling miserable, me with killer allergies and him with exhaustion so Nathan said, "I think it's story time". He pulled out a childrens book and proceeded to read the entire book with all the voices and showing us the illustrations after each page. It was perfectly silly and made a wonderful, lasting memory.

Friday, January 14, 2011

My 2010 In Pictures...

2010 was one of the best years of my life. New, life-long friendships, new experiences and new challenges. Here is the story of my year chronologically....

Erik and Elizabeth's wedding, Atlanta, January
Caitlin and Dominick's wedding, January
Snow day... DAYS at my old house
Best. Steak. Ever! 'nuff said
My Birthday.... AMAZING weekend!
Highland Retreat
Highland retreat
Putting our sweet Kenya down
Monday bowling nights
Phantom of the Opera, Dallas
Easter
At work with Beth
Smith Photoshoot
Kearby's Graduation photos
Kearby's graduation
Sarah and Jake's wedding
Rangers game
Rangers game
My new house!
Summer friends
Preston starts school
Michael Buble, San Antonio
San Antonio Trip
John Mayer, Dallas
John Mayer
Luke's 25th Birthday
Liesl and me
My puppy
Pawns and Kings photo shoot
Pawns and Kings
Pawns and Kings
Malibu, Fall break trip
Malibu with Kim
The Pacific
Pumpkin carving
Boston, Thanksgiving
Boston Trip
Sushi in Boston with good friends
Boston Harbor
Laura's graduationWade's graduation

Nathan and Me at the Meteor ShowerShelby's senior photo shoot, Christmas
Family pictures
Silly sisters
Heathers wedding
Cutest little girl ever
New family dog Jonah