NY & Proposal Pictures

My Lover
On our way home...Tired & And in Love

After he proposed in Studio D

Studio D

The set-up

He's soooo cute

He's ALL mine :-D

$60 Breakfast

Flexing his muscles and trying to get the wireless internet hooked up

Magnolia Bakery Cupcakes

$18 Milk

My Favorite

Times Square

View from room 1

View from room 2

View 3

Lovely and soft bed

At Virgils

My ring exactly.

1 carat round diamond in white gold.

I'm trying to get a clear picture to come out.

As soon as I do (which will be later today) I'll post it.

I'm engaged

I'm engaged!!!! Yes, Yes...Shawn official proposed in NYC on Valentines Day....It's was amazing!!! Some of you may be little perplexed because you thought I already was engaged, and I kinda sorta was. But, Shawn and I started dating in November and sometime around Christmas we decided we wanted to get married, so we set the date (October 12th) and began to plan. But there are so many details leading up to the BIG day so I want to tell you all of them

So we decided that we would go to NYC for Valentines Day. For two reasons: 1. In all the silly boys I have entertained in the past I have never been with anyone who cared much about V-day. So Shawn wanted to make my first special. And 2. Shawn wanted me to see his NY life. In case you don't know. Shawn is 1/2 of the music production team called Arkitects. They are just breaking into the big scene and working with major artists. Chris Brown, Xhibit, Beyonce, Usher, Jeannie Ortega, Neyo, Omarion, Movies-Take the Lead, Gridiron Gang, and TV (MTV, WB *Beauty & The Geek, BET). The also have a publishing contract with EMI and a room at Sony. The vice-president of Sony, Brian McKenna, is one of their managers. So Shawn really wanted me to see the way his "work" operated.





Our First Day


So we left for NY Tuesday AM. When we got there of course it was freezing cold, but I was so excited. We checked into our hotel. The Millennium Broadway (Smack dab in the middle of Times Square), which was a 4 star and really nice. Our room was on the 47th floor and had an amazing view of Times Square. After we checked in and laid around we went across the street to Virgil's were we had the most AMAZING Pulled Pork BBQ sandwich, mmmmm....Then came the fun part, we hailed a cab and headed over to Sony. When we went in everyone was so excited to see Shawn. The security guard and receptionist let us go right in without searching our bags (which they normally do). Then we headed up to his managers office. Brian McKenna who like I said is V.P. (his wife does something over at Virgin). Very nice guy. He was telling us insider stories of the Grammies and some other big things Sony is about to do (which I can't mention). And throwing around big amount of money that will be coming to the Arkitects this year. Then we went down to Shawn's room. His partner Marshall and him share a room in Sony. Sony does not normally allow producers to use studios and rooms free of charge (especially if the producer is not signed to Sony, Which the Arkitects are not, they are with EMI) but Sony so believes in them they have their own room to do whatever they like, all they have to do is get the artists to record at Sony which is no hard to task. I heard when I got there that Usher, LL Cool J, and Cassie were all there recording. I actually got to preview one of Usher's new songs, which is going to be awesome! So after we left Sony we went down to Magnolia's Bakery (Featured in US weekly and episodes of Sex & The City) They have awesome cupcakes after we got our cupcakes we went down to ground zero to try and see some of the stuff down there. I didn't get to see much, but there is a massively deep hole. After leaving the Upper East Side, we went back to TS where we walked around a little bit before going back to our room to order $18 milk to go with our cupcakes. Yeah when the bell boy brought our milk and I signed the receipt I almost passed out! $18 for milk!?!?!

Valentines Day/Proposal

Wednesday was Valentines Day and also the day he proposed and according to him everything that happened was designed to throw me off even to going to NY and calling proposals on V-Day cheesy. So at like 6 AM Shawn gets up and says he needs to go to the front desk to make sure my present will be delivered. According to him, my present was so big he had to have it shipped from Florida. So while he was gone I ordered us breakfast, and when he got back we ate it watched the Today show and just hung out. At like 10 we finally got up and started getting ready. While we were getting ready I get a text message from this guy I used to talk to wishing me happiness on V-Day. So Shawn thought it was really retarded that this guy texts me on V-Day knowing I had a boyfriend. So Shawn picks this fake fight with me to throw me off his trail. All I'm thinking the whole time is, "Oh my gosh! I can't believe he is acting like this" So finally after about a half hour we make up and move on. Then he says to me that he really hopes I like my present because he's not sure if it will go with my style and how he had asked all these women to try it on and such and really hopes I like it. At this point, I'm thinking it's a purse or Manolo's. When we finally get outside it's like 2 degrees with inches and inches of snow and in the cab he says "Your present is really good for a day like today" So I'm thinking, Rubber boots, an umbrella, or coat, And I can't lie that I was a little disappointed at that. Then we headed over to Sony again passing all the studios where LL, Usher, and Cassie were recording and went down to his office. He leaves me in there saying he need to go talk to Brian and he would be back. After like 10 minutes he called and says he went to pick up my present. After about 45 minutes he comes back and we go across the street to get lunch. I was just thinking everything was normal and rambling on and on, and he kept saying "I love you so much" And that's when I thought something was up because he kept saying it, but I quickly dismissed that because I knew he said it wouldn't happen until after V-Day. So he hurries me through lunch because he wanted to give me a tour of the studios but had to do it before 5 because Usher had booked 3 more rooms. So we walk back through the huge maze that is Sony to Studio D. Little did I know that I sat upstairs all that time waiting for Katharine McPhee to finish a session so he could go in and set up. So we get down stairs and he makes me wait outside. Then he brings me in the vocal booth and sits me down at the baby grand. He goes into the other room (forgot the name) where the mixing board, and all the equipment was. In between the vocal booth and the sound room is long glass windows. And in the other room I can see candles and flowers. So I say "Aww..Can I go in?" and he's like "Not yet" So I sit down and wait all the while just thinking he's finishing setting up some elaborate set up to give me my coat. After about 10 minutes he comes and gets me and makes me close my eyes, so I guides me in the room and I can tell it was dark and makes me push a button. When I push the button Ciara's song "Promise" starts playing (which has history with us) and I open my eyes and I'm in front of the huge $1.8 million board of buttons and lights, then I turn around and there are two pictures of us and candles and flowers set up with a card. At this point I was a little suspicious because I didn't see a big box. So I read the card and the first thing I saw on the left side was this heart that said "Marry me?" but I didn't think anything of is because he says that all the time, so I start reading the card and when I was finished I turn around to hug him and he's like "So will you marry me?" And he takes my right hand to put the ring on and I was like "Uh, wrong hand...Oh my gosh! Are you serious!" I was completely and utterly in shock! I just keep saying oh my gosh, oh my gosh, then one of Usher's writers came down and we had to get ready to go because we needed to head home because his flight back to FL left early Thursday AM.

All in all it was exactly what I wanted and waaaaaaaay more then imagined! Engaged life, actually does feel different. I knew we were getting married I even knew when but now it's like. "Ok. It's on!" Also while he was here we decided that he was going to move here to MD. I am so happy about that because if you have ever been in a long distance relationship you now how hard it can be. So Shawn will send Little Shawn up here in about 2 weeks and then he will follow. It's a really good move because then after we get married I can still be close to my family, and it will allow Shawn to go back and forth to NY more frequently for work. Also it provides us with built in babysitters for his son (who has full custody of) Shawn, so I can travel with him for work. Probably with in the next two years we will go to NY. We talked about going now but if we do I would have to work, Arkitects is doing so good that after we are married I won't have to work, unless I'm bored. What we may do is buy or rent a small apartment up there for him to have when he goes (which is about 2 weeks out of the month) So if your faced with having to work and not having to work, which one are you going to choose? Speaking of work I quit my job Monday!!! I've been thinking about it for a few months now and finally decided to do it. My boss got to be more stress then he was worth. I've been so excited planning the wedding (and the future of being job-less) that I was antsy and couldn't sit still anymore. So now I will be working from home for my dad which is great because it will allow me to go back and forth to FL until Shawn gets here and I will even be able to go with him for work to Miami, NY, and LA.

Very excited!!!!!

This is the future Mrs. Campbell signing off....

October 12th~~~

BM Dresses and FG Dresses

Bridesmaid Dress in Chocolate

Bridesmaid Dress in Burnt Orange

Flower Girl Dress

The Dress!!!!!

Drum roll please......I found my dress!!! Last weekend we went to this salon called Betsy Robinson. I thought that I found THE one there. The one at BR was a dress that actually pulled out of a photo spread in Brides. But Friday we went to this place called Mary's Bridal Boutique which has a lot of designer gowns and even does custom. I went in and pulled two dresses and then the lady helping me pulled two (including the one I picked). When I saw my dress on the hanger I was like "Hmm...Interesting but I don't know" But when I tried it on a nearly passed out! It's incredibly fabulous! It has a very old Hollywood glamour feel to it. And the lady was like "Wow! No one who has tried that dress on yet has been able to pull it off!" It's the kind of dress that you see in a magazine and think "Yeah..interesting...but not realistic" The dress is actually couture. And when they told me that I was sold even more. The really cool part is once I order the dress they take the sample out of the store and no one else is allowed to buy it. I'm also going to do a few custom touches to it to make it uniquely mine. It's the most stunning dress ever...seriously. I don't have any pictures of it yet because you are not allowed to photograph it unless you buy it (to protect the designer) But as soon as I go back and order I'll take a picture and post it (maybe, we'll see) But honestly the dress is amazing. I'm already sad because I know I have to take it off at the end of the night. I think I'm gonna try and sleep in it :-)

We finally decided on a reception site which is great. They have an outdoor facility that we can hold the ceremony in but I'm not crazy about it because my dress and the feel I want to go for (20's 30's 40's Hollywood glamour) doesn't really go. So I still need to find a church location. Picked my girls bridesmaid dresses finally. Just need to decide on a color. The flower girl dresses are going to be custom made as well because I don't want white. Posted in the next post will be the BM dresses and possible choice for FG dresses as well.

He's my paperweight

In case I haven't said it lately. I am wildly, wildly, happy. And just so there's no confusion. I'm not happy because I'm planning a wedding, and I get to wear a pretty expensive dress, and carry nice flowers. It's because I am one of the luckiest girls on the whole damn planet. I feel sorry for people who had to settle for something less then the best. Or people who won't ever get to feel the way I feel everyday. Every morning I wake up I'm surprised at how much more I love him. Whenever I see him it's like the first time. We never run out of things to say to each other. When we first started dating we would have 6 and 7 hour long "phone dates" and now months later, we still have that. It's never forced, and even the awkward silence with him is comfortable. I've always been taught that the person you love and plan on spending the rest of your life with should make you want to be a better person. And he does that! He's my paperweight. He knows when to let me fly, knows when to let me soar. But he also knows how to bring me down and ground me. He's the paperweight on my back. Now that I am with him, not only do I feel complete, but I feel like I am finally the person I was made to be. All the missing links of who I was materialized when I met him. With him it's beyond the material. It's beyond the houses, and cars, the money, the dinners, the celebrities, the vacations. Beyond the flower and candy. The diamonds, and sapphires. The Manolo's and Chanel. It's so much deeper with him. There's a familiarity with him. It's like my soul's known him forever. I'm in complete awe of him. I listen to him speak and sometimes I'm afraid to move because I don't want to miss anything. There will be countless of people who won't understand, who won't agree. People who say this shouldn't work, or it won't work. But I dare these nay-sayers to watch. Watch us and then you'll see. God chose two silly little people to smile upon in the greatest of ways. To bless them beyond what their human minds could comprehend. If you haven't found this yet, I charge you to stay silent. Be still....It will come. I believe everyone gets a chance...But not everyone takes it. Some are busy with others, some choose to ignore, some take it for granted. Be silent, keep your eyes open, and when you see it take it. That's what I did, and I couldn't be happier.

been up all night staring at you
wondering what's on your mind
i've been this way with so many before
but this feels like the first time
you want the sunrise to go back to bed
i want to make you laugh
mess up my bed with me
kick off the covers i'm waiting
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
happy to lay here
just happy to lbe here
i'm happy to know you
play me a song
your newest one
please leave your taste on my tongue
paperweight on my back
cover me like a blanket
mess up my bed with me
kick off the covers i'm waiting
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
and no need to worry
that's wastin time
and no need to wonder
what's been on my mind
it's you
it's you
it's you
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
and i give up
i let you win
you win cause i'm not counting
you made it back
to sleep again
wonder what you're dreaming

Recent Pictures

Pictures from this past weekend:

Busy little Bee

Sorry haven't written for awhile. As you can imagine between work and the wedding I'm pretty swamped. When your 8 flipping through Modern Bride pulling out pictures of dresses and flowers you don't realize all the work you have to do before you get to wear that pretty dress or carry those flowers. Planning a wedding is crazy work. There are so many choices that have to be made, so many little details, and when you only have 8 months everything is exaggerated because of time. Now where thinking of changing the venue location. One of the main reasons is the place it was originally going to be offers a small terrace for the ceremony but I don't like it so we've been looking at different churches in the area but can't really find anything. The new place were looking at is Turf Valley Resort. They do have ceremony location and because it's a resort it has hotels on the premises which will be easier for our bridal party. Transportation was another huge thing because we have a bridal party of 32. 10 Bridesmaids, 11 Groomsmen, 6 Flower girls, 1 Ring bearer, 2 Bell Boys, and the Bride and Groom of course. But with Turf Valley we will only need 1 limo for my family, and Shawn and I's getaway car. Other cool news is we have an appointment with Charm City Cakes. CCC is Ace of Cakes from the Food Network. All of Duff's cakes are very interesting and I really wanted to use him. I've finally narrowed down my bridesmaids dresses 2 two chooses. 2 from Watters & Watters and 1 from Bill Levkoff. I haven't started looking for my dress yet. I've got pictures of ideas and a list of salons that I want to visit. But I guess that's all for now.....

Progress

I am happy to report progress in the production that I am currently working on. Drum roll please....We found a venue!! Yay! Very excited!!! Its the Hunt Valley Golf Club in Phoenix, MD. Its the idyllic spot for a fall wedding. The ballroom has huge windows all across the room that over look the golf course and directly behind the courses are scores, and scores of trees and hills. It's very pretty. Now we need to just find a church. It has a tented terrace that can be used for the ceremony but there's no center aisle. I 'm thinking of using the terrace for the cocktail hour and the band so people can roam through the ballroom and terrace. We had a third venue we went and tried to look at yesterday but for starters it was like 9 hours away. Okay really only an hour but it felt like 9. And it was soo way out in the country. Cows, horses, donkeys and Best Westerns was all I saw. So we pulled up to the venue and it was Little House on the Prairie which is not the look I'm going for. But thankfully we still had the club which we all knew would be it. Friday night I realized that I only have 9 months left! On one hand when you think of it from the point of love and wanting to spend every waking moment together 9 months feels like an eternity but when you look at it from a planning aspect and then you look at the handy little checklist from The Knot and you see all of your unmarked task it really freaks you out! So needless to say I'm feeling some of the pressure, but it's all good. I'll pull it of and it'll be fabulous!

Blessing and Smiles in 2007!!!!

I was waiting

I was waiting For the day you'd come around.

I was chasing, And nothing was all I found.

From the moment you came into my life,

You showed me what's right.

I never felt like this before.

Just when I leave, I'm back for more.

Nothing else here seems to matter.

In these ever-changing days,

You're the one thing that remains.

I could stay like this forever.

What about now?

I am by your side,

Where love will find you.

What about now?

What about today?

What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?

What if our love, it never went away?

What if it's lost behind words we could never find?

Baby, before it's too late,

What about now?

Now that we're here,

Now that we've come this far,

Just hold on.

There is nothing to fear,

For I am right beside you.

For all my life, I am yours.

Wish

be

careful

what

you

wish

for

cause

you

just

might

get

it

all

i wished...and...i got it all

Crashed

Well I was moving at the speed of sound.
Head-spinning, couldn't find my way around, and
Didn't know that I was going down.
Yeah, yeah.

Where I've been, well it's all a blur.
What I was looking for, I'm not sure.
Too late and didn't see it coming.
Yeah, yeah.

And then I crashed into you,
And I went up in flames.
Could've been the death of me,
But then you breathed your breath in me.
And I crashed into you,
Like a runaway train.
You will consume me,
But I can't walk away.

Somehow, I couldn't stop myself.
I just wanted to know how it felt.
Too strong, I couldn't hold on.
Yeah, yeah.
Now I'm just tryin' to make some sense
Out of how and why this happened.
Where we're heading, there's just no knowing.
Yeah, yeah.

And then I crashed into you,
And I went up in flames.
Could've been the death of me,
But then you breathed your breath in me.
And I crashed into you,
Like a runaway train.
You will consume me,
But I can't walk away.

From your face, your eyes
Are burning to me.
You saved me, you gave me
Just what I need.
Oh, just what I need.

And then I crashed into you,
And I went up in flames.
Could've been the death of me,
But then you breathed your breath in me.
And I crashed into you,

Like a runaway train.
You will consume me,
But I can't walk away.

And then I crashed into you,
And then I crashed into you,
And then I crashed into you,
And then I crashed into you,
And I crashed into you,

Like a runaway train.
You will consume me,
But I can't walk away

Just a line or two

My life with you means everything

So I won’t give up that easily

P.S. My Christmas Gift

Oh and I forgot to mention for Christmas my amazing beyond words boyfriend got me a diamond necklace! It's soooo pretty....Yay! for shiny sparkly things and the boys who love you enough to buy em' for you....Man I'm so luck :-)

Christmas 2006

Merry (late) Christmas...or is it Happy Holidays??? Anyway...Merry, Happy, whatever you celebrate! I hope it was great for you! Mine was fabulous!! I spent Christmas in Orlando (Amen for flip-flop weather) I flew out Christmas Eve morning to meet Shawn. I was very nervous and a bit sad. For starters it was my first Christmas away from my family and the irony of it was it would be last Christmas as a Scott...The nervous part came in as I was going to FL to meet Shawn's family. In the days leading up to it I was physically sick! I was so nervous and just wanted to make sure that they liked me. But I met them and they are a great family! And I think ( I hope and pray) that they liked me. He comes from a big family like mine so that element was there and he has tons of adorable nieces and a nephew. They are the cutest and sweetest bunches of kids I've ever met (well besides the Scotts. Wink) Christmas Eve we opened gifts that way we could all sleep in Christmas day. That was the plan, but someone decided to disturb the peace and wake up at 7 AM for whatever reason I'll never know (Wink...OVOVOV) But Christmas day was spent mostly laying around in bed watching cartoons with little Shawn. And we got up and made a huge breakfast! I took two suitcases. One for shoes (Smile) and one for clothes and wore yoga pants and a tshirt the whole time! But we had a great time! It was a good start to many, many Christmases spent together....

I had pictures but they got deleted by accident when I took the memory card out. But I think I have a few random ones I'll post tonight....

Your All I Have

Train this chaos turn it into light
I've got to see you one last night
Before the lions take their share
Leave us in pieces, scattered everywhere

Just Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto

It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have

You're cinematic razor sharp
A welcome arrow through the heart
Under your skin feels like home
Electric shocks on aching bones

Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto

It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have

There is a darkness deep in you
A frightening magic I cling to

Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto

It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear now you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear now you are all that I have

Everything

all i know is

you've got to give me everything

nothing else cause

you know i give you all of me

i give you everything that i am

i'm handing over everything that i got

cause I wanna have a really true love

don't ever want to have to go and give you up

stay up till 4 in the morning........

Venue #1...NO!!!!!

Yesterday we had our first meeting with a venue. And when my mom and I pulled up we agreed that it was 100% out of the question because it was in a shopping center! We had heard about this place but it was still in the stages of being built and from the pictures it looked very, very, pretty. So we decided to go take a look. The coordinator said they were in a temporary building while the facilities were being built but what she failed to inform us was that not only were the "temporary" offices located in a shopping center but so was the "Mansion". So I get out the car and looked at my mom and my little sister Julianna and said. "Nope, Not happening, No way" And we all agreed. But we still went into the meeting as a courtesy. We get in there and everything this company offered including their sales reps were circa 1995. But then the lady prints out the price and my mom looks at me and is like "Well, ya know the building is going to be extended past the shopping center. You won't even see the gym or liquor store!" I couldn't believe my ears! I immediately shut down. So as were leaving my moms like "So what do you think Al?" And I'm like "Please just don't call dad yet" I knew that as soon as we gave him the price he was going to want to sign a contract. But my heart just could not do it. We drove separately and I get my car and she gets in hers and like 10 minutes later she calls and says "Daddy said no". She called and gave my dad the whole scoop and he was all excited but then he says "Well what's the catch?" and she says "It's in a shopping center" and he said "Nope, my little girl is not getting married in a shopping center, I don't care how much it cost!" So he hung up and called me and said he was not going to try and pinch pennies or anything and to not worry that I would get what I wanted no matter how much it cost. Needless to say I was pretty relieved. Thank God for good dads huh? So tomorrow we have another meeting with my number one choice....We'll see how it goes....

A & S :-) Mmmm...Love :-)

Jet Plane Ride

It's been quite a roller coaster ride...scratch that. JET PLANE ride these past few weeks. I've been wanting to blog about all of this for awhile but you know what? I'm speechless! ME! Alexandria (INSERT MIDDLE NAME) (INSERT LAST NAME) is utterly speechless. There has been so many good changes that have happened in my life. Actually I should say one change. But this one change has set the stage for many, many, future changes. What is the change? Shawn.... The most magnificent human being I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Here's how I'll explain it. For 19 years (okay maybe not that long, but you get the picture) I have been searching for him. The one who was playing my song. The one who made me want to touch the sky. Who made me not afraid. After each false alarm my heart got more and more anxious. Certainly he's around the corner! He's coming soon...Finally there he was. Without any kind of warning there he was.....And my heart is finally at rest. I couldn't have asked for a better one. It's a connection and love that comes once in a persons life and if you aren't careful it'll pass you by....I'm not letting it pass me by. I'm taking it in. I'm drinking it up and living for the moment. It's such a surreal feeling that I have. Like "Wow...He's it!" I can see my future so clearly now. He's a good man. Unbelievably sexy (Wink, Wink...Rolling Stones T-Shirt please!!) He's talented...(Long live the Arkitects) He's funny, smart, caring, intuitive, charming, romantic, serious, passionate, creative, and he loves me with a love I've never known (parents not included. LOL). I couldn't be happier, I couldn't be luckier...Every moment with him is a moment I want to put into a box to show our grand kids. We've talked about a lot of stuff and we are making a lot of plans.......Just stay tuned and keep October 2007 open.....

It's ovovovovov forever and always :-)

The Roller Coaster

Have you ever ridden a roller coaster? I love roller coasters. I love the adrenaline I get as I'm chugging up. I love the rush I feel when I'm in the air and everything on the ground is shut out and it's just you and the sky. Like you can touch the sky....Touch the sky....

Imagine... Your at Universal Studio's all you've heard all day long is about how amazing The Hulk is...And all day long you've been preparing yourself. Finally your in line. Your laughing, your joking, your wiping sweat of your brow, because Florida is hot as hell. But as the appointed time draws closer your stomach is flipping, your legs are getting heavier. Your having doubts. But yet you press on because you know that once your done you'll be glad you pushed yourself. Your excited....The future holds such promise...

And then suddenly the decision comes. Do you ride front? If you ride front you'll see everything that's coming, some say it's scarier to see it coming. I say it's not. Then you think..."Hmm the middle..the middle has to be good. It's the middle right?" Half in, half out...not fully giving yourself. Short changing your self if you will. But you still don't have enough guts to do the middle....So you think. "Ah hah! The back! The back won't be scary at all! I won't see what's coming, And I can just sit and chill, Yup the back....much safer..." But I say that it's not. I say it's scarier to ride back. You can't see what's up ahead, you don't know where your going next, all you have is a promise, you hear the screams of the people before you, you hear the laughter, the sheer thrill of it all and it excites you. The promise...So you ride back. Your brave....your gonna do it. Then as soon as the lap bar comes slamming down your pulse starts beating faster! "Wait!" Your head screams! "I want to see what's coming first! I want to be safer! STOP! WAIT!" But it's no use...The ride has started...Your chugging....and then your falling and your screaming and your laughing. Because as scary as it is...You know it's all worth it. You took the path less traveled....Because it was all worth it....The promise of the future...

"Being scared".......Sometimes it's worth it she said

So ya heard, Aye?

Hi Everyone!! I hope y'all had a GREAT Thanksgiving....So yes....my phone has been blowing up....It's true. Abby is married and we're expecting a little baby sometime in July. Her and her new Husband Chris had been talking about it for awhile and surprised us all this week with the news. As you cam imagine we were a bit shocked, but we are all very excited!!!!!!!In the midst of Thanksgiving, Work, Relocation plans, and other things, I guess it just kind of slipped my mind :-) Blame it on old age aye?
So yup thats the news. No more. No less.

I'm going to be an Aunt!!!

Yup, Yuppers, Yeppers ;-)

If anyone still has questions just shoot me an email
pinkally47@yahoo.com

P.S. Oh yeah and to who ever "Soccerboy" is. The next time you want to leave a comment on my blog, why don't you sign it with your real name. At least when I make my comments and say what I have to say I have no shame in attaching my name to it. That's what grown-ups do :-)

My Top 15

In the spirit of the holiday I decided to compile a list of things that I'm thankful for, but beware the list is self serving and shallow.

1.Chipotle-
I discovered Chipotle this year, and it's changed my life. Amazing mexican food. I could eat it everyday of my life it wasn't almost 800 calories a pop.

2. Lost-
Discovered this in the Spring and it is by far one of the most amazing shows every created with the exception of Sex & The City....

3. Sex & The City Reruns-
Nothing in that will ever go out of style and it's insanely FABULOUS

4. Claudia the HouseKeeper-
She's awesome (even though I think she stole my P!nk Sweats) my bed is made everyday, clothes hung up, laundry done, towel fresh and neatly folded and ready for the next shower. What would we do with out her?

5. Special K-
For a whole baggie full it's only 150 calories! And it's soooo good

6.PerezHilton.com-
Perez always breaks the latest celebrity news. And he's crazy fun and has insane pictures!

7. Britney dumping K-Fed-
The best news this year! Finally someone took a cold cup of water and threw it in her face

8. Text Messaging-
Sometimes you just don't want to talk

9. Clothes that are to BIG-
Means I'm doing something right

10. MySpace-
Need I say more?

11. Victoria Secret Panties-
Never fails, but I can never leave that store without spending over $150. Everything is so cute and pink, and black, and hot. I love VS!

12. Lucky, In Style, Vogue, W, Harpers, Cosmo, Glamour-
Never leave home without em'

13.Being able to watch ABC tv shows for free online-
Sometimes I miss my shows, but I never panic because ABC shows them on their website for free. Kills a good 45 minutes at work

14. Brithday Cake Remix-
Nothing better in the world

15. For finally finding suede thigh high boots with 4 1/2 inch heels-
Mmmm....goooood. So sexy :-)

So there it is the top 15 things I'm thankful for this year!!!Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!

Swimming the waters of adventure

Sitting here on Sunday night waiting for Desperate Housewives to start, pondering life. As recently as this week I have decided to do the most adventurous thing I've ever done. At this point and time I can't speak on all the details, because like I've said previously, I am a jinx, and this (TRUST ME) is not something I want to jinx. However, I can say this. I want to live my life plunging into the unknown. Skinny dipping in mystery. Adventure, Fate, Unknown, Kismet, Newness, Excitement, Uncharted. These have all been words that have been dancing in my mind for almost a week. I realized this week that life is to damn short to live without taking chances and having adventures! Pending right now is an adventure of a lifetime, something that even if it doesn't end up the way I would like it to, will still stand to be one of the most exciting things I think I've ever done. I know a lot of this is nothing more then a bunch of ramblings, hopefully in 11 days I'll be able to post more details, but until then these cryptic messages is all I can offer.

Sunset Heat

sunset at the beach is a

magical moment,

where two worlds join and

unexpected things occur.

a place where nights are meant for

living dreams.

full of lust-passion and drama

-escada-sunset heat

Burned Bridge

You know who you are
This is for you..
Hm, yeah Ooh, mhm

I thought I knew who you were
I see now you were a lesson to learn
And all I am to you now is a
bridge that's been burned

Now, I was the first to believe
I made you part of my musical dream
And your thanks to me, came without an apology, yeah
We wrote Loving Me 4 Me, don't Walk Away
Can't Hold Us Down, all part of our history
Don't forget Infatuation, I'm a Fighter Feeling Underappreciated

Yeah, this song is for you, to remind you
That I moved on, sang my songs
I've got no regrets

Mhm
Hope it all was worth it
Looks like I didn't need you
Still got the album out
Ha..

Christina Aguilera-F.U.S.S

Picture To Burn

State the obvious,
I didn’t get my perfect fantasy
I realized you love yourself More that you could ever love me
So go and tell your friendsThat I’m obsessive and crazy,
That’s fineI’ll tell mineYou’re gay,
And by the way,

I hate that stupid old pickup truck,You never let me drive
You’re a redneck, heartbreak
Who’s really bad at lyin'
So watch me strike a matchOn all my wasted time
As far as I’m concerned,You’re just another picture to burn.

There’s no time for tears
I’m just sitting here planning my revenge
There’s nothing stopping me
From going out with all of your best friends
And if you come around
Saying’ sorry to me My daddy’s going to show you how sorry you’ll be
‘Cause

I hate that stupid old pickup truck,You never let me drive
You’re a redneck, heartbreak
Who’s really bad at lyin'
So watch me strike a match On all my wasted time
As far as I’m concerned,You’re just another picture to burn.

And if you’re missing me
You better keep it to yourself‘
Cause coming back around here
Would be bad for your health‘
Cause

I hate that stupid old pickup truck,You never let me drive
You’re a redneck, heartbreak
Who’s really bad at lyin'
So watch me strike a matchOn all my wasted time
In case you haven’t heard,
I really, really hate that stupid old pickup truck,You never let me drive
You’re a redneck, heartbreak
Who’s really bad at lyin'
So watch me strike a match On all my wasted time
As far as I’m concerned,You’re just another picture to burn.

Burn, burn, burn, baby burn.
Just another picture to burn
Baby burn~


Taylor Swift- Picture To Burn

Nick Lachey Pictures 2

Marquee
So Into What He's Doing

I'll Take What's Left Of Him

Nick Lachey Pictures 1

Bigger Then Life Body Guard
Slighty Blurry...But Still Insanely Hot
He Was Such A Good Sport :-)
Waiting For Nick....
Signing Autographs

Looking Sexy As Ever...

A year in reflection..

Friday was my 19th birthday (Yay for me!) it was pretty nice, very low-key, but good any how. Last week as Friday began to approach I thought about how different I was from last year. Last year at this time I was a wreck physically and emotionally. I was going through an incredibly hard break up, feuding with my parents, hating my job, hating the way I was looking, and having no sense of direction. And now a year later things couldn't be better. I really think within the last year I have grown leaps and bounds! I still have a tremendous amount of growing up to do but I feel like I'm finally moving in the right direction. So here's to hopping that 19 is the best yet.

New Car

I bought my first new car yesterday! It's a brand new 2007 Scion TC! So new that when I drove it off the lot it had 2 miles on it. It's black with rims, sun roof and a moon roof, power everything, and that totally sexy new car smell.

I still have to post my Nick Lachey pictures so tonight I'll also post a picture of my new whip hahaha.

The Day After

I know everyone has been dying to get all the saucy deets on my fantastic night at the Nick Lachey concert so here they are...

So we arrive at the Warner Theater-which by the way is tremendously gorgeous-there are throngs and throngs of people. I make my way to will call pick up my "Meet & Greet" passes and head to the downstairs lobby. We were down there for about 40 minutes or so which was fine by me, but this lady behind us was complaining that they were missing the show. I'm like "Uh, Hello!? You do realize your about to meet Nick Lachey right? Shut your mouth!" About 10 minutes before the session starts bodyguards and security come out and go over instructions about staying in line and moving quickly. We are then ushered through some doors to the bottom, bottom of the theatre where we are stuffed into a little tiny room. His huger then life bodyguard comes out and starts counting heads and gives us instructions "Attention! Nick is only signing one autograph per person! No pictures with him, no pictures once you get to the table, make it quick, no personalized autographs and when your done go to your seat no waiting for friends!" You can hear a bit of panicked whispers in the room after he makes his announcement "What!? No pictures!" I ask if my friend (who does not want to meet him) could stand by the wall and take pictures and he says yes, so some other girls are like "Well can he hold my camera too?" And the body guard is like "Listen, he's with her, so when she leaves he leaves! Sorry!" So I give me cameras to my friend and give him stern instructions to snap, snap as soon as he walks in the room. Then the girl in front of me hands me her camera and tells me take a picture of her while she's up there I say okay and were ready to go! About 2 minutes later without any warning he walks in! Everyone was completely stunned! No one was screaming or crying just saying "Oh my God! There he is! Oh my God!" Lights are flashing, camera shutters are shutting! He walks in with a coffee cup in his hand, his hair is all sexy "I just got up" style and he had a bit of swagger to his walk. Undeniably sexy! So the line starts moving, before I know it I'm handed a camera and he's right there! I'm trying to snap pictures for the girl in front of me but the camera isn't working and Nick's kinda laughing at me, before I know it I'm thrown forward and there he is. "Hi." I said "Hi, How are you?" he asked. I give him my liner notes he signs them looks up shakes my hand and looks me dead in my eye. Did I mention yet how insanely sexy he is?! Then it's over! I'm ushered back through the hall I can't even wait for my friend who is being a great sport by taking pictures and getting an extra picture signed.

So the details on him.....He was just as I imagined he would be. Tall, big, sexy! He wore what he always wears. Jeans, boots, and a tight v-neck t-shirt. He looked amazing! His hands are big and soft and his eyes are green....He's just soooo sexy!

The concert was great! He started with 3 shirts on and worked his way down to one very tight black wife beater. He did almost all his songs from the new CD, he did two 98 degrees favs. Hardest Thing and I Do. He also did a Led Zepplin song and a song about falling in love again from his first CD. Then he sung a song about being a girls master and love and totally serenaded this girl in the audience. He rubbed her face, hair, hands. It was great! My only complaint was that he didn't interact with the audience much. He didn't do a lot of talking, but nonetheless it was amazing and I'll never forget it or him.......... Oh yeah and during one of the songs he was like gyrating against the mic pole. Girls (myself included) were going CRAZZZZZY!!!

I'll post the little bit of pictures I have tonight.

Do you hate me yet?! LOL

Happy Monday!

The big news of today is that I won tickets to the Nick Lachey concert and meet and greet tomorrow! I am so insanely excited I can't breathe! I never win anything so I don't normally enter into these things. But this morning the radio station announced the contest and I thought "What the hell? I'm feeling good today." So I called and the first part of the competition was to answer a trivia question. "Which of Nick's brothers was on Dancing With the Stars." "Drew!" I shouted. Then they "gave" me one of his body parts (His Abs mmmm) and at 8:50 AM when (and if) I heard my body part called I had to call back. So I'm listening and the man says "What's left of Nick Lachey? His Abs!" I was freaking out!!!!!!! So tomorrow I will be meeting one of the sexiest men in America! This day could not get any better!

Other news will include the following:

I started school last Monday. It's pretty good. My first class is a tad bit gay though. It's a strategies for online learning and then my second class is a computer class. I don't think I start my real classes until after Christmas. But so far I like it. I'm also of thinking of attending the community college and taking some classes in creative writing. I haven't full decided yet but I would start in the Spring.

Um...last time I posted I mentioned going to Virginia again. We did and we had a blast! I have pictures I just have to pick them up from Wal-mart. For my birthday (in like 11 days!) I'm going to get a digital camera so I'll be able to post random photos all the time.

I also cut my hair last weekend. It's really cute, it's about to my shoulders. I needed a change so I told my stylist to cut it all off. It was a bit sad and I was tearing up a little but I love it!

I met a boy....I met him a few weeks ago at the mall. My sister (Abby) and I were talking to this weird guy from Verizon who was like following her around and the boy came up to watch football on the Comcast TV and so we started talking to him about our uncle (Vikings) who was playing at the time. We only talked for a few minutes and I never thought anymore about it. Then last Sunday I get this myspace (LOL) message from him saying he thinks he met me once and so I sent him an email me back and we met up Monday night to see a movie. I've had a blast with him, and I've seen him every day since we met. His really cute, smart, has a job and he's closer to my age which makes my parents VERY happy seeing as how the past two boys have been way older. But I'm not gonna talk anymore about it because as soon as say something about it he'll stop calling, I think I'm jinxed! As things evolve (or don't) I'll post more details.

Look for pictures with Nick later this week.......

God Is Good!

Yesterday was a crazier then normal Thursday. Phones were ringing off the hook, people weren't showing up for their interviews, payroll needed to be done. It was insane! But shortly after my boss left things settled down and then he called and gave me another raise! This is my 5th raise in the year and a half I've been here. My last raise was in May when I became the office manager. So now I will be making over 40K! It's awesome! Plus I get cell & gas allowance! Most people I know making 40K a year are working more then one job or their two income households. For the last year I've played with the idea of moving out and trying it on my on. The money issue has stopped me, not because I didn't make enough, but because if you know me, you money & me don't get along well. :-) But now with this raise I could move out and be comfortable. At this time I'm not planning on leaving though. I have it pretty well. I have no curfew, I can come and go as I please, I don't have chores (we have a full time housekeeper), my dad pays all my bills. The only thing I'm required to do is go to church LOL. When you have it as good as I do why rock the boat right?

Abby & I are headed to VA this afternoon, totally excited! Hopefully I'll have some crazy stories to tell when I get back....

In Response:

I guess my little blog stirred up quite a response aye? We've already seen the comments left here on blogger haven't we all? Now I'd like to post some comments from the myspace blog and also a few emails I received. Personally thanking me

The first two are from my goood friend Ms. Hilary. One was a comment left on myspace.com the other was an email...

Comment:
So well written! Sort of reminds me of the "stalker" situation. Never were true friends - Ashley had to behave or respond just the way they "wanted". Now, they just can't let go!
The band was great Friday night but the best part for me was seeing Josh and Ashley surrounded with a sea of genuine friends - you, Abby, Caitlyn, Amanda, Rachel, Brooke, Katie, Andrew, Kevin, Dustin, Joel, Liz etc.. made me grateful for the faithfulness of God to bring the real thing and get rid of the fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had seen the dance! Perhaps it's on the video! Another reason for a party!

Email
I read your blog to Paul (My Pastor also Ashley's dad) this morning over the phone and he was really hit in the spirit. I told him I thought that was more of a writing as to what God is exposing - especially in the Universal church - weeding out the counterfeit and leaving the genuine. It's the only way we will RULE THE WORLD!!!!!!! :O) I think your writing is more prophetic and speaking into the bigger picture........ Just a thought - ponder with the HS and see what you think... loads of love, Hilary

*Paul is my spiritual covering. He's an awesome Pastor who prays for my family and allows us to use our gifts and callings for God. He realizes that God was the creator of all the things and that our gifts were created to share with the world. Not just to sit in a church Sunday after Sunday reciting the vision.

The other two will remain anonymous because I would hate to drag people in that aren't involved...

Email
You know it's really funny that you mention the whole, never really liked you anyway part in your blog. I mean why in the world would you even have someone in your wedding that you didn't even like. The people there are supposed to support you and be there when the times are tough and when things aren't so great. Here I am a couple hundred miles away, 10 years older than you and still I will not only talk to you, but hang with you. WTF??? Are people that fickle, that they just put people in their wedding to fill a hole, use and abuse someone's house and home only to deny a friendship years later. I mean what kind of witness is that. If I don't like someone, I ask myself why and what I can do to see them in a different light. Stuff like that really makes me wonder if they really understand what Christianity is all about. ARRGGHH all this myspace DRAMA, this is why I cancelled previously, but now I don't care and will be true to what I know and the people who are true to me. Anyway sorry for the rant, but just thought I would respond.

**Now I will admit that this one caught me a little off guard so I had to seek clarity from the author. The following is what I received back...

Haha, well I know I went off on a tangent there, but that was for you Alex, come on now. You know I have to defend you LOL.

The last and finale email I will post I received in the wee hours of the morning. I woke up around 3ish because I couldn't sleep-I'm really excited for this coming weekend-and so I checked my email and did a bit of surfing on the net. The person who sent this to me sent me two separate emails (I will only post the one) but I was moved to tears because for years I have thought this person didn't like me. But come to find out we shared the same feelings towards each other and have been denying a friendship that had the potential to be GREAT but because of other parties involved was never seen to it's fullest.

2nd Email
Hey I SWEAR I just read your blog, and ironically I just sent you another message earlier that touched on a similar topic! I think we both just had an epiphany of whom we are as people and where we stand as friends to others. I am sorry that someone could take advantage of you as a friend and be so selfish and cold to act the way that they did. I don't know who it is you wrote about, nor is it any of my business, but I just wanted to let you know that what they did is wrong, and I think it shows awesome character that you walked away with your head up high... and that you did not let someone's insecurities affect your own identity. I admire that.
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In closing please don't stop reading my blog just because you are taking on other people's offenses. NOTE: A very prophetic man of God once said "You can not offend a dead man." I urge everyone to go back and read the now famous post because no where in there did I say nasty things. Neither did I gossip or slander anyone. I spoke the truth. Maybe that's what the problem is. Regardless of what these people have done to me and have said about me (and lets face it, will continue to say) I have remained as true as possible and I also have tried to reach out to them on numerous occasions. The post was not a result of a friend request denial that would have been immature, although that was the final draw, it instead was written out of frustration that has been building for many years. I will not apologize for the things I said or think. I will continue to write what I want, when I want, and about whomever I want. After all America is still the land of the free isn't it?

If any one is still adamant on saying that I did slander & gossip I suggest you visit Dictionary.com and look the words gossip & slander up, and then once you do that subscribe to The Word A Day. It's free. And to all of those who "anonymously" read my blog. All though I am deeply flattered, next time lets be woman (or man) enough to respond on my blog. Feel free to leave any type of comment. Wisdom, encouragement, disagreement, scriptures. All is welcome and will not be deleted.

Ponder this, shall we?
Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.
Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999

True Friends

Friday night at Ashley & Josh's rehearsal dinner, (actually more like party. ) All of us "younger" people were up front making up silly dance moves, and Brooke came up with one called "Stab you in the back" it was kind of like the Psycho movie move. We all did it and laughed as we pretended to stab each other in the back. It was ironic (in my opinion) that we created that dance move just as we were celebrating genuine friends. In my day I've experienced a lot of stab-ige, and within the last 3 years or so friendships have begin to weed themselves out.

So myspace is taking the world over right? And sometime last week all of these new "addicts" were born and I realized "Hey, those are my friends!" So I did what any normal friend would do. I sent a friend request. Imagine my shock when I received this back "Hey, I apologize but I typically keep this site for my close friends. I hope all is well with you." So I asked the person. Was I not a close friend when I stood upfront as you took your vows? Or does knowing you for at least 10 years not classify me as a close friend either? When I went home and told Abby, she wasn't surprised. Because why? 1. This person sent her the same thing, and 2. One of this persons very close relatives told Abby a couple of weeks ago that the aforementioned "friends" wife never liked us anyway. I guess what it ends up being is that these people were in some way threatened by me, my sister, and my family. Therefore they stayed true to that old saying of "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" But now that we live in totally different states they still can't stop the competition because if they stop it they will have to face the truth. What is that you ask? Well simple. They lost. While the rest of are moving on with our life and experiencing life, they are still no further along then they were 4 years ago.

What are the basis of this person saying we aren't close? There aren't any. Is it the fact that we moved to a different state? Or maybe the fact that we no longer live under a dictatorship?

That's why now I am so happy for where we (me & my family) are in life. We have true friends. Friends that are genuinely happy for the strides we make in life. Friends that don't talk behind our backs. Friends who don't try to bring condemnation. Friends that don't try to force their convictions on us. I never knew the true definition of a friend until I met Ashley. I can met a guy and call her and tell her about it and she's just as thrilled (if not more) as I am. She doesn't go back to her other friends or family and say that I only want a boyfriend because she has fiance. (Yes I have had that said before). And I know with Ashley that if my family were to move to Colorado and go to another church we would still be great friends! Our friendship isn't based on location.

I guess what this has shown me is that we were never friends to begin with. We are only friends when we can provide jobs, mattresses, honeymoons, money for mission trips, clothes, shoes, purses, the use of our house for various events, or just ourselves for them to walk all over.

To Tattoo??

Were headed to VA again this weekend. And I'm really excited! Last time we had the greatest time ever! I'm debating on getting a tattoo from Mr. Ink. I was going to get one last time but changed my mind. But now I'm not so sure. I want either a small heart on my wrist and/or La Bella Vita (Italian for the beautiful life) or I want just a heart and Bella on my wrist. But I don't know. It was rather painful to watch Tony get his done last time. I don't know. I'll update you Tuesday when I get back on it.

The Wedding

So Ashley & Josh got married this weekend and it was great! We had so much fun Friday night dancing to oldies and flirting with the not so attractive waiters. I ended up buying Dress A, and returning it Saturday morning! I took it home and tried it on again Friday night and it just didn't do anything for me. So I went with a black dress that I got in April and had never worn. The day of the wedding was great. It was little cloudy but just as Ashley got to the end of the aisle the sun came peeking out. Abby, Amanda, and I sung our three songs and if I do say so myself we sounded really good LOL. The harmonies were great! But over all it was a really nice weekend. Ashley and Josh are one of the sweetest, genuine couples I know and I am so happy for them. It's also pretty cool because they are moving like 5 minutes from us.

Ashley's family from Canada came down and it was soooo fun to hang out with Brooke & Katie who are also super sweet. Brooke and I danced all night Friday and Saturday. I love those girls!

To Jump or Not To Jump?

Yesterday was the like the worst working day of my life! It all of a sudden hit me that I do EVERYTHING and when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING. Don't get me wrong my job is not hard at all. But when you give one person the responsibilities of at least 4 people it can get very stressful. One of the hat's that I wear is accounts payable. I handle both the business accounts and personal accounts. Often times my boss will want me to call a company to get information about his account and every time I explain to him that I am not authorized to get information from his credit card company, car insurance, telephone, gym membership,etc. Yet he still makes me call. So yesterday at about 9 AM he calls asking me to do three things. All three of the task were going to require me to sit on hold for about 15 minutes (in between answering the phone) One of the things was to call his car company about payment. At 9 AM I explained to him that they may not give me any information, but I would do my best. At 9:05 I hung up. At 9:15 he calls back asking if had done two of the things. "Um, no Mr. Boss man I haven't. I was actually sitting on hold when you called but because we have no receptionist I had to hang up (after holding for 6 minutes) and answer the phone." It was after I hung up with him that I put my head down and in the midst of my tears fantasized about jumping out the huge picture window in my office. He then says to me yesterday afternoon. "Pull like 100's of resumes and schedule them" 'Okay sir, will do" then he says "Oh yeah and lets send out all 2500 of these fliers." "Um okay." then this morning he asked me if I sent out the 2500 fliers. Seriously do I look like I have 6 hands? I have to print labels, stick the labels, buy stamps, and then stick the stamps. When we had a receptionist it took her a week to do 1500. Do the math!

It's 11 AM and already the forecast is gray. I feel like I have to vomit from my super nasty protein shake. I have an iron pill stuck in my throat, I've already talked to three irate customers, and it's 11 and my boss is here already!

The Choices

Dress A
Dress B
Dress C

I think I'm gonna go with dress A. I have so many black dresses and this is really different.

Dress Dilemma

This weekend Ashley and Josh are getting married!!! Yeah I'm so happy for them. They are the sweetest couple by far. They've asked Abby and I to sing and because of that I need to find a dress. I started looking like a month ago but never tried anything on and then last week I remembered that the wedding was Saturday and I had NOTHING to wear. Pressure number 1. I'll be on stage (or in the front wherever) in front of people so I can't throw on any old thing on 2. The wedding is semi-formal, and again I can't throw on anything. So I dragged my little sisters with me Saturday to 8 stores. It was so hard because originally I had wanted a dress but that brought up two issues 1. Because I'm so top heavy (yes even after the surgery) it makes finding something to fit up there harder then for most girls. Either it fits wonderfully through the body but my "girls" form a uni-boob, or it fits up top and through the body I'm wearing something for a 300 lb. Woman. 2. Dresses (and even some skirts) that are supposed to fall a little below the knee can look like an evening gown on me because I'm mega short.

So after 4 stores I knocked the dresses out and ended finding two stores with dressy looking skirt and tops. And then on a whim I stopped in another store and found a really pretty strap-less dress that I thought fit pretty well. So yesterday I took my mom back with and to my surprise neither store had the skirts so I went back to the store with the dress and tried it on for my mom and just didn't fall right. So I was back to the drawing board. Moral of the story by 7 last night I was able to put 3 dresses on hold. I'll post the pictures in a seperate posting.

My new pet peeve

Here's my new pet peeve: Tall glasses with small openings! Seriously whoever designed them has no sense at all. How are you suppossed to clean it? I drink these really thick chocalote protein shakes and was washing the dishes at work this morning and I had to clean my cup so I could drink a shake and I could not get the sponge in it to wash the damn thing! There was all this gunk on the bottom and on the sides and it I could not get it in! I finally took the sponge stuck it in the cup and then got a fork and used the fork to move the sponge around. I still couldn't get it! So I have decided that when I go to get married and register for gifts that I will bring a sponge with me and test out every cup. Granted I don't wash dishes by hand normally, but the dishwasher could always break and I wanna know that'll my glasses will be clean at the bottom, not just the top!

Virginia

Last weekend me, Abby, and Troy drove down to VA for Labor day weekend and had an insane blast! We left Friday morning during Ernesto and we booked a hotel suite and just partied all Friday night! We had originally planned on leaving Saturday AM, but some of us (namely the one who had to drive) had a little too much fun the night before and could not bare to sit in the car for 4+ hours. Saturday we went to Dezi and Jeremiah's for another shin-dig and again we had plans to leave Sunday but we just couldn't leave! We ended up not leaving until Monday night at 10:30! It was so great to hang out with everybody. It's was funny seeing how much everyone had grown up and changed, yet we've stayed the same (does that make sense). It was nice to just let my hair down and be myself and just relax. Hopefully we can get down there again soon.

I took pictures but only got one camera developed (I'm still using throw away cameras LOL) most of that camera was of the zoo (yes we went to the zoo) after I develop the other camera I'll post more pictures.

I'm Back!!

Wow! It's been awhile huh? Things have been just so crazy lately that blogging just hasn't seemed that important, but this morning I woke up with a list of things that I needed to write about it. I'll post them separately because I like seeing the long list of things I write about...

Like I said things have been really crazy with me. Starting with work. August was insane because we lost so many employees, technically we lost 3, but when it's only 6 that's a lot! We still have 8 field guys but they don't count. The the other people were in house and kept me sane. Now I'm stuck by myself with my boss and the sales guy. It's been soo stressful but we have a couple interviews this week so now I'm just hoping for one person, any person, it doesn't have to be a receptionist(which I desperately need) just someone for me to talk to!

Next we have school. I have applied to The Art Institute of Pittsburgh for fashion marketing and I got in! The only catch is I'll be doing it online. Blah! I know! I really wanted to go to Philadelphia but I just don't feel the time is right. I think I may transfer my sophomore or junior year. However, I'm very excited. I've always loved fashion, especially design but after much trial and error I've realized I don't have much talent there so this is the next best thing. I'll be doing my work at night and have to be able to devote 15 to 20 hours to it a week, it's gonna be crazy busy but worth it in the long run.