its official...

i am a homeowner FOR REAL this year.

it has almost been a year since i bought my house. it was a crazy december for me... with moving, having strep throat for 3 weeks and then the holidays. it was just too much for me to decorate for Christmas. i just needed to unpack. it didn't even feel like my house for several months. kind of hard to do much of anything with it!!

well, this year, i kind of got a jumpstart on things. i don't know if i'm done... but we'll see. i knew i HAD to buy a tree this year. so this morning i bought one. i just couldn't let it sit there in the box unopened!! i had to put i up!! :)

sooooooo... unlike me, it is BEFORE thanksgiving and i have Christmas up in my house. (i gripe about the Christmas music that starts after halloween and the craziness that starts way too early - but i guess i've gotten caught up in it) thanksgiving will be a little busy for me but a wonderful busy and i just want to spend time with my man and family.

here's a pic of my tree: i'm sure i'll make some changes/additions before the day actually comes!!

51 days and counting!!!

for what you might ask?!?!

until i don't have to wear these anymore:

i'm getting LASIK baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can't tell you how very excited i am. SERIOUSLY. i think this is better than Christmas. :)

these are a few of my favorite things...

so there is just something about this time of year. i don't know if it is the cold breeze or the smell of pumpkin (yummm!), but it just invigorates me somehow! its my favorite time of year!

these are just a few of my favorite things...

1. oh those red cups! (preferrably with something good inside! maybe a nonfat mocha?!)

2. crazy, fun Christmas wrapping paper!

3. anything pumpkin. enough said.

4. SWEATERS! preferably turtlenecks :)

5. wearing my peacoat

6. staying under the covers just a little bit longer...

7. the smell of burning firewood... mmmm...

8. Christmas cookies!!!!!

1 word... (or more)

1. Where is your cell phone? table

2. Your significant other? amazing

3. Your hair? annoying

4. Your mother? loving

5. Your father? dependable

6. Your favorite thing? see #2 (:

7. Your dream last night? ??

8. Your favorite drink? Diet DP/Hot Choc

9. Your dream/goal? physically fit

10. The room you're in? living room

11. Your fear? loss

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home

13. Where were you last night? homegroup

14. What you're not? patient

15. Muffins/donuts? muffins

16. One of your wish list items? lasik!

17. Where you grew up? Texas

18. The last thing you did? eat

19. What are you wearing? hoodie

20. Your TV? old

21. Your pet? -

22. Your computer? Dell

23. Your life? blessed

24. Your mood? sleepy

25. Missing someone? ABSOLUTELY

26. Favorite pastime? shopping

27. Something you're not wearing? shoes

28. Favorite Store? many

29. Your summer? far

30. Your favorite color? choc brown

31. When is the last time you laughed? lunchtime

32. Last time you cried? weekend

33. Who will/would re-post this? ??

34. Four places I go over and over? work, church, grocery, homegroup

35. Four people who e-mail me? Steven, Mom, Amy, HG girls

36. Four of my favorite foods? ice cream, bread, chicken, cookies

37. Four places I would like to be right now? colorado, vacation, bed, traveling

38. Four people I tag? anyone who wants to do it

fortune of the day...

ok. so i just grabbed dinner at pei wei (pronounced "pee wee" :) and this was my fortune in my cookie:

"Reach for your dreams. Start with the spring rolls."

since when did fortunes turn into commercials?!

halloween for the books...

what a great weekend!

it started with friday night - Hollywood Halloween. what a great party! we had everything from a red carpet to a live feed from the front yard to the big screen in the back yard!! seriously?! we had so many celebrities. from the small screen (cast from grey's anatomy, the office, deal or no deal beauties...) to the big screen (harry potter, tom cruise...) to tony romo/jessica to all phases of britney!!... we had it all! what a riot!

saturday i got to spend time with the 2 women i could NOT live without! my sis let me meet her for lunch! we had a great lunch at CPK and just hung out up in frisco... lots of fun! thanks j-man for letting me borrow her for several hours!! then later that night i headed over to mom's to watch the tech/tu game. wow. what a game. its always fun to watch football with mom. ;)

thank goodness for the extra hour, because sunday morning, bright and early, i met 3 MORE important beautiful ladies for breakfast before church. my A-group!! (we looked VERY different than we did friday night - hehe) i'm so extremely blessed!!!