Cat Walk

Who sats you can't take a cat for a walk? Well....Rudy! He was a big fan of the fresh air and strange outdoor noises, but he wasn't feeling the leash and collar. It's just not how he rolls.





All of that non-walking made me so thirsty!

Weekend Wrap-Up

After a shotmethisdaycouldn'tgetanyworse Friday, I was ready to get the heck outta school. So, we made plans to meet Kevin and some other people at Flyin' Burrito downtown...super yummy as always! Being the old fogies we are, we came home and crashed after dinner. (I wouldn't have it any other way.)

We slept in on Saturday (which in college days would mean noon, but now means 8:30-geez how things have changed), ran some errands, then went to Bryant to continue the house hunt. We really like the house we posted about before, but obviously want to look around more since our lease isn't up until the end of April. Since Dustin doesn't know Bryant as well as I do, I took him around town, showing him some back roads and we went to a local BBQ-Catfish diner called Jordan's. De-licious!

Saturday night, we headed to Matt and Jessica's wedding shower out in Beebe. Dustin works with Matt, and we've gone out with him and his fiance a couple of times. They are really sweet and too cute together. It was mostly a work related shower, so I got to mingle with the co-workers I met at the Christmas party a little more. I also finally got to meet Mr. Maverick himself, Kevin's dad, Steve. As I had heard, he was an extremely nice guy and super easy to talk to. I'm so glad Dustin has found not only a job he enjoys and an industry he is passionate about, but I'm really grateful it's with such a family friendly company. Here are a couple of pictures of the happy couple and their guests. Hope you had a great weekend!!

Multi-tasker on his way to the shower.
Opening their gift from us.
The whole gang

Free Custom Desktop Background

Through my blogstalking, I've found a super cute website with digital scrapbooking layouts (www.shabbyprincess.com Then click "blog"). If you have never heard of that, don't feel ignorant, I hadn't heard of it either! I can't even keep up with my regular scrapbooking, so I don't think I'll be delving into the digital stuff anytime soon. I'm not that tech savvy. BUT, apparently they post free custom scrapbook desktop backgrounds every month. All you have to do is download it, then copy and paste a picture you want into the layout. Other than cropping my picture in iPhoto and then adjusting the size of the picture when I had it pasted in the layout, there was nothing else to it! This February one is very cutesy and I can't wait to see what she has for March. I'm such a nerd...

A Moment...

Dustin and I can be quite the cornballs. Especially when we're talking lovey-dovey. Actually, I think it all started when we caught on to my mom and Johnny's lovey-dovey talk. Johnny calls my mom "hun-um-bun-um", and if you're upset, tired, or anything of the liking, Johnny says "you're widdle". So, as embarassed as I am to say this, we talk like this all the time...kind of like we're talking to a dog or Rudy.

Anywho, we had a lovey-dovey moment when we went to bed last night that turned corny. I just said "I love you" and gave him a kiss like I always do before we fall asleep, and he did the same. But then, I just got that warm-fuzzy feeling inside, and the conversation went as follows:

Me: I do. I really love you. And I hope you always know that.

Dustin: You're widdle. I love you, too, babe.

Me: You complete me.

Dustin: --silence--

Me: You had me at hello.

Dustin: Show me the money!!!!!(In a yelling voice....in bed.)

Jerry McGuire, anyone??

I'm a Hu-man!

"I'm a hu-man, Mom. See! Can I pwease go outside? I have shoes on!"

Northbound

I've seen these white birds flying North over the river on my way home the past couple of weeks (I know, I know...I shouldn't take pictures while I'm driving.....blah, blah, blah....I'm a multi-tasker, what can I say?) Anyway, the pictures do not do justice to how beautiful of a scene this is when the sun is setting on the water. And there's not just a few of them, there are hundreds! And they were flying in a perfect, never-ending line of white flickering light. They were flying so close to the bridge and some were stopped and perched on the bridge. It's gorgeous and I know this is completely corny, but it just gave me this calming feeling. I could use that everyday after work.

P.S. I would NOT tell you that I saw these same white birds taking bird baths in a dirty pool of water when I passed the landfill today. That would take away from the beauty of this post. I would NOT want to ruin your peaceful feeling with that grotesque image.

Weekend Bliss

We spent this past weekend in the Fort as we do many weekends. We just can't keep away from family longer than 2 weeks! We had planned to stay with Mom and Johnny this weekend for my mom's 51st birthday, but she had more important plans in Cali. Can't say that I blame her! So, while Mom was having her birthday fiesta in Cali, we caught up with Dustin's parents. They made two of my favorite meals, filet, sauteed mushrooms, and a baked potato on Friday, and homemade Lasagna on Saturday. Umm...can you say heaven? Super yum!

I got to spend a little time at the park with Morgan and Drew on Saturday while Dustin and Corky drove over to Tenkiller to check out the construction progress on my parent's new lakehouse. I almost didn't go because I had a fever the night before and the crud that's going around, but am really glad I did. It made me feel better and I just love to watch those two play together. They obviously fight like brother and sister at times because they basically are, but they also are so sweet on one another (did you see that adorable picture of the two of them?). When they're not together, they are always on the phone. When she's on the phone, Morgan carries around her Mom's blackberry around and smacks on her purple gum (SO grown up), while Drew paces back and forth any and everywhere (I wonder who he got that from?!)

Well...I'm off to work out. This will be my third time in three weeks, but don't judge me! I'm working on improving the average!