Why would I wear a turtleneck on May 17th???

Because I have a job interview today!!

Those of you that know me best know that I get hives...major hives...due to any sort of anxiousness, anger, or sadness. I'm wearing my interviewing uniform today - my go to 3/4 length black turtleneck, of course!

Why a turtleneck you ask? Why not a high cut blouse of some sort? Because my hives will not only cover my chest and upper arms, but my neck and cheeks as well. I'd just wear a bag over my head, but that might send the wrong message (pssyyycho).

I'm trying to make this my mantra for today, but my subconscience keeps wiggin' out and saying, "What the $%*@ ever!"

Wish me luck, friends.

FINALLY!

You know that saying, "To the world, you are just one person...but to one person, you just might be the world?" Well these shutters might be just shutters to you, but to me...they are the world. I've been wanting to put some board and batten shutters on our front windows since last summer. The timeline of my begging, pleading, demanding went a little something like this...

June-September 2010

Me begging for Dustin to build shutters. Dustin saying we can just buy some already made. Me arguing how cheap you could build them (and get such a dramatic change) and giving Dustin the "you can do it!"

October -December 2010

Me hinting around to how good shutters would look on the house. Me telling Dustin I could do it myself, and getting the look.

January-March 2011

Me whining to telling Dustin's dad, Corky, that I reeeeaaaaly want some shutters (he has this saying "Whatever Carly wants, Carly gets..." He's a good man that Corky.), and hinting that maybe they could build them together! You know...father/son bonding time and whatnot.

March 2011

Dustin hangs out with his Dad one Saturday afternoon while I am at a shower and BAM!

The shutters were BUILT! HALLELUJAH! They were tangible and everything!

But they were in Ft. Smith...and they wouldn't fit in the Yukon with the humongo dog we have, all of his humongo crap, and all of our crap.

April 2011

Still can't get the shutters home. Every time we are in town, we have the humongo dog with us who takes up the whole humongo Yukon.

May 2011

We finally get smart, suck it up, and drive separate cars to the Fort to pick get the shutters....but they still need to be stained. So they sit...in the garage.

We make the decision that we are moving to Fort Smith.

Hmm...a tid bit ironic, don't ya think????

Weekend of May14-15

The shutters are stained and put on the house! ...and there is a for sale sign in the yard.

Ah, well....at least I get to enjoy them another 3 weeks!

Thanks, honey!

(for nothing)

Just kidding...love you!! :)

Poor guy has to listen to me moan and groan a lot. It can't be easy.

Faytown

D and I headed to NWAR last weekend. I left right after school to make it to Fort Smith on Friday night in time to take my mom out to eat at Fuji's Japanese steakhouse with Tiffany and Addi for Mother's Day. The food was delicious and I stuffed myself big time.

Then, Saturday morning we headed to Fayetteville to hang out with our buddies Hayley and Andy. The boys hung out and drank beer at Felton's while Hayley and I shopped around a bit. Then we headed to the Razorback baseball game. They had already beaten FL twice, so we were hoping for a sweep, but we brought no such luck.

Hayley and I....we did not plan the matching shirts, sunglasses, and hair - promise.

We are just dorks like that.

Me and my hottie hubs

Andy and Hayley

Oh...and we stopped at Slim Chicken's on the way to the game. MmMmMmMm!!!

We had a good time hanging out with good friends and seeing how much Fayetteville has changed since we've lived there. Every time I go up there, it just amazes me how much that area is still growing! Going to the baseball game also made me miss going to watch my brother play when he was up there. It sure makes me wish I hadn't taken those days for granted.

$5K for the 5K - Dash for a Difference

Sorry it has been awhile since my last post. In addition to beginning to pack, job hunting, and constantly cleaning house just in case it shows (it hasn't), something weird was going on with blogger. So, you see, I have excuses.

I've ran my 2nd 5K since I last was on here. It was a race my school district put on to benefit the Rotary Kid's Kloset. They raised over $5,000! Like I've said, I am no runner, so you won't be impressed with my time, but I was impressed with myself. I just wanted to be my time from my first 5K, which was 33:54. This time I ran 32:18, which is a little over a 10 minute mile average! I so thought I was going to get it in under 31 minutes, but there was a hill that was for.e.ver long!! No joke. I did successfully run up the whole thing, but I had to walk a minute after I did...I was feeling a wee bit faint.

I've signed up for my next race. The Dino Dash, benefiting Little Rock's Discovery Museum, is next weekend and I'm running in it with my literacy specialist, Paula, who ran with me in this last one. I just want to get my time under 31 minutes this time. We shall see!

The hubs met me at the end of the race and took a few pictures.

Crawfish Benefit

I forgot to blog about this, but last Saturday, Dustin and I headed downtown to the Rivermarket to a crawfish boil sponsored by The Hat Club benefiting Big Brothers and Big Sisters. There was a really good turnout and it was good to get out of the house and have a fun date night.

My honey and I

crawfish races

Each crawfish had a fun name, like Kim Crawdashian, Kurt Crawbain, Night Crawler, etc.

Me and a crawfish I named "Crawly"

Carly <3s Crawly

Bark in the Park!

Of course we headed out to Dickey Stephens Field for Bark in the Park last week. Duke loved it so much last year, how could we have neglected to go?!

One of the only times this little boy sat down.

Duke made friends with this English Mastiff. She was a big ole baby.

This was the puppy parade that took place before the game. We got there right as it was starting. I was bummed we missed walking in it, but I don't think Dustin was too disappointed. ;)

Lots of passerby's got a kick out of this.

Look at that teeny tiny dog!!

Another Dane sat by us. His name was Bruce Wayne, he was Duke's age, and he liked to sit on laps too.

Duke and his daddy

Duke and his mommy

As you can see, we had a tail wagging time.

Family Easter

We had Easter linner (lunch-dinner) at Amber and John's on Easter Sunday. Other than a few sprinkles, the rain held off for us to be outdoors. The kiddos had a great time hunting Easter eggs and we had a great time visiting with the whole family together. That seems to happen less and less these days as our families keep growing and getting busier and busier. We really do cherish these times.

Here's a few pics of our nieces, Morgan, Emilee, and Braelyn, and our nephew, Drew, hunting Easter eggs. By the way, D and I had way too much fun hiding Easter eggs....and the Easter loot was out of control!