Cannot.
Believe.
It’s Monday.
Already.

Anyone else thing that the weekend went by entirely too fast?

I’m going to apologize now, because this is probably going to be the longest blog post EVER.

I have no exciting weekend news for ya. Last week was a super crazy week, so I laid in my bed and caught up on Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice on Friday night. I laid in my bed until like 1:00 on Saturday, then went to my adoptive family’s house to watch the OU game.
Let’s talk about the OU game for a second. That was seriously the most stressful game ever! Now, I’m not one to really complain about football refs. I know that they are on the field and see things differently than we see on tv, but the OU refs? COME ON! When the tv is replaying a "touchdown" over and over from several different angles and it is clearly NOT a touchdown, how do you still call it a touchdown? I just don’t get it…

Ok. Football rant is over now.

Sunday was church and lunch with adoptive family, then, instead of napping, I did tons of laundry, watched part of season 1 of Glee on DVD, and made an adorable scarf! Pictures to come later…my camera is dead :(

After evening church, I went to Q Group, then home to clean my room so that it’s one less thing I have to do this week!’

I only have a four day week this week! Super exciting after the insanely crazy week I had last week. I’m heading to H-town on Thursday after work, then my Momma and I are heading down to Dallas to see our cousins! My cousin EA is in her school’s color guard, and I’ve been DYING to watch her perform! I was in my school’s color guard all four years of high school, and I’m super pumped that EA is doing it as well! Now, if I can just get this week to move fast, I’ll be doing good! :)
I’ve been a pretty terrible blogger over the past couple of weeks, because I’ve been tagged in two different Q&As and given a blog award, and I haven’t been able to acknowledge any of them! Sorry :( Again, this is probably going to be a super long post, but I’m going to try to get all of this in.

Erin tagged me in a Q&A. Erin is such a sweetie, so if you don’t read her blog, you need to go follow her ASAP! Here are my answers to her questions.

1. What is your favorite movie?

My favorite movie is Miss Congeniality! I adore Sandra Bullock, and this movie is just fantastic!

2. Favorite sport?

My favorite sport to watch is football. Favorite sport to play…I’m not super athletic, but I did play tennis in middle school. I can’t play anymore because of my spinal fusion, but I really enjoyed playing when I could.

3. Favorite blog to read?

Kelly’s Korner! I love Kelly! She is one of the first blogs I ever read, and I just love her!
4. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

Europe! Paris, London, Venice, Tuscany…I want to see them all!

5. Favorite meal?

I love Mexican food, so probably something Mexican.

6. What part of the day do you enjoy the most?

I guess the afternoon. I’m not really a night owl or a morning person.

7. What’s something most people don’t know about you?

That I blog! I’ve talked about this before I think, but only a few people that know me in the real world know about my blog. I’m not trying to hide it, but I’m not broadcasting it either. Four or five friends, and just a handful of family members know about this!

Sonja also tagged me in a Q&A game! She’s adorable, so you need to check her blog out too!

1. When you hear about Jacksonville, Florida, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

Jacksonville Jaguars…that’s all I got!
2. What is one thing you could eat and never get sick of?

Chocolate

3. What is your favorite thing to do when you aren’t working?

Just hang out with my girls or my family

5. Could you live without coffee?

Absolutely. I don’t drink coffee at all!
6. What is your favorite thing about blogging?

Wow, there are so many answers to this! I love meeting new people through blogging. I love having a place to come and write when I feel like it. I love having a "journal", if you want to call it that. I just love everything about it!

7. If you could change your college choice, would you?

This is a tough one. I used to say I wanted to go to UCLA, just because it sounded cool. When I got closer to graduation, it was OSU. I ended up at UCO, and I really loved everything about my college experience. I really don’t think I would change it at all.

8. How do you feel about the Duggars having more kids?

Funny question! From a medical standpoint, I think considering the pregnancy complications Michelle had this last time, I don’t think it would be a wise decision for her to have more children. But, it’s their family and their decision. God will never give someone more than they can handle, so if He blesses them with more children, they can handle it!

Mimi gave me the Happy 101 blog award! Mimi’s blog is one of my favorites! Check her out! Thanks Mimi!

For this award, I have to list 10 things I like. Here we go!

1. My family

2. My friends

3. My kitty

4. Dresses
5. Scarves

6. Music

7. Chocolate

8. Karen Kingsbury books
9. The color pink

10. Ladybugs

Thanks to all you ladies for the tags and awards! Now I’m passing this award on to all of you! Yall are all awesome, and you deserve it!

Tonight is the night! After weeks of planning and Crafty Ashley’s brain on overload, my boss’s baby shower is tonight! Tracy and I have worked so hard, and we have a really awesome shower planned.

Mateya and Chelsea are hosting The Snuggle Up Scarf Swap!

1. Zero Frizz

Zero Frizz is amazing! My hair can be kinda frizzy, and this stuff works really well!

2. Suave Volumizing Mousse

Love this stuff too! My hair is also flat, so this gives a little bit more volume. I love it!

What are your favorite hair products? Show us your favorites by linking up with Taylor!

Also, my bestie Jessica is hosting a giveaway on her blog! Head over to her blog The Fabulous Life of Mommy and get entered!

Wow, it has been such a crazy weekend! I actually had several blogworthy activities, but my camera flipped out and deleted ALL of the pictures I took on Friday night! I’m very irritated with it. You’ll have to settle for pictures from the internet.

Ok, I’m gonna warn you. I’m gonna go nerdy on you for just a moment!

Y’all know I love the news, right? Friday evening, KOCO News, my favorite OKC news team, did their 5:00 and 6:00 broadcasts from my university as part of their “On-The-Road College Tour”! Teddie and I went out to watch the broadcast. I was super excited because I got to meet…

Rick Mitchell is KOCO’s weatherman, and he is awesome! I am an absolute mess during severe weather, and Rick keeps me calm! If I’m at home, I have to watch him, and if I’m in the car, I turn it to the station that broadcasts him! Not gonna lie, I was totally star struck! He was really cool!

Teddie and I took pictures with him, but my camera erased them! I hate it!

Along with watching the 6:00 broadcast, we got to see several of the other anchors.

Love Jessica! She’s due with her first baby in 4 weeks, and she was adorable!

Paul goes to church with me. Got to chat with him for a few minutes between segments.

Wendell also goes to church with me!

  

Got to see all of these guys too!

After leaving the school, we headed to Teddie’s house to meet our friend Katie. Teddie wanted her hair highlighted, and Katie did it for her! It turned out really cute, and I got some great pictures, but they were also erased. :(

Saturday, I got to sleep in for a bit, then had to babysit. Every year during football season, I babysit for a family that has OSU season tickets. I met them when I had their youngest child in my class when I worked at a child care center during my senior year of college. He was my favorite, and I love getting to hang out with him and his sister!

A few pics from the evening…

SpongeBob

 
Mickey Mouse

C’s SpongeBob characters, with a little help from R

 
R’s SpongeBob characters

My pictures

We made paper plate crabs! So much fun!

Sunday morning, I went to church, then went to help Joyce work in her classroom. When she and Wade had to go to a church meeting, I hung out at their house with the kids and then took them to evening service. We met up with W&J there. After evening service, I went to my Q Group. It was our first evening together after our summer break. It was awesome seeing everyone again, and we had several new people that joined our group!

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I painted my toes last night!

   
I think Jack approves of the color!

Hope you all had an awesome weekend!

This week’s Favorite Friday topic is favorite fall TV show. Here’s the one I’m most excited about!

I loooove Private Practice!

I was not at all excited when they first announced that there was going to be a Grey’s Anatomy spin-off. I thought it was too soon, and Addison was my favorite Grey’s character. After watching the first episode, I just absolutely loved it!

Kate Walsh is adorable!

Taye Diggs is really hot! :)

And Tim Daly’s not too bad either!

The only thing that would make Private Practice better is…

Bringing on Patrick Dempsey.
Seattle Grace doesn’t REALLY need him, right?

A couple of other’s I’m excited about…

What show are you most excited about? Link up with Jen and show us your favorite!

…to these.

If you’ve been reading my blog or following my Twitter for any length of time, you know all about this! Rarely does a day go by that I don’t have at least one. If I go without, I end up with a horrible headache. It really stinks!

A little over a year ago, my doctor discovered that my body has an intolerance for caffeine. I NEVER imagined this was even possible! We figured this out when I started having horrible chest pains, almost like having a heart attack. Or, in my mind, heart valve prolapse or failing aorta as a result of Marfan’s Syndrome (Thank you college biology and Grey’s Anatomy for putting those ideas in my head!). After running several heart tests, my doctor decided it was caffeine intolerance or scoliosis-related issues, which is a whole other post itself.

I cut out caffeine for about a month, and the pains went away, so that’s when we decided my problems were caffeine related. Since then, any time my caffeine intake gets to much, the pains start back. I haven’t had any in MONTHS…until last night.

I woke up super early with pains in my “caffeine spot”. I immediately knew what was wrong and decided there would be no caffeine for me today. I was fine until about 2:00 this afternoon. I started CRAVING a Dr. Pepper soooooo bad! When I got home from work, I finally broke down and had a can.

Because of that, I’m sure I’ll still have some pains tomorrow, but I’m thinking I’m going to have to gradually cut down on my DPs instead of cutting them out completely. Hopefully, I’ll get it under control pretty quickly. We’ll see how it goes!

Meghan tagged me in a question & answer game! Here are my answers.

1. What kind of hair (color or cut) have you always wanted but never had the nerve to do it?

I’ve already done a drastic hair change. I was blonde for 22 years, and two years ago I went brunette! It took quite awhile to finally decide to do it because I don’t like change, but I really loved it!

2. If you could move anywhere in the world, where would you go?

Nashville! It’s one of my absolute favorite cities!

3. What famous lady would you love to be or be bff with?

Carrie Underwood! I’d love to be friends with her! Shocking, I know! :)

4. What trashy reality show are you embarrassingly addicted to?

I really enjoy Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami! I love them!

5. What is your favorite beverage?

Dr. Pepper!

6. When was the last time you cried and why?

Monday night, my agency had a training for our foster parents. Listening to them talk about their experiences as foster parents was very emotional!

7. What playlist/CD is on your iPod/CD player right now?

Little Big Town’s ‘The Reason Why’ is in my car CD player. My iPod has several playlists that are just mixes of everything.

8. What is your favorite dessert?

I love all things chocolate, but if I had to choose one thing, it would be the chocolate cheesecake my Momma makes for me every year for my birthday! It’s chocolate cheesecake with a brownie crust. AAAAA-MAZING!

Ok, so I’m supposed to create eight questions and pass it on to eight people, but instead I’m going to send this along to anyone who wants to play! You can use these questions. or go here for the questions I did last time I was tagged.

Also, last week Amber gave my blog an award! Amber is such a sweetie and has the cutest little girl! If you don’t read her blog, you absolutely should!

Thanks Amber!!

The rules of the award say that I have to answer the question: If you had the chance to go back and change one thing in your life, would you and what would it be?

I honestly can’t thing of anything I would change. I’m pretty happy with my life and where it has taken me. My ‘carnival ride’ has been pretty great so far!

I’m passing this one on to Lindsay, Meghan, Neely, and Tara!