Scrap booking and Basketball

Here is the next scrap-booking page I have finished so far. I am almost done with the online classes and then I am going to get started on scrap-booking all of my seattle pictures so we will see how long that takes!!! While I am super excited about doing all of this is takes me so much time to get each one done so it remains to be seen how long this is going to take me.

On a side note I am enjoying watching the NBA playoffs there have been some really exciting games so far!!! Though I don't think the Mavs will get out of the first round they are putting up a little fight against the Spurs so this is a fun time in the sporting world!!!

A Pic is worth a thousand Words

Here you go Christina this is the second page I made. I have only done 3 so far so you will have to wait to see number 3. This was a fun day and I enjoyed getting to see everyone right before little Hudson was born. This was about a year ago. I have now gotten the bulk of my pictures so I will get those uploaded and get to work on making some more pages. Now it is off to work I go today!!!!

A Little Something for your Ears

I am suddenly realizing how much I have gotten into finding new music now that I don't have my laptop handy (that is where all my Itunes info is located). So I thought I would share with you some of the new things I have found over that last year and encourage you to check them out. Some of this is new to me but not new to the music world and some of it is not new at all I just really wanted to share it with you....

1. Cruiserweight

They are not new to the music scene they have been around awhile and both of my sisters have loved them for a long time. I am not normally partial to girls singing for some weird reason but this is a band that is backed by an amazingly wonderful girl lead singer. I am really enjoying their last EP they released.

2. Ben Rector

I had the pleasure of seeing this guy open at a Dave Barnes concert and let me tell you I was blown away not only by his amazing voice and ability to play the piano and guitar but also he true gift for song writing. He has the same vibe as Dave Barnes, John Mayer, Matt Wertz and so on......and the lyrics of his songs are beautiful and thoughtful.

3. Dave Barnes

I was introduced to Dave Barnes while still in college and have loved following his career over the last few years. He has recently gotten some much deserved attention so if you are not on the Barnes train you need to hop on now. He is so fun to see in concert because he is quite frankly one of the funniest people on the planet...if you think I am exaggerating please check him out on youtube.

4. The Bridges

This is another group I saw open for a band and they are amazing on stage. It is a group of cousins from North Carolina. They are fun to listen to and have a really great southern sound to all their music. You can just tell that they truly love to write and sing together.

5. Demi Lovato

I know many people will say she is just a girl churned out by the Disney Machine but that is far from true. She was making great music before they signed her up they have just given her an amazing stage to showcase her talent. She is a really great piano player and has a voice to die for. Just look up the many youtube videos of her singing her guts out doing covers of other really great artist. The best one is of her singing and playing a Christina Aguilera song. And yes her first album out was very pop she was good at doing the pop and if some of her new stuff is any indication her next album is going to be really great.

I hope I have been able to introduce you to some new artist or even people you haven't thought of checking out. Have a wonderful evening and day. I am hard at work on my digital scrap booking!!!!

The Start of Something New

So I have been told I do not post enough so here is something new for all of you. A friend of mine has gotten into digital scrap booking and I though it looked very interesting so today I got down to business and got my first lesson on how to actually do this. Right now I have very limited pictures because my little sister has my laptop so I decided to use a picture of her graduation!!! Above is my finished project I hope you enjoy. And now I have yet another thing to be a distraction but at least it is something very fun!! Thanks Christina

Some Favorite Things

I realize it has been awhile since the last time I got on this thing...I have been pretty busy the last few weeks so I always forget to get on here and do a little updating. I have in fact gotten a job so that is exciting I am going to give it a few more weeks before I go into detail about what I am doing so I can finish getting used to it...but that is exciting that I am not long unemployed!!! I am very very thankful for that.

I thought I would make a list of things I like at this moment...some of them are new likes and some old.. I am not sure how many there will be yet just hang in till the end an you will know

1. The Library-While many people might find a library a little dorky I absolutely love them. A place where you can go and get a book, read it, them return it. And now libraries offer even more than just books magazines, internet, books on tape, dvd's, photocopying, and tons of children's programing. You just can't go wrong especially if you like books (see below) because this is a place of free books!

2. Texas- I think those of us who live in our great state take it for granted. I was reading a blog by a lady who is a native Texan but lives in New York and her blog is all about missing Texas food. I mean any place you can not purchase Rotel is not ok with me. But for real we have a wonderful state on our hands and I can't imagine living anywhere else!

3. Texas Weather- As much as well all grumble and complain about the weather in those sweltering months of July and August you have to admit we have it pretty good here. There are not many places to live where you have the possibility of wearing shorts and a coat all in the same week, but it is always a possibility here. I think it is the unpredictability of the weather I love. For those of you who live in Texas there is nothing like watching a thunderstorm roll in during those summer months. They come out of no where and you have to be a seasoned Texan to spot the warning signs. But they are a thing of beauty!

4. Smart Television- There is so much junk on TV today somehow as a people we have become ok with mindless reality tv. Well I am going to take a stand I am not ok with it. Smart television is where it is at. When I say smart I mean TV that makes you think, TV that is funny, TV that makes the impossible and silly not seem so impossible and silly. Some of my favorite shoes on TV now are: Fringe, Heros, How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock, Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, Phsyc, House, Chuck...those are just a few but they are shows that are smart, funny, well written. Favorite not on TV shows: Alias, Felicity, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, all shows that didn't have huge followings but were amazingly written and so fun to watch.

5. Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies- This is on the list because it is Girl Scout Cookies Season and I love a good thin mint straight from the freezer that is right the freezer they are at their best when frozen. I don't know how long I have liked these but I always look forward to the day I walk into my Mom's house and she hands me my yearly box of Thin Mints...there is nothing like it.

6. Books- I guess this is a given if you know me or read about the library. I just love the smell and the thought of opening a new book and diving into a whole new world. A world I can create in my mind using someone else's words. I said yesterday I would pretty much choose to read over almost anything else! It is an amazing escape.

7. Discover good music- I love when you find an artist that can give you goose bumps while you listen to the beautiful art they create. I love finding people that put their whole soul into giving people wonderful words to listen to. Music is one of those things that can alter your mood with just one note of a song. It is yet anther amazing escape.

8. Twitter- This is one of the newest things I have discovered. It is such a fun place to quickly type what you are doing and letting everyone out there know. It connects you with people who you would never have access to. Technology never ceases to amaze me.

9. Blogging- This is yet anther new thing I love. I don't necessarily love writing them but I love reading them. It is a wonderful tool that allows you to stay connected to people you would lose track of. I have the unique joy of seeing two of my favorite people being amazing moms through their blogs.

10. Sandwiches- There is nothing like the taste of an amazing sandwich. It doesn't have to be from a fancy place, although if I had to pick I would live for Panera Sandwiches. Sometimes bread, meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo hit the spot. There is nothing like a sandwich on a hot summer day!!

Ok so I ended up with 10 there are many more thing I could add but these are all up there right now. Thanks for sticking with me until the end of that I just felt like recording some of the things I have been thinking about. Have a wonderful day!

Inspired

For the last few days I have been dragging myself to the park down the street for a nice walk everyday--I mean who could ask for better weather right now in Texas in February!!!  When I say down the street I mean it is a few miles and I drive there, but it is oh so nice and pretty with paths marked out and a playground and basketball area.  Well yesterday and today I was inspired by the amount of people who also visit this park not only to enjoy the outdoors but to also exercise......so I am hoping that it was a turning point for me to not have to drag myself but to look forward to the time outside listening to music and enjoying that fact that maybe just maybe we as a country are not as lazy as we think.

This is all apart of my take care of me time while I am searching for a job so tomorrow my project is get a library card.... while some might find this dorky I read so much and books are so dang expensive and in my time of having no money I must find a way to do the things I loved in a frugal manner.  So I will update you on my quest for the card. I will never deny the fact that I can be a whole lot a dork and a lot boring but thus is my life.

I am hoping to have some news in the job front in the next week or so!!!  It would be so nice to stop saying I am unemployed!  But until then I will continue to walk, and read and waste time on the internet!!!

Something to ponder from johncmayer's twitter: Why is it on the A&E show, Intervention, that the entire family seems high as a kite?

A Stunning Revelation

There are many important decisions we have to make over the course of our time here on earth.  These choices shape the people we are.  This week I have finally comes to terms with a choice I have long denied even with the obvious signs right in front of me.  It is a choice so important that once you you make your decision known you are embraced by those like you and mocked and cursed by those who are not........................

I am just going to say it...I am a shower person!  I have long thought myself to be a girl who preferred  the wonderful sensation of a long hot bath.  Well let me just tell you after having my ability to chose between a shower and a bath (I was only able to takes baths this week due to a leaky pipe)  I found I longed for a nice hot shower.  There have been signs over the years that I ignored:

1. In college when you are first out on your own your dorm room only provides you with the option of  taking a shower.  Well my dorm also offered another alternative on the first floor a community bath an amazing find for the bath lover.  If I had truly been a lover of a bath I would have not gotten the hebby jebbies every time I thought about trucking it down to the community bath and locking myself into the room where who knows what or who had used the tub before me. A true bath lover like an unknown friend of mine (you know who you are) used this room frequently and sometimes more than once a day until sadly (or thankfully) the locked it up.

2. A true bath lover would not think of taking a bath as sitting in your own filth water.  Which I do view it if it is to be my means of getting clean.  The most enjoyable bath is one you take after having taken a shower.  This way you are not sitting in dirty water but nice clean water!

3. When given the choice I will always pick a shower....it is quicker, your are not laying in dirty water and the water doesn't get cold on you (unless you are taking a 30 minute shower)

So that being said I feel much better about putting this discovery out in the open and I hope that those of you who are bath lovers do not look at me any differently.  And hey don't get me wrong a bath is nice every once and a while.  

This is what sitting in your own filth looks like!