TGIF!

What a week! I'm so glad it's Friday! As soon as I get off work today, I'm heading to my folks for Mother's Day weekend! Looking forward to some family time!

So, it's been a while since I participated in Five Question Friday, so I thought it was time I linked up again!

1. Have you ever had a roommate?

Yes, when I was in college (and then two years right after college). When I first moved to Dallas, one of my former college roommates and I had an apartment together for about a year before I moved into the apartment I live in now. Right now my only roommate is Mordecai*.

2. How many names do you have (i.e. Prince Charming William Phillip Arthur Louis John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt)? 

I just have three. My first name, my middle name and my last  name. I did graduate high school with a girl who had 6 middle names (I'm not lying). I don't remember them all, but it took up two lines in our graduation program.

3. Did you watch the Royal Wedding?

No. Well, I saw about 10 seconds of it when I turned on WFAA to watch the morning news only to realize ABC had been hijacked by wedding coverage. No offense to William and Kate, I wish them all the joy and happiness in their marriage, but I just didn't see the appeal. Weddings just aren't a big deal to me. Maybe I'm not THAT girly. If my mother wouldn't kill me, I would totally elope whenever Joe Mauer and I get eventually married (like how I threw that in?) ;) He's tall, loves baseball and has cute ears (we've established my ears fetish in previous posts). And come on, how can you not love a guy who makes a milk commercial with his mom?? Too sweet!! <3

4. What is the messiest room in your house?

My bedroom, hands down. It's because I have so much crap junk stuff. Also, my bookcases won't fit in the living room, so both of them are in my bedroom. And seeing that I have more books than space, I have books stacked up around my room (and right now I have my scrapbooking stuff in the corner. I've been working on my World Series scrapbook from last year). I know what you are going to say. Get a (insert electronic book reader name here). I've tried reading on a Nook. There is just something about having an actual book in my hands when reading that makes it better. Maybe it's the feel and smell of a real book, I don't know. I know, I know, I'm weird.

5. What is your ideal Mother's Day?
Since I don't have kids, I can't answer this one. 

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So, I realized this morning that 11 years ago today, I was attending my college graduation. Where does the time go?? I leave you with this "gem" of a picture!! Yes, yes, my hair was very blonde. Have a great weekend y'all!! XOXO!

Class of 2000! Look how young and carefree I was! What was I thinking?

*Mordecai is my teddy bear

Wednesday Ramblings

First of all, a very happy birthday to Mr. Johnny Depp, who turned 47 today. Last Friday night some friends and I watched the original A Nightmare on Elm Street (which was his first movie).Still looking good Johnny! These pictures are for some of my friends at work (we may, or may not, have been talking about him earlier today!) ;)

If you look to the right sidebar, you will notice that you can follow me on Twitter. (**My profile is private. If you would like to follow me, please send a private message with your request saying you are a follower of my blog!**) I'm still trying to figure out this whole "Twitter" thing. I try and update my "tweets" at least once a day. (I'll be honest,  it's nothing all that exciting. I live kinda a boring life). I will admit that I follow some famous people on there. Some of them can be very entertaining! I was trying to update my Twitter page earlier today and kept getting the follow message:

 

I have never seen this before (again, I'm not on that much during the day, so maybe I just happened to hit it at a very busy time). Still, it's scary to think how many people were on Twitter at once if it caused this kind of error message! 

Last Friday I posted a picture of me and my nephew Jonathan at his high school graduation. I'm going to post a few more (at my mother's request!) ;) These are for you mom!!

My parents with my nephew Jonathan

 

 My sister Martha (the other proud aunt who attended) with Jonathan 

My brother Steve and his "little boy"

My niece Stephanie was so proud of her "Bubba"

On a closing note for my Wednesday Ramblings, some co-workers and I went out for lunch today, and the dark clouds look very promising of thunderstorms. Bring on the rain! We need it!

Accentuate the positive

Sometimes we (and I'm including myself in this) spend too much time looking at the negative things in life. Even if we don't mean to, I think it's just human nature. When life gets you down, it's easier to look at the bad rather than the good. To quote the song Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive,"You've got to accentuate the positive/Eliminate the negative/Latch on to the affirmative/Don't mess with Mister In-Between."

I saw this video online of the cutest little girl (named Jessica). She was feeling good about life and listed all the things that she liked about it. Too cute!!

I figured we could all learn from Jessica. As some of you know, the past few weeks haven't been the greatest  for me (feel free to read back over some of my old posts from last week). I've done this before, but I felt it was time once again to list the good things in my life. So, in no particular order....

1. For the first time in five years, I bought a new bathing suit. Is my body in the shape I want it to be? No. I perhaps have slacked off in my working out, I haven't been to the gym in a while (3 months to be exact). BUT, a friend reminded me of something important today. My friends aren't friends with me because of how I look. They like me because of who I am. I'm hoping to get to the beach this summer, and I'm sure I would look silly if I showed up wearing jeans and a T-shirt. Will I look like a Victoria's Secret model? HECK NO. Will I be posting pictures of me in a bathing suit on my blog? Don't count on it. BUT, I need to learn to be happy with the way I look. To heck with what other people think! For those who are curious, here is a picture of my bathing suit (courtesy of the Kohl's website, this is not a picture of me). : ) Whoever invented the "tankini" is a genius!!

2. I have the greatest friends EVER. I was told recently I have too many friends. I totally disagree. I don't think a person can ever have too many friends. I am a complete mess at times. And I can be a handful, yet people continue to want to be my friend and hang out with me (either they really like me, or my mother is bribing them with her homemade cookies and pies- she does seem to bake them a lot!!) I went to my folks' last weekend and my mother had made 15 dozen cookies and 55 mini pecan pies for a local bake sale. I never saw the bake sale, perhaps she was mailing them out to my friends? ;)

A view of my parents' table on Friday. Cookies and pies my mom made for the bake sale.

3. I have a wonderful family. I have some friends who go months (or years) without talking to members of their family. It makes me realize how lucky I am to have such a loving family who I get to talk to and see on a regular (or semi-regular) basis. I went "home" this past weekend for my niece Katie's high school graduation. My whole family didn't make it (if you have been reading my blog for a while, you know I have a huge family), but I enjoyed the time I got to spend with a portion of them. 

 

      My niece Katie- recent high school grad!    

My nephews Jacob and James- they were once shorter than me!

My great-nephew Christian, or as I like to call him, the next "Monet".

My great-nephew Espen. He looks all sweet and innocent but he was trying to grab my iPhone! ;)

4. It's only June and I've already been to 10 Rangers games. Granted, they might not be doing as well as I wish they were (again, for better or for worse, I'm a Rangers fan for life), but we are still above .500 (for now at least). And there is talk about Jarrod Saltalamacchia returning from Triple A sometime this month. We miss you Salty!

 Salty is on the left. I posted this picture for a certain friend who likes this card! ;) She should have bought it!

5. It's only 4 and a half more weeks until my next three day weekend (we get July 5th off work). That might seem like a long ways away, but hey, it's something to look forward to!

6. One of my friends gave me a gift card to Half Price Books for my birthday. This past weekend they were having a 20% sale for Memorial Day weekend. I got 7 movies and 4 books with that gift card, AND, I had $8 left over to spend another day. It's the little things in life that make me happy. : )

7. Albertson's has 1/2 gallon Blue Bell ice cream on sale for $2.98 this week. And this is another reason why my body isn't in "bathing suit" form. But you know what, I'd rather have my Blue Bell and be happy, than not have it and be really skinny! ;) For those of you who have never had Blue Bell ice cream, make it a point to check out their website and find the nearest location to you! :)