What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm loving...

That a new Chick Fil-A opened by my office and the manager gave everyone in my building a promotional card for a free chicken sandwich.

I'm loving...

That Bath & Body Works brought back limited edition "Flashback Fragrances" this month. I possibly stocked up on some of my favorites from college. 

I smell a whole lot like 1996. Ah, memories!

I refuse to admit that I have a Bath & Body Works addiction. Stop judging me...

I'm loving...

That my best friend is letting me read the newest story she is writing. She sends me a few chapters at a time. I spent last Saturday night reading the first five chapters. :)

Picture blurred for obvious reasons (I can't have part of her unpublished story on the internet, come on people)

I'm loving...

That I spent my Friday night organizing my closet (well, I'm loving that it's finally clean and organized, not that I have no life and was home on a Friday night). Lol. 

I organized my Rangers shirts by color. For the record, it will NOT stay like this. After the next load of laundry, I'm sure they will all get jumbled up again. :)

I'm loving...

That I saw seven consecutive Rangers games last week. They won six of the seven games. Yes, I'm crazy. Yes, you knew the Rangers would make this post at some point. I tweeted out that my attendance streak would end at six games because game seven was last Thursday during the day. I said I couldn't get off work. My friend Corinne tweeted that I needed an excuse note to miss work, so the Rangers tweeted me a note to show my boss. I jokingly showed it to my boss and she was like, "fine, if the Rangers are excusing you, you can have the afternoon off", so I went to a little day baseball (which is always fun). Yes, I have an AMAZING boss and work for a great company that they would let me have a day off with such short notice.

I forgot to wear my cap to the sixth game and they lost that game. The Rangers teased me about it

Day baseball with friends is fun! The picture on the bottom left shows mine and my friend Misti's reaction to Prince Fielder's home run. We had possibly been talking smack about him and we felt that he showed us up by hitting the home run. :) My nephew Peter (top left) was at the game with his church so I had to get a picture with him. Yes, in the picture of the shoes, I'm the one with the ghostly white legs. Lol. 

I'm loving...

That I got to see two of my Twitter peeps at the games. I got to sit with my friend Steve last Wednesday night and I met up with my friend Phillip at the day game!

I'm loving...

That TCM was streaming one of my favorite movies online this week. This movie starred Nancy Reagan (when she was Nancy Davis). I also love TCM On Demand streaming. It's great for classic movie fans such as myself! :)

I'm loving...

That my friend Micah is mailing me a copy of her newest book. I've already read it (I helped her with edits), but I can't wait to read it again. It's great! A review of the book will be up on my blog SOON (so stay tuned!) :)

I'm loving...

That BMW stopped by my office today and allowed employees to test drive different cars. I test drove an electric car (which was different). There is no coasting so as soon as you take your foot off the gas pedal, you come to a stop. It was fun though! All of these pictures were taken when the car was STOPPED (just do you know that I don't take pictures while driving). :)

What are YOU loving this week?

XOXO!!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm loving...

Rangers baseball. I know it's a long season and we are only in June, but man, the Rangers have been playing great baseball lately. I've been there the past five nights (well, it was an afternoon game on Sunday, but I was there). Yes, five games in a row, you read that correctly. I MIGHT have an addiction. And it looks like someone is trying to talk me into going tonight. We will see. 

My Rangers baseball adventures Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Thanks to my friend Dawn for the ticket on Saturday! It's always a blast seeing a game with her!

Sunday evening ShutdownInning.com hosted a Twitter party in one of the RoughRider suites. It was fun hanging out with my baseball family and meeting up with some Twitter friends!

My awesome friend Amber was in town last weekend and got tickets to the game Monday night. She was sweet enough to invite me. We had great seats! I also ran into my college buddy Marc and got to meet my sweet Twitter friend Wade, who was in town to see a game. And the evening ended with a walk-off Rangers win. I wish all my Mondays were as fun as that one!

Last night at the game I stopped by the season ticket holder office to visit my two favorite Rangers employees, Mike and Jon. Jon has been my ticket rep since 2011. He's awesome! If you ever think about getting season tickets or a mini plan for the Rangers, let me know. I'll give you Jon's information. He's the best!

I'm loving...

This interview with Stan Lee. He threw out the first pitch at the Rangers game on Saturday night. He is a NATIONAL TREASURE!

I'm loving...

That the Rangers Twitter account fully supports my baseball addiction.

I'm loving...

That I finally got to meet this cutie last Sunday night at a RoughRider baseball game (yes, I went to the Rangers game that afternoon then the RoughRider game that evening. Don't judge me.) Thanks to my friend Matt (B's dad) for letting me use this picture on my blog!! :) I tried to take him with me, but Matt and his wife wouldn't let me. Lol.

I'm loving...

When I'm able to meet up with a friend for lunch during the week. Last week my friend Bob and I went to Pei Wei for lunch (which is so out of character for us, we normally meet up at Whataburger). Lol.

I'm loving...

That no matter how many unread books I own, if Half Price Books has a clearance sale, I'm there. No book is over $2. You can't pass that up. I only bought 7 this time (opposed to the 20 I bought last time I went). I don't have a book problem... :)

What are YOU loving today?

XOXO!

It's OK...

It's OK...

...that I've had to bite my tongue so much this past week over news stories flooding my social media timelines. I've wanted to throw things. I've even become stabby in some cases.

And these aren't even stories related to politics. Everyone and their mother thinks they are an expert regarding the gorilla incident at the Cincinnati Zoo. School districts want to do away with valedictorians and members of the National Honor Society being recognized at graduations because it will hurt the feelings of students who didn't do as well. You know what, I'm done. I'm ready to check out. Find me my own planet, I don't want to live on this one anymore. Okay, I wasn't going to go all RAGE-y about it, but it's my blog, I can do what I want. Bear with me...

First of all, the incident at the zoo was sad and unfortunate. I love animals, I love zoos. I don't think zoos are bad places. I think it's a great place to learn about animals you otherwise never would see in person. Most zoos take great care of their animals and love and respect them and would never want to harm them in any way. But at the end of the day, a decision was made and in my book, a human life > an animal life (regardless who was at fault- I'm not even touching that part of the story). 

And the whole not wanting to recognize those students who received National Honors makes me really mad. I'm not ready to live in a world full of this generation that has been raised with the "everyone deserves a trophy" mentality. You know what, life isn't always fair. You don't always get what you want or what the person next to you has-SUCK. IT. UP. I wasn't valedictorian. I wasn't even in the top half of my graduating class (I was in the half that made the top half possible). And you know what, I've done just fine in my life. I've had many professional and personal successes. I'm happy. I have friends and a family that love me (or at least that tolerate me. Lol). I don't feel like I am less of a person because I wasn't recognized as a top scholar in high school. I'm so tired of people thinking they are entitled to something every time they get their feelings hurt. 

...that I just went all postal on here. Sorry about that. Rant over. I will now continue on with my usual silly and fun It's OK post. Lol.

...that I have this unhealthy addiction to teen angst TV shows. Thanks to my friend Cara, I watched season one of this TV show called Scream (loosely based on the movie series by the same name. VERY loosely based). It was only 13 episodes long, so thanks to Netflix, I watched it in about 3 days (okay, only a day and a half, I didn't want to be judged).

Yeah, that is what I said...

Each episode was super ridiculous, but of course, I kept watching (because it's an addiction, I just can't quit). And evidently there is a season two about to start on MTV. Hey- remember when MTV played music videos? Do they even do that anymore?

Cara and I are convinced we could do a TV show of us making snarky comments while we watch all these teen angst shows. It would be greatness. Maybe not as great as Mystery Science Theater 3000, but close. Oh, I also got sucked back into Pretty Little Liars on Netflix. I just started season 6. It's not quality television, by any means. Sometimes you just want to watch something where you don't have to think too much about anything. This is the perfect show for that.

I feel this way during a lot of the episodes

...that I'm over all of this rain. I KNOW we are going to go through some kind of drought later this summer and will be begging for rain, so I'm trying not to complain (too much), but seriously, it's depressing having rain every day. And we won't even go into all the flooding around the state. It's awful. You need a boat just to commute to work (or more importantly, to Whataburger).

...that my summer calendar is almost completely booked. I'm excited about my vacations I'm planning out though, and I'm super-excited that my great-nephew C is going to come spend a weekend with me this month. I'm taking him to his first Rangers game and then we will spend a day at the Dallas Zoo (because that boy loves animals). :)

My sweet boy!

What's OK with you today?

XOXO!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm loving...

That modern technology allows my BFF to "go shopping" with me even though she's hundreds of miles away. I texted her on my shopping trip last weekend to get her opinion on some outfits. 

I was concerned these shorts were too short. After wearing them the other day, I think I was right!

I actually asked some friends on Twitter about this outfit as well. I wanted to make sure the pants and top went well together (I have no sense of style). Lol

I'm loving...

That I saw my second musical in a month! I saw Ragtime with my friends Aaron and Mel last weekend. We plan to see another musical in June!

The three amigos! 

Dallas Summer Musicals at Fair Park. As you can tell, I bought the outfit pictured above. Lol

Aaron bought me this bobblehead and shot glass for my birthday. My nickname is Wonder Woman, so she's obviously one of my favorite superheroes. :)

I'm loving...

That I drove 200 miles to get a Nolan Ryan bobblehead. I could lie and say I just wanted to see a minor league baseball game, but y'all know me too well. I went to Round Rock on Saturday to see an Express baseball game (the Rangers AAA team). I stopped in Waco and picked up my Bubba and his family (minus his oldest son who had to work). I always love seeing a game with my Bubba (he's the reason I love baseball). :)

Gates opened at 5:30. This was the line to get in by 5:10. By the time the gates opened, the line went around the parking lot. I wasn't the only one who wanted a bobblehead!

The newest addition to my bobblehead collection. And yes, Whataburger sponsored the giveaway (this bobblehead was made for me). :)

On the wall at Dell Diamond

I've been to several minor league ballparks and Dell Diamond is one of the nicest

Our view for the game. We paid close attention since there was no net in front of us

My sweet nephew A. I think he had a lot of fun.

Me and my Bubba (and A photobombing us)

My beautiful niece Ashlyn

I love the shoes my friends got me for my birthday. I sent this snap out after the game was over on Saturday (shameless plug, I'm averyfan on Snapchat if you want to follow me)

I'm loving...

That I got to hang out with my friends Laura and Rich on Monday. They live in Oklahoma so I don't see them as often as I would like. Their boys C and O are ADORABLE!!

I wanted to put O in my purse so I could take him home with me, but I figured they would notice he was missing

I hadn't seen C in so long, he's gotten so big!

Me and Rich- he is a top-notch friend

We spent the day at Laura's folks house lounging by the pool

My beautiful friend Laura!

This is C's new puppy. I also wanted to put her in my purse and take her home with me. She was so cuddly!! 

I'm loving...

That Yu Darvish is back with the Rangers. He had surgery last year that kept him out all season and part of this season. He pitched on Saturday and did an amazing job. I hope to see him pitch in person on Friday at the Ballpark!

I'm loving...

That I have TWO trips planned for this summer (so far). I'm so excited!

What are YOU loving?? Comment below! :)

XOXO!