Wednesday Ramblings...

I haven't done a Wednesday Ramblings in a while, but I couldn't think of one specific thing to write about today, so I'm going with it. It's been busy week! 

I saw a cute Dallas Cowboys wreath on Pinterest (follow me here) and decided to try and make one myself (yes, despite the pain and suffering the 'Boys cause me, I'm still a fan). For better or for worse, in few precious wins and heart-breaking losses, I'm a fan for life (despite hating Jerry Jones with every fiber of my being). 

The pin wasn't linked to a particular blog or website, so I apologize I can't link it back to the original person. Here is the pin I saw. It looked like this person used a Styrofoam wreath, but I used a wooden one instead (I had bought one a few months ago on sale at Michael's). I had bought it for another project, but I gave up on that one. Glad I still had it!

I painted the wreath this "greekstone" color (honestly- the paint was on sale for 99 cents and since it wouldn't really show through anyways, I just went ahead and used it. I used two coats just to be sure it was completed covered.

After letting the spray paint dry, I wrapped the wreath with blue and silver yarn. Due to my busy schedule, there was a week between painting it and wrapping it in yarn, but if you wanted to try this, I'm sure you would just have to wait a day before you started applying the yarn. The spray paint seemed to dry pretty quickly.

 

I used a hot glue gun to glue down each end of the yarn. I didn't use any glue during the wrapping. Only when I started and finished a color. It seemed to work just fine that way.

I found a package at Hobby Lobby with cute wooden letters and shapes to use for the lettering. I also found an iron on football applique that I was able to just stick on the wreath once I was finished.

I spray painted the letters white, then applied what I call "puffy" paint to give the letters a little decoration. I got both of them at Hobby Lobby (although I'm sure any craft store would have them).

Here is the finished product!

So, on Saturday I went shopping with the BFF. She convinced me that I looked cute in this hat so I went ahead and bought it from T.J. Maxx. Thoughts?

While we were at T.J. Maxx, we saw this really hideous looking sweater (if you own this, I apologize, but I think it's hideous). It was made completely of these sequin type things. No lie. I took a picture because I knew no one would believe me. Check out the price tag on this bad boy. Who in their right mind pays THAT much for ANY sweater?? I like that T.J. Maxx mentioned that this thing normally cost $500. My mind is blown. I could buy a whole new wardrobe at Kohl's for $500.

I picked up some new followers on Twitter this past week. Shameless plug, follow me on Twitter here. Here are two of them. 

I've never had a butt follow me before, BUT since it's Luke Bryan's, I'm okay with that!! ;) 

Not gonna lie, had a giddy nerd moment when I saw this. If you know me, you know I'm fascinated by tornadoes and tornado chasing. Reed Timmer is a well known tornado chaser who was on the TV show Storm Chasers (I miss it). I had tweeted to him about something and he replied back. Then he started following me. Wonder if he's up for company on his next chase? I'd love to go! :)

So, it seems that I'm now getting spam not only in my email inbox, but my snail mailbox. I got this letter last week. No lie. It was addressed to me. Not sure how I got on the Miss Teen Dallas mailing list, but I would like off of it please.

No, I'm not one of those people who thinks beauty pageants are degrading to women. I just find them boring. I have no interest in them at all.

I guess that's enough ramblings for one day, I hope everyone has a great week!

XOXO!

What I'm Loving Wednesday

First of all, thanks to everyone who sent emails/tweets/texts checking in on me during the tornadoes we had in the Dallas/Fort Worth area yesterday. We were sent to our storm shelters at work for almost an hour. Thankfully my office building and my apartment did not receive any damage. I was fortunate enough to have power when I finally got home from work. I know there were thousands of people without power close to where I live. Last I heard, no deaths have been reported (thank God), but many homes and buildings were destroyed.

Truck trailers being tossed around like toys, this happened just down the road from where I live. Photos courtesy of WFAA.com

This tornado touched down just down the road from me. Photo courtesy of WFAA.com

I'm loving... 

That I got my closet organized this weekend. I didn't get a before picture, but here are some after shots!

Oh yes, I have a floor in there! It's a miracle!!

I'm loving...

My first pedicure of the season. I was wearing a Rangers shirt (I know you are shocked), so the lady who was painting my toenails tried to match the colors on the shirt.

I love pedicures!

I know, I have long toes.

I'm loving...

That my hair is finally long enough to go into ponytails and pigtails (hey, it's the little things that make me happy). Some of you may remember I cut almost 10 inches of hair off last year to donate to Pink Heart Funds (click here for that post). I went for a motorcycle ride with my friend B last week and was able to sport this look for the ride (yes mom, I wore a helmet!) Pigtails work well with the helmet. Sorry I didn't get a picture of me on the bike. Next time I will!

I'm loving...

That Opening Day is THIS FRIDAY!! I will be at the Ballpark all weekend (again, I know you are shocked)! :) If you are out there and see me, say howdy!

I'm loving...

That I'm getting to meet up with some Twitter friends this weekend. I'm looking forward to it! :) Do you tweet? Follow me here.

What are YOU loving today?

XOXO!

Boob Tube Babble Friday!

I mentioned a while back that I have a lot of things recorded on my DVR (because life, and Rangers games, get in the way of my TV watching). Not complaining- I love life AND Rangers games. I look at it as having a full DVR means you have a life and not enough time to watch TV. :) So, you might be wondering what exactly I have on my DVR (or maybe you don't care- but this is my blog, I get to pick what I write about). :) So, in no particular order, here are some of my DVR recordings (I love my AT&T Uverse app, I can see my recordings on my phone). Some recordings are TV shows/specials and some are movies.

ABC News Special- Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words

This is a special of the most candid conversations ever shared by Jackie Kennedy. Yes, I seem to have a fascination with the Kennedys (well, at least Jackie and JFK).

Celebrity Ghost Stories 

I also have a fascination with ghosts. I've been getting home late this week, and if you follow me on Twitter, you know that I can't watch this show after dark because I'll freak myself out. I have a few episodes recorded.

UFOs: The Best Evidence Caught on Tape

Yes, I'm a little fascinated with UFOs as well. 

Melissa & Joey

This is a show on ABC Family that I found myself sucked into. It stars Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. I'm not gonna lie- it's a silly show. Not the kind of show I usually watch, but hey, it's like Clarissa Explains It All meets Blossom's Brother! Their season finale was this week.

Storm Riders

Some show on The Weather Channel and this episode was about tornado chasing. You all know my obsession with tornadoes.

 

Coming Home

A girl in my carpool told me about this show so I've recorded a few episodes. It's basically a reason to sit and cry for an hour. This show documents surprise reunions of soldiers and their families.

Indiana Jones and the Ultimate Quest

A documentary on the real Indiana Jones that aired on the History Channel.

9/11: 10 Years Later

A special that aired on Sunday, hosted by Robert de Niro. This is footage that two brothers filmed on 9/11. They were making a documentary about a NY fire station and they were filming that morning. They captured footage of the first plane hitting the WTC. This is everything they recorded. I started watching it the other day. I need to buy more Kleenex. 

Gremlins

This was on TV a few weeks ago, I haven't seen this movie in years, so I recorded it.

Casablanca

Another movie I haven't seen in years- I used to have it on VHS. I should get the DVD.

Sundays at Tiffany's

This was a movie that Alyssa Milano made last year (I follow her on Twitter so she was telling everyone to watch it). I'm embarrassed to admit that I not only watched a movie on Lifetime, I actually liked it. It was cute, so I didn't want to delete it. If it comes out on DVD, I will delete it. 

Ocean's Eleven (the original one with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin)

I've been wanting to watch this one. Maybe I'll watch it tonight finally!

All of these movies aired on Turner Classic Movies. I like to record old movies I've never heard of, just to see if I will like them! These are the ones I haven't watched yet.

I Confess- This has an actor named Montgomery Clift (who was quite the looker in his day). It was also directed by Alfred Hitchcock, I love his movies!

Blue Skies- Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby are in this, it has to be good!

People Will Talk- I'll watch any Cary Grant movie!

Walk, Don't Run- Another Cary Grant movie I've yet to see!

I leave you with this picture my friend Tonya took last night while we were at the Rangers game (we had awesome seats near the dugout). She has given me permission to use it here!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! XOXO!

Rangers outfielder Craig Gentry. You have permission to sigh. :) Photo courtesy of my friend Tonya

I'm Back!

So, did ya miss me? ;) As you know, my friend Katie was in town visiting this past week, so we were out causing trouble seeing the town the past few days, and there was no time to blog (there was hardly time to sleep some of those days). I promise to blog about our adventures and misadventures later in the week (we had so much fun!!) Today I thought I would dedicate my post to the storms that hit Dallas last night.

As you know, I'm sort of a tornado junkie. I'm fascinated by them (I don't know why, and yes, I know I'm crazy). So yesterday evening when the tornado siren down the street went off (I could barely hear it, it's a few blocks away), the first thing I did was grab my camera and go outside. I wasn't the only one, a lot of my neighbors were out there too. It was kinda cool, met some of my neighbors I didn't know. It was very windy, but there weren't any funnel clouds. There were some amazing looking clouds though that I took some shots of (pictures below). I went back inside and was disappointed to see that WFAA had decided to air the stupid Dancing with the Stars finale instead of keeping us up to date on the very serious weather. I was forced to watch FOX 4 and NBC 5 for my weather alerts. For the record, if Greg Fields was in charge, HE would have interrupted the show. **getting off soap box**

About 9ish the tornado sirens went off again. This time the one right by my apartments went off. I decided to play it safe and headed to the bathtub to take cover. Mordecai and I had our tornado survival kit (which consisted of a flashlight, iPhone and Dr Pepper). My mattress wouldn't fit in the bathroom, so I had pulled the couch cushions in there (just in case we needed them). The rain/hail/winds were pretty loud, but after about 20 minutes it all died down and the sirens stopped. I am happy to report there was no damage at my apartment complex (or to my truck!) But the fence that runs down the street is now gone in some places.

I do appreciate everyone who texted and tweeted asking if I was okay. I feel loved! And no, I wasn't at the Rangers game (they had to evacuate fans underneath the stadium because it got so bad in Arlington). Some fans were moved just outside the locker room (I missed an opportunity to give my phone number to some of the players!) :)

This has been the CRAZIEST spring, I don't remember this many bad storms in years past. My thoughts and prayers are going out to those who have been affected by all the tornadoes and flooding!



Outside my bedroom window

Outside my bedroom window

Low clouds

More clouds

I thought this cloud had potential for a funnel, but I saw nothing

I thought the sun behind the clouds like this was so beautiful!

Storm moving closer

This is when it got really windy and there was more lightning and thunder, so I went inside

Mordecai was very brave while the tornado sirens were going off! 

Hope you all have a great day! XOXO!!

The weekend is in sight!

TGIF my friends!! We have survived yet another work week!! It's Five Question Friday time. I hope you enjoy!

1. Do you collect anything? 

Yes. I think I've mentioned before that I collect baseball cards and sport memorabilia. I know I have at least 3,000 baseball cards, if not more. I'm in the process of cataloging them. It's taking a lot longer than I thought it would (once I'm done, I'll have a final count of how many I own). I also collect shot glasses and magnets (the magnet collection is new, just started that a few years ago).

2. Name 3 celebrities that you find good looking. 

ONLY THREE?? This is going to be hard. **thinking....thinking...** I think I'll have to go with Chris Evans, Adam Rodriguez and Paul Walker. There are MANY more, but these are the three that come to mind right now. Again, I'm going based on their looks, and not the quality of movies they choose to be in. ;) (what can I say, I'm shallow!) ;)

Chris Evans: He starred in the Fantastic Four movies as Johnny Storm and has also been in movies such as Cellular, Push, Street Kings and The Losers.

Adam Rodriguez: Best known as Eric Delko on the CBS show CSI: Miami. He also recently appeared in the Tyler Perry movie, I Can Do Bad All by Myself (great movie!) For all you old schoolers out there, you might remember him as Jesse on the TV show Roswell (as Katherine Heigl's love interest).

Paul Walker: Best known for his role in the Fast and Furious movies (they have another one coming out next year). He also appeared in a few of those "teen movies" that came out in the late 90s such as Varsity Blues and She's All That. He has a new one called Takers coming out next month. Who's with me to see it?

3. Do you have any scars? If so, what's the story behind it (them?)? 

I have two that I can think of. I have one on my left knee that I got when I was like 7 or 8. My driveway had a slope and I was trying to ride my skateboard down it. I fell off and skinned up my knee. To this day you can still see the scar. I also have one near my shoulder from where I got shot a few years ago.....I'm just kidding. I actually had a cyst removed, BUT when people see it and ask, I tell them the bullet wound story, it's much more interesting. And it kinda looks like it could be a bullet wound.

4. What is a food that you like to eat, but others might think it's gross or weird? 

I like carrots and peanut butter (some people like Ranch dressing to dip them in, I like peanut butter). Some people find that gross, it's actually not. I also like peanut butter on pancakes (instead of butter). My whole family does that though. The first time I had pancakes outside of my house and asked for peanut butter, everyone looked at me like I was crazy.

5. Have you ever seen a tornado in real life?
Yes. A few months ago you might remember me talking about how I wanted to be a tornado chaser at one time. About 8 or 9 years ago I was working as a sports editor for a newspaper. I had been up at the office working late and the radio broke in that there was a tornado warning one county over from where I was at. Since my office was nothing but windows (with no safe place to go to), I decided to drive home. At one point I looked in my rear view mirror and in the distance I could see the tornado. If I hadn't been driving a Dodge Neon, I might have contemplated chasing it. But let's face it, Neon's are death traps WITHOUT the tornado! :) At least in my opinion!

Have a great weekend my friends!!

:)