pass the puffs

I am finally back to work and near a computer after suffering from 3 days of fever, coughing, and an awful runny nose. Seems that I caught what T's roomies all had and brought it back to Oklahoma with me after our ski trip.

We had a wonderful time over the weekend. We got to St. Louis early in the evening, all thankful that the roads weren't bad from all the snow. After getting everyone to their hotel rooms and me delivered to my honey, it was time to get dolled up and head to the casino. We had a great time, actually the best time I've ever had in a casino. We all split up - boys and girls. Wanna know what the best part was? My drink of choice - Crown Royal - was only $2.50. Fabulous. Needless to say, the girls and I got pretty tanked. We were having fun, flirting with old men on the craps tables, C&C playing roulette, and really putting the drinks down. We met up with the boys and decided to try out the new nightclub, girls only again because they weren't in the dancing mood. We danced our buzzes off and had a blast! Everyone decided to call it a night and we headed to Awful House to ward off nasty hangovers for our skiing adventure the next day.

Saturday we all woke up, feeling fine and pretty pumped for the day ahead. It took awhile to get on the slopes but once we did it was fun. It was a perfect day for skiing, we even got hot in our heavy coats. Toddles was worried about my skiing abilities since we had never skied together. We got to the run we were going to try first and I took off. Next thing I know he's behind me saying "slow down" and I'm like "nooooooo" because I knew what I was doing. I proved myself...

It was a really good time. We spent all day skiing until things started getting messy and we were worn out. I only fell one time and it was my first time on a black run. Oh, and I about got knocked out by the lift because of some punk ass kid. I ended up with two bruises the size of baseballs but at least I didn't hit my head.

That night we all went to dinner with T's roomies and their kid. I finally got the prime rib I'd been craving for a month. We went to this nice little Irish pub (not with the kid) for a bit but everyone wanted to call it a night because we were exhausted.

I woke up Sunday feeling like shit. It's really a great way to travel. Can't breathe, can't sleep, just lovely, and I swear that everytime I go up there, I get sick. We got home and I went straight to bed with a nasty fever, which brings us to now - three days later and I finally feel a little better. The only reason I'm at work is because it's Bosslady/aunt's 10 year anniversary. I'm so outta here after lunch.

Do you think everyone's sick because it was like 75* on Sunday and then it's freakin snowy again today? Gotta love my Oklahoma.

oh marie

Two words...

bacon

quiche

A rep brought us breakfast today from Marie Callender's and it was fantabulous. Bacon, spinach, and lots of gooey cheese is certainly the way I'd like to start everyday. That and big beautiful snowflakes are starting to fall so I'm really happy.

The gang and I are going skiing this weekend outside of St. Louis. We're all pretty excited - especially since there's going to be new *real* snow.

Must get back to my baaaacoooon.

word.

I've really got to stop saying that. It comes out of my mouth a lot. But it works in so many situations. Right? Except for there...

So, my vacation begins today at 3:00. I'm not excited yet because it's going to be a crazy day at work. After lunch it'll hit me. I haven't had this much time off since... eh... August. haha Okay, so not that long but whatev. I'm headed to the Lou today and I get to see my Love for 6 whole days. Holy catballs! We're going to the Steelers/Rams game tomorrow night with the Roomies (his dad and stepmom) - I'm very excited about that! Plus I get to shop all day with no one to bug me. Very exciting as well. We'll be home Friday and then our Christmas festivities begin. Duh da da daaaa!

Saturday - Christmas with Mama and her side of the fam.
Sunday - Christmas with the Roomies and their part of the fam.
Monday - Christmas in OKC with Pops and his peeps.
Tuesday - Christmas with his Mom and her bfriend.
Wednesday (the most imporatante!) - MY BDAY! (Except it sucks ass because T is leaving me)
Thursday - Recovery day
Friday - Welcome baby Alli day (and T flies back)!!!

So, ya... I haven't done any shopping except for my boss because we had to exchange gifts today. The dude still hasn't given us our bonus so I can't even buy my fiancee a gift, but it's okay to spend $xx on the boss. Wasn't too happy about that. If we don't get it today I am going to spit nails. No Christmas for you. I'll take my damn Monty Python movie back. That's right boyyyeee.

I did make some scrumpdiddlyumptious mini quiches for food day today. Spinach, mushrooms, onions, pepper jack, and muenster.... YUM! I cannot wait to try them, they look mighty delish. I'll have to rewrite the recipe since I tweaked it and post it.

What else?

I hope that anyone reading my blog has a happy, healthy, wonderful, safe, and joyful Christmas.
Muah!

weekend

I’m back from the Lou! We had an amazing weekend and it was great to get away for a couple of days. Sometimes I just enjoy the break from my doggie, Pedro, whom I conveniently left at the kennel for a few extra hours today.

Friday was a hectic day. I ran errands at lunch, went and picked up the new White Stripes CD for my road trip. Good CD, not completely in love with it yet but I need to take it home and really rock out to it. We were short-staffed at work so it made the afternoon go by quickly. Bossman finally let us go around 3:30 (I know, we’re spoiled) so I ran to get gas and hit the highway. I hit traffic twice before even getting out of Oklahoma so I thought I was in for a long drive. Luckily the traffic stopped me long enough to let some nasty storms pass and I didn’t have to deal with that the whole way. I arrived in St. Louis, well actually a suburb of St. Louis, to find my honey and his roomie hanging out. It was about 9:30 and Toddles was rearing to go to the casino as he had cashed in his coin jar and had play money. After a quick shower and change, we headed out for the night. We started out at Ameristar with no luck so we headed to Harrah’s because I hadn’t been there yet. The crowd was better but the casino was nastier. You have to have a card to play at the casinos in Missouri so I waited in line for my turn to get a tracking device. They asked the funniest questions - how tall are you, when did you graduate, what is your zodiac sign - I joked about my future child’s name but they didn’t think it was very funny. We hung out there and played for awhile. We found two really cool games, one was War - casino style, and the other was this video poker with bonus hands. They were both a lot of fun and before you knew it 3:30 a.m. had rolled around and my little eyes were tired. On the way home, I could hardly stay awake but managed to chat until we got to the house.

Of course we slept in on Saturday. We were both completely wiped out. I think we got up around 1:00 and got ready for the day. We tried this little burger joint for lunch that I had read about on A Hamburger Today called Pete's in Wentzville. It was okay, certainly no Ron’s but still tasty. T is so funny, everything needs more meat and it disgusts me when he says that but I can live with it. After that we went back to the house and crashed out. All of the things we wanted to do were nixxed because it started pissing and pouring. So we napped... It was nice - our bellies were full and it was thundering, you couldn’t help but get sleepy. After a couple of hours of downtime we decided to go shopping. He took me to World Market because I hadn’t been and really wanted to. What a neat place! I got a whole bag of fun stuff for $30, I can’t wait to go home and unwrap it today. Then we went drove around and finally found Trader Joe’s. I had wanted to stock up on some Two Buck Chuck wine (Charles Shaw $2.00/bottle) and look around but by the time we got there they were about to close so I just grabbed a half a case of vino. I’m excited to try that as well, I’ve heard it’s pretty decent for the price. We grabbed some yummy dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory after making 3 laps down restaurant row. I had lasagna and T had some meat lover’s thing, along with some nice Chianti and a salad. It was reasonably priced even though the menu was somewhat limited. We just enjoyed being able to sit and talk and drink. After our meal we headed back to his side of town to the little bar in the neighborhood that we enjoy so much. There were two guys playing and one of them happened to be the dude who sold T his car. When I bummed an ashtray from the table next to us, one of the guys decided to turn around and chat with us. He was a St. Lou transplant from Louisiana. Right off the bat he asked us, “what’s the hold up?” on our living situation, to which we both laughed. Toddles and I had talked a bit at dinner about me moving there and if it’s going to happen it won’t be until September. We sat and listened to the music as we couldn’t really talk over it because of the volume. We drank our delicious drinks and made googlie faces at eat other until the bar closed. It was a perfect evening. No friends, no family, just me and my man - the way I like it now and again.

We stayed in his room most of Sunday, except for lunch and T actually picked something new to eat. We went to Qdoba and stuffed ourselves silly and headed back to the house in time to watch the race. I fell asleep like always and T woke me up in time to get home at a decent hour. I hate leaving and I now know how he feels when I beg him to stay - it sucks! I won’t do it again, I really promise this time. It’s hard enough as is...

So, that’s my weekend. It couldn’t have been more perfect. Well, except for the rain but what’s a person to do? We just deal.

Boy oh boy!

I am recovering from a long and eventful weekend!

My weekend started early as I had to be in OKC for the rehearsal dinner on Thursday night for my brother’s wedding. Everything went smoothly and the wedding party and their families went to dinner afterwards. That night I wasn’t feeling too well so I doped myself up on a lovely cocktail of muscle relaxers and pain pills to ensure a much needed heavy sleep. I woke up 10 hours later feeling quite revived except for the back pain from hell that would not go away.

Friday was a lazy day, I got to spend time with my daddy, whom I hadn’t seen since December. I hate that he’s living in California but I know he’s doing it for a good reason so I have to let it go. I just miss him so much. We talked about me moving to the Lou and Trevor’s impending marriage, as well as Tyler and what’s going on in his life. Dad fully supports me moving to be with Toddles, which I think I needed, since he’s always been my #1 fan. He knows that T and I are destined to be together, it’s just time for us to grab the reins and do something for ourselves.

Saturday was insane in the membrane! The day started off with a hangover, always a nice way to wake up. Toddles and I grabbed some lunch and headed to the park where the wedding was going to be to help set up the reception hall and chairs for the ceremony. The day could not have been more perfect, according to every weather channel and internet source, it was supposed to rain all day but we lucked out and the sky was clear and bright blue. We helped the bride’s family get everything set up and I took off to set up the honeymooner’s room for the night but couldn’t find anywhere to park so I had to skip that idea. I-40 was completely locked up because of construction so it took me 40 minutes to make my way back to our hotel and get ready and make signs for the park. Thank goodness for valium because I was stressed - big time. When I got back to the room, T told me that I only had 35 minutes until we had to be back at the park for pictures. What did I do? Grab a beer and take a breath... It kept me cool. I got ready in no time and we looked pretty freakin hot if I don’t say so myself. We headed to the garden for pre-wedding family pictures and did the meet and greet with all of the relatives. Of course, by this time, it was 10 degrees hotter and the sun was shining with full force, and I had 3 layers of clothing on. 3 layers + sun = sweat factory. I’m sure we’re all shiny in the pics but oh well.

Oh, they’re so cute - here’s a pic from the reception...

The ceremony itself was beautiful. R’s dad was the minister and he did a really great job. I think he made everyone there cry. I teared up seeing my little brother standing at the altar, waiting on his bride. It was a really lovely ceremony, just enough giggles and lots of love beaming from every person who attended. It’s funny because I thought I would be next, I wasn’t, and I am totally okay with that. I know our turn is coming... The reception was short and sweet, they kept the ball rolling pretty fast. I think T&R were pretty excited when we presented them with their honeymoon to Puerto Vallarta, they are ready for a break after this whirlwind planning. Here’s a picture of them riding off as husband and wife, aren’t they cute?

A group of us got together after the reception and went dancing. Dad was being so goofy, I love it when he’s like that! His girlfriend was so excited that I got him out of the house, that’s what daddy’s girls do - beg and get our way. We all danced and drank and danced and got drunk. It was so much fun! I can only dance with a strong lead - and T and Dad are both great dance partners. T has to count for me and Dad just swings me the way I’m supposed to go. It’s pretty cool that I can go out with my dad, his lady, my maternal aunt, a handful of cousins from both sides of the family and we all can have such a good time. Not many blended families are that cool!

Sunday, needless to say, I was t-i-r-e-d. Both of us were. All of us were. Toddles got to have his first Del Rancho experience, which was the yummo grease that we all needed. They really should expand to the entire state. It’s BS that they’re all at least an hour away, but it’s also a good thing because I would probably weigh 300 lbs if there was one closer.

T and I came home and crashed out. We slept for almost 4 hours, as soon as our heads hit the pillows we were both in lala land. I was a bad girl and begged him to go to CiCi’s Pizza for dinner, it was one of those weird cravings that you know you shouldn'y cave in to but do anyway. It was totally worth it - 4 words - macaroni and cheese pizza. Do I even need to explain? Two of my favorite foods combined into one. Delish! It hurt though, we both said we were going to be careful and not overeat but it’s T&T, you might get bit if you get between us and some pizza. Haha! We watched Deja-Vu last night - or T did anyway - I fell asleep an hour into it, go figure.

My baby flew home this morning, I had to have him at the airport at 6freakin30 after both us were restless all night. I bet we slept a total of 3 hours combined, which is not enough for either of us to begin move any body parts at 5:45 a.m. I hated to see him go but I know we have a lot to look forward to soon. Lots of plans in the works! Lots! : )

Only 3 hours until I can go take a nap. Cannot. Wait.

Peace, love, and turtles!
T Tot

Monday

I'm back from the Lou and seeing my honey. Getting there took forever! 6 1/2 hours in the rain - it only took me 5 1/2 to get home Sunday. We had a great weekend, lots of down time, which is wonderful considering that we normally have 100 things to do on any given weekend we're together. I got to drive "our" new car, I really like it. It was more fun when Toddles drove it and we got to go fast enough to give me butterflies in my tummy! Saturday night was nice because Stephanie had a spa night at the house. I got my feet, hands, and face did... It was nice! Their munchkin is growing so fast, you can actually have a conversation with him, which is super exciting.


We didn't have any fun food adventures or explore any new places since it was a low-key weekend. That's okay, there's always next time! Hopefully the weather will comply with us.


Today, Annie-Bananie and I ran to the store to get some fruit and veggies for lunch this week. We're juicing! Our lunch was lemon, carrot, and apple juice. It was delish!


Happy Monday to anyone following...