Moving on up

I now offically have a roomie again! Last weekend I moved in with my friend Lauren from work into a 2 bedroom apt. This was the quickest that I have ever gotten an apartment fully set up! We got all of the boys at work to help move us and got everything done in 2 days.

I am glad that I lived by myself for a year, because as many of you know this was one of my biggest fears, and now I know that I will be just fine if I have to live by myself again but I do LOVE having roommates though. It just makes live much better! I love always having someone to chat with, or when I make random comments during reality tv shows having someone to comment back.

Soon I will take some pics of our new apt so you all can see! I can't wait to see myold roomies very soon too!

I joined the trend...

and started the shred!


I have given up on the gym so instead I am doing the 30 day shred. I have heard of so many people that are doing this so I figure it must be good.

My friend Lauren is doing it with me so I will have someone to motivate me to do it. We even are making a 30 day chain link (the kind that you make in 2nd grade with construction paper) and putting it in our cubes to count down the 30 days!

Today was our first day of doing it and it am pretty sure my arms are going to be sore tomorrow. I think once we get the hang of what we are doing we take Begin's advice and listen to our own music.

30 days from now Lauren and I are going to be shredded :)

Beach Weekend!

This weekend the weather was PERFECT! It was 75 degrees with a light breeze, so we decided that we should go to the beach most of the day Saturday. I put sunscreen on before we left, but because the weather was so perfect I did not think about putting more sunscreen on....big mistake! I currently resemble a lobster and feel like heat is radiating off of my body. I guess I learned my lesson and will know better next time.

Today all the girls from my office went to brunch after church. We went to this cute place on the beach and all sat outside in the wonderful weather. I ate way too much, but the food was just so delicious!

There also was a music festival by the beach this weekend. It was the best people watching I have seen in a while. There was an old couple who had this choreographed dance to every song and we watched them for a while, and next to them was another old lady who was dancing like she was the only one there...we were loving it!

We have decided that we are going to be at the beach a lot the next couple of weekends before it gets too hot...I love visitors too, so if you would like a beach vaca come on out to jax :)

Update

I realize that I have been such a slacker on my blog, so here is an update of what I have been doing the past few weeks:

Last week I went on family vaca to Veil/Beaver Creek, Colorado.

This was only my second time to go skiing and I still am not very good at all. I did only fall twice, but I spent all of my time on either the bunny or green slopes. My favorite area was called the buckaroo express. It was a wide open area with nothing to worry about hitting...myself along with the millions of ski school kids hung around this run :)

This past week was the last week of the quarter at work so everyone was a little hectic. But, because we were so busy my manager gave us treats throughout the week. My faves include cami cakes (the BEST cupcakes I have ever had in my life) and lots of ice cream!

Right now I am on my way to New Orleans for work. I have never been there so I am very excited....actually, I am mostly excited for the wonderful food!

I hope everyone has a fabulous week!

Waco Weekend!

Last weekend I finally got to go back to Baylor for one of my favorite things ever...SING!!! It was SO much fun seeing all my roomies (minus Dez) and MKAKA (minus Kat). I have missed everyone sooo much and am so glad we all got to hang out. Next time we will all be together A Whit will be married!

When we were in Waco I got to go to a lot of my old favorite places:
-La Fiesta (i have really been craving mexican food b/c it is just not the same in Florida)
-Cafe Capp
-Bush's
-Spice
-attempted to go to common grounds
After being back at Waco I realized that I really do love that city.

Now for my thoughts on SING:
My favorite act was Pi Phi's which was a monsters theme. I thought it was so clever, loved all the songs, and just thought it was really creative. I was SHOCKED that they didn't even make pigskin...I mean their dancing was a little sloppy but other than that I have no clue why they didn't make it.

I also really liked K Sig (but I always love them), ATO, Kappa (even thought no one agrees with me), Sing Alliance, and KOT. I was so happy that Sing Alliance got 3rd place and thought they really deserved it! I also am so happy that Phi Chi finally was not in pigskin!.

Overall I had a FABULOUS weekend (minus slight plane problems) and cannot wait to come back to Texas again very soon!

So long, Farwell...

This week at work has been a little sad because half of the office is moving and going to their permanent territories. I am excited for all of the them because they are getting promoted, but do not love that the office is much quieter.

My cube friend, Eric, who used to sit across from me is leaving so now I have to look at an empty cube for a little bit. But in a couple of month 12 more people will come in and the office will be back to it's normal self. For now I am going to enjoy the office while it is a little bit calmer.

I guess I am just going to have to convince my work friends to all get blogs so I can keep up with them on a regular basis :)

I Caved

I have some free time on my hands and I have been tagged a ton of times on fb, so I finally decided to cave and to tell you all 25 random things about me. Here we go...


1. I love coke. Every day at work I have a coke and carmel rice cakes at exactly 10am. The people around me always know when 10 rolls around when they hear the pop of the coke can opening...it is like clockwork.


2. Reality TV is my favorite. Some of my faves include: So You Think You Can Dance, Project Runway, Amazing Race, Top Chef, The City, and the list goes on...


3. I am a VIP Hilton Honors member. This sounds more important than it really is. I have had to travel a lot for work lately, but the perks equal a ton on Hilton points.


4. I love to negotiate. This is one of the reasons I think sales is such a great job for me. I get great joy in haggeling prices and getting a deal (which btw, you can negotiate and get more Hilton points...that is how I got VIP status :)


5. Most of my groups of friends have some sort of name. Examples include: Core Four, Tri, Half House.


6. I pick out all my clothes for the week on Sunday. I have to iron a bunch for work and got tired of ironing every night, so now I just do it all at once on Sunday. It makes life much easier.


7. Sometimes I talk out loud what I am typing. I don't even realize I am doing it. Sometimes people at work think I am crazy b/c it seems as though I am talking to myself, but they have gotten used to it :)


8. I love playing cards. Everytime I go home I always play gin with my dad and have finally gotten good enough to beat him! I also love poker (even though I am awful at it).


9. Sandwiches are my favorite lunch food. Every day for lunch for the past coupld of years I eat a turkey sandwich with colby jack cheese and 7 grain honey wheat bread...it is delicious!


10. I am not very decisive. When choosing which college I would go to, I had deposits and both Baylor and A&M, and didn't decide on Baylor until May of my senior year (I am VERY pleased with my decision)


11. My sense of direction is not the best. I finally got a gps for Christmas and it is definitely one of the best/most needed gifts that I have ever gotten.


12. I made Mrs. Adams quit National Honor Society. Not really, but I did turn in my group's adopt a family gifts a day late and she yelled at me and said that she was quitting NHS, then that year she did. That is the only time I ever remember a teacher yelling at me.


13. I used to want to be a teacher when I grew up. I still think that I could be a teacher in a couple of years, but I like sales too much to change careers right now.


14. Even though I wanted to be a teacher I think that I was meant to be in sales. When I was little I used to set up a table and put all of my stuff that I didn't want anymore and used to sell it to my brother...I guess I started early.


15. I had the same birthday as my first dog. His name was Casey and he lived to be 17...I loved that dog but love my current dogs just as much! I want to get a dog of my own but travel too much to have one right now.


16. I love living in Florida but my heart will always be in Texas. Hopefully I will be back to the lone star state very soon!


17. Disney World is one of my favorite places in the world. My family has a bit of an obsession with this place...so far I have been 3 times in the past year...definitely one of the perks of living in Florida!


18. Going to the movies is one of my favorite things to do. In high school, Ash and I would go almost every weekend and we would get there early enough to sit in the middle seats in the middle of the theatre (middle middle as we like to call it). We are pretty much professional movie goers.


19. I am a very picky eater. Almost everything I eat is plain. I don't really like condiments (except butter which I love) but I think that makes things simple.


20. I don't wear contacts but I talk about them all day. I did try them on however so I could feel which ones are the best. Someone else did have to put them in for me b/c my eyes just couldn't stay open long enough for me to get it in.


21.I love my car. Ever since I was 13 I wanted a bug (I even used to have a poster hanging in my room...sad, I know).

22. I am a terrible singer...but have accepted that and continue to sing a lot anyways :)

23. I have a star named after me. My grandma bought a star for all the grandkids and I even have a certificate to prove it!

24. I love to the office. At work we have office quotes posted outside of our cubes. I think this show is genious!

25. I have the best family and friends ever!