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Hello everyone!  Hope you all are finding this to be a relaxing week as we gear up for Thanksgiving!  I've been meaning to write a post for a week now about two events this month, but after more than a week, I'm just now getting to it! (I think all my posts start off like this.) Let's just say the week did NOT start off well.  I got the "blue screen of death" on my work computer and that ended up being a major hurtle to being productive.  Luckily, my work is pretty awesome and got me a new computer pronto (the old one had been on computer life support). Last weekend, Jordan and I had the opportunity to go to a Texas Tech football game with my parents.  TTU started the season off very well, but unfortunately we seem to have lost every game that matters since our 7-0 streak.  We may not bounce back this season, but we always will root for our Red Raiders. The game we decided to attend was at the AT&T Stadium (aka Cowboys Stadium) against Ba...

Jordan and I had a pretty uneventful weekend.  As boring as that might be for the blog, I really enjoyed the relaxation and mellow vibe! Saturday we both went for a run around the neighborhood, something we haven't done in a long time...  This week I'm feeling the consequences of that decision in my legs, hips, and knees.  Ouch. Then we did the usual married couple boring mumbo jumbo (laundry, mow the yard, watch the TTU football game, etc.) The most exciting thing that happened was laughing at our silly Abby and how DIRTY she got running around the backyard with Jordan.  She had mud caked in between her paws and looked like a hot mess.  It was late in the evening and the last thing I felt like doing was bathing her, so she got a half bath just for her dirty paws.    This is a picture of her paws (post bath).  Her paws remind me a little of the Grinch paws with the long furry fingers. You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch! Serio...

It's been a while since I could post so I thought I would give you all a picture show of our Europe trip!  We had such an amazing time on our Mediterranean cruise!  I wish I had time to tell you all about every detail but I'll do my best to give you the gist. In April of 2013, Jordan and I started our trip in Barcelona, Spain.  We planned to stay a few nights in Spain before catching our ship and beginning the cruise. This picture is a little fuzzy but it is a good map of the different ports we stopped at while on our cruise. This is a picture of the itinerary we followed at each port.  Excuse all my notes/chicken scratch! Our ship was aboard the Serenade of the Seas by Royal Caribean . Our flight was long with a layover in Atlanta, GA.  We surprisingly had very little trouble adjusting to the time change (they are ahead by 7 hours).  After getting settled in our hotel we headed out to see the sites! At the top of our list was the S...

Halloween week seemed to sneak up on me, but I have to admit, it was a good week!  At work we had a chili-cook off to celebrate Halloween and raise money for the 7 Loaves Food Pantry .  It is truly a great cause and we beat our record dollars raised last year! (2012 - $505.00 / 2013 $616).  There are several categories that everyone votes on, and this year I won the "Kooky Concoction" award (most unique)!  This was the first year I entered a chili and I decided to compete with a white chicken chili.  When I decided to enter, I realized that I've never made chili before!  Every self respecting Texas woman needs to know how to make chili!  I guess that's one of the things that inspired me to enter this year. This a picture of my final presentation.  I laugh at that description, but I seriously think the presentation is one of the reasons I won any kind of category.  My chili was called "Ghostly White" and I had a few extra garnishes to...