Extravagant Weekend!

This weekend was a lot of fun, although I didn't get much sleep. Friday was a bad day at work, I didn't get home until 6:45 and then I borrowed JR's truck to head back out to one of the houses on my route that was throwing away a Polaris 4 wheeler, which I thought would be cool. The people I work with are always talking about how they pick up other people's stuff. I mean I guess it makes some sense that if they are throwing it away anyway why not get it for yourself, but for some reason (call me crazy) I find this extremely strange! So for the first time, I found something I wanted. First, I tried getting it into my back seat...it didn't work, because the thing was huge... then I tried my trunk, which I had to try to make my stroller fit into the backseat, which I finally accomplished, only to find out that the 4-wheeler still wouldn't fit in the truck. So I finished my route ran home, go JR's truck headed back out there......IT WAS GONE! Apparently someone else had the same idea, mind you it only took about 35 min. to finish the route get home and get back. Oh well. So I got back home around7:15 went to sleep and woke up at 8:45 to get ready for the bridal extravaganza!

I drove into Houston, picked up Dana, met up with my little sister, and the three of us went to brunch with JR's sisters and a couple of their friends at a place called Farrago, which is in downtown Houston, and is truly great! They had bottomless Momosas for 9$....and let me say, I got my moneys worth! Afterwards, we all headed over to the George R. Brown Convention Center for the Bridal Extravaganza. We watched a few runway shows and visited a few booths. It was really nice just spending time with my sister and friends. The place was completely packed with Brides-to-be and bridesmaids. Luckily I have been before, so I kinda knew what to expect, and I didn't go crazy, this time I actually had a good time! Afterwards, Dana and I went to House of Pies and had a great meal...my 1 1/2 hour of sleep was really setting in, so Dana gave me one of her 5 hour energy drinks before I headed home.

After I got home we went over to Nikki and Travis' to play some cards. It was a lot of fun talking and hanging out with them. I got to talk about babies with Nikki, which I love. Travis won the card game and I came a close second, although no money is awarded for 2nd place:( Anyway, we left their house around 11:30 or so, just in time for me to drink another red bull and head to work.....after about an hour I drank the other 6 hour energy drink that I had picked up on the way. By the time I started loading the car I was feeling pretty sick...It wasn't good! Not to mention that it was sooooooooo cold! The wind was blowing so hard, and I wasn't looking forward to getting in the car with both windows down! The poor motor on the passenger window is probably so worn out, I only rolled it down if it was absolutely necessary and then put it right back up, I also had the heater on as high as it would go. I got home about 7:30 and went straight to sleep and didn't get up again until 6:45 Sunday evening!

Sunday, after I woke up, was pretty lazy, I just waited around until I had to go to work again!
Today, Logan and I played outside, he finally convinced him to let him play in my car...which turned into about an hour and a half, and when I finally got him inside he screamed his little head off! Luckily JR was only about 15 minutes from home! I also talked to my older sister and learned she and my mother started a new years resolution to quit cursing. For every curse word they use, they put a quarter in a jar, and by the end of the year they are going to vegas! Which is kinda funny....because it wont work....I mean if you are trying to quit, then eventually you will actually train yourself to stop after putting so many quarters in a jar, and after a few months you will no longer be contributing to the Vegas fund .....OR.....You are trying to get enough money to go to Vegas, so you actually never quit cursing you keep doing it so that you keep contributing! Anyway, I didn't tell her all that I just laughed and said I hope it works for them...and then reminded her that the other issue is that you cant cash any of the change in until the end of the year, other wise they will probably spend it!

Well now yall are all caught up to this point! Until I blog again!

The New Year - Week 1

Today brings the first week of the new year to an end. So far it has been long but quick. I feel like the week went by so quickly and yet every day seems to drag on. Stress levels are high as they are usually are for me at the beginning of every year. This year is a little different, there are so many things happening this year that I am so excited about, and yet nervous, and stressed about! I have a bunch of weddings to go to...My cousin gets married Feb.8, Our friends Booe and Tyra April 18, followed by Scott and Ashley April 25, and then the big one...We get married June 21. I still have so much to do for my wedding and I am just praying that I can get it all done in time. My friend and neighbor, Nikki, is pregnant! I am so excited for her, in fact the reason I haven't blogged is because I am too busy reading hers! I cant wait, she is already starting to get a little belly...and I do mean LITTLE. She is so cute. Anyway, not much has happened this week, but my mom and my grandmother both have an upcoming birthday on the 14th! I think I am going to get my mom a spa package...scalp massage, foot massage and pedicure, and back massage. My grandmother will probably be getting some sort of plant or tree. Anywho, I am going to the Bridal Extravaganza on Saturday, so that should be some fun...I guess we will see!

Almost Over!

Well guys, the year is almost over! Hope everyone had a great Christmas...mine was more than interesting!

Christmas Day we got together with JR's family up at his sister Lacy's house...thank you Lacy and Troy by the way...it was really nice. Good food, good fun, great time. We got off to a late start so we ended up staying there longer than we had planned, but honestly I could have stayed longer! I love JR's family...I think I had one glass of wine too many, but I wasn't stumbling or anything, I wasn't even drunk..more like a good buzz! Anyway, I had a lot of fun over there. Afterwards we headed off to my Grandparents house...Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells....

The Luck Family Christmas!

Logan and Davin playing outside!

By the way have I mentioned that at this point I had only had 45 min. of sleep....and only 3 hours the night before? I guess that could be the reason that 3 glasses of wine almost did me in!
Jingle All The Way!

We got to my grandparents house to find that I apparently wasn't the only one that had been drinking that day! My older sister was HAMMERED...stumbling around slurring her words, could barely open her eyes, DRUNK!....Oh yea! My mom was horrified and embarrassed, my dad was his usual, and my little sister and I were just, well embarrassed as well. We did the exchanging of the gifts and that was fun...everyone like my gifts which was nice. Finally it was time to go home...My older sister, and her two kids came back to my house, as well as my mom, my little sister, and her boyfriend! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh! HEY!

After getting everyone settled in, I told everyone that I had to get some sleep so I went to bed...my older sister joined me! I woke up to go to work, and to my surprise my sister actually woke up to come with me....no one thought she would make it! "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells!"

The next day we headed back up to my grandparents to do the kids Christmas pictures....it was a disaster...granted their ages are 6, 3, and not quite 2, so getting a good picture was probably going to be difficult, but we thought surely with 2 cameras going we could get at least one....we thought wrong..."Jingle All The Way"







My mom hand made the kids outfits, and she was so proud of them. All she wanted was a good picture...it didn't happen, she got so mad she yelled at them...not my kid, but my neice and nephew. I have never seen her yell at them like that before, Randi was across the street and heard it so she came over, her and my mom exchanged words, mom went back to the house...."Oh what fun it is to ride"

I talked to Randi for a bit trying to calm her down, when it seemed I had achieved that goal I went to find my mom. I talked to her for a bit, let her vent, she started crying, I felt aweful...I hate being in a situation where there is not a damn thing I can do to fix things! I gave her a big hug and told her I loved her, what more could I do?

Have I mentioned that the minute we got to my grandparents Randi Beth started drinking?? "In A One Horse Open Sleigh"

Later we went to the dog track...it was much better this time, Randi Beth actually had fun, but I dont think my dad had too much fun, seeing as how he was stuck watching her kids most of the time, not to mention that he is a hardcore Baptist, and JR invited one of his friends from work who was also drunk and dropping the F bomb and GD just about every other word from his mouth. I was so uncomfortable! Anyway, the family left the next day, but not before playing on Logan's new Jeep power wheels!

Now you wonder why I started drinking over at the Luck family Christmas??? I knew what was to come....and trust me I needed to drink a lot more to handle my family! I love them so much, it is just very easy to get frustrated with them!

Oh also I left out the fact that my little sister has a Doberman...the thing is huge, and she decided to chew through all kinds of stuff while she was here....like I said, I hope everyone had a very MERRY Christmas!

Christmas!

So yesterday, I had some last minute Christmas shopping to do...which I still do! I also still haven't gotten Logan's picture with Santa, so I loaded up the kid and diaper bag and we headed to Bay Area....mistake #1. It took FOREVER to get up there, then we got there and it took FOREVER to find a parking spot. We shopped around for a while in what I call mall "HELL" It was a disaster, there were people everywhere...I really dont like Christmas...for many reasons. I stood in line for an hour waiting for Santa...then he went on break and wouldn't be back for another hour, so I said screw it, I wasn't going to wait any longer. We left there and I went to pick up Logans gift that we ordered last week....I was so excited, we got him a jeep power wheels... when we got home Logan was asleep, so JR started putting the jeep together hoping we could get it all done before he saw it....and it would have worked if Logan would have slept just 5 more minutes!!! So he saw the truck, and of course played on it, and had so much fun...until we took it away and put it in the garage until christmas morning! He screamed for quite some time, but finally got over it. It is kinda funny to hide it after he has already seen it, but I figure its still 2 days away, maybe he will forget and be surprised all over again. Here is a picture of Logan on the jeep...taken with my new camera!

I love the bow on his head! He is so adorable!

Taking Dezi Lu for a ride in the new Jeep!

So excited about his new Jeep!

I'm back

So you have probably all stopped even checking by now since it has been so long since I have blogged...sorry. It has been a combination of busy, busy alternating with lazy, lazy!
Not to mention that I have a pretty boring life. So lets get caught up, dont worry it shouldn't take to long.
November ended with Thanksgiving, obviously! It was aweful...but not really. Thanksgiving is my FAVORITE holiday, not because of the food, although I love that too, but its that fact that my entire family gets together...aunts, uncle, cousins, grandparents...the whole she-bang. We are all there telling stories and updating the family on the past years experiences and plans for the future. I just love it! Well because of this little disaster that occured in September, also known as Ike, my grandparents moved to League City because their house had to be completely guttted. Thanksgiving is always at their house, but this year they decided to have it at a family friends house in Galveston....there were so many people, and my family only made up HALF....there was no intimate conversation, my uncle and his son weren't even there...it was aweful...they even had some stupid tart crap to replace cranberry sauce! Grrrr...
The day after Thanksgiving was my Dad's birthday so we took him to Gulf Greyhound to place some bets on the puppies...he loves to gamble! My older sister was pissed because she lost money...and if you know my sister, you know that if she isn't happy she will do everything possible to make every one else unhappy...misery loves company and all!
December seems to have gotten here quickly and it seems as though it is leaving just as quickly as it came. December 6 was JR's brothers wedding. Jason and Lisa finally got married and it was very nice...everything turned out really great, but I hope I dont go through what Lisa did...she changed her reception venue three days before the wedding, and everything came together at the last minute...dont get me wrong, it was very nice, I just hope I dont go through all that stress!
Last weekend was JR's Christmas party at work, so we went up to Houston...after the dinner was all over we dropped Logan off with Dana and went to Sherlocks in River oaks....and that was a freakin blast. JR and I dont get to go out very often so it was really nice. We both had a lot of fun.
This past week, I have done nothing but Christmas shopping and stressing about Christmas...my family will be here Christmas day, which ruins our original plans of going to JR's sisters house, we are hoping to be able to go over there for a little while, but his family will be upset that we wont be with them, my family will be pissed if we aren't with them....Grrrr......Hopefully I can talk my family into coming a little later in the afternoon....that way we can do Christmas in Houston with JR's family from 1-4 and do Christmas in League City with my family from 5-8. THat is seriously the best I can come up with, since both of the families decided to do things on Christmas Day! I guess we'll see!
I already got my Christmas gift from JR....a new camera...hopefully I will be able to put up some pics soon, but I just dont feel like it right now! JR is getting a surround system for the flat screen that we just about a couple of months ago, and Logan is getting a few things but the BIG gift is his Power Wheels! He has developed a obsession with cars and trucks...when JR walks through the door he pats him down trying to find the keys and then he wants to go sit in the truck to play. He knows which key goes in the ignition (Scary...but he cant turn it, and it doesn't go into gear unless your pressing on the brake...and he is ALWAYS supervised!) The other day Logan had the keys to the truck and he was running around, when we decided it was time to go inside JR and I couldn't find the keys....we were on our hands and knees in the grass looking for those damn keys....we finally found them, can you guess where they were? Oh yes, the were in the door...he apparently knows which key will unlock the door too!!! Anyway, so we got him a jeep power wheels that he can drive himself, and hopefully this will take away from the infatuation with mommy and daddy's cars! But it also means I will probably be sending most of my days outside watching him drive around...oh goody! At least this is a toy he can have and actually play with for the next few years...at least it better be considering the price!!!!
Well tomorrow is Monday, I have a ton of things to do tomorrow including cleaning and Christmas is on Thursday...JR works Christmas Eve day and the day after Christmas...I work Christmas Eve night, Christmas Day, and the day after...oh Goody!

ps....Nikki, Bella wanted me to tell you hello, and all the cats and fish miss you, but are doing well!

Who said, "Life was like a box of Chocolates?"

Chocolate is a tasty little treat. Everyone has their favorite type (excluding those who dont like chocolate, which is just weird!). But life.....NOT a box of chocolate! More like a rollercoaster, or gravel, bumpy road....these metaphors, I understand! There are these amazing moments that money could never buy, like the birth of a child, the giggles, the hugs and kisses, the love you get and give from family, and your partner....and so many more. Of course there are down sides to all of these, but nothing makes me smile like talking to my little sister on the phone, or listening to my son laugh.
Of all the things I could complain about, I just want to say how lucky I am to have the most beautiful little boy in the world. I have a wonderful family and the best friend ever.

Positive thinking!

been a while

Oh lord, where do I begin??? Well, JR somehow managed to put a virus on the computer, so that has been lots of fun!!! We finally set a date for the wedding....for real this time, JUNE 21. The deposit has been paid, contract has been signed. YEA. My job from home is in a crisis...there is no more work for me to do, at least not until the new year, so yeah...right in time for the holidays, so I am pretty much Scrooge this year. Let's see what else...Oh we have a new a President, which is super exciting. I dont want to get into politics, but yeah! Obama won!

I read a blog today and got so irritated with this person who shall remain nameless....Some people can be so smart, and yet so dumb, I just dont get it. Have you ever met someone who knows everything, except that they dont. What is so wrong with saying, I dont know! Or how about when giving someone advice you say, "There are many different ways to do ____________, but this is what works for me." That way you dont come across as such a freaking know it all bitch, especially when RESEARCH shows that your method isn't successful. I know that this probably doesn't make a lot of sense, but, thats because I can't use details! GRRR! I may have to start a new blog, just to bitch about this one person, and see if I am the only one who thinks he/she is completely condescending and annoying!