Christmas Came a Little Early...

I decided a long time ago that I was going to get Matt and Wii for Christmas. Until recently, I really hadn't been looking for one but it came apparent to me that they're getting harder and harder to find one with the holidays coming up. So I told Matt that there was a chance that I might not have his Christmas present on Christmas day because it is very hard to find. He was OK with this.
Well, today he went to Walmart and called me and said, "I don't know if it's the Wii that you're getting me but they have them at Walmart right now." Long story short- I told him to buy it! So when he came home with it I told him that I could either wrap it up... or he could take it out and play it now! He chose to open it! So, he told me I could open one of my gifts... and I did! He got me a diamond necklace from the Journey Collection at Zales! We still have other presents that we'll exchange on Christmas day! I love Christmas :)

Surprise! 2

Last night another one of our friends got engaged and we threw them a surprise party. It was a lot of fun! Next summer is gonna be CRAZY!!!

Tailgating in the Rain

Yesterday, Matt's family and friends tailgated at the Razorback game. It was so much fun! The cold and rain was definitely worth it! We got there about 9am! It was great to just chill, spend time with friends, and relax! Enjoy the pics!

Thanksgiving '08

As I mentioned before, this year I wasn't able to spend Thanksgiving with my side of the family. We spent all day with Matt's dad for lunch and his mom for dinner. It was a lot of fun- but I'm ready to see my family! They come home today! Here's some pics:

Granna's 80th!

This past Sunday Matt's family gave his grandmother a huge party for her 80th! It was a lot of fun... and a lot of work! Matt's mom planned the whole thing and it really came out great! It's worth celebrating 80 years of life!

Holiday Stress

This year I'm not able to go to Meridian, Mississippi with my family. That is where almost all of my parent's family is and we go there for Thanksgiving every year. Matt and I didn't have enough time off to go or anything to do the dogs. I am really sad about it. It's my first year to be apart from my family on Thanksgiving. I'm trying to think about it!
We always have so much fun when we're there and make tons of memories. I'm so jealous that my family is there and I'm not! I know that Matt and I will have fun with his family but it's still really hard for me. I wish they weren't 7 hours away!

I'm No Rachael Ray!

Let's just put it lightly: I don't cook! Never have and I don't know if I ever will! I'm taking advantage of the fact that I don't have kids or a "family" to cook for! Matt loves to cook- so I just help him whenever we decide we want to cook for dinner. Usually it's something frozen or soup! I just really don't like it!
I guess I just like being 22 and not having to cook!

OCD

I'm MAJOR OCD!! (Obsessive compulsive disorder). Ever since I can remember I have been OCD. As a kid I was constantly cleaning and organizing my room and going through old clothes to get rid of! I don't necessarily have "rituals" but I have to have things done and kept a certain way.
For example: All our home decor must stay in the place that they're suppose to be and facing the right way, I keep our apartment extremely clean, I vacuum about 3x a week, both locks on the door must be locked, everything always put away, I do a load of laundry EVERYDAY and it gets put away that day, I empty our trash about every 2 days, etc. Obviously this disorder is VERY time consuming!
I like the fact that our apartment is clean and that I don't tolerate a messy home... but at the same time it is so frustrating! I can't relax or do anything if I feel like something is dirty or needs to be put away!! I wear myself out living like this- especially now since I have a home to keep up.
Matt is not OCD at all! It balances us out... but it also makes more work for me because he lets dishes and laundry sit out and I have to get up and put it away! He's gotten a lot better since we've gotten married... he's in training!! (Side note: something my mom taught me is to train your man!! I think Matt is about trained!!).
Not only have I taught Matt to be more clean, but he's taught me to be a little more relaxed. I'm still really OCD but since we've been married I let things get dirtier than usual before I clean! (Which is very realistic having 2 big dogs!)
I know I've going to have to loosen up when we have kids... but for now I'll follow the dogs around with the vacuum!!

Painting

I went out on our balcony and painted tonight.

160w baby!!

It seems like ever since I got a blog that I've been doing a lot of confessing!! I'm not sure if I like this!
I've also come to know that I have quite a few addictions!! Diet Coke, Christmas, and now my newest confession... tanning!! I LOVE going to the tanning bed, tanning, being tan, and everything that comes with it! (My mom has been reading my blog lately and I hope she misses this one! She hates me tanning and I know I'll hear about it! Love you mom :))
We have free tanning at our apartment!! I don't go everyday... but almost! I just love being tan... also I still tan a little bit at my old tanning salon because they have great deals! Last week I got some lotion 15% off and got 2 free tans in their high pressure bed!!
I know! I know! I'll get skin cancer!! But aren't we ALL going to die of some sort of cancer?!? From our cell phones, caffeine, radiation,... something?!
Comments...?!?!

Hunting Widow

Sadly, Matt's second wife is hunting! This past weekend he was hunting all day Saturday and Sunday! I knew this long before we got married and I know that he loves it and I'm totally fine with it. But I was happy for him to come home today! I made sure that I was the center of his attention when he got home! I don't like being a hunting widow!!

Only 40 days til Christmas!!

I'm feeling especially cheerful and jolly today!! I love the holidays!! One of my favorite Christmas movies are the Santa Claus movies... especially #2! Molly Shannon is in it for about 10 minutes and her character is obsessed with Christmas. That is SO me! She sings this song... it's funny. Go watch it! hahahaa....

Dirty Paws

Bella and Sadie have become little partners in crime!! They have started to make the biggest messes when we're gone!! Bella is helping Sadie find the puppy in her!
Ever since the Christmas tree has been up Bella has torn up different ornaments and sprays off the tree and had them ALL over our apartment for us to clean up. So, we decided to keep them in our bedroom while we're gone... last week Bella chewed up some pieces of our blanket on the bed and pooped in there!! Today she found an old paint pen and got green paint EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
Matt and I came home from lunch today and there was green painted all in the carpet, a little on our comforter(brand new!) and all over Bella's paws and face! I was so mad that I almost started crying! I feel like no matter how hard we spank her or get onto her she just keeps chewing things up! Needless to say they both got a few dozen spankings and "that's a bad girl!" haha.
We are so tired of coming home and cleaning stuff up!! Tonight, we are going to eat and go Christmas shopping and we are going to try to put both of them in the bathroom. That way they're on tile so if Bella goes pee it's easy to clean up... and there's nothing to get into in the bathroom! We've tried everything else!!

It's a Coke Life!

So... I'm not only a Christmasaholic... I'm ADDICTED to Diet Coke! I don't count how many I have in a day and I really wouldn't like to know that number! I've tried getting off caffeine a few times and it hasn't been successful. But recently, Matt and I talked about how we really need to quit buying so many cokes (it's awfully expensive!). So as of today I've only had one coke! Yay! This is quite an achievement for me! It is so natural for me grab a coke every time I'm thirsty. I've just tried to keep it off my mind and it really helps that Matt and I are doing it together! Cross your fingers that I don't relapse!

Growing up...

Kirby got his braces off today! He only had them for a few years!! I had 2 sets of braces (starting in the 2nd grade!), 2 retainers, and 2 permanent retainers... one of which is STILL in my mouth!! Oh well... some are luckier! Now he better be bringing home some girls!! Haha...

A Busy Weekend...

This past weekend was a lot of fun! Kirby marches in the band for LRCA and when they have a home game or one that's in Little Rock. So, Friday night LRCA played PA at PA and we went to that... unfortunately we lost 52-10! But, it was fun because it was SO cold and I love going to cold football games!!

Saturday I went to Holiday House with my mother-in-law, grandmother-in-law, and two sister-in-laws! It was my first year to go and I loved it! I have to go every year now! I saw a lot of people that I knew and snacked on a lot of the samples! I got a few pieces of jewelry and that was it... then we spent the rest of the day with family. It was great to talk, laugh and relax with the fam!

Sunday Matt went to the mall with me! I was shocked he went! It was so much fun! We hadn't been to the mall in a long time and it was fun to just walk around together (things we did when we were dating!). Matt's work (ASA) is having their Christmas party at Pleasant Valley Country Club (where we had our wedding reception). It's semi-formal so I needed to find me a dress to wear! I found the PERFECT dress in Dillard's! It's gold and so festive! Can't wait to wear it!

Next week is Matt's grandmother's 80th birthday! Amazing! More posts to come soon...

I HATE politics!!

DISCLAIMER: This post contains political material. I state who I support and my views. If you are sensitive or have something negative to say about my post then do not read or comment. Thank you.

I am normally not into politics at all! But when it comes to voting and the presidential election I am pretty into it. It's not so much who's running it's the voting part. I feel so strongly about voting. It is our freedom, our right, our civic duty! Everyone has a voice and it can be heard by voting! It makes me so mad when people don't vote! I just don't get it!!

Of course, this year I was more into it than usual... and this year it WAS for the candidates. I felt so strongly about my opinion this year. I just really didn't want Obama to win! Matt and I were really upset when Obama won. We pretty much knew he was going to win- but still thought maybe a miracle would happen!

We're still very upset but there's nothing we can do about it now. I am very scared as to what's going to happen. I don't think that people realize how much things are going to be affected in their everyday life (i.e. job, money, insurance, etc).

I'm not going to get much more into this because I don't want to offend anyone! But, I just wanted to write about the elections and how they affected us. I hope everyone voted :)

Merry Christmas!

We took our Christmas pictures yesterday and let me tell you it was NOT easy with the dogs! They were interested in doing everything except take a picture! It was a lot of fun and we are happy with how they came out! Our little family!!

Surprise!

This weekend one of my dear friends from school was recently engaged and we threw a surprise engagement party! It was so much fun and great to spend time with wonderful friends! I truly cherish every second of it!!