Andy Cohen's got the 411 - Or it's just me

The good thing about your baby being sick: You get to stay home from work and blog.  The bad thing about your baby being sick: You have to stay home from work and THE BABY IS SICK! So, now I am linking up with Becky over at From Mrs. to Mama for my 411.

1. How long have you been blogging? And what got you started on blogging? Has your blog changed?
Let's see, I started blogging during my first year of law school and when I was planning my wedding. So, that was 5 years ago. I started blogging to record the things that were going on in my life.  And yes, my blog has changed. Last year, there was some drama that went down regarding my blog and so, not only did it change, but I shut down the old one and started this one :)

2. Did you go to college? If so where, and what did you study?

I went to college at The University of Tulsa. I got a business administration degree with a specialization in business law.  I then went to law school at The University of Tulsa College of Law. I knew that I was going to go to law school so I looked at undergrad as a means to an end and, looking back, I probably wouldn't have gotten a BA, but accounting or finance or just sucked it up and gotten over my chemistry aversion and gotten a nursing degree.

3. Where have you traveled?
I never traveled anywhere until I met B.  After graduating from college, B and I went on a Mediterranean cruise.  We hit the following places: Barcelona, Nice, Florence, Pisa, Rome, Mykonos (Greece), Ephasus (Turkey), Santorini (Greece), Athens and Napels/Pompei.  We actually got engaged in Rome. For our honeymoon, we went to St. Lucia. I HIGHLY recommend St. Lucia if you are interested in a Caribbean vacation.

Top Row Left to Right: Ephesus, Athens, Pompei; Second Row: Santorini, Florence, Rome; Third Row: Rome, Barcelona, The Vatican; Fourth Row: Pisa, Mykonos and Nice.

Honeymoon

4. If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you would buy?
I am so lame. I would pay off my student loans, house and cars.  However, I would probably buy a new car and pay off my parents' house/debt and put a lot in savings. LAME!


5. What are your 3 biggest pet peeves?
Oh I am going to catch so much shit for some of these:
A) Bad grammar.  There really is no excuse for misuse of words like where/were/we're; there/their/they're; then/than; your/you're. Ya, I know that makes me snobby or whatever, but it was drilled into me as a child and drives me crazy now.
B) People telling me how to raise my child.  This doesn't happen now so much as it did when I was pregnant.  It drove me NUTS!
C) Lying, especially when it is for no reason.

6. What is your favorite movie?
All time? Sleeping Beauty.  The Disney version.

7. What is your drink of choice; wine, beer, or liquor. Or Water, Soda, Tea?
I'm a St. Louis girl at heart. I love me some Bud Light and really just about any beer.  Rarely have I found a beer that turns me off.  I also prefer water and tea to soda - most of the time.

8. What is something you enjoy to do when you have me time?
Blog, sleep and shop.  Clearly, I have been lacking in the "me" time lately and when I've had it have chosen sleep.

9. If you could have a $10,000 shopping spree to one store, which store would it be?
Lately, Ann Taylor or Loft probably.  That or I'd just go onto Piperlime or Saks or Nordstrom or J Crew.  I feel like I'm in this in between time in my life where I don't really have many places I find things I like.

10. Share with us an embarrassing moment of your past? Or present.
It's more of a retrospective embarrassing moment.  See, B and I went to the same college, but were never there at the same time.  During my junior year, my sorority was participating in Sigma Chi Derby Days (which we won - of course) and my "job" was to stand in front of the judges and dance and pour alcohol down their throats.  Well, flash forward to a few months later when B and I start dating. Then a few months after that when I met B's friends and realize that some of them look familiar.  Then a while after that when I realize his friends were the aforementioned judges.  No one brought it up until last year wherein we made a deal to never speak of it again.  Let's put it this way: THIS was my state of mind at the event.

 
11. What day would you love to relive again?
A few: 1) The last day I was with my Nana before she went into a coma; 2) The day I got engaged; 3) My wedding day; 4) When B Jr was born.

12. If your life was turned into a movie... what actor would play you?
Hmmm...I love Reese Witherspoon, but probably Christina Ricci as a blonde.

13. What are the jobs you had in high school/college/the early years?
I worked at McAlister's Deli during my senior year of HS and summers during college.  I also worked at the Alumni office during college, a country club one summer, Carrabba's one summer, and the law library during my first 2 years of law school.

14. Show us a picture from high school or college.
Oh let's see what I can find. I posted one from college above, but let's find some more shall we:

College

High School

 

I cheered through college and based - check out the thick legs

15. If you could travel anywhere in the world, all expenses paid, where would you go?
EVERYWHERE! I know that is cliche, but seriously, all expenses paid, time doesn't matter? I would go everywhere! I would to go shows in NYC with my mom. Australia, Asia, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, everywhere in Europe! South America. Africa. EVERYWHERE!

16. Show us the most current picture of you or you, or your family, or anything of meaning to you.

Love my boys!

17. Where do you see your life 5 years from now?
BUSY! I see us having at least one more kiddo. Having settled into our house. Still working at my company, but hopefully having moved up a bit. Being married to that sexy man and chasing after my children.  Sounds wonderful to me!

Lately...

So, I've wanted to do monthly posts about the babe, but I've realized that just isn't likely to happen right now. But what I can do is give yall the low down on what we've been up to in the last few months.

- Crawling - well he speed crawls.  Kid can make it across the room like it's no one's business.  He loves to go and doesn't like to be held so much anymore...until he DEMANDS to be held. Then he wants to be held for a few minutes, then let down.

- Pulling Up - almost as soon as he figured out the crawling, he figured out the pulling up.  He barely keeps his butt on the ground anymore.  He wants to be up all the time. He wants to crawl over and on top of things (favorites being parents).  He wants to get into everything, especially after being told "no!" He keeps us on our toes.

- We've gone to the swimming pool and he was unsure about it.  Either the water was too cold or he's just not quite there yet.  However, he did enjoy the people watching and seemed to have his eye on a cute little 2 yo girl.  Going after the older ladies.

- Foods - B Jr is eating just about everything that we are eating.  The favorite: SPAGHETTI!  Oh he just loves it.  And what comes after spaghetti night? BATH TIME! Straight to the bathtub.

- My baby the superstar! - Our church asked to take some photos of the baby and family and we, of course, obliged.  Then, we had family photos today.  What can I say, we made a cute kiddo.

 - We've had visitors - Both sets of grandparents have come to visit in the last month. I love seeing family, but it can sometimes make for difficult and busy weekends.

- TEETH - We have CHOMPERS! B Jr has 5-6 (some poke through and then are hidden the next day) teeth ON TOP and 2 on bottom with super swollen gums. 

That is what has been going on with our little man. He keeps us on our toes and I just love him so very much.  He still nurses and that is still going well (minus the chomp I got today - that NEVER happens).  I've also been a little under the weather with a cold I can't really seem to shake. I know that I should go to the doctor, but man I'm lazy and I hate not being at work when I should be.  I'd rather use PTO for a fun trip. 

Speaking of, my mom got me tickets to a Cards/Cubs game in July for my bday.  YAY!!!  GO CARDS! I was so pregnant and it was so hot that I didn't make it to a game last summer.  Speaking of sports, everyone in OK has Thunder-fever.  This team has been such an amazing thing for OK and I really hope that people stop thinking we don't live in teepees and everyone on farms anymore.  Even Metta World Peace (OMG I just threw up in my mouth saying that) said there are some fine ladies in OK.  Thanks...I think.

My goal is to get at least one post a week in and I'd love to get more.  B Jr is going on 4 nights in a row of sleeping through the night, but I just don't trust him.  Hopefully this becomes a regular thing and I stop feeling the need to go to bed before 10. 

THUNDER UP (that was for you Jen)!

Guess who sucks at blogging but kicks ass at spider killing

That's right, THIS GAL!  So I suck at blogging lately.  I guess I could make lots of excuses, but basically it comes down to a choice of blogging or spending time with the fam, eating and showering.  Clearly we know what has been taking the biggest hit. 

Anyway, like I was saying, even though I totally suck at blogging lately (I blame not being able to access the blog at work where most of my musings used to be created), I totally rock at spider killing. I saw a giant, nasty spider last night skitter across the floor before I went to bed.  Then it disappeared. We moved furniture and NOTHING.  So then I started thinking, "well maybe I just hallucinated the whole thing." Then I remembered that I hadn't ingested any mind altering substances and I wasn't THAT tired and I hadn't mixed a lot of alcohol with cold medicine (which totally gave me Harry Potter hallucinations one year - read: mid-serious-conversation with someone I totally said "This is just like Harry Potter." Why? Not a clue).  So then I figured it would show up some other time.  AND IT TOTALLY FUCKING DID!  Today.  Next to the diapers we keep downstairs.  A GIANT FUCKING BROWN SPIDER!  BROWN!  AS IN A GIANT FUCKING BROWN RECLUSE!!!!!  AS IN FUCKING NECROSIS (look it up - I don't want to explain...on second thought, don't look it up b/c it's when your skin dies and that is fucking nasty). 

Ok, so now you're all probably thinking "Bitch, those aren't even indigenous to Oklahoma." And I'm here to tell you that yes, yes they are!  And then you're thinking "Hooker, you don't even know for a fact that it was a brown recluse.  It totes could have been one of those other spiders that kind of look like it."  And that is a very valid argument.  In fact, so valid that I already looked it up and you know what the interwebs said?  It said that I had to look at the FUCKING PINCERS to determine.  What kind of fucker gets close enough to a skin killing spider to look at the FUCKING PINCER?  Not this gal.  So I thought to myself, "Wow that is really helpful advice if it weren't for the fact that those spiders were squished messes on the bottom of a flipflop."  UGH!  So, today in my living room, I may or may not have killed 2 brown recluses and now may or may not be hyper vigilant about finding other spiders to slaughter (read: I saw some little things crawling around near our fireplace so I sprayed them down with some Lysol cleaner).

Who is going to get close enough to check out this guy's pincer?

A Little Veratiserum...

What What?! It's time for my confessions again.  Go check out Leslie at A Blonde Ambition and link up with her skinny ass (seriously, she's totally adorable and teeny tiny!).

- I am kind of nerdy with a few of my favorite things being Harry Potter and Glee.
- I suck at blogging lately.  Between B Jr not sleeping, the move and work, WHEW, I'm exhausted.
- In the last few weeks, I've "gone to bed" early, but have stayed up reading the Fifty Shades of Grey series.
- We can't flush our toilet in the middle of the night because it will wake up B Jr.
- I have tried to buy things on The Limited's website a few times in the last 2 weeks and each time it has failed.  I seriously want new clothes!
- I am very confused as to why navy seems to have gone out of vogue.
- I may or may not get B Jr's 7 and 8 month post done before his 9 month birthday.
- I am going to host a fun little link up in the next couple week so please stay tuned :)
- I am having trouble staying motivated to work out because I am still losing weight without it (don't be jealous, it's not like I'm tiny and I'm definitely still wobbly).
- I want a new swimsuit, but I am terrified of trying them on.

What it is! Those are my confessions bitches! What are yours?  Let me know if you link up!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Oh Hey

So, what are you all up to?  I have been up to, well a lot.  I've never been one to have perfect attendance, but my attendance here has been abysmal.  And you know who has noticed?  Well, someone because I lost a follower.  Sad panda.
So, what have I been doing?  Well, we moved into a new house and have been trying to get that mess unpacked and organized (house tour to come soon...ish).  I've been chasing after a crawling baby.  Yes, we have a crawler.  He thinks he's GI Joe baby or something.  He prefers the army crawl to being on all fours.  He started crawling the week before we moved. In our old house, we had carpet.  In our new house, we have hardwood floors, which might be why he prefers the army crawl.  Anyway, it's funny because he will just push off and slide.  Example:

What else have I been doing? Reading the Fifty Shades series.  Umm, let's just say that B should be thankful that Mr. Grey entered my life.  I'm thinking that I would like to see either Ian Somerhalder or Henry Cavill as Christian and Elizabeth Olsen as Ana.

What else have I been doing?  Hmmm...Well there's the usual work, cleaning the house, cooking, and trying to sleep.  OH and B Jr got an ear infection.  So that has been fun and lacking sleep.  I've been looking forward to my first Mother's Day.  I've been meeting the neighbors.  I've been trying to sneak in workouts and showers.  Oh and feeling guilty for not blogging.  However, I've been lucky to get to sit down on the couch before 9:30 each night.  I am exhausted, but it's starting to calm down.  I am going to try to get some posts scheduled for the coming weeks and hopefully get back on track.  I miss blogging and I miss reading and I miss commenting.  

I win!

Jamie picked me for a blog award and it kind of made my day a little bit :)

So, I am supposed to nominate 5 people and give 5 random facts.  So, I nominate the following people:
Jen
Nicole
Courtney
Stacy
Janna

Alright, here are my 5 random facts.

1) Jamie and I went to high school together.  We didn't really hang out or even spend any time together, but I've really enjoyed reading her blog :)
2) I have possibly the world's biggest mouth EVER!

Ironically, she and I never really got along

3) Having unread emails makes me anxious.

4) From the day I was born until after I got married, I went by my middle name. After I got married, I changed my name, taking my middle as my first, my maiden as my middle and dropping my first name.

5) I met my college bestie's friends at her wedding a couple of years ago and have become better friends with them than I  am with some people I considered close friends in the past.

Thanks again, Jamie!