July 2010 update

I'm far overdue for some blogging updates. Life has just gotten away from me lately!! Here are some tidbits and pictures :)

July 13th-my 28th birthday. Shawn took me to "The Cheesecake Factory" for my birthday and we both admitted that we don't really like their food too much, lol. Cheesecake yes-but their food seems to upset both our stomachs. He got me an ice cream cake from Walmart (word to the wise-pass on the Walmart ice cream cakes if you value your life) and a few small gifts (we agreed to go easy on Birthdays). My sweet friend Janna also brought me some beautiful flowers and a sweet card, my friend Aimee sent me the awesomest b-day card/gifts ever, and my mom bought me Miche Bag with two covers.

Subway Gift Card, Adorable Earrings and super awesome card!!

notice the twitter references-loved it!
Miche Bag from mom-green cover

Miche Bag from Mom-floral cloth cover

Lovely flowers from Janna that lasted nearly a week!

Funky Walmart ice-cream cake. The red icing tasted like dinosaurs

July 17th-weekend trip to Dallas to visit the Timiney Family. Shawn and I drove up to Dallas with Bailey to visit my close friends, the Timineys. I didn't get many pictures but we had an awesome time. I got to see their baby Lily for the first time, and we had some good times catching up. Bailey did really well around the new environment and their 4 kids.

We brought a kennel for Bailey-clearly Tonks the cat liked it!

So did Lily and the other kids. Now I know the
perfect Christmas gift for them :)

July 25th-mine and Shawn's 2 year anniversary! It's also, strangely, the anniversary of my divorce from Spencer. The more time that passes, the more grateful I am that chapter is my life has passed. We decided to go to The Melting Pot to celebrate. The only issue was that Shawn is lactose intolerant. Part-way through our cheese fondue appetizer his stomach started bothering him, so we decided to go home and exchanged cards. Shawn cheated though and gave me all of the Glee CD's. I love me some GLEE! (p.s. less than a week until Season 1 is available, and less than two weeks until Season 2 starts!). We were hungry a few hours later and decided to try out Moonie's Burger House, since it had opened up the street from us recently.

Don't worry....

...I'm still here!! I have lots to catch up on, just very little time in which to blog. Updates coming soonish :)

13 years ago

I had recently moved from Gilbert, AZ to Utah with my family. My dad got a job transfer with his company. It was one of the hardest thing I have ever done to leave all my friends behind-much harder than when I moved in 6th grade from Phoenix to Gilbert.

One of my close friends in Gilbert was Jennifer Duncan. We were both the "new kids" in 6th grade and we lived just around the corner from each other. We walked to school all during Jr High and we were in the same carpool Freshman year. She and I both played the violin and L-O-V-E-D reading. I'd spent a few days a week hanging out at her house and playing in the cul de sac with the neighbor kids, or in her bedroom gossiping about everything.

Well Arizona--I stole her from you, hahaha!! She moved to Austin, TX about 6 months ago. We reconnected on Facebook, found out we live within walking distance of each other (AGAIN!), and finally met for dinner last night at Sushi Zushi. Of course it was EXCELLENT food, but it was also so much fun to catch up with her. We reminisced about old times like tormenting the neighbor boys (who we secretly had crushes on), and caught up on each other's lives over the many years.

After a few hours of chatting I permitted her to leave :o) Even though I felt full and content to veg on the couch I made myself work out and I'm glad I did. A good solid work out and fresh memories of childhood helped me sleep like a baby last night. It was a good "07/07" after all :)

GROSS!

So I was sitting at my desk today at work, just typing when I happened to look down and see this crawling OUT of my keyboard!!!! It was just about to my hand when I noticed and I freaked out pretty hard core. Luckily there weren't any customers in the lobby, lol.

I feel like bugs are stalking me since I moved. My new place is in a more wooded area, and it's been a pretty wet spring here in Austin. I find Millipedes, Snails, and Potato Bugs inside and outside of the house, and I can't seem to go a day without getting a new mosquito bite. Citronella candles melt in a matter of 20 minutes outside, so I've been thinking about trying one of these , at least to help dissuade the mosquitoes from eating me alive. Terminex will be called for the rest of the pests!

I've been having a fun time with some outdoor plants though :) I've got an adorable mix of tiny cactus, a few potted trees, strawberry starters, and a lemon and lime tree. I just hope the Texas heat isn't too brutal to them!

My cute Moose Statue likes to chomp on Cactus :)

Behold the greenery!

La la laaa

I wish you could all join me in La la land. My back has been having these weird spasms lately, so I decided to take some muscle relaxants I had lying around from a car accident months ago. They didn't seem to really do anything this morning, but I took another a little while ago, and let's just say it's working!

Ummm. So I'm sitting at work, listening to Coblie Calliat (thanks for the introduction ages ago Mare!) and trying to make the last 45 minutes of work go by faster. Here's a little insight to the current "Amy state of mind"...

* "This Dancing Waters scent from Bath & Body Works is amazing. Must get more"
* "My address is too long. Why am I always cursed with long addresses"
* "Elephants are adorable'
* "I hope I can find my penguin plate"
* "This painting is ugly, but I can't tell anyone because it belongs to my boss"
* "My insurance company sucks"
* "So does my employer"
* "All my favorite TV shows are over :( "
* "It's hot in Texas"
* "How did I get so freakin' OLD!"
* "I wonder if it was a spider or a mosquito or one of those gross centipedey things that bit me"
* "I should use mousse more often"
* "Oh yeah-I have a $25 gift certificate to B&BW"
* "And $20 to Blockbuster, and $25 to Outback Steakhouse, and $5.99 to Dress Barn. I should really use those up"
* "I wonder if my family will get mad that I'm not going to be able to visit them at least another year."
* "Walking on tile hurts my feet. I'm glad I bought those slippers at Target"
* "Who put this dry erase marker in my pen basket?"
* "Idol sucked this year, but Grey's was awesome"
* "I miss Rose. And all my Utah friends. I need to get me some Texas friends"
* "Two-faced people really suck. Let it go, forgive and forget, and stop being such haters."
* "I wish I had some Junior Mints"