Random things about me

Sometimes I trust too easily. I hate lotion "boogers" and gunk on my toothpaste bottle. I have the cleanest makeup bag you will ever see, my mom and sister do, too...but my apartment is usually a wreck. If I let you in and you break my heart, don't count on another chance. I do all things evenly, walking on squares, chewing food on both sides of my mouth, and so on. I love Dr Pepper. I've found a love for sushi in the last few years. I love Jack Ingram. I enjoy going to Steamboat, but I'm a terrible skier, snow sports are one of the few sport that I'm just not any good. I love Texas, I've tried leaving but just couldn't. I like Texas music and go to a show just about whenever I can. I graduated college in three years, not because I'm super smart (which I totally am ;) ) but because I took summer classes every year, even the summer right after high school. I don't think school is for everyone, but I think everyone should give it a shot just to see. I have an unhealthy obsession with shoes and purses. So much so, that I have given up buying purses this entire year, I've almost made it!! I love my friends and cherish their friendship, I would do almost anything for my closest friends. I've dated way too many Jo(h)n's, which is weird because my step dad's name is John. If you ask me during the summer, I'll tell you I love the winter and can't wait for it to get cold, if you ask me during the winter, I'll tell you I can't wait for it to warm up...I guess I can't make up my mind. No matter how immoral the general population gets, I will still hold on to my values and will always be amazed at what some people will do. It's the way I was raised and I hope to raise my kids (one day) the same. I want to live in NYC for one month, I don't think I could make it any longer. I didn't fly until I was 19, but I've travelled around the US a lot since then. I only got my passport last year, I plan on using it quite a bit, I want to see the world! I have more hair product that any woman could use in three years, but I don't even use any most days. I have 3 curling irons, 2 flat irons, and 3 hair driers, but only use one flat iron and one hair drier pretty much ever. My hair has an ugly waive naturally, so I straighten it every day, I would never let anyone see my hair air dried! I'm very conservative, but just because I am doesn't mean I'm closed minded, I always like to hear what other people's views are and why they see things that way. I went to college close to home because I thought I was in love and needed to stay close to him. It's probably the only thing I somewhat regret in my life, I always thought I would go away to a prestigious school, not stay at home for UTA. I could have gone anywhere...now...passing anywhere, that might have been tougher! I did meet my best friends in life because of UTA, so I don't totally regret it. I love to read chic lit books, they're lighthearted and I don't have to think, it's very entertaining. My two best friends are pregnant and I'm worried they're not going to have time for me. I'm very excited about their babies, but I still worry. I like chocolate, a lot too much. I love to bake things for other people. I love giving gifts. Christmas is my favorite time of year, I absolutely love decorating for it and matching my gift wrap to my tree. The smell of Issey Miyake men's cologne will make me weak in the knees. I get great joy out of doing things for other people. I might have the world's best mom and I don't think I tell her enough. I can't leave the house carrying a purse that does not match my shoes. I would love to own a cupcake shop. I know a lot of things and I've always known what I want to do, but for some reason, I have no idea where I want to go in this world, now.

Timing

It's everything. I won't go into detail, just to say it's about a boy (a man really) who could be perfect, but...let's just say I should have met him sooner. I really need to follow Sarah *d*'s advice about not censoring myself, but I don't want to hurt anyone.

Kristina's wedding was Saturday night and it was a BLAST! I'm pretty sure I looked like a beached whale in my dress, but what can I do, now? Here are a few pics from it:

Here's Kristina and me, she looks so pretty and so happy, it was a beautiful day! I don't know that I've seen anyone so excited about getting married, it was terribly cute. And, it wasn't getting married, it was getting married to her, now, husband. Her friend said it best in her toast, she loves being with him and she can't wait to get home to him. I'm tearing up now just thinking about it.

Here are all the bridesmaids and the flower girl with Kristina. No, that's not the groom, he's the maid of honor. I was the honorary maid of honor that held her bouquet during the wedding and I was suppose to straighten her dress, but my top laced up in the back and I was basically cinched in there and couldn't bend over! That girl on the right, Halie, was my saving grace that helped me go to the bathroom when I needed!

And, all the girl bridesmaids goofing off.

Here's the entire wedding party, there wasn't really room for us all! There are pedestals behind us that make up the alter, but we couldn't all fit there. And, yes, the best man is a girl. :) She actually gave the most amazing toast, I think everyone needed a tissue after it.

The rehearsal and rehearsal dinner were Friday night, the dinner was an Italian place at 820 and 30, it was fantastic. Kristina's family is an absolute blast/riot, so it was too much fun, not a dull moment. I stayed the night with Kristina so I didn't have to drive back and forth since we were getting ready there Saturday, it's a good thing I did, she would have been all by herself! And, I can't take a shower in their spare bathroom, anymore, I fell...AGAIN! I have a nice bruise on both my hip and knee, now. All the girls got ready at Kristina's house, they had a girl do some of their hair and makeup, but I did my own. I was jealous of everyone's hair and wish I had her do mine! The wedding was at 5:30 and we danced at the reception until 11, we were also going into the reception by 6, it was a quick ceremony. We had to get the party started! The DJ did introductions for all the wedding party and we each had our own song, Kristina picked Barbie Doll for me, she knows me well :) I introduced her to Jack and all of Texas country. He also informed all of the guests that I'm a mortgage broker and I'm accepting donations, dammit if I didn't get any! Everyone went and had lunch at Kristina's parents yesterday, she made potato salad just for me, it was sooo good, I must have eaten a whole pound of it!

Dawn called me on my way out with a ticket to see Hayes in Grand Prairie...yay!! It had been too long since I'd seen him. I had some time to kill so I decided to run to the mall, I need a new bra. But, I didn't make it to VS, I got distracted by the half yearly sale at Nordstrom. They had both my favorite brands of jeans on sale, almost half off!! I'm such a sucker for great jeans, it's a habit, I tell ya! So, now I have two new pair of fabulous jeans and I need a place to wear them. Then, it was on to Hayes, the show was alright, nothing special for him. He needs to take a few days off, though. And, the asses that decided to chant "Hayes F'n Carll" need to grow up. We had sushi at Piranha's afterwards, mmmmmm I LOVE Piranha sushi!

Now, I've had my first night in a few weeks of doing nothing, it's been great! I believe when I started this blog, I warned that I have nothing important or exciting to talk about, so now if you've made it this far, I want to remind you that you were warned. :) Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Just what's going on...

I haven't said anything about Kristina's bachelorette party, it was a lot of fun! I made a fun cake and I'm still waiting for someone to email me a pic of it, I'll post it once they do. We had great food and cake before the Pure Romance part of the party. Her sister made these little chicken bites wrapped in bacon and rolled in a brown sugar and chili powder mixture that were fan-freaking-tastic! It's a Paula Dean recipe and was oohhh sooo good! Then we had the Pure Romance party which is always fun! Afterwards, we headed downtown for one last night out. Kristina and I used to go to The Library every Thursday night and most Friday and Saturday nights, and several Sundays! Downtown was our stomping grounds. Neither of us had been down there in a while, so we don't know anyone anymore, we used to not be able to go down there without running into someone I knew every single time. One of our old bartenders still works there, he's started shaving his head because I guess he was losing his hair, it's not a good look for him! I ran into Ben from high school, he's still hot and going into the fire academy, so he's gonna be a hot fireman! It was a great time, but I think it reminded us that we're not as young as we once were!!

Kristina gave me this necklace and bracelet for a hostess gift and it's sooo stinkin' cute!

I've been pretty busy this week finishing Kristina's quilt, I'm almost done, though...just have the binding and stippling the border left to go. Her rehearsal dinner is Friday and wedding Saturday. I'm going to Whitney's tonight to try making a diaper cake for Crystal's baby shower next weekend, I hope it works out, I got some cute stuff for it! I've also been working on getting stuff to fill the 10 stockings I signed up to do from adopt a platoon. I'm totally jealous of the stockings Erica is having made for hers, I wish I had time to make them, but I do not, not even close!! I bought the plain red stockings at Hobby Lobby (have I mentioned how much I absolutely love that store and could spend every penny to my name there?) I also got some little things to add to them to make 'em prettier, here's before and after:

It's not as cute as the camo ones Erica is sending (I told her the Martha in me is totally jealous,) but I think it's cute anyway. What do you think? Should I add something to it? I'm sure the guys I'm sending them to won't care, either way :)

Well, I better get back to work...gotta pay for my crafting habit somehow.

Cake

I've posted and emailed pictures of my cakes several different times, but I want to have them here so I can start posting them as I make them. I did an alright one this weekend for the bachelorette party, but I forgot to take a picture of it, I'm waiting for someone to email it to me. Here's what I've done so far:



I didn't take a pic of my very first cake, but it was pretty boring, anyway.

Second cake:

I made this one in the cake decorating class, I thought I did pretty good for my first "character" cake.

Third cake:

This was my first time to try flowers, they look okay here, but I REALLY need to practice them!

Fourth cake:

I made this one for Crystal and Nick's wedding reception, this first pic was before I added the strawberries. Here it is after the strawberries, I was very happy with the way it turned out:




Fifth cake:



This was my first, and so far only, experience with fondant, I think it's fun!


Sixth cake:


I made this one for a friend of mine, she had a coworker going through some hard times and wanted to cheer her up. I think it's too cute! I hadn't tried making red icing before, it takes A LOT of coloring!


Seventh:


This was for Chris's 30th birthday party. I would have done a headstone colored icing, but the chocolate tastes so much better!


Eighth cake:


This cake was for a friend, Ryan's, 30th birthday. I couldn't get the icing color right, this was as close as I could get. It was also my first attempt at a frozen buttercream transfer, I think it turned out pretty well!


Ninth cake:


This was for my cousin's son, Kaleb's, birthday party. He turned 1! I will NEVER do this cake, again. While it turned out great, it was a PITA!!

I did another of the chocolate and strawberry cakes for my cousin, Byron's, wedding reception, but they looked just like the first one, no need to post pics of it. Hopefully, I'll have a pic of the cake from this weekend, it turned out cute and the cream cheese icing was fantastic!! I'll definitely be using it, again!