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Text is the new post it

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:23:27 -0600

Is the text message the new post it note? We all remember when Carrie was broken up with by a post it note, and well, I was just broken up with via text message. Seriously? Seriously, you can’t call me to tell me what’s up? What is wrong with men these days? I can’t help but laugh.

Pictures from Mary’s bachelorette party on Saturday!

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:18:55 -0500

Pictures from Mary’s bachelorette party on Saturday!

More pics from Bumbershoot!

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:36:29 -0500

More pics from Bumbershoot!

Bumbershoot Performance Pics!! Katy Perry was fun to watch live,...

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:26:26 -0500

Bumbershoot Performance Pics!! Katy Perry was fun to watch live, so were All American Rejects….Matt & Kim were ok, Iglu & Hartley were absolutely crazy, Sick Puppies are always great, Eric Hutchison was cool, Tyler Bryant rocked it out with some old school classics, Michael Franti & Spearhead was so much fun and the audience went crazy over him, Jason Mraz has such a cool jazz sound that I really enjoyed and of course the Black Eyed Peas were amazing, but by far the best performance of the entire festival was the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. When I met the lead singer - she was so quiet and reserved, but when she got on stage she put on the most amazing show. I’m a huge fan now! I also got to meet Chris Kattan and Amber Tamblyn who went to Seattle just to hear them play! Oh, and Adrian Grenier stopped by the Samsung tent too - he’s so cute; those eyes make you melt!

Bumbershoot 2009 pictures! I got to meet the Black Eyed Peas...

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:21:55 -0500

Bumbershoot 2009 pictures! I got to meet the Black Eyed Peas (totally geeked out about that one! Fergie is tiny and gorgeous! I look like a giant next to her!), All American Rejects, Katy Perry, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jason Mraz. I look awful in the pictures - hey, it was rainy and cold in Seattle; not good for the hair!

O-M-G! I finally achieved Gold Status with American!

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:31:00 -0500

You don’t understand how excited I am about my new Gold Status with American Airlines! No more waiting around to board the plane while my much cooler colleagues board with Priority Access! Wooohoo!! Now I just need to maintain 25,000 miles a year to keep my new status!

Oh, and I had no clue I had so many miles saved up with AA - maybe I need to plan a trip somewhere!

O-M-G! Twilight Venom! How funny! What it is:A shimmering,...

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:31:54 -0500

O-M-G! Twilight Venom! How funny!

What it is:
A shimmering, crimson lip stain suspended in a venom-laced liquid lip conditioner.

What it does:
Twilight Venom should be shaken before use (to represent the blending of the human and vampire worlds) and can be applied repeatedly until desired intensity of color has been reached and lips are plumped and revitalized.

What else you need to know:
With a customizable ruby stain that captures the blood red lips sported by fashionable vampires, Twilight Venom can let you play the part!

Um, yeah, I kind of want some! Hahaha!

Photo

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:37:46 -0500

"Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those..."

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:27:00 -0500

““Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. The greatest pain comes from leaving. When the child leaves home, when the husband or wife leaves for a long period of time or for good, when the beloved friend departs to another country or dies … the pain of the leaving can tear us apart. Still, if we want to avoid the suffering of leaving, we will never experience the joy of loving. And love is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.” - Henri Nouwen”

- My friend and I are both going through each of our own difficult times right now filled with doubt and confusion, and she sent this quote that really hits home to both of us. Love is very difficult - it can be the most wonderful thing in the world, but when we truly give our hearts to someone and open ourselves up to them…that love can often times lead to pain.

"you have bewitched me body and soul and i love, love, love you"

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:02:00 -0500

““you have bewitched me body and soul and i love, love, love you””

- I posted Mr. Darcy’s first proposal to Elizabeth yesterday, and when I got home late last night, Pride and Prejudice was ending on t.v….just in time for me to catch the part with Mr. Darcy saying this to Elizabeth with his second proposal. Ahhhhhh

Did I tell you how much I love Pride and Prejudice??!

Mr. Darcy’s proposal to Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and...

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:49:00 -0500

Mr. Darcy’s proposal to Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice….”You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” Ahhhh, I love Pride and Prejudice and I heart Mr. Darcy.

Where is my Mr. Darcy dang it?!

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Miami here I come! I just confirmed that I am going to Miami!...

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:41:00 -0500

Miami here I come! I just confirmed that I am going to Miami! I’ll be there tonight and tomorrow night! I’ve never been and definitely looking forward to seeing the beach! What’s a single girl to do in Miami all alone?? Hmmm…..

Bienvenido a Miami!

Flaming Ass

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:45:05 -0500

I swear this is the last time I will post anything about the flaming ass. For those of you who don’t know who that is, well, he is an ex-boyfriend that really broke my heart and screwed me up for awhile. I do have to admit that I think I am a much better person because of what I learned about who I am and the type of man I want to be with from that relationship.

Well, the flaming ass has been calling me again. It’s been six or seven months now since we broke up and here he comes trying to weasel his way into my life again after he so easily let me walk out of his after a nearly yearlong relationship. Out of the blue one day – well I say out of the blue, but the truth is I had just seen his good friend Jane (my friend too – but definitely closer to him) and of course she talked about how the flaming ass really screwed up and how he had a great girl…yadda, yadda, yadda. So I knew she was going to tell him she saw me. But back to what I was saying – out of the blue one day he calls me and starts telling me how he was in this serious relationship….um, hello? What? Weird. I mean don’t get me wrong, I have dated other men since we broke up, but definitely not a serious relationship…but whatever. Oh, and why are you calling to tell me this? Flaming Ass. So he goes on to say how she broke his heart (wow, it sucks doesn’t it, flaming ass), and he goes on to say how she was cheating on him and how he realized what a wonderful girlfriend I was and person I am. And he went on to say how sorry he was for being an asshole (a little late buddy). But being the nice person that I am, I said thank you for apologizing, and I hope things work out for you and said goodbye. Oh, and he quickly suggested meeting for a drink some time. I said oh maybe and buh bye now. Well for some reason, I guess he saw this as a window of opportunity because he started calling….every weekend…trying to show how cool he is – “oh, I used my black AMEX and got a membership at Candle Room, come meet me”….blah, blah, blah. I don’t care. So, Saturday night he invited me to meet him at Candle Room – “tell Jeremy (he’s working the door) you’re with me.” Gag! I said no. He then called, and I let him have it. I told him he wasn’t a man…certainly not the type of man I want to be with. Look – I’m serious…I want a relationship, I want a companion, someone to enjoy life with. I want a man that makes and encourages me to be a better woman and supports me in my dreams and excites me and gives me butterflies….I want and deserve someone that loves me for exactly who I am….and the flaming ass is not that person plain and simple. I think he was a little caught off guard. I guarantee in his mind he was thinking we were going to get back to together….by wooing me and impressing me with the Candle Room and his black AMEX card….hahaha! Silly flaming ass….that crap does not work on me! Go find yourself a trophy wife golddigger. So he said, I’m going to call you tomorrow and I’m going to make this right…you deserve that. I said whatever; we’ll see about that and hung up. Well, he did call and said that he consulted in his good friend Jane on her thoughts of him pursuing me. And this is where I have to say THANK YOU JANE! She told him no; he cannot pursue me because he has too many personal issues that he needs to work out for himself. She said that he cannot reel me in again and then break my heart again – it’s not fair and I deserve better than that. (Wow! I need to make her some treats!). So that was that, and I told him good luck in finding himself and I thought it was over.

Oh, but wait there’s more. So come to find out, this woman he was so heartbroken over and apparently cheated on him….haha…yeah, that was BS. The truth is that things were going well (and there’s no doubt in my mind that she believed things really were going well, awesome in fact – she’s thinking this guy’s great – house in Highland Park, owns his own business, tall, attractive, nice southern gentleman – that’s exactly what the flaming ass wants to be portrayed as, but unfortunately he’s not prince charming). So, it was her 30th birthday and she wanted to celebrate – who can blame the woman, birthdays are meant to be celebrated! Well, being the flaming ass that he is, surprise, surprise – things didn’t go as planned. She wanted to have her friends over to his house for a b-day celebration. Oh, and I can see it now – he never really committed and never really said no to her – just brushed if off and kept saying yeah, maybe. Well of course she went ahead and planned because he has this way of making it seem like – oh, it’s going to work out. (I can think of at least three times where he did this exact thing to me – completely gave me false hope.) So it’s the day of her birthday and her party, and what does the flaming ass do? Oh probably keeps telling her oh, I’m finishing up a job right now – client emergency - I’ll be there in a little bit – up until it’s the actual time of the party. Her friends maybe even start to show up and she has to turn them away because the flaming ass isn’t there and she can’t get in. I don’t really know. All I do know is that it led to a huge argument – I mean white trash, yelling and screaming, biting (yes, biting), cops showing up to his house and neighbors outside wondering what’s going on. Oh, I know he was probably mortified! His precious reputation! Well, now there are some kind of charges and possible lawsuits going on….who knows.

Part of me thinks – gosh, can you blame the woman for freaking out? I mean he is a flaming ass – there is no better way to describe him. He is a self-centered, egotistical, arrogant, passive aggressive dick. Ugh the list could go on and on. Then the other part of me just laughs that he got involved with some white trash golddigger woman that bit him. He always told me – oh, I want a sophisticated, cultured and classy woman. (I’m still not sure if he told me that because he didn’t think I was those things and wanted to try to make that way or if he was saying I was exactly those things – like I said, he has a way of putting things where you just couldn’t tell if they were a blow to you or not; just left you scratching your head.) All I know is that I would never get so mad that I would actually bite someone and have to have the cops called on me. The fact that he was with someone that clearly is the exact opposite of the classy, sophisticated woman he claims he wants made me realize how screwed up he really is and how much better my life is without him and his drama. Amen.

Check it out y’all!! The official Lane Baking Works logo!...

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:46:00 -0500

Check it out y’all!! The official Lane Baking Works logo! What do you think? The logo was designed by the very talented and oh so creative Carol Gonzales. If you need any type of design work - you should definitely talk to her! She’s my go to gal now!

Click the logo to check out the LBW website. It still needs a lot of work - but I already have a list of my first treats based on my recipe experimentation day. The names aren’t final…just what popped in my head at the moment!

JLD

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:35:11 -0500

This weekend I went on my JLD retreat to The Spirit of the West in good ole Tioga, Texas. I know, I know it sounds completely cheesy, but I really did have a wonderful time. It was very similar to a sorority retreat filled with way too many to even count getting to know each other games, but I totally get why they do them. I met some really cool, fun people that I have a lot in common with! What can be better than that - meeting and making new friends! The JLD has over 5,000 members, so it will be so nice to walk into a meeting and see familiar faces. I am very excited about being a member. I can already tell the incredible support system the JLD provides for its members and camaraderie between the members. My provisional project gets started soon, and it’ll be fun to get to know those ladies too! Oh, and I can’t forget to mention the upcoming parties and events! The auction and casino party is November 13 at Union Station with a shot at the door, 80’s band, lots of dancing, good food and I can already tell lots of good laughs! I am buying my ticket today!

These pics are from the Coldplay concert last night! It was by...

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:06:38 -0500

These pics are from the Coldplay concert last night! It was by far the best concert I have ever been to. Chris Martin is a genius. Well, everyone in that band is a genius. Their music and lyrics are so incredible and beautiful…simply amazing. I have loved their music for years, since their first CD. This was the first concert of theirs I have been to, and I must say I was blown away with how great they are live. I think they may sound better live than on the CD. It was the perfect night too. Once the sun went down, it cooled off and while they were playing the most beautiful clouds were behind the stage and every couple minutes this incredible lightening would light up the clouds - it was amazing! I loved every minute of the show and didn’t want it to end! Thank you Leah!

How cute are these bright-colored studded bracelets?! They look...

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:18:53 -0500

How cute are these bright-colored studded bracelets?! They look skinny enough so it wouldn’t look like too much on your wrist. Just a suddle punch of cute punk rocker style! Love!

Coldplay Tonight

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:39:53 -0500

After searching for weeks for Coldplay tickets and then finally deciding yesterday afternoon to give up - I get a phone call from my cousin asking if I want to go with her. AHHHH! I literally started jumping up and down in excitement. It’s meant to be! I haven’t been this excited to go to a concert since, gosh, I don’t even know - maybe ever. The weather just cleared up and the sun is now shining - it’s going to be so fabulous!

Food For Thought

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:57:45 -0500

I finally found a book club! I have been searching for a book club in Dallas for the past couple weeks. I found a few that I thought sounded really great like the club that was devoted to wine and books. They meet at different wine bars each month and discuss a different book. Sounds perfect, right? Well, it turns out the books were kind of a snooze. In all actuality, I’m sure they are fantastic books, but I am kind of more into the books on the Best Sellers List or books that are being made into movies and yes, even quick chick lit. Every now and then I’ll pick up a biography or memoir. So I finally stumbled upon Food For Thought - the book they just finished happens to be the book I just finished as well, My Sister’s Keeper! Oh, and they read the entire Twilight series! How perfect! Most of the women are in North Dallas, but that’s ok…I’m willing to drive a little further to meet some new people that enjoy the same type of books I do! The next book up is Time Traveler’s Wife. The move comes out next month, and our meetup will be at Studio Movie Grill to watch the movie and discuss them both afterward over drinks! Yay! I’m excited!

I had drinks and dinner with my good friend Karey on Monday...

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:17:36 -0500

I had drinks and dinner with my good friend Karey on Monday night. It was so good to catch up with her! She’s one of those friends that you know you will always be in touch with - she always has a great outlook, gives great advice, never judges and is always good fun! She’s truly a great friend.

Anyway, she started making these adorable frames in her free time. How cute are they?! She’s selling them on Etsy. Click the picture to see more of her frames! They’d make great gifts!