Flashback Friday!

Happy Friday! 

In honor of the Cotton Bowl tonight (A&M vs. OU) I thought it would be great to post this little blast from the past.

Super cool things about this image:

1. It's apparently true that I have been a Longhorn fan my entire life.

2. I am even cute when I make demon eyes.

3. The fellow (not sure who it is) closet to the camera might or might not be wearing pants.. you be the judge.

Good luck to both teams playing tonight! The Aggies have had a great year, and I am pretty glad we didn't play each other in our traditional Thanksgiving game. That would have been embarrassing!
With Matt's family being the die hard Sooner fans.. I have no choice but to say "Boomer Sooner" just for today!

Have a great day!

One down!

Hey there! I knocked one off my list yesterday! Right after I posted my 35 before 35 list, Matt and I went to eat lunch at Italiano's, one of our favorite resturants in this area. Matt spotted a man and his son, who looked to be about 8 or 9, eating alone and before they ate their food they held hands and prayed, which I think is wonderful. It was so sweet, and this was one of the items on my list that I was super anxious to achieve, so we asked the waitress to put their food items on our reciept and we would take care of the bill, and asked her not to say anything but to tell them "Happy New Year". I did not want to take a photo of them while they were eating (since I recently was busted taking a photo of a man in Wal Mart who did not look in the mirror before he left the house) so I took a picture of the reciept. I plan on doing this one again- it felt so great!!

So, one thing is done!!

1.Get a massage

2.Go to a Texans game
3.Buy lunch for a stranger
4.Go to Lakewood Church
5.Go see the Nutcracker Ballet
6.Reach my goal weight (the exact number will be updated later)
7.Get fitted for shoes and purchase them at Luke's locker
8.Run a 5k
9.Buy a Canon Rebel camera
10.Get my wedding rings sized and sautered
11.Have a slumber party for my neices and nephews
12.Send a message in a bottle
13.Go to a musical/ play
14.Visit New Orleans!
15.Go to brunch at the House of Blues
16.Kiss Matt under the stars at the beach
17.Get a manicure/ pedicure
18.Have an allergy test done ( I have HORRIBLE allergies!)
19.Bake a cake from scratch
20.Paint our home office
21.Take a Zumba class
22.Watch The Princess Bride with Matt (he has been trying to get me to watch it forever)
23.Go to a dermatologist
24.Do the Advocare 24 day challenge
25.Have a dinner party
26.Send out Christmas Cards
27.Make a Pinterest inspired craft
28.Blog at least once a week
29.Complete the 'Couch to 5k program'
30.Take the dogs to the beach
31.Get a passport
32.Read a new series of books
33.Grow my own vegetables (don't get excited- it will probably just be tomatoes or cucumbers, haha)
34.Go see the Spazmatics
35.Subscribe to a new magazine

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year! We are on our way to the gym for a head start (:

35 before 35

Happy early New Years! I have been enjoying a wonderful, relaxing vacation, and am really getting alot accomplished in my personal life. I have had some time to think and re-evaluate my goals and ready to take this new year on, fully charged.
Most of you are probably wondering, and I know the biggest question is, "Are you still trying to get pregnant?" The answer is yes of course, that  a child is something we have always wanted, but after this many years of trying (8, but who's counting?), and after so many disappointments, it's best that I don't let it consume my life any longer. Obviously, if it happens we would be thrilled. This journey has been heartbreak after heartbreak and after each disappointment I find myself back to square one. I thought having a baby would complete who we are, and make us a family, but the truth is, my heart is already full with Matt. We have a wonderful life together, and I cannot imagine one day without him. I know, without a doubt, that he is what God had in mind for me, so if this means that it's just us two together, forever, and some crazy dogs, than I am good with that and I am thankful for every minute of every day to have him. I am also forever grateful for everyone who has prayed for us along the way, and hope that you continue to do so!
Back to my story- I realize it's been forever since I have blogged, but am really wanting to start 2013 off right. I had an idea to start a whole new blog since my goals are changing a bit, but thougth I would just keep this one.  I may change a few things to the design of the blog, but for now please join me (and help support me if at all possible) as I start on my 35 before 35 list.. I will turn 35 in February of 2014 so this is a great time to start this!  Right after I turn 35, Matt and I will be married for 10 years, so I love how this will all flow together.
I got this idea from several other bloggers who I stalk  follow so I figured it would be a great time to start this with all my new goals for my personal life.
And now I introduce you to my list of 35 things I want to do before I turn 35..

1. Get a massage
2. Go to a Texans game
3. Buy lunch for a stranger
4. Go to Lakewood Church
5. Go see the Nutcracker Ballet
6. Reach my goal weight (the exact number will be updated later)
7. Get fitted for shoes and purchase them at Luke's locker
8. Run a 5k
9. Buy a Canon Rebel camera
10. Get my wedding rings sized and sautered
11. Have a slumber party for my neices and nephews
12. Send a message in a bottle
13. Go to a musical/ play
14. Visit New Orleans!
15. Go to brunch at the House of Blues
16. Kiss Matt under the stars at the beach
17. Get a manicure/ pedicure
18. Have an allergy test done ( I have HORRIBLE allergies!)
19. Bake a cake from scratch
20. Paint our home office
21. Take a Zumba class
22. Watch The Princess Bride with Matt (he has been trying to get me to watch it forever)
23. Go to a dermatologist
24. Do the Advocare 24 day challenge
25. Have a dinner party
26. Send out Christmas Cards
27. Make a Pinterest inspired craft
28. Blog at least once a week
29. Complete the 'Couch to 5k program'
30. Take the dogs to the beach
31. Get a passport
32. Read a new series of books
33. Grow my own vegetables (don't get excited- it will probably just be tomatoes or cucumbers, haha)
34. Go see the Spazmatics
35. Subscribe to a new magazine

So there you have it!
I hope that you join me as I work to knock everything off this list. I look foward to blogging more, and keeping everyone updated with how the new changes are coming along (:

Meet the Joiners!

What in the world could be better than a Blog Give-away?? How about a Blog Give-away with an awesome prize! I am so excited to blog about Meet the Joiners Blog Give-away, and I hope that some of you go and enter yourself to win the awesome prize!

Read all about it here..

I have become a really big fan of this blog over the last few months because Amanda is just HILARIOUS, and so much fun to be around. I can always count on a real life “Laugh out loud” anytime she post anything, and I always look forward to new blog post. She is extremely personable, witty, and the kind of person you always want to be around because they really put you in a good mood regardless of what kind of day you are having. Everyone needs a friend like Amanda!

If you love her blog as much as I do, you should also check out this website..

Living Stones

Amanda’s husband is a pastor at Living Stones church, and she thinks he is just the cat’s meow! Check him out, he is pretty hot!

And so in honor of Twilight movie release day, and in honor of Amanda’s blog Give-away, I guess you can say I am “TEAM JOINER” today!

Once upon a time...

Once upon a time, a Saloon girl meets a real cute cowboy at a Saloon.. We will call it "Tombstop" (Not to be confused as GAMESTOP).. Cowboy wants nothing more than to steal her heart so he tries to get a job at "Tombstop"..

The Saloon girl interviews him for the job, but really feels like there could be *more* there than just a good Assistant Manager.. err... Cowboy.
Saloon girl does not hire him, and they fall in love because he tells the funniest cowboy jokes around. He puts a ring on her finger and the rest is history.

True Story.

Guess who's coming for dinner?

Well, the whole weekend actually..

AND...

I can't wait to see them! I just saw them last weekend but I already miss their sweet faces.

Miss Sophie claps her hands now, and it is so cute to watch, and Karsen just had her 7th birthday and first slumber party! Love those girls (:

In other news, Red River Shootout (Texas/OU Game) happened this weekend.. This did not end well for my Longhorns, and as you probably know by now, means that my husband (OU Fan) gets to wear the pants this year.. for a whole year, until Texas wins again. Which really is just a silly joke because we all know who wear the pants. Right?

So, since there were no movies showing, and we went to dinner fairly early Saturday night, and were not ready to go home (and someone had an adult beverage at dinner and was super giggly) he chose to do this..

Yep. That says PSYCHIC READER. It was so weird. We drove up at this house, and there were two really really nice cars in the driveway. So for some reason this made us think that it was safe to just walk up to this place and walk in. Well, like I said it was someone's house, and there was a little girl that was sitting on the floor in the dark in the living room just staring at us. Not kidding.
There was a very small kitchen directly to our left, and there were pots left on the stove with some kind of food in them. It was really messy, and the little girl asked us if we wanted her to go get her mom. We told her yes, and her mother came around the corner hacking her lungs up, not covering her mouth, and asked us if she could help us.. My hilarious husband pops back with, "You don't already know?" and Drunky (me) starts laughing so hard. She told us she was really sick, and asked if we could come back tomorrow. We got the heck out of there and did not go back the next day, but we did talk about it all day and how much it creeped us out.

So, that my friends, is a Date night with the Durbs.
And then we came home and watched the Amanda Knox movie, and SNL of course.

In baby news, it's CD1 and my last cycle was only 32 days.. getting better!

That's all for now!

Have a wonderful week!

Survey says...

I got this from my wonderful friend/co-workers blog and since I was thinking of my answers as I read hers, I thought I would borrow it from her. Thanks Meet the Joiners (;

A. Age: 32

B. Bed size: Queen- for some reason, this was one of the toughest decisions we had whenever we bought our furniture for our house. My 6 foot 6 husband probably needs a King bed, but my thoughts were that I did not want our someday child sleeping in bed with us, and if we had a Queen bed they wouldn't fit. I have heard of some couples having their 13 year olds sleep in bed with them, and I just did not ever want to get that started. Also, if we ever go to bed mad, we can't stay mad long because we are up in each others grill, and Matt is making weird noises that are being recorded. More on that later.

C. Chore that you hate: For sure, it would be cleaning the floors. I don't mind cleaning them, it's just that they do not stay clean thanks to Murray and Josie. They find the biggest piece of weeds they can find whenever they go outside to potty, and one of them is always bringing something inside with them.

D. Dogs: Speaking of... Murray and Josie.. They are so sweet (: We had our big dog Cash for about 3 years.. he is the one we got from the SPCA, and he passed away about 4 months ago. It was super sad, but he had cancer and we know that he is not hurting anymore. He was a cool dude that's for sure.

Note: Matt called to tell me he had died whenever I was on my way to a new driver orientation. Yep, I had about 30 guys waiting on me to welcome them to the company and go over paperwork and benefits with a swollen red face and make up running down because I could not stop crying.

E. Essential start to your day: Alarm goes off, and Murray and I run down the stairs really fast so that I can let him out to pee (Josie and Matt are still sleeping the night away) He starts shreiking right as we get to the back door, like he cannot hold it any longer. What would happen if I hit snooze? He would surely hold it. After that I brush my teeth, take my bath/ wash my hair, and then put make up on usually while watching Saved by the Bell. Jealous?

F. Favorite color: Purple

G. Gold or Silver: Silver

H. Height: 5'5

I. Instruments you play: I can totally rock the air guitar.

J. Job title: Personnel Recruiter

K. Kids: None, just the dogs

L. Live: Outside of Houston, Texas, in Humble (pronounced "Umble", please do not pronounce it Humble to my face)

M. Mother’s name: Barbara Ann

N. Nicknames: H-Bomb

O. Overnight hospital stays: None thank goodness!

P. Pet peeves: I hate it when people stare, and I hate it people drive for miles and miles and miles down the road with their blinker on. I think it makes me more nausous to think that the blinker contraption thingy might be clicking inside their car and they do not hear it or it does not bother them.

Q. Quote from a movie: "Son of a Nutcracker!" -Buddy the Elf

R. Right or left handed: Right

S. Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister, three sister in laws, 2 brother in laws, and one sister in law on the way (:

U. Underwear: Like if there were a panty time-line, starting with a thong, and ending with Granny panties, I would be wearing the ones right before the granny panties.. no wedgies, high wasted, polyester/nylon material. How sexy is that?

V. Vegetable you hate: Green peas.. Thank you Linda Blair on the Exorcist for that hatred for the rest of my life.

W. What makes you run late: If I did run late, which I rarely do, it would have to be traffic, because I do not like others to wait on me EVER.

X. X-Rays you’ve had: Teeth, wrist, and I think that is it.

Y. Yummy food that you make: Chicken and sausage gumbo, jumbalaya, and tater tot casserole.

Z. Zoo animal: I like the Giraffes because they look like my husband...