Happy Birthday Tracy

Tomorrow, Monday, is my friend Tracy's birthday. She's going to be 27, which is not old at all. I say this because Tracy and I are the same age. Before you know it, I'll be 27. Oh that's depressing. No, it's not depressing it's fabulous! Anyway...

I like Tracy. If you don't know her, you should meet her. Your world will be brighter with Tracy in it. Tracy is always good for a laugh. Not that we make fun of Tracy, she's just a funny girl. She always makes me laugh. I know, I said that about Suzy. What can I say, I'm blessed with funny friends.

Tracy and I get along because we enjoy similar activies. We both like long walks on the beach, looking at the stars...ummm sorry that's my singles ad for her. HA! But for real, Tracy does enjoy a wide variety of activities. For example, I can always count on Tracy to give me a great recipe or tell me about a good book she's recently read . Tracy is also a huge college football fan. This picture was taken oat a football watch party. Tracy is a huge OU and Texas Tech fan. Don't hold the TT against her, she's from Texas.

SO here's to you Tracy...have a great birthday.

Finance

I'm feeling this guy's pain. This week has been finals. I have to say it hasn't been the worst finals week. Last weekend was stressful, but after I finished all my Ethics finals/papers I was good. I knocked the Ethics finals out of the park. I received an A for the course. GO ME! However, I wasn't really worried about Ethics. I've done well in Ethics throughout the 7 weeks, so I expected to receive an A on the final.

Tonight is a different story. Tonight is the dreaded Finance final. Yick! I've been trying to study a couple hours every night to prepare for the test. I still feel like I'm not prepared enough for the test. I currently have an A in Finance, but I would like to keep my A. SO if everyone could say a small pray for me around 6:00, central time, that would be PERFECT!

Thanks Blogger World!

Wednesday Thoughts

Ever wonder what goes through my head? Well, here are some of today’s thoughts.

Why can’t the copier and I get along?

Have I really had that on my pants all day?

When is this day going to end?

I wonder what liquefied Tofu taste like?

Do you really sleep better if you go to bed smiling?

Do I smell hot dogs?

Why can’t I remember that I hate Carmel?

Is 14 grams of sugar a lot for a container of yogurt?

Holy crap, I didn’t realize my arm would hurt this bad after a flu shot.

Why is my arm hurting this bad after a flu shot?

I just ate 3 Dove Chocolates in record time.

Is he following me around the office?

Why can’t the toilet let me finishing peeing before it flushes?

Dove Chocolate is amazing.

How in the world does Ryan Seacrest have that big of a house?

Does she realize she can buy a bigger size pants, and it wouldn’t be a bad thing?

Did it really take me thirty minutes to copy those pages?

How does she get her hair that cute everyday?

What am I doing wrong, maybe more hairspray?

Is it really just now 3:30! AHHHH

Why do I have to send a love note to someone? Why doesn’t someone send one to me!

As you can see, none of it is important. Althought, I just realized I think about food way too much! I wasn't even hungry today.

Today on Oprah

So today I was watching Oprah and Jerry Seinfeld’s wife was on the show. By the way, Jerry’s wife is really cute. She has that cute homeroom mom personality.

Anyway, Jessica, Jerry’s wife, has come out with a book. Her book is a cookbook, and I love to cook. Her cookbook gives tips on sneaking vegetables into children’s typical foods, such as chicken nuggets, cake, cookies, pizza and mac-n-cheese. She sneaks the vegetables in the foods by first *pureeing the vegetables. By pureeing the vegetables, kids have no idea the vegetables are in their favorite foods. The whole time she was talking about pureeing I was thinking…what are you talking about! Finally, they showed her pureeing…looks super easy! I can do it. Jessica said she spends one night a week pureeing different types of vegetables, that way she has them prepared for the week. I CAN puree one night a week! Of course, Jessica does it while catching up with her multi-million dollar husband. I guess, I’ll puree while catching up with my kitchen wall. I guess that could be therapeutic .
After watching the show I felt a strong need to run out and purchase her book. And you know what, I might go out and buy it! I’ll have a puree party!

* Purée and (more rarely) mash are general terms for food, usually vegetables or legumes, that have been ground, pressed, and/or strained to the consistency of a soft paste or thick liquid.

Pancakes and Football

Saturday, Mr. T and I had our second annual Pancakes and Football.

Last year Pancakes and Football was started by 4 people- Mr. T, ML, Tonya, and myself. We cooked breakfast together, enjoyed our breakfast outside and watched football all day. Since it was so successful last year, Mr. T and I decided we needed to continue the tradition. Due to our long lost friend ML being in Japan, we decided to eat at his fav restaurant, Bev's, in his memory. Mr. T had some pancakes, and I had a Philly Steak Sandwich. What? I was hungry and breakfast didn't sound good at 1:00. But my sandwich and fries were great! The fries had a huge puddle of grease waiting for us at the bottom of the stack. YESSSS! You better believe that Mr. T and I ate EVERY BITE of our food.

All around this year’s Pancakes and Football was fun! Mr. T and I had great discussions, ate great food and both fell asleep on the couch. Here are some of Mr. T and I’s discussion topics, which led us to our naps….

Cheatees and Cheaters
Josh Heupal’s marriage status
A marriage seminar for wives whose husbands are having mid-life crises
Next SCT being held in Portland, because it rains a lot
Greasy lunch made us feel fat.

Mr. T and I tried to take a picture of us at Bev’s but we couldn’t take a good one. Seriously, we took 4 pictures and ALL of them were horrible! We even took some at my house-nothing! We finally gave up. We ended up settling with a picture from Bev’s. If you look closely you can see our shadows in the door. This is for you ML...

BOOMER.....SOONER

How to Ruin Your Dating Life

This morning I stumbled across the blog Jesus Needs New PR, the title alone made me want to stop and read a few post. So I did.
Matthew Paul Turner, whom I do not know, writes the blog JNNPR. And I do believe, I’ve discovered a new daily read. One of his older post I read was an excerpt of his new Christian dating book …. How to Ruin your Dating Life. I thought I'd share his advice to my Blogger World.

How to Ruin Your Dating Life: A Christian's Guide for Avoiding (Almost) Every Mistake in the Book

Okay, so if you happen to find yourself joining a church singles’ group, do yourself a big favor and follow these rules. Seriously, please do this. I (Matthew) promise that the very essence of your dating career depends on it.

• It’s not a hookup joint. That’s not to say hookups won’t happen—and it would actually be awesome if they happened more often—but if you join a Christian singles’ group with the motive of hooking up, may the fake gods of unwanted celibacy fall upon you for many moons. [No, I’m not New Age.]

• Resist the temptation to make the group your only friends. Sure, they’re nice people, but you’ll need a little more cultural influence than just them! Trust me, I know that "Sheila" is a nice woman, but if you don’t want to be the next forty-seven-year-old single to be spearheading your yearly "Unmarried Servants’ Fall Retreat," I suggest you keep your singles’ group attendance on a very tight leash. Or you know that Sheila will be nominating you to replace her when she turns forty-eight.

• If your singles’ group is known by an acronym, leave immediately. I’m not trying to make you a stuck-up jerk, but come on, you’ve got a reputation to protect, and attending the FLOCK—Females Living Out Christ’s Kingdom—is only making that more difficult.

• Keep it to one "singles" activity a week [maybe two, but only if they’re mission related]. Just trust me on this one, all right?

• If you’re a male over the age of thirty and you attend a church singles’ group that’s mostly female and under the age of twenty-three, I hate to break it to you, but everybody thinks you’re creepy. And if you have a mustache or goatee, multiply that creepiness times ten.

• If upon joining a church singles’ group, the word single becomes about as tolerable as the words moist, sack, or pianist, you might want to find a new church. Believe it or not, single isn’t a dirty word.

• No hooking up on missions trips. You know when the music fades, so will the relationship.For more information on How To Ruin Your Dating Life, buy the book.


You should all go visit his blog....http://www.jesusneedsnewpr.blogspot.com/