All My Children

I’m currently eating lunch and watching All My Children. I’m not a big soap fan, but All My Children is a soap I can tolerate. I think it’s because my grandma would watch AMC every day. She called it…"her story”, and we would watch it right after lunch. Trust me, after spending a week in Arkansas I would know everything about AMC. Some summers I would get so hooked on the show that I would have to call grandma to get AMC updates. What! I get sucked into shows easily. I hate that about myself.

Here are some of my thoughts on soap operas. Do you realize you cannot watch the show for a year and still know the storyline? It’s true! I guess that’s not a bad thing if you only watch the show about three times a year, like me. Also, these shows have crazy storylines. Blogger World, the people of Pine Valley (where they live) are dealing with some crazy stuff. For example, we have memory loss, baby mommas, baby daddies, murder, ghost, stealing of spouses, and drinking problems. I don’t know about you, but I think I’d move from Pine Valley if everyone around me had a crazy life.

But even with all the craziness I do still enjoy the show from time to time. Today appears to be one of those times. Now if you would excuse me, I must see if Erika is going to go out with Adam. Trust me…my grandma is rolling in her grave right now. Erika and Adam together, what is the world coming to!

She Works Hard for Her Money

Blogger World, something happened to me Monday at work. It’s a good thing. However, no one knows that it happened to me. Let me explain. Monday I was busy at my desk working. Yes, working. Not surfing the internet, not typing up a blog post, and definitely not stalking my favorite Hollywood celebs. My boss walked by my office and this conversation took place:

Boss- Oh, you are here today. (It was noon; I’d been in the office all morning)
Me- Yes, sir I’ve been here all morning.
Boss- Fridteay we decided to promote you to a SR.
Me- Great.
Boss- Now, this promotion comes with a pay raise.
Me- Thank you sir.
Boss- You’re a great worker, everyone thinks the world of you….yada, yada, yada.

You get the point. I received a promotion and a pay raise. Normally, when promotions occur a global email is sent out announcing an employee’s promotion. Unfortunately, I have once again slipped through the cracks. No email was sent out on my behalf, which I find disappointing. I have received this big promotion and no one in my office knows. Oh, and don’t even get me started on completing my MBA. No one in the office has congratulated me on that accomplishment either. Although, someone did just ask how classes are going. I told them I graduated two weeks ago. I’m assuming my coworkers will figure out that I’m done with school. But maybe I’m giving them too much credit-it has been about two weeks.

Today, I am treating myself to my favorite sandwich and cookie for lunch. It’s my reward to myself!

Sidenote: A true friend dedicates a whole post to you...check out Holly's Blog to see mine. Have I ever told you that my friends are awesome? Well they are!

Weekend Updates

Another weekend is under my belt. Also, this would be the first weekend in over a year I did not have to worry about any aspect of school. YIPPEEE! So how did I spend my first weekend post MBA???? Well keep on reading….

Friday
I had the day off. But don’t get excited for me. I had the day off because Sister #1 needed a ride to the doctor. She’s fine, don’t worry. I on the other hand, had to get up at 5:00am, ok fine it was 5:30am. I slept in a little…ok a lot. Blogger World, you know I do not get up that early unless an airplane, run, or aerobics is involved. Neither of those options were a choice this time. However, since I rock as a sister…I took her to the doctor.
Later that night I made a wonderful meal for my friends. I believe everyone liked the meal, or they pretended like they did. Either way, everything was eaten. Here’s a picture of dessert. Mine didn’t look this pretty, but we can all pretend. Oh but I did get to use my blackberries in this dish. They were top quality! Saturday
Again I was up way too early. I was up at 6:00am! But this time it was my choice- a run. Run with the Bulls was this weekend. This is one of my favorite races. The reason it’s my favorite has nothing to do with the race, but everything to do with the after run food. At this race, they serve hamburgers. Oh and they are so good. The best hamburgers I have ever eaten. Of course, I say this about every food I eat after a race. Anyway, this year I skipped out on the hamburger and ate breakfast at a famous steakhouse. It was my first time to dine at the local treasure. Needless to say, it did not let me down. Hands down, the best biscuits I have ever eaten. Casie and I split biscuits and gravy, which was very tasty. Don’t worry we also sampled their eggs, hash browns, bacon, and ham.
The rest of Saturday was a blur, because I took a long nap. I’m not much of a napper but I was tired. I very much need a vacation. Can someone take care of that for me?
Saturday night I went to a concert. This was the last concert of my Summer Concert Series. I picked a good one to end the summer. First of all, the concert was in a cow pasture. No lie! Ok, it’s not a lie but it’s an exaggeration. It was actually at one of Stillwater's finest, but outside which is why it felt like a cow pasture. The concert was a three day OK/TX country concert. Most of the performers were from OK/TX area, with Dierks Bentley closing the show Saturday night. He put on a great show! He played for over an hour and I was able to get really close to the stage. It was fun night!

Sunday
I cooked and cleaned a lot on Sunday. I guess I was bored, but trying to stay productive. Since I was in the mood to cook I decided to try a new recipe. I made Upside Down Pizza, which turned out pretty well. Then I felt the need for more food, so I had Sister #2 make a Cookie Cake. The Cookie Cake was amazing. Sister #1 and I ate the whole thing in less than one day. I’m sure you could calculate our consumption time in hours. Stop judging me- I run and go to aerobics!
I guess that’s about all I did on Sunday, you know besides the boring things like- laundry, cleaning my bathroom, and preparing things for the week. Hey, I cannot be exciting every day of the week it’s just exhausting.

Until London

Last night Sister #1 and I watched the Olympics closing ceremonies. Of course, I didn’t sit through the whole thing but I did catch the last hour. I did make it in time to witness Jackie Chang sing. Did anyone else see him randomly on stage there at the end? It was weird. He was on stage singing with famous Chinese pop singers. I had no clue he could sing, that is if he was really singing. But if that was him singing at the end, he doesn’t have a horrible voice. He should start singing in his movies. Ummm, this post is not about Jackie Chang singing. Sorry I got side tracked! Anyway, back closing ceremonies.

I was kind of sad to see the Olympics come to an end. I have really enjoyed watching the games. Like most of the world I was glued to my TV watching the Olympics. Those TV people had me sucked in at the very beginning. It was those sappy stories they play about each of the athletes; which reminds me. Do all Olympic athletes have a sad situation or physical problem that they overcome? I mean, is that a requirement to enter into the Olympics. Some of those athletes stories could have double as an Extreme Homemaker story. The Roommate and I started to realize everyone’s story was sad a few days ago. Sorry, side tracked again. But that is a legitimate question.

So for the past two weeks I’ve watched track, basketball, volleyball, rowing, gymnastics, and whatever else was on when I got home from work. I was addicted. I can’t remember an Olympics, winter or summer, where I actually watched the games every night for two weeks. I was really rooting for USA. I kept up with the medal count, and I did my best to read about what events USA would take, if I didn’t see it for myself.

Today, I salute USA! My hat goes off to all the USA athletes that made it to the Olympics. You made us proud and you entertained us!

16 or 80?

Today during my 3:00 break, I was looking at celebrity pictures posted on US Magazine's website. Hey, some people smoke at 3:00, I view celebrity pictures. It's cheaper and healthier-judge me later. Anyway, I came across this picture:

These two chicks are from the show Gossip Girl. I don't know their real names or their characters names on Gossip Girl. I'm 100% sure The Cousin knows and will comment letting us all know. But what caught my eye with this picture is the way they are dressed. The girls are on the set of their show, Gossip Girl. My question is what high school girl dresses like this? They look like hip 80 year olds.

Also FYI- I just read that Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams have gotten back together. It has to be true, US Magazine would not tell a lie!

So...

Last night was the first Monday night I’ve had free, in about a year. Let me tell you, I have not been missing a thing. Good grief. What do you guys watch on Monday nights? Someone needs to send me a TV schedule. There’s absolutely nothing on TV. The Olympics was on last night, but I couldn’t get into last nights events, until gymnastics. I did waste 30 minutes by going running, of course it was raining outside while I ran. Hey, it was either go run or keep sitting on the couch!

After I got home from aerobics, I ate dinner and then ironed some pants. After finishing all those things, you can imagine how surprised I was when I looked at the clock to see it was only 7:30. I got home from aerobics at 6:55. Yup, it only took 35 minutes before I realized I was going to need a new activity to occupy my free time. I’m still narrowing down my choices for activities. Knowing me, I’ll just do them all because that’s how I am. However, I’m happy to report I will not be getting a second job! I’m bored, but I don’t want to go back to working 60 hours a week. Then I become cranky Ok Chick, which no one really likes her.

Oh and because I know you’ll ask- here are the possible time fillers…..

Train for a half marathon
Attend a women’s bible study
Volunteer somewhere
Join a tennis league
Take a cooking class
Get a whole new degree
Learn how to sew- I don’t think I’m that bored, scratch that one off the list.

Weekend Update

HOLY MOLY! What a weekend. It was go-go-go the whole stinkin’ weekend, and I am tired this morning. Since it was such a busy weekend…I’ll let my pictures do all the explaining. Besides, I know you guys would rather look at pictures.

Friday
My wonderful friends Holly, Andrew, and Sister #1 took me to dinner. Aren't they great! We ate at a trendy new pizza place here in town. It was a nice evening of eating outside, which is one of my favorite things to do!

The group

Andrew and I

Sister #1 and I

Andrew, Holly, and I

Saturday
Big day! Here's some pics from graduation, which can I say was the fastest graduation ever. We were done in less than an hour.

The fam
Friend # 23, or I guess you guys know him as Guy #3. Hey, we're still friends and the guy got me through Economics and Accounting!
IM Buddy, who entertained me all summer! Isn't she the cutest? Most of the people I hung out with this year, minus a few that were not around for this picture. I saw these people more than anyone else this past year.

After graduate it was off to a super nice steakhouse. It was yummy. I ate so much! I thought they were going to need a crane to get me out of my seat. We had a great time with my friends Casie and Scott. Sadly, no pictures of the dinner...just imagine 7 people eating steak. I planned to get a picture of the dinner group, but I was so busy eating my steak that I forgot.

Sunday

Last night was Concert #2 for August. Brooks & Dunn with ZZ Top. Remember how all you guys thought it was weird that they were playing together? Well it was kind of weird. I mean, it was a GREAT show but odd. The crowd was an odd mixture as well. There were three acts last night, so we heard lots of music-always a plus. Rodney Atkins opened up for Brooks & Dunn, and then ZZ Top finished off the night. Sister #2 and I tons of fun. I've come to the conclusion that old people can put on a great concert. I was impressed.