no lie...

at the end of the year in banking, we are required to take a lot of compliance courses and testing. i just finished a course called:

Basic Precautions: Bird Flu in the Workplace

people, i can't make this stuff up. and yes, the picture to the right WAS an actual illustration on the test. i have been giggling for at least ten minutes. oh, and just so you know, i got a 100 on the test, so if you ever need any tips on avoiding bird flu, call me. ; )

top 5 - christmas 2006

christmas and the days surrounding it are always such a fun time for me. this week, in no particular order:

1. my macbook has a photobooth feature, that allows you to take funny pictures from your computer's camera...when my nephews and nieces discovered this, we had hours of fun...



2. watching kids open gifts is the most hilarious and wonderful thing ever...my nephews and nieces woke up at 6:30am ready to see what santa had brought...





3. the fam came into town early and we had a b-day party for my mom and bro at my house. we also took the kiddos to the fort worth bowl and had such a fun time.




4. jay and i spent our first christmas with each other and had a blast! we were able to spend some quality time with both our families.



5. this is not really a top five moment, but it was a hilarious one...apparently in our family, our old cell phones go to the grandkids' play area. i found my originial zack morris phone, the one i got when i turned 16. i think i had like 30 minutes of free talk time, only on nights and weekends, and any other talking cost about $5 a minute...we all had a good laugh.

i'm so proud...

"sir" bono news

trump vs rosie

it's a quiet christmas morn...the fire roars, you wrap your gifts, the smell of cider fills the air...then the tv turns into a monster, oh no, wait, it's 'the view/the new rosie o'donnel show'! geez, i don't know if you watch or have heard about 'the view' since she joined, but man, she is stirring up some hate! that woman has a serious mouth on her. looks like she's met her match...

this morning on 'the view' rosie attacked trump calling him a bankrupt snake-oil salesman for this whole issue over the miss usa pageant (p.s. do people know it's ms america that is the big deal, not miss usa...just curious?!?). trump has words for rosie...giggle. i love the drama, i cannot lie.

christmas weekends, part III

keeping with tradition, i give you this week/weekend top 5:

1. the griswold famiy christmas party was a huge success. we ended up having about 50 people over the course of the evening and into the early morning. there was plenty of great food, wonderful friends, and good times. jay even dressed up as cousin eddie and we had a few HIDEOUS griswold-style sweaters, thanks to meg and chris.




2. mary is back from chicago, so she joined a few of us to go see a very guilty pleasure of mine, pat green, in concert. we went to joe t's, the concert, and just had a blast!!



3. anytime jay and i throw a party, we always clean up as quickly as possible and reward ourselves with a fun, relaxing day. we went downtown and had burgers, a few brews at the flying saucer, and then went to see "the pursuit of happYness," which is excellent, by the way!



4. i know this one may sound silly, but i have wanted a new living room rug for a long time, and this weekend, i got it! we bought some other furniture, too, which i am very excited about, but i'll stop here before i start sounding like my mom...who gets excited about this stuff? i guess i really am getting old.



5. my mom and i bought my wedding dress!!! whoa...it's really official now and the dress is gorgeous! oh, and i'm not posting a picture of this one...you'll have to wait and see!!

go cowboys!

i hope our cowboys can pull this game off this weekend. it's exciting to cheer them on and look forward to their games again.

i just took my first virtual tour of the new stadium, and let me tell you, it is impressive. kind of like an upgraded-football-version of the AA center. while i can't wait to see my first cowboy game there, i'm equally excited for U2 to roll through town again because you know bono will book that awesome place...and if they move the OU v tx game there, i just might get over the sentimental sadness of leaving the cotton bowl. i'm obviously getting a little ahead of myself. i'll chill out a bit and get on this in 2008 or so. then i can work on getting a suite in this place...hahahaha.

click on the link below to take a look yourself!

new cowboys stadum link

fun weekend II

the christmas season really is fun...i feel like i need to keep encouraging my weekends, keeping up their spirits, because i am having a blast and hope they all continue to be this wonderful! i am so thankful for this time of year to spend with so many of our friends and family.

so i have decided to continue to release a top 5 each week through the new year (once again, #1 takes the cake):

1. mollie and kevin announced that they are having a little burpo! mols is due in july and we are all soooooooooooooooooooo excited to see him/her...i can't WAIT until they found out what this little one is so we can all start shopping. this is going to be one well-dressed kiddo!

click here to see mollie's post yesterday...a flash of baby burpo!

2. jay's company took us on an amazing holiday party-journey to southlake town center, where we all were given a $500 shopping spree (and told we were only allowed to buy for ourselves)!!! woo-hoo!! i actually had a really hard time doing this in our allotted time, but trust me, i got it done! i spent the wad at my two favorite stores...




3. we booked our annual ski trip, which of course will be to breckenridge...where we can do a little wedding planning and a LOT of skiing...can't wait for february!



4. we supported a great cause by going to "cocktails for a cure," benefitting the cystic fibrosis foundation. our support was rewarded, when i won my first ever raffle!! again, woo-hoo! we won the "family fun pack"...tickets and memberships to museums, zoos, amusement parks, sporting events, etc. all sorts of fun stuff! seaworld, here we come...giggle.



5. all of our holiday parties included eating, which is always fun, and some great wine. my favorites: the white truffle mac and cheese friday, the steak saturday, and the salmon sunday. YUM! of course we both had to run a little extra yesterday, but it was worth it...

pimp my nutcracker

all this fun, and it's only tuesday!! heehee...courtesy of meg.

click here to pimp your own nutcracker

what a week!

top 5 happenings of this week (and aside from #1, in no particular order):

1. my sooners won the big 12 championship and are headed to the fiesta bowl in arizona. BOOMER!




2. because of this win, jay and i have already booked our trip to phoenix/scottsdale for new years and the game...can't wait!!




3. it snowed! schools closed, offices closed...granted, it doesn't take much, but it was fun!




4. jay and i decorated our house for christmas...the first time i have decorated my OWN home for the holidays.



"dad, you taught me everything i know about exterior illumination." -clark w. griswold


5. our very own dallas cowboys had a huge victory today against the giants, giving us a 2-game lead in our division. we heart tony romo and the tuna!