2010 in Review

This year has definitely had it's up and downs for me. Even though the majority of the year was great, I'm more than ready to say goodbye to 2010 and say hello to 2011. Actually, I'm welcoming it with open arms and hoping that it'll bring a new change (which I'll talk about soon I promise).

In 2010, I was fortunate to travel around the country and had a ball doing it!

Cincinnati

Gaitlinburg, TN & Los Angeles, CA with Evan Lysacek

Santa Monica Pier

Wizarding Wold of Harry Potter-Orlando

The Billiard Room in Graceland- Memphis, TN

The Cibola National Forest-Albuquerque, NM

Lorraine Motel-Memphis TN The site of MLK's death

Besides traveling, I celebrated my 26th Birthday and my Mom's Birthday as well...

I also got to spend time with wonderful friends...

Pullman Square

In the water at the lake

Fat Pattys

I can't wait to see what the new year brings!!!! Hope you have a wonderful New Year's Eve! 

A Case of the Monday's on a Friday

I can't wait for work to be over today because tonight I'll be eating at one of my favorite places in town...

I seriously love that place. It's always fun and they have the best food. I shall be ordering a large plate of bacon, cheese fries and then a good old fashion cheeseburger. Yum!

Um, is anyone else not done with their Christmas shopping? Please tell me I'm not the only one. I have almost everyone taken care of but I still need to order a few things. I'm hoping at this point everything will get here on time. *crossing fingers*

Speaking of Christmas, today's topic of 25 Days of Christmas is Christmas Music. 

I'd have to say that I have 4 favorite Christmas songs. In no particular order they are-

1. Blue Christmas-Elvis Presley.

2. The Twelve Days of Christmas- Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters.

3. I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas- Gayle Peevey.

4. Cool Yule- Louis Armstrong.

What's your favorite Christmas song? 

Scary Island Meets the ER

It all started Friday evening.

Friday evening we converged at Fat Patty's (a local restaurant that has amazing food) and laid out our plans for Saturday: a day at the lake on a boat.

Once Saturday morning rolled around, we blew up our floats, grabbed the food and headed out onto our 14 person pontoon party boat for our 8 hour adventure. The morning started out nice, the weather was warm, the breeze was cool and the discussion of Teen Mom was had. After we decided that Farrah wasn't liked and Maci was the favorite. We ate lunch on the boat, did a little swimming (at least until the meniton of snakes) and did a little fishing.

And then the rain hit...

Once the thunder and lightening started, our fun day at the lake turned into, Scary Island Part 2 (since we experienced part 1 a few months ago). So our eight hour adventure turned into six but by this time everyone was either red from the sun or had to take a poop (basically just me)  so it was back to shore we went! It continued to rain off and on all night. 

This is where you could say the evening got a little interesting...

After getting the lake water off of us we celebrated Josh's belated Birthday. As LeAnna said, it was either the best or worst Birthday party she's ever attended. See what happened was Kristin and LeAnna had got him these really awesome shooting sparkler candles. Little did anyone know that they'd end up setting off the hotel fire alarm. Oops. 

Once we got the fire alarm situation under control we set back to watch a movie and enjoy a little champaign. Sounds pretty harmless right? Wrong! Long story short... Josh ended up slicing his finger open trying to get one of the corks out. He sliced it so deep that we ended up in the ER at midnight. 

The best part about the trip to the ER was the fact that there was all of us sitting in the lobby talking to each other via our iphones thru facebook status updates. Then we see this guy who will remain face less... 

This guy was a total creeper. First of all, the two signs (incase you can't read them) are for the bathroom and vending. They were side by side. This dude couldn't decide which one to do first. He stood there debating whether or not to get his snack or take a poop for at least a good 5 minutes. Ultimately he decided on the poop first but we're still not a 100% sure about whether he took a snack in with him. We also saw a Tom Selleck worthy stash but sadly no picture was taken of it. 

If you're wondering how Josh ended up....well he walked away with some parting gifts of stitches and the tools that were used to heal his wound. 

 

All in all, it was a fabulous weekend! Now it's back to my new found love of yoga and whispering, "Chaturanga" as I do the moves during class. 

Good Eats & A Confession

Today I get to eat at one of my favorite restaurants: Fat Patty's! 

Sadly for all of you, it's a local restaurant. I would completely understand if you wanted to come visit though because the food is amazing! They give you giant food portions for super cheap and the place is amazing on service. Oh, did I mention it's just a really fun place to eat? Anyways, I'm meeting one of my fellow alumni sorority sisters there for lunch. Yay!

I heard from my hunny bunny boo yesterday! I was sooooo excited. I hadn't got to hear his voice in over a week (9 days to be exact). 

Ok, let's get serious here for a minute. I don't know if I've mentioned this before but I feel I need to come out and quit hiding it on here. I am a HUGE super fan of Britney Spears. Now wait...before you judge, I am not a "To Catch A Predator" type fan. I don't have her poster hanging on any of my walls. I'm not following her on twitter, I don't check her website, etc. I just actually, really like her. I think she can actually sing (when she's not lip synching) and she is a good dancer. I would like to point out that I was not a fair weather fan either. I was there rooting for her even as she shaved her head, went crazy with an umbrella, were drunk dancing on the vma's and did that horrible reality show called Chaotic with Kevin "the creeper" Federline. On my bad days, I'm guilty of getting in the car, cranking up her cd (shattered glass off the circus album = amazing) and letting all the hate out. So today...I salute you Britney Spears. I'm rooting for you to drop your dad from his strong hold in court this week!

Funky Town

If you haven't noticed, I've been in a funk. Well you always have a choice. I chose to get my butt in gear and have FUN today! 

I ended up going to my favorite place for lunch: Fat Pattys!!! Love it! 

    

After lunch, I decided to do some extensive shopping and add some new items to my wardrobe. I found some really cute brown cargo, capri pants. I also found a really cute 3/4 sleeve sweater on sale that I can wear come next fall. 

Have I mentioned that I'm addicted to Forever 21? We don't have an actual store in town so I have to order from their site. I had been eyeing a few things on there for over a week so I placed that order. I will soon be the owner of...

ring by jmomiller featuring Forever21 rings

The only difference is I got the top in purple and not orange.

I hope everyone had a great Saturday...sorry for the funk everyone!!!

Mrs.GIJoe you are SO nice!!! That email helped me alot. Thank you!

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Hello Hello All, 

This blog is dedicated to our favorite restaurant Fat Patty's. If you haven't ate there then your surely missing out. The food is hot and the waiters are even hotter..haha no really. We love that place. It doesn't feel like your normal run of the mill, cookie cutter restaurant. It feels more like a Cheers joint. We go there so often now, they should think about putting our picture on their wall. We want to know all the waiters by name....we'll start working on that soon. 

Extra Extra!!! Tomorrow is Marshall's homecoming parade and game. So if you'll be in attendance, look for us because we'll be somewhere in the masses. 

Be safe!!!

The Duo