just because

During my husband's crazy stressful insane studying before his Comprehensive Oral Exams he sent me the most beautiful flowers at work.

Fresh flowers are one of my favorite things. Especially when they are given to me "just because."
They really were the prettiest flowers and were quite unique.



I mean look at this flower. I think it looks like a yellow "Big Ball." (As kids, my brother, sister and I named Reunion Tower in Dallas "The Big Ball.")



And look at the roses...gorgeous!



It also had these tall stems with little fuzzies that reminded me of a lucky rabbit's foot.

I love him.

hello?

tap tap tap..is this thing on??

Wow..it has been way.to.long. since my last post! And I'm so terribly sorry for that. I guess life happened and I put this on the back burner.

But I've been in the kitchen.

And I promise to post tonight.

love,
Lindsay

I did it!

I woke up at 5:00 this morning and went to the gym before work! I even braved the gym showers and got ready there. I'm proud of myself.

The only problem...I was so dadgum hot after my workout that it made it very difficult to blow dry my hair, flat iron it, and put on makeup. oh well..small price to pay.

Oh, and stay tuned for a recap from our weekend. It was incredible.

HE PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let the celebration begin!

friday's coming..

Friday.

Friday at 9:30 am.

Friday at 9:30 am John will start his comprehensive oral exam.

Oh my goodness. My incredible husband has been studying his little tush off for months for this. He spends every spare moment studying and reading and and going through flash cards and going over old papers and listening to music history podcasts. The man is studying like I've never seen anyone study.

He converted our dining room into a study cave. Furniture out, butcher paper in. The pictures are off the walls and they are now covered with butcher paper. The butcher paper is covered with charts.

If you think about it, be praying for John this week. And pray Friday at 9:30 am.

If you can't tell in the picture, the bottom half of the wall-o-butcher paper is layered. There's more underneath!

over the years

I've been in the process of transferring all of my files/pictures/documents/etc. from my desktop to my laptop. It's a process I should have done a long time ago..I have been operating off of 2 computers for about a year and a half now. It's a pain and I think that is why I've put off transferring all of my stuff for so long. Ugh!

But...It's been fun going through old pictures. Pictures I had forgotten about. Pictures I love.

Here are a few oldies but goodies.


March 2003 - We had only been dating about a month here. This was at John's mom's surprise 50th in Austin.


May 2003 - Phi Chi formal in Dallas.


October 2003 - I love this picture. These are our good friends, The Eppers, and they had been dating about a year and John and I about 8 months.


November 2003 - Baylor Homecoming..acting silly. We did/do that a lot!

Note: I'm not sure where pictures from 2004 are...


March 2005 - The Oasis in Austin


Spring 2005 - In The Woodlands at Sean and Ashley's shower. I can't remember what month this was!


August 2005 - Honeymoon in NY. This was taken in Little Italy.


August 6, 2005 - Our wedding day!

Wow..I just realized in that last picture I look like I have 1 leg! Someone is holding my train behind me and we were running back down the aisle. I've always loved this picture and just noticed that! Ha!

black heels to tractor wheels

I know several of you out there in Blogland love Pioneer Woman. I love her too.

Her recipes are so mouth watering and I have dared to try a few. {I use the word dare because one could easily gain at least 5 pounds with her recipes.}

What I have tried has been fabulous. I'm sure everything she makes is.

One of the reasons she cooks the way she does is because she is feeding 4 kids and a cowboy. Marlboro Man. I love that she has lovingly named her husband Marlboro Man.

A couple years ago she started writing the love story of her and Marlboro Man and it is like a book that I "can't put down."

Have you read her love stories about Marlboro Man? If you haven't you should start. Now.

Here, I'll even make it easier for you. Click on the picture to take you there!