Fancy

Friday night I went to the Reba concert!!! Dan and Jeremy drove up from Lubbock for the show (much to Jeremy's dismay). Dan and I thought the show was excellent! I tried to get some good pictures of her from our amazing seats, but with all the lights and movement, I didn't really succeed. Here are two worth seeing, but you can see all of my attempts on our Picasa site.

She changed for her encore...Fancy. I loved the red dress!

Happy Halloween from...

Diana:

Trinity:

Hazel:

Duncan:

Carmen (our fur-niece)

Florida

After months of working my butt off, my employment at KPMG has yet again provided the perfect opportunity for a free trip to a vacation destination! As a new manager, KPMG footed the bill for a four day training in Orlando, Florida.

Although I spent 9 hours a day indoors, several of my co-workers and I did find the time to spend four hours at Epcot Center. We managed to ride four of the five rides (we passed on the fifth, as it had a 50 minute wait and we still had to visit each country). Once the rides had closed, we ate fish and chips in London...well, I only ate chips... and sat by the lake to watch the spectacular 30 minute fireworks show, complete with tons of fireworks, a huge fireball, and a globe gliding over the water. It was incredible! Once the show was over, we meandered through the shops and shared a funnel cake with powdered sugar and chocolate sauce. I have to admit, the chocolate sauce was a huge letdown. Who knew funnel cake could be ruined with something as delicious as chocolate?!? Oh well, we still had an incredible time running through the park, pushing stroller-clad parents out of our way to see as much as we could!


Since training ended on Thursday afternoon, my mom and I planned to squeeze in a three day vacation at Clearwater Beach. Since high school, I had been to Clearwater three times, and Mom had been eight or nine times. It's safe to say we LOVE that beach! We stay at the Palm Pavilion Inn, a no-frills hotel about 100-200 yards from the ocean. Rates are extremely afforadable, and they have a restaurant/bar right on the beach. So for lunch or dinner, you can have an adult beverage on the patio and stare out at the waves. Simply put, it's my heaven on earth!

Thursday night I did some grocery shopping...Cheezits, Diet Coke, and water...check, and then sat on the beach and watched the sunset. Friday morning I was sitting on the beach by 9am. I took an hour break to pick Mom up at the airport, and we headed straight to the beach as soon as we got back to Clearwater, complete with squeals from Mom and I as we walked in the white sand! The next two days were pretty much filled with two things...beach and beverages.


It. Was. Awesome.

Addiction

They say the first step to recovering from an addiction is to identify that you have a problem. Well, I have a confession to make...I've become addicted to Facebook.

I know, I know. It's probably no surprise. But I told myself that I would NOT become obsessed, and yet I find myself checking my wall while I'm stuck at a traffic light (via the Blackberry), eating my lunch at work, or needing a break from auditing.

Now, the easiest fix to this issue is to immediately cancel my page, but then I feel so left out... almost all my family and a lot of friends are on FB. So cancelling a week after I've joined is not going to happen!

I think I'm just going to have to start limiting my use...a good start would probably be to delete the bookmark on my Blackberry. But that's just not going to happen. I don't want to have to type in the link and then type my log-in on that tiny keyboard! Another idea I thought of was to refuse to update my status with everything I'm thinking/doing/wanting/hoping/saying. Now that's one I think I can do. Right now, it says "Diana loves Texas Tech football!" So, as long as football season is here, I can leave it be without feeling lame.

Other than that, I'll just try to find other things to waste my time...like blogger!

Snuggleuptous

Other than the Snuffer's cheese fries at lunch today, I made the best purchase of the week on Saturday while we were at Toys R Us! That's right...I bought a Snuggie!!! And not only did I get the blanket...it came with a free book light and was tax free (I still haven't figured out why it qualified for tax free - it's not like I could wear the Snuggie to school - but I'm not going to complain)! And since I choose the hot pink Snuggie, 50% of my purchase went to fight breast cancer. All for just $14.99.

Trinity has made fun of me profusely, but as you can see, I am quite excited about this blanket! Whoever thought of a blanket with sleeves is pure genius in my opinion.

Next time you come to visit, you may just find me snuggling on the couch with my new favorite blanket!!!

Happy Birthday, Lucas!!!

This weekend Trinity and I headed to Midland for Lucas' first birthday party! The party was pretty much everything I expected a one year-old's birthday party to be like...kids running around and playing on the playground, lots of cooing and laughter, and Luke covered in icing!!!

I uploaded all our photos to our Picasa web album, but thought a few of my favorites deserved to be shown off 0n my blog.

I Love Ellie

This week I was blessed by a last minute visit from Anna and Ellie! Josh had to attend a conference in Dallas Tuesday to Thursday, so Anna and Ellie hitched a ride and stayed with us for two nights. It was so much fun to come home from work to meet Ellie's silly grin and a good friend's warm embrace.

Although we didn't do much compared to the good ole days, I had a great time catching up with Anna. And of course, I got lots of playtime with Ellie! She is such a good little girl! Just look at this face:


Anna tried to teach her my name ("DD"), and she started to get the hang of it by Wednesday night. I have no idea if she will remember it next time she sees me, but it was so cute to hear her say it while pointing at me! I just love being an Aunt to Ellie!!!