Austin Bound

This weekend, is Texas OU weekend and Ben and I will be heading out of the Big D to Austin. I am really excited about this trip and will post more on it later. Looking forward to spending time together :)

fun and busy weekend

This past weekend was full of fun and busy activities. It all started on Friday, with the tailgate set up at SMU. Mom and I went to eat lunch and then I went with my mom to help her and Grayson J. to help set things up for the game. After that I went home and did some TV catch up on Gray's Anatomy. Then, my Mom called and asked me to go to Bubba's to pick up the tailgate food which I did. While I was there I saw some pictures about when they were first moving in, which was in 1981. I knew that place had been there forever and was surprised I had not seen those pictures before. Then, I came back to my place and my Mom and I loaded more things up to take over. Then it was time to have fun. Walked around with my Mom to check things out. After the tailgate I headed over to the stadium. I sat with my brother, chase and a friend of his to watch the game. I thought the SMU- TCU game was very good and even though SMU did not win thought they played a good game.

Saturday morning I woke up to rain lots of rain. Then, my best friend came over and we went up to my parents lake house. We had a great time. We spent time playing pool and watching the Baylor game as well as a movie. It was a great time! Saturday night Kristina and I were waiting to go to dinner, but the bug man was there. I have never seen anyone who spends so much time making sure you are bug free. The strange thing was he did not get over to the house until after 5 pm and was still there at 8:45 pm. So, you could say Kristina, my dad and I were all a bit hungry. I was also getting sleepy. So we finally made it to dinner a little after 9 pm, which is late for me! I am getting old but was never a fan of 9 pm dinners. So, we had a good dinner and came back at 10:45 or so. We watched part of a movie and then went to sleep. Sunday we finished our movie and then had some lunch and hung out. We finally had to leave because tomorrow is Monday. So, it was a great weekend, and we all had fun.

SMU Tailgate

The past couple of weekends Ben and I have gone tailgating at SMU. It has been so much fun. Fun to see people and enjoy being outside. This next weekend is the SMU TCU game and should be fun! I am glad it is fall and finally getting a little cooler, and when I saw cooler I mean in the low 90's or mid 80's.

Book Club

Tonight we had the first book club meeting. The book club was Amy's idea. I had a great time reading a book and talking about it with good friends. Am looking forward to the next book and the next meeting. Thanks Amy for having a great idea and inviting me to be in the club too!

The Blind Side

Tonight I went to the first junior league of dallas' first general membership meeting of the year. It was great the speaker was Collins Tuohy of the movie and book "The Blind Side". She was a great speaker. She spoke about her life and how Michael Oar made a difference in her life as well as in her families' life. She was funny and talked about how important it was for you to find your passion in anything may it be volunteering with junior league or something entirely different. Her main point was to pick one thing and put your whole self in it and that when you do you make a difference.

I was really impressed with her wisdom at such a young age of 23. She also took time for a Question and Answer at the end of her speaking. She answered questions about her life and how she was affected by the movie and the book. She was very candid about what a difference Michael brought to her life and her families as well as questions about the movie. She did say that as her character in the movie played volleyball and she never did. She also shared that the part in the movie about her family driving on Thanksgiving to get breakfast her family saw Michael Oar on the street and stopped to give him a ride and that is how he came into their lives. She also shared about Michael's birth mother and how he does see her time to time and that in real life both Michael and herself are the same age.

All and all it was a great meeting with a great message. Look forward to other great meetings to come. Although to tell you the truth, the September meetings have always been my favorite!

Tornado's

Last night there were tornados in this area. It hit a little too close to home for me, as I see it was coming closer to us that i have ever seen in my life. Now, I have not ever been in a tornado, but have an idea what to do. It was a little scary. So, as I talked to Ben on the phone, he was at his place and told him what he should do or go if one came. Then, I called my parents ,whom I had to tell to turn on the TV cause there were tornados coming and did not know. Then I called my parents back, as it was getting closer and they suggested I come over just in case one comes. So, I went on over and as I got over there the sirens went off, which was good. So, I spent most of it watching where the tornado hit on TV. So, it was an exciting day in Dallas yesterday.

a fun labor day weekend

This past labor day weekend was so much fun! Ben and I had a lot of fun hanging out. We rode bikes, played card games, and watched old movies. We had great meals to eat and great company. Also, I learned that Ben cooks great grilled cheese sandwiches! I loved them. Can't wait to have another fun filled weekend.