November 2012

In the spirit of trying to catch up to present day, I’m going to be doing Month Recaps, hitting the “big” events that occurred.  First up, My last birthday in my 20’s.  Yep, I’m owning my age… 30 doesn’t have to be scary right?  Eh, I’m not there yet {focus Jeannie}.  Looking back on this day, I laugh, because my first memory is, “I’m hulking out of my clothes!”  Apparently I ripped my dress’ lining when hoisting myself into Cody’s truck which caused the hem line to creep up & the exposure of my panties, strike 1 and 2; strike 3 came after lunch while sitting at my desk, all I could feel were sharp pains in my left boob {Chimmi}, then I realized what was happening, my right boob {Chonga} decided to push the underwire of my bra out and stab Chimmi, it was horrible.  We had a big happy hour planned that night, and I was literally tearing out of all my clothes, so after work, I hobbled across the street to the Galleria and headed straight to Agaci for an outfit & Intimacy Boutique for a bra, this outfit easily became one of my favorites

To celebrate with my family we went bowling… oh I love bowling; then back to the house for my mom’s cheesecake and gifts

On my actual birthday I woke up to presents & breakfast, and this is when I met My 3^rd Kate Spade… isn’t she pretty?

Lashes approved as well.

Next on the November agenda, Thanksgiving!  We love thanksgiving, the gathering of friends, foods, family, food, laughs, food, did I mention food?

And in true tradition, the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, is dedicated to buying our Christmas tree & getting it set up and ready to decorate

And this isn’t a big event, just something incredibly cute that I needed to share

We bought this tutu for Lashes, but of course, Diesel wanted to try it on as well.  Once I took it off her he started getting excited and jumping, and barking, and then jutted his head out as if to say, “Mom, my turn!”  He’s so my dog.  And the bottom picture makes me laugh every time; In true Lashes form, the camera must always be facing her, so she naturally photo bombed Diesel

3 Pumpkin & A Spirit

The first year in our home we conducted a pumpkin carving contest, and ever since then it’s become an annual event.  Our first ones were quite impressive

{Yes, that is David Hasselhoff, courtesy of Cody, and I did the pumpkin of us}

This year, I wanted to carve our family, “how hard could it be?”

 Answer… HARD!  Cody whittled Diesel & I was in charge of us & Lashes

We had a lot of fun doing it

Final results:

When all the lights were off so I could take this shot, I jokingly said that mine were better, and then made the comment, “Anyone here will vote for mine!”  Then I saw a weird film in my view finder… I brought my camera down from my eye… nothing.  I put my camera back up to my eye, and there it was again… moving, slooooooowly up, almost like gliding, so I snapped a few photos, and who ever this lovely spirit was, it voted for Cody too… so fine, I suppose if those from the beyond are weighing in as well, I can admit Cody won!

Regardless of whose was better *cough, mine* they all looked cute outside on Halloween night.

Plus, their seeds were delicious once we baked them!

Grool Bye Party

Our dear friend Bridger, aka B&E, was relocated to Australia for work, and since his departure took place around Halloween his friends threw him a costume going away party {& you know we love a good themed party, we take dressing up very seriously}.  Originally we had  planned on going as Anchorman’s Veronica Corningstone & Ron Burgundy but finding a maroon blazer turned out to be a harder feat than we thought, so a week before the party we decided to go as Roy Lichtenstein’s Pop Art.

We already possessed the clothes, we just needed a little face paint; both costumes were achieved for under $20

You know we had to involve the dogs in some way, so we decided to give them a voice

We took a party bus around Houston, only stopping at Little/Big Woodrows {Bridger's favorite bar}.  I think we stopped at a total of five!  It was a lot of fun

My Split Apart

While at work this past Thursday I received a phone call from the front desk, I wasn’t able to answer, so the call was ignored.  A few minutes later, I receive an Instant message from Cody asking me if I had a call from the lobby, confused at how he knew this, I answered and he gently forced me to go down to the 1st floor to check it out. 
I’m so happy I did, because these beauties where there waiting for me!!

After showing them off I responded to Cody via IM:

My above reference to “Split Apart,” was due to the card attached which read,

“I just want you to know how much I love you Booba.  You truly are my Split Apart.” 

My eyes got a tad watery, I’ll admit it.  The first night Cody & I met we spoke on the phone for over 6 hours, so we covered a lot of ground.  One of the conversations we had was about relationships, soul mates, etc… and I told him about Plato’s “Split Aparts,” which is why I’m obsessed with belly buttons. 

I remember after explaining it, he was very quiet and sweetly said, “You don’t really believe this, do you?”  I laughed, because I knew it sounded crazy, I reassured him I did not, but I thought it was a romantic synopsis. 

We haven’t really spoken of it for at least 6 years, so that was a sweet surprise to see it on the card.

If you’re curious about split aparts, I’ll do my best to break down

Aristophanes’ Speech from Plato’s Symposium:

Humans were once round and half male & half female.  They had four arms, feet, & ears, with one head that had two faces {they looked in opposite directions}.  They could still walk upright like humans today, but they could also roll around using their multiple hands & feet to move faster.

After a while, the humans started trying to take over the Heavens, so the Gods grew scared.  They contemplated exterminating them, like they did the giants, but then there wouldn’t be anyone left to worship them, and what good is being a God if you’re not being worshiped?  So they had to think of a plan.

Zeus ultimately came up with the winning solution.  Zeus sliced the humans in half which made us weaker but it also increased our numbers so there were more worshipers,  but we looked really odd after being split into two, so Apollo healed our wounds and sculpted our bodies.  He then pulled what is like a purse’s draw string very tight, so our arms and legs fell into place, and tied a knot to secure it.  We still have evidence of this scar, our belly buttons. {Why I like belly buttons J}

Since there were more of us, they still had to worry about humans trying to take over, so the Gods casted one half of each of us to the ends of the earth so we’d spend our time searching for our other half, our split apart, instead of trying to take over the kingdom.

You can understand Cody’s concern now, but I still love this story, no matter how outlandish it is!

Home is Whenever I'm w/You

We randomly change, add, or update our home on what feels a monthly basis, and since the last time I shared photos of our home {Fall decorations} I decided to share a few more pics of the casa.  I normally don’t get to take many photos due to the chaos and mess that we live in {we’re both equally as messy, no matter what Cody says!}  but we recently had house guest

 so our house was pretty much 90% put together so I took advantage of this rare occasion & started snapping away. 

I would like to share before you scroll down, that I did NOT ask my dogs to be a part of any shot, this is how trained they are.  They hear my camera and literally pose, it cracks me up! 

If you see a few additions to our furniture collection, good eye!  I’m going to be posting a few DiY projects we have in the works but I’m conflicted with whether or not I should post them before I have the 100% completed photo… knowing me I’ll share them in their current stages and update them later, especially since it takes us about a month to fully finish.

*knock, knock, knock!*

“Who’s there? OH!  Hello, please do come in!”

When you open our front door, a table Cody made is to your left

This view is from the front door

This is our entry way hall with my wall of photos

I'm obsessed with it {pssssst, notice the new piece of furniture?}

Awe, our livingroom {I'm a firm believer that EVERY color goes together}

{pssssssst, notice that orange side table?  Another DiY project}

Our dining room

Our latest project was/is our Master Bedroom, so far, I'm loving it!

{PSSSSSSST, see those designs on the wall?  Cody is currently painting that on that wall entirely... HAND painting it!}

*Again, I did NOT ask them to do this, they're just picture whores*

We recently updated our Master Bathroom, I like it so far, we have a little ways to go

Guest Bathroom

Guest Bedroom

We have 2 more rooms in addition to these, my closet room & another guest room we converted into an office but those weren't fully in order so I thought it best to keep those doors shut!