InstaFriday and my week in review

This was just going to be a post of the past weeks Instagram pics, 

but then I realized that I didn't Instagram all that much....

So, it's just turning into a random spattering of pictures.

Some Instagram,

Some not.

Some boring.

Some delicious.

and some very cute.

Starting with last Thursday...

I got together with some girls from work to assemble 

carekits for Heart to Heart International.

My friend Amy is quite the hostess and turned our

volunteer time into a dinner party. She fixed us all a 

yummy Italian dinner...the cherry on top was this

little cutie Savannah, my friend Cathi's daughter!

10 months old and so much fun!

Friday

Friday I met my mom, sister and Alicia in the Westbottoms 

for another month of First Fridays!  Alicia and I had plans

for fried pickles and cheese fries afterwards so I purposefully

headed out with on empty stomach...

this unfortunately just led to me being tired, hot and hungry so

we only stayed for about 2 hours and then had a 

long awaited rendezvous with Tomfooleries' fried pickles..

YUM.

Saturday

Not much other than Olympic watching.

Still loving it!!

Sunday

I finally got my butt in gear on Sunday and

hung the windows that I bought in July at First Fridays.

(I can't have too many First Friday projects hanging

over my head afterall...)

Roy was working, and I nearly killed myself hanging these

50lb windows (as in...falling off an inadequate barstool turned ladder with

the window coming down with me....), but I got it done!!

It was a very 'Iamwomanhearmeroar!' kind of moment when

I finally stood back and admired my hard work.

I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out!

Tuesday

I've spent much of this week fretting about what I'm going

to wear to a wedding we have this Saturday...

Dress on the left is the what I'd like to wear IF I can

squeeze into it...it's a little bit tight and I don't think I need

to be bustin' seams on the dance floor.

Dress on the right is cute too and quite stretchy...

hmmmm

This predicament was not made easier by these 

cupcakes I decided to pick up for my orientee's last night

with me on Tuesday.

But they were delicious, and definitely worth the

calorie splurge...right???

Wednesday

Wednesday was super fun.

I went and visited Rachael and Ro 

(I got my R&R as I like to say...

please remember, I'm a fan of corny sayings)

Little Ro was sleepin when we got there,

but she just looked so cute and cozy that I just

had to give her a snuggle...

those boppys are freakin' comfortable PS...

After visiting Rach I went home to get ready for

date night!! WooHoo!

We decided to go to CinemaSuites and solve the

elusive question of 'dinner first or movie first??'  

It's a little bit pricey, but a fun date night every once in awhile.

Apparently I couldn't take my eyes off the 

spell binding previews...?

We also saw a really pretty double rainbow on our

way to the movies

(and yes, it rained....THANK YOU GOD!!!)

I thought it was cool that this rainbow ended right

on top of Lifeway Christian Store.

A great reminder of what rainbows were originally 

meant to stand for!!!

Thursday

I just hadn't gotten enough of my Rachael and Ro time

so I went back over to visit and got to go on a walk!!

It wasn't too hot when the sun went behind a cloud,

but when it came out we started getting a little toasty

and had to make a short lap home.

Roy wanted me to send him a video of little Rowan in 

her stroller. I happily obliged. 

Cause thats what proud Aunties do!!

Friday

My friend at work let me try some of her pickles.

She canned them herself and I about went freaking

crazy....SO GOOD!  

And then just like some sort of angel she was like

'Hey, you want a jar? I've got extra' and I looked

at her like she'd just offered me her kidney!

I ate 1/3rd of the jar over the second half of my shift!

I couldn't stop myself!!

I'm for sure gonna swell up like a balloon and 

not be able to wear the striped dress to the wedding!!

Good thing I've got the stretchy pickle-friendly dress

as a back-up!

Roy went and worked with his best friend Ed today. 

The two of them have this 'bring your best friend to work' thing going on, 

and Ed has ridden along with Roy a few times,

 so today Roy was an honorary vault man.

Vaults. 

Not bank vaults.

As in...a vault you put a casket in...

Wierd job, right?? 

I dont get why people pay extra money to put their casket

inside a sealed vault? Are they planning to exume the person?

Want them to stay earthworm free for eternity?

I told Roy he better not even think about spending any

extra money on a valult for me....he can just buy the

bargain casket and be good to go.

He sent me this cute picture of himself out on the job.

I just wanna pinch him.

And that's it!!

It's been pretty busy week.

Tomorrow is the wedding and we'll have the

final dress showdown....stay tuned...

Dun-dun-dunnnnnn

It's my blog and I post pictures when I want to!!

That post title makes no sense, but heck if I care right now.
This is going to be a jumbled mess cause I'm feeling too lazy to think of anything
interesting to say and I'm distracted by watching Sister Wives....

True or False...
I had bronchitis last month.
True.

True or False...
I'm getting bronchitis again?
True.

True or False...
My weakened immune system is due to a horrible disease process?
This is yet to be determined...but I'm definitely suspicious...

So, I had intentions of partaking in that 'Friday Phone Dump' business

that people do, but as usual I'm a few days late and alotta dolla's short...

But ya know what?

See if I care, I'm gonna dump pictures all over my blog today-on a MONDAY!

Boo-Yah!!

Me = blogging rebel.
I love my Instagram App... 

Roy & I clothes shopping...fly fishing anyone??

My new hat!! And it doesn't make me look like a giant penis cone-head! Ha!

Friday date night @ the bowling alley!

he was looking quite dapper if I do say so myself...

New doorknobs! Life's little luxuries folks...

Saturday night-- out to dinner with Mom & Pops...

love that smile

My diet has been really on point lately.....

like I said...stellar eating habits here...

                                                 these peppermint brownie cake pops are dee-lish!!

On the road to mom and dad's house for a visit....

Moral of the story is that I've been BUSY lately!

Friday Roy and I had date night!

We went to dinner and then decided to go bowling...

and then THIS happened...

Can't say I didn't warn him...

Saturday mom and dad brought us our new island,

 and I'm loving it!!

I can't wait to get new stools and some decorations for it!

Do you think I should put a rug under it??

I'm still undecided...

We went and did some window shopping and then 

headed to dinner at Macaroni Grill.

I don't think I've ever had a bad meal at this restaurant,

and to top it off, the manager came by and gave us a

a 20% off coupon to apply to our bills!! Sweeeeet!

I'm only working 2 days this week so that I can

spend time with the Royster for his b-day.

Speaking of his birthday....I'm an epic failure of a wife.

I finally just had enough with the whole surprise birthday party idea.

Too many variables and too much money.

Maybe for his 40th?? 

Surely 10 yrs will give me enough time to plan a party...maybe...

So...I think on Thanksgiving (aka his birthday) we'll 

plan on going around to see as much family as possible.

Friday we're going to try and get some of his family together go

bowling.

And Saturday, I made hotel reservations for us on the Plaza.

The lights will be on by then, and I'm hoping maybe we can

go for dinner, drinks and dessert!

It's not the grand affair I had originally planned, but I think it will

be fun and romantic none-the-less...

Today our tile-guys came over,

 and started working on our guest bathroom.

 I'm so pumped to get this project done!!!

Our house is being appraised on the 28th and I'm hoping and

praying that it will be finished before then.

Prep-work is complete!

It should be a great week and I'm looking forward to the

start of the Holidays!

Weekend Wrap-Up and Grammy-love

Gah! 

How is this weekend over already??

Maybe it's cause I worked Friday, but sheesh...

I got up early Saturday after  sleeping napping

for 4 hours and met one of my girlfriends from 

highschool for lunch.

It was really good to catch up.

I'm notorious for sucking-at keeping in touch with people,
so even though I had to sacrifice sleep I'm  

glad I went ahead and met up with her.

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After lunch, I headed over to Grammy's where we had

a  little birthday party for her.

She turned 88 on the 11th.

I seriously can't even believe it.

It's so hard and so surreal to see people you love

growing old.  

And such a harsh reminder that we are ALL aging,

time is passing,

and life is whizzing past us.

I've said this for as long as I can remember,

but Grammy is one of the most treasured people in my life.

Watching her age and witnessing her health

deteriorate has been really difficult.

 I'm just really glad that our family did something for her.

The birthday girl.

88 years young!

Kelly

Reading birthday cards.

Uncle Steve.

Mom did her hair and put on her lipstick.

Grammy was one who would NEVER be seen

without her hair fixed, lipstick on and eyelashes curled!

I could learn a few things from her!

My mom made this great poster board with all kinds 

of pictures of Grammy.

I already called dibs on scrapbooking them...

not that anyone else was trying to fight me on it.

Grammy's view from her bed. 

We put her new bird feeder right outside her window.

Wasn't she stunning?

After the party wrapped up, I headed home to get

ready for date night!!

We decided to have dinner at Houlihans and then 

we went to the late showing of Immortals.

My verdict on the movie is still our....

Amazing graphics all while being

extremely graphic...as innnnn

how do you feel about seeing a neck get slit in great detail??

 I can handle more blood and gore than most women,

but this was almost too bloody even for me.

Bottom line...it's no Gladiator...and it's 

definitely no LOTR.

(Thats Lord of The Rings for you cool-kids out there)

Here we are before heading out..

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So today, we (and by 'we' I mean Roy),

slept through our wake-up alarm for church.

Boo.

We suck.

Thats what happens when you go to the 10pm showing

of a movie.

Anyways....Roy decided to work, so I ran a couple errands 

and then headed to 'Mayberry' to spend the day with my parents.

We went to Fort Scott for lunch and then

my mom took me to this super-cute antique store where she had

seen the greatest piece of furniture for our kitchen...

Good lookin' out mom!!

It's a refurbished cabinet and I'm really hoping

that it looks as good as I think it will in our kitchen.

Roy (shockingly) gave me the go-ahead...

good thing, 

cause I bought it before I was able to talk to him...

he-he

I mean, he didn't answer the phone!

You know how I turn into frantic mess when I find something

I really want to buy!!

Here's a few pictures I snapped for Roy to see..

Please note...I DID NOT purchase

the 'Howdy Pardner' rug photographed above...

saved that gem for mom n dads house.

Such a fun store!

I love all the Christmas decorations

Downtown Ft. Scott.... cute-cute brick streets

Mom and Pops outside of The Iron Star

Now I'm home and looking forward to my 

amazing DVR line-up...

PanAm (one of my new favorites)

Sister Wives (I just can't stop myself..)

Desperate Housewives

and

Once Upon a Time (another new fav)

gotta love the Sunday nights!

G-Night!!