When blogging falls short...

Obvs I'm referring to when blogging falls short

in comparison to my Instagram obsession...

whew...girlfriend needs a 12 step program!! Yikes!

I haven't even read any blogs, much less attempted to write 

a post in atleast 2 weeks, maybe 3. The last time I sat down to write a post

was the day of the SandyHook massacre. I just sat

there reading posts that people had so eloquently written

and I just couldn't put any words together.

I've always said the blogs I most enjoy and admire are

the blogs that are written with gut-wrenching and

no-holds-barred honesty...but turns out that

reading those blogs and writing one of those blogs are two

totally different things.  For 1 in takes much more thought and 

blatant talent but for 2, you have to consider the fact that

any Yahoo you work with might read your blog and all your

blogging business....not cool.

But anyways, the holidays are over, 

(THANK YOU GOD-I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER)

and I'm ready to get on with the new year.

I was already feeling scrooge-tastic heading into the holiday

season and then Christmas turned into a nightmare.

(oh yes....second year in a row) 

So while I grumble under my breath looking at everyone's

posts with their idyllic Christmas trees and family

festivities I try to remind myself not to compare my

behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reels...

Words to live by....

I saw that on Instagram, go figure.

So here's my uber lame attempt at catching up...

I'm going to go the route of posting random pictures with 

brief explanations below them.

Bonfires at mom and dad's

Playing with goats at Kelly's

Halloween!

I really don't care much about Halloween, but I 

do love to dress up and I'm down for any opportunity to

wear a wig!!!

Annual Halloween Wig-out at work

Such a great turn-out!!

I attended a co-workers baby shower where we

donned moustaches of course!!!

These make me laugh so hard...

Alicia...your moustache is falling off...

Charlie Chapman??

Welcome James Jr.!!

Thanksgiving was at my sisters house this year....

Roy and I went to his cousins house initially but then I left

and headed to my sisters to spend the rest of the day with 

my mom & dad.  It was just the four of us which seemed

strange, but we made the best of it and managed to

get some family pictures.

Note to future self: do not wear billowy blouse to family photos...

 My favorite shot of the day

I ate pizza with friends....

I've been watching a lot of The Walking Dead lately, and

Alicia frighteningly resembles one of the zombies in this picture...

 Post-work breakfast at McDonalds with Rach

Roy turned 31...

pardon me while I freak out cause I still can't get 

over the fact that he's 31 and I'm 28!!!

I went to first fridays where I found a helpful little

kitten who kindly held my coffee for me...

Roy even said I could keep him,

but alas he was $5 so he got left behind...

sorry kitty!

I celebrated with Alicia for her 30th birthday....

we failed to get a decent picture...Rachael you're reminding

me of a turtle pulling into his shell in this picture...

we sampled the whipped cream off of fancy martinis

I don't even know what was happening here...

but I love it!!!

Alicia the rat

I swear we weren't trashed, don't let the bloodshot 

eyes fool you!

Christmas Shopping at the legends with mom & Kelly

And the few pictures I took at Christmas were from
Christmas Eve at my  Uncles House. I had to work Christmas Eve
so I was dressed in my AMAZING ugly sweater...

what you can't tell from this picture is the fact that it had bells

all over it that jingled when I walked---perfect!!

Kelly & I

Cousins!!

Sarah, Brianna, myself and Kelly

So that was my lame catch-up post.

I'm going to try to do a post revisiting my New Years resolutions from 

last year, however after some examination I'll probably

realize that I fell short of most of my goals...Eeek!

Oh well, theres always 2013!!

Just Catchin' Up

Life's been a bit foggy lately.

So any attempt at blogging has fallen on the back burner...

But, even in a fog there are bright spots

and I wanted to give those bright spots their earned place

in my blogging timeline!!

Here's a hint for my 1st (and littlest) bright spot:

her name starts with an R and she weighs about 11 pounds...

No, it's not your imagination...

she IS the cutest baby you've ever seen

Playing dress up at Rachael & Matt's

birthday barbeque (8/25/12)

Babysitting in September

Hangin' with the girls at Panera..

I'm gonna have to give myself a shout-out for making

her that freaking adorable headband she's rocking!!

Another visit to Rachael & Ro-bee

I mean...stop it kid. 

You're killing me.

Good luck ever telling her 'no' Rachael....

Going swimming for the last time this summer...

(8/28/12)

Too cool

Double bright spots!!

I think she's gonna fit in just right....

And the cherry on top....

I happened to catch this sweet girls

first laughs on video!!

Melt my heart!!

Bright spot #2:

Family time at my mom & dad's

Kelly wrestling petting the dogs

mamacita...aka...the animal hoarder

Decided to try our luck at fishing

Of course lil country bumpkin caught one...

here's what I caught:

thought I had a big one on the line...

just a bunch of lake moss...sigh

And then we found a stray dog...

 and being the offspring of an animal hoarder we obviously

threw it in our car.....

Bright spot #3:

Beth & Alicia's 'Taste of Kansas City'

A two woman food tour.

Some, but not all of our stops are occurring

before our shifts on nights that we work.

It's as delicious as it sounds...

The Art of Pizza in the KC crossroads

(9/17/12)

The pizza was delish but the garlic knots we had as 

an appetizer nearly did me in...

I was burping garlic for like 24 hours...TMI I know...

we've decided we'll go back but skip the garlic knots.

We made a fun afternoon out of ordering

Leo's St. Louis style pizza and making an

obscene amount of girly foo-foo drinks...

this 'Taste' was extra special cause one of my 

other bright spots joined us!!

(9/21/12)

Once the pizza had settled, we hopped in the 

car and headed to The Landing in Liberty to

have some of their fried pickles

(you should probably know that we're fried pickle connoisseurs)

I've been sucking at taking pictures so here's 

a comprehensive list of our conquered restaurants;

-The Peanut (cheese fries)

-Rico's Tacos (ah-mazing 1.00 tacos)

-The Art of Pizza

-Leo's Pizza

-The Landing (fried pickles)

Bright spot #4:

Plaza Art fair with my best friend.

I love going to the plaza art fair.

It's just one of those things that I have to do 

in order for it to feel like fall has arrived.

I only took one picture, but the evening

was perfect and we followed it up with 

some yummy Thai food at Lulu's.

sweet little Ro had fallen asleep by the time

we thought to take a picture. 

Still can't believe we took your BABY with us to the plaza

art fair this year, Rach!! So surreal!

Bright spot #5:

Little sis moves into her own house!!

Last weekend Kelly was finally able to move into her

new home!

After a few set backs and having her closing date 

postponed twice, she was beyond ready to get those keys.

I'm super excited for her. 

I know how great it feels to buy your first home.

Selfish big sister is trying to get over the fact that she

moved father away from  me (30 minutes versus 10),

but I suppose I should just be grateful that we live in the

same state and that I don't have to book a flight to go see her.

I'm sure we'll still have our fair share of

ridiculous times together...

did I mention that we're conjoined?

...hence the reason I'm having separation anxiety!!

oh, and then there was the time that we couldn't 

finish all our sushi rolls at the all you can eat sushi bar...

(all you can eat = no doggy bags)

So we just had to make due...

the sushi was just too good to leave behind...

BAHAHA...I die.

I love you all, little bright spots!!

Thank you for filling my days with big laughs,

good food, long talks and great memories.