Merry Christmas Eve!

Well, things haven't slowed down at this house.  

Saturday...

 was Missy and Rusty's Annual Ornament Exchange and it was a blast as always.  We played charades and my grandpa made up what we were going to be drawing.  He had Christmas movies and songs.  Coincidentally my Mamaw drew "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer".  She pointed to herself and then hit the floor.  Ha.  It was quite possibly the funniest thing I had seen all day.  She hit the floor and got up quite well for a Mamaw!  We also learned while playing this game that the Norrells have some kind of freaky connection.  Tanner was acting out a song and it made no sense to any of us, but some how his dad knew exactly what he doing.  

It was guys against girls and somehow the guys won.  Actually I know how the guys won because Michael was the ref.  He always finds ways to cheat. :)

Sunday...

was church, Cowboys game, helping my grandma wrap presents, supper, decorating/cleaning the church, then a Christmas movie with the fam! 

Today...

we are baking all the goods.  Candy, pies, breads, pretty much a little bit of everything.  My mom has to work tonight and tomorrow night, it was her turn to work Christmas.  She's not very happy, so I suppose I will be Santa tonight.  Whoop! It's also freezing outside, well to me anyway, and it's supposed to snow tonight and tomorrow!! I love me a white Christmas! Of course I hope if it snows its after everyone has made it to their destinations! 

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!

& this is life as I know it...

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Home for Christmas Craziness

Yes, I have left my boyfriend off in Shreveport once again for the holidays.  Don't worry his family is coming to see him.  He'll be okay.  I am holding strong and saying that if he wants to spend the holidays with me, then he could get me some bling. ;)  However we did our own Christmas before I left and he did exceptionally well this year on my gifts. :) I also got to open another gift from Babe and Brian and am blessed they think of me every year for Christmas.  

Anyway, I came home yesterday and it has already been crazy.  As soon as I get home it gets crazy.  I'm not complaining, I love this craziness when I come home.  

As soon as I got here yesterday, we went to Mekenna's game, then immediately went to Amarillo with my mom so she could finish her Christmas shopping.  Yes I said it, with 4 days until Christmas we had to go finish her shopping.  She's been gone and sick all week and didn't have time to finish.  Crazy woman.  We got home at like 1 and I didn't go to bed till 2, so Lailee and I slept in today and it felt amazing!

Today our schedule is just as crazy.  We are making candy today, then off to my aunt and uncles annual Christmas Ornament Exchange party!

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!!! And are all done with your shopping! :)

3 more days until Christmas!!

& this is life as I know it...

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Mekayla Gets Sappy

The semester is FINALLY over and I couldn't be happier! Every semester in the books means it's just one more semester closer to graduating and one more semester I feel accomplished. 

I really feel accomplished this semester.... 

 All semester long Physics had been kicking my butt! I could not understand it AT ALL. I miraculously managed to make an A on one test, but that was it.  So when it came down to my final, I had to make a 60 to pass, and to be quite honest I didn't know if I could do it.  Ya you may crack jokes right about now, but I hated everything about Physics.  Anyway I have never been one to study weeks in advance.  I can't just seem to make myself do that, I do so much better under pressure.  I had studied a little before my first final, then put it away to get my other classes done with first. When I picked it back up it was 3 days until my final.  There was so much material and I was so tired that I felt like I was not absorbing any information whatsoever.  I was scared to death of that dang final.  I thought I was going to vomit the morning of my test.

The test was 100 questions long with calculations amongst EVERYTHING else in the book. 

When I hit submit, I think I was hyperventilating.  In fact every time I hit submit I think my heart stops for a few seconds.  However, when I hit submit and started slowly opening my eyes, I saw that I had made an 85. Oh my goodess, I was smiling like a dang idiot just staring at my screen.  I couldn't even concentrate to look at what I missed because I was so happy. 

Before the test even started, our professor informed us not to freak out if something drastic happens when we hit submit, because that grade was not our final grade.  She said that she would do an analysis and see if there would be any points added back. I just knew I was going to be that person waiting anxiously all day for an email needing to hear that she gave us points back. Needless to say I didn't need to fret.  Thank the Lord!

 

This past week has been emotional and stressful, but the older I get the more I realize that God is in control and will take care of you whenever you need it!

 

Like this ecard says....
 

 

 

& this is life as I know it...

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It's Christmas Time Again...

Do I dare need to retell you all, my obsession with Christmas?! I won't go into great detail, but I did get our decorations up!! Whoop!!

I also made a few changes this year!

I got these leopard balls! I love them simply because I'm obsessed with leopard. 

I used burlap instead of ordinary Christmas decorated ribbon- hate all you want, but I'm also obsessed with burlap. Trevor thinks it's retarded and as much as my mom wanted to say it too, she said it would be pretty.  Everything we saw that was Christmas decorations, she would say, "Look! That would go with your "burlap" tree" with giggles to follow. I called her out, which in turn only lead to, "No, I think it will be pretty".  So haters, go on and keep hatin'! :)

I also added these angels! I found them for cheap during the summer. Yes, during the summer! What can I say. I. LOVE. CHRISTMAS TIME!! I had the hardest time trying to find a spot for my cute angels, however I finally just moved some stuff and gave them some greens and where they are at will have to do this year, *cough cough since I don't have a mantle Trevor cough Lee Martin! cough cough*

I also added some more stuff to the top of the tree.  Every single tree I see has a bunch of stuff stuck at the top so that's what I did!  Regardless of Trevor's thoughts of it looking like a peacock's bottom, I LOVE it! 

And the other picture would be my tree all together! Those two precious pups are not any changes to this year, they just thought they would make it look better!! 

I also added some decorations outside!! I begged for Trevor to actually put lights on the roof, but he's a Bah Humbug! And I was going to add lights to the garland, but I knew they would never get plugged in anyway. So I threw some ribbon on it and made Mr. Bah Humbug himself put them up!! 

After shopping at Hobby Lobby in Amarillo over Thanksgiving break, I'm quite disappointed in the Hobby Lobby here in Shreveport!! There was so much I wanted in Amarillo, but knew that I couldn't get everything in my suitcase!! I was lucky to get the garland and leopard balls in my suitcase! 

Anyway, yay for Christmas time!!!

& this is life as I know it...

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Thanksgiving!!!

Day 22 (Thanksgiving):  I am thankful for all of my family and so glad I got to spend Thanksgiving with them! Inluding my uncles, grandparents, cousins, and aunts.....aunt.....maybe even mroe specifically my aunt Missy! Who's child drew my name for Christmas! ;)

I am also thankful that I have such a great life and am healthy!!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and ate too much because I now have a food baby!!

Can't wait to get home and put up my tree! Yay for Christmas!!!

& this is life as I know it...

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Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-one!!

No, I have not stopped being thankful, I just got far behind!!  So let's catch up!

Day 18: I am thankful for my car!  It gets me place to place!! Thank goodness! :)

Day 19: I am thankful for my cousin who let me stay at his place even though he wasn't there so I wouldn't have had to drive from Shreveport to Dallas to make my 8:30 AM flight!

Day 20:  I am thankful for my grandparents!! They are so loving and would do anything for you in a heartbeat! I always tell them to pray for me when I have tests or for anything else and my mom says that my grandma will go to the church the morning of the day I have a test and pray!  All credit to them for why I'm passing! Ha.

Day 21:  I am thankful for my sisters! Every time I come home, they are just so excited to see me!  It feels like they just love me so much!  Just as much as I love them!!! :)

& this is life as I know it...

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Fifteen Through Seventeen

Day 15: I am thankful for my pups! 

They keep me company when Trevor leaves for a week and can bark anyone, to death, away!  

Day 16: I am thankful for my phone!  Crazy, I know.  However, when Trevor is gone, I can call my mom and make her talk to me until I make it safely into the house to make sure there are no killers in the house waiting for me to get home! :)

Day 17:  I am thankful I can enjoy this weekend by relaxing and doing absolutely nothing because I am on Thanksgiving break!!!!!!!!! So excited! Every break from school is always so needed!! :)

& this is life as I know it...

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FoUrTeEn!

Day 14: I am SO thankful that I don't have to look, even though I probably should, at this awful book written in French for a week and a half! Bye bye book!! For now... :(

Simple as that.

Also...

Yup! Tickets for Breaaaaaking Daaaawn!!! I'm excited! I'll admit I'm not as excited as I have been in the past because they took so long to get all these movies out. Ha. But I'm still excited.  And come to find out.... I was going to wait till I got home to go see it with my mom, but she informed me that she was going to the showing that showed all the movies.  However, she found out she has to work that day. So I think she was a little disappointed to hear that I was going to see it Saturday.  Guess I'll be seeing it twice!! Oh well. :)

& this is life as I know it...

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The Lucky #13

Day 13:  I am thankful for my ice scraper!  

Yup, without it I wouldn't have been able to see crap today!  I was already running late and it frustrated me that I had to scrape my car off, but yay for having an ice scraper!!! :) I am also thankful for some God sent lady informing me that my coffee was on top of my car.  I made it to the end of the neighborhood and realized that I still couldn't see crap, so I put my car in park to scrape more ice.  I saw this van pull up beside me rolling down their window.  I thought she was about to ask if she could borrow my ice scraper, however she was just informing me that my coffee was on top of my car.  Geez, so thankful it stayed on top of my car until she told me so, because I most definitely needed coffee this morning.  Hopefully my week will straighten out!

2 tests, 1 class, 1 day of clinic, and 1 paper away from a very much needed Thanksgiving break!! 

& this is life as I know it...

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Ten, Eleven, Twelve!

Day 10:

I am thankful for my coffee.  I love coffee on Saturday mornings! I love coffee Sunday-Saturday.  I pretty much love it all the time!  Even when I'm studying I feel like an old woman because I'll drink coffee while I'm studying.  I used to even hate the smell of coffee and now I can't get enough of it!  I still have to use a crap ton of creamer, but whatever. I would not be able to get through the day without coffee!! 

Yay for coffee!!!

Day 11: I am thankful for all the veterans and all that are serving our country today! God bless you all!

Day 12:  I am thankful for my job.  Ya I said it.  This is kinda like school.  I complain about it, but I am glad that I have the opportunity to have a job period.  I get to do my homework, listen to my iPod, and drink coffee.  Same setup as at the house, however I'm getting paid to do so.  ;)  If I do complain about work, it's only because of some of the people I work with.  We don't always get along.  I can't help their stupidity sometimes.  :)

& this is life as I know it...

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Day 9.

I am thankful for my redneck wine glasses! And Amy who spotted them and remembered that I had been wanting some and brought them to me from Monroe!! 

(For all you who have English OCD I know that that sentence is a runon.  I was only adding "and" so many times to emphasize all my excitement, somewhat how a small child would do)

Can't wait to drink wine out of these beauties!!

Good work Amy and thanks again!! :)

& this is life as I know it...

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Oops!

I missed a day! 

Day 7: 

I am thankful that I have a God to pray to for anything that I need Him for.

Day 8:

 I am thankful that my presentation is over! Good grief. I swear it went as bad as I knew it was going to go.  I am AN AWFUL public speaker.  I had good intentions, just didn't quite make it there.  Why we even have to do this is beyond me!! It's awful.  Of course I had my boyfriend who can bs a cow into believing they don't produce milk and could probably talk for days tell me just to get up there and talk.  And didn't understand why I was so nervous.  Clearly that's where him and I are complete opposites.  He doesn't care and is never embarrassed.  It was most definitely a nightmare.  After today I wonder how I made it through speech.  Whew! So glad it's over with!

& this is life as I know it...

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DAY SIX

Day 6: I am thankful for the opportunity to further my education in college. Even though I complain and hate every second of it.  

Lord knows I've been going long enough to be a doctor by now, but everything happens for a reason and that's my only excuse for still being in school.  Everyone always says that I say that like it's a bad thing.  I feel like it is because it has taken me soooo long to even see the glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel, but atleast I haven't given up and am still working hard at reaching my goal.  

I would rather have gone for forever than 20 years down the road and regret not finishing.  

So people who are younger than me and are graduating before me back off.  Ha jk. But seriously just let me do my thing.  I am tired of being judged for still being in school.

Everything happens for a reason.

I am thankful that I still have the opportunity to go. 

Only 4 more semesters.  Sigh....

& this is life as I know it...

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FIVE!

Day 5: I am thankful for my friends.

Abby.....

FOR SENDING ME THE NEW T-SWIFT CD! WHAT WHAT!!

Thanks Abby once again!! I've been listening to it since Saturday!

And I am also thankful that my sweet friend Anntonette is feeling better and is back at work! 

YaY!!!!

I also have to add to being thankful for my sweet, loving, caring boyfriend for leaving more surprises! Saturday I was thankful that he did things for me unexpectedly like taking my car to get an oil change, an air filter, etc. What I didn't know he did till this morning was...

also fill up my tank!! 

What a sweetheart I tell ya!!

& this is life as I know it...

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Day 4: Just Thankful for Everything!

It's the fourth day of November and I have so many little things to be thankful for!

Starting with...

The time! Yup... I am thankful for that extra hour of sleep I got last night!  Since there was an extra hour of sleep Trevor believed that we should get up and go to church early! So...we did. But afterwards we ate at Another Broken Egg, which I have been dying to go! And it was delish!! Loved everything about it! We gave a whole new meaning to pigging out!

Afterwards we did a little shopping.  I have been wanting a hay bale since the beginning of September. My friend's boyfriend was supposed to be getting us some for free however he's a very busy man and well things happen so that prolonged me getting one cause why not just wait if its free right?! 

Well I finally got one today! They were basically giving them away! They were already on sale for $4 and then another 75% off!

So yes I am thankful for cheap fall decorations even though we only have a month left of fall! :)

I love this Sunday! Thankful for another day!

& this is life as I know it...

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Thankful

Oh geez have I been busy! Tests, class, work, papers, presentations, homework, a never ending cycle.  Fo the shizzle.  

I can not wait for Thanksgiving break!! And even better Christmas!!! 

I am exactly 1 presentation, 1 paper, 1 PowerPoint, 3 tests, and 2 1/2 days of clinic away from Thanksgiving break! I think I can I think I can!

This week for some reason really just exhausted me!! I'm in surgery this week for clinic and for some reason when I come home I'm much more tired than when I'm in clinic for just seeing walking talking people needing x-rays.

Me being exhausted leads me to two #1 reasons I am considered a loser.

#1 Last night I was falling asleep before 10:30 on the couch on a Friday night. Laaaaame!

My second reason for being a loser has nothing to do with me being exhausted, however I got in the Halloween spirit Wednesday and dressed up! Ha.  It wasn't all out or anything.  A couple of girls and I bought tiger ears and a tail to wear to class cause we're cool and I just came home and put on appropriate clothes that made me look more tiger-ish.  I also played Halloween music on Pandora and watched Hocus Pocus while I handed out candy! 

Now it is November which is a month to remind us to be thankful.  To make it clear, I am thankful for my life every single day of the year, however I just thought it would be fun to think about all the little things to be thankful for each day.  Since it is already the 3rd day in November, I will catch up!

Day 1: I am thankful for my family that cares about me so much! They will do anything for me and for that I am grateful! Love them!

Day 2:  I am thankful that I passed both my tests this week and also I am thankful for having a pretty successful semester so far!

Day 3: I am thankful for my sweet boyfriend who does little things for me unexpectedly! Like letting me sleep in and taking my car to get an oil change and a new air filter! Love him!

From now on I will try to keep up and maybe even add pictures to all my thankfuls. ;)

& this is life as I know it...

<3

Bad Day vs. Bad Life

Yes, I did just purposely post that 3 times in a row.  I had to remember this today on the way home.  

Today. Was. Awful.

I was running late this morning, my favorite teacher was at clinic today, I saw something I could've done a competency on for the first time since I've even been doing clinic, I failed it. Well my tech that I was working with sent my x-rays to the doctor, however my favorite teacher didn't think they were good enough.  

My eye doctor's secretary is a very naughty word.  She won't give me any contacts and I'm completely out.  I thought I could get around it by going to 1-800-Contacts.  They still asked me for my doctor's name so they could check my prescription I guess because I got a call today from them that said they couldn't fill it because my prescription was out of date.  I called the eye doctor- can't get me in in November.  Keep in mind she couldn't get me in in August when I was home and knew I was about to be out of contacts.  I couldn't even finish asking "Can I atleast get one pair to last me until I can get an appointment?" before she said no.  She apparently wants me to go blind or get made fun of for wearing my glasses.  HATE her.  She's never really liked me anyway.  I'm finding a new doctor.  Which by the way will cost an arm and a leg to even see someone to get a prescription because this girl doesn't have insurance since she has become a big -23 year old- girl.  When is graduation again?

Lots more happened today, but I won't get that subject started again.  

I also feel better about venting a little.

Thanks for listening to me vent! :)

It's bath and wine time now!

& this is life as I know it...

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I Was Going to Come Up with An Amazing Title and This is What I Came Up With

We went to the Revel this past Tuesday.  We bought some art.

Trevor's lucky, so he got a really good deal.

The guy was tired of doing fleur de lis.  He was basically giving them away.

I love it and think it gives the living room a bold statement. ;)

I also had a glass of wine at the Revel. What goes better with art than wine?

This picture was taken because of the glass it was in.  I found it kinda comical.  It had a plastic lid on it.  Never seen such thing.  I didn't take a picture thinking, "Oh when I blog I will have proof I drank red wine". 

Trevor thought it was high maintenance of me....whatever.

Oh and yes that is red wine.  I should've taken a picture of my VERY FIRST BIG GIRL EMPTY BOTTLE OF RED WINE.  I have been having a hard time transitioning to red wine and I finally finished a whole bottle all by myself, however I did not drink it correctly.  I had it chilled. :)  Maybe some day I can be a real grown up.

Last week Trevor mentioned how he wished I knew how to make Taco Soup.  It sounds so simple, but my family has never eaten it, so I've never had a recipe.  Of course I turned to Pinterest, but I did not want to make one and it not be good.  So I turned to the next best thing.  Mrs. Suzy Homemaker herself.  Amy gave me a pretty amazing recipe! Thanks Amy!!

And for all you Martins, in regards to Jess' post, yes I just took a picture of my food wanting all of you to care.

Speaking of Trevor being on his fishing trip, Amy's boyfriend was on a hunting trip, so we had a girls weekend!  Amy so graciously cooked all this yummy food Saturday and brought it to my house AND LEFT IT! Praise her.  Her food is always so yummy I wish I could cook like her!  Maybe some day.

& this is life as I know it...

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Everyday Life

Where have I been and what have I been up to you ask?

Nothing. Nada. Absolutely nothing. 

Exxxccceeeept....STUDYING. :| I know, I know, I always complain about school and I probably will continue to complain about school until I no longer have to go! It's just stressful and I don't like being stressed.  I do have to give a shout out to Trevor for being such a trooper.  Thanks boogs for putting up with me being such a mean person and not breaking up with me or kicking me out or anything of the sort.  School just ultimately puts me in a bad mood and makes me take it out on everything else.  Oops!

School also makes me in a bad mood because my 2 day fall break I had, ya...it was spent studying and doing volunteer hours for my class that I have to do AAAAND because I had to get the flu shot.  Blah!  Which by the way...CVS said my insurance wouldn't cover it, went to Target and had to pay $20 and waited an hour, went to work the next day found out a nurse was there from 9-10 (my wait at Target) giving flu shots for free.  WHAT. THE. HECK?! Thanks coworkers (cough cough Amy cough) for the heads up!!

This past weekend Trevor was on call.  Hence why I was an ol' grandma Saturday!  It was cold this weekend and I absolutely loved everything about it!  Too bad it's not going to stay like that for a while. :(  Apparently it's back to the 80's tomorrow.  Anyway back to me being an ol' grandma.... it was cold outside so Trevor suggested we make "chicken and dumplings".  So I got on handy dandy Pinterest and found us a "chicken and dumplings" recipe.  By the time I started cooking it, Trevor was THINKING chicken NOODLE SOUP, however he was saying chicken AND DUMPLINGS.  Anyway, we ate the chicken and dumplings and they were pretty tasty!! I also made pumpkin pies!! Yummmmm! Love me some pumpkin pie!

The time came around once more for Lailee to get her yearly vaccinations.  I knew this was going to be costly as it is every year.  HOWEVER, this year it was more costly than last. :| Why? Because this little rotten girl has allergies.  *sigh*  

She had an ear infection a few months back and it went away.  Her ears started looking bad again but I knew we were about to go back to the vet so I didn't say anything until today.  As soon as I told the vet that her ears looked bad she asked if she has been licking her paws.  Holy smokes has she been licking her paws!! Like a MAN-I-AC! So bad to the point her paws are flaky/dry. Apparently if it's a "pollen allergy" she would be doing something different.  Since the effects are in her face and front paws it's apparently a food allergy.  Which then came with a "there's a $300 test you can do to find out what she's allergic to". Uh....college student. We better start making some guesses as to what she's allergic to! Sorry dog, you are not getting a $300 allergy test.  Her medicine that she got for her allergies was enough as it is.  After she runs out of that, we will be switching to Benadryl or any other suggestions that you people out there may have!

Anything to keep her from licking! It's been driving us up the wall!

I hope you all have had a great Monday and hope for an awesome rest of the week!

& this is life as I know it...

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It's Tuesday...

And I've already hit the bathtub, Adele radio, and the wine up.  Don't judge!

I think this should play into my everyday routine!! 

I needed some time to relax, here lately I've just been tired of my everyday life! Blaaah.  It's the same thing every. single. day.  I need a change.  Some spice! Ha.  Joking.  That sounds entirely too ungrateful.  I should be incredibly thankful for my life, which I am, it's just irritating that I'm ready for a change and I can't do anything about it.  It's school mainly that's making me feel this way.  

I mean can you blame me?! I've only been in school for 500 years.  Literally. 

I know that my life is really great and that there are people wishing that they could further their education and people wishing that they could have a better life, so why am I complaining?!  I have no idea.  I'll get over it.

Where's Thanksgiving break?! Better yet, where's Christmas break?! Ever better yet, where's May 2014!?!?!?!??!!?!

Ugh....SO. FAR. AWAY.

I guess I've come too far to quit now.  After all it is semi my fault for not changing my major when I couldn't do what I wanted to do after so long.  Sigh.

Enough depressing talk.  Amy and I had a garage sale this weekend.  It was our very first.  I was actually quite impressed that all the people that showed up.  We were expecting people to bargain with us, what we weren't expecting were people or shall I say person wanting discounts.  She wanted a discount for buying so much and she literally did wipe us out pretty good.  She spent a good $85 before her discount.  And it was mostly $0.25-$1.00 pieces of clothes amongst other things.  So we gave her a discount.  Thank goodness for Trevor to cover for our awkward silence. Our sign said 7:30 ya, pretty for sure people were here at 7 because at 7:15 when I walked outside BAM! People everywhere. 

The only disadvantage of the garage sale was getting up early on a Saturday...boo!!! 

This girl had to keep the cups of coffee coming!!

Afterwards we got out of our grungy clothes, got all prettied up, and headed to the Shreveport symphony.  Ya you read right.  The symphony.  Amy's in a music appreciation class cause hers unfortunately did not transfer so she has to go to all these musical functions.  We figured if were going to be classy that wine was the only other classy option.  ;)  It was actually not bad probably because we had wine pre-symphony.  Ha, but really it only lasted 2 hours with an intermission!

It was overall a VERY exhausting weekend! I believe I slept all day Sunday!!!

It's Tuesday and Private Practice is coming back on!!! Whoop! Love all my "fall" shows!!

& this is life as I know it...

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This weekend...

was a good weekend.

Friday we went to a bar that we had never been to before called Bears.  We went there because my friend Jennifer, her boyfriend is in a band and he was playing there.  It was a ton of fun and something that we don't normally do.  It's fun to have a change every once in a while!  I mean of course we go out and listen to bands, but he was in a bluegrass type band and I have never sat and listened to that type of music but like I said it was a ton of fun!! 

Saturday Nebraska played early-so Trevor was up early.  It was a huge blow out.  We spent the day watching football and eating! 

Saturday I also did 2 pretty exciting things.  Probably not exciting to ya'll but definitely to me!

#1 I don't know how long I have been trying to master curling my hair with a flat iron to get this specific look I've been wanting, but Saturday I finally mastered it!!

YAY!!!

Thanks Pinterest! ;)

#2 I switched out the scent in the scentsy to Pumpkin Spice!! Ahhhhh I love the smell of fall!! 

We also went to the grocery store after church today.  It was raining all morning and I guess Trevor was really loving the cooler weather because he wanted stew for supper.   So that's what we had.  More reason to love fall! All the yummy warm foods! While we were at the store I ran by some Fig Newtons! I have not had them since FOR.EV.ER.  So I suggested we get some.........

Ya I guess it was a good suggestion because yes they are gone.  In one day they are GONE.

Fatties I know.  However I will say that I had my fair share, but I think the bigger fatty award would have to go to Trevor.  He seems to think that since they were fat free that it's okay!

To finish up the weekend, we seriously tore up the house from top to bottom.  House = wreck.  Amy and I decided to have a garage sale this weekend so there is stuff EVERY WHERE! 

I sure hope that we're successful in our garage sale because I have been putting some hard work in today! Wish us luck-we're going to need it since this is our very first garage sale!! 

& this is life as I know it...

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The Lucky One

For the past few days, I have been wanting to watch the hot Zac Efron in The Lucky One.  It is on PPV, but we have been watching movies on PPV and they're kiiiiinda pricy. So I informed Trevor that I wanted to go to RedBox to get the movie.  I knew that it would most likely be gone since it was a newer movie.  After our first stop, just as I had thought, it was gone.  I was heartbroken. Trevor immediately told me to get in the truck cause we were going to the next one! I figured after the second one that we would give up, however we hit every RedBox since we left the house until we got to Bossier.  We finally got to our 6th one and Trevor got out by himself since we figured it wouldn't be there.  He was in line with a bunch of girls and I saw him smiling and talking- I just knew he was bragging about how we had gone to all these different RedBox's looking for this movie.  I saw him come back with movie in hand! When he got in the truck he said they didn't have it and that we were watching something different tonight. Pff. Liiiaar! I was also in fact correct because he said the girl behind him was looking for it too and she had googled what RedBox had more than 1 so she could get it.  He felt bad for taking it, but she told him he deserved it since we had been on a crazy mad hunt! 

Ah Victory!

I was actually impressed with Trevor for putting in so much effort!  After that I had hoped the movie  was not going to be a bust! And it wasn't! I loved it.  Trevor thought it was oober cheesy but you know he's a male and what not.

When I told my mom about our hunt and that we finally found it she asked if he was going to watch it with me. And this is where this picture of texts between my mom and I come in...

OoOoOoOh Mom's got jokes!

She was definitely on a roll last night!  Trevor was texting her too and she even made him shut up! He couldn't even think of something to come back with! Good job Mom! You definitely won last night with all the insults! ;)

& this is life as I know it...

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Are YOU Ready for a Hurricane Party???

A few months back when there was a chance of a hurricane, I heard some people talking about a hurricane party.  Now, I don't know where I've been, but obviously I haven't been around because I thought a hurricane party was slightly a joke.  However it's pretty legit.  People most likely don't have a hurricane party for the right reasons, but people are supposed to have a hurricane party when they can not/choose not to evacuate and do not have all the supplies needed for a hurricane.  So all the people you invited over are supposed to bring supplies, food, etc. And they all stay with you until the hurricane is over.

The end.

A hurricane party is what seems to be going on in Shreveport.  People from New Orleans are here and 

I am out of school until Tuesday!!! 

What What!

To be honest, I'm kinda aggravated, but am NOT going to complain.  I'm only aggravated because now we will have 3 tests next week. Two on the same day. :( Womp....womp.

That being said, I am thoroughly enjoying my first morning off!  I took work off Friday because I would normally have class from 9-12 and I needed to go to Texas to get an inspection sticker.  However, a lot of people are going to be out Friday so instead of taking Friday off I am off today! 

Coffee, GMA, and Live with Kelly! it is! 

Hope you all have a wonderful Hump Day cause I sure will!! :)

& this is life as I know it...

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Monday! Monday! Monday!

Monday. Monday. Monday.

It's only Monday and I already want it to be Friday! Why? Because I have a test and class Wednesday and a test Friday with clinic in between.  I did have homework due Friday, and I still do, but I knocked that out last night along with my Physics homework. Go me!  I did my homework last night because Trevor bought tickets to a LA Tech and A&M football game that I had thought this whole time was on Friday.  Clearly I was wrong.  It's Thursday.  Wait, didn't I just say I have a test Friday.  Yes, yes I did.  However the first part of my test is Wednesday and there's not much to study for Friday's test once I know the information for Wednesday's test, if that makes any sense.

Hoooowever, Hurricane Isaac is coming. So there's a pretty good chance that the game could be canceled.  According to the news the LA Tech coach has been "monitoring the weather and is going to make a final decision tomorrow evening on whether or not the game will go on".

Speaking of Hurricane Isaac...clearly the world is trying real hard to end.  First time in a long time that mosquitos and west nile has been so bad and now a hurricane.  I did read today that if everything goes as it is going, that Hurricane Isaac will hit New Orleans the same day Katrina did.  Let's keep the people of New Orleans and everyone else that possibly may get hit by Isaac in our prayers! Hopefully it won't do too much damage!

Speaking of problems going on in our world...yesterday was the first time I had gone to the movies since the tragedy that happened in Colorado.  Pretty crappy that as soon as Trevor asked if I wanted to go to the movies that I immediately thought of that tragedy.  I didn't think it would effect me as much as it did.  I was freaking every time some sketch looking male came in alone with extra baggage.  Seriously what male brings in extra baggage?! Besides that, why wasn't he asked what he was carrying.  Maybe he was and that's why he was in the theater. Whatever the case may be I was freaking out.  I can't imagine what it did to the people that were actually involved in the tragedy.

Anyway, enough of the depressing talk...

Trevor just discovered a new TV show called Hell on Wheels.  It has already had a first season.  Second season is on TV now.

Trevor just discovered Netflix...

yaaa.

So this reminded me of him and his obsession he has going on for this show at this moment.  

In the meantime, I've been getting lots of homework done! :)

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A Day in the Life of a Student and a House Wiii-Girlfriend

School started back.

blah, blah, and some more blah.

I know such a nice attitude to have.  However this time I will be going to class and clinic!

FIRST THINGS FIRST: I am pooped.  Like beyond pooooooped!
If you are one of those people that don't think you need a vacation from your vacation. You're crazy.  Even if I only did go to Sunray.  Which was a first not long enough! :) I feel like I didn't get to see much of my family! Sorry fam- I'll be back for turkey!!
Now...

Here's just a little rundown of how my day went down.

Monday first day of school, had to go to work by 7:30 this morning.  Did I make it? No.  I was there by 8.  Why? Because some ghost/angel-like figure thought I needed to sleep in longer so my alarm got turned off.  Did not wake up till 45 minutes after I was supposed to.  Finally made it to work with all my luggage.  If I have to have millions of bags to make it through my day, I can't imagine what will happen when I someday down the road have kids.  I seriously have a gym bag, a bag for a set of clothes because I don't like wearing my work clothes to class, lunchbox, school bag, and a purse. Ridiculous.

Anyway... ((big deep breath))

Went to work for a few hours, went to class for a few hours, went to the bookstore, printed off loads of papers, went to get groceries, went to the gym, came home, did laundry, picked up the house, cooked supper, did dishes, put laundry up, took a shower, got things ready for tomorrow, **sigh**. 

Ridiculously. Insanely. Busy.

Trevor better a get used to cooking/cleaning again!! (Muhahaahahaha)

Bring on another stressful semester!

And this is life as I know it...

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Bad Boys...Whatcha Gunna Do When They Come For You....

A serious episode of COPS! was happening at the end of our street the other night! However they were missing their cameras and stuff! 

I was coming back from the gym when I saw lights and cop cars and other cars blocking off my street.  I saw the friendly neighborhood cop.  When I turned my blinker on to let them know I needed through the friendly neighborhood cop flashed his flashlight in attempt to let me know I could go around.  Right as soon as I'm going around all this commotion a rude out of neighborhood cop came up to my window and said, "Mam, do you know these streets make loops? I'm going to need you to make a loop!" Seriously?  First of all I hate rude and inconsiderate cops.  He could've asked me nicely if I could drive around for a little bit other than be rude! After all he was the one inconveniencing ME to get home!

Last night I opted from my workout to go workout with Trevor.  The way he was talking was making me think that by doing this I would be getting a better workout than I normally would get.  And the way he was talking made me feel as if everyone was going to witness me vomitting afterwards.  I always go to the gym, and he does too, but here lately he has been going to the track a few days a week.  He usually runs 2 laps, then walks a lap for 3 miles.  Let's just say...
I.
WHOOPED.
HIS. BUTT.
Poor ol' man couldn't even make the last 2 running laps.  His legs were heavy, his calves were burning.  He just about gave every excuse in the book!!  I felt accomplished. ;)

Last night I dreamt that we were getting married.  Let's just say if that's how the real thing is going down, I'd rather pass.  (I'm probably eating my words...) The wedding was a nightmare!! Trevor was dressed in jeans, a polo, and a ball cap, slouched at the front, sitting in a chair, on his phone!
I, however, was in a gorgeous wedding dress that all the sudden was ripped in the front and the zipper would keep coming undone.  My mom had to come help me fix it and we realized we were missing a part to the dress?? Don't ask. Just be thankful that it wasn't the real deal.

Today I got to a point in my book where they went to Aspen, Colorado.  All the sudden I feel the need to go to Aspen.  I don't know if it's because snow sounds so appealing to me right now or what, but I want to go!! It's being added to my Bucket List.

Doesn't that just look absolutely gorgeous?? Snow on the streets, the lights, the mountains!
*sigh*

Tomorrow we head off to Sunray! It's been a while since I've seen all my family! Can't wait!!

& this is life as I know it...

SEVEN ON SATURDAY!

I'M BACK!

Ya'll have missed so much! Okay, not really.

#1! School finally ended! I was in super stress mode the Monday night before school was going to end. We had to "comp" on a total of 8 x-rays before the semester was over! I had 7 at midterm and seriously did not ever see anything I could "comp" on until TUESDAY! I was a nervous wreck thinking I wasn't going to get my last one! We have a list of x-rays that we have to do all by the time we graduate.  When I say "comp", it means if we see an x-ray such as an elbow, we have to say that we want to do it, which means that we feel confident enough to do the xrays, no matter patient condition, without any help. If we do not get all the "comps" by the end of the semester we fail... Womp womp. I was cutting it close, but finished and got a few extra even for next semester AND came out with my first A! 

Super pumped!

#2! Speaking of school, we just finished not this past Wednesday, but the last Wednesday before that and we start back the 20th. :| 

Totally over school!

#3! Which brings me to my next point. We are headed to Sunray for Sunray Funday Thursday, Trevor's birthday. I am excited to go back home and see everyone, but that only means that when we get back from Sunray that I will be going back to school... 

Super sad face

#4! Where did summer even go?  It seriously flew right by me.  I don't even think I had a chance to enjoy it! However, I've moved on and am now on to Fall. **If you couldn't tell from my premature layout I have going on** Thanks to Pinterest, I am absolutely ready for Fall!

   Yay for football and cooler weather and fall clothes and fall decorations and fall...and everything about fall!

#5! I don't know if you noticed my layout (you better have) or my italicized, bolded, astericked, larger texted note I made in #4, but I finally conquered blogger and it's new layout it has going on.  Mekayla-1 Blogger-0 ! It only took me forever to figure it out!! *big sigh*  Blogger, please do us a favor and NEVER change your layout that drastically or at all ever again!! Oh and yes I realize it's a little early for fall, but I'm not changing it again till probably Christmas! :) 

Super big smile!

#6! Trevor got a new toy.  We tested out this new toy last night! I love it already.  We also took the dogs for a ride on it....poor Lailee. She took a tumble.  It broke my heart! She just jumped right out for some reason and rolled out! So sad. :( But she's okay! She got right up and ran right back to us. After that she sat in her mommas lap! No way was that happening again! She probably hates it now because she shook the entire time I was holding her in my lap. 

#boysandtheirtoys

#7! We have recently adapted an armadillo problem. Before Trevor left he knew something was in the yard because the wood chips in the flower bed were all sorts of everywhere every morning! While he was gone, I went outside to water the flowers and I heard something in the bushes.  So I quickly went back in.  When he got back from South Dakota, the next morning there were holes in the yard everywhere! That next Saturday he was bound and determined to stay up until the armadillo came out.  He caught him, and killed him.  So nasty! His friend Karl told him that if you had one armadillo come it wouldn't be the last.  They apparently don't come in packs but they will come one at a time.  Sure enough Wednesday night Trevor told me it was supposed to storm so I went outside to get my plant and let Lailee out in the front.  Next thing I know something is passing right by Lailee.  Of course armadillos are blind so he just moseyed on his way and surprisingly Lailee chased him for a little bit then left him alone. When I ran back in I guess Trevor was watching from the window and was wondering if it was a rabbit or an armadillo.  He wasn't too happy when I informed him that it was definitely an armadillo.  This one has yet to be caught....

Over amaradillos!  *Disgusted face* 

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Friday the 13th...

is supposed to be exciting and thrilling... so I thought!  However for this girl, not so much.

I don't think that I can express how deeply I hate school.  Everyone always tells me that real life is worse than school, and I am just not buying it.  Pretty for sure my job will not keep me up till late writing papers and what not.  Ya I'm talking about that stupid research paper.  Not to worry I have atleast 4 1/2 pages, so I'm almost done, but I stayed up till 1 last night writing it and quite frankly this is not what I wanted to do with my Friday night.

ESPN is on in the background. (just for background noise I didn't feel the need to find something I actually wanted to watch, it would only then distract me).  I have a glass of wine to keep me sane.  And I am huddled up under a blanket in the living room writing a paper at exactly 12:16 on a FRIDAY NIGHT. Lame.  The only good thing about this situation is that Trevor is once again on call.  That is only a good thing so that he is not up getting crazy distracting me from my paper.  Cause quite frankly if I can't have fun...neither can Trevor. ;)

In regards to this entire post....hoping for a better Saturday.

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Ten Randoms on Tuesday

1.  Trevor and I are peeling like crazy white people from our crazy white people burns we got on the 4th of July from being on the lake all day.

2.  You know that mouth watering sensation you get right before you are going to throw up?  Ya I totally get it when I'm peeling the skin off.  So disgusting. 

I HATE TO PEEL.

3.  I wasn't peeling until Monday.  I was doing so good until I went to the gym and got sweat blisters, which then turned into peeling.  I vouch that it's the gym's fault I started peeling.  Trevor said I would have eventually began to peel.  DISAGREED.  Stupid gym. Stupid sweat blisters.

4.  Lailee still won't go outside, compared to pre July 4th..wait no people started fireworks July 2nd so PRE JULY 2ND, she loved going outside.  Now I have to throw her out there.  I'm starting to think the apocalypse is beginning in the back yard and that is her fair warning to us. 

5.  Last night (as I previously stated) I threw Lailee outside to go potty.  What did her and Jersey instantly do?! Chase a baby frog.  Quite possibly the tiniest frog I have ever seen.  I did not want them eating the frog; Trevor didn't want them eating the frog.  What did I do to stop this?  Yell at them through the back door from inside.  Why? Because there was a tiny frog that was going to eat me if I went outside.  Why didn't I open the door and yell at them? Because that little nasty tiny frog was right by the door.  I was convinced he was going to come in the house and we would never get him out if I opened that door.  Did Trevor and I actually fight about the fact that I wouldn't just open the door because of the tiny nasty frog?? Yes.  

I HATE FROGS.

6.  Pinterest needs to step it up a notch.  When I have homework and go to www.pinterest.com, it should simply say, "No pinning today Mekayla.  Go do your homework".

7.  Which brings me to my next point, why can't someone just write my research paper for me.  Maybe even do the research, heck I'll write it.  I can't find any info.  I hate writing papers over a page long.

8.  Why can't writing papers be as easy as blogging or something like that?!  Blah.

9.  I started back at school today if you can't tell by my negative attitude.  Yes school gives me a negative attitude, but I am going to a new place this rotation and I absolutely love it! :)

10.  We have been watching  a lot  of movies here lately.  Project X, Ted, 21 Jump Street, This Means War, Man on a Ledge...I even watched a little bit of Dirty Dancing Sunday.  However Trevor's teenager acting friend Kyle was over and decided to take over the T.V. and eat all of our food. 

& this is life as I know it...

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Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

Here lately, Trevor and I have forgotten that we have a home.

Every weekend has been a new adventure.  This past weekend we drove to Tyler, then on to Fort Worth helping Jessica move.  It was extremely hot, but got done in record time.  :)  We spent the Saturday night out on the town! Good luck to Jessica in her new home and new school!

I don't think I have shared this story yet, but while I was in Houston my mom was eating and wanted me to try whatever it was that she was eating. (I forgot) Well my mouth was full at the time she asked, and while she was holding her fork out for me to take the bite, the sauce dripped in my speaker of my phone.  Yup, that little bitty hole.  Why it couldn't have dropped elsewhere is beyond me.  Oh well, I guess that's what I get for having it out. **(However I feel if I can't see my phone when I am out in public I feel like I have lost it and end up having a mini heart attack.  I know, I know welcome to 2012.)** Anyway, that resulted to not being able to hear when someone calls.  I always end up having to put them on speaker.  I'm sure everyone will eventually get tired of me saying "What?" 300x when I can't put them on speaker.  AAAANNNNYWAY, Sunday we decided to hit up the Apple store.  Levi influenced me to try my luck since it didn't look like I had any damage.  We ended up at the Galleria, where there's not an Apple store, but who was I to complain.  I was like a little kid in the candy store seeing all those stores!! I drug Trevor into every store that was way unaffoardable.  We made our way through Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Coach, Tiffanys, etc.  Ah! I was in heaven.  I even took him into the Cowboys store! Whoop!  He was more than thrilled.

Once we left the Galleria we made it to the real mall with the real Apple store.  As we made the corner, we were in complete awe.  Seriously how were people even moving much less breathing in that store?!  It was a fire hazard fo sho!  I knew nothing was going to come of this, but we made our way through anyway.  After finding the guy that was supposed to help us, finding out that we had to have a reservation and that there wouldn't be any till the next day, and Trevor cussing him for not having more than 3 stores in a 900 mile radius, we found our way out.  I actually wanted to run out because after Trevor cussed the poor guy I'm pretty sure my face was beat red.

Wednesday was 'Merica's B-DAY.  We spent the day out on the lake.  I  know what you're thinking...how did we get to the lake since TREVOR SOLD HIS BOAT.  Well thankfully our friends Amy & Patty have a fishing boat that got us there!  We then met up with some of Patrick's friends.  They lived out on the lake.
I also made red and blue jello shots for the occasion. I don't think I'll ever be in charge of jello shots again. ;)

Obviously there's a problem with this picture....drinking wine whiiiile making jello shots.  Maybe that's why they tasted a wee bit strong. ;)

 I also made a Pinterest recipe.. Banana Pudding Poke Cake.  It was pretty delish and extremely easy to make, which is always a plus.

After the lake, Trevor and I found that the sun loved us that day and are now paying for it.  We also went back to Amy and Patty's to eat some shrimp that Patty boiled! They were also delish as always!! We came back to the house, where we then headed to the neighborhood firework show.  They had it at the country club and it was a really nice show!

Lailee was absolutely terrified of the fireworks.  If she was outside when one went off she ran to the door immediately wanting in.  You had better let her in too, or she would go nuts at the door.  She wouldn't even go outside on her own.  I would have to throw her out in the grass.  She would peek out the door and have all 4's in the house but stick her head out to see if it was safe.  She would back up and not go out.  If she was inside when one went off, she went to the door, barked at the noise, then ran under the bed...  It was a long few days for Lailee.  I think she's okay now.

Yesterday me and Amy had a hot date.  After work we grabbed a bite to eat and watched Channing Tatum strip down.  ;)  The movie story line kinda blowed, but seeing Channing Tatum's booty was worth it.  Ha.  I told Amy we would have to go more often because I came home to a clean house AND clean laundry...WHAAAT?!
No worries, Trevor was not ill.  He said he was just "apologizing in advance" cause he was going to get out of control this weekend. Greeeaaaattttt....

Sorry it was such a long post, after all I haven't blogged in a while...
It's back to school this week.  Where. Is. August?!

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