Goodbye 2008, Cheers 2009

Well time has flown by, I feel bad I am neglicting my blog!  But christmas was amazing and I will have to blog about it later.  I had to blog one more time for my last 2008 blog entry.  

This year was perfect!

I got married! Which was the perfect wedding day.

I have traveled to the coolest places... chicago, colorado, vegas, mexico (honeymoon)!!!

UT Texas fb had a great season!

Our puppy, vince turned a year old

We have started to do a little remodeling (yay new backyard) (oh and new dining room, new living room furniture, newly designed and organized closet)

I fell in love with Bella and Edward (amazing twilight series coma)

Austin City Limits All Access badges! (on stage with NERD/MANU CHAO/BECK/FOO FIGHTERS/CONOR OBERST/SEVERAL More, it was my music heaven)

My big 25th birthday, vip style!

Got to hunt and chop down a christmas tree with my hubby

Became closer with some great friends (lauren, heather ben, kristine, krys, amber)

I have had some really fun trips with my besties (the dallas piano bar night was classic)

Got my first coach purse

Got to go to amazing concerts, vip style (common, conor oberst, matisyahu)

Had a blast with my bestie, Ana at Edgefest (Toadies, Stone Temple Pilots, Seether, Papa Roach, etc)

Got my first mac

New Years Revolutions

Organize my house (backyard, office, guest room, living room, then our bedroom, then if we have enough time and or money the bathrooms)

Find a new book inspiration (Loved twilight series and the last lecture)

Spend more time with my perfect husband and family

Study hard and finish my masters program (well it will take longer than 2009, but do the best I can is the goal... note to self do not slack)

Work on the budget!  Save up more money and get bills paid off (everyones dream resolution)

Another dream resolution... Work out more, start my dance classes

Take a few trips... nac, houston, dallas and then try to one fun vacay with Matthew!  Plus when the new Texas schedule comes out, we can plan a fun trip for an away game!!!  Colorado was the best trip I have ever had, plus UT won!

Cheers to a new year, a new beginning, and a perfect new chapter to my life... heres to the 2009 chapter!

1980 Peace Love and Obama

Well time is flying, it feels like it was just the other day when I was in Chicago at the obama rally.  Now December has come and almost gone, January is right around the corner.  January is going to be the beginning to a great new year.  Also in January we will be getting our new president.  I came across these pictures of Obama circa 1980!

a little bit closer

oh so sexy...

God wouldn't you love to have crazy sexy pictures like this!

blog crush : Modish

So I have an entire folder donated to favorite blogs about shopping, fashion, music!  One of my favs, Modish, is having a giveaway!  I love fun giveaways, I might not win usually but I have high hopes every time...  Check it out, maybe you can stop by and be the one who is the lucky winner!

Modish, crafting a handmade life!

Make me a bicycle....

Wedding Crashers is on!  This is one of my top favorite movies.  For our rehearsal dinner we watched wedding crashers at the Alamo drafthouse.  We had the perfect rehearsal dinner and it was so us!  So now every time I see my fav movie on or hear one of the thousand famous quotes I get to think of my perfect rehearsal dinner and the night before the most perfect day of my life.  Cheers to love!

A few wants I am finding on the internet...

Oh I need this chair!!!!  This would be absolutely lovely on my newly renovated porch.

It is from Pottery Barn, it is $1,300!!!!!!  That is crazy.  I  can't believe someone would pay that price, but you know what it is beautiful!

I want these floors, please please please....  I have growing up hating wood floors and now, that is all I want!!!!

How hilarious is this cat....

Matthew and I keep saying we want a cat, they are hilarious!  I am actually scared of cats, but hey maybe by the time we get one I will be able to be around it without it making me feel like its plotting to kill me!  We definitely won't be getting a cat till after we have kids and they are a little older.

(photo brought to us by Violet and making it lovely)

Other wants/needs for my home...

Bathroom lighting...  crush on pottery barn lighting, $179

China cabinet, no picture... I can't pick out just one I like.  

Bedroom furniture... pottery barn storage bed, about 3,000

Guest room bedding... pottery barn, Woodland organic duvet cover, about $250 with comforter, shams and euros.  I am actually going to buy this

Entryway details... pottery barn

Moo Frame, I love moo cards and now they have a frame!

I would kill for orange juice right now, well I am done being random and wasting time on the internet!

So cool...

You can own your own personal moon!!!

When we do get a fat cat, I have to buy a cat cocoon!!!!!

Have you ever seen a vegetable?

Pepper Gradient
Originally uploaded by geo3pea

Have you ever held a vegetable's hand? I know it is a horrible show, but I am watching Grey's. They have a girl on the show that had an accident and has brain damage, they used the term vegetable and said how she was "dead." Her poor sister was so hurt and just wanted her to be able to hear her.

See I know exactly what it feels like to have a loved one on the table and hold their hand... and have every doctor tell you that they are dead. It's so hard to come to terms with someone being brain dead and still be "alive". My senior year of high school, I found my mother not breathing and from October 21st to November 4 she lived on life support. She couldn't breathe, eat, move... nothing on her own. But with every cell in my body I just wanted her to be alive, I mean really alive. When I touched her cold cold hand, I prayed she would squeeze it back. Could she actually hear me, medically maybe not. But my heart always knows that her heart and soul could hear me. I know that my mother knew how much I loved her. Everything happens for a reason, I truly believe that. I am just missing her so much tonight!