You should be prould...

So I did it...I emailed her.

I pretty much said congratulations (yesterday I was on Bed, Bath, & Beyond looking for our friends registry. I decided to type in Alanna's name and lo and behold she was set to get married this November. So I guess the pregnancy was a surprise and they did a quickie) which is fine by me. It is what it is.

I told her that the older I get the more honest I get, and the less patience I have for bs. I said frankly I don't think we'll ever be good friends and will never have what we had. (but to be honest what we had wasn't that great...well it was a give and take...I gave she took).

And that we can try just updating each other on each other's lives and see how that goes.
I emailed her on her regular email. She hasn't logged back into Myspace since that Sunday so it's most likely she didn't check her email either.

On Sunday Mr. B and I went to Chimes and had a few beers...or 5 or 6 haha. And I told him I replied. He said "I was waiting for this" but he was proud of how I handled it.

So the family made it safely back into the states after some delays. My aunt is actually coming down for our friends wedding on August 1st. So that will be great to see her the weekend before and then get her all to myself the next weekend. And I'm sure we'll celebrate my bday then since it's only a few days later.

I got emotional with Mr. B this weekend because 25 hit me. Granted I think 26 is harder because then you're on the other end of your twenties but geez I started visiting down here when I was only 19 well I turned 20 that day. I can't believe that I've already been living down here for 3.5 years. It does seem like longer though.

And then I got a call last night that has now officially put me in the middle of a very complicated potentially lethal situation. I don't like it and it's really hard to be Switzerland in this situation. I know who I would side with but I also know who I need to act like I'm sort of siding with. Keep your enemies closer kind of thing.

Regardless I don't need to be involved and I think it's all silly. I'm going to call Momma B about this because if this gets crazy they need to know the truth. Last night Mr. B said "I'm sorry you're being brought into this." Which was super sweet of him. Oh well I'm just glad it's not my issue. But this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better I can tell you that.

And one more thing...I wish this damn heartburn shit would stop. I'm assuming it's acid reflux but this is ridiculous for reallllzzz.

Well I'm off to buy something. I haven't really done that in awhile and have the itch in a serious way.

It Just Occured To Me...

That I never congratulated my LSU Tigers on their amazing win!
6 National Titles for the baseball team. Amazing. It was even better that we smoked Texas in the final game hah.

6 months..

Until Christmas....I seriously can not believe how quickly this year has gone. They (and by they I mean anyone who was in their 20's and up when I was younger) always said that the older you get the faster time flies...well it's the truth!

Normally I start shopping in August and I feel like I should start next month just for economic reasons so I can get better deals. Because I swear I get better deals in the summer and fall then I do in the winter.

And this year we'll obviously be cutting back...and we've been set pretty good and H got his commission today and thankfully it was bigger then we thought. I was hoping for about 500 above our house note so I could save that but it was 1000 more! And what's crazy is time last year it was about 1500-2000 more then that!!! And I thought...where did it all go? The wedding. We paid for everything in cash including the all inclusive honeymoon plus we did put some in savings so I can't complain.

Granted 675 is gone of that but hey it's season tickets to LSU so I can't complain. It sure beats waiting until that Thursday or Friday to finally find some.

Speaking of finances I just scheduled our very last payment for the Nascar....(which is a Visa). It feels fantastic because when I first got with Mr. B that thing was about 10k. We put about 1k on it ourselves buying National Championship tickets but hey it was the National Championship in New Orleans (like that will ever work out that way again) and we whooped on Ohio State...so it was worth it.

But none the less giving away 350 each month has sucked but it feels so great...I think I may actually cry that night haha.

But alas we don't get to see that 350 because we'll then be putting it on the Bass and turning a 150 payment into a 500 a month payment. And hopefully if H's commissions can at least stay where they were at this month then we'll have that sucker paid off by I'd say October...if not it should be by the years end. And then that means 500 extra smackers a month whoot!

But then we'll just put that towards paying off my grandpa for my car haha but then we'll have the car paid off by June of next year and be completely debt free except for the house of course, a small loan at the bank, and student loans which are tiny.

I just named off a bunch of stuff haha but you know what I can then say. That I'm one of the 3 of the 7 out of 10 that has no CC debt. Not many people can say that.

And it couldn't come at a better time just in case we do get pregnant. Not that we are folks! But just in case it happens I already feel so much better.

And finding out that old friend is pregnant just makes me want to have a child so bad because I've been wanting it and what's up with everyone else getting it.

So my aunt flies into the states tomorrow and she'll be going to buy a pre paid cell so we can text. I can't wait!

And that's my rambling for today.... peace out

Weekend Recap

Ok so I did get my hair done and it's more like Catherine but with a few highlights and the bangs are a little longer.

I wish I would've gotten them cut a tiny bit more because it's hard to wear them straight down during the day since all I'm doing is my bangs (hey thats an improvement from normally what I do ok?) but I guess once I actually straighten everything it'll work out.

Pictures are on my FB....I'll update here when I get a chance.

This past weekend was a lot of fun. I headed down to Luling early so I could make it for the LSU game and then it was delayed but boy did we whoop on them.

We drank entirely too much but had so much fun and now have some inside jokes.
Saturday I got my hair done and had lunch with Ashley and Monique. We took a nap and then the boys grilled out.

We all took another nap and I woke up to Mr. B and Kevin drinking with Kevin's lost lost buddy (long story). Well they were all getting drunk and decided it would be a good idea to go to Southpark to chew out Scott. We all know he's a loser do we need to do it anymore.

Well when I got ahold of them at 1:50am they were leaving. It was 2:30 and Ash and I took a ride and they were in the parking lot and I got out of my car and was like "time to go!" and Mr. B obliged (smart man) he then proceeded to tell us stories that have confirmed my suspicions of Scott not being all there and that's where I'll leave that.

So now we have even more inside jokes haha.

I was soooo happy when my beloved Tigers pulled out the win on Monday but so sad last night. We just didn't look like our normal selves and I'm telling you they better bring it home tonight! They will. Maybe it shouldn't rain there and be really hot like it was on Monday because Texas can't handle that.

So I got a blast from the past if you will. I logged into FB on my phone while driving back home on Sunday and saw that Alanna (ex best friend) had done an update something to the effect of "for all of those who I haven't talked to in awhile here's whats going on in my life...I'm married...here is my new last name" I knew it was pretty much towards me because she never goes on FB and nobody has commented on hers in a long time.

So I log into myspace and there it was....an email from her.... da da da!!

The title was Reach Out and because I'm sick I immediately thought Reach Around (ok I never claimed to be a classy lady...haha classy)

It really wasn't that long of an email just her apologizing again for what happened and how she's married and 3 months pregnant and that really ticked me off because everyone is getting pregnant around me and her of all people who was Miss Independent until the Marines and it did something to her and now she's going to be a mom before me hmpph. Anyways she said the first person she thought of to tell was me, and how we always talked about raising our kids together...(trying to pull at the heart strings).

And how she misses me and if I'm willing she's willing.

I just don't know how I feel about all of this. I called Mr. B and told him and he didn't say much and then that night I read the email to him and he just said hmm....he can't stand her so I know that won't change.

I don't know how to respond. You know I miss talking to someone everyday because two of my best friends are overseas right now but not that bad. After everything and over a year I'm just kind of blank towards it.

Because here is how I am. I love you to the day I die, and I will defend and fight for you even if that means hurting someones feelings or telling another close friend to stop it. I will listen at 2am and help you through things. And generally after you screw me over I keep coming back because I'm a good friend but after you do screw me over enough and I end my friendship and/or relationship with you that's it...theres never any coming back.

So here I am someone reaching out and I don't really have that many feelings for it so what do I do?

Do I just ignore the email all together?

Do I email her and say congratulations and that's it?

Do I email her and say congratulations and we can try and be friends but it will NEVER be like it was before and we'll just fill each other in on our lives as we see fit?

Decisions....Decisions....

Well I have to go make my pinwheels since our party at work starts in a few minutes!

Getting My Heeerr Did!

Ok so I sent Mr. B a Power Point collage of hairstyles on celebs ranging from styles to color (yes I'm a dork).

But I'm torn. Because I like some of Jessica Simpson's do which I've posted about but here it is.

But Mr. B really liked Catherine Zeta-Jones in this pic.

The main difference is Jessica's bangs are a little longer (because I love to just go in the morning and I'm worried regular bangs will take forever...however I mean how hard can it be to just blow dry those if need be right?! And I do like her color but I also like Jessica's color. I think I'll take both in to my stylist and see what she says...she's fab so she can work her magic and pretty little way she likes.

In new news my grandpa called me and shocked the hell out of me with something in his will....I just am honored but feel like they're being taken advantage of from a certain someone and that's why all of this came about and it sickens me people think like that.

Anywho they have 90%ly (making up my own wording hah) talked me into coming to the family reunion this year. I have been torn because I really wanted to go to the beach with Mr. B, or get a Wii, or go the the reunion. My grandpa graciously offered to pay for my plane ticket...I think his words were (God Damn It ...I'll just send you a check if you don't let me pay for the damn ticket...when I want to I'm going to!") hehe gotta love him. But I would have to take 3 vacation days which would leave me with 8 hours and then I'd have to save like mad to get enough for Xmas. Well who am I kidding? I get 10 every pay check. But we were toying with the idea of going to Seattle to see LSU play. But that's a holiday weekend so that would be ok.

But then I got this huge gush of wind taken right out of my lungs when I realized that Mr. B wouldn't be going. (He never intended to) but still the thought of being away from my bestie just hurt for some reason. (And yes he's gone on business and I've been away for Business and Pleasure before) but maybe with recent events we just both really realized we're best friends and there's nothing more that I look forward to doing then to hanging with him even if we don't talk and just watch TV.

I know I'll be ok because I'll be with my family having a good time, but I lurve him and wish he could go.

I had to make sure the place was somewhat up with the times and had Internet which they do thankfully but then I'd have to do some work there and yah all that fun stuff...I guess then I wouldn't use soo much vacation!

Well that's all my ramblings for one sitting.

Adios!

Hair

So I'm scheduled to get my hair colored and cut (Last time was on Halloween of 08 yack). So I can't decide if I want to go all dark (I know most folks do get highlights in the summer) but like this picture of Jessica Simpson where she's a little more tan and has darker hair I really like the look.

And I'm actually toying with the idea of doing bangs, where I can wear them normal or side swept like hers...however every time I get bangs I like them for a minute then hate my life since I really don't do my hair in the mornings.

Now here's a picture of Jamie Lynn Sigler with highlights...which I do like. Decisions...decisions..

Well I actually got a lot done whoo me. We hung our wedding pictures in our bedroom. (I've only had them framed sitting on our dining table for oh 6 months haha) and I went through one of our office's closets and threw out a lot of stuff. I've put together my picture display but need to run to Walgreen's tomorrow and make a copy in Black and White. Then I can put them up tomorrow. I'll post pics when I get that done. I've put away all clothes except for one basket left in the laundry room but boy that's a major improvement.

I also spray painted our non working fountain that's just too big to throw out. I need to buy one more can to finish off and buy mosquito tablets too. But at least from the street it looks nice.

And a shout out to our LSU boys for beating Virginia...good luck tomorrow!

Well I'm off to plan our weekly meal menu.

I'm back

Well I can't believe that our trip went by as fast as it did and I've already been back to work almost a week! I did get all of our laundry done the day I took off work (Thank Goodness I did that) but it's already piling up again and tonight Kevin comes over to drop Mattox off because we offered to watch her until Sunday while he takes a mini vacation.

He's going to Destin with his girly and that has inspired me to want to go to Destin too. Mainly because I've never been there (been to Panama City many a time) and that I feel Mike and I need a mini vacation from our vacation.

We did an extreme amount of walking and it was beating hot in Rome...let alone other things that happened. I took 575 pictures because Mr. B wouldn't shut his trapper about me taking pics. By the end of the trip when he'd say "Take a picture of that...or did you a take a few of that?" I was biting my tongue because it was like nails on a chalkboard. And when we came home and I told him how many we actually took he was shocked! Well geez I took about 2 pictures of everything then you turned around and told me to take 2 more...it adds up.

Plus we have a disposable we have to take in since our flippin camera died when I went to take the first picture of St Peters Basilica....so upset! Because once we left to go buy one we couldn't get back in :(

But I have pictures of it however I'd have to contact my step dad to see if he kept that photo album. I really hope he did. I should ask my aunt to swing by and get it and mail it to me.

Well I just checked and 2 of the 5 condos that I was interested in are already booked so I need Mr. B to decide soon!

I really could be going to Kentucky for my family reunion instead of doing Destin but I just think Mr. B and I could use the alone time since all of our vacations area always with people (other then our honeymoon).

Then today my mother in law was booking our cruise for Xmas. So from the 19th-26th we'll be heading to Belize, Roatan, and Cozumel. It should be a good time and the deposit is only due now and the rest isn't due until November. So hopefully things pick up so we won't have to pull from savings.

I just really hope things pick up soon because I don't know if Mr. B will have a job by the end of July and that freaks me out since we're on his insurance!

The good news is that we saw gas prices had risen about 20 cents since we were gone but in order for that to change anything it needs to stay that way for the next couple of months to wear the oil/gas companies are making money so that other places are in business which means Mr. B is then renting and selling equipment to them.

We're fine financially but I really don't like not saving any money because his commission pays for our house note and whatever is left always went into savings. I was planning on having our one credit card paid off a lot earlier then that will happen...and with this re-finance deal.

I'm so over Region's honestly it's crazy. And I've been asking for a copy of the appraisal and funny how I haven't heard anything back. I find it odd that one guy (who Region's uses) said our house was worth 13k more then the other guy they had us use this past time. 13k is a huge difference and there are some inconsistencies they need to figure out. I want to the see the houses though because our house is like the smallest in the neighborhood but we have the lake and a larger lot them some so it evens itself out. I don't appreciate being well dicked around.

So I want the copy and raise hell but we're not re-financing with them and taking money out of savings for closing...that's just silliness. Our payment has already dropped 80 bucks switching insurance which is awesome!

Well I'll post pictures of our adventures tonight since Mr. B is out of town.