Too Tired

A. Attached or Single? Totally attached to a wonderful guy!

B. Best Friend? Megan is the best!

C. Cake or Pie? Usually cake, but I'll take a good blueberry pie anyday, espeically the kind with sugar sprinkled on the crust! Yum!

D. Day of choice? I love Fridays - that sense of relief as I walk out the door from work!

E. Essential Item? I'm not sure - I guess I'd have to say Excedrin because when I need it, I need it!

F. Favorite Color? Lately, it's been green and blue.

G. Gummy Bears or Worms? Oh, definitely worms. There is just something about the firmer consistency.

H. Hometown? Pratt, Kansas

I. Favorite indulgence? Purses, or shoes - both are disgustingly addictive and fun!

J. January or July? July - there is something special about our 4th of July lake weekends! BUT, January is Brandon's birth month, so I like it too!

K. Kids? ..........

L. Life isn't complete without? CHOCOLATE!!!!!

M. Marriage date? June 3, 2006

N. Numbers of brothers and sisters? Tara, my sister and Todd, my brother.

O. Oranges or apples? Oranges, I love the juciness!

P. Phobias? Falling, face-forward on cement, tile, wood, etc and knocking out my teeth.

Q. Quotes?

R. Reason to smile? We're going to Manhattan tomorrow!!!!!!

S. Season of choice? Fall. As much as I'd love to say Spring, I really do love the nostalgia of Fall.

T. Tag 5 people: I don't know because I don't know who reads my blog.

U. Unknown fact? I have a deep down desire to have an ultra organized house, but the expectation to keep it that way turns me off.

V. Vegetable? Steamed homegrown green beans! Mmm!! Mmm! Mmmmmm!

W. Worst habit? Biting my nails when I'm nervous or bored.

X. X-Ray or Ultrasound? I've never had either, so I don't know.

Y. Your favorite food? This is constantly changing for me, but usually it's Mexican food.

Z. Zodiac sign? Leo

Old School

Last weekend, Brandon and I decided to go through our photos that we have uploaded to our computer but never printed. It was so fun to go back to our dating days and early married days and look at how much has changed. So, I thought it might be fun to take you all on a little journey:

Early dating days - look at my awful highlights!

A family rafting trip in Colorado

My one and only time to go golfing with Brandon

Our candle-lighting at my sorority to announce our engagement - also known as the worst night of Brandon's life!

One of my first official "Brungardt" photos (we were still engaged at this time)

Pumpkin carving in college

The annual Bohn Thanksgiving Hunt (this is the ONLY evidence that a bird has EVER been shot)

Wedding shower

Our Honeymoon

Our first picture in our first apartment (disclaimer: Brandon is NOT naked!)

Our first house (and current house, but this is a "before" picture!)

Our first family photo

Our first Christmas

Our first family vacation - Charleston, SC

And, the most recent picture

I hope you enjoyed our little "walk back in time". This is obviously just a sampling, but it is so fun to look at how things have changed over the past 5 years, especially my hair!!!

Who asks that???

Well, the survey indicated that most people like reading about our strange and mundane lives, so here is a good story for you!

Today, I went to get pedicures with my friends Ali and Emily. We went to one of the Asian places, so I couldn't understand the staff very good as it was, however it was a very nice place. As we arrived, we picked out our colors (I picked a really pretty shade of purple by OPI - I didn't write the name down and now I'm mad because I really liked it - beside the point) and went to our chairs. I sat and let me feet soak for a little bit, while my guy got wrapped up with another client. Once he came, he grabbed the massage chair controler and turned on the vibrating function - I did not ask for this, but I guess he thought I needed it. As I fumbled with the remote, trying to turn off the darn vibrator, he started my pedicure. He never said much to me the whole time, but that was okay, I was having more fun chit-chatting with my friends. Once he was almost finished painting my toe nails, he looks up at me and asks a question, but I couldn't understand him, so I asked to him repeat himself. So, he stopped painting and said "Ma'am, do you chew your toenails? They are too short!" - I was slightly taken back and politely told him no, that I didn't chew my toenails, but that I like to keep them short. My friends had finished up their appointments and were sitting in the waiting area, so I just had to sit there, blankly, not knowing what to say from there. I just couldn't believe it!!! Who asks that kind of thing? I mean, why couldn't he have asked if I just happened to trim them too short recently? Anyway, the end result was good, and if you recognize the color on my toes, please send me a message!

Tomatoes

We have a problem. We have too many tomatoes!! When we planted our cute little tomatoe plants a while back, I never dreamed they would grow to be so enormous. See for yourself:

They are so big, that they are fighting for space and so far, the large tomato plant is winning that battle. But, never fear, the cherry tomato plant is kicking the large tomato plant's hiney when it comes to the actual reproduction (is that the right term?)! Thus crating my problem - I had to throw out quite a few cherry tomatoes the other day because we can't eat them fast enough.

So, I need help! What can I do with all of these darn things? I plan to make some yummy homemade bruschetta this week to accompany an italian meal I have planned, and I could probably make some salsa once my large tomatoes start to produce more frequently, but I just don't think cherry tomatoes will make the best salsa. So, any suggestions? I'm desperate!!!

New Features - Revisited

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I lied - I guess they are updating. I just looked over at my RSS feeds and as I was typing, the good ol' Pioneer Woman Cooks feed updated!! Halleuia!!!

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Okay, so I was all excited about adding the RSS feeds to my site, but it doesn't appear that the links are working properly - they aren't updating themselves. I'm bummed! So, if you know what I can do to make them update, please let me know. Otherwise, they will just sit there, with the same information forever!

New Features

I don't have much time to blog right now. Koby is dropping his ball in my lap and whining for me to throw it. I was supposed to go to the grocery store tonight, but got distracted by Target and Maurices. And, I'm getting up VERY early to head to OKC tomorrow.

But, check out my new RSS feeds to the right! Now all of you can keep up with my new hero, The Pioneerwoman! You will fall in love, I promise!

Oh yeah, and I have an RSS to People.com updates. Call me shallow, but I love celebrity gossip!!

Also, I'm thinking I'm going to revamp my blog topics. I feel like I tend to blog about boring and mundane things, so please take answer my poll question to the right and help me out!

Have a fab weekend!

Whew!!!

Life is flying by these days. I can hardly believe it is almost the middle of August. Where has the summer gone? We've had so much going on that I hardly know where to start.

Currently, as in this very moment, I'm sitting at my aunt's house, using her computer while Brandon preps her floors to be tiled. He's been working for the past two nights and will be working all weekend to lay tile in her kitchen, hallway, bathroom and entry way. Brandon got the itch to lay tile after he and his dad did our kitchen backsplashes, so my aunt has graciously let him practice on her floor. Really, it's a win-win for both parties - she gets her floors redone at a cheaper rate and Brandon gets the practice. And, I'm just here for support! I really don't have a role in all of this. So, if you can't find us in the next few days, we'll be here!

This past weekend, I turned 25 - yes, a whole quarter of a century. It feels good to be 25, but nothing too exciting, except that I can drive a rental car now. I had a wodnerful birthday, though. We celebrated the weekend before with my family in KC, then we went back to KC with Brandon's family for a Royals game on Saturday. We visited the new Power and Light district downtown for lunch, did a little shopping and then went to the game. It was miserably hot, but we made it through - thank goodness the concession stand only made you pay $6 for the first cup of water!

My new job has also kept me extremely busy, which is good. I pretty much learn somethign new everyday!! I just mailed out my first printed newsletter and I must say, I'm pretty proud of myself. The newsletter turned out great and was a good confidence buidler. You see, part of the job requirement was that I write and update the design template for the newsletter, and that was not something I had ever done before, but I was confident I could do it. So, to see the final product was such a relief! We have so many projects in the near future, that I'm not sure the pace is going to slow down for a while. We're in the beginning stages of over-hauling our website and working up a 2009 marketing plan. So, I have a lot on my plate, but you know what, I wouldn't trade it for anything!

Brandon leaves next week to go to NYC with his good friend Nate and his boss from Key. They have tickets to watch the Royals vs. Yankees at Yankee Stadium, so he's pretty stoked! I'm excited for him, too. I know this is something he'll never forget. I can't imagine how excited he'll be once he actually gets there. He asked me what I want him to bring me back as a momento and I told him that I would like something in a blue boxes! I doubt I'll get anything, but it's worth a try, right?

While Brandon is gone, I'm going to go visit my pregnant friend, Megan! We typically celebrate our birthdays together, so I figured this would be the perfect time! However, Megan is a year older than me, so she'll be 26, while I'm just 25!! I told her the other to just wait until she turns 40 and I'm still 39 - she's never going to hear the end of it!!

Well, that is pretty much life in a nutshell. Maybe we'll slow down one of these days!