Well that lasted long...

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A lot has been going on lately with work, life, living situations, etc

In a matter of 2 weeks Morgan, Emily and I have decided to get a 3 bedroom and will be all moved in by my 25th birthday, (yes, there may be many references to my birthday just so you wont forget) September 19. We're staying in the same complex, but will now have a 2 car garage! 

Movin on UP! AND SAVING MONEY!

Can't wait to have roommates again, they keep my motivated! Maybe i'll do a fitness competition with Moe :) Maybe...

Work has been non stop, we're in the middle of moving 120 people to one floor that really only accommodates 115, this could get interesting and messy

On top of being a move coordinator, i'm helping put together about 5 events for the company. (one of which was rescheduled so that i could enjoy my bday! JK its all about availability!) 

I did get to go to Montreal, Canada a few weeks back(country #3 for the year, yes i have a list)

Ate lots of cheese and drank lots of wine. The End :)

Everything does seem to be going GRAND, but I have had to do a little learning these past several weeks.

I know this is a BLOG about my life and it's out there for anyone to see, but i realized that TOO much of my life is out there. My Facebook account has been active since 2005, i think and there is just WAY too much about me to share with 1200+ people... I've met a BUNCH of people in my life, but i don't KNOW 1200+ who are worthy enough to know everything about me!

I'm pretty cautious about what i share, but there is still too much on my page. I started deleting pictures and "friends" and then it finally hit me that i'm online WAY too much and I don't like how the most petty things i saw would give me anxiety or just make me angry.

So i deactivated my account for a week. Just one week and it made a difference. I'm still using restrictions and limiting my time online. I'm sure i'll relapse and want to be on ALL the time, but for now i like not caring what's going on :) and may take more breaks from now on to keep reality into perspective.

With all this disconnect from everyone I've learned more about relationships and what I want out of one.

when you care about someone with everything you have, you can't make them love you back. (ouch)

(anyone who is ready for a commitment, needs to realize they deserve the best and shouldn't settle just because it's convenient)

It's hard to accept and you can only move on when you're ready, but it makes it a tad easier when you have such an amazing support system. 

Shout out to my peeps.

I may not be the best person to listen to for relationship advice considering my awesome track record, but based off observations and personal experience i know that life goes on and God has awesome plans for you and me :)

Thanks for reading my EMO post. 

Can't wait for the sh*t show this weekend in Austin with my extended family!!

went to a fashion show that Magen ROCKED! Tatum on the right is a doll too!

T-minus 19 days until my birthday!!! Start sending gifts NOW!

Crafty, well sort of...

Now that I have your attention, make sure to follow my blog :)

The summer season has commenced and for me this means absolutely nothing. Sure I have a tan and am bordering a new ethnicity, but I still must work 5 days a week.
I am blessed to have a job where I can take weekends off though (like I've said before, I didn't know they exist).
And now that I have some open weekends I can do crafts and take mini trips to see my friends (these two topics of trips and crafts do correlate, just follow)

I've been on this DIY kick because I'm broke and it make me feel like i'm actually doing something with my life.
So off to Galveston to hang with friends and collect sea shells, part of my new decor scheme.
While I was there I collected a HUGE bag of shells and wine corks (now i really look like an alcoholic).

I bought a glass vase from Hobby Lobby (50% off of course, never buy anything that isn't on sale from there!)
Painted some of the shells with a light silvery-glitter
and dropped them in the vase.

The second vase is plain and simple, filled it with corks.
-Some of the corks have momentos of some of the places i've visited (countries, restaurants, vineyards, bars)

and the yellow thing, i just had to have.

Ta Da! I need more shells, so this just means another trip to G-town!

Sorry for the bad lighting, the only camera i have is on my iPhone now...

I'm not quite done with everything, but it's a decent start.

I also have a few wine bottles laying around, empty of course.
I want to cut off the necks and make them vases, but until i can find someone to do that, i opted for another design.
I took candlesticks (in fun colors for summer) and stuck them in the mouth of the bottle.
I did have to saw off some of the wax to get it to fit, but if I do decide to light the candles they will melt over the bottle creating a really pretty surface.


I added some marbles for, well there's no reason, i was just too lazy to put them in a bag.



I bought a few other nik naks, but haven't figured out where to put them yet.

Although i've been out of school for 2 years now (wow time has gone by so fast) I still give my self a summer reading list, the best part? I will never be tested over anything that I read from now on!

Marilyn gave me some suggestions and I generally trust her judgement on good reads and that's about it.

I received my books last friday and by Saturday morning was done with the first one.

Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back-Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent

I LOVE this book, i don't care if you are a believer or not, this is an awesome read and even though this kid was 4 he stregthened my Faith in God.

Don't try to click to look inside, i copied this image from amazon.

I haven't made time for my other books

Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me- Chelsea Handler

This is Where I Leave You- Jonathan Tropper

Once I've finished these 3 i'll add another few to the list. My goal is 6 for the summer.

Wine Corks

First on the Schedule
-Get back to work.
I got back just in the middle of OTC, a huge oil and gas convention held in Houston.
I had never had more work to do in the office here with meetings, dinners, reservations, conferences, and speeches.

Along with all the work stuff i needed to take care of my personal thing like laundry, unpacking (pretty much the same), cleaning, fix my hacked bank account, and go through the HUGE stack of mail waiting for me.
I was exhausted but i couldn't WAIT to see all my friends!

Wednesday night I got to see Magen and the Nuggets

Thursday was spent drinking whiskey? in honor of Cinco de Mayo!

Friday was a hard day at work shopping at the Galleria.

Saturday May 7th was Renee and Jeff's Wedding!!!
- after a morning full of errands, Aaron came over so we could drive to BFE where the wedding was held. I asked him to drive and some how he got out of it and slept the whole way. (which was my intention, that crapper)
We met up with Marilyn, Scriven, and Ryan, drove out to the church couldn't stop laughing at the priest and his toupee then partied hard at the rehearsal with Jessica, Renee, and Jeff.
After the reception we went to Ty's bada** lake house in Willis and continued the party (so much for getting hotel rooms that we didn't stay in)

This boy...

oh, you know

i cherish these girls

Beautiful bride! Love you!

Family

Sunday was mothers day and we spent part of it with Jessica's family then all drove back home. I took my mom to the movies to see Something Borrowed, it sucked.

Next week:
Carissa, Emily P, Emily H, David, and JJ all met me at Wolfies for crawfish and dos xx!
-i needed my crawfish fix!

That Friday the 13th we drove out to Austin for Jamie's Bachelorette Weekend Extravaganza!
We had 6 girls in one room, went to a winery in the hill country (I walked out with 6 bottle, NBD), then kayaking on Town Lake, crappy dinner at Friday's but got to see the millions of bat come out from under Congress bridge, then out to 6th street in our colorful wigs :)

Nik and Caitlin

Why are you dressed like Aliens?

The future Mrs. Sillivent

It never fails that when i'm with these girls, I have a great time. I can't wait for the wedding weekend in 2 weeks! AH it's so close.

Annnnd this weekend, is Blair's graduation dinner/party. 

I swear i'll sleep one day.