Shopping, Spa Day, and Hogs...Oh My!

This evening wraps up what was a four and half day weekend for me. It was lovely!

Thursday:

• half-day at work, setting up Valentine's Day activities for kinders
• enjoyed my wild kinders as they showered me with gifts and cards
• last pep rally performance for the year for Boo, East/West game to close season

pep rally theme: kiss the pig. poor little piggie

Friday:

• re-check at doctor with Lefty for her migraines and back injury
• great report! We don't go back for a year, unless she has trouble.
• lunch with Lefty and a sweet friend...we had...PASTA!!!
• three hour nap (don't judge, my aunt was visiting)

Saturday:

• Hubs and I snuck away for a couple of days
• shopping...jeans two sizes smaller and new bras because the ta-tas are shrinking fast
• dinner at Texas Land and Cattle...usually love this place, but a bit disappointing this time
• a quick run into Charming Charlie; why didn't I think of a color coded accessory store???
• movies at the Malco to see...

(gonna hafta read it again. not sure if I was impressed or not)

Sunday:

• took a drive through some pretty neighborhoods in Bentonville and Fayetteville. Love it in NWA.
• lunch at Red Robin...yummmmmm (hear me singing that?)
• on to Baum Stadium for opening weekend of Razorback Baseball!!!

couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day

Tailgating at its finest...take a closer look below.

Read some scripture (it was Sunday, after all) and grab a beer.

Say a prayer...

and call those Hogs!!!

is there anything more awesome than this???

Wooooo Pig Sooiiee!!!

Monday:

• took Boo to an appointment
• SPA DAY!!! I'm a ginger (redhead) again!!!

before

during

after

How was your weekend? If it was half as blessed as mine, then it must've been fantastical!!!

Merry Mesh Making!

This weekend, I made three new wreaths! Yep, three! I haven't posted pics of the one I did last weekend, so I will throw it in here with the rest of them for you to see. I am having so much fun making these guys! The only negative...glitter gets EVERYWHERE!!! Really? That's a negative? How bad can it really be?

Let Me Hear You Call Those HOGS!!!

Hello Lovelies!

The hubby decided to take me away for the weekend to a whirlwind affair of Arkansas Razorback Athletic events, shopping, and best of all...exclusive time with him! It was much needed, that's for sure!

We left town as soon as I got home from school and drove the 2 hours to NWA (northwest Arkansas). We hustled to Bud Walton Arena to catch the season opener of the Hogs basketball team with the new head coach, Mike Anderson. While we used to have season tickets, we hadn't been to a basketball game since before we got married. It felt great to be back! It was even more great that the season opener ended with a WIN! Go HOGS go!

Saturday blew in with what felt like gale force winds...there were leaves and trash and hair flying everywhere! That did not stop us from heading out to do some retail therapy! I was very much looking forward to a crafting trip to Joann (fabric and craft store), since we don't have a decent craft store anywhere close to home. I took extra spending money just for that! I also bought enough there that it will be a blog post all its own! Since it was going to be a cold booger at the football game later in the evening, we headed to the mall to buy me a cutesy-tootsey-type coat. Since I ended up leaving with two of them, I'd say it was a success! Next stop, Red Robin for a Bleu Ribbon Burger...YUMMMMM! After that, we headed to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and Old Navy before making our way to Razorback Stadium. From then on, it was...

Notice the truck, hauling in Tusk and the cheer/pom/mascot teams!

Parking Tusk's truck...

Pre-game huddle!

The band marching in, LOVE those flags!

A cold, windy night...perfect for snuggling hubs in the stadium! (note the mega-cute red and black jacket!)

The band

More band...I love to watch them...super impressive every time!

Lining up for just another spectacular play! The Hogs moved up to #6 in the SEC, and had the top 2 plays of the night on ESPN Sportscenter Saturday night...and we saw it all live!!! 

I get goose-bumps every time the cheerleaders do this...it's my fave!

We were in.....

Wooooooo Pig Sooieee! Razorbacks!

The only negative to the entire weekend was when I woke up at 5:30 this morning with a migraine. It had me in tears it was so bad. I went ahead and got ready for a day of shopping, but when we got in the car and started moving...my stomach revolted. We made it to the mall just in time to pull into the parking lot, open the door, and retch. Nothing came up. I got back in the car and we headed to Target for Excedrin migraine. Thank God Target was only three minutes away...but lemme just say, puking in the parking lot at Target on Sunday morning while the cart boy looks on...no fun at all, and if I hadn't been in so much pain, it might have even been embarrassing! I was crying and telling Chris I couldn't even handle shopping (if you can fathom such a thing), we had to get home. I hated to end our mini-getaway like that. It just plain sucked. I was probably crying more over ending the trip early than I was over feeling bad!

My husband is such a great man! I love him so much, and was so glad to have spent the last two days with him, and him alone! It would be nice if we could manage more times like that, but I'll take what I can get!

Holiday Cheer is Here!!!

After several days, we finally got our house decked out for the holidays. I am still hoping that Chris will put outside lights on the house, but I won't hold my breath. He doesn't like to do house lights, but I am still enough of a little girl at heart that I get giddy at the sight of Christmas lights on a house...so a little girl can wish, right?

We have a total of 8 trees up in the house. There are 3 'big' trees in the main areas of the house, and 5 'mini' theme trees that are in the kids' bedrooms. I didn't take pictures of the 'mini' trees (I say 'mini', but they are 4 ft tall), but we have a fishing gear tree, a rainbow tree (random colors), a ballet tree, a baseball tree, and a musical tree. Our kids obviously have a wide variety of interests!

The decor throughout the house is perfect! It took awhile because we were sorting through and cleaning out 'yours, mine and ours.' The final product couldn't be better...a perfect blend of us!

My 'purplicious' tree! I have done it differently for the last 3 years, and it is impossible to pick a favorite look!

Chris' Razorback tree: it even has ball caps on it! Woo Pig Sooiiee!!

The kiddo tree! It is traditional with homemade and child-chosen ornaments/decor. Notice the quirky tree topper? Too cute!

Our beautiful entryway with a manger scene. The figurines are from when I was a little girl and my mom sold Home Interiors to use her 'free points' to decorate our house for Christmas. They are dated 1980 and a bit worse for the wear, but they look perfect to me!