New Deal

....i have landed the deal of the century!!!! 13 months of XBOX Live's GOLD Membership.... only 30 bucks.
----take that you MICRO Bastards!! :)

but really... you can't beat getting a $60 product for half price especially when it's a product from the #1 money hungry bastard company in the world.... next to the shit-ass oil companies that is.

and so... my golden online adventure begins once again. HALO 3 HERE I COME BABY!!!

Get ready Court... It's time for lessons!! ;)

changes.

agh! i had an entire post written, and it just vanished! so, to begin again ...

a much needed update is in order!

as of today, travis, amelia and i are officially out of our old apartment and into our new places. amelia actually left for stillwater on tuesday night. travis and i were able to get most of our things moved last weekend and the last few items at the beginning of the week. yesterday we finished cleaning and moving the last few odds and ends. we still have much unpacking to do and decorating as well, but it's nice to be moved.

travis asked me our first night here, "so, do you like our new place?" i nodded that i did and then asked if he did. his response, "i feel like i'm home." it does feel nice and it's interesting to have our own place.

we have already had our first overnight guests. justin & lindsay came and spent the beginning of the week with us. unfortunately, we no longer have a guest bedroom, so their nice comfy bed turned into a pallet on the floor. they didn't seem to mind too much, and we all had a good time eating pizza and watching movies.

you are all invited to see our new place ... just give me a little bit of time to get a few more things unpacked and put away.

sorry for the hiatus.

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mamma mia!

this blog was written by one of us, and one of us alone, but i love, love, love! this movie!!!

when i saw the previews i never thought that i would really enjoy the movie, but tonight, amelia, karen, claudine & i went for a girls' night out, and i fell in love!

amelia and i couldn't believe how much meryl streep's character could have been played by my mom! several times we felt like we were watching a blonde version of my mom on the screen. after the movie i called her to tell her so and she said that my sister said the exact same thing after they saw it. truly a feel good film that will make you want to jump on the bed, dance down the aisle, and burst into laughter!

two american kids doing the best they can

this week i made my bike riding debut. on tuesday night travis took me for a ride on the bike. we were bored and didn't want to sit around the house, but we also didn't want to spend a lot of money. we got on the bike and went for a ride to broken arrow's mcalister's to see amelia, but when we got there, she had already left. we headed to muskogee from there, driving through wagoner and porter. the sunset in the mirrors was beautiful! we got to muskogee, but didn't stay long -- just long enough to say hello to my family at the pool hall, fill up on beverages and gas, and then head back to tulsa. the ride home was great, too, because the sky was so clear and the stars were beautiful. i told travis that i didn't know if it was a good thing or not that he let me ride; he used to always tell me that he loved me too much to let me ride; that he just really didn't want anything to happen to me. i asked him if he decided he doesn't love me as much. ;)

today at work was our quarter 2 branch review. i was shocked to see my name on the screen at one point -- i won the "giant leap" award for the most individual growth over quarter one. i was very excited and very surprised! now i'll have to really work hard to get it again next quarter!! =) pete won top producers (which came as no surprise), and we also found out that if we make the high achievers' club, addison will pay for a car and insurance for a year. i don't think that it will be possible for anyone on my team to get it this year ... but next year it is definitely doable!

tonight i got home as travis was headed across the street to run. i walked/ran over a few minutes later to meet up with him. we both ran for a little bit and then hopped on the bike to come back to the apartment. travis had me run upstairs and change and then we headed to mcalister's for dinner. i didn't eat much, and actually ended up getting sick, but it was a nice ride on the bike. the air felt good.

now we're sitting at home, and i will probably go to bed soon because i feel so exhausted. i just wanted to share my bike riding adventure with you! =)

... just in time for the biker boyz show in tulsa this weekend. justin and lindsay are supposed to come up and stay so that we can all go to that together.

bonne nuit!

but whenever monday comes

our weekend was adventure-filled. we started friday in muskogee having dinner with some of justin's friends and watching the highly anticipated dark knight. you already know how we felt about that. =) 

on saturday the guys went riding on the bikes, and sierra and i spent the morning giving each other pedicures before heading to tulsa. we cleaned my apartment and did laundry. my mom was coming to see the apartment for the first time, and i wanted everything to look nice. i had just gotten in the swing of cleaning and had to quit to jump in the shower. 

travis and justin met me at the apartment and the three of us headed to jen's 27th birthday celebration -- court i love the blog that you wrote for jen's birthday! we met jen, court, nick, kate, teah, and bobby at shoguns. dinner was delicious and then we all heaeded to the comedy club next door. i was so full i thought that i would burst. jen looks just precious. she will be one of those tiny, cute pregnant women who carries a little basketball on the front of their belly! talking about the shower and the nursery got me so excited. i loved how court jumped in to describe the baby's room. once we got to the comedy club, i thought we would never stop laughing. both of the comedians were great. i would love to see them again. 

the guys had planned to ride back to muskogee that night, but everyone was too tired and had a bit of a headache. mom and aunt shelly got here around 1:00 in the morning; they loved the apartment. it makes me sad to think that we will be moving. on sunday, the guys went back to muskogee to ride with some more of the guys. mom and aunt shelly were already gone to my aunt brenda's when sierra and i woke up. she and i met them in owasso and we shopped at target and a couple of other little stores. we headed to skiatook to my aunt's house to await my aunt shari's arrival from phoenix. my aunt brenda loves to entertain and she immediately set in preparing a large meal for all of us. she wanted everyone out of the kitchen so we put in a chick flick and sat around relaxing.
we kept waiting for justin, travis, and lindsay to arrive, but they never did. aunt shari arrived and we all sat down to eat. 

after dinner all the girls sat around talking and then started the the first wives club. my mom and aunt shelly had never seen it ... i couldn't believe it. looking back, it's weird that my gran wasn't there. i think my memories are trying to put her there this weekend. i don't know that i will ever get over that feeling. i had just finished all of my things in the car when justin, travis, and lindsay rode up on the bikes ... it was a few minutes after 11. i was so tired, but i hadn't seen travis all day and he asked me to stick around. everyone ate (again) and chatted for a bit, then the four of us headed back to our apartment. i beat them home and came in, jumped in the shower and got into bed. travis, justin, and lindsay didn't make it to bed until sometime after 6. i woke up at about 4:45 to the sound of their laughter in the living room. i don't know how they weren't exhausted!

today we spent our days at work. travis fell asleep after work for a bit, and then headed back in to the office around 9:00 to do some updates. i've spent the evening uploading pictures. there are so many digital pictures of which i've never gotten prints. i want to get all of my digital albums online so that i can begin to order them a little at a time.
we ran and got ice cream at braum's a few minutes ago and are now settled in for the night. i'll have to head to bed before long ... to wake up and do it all over again. :)
sweet dreams to all of you.

p.s. my earache seems to be doing much better. i haven't been as dizzy, and i don't believe it has gotten worse. =)

why so serious?

i will second travis's review of the dark knight. it was indeed most excellent. we were both so ready for it to open. on friday night we went with my brother and some of his friends to dinner in muskogee and then to see the movie. dinner was okay, but not spectacular. the movie was well worth the wait. it was kind of long, but i loved that about it. i loved that they took the time to carry out the entire storyline. if you haven't seen it yet, you definitely should. i think that we need to catch it in the imax now ... =)

The Dark Knight.... MOST EXCELLENT!!!

So I've had some requests for THE DUDE'S opinion on the viewing of The Dark Knight. Well.... THE DUDE gives it one of the upmost excellent rankings this year yet!

10 STARS!!! **********

You got it.... 100% BADASS!!!!!!

Take that you dirty bastards who predicted the worst. First off, Christian Bale as the new Batman was probably the most far-fetched idea Hollywood ever had... but it more than worked. He has exceeded all expectations. Best Batman since Michael Keaton, quite possibly better.

Lets put it this way... I watched Transformers 4 times in theaters....... 2 times at the IMAX, 2 times regular. I liked the new Batman movie at least just as much. One question though, "Where does he get all those toys?" :)

Dark Knight Butterflies.....

Hola Amigos
This week is the week I've been waiting for..... The new Batman movie comes out this week. It will be totally awesome. Those who are bad critics.... SCREW YOU & HAVE A NICE DAY! ;)

busy. busy.

wow. it seems we have been so busy lately. last week i found out that i have an inner ear infection, which would explain why i was so dizzy all last week. on friday, i left for oklahoma city (the rodeo rolled over 100,000 miles on the way there) to meet my good friend andy -- one of the few friends from high school that i still keep in touch with. travis made his way to muskogee and spent all weekend riding bikes with roy, justin, ryan, steven, and a couple of other guys.

after i got to andy's we picked up her good friend kat from college and the three of us headed to dallas for jenny's bachelorette party. jenny is another friend of mine and andy's from high school. we had a good time catching up, but the trip to dallas couldn't have been longer! once we got there we picked up leah, one of their friends from college, at the airport ... only to find ourselves at the wrong airport. she was flying in from one airport and flying out of the other, which explains the confusion. we made it to jenny's sometime after 1 in the morning, i believe, and we stayed the night. the next morning andrea and i woke up, went shopping, and headed to hotel zaza. it was beautiful!

we got everything set up for the party and kat and jen and most of the other girls had arrived by that time. kat helped us finish setting up and everyone came upstairs. everyone was so impressed with the hotel -- way to go andy!!! lil wayne was staying there the same weekend, but we just saw his crew. we had jen's lingerie shower where she received lots of cute things and then we went to dinner & out on the town for a bit. i was thankful that no one got too wild and crazy.

we took this picture right before going out. i kept saying all weekend how interesting it is that a group of friends can be so diverse and everyone get along so well.

i did like the final pub that we ended up at. we got to go up on the roof and we could see downtown dallas from where we were. most of the people were friendly and the music at that particular place was better than the one we started at.

travis spent the weekend in muskogee riding bikes with the guys and getting to know lindsay, a girl that my was recently introduced to, a little better. andrea, kat, and i got back to okc on sunday, and i couldn't wait to get home. travis wasn't home. he and justin and lindsay were all trying to get ready so that we could go to a movie. my stomach was rolling the entire way home from dallas, so i wasn't the most talkative person when they all got to the apartment.

we headed to starworld to finally see wall-e.

it was such a cute movie. we were all laughing the entire time ... but i started feeling worse. i actually ending up getting sick before we left the theater. i felt terrible, especially since it was my first time to meet lindsay.

after the movie we had to drive justin and lindsay back to muskogee ... even more embarrassing than throwing up at the theater? throwing up on the side of the road with multiple people in my car. sheesh.

all in all it was a pretty good weekend. i used to love to travel, but i have never been more homesick than i was on this weekend trip to dallas. i was so glad to see eveyone, but since i didn't feel well most of the weekend, and since i was so homesick, i was very grateful to be home.

one of travis's friends tron wrecked while they were out riding this weekend. he seems to be doing okay, though, and none of the other boys were injured.

the week started out well. last night travis and i ended up being out until almost midnight at one of his clients. he had to do some updates that had to take place after hours ... updates that were only supposed to take ten minutes, and ended up taking 3 hours!!! i felt so bad for him. sorry baby, i know it had to be frustrating.

today we fell asleep together after work. we've wanted a nap for so long, but usually find other things to do. plus it's so late once we home from work that if we nap, we usually aren't able to sleep at night. i think we were just so worn out, we couldn't help but cuddle up and go to sleep.

we made another meat, cheese, vegetable, and cracker tray and we're nibbling on that. i like how fresh everything is and that i don't have to fix a lot to eat for a couple of days after making them.

now travis has put in into the blue and since one of our favorite things to do is cuddle and watch a movie, i think i will take this opportunity to do just that!

oh! and on a side note, our friends court and jen found out today that they are having a little boy!!! we couldn't be more excited for them! congratulations you two!