Well right now the only thing we REALLY watch is "Big Bang THeory" oh myg osh that show cracks me up! I want a "Sheldon" :) haha
But I am a HUGE fan of "Friends" and can watch it all day, I also loved "Seinfeld", "Yes Dear", the EARLY years of "The Cosby Show".
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Day 2 – your favorite movie
Oh gosh I have a LOT of favorite movies...I am not sure I can narrow it down to eve 5!
So I'll just list a few of them off the top of my head...
Shawshank Redemption
A League of their Own
A River Runs Thru it
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
All the Toy Story movies
Up
To Kill a Mockingbird
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Sixteen Candles
Just about anything Disney (Except Anastasia)
Ok thats all I'll list for now :) I LOVE so many movies....
So I'll just list a few of them off the top of my head...
Shawshank Redemption
A League of their Own
A River Runs Thru it
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
All the Toy Story movies
Up
To Kill a Mockingbird
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Sixteen Candles
Just about anything Disney (Except Anastasia)
Ok thats all I'll list for now :) I LOVE so many movies....
Friday, March 11, 2011
Day 1- Favorite Song
I have a lot of favorite songs...but there are a certain few that have stuck with me since childhood and I can attach to certain times of my life or happy memories.
"The Chair" - George Strait
I have ALWAYS loved this one sided song and always wanted a female country star to "finish" the song and give HER side of the conversation
"Wouldnt it be nice" - Beach Boys
I can picture me, tiny little thing (like 3) and in the car with my sister!
"Unforgettable" - Nat King Cole
I just think of my parents when I hear this. The dont listen to it or anything, but the words make me thing of my parents
My current favorite songs:
"Raise your glass" - Pink
I can RELATE to this one! LOOOOOVE it!
"F*** you!" - Ce-Lo
hahah this song just makes me HaPpY
"Marry Me"- Train
I get teary and chills everytime I hear it...its just a perfect wedding song and gettign married in a week Im sensitive to that!
"Whatever it is" & "Free" - Zak Brown Band
THis is the song that I relate to Luke and I the most..."whatever it is" we used to send the lyrics to each other via text :) and its kind of "our song"
"Free" is just somthing we relate to, "We dont got a lot of money, all we need is love" just perfect
"The Chair" - George Strait
I have ALWAYS loved this one sided song and always wanted a female country star to "finish" the song and give HER side of the conversation
"Wouldnt it be nice" - Beach Boys
I can picture me, tiny little thing (like 3) and in the car with my sister!
"Unforgettable" - Nat King Cole
I just think of my parents when I hear this. The dont listen to it or anything, but the words make me thing of my parents
My current favorite songs:
"Raise your glass" - Pink
I can RELATE to this one! LOOOOOVE it!
"F*** you!" - Ce-Lo
hahah this song just makes me HaPpY
"Marry Me"- Train
I get teary and chills everytime I hear it...its just a perfect wedding song and gettign married in a week Im sensitive to that!
"Whatever it is" & "Free" - Zak Brown Band
THis is the song that I relate to Luke and I the most..."whatever it is" we used to send the lyrics to each other via text :) and its kind of "our song"
"Free" is just somthing we relate to, "We dont got a lot of money, all we need is love" just perfect
30 day blog challenge
Okay so I am going to attempt to remember to do this (I get married in a few days so I'll miss a few of them but when I get back from thehoney moon I'll pick it up where I left off!
30-Day Blog Challenge
Day 1 – your favorite song
Day 2 – your favorite movie
Day 3 – your favorite television program
Day 4 – your favorite book
Day 5 – your favorite quote
Day 6 – 20 of my favorite things
Day 7 – a photo that makes you happy
Day 8 – a photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 9 – a photo you took
Day 10 – a photo taken over 10 years ago of you
Day 11 – a photo of you recently
Day 12 – something you are OCD about
Day 13 – a fictional book
Day 14 – a non-fictional book
Day 15 – your dream house
Day 16 – a song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 – an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)
Day 18 – my wedding/future wedding/past wedding
Day 19 – a talent of yours
Day 20 – a hobby of yours
Day 21 – a recipe
Day 22 – a website
Day 23 – a youtube video
Day 24 – where I live
Day 25 – your day, in great detail
Day 26 – your week, in great detail
Day 27 – my worst habit
Day 28 – whats in my handbag/purse
Day 29 – hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 – a dream for the future
30-Day Blog Challenge
Day 1 – your favorite song
Day 2 – your favorite movie
Day 3 – your favorite television program
Day 4 – your favorite book
Day 5 – your favorite quote
Day 6 – 20 of my favorite things
Day 7 – a photo that makes you happy
Day 8 – a photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 9 – a photo you took
Day 10 – a photo taken over 10 years ago of you
Day 11 – a photo of you recently
Day 12 – something you are OCD about
Day 13 – a fictional book
Day 14 – a non-fictional book
Day 15 – your dream house
Day 16 – a song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 – an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)
Day 18 – my wedding/future wedding/past wedding
Day 19 – a talent of yours
Day 20 – a hobby of yours
Day 21 – a recipe
Day 22 – a website
Day 23 – a youtube video
Day 24 – where I live
Day 25 – your day, in great detail
Day 26 – your week, in great detail
Day 27 – my worst habit
Day 28 – whats in my handbag/purse
Day 29 – hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 – a dream for the future
Finally Friday randomness
We are 8 days away from the wedding! Can you believe that? ha!
We're so excited to have both of our families together and all of our friends all in one place at one time! :) And I cant wait to be Luke wife! I know that life after the wedding will not be a WHOLE lot different than it is now, but I'll be so proud to call him my husband! :)
We're praying hard this week for Lukes grandmother Lois and everyone in the family in Temple. She's having a rough time, she had a car accident and is hurting and her insurance stuff isnt working out and last I heard she went back in the hospital last night. Waiting on an update now, but really needs prayers and uplifting thoughts!
I've made the concious decision to be POSITIVE this next week, this is and should be a stressful time, but should also be a very joyous time too! Luke and I are celebrating our commiment to each other next week in a cermony to pledge to stand by each other for LIFE. Its a time to be happy and surround ourselves with positive people and things! We know that its not always possible for people to be happy-go-lucky, and not everyone has the "luxury" of being stress free ad positive, but right now, at this moment in the next 8 days I just want to have fun, enjoy our time, laugh and hang out with family and be EXCITED! So we're trying our best to be positive!
We're so excited to have both of our families together and all of our friends all in one place at one time! :) And I cant wait to be Luke wife! I know that life after the wedding will not be a WHOLE lot different than it is now, but I'll be so proud to call him my husband! :)
We're praying hard this week for Lukes grandmother Lois and everyone in the family in Temple. She's having a rough time, she had a car accident and is hurting and her insurance stuff isnt working out and last I heard she went back in the hospital last night. Waiting on an update now, but really needs prayers and uplifting thoughts!
I've made the concious decision to be POSITIVE this next week, this is and should be a stressful time, but should also be a very joyous time too! Luke and I are celebrating our commiment to each other next week in a cermony to pledge to stand by each other for LIFE. Its a time to be happy and surround ourselves with positive people and things! We know that its not always possible for people to be happy-go-lucky, and not everyone has the "luxury" of being stress free ad positive, but right now, at this moment in the next 8 days I just want to have fun, enjoy our time, laugh and hang out with family and be EXCITED! So we're trying our best to be positive!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Wow...
Its hard to believe its been 7 months since Luke and I became engaged. In just 19 days I will be "Mrs. Ellis"...I will be a WIFE. I couldnt be happier, Luke is such a wonderful man, and a perfect match for me. I really never thought I could be THIS comfortable with another human being. I love him and can't wait to be his wife.
At the same time this is totally surreal. We've been planning this wedding for 7 months. In reality the planning has not gone the way I had envisioned it. I expected lots of girls days, shopping and reading Wedding magazines and dreaming up this day and making lists and shopping, and did i mention shopping?
It's been wonderful, but just not what I thought it would be. There are people I thought would be more involved, asking about the progress of the planning, giving suggestions and ideas. I feel like relationships have changed. My focus has been on wedding and my relationship with Luke, so I've let other relationships fall by the wayside, not on purpose, but I have. Life has moved a million miles a minute for months, and actually, Im ready for it to all be over!
I can't wait to put on that wedding gown, to step down those stairs with my Daddy, and see Luke for the first time in 24 hours. I can't wait to hug my Mom and Dad for the last time as a single woman, knowing they're proud that their baby girl is all grown up. I can't wait to celebrate with cake and lemonade and laughs with all of our friends and family. But most importantly I can't wait until its over, and we're married, and we've made beautiful memories, and we're in the mountains for a week relaxing with my husband.
This whole process has been a bit overwhelming and I can't believe its almost over. We've been very blessed to have those we have had surrounding us and supporting us and helping us through this all. God has blessed us immensely.
I've been a bit emotional in the last few weeks and it will probably just get worse as the date gets closer...
At the same time this is totally surreal. We've been planning this wedding for 7 months. In reality the planning has not gone the way I had envisioned it. I expected lots of girls days, shopping and reading Wedding magazines and dreaming up this day and making lists and shopping, and did i mention shopping?
It's been wonderful, but just not what I thought it would be. There are people I thought would be more involved, asking about the progress of the planning, giving suggestions and ideas. I feel like relationships have changed. My focus has been on wedding and my relationship with Luke, so I've let other relationships fall by the wayside, not on purpose, but I have. Life has moved a million miles a minute for months, and actually, Im ready for it to all be over!
I can't wait to put on that wedding gown, to step down those stairs with my Daddy, and see Luke for the first time in 24 hours. I can't wait to hug my Mom and Dad for the last time as a single woman, knowing they're proud that their baby girl is all grown up. I can't wait to celebrate with cake and lemonade and laughs with all of our friends and family. But most importantly I can't wait until its over, and we're married, and we've made beautiful memories, and we're in the mountains for a week relaxing with my husband.
This whole process has been a bit overwhelming and I can't believe its almost over. We've been very blessed to have those we have had surrounding us and supporting us and helping us through this all. God has blessed us immensely.
I've been a bit emotional in the last few weeks and it will probably just get worse as the date gets closer...
Friday, February 25, 2011
Work Wedding festivities!
I work with some wonderful people! They threw me a "surprise" shower where we had amazingly delicious cake and they took up a collection for us to put toward the honeymoon. Because of the amazing generosity of our honeymoons we received enough money to pay off our cabin the mountains! :)
We are very very blessed and are very humbled by it all!
Luke even surprised me by showing up!! :)
We are very very blessed and are very humbled by it all!
Luke even surprised me by showing up!! :)
The top of the yummy cake
(Red Velvet with fresh strawberries & cream cheese icing that was like an inch thick!)
More cake!
Luke and I in front of the cake!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Positive thoughts!
So I had a bit of an epiphany this morning.
I have been SO negative and bitchy lately, no wonder I've felt kind of off balance and out of sorts. That is NOT me. I used to always be the one who is positive and happy, and lately Im the downer!
What am I griping about? Work. OK so my job isnt the best, but I have one, I have a pay check that contributes a great deal to paying bills, allowing Luke and I to eat out and go to the occasional movie or on the occasional weekend trip and allowed us to provide each other with a great Christmas last year. So I do the same mundane things every single day, and dont get paid much period, so unfair things go on in other departments and shady occurances are happing around me witht he personnel...but does it REALLY affect me? Does it say anything about who I am as aperson or my character? no. I still get that pay check every 2 weeks, and I get to go home to a wonderful man who loves me unconditionally, and a dog who is ALWAYS happy to see me.
There have been a million things I've complained about lately, whining about people, things, politics yadda yadda...I should just BE HAPPY!
So I need to STOP with the negativity. It is bringing me down, making me someone different, someone I dont like a whole lot. So I have got to stop.
I am SO blessed. I have Luke, and will be his wife in a month! I have amazing healthy parents and siblings and nephews, wonderful caring friends, Im healthy and have a roof over my head, I, in all honesty, really have nothing to complain about. My extended family is amazing and I am marrying into in-laws who are wonderful. I've been to some really coolplaces and plan to go to even more.
I am a Christ follower and God saves my life every day. He answers my prayers when he sees fit and he hears me all day every day ask for HIS guidance, and he is gracious and faithful to me even when I fall off the wagon and am not so faithful to Him.
Today is Valentines day and Luke and I will be celebrating our SECOND Valentine's together. I believe last year we cooked and stuff the ngith before V-Day and then the actual day I had a bad headache so we just watched TV all day :)
This year I am plannign a big meal at home, and a movie at home....maybe later this week we'll treat ourselves to a good dinner out and a movie :)
So HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! Tell everyone you care for, jsut how much you care fr them. Love them every day and dont take anything for granted.
And BE HAPPY :)
I have been SO negative and bitchy lately, no wonder I've felt kind of off balance and out of sorts. That is NOT me. I used to always be the one who is positive and happy, and lately Im the downer!
What am I griping about? Work. OK so my job isnt the best, but I have one, I have a pay check that contributes a great deal to paying bills, allowing Luke and I to eat out and go to the occasional movie or on the occasional weekend trip and allowed us to provide each other with a great Christmas last year. So I do the same mundane things every single day, and dont get paid much period, so unfair things go on in other departments and shady occurances are happing around me witht he personnel...but does it REALLY affect me? Does it say anything about who I am as aperson or my character? no. I still get that pay check every 2 weeks, and I get to go home to a wonderful man who loves me unconditionally, and a dog who is ALWAYS happy to see me.
There have been a million things I've complained about lately, whining about people, things, politics yadda yadda...I should just BE HAPPY!
So I need to STOP with the negativity. It is bringing me down, making me someone different, someone I dont like a whole lot. So I have got to stop.
I am SO blessed. I have Luke, and will be his wife in a month! I have amazing healthy parents and siblings and nephews, wonderful caring friends, Im healthy and have a roof over my head, I, in all honesty, really have nothing to complain about. My extended family is amazing and I am marrying into in-laws who are wonderful. I've been to some really coolplaces and plan to go to even more.
I am a Christ follower and God saves my life every day. He answers my prayers when he sees fit and he hears me all day every day ask for HIS guidance, and he is gracious and faithful to me even when I fall off the wagon and am not so faithful to Him.
Today is Valentines day and Luke and I will be celebrating our SECOND Valentine's together. I believe last year we cooked and stuff the ngith before V-Day and then the actual day I had a bad headache so we just watched TV all day :)
This year I am plannign a big meal at home, and a movie at home....maybe later this week we'll treat ourselves to a good dinner out and a movie :)
So HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! Tell everyone you care for, jsut how much you care fr them. Love them every day and dont take anything for granted.
And BE HAPPY :)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Best Pot Roast EVER
I want to share my newest favorite recipe.
This is literally the best flavored pot roast I've ever had!
1 Beef Roast
1 pckg of dr Ranch Dressing Mix
1 pckg of Italian Dressing Mix
1 pckg of Brown gravy mix
1/2-1 c of water (or broth)
Put the roast in the crock pot
Mix the dry mixes together well, pour over the roast (it is ok to let it fall all around and in the bottom of the pot)
pour water over & around the roast
Cook on low for 7-9 hrs
I like to add carrots, onions, potatoes a few hours before its done. OR its wonderful with roasted veggies in the oven and mashed potatoes, or on a sandwich.
We just have fallen in love and Iwill never make roast the same again!
This is literally the best flavored pot roast I've ever had!
1 Beef Roast
1 pckg of dr Ranch Dressing Mix
1 pckg of Italian Dressing Mix
1 pckg of Brown gravy mix
1/2-1 c of water (or broth)
Put the roast in the crock pot
Mix the dry mixes together well, pour over the roast (it is ok to let it fall all around and in the bottom of the pot)
pour water over & around the roast
Cook on low for 7-9 hrs
I like to add carrots, onions, potatoes a few hours before its done. OR its wonderful with roasted veggies in the oven and mashed potatoes, or on a sandwich.
We just have fallen in love and Iwill never make roast the same again!
SNOOOOOOOOOW
February 1, 2011 it snowed and that night and the morning of February 2, Midland/Odessa saw the coldest temps and windchills in YEARS AND YEARS.
Really makes me wonder what was wrong with me, when, as a kid, I could spend HOURS in the stuff playing and i dont remember getting cold.Just the walk to my car after work yesterday chilled to the bones.
ha!
Anyway I did stay in it long enough to snap a couple of pics of Alli and Luke
I didnt get Luke to take any of me...Maybe if there is enough snow left today after work we'll get a pic of me too :)
Really makes me wonder what was wrong with me, when, as a kid, I could spend HOURS in the stuff playing and i dont remember getting cold.Just the walk to my car after work yesterday chilled to the bones.
ha!
Anyway I did stay in it long enough to snap a couple of pics of Alli and Luke
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