Snow Days!

On Thursday, Dallas got about a foot of snow- breaking their all time record for the most snowfall in a 24 hour period. The weather totally knows I'm here.  The previous record was like 7 inches or something back in the 1960s. All of this to say…I learned how to drive in the snow on the way to work that morning, got to go home at 1 and had Friday off! Hello 3, almost 4, day weekend!

1.  I went for a little snowy adventure - so here are some pictures of everything within 50 feet of my apartment, covered in snow.

2. I learned that people who grow up in places where the weather does more than just be extremely hot don’t let the cold, rain, snow, or anything else get in the way of their getting dressed up ever so cutely. They just wear trendy sweaters and shawls, tights, and boots that I know for a fact cost more than my rent.

3. On rainy days it is 100% allowed to wear Wellingtons to work. Good thing I bought some in Arizona when I had absolutely no use for them. I’ve already worn them twice here.

4. I worked a wedding last weekend at The Mansion on Turtle Creek. So so SOOoO pretty! A bunch of pew-markers got left in my car so I have flowers all over my apartment!

5. The mother of the bride brought us sugar cookies from this cute little bakery.  It's so bad that I don't have someone to share them with!  I've already had WAY too many.

6. I finished a painting. This was trial number 2…the first one was super-duper ugly.

7. I did my “mending”. My grandmother would be so proud of me…for actually doing it, and also for using that word. Mending. I like it.

8. Fixed, altered, accessorized, whatever you’d like to call it- a pair of boots I bought a year ago and haven’t worn because they looked weird. Well not.any.more!

9. Took pictures of my Sea-Monkeys because I know you all are DyiNG to know what they look like. The one in the picture is the fatty cannibal, and he still looks small.

10.  Went dancing and to the Aquarium with new friends!  So fun!

to my.friends who are getting.married...

I’ve been holding out on you. I check a whole list of wedding blogs every day. There are a lot of gorgeous weddings, some great vendors, and a bunch of DIY ideas.


1. Style Me Pretty

2. Style Swoon

3. 100 Layer Cake

4. Wiley Valentine Paper

5. Oh So Beautiful Paper

6. Pretty Pretty Paper

7. Elegance and Simplicity

8. Ruffled

9. The Royal Scoop

10. Quail Bridal

These sites range from vintage weddings, stuff that’s different and trendy, to paper goods, and bridal fashion.

Where have all the Sea-Monkeys gone?

I have been a pet owner for less than a month.  I've never really had my own pets before, mostly because I don't like things that lick, get fur everywhere, and smell bad.  And because pets are all high-maintenance and stuff.  Not for me. 

After my Sea-Monkeys hatched, I went from owning zero pets to owning 75.  Or at least I thought there were 75.  They were so tiny and swimming around really fast, so it was hard to get an accurate count. 

Every day I look at my Sea-Monkeys, just to see how they're doing and every day, the number of little fish has gotten easier and easier to count because there are less and less of the little guys swimming around!!!! 

I'm down to TWO little fishys!  One of them is really big....like the size of 4 normal Sea-Monkeys and the other one is itty-bitty....like maybe it's a baby.

Where did the rest of them go?  I have no idea.  They're not floating at the top of their little plastic aquarium. 

I made a list of things that COULD have happened to my Sea-Monkeys....

1.  The really big one is a cannibal fatty and ate all of his little fishy friends.
2.  I fed them too much.  I gave them one small scoop of whatever it is that they eat every other day just like the instructions said.  Sometimes they still had food but I gave them more anyways because I decided they wouldn't eat the old, soggy fish food anyways.
3.  I didn't feed them enough.  It said to wait 5 days before you feed them for the first time.  I thought that was a long time, especially for babies, to go without eating and I almost decided to feed them anyways....But I didn't. 
4.  The water wasn't pure when I hatched their eggs and I accidently poisoned them.
5.  They could have gotten too cold.  It has been extra cold here!
6.  They didn't get enough natural sunlight....the sun hasn't been out in like a week and a half.  Who are we kidding, I haven't been getting enough natural sunlight. 
7.  Maybe there were only 2 from the very beginning.  I was sure there were 75, but they were swimming so quickly....
8.  The instructions said to oxygenate their water frequently because they need to breathe.  I didn't know how one would go about doing that, so I skipped that part....so maybe they suffocated. 
9.  Maybe they died of boredom because I hadn't gotten around to buying them their shiny diamond surf boards.
10. They just disappeared.  Into thin air...or water. 

I just remembered that those shiny diamond surf boards were supposed to keep my Sea-Monkeys from becoming "over-weight"....maybe I should still get them because I think I own one tiny-over-weight fish thing.

It's like a Mystery Game- Who is Jessica??

After my last post, someone named Jessica commented on my blog and said, "About time you fell in love with coffee.  Now you can drink it with your dad and I :)."  First of all, I was a little disturbed that my dad has coffee with people, but most importantly, I didn't know who Jessica was.

I tried everything I could think of to find the identity of this mystery commenter:

1.   Tried clicking on the underlined name "Jessica" to see her profile.
2.   Her profile is not public and I'm not priviledged enough to see that information.
3.   Searched my Facebook friends for someone named Jessica.
4.   Found 2 friends, but neither of them know my dad.
5.   Asked my dad if he ever has coffee with someone named Jessica.
6.   He said NO. 
7.   Decided that it must have been some random, confused person who left me a little message.
8.   Laughed a lot. 
9.   Still kind of driving me crazy because I have no idea who Jessica is. 
10. After a LOT of thought, someone else figured it out for me....And I felt like a BiG idiot!

Do you know who Jessica is?

♥

Dallas: Week Numero Uno

I started my internship at Todd Event Design last week and have been in Dallas for exactly 12 days. I'll sum up all of the happenings for you in a countdown list.


10-(plus about 5 or 6) Cups of coffee. I am now the proud owner of a coffee pot and have discovered that I should have started drinking coffee in the mornings like 5 years ago. It's the most delicious part of my day.


9-Possible tickets from using the Tollway incorrectly. I bought a Toll Tag, but have no idea how to tell if it's actually working or not.


8-Trips to the Post Office. No one would ever guess that so many trips are required to send out "Save the Dates" for a wedding. Not every post office will provide the required services of such special mail or has enough of the exact stamp needed for the envelopes. Square envelopes require 64 cent stamps, custom stamps can be ordered online at www.zazzle.com, and wedding invitations must be hand cancelled at the post office, just in case you're ever wondering.

7-Times I've just stared at my new pets in amazement. Erin bought me sea-monkeys, which are tiny, fish-like creatures of some sort. They come in a little packet, you add some water, and they've finally hatched!! I would post a picture of them, but they're too tiny and you wouldn't be able to see their adorable gross-ness. I'm going to buy them toys that look like diamonds because apparently they will ride them like surfboards and toss them like beach balls. Must see.

6-Very crafty things I plan to make in my spare time. I have 2 very cute ideas for paintings to hang in my apartment, I'm trying to come up with one more, a necklace, and a few other random, but very cute things!

5-Number of potential friends, including fellow interns, other people who work at Todd's, and a few people I met at church.

4-Pairs of shoes that have decided to hate my feet! I've never had any problems with them before, but then again I've probably never worn them for 10 hours a day while performing all sorts of intern-like tasks.

3-Extra months I'll be in Dallas. I applied for a summer internship with Southwest Airlines months ago, had an interview 2 days after I got here, and found out on Friday that I got the job! I'll be working in their Culture and Activities division, so I'll still be doing event planning!

2-Full seasons of Gilmore Girls that I've watched. With no cable, there's only so much to do at night.

1-Tornado warning. I googled "What to do in a tornado" and it told me I should seek shelter in my basement, but since I live on the 3rd floor, hiding in my bathtub is the second suggestion. Good to know for future reference.

There it is. I'll keep you updated in as many lists of 10 as I can think of!