Snow in Texas!?! Well, I'll be!

This is the 2nd year in a row that we've had snow in Texas and in February! YAY! I actually didn't have to go to work and had my very first SNOW DAY! We got to build a snow man last year and got to build an itty bitty man this year as well. I am so thankful for this beautiful day!!! HOORAY!

Cold beer? LOL!

Itty Bitty Snowman. :)

© 2011 Amy Yeilding

The Mean Kitty Song - Thanks, BC!

Check this out. I love this. You will too. Thanks for the video SPM Films and thanks for sharing, BC!

A Guy's REAL Love...

Yep... no matter how we'd like to think we are his first love... we are not.

© 2010 Amy Yeilding

My First Must Be Repeated!!

My first Gin and Tonic!

It is one of Jon's favorites (besides good ole beer) but I never had once until this past New Year's. =) And I haven't had one since... so, here's to me having another one reeeeeeal soon!

It was delish!

Tree Frogs Galore!

I am not sure if Tree Frogs are native to this particular area but I had never seen them before just recently. I grew up loving nature and as a kiddo always had a special love for lizards and frogs of all kinds. In fact, a friend and I boxed over 30 tree frogs one time when I was 10 and we let them loose in her bedroom. We enjoyed them for a while and eventually caught them and set them all free. It was awesome!

1st sighting of the tree froggies

I have seen all kinds of toads and frogs who, in the past, have taken over our garden area with their underground cubbies. But I have never seen a tree frog around here until I brought 10 potted plants back from my father's house (where I caught the 30 tree frogs as a child.)

2nd sighting of the tree froggies

Now, we keep seeing these little guys every now and then; I think they are the same little frogs and think they were chillin' on some of the plants I brought from Dad's. I am happy to have them here but really hope I didn't take them away from their family. :(

Here's to the frogs! I hope they make a happy home here. :)

October is Fantastically Full!

I love this month! It just keeps going and going... We feel slightly overwhelmed but are having the time of our lives!

We began the month with Austin City Limits and the best line-up I have ever seen; it was the single greatest musical experience of my entire life. We also celebrated our first wedding anniversary and had a beautiful day together; we spent the day together and ended it with a trip to our college town and the bar where we had our first beer and conversation.

This past weekend, we attended Renaissance festival and actually didn't get rained out! We normally go in November and usually meet rain and way-too-cold weather. This time, the weather was great and the nights were wonderful for camping! We spent all weekend playing music and enjoying time with friends. We had such a great time! Hooray for Ren fest!

We will conclude the month with a weekend with friends, a celebration of our first date and 5 years together, and our 3rd Annual Halloween Partay! Helllllz yeah! What a month! I love you October!

Krystal... Oh, how I am torn!!!

I haven't called yet... but I will! I like to use my feelings to my benefit but in this case, it was a much better idea to wait a week or two. Ha! I cannot even begin to explain how majorly disappointed and EXTREMELY PISSED I was last Friday afternoon. Oh my...

My mother-in-law got all of us tickets to see Chelsea Handler!!! So, Jon and I rushed from work and I mean, I was downtown by 5:10 pm which is EXCEPTIONAL and we were on our way. It took us 2 hours to get half an hour away from our destination after the sickening traffic we had known would be our demise; however, we planned for this and dinner while also fulfilling a special request. Hehe. Oh yeah.

I have been waiting for a Krystal hamburger for years. I had my last one when they finally came to my home town and Dad treated me their awesomeness. Unfortunately, there are no locations anywhere near me but to my excitement, we were going to pass one on our way to see the show! I was SO frikin' excited because it was the perfect solution to our extremely tight schedule, need for dinner, and end to my Krystal's attack! The show stared at 8pm but Jon didn't get off until 5pm. What could we do? Well, we could get us some good ole Krystal hamburgers to eat on the way to the show! Mmmm mmmmm!

Things started to go sour at this point... we get there and are about to drool all over the place but can't find the Krystal building. We drove around and then again until we realized that there is a building with the iconic red and yellow, just no signage what-so-ever. Yep... they were closed. Every sign was gone and they were boarded up. I could even see the sun markings from where the name sign had been plastered. OMG. It was not a pretty sight and I was pissed.

Unfortunately, we couldn't drive to the other location on the other side of the city because we had to get to the show. Uggg! I had to forfeit my beloved Krystal Hamburgers and will never forgive myself. Also, however, I am not sure when I will forgive Krystal. Oh, how I want to though! But geeeez, have they ever heard of updating a website? HELLO!!!

None the less, I will be expressing my concern to their management team and it will not be a pleasant experience unless they bend over backwards to make it one. Utterly ridiculous. These frikin' restaurants are in the most random places and when someone has to drive more than 2 hours, there better be a Krystal where their corporate website said there would be!



I am still so pissed...

Great Timing - Great God

I just had the most beautiful moment. As I was out in my garden trimming and watering, I called my husband after his first day at a new job. =) He was very excited for this position and I couldn't be more proud of him; he was asked to come in over others based on some of his Publisher work and was also asked to come back on Monday and Tuesday after today's work. What is REALLY interesting is that this job is one of the first places I started working when I was with this same company. So neat!

But it kept getting cooler because when I hung up from the awesome conversation with my husband, I looked up to see a beautiful rainbow between white fluffy clouds with what could have been blue birds flying over it. It was amazing and such an inspiring moment. I love the Lord and the gorgeous world He created for us and I love the opportunities that come when they are needed the most.

Thank you Lord and thank you all! Let's live in peace on this incredible gift we have been given.

Good 'ole Jager

Jager is my friend.

After years of drinking in college and learning all the bad things, I have truly discovered "my drink" and its name is Jager. I actually prefer to sip on a "Jager-bomb" as opposed to shooting the Jager-bomb or drinking the Jager straight. Now, you must realize that not all Jager bombs are made the same/correct way and I have prided myself on finding the best mixture to achieve this at home (AKA the MUCHO cheaper, safer, and equally fun way).

I had gotten it as close as I could when my amazing father got me a set of Jager glasses as a gift. These amazing little glasses allow for THE perfect measurement and have been my pride and joy ever since. I LOVE THEM. You can view and purchase these HERE.

I do not enjoy Red Bull as a mixture for my Jager-bomb; I have tried many different amounts and have never been able to get it to where I actually enjoyed it. My shots are made with a Monster Energy Drink and I really enjoy the Blue or Green Monster. The mixture is pretty much a shot to a shot (Jager and Monster) with more or less Monster to your own taste.

*** Please be careful with Jager-bombs. *** These should NOT be consumed in excess. ***

Enjoy and remember to ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS drink responsibly!! DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE!! =)

Need a Laugh?

Watch this and done. =)

(I have to credit Tosh.0 for this blog - I would not have seen this piece of awesomeness if it were not for Tosh. Thank you, good sir.)

Mattress from the Sky

I was grabbing a bite to eat and minding my own business when out of nowhere, a mattress fell from high in the sky. That's right, I said a mattress! After some shock and a little laugh, I realized that the mattress did not fall from the sky but from the freeway directly in front of me. It was craziness.

(Photo taken after a woman pulled the mattress out of the street.)

It landed right next to a car on the road and while I totally enjoyed this little bit of randomness, I am sure that I would have enjoyed it much more if the mattress had fallen on the car that was 2 inches away. That would have been superb!

None the less, I feel honored to have been at the right place at the right time. It was cool, it was funky, it was RANDOM! Yay for me!

A Look Back - The Best Day EVER!

I did post the link for our wedding photos but never put up any of the pictures specifically. I think I should have and am still disappointed in myself with this and several other things that I will not bring up at this moment.

It was such an amazing day and while a lot of my good friends and family were unable to be there, we still had the best day of our lives with some pretty spectacular individuals.

So, here are some of my absolute faves. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do. =)

October 2009 was an incredible month. Here it comes again, and even better this time!

Anonymous Individual... 2 words for ya

SUCK IT!

My Love of Pogo

I have been a member of Pogo since December 31, 2004. I started playing because my Mom had been a member for a long time and quite enjoyed it. =) I started and really did too. There are a GAZILLION games and you can win tokens for almost all the games (only a few don't give coins). Also, you can win real money for playing them! If you reach a certain score you get a spin and a chance to win the "jackpot" for the game.

Along the way you can have some childhood fun... use your tokens to buy things for your "mini" (your Pogo character) or you can just save 'em all and throw them into one big chance to win money.

HOORAY! It is tons of fun and I am glad to get back to it. =) I hadn't played in years!!!

I Got Snotted On!

My sweet little Winslow (who has yet to be shown here; I know I suck) sneezed and blew a frikin' booger on my leg. It was a huge, human-sized booger, GAG! I was mortified and at the same time also quite aware of my lack of parent-readiness. I am not quite prepared for that feat; I can't even deal with a cat booger! EWWW!

I Lost The Game

What a bummer! Hehe.

What is The Game, you ask? Well, I won't even try to explain this amazingly crazy idea but I WILL share it with you. I kinda have to... you'll see.

ENJOY!!!!! I one hundred percent agree with the overall idea and think it's pretty darn genius. Just enjoy life...

Tosh.0 and the Balloon Man

I LOVE this episode of Tosh.0! It is ridiculously funny in some very peculiar ways... and I love every one of them! I couldn't find the entire episode to post but if you google it, I am sure you will find it and I VERY MUCH recommend watching the entire episode.

*** Not for the youngins or those with no sense of humor. ***

Tosh.0
Nathan's Balloon Adventure
http://www.comedycentral.com/
Tosh.0 Videos Daniel Tosh Web Redemption

Yippee! =)

My "Change"

I donated over 10 inches of hair to Locks of Love and got a major transformation in the process. I didn't think I had enough to donate but told my stylist to "cut it off" if I did. She knows me pretty well so I gave her free reign to just make me look good. I told her I had also been toying with the idea of coloring; I was red all the way through college but have let it go natural for the past 4 years. She told me she thought it was a great idea and that she knew what would be juuuuust perfect for me. And she did! I loved the color and wanted to just go for it. I hadn't done something so bold in such a long time and I have to say that I was VERY shocked but absolutely loved the results. I loved long hair but the summer is just too hot and I think my hair was just a bit too long.

Yay! I'm a redhead again!

Service and Company = Exceptional

Rainbow Bridge Pet Crematory does an excellent job. Both myself and a friend have personally worked with this company and I could not have been more satisfied with the service as well as the professional and kind manner in which this company runs their business. The idea is sweet and comforting, if not a tad bit strange in some people's eyes. I think cremation is a smidgen weird but it was one of the first thoughts I had when I knew I would probably have to make the decision to put Shadow to sleep. I just didn't like the idea of leaving his poor little body at the vet; it just felt wrong for us. I would have buried him on our land if we had a house but we don't and I think cremation is a way to ease the pain that we have to go through after making one of the hardest decisions in our lives.

Rainbow Bridge made it such a thoughtful time and took the care to make every aspect as rewarding as possible. They are professional and really thoughtful from start to finish. I hope you don't have the need but if you do have to make this difficult decision, consider cremation and Rainbow Bridge.

Need to do: Smileys!!!

I need to take pictures of all my smiley collectibles. I also need more space so I can have a room devoted to these collectibles. I have a million gazillion and I would love to see them all displayed proudly. =)

Thanks to my entire family for years and years of helping me collect my beloved smileys. You truly out did yourselves. Thanks Mom, Aunt Lynn, Dad and Cindy! Your thoughts are still with me and the smileys!

P.S. This is a new topic. "Need To's" refers to all the little... and big things I need to do; those I think of randomly, those that I have been neglecting, those than are crazy and fun, etc. I'll probably need to add a follow-up topic to include all the wonderful accomplishments that will come from the "Need To's."