New Years Eve

{photo by me in NYC Aug 09}

HAPPY NEW DECADE!

I'll be bolting around like celebrities with the Tiny Dancers tonight.

+ Chico and the karaoke cab

Please be safe!

:)

TB's new ride!

TB got her new chair today!

My beautiful 17 year old cousin was in a horrible accident last August that left her paralyzed from the waist down. 

Remember here. 

She is doing much better! Her back brace has been off for a couple weeks now and after 4 months she is starting to get her new routine down. 

TB could still use our prayers though. 

She is in high spirits but

Emotionally and physically. 

Its just a tough time. 

Thanks in advance! 

and check out her new CUSTOMIZED RIDE!

I've been keeping something from you

Im running a half marathon!

oops.

I said it.

 It just bursted out there.

I've been holding it in knowing that once I say it..there's no going back. I guess now is a good time for me to say it because it gives me enough time to train. Over the break I have been running everyday finally building my stamina back to where it was this summer when I was a workout queen. The half marathon will be in Austin, Feb 14th one year EXACTLY from the day I moved here. Running this will be a celebration of all I have overcome and how much I have grown as an independent woman in the past year. Im REALLY excited...but EXTREMELY nervous. Over 13 miles? What was I thinking? I can run 4 at the moment..and then I get bored. Quick! I need new ideas on how to keep my attention while running for 2 hours. Im thinking of downloading some comedians onto my ipod so Im laughing the whole way. maybe? maybe?

But then again, the Nsync station on Pandora really helped yesterday. It graced me with some classic Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, a little Boyz 2 Men...and....Carrie Underwood? Which then spun my mind off in a whole new direction. I realized how much I want to be her. Well, maybe only when she sings Cowboy Casanova.

Here's the thing. You cant deny it. We have all wondered what it would feel like to be up on stage bouncing around like a rockstar. If you say no..you're lying.

Well yesterday I was a country star! up on stage with my cowboy boots, with long blonde celebrity style hair, and I might have made myself 10 pounds lighter. I was stomping around to fit the beat of the song, clapping with my microphone during the instrumental parts, dancing and whipping my hair around. maybe I pointed to the fans in the crowd. All I know, was this circus in my head was fantastic and I didn't want it to end. To bad you cant repeat the song on Pandora :(


Here is the song just incase you live in a cave...or England and don't know what country music is



{by the way the actual lyrics to the song have nothing to do with why I want to sing it. Dont read to deep into this ;) }

Tiny Dancers and the Spazmatics

Some of the Tiny Dancers and I went to see the 80's cover band, Spazmatics, Saturday. We had a blast rocking like rockstars all night. 

But the best part of the night was Chico and his KARAOKE CAB! 

What? those exists? 

YES.

It was glorious and I vow never take a regular cab again. Don't fret homeslice, we already booked him for NYE.

Chico had his own microphone and sang the back up vocals. 

I would have video footage to prove this greatness....but then I dropped my iphone in water. 
$200 repair aka new iphone.
Darn.

Sharpie ad?

Remember when I went to visit Brother back in October? 

Well, he hired me on as free help for his project! Brother attends the state of the art, Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. He is too talented for his own good and his website is finally complete!

Check out his project here 

(or if you want to go straight to the part where Im a superstar click here)

Check out his personal, very cool, artistic website here

and finally his blog here

Home :)

I love coming home to this adorable cottage.

I can't wait to own a quaint home like this one.

Props to the parentals for making it the most adorable home on the block

Best gift I've ever given

I’m not trying to brag...but Brother and I reached ultimate success with our parents Christmas gift this year!!

The goal....

to make them cry...

and we were all pouring like babies.




As you may know, I have a small interest to be a videographer and have a side job creating wedding videos. My parents always said over the years how they wished they could get their VHS wedding video turned digital and put to music.

My parents’ 25th anniversary was back in September. This summer, I stole the video and enquired the help of my ever-talented brother. With a full time job and two other wedding videos to edit I shipped the video off to Florida where brother turned it digital and edited it. We hoped to have the remade video ready when brother and I surprised them for their anniversary party but, unfortunately, we couldn’t get it done in time.

HERE IT IS! VINTAGE FROM 1984!

Please don't mind the warping from the original tape

I wish you could see their faces as they watched it :)

Isn't my father so handsome? and my mother breathtaking?