Sunflowers anyone?

So randomly in our garden this sunflower monstrosity has emerged from nowhere. It started out as a little sprout that turned into a Amazonic tree! Here are some pictures to prove how big it is. We eventually had to trim it down because it attracted the bees and because so many of us are allergic to bees. But I was pretty excited because I LOVE sunflowers. So it made me happy.

My Brother's Birthday

August 29 was my brother's birthday. The day before I realized I hadn't gotten him a gift yet and was pretty much clueless to what to get him. So I went directly to the source and called him up and asked what he wanted for his birthday. Ellis told me several ideas, one being "golf shirts" because he has been into golf lately. If you don't know him, Ellis has always been the type to wear all black and baggy clothes with chains and the like, so this might be surprising to some of you. I asked him what he meant by "golf shirts" specifically and he proceeded to tell me "you know polo shirts and stuff." So I clarified this, asked him if I bought an entire outfit from head to toe "preppy style" he'd totally wear it. He said yes. You can just imagine my delight at this news. I headed straight to the store and bought two polo shirts, plaid shorts and tan shoes. He loved it. In fact right after he opened it he went and changed into them immediately.

Swiss Days

Over Labor Day weekend I went to Swiss days with my mom and friend Tina. It was awesome! Lots and lots of boothes and fun stuff to look at. My friend Jill and her mom and sister have a little business they do where they make purses and blankets, etc. and they had a booth there! So, I got a couple purses that are oh-so-cute. We wanted to have Swiss (aka Navajo) tacos but the line for had about a thousand people in it so we settled for a Swiss Burger. It was alright. But over all it was a great time! Thanks Tina for inviting us along!

Game of ABC's

A. Attached or Single- Single
B. Best Friend(s)- Lots of best friends, all my girls from college and my girls from work. You know who you are!
C. Cake or Pie-Ice Cream cake
D. Day of Choice- Thursdays and Halloween
E. Essential Item- my "blanket"
F. Flavor of Ice Cream- Albertson's Rocky Road
G. Gummy Bears or Worms- Both are yummy
H. Hometown- Heaven
I. Indulgences-Shoes and chocolate
J. January or July- July
K. Kids- Not yet
L. Last movie I saw in a theater- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
N. Number of siblings- 2 brothers and 2 dogs who think they are family
O. Orange or Apples- Oranges and apples
P. Phobias or Fears- Worms
Q. Quote- "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."
R. Reasons to smile- flowers, sunshine, rainy days, family and friends, good food, funny movies.... I could go on forever.
S. Season- FALL !I LOVE FALL! I get butterflies in my stomach when I think about fall because I get so excited!
T. Tag 4- Marinda, Tyrelle, Kylee, Allison
U. Unknown fact about me- I was a vegetarian when I was 14 for a year just to see if I could do it, plus I was in LOVE with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and he was a vegetarian and if I wanted to really impress him I had to be Vegetarian. Oh BOY!!! But I finally broke it because I missed chicken Alfredo too much.
V. Vegetarian or oppressor of Animals- See above
W. Worst Habit- I bite my nails and fidget when I'm bored or nervous
X. X-rays or Ultrasounds- X-rays because you can see your bones!
Y. Your favorite Food- Cold Cereal
Z. Zodiac- Cancer - the Crab and my Chinese year is the dog

How old are you?

So I have this little niece, her name is Hailey. She'll be turning 20 next year.... or so she acts. She's only 16 months but she's already got a love for great shoes and purses and chatting with her buddies on the phone. The other day she was over visiting and when I got home from work I took off my shoes and that's when she saw the cool, red, shiny shoes. She put them on and began to walk around with them on. She found her little purse and her play cell phone and paced back and forth through the kitchen to the living room for over 30 minutes. It was quite entertaining! We all had a good laugh. I do have to say that the purse and shoes definitely go with the watermelon on her top. Very nice.

I apologize for the messy house in the background, whenever she comes over, the place turns into a war zone!!

In case you are wondering who is singing in the background.... that would be my mother. And I am sorry that my laugh sounds like a hyena on the video, not sure what happened there.

In this video, she fell out of the shoes and is trying desperately to put them back on. I had to lend her my hand to keep her balance so she could get them back on. Oh the joys of being a girl!

Ling Ling Pot stickers

I LOVE pot stickers, you know those little Chinese dumplings. If given the chance I would eat a hundred of them if I could. I don't know how bad they are but I assume because they are so delicious that they can't be that great for you so I just don't look at the back of the package. But I just wanted to share with everyone my love for the little treats! Yum. I just ate a plate of them for lunch. Quite nutritionally balanced I think.

Fun Summer Weddings

My friend Sara and I went to a wedding reception for a girl we used to work with a few years ago. It was at Thanksgiving Point and it was GORGEOUS! They had grape vines everywhere and it was perfectly lovely! I only took a couple pictures because I was worried that would kick me out because they are so weird about people taking pictures there. This picture is of me and Sara but you can see the grape vines all behind us. It was pretty fun. And in case anyone was wondering I was wearing my new red shoes!

MY QUEST IS OVER!

So for the last couple of years I have been searching and searching for some cute red high heels. I have found many pairs of shoes that would do but none that really felt like me until today. I found them. The perfect pair. Not too high of a heel, the perfect shade of red and a reasonable price (I would have spent an unreasonable price for them because your can't put a price on perfection!) The funny thing was I wasn't even searching for them today. I was out shopping for a birthday gift for my dad when as I walked by I heard them sing to me "Buy me, we are yours, look how pretty we are...." I turned and BAM!...... it was love at first sight. It was tricky taking these pictures of them, but I had to do something to mark this momentous occasion.

Memories

I found this on my friends blog...I thought it would be fun.
Directions.
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.