Twas the Night Before Finals.....

And I still have not started studying for my Computer Concepts exam...Shame on me:) yeah I sound really shameful dont I.

Tuesday is the only day that I have off from both school and work so I usually spend it on use full things like doing homework. But not today :) On the week of finals, when I should be doing my last minuet cramming, I slept in and then went and taught PE at the school and did lunch duty then I came home and made a HUGE mess..... :)

AND the partially finished results were...

Yep them be apple dumplings my friends. THEY WERE AMAZING!! (anyone notice that I said were? Yep they are now gone. I am glad to announce that I only ate half of one) I have never made them before so it was a new experience for me. As usual, when I am in the kitchen I had stuff every where. I have a bad habit of wiping my hands on my pants and backside, so by the end of the cooking class I had flour hand prints on my black sweatpants. Very stylish let me tell you:)

Wanna know what else I have been up to......well my friend just keep on readin;)

I am totally done Christmas shopping! Can I get a WHoot WHoooT! SO excited...Can you tell? I do believe this year is a record I have never been done shopping this soon....I dont think anyway:)

More later....Nighty Nighty

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!!!

YEP you guessed it...

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!

I have to say I love just about everything about this time of year (All but the whole being single through another Christmas season).

I have had fun decorating the house and buying all my Christmas presents, which by the way I am almost done buying...whoot whoot...I do believe this is a record I am normally running around trying to buy the last couple of gifts on Christmas Eve:) Oh and have I mentioned the music...I really like Christmas music! Any one care to guess which song is my MOST favorite....Here is a hint....

Along with Christmas comes Christmas lights of course....So College and Career took a trip out to Rhema to see all the lights. It was beautiful.....I love the way the lights reflect off the water however I could not get a really good picture....

Us people are not the only ones ready for Christmas...Chloe Bob thinks she is going to get some yummy treats this year too.

Much more later....

Playin Catch Up!

Greetings muchacho from the computer of....well....ME:) A lot has been going on since I last blogged (no I am not going to apologise for not posting every week;). Let me see....Welll lets start at the fair.

The Fair was the usual fun, go and walk around people watching and of course eating. Let me see if I can remember all that I ate....corn on the cob, apple fries, stake fingers with gravy, fries, a shish kabob (ha don't think that is spelled right ;), a fried green bean (which was very good), a red velvet cupcake, and of course I had...

Chocolate dipped Cheesecake

I feel that I should mention that I went to the fair TWO times so I did not eat that all in one day. This here is a pic of the apple fries...They were amazing!



..........One month later I am going to finish this post and publish it:)

Today is Thanksgiving and I am working.....six hours cut into two shifts. I am the only one here for the majority of time so I brought my headphones so I could listen to the Bill Cosby station on Pandora. Just let me say that is some good stuff:) So there I am in an empty clinic with a bunch of barking dogs and my headphones are in on full blast.....Jeff Foxworthy is making a bunch of funnies in my ear and I am CRACKING UP!!! Now remember I have in headphones.....The next thing I know, I hear, "BROOKE ARE YOU OK?"......busted...of course I was not doing anything wrong but I still felt guilty. So I spin around yanking out the headphones to see Dr. Prisinzano coming around the corner with a look of deepest concern. He thought I was crying....Once he realized what was going on he laughed so hard his face turned red. I know my face was BEET RED. Why I don't know...However, points scored for me...I made my boss laugh at 9:00 in the morning and I confirmed his suspicions that I was completely crazy.

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving and may all the calories you consume be passed on to the skinniest member of the family ;)

SHAME ON ME!!

My most deepest and sincerest apologies to all of you that have been coming daily to my blog to see if I have updated yet. I know, all the wondering what is going on in my life has been killing ya'll. I mean it has been what....a month since I last posted. I know, we are thinking the same thing...WHO CARES????

No matter, Life has defiantly taken a turn for the weird...well the weirder (I know that does on make any since but that is the best word that I could come up with).

My third year in college started in August and what a semester it is going to be. I have the energizer bunny as a professor at 9:30 in the morning...Just in case you are wondering that is NOT a good thing. She talks 90 to nothing and expects us to catch it all. IT IS 9:30 IN THE MORNING!!! Ok I know that it is not that early, I mean it could have been an 8:00 class, but still there is something about sitting in a class with the lights off watching her mouse zoom around on her computer and listening to her go on and on and on and on and on.....IT PUTS ME TO SLEEP.

Next comes Spanish...and Marissa says YEAH!!! (Is there a way to say Yeah in Spanish?) First day I learned a new favorite word...pavo. It is a nice safe word to call someone/thing and it works best if they dont know what it means :)

Then, to end my class day I have Art Appreciation. My excitement going in to this class was a lot more than it is now that I am four weeks into it. So far we have watched three movies taken two vocabulary tests and...THAT IS IT!!!! If I did not need this class so bad I would drop it.

Other that that life is nothing more than work, teaching P.E, work, church, and more work on the weekends. Oh and car trouble....but dont get started on that. If you are interested ask me how to drive in a torrential down pour with no windshield wipers.

Fun times...Yes sir'ee bob.

More later :)

~Foolishness~

Yeah Yeah school stated today...yada yada I already have a head ache after just three hours of the first semester so instead of boring you with the details here is something to brighten your day.....

In honor of school....to bad this is not how it really works ;)

ANNNNNND last but not least my favorite....

Makes me smile every time I see it:)

Have a wonderful week and do not forget to find things to smile about.

Motherly Advice......

What ever you do keep your shoes poop free.....it is awful to walk around with that stuff on your shoes =)

Not that I would know or anything....

Birthday Wishes

Today is my mom's birthday. It is hard for me to believe that MY MOM is turning 48....I have her stuck at 42. Why 42, I dont really know, but when someone asks how old my parents are my automatic response is "42" and then I have to stop and say "oh wait no they are not....they are almost 50"...AGGGGHHHHH!!!!! My parents are turning old...lol JUST KIDDING....kinda =)

On a more serious note. I am so very thankful for my mom. She and I have not always gotten along and we have had our tough times, but over the last few years we have gotten closer. She has been there for me when my heart was broken and when I did not understand why things were not going the way I thought they should. At times she held me while I cried and other times we cried together. She has been a great example of a mother and a wife. I LOVE YOU MOM!!

Oh yeah ......................HAPPY BIRTHDAY =)

P.S I hope the TOMS I bought you fit....

Time Flies

My, My, how time does fly....Do you realize that we only have four months until Christmas?(YEAHZERS!!!! i love Christmas) On the other hand it has been only five months since I went to pick up Ramsey. I cannot believe how much he has grown, wiggled, and licked his way into my heart. This picture was taken two days before my twentieth birthday....

This one too...When I brought him home he was just a butterball of a puppy. He could not even climb up the back step.


NOW look at him...



Then....



AND NOW....

Ram and Chloe are best of friends...

In other news, school starts in three weeks and I am sooooooo ready! I know... I know, it was not to long ago that I was counting down the weeks until school was OVER...Now I am so board that I am looking forward to the start of school and a new routine. My classes this semester are, Computer Concepts, Art Appreciation, and Spanish I.

Last semester SHOULD have ended in me getting my associates degree, however I love school so much that I decided to cram two years of school in to three :)

Enjoy the rest of your summer and don't put off your Christmas shopping ;)

The Best National Holiday EVER!!!!

Today was a really incredible day...wanna know why...Because today was NATIONAL CHEESECAKE DAY!!!! and to honor this splendid holiday Cheesecake Factory sold their marvelous cheesecake for half price today. Told you I got to take part in something awesome. You are jealous arnt you :)

Here allow me to share......mmmmmmm White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake....SOOOOOOOOOO WoNdERfUl

I officially have a new favorite holiday :)

Happy Cheesecake Day!!!

CAMP!!!!!!

Can you say AWeSoME!!!!!! Now say it in a sing songy, slightly high pitched voice. Ok, now say it like that again but hold out the AAAwe soMMMee!! and that, ladies and gentlemen, is my definition of this years camp. Bro Andrew Howard did a wonderful job of challenging the campers to shake free of the chains that had been binding us and get a hold of God for our selves. I feel safe saying that this camp was one of those experiences where minds were made to live for God with our whole heart no matter who does or does not. God always feeds according to the hunger...he never sends his children away hungry.

Pictures you ask....of course I got pictures....not as many as years past but here they are

*SiGh*Marissa you need to work on your poker face. This was taken Tuesday morning before all the campers arrived.

Jessica and I at orientation...oh and Brooklyn too :)


Ahhhh! there she is...Miss Brooklyn herself.

Betcha cant pop my balloon..as a ice breaker we played a game where you had to tie a balloon around your ankle and do your best to keep it from getting popped while popping others balloons. I think Marissa won.

Adam Jonathan and I think that is Brandon....

Wednesday was Cowboy and Indian day so we all duded up and took some pictures....from left to right... Baily Marissa Kristen myself Brittany (the only Indian) and Shenay.

Sheriff Carter D cheesen for the camera... If this picture dont make you smile somethin be wrong with your smiler.

Riss and I

'Nuff said

Thursday morning the tiredness was just too much for Miss Ebony....should have skipped breakfast ;)

Baily and Brittany on Thursday in their nerd outfits...

Revenge of the Nerds.....Bro Short said "Take a goofy picture..." and this is what I got...

Best of the nerds...

Carter and I Thursday night after church with my helmet from the year I received camper of the year...

Brittany Marissa and I...I am pretty sure I could find a picture very similar to this from 04 if I looked really hard....

Thursday night the camp staff surprised us with a time of games and a small bonfire to roast marshmallows. One of the games was finding a life saver in a plate full of whipped cream...made for great pictures...

Traditional Friday morning picture...Marissa, some weirdo, Kelsi, and Brittany. Congrats to Kelsi for getting Camper of the Year!

Kristen squared :)

Oh yeah!!!!! Best meal EvER!!!! Sis Hope did a wonderful job as usual with preparing the food for camp. THANK YOU Sis Hope not just for the food but also for your burden for the young people..and us olduns:)

That would be all for now folks... I am off to my wonderful bed...in my own room...in my own home..with my own puppy dogs ;)

Toodles

Catch Up

OOPPSSSS!!!! I am a little behind on the whole blogging thing. My apologies...dont get your doggies in a pile. Life has been a little...uh..busy, to put it mildly. Last Sunday was fifth Sunday which means that we had dinner and games after service (which was very good). After the softball game, Marissa, Brittany, Kristen, and I spent the night tye-dying socks and shoes, talking and pillow fights. Basically we acted like we were youngsters again ;)

Monday we dragged our tired tushes out of bed (or more realistically off the floor and mattress;) and headed to OKC for the day. Two words....FUN TIMES. Brittany has pictures of our adventure posted on her blog if you are interested...

Tuesday, I was pulled off of the couch and stuffed into yet another car and pointed south, to Texas. After spending a month with my family it was time to take my Grandmother home. My Grandmother is...a very .....interesting character. She is what you would call an active worrier. She will worry something in a circle until she makes herself sick..literally. And if you remove that worry from her mind she will actively go look for something else to worry about. At times this process is entertaining...at times....She is also one of the words best Cinnamon roll makers.

Side note: I am so sorry to those who did not get a roll this time. I promise you will get one the next time they come out of our oven :)

Wednesday, Mom and I headed home, but on the way we just had to stop in Allen TX for some shopping ;)

SO three days spent on my rump in a car (with some shopping and fun thrown in there) you would think I deserve a day off...nope. Thursday it was off to work for me. Two eleven hour days, a play, an eight hour day, another play, and a two hour day later it was Sunday again and time for church....Shooooooowwweeeee!

This, my friends, was a crazy week for me.

Till something earth shattering happens.....

Toodles ;P

Memories of a Wonderful Time

Graduation time again...this time of year always makes me look back and remember...memories. My senior year was a great year, we goofed off ALOT:) (shhhhh dont tell my mom that) I graduated in a class of four, me, Dakota, Ben and Bryan...YEHAW:) Our senior meetings were the highlight of our day...and I do mean we had them daily...or almost daily. It took us months to plan our senior trip, at least that is what we told our teacher. Then the big day finally arrived. I was not nervous until we walked into the conference room for our meeting with Pastor Howard right before the service...talk about nerve racking....Then it was off to the ceremony....I am proud to say it went off with out a hitch :)

Might as well add some pictures for those of you that only read for the pictures....

Me and my family

The graduating class of 2009

Ha!! That is me giving my speech...here is a sample of it....

"It was the end of my fourth grade year that I found out my family and I were moving to Oklahoma. In a short period of time my world changed drastically, but I made friends and soon my fifth grade year was starting. That year I found out that the world was a dangerous place to be, especially if you were sitting in front of Ben and Bryan. At the time their career goals were to become Navy Seals and save the world. It was kind of difficult to finish my spelling lesson when I had fighter planes flying around behind me, dropping bombs on "the enemy". It was that or they were using their machine guns to fight their way through enemy lines. It is no wonder I am so bad at spelling. :)"


I sat down and read my whole speech in the process of typing this and I could not help smiling. Oh these were the good times....

New Grobonite

Oh yes we did!! Marissa and I went to Josh Groban's concert Friday night. IT wAs AMazINg!!! I have only heard a few of his songs and have never gone out of my way to listen to his music soooo... I was not really sure what to expect. But, boy howdy, can he ever deliver. THAT DUDE CAN SING!! Not only is he a good singer but he is also a wonderful performer. Groban's voice can bring you to tears (from its awesomeness or from the loudness of the sound system;) while he is singing and then he can have you laughing so hard your ribs hurt seconds after the song is over.

One thing I found out about him during the concert....in the case of a zombie apocalypse he plans on covering himself in crunchy peanut butter and hopping it will be over really fast:)

Josh made his entrance directly below us and started the concert on a small raised stage in the middle of the crowed.

AnD this picture is out of order but it is to much trouble to fix so deal with it...Dear blogspot, do us all a favor and figure out an easier way to organize pictures on a blog. Thanks, Frustrated Picture Poster

The backdrop for the stage was a white wall that looked very... greekish... with a broken arch and white material draped across one side. BUT as you can see in this picture they used it like a projection wall. It was an ocean...window...and the inside of a machine. Basically he coordinated the backdrop with the songs.

Oh lookie, we are back to the small stage in the center of the floor. I tried to get a picture of the bodyguards that chased him around all night but they stayed in the dark as much as possible. One of them was a really big guy that was cracking me up...I almost expected to see him talking in to his watch...or pull out a FBI jacket :)





Sorry these are so far away....







He did my two favorite songs of the night on the little stage....Galileo and Awake....

This would be me and Marissa....Not a great picture of me but I thought it was cool that you could see all the people in the background.

:) Marissa and I spent the night laughing, listening, and leaning away from each other....just in case people might mistake us for a couple :)

Life Goes On

NO I dont have anything earth shattering to share. Since I last posted I have finished another semester of college, worked for two weeks straight, and my grandmother has moved in for a month. Needless to say life has been anything BUT boring. Each and every day at work is a new experience.

Side note: Who ever came up with employee reviews is a JERK with too much time on their hands;)

Nana being here with us means I get to sleep at Granni and Granddaddy's while they are gone. I have not yet decided if I like living by myself. Oh and I can not forget, Nana means CINNAMON ROLLS!!! Eat your heart out world :P

Just for the fun of it...

My lop eared son :)