weekend alliteration

nonna tata nomming 

[Mother's Day celebrating on Friday night with my wonderful MIL, Pam! The food was amazing, and RP took the opportunity to out-order me, as usual. And I didn't take any photos because I'm crazy]

stanley stalking

[took the in-laws by the house for a little peek!

bulldog babysitting

[our friends needed a little help on Friday watching their puppy, Ziggy. I mean, that face... ]

crack of dawn cleaning

[awake at 530 on Saturday AM cleaning and packing our bathroom. Who am I?]

donut devouring

[i was in a treat yo'self mindset]

west elm wishing and crate and barrel coveting

[nothing like a spontaneous little trip to Dallas to dream about furniture and decorating. RP was the champ of champs while I died Rachel Zoe style over end tables and headboards.]

taco tasting 

[on the way home from Dallas we took a little foodie detour to Fuel City Tacos where the barbacoa and picadillo of my dreams sufficiently blew my mind. Magical.]

So simple, so good. 

leo loving

[we met friends to see the Great Gatsby last night, and it did NOT disappoint! The soundtrack may be my favorite part of the movie - I mean, Andre 3000 and Beyonce singing Amy Winehouse?? Crazy In Love as a charleston?! Jay-Z, you are a genius (Chyea).]

kid corralling

[Today was our first day leading Children's Worship at church, which was a little like hearing cats, but mostly so fun. Also, many thanks to the 3 that chose to be baptized this morning a s shaved a good 15 minutes off our controlled chaos]. 

mom and the mercury 

[We met Gail for brunch at The Mercury - so fun! I love my Momma and was so glad to celebrate with her today.]

i'm an idiot (sometimes)

[After a glorious 2 hour nap this afternoon, I declared this weekend the "best ever." I should have known that upon uttering these words I would eat them. I ran up to work to grab the iPad for a training I have tomorrow and somehow locked myself out of my office. Keys, purse, iPad inside. Lovely. TCU Police helped a sister out, and all was well.]

It was a weekend for the books indeed! A little last hurrah of sorts before the home improvement projects begin. Hope you had a fun weekend, too! 

moving on

Whoa, baby, so much for "really blogging" in 2013. Does it count that I've thought about blogging since I wrote that last post?

What's been going on since my last little update? Lots of house hunting. Lots of travel for work - Orlando, Vancouver, Kansas City, Chicago, and Nashville - whew! Lots of events and opportunities to serve at church. Lots of good times with family and friends. And in the last six weeks or so, lots of decisions, paperwork, spontaneous fits of excitement, prayer, and a few near meltdowns, because...

We found our house!!

I've typed and deleted a bunch of cliche metaphors to describe this momentous event like "It's been a journey!" "It's been a wild ride!" "It's been a process!" and "It's been an adventure!"

It's totally been all those things, and also things like "headache" "near disaster" and "end of my sanity."

Above all that, we are just so excited! It isn't the house I thought we'd end up getting (one bathroom, y'all), but it is perfect for us, and we love it more every time we creepily drop by (we may be on a first name basis with the painters and floor guy - what up, Jose and Ramon?!). We have plans to add on in the next year or so, which I'm sure will be a whole new adventure, wild ride, headache, process, etc. Not to mention actually closing and moving in next week.

Anyway, I figure there's no time like the present to give this little bloggy another go. Here's to new adventures in playing house!