It's hard to pee under pressure!

FYI this story is about Pee. May not be appropriate for small children :)

This morning at work my co-workers and I had to go do a drug test so that we could drive the University van. I was second to go and I thought I had it in me but I couldn't reach the little line they draw on the cup. So they told me I could have 8 cups of water and then when I was ready try again. Well everyone went and finished their tests and I am chugging freezing cold water in the waiting room. 25 min later I decide to try again... NOTHING couldn't go at all. My boss had a meeting to get back to so I came out and told the lady I would have to come back another day. Apparently that is against the rules. I was not allowed to leave until I peed enough. It was back to 8 more cups of water. Now the pressure was building because we were on a time crunch. I was trying to drink as much water as possible but at one point I felt like I might throw it all up. I started jogging around the waiting room and doing jumping jacks ( yeah I looked totally normal doing this; no one was staring at me). 3rd time is the charm they say; after a little while I tried again. When I came out and proclaimed to my co-workers that I peed! They all started cheering and clapping. I am pretty sure the staff thought we were all nuts. We were there for over 2 hours in all and made it back just in time for the meeting. In the hour and half I have been back at work I have peed 5 times. What a morning! I don't have to take another test for a year but you can bet I am drinking a ton of water an hour before we go. I am not going to fold under pressure next time.

Funniest Video

This Poor Bride. If this is for real it is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Can you imagine!!

Halloween

Gabe got a part time job for American Airlines so now he and I can fly pretty darn cheap, so I decided to fly out to Utah for Halloween and Rylee's 5th birthday. It was a great weekend, short but lots of fun. I have the cutest niece and nephews. It was so much fun to go out trick or treating with them. Jordan and Parker were so cute they would just go right up to the door all by themselves. They even tried to go into a few of the houses. Rylee and Gavin also were dressed up so cute. Gavin was more interested in eating his candy then actually trick or treating. It was so fun to just spend time with my family and see some of my friends as well.
I decorated a Princess cake for Rylee's birthday. It was a team effort Lindsay did all the baking and I just decorated it. It turned out really cool. I can't wait for Christmas to see the family again.

THRILLER

The past couple weeks at work we have been teaching the Thriller Dance during one of our aerobic classes. We had a great turn out about 50 people each time. Last night was the Finale Thriller Party. We had a costume contests, dance contests and prizes. I decorated the whole room and dressed up like a Fitness Instructor Zombie. Some Tech students had a Zombie walk on campus before the party and ended at our Thriller Party. It was a lot of fun. But only about 15 people or so came back to do the thriller dance and contest. There were a lot of others zombies and people watching, but I wish more of the people who learned the dance wouldn't of come back for the Finale Night. It was still a good time though. I do have a pretty awesome job!

Richard Simmons comes to Tech (not really)

In the spirit of Halloween, one of my instructors thought it would be funny to dress up like Richard Simmons last night for his Cardio Boxing Class. He bought this costume and took a lot of time on it. Made a back drop and put up 4 posters. Now the posters did say Richard Simmons Comes to Tech. Wear you best 70's and 80's workout gear.

Well apparently a lot of people have had the life long dream of meeting Richard Simmons. The idea behind it was just suppose to fun and playful to encourage people to work out and have fun. No malice was in our plans. Well we had quite a few angry people. Like 60 or so. I guess people really believed he was coming. Now we should of put a disclaimer on the bottom of the sign. But we really didn't promote this. It was just 4 signs and he told his class it wasn't really Richard. Well word got out though and a lot of people really thought he was coming. When Blaine came out in his outfit the faced went from excitement to "what'" and about 60 people left. He still had a lot of people in his class and those who stayed had fun.

Today we got a couple angry emails. I understand they were disappointed but some of these emails were quite rude and they made it seem like we ruined their lives and that we were horrible people for playing this joke. It wasn't a joke it was just suppose to a fun workout event. I just thought with it being Halloween week people would have a better attitude. So just FYI don't tell people Richard Simmons is coming if you can't provide him, he has a bigger following than I thought and those fans don't mess around.

Tonight we have our Michael Jackson Thriller Party; Good think I didn't tell them he was coming :)

Layers

I down loaded this neat new program paint.net. You can edit your pictures in fun ways and layer them on top of each other. I love creating new pictures. Here were my first trys.

Lady Bug Cake

Last night I finished the birthday cake I made for our good friend's little girl for her 1st Birthday. I also made a little pink cake just for her to dig into. I really enjoy decorating cakes because it is a creative outlet but doesn't take to long to see the finished product. Other artistic things frustrate me because you can work on them for weeks and still not be done. I get bored easily so I need something that keeps me interested. If I only had someone to bake the cakes and clean up all the messes and just let me do the decorating it would be perfect. I need my own Crew. Gabe helps out by eating all cake tops I level off and any mess up cakes. What a sweet husband. So if anyone has a special occasion they want me to make a cake for let me know, the only catch is you would have to pick it up in Lubbock TX. I don't deliver! :)

Fair Time

The Lubbock Fair is town. Good Times all around. I mean who doesn't like rides that look 50 years old, food you thought couldn't be fried but is, crazy carnival people trying to entice you to blow 50 bucks on a 3 dollar toy and people of all kinds enjoying the fun. Gabe and I have been to the Fair all 3 summers we have been here. Every Year they have a free country concert. You just have to listen to the radio to find out where they are giving away the tickets. In past years it is has been way easy to get tickets and we always got a bunch for our friends as well.

This year was crazy. They only gave out 2 per person and the first day we went 15 min early the line was hundreds of people long and we didn't stand a chance. I listened every morning and on Wednesday they were giving them away at noon, so I picked up Gabe at 10 from work, brought him camping chair and some pretzels and told him after he dropped me off at work he was going to go straight there. My wonderful husband waiting in line for an hour and half and got me tickets. We got the fair 2 and half hours early for the concert last night hoping to get good seats. Again the line was ridiculously long, we weren't going to be up front anyway so why stand in that line. We walked around and enjoyed all the marvels of a country fair. And I mean country, I live in Lubbock Texas now, its definitely not the fairs back in Ohio and Indiana. About 45 min before the concert they were letting people and the rebels Gabe and I are we kind of just merged into the line and bypassed quite a few people. I know we cut, oh well. We actually got really great seats, first row on the second level. It was tons of fun.

I love country music and hearing songs live that I know. The only thing that drove me crazy, was watching people and the stupid things they do. 1. Why do women feel the need to show off so much skin at concerts. And 99% of the time it was tacky or unflattering anyway. and 2nd I saw a number of small babies there, one that looked weeks old. This concert was so loud. Why would you bring a small baby to it. AHH. Really people. In the words of Billy Currington. God is Great, Beer is Good and People are Crazy. So True, except the beer part for me I'll just change that to chocolate!

Florida Vacation

Last Week Gabe and I went to Florida and had a crazy but fun time. We spend a couple days at Grandma and Grandpa Wade's house, saw some alligators and other cool wildlife. Then we went down to St Augustine where we stayed in an Octogonish shaped house. It was a lot of people in one house, but we all were right on a beautiful beach. We got to do some boogie boarding, tanning, and lots of fun games with the family. Besides having fun in the sun we went to Florida for Dave and Dana's Wedding. The bride and Groom looked beautiful and happy and the wedding was absolutely wonderful. We are so excited for Dana to join the family. The Orlando Temple was gorgeous and I love going into the temple and feeling the spirit. It is such an amazing opportunity to watch two people be sealed together. Weddings always remind me of mine and Gabe's wedding and the promises we made to each other. At my own wedding I hardly remember one word that was said, so it is always nice to hears the words again to reflect on. All in all the vacation was great, but next vacation I definitely need more beach time and more relaxing, I kind of feel like I need a vacation to get over my exhaustion from our vacation.

The Big 25

Well I am a quarter of century now. I turned 25 yesterday. I bet if someone asked me 10 years ago or even 5 years ago where I would be at 25. I would of never thought things would be as they are. But I am happy and Gabe and I are loving life. Heavenly Father has truly blessed us with so many things. I have had a great life so far. There have been some struggles, but all in all I can't complain. Life is Good. Thanks to all my friends who helped me celebrate my birthday and all my family that called. We had a great lunch with friends and then on Sunday I made an awesome Ice Cream cake and of course we broke a utensil trying to serve it (probably because it was a cheese slicer and Gabe was using as a spatula) Oh well Fun Times and lots of sugar, what more could a girl ask for.

Fourth of July with Family

Gabe and I were able to take a long weekend and go up to Colorado to spend the Fourth of July weekend with my whole family and my extended family on my Dad's side. It had been about 2 years since I had seen 2 of my sisters and 2 and 1/2 years since we all have been together and probably 10 years since the whole extended family has been together. A reunion long over due. It was so great to see everyone and I loved spending time with my siblings. My niece and nephews are soo cute it was awesome being able to play and be with them. We stayed the weekend up at my Aunts ranch in the mountains. About an hour away from any town. Just us and the mountains. We got to do some four wheeling, rock climbing, and lots of good family time. Then we spend a day and half at my Aunt's in Colorado Springs where I got to see my grandparents and my mom's sister. It was such a wonderful time with family. I wish we all lived closer so it wouldn't be so long in between visits. We took Chief with us and by the time we got to Colorado Springs he was beat. He was great with the kids even though they were constantly hitting him, picking him up and putting their hands in his face. My little niece Rylee kept calling him Cheeto. It was so cute. Here are some great pictures of my beautiful family and the beautiful mountains.

West Texas!

This is the sight we saw on the way to Gabe's soccer game last night. Once it hit it sounded like a bunch of rain but no it was a dust storm. Pretty Crazy, Oh how we love West Texas!

It so Hot outside!

Gabe told me I needed to post something new. I just haven't had anything exciting happen in the past little while. So an update. It is hot here. Today on our way home from work it was 106 outside not sure how hot that made it in our all black jeta, with all black interior. I pretty much felt like I ten feet away from the sun. Thank goodness for good air conditioning in our house. I even have to turn in off because I get too cold.
The heat and all the random storms have killed the flowers I tried to plant. I tried to be good by putting them in the sun, watering them frequently, I even planted them in miracle grow. They sprouted at first but now nothing no life. Next time I am just going to buy the already sprouted flowers or maybe go with my original plan and plant fake flowers outside. I'm sure people won't be able to tell from far away.

Ace of Cakes here I come!

This week I made a cake for a friend's wedding. I have never made one before but I have always wanted to so It was my gift to our friends. I started baking on Tuesday frosted Wednesday and Thursday and finishing touches today, the wedding day. Set up went good with no mishaps. It turned out pretty good for my first one. I'm kind of a perfectionist so there were so many things I don't like but I'm sure with practice I'll get better. Everyone gave good compliments so that is reassuring and all got eaten as well. It did taste really good if I don't say so myself and I'm not even a cake lover. Gabe doesn't want cake for awhile because with every cake I baked he got to eat the top I leveled off. All in all it was fun and I love to create things. So you never know maybe I'll keep practicing and start a little side business one day. What do you all think do I have a future!