a week of premiers

fasten your seatbelts... it's gonna be a long ride!

1st premier:

harry potter and the half-blood prince! 

tawni, tori and i went to the midnight showing in flag.  This was the first midnight showing for all of us and it was oodles of fun! tawni and i are huge harry potter fans, so we've been planning this for a while... way back when it was still set to come out in '08! tori doesn't even read the books, but likes the movies, so we graciously allowed her to come with us ;).  Tawni bought the tickets about a week and a half ago and made arrangements to stay with stephanie after the show.  (steph was awesome! she and megan couldn't get tickets, but they still let us crash at their apartment, even though they both had to get up early the next day and go to work and we didn't get there until about 2:30! she get's the awesome friend award!) We were planning on leaving right after institute, which gets over around 8. but then we got some shocking news around 6:30. there was already a huge line! so we skipped institute (i know... we're sinners) and headed to flag right away... well, after i had finished packing... We got to Harkins a little before 8 and only had to wait outside for about an hour before they put us in a theatre.  then there was A LOT of waiting.  very very boring.  but there were some... um... unique people around us to keep us entertained and remind us why we decided to leave flag in the first place!  the group sitting in the row in front of us was playing uno.  that was the foulest game of uno i've ever heard! i guess it wouldn't have been so bad if one of the girls in that group didn't have a voice like a banshee... another group in front of us was playing catch-phrase. i can still hear the beeping of their timer sometimes. and i don't even want to discuss the couple behind us. let's just say i think that they may have mistaken the theatre for a hotel room.  they were all over each other. the whole 3 hours we had to wait inside.  awkward, much? the movie finally started and it was worth it, though.  it did have quite a bit of differences from the book and i wonder how their gonna pull off the last movie, but i liked it.  it was definitely the funniest harry potter movie yet.  Tawni was sick for the first half of the movie, but she was a trooper and toughed it out.  bravo! (whew... that was long, eh?)

premier 2:

17 Again.

so this may not seem like a big deal... but i loved this movie! Kourtney, tiffany and i watched it at our hotel this weekend (details on why were at the hotel coming up next!) and decided to watch it to kill a little time. it was so good!  i haven't really ever been a big zac efron fan because of the whole high school musical thing... but he earned some respect from me for this movie! he played his part so well! it was really funny and really cute too. i suggest you see it.

premier 3:

WICKED!!!!

That's right! wicked the musical! it was ah-freakin-mazing! Kourtney, my mom and I were originally gonna go, but my mom's surgery date got moved, so Tiff went with us instead (mom's still recovering, poor thing).  goodness, i don't even know where to begin... i just loved it all so much! the vocals, the dancing, the costumes, the music... it was all wonderful! it was my first time ever being to a production like this and i can't wait to go again! i listen to the music from it all the time, but it was so cool to be able to experience it live! and the story was awesome.  i'll admit, i shed a few tears at the end.  we had really good seats, too. row 24, right in the middle. i loved it so much! it's always been a dream of mine to see a broadway show in new york, and this came pretty dang close (i think)! it was just so amazing!  i would go see it again in a heartbeat! no questions asked.  there is just way too much awesomeness to tell about wicked! it was definitely the highlight of my week.

so there you have it. harry potter, 17 again, and wicked. if you ask me, not a bad week at all.

ARG!!!!

ok so i've been trying to make this blog very cute and stuff... but i've failed! i tried to do cute fonts as seen on erin's blog, but i screwed up royally and i'm just sick of it right now! ARGGGHHH!!! so i'm gonna take a step back and take a break for a while.  hopefully our blog will be cute sometime tomorrow... but for now... please just ignore the lameness and plainness of it all.  i promise i'll fix it when i'm not so frustrated!

Riddle Me This?

How do you entertain yourself for 36 hours of driving? Reading: check. Talking: check. Sudoku, sleeping, singing, eating: check check check and check. But the biggest entertainment of all? Taking pictures of course! half-way through our first day of driving, I decided to take pictures of the coolest and craziest names on the road signs! For your enjoyment, I give you my results! Have fun pronouncing some of them. Enjoy the awesomeness of the others!

I find this to be ridiculous!!

Pretty awesome, huh?

*HINT: This one rhymes with my last name!

Personal Favorite!

Curb Appeal

I returned from Georgia well over a week ago and I'm just now posting pictures. Sorry, 1800 miles of driving kinda makes you a wee bit tired! Here's a few facts about our journey home:
1800miles, 36 hours, 3 days, 7 states (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona), 5 people, 2 vehicles. Overall the trip was pretty good. We didn't see one accident our entire trip, which we consider to be a great blessing!!!!

Now onto the title of my post. Every single home out in Georgia has amazing curb appeal! I was blown away by how gorgeous houses were! Even trailers look amazing out there, partly because they have luscious green lawns that they only have to mow once a week to maintain. One day we were driving through the small town of Sylvester just to look at houses. I snapped a few pictures of my favs. I didn't take too many because some people were watching and probably wondering why the heck I was taking pixs of their homes.

This one is actually an old plantation home!

This is not a home. This is a mortuary. This is where the services were for both my granny and grandaddy. Madre says it's beautiful inside!


And this ladies and gents' is my all time favorite home! It was right across the street from Fred's (similar to ALCO or Family General store). I think I stared at this house for a good ten minutes. I have concluded that this is my dream home. I'll save this picture for future references. When/ if that certain man in my life tells me that he'll build me a home, I'll whip out this photo without a moments hesitation!

Georgian Journey

Good: There is green EVERYWHERE!!!!
Bad: I feel claustrophobic (sp?) because I can't see in front of me for miles and miles....

Good: My back is doing quite well, very little pain
Bad: My allergies just kicked back in.

Good: This is my third visit to Georgia. Last time I was here I was 8.
Bad: This will possibly, most likely be my last visit.

Good: There is grass everywhere!
Bad: There are sand fleas Everywhere!!

Good: My grandparents live in a house built over 100 years ago!
Bad: The water tank is tiny which equals very, very short showers...

Good: The weather is beautiful which allows me to wear shorts everyday.
Bad: Mosquitoes and knats have a feast with me everyday.

Good: My hair IS NOT, I repeat IS NOT frizzy and huge out here! It's minding its manners and curls up quite pretty most days.
Bad: I need to shave my legs, but my shower time doesn't allow such actions...

Good: Mostly everyone here has that awesome twangy southern accent!!
Bad: I randomly start talking with that accent which is a bad idea since I'm absolutely retched at it.

Good: I'm spending lots of quality time with my madre and toe and the grandparents and tons of relatives out here in the south!
Bad: I miss my dad, and Shandi & her fam, and my kitty, and Ashree, and dirt, and dry air, and walking barefoot in the dirt/grass.

Well folks, my Georgian journey is half-way through. We start our trek back home hopefully on Tuesday! See ya'll in a week!

bromance?

getting a little... cozy... on the love seat... 

why we laugh at disney channel stars

the title of this post may bring some ideas to your mind, such as their lack of acting skills, performance skills, musical skills, or just skills in general.  i know that there are some exceptions (i'm trying real hard to think of some... i might have to get back  to you on that one), but these reasons are nothing to laugh at compared to what i have witnessed.  

last night Tawni was texting me and told me where to find something very funny.  joe jonas dancing to single ladies. in a leotard. and high heels.  sigh. it was the absolute funniest thing i have ever seen.  my dad had to remind me to breathe.  oh goodness. if you share my lack of respect for disney channel tween stars, just hop on over to youtube and type "joe jonas single ladies" in the search bar.  it's the first result, and, trust me, it is well worth your time. i watched it twice.  

oh and while you're youtubing, search for the guy who danced to single ladies on the bonnie hunt show.  his first name is shane.  pretty impressive.  not as funny as joe, but more talented in the area of single ladies dance moves.