Pink Ritas and Lip Gloss

I often find myself wondering what is in a name. You see my parents were firm believers in calling me and my brother by our given names. There were no nicknames growing up. It was rather frustrating at times because my name is so long and is commonly shortened to a variety […]

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If you have been following my United Kingdom pre-trip planning report/posts you know that in less than 45 days I will be making my first visit to the United Kingdom. We’ve had another hiccup in the travel planning - my dad’s work project has been delayed again and he has to fly over in […]

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Well week 4 has just come to an end on my Weight Watchers diet. I had some pretty big ups and downs this week on my diet. I think we all remember my Crawfish Fettuccini post which represented pretty well how the rest of the week went. I ended up making chicken […]

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Ever since I moved to Houston and started working downtown and going to “midtown” here I started being more aware of my surroundings. Houston is much bigger than what I was use to with Baton Rouge. I also rarely went near downtown let alone late at night. While I feel safe overall […]

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With Hollywood producing more and more movies based on books I often find myself wondering: Do I read the book or watch the movie first?
In both cases you want to be able to be surprised when you read/watch the story for the first time because its less fun to know what’s going to happen when […]

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I have a few important events coming up in the next few months: Mike’s completion of the CPA exam, Mike’s Birthday, and then hopefully that other once in a lifetime event I’m not suppose to remember/talk about So I’ve started thinking that since this is such a big year for the two of […]

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I fully realize that it is now Thursday and I am just starting to gather my thoughts about the Bachelor which was shown on Monday of this week.  I’ve been debating whether to watch the show again on abc.com or just let it go and talk about what I briefly remembered/heard.  I watched the show […]

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With all of the recent technology changes it is hard to decide which ones to embrace and implement and which ones you can leave behind for the next big thing. A few years ago it was cable internet versus dial-up service, landline phone systems versus digital phones. Both proved to be excellent upgrades […]

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I have always heard that you need a minimum of 6-8 8oz glasses of water per day to keep yourself hydrated.  I’m a big water person as it is so I normally don’t have problems meeting that minimum unless I go out to a bar and then I need double that the next day.  Mike […]

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I often think about my parents moving over to Texas in a few years to be closer to me.  One thing I cringe when thinking of them moving over here is trying to sell their house and how much the home improvements would cost to get their 27 year old house up to date and […]

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