I dreamt of a White Christmas....and my dream came true!

We were not able to make it home for Christmas, Jordan had to work Christmas Eve so we had a quiet Christmas in Dallas. Christmas Eve about noon we started having snow flurries and since it was literally 70 degrees the day before, I didn't get too excited thinking it wouldn't accumulate or stick. Well, this is what we woke up to Christmas morning....

It was breathtaking, so pretty! I woke up so early to take pictures, I was so afraid I would sleep late and it would all melt away!

Karma absolutely loved the snow! She was so frisky, and ran around in circles!

It wasn't very deep, you can see where we walked through the yard!

Jordan is going to kill me-this is only after 5 hours sleep, I think we look good

: ) ha!

Visit to BIG D!

Mom and Dad visited us in Dallas December 4-7 and we had a blast! This was their first time to visit us in Dallas, and we are so glad they were able to visit! We went to the JFK Museum in the School Book Depository, and walked in Dealey Plaza downtown.

Lili and Jordan on the grassy knoll...

This is the old city courthouse

The street where JFK was shot, to the left is the School book depository. Anytime and I mean ANYTIME you will see people in the middle of the street, trying to see if the shots were possible as if they are conducting their own investigation.

Mom and Dad in front of the Depository, it's pretty interesting to see the museum, the evidence, and to be taken back in time to that moment in Dallas.

Karma loved having Mom and Dad in Dallas, she is so sad that they had to leave, she just loves all the extra attention and the extra love!

I put up our Christmas tree so that my parents could see our house decorated. Jordan and my dad cooked some steaks on Jordan's Big Green Egg. They were Fabulous!

Thanks again for coming and visiting us! I miss you everyday and I am so happy you came in town to see the house and us! Hope you had a wonderful wedding anniversary!! We love you!!

Time flies when you're......busy!

Boy, I have really been a slacker with this blogging stuff, but I am going to play catch up!

Jordan has been super busy at the hospital, he is on call a lot and is one reason why time is flying.

I started working at FitSteps, which is through the Cancer Foundation for Life. I basically help people fighting cancer or in remission regain strength and exercise. It's a ton of fun, I visit with people all day! The job has been a blessing in that I am around people who truly see life as a precious gift and it reminds me to be humble and appreciate everyday!

October
We had our 1st wedding anniversary, and celebrated with champagne and our year old cake! It was really yummy!

We went to the Texas State Fair and I ate fried snickers...mmmm!

Jordan had his first ride on a ferris wheel(top left), Jordan and I in front of BIG TEX (top right),

The fried snickers, the batter is like beignet mix, and

the parade going through Fair Park

Jordan's birthday was the 15th and we celebrated with Widespread Panic and the Allman Brothers!

We celebrated Halloween with new friends in Dallas at a house party with witch's brew in which I had no business drinking....

I interviewed for Baylor School of Nursing Fast Bacc BSN program and I was ACCEPTED! I start school in May and I am so excited that I am not taking all of these random JUCO classes for nothing...ha!

I visited Charleston, SC to see my sweet niece Harper who was born November 4th! She's gorgeous, I want to go back already!

We celebrated Thanksgiving in Dallas with Hal and Sarah and I cooked my very own turkey!

My birthday (28th) on the 30th was great, I am truly blessed to have great friends and family who wished me lot of birthday wishes from near and afar!

That's a good start, but now I know why I haven't been blogging, between all this we have been also pricing for a new floor in our kitchen/dining area and I finished two community college classes. whew...

a penny for your thoughts.....

Jordan and I have had a fun week so far, but I have to blog about what happened to us Monday night. We went to G Love and Jason Mraz Monday night, after a quick dinner and running out the door to get to the show. When we approached the venue, we realized we didn't have a lot of cash on us, and figured we would just have to get money out of the ATM for drinks. BUT, we had to pay for parking. Parking was $15 and I immediately started counting what cash I did have in my wallet. I had $14 cash and 3 quarters. I turned to our compartment in the car and started to count out change. The lady collecting money snarked at us and said,"I am NOT TAKING PENNIES!" Okay, I wasn't about to give the woman 150 pennies, we had one nickel and I was going to give the rest in pennies. SHE REFUSED, and told us that we would have to get money out of the ATM in order to pay to park. IS A PENNY NOT MONEY ANYMORE? SHE WAS SO MEAN, and I am still appalled that we had to take money out of the ATM with an ATM fee so that this woman would have the inconvenience of counting some change! We played nice, took the money out of the ATM for the sake of not ruining our evening.....unbelievable! I know the whole freakonomics theory of the penny is worthless, but does this mean I should stop accepting the penny as change....I take money no matter the denomination!

thoughts....

Jordan and I had a very quiet weekend! It rained seriously for 48 hours straight so we mainly stayed in : ) You know how you read something or see something on TV and it just speaks volumes to your life or what you are experiencing right now...well this is what I found.....


You'll have to click on it to read, couldn't fit it on the page!

So funny, needless to say we watched a lot of football this weekend, but tomorrow let the swooning begin! Jordan is taking me to.....

Jason Mraz and G Love.... Can't wait!

A hunka hunka burning weekend!

Last weekend we were in Pontotoc celebrating two great events with Jordan's family:
1. Jordan's grandparents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! The whole family celebrated at the Peabody complete with the ducks and a yummy brunch

2. the upcoming birth of Jordan's brother and sister-in-law's first child, our first niece, the first grandchild and great grandchild in the family!

The weekend was jammed packed and we literally ran around crazy! As soon as I get pictures back I will post about the actually events, but for now....

The King!

We drove to Pontotoc from Dallas, and on our way back to Dallas on Labor Day we decided to stop at Graceland! Jordan has never been, and I have only been once (when I was 12), and I LOVE Elvis. My grandmother and I used to watch all of his movies growing up (I know, cheesy) but I still love them. We only took the home/museum tour and it was not crowded at all.

Enjoy the slideshow!

To Be or Not To Be....Saluki

Karma and I visited the local neighborhood self service dog wash....

Yep, you read correctly, I washed her, and they provided the doggie friendly shower, shampoo, conditioner, and wash sponge.....and a heavy duty hair dryer that Karma did NOT enjoy.

The people there are super nice, the owner's dog roam freely throughout the store and we talked about Karma's diet, her hair shedding and what breed she might be.....we have no idea!

The owner suggested that Karma could be a Saluki....I responded, could you spell that?
well, a Saluki and Border Collie Mix
As soon as I got home I googled Saluki

They are considered the first domesticated pet and there are even hieroglyphics of these dogs! The Egyptians had them as pets and even mummified them too.

Anyway, they look like thisThen, I googled Border Collie/Saluki Mix and I found Beano!

Ok, for those of you that know Karma, you probably are saying to yourself, that's Karma, no that's Beano, Karma's long lost cousin.....just kidding!

Below are pictures of Karma, check out her body with the Saluki above. Jordan woke her up and if you cannot tell from these pictures but she is NOT happy!

Now, the next step is a Doggie DNA kit, yes for $59.95 we can find out exactly what our sweet little mutt is.....but for now Jordan calls her Saluki (half the time she responds)

Matters of the Heart

Jordan just finished his Cardiology month and he's moving on up.....to Radiology!

I think Jordan enjoyed some aspects of the month more than others

• Jordan did have weekends off and no call-Major perk of an elective!
• He learned a lot about basic cardiology
• Worked with a nice Doctor, big deal since you spend every minute with them
• "Played" in the Cath lab which I think is the main reason Jordan wanted to do Cardiology in the first place, he was able to feed the catheter from the Femoral Vein up to the Heart....very cool!
  

Of course, I think it also reminded Jordan of medical school and being a little bit of a shadow instead of getting to do more on his own....not a great feeling for someone with a Type A personality. All in all though, one more month down.....

Radiology should be lots of fun for him....especially since that's what he wants to do! Of course he's going to be more serious this month! He's already reading material and he hasn't even started yet! Yikes!

Are you ready for some football?

Jordan has been warning me for the last couple of weeks that football season is coming up and has even graciously given me the reign of the remote control.....knowing that he will demand football be shown at all hours around here very soon.

I have to say that I am lucky because I do not have one of those husbands that leaves the TV on ESPN for the sake of it being on ESPN. I do not have to watch bowling championships, poker tournaments, NASCAR (not a fan), or golf (sorry Evan, I don't know how Christy does it!); but when it comes to Football season, we are always watching someone play!

Well, we are quickly figuring out in Texas that we will not be the only ones obsessing about the pigskin sport this season! All the paper talks about is High School Football and the COWBOYS!

Lucky for us, Thursday night the Dallas Cowboys hosted an open practice and we drove over to Arlington with Hal (one of Jordan's residency friends)---we missed you Sarah!

It was so neat to see the new stadiumThe new $1.2 billion stadium-yes it looks like it is about to take off at any minute!

This is the view when you walk in from the end zone.....it's so open!

The field, check out the obnoxiously large screen, you can really see the scale of it in this picture

Let's face it...the whole reason I wanted to go....Tony! ; )

And just when I thought my evening was complete, guess who came out for a little performance....

Yes, the Dallas Cheerleaders!
We also saw Jerry Jones but he tucked away before I could take his picture, he came out to see the girls dance!

Going to the practice was free (just had to pay for parking), so I thought it was a great way for people who cannot normally pay to go to a game to check things out!

Now, are you ready for some football?

Lazy Day!

Happy Friday! Karma and I are just being lazy and hanging out. It's a gloomy day so we slept in! :)
Jordan says when he comes back in the next life, he wants to be Karma.....me too!

Love this song!

I love when  this commerical comes on,  the song is so happy! I am still searching for a job, and some days it gets very frustrating! But this song makes me smile and feel better!
FYI Dawn has been under fire for the cruelty of animals that are in the commercial when their goal is to help the animals in the first place, and animal rights activists claim that there is plenty of footage of oil spills that could have been used instead of "staging" these animals....they look fine to me....remember to turn off my music at the bottom! : )

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minding my own business....

Lately in the morning I have a routine. Jordan makes coffee and I enjoy it in the morning with Good Morning America and then Good Morning Texas! On Wednesday, I was minding my own business and enjoying my coffee when I heard a thud on my front window. I noticed a dark bug on my window and upon closer inspection.....It was two bugs....one a locust, and the other a really mean stinging bug (do not know technical name)! They were huge and connected?!?
I had to grab my camera to document the HUGE bugs....at first I thought they were doing the deed, but quickly realized that the big mean bug was killing the poor locust. Really? On my window? I guess everything is BIGGER in Texas. Completely grossed me out, and I didn't leave the house the rest of the day! ha....

In other news, Jordan's parents came to visit this past weekend and we ran around all over the DFW area showing them the town....I know, you are probably thinking YOU don't know the town....so, you're right, we discovered it together. More to come when someone (hint hint...Whitney) sends me some pictures from the weekend!

I am also very excited that we are welcoming a baby (our first niece) into the family. Evan and Christy are welcoming their first child in November and we are hosting a small family/friend shower in P town! I have been having fun with the invitations, and they turned out great! I even coordinated the stamps! Check them out!
Have a great weekend!