LibertyFest approaching

Well it's almost here.  LibertyFest 2010!

Around Edmond, OK... we make 4th of July a REALLY BIG DEAL!

In fact... LibertyFest in Edmond, Oklahoma was selected as one of the top 10 places to be in America on July 4th by CNN & USA Today.  It is a week long celebration of the birthday of this great nation & the heritage of our fine state.

Here's a quick breakdown of events to take place:
Car Show, KiteFest, Rodeo, Road Rally, A Taste of Edmond, Concert in the Park, Chalk-It-Up, Parade, ParkFest at UCO, Fireworks & Scholarship Pageant.  Details for each event are on their website:  http://www.libertyfest.org/

My two favorite parts... the Rodeo of course AND free watermelon at ParkFest!
Seriously who doesn't just love watermelon, ha ha!

The Rodeo always take awhile to prepare for every year, but it's always well worth it to see the turn out we have.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the temperature cooperates with us & it doesn't get to scalding hot out there.  That makes it completely miserable for everyone & especially me.  Since "baby it" is forcing me to carry around a few extra pounds, I'm always burning up & wish I never had to leave the comfort of a/c.

Fortunately I think we have enough people volunteering to help this year, that I can hopefully sit back & relax in my new totally awesome leopard print folding chair that my sweetheart got for me the other day.  I will locate something to prop my tootsies up on once I get there.  I might actually get to watch the rodeo & that's exciting.  I've never actually watched even 90% of our big rodeo... ever!

Hopefully everything runs smoothly, nobody has any issues or we don't run out of anything, etc. & we pull it off without a snag anywhere!

naptime

Well it's officially scheduled now.  The ultra sound appointment in which we will find out what we're having.  July 6th is the date... 2 weeks from now.  Fred & I are both anxious to know.

The Intelligender Gender Prediction Test said it's a boy.  I took one of those chinese birth chart thingys online & it said it was a girl.  Then I was reading the reviews online about the Intelligender Gender Prediction Test & there were only a few that predicted it correctly.  Basically none of the tests are very accurate & we'll have to wait until the ultra sound to know for sure.  That's ok though... only 2 more weeks to wait.

Hopefully at that point we'll have the house situation figured out too.  If not, I might have to be committed to one of those white padded rooms.  I swear the walls of our itty bitty apartment are closing in on us & getting smaller & smaller by the day.  Seriously, no joke.

I'm not really crazy I promise.  I'm totally normal.

So around the same time every single day (2pm-ish)... my eye lids get extremely heavy & I have to put up a fight to keep them from closing.  It's a hard battle to win too.  All I can think about during that time is "what if" I had carpet in my office?  I could easily crawl under the desk & take a quick power nap then I would be revived & feel brand new again for the remainder of the afternoon!  Unfortunately I have tile in my office... hard tile, no carpet, not even a rug.

There is enough room in my office for a couch or love seat though.  How would I manage to swing that by the boss?  I'm not sure they would go for me bringing in a piece of furniture to full fill my napping needs.  That would be awesome though.

It never hurts to dream.

Eischen's

I've been to Eischen's at least one million times in my life so far... because well they have the best chicken in Oklahoma!

Please make a note of this though...
DO NOT GO ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAND AROUND & WAIT FOREVER.

I honestly don't ever remember Eischen's being that busy when I've gone before, but maybe since they were featured on Food Networks "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", that might be why it's so flipping busy nowdays.  Who knows.

Anyways... last Saturday night I was ready to do something & wanted to do something different for a change.  I came up with the idea we should go to Eischen's!  Since my bff Kat, husband & son were in town & I know they haven't been there before... what a perfect idea, right?

Okarche (where Eischen's is located) is only about a 30 minute trip from our house, so it worked out well.  We did have to stand around for awhile once we got there & wait for a table to grab (because there is no hostess to seat you).  Luckily we didn't really have to wait that long before a nice lady offered their table to us as they were leaving.  An hour wait for the chicken to cook & we were eating.  Yum Yum!  Totally worth it.  For anyone who hasn't been there... you need to go!  In fact, go now!

All in all, it was a great trip... ate way to much of course, but totally worth it.  We had a great time & now Kat can say she's been to Eischen's!

leopard folding chair

Check out what my sweetheart bought for me yesterday at Academy!

A leopard print folding chair.  Totally awesome huh?  Oh yeah!

I felt like a little kid with a new toy.  Seriously.
I know... it doesn't take a lot to make me happy.  I even told him I was going to have to blog about it & he just smiled & laughed.  I know he thinks I'm crazy sometimes, ha ha.

So next weekend I will break out my new leopard print chair at our open rodeo & park my butt in it.  It's real comfy too so I can't wait.  Now if only they made a fold-out matching leopard thingy to prop my feet up on... LOL!

I know everyone will want to run out & buy one now that they've seen my blog!  ;)

Thank you honey for my new awesome comfy leopard chair, I love it & I love you!

Jaylon Springs

Now introducing Jaylon Springs
6 lbs 15 oz born 8:24pm on Thursday, June 17th

Ang, one of my bff's... this is her 3rd baby girl.  How precious Jaylon looks in this pic.  I'm so happy for Ang!  They have the cutest family!

Unfortunately Ang & family live in another state so I couldn't be there for the birth of little Jaylon, but even though I wasn't there physically... I was still there with her & she knows it.

Hopefully when they come back to OK for the holidays we'll get to hook up at some point.  And just think... this Christmas... Fred & I will have our very own little one too!  That's just so crazy to think about sometimes.  Almost like it's not even really real just yet.

Congrats Ang & family on welcoming another precious baby girl Jaylon Springs!
Love & miss you & can't wait to see you!

sonic tea

Who loves Sonic ice tea?

I mean seriously... I've been in love with it for as long as I can remember.  I never get a small, medium or large either.  I go straight for the big 44 oz!  Un-sweet of course.

For years it was a ritual for me to stop by Sonic on my way to work every single morning & grab a 44 tea.  And I do mean EVERY single morning too, no lie.  When I switched jobs I was lost for a short time trying to find the best route to work in order to swing by Sonic, but it didn't take me long before I had that figured out.

Then with another job change it put me further away from a Sonic & I was no longer able to work out a route that wasn't totally out of the way, so I had to give it up.  My morning ritual was no more.  Oh I was sad.  Very sad.

A year passed & yet another job change came about... and here I am.  Now even further away from Sonic.  What a crock!

The good news is that Sonic decided to build a place not to many miles from where we live, so we have a Sonic closer to home at least!  Of course... it's still not convenient for me to go there before work everyday, which doesn't make me very happy, but I guess that's just how it works out sometimes.

I honestly think I could just live on Sonic tea.  Breakfast, lunch & dinner.  Everyday.
Wait... that's probably to much caffeine huh?  Oh well.

I could really use a Sonic tea right about now!

Hodge Podge

I got this recipe from Sarah, a girl I worked with at an old job.
I made it for the first time last night & YUM!

Hodge Podge

Brown 1 lb hamburger meat

Then add
2 cans of rotel
2 can of Minestrone soup
2 cans of Ranch Style beans
1 can of corn
And ¼ of Velveeta brick

I actually put 2 cans of corn & only 1 can of Ranch Style beans & a little more Velveeta, because Fred doesn't like beans that much & it was very yummy!

Everyone really needs to try this... it's very simple... very quick & very good!