Our Corpus Christi Weekend Getaway

This Friday I got the distinct pleasure of working in Pleasanton, Texas...lucky me, huh?  So  I headed down South about 45 minutes and worked at a great Wag.  We headed to Corpus with puppies and Cory after work so that they could hunt and I could hang out at the beach.  Brandon/Tucker and Cory/Jack hunted early in the morning so Buckley and I got Emily/Doggie morning on Shoreline Blvd.  We watched the birds, walked the walk, checked out tons of boats and had a great relaxing morning.

 Buckley's view of the Bay

Me and Buckley, awesome morning

After the boys got back from the hunt we played on the beach; Buckley LOVED the water and the waves!  Tucker was absolutely thrilled to enter the salty goodness of ocean if you threw a bumper in for him.  Unfortunately the weather wasn't great so we didn't get to enjoy the water...

 But these two puppies jumped in again and again

 Tucker loves his bumper

My two big little swimmers, they slept like babies that night.

 Even without the sun it was so bright!

Second try, I love this boy!

During our outing at the beach Dan and Hannah met up with us and then we went to eat at Grimaldi's Coal Brick Oven Pizza.  It was excellent, we had an assortment of Cold Adult Beverages, Cesar Salad, and a HUGE calzone.  Good times.  Hannah and I then struck out to find the U.S.S. Lexington:

 Hannah and the HUGE propeller

 A boy scout took this picture in the Bridge

 Flight Deck=AWESOME, cool helicopter

We just thought we were cool cause we got in (free!) 45 minutes before the museum closed.  

Just so you know, the stairs to get to the flight deck are VERY steep and the Bridge is even steeper.  We decided it would be tough to live on this boat but we want to come back to see more!
For dinner we headed to Buffalo Wild Wings and UFC fight night.
We came back to San Antonio today and ended out weekend with Christmas Card pictures!

Tomorrow we prepare for TURKEY DAY!
Happy Thanksgiving Week!

At the end of the Park take a right...

I had the BEST time this past week with my lovely mother in BOSTON (Bahston)!  I started my Wednesday morning EARLY, try 4:30 at the airport early.  Yes, it was awesome (the flight was nearly empty; I slept the whole way to the ATL.  Then I scrambled to the gate that changed just like every departing flight in the ATL airport to meet the beautiful Rhonda Bovine.  And off we were to Boston!  On our list of things to do: Eat at Legal Sea Foods, visit Faneuil Hall, Shop at Filene's Basement, check out the great architecture all over, eat Italian looking at the North Church, see Paul Revere's house, eat a cannoli at Mike's Pastry Shop at the North End, figure out the T, see Harvard, travel the Freedom Trail and the list continues.  I can tell you it was a great trip from start to finish, I only wanted to come home because the hubs is in TX, of course, and it was so cold.  So here's a little peak at our trip!
  The Lobster I tackled at Legal Sea Foods!


Outside the Old North church in the North End was Paul Revere's Mall.  It was a nifty building that looked renovated and lived in.  How COOL is that?!  Literally LIVING where history was made!  Anyway then we went to MIKE's 
Check this out:



The famous box: unfortunately there is no picture of the actual tasty dessert but, trust me, it was awesome.  Before we ate the dessert we did have dinner: Bruschetta, VINO, Lobster Ravioli it was awesome at Cafe Florentine!  By the end of the second day we had the T figured out and we could get where we wanted when we wanted.  Then...I was coming back to the hotel on the green line and all of a sudden the train stopped and did not restart.  Oh, and by the way, it was the most crowded I had ever seen the train...The announcer then said the train wasn't running, the Boston police and fire departments were on the scene.  Oh lovely!  So I headed out through the Make Way for Ducklings exhibit in the Park.  Loved it!   The way home was fairly flawless and definitely warmer here in TX! 
Thank you Mom for inviting me!  I had a great time!

It's the weekend in Texas

Friday was a great day at the Stanleys'! Brandon got home early so the weekend started early for me! We decided that it is officially Friday Night Date Night. On a recommendation from a dear San Antonio resident, Jill Bacon Whitfield we checked out Paeseon's. Great restaurant if you're ever in town by the way! So that was a great night that we ended at the Alamo Heights Highschool football game; we sat on the opposing team's side. Alamo Heights lost, bummer.  Saturday we began a big adventure starting with mowing the yard, weed eating, and a Boston Butt purchase. We came home and did a little rub a dub on the meat as pictured, start with twine so it doesn't fall apart.

 

The Rub ingredients:

Ready for the Big Green Egg!

We did eat all the food, mac and cheese, chicken, boston butt, baked beans; it was great.  We had Angie and Dave, Dorene and Max, Dan, Ashley, and sweet little Drake!  The only picture of the crowd is below:

We had a great time!    Happy Weekend!

In other news: I start working tomorrow.  

I hope I can find all these stores they are sending me to...hope the GPS is in good working order.  

We're here!

We have officially been in Texas for three weeks this Saturday. Our home is put together, we really like the neighborhood, the neighbors, and I'm certainly learning my way around this HUGE city. On the work front: my license is here and Brandon's work is good. So in my last post we were ten days from heading here...let's recap:
Sept 20: End of work in Birmingham
Sept 21: Tie up loose ends as much as possible; Study for test on Wednesday, Sept 22
Sept 22: MPJE at 2:00, Brandon flew in at 8:00
Sept 23: 7:30 am packers arrive!
Sept 24: 8:00 am the 53' tractor trailer arrives


ON A SIDE NOTE: I called the lady who was in charge of our move she told me that our things would arrive in Texas October 15. I can't even describe my panic. Can you imagine not having packed enough underwear for three weeks and thinking, "that box they just put on the truck probably has ALL the rest of my undies in it!" So I had a sit down talk with Steve, the driver. He told me he had a load to drop in Austin the following day and wanted to be in San Antonio Monday! There was a second wave of panic then. Monday meant Brandon and I couldn't dilly dally on the way out we had to drive straight thru, for that I was a little sad. So they finished the truck up and we hit the road.

Sept 25: ON THE ROAD to Texas
Sept 26: We made it! Unloaded our U-Haul, we had to do everything we could to get this house ready because they were coming to UNLOAD Sept 27!
Sept 27: The Mayflower pulled in and unloaded!
Sept 28: I think that day I was in a daze, I lot had happened.
Sept 29: Brandon's 26th Birthday! Big Green Egg joins the Stanleys as well as AWESOME beach cruising bikes.
Sept 30: Looking way forward to Mom coming to HELP me!!
Oct 1-2: Went to Austin-great town by the way- then we went to Fredricksburg for Oktoberfest! Great weekend
Fast forward Oct 6: Mom is here!
Oct 7: We stayed up very late rearranging and redoing, then did some more on the 8th as well as some shopping!
Oct 8: Yes we did more more more
Oct 9: Mom left me with a house that is gorgeous and great for Thanksgiving and visitors otherwise!
Oct 10: Off to the lake with Dan, Matt and Anne, good times renting a boat, wakeboarding, skiing, and I took a whack at knee boarding
Oct 11: Great church service good fellowship, what we needed!
Oct 12: The waiting game for this pharmacy license!
Oct 14: License CHECK!! Today is going to be awesome. I certainly hope you have a good one too

And now my blogger thing is freaking out on me and I can't upload pictures...but I have them and I will certainly share them later!

Ten Days and Counting...

Today is September 12, 2010!!! That officially means that in 8 days my job at Roebuck is done, in 9 days my job in Centerpoint is done, in 10 days I get my 3 hours of live CE credit, in 11 days I take my MPJE for TX and more importantly Brandon comes home, in 12 days movers pack, and in 13 days we are heading west. I. CAN'T. WAIT. I have gone through all the emotions regarding this move. It was exhausting. But honestly I think the week ahead is going to be even more exhausting getting everything ready. I have one pile that goes in the car, one for the U-Haul and the great big pile that goes with the official movers. I have the dog pile and the entertainment pile and the snack pile and the essentials pile. It's nuts. So I am going to show you some fun stuff of what else has been going on....

This lovely is from Labor Day weekend

I babysat for the handsome Sawyer, pretty Lucy,

and playful Layla! The best part of this babysitting adventure was where Brittany and Andin were headed...up north to drop off several puppies for adoption there. Check out her post HERE to read all about the adventure they had!

And this past weekend I got the privilege to visit with my BESTEST friend EVER (Moose and Kenny too!) in her new home in Savannah, Georgia! We had a great time eating at Uncle Bubba's, Riding a Ghost Tour Trolley with Bob our tour guide, walking ALL over downtown, seeing AMAZING architecture, picking out salt water taffy at the Savannah Candy Kitchen, watching Dawson's Creek and reliving prom of '02 in the car. Yeah, I'd say I had a good time; thanks for having me guys!

Here's from Uncle Bubba's!

How awesome...life is good! Hope you all have a great night!

V-O-L-S, GO VOLS GO!

Today I woke up, walked outside, and realized (rather quickly) I was shivering. Before I could completely fill the water bowls for the dogs, I had to come back inside and put on long pants.

That's when it hit me. Today was the opening game day for college football. Yes, I know a few games were played earlier this week, but the important games were today. The season opener is the warm-up where big dogs win big and get pumped up for game 2 of the season. This day was also so perfect for a nice long stroll with two of the most precious puppies I've ever seen and the greatest parents anyone could ask for. We walked for an hour or more then went a ran a few errands, took a piece of furniture to Jimmie Hale, shopped a bit and it was time for work. So, since I didn't get to see any games I thought I'd recap via ESPN:

In Descending Order of importance:

Born and raised bleeding, BIG ORANGE, my first and foremost:

Final

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• T

Tenn-Martin

(0-1, 0-1 away)

• 0
• 0
• 0
• 0
• 0

Tennessee

(1-0, 1-0 home)

• 13
• 7
• 23
• 7
• 50

For my beloved husband, Go DAWGS! I sometimes wear black and red to the games,,,love you!

Final

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• T

LA-Lafayette

(0-1, 0-1 away)

• 0
• 7
• 0
• 0
• 7

23Georgia

(1-0, 1-0 home)

• 7
• 24
• 17
• 7
• 55

1

Our alma mater, Go Bulldogs, (it's ok, you almost beat Georgia Tech last year)

• 2
• 3
• 4
• T

Samford

(0-1, 0-1 away)

• 0
• 3
• 3
• 0
• 6

20Florida St

(1-0, 1-0 home)

• 7
• 35
• 7
• 10
• 59

To the future and a tribute to friends: Mr. James Pitman and Mrs. Jill Whitfield

Final

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• T

5Texas

(1-0, 1-0 away)

• 0
• 24
• 7
• 3
• 34

Rice

(0-1, 0-1 home)

• 3
• 7
• 0
• 7
• 17

Final

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• T

San Jose St

(0-1, 0-1 away)

• 3
• 0
• 0
• 0
• 3

1Alabama

(1-0, 1-0 home)

• 14
• 17
• 10
• 7
• 48

Final

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• T

Arkansas St

(0-1, 0-1 away)

• 6
• 10
• 7
• 3
• 26

22Auburn

(1-0, 1-0 home)

• 14
• 21
• 10
• 7
• 52

You may ask yourself...Why does Alabama's score even matter to a Tennessee fan? or How does the Auburn score affect you? And Texas, really, Texas? Well I would have to let you know that right now I live in the state of Alabama. This means that I work in the state of Alabama. And thus I worked on Game Day in Alabama. People are especially nice here if they now they're about to crush an opponent and stand tall as National Champs. Furthermore they are all in Tuscaloosa. I work in Birmingham; get my drift, makes for a great day at work. We get a significant amount of work. we never get to do, done on Game Day. As for Auburn, I've lived in Alabama long enough, 7 years, to know there are two teams if you are a resident of Alabama and you're not watching the Tide Roll in, you're watching the Tigers do their thing. Lastly, Texas. Well. I figure, I need to be on the up and up when I get there, we're four games in and I'm needing a deal on the cable bill with the guy in the Hook 'Em Horn's t-shirt under the DirecTv polo. So with that. I'm off to re-fill more water bowls for five of the best dogs ever. Hope your opening game day was great, and remember:

It's great, to be, a TENNESSEE VOL!!