what I'm loving wednesday...

happy fourth of july! is it just me or does it not feel like a holiday? we're having a low-key fourth... just going to see a potential house, hanging out with some friends for a bit and then relaxing at home for the majority of the day/night. anyways, here's what I'm loving on this red, white and blue wednesday...

I'm loving... America, duh. haha, had to - seriously though... loving the U.S. of A.

I'm loving... So You Think You Can Dance - fun fact: one of the top twenty is a ZTA from undergraduate chapter (UCF), so exciting - so I'm rooting for our little Eta Kappa (she's also from my hometown)!

I'm loving... The Bachelorette... I seriously am so in love with Emily and Jef, I shed tears when Jef read his letter to her... no really, crying like a baby [hello nursing hormones...].

I'm loving... juice. what? I love juice. I cannot drink enough freaking juice and there is none in our house right now and it's driving me crazy. we will be going to a gas station tomorrow to get my some OJ or some lemonade [random, but true]

I'm loving... my MacBook Air... it's light, sleek and just soooo much faster and intuitive than my six year old "vintage" MacBook that just died!

so that's my random list of what I'm loving this week... as always - I'm loving... my boys!

...and I'm loving my sweet, sweet girl - my Penny!

gah, so freaking cute. 

don't you just want to kiss her sweet face?!

happy fourth of july!

happy wednesday!

drink a cold one for me...

Oliver's take on the Bachelorette...

Ashley is clearly driving Oliver crazy. 

I'm still undecided, I mean we've all been there...

In other news, the abc player app is amazing if you have an iPad.

lastly, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention... 

GO GAMECOCKS! 

Game #2 in the CWS tonight... Game #1 went VERY well yesterday [a win is a win, I'll take it]

whitney is taking trash so I just wanted to make sure I mentioned that... :)

say yes to the dress: bridesmaids

if you've been a bridesmaid you know the all the "fun" that is the bridesmaids dress... now, personally, I have to say I've been quite lucky - I actually liked the both the dresses in the weddings I've been in!


lindsey & phil's wedding 6/27/09....

kelly & erik's wedding 2/27/10...

and seriously, my bridesmaids cannot complain, their dresses were adorable, had pockets, oh and did I mention they were like $60 on sale at white house black market [no altering!] - I know, I'm the best bride ever. 

and yes, great minds think alike... lindsey, kelly and I were all nice brides with the extremely re-wearable black bridesmaids dresses! now onto the horrors... there are some not so great bridesmaids dresses out there...


there are no words for this mess...

oh man, I'm scared to even think about what the guys are wearing? orange overalls anyone? 

go vols? go tigers? your call. 

come on, you can't talk about bridesmaids dresses without a 27 dresses reference [which I really want to watch now!]

someecards never disappoints...

[via: 1, 2, 3, 4]

not bored by this post? get excited, TLC has a new show coming out - Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids Edition tune in on July 8th, 2011 at 1opm! from the ads on TLC it looks like it is going to be quite entertaining!! I can't wait! :)

sick days.

so the past few days have been pretty ridiculous... Monday I came home with the chills and a fever, Tuesday I sucked it up and went to work since we had the Dispatch concert that night [the was amazing, but a story for another post] then Wednesday I woke up and had enough with feeling like crud and called the doctor... they were jam packed but said if I got there by 9:15 they would squeeze me in [my doctor is amazing] so I went and after some poking and prodding it turns out I may have strep throat.... ugh. 


I gargled with lidocaine yesterday every two hours [and it made me barf, yup, awesome] and woke up today still feeling terrible and went to pick up my penicillin to "kill the strep" - so here I am on day 2 out of the office.... still feeling like pretty gross but I have faith that tomorrow I will feel better and be good to go [I mean, it's friday, I will feel better for the weekend].


I also realized this morning, I had a meeting with a student yesterday that I didn't show up for.... I didn't even tell her I wasn't coming into the office, no call, no email, nothing. major fail on my part. oops. I hate when people don't show up and/or are late [especially without notice] and I am huge in instilling that into my students... way to role model early. oops. I'm going to email her today and take her out to lunch next week to make it up to her. [bribery, I'm not above it]


anyways, as ridiculous as I feel the upside to being sick is being able to be sloth-like for the past two days [aka sweatpants only, no brushing my hair, cuddling with the pup and watching plenty of trash tv] here are some prime examples...


I watched this weeks episode of PLL... I'm so interested to see where they take the story line, it almost makes me want to reread the books... I know, I'm such a tween it's pathetic.

I watched the 1998 Lindsay Lohan version of "The Parent Trap" - seriously, she was so adorable before she turned into a crackhead. DJ tried to delete it off the DVR after I finished watching it. Clearly after he saw my face he realized that was NOT going to happen. Come to think of it, I just may watch it again today... 

I watched Extreme Makeover Weightloss Edition - now, I have a huge love/hate relationship with this show. I love it, but I hate that it makes me cry like 35 times... seriously, I start crying when they do the intro... and pretty much don't stop... but it is so inspiring and you just find yourself so invested in the people and their journey. I definitely suggest watching it if you haven't already - just get the kleenex ready, especially if you're a crier like me! ALSO, I am starting to have a serious crush on Chris Powell, he's unreal and such a good guy [he is also quite easy on the eyes, if you're picking up what I'm putting down]

I felt like I was back in college yesterday eating ramen noodles for lunch, yes they were just as tasty as I remembered... 

I got plenty of cuddletime with this guy...

I watched The Voice with DJ... it's weird, he loves the show - I think it's okay. The one thing I do like about it is the coaches - I mean, Adam Levine is just well, yeah, he's pretty. very, very, pretty. Then there's Blake Shelton, he's such a teddy bear, aahh I just want to hug him.  You can tell they're all so invested in the people they're coaching - it's pretty adorable.

then I finally [I know I watched a lot of TV yesterday] watched SYTYCD.... aah. so good. I don't know who is going home tonight [especially since 4 are going home?!], I am starting to fall in love with a few of the contestants though [melanie and miranda, aahh they're amazing!]

I may or may not currently be watching "My Future Boyfriend" [I DVRed it like a month ago thinking it was perfect mindless tv for a sloth day]... yes, it's as cheesy as it sounds and I LOVE it.

oh and today is the last day to get free shipping on $25 or more at Victoria Secret and it's their semi-annual sale... hmmm.... I might see some online shopping in my future [cross your fingers I've hit "purchase" before DJ sees this... I love you honey, let's go buy you some software and call it even!] 

in other news, I think the penicillin and coffee mixture going on in my stomach is making me a little loopy... getting dizzy... must lay down... no seriously, feels like I drank a bottle of wine and chased in with a pack of ciggs... gross. back to the horizontal position for me. too bad someone is hogging the couch...

hope you're all feeling better than I am!

got a secret... can you keep it...

do you miss hearing about my wedding? I know, you must. 

clearly, you all lived for it, just like I did.... 

well guess what? It's being featured on "Life After the Aisle: Wedding Wednesdays"  

go check it out... and thanks to Ashley for featuring me!

okay, back to your regularly scheduled cheesiness...

Pretty Little Liars came back on TV last night. Although I missed the season finale [wtf, I know I'm angry at myself] I think was able to catch up.... I can't lie I'm thrilled my guilty pleasure is back [let's be real, one of my 10392 guilty pleasures!] and had a great time watching last night.  DJ joined me and watched the last half hour with me, which I love, it was just really hard to try and watch and answer his questions [who is that? who died? did they kill her? wait someone else died? why aren't they upset these people are dead? who is that?... you get the point]. In other news, "Ezra" was trending on twitter last night.... and if you watched you know why... I mean, can he be shirtless more often? And I don't know about you, but none of my teachers ever looked like that! 

After PLL we watched The Voice... does anyone else watch this? It's DJ's guilty pleasure [his only one... weird, huh?] and I'm unsure what I think about, it's okay and a couple of the people are really good but overall not too impressive.  I'm just really happy whenever Adam Levine gets on screen [swoon] but let's be real for a minute: Carson Daly is the WORST host in the whole world #realtalk. Seriously, he's awkward as hell and I was yelling at him all night. ugh, makes me annoyed just thinking about it... It also makes me realize how pathetic I am that I can compare hosts [Cat Deeley, aka my girl crush is so much better].

Speaking of Cat Deeley and Summer TV - I'm excited for the top 20 to perform on SYTYCD tonight, I'm excited to watch them dance in pairs and see them experiment with other styles - my current favs are Jordan, Melanie, and Robert.... let's be real, I love them all right now [but I kinda want Jess to take a ritalin and calm down]. Was anyone else relieved when China got cut?  If you haven't been watching and want to catch up - check out the past episodes here!

Lastly, don't even get me started on the Bachelorette....  I haven't watched this week's episode yet but I can only imagine the "greatness" that I'll witness based on reading some of your blogs and all I've seen on twitter... maybe I'll post my thoughts on that later! I know, you're on the edge of your seat....

random ramblings...

having one of those days were I can't focus on anything... maybe it's because I know there's a three day weekend very near in my future and there are only two of us in the office today... maybe it's just because I'm a spaz... either way, here are some random thoughts for you...


Did Lauren and Scotty kiss last night on American Idol? Is it weird that I googled it? I feel like a creepster being so interested in their love life. I think they should fall in love. It would make me happy.

Like the other 1438989 women that watched Idol last night, I want Carrie Underwood's legs. However, I think I like cheeseburgers a little too much for that ever to be a reality, oh well - that's life. I like cheeseburgers.

Oliver has learned how to open the bathroom door... all semblance of privacy that I had before is over... the other night I was showering and I hear him barking, so I open the curtain and he's sitting there with his head shoved in the door just barking. I tell him to shut it several times, then when I'm done he's sitting outside the door waiting for me... like this...

my dog is a pervert. gross.
[so clearly, I took a picture of him and texted it to DJ with that same caption]

if you're still reading and I haven't throughly disgusted you by showing you by pervert dog's red rocket... here's another winner, so DJ and I were driving down in Atlanta on sunday and we saw this...

In what world is this okay.... seriously? wtf. creepy.

So You Think You Can Dance starts tonight and I'm all giggly and cheery just thinking about it, Jiggggaaa get excited to watch with me [DJ doesn't know it, but he's going to love the show and watch every episode with me... if he knows what's good for him]

well, that was my spaz out blog post of the day. hope you enjoyed it. 

what random ramblings are taking over your brain today?