The Bedroom Scene

Dang! I’m so far behind in my blogging! I’m going to have to update you on two weeks, so hang on.

Last weekend, February 21-22, our friends from Austin (Mike & Julie) came into town to celebrate my birthday with us. We went to Medieval Times, and had a BLAST! That place is so much fun!! I signed up for the birthday mailing list so we can go back every year.

Here’s the picture we took when we arrived:


Is that the most awesome picture you’ve ever seen, or what?!

I had to leave the next day to go to Baltimore for an economic development course, so my birthday weekend was cut a little short. Then that night, Garrett found out he had to fly to Nashville the next day to work on the show Drag Race High for the Speed Network.

Since we were out of town at the same time, one of the guys he works with kept the dogs for us. The first day he had them Willow decided to take a dip in his saltwater pool and couldn’t get back out. Fortunately, he found her and was able to fish her out and giver her CPR. She’s fine now, but she cries a little when she gets near pools.

I got back Wednesday night and Garrett got back Thursday just in time for a music video shoot for work. This was another video for the artist they work with, Katie Mariah, and some of it was shot in Cedar Hill (where we live and I work).

Since we live here, the crew used our home as their base and also shot the bedroom scene there. I know, it sounds weird, but I swear it’s just an innocent scene where the guy brings his wife breakfast in bed...I swear!!


The shoot was a ton of fun! I even got to be an extra in one of the scenes at a restaurant. I think the back of my head is a natural actor!

Last night Garrett flew back out to Nashville, so I’m home alone again with the dogs. It’s a big change from the 18 people we had in the house over the weekend!

Happy Birthday to ME!!

V-day at the Stockyards

So, of course I meant to post these sooner, but C'est la vie!

Garrett gave me some beautiful roses for Valentine's Day!

And I gave him a Razor to ride around his office and downtown Dallas. He LOVES it!

We went to the Fort Worth Stockyards for Valentines day on Saturday and had a blast! We ate some awesome BBQ, tried on cowboy boots, and I even got to sit on a Texas Longhorn. (The animal, not the football player...)

Here are some of the highlights:

Tornadoes!!

Today is one week until my birthday! I know, I’m getting a little too old to be excited about birthdays still, but I can’t help it! This year I’ll be a quarter-century old. That’s just crazy!

This week has been busy at work for both me and Garrett!

Tuesday night I presented the Business Retention Strategic Plan I wrote to the City council. I got a little nervous right before my presentation, but it went really well! I was so proud of myself!

Garrett came to watch the presentation, and so did some of our Board members and community business leaders. I was worried we wouldn’t have a very good turn-out because we were forecasted to have bad weather that evening, but we had a good show. We even got some media coverage for the Today paper and the BSW Citizen!

That night we did get some pretty bad weather. You may have seen all the tornadoes on the news in Oklahoma and North Texas. Luckily, we live in Southern Dallas County, and all the tornado activity was in North Dallas. We just got some heavy rain and wind. Our sirens never even went off! From what people have told me, tornadoes rarely make it down this far South.

Garrett’s been working on a big editing job for a medical company. He had to do the spot in English and Spanish. Garrett’s officially a bi-lingual editor!

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th, so we’re going to go see the new Friday the 13th movie when we get off work, of course! It should be a blast!!

Woven Cable Scarf

Chelsey got me this yarn and pattern for Christmas and I just got it finished over the weekend. I had to devote a whole post to it because it turned out so awesome! It's the Woven Cable Scarf for Moda Dee. I love it!!



(I know you're wondering, and yes - I always take this many pictures of what I knit.)

You've gotta have Faith!

It’s already Thursday! Time flies in Texas!

This past weekend we went to Club Da Da in Downtown Dallas to see Los Campesinos. The name is Spanish for “the peasants” but they are actually from the UK and they are AWESOME!

We had so much fun seeing them. Here’s one of their music videos for Garrett’s favorite song, “Death to Los Campesinos.”



If you live in Panama City, you may remember a story on the news a few years ago about a two-legged dog named Faith that walks upright. I think the dog was on tour, so they did this whole story on the perseverance of this sweet dog that was born with deformities and overcame them. Here’s her story:



Well, that dog lives in DFW! Garrett’s work was hosting an event Tuesday night and when he walked out of his office, he saw a dog walking around on its back legs like a person. He was amazed by her. He said she is one of the coolest, sweetest dogs he’s ever seen. It’s true that everyone can use a little faith!

I told you it's cold!

It was 19 degrees this morning when I was getting ready for work. My car was so iced over, I couldn't open the door!