Homeward Bound

Ah..... so relaxed.  On an impromptu trip home to Tulsa this past weekend I got my fill of family, friends, and relaxation.  With this unemployment finger tapping me on the shoulder every second I sit at home searching all over the Internet for a job, I had to get out. Get home. How lucky that I found a decently priced flight last week and on top of that my sister would be home at the same time! Family reunion!!!

My favorite part about us all being home at the same time. Mani's & Pedi's.  Hollar! Even better.... my mom was loving on the massage chair so much she threw in a stone massage.  I've never had one of those before and definitely recommend it for those of you who love pedi's like me :)

Happy Monday my lovely little readers.  Hope it was a good one!

5 lbs Later....

I returned home to Denver from Tulsa, OK.

I did PLENTY of eating and wining it up back at home which left me exhausted today when I hit the road for work! Who knew that going on vacation could make you feel like you need another vacation to recover.

After having TWO, that's right TWO, Thanksgiving dinners over the holiday weekend, I opted to take the high road and convince myself a few extra yummy meals wouldn't make that much of a difference.  Psh... tell that to my work pants! Felt a little more snug this morning getting into them!

Oh well.  It was all worth it.  Especially getting to see my mom and sister for an extended period which we don't get to do very often.

Best part of the weekend.... Seeing "Breaking Dawn" the new Twilight movie.  It was AMAZING.  Yes AMAZING.  I mean it is hard to judge a movie vs. the book considering the book was just the best book I have every read (yes I am a huge fan - judge me if you want, but read the books first!). But I love seeing a book come to life and how other people portray it.

After the movie we headed toward the entrance to find Alvin and the Chipmunks waiting for us in life-size figurines.  How could we resist taking a picture with them?  After looking closely at my mom and sisters picture I noticed the chipmunk was taking a bite out of mom's butt! We all were laughing hysterically when we walked out.  Definitely the prime of the whole weekend and glad we got a good laugh out of it!

I hope everyone had a great holiday break and got their week off to a good start today. Stay tuned for ICUC tomorrow with Chasing Davies!

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Apartment Therapy

Moving to Denver was one thing.... but having to decorate my apartment has proven to be more challenging than I anticipated. I have a few things where I want them in terms of decorating and such, so I thought I'd let you into my apartment while I work on making the final touches.

Introducing..... my BATHROOM!

Sorry this has to be the first room of the tour de Laura, but it's the only one that's really "finished."

Although this looks grey its actually a pretty blue color!

Now get this... it's ALL from Target! I made about 10 trips in one week. There is no way to actually walk out of that place without buying SOMETHING.  Point and case is me walking in there to return something today and coming out with a loaf of french bread.  Now why I needed a loaf of french bed I don't know... but I bought it and i will enjoy every bite of it :)

Hope you're having a great weekend friends!

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What Day Is It?

Oh it's Tuesday....All day I thought it was Monday. In fact, so did Meggy.  We were emailing back and forth about our "I See, You See" thinking it was TOMORROW.  Ooops. So our apologies we have to push our "I See, You See" to tomorrow since we both got a little behind with the long weekend.

So for today I will keep it short and sweet.  As you can tell I've been a little M.I.A.  This weekend was filled with going away celebrations, wedding festivities, moving to Denver (yep... I'm officially in Denver now).

Yesterday was my first time on the road for over five hours alone (well Mia was with me).  The drive was probably the most boring 8 hours of my life.  Walt had forewarned me about how there isn't much to look at on the way from KC to Denver, but did tell me to keep an eye out for the wind farm in Kansas about 2.5 hours into the drive.  So here we have it... the most exciting part of my drive (sorry for the sloppy iPhone photo - it was dangerous enough doing this let alone using my huge camera!)

This wind farm was literally in the middle of NOWHERE and went on for MILES!!!

Stay tuned for our ISUS tomorrow, our theme is FOOD! YUM!

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I'm Moving!

But don't worry, you will still be able to find me here!

I just found out that I have been offered a job in Denver, Colorado!!! As some of you may know, I make frequent trips to Denver with the BF and have completely fallen in love with the city.  Walt and I both knew it was a matter of time until we moved there, but just as luck would have it I found a new job in the city I've had my eye on for quite some time.  New industry. New City. New Apartment.

I'm so excited for this new adventure in my life and I am so happy to be doing it knowing that I will not only have friends in the city where I am moving, but I will forever have amazing people in Kansas City to come back and visit.  It's bitter sweet really.  I honestly felt like I was breaking up with a boyfriend this morning when I went in to tell my co-workers. Of course, I cried like a goober, but come on.  I've spent over three years with these people! They are like family.

Then I have my great friends who I've known for almost eight years now for most of them that I am leaving behind, but have every intention of keeping in touch.  AHH... This is so hard to even write about this without getting teary eyed.  I love my life here so much but I'm thrilled about moving onto this next chapter.

Just wanted to share my big news of the day.  That's all :)

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Just a Walk in the (Dog) Park

Sorry I've been a little incognito the past couple of days.  Between going to the "Mad Men" event at Banana Republic on Thursday with Katie where their strategy to give customers free drinks and shop worked...

...and making the last minute decision to drive to Tulsa through torrential down pours on Friday afternoon to visit my mom and sister (and their 4 little monsters), I haven't left much time for posting!

To make up for it, I thought I'd share my Saturday afternoon with you while it's still here.  Trying to avoid shopping to save some monies, we opted to take my sisters two boston terrorists and my mom's fluff balls to the dog park.

Result: Enzo got harassed by some schnauzers which inevitably made him overly cautious when any other dogs approached him and turning him into a barking maniac. Max was totally lame and sat right by my mom's feet the entire time (smart considering there was a huge lab and great dane running around).  Harley was sprinting all over the place making friends left and right. Beau apparently was supposed to be born a large dog instead of a small one, because he couldn't stay away from all the big dogs pouncing on every one that walked into the park!

Of the two that did stay still for more than two seconds, these are the quick pictures I got.

Enzo dug himself a hole to cool off in the shade 

Max being a lazy bones just chillin'

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