And I finally got around to getting my house painted. I’m super happy with the results…
Living Room (Stone)
Dining Room and Kitchen (Silver/Gray)
Hall Bathroom (Chocolate Mouse)
Office (very soft green)
My Room (gray)
Master Bathroom (silver & gray) and perhaps my favorite
Upstairs Bedroom (Stone)
And empty so it’s ready for sis to move in next week
Upstairs Bathroom (Darker Stone)
And sans the wallpaper FINALLY!
I went to New York this weekend with some friends. Rather than bore you with the details of how we saw James Earl Jones, John Larroquette, Eric McCormack, Susan Sarandon, and Candice Bergen, I will share my sadness over not being able to buy something I would have never thought I would care about anyways.
These amazing, gorgeous, beautiful, Tom Ford “Whitney” sunglasses I fell in love with at Henri Bendel:
Never in a million-gazillion years would I have imagined giving a second thought to $400 sunglasses, but dang it if these didn’t give me a third and forth and fifth thought. I don’t think I’ve spent over $30 on a pair of sunglasses ever. And I still want them. Bad. Are you listening Santa?
Thankfully my friends were there to keep me from having to eating Ramen Noodles for the next year. However, if you are reading this and like spending outrageous amounts of money on other people, I gladly accept gifts 
In January 2011, I turned 30, and man was I pumped about it. My twenties as a whole were a rough decade and I was going to take my thirties by storm. I was ready! And then all of a sudden it was January 2012 and I was turning 31…
And I was not happy about it. AT. ALL. A funny thing happened, I believed that taking my thirties by storm meant everything had to happen in one year. I was sad, I was disappointed. Thirty had not been as amazing as I had planned. It’s been a few months and I’ve lightened up some, but I still have dark moments. Moments thinking, what if the next 9 years are the same and nothing changes and nothing is amazing and then I’m 40. FORTY. OMG. WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?!?!?!?!
Last night I got a nice dose of perspective as I was randomly scrolling through my old tweets. I guess Thirty wasn’t so bad after all. In fact, it was a pretty great year. I needed this.
“Hello from the 20! That’s right – we got field access ” – Feb 6, 2011 @ Dallas Stadium for the Superbowl
“So if you buy 6 bottles you get 10% off. But if you buy 10, you get the 10% off plus a look that silently asks if you are okay.” – 2/26/11 @ Total Wine buying the wine for book club at my place.
“Totally copping out by sending an email to tell a guy that I didn’t want to see him again. Avoiding his texts got too exhausting.” “Also… if @elizabeth_cw is much later to BSP, I may have to break up with her too” – 3/18/11 at BSP with EW (eventually)
“Poolside with a mimosa. Not a bad way to start the afternoon.” 3/26/11 in Clearwater, Florida on a station trip.
“‘Mickey Mouse You too!’ – SW #disneyappropriatecurses” – 4/3/2011 @ Disneyworld for a wedding.
“Got my new passport in the mail today, so… The govt has my permission to shutdown if they are so inclined.” – 4/8/11 @ home.
“He said, “I’ll wear you down eventually, even if it takes 2 years. We have all the same friends” I said, “I’ll make new friends” – 4/9/11
“Is it bad that I said yes when the Party City lady asked if the Princess Tiara was for my daughter” – 4/29/11 @ Party City buying a tiara for a Royal Wedding Party.
“Excited for Six Flags Today!” – 6/18/11 on my way to Six Flags for the first time since I moved to Atlanta.
“Walking Rusty after a couple margaritas is no easy task. I mean, the poor guy is stumbling all over the place” - 6/24/11 after walking Rusty after having a few drinks at a summer work happy hour.
“Wouldn’t it be better if we just gave Keanu Reeves the job and ended this whole lock out think. Just Saying #badjoke #thereplacements” – 6/28/11
“In case anyone needs a unique compliment someday… my grandpa just told me I’m as handy as a pocket in a shirt” – 7/3/11 in Missouri visiting my grandpa.
“Cruising past Canada. Can’t wait to hit Alaska tomorrow!” – 7/9/11
“Taking tequila shots at Old Decatur Courthouse. I’d say it’s time to hit the dance floor…” – 7/23/11 at K&N’s wedding reception
“You know it’s a good night when you get home from book club and it’s technically the next day ” – 8/9/11 @ home after a super-sized book club.
“Wine & Cheese Happy Hour at work is the perfect precursor to Shade & Shots at the Botanical Gardens!” – 8/18/11 sometime in between the two…
‘Somali Pirates sentenced to life. Really? Couldn’t we have been more creative with that. Gang Plank over sharks or something…” – 8/23/11 and I still wholeheartedly stand behind this statement.
“Ready to dance to Yacht Rock at Park Tavern with Jools:)” – 9/2/11 @ Park Tavern
” ‘This is not Camp Hell, This is Camp Boring Ass Movie’ – me. ‘Yeah, when’s the murdering going to start’ – LH” – 10/12/11 @ my place for scary movie night with the girls.
“LH, Don’t you mean “The Orchestra – starring former members of ELO” Good Times at Epcot!” 10/21/11 in Orlando for Horror Nights and Epcot Food and Wine Festival
“If my mom had invented SIRI, then she would have been programmed to tell me to enunciate after everything I say” – 11/10/11 after getting my very first (and so far only) iPhone
and finally…
“I kind of want to get blue solo cups for Saturday just as a joke for AB. I think she’d appreciate it.” – 1/11/12, or as I like to call it 31 years after the most amazing person on the planet was born.
Special mention to a couple of my favorite tweets written by someone else when I was thirty.
” Given our current economic status, I wonder if LFO would now settle for girls who wear Aeropostale” – @jscottmoore
“When a server asks, ‘Diet Pepsi okay?’ The proper response is ‘Do I look like a murderer?!’” @kellyoxford
This week has been an especially busy one for my habit of over-analyzing things. After talking a few things through with friends and being completely whelmed* with stupid possible future outcomes, I have decided…
Next time I pray for a distraction, I need make it clear I mean an uncomplicated one…
*Which, to answer Bianca’s question in 10 Things I Hate About You, you can totally just be.
Is that too early to start a countdown?
I have entered a new world.
And I’m loving it!
A couple of weeks ago my Grandpa got to go on the Honor Flight from St. Louis to Washington D.C. This is an amazing program that takes veterans to D.C. to see the war memorials. It is an all-inclusive one-day trip for the veterans and open first to WWII veterans and then other veterans based availability.
My grandpa had the time of his life and said the overall experience was one of the most impressive things he’s ever been a part of. That’s a pretty big statement for an 88-year-old. If you know any WWII veterans who have not done this, I definitely think you should have them look into it and sign up. Just hearing my grandpa talk about it brightened my month.
Or maybe just favorite song of the day. I can be fickle sometimes.
I’m not really a big The Band Perry fan, but damn if they didn’t hit the nail on the head with this one.
