my dallas weekend...

...in pictures!

the end! :)

oh! and a furniture before and after is coming soon! :)

dolla signs

that's all hubzy is seeing since my trip to austin. i mean... i meant to set a budget, but kinda never got around to it... oops.

austin recap?

• Iron Cactus (mexican restaurant... delish mexican martinis)
• Sixth Street... 3 nights! Favorite: Pete's! oh and the cheapness of everything!
• Alamo Drafthouse: GREASE SING-A-LONG. jealous? i know. i am sad that we weren't able to do the GLEE-A-LONG. real sad.
• failed attempt to go to Barton Springs
• Chuy's queso and creamy jalapeno dip. mmm.
• photo shoot!
• floatin' the guadalupe! finishing the day at the gristmill!

NEXT TIME:

• More Pete's.
• Stay at the Driskill (crossing fingers!)
• Eat at more hole in the walls
• Kayaking

so hard to leave. hubz and i have decided that as soon as we decide to change jobs or locations, we WILL move to austin. you don't even know how serious i am.

and now i just want to vacation all the time. professionally. who is with me?

on another note... i am about to enter into 24 hour work days. not really... but it feels like it... so i'll probably be behind on blogging. baking. crafting. sigh. 

...i just want to be a housewive. i'm starting to think i'll settle for a stay at home mom. whoa. i'll stop there.

planning a meal schedule... i suck at it. should i do a week or multiple at a time? learning. learning.

back tomorrow!

i'm in austin. and late.

i missed my wednesday list.

oops.

i'll do a quick one riiiiight now. well after i tell you how much i love piano bars.

I LOVE PIANO BARS. dueling piano bars. 


i also love iron cactus. allison and i had these pork enchiladas with a fried egg on top... sounds weirdddd, huh? WRONG. it was delicious. thank goodness for her because i would never have thought to try the dish.


so on today's agenda is a quite time at mozarts. play time at barton springs. and maybe alamo draft house. what if i never want to leave austin???


okay... time for today's (er, yesterday's ) list:

U.S. Places i want to visit... NOW!

1. alaska

it is green AND white. places are not so cold, and some places are! i always thought it was like, antartica #2. but after reading some of trev's outside magazines, i realized... its got WAY more to offer. and it looks really pretty.

2. california.

specifically these places:

LAGUNA BEACH.

don't even know where this is...but i want to do some hiking while i'm there... see the woodsy parts of CA.

hollywood blvd.

oh and famous ppl. i want to see them too.

3. maine

b/c the hubby wants to. 

pretty though, huh?

4. new york city

i've already been there... but it would be great to go NOT in december...when it's maybe NOT snowing the whole time?

i'm not going to post a picture... i want to go everywhere! and see wicked again.

5. washington

rain rain all the time. and i love it.

pretty. 

so... there you have it... off to get in a swimsuit!

vacays.

welp. last week i took some time to go hang out with the fam in the ville. this week, trevor is hanging out with his fam in arkansas. having chicken n' dumplins... remember?

well... next month i have another little vacay with the bestie... in AUSTIN.

now. people. what should we do/where should we go?

ideas i've had so far:

barton springs... or the River Pool as i like to call it....


tubing the Guadelupe


duh.

anything else i should know about/go to? restaurants, anyone????
let a sistah know.

and lastly... WE HAVE DONE IT. we have booked our december vacay (i might have said that in the last post...oops) but what you didn't see were pictures. or a link. :) :) 


so, thanks to Hannah Tull..er, Steiner's fabulous help... this is our resort:



DID YOU SEE THAT? the hammocks over the water???? yeah. that's right.
the hubz and i will thoroughly enjoy this vacay because it will be the last we take for a WHILE. (you know, one day we want to be homeowners!)

what are your summer/vacay plans?

ARKANSAS... family and pictures

HOTTIES mishayla and kylan were super sweet to let me practice on them. we went around siloam springs, AR and took several pics. let me tell you, that small little town has BALLER scenery and vintage-like backgrounds. i LOVED it.

sooooooooooooo this past weekend was spentin AR with trev's fam. i'll give you the highlights.

1. Trev's fmaily reunion/christmas in oklahoma. we played dirty santa/white elephant and it was real fun. we got the BIGGEST jar of Tony's cajun seasoning i've ever seen, some shish-kabob skewers, a flip jar, hot sauce, and a cute dish towel. additionally i got to meet aunt camillie who made the most wonderful pineapple cake EVER. if anyone has a good recipe for one (it has to have good topping/icing/drizzle) PLEASE PLEASE send me one.

2. Early Birthday Date Night - a NIIIICE restaurant in fayetteville called Theo's with a fun atmoshpere, some after dinner dixon street perusing, and a surprise hotel room! he's so sweet! :)

aaaaaaaaaand today was the first day on the job. real low key since i'm not set up yet to access the databases i need... so i didn't do much. but i have a desk, phone, email (rebeccaj@skyranch.org), voicemail, and temporary computer! ha. so it kinda felt like i was hanging around sky ranch rather than working, bu everyone told me it will soon change! :)

can i also just list a few recent OBSESSIONS?
-mitch hedburg. old comedian who everyone probably has heard of, minus me. until this weekend. please listen to some of his stand up if you haven't. you will NOT regret it.
- GREEK. priemere tonight! holla. it has been a straight ADDICTION on hulu for the past 2 weeks.
-eating food that goes over my weight watchers points. tsk tsk. but i'm BACK ON! so lets do this thing and lose this thing!d

lastly, please pray for trevor and i as we try to get up the energy/desire to find a good church close to our community. we've kinda been flaky lately (mainly me) and i'm nervous about trying all of them and not liking a single one. i need to be disciplined about getting up and trying them out. however, i'm just not. so, prayer needed. we want deep community, rooted in biblical truth. i feel like i just don't see it even when it does exist, because it requires work to get involved. basically just laziness, lack of fervor. i need someone (namely, jesus) to come destroy that in me.

also, if anyone wants to get in front of my camera for fun, please let me know, i would LOVE to get some more practice in!

PEACE.