Super Bowl Party

 

So I've been feeling weird lately, since Michael and I have become old and lazy.  We've missed all of the fun, unimportant holidays, such as Halloween, New Year's, St. Patrick's Day.  After going to bed a 10:00 p.m. on December 31, we decided we needed a change.  So we decided to have a Super Bowl party.

 

 

What the boys did: watch the game, watch the black out, gripe about the black out, pretend not to watch Beyonce.

What the girls did: watch the commercials, play skip bo, hold babies, and watch Beyonce.

 

The menu:  Mexican street tacos, guacamole, black beans, queso blanco dip, puppy chow chex mix, chocolate strawberries, brie dip, cookies, coffee cake.

 

So I wonder what all will go wrong at next year's Super Bowl since the stadium is in New Jersey in the middle of winter and there's no roof.  Come over and let's find out :)

 

 These guys were transfixed during the halftime show. 

 

 Danielle and Lauren's babies

 

 Erin's baby

 

 Nate rocking the baby Bjorn.

 I bet Matt is regretting his game of Skip Bo now that he's online.

The Hangover anyone...?

Chocolate dipped fresas





Anti-resolutions 2013

I have done New Year's resolutions for 10 years, and ONE year actually stuck to it.  I actually flossed every day in 2010.  I still floss all the time.  So this year, I decided to make some that make my life easier, rather than harder. 

1.  Read the bible all the way through.  Game plan: instead of reading at bedtime and falling asleep, download spoken Word app for my phone and listen to 3 chapters on my commute home.  If I still lived in Dallas, I could probably read the Bible through 2 or 3 times :)


from whirlingwind.com

2. Workout three times a week.  Game plan: now that I'm working until 5 (blah) instead of 4, I will go to the gym during my lunch hour for a body barre class, and do 2 workouts AT work.  See...? Life easier?  Since we have treadmills and weights, I'm going to get a quick workout in during lunch instead of after work in 35 degree cold when I'm tired and hungry. 

This will be me:

What are your resolutions and have you kept them up for 15 days....?

Favorites of Christmas 2012

  This Christmas was full of firsts and lasts.  We always get excited about taking time off and "relaxing", but really we go from sun up to sun down. I'm usually exhausted when I get back home, and just have energy to put away my new toys and NOT enough energy for laundry. 

 You'll have to excuse Max, he was a camera hog this year. 

Jereb tree

 This was our first Christmas with Franklin.  Had to put the antlers on Franklin while Michael was gone.  Doesn't approve of dog clothes and doesn't even know about cat clothes...

 Barb and I shabbied up my tree topper snow flake. 

 After losing the most ever, the Jereb boys and I decided to retire our Christmas gambling habit.  Definitely a LAST.

Rutledge home with lights.  This was the last Christmas at my childhood home.  The parentals are moving closer to town.

Love my momma!

 FM 449 before

 FM 449 AFTER.  My first white Christmas ever.

 I like the way he smiles :)

 Camera hog.

Best mac n cheese. Lawdy.

 The Rutledge's own backyard winter wonderland.

 Hope the white Christmas was a first and never a last.

 Christmas card next year? :)

 Wish we could leave stockings out all year.

 More home pics.

For the wedding, we got a ton of vintage post cards of places we've gone.  I turned the one from Puerto Rico into a Christmas card. It read: Dear Mary, Don't you wish you were here? Love, Brother John.

Typical brother!

And last, a recipe for Red Velvet Peppermint Swirl Brownies from Southern Living. 

DEFINITELY not a last :)

Christmas Card 2012

Now that everyone has gotten our cards, includuing my friends in South America, I can post this.  Thanks to @erinweaver for such amazing pictures, not to mention organizing the whole trip.  Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and is blessed by our Price of Peace.


My sweet friend, Fernando, from Montevideo, Uruguay.  He got the card in 3 weeks via avion.

Anxiously Waiting for Christmas

So I was in the mood to blog, but don't have any recent pictures.  I found this on my beautiful cousin, Laura's blog, and was in love.  You can find her blog here: http://www.realhomeliving.com/

Listening... A Very Him and Her Christmas.  Obsessed with Zooey de Chanel.  Recently watched ELF and it reminded me how great a singer she was.

 

Watching... Grey's Anatomy, Glee, New Girl, and ALL ABC Family Christmas movies :)

Eating... Cookies and Cream Fudge from Southern Living Christmas Cookbook 2011

Drinking... Shiner Holiday, tastes like peaches and pecans!

 

Pining... Crazy wrapped presents.  Unlike last year, I'm doing each present different.  What's wrong with a little holiday mental pathology in the form of presents?

 

Traveling... I'm still thinking about my weekend in Dallas that I saw all of my out of town Friends.  Romisa at the Rockette's, Mallory, Trevor, Jennifer, and English.  Love those Dallas roadtrips. 

 

Christmas Kitty

Wearing... Lots of Juicy velour track suits and Uggs.  I look like a middle schooler in the 1990s. 

Needing... Some time off!  I have been feeling out of balance now that my caseload has picked up.  Maybe that's why I left the house once this weekend..?

Inspired...  So glad that Michael and I finally decided on a church to keep growing with. 

Feeling... Anxious and ready for this week to be over so we can have Christmas in the sticks (Longview :)

Enjoying... year 2 of married life.  Seems like some year 1 husband "training" and encouraging has paid off, for now :)

Fall is For Friends

Junking in Round Top

 

Texas Reds Festival 

 

 

 

Tailgating for the LSU game

 

 Weiner Fest 2012

First Thanksgiving at the Jereb's

Hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving! So Thankful for you!