Tea Party!

My Tea Party Shower was this past weekend.. and it was amazing! It was absolutely the girliest thing EVER and I absolutely adored it. It was hosted by Roxanne, her daughter Alissa, her future daughter-in-law, Kourney, and her mother-in-law Wilona. Roxanne is married to Darrell, who is my dad's best friend and has been since they were in 5th grade. Darrell and Roxanne Dysone are also one of my 2 sets of god-parents.

The Dysons turned their living room, normally red, into the girliest mixtures of blues and greens. Pictures of Ed and I sat on every table. They set up round tables everywhere with china, tea pots, and tea cups that had tea packets sitting next to them. The tea packet, "The Perfect Blend," had mine and Ed's names on it as well as ou wedding date :) They gave me a box to take home with me- Ed said that as soon as I startr drinking one I'm going to want to cuddle and watch Enchanted. He's right :)

They completely went all out on the food, with so many types of sandwiches and fruit, and dessert! Chocolate cake, petits fours, and smaller April-size chocolate cakes! It was absolutely delicious. We all ate our yummy food and drank SO MANY types of teas, it was so much fun.
Gift time was fun too ;) Everyone was given a Bingo card to fill in with the gifts they thought I would get. Carra's mom won a bingo as did Ed's grandma, and took home flower arrangements.

I came away with more stuff than I knew what to do with! I didn't want to haul it all to Austin and then just move it again, so most of it went into storage. I brought a few things back :)

And guess who decided to surprise me!?! Carra!!! She called her mom on Thursday to tell her that she wanted to surprise me by coming in on Saturday. It was so great of her. She also bought her dress!! She and I have been hitting rough spots lately, and she really stepped up big this weekend. It was great to see her.

haha, and get this! One of my best friends since 5th grade, Brandon, stopped by to say hi on Friday. He brought with him a gift from his mom..a doilie with 'Buck' in it!! It's hilariously cute. Ed's not a huge fan, but it's def going in a frame and up on a wall somewhere :)

It was a fabulous shower! Completely showed up any that I had ever been to before. And now I have some good ideas for YOU LADIES in the future! I love you all and wish you could have been there to enjoy the girliness, it's nice to be disgustingly girly every once and a while.

I love Birthday Month!

Basically..because I'm a borderline brat (or maybe full-fledged) I declare the month of April, from April 8th on, my birthday! I have a whole month named after me, I can do what I want :)

I woke up Tuesday morning to a "Happy Birthday Baby" kiss from my Earnest. He then made me a very yummy breakfast and took me to school. I skipped my last class, why? It's my birthday! and Ed took me to my favorite pizza joint, Conan's!!! Their whole-wheat-deep-dish-hamburger pizza is to DIE for. And they have yummy salads with black olives and mozzarella cheese :)

I have been bugging Ed to take me out rowing on the lake since who knows when...it's been a while, because his old excuse was, "it's too cold outside!" so you KNOW that was forever ago. After our yummy lunch, he took me! We rented a paddle boat that you put-put around in with your feet. It was such an amazingly fun time! We chased after ducks and turtles, and I somehow managed to sunburn ONLY my KNEES. Crazy..Crazy good time!

After our adventure Ed took me out and bought me the most hideously indulgent cake ever. It's called a chocolate bomb. It is a layer of cake, piled high with chocolate mousse, and smoothed over with a thick layer of chocolate ganache. He paired it with a raspberry/vanilla cream swirl ice cream and freshly whipped cream. He hit that one out of the park.

Tuesday night for dinner we met friends at the Friday's on Lake Austin and had a spectacular view of..the pool. I didn't want to sit outside, it's my birthday! and I didn't want to be hot :) It was still a good time, and I still got to see the sun set.

After dinner we went back to Ed's to eat yummy cake and watch ENCHANTED. Sigh. It was the perfect day :)

I woke up Wednesday and today to "Happy Birthday Baby" kisses from my Earnest :) He's the one that let's me know when I'm being obnoxious and taking it too far, so we'll see how long he'll let me get away with it. My family is coming up this weekend to celebrate my birthday with me, see the Chapel and the Saltlick, and drop David off. He's going to be living with me for a little bit while he gets over this whoreface in Tomball, but I won't spoil my lovely post with her nonsense :)

Thank you to ALL of you for your wishes, cards and gifts!! I love you guys and wish you could have been here to share it with me, but I know I'll see you soon! Woo hoo for lingerie ;)

sting like a...

BEE!

OK. Yours truly is OFFICIALLY the COOLEST person alive. Here's why.

I volunteered at the Texas School for the Deaf this past Saturday. They were hosting 9 other states in a track tournament. I was working concessions outside, and rooting for the Texas Rangers. I was also drinking a coke. I went to finish off the coke..threw my head back and went to swallow. OOPS. I felt something in my mouth and then HOLY GEEZ felt the worst burn/STINGING on the roof of my mouth.

I spit coke and a dead BEE all over the front of my shirt, and frantically scratched at the roof of my mouth like a mad person to get the stinger out. I ran to the bathroom, no mirrors. Somehow I managed to get the dang thing out...everyone was staring. What in the world is that hearing girl up to?!?

I explained to the people I was working with what happened as the roof of my mouth started to swell. My ASL class had not prepared me for this conversation. They called a police man over who escorted me to the nurses office. My friend Catherine came with me in case my AIRWAY BECAME SWOLLEN SHUT and they had no way to identify me.

The nurse offered me some Oragel and popscicles, which I gladly took. She said to be on the lookout for any difficulty breathing, and if I felt it I should call 911. She told me I was lucky that I didn't swallow it or it didn't get stuck in my airway, because then I would have gone in to shock. Way to not freak me out lady.

I am not allergic to bees, thank goodness, so all I have is a tender mouth. Talking was difficult on Saturday, and teeth brushing is no fun, but it's all better now. Thank goodness.

ALWAYS look in your coke cans before consuming your beverages :)