Catching Up

Here follows the promised blogs I would compose. Sorry it took so long. Just busy living life. Enjoy!

My First Love

This car is my first love. This is the first car that I have ever owned. I saved and scrimped in high school for it so I could have a way to take early college. I've had it for almost four years. On November 5th, I got into a pretty bad collision. I'm so blessed and so lucky to come out of it without serious injury. Just some neck and lower back sores. Here is a picture of its sad, crooked little smile after my dad and I bent the bumper back to make it presentable. It runs! Thank goodness! But there are some problems with it. Antifreeze leaks like crazy! The radiator is cracked pretty bad along the top. And the power steering fluid leaks as well. My daddy and I took last Sat to take it apart and look at the damage. The power steering tube is fixed and getting a new radiator will fix the antifreeze leakage. I don't want to get rid of this car! I love it! Plus, no payments on it....the best kind of car for newly weds.
A new radiator is on its way for this Sat. We'll be installing it ourselves. My dad is a genius! After that, my little scoot-a-bout will be as good as new and then I can scoot-a-bout anywhere I need.
Thanks to all of those that I bummed rides from. Much appreciated!

Cinderella Man

My personal Cinderella. :D

We bought a mop from All-A-Dollar. Never will again. But hey, what can you expect? Its All-A-Dollar! It broke after a few swipes at the floor. So now, we use a wash rag and some elbow grease. Reese and I were getting ready for Thanksgiving, company, etc. He opted for the floor rather than the dishes. 'Alright...?' I said out of the corner of my mouth, making sure that he didn't want to trade.

The funniest thing...the very next day, Reese came home from work with a Swifer Starter kit in his hand. Lol. What a doll!

Chicken Chow Mein

This picture means a thousand words to me. Comes with a story that is going down in the books of 'Reese & Beccie'.

Reese was at work. I was craving Chinese food. We are newly weds and can't afford to eat out. So I scrimped around the house and made homemade chicken chow mein from things I found.

Ingredients included:
Chow Mein noodles,Chicken, Chick peas, Red Bell Peppers, Salt/Pepper, Soy Sauce, Broccoli, and Mushrooms, etc. The house smelled amazing, I'd have to say. And it was pretty darn good!

That night I had to work. I had to spend the night overnight at a house up in Eagle Wood. After Reese got off, he came up and visited me. He said he was way hungry and that he was craving pizza. He hinted, 'Guess what babe!? Red Robin Pizza is on sale this week at Dick's!' I gave him the go ahead to buy the pizza but that we'll eat it for a date night that weekend. I said, 'I just made giant size load of Chicken Chow Mien.' He seemed anxious to try the chinese food and was happy about the idea I proposed.

The week passes and soon comes the weekend. The chinese was almost gone. But hey, its Friday night, we both have it off of work. Lets eat pizza! I told Reese that I'll put the luandry away if he heats the oven and makes a vegetable. The look on his face was priceless! He looked like a kid that was about to confess something horrible to his mother. Scared, nervous, and vulnerable. I asked him what was up.

He proceeded to tell me that when he went home that night after visiting me, he cooked up a pizza and ate it ALL. BY HIMSELF, mind you!

I was shocked! I tease him about it to this day! I am not letting him go. I 'slaved' over that gourmet dinner and he didn't even eat any of it that night! He ate the pizza....WITHOUT ME!!!
Ha ha ha. What a story to tell our kids....

Angel

This is one of my best friends, Heather. She is the sweetheart that I take care of. She has taught me so much. She has taught me to love, to be patient, to laugh, to look at the simple things in life and to also enjoy life as its given to me. She is amazing.
In this picture, we are enjoying our favorite dessert. Chocolate Pudding!

Yo Yo Ma

Here's a shot of One Republic and the amazing cellist! I'm so sad! I didn't catch his name. But he was amazing! Look that that thing! What a gorgeous cello! Ha ha ha. I tried the cello for a while. My hand span isn't that big. Especially since my fingers are crooked. Well, take that back, my pinky one is really the problem. Tis why I play the Violin. Still makes for a difficult fourth finger to play. Gah!

ONE REPUBLIC

OH MY GOSH!!! Can you say AMAZING!!!! I was so lucky to attend the ONE REPUBLIC concert with my sista-Krystal Bean, my motha in law-Tammy, my favorite sista in law- Keaners (he he he), and my good friend Chelse-a-bells. It was such a hoot. The opener was Spill Canvas. They sang such a scandalous song. And of course I loved it! It's called 'Connect the Dots'. Its such a...hum....how do I put it...making whoopie song. The best! :D Of course they sang 'All Over You'. All of us ladies jumped up and jammed to that one. Next, out came One Republic! This picture here shows the lead singer playing the piano. Their theme was red lamps across the stage and red drapes hanging this way and that. (As shown behind him.)It was really neat and unique. I thought-ingenius. They were great entertainers! They had a guy join their band for this tour. They found him off of the internet. He plays the cello. I was jealous! When he came on stage, he brought out a black electric cello! My jaw dropped! Lucky dude. But he earned every penny of that thing. He was amazing! A real Yo Yo Ma! He mostly played thier songs acoustic. My favorite genre of songs. He did rock out to some spunky songs though. My sista-in-law, bless her heart, she bought me a One Republic cap. I love it! Keaners and Chelse-a-bells got t-shirts and went and did a meet and greet with the band. JEALOUS!!! Ladies-I'd have to say that it was a awesome and well needed Ladies Night Out! Good times, good times.

Kids...lol

(Awe!!!!!) Here are our cutie pies! We were so fortunate to come upon two kittens. We got them on November 4th. They are brother and sister. They were about to be put to sleep when I saw them. Knowing this information, my heart just couldn't let that happen. I'm not a cat person. Give me a big muddy dog, I'll be happy. But Reese Jay has been wanting cats for a long time. I saw these and immediately thought of him. I went and bought food, kitty litter and toys. When Reese Jay came home from work that night he was so suprised and so estactic! For days we were trying to come up with names. We were thinking Figero and Cleo (Pinochio), also Simba and Nala (Lion King). Finally, after a week went by with nameless kittens we chose Lady (for the girl) and Chester (for the boy). Lady fit her personality perfectly. She is so dainty and petit and such a sweetheart. Chester, well, we should have named him Trouble Maker, Rascal, or Stinker! He is into everything and anything! He eats socks, cords, butter, and anything he can fit into his mouth. They get along great. They love to play and tackle each other. Their 'meows' are so angelic. You can barely hear them, they are so tiny. They are about 4 months old now. Still a lot of growing and exploring to do. Sigh.....

Oh Dear!

I have so much to say but too little time to explain. So much has happened. I have pics for everything. I knew this was going to be the case. Between school and work and husband, I don't have time to sit and 'blog'. This is just a note saying that I haven't forgotten about this 'blogging thing', but just a rain check that I will come back and post more fulfilling stuff.

Some People!!!

"That's all I have to say about that."
-Forrest Gump