Countdown of Me.

Bob's sister did this on her blog, and I thought it would be fun to officially record my favorite things. Sooooo. Here they be...

TEN of my favorite foods

1- My homemade chicken and dumplings (Mamaw's recipe)

2- Cheese dip from Old Mexico (which is no longer in business)
3- MP's deviled eggs
4- Outback Cheesefries
5- Raising Canes
6- McNuggets (don't judge me)
7- My Mom's vanilla milkshakes
8- A Mary Jane from Sundown
9- Crawfish ravioli
10- Bob's grilled steak

NINE of my all-time favorite movies
1- Steel Magnolias
2- Gone With the Wind (and Scarlet)
3- Head over Heels
4- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
5- What Dreams May Come
6- Meet Joe Black
7- Life as a House
8- For Love of the Game (CLEAR THE MECHANISM)
9- Lion King

EIGHT celebrities I'd like to marry:
1- Bradley Cooper
2- Patrick Dempsey (circa 1987)
3- Gabriel Macht
4- Barry Zito
5- Jake Ryan
6- Stanley Tucci
7- Garrett Hedlund
8- Timothy Olyphant (but only from Catch and Release)

SEVEN things I'm loving right now:
1- MY JOB
2- Getting to come home to wiggly, fuzzy butt Hank every day
3- Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays with Bob at home
4- Finally having a BFF in Charlotte
5- House shopping
6- 4 pics 1 word
7- Cooking in my (still new) kitchen

SIX places I'd like to visit someday:
1- Greece
2- Scotland
3- Italy
4-Belize (again)
5- Ireland
6- Nepal

FIVE games I played as a child:
1- Race cars (with BL)
2- Candyland
3- Battleship
4- Red Rover
5- Mother May I

FOUR things I'd rather never see again:
1- The inside of ICU from a hospital bed
2- New Orleans after a hurricane
3- A moldy kitchen
4- A particular long lost relative (who can just stay lost, damn it)

  THREE things I'd like to do this year:
1- Buy a house
2- Make a baby
3- Be the wife of a .... pilot (aka for Bob to get his dream job)

TWO facts about me
1- I survived a 25ft fall
2- I make the best peanut butter rice crispies you'll ever stuff in yo' face.

ONE meaning behind my blog name
1-Bob and I call our bedtime toe entanglement MONKEYTOES.

Weekend Recap.

Sooo. This has been one interesting weekend. I came to Hometown last Thursday, which was a day before the arctic blast hit the area. Did I pack for that? Nope. I brought shorts. Lots of shorts. Yeah.

Friday night I had a choice between my high school homecoming game OR the MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice in concert. I chose the concert. And it was HORRIBLE! Omg. Hammer found Jesus and sang mostly gospel songs before he FINALLY played Hammertime and 2 Legit. Good ol' Rob sang Ice Ice Baby, about 7 other songs I've never heard, and then plugged his DIY show no fewer than 15 times. I ran into a friend of mine from college and my Mom's bff from when I was a baby. So it wasn't a total bust. I did get to see some good peeps. Just not good peeps singing. In other news, my high school won their game, bringing their record to 5-1.

Saturday night I had a choice between my college's football game or going to a friends engagement party (along with my other friends Kat and Jamie). I chose the party. And it was INCREDIBLE. I went to school with the bride from 2nd grade to 12th. We weren't too close in school, but became great friends during college and after.

Now this wasn't a typical engagement party. She's Indian and Hindu and she found her a nice Indian/Hindu boy to marry. They had a half naked, very large and in charge Hindu priest there to bless the marriage and lead the ceremony. They all signed contracts and the groom to be (Ajay) scored a pretty sweet Rolex watch from the bride's parents (an Indian tradition). It was a pretty chaotic, incredible ceremony. I was very impressed with all the tradition and ceremony involved. A lot of it, Asha admitted, even her parents weren't familiar with. It's not every day you attend an event like that. I can't wait for her wedding, which I'm told will last approximately three days and I should expect everyone to stay intoxicated for the whole of those three days.

Even though we didn't go to the game, we heard all about it. La Tech won, making them 5-0 and ranked #23 in the nation, which is amazing for my little alma mater. So proud of them!

The rest of my time in Hometown has been spent eating (Johnny's Pizza and Sundown) and trying to keep warm. I'll head home tomorrow after squeezing in a haircut (I still come here for haircuts). I mean, the only place that has hair stylists is Hometown. Right?

No bitching zone.

I'm not going to bitch about our kitchen. Promise. I would catch you up on our lives, but that would involve bitching about our kitchen. So instead of talking about what we've been doing, here's what we're going to do...

Bob (I) bought me a Christmas present yesterday. That boy is a fool if he thinks I'm really going to wait until Christmas to actually use it. I learned my lesson last year. Bob bought me a panini maker "for Christmas" in October. He stashed it in the closet at his house and then freaking deployed for 2 months, then went straight to training. So I didn't get my panini maker until APRIL when I moved here. So. The lovely, beautiful, amazing Kate Spade purse that I ordered yesterday (which will be perfect to use for fall) WILL be used well before Christmas ever even thinks of arriving.

We have some pretty fun stuff to do in the months to come. (I'm focusing on future fun stuff instead of dwelling on my lack of kitchen. Not bitching, just explaining.) Some friends of ours are getting married in Lake Tahoe in a few of weeks. I'm so ridiculously excited to watch those kids get married. I big pink puffy heart them both. She's adorable and he's amazing.

In October, we having the National Guard dining out. It's basically prom for grown ups. I fully intend on having a rocking dress, courtesy of Rent the Runway. Screw buying another dress I'll never wear again. I'm renting this shit from now on.

Besides trips and functions, I'm really excited about our house. (I'm still not bitching.) There are so many things I've wanted to do since I moved in, and I just haven't had time. Our kitchen is going to be phenomenal. We're putting down hardwood floors. I'm painting upstairs and getting our guest rooms in some sort of cozy, welcoming order. And at some point, our backyard will be the envy of the neighborhood.

Oh. And I'm getting a dog. As soon as our house isn't moldy anymore (just stating a fact, not bitching).