Summer has arrived!

First and foremost, my apologies for the lack of blog updates...who knew that graduating from college and not having class and homework everyday would be so time consuming. Anyway, the finer things in life these days...summer has begun and the weekends are packed full of fun agendas. This weekend for example allowed for multiple happy hours, friend get togethers and the inaugural Beer Olympics hosted by a lovely couple whose backyard should be kept in your prayers after a downpour of rain during the festivities and 30 people trampling it. Each team was to consist of two males and 1 females - my team, The Lagers (yes, it was a lumberjack theme) made it to the Final Four. Which, if you were wondering was as good as being the champion, due to the games' inability to be completed as a response to some unfortunate events. Let me tell you that Beer Olympics Landmines - if you don't know what this is, you shouldn't be playing did its job. Other team names included: Nascar Nation, The Red Stripes (think Jamaican) and The Miller Knights. Pictures will be added soon, don't despair. This week will provide yet another finer aspect in life (mostly Fort Worth) as the Colonial Golf Tournament takes over the city with professional golfers and spectators. So tune in, as I will be in attendance multiple days....Picture: classic summer motto....

Cheers!

TGIF

Fridays - I have decided are the best days of the week. With a Friday you are granted so many things; an opportunity to get your life back together after Thursday's night of debauchery, a chance to sleep in (if you are without class or employment), and the ability to cross off so many lines on your to-do list (things I have/will cross(ed) off today: bank, laundry, clean bathroom). The remaining days of the week, if you are like me are monotonomous and boring, for lack of a better word. Not to mention Fridays allow you to welcome in the weekend with just as much fun as the last! This Friday, I shall be welcoming in family traveling both Northbound IH-35 and from the West Coast to celebrate my entering of adulthood after my college graduation!

Oh well, just a quick thought! Enjoy the day! TGIF! (historical reference of 'TGIF':http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGIF)

Cheers!

Girlfriends

After a high school career of having mostly guy (best) friends, college - let alone my private, female dominated college, has taught me that girlfriends offer so many things that the males species simply cannot. This past weekend three girlfriends and I set out on what was sure to be a bonding 24 hours away from the rest of our group. Friday night we enjoyed a wonderfully long dinner in Dallas over two bottles of wine and a make-shift birthday celebration. Of all the things we chatted about, we decided that it is true - you can in fact judge many venues by their bathrooms. After dinner, we watched the chick flick of all female flicks that shall remain nameless, just so I don't give away our utter pathetic-ness. (Side note: one girlfriend, a fellow blogger, entitles such a movie as Wedding Porn so use your imagination) Oh well, Saturday morning came quickly and off we went to Canton, Texas to antique our little hearts away. Only with girlfriends is one able to evaluate each individual that passes (let there be no mistake, both the trailer park residents and the Tiffany & Co wearing women attend such an event), consider investing a pet, and persuade you into making frivolous purchases. The ride home proved to be yet another bonding sanctuary as two of us rode in one seat with a chest of drawers and trunk in the back. I wouldn't have traded it for the world! Oh well, silly thoughts, yes, but still valid - no one can take the place of your girlfriends! -especially when they help you celebrate your last day of school (ever)!

The print is from an Austin artist that I adore, Kathy Womack. She has an entire collection of "Women & Wine" that I love and encourage you to take a look at on her website (kathywomackgallery.com).

Cheers!

P.S. Some of the finer things I acquired from our little trip: two silver trays, a wooden dough bowl to decorate with and a large brown bucket with a wrought iron handle to display my collection of wine corks in.