A Weekend of Deals

Casey and I were on a dearch for deals this weekend. Here is what we did...

Friday: Casey and I were invited to go to Lone Star Park with our friends Alyssa and Ryan. Ryan had received some free tickets so we all got free admission, free programs, and a free beverage. Both Casey and I limited ourselves to only $10 each. My luck started out strong. I placed a two $2 bets and got my total up to $7.50. I played on that for the rest of the night. After the races were over, The Eli Young Band got ready to perform. We had planned on staying to watch but we all quickly realized that we are old. Alyssa and I couldn’t stop commenting on how “kids these days dress!” So many crazy short shorts and short dresses on girls who looked about 16 trying to look 21. It was SO crowded in the concert area we had no place to sit and I think I stepped in a puddle of beer. We decided give in to our elderly state and call it a night.

Saturday: Casey and I were looking for deals this weekend and boy did we find one at Market Street. Thanks to an add in the paper we saw that for a $1 donation, we got a hotdog/hamburger, drink, chips, and a Blue Bell banana split. Well just the mention of Blue Bell got Casey out the door. The store also had a big fajita deal. When you bought the fajita meat, we got refried beans, tortillas, salsa, chips, and guacamole free! How could we pass this up? Plus, there is enough meat to probably eat for the next 2 days.

Sunday: We met up with Casey’s friends Justin, Kyle, Bradley, and Philpot (real name is Johnny) for a fun day at Hurricane Harbor. Casey and I were smart and packed a lunch so once again, we ate for free! It was an interesting experience going to a water park and being the only girl in the group. The boys made me go down the biggest, steepest slides of course which I was quite nervous about. Then they were all trying to get closest to the edge or tip the tube over, unlike my goal of just trying to make it to the bottom in once piece. It was a lot of fun though. I think we rode every ride in the park!

Life Update

Well life has been pretty busy lately. Wednesday, Casey and I went over to Nana’s house for dinner. It was kind of like a double date since Ralph was there as well. Nana made a delicious pot roast, veggies, and the best part of all was the blueberry pie! We had a really nice time. Last night was another one of our shows so Casey and I went to see A Chorus Line. I was surprised at how simple the set and the play was (although the dancing was definitely NOT simple). The cast was great! They were very talented and so professional. One of the girls in the cast had been on Gossip Girl so naturally I was impressed. This weekend will continue to be a busy one. Tonight, Kate and Skip have invited us to go to the Rangers game with them. Tomorrow is Cassie’s big wedding out at Possum Kingdom followed by going to see the latest, greatest Harry Potter film on Sunday. Hopefully I will have some fun pictures to add from the events of this weekend!

Really Texas?

Really Texas? Is it really necessary to be 100 degrees after the sun goes down? Maybe it’s the California in me but I just do not understand Texas weather right now. It just baffles me. I completely understand why it would be 100+ degrees during the day when the sun is bright and blazing. However, why on earth is it impossible to cool down after that lovely heat source has disappeared over the horizon?! I mean come on! Even the desert cools down after dark and has pleasant weather at night. Last night I went to bed and I checked my thermostat and was shocked it see that in order for my little apartment to be 78 degrees, the AC still was running. I knew I would miss the San Diego weather but I NEVER dreamed I would miss Arizona summer weather.

Happy 4th of July!

This year I had a lot of fun celebrating the 4th of July. I went with some of the girls from my home group (Amy, Jennifer, and Jennifer’s sister Julie) to a house on Eagle Mountain Lake. It was Jennifer’s dad’s house and it was great! We laid out on the sun deck, floated in the water, sat in the shade, and had a great lunch. Jennifer’s dad also took us out on his boat so we could go tubing. I hadn’t gone tubing since middle school and man did it beat me up. Today, my neck, shoulder, back, arms, and legs are killing me. I feel like I just did a 3 hour work out, although tubing around the lake was a whole lot more fun than working out! When we got back from the lake, there was a group of party crashers that just kept trying to come hang out (see picture to the side). After a nice day at the lake, I came home, showered and headed out to Jennifer’s again. This time Casey got to come with me because he had been working all day. We set up camp to watch the fireworks and it was a nice show. Although, I think they must have bought some fireworks on sale because I swear the end was just the same type and color of firework shot off a bunch of times. The only thing that would have make the night complete was hearing Ray Charles’ version of America the Beautiful. See some pictures below of the fun we had…
(From Left to Right: Jennifer, Me, Julie, Amy)

Rollin' VIP style!

Saturday, Casey and I got to experience what it’s like to be a VIP. My manager, Wendy, was able to get me tickets to the Jonas Brothers concert, but not just any tickets, LUXURY SUITE tickets. Wendy is good friends with the VP of Food & Beverage for the stadium so we were in her personal suite. We knew this would be our only shot at going to a suite in the new Texas Stadium so we were very excited. We even had a VIP parking pass with our own designated spot! When we pulled up to the parking lot, they scanned our parking pass and then shouted to one another, “Spot 229!” then we went around a barricade and were literally 20 ft. from the stadium (see picture below). The stadium looked gorgeous inside. All of the employees were wearing suits and ties, the floor was marble, and there were chandeliers. We found our suite and let me tell you, it was NICE. We had a great view and there was more food than you could imagine. They had chicken fingers, hot dogs, fajitas, jumbo shrimp, crackers, cheese, popcorn, and passed our fresh pizza. The food that Casey and I both gave 2 thumbs up was the truffled mac and cheese. It was easily the best mac and cheese I have ever had. Even our beverages were free! I had some wine and Casey had a couple beers (which are typically $8 at the stadium). The seats in the suite were leather and reclined! The suite even has a private bathroom which anyone that’s ever been to a large stadium can appreciate. Once the Jo-Bros came on, we learned something, you don’t go to a Jo-Bro concert to hear them sing, you go to scream your head off. We could barely hear ourselves talk. The fans were insane. So after a few songs, we decided to tour the rest of the stadium. This was when we realized that the whole stadium was not like what we experienced. Once you pass through the doors to the rest of the stadium its very loud (the VIP area has glass doors all around it so once you pass to the concession area, its quite), the floor is the typical concrete with cinder block walls, no one is wearing a suite and tie, and the concession stands looks like any other (not like the huge bars with bartenders in the VIP area). Don’t get me wrong though, it’s a brand new stadium so it’s still very clean and nice. Casey and I had an AMAZING time and all I know is that it will be tough to go back to that stadium any other way besides VIP.

This pic was taken from my car. This is how close we parked to the stadium!

These are the chairs in the suite

Sushi and Oz

Last night was a girl’s night! Alyssa and I went out to dinner and the theater. For dinner, we went to a new sushi place for both of us called Blue Fish. It was really hip looking inside with club music playing. The sushi was really good though and it was nice to have someone to go eat sushi with! It was so nice to catch up and have girl time. After dinner, we headed down to Fair Park to see The Wizard of Oz the musical. I got to see where my season ticket seats are which are in the VERY back of the balcony. Luckily, it wasn’t a full night so we moved up to some pretty nice seats. The show was good but LONG. We enjoyed laughing at some of the weird things in the show like the munchkin (which were played by children) that had a blue colonial wig on that had totally checked out of the show while on stage and the weird psychedelic song and dance that was the “jitter bug” number. I can’t say I remember that part of the movie though. By far, the star of the show was Snickers, the dog that played Toto. He was so cute and so well trained. Overall, it was a really great time of lots of laughter and girl talk.

Cat is spelled E-V-I-L

Friends, do not be fooled by the feline kind. I started off feeling sorry for Missy peeing on my couch because I felt it was due to her age. Well, the she can't pull the wool over my eyes twice. Continue to read on as I take you through the last hour and a half that was my life. 

8:00 pm: Missy pees on my bathroom floor. I clean it up.

8:20 pm: Missy pees on my bathroom floor...again. I clean it up and run out of paper towels.

8:35 pm: Missy blatantly poops on my living room floor right in front of me. I yell, get out the Resolve and a sponge and start attacking my carpet. 

8:40 pm: Missy had been hiding under the coffee table because I had yelled at her after the pooping incident. She hops up on the couch which I assume means she thinks I'm no longer mad. 

8:41 pm: Missy gets off the couch and leaves a little pee puddle behind. I yell. I clean. 

8:42 pm: I go to put the cleaner up. Meanwhile, Missy gets back on the couch. I come in. She hops off. Pee puddle...again. Apparently she is trying to make a point.

8:43 pm: I throw her off the couch. Yell. Clean. Turn around (which was my mistake)

8:45 pm: I think you can see where this is going. This time she gets on the couch on my side. Since she has been here, Missy sits on her side of the couch, and I sit on mine. So, I walk out, see her sitting on my side. We stare at each other from across the room. I move her off the couch and sure enough folks...pee puddle. 

At that point, I lost it. I started crying. I couldn't take it! She was obviously trying to make a point. I cried because I didn't get it. Why would she do this when all I do it give her treats and hold and snuggle with her? I began pacing and felt like I was going crazy. Then, Missy looked at me. I knew what she was thinking. I'm sitting there sobbing and she looks at me with this cheeky grin and I swear she is thinking "I win! I broke the human!" Well, she did win. But I had one more trick up my sleeve. I remembered that I am the human in this situation and I hold the power. So, I put her in the laundry basket and started driving to Casey's house. I am free at last! Free from poopy carpet and free from pee puddles! Casey doesn't know this yet, but when he gets back, he will be moving my pee couch to his place and I will be taking his new leather sofa back to mine. It is safe to say people, Jenna Hill is not and NEVER will be a cat person.

P.S. I still love Missy...I just love her when she is not in my apartment.