the best day ever!

Like I have said before, I lead a very normal life...for the most part. When I started this blog, I knew I didn't want it to include just updates on what I do day-to-day because, well that's rather boring.

But I have to write about yesterday...it was one of the best days I've had in a long time. And even on this cold and rainy Monday morning, I'm still on a high from it.

It started first thing at church. I lead my Sunday school class in a great discussion on something that had happened at my work a few weeks earlier. I was afraid it wouldn't get that much feed back, but it did. And it was a great way to start my day.

Then, I went with Carla and Grant downtown for lunch before the Titans game. They are some of my oldest friend from childhood/high school and I always love spending time with them. The pre-game atmosphere was great!

On to the Titans game...hands down, the best one I've seen probably since the Music City Miracle game in 2000. The first half was a little uneventful, with points by both teams from only field goals. But then comes the 4th quarter...I don't think I really sat down the entire time. Vince Young's final drive in the last 3o or so seconds was insane. I have zero clue how he did it, but Kenny Britt completed Young's pass and we beat the Cardinals by 3. Life is good for the Titans and their fans!

After the game, I met up with one of my good friends from college, Brian. He was in town for the game and we got to have dinner together and took a mini-tour of Nashville before he headed home. It was so fun and unexpected!

Thanksgiving break was much-needed...and I could not have asked for a better ending to it!

Now...on to Monday...

While it takes me a while to actually fall asleep, once I'm there, I sleep hard. A freight train could plow through my room and I still wouldn't move. And don't even think about waking me up. Unless you are bleeding from the head or the house is on fire, let me be. I am a pill in the mornings.

I've been known to answer the phone and talk to people in my sleep before. But a few weeks ago I did something that was just plain weird.

I remember having a dream that night about being on an airplane. I woke up the next morning to a text message from my friend Hunter at around 12:30 a.m. that said "Huh?". I looked through my sent file and I had sent him a text message 2 and a half hours after I had gone to bed that simply said "Changing seats." I can't help but think that it had something to do with whatever was going on in my dream about the airplane.

I laughed about this for a few days. But it actually is just kinda weird - that I searched through my phone, found his name and spelled everything correctly.

What would happen if I ever took an Ambien?

Turkey's Done!

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! July 4th and Thanksgiving are tied for my two favorite holidays...partly because they have the best food. I can eat my weight in sweet potatoes. Thanksgiving also means Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and football. So excited!

In honor of Turkey Day - you need to watch one of my favorite scenes from the movie Money Pit. I have actually put this movie in just to watch this scene. I don't know why I think it is so hilarious...it just is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yil2jWQ5Oqg&feature=related

I am looking forward to family, friends, going to the movies and relaxing over the next four days...and ending them with the Titans game on Sunday! Enjoy...

judging a book by its cover

Some friends and I went shopping for our Christmas angel this past weekend. We were in the toy & book section of a large department store when we came across this. Now I know I am not a mom... nor am I a children's book author...but judging only the cover, I can honestly say I see nothing appropriate or educational about this book.

I am going to submit the picture to Jay Leno's Headlines. So if you happen to see it on his show one night...you will know where it came from!

making my mark in Texas

When I said I would do anything for a good story...it did not include this. This falls in my Top 5 Greatest Angie Stories of All Time. Quite frankly, this story makes me look like I have the IQ of a hamster. But I don't care...I love telling it.

It happened almost 3 years ago. I took my first trip to Texas to see my dear friend from high school, Tori, for a long weekend. She lived in Houston. I rented a car because I also took a Day Trip to San Antonio to see my friend Matt.

Anyway...so it was time to return my car and Tori followed me to the gas station to fill it up before turning it back in. To this day, I don't really remember HOW it happened, but it did. I was sitting in my car and all the of sudden, I just took off with the gas pump still pumping gas. Tori saw the whole thing from her car and tried to call my attention to it but I was too dazed and confused to realize what she was saying. The pump flew up in the air, whipped around a few times like a lasso and landed in front of my car.

So, as anyone in that situation would do, I picked up the pump, carried it inside and left it at the counter. I was in tears I was laughing so hard, so all I could manage to get out in between bursts of laughter was "I am so sorry, here's your pump."

And then we took off.

Thank God for camera phones...because there is no way anyone would have ever believed this actually happened.

I even have a photo salute to my little incident in my office. It makes for a great conversation piece. Click to enlarge.

Open Wide and Say Ahhkward...

I am not a huge t.v. person...well, I take that back. I watch just a few shows religiously --- Friends, American Idol, The Bachelor...and, The Office. Just in the past year or so I've gotten really in to it, from working in an office and having a love for a dry sense of humor. Steve Carell is simply ha-larious.

Even if you don't keep up with the Dunder Mifflin crew, you've probably heard the punchline "That's what she said." When said at the right (or wrong) moment, it can make things weird but it almost always makes people laugh.

Which brings me to my dentist story...

I actually like going to the dentist. I like that I get to watch/listen to the Today Show while my teeth are being cleaned. I like that I almost always get a positive report. And I like that, even at age 27, I get a goody bag when I leave. It’s one of the few routine check-ups that is enjoyable.

I went to the dentist this week. Everything checked out well…but I could not help but laugh to myself over a few comments made. You see, without fail, every time I go to the dentist my hygienist tells me how small my mouth is. Every time. This particular visit, though, I had a nice lady, in her mid-50’s I would assume, that just made me laugh simply because of my love for “that’s what she said”-like quotes. She probably had no idea how dead-on her comments really were. See for yourself…

“Honey your mouth is so small, I don’t know how we’re going to fit all this stuff in here!”
“Can you open any wider than that? It’s going to hurt when I’m done if you don’t.”

And that's honestly what she said.

Ninety percent of the time, I'm a big planner. I like things mapped out, and I am pretty good about sticking to my word and doing what I say I'm going to do. Starting a blog, however, was no where on that map. I literally went to sleep the other night laughing over my visit to the dentist, got to work the next morning, wrote about it and here we are.

I'm not even sure if this blog will be all that interesting to you. I lead a pretty normal life, but then out of no where, something totally off-the-wall will happen to me or someone I know and I can't wait to laugh about it with the first person I see or talk to. So now I'm just going to write it here.

I will try most anything once and this blog just so happens to fall under that category. My Monday through Friday life is spent behind a desk, so I will try to keep everything current...and we'll just see where it goes! ENJOY :)