Stories

I’m Still Laughing…

This is a picture of my desk. You’ll notice it has typical items that one might need during a busy work day. Phone, Aquafina, lotion, Dallas Cowboys foam finger, Captain America pez dispenser, I heart Jim sticky notes…the usual. Cut to earlier this week. A fellow co-worker visited my office and made a joke about croutons. Being the nice person I am, I offered a fake courtesy laugh (even though

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Perryton, Texas

I’ve just returned from a rig trip in Perryton, Texas. What? You’ve never been there before? Well…it’s a quaint little town that technology forgot about two hours northeast of Amarillo. It’s one of my new favorite places in the Lone Star State. So there I am driving my tiny rent car from the Amarillo airport. Just when I’m convinced the thing runs on batteries (due to the fact that it

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My Christmas Vacation

My parents are adding a room on to their house. My Mom calls it the great room. My Dad calls it his room. I call it a ball room. Seriously…they could film a period drama with Keira Knightley in this space. It’s HUGE! Basically, the back end of the house has been cut off. The kitchen is gone and only one bathroom is working. Everything that was in the kitchen,

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First Moments in NYC

As I said in my earlier post, New York City was amazing. My friend Katie and I had been planning our trip for months, and were excited about a few particular parts of our agenda: 1. Flying first class on Katie’s miles2. Center orchestra tickets for Wicked3. Thanksgiving Day parade and watching the balloons blow up the night before4. Serendipity’s You all probably know that Broadway was blacked out while

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I’m in love!

New York City was absolutely fabulous. I fell in love. Central Park, Washington Square, Little Italy, Radio City Rockettes, the Thanksgiving Day Parade, smelly cabs, pushy street vendors (miss,miss,fendigucciprada?fendigucciprada?) and snotty Tiffany & Co. sales staff. I embraced it all. Not to mention the ginormous Gap ads of my boyfriend. Looks like I have a new “insert Jim Halpert face here” photo for the Bachelor recaps. And for my screen

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