Friday Confess Sesh!

I know the lovely Leslie is not linking up today for her normal session of confession, but I still need it...

I confess....

1. I have been a bad lawyer this week. I have been unmotivated and well tired. I need sleep and rest... Outlook not to good.

2. I am kind of scared for the TCU/OU game tomorrow... I would love a TCU win, on our home field... but ya never know what team will show up.

3. I have not made a Christmas list and do not really have one. I mean sure there are things I could come up with, but honestly I do not really want anything. World Peace anyone?

4. I learned its ok to screw up as long as you learn from it and don't screw up again.

5. I forget to write all of the people who comment on my blog back... a lot... I'm busy at work and I read ALL you comment, but sometimes I just do not have enough hours to respond, so for those of you who came from Messy Dirty Hair... thanks!!! I loved your comments and love!

6. I organized all the files I am working on right now and may have billed for it... I mean case management is legit right?

7. Lawyers do not know the answers to lots of things, but we are hella good at researching it!

8. I did not have much to confess this week and I could not think of much else to blog about, but yet I blogged anyway... rough week... I blame the days off next week for this week being too long...

It' Ok Thursday

My name is Lynn and its has been two weeks since my last It's Ok Thursday confessional! Forgive me friends, but I have sinned and to need confess.... So here goes, It's Ok.....

to not eat any turkey on Thanksgiving... but copious amounts of pie

that my Christmas tree is still sitting in its box in the middle of the living room

to shop on Black Friday and not buy a thing (the people watching was much more fun)

to eat one small piece of chocolate every day once in while

to blog at work, in bed, on the go... ya get my drift

that I don't know what to ask for for Christmas because I kind of went on a Loft binge a couple weeks ago... but then again the LV catalog came today and Coach now monograms!

I have barely billed this month and don't feel guilty I deserve a small break!

that I am baby crazy and my husband is about to kill me

that I got in bed about 8pm last night so I could blog and watch Nashville (so what if I'm old and boring)

that I think the ipad mini is just stupid

to not care about your toes when you wear tights and heels everyday, right?

to get annoyed when the housekeeper moves my stuff...

to vent, in the car, to know one and look like a crazy lady yelling

to forget you promised to do something but then do it last minute and it turn out great!

to be so ready for a great out of town weekend soon! (close far doesn't matter its a small reprieve from life with friends)

True Life

I am addicted to mindless TV. Ashamed, I know. Highly educated woman who loves Lifetime movies, Gossip Girl, and Grey's! It's the pointless plots, the cheesy script the idiotic twists & turns! I love it! Its mindless, simple, no stress all rolled into a neat 30 or 60 minute package.

It's my escape, my diversion from life. I can become a NYC socialite or a a trashy romance thriller all from the comfort of my home. Yes, ladies, I just love me some "crap" tv as D calls it.

For instance, GG: yes I know how teen, how stupid, but then when SPOILER ALERT Dan gets the call from Georgina and says he is "writing the Serena chapter" I was hooked for another week! I mean come on, how can you not want to see what Lonely Boy has up his devious sleeve.

And let's take Two Broke Girls; Lord I love it! Its crude,obvious humor, but man it just takes away the stress. At no point do I feel the need to write an MSJ or object to anything. Its just funny good stuff going on. Now it does get me that Caroline has IMHO awful hair. Lord get get of the bangs! Max: she is just the person I think I am sometimes, blunt, brutal, honest to a fault.

And I know this is not current, but Friends. Ya know, I can come up with an episode for almost every situation in life. Like last night, the infamous Monica describing the 7 pleasure spots of a woman to Chandler, I can quote it to a T and fit the moment of the convo (yes I know I had a conversation about the g-spot with a friend, a guy no less).


Well, ya get my point. I work long hours, I am stressed to the max, but I am not beneath mindless chatter to relax (or a good glass of champagne and a massage, if anyone wants to send me those!).

Happy TV all!

Tumultuous Love

First, y'all need to stop on by Ms. Messy Dirty Hair herself! I'm featured on her blog, and well I'm giving away some good stuff!

So, I watched the train-wreck AKA Lindsay Lohan in Liz&Dick. I admit, she fit this role... to a "T." Though I admit her playing an older Liz was a bit odd seeing as that she is all of 26 and has had little life experience, especially in love. However, it got me thinking about Love, again yeah I know I'm all about the Love of late.

My thought was is it possible to have a tumultuous love like Liz & Dick? Can two people really have a relationship, a marriage that is good and strong with so much anger? I know all couples have their ups and downs, but is it possible to have a love like Liz & Dick?

Is that a marriage? Is  marriage all-encompassing love where you almost love someone so much it hurts, or is it a love so pure you cannot exist with your partner? Does everyone only have one true love? Or can you have the kind of love you have with your spouse more than once? Is it about timing or about actually finding the one person God has picked out for you.

Is love like Liz & Dick? The kind where you cannot live with them and you cannot live without them?

Now I need to vent for a hot minute about Ms. Lohan... I mean the interview she does on Lifetime in the previews for the movie... Lord help me! She apparently "relates" to Elizabeth Taylor with the media and the blah blah blah... GET YOUT SH!T TOGETHER!!! You had everything and you chose to screw up. No one forced you to steal, or drink and drive, or go to rehab! And let's not mention Ms. Taylor had a HUGE career, not a teen fluke who has piddled away her talent!

And.... done. Have a lovely Tuesday y'all.

Weekend Update

Oh what a weekend it was! Food, family, football! I love me some Thanksgiving.

Thursday started with brunch with "adopted" family. Yummy buffet of waffles, seafood, turkey, and dessert! Then on to meal 2 at the in-laws... (Ok so I didn't eat this one, but I saw the food... counts right?). Then FOOTBALL!!!!! Can we talk about my Frogs kicking some UT butt! Go Frogs! It was a great day to be thankful to be a Horned Frog!

My girls at Parade of Lights

Friday was pageant and parading. I did a lil Black Friday shopping, but not the get up all crazy early thing. It was more a leisurely stroll through Grapevine Mills and some Chick-fil-a. Perfect way to start a Friday after Thanksgiving. Then on the Fort Worth Parade of Lights! My girls looked great and we bared the cold to ring in the Holiday season ( i sat warmly in the front seat with the heat on and the butt warmer burning).

Saturday was more pageanting. I had the privilege to judge Miss Duncanville (shout-out to my hometown!). The ladies were great! We had two wonderful winners and I got to see my bestie.

Sunday was a little more BFF time and Rockettes! We ventured to Grand Prairie to see the Christmas Spectacular! Those legs can move people!



Miss Duncanville with April

All in all it was a whirlwind of activity, but I'm kind of glad for a few more weeks til Christmas. But can I say, Texas get with the program, 80 tomorrow? Come one! Lord, I may never see a white Christmas at this rate.






My gorgeous BFF and emcess that evening

Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday and get ready for the season of lights, giving, and feasting! Welcome Christmas. ( I say this as hubs is currently getting the decor out of the attic.... I type he moves, you all know how this works).

LOVE

I know what love is. I have experienced its power: the passion, the raw emotion, the bond two people share.

I know what its like to walk blindly into Love's trap. To be headed left, when suddenly it steers you right.

I have left it up to God to put me in the hand's of someone who be right behind me no matter what.

Love hits you when you least expect it. Its blinds you, leaves you breathless and asking for more. It is steadfast and its power is awesome beyond words. Its overcomes all odds and defies gravity.

Giving Thanks

I love Thanksgiving. I had this conversationMonday with a lady who was getting ready at the gym along with me. It's perhaps my second favorite holiday, right behind Halloween.

Think about it: a holiday all about the food. No decor, no presents, no pageants, plays, choirs, hub bub, just food. Tons of it. Rows and tables and buffets galore! It's football, naps and feasting. It's family togetherness without the fuss. So give thanks today for the many blessings the Lord has afforded you. Feats at his table and rejoice in all His glory.

My Life as a {MultiView}Wife

I try not to talk about Hubs a lot on here, well other than when I bitch whine and complain brag about him. ( I kid). Well, when I first started blogging he was not keen on the idea. I mean why on earth would I want to write about my personal life and who on earth would want to read about it? He doesn't know us very well does he ladies? He was skeptical of things I wrote, and preferred not to be named, mentioned or photographed.

Well, funny how things come around. My husband's work is a digital media firm called MultiView (come on how does not he not get blogging?) Just so happens the wife of one of his co-workers loves my blog (Hello Annie!) and low and behold, I was asked to guest blog for them! So, what do I the lawyer have to blog about... being a wife!

Hubs works for this pretty awesome company. Casual atmosphere, motivated and creative people... If my office were more like this I might be motivated a little more (just saying if you let me blare music and wear jeans Id be ok with it). So, without further ado, head on over to see what its like for me to be a "MultiView" Wife.

Best Friends

I am blessed. I have three best friends. They fit each of my three personalities.

I've got my best friend since I was 12. We can go month without seeing or taking to each other, yet its like we never parted. She knows me in and out.

I have my best friend from law school. We shared perhaps the toughest three yearsa of our lives and lived to tell about it. She gets me through work and life. She knocks sense into me when I need knocking.

I have my lovely! My beauty queen. She is my rock. She makes me laugh and always has a way of knowing how to cheer me up.

Blessed.

Monday Monday Monday

Yeah I've got a HUGE case of the Mondays!

 

Perhaps its knowing this is a short week, or that come Thursday I will be stuffing myself with turkey and pie, but I'm not motivated. or maybe it was the depo summary from HE double hockey sticks or the MSJ I need to finish.

 

Then I thought, maybe it was the lack of sleep from the road trip you took with your bestie to Oklahoma to see another girlfriend rock the stage at Miss Oklahoma USA!

 

 

Then we hightailed back across the state line for a full day of pageant training for our girls. Needles to say by the time I got home all I wanted was to lay in a bubble bath and sleep.

 

5am came way too early today...



Sunday Social

This week Neely and Amber wanna know what we are thankful for!
I am thankful for a family (real and adopted) that loves me no matter what and supports me through thick and thin.

I am thankful for a job where I am challenged daily and surrounded by colleagues I love!

I am thankful for being in shape! I started doing a bootcamp (to change up my normal gym routine) and loved it! I am improving and making great friends.

I am thankful to be loved by a caring man who thinks the world of me. He loves me unconditionally, supports me, and listens to all my crazy ideas and dreams.

I am thankful for the Lord. He works in mysterious ways. I have seen his power and glory and I am constantly amazed. I know he challenges me but only because he has provided me the strength to endure those challenges.

I am thankful for all you. This blogging adventure has given me not only an outlet for thoughts, but afforded me friendships. I have shared life and love with some of you and feel truly blessed to have done so.

Friday's Letters

Dear Friday: I am so glad you are here you don't even know it! Dear Bootcamp: How is it that I am love with something that kicks my butt and makes me practically cry? Well I do! And I have made some great friends in the mix. Dear Chloe: You have been needy lately, I feel like you need to go to work with mom! Dear Lovely: I know nursing school is kicking your butt right now, but I have so much faith in you. Hang in there, hold on and know that soon we will be Vegas baby! Dear K: Again, you are the best and I love and miss you! Dear Hubs: Just as you get back, I leave, seriously key to marriage never been in same place. Dear Office: You are taking shape, now just need to put up my diplomas. Dear Co-workers: Umm, love ya! Blessed to work with some funny amazing people. Dear CU: You make my day! Thanks for letting me be me and showing what it means to appreciated. Dear JW: Good Luck this weekend! You are going to rock the Miss Ok USA stage!!!! Dear Fall: Welcome to Texas! My boots, sweaters, and scarves appreciate you.

It's Ok Thursday

It's Thursday, Thursday, gotta get down on .... Yeah I know Thursday is such a tease! However, its a great day to dish about what's ok with you this week! So link up and let it out!!

It's ok....

• That I'm not posting much today because y'all need to head over to my fav girl P!kny's page where I'm guest posting while she is sailing the seas!
• That I have eaten or will eat Mexican food 4 times this week!
• That in one week I will stuff my face and have no guilt.
• To love that my office has become the place to convene.
• To be head over heels in love!
• To take a gazillion pics of your baby... that happens to be a shih tzu.
• To plans trips to places that you may never go, but in your dreams its great!

Banff Springs.. yeah you know you wanna go

So,what is ok with you this week?

WILW

It's Wednesday y'all! Time to see what I am loving this week!

1. The weather! Hello Fall!!! Boots, sweaters, scarves, oh my!

2. The box o'goodies I got from Loft today! Emerald greens and peplum tops! All at 40% off!

loft fall by lynn-alexander featuring ponte knit pants

3. Chai Tea latte from the Keurig. I decided I needed a coffee break, so grabbed some chai and have been loving it on these cold mornings in the office pre-8am.

4. That the Fort Worth christmas tree finally made it to downtown! How a tree gets lost I dunno, but its here.

5. That I was voted as Top Attorney by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine for 2012!

6. That I'm headed to Oklahoma this weekend to see this gorgeous girl compete in Miss Oklahoma USA and doing it with my best friend!

7. That I did kickboxing last night for the first time in a month (I had been going to bootcamp instead) and it felt so good, but man am I sore today!

8. That Thanksgiving is next week! Bring on the turkey and pie.

9. All of you! Thanks for sharing a wee bit of your day with me.

If Only

Three words we often put together "I could have" " I should have," but what they really mean is I procrastinated, and didn't. If only.

How many times have you thought, if only. If only I would go to the gym; if only I could make good grades; if only I could have been there, done that, ended up on top. It's what I refer to as the grass is greener syndrome sometimes. If only I could step into the other pasture my life would be so much better.

I'm guilty of this. I've pondered the things in my life I wish I could change, the missed opportunities, the road not taken. I have wallowed in self pity at how I want things to be. I have procrastinated and watched life go by.

Only you can create your own destiny. Only God knows the plan he has for you. Your mission in life is to take hold of every opportunity presented to you. Reach higher, aim farther. If you walk away and think, if only, turn around and run straight into the fear.

Veteran's Day

Brother and I at TCU game

I'm posting this again  because well I love my brother and 2 its still Veteran's Day for those of you that work in civil service or have the day off!

 Stop for a moment and look around. We live in the land of the free, and all because men and woman around the country decided to put their lives on hold to ensure our freedom. They are brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers. They come from all walks of life, all shapes, colors, and backgrounds. They chose the life for different reasons, but at the end of the day they protect our lives.

I come from a family of vets. All of my uncles served and my brother is an Army guy! I remember when he told my mother and I he was going to enlist after high school. I'm pretty sure my mom did not speak to him for like 2 months. But there he went, 2 weeks after graduation to basis training. My mom bawled. But I think it made my brother and I closer. He wrote me letters. I loved going to the mailbox and seeing those envelopes. I was so proud of him. Although he wasn't far, he seemed miles away.

At my wedding

Then he was sent to Korea. I thought my mom was going to die and I felt like I was losing my best friend. Off to Osan Air Force base he went. For 15 months. He got a webcam, but back then there was no sound or skype, so he typed we saw his face. He ate random food he picked from a picture on a menu and showed us his life. Christmas we watched him cook his meal. He was there during 9/11. I remember being a freshman at TCU and him calling me literally seconds the first tower fell. It was quick, but I will never forget it.

When my brother returned, he decided to use his GI bill to attend college, where else, but TCU. He got in and got into the ROTC program. I was so proud again. My goal was to beat him in the 2-mile run, but never did. It gave me pride to see him post the colors at football games while I twirled behind him with the band.

Today I feel blessed and honored to know and love a former Army man. I am proud beyond belief and words cannot express my gratitude. I was also honored to attend law school with several veterans and had great professors who served. So hug a vet today. Lend them a hand, tell them you are thankful for what they do. And remember they risk their lives to protect ours.

A Salute to Those Who Serve

Brother and I at TCU game

Today is Veteran's Day. Stop for a moment and look around. We live in the land of the free, and all because men and woman around the country decided to put their lives on hold to ensure our freedom. They are brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers. They come from all walks of life, all shapes, colors, and backgrounds. They chose the life for different reasons, but at the end of the day they protect our lives.

I come from a family of vets. All of my uncles served and my brother is an Army guy! I remember when he told my mother and I he was going to enlist after high school. I'm pretty sure my mom did not speak to him for like 2 months. But there he went, 2 weeks after graduation to basis training. My mom bawled. But I think it made my brother and I closer. He wrote me letters. I loved going to the mailbox and seeing those envelopes. I was so proud of him. Although he wasn't far, he seemed miles away.

At my wedding

Then he was sent to Korea. I thought my mom was going to die and I felt like I was losing my best friend. Off to Osan Air Force base he went. For 15 months. He got a webcam, but back then there was no sound or skype, so he typed we saw his face. He ate random food he picked from a picture on a menu and showed us his life. Christmas we watched him cook his meal. He was there during 9/11. I remember being a freshman at TCU and him calling me literally seconds the first tower fell. It was quick, but I will never forget it.

When my brother returned, he decided to use his GI bill to attend college, where else, but TCU. He got in and got into the ROTC program. I was so proud again. My goal was to beat him in the 2-mile run, but never did. It gave me pride to see him post the colors at football games while I twirled behind him with the band.

Today I feel blessed and honored to know and love a former Army man. I am proud beyond belief and words cannot express my gratitude. I was also honored to attend law school with several veterans and had great professors who served. So hug a vet today. Lend them a hand, tell them you are thankful for what they do. And remember they risk their lives to protect ours.

All Things Football

It's gameday y'all! Today is a great day in college football! Aggies go head to head with Alabama (Gig 'em) and my Frogs take on the Wildcats of K State. So everyone grab a seat, grab a beer and cheer on your team!

Friday's Letters

Dear Hubs - I apologize for expecting you to know what I need, want, etc... all the time. I mean you are not a woman and how on earth would you know these things? Dear K - You are my best friend and I love you to death! I'm always just a phone call away.And yes we legit cried on the phone last night because we missed each other. Dear Men Whom I work With - Hi, i work here, I am intelligent, bright, genuine and can carry on conversation just as well as a man, so do not leave me out of things. Dear Body - Yeah we have a PT test Saturday so get with it! Dear Lovely - I am more than blessed to have you in my life, just sayin I'd be lost with out you. Dear Grey's - I mean come on! How many tragedies can one woman surmount and keep going? And please get Christina back to Seattle Grace. (spoke too soon she just appeared) Dear Glee - Being on while I'm at bootcamp sucks. Dear Chloe - bath time is so much fun, right? Dear Blog Friends - Thank you for being constant supporters of me, my life and my tribulations. I am thankful for all of you.

It's Ok {Confessions Edition} Thursday

  Link up and let loose with what's ok with you this week. Today my confessions edition. And in the event you need to confess in prviate, hop over to Erin at Living in Yellow for her Secrets!   It's ok.....   to look at your caller ID and decide you are not in the mood to talk and hit that red button to see hubs' caller id, see its his BFF and hit the red button before it rings to not like your job all the time to gripe about your co-workers to people who do not know them (or people who do) girl's gotta vent to realize you have more in common with people in the blog world than your "real" friends to be 30 years old and have problems with your reproduction system to eat a Skinny Cow for dinner when dinner fails, or any other dinner to cry in your closet because you no longer fit into your law school jeans to not like your husband every single minute of every day ( I mean guy's got faults) to feel like a failure sometimes to question some of the things your husband does at work or for work to wonder what like would have been like had you not ____ insert random thoughts     Ahh, I feel better now, so what's ok with you?

Deep Thoughts

Because sometime words just don't say it right, and aren't pictures worth a 1000 words?

Rock the Vote

It's election day y'all! So, get out, be heard, and vote! I'm a firm believer in if you don't vote, you don't to complain for the next 4 years! In all seriousness, no matter where you live, whether you think your vote counts or not, it does! Remember, its not just the presidential election going on. You've got everything from Congressional seats to local referendums up for grabs. Voting is what differentiates us from the rest of the world. Land of the FREE, home of the brave!

So, get out and go VOTE! Meanwhile, part of me is rather excited that I will no longer be inundated with a plethora of political ads every 30 seconds.  Now, excuse me while I get back to work while munching on the wonderful pralines I got in NOLA yesterday! Oh, and that lil oral argument, great!

What Not To Do in NOLA

Ok, so I am currently sitting in my hotel in NOLA, eating Pinkberry. Exciting right? Yeah I know where's my hurricane and beads? Nope I'm here for oral argument in the Fifth Circuit. So rather than partying it up on Bourbon street, I'm  watching a Lifetime movie and catching up on case law. Maybe tomorrow after its done, Ill done my party pants and get something yummy! So, if you've got suggestions lay em on me!

In other news, how many of you watch Lifetime movies and think how on earth do they come up with stuff? Cause I do! I mean come on, as we speak a mom is arrested for smuggling drugs in Quito.... oh did I mention she was sick with cancer and just dating this random guy who takes her to Quito? I mean come one... Or how about the copious plots that involve teens, drugs, pregnancies or teens killing people? What about the angry girlfriend or crazy nanny? I've decided that Lifetime must put random thoughts in a cup pull out three cards and say voila here's the plot! Though I admit, I may spend entire Sundays watching marathons of these movies. Hubs even gets caught in their web.

On my desk at work

The first day I got her!

Studying for the bar

This summer

Dont take my pic again mom

And in taking my pic of me happily eating my Pinkberry, I realized I take an insane amount of pics with my puppy... so here's a small recap of photos of Chloe and I.

So,  Pinkberry in bed with a Lifetime movie, sounds good to me! Happy Monday all and wish me luck!