5 things . . .

It has been too long since I have done my list of 5 things. Here are 5 things I am thankful for . . .

1. UT getting to the national championship series, even if they blew it in the 3rd game.

2. J. Crew getting some new pumps in. I am loving these simple black peep-toes. Believe you me, a good simple pair of black peep-toes is not easy to find.

These ones are gorgeous too. I love this deep red color. Maybe I can convince Justin I need both pairs.


3. Getting to go on a mini-vacation to Austin over a weekend in mid-July with some great friends. Me and the Barton Creek spa may have to have a little date while I am there.

4. Having our new bed delivered in a couple of weeks! Now we just have to buy a mattress, side tables, bedding, etc. Wish I had some spare time to look around.
5. Jon and Kate + 8 being on an 8-month hiatus. They should have stopped the show a long time ago. I will refrain from getting on my soapbox!

Texas Fight.

Heck Yeah!! I am totally rocking my burnt orange shirt at work tomorrow.

Hook 'em Horns!

Bathroom Idea.

I love this bathroom! If I could only convince Justin that the venetian mirrors are awesome. He's not so sure.

(photo: http://www.myhomeideas.com)

I love the glass tiles behind the mirrors. Just beautiful! (Thanks mom for sending this along).

Our sconces should be here this week from Restoration Hardware for the bathroom update. We still have the mirrors from RH after they shipped us new ones that were in the correct finish and not broken. I think they ended up shipping us 10 mirrors total before they got it right. What a hassle. I am excited to see them with the sconces. Updates on the master bedroom progress to come . . .

5 Year Anniversary!

So I am over a week late, but I have to recap our wonderful 5 year wedding anniversary. I got back home from Denver on our anniversary early in the afternoon and was able to avoid going into the office. Justin picked me up and we spent the day together! It was great.

We had Justin's favorite cake (yellow with chocolate frosting) from Carrie Made the Cake. (Thanks mom for taking care of that while I was out of town).

Justin ordered beautiful flowers for me from a new place down the street. He was extremely disappointed since he ordered peonies, roses, and hydrangeas in pink and this is what he got. However, they were still pretty and I appreciated the thought.

After a nap (I had been up since 4:30 a.m.), we headed to dinner at Pappa's Brothers Steakhouse. It was amazing, to say the least. They had a great special -- 2 salads, 2 filets, 10 oz of rock lobster, and a side dish (we had asparagus). Of course, we also ordered a side of mac and cheese with crab. DE-LISH!

Here is the lobster (taken with Justin's blackberry):

We also had a tasty dessert -- chocolate mouse with heath bar and dark chocolate ganache with a homemade marshmallow. It wasn't Justin's favorite, so he enjoyed scotch instead. More dessert for me!

I forgot to take a picture before we left, so this is us with extremely full bellies once we got back home.

It was a great day. It's hard to believe it has already been 5 years! I have the most wonderful husband in the whole world. I couldn't imagine loving anyone as much as I love him. I am so blessed and look forward to many many more years of great times ahead.

Hook 'em Horns!

Dear Cameron and Connor,

Thank you for being ballers. Nothing like a walk-off home run with 2 outs. You both provided a great end to an otherwise generally crappy week.

Thanks,
Emily

P.S. I like your names.

My recent schedule:

6:47 a.m. - get out of bed

8:15 a.m. - leave for work

8:26 a.m. - let the madness begin (and continue unless otherwise noted until 9:30 p.m.)

9:45 a.m. - eat breakfast at my desk

10:16 a.m. - decide what form of caffeine to drink (chai tea, earl grey lavender, or coffee)

11:21 a.m. - wish it was 10 degrees warmer in my office

12:30 p.m. - eat lunch at my desk

2:30 p.m. - talk to Justin for 2 minutes to say hi, I love you, and am too busy to talk

4:45 p.m. - eat a 100 calorie pack of m&ms

6:00 p.m. - eat dinner at my desk

7:56 p.m. - attempt to convince myself I love what I do

9:30 p.m. - leave work

9:49 p.m. - put on pjs

9:55 p.m. - check e-mail, the news, and google reader

10:30 p.m. - reluctantly work from home and pray that my blackberry doesn't go off

10:45 p.m. - wish ERISA, the ADEA, and pension plans never existed

11:00 p.m. - try to keep from falling asleep

11:30 p.m. - work, have jeopardy on in the background, and attempt to remain awake

12:03 a.m. - decide enough is enough and go to bed

(repeat)

Chandelier.

I have been looking for a mini-chandelier to put over our bathtub when we finally get some free time to do some minor renovations.

I came across this beauty tonight:


You've gotta be kidding me! As if the seahorses were not hideous enough on their own, check out the awful lampshades. Did a kindergartner paint those? And then it is like the designer thought the few crystals at the bottom would class it up. Simply amazing. This beauty can be yours for $1,199.91.

I did find the one below that I really like. It is not quite as colorful and expensive as the lovely seahorse chandelier, but it is a touch more glamorous, which is the look I was going for.

Back from Denver.

Sadly, I wasn't able to do much exploring in Denver. We went to a few great restaurants (Palace Arms in the Brown Palace hotel, Panzano, Capital Grille, and the Trinity Grille) for dinner, but otherwise my time was spent working in my hotel room or the conference room. However, I had a view of the cutest little church outside my hotel window.

(photo: flickr)

I was glad to get home on our fifth wedding anniversary! Another post on that later . . .

Off to Denver.

I leave today for Denver until Friday for work. Not that I have been blogging a lot any way, but I am almost positive there won't be any new posts this coming week as the majority of my time will be spent in 4 depositions.


I have never been to Denver before, so I am hoping to have a break to explore the city a little bit. Hopefully my trip recap will include something other than how the depos went!

SmashBurger.

Typically my bad eating habits are positively correlated with the number of hours I bill. (Can you tell I am in the midst of working with statistical expert reports? I am slightly worried that the phrase "positively correlated" came out like it was second nature. I need another vacation stat.)

Well after billing 70 hours last week alone, I splurged tonight and tried a hamburger and rosemary fries at SmashBurger. It was SO delicious. I love a good hamburger, and this one was well worth all of the calories. We will definitely be going back.



I hope my workload decreases soon for numerous reasons, one of them being for the sake of my expanding waistline.

Trip Pictures.

We had a wonderful time in Mexico. As always, we wish we had a few more days, but we really enjoyed our time there. It was great to spend time with old friends and take it easy. It has been quite a while that I haven't worked (much less not even thought about work) for 3 full days.

The wedding was absolutely beautiful. Congratulations to Brooke and Jeff!

The rooms at the resort were great. Service was a little hard to judge since things weren't quite normal because so many guests had canceled because of swine flu. We have actually stayed at the resort right next door before (it begins where the sail boat is in the picture). It was funny to think we were standing in almost the same place almost 2 years ago (for my bar trip).

Justin woke up early several mornings and took some great shots of the sunrise. He's not that crazy, he came back to bed and slept in later after he took the shots, like you are supposed to do on vacation.

The view from the palapa:

The gorgeous resort:


Enjoying a little caipirinha . . .

Us right after the wedding. And don't worry, our bridesmaid dresses were white -- I usually don't make it a habit to wear all white strapless dresses to weddings.


Wish we were back in Mexico relaxing and hanging out with friends again!

Back Home.

I will post pics and more details of our trip later, but we are back home and had a great time (and no swine flu). The wedding was absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately, I am trying to make up for lost time at work, which is no fun when I am still in beach-lounging mode.

I was reading a chapter in a book this evening and thought to myself, 3 chapters ago I was laying on a beach chair while reading, getting sun, and listening to the waves in the background. I would give anything to be 3 chapters back again right now!

Mexico!

We leave for Mexico in the morning for a friend's wedding! I am so excited . . . I am in major need of some time away from work to decompress. I can't think of any better way than the beach, sun, drinks, and good friends.

I will be back with pictures (the one above is from our last trip to Mexico in 2007)!

JT Wannabe

Houston, we have a problem. My husband thinks he is Justin Timberlake. I am pretty sure he has always secretly wanted to be in a boy band, and after seeing Justin on SNL the other night, he hasn't stopped repeating his lines and various dance moves from the show.

If I hear him sing the song from the "Barry Gibb Talk Show" or sing the line "change my mediocre face" complete with the hand motions [see clip below] one more time, I may lose it.



Besides the name, he and JT don't really have much in common. I am hoping the JT-infatuation/mimicking will dwindle down over the next few days.

Happy Mother's Day!

I had a great time spending mother's day with my wonderful mom and mother-in-law. (And Justin and my father-in-law too, but they don't count since it wasn't their special day!) We all had a delicious brunch and did a little antique shopping.

Mom -- thanks for being the best mom I could have asked for. I love you so much!

Me and my mom.

Justin and his mom.

My sweet boy and his mom!