vroom vroom & texas still sucks

Hey local pals, you know anyone wanting to buy a truck?

We're selling Lee's truck. We've only had it for a couple of years but it's not worth holding onto if he's not going to be driving it for 15+ months. AND we just put new wheels on it since the old ones were stolen under our nose! The only reason I would fight to keep it would be to deter bad guys from breaking into the house by leaving it in the driveway but that's an expensive deterrence, right?! Plus, I trophy myself as a bad arse with a gun now. The funny + innovative idea we have is that if his truck sells fast than Nana is letting Lee drive her car so that we don't have to car pool with our 1 car until he leaves for his training. Smart and funny, huh? Nana is a young 94 but her car sits in her car port, I'm looking forward to seeing Lee drive Nana's car and I'm sure Nana is too. TeeHeeHee!

I plan on sock'n away that saved dough to for-real build a house when he gets back. Maybe I can use that amount saved to buy THAT double oven for the new house! However, during his training I'm sure that mula will be buying plane tickets so we can see each other every chance possible.

I'm no longer in denial that this isn't happening. This all is becoming too real as we are no longer making deployment plans but acting out our plans now! Wowzers. Lee and I are great planners but he is a better actor. Like turning our plans into action. My own little action figure. One of my favorite qualities about hubby is that he doesn't only talk about plans, he takes action and make things happen. Sexy Sexy.

Big plans this weekend? OU/TX game, duh!

BOOMER SOONER!!!

winning

I love pumpkin anything; spice, bread, pie, custard, ice cream, butter... Give it some pumpkin and it's tons better! Maybe that's why I had a nice little chuckle when I was cruising through FB this morning and saw this new pic a friend posted from a recent pumpkin carving entry:

bake me a cake

Mama heard this recently and shared it with me today:

"Sometimes we wonder, 'What did I do to deserve this?' or 'Why me, Why now?'
Here is a wonderful explanation!

A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.
Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, 'Absolutely Mom, I love your cake.'
'Here, have some cooking oil,' her Mother offers.
'Yuck' says her daughter.
'How about a couple raw eggs?' 'Gross, Mom!'
'Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?'
'Mom, those are all yucky!'
To which the mother replies: 'Yes , all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! '
God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!
God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart."

Not bad, huh? Now...only if it were all a "piece of cake".

weekend update

This past weekend was a nice one. We went to my Little's wedding Friday night and it was so good to see her. It had been too long. I swear she looked like wedding Barbie but with cowgirl boots. Her colors were pale pink and grey. The maids and men were grey suits and dresses.
Before the wedding:

Lee and I managed to get to the gym and take Coop for a run over the weekend. We also enjoyed the OU game Saturday night, but we did skip out in the 3rd quarter to stop by our favorite burger joint to cure our starvation. 62-6 was the final score. Boomer Sooner! My pride for our Alma Mater is funny to watch apparently. Lee always gets a good chuckle when he sees me get teary eyed holding my finger high up in the air as we (OU FANS) sing OU's Alma Mater. Its hard NOT to get a wave of emotion at the start of any OU football game. The crowd is intense, fireworks, horses, The Pride..."There is only 1 Oklahoma" video before the game...

On Sunday we took Cooper with us to pick out a couple four pumpkins for his BIRTHDAY. Our baby is 3. Lee gave him a new bone in the morning, we called him "Birthday Boy" all day and chased him around the house trying to steal his bone. He wouldn't chew it but only tote it around in his mouth with his chin up as if he was carrying a trophy or the prize duck. Silly goose. Yes, we are just now getting around to our pumpkin carving event as mentioned HERE.