Wired

I swear my mother has our house wired.

First, my sister and I have been complaining a lot since the beginning of summer how in the past few years of adulthood, our parents still treated us as children. Curfews, "you can't go out until your room is clean", wake up calls, etc.
Suddenly this summer is different. The occasional wake up call for church, but that's it. Strange.

Second, during my trip to Louisiana, my boyfriend and I stayed the night together at a hotel instead of risking getting lost from each other while staying at free housing. We really didn't do anything either. We were just way too tired.
As soon as I told my mom she said, "It's ok, I'm actually glad you got a hotel. I was talking with your [grandma] last night about that if you were going to do anything together you would have already done it. You're both adults and we can't do anything about it." Um... wait what? Definitely different behavior from my parents that I am used to.

Third, my sister and I have been annoyed lately with my mother. We all know our house is a mess, but Mom acts as if it's everyone else's mess but her own. Ugh. I have even less motivation to clean when someone blames me and can't even take responsibility for their own mess.
Today, I wake up to my mother actually cleaning the house. She's cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed rooms, dusted, etc.

Seriously though, either the house is wired or they've drilled tiny holes through the walls to hear what we're talking about. Whatever it is, I'm kind of scared.

Dericious Food

I haven't been updating much lately. :/ So... I decided I'd update now, even if it is just a little.

So I really haven't been doing much of importance lately other than shop and cook.

I'm feeling the need for a new wardrobe. If only I had enough courage to actually get rid of clothing I don't wear. I'm so attached to my belongings. :/ But I have bought some new jewelry now to add to my clothing! I love sales at Claire's and Rue 21. :)

I've been super proud of myself lately for cooking, too! The other day I made this amazing recipe for avocado corn chowder that I found from Busy Bee Lauren here. I found myself adding leftovers of this to whatever I could. It's just so good.
I also made some of this amazing snack mix. I also found this recipe thanks to Busy Bee Lauren.
And today I made tzatziki sauce for gyros! It's all been so good and it's even more awesome knowing that everyone else likes it, too.

I should cook more often. :)

P.S. Been watching American Ninja Warrior marathon today. I love the show. I hate when they call it "Mount Midoriyama". Yama is Japanese for "mountain". It's like saying "Mount Midori Mountain". Redundant? Yes.

Crazy people in Kentucky

This lady's gut was hanging out all over the place in this. Then before they left she had to have a friend retie her halter.

I was told that Kmart had a sale of these. Not sure why someone would feel it approapriate to wear this to a graduation ceremony, let alone buy a dress with text on their butt.

Older woman, so understandable to a degree. She definitely stood out compared to the rest of everyone sitting in her area.

Weekends

Sorry for not updating until now. Just another busy week!

So last weekend while in Kentucky we got to do a lot of super fun things. Visited a bunch of Good Wills and picked up some adorable clothes to add to my wardrobe. Ate at some amazing restaurants. Yum.

There were tons of ridiculously crazy people at my niece's graduation.

We went to this cool ferry on the river that can take three cars across at a time. The guy working was super cool and let us even get up and walk around to take pictures.

Had a little party with amazing grilled food for my niece's graduation. Afterward we went to a local carnival where my sister and I just walked around people watched.

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Then there's this weekend. So much fun with the boyfriend. We left at about 8 a.m. for Louisiana Friday morning. We got a bit lost but tons of fun talking and sight seeing.

Pulling into the stake center was so amazing because the first thing you see is the temple. It was like the size of my church building at home. So small. The stake center looked twice as big.

I got to see my friend. She was so beautiful and amazing. I wish I could have spent more time with her but I still felt special knowing she was still blowing off some of her other guests to talk to me.
I really wanted to cry. She really was beautiful and all grown up. I felt like a nothing compared to my best friend standing there in all her beautiful bride glory. Oh well. Maybe I'll be there someday.

Busy week!

I apologize for not updating in a while. I visited my relatives in Kentucky over the weekend for my niece's high school graduation. I'll have plenty of pictures of crazy people to show.

Did some shopping and got some adorable new clothes! Can't wait to wear them and show them off. :)

Unfortunately, I've got stuff going on again this week so I probably won't be posting much. I'll try to post something small at least about what I've been doing.

I'll give you a little more insight into my weekend later. :]

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