soo much

so lots has been happening the last month or so. let's hit the highlights.

1. i'm moving into my own place - adorable 2/1.5 townhouse. it's in the same complex i'm in now, but i'll be living solo. nothing bad with frank, just time for us to be grown-ups with our own homes.
2. i'm not working at the irving old navy store anymore. yesterday was my last day. i'll be the ASM in denton until august 23rd, then the remodel coordinator for denton for 10 weeks. i'll be landing as the ASM in the southlake training store around the beginning of november - just in time for holiday! i was in san francisco last week for training for the remodel gig - super excited, and it was so amazing to see headquarters. now i know where i want to go with my career, really.
3. i'm getting a puppy! i'll be bringing him home (to my new place) next sunday. his name is jackson mark cullen... after my three favorite fictional characters.

that's the big stuff. i'm going to be better with the whole blog thing, really i swear. but i've got to admit, facebook and twitter are so much more user friendly on my blackberry which is where i spend most of my free time these days. :)

i'll let you know when i've had enough. (not yet.)

a little more...

insert happy face here.

so the broadway tour of RENT is here in dallas. and of course, i had to go. so i got the best ticket available for myself - thank you, third row center. ahhhhh, yes. it was amazing.

i'm just so excited that i can scratch one off my bucket list: see RENT with original cast members!!!


and then... after the show... i waited outside the stage door, you know, just in case...



and who came out and signed autographs? oh, just a few cast members. can you say, "ANTHONY RAPP"?!?!

so hey, another 'list' item can be knocked off the list - MEET a member of the original broadway cast. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes!!





of course, i ended up going back the next night to see it again with my friend aibi. another great show, and something i'll always ALWAYS remember.


I also got to meet nicolette hart (who played maureen) both nights and lexi lawson (who played mimi) after the second show.


don't you LOVE her yellow bag?!?! don't worry, i asked and it's NINE WEST. super cute.

100

1. Started your own blog - clearly.
2. Slept under the stars - under a tent... but i think it counts.
3. Played in a band - high school marching band... lame, right, engh well i had fun.
4. Visited Hawaii - nope
5. Watched a meteor shower - yes. sitting on my patio at my denton apartment with mikee.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity - what is "more than you can afford"? but i donate when/where i can
7. Been to Disneyland! - heck yes
8. Climbed a mountain - actually... several.
9. Held a Praying Mantis - i don't do bugs
10. Sang a solo -only behind the wheel. in my car. alone.
11. Bungee jumped - nope
12. Visited Paris - yes, but i think i was too young to fully appreciate
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm - i live in texas. they can't be avoided.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - i'm crafty! so yep!
15. Adopted a child - no, but i did adopt a kitten years ago. he's 18 lbs now. guess it worked out for him.
16. Had food poisoning - nope
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - not yet
18. Grown your own vegetables - frank, jake and i tried...
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France - yes. it's smaller than you'd think
20. Slept on an overnight train - never
21. Had a pillow fight - yes
22. Hitch hiked - no i'm a wuss
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - not lately. i miss playing hookie.
24. Built a snow fort - fort, no. snow man, yes.
25. Held a lamb - held? or pet?
26. Gone skinny dipping - negative
27. Ran a Marathon - no
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - not yet
29. Seen a total eclipse - not that i can remember
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset - i see the sunrise every morning on my drive home from work
31. Hit a home run - nope
32. Been on a cruise - nope
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person - nope
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - nope
35. Seen an Amish community - nope
36. Taught yourself a new language - pig latin
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - ha. never.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person - not yet
39. Gone rock climbing - i didn't climb, but i was there when other people climbed. lol.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David - yes
41. Sung karaoke - yeeeeah not my best moment.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - nope
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - no
44. Visited Africa - not yet but i want to
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - beach, no. been on a boat, yet.
46. Been transported in an ambulance - nope, thank goodness
47. Had your portrait painted - no
48. Gone deep sea fishing - nope
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person - not yet
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris - actually yes
51. Gone scuba diving - no
52. Kissed in the rain - no
53. Played in the mud - yes
54. Gone to a drive-in theater - not in yeeeears
55. Been in a movie - home movie... yes
56. Visited the Great Wall of China - nope
57. Started a business - i was a photographer in college
58. Taken a martial arts class - no
59. Visited Russia - nope
60. Served at a soup kitchen - sort of, it wasn't an official soup kitchen, it was a thanksgiving meal for the homeless at a church
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - BOUGHT them is more my style
62. Gone whale watching -no
63. Got flowers for no reason - they were actually for my roommate...
64. Donated blood - of course
65. Gone sky diving - no
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - no
67. Bounced a check - engh, personal much
68. Flown in a helicopter - no
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - yes i still have my ted e. bear
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial - yes
71. Eaten Caviar - yes
72. Pieced a quilt - helped others do it
73. Stood in Times Square - NOT YET! february 2010!
74. Toured the Everglades - no
75. Been fired from a job - no
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London - not yet
77. Broken a bone - no. but i have sprained several ankles and torn an mcl in my knee
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - no
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person - nope
80. Published a book - nope
81. Visited the Vatican - not yet
82. Bought a brand new car - i'm a used car kind of girl
83. Walked in Jerusalem - not yet
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - yes
85. Read the entire Bible - yes
86. Visited the White House - not inside, but yes
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - eew
88. Had chickenpox - no
89. Saved someone’s life - maybe
90. Sat on a jury - nope
91. Met someone famous - broadway famous, yes!
92. Joined a book club - no
93. Lost a loved one - yep
94. Had a baby - nope
95. Seen the Alamo in person - couple of times
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake - i've seen it, but no swimming thanks
97. Been involved in a law suit - nope
98. Owned a cell phone - it's the 21st century! hello?!
99. Been stung by a bee - no, but i had a wasp in my car that got me
100. Visited Italy - not yet

redefine rocks my socks off