as many of you know, previously for the last, what seems like for forever years of incessant coffee overusage (4 years), dallas' consumption of coffee drinking has progressively morphed into 12+ shots of espresso a day.

somehow my prayers were answered and he had a revelation......
(sit down for this)
he stopped drinking caffeine!

just to make sure this little habit doesn't come back, i made sure to have a note from the doctor.

it's official.
the weekend is sadly over
dallas looks like a fried lobster
with raccoon eyes
and ezra loves me

i love him too.
how could you say no to this?

Saturday: day of the MAN TOOL

i'm going to fess up now. i'm a weenie. ez and i have been sweating all day long and it's what, maybe 80 out? if it gets any warmer than this we may have to move.

dallas on the other hand has been out all day with his man tools and jeeps.
he's so proud

projects he is working on:
1) taking all the tar off of the willie's
2) polishing the aluminum on his red jeep to a mirror finish

dallas loves his new job but is *SPOILED*
(i'm rather jealous)
here is an example. last week he had a business trip to san diego (rough, i know). he is very excited to show me something in his bag
andi: *thinking* this cannot be! he thought of me on his trip? aaaaah finally training him well....
dallas: *pulls out beer mug* you should blog this--- LOOK WHAT I WON!
andi: *happy bubble in head bursts* oh wow. (notice lack of enthusiasm) how did you win that?
dallas: well, we went out to eat and our plates were REAL expensive, but the company bought them, of course. and we were walking back to our hotel room and decided it was too early to go back. we went to this place. i got the "man" size and etc......(sparing you of irrelevant details)
andi: cut to the chase
dallas: well i don't know how many beers i had but when we left they gave me my glass (mind you he's holding it with the remains of his beer on it)
andi: did you even do any work there?
dallas: yeah, we had a meeting..... but it didn't last very long

SPOILED

i hate to toot my own horn,
but we were rather productive over the weekend

the garage got cleaned out
(notice you can see the floor)

oooh wow! you can see the floor here too!
(no more tripping over man tools 1/2 awake)
i ran a VERY long ways
(and can still walk......barely)

got some flowers planted

and made shrimp etouffee for guests.....
which was made less elegant by the fact that i havn't used these napkins since we got them for our wedding. just so you know, stickers don't come off very well after 3.5 years. it was rather embarrassing (since i didn't realize this till last minute, as in when we sat down to eat) but it's a good thing adam and chelsie don't judge.

homemade granola bars

today i decided to try and make homemade granola bars

first you make the homemade granola
then you combine it with this sugary buttery mix
stick it in a pan
and wrap into bars
talk about an all morning activity---
dallas better eat these
(even the ones that are accidentally a little crispier (and darker on the bottom))
whoopsie!

a must watch you tube video

our house has been extremely boring this week. i apologize.
no school, dallas gone....
really the only exciting thing is that i finally got william his own cat food so he could stop eating ezras. pathetic huh?

anyway, dallas and i found this video last night and about busted a gut watching it. need a laugh? try this out! it's a game show where there are teams and you have to put this rubber band around your face and eat a marshmellow that is dangling in the air.

this is also hilarious

everything's bigger in texas

tonight dallas volunteered to make his own pancakes for our breakfast supper. i didn't realize that our ideal pancake size was so different.
here is dallas' pancake:
need a different perspective?
good grief these things are huge!

i'm done!!!

this morning was my last final! now i sit and stare at the wall and wonder what to do with my free time. so weird.

anyway....what's been going on here?
1) procrastination technique 1: re-paint our front porch
2) procrastination technique 2: buy ez a new doggie pillow
which i'm thinking that all 3 are a bit much
procrastination technique 3: play ball outside all day with ez. today he is so wore out that sitting upright requires too much energy

laundry room update: ALMOST DONE
here's what is left to do: put a sink in, tile, cabinet hardware and repaint part of the wall
for now, i just painted the countertop since the tile i want isn't in the budget right now. ladies! this could be yours! all you need is 4+ months and a nagging voice. :)

currently: taking suggestions of things to do with free time!

celebrate good times..... oh yeah!

tonight is my ochem final. not that i'm looking forward to feeling like an idiot from 6-9 tonight, but i am SO excited to be done with this class!
(i really don't think you know how excited i am!!! this has been a HUGE debbie-downer cloud raining on my parade the entire semester)

i have to get a 96%+ to get an A and a 45% (ish) to actually flunk. of course i want to do as best as i possibly can, but the huge percent range cushion gives me a little more confidence

dallas would like to point out how ironic it is that my ochem lab book is carbonless

happy cinco de mayo!

1st: to those of you celebrating this day, it is not mexican indepencence day (which is actually 9.16) but it is the day the mexican army had victory over the french at the battle of pubela..... so it is like americans celebrating the battle of bunker hill. not really worth celebrating

that said......

2nd: it is worth celebrating because i get this marathon run over with in exactly one month! pretty amazing considering i havn't seen any significant body changes (like i was hoping for weight loss and it didn't happen. bummer.) but it's here... which means i need to start pumping up my music list and i need your help!

please leave a comment with any upbeat song that gets you motivated! i'm really needing some help with this so please help me out!

yes, studying with william is super productive...not

andi: DALLAS!!!
(no answer)
andi: DALLAS!! your phone is ringing!
(no answer)
andi (thinking to self). wow he is really absorbed in whatever he is doing.... hm, what is he doing?

well yesterday we went grocery shopping together. this means that since the m&m's were on sale we had to get a bag of each kind (because he finds it difficult to choose between pb, almond and peanut).... and he downloaded a new music album on his itouch.
what better than to walk around the house listening to music and eating m&m's?
stuff like this is so frustrating but i can't help to laugh (on the inside....don't tell him i think it's kinda cute, in a ridiculous way---of course )

happy may!

wow! i'ts may already? holy moley that went fast!

the greenery around our place is celebrating my last week of school (finals this week, blah!) by pullin out the big colors. our neighborhood is beautiful in the spring.
all things pink and beautiful:

and our neighbor's tree
and the roses i bought myself. not usually a big rose person but, the color was worth it!