Sunday, February 21, 2010

Which ones??

I'm loving these earrings! But since we can't have everything we want, gonna have to narrow it down. Help me! Which ones do you like?

Drops of Night


Star Drops


Total Eclipse


Crystal Wave


Peony Pave


Pave


Contour

Friday, February 19, 2010

Nothing like Professional Bull Riding on a Saturday night

I had never heard of "PBR" before. My friend made fun of me for not knowing. Must be popular here since I've heard it in a few country songs. (yes, I've been listening to country at work. Not my choice, but it's not so bad) PBR=Professional Bull Riding. And one of the biggest events was held at Oklahoma last weekend. This is something I've wanted to do while here in Oklahoma. I thought I was a cultured person, but somehow in my head I was imagining a man with a lasso being chased around by an angry bull. Must have gotten mixed up with Spain's bull fighting. In Spain they fight. In Oklahoma they ride. Everyone was wearing Wranglers and cowboy boots and hats. I mean EVERYONE. Excluded from that dress code were me and John. John sported a UMD Terps T-shirt, Abercrombie cap, and some Adidas track pants. I at least has some jeans on... and clogs. We felt out of place. But it soon turned out to be a lot of fun. Each rider took turns on the back of a bucking, spinning, 1,700 pound bull. Most guys were flung off in 5 seconds. You would think that once the bull threw the rider off it would charge and try to trample them. Nope, once the rider was off its back, it stopped kicking, and calmly turned around and walked back into its cage. It was funny actually. This mean, wild bull, all of a sudden trots back into its cage liked nothing happened. So well trained! Although, it would have made it much more interesting if it were a rampaging bull.





Okay, this was a rebel bull. He didn't want to go into the cage right away. Most of the others went in soon after

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

MD Crazy Snow

I'm kinda missing the snow. After seeing everyone's facebook posts and pictures of the ridiculous amount of snow, I wish I were there. Yeah I'd probably be stuck in the house wasting away my days on the computer, then complain afterward about being bored and having to clean up the mess, but still. That much snow just seems so cool. The upper east coast is so cool now because of all that blizzard. I was happy when we got some nice big fluffy flakes on Monday. Those flakes were gone by the end of the day. So to all my Marylanders, be safe and enjoy!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Got a photographer now, too!

We put in our deposit for our photographer today! One more thing we can check off. And funny thing is I found her on FaceBook. We've got 6 friends in common, and I don't remember how I found her page exactly, but I'm glad I did. Her work impressed me. Clean, crisp, a good balance between candid and posed. There were a few other photographers I'd considered. All very very good. But Theresa's photos got me hooked. The daunting task of finding a good photographer, at a good price, that had a unique style made me nervous. I poured over web page after web page of photos and reviews. I wanted a great photographer. Besides the food and entertainment, photography is up there on my list. Have to make sure the guest are having a good time. Then got to make sure we've got photos to back it up! Here's some of her work: