Honest Scrap Award

Okay, Alice, here are my quick (or not so quick) 10 things about me:

1. I love anything made with excessive amounts of sugar. Is there sugar in syrup?? Then, yes, I love syrup.

2. DVR changed my world. I love reality TV except for the really, really dumb ones. I shamelessly vote for my favorites on So You Think You Can Dance every week, and no amount of eye rolling by my hubby will ever discourage me from having staughter dial in with a second phone to maximize our votes.
3. I love books, but if I'm not hooked within the first 50 or so pages, I'm over it. When I was younger I used to finish them anyway, but these days my "me-time" is golden...

4. I'm terrified of scary/creepy/socially deviant movies. I can't even watch a Harry Potter trailer because they're too dark for me!! In case you live under a rock (like I sometimes do), The Ring is NOT a romantic comedy. Learned that the hard way...

5. If you look up "buyer's remorse" in an encyclopedia, you'll see a picture of me on my way to "the stores" with a bag full of mistakes.

6. I hate being late, yet I almost always am.

7. I love musicals and have no qualms with singing along as my favorite songs are sung. Yes, Justin, I do understand that nobody paid to hear my singing, but I love the music too much to control myself. The same rule applies to concerts except that singing along is apparently okay under those circumstances.

8. I did not eat fast food until Justin turned me on to that tasty, greasy goodness. "I've got a complicated order..."

9. When I was growing up, we always had a lot of cats. At one point, we had more cats and kittens than humans. In case you didn't know, I come from a family of 10 (8 kids)!

10. I tend to get addicted to things and have to have them just about daily until I find a new "must have" thing. My latest addiction is jasmine boba tea (Thanks, Jordan), but before that it was mango rice (it's out of season right now), TapEx watermelon icy, medium fried potstickers in a bag, peach pleasure jamba juice, Pizza Nova's house salad, McDonald's iced mochas, et cetera.
The addictions are mainly just food and drinks. That's mostly true since I don't speak about my Sims addiction anymore! Ha!

Srsly slacking

Has it really been MONTHS since I posted to my blog? Really, Hanster? Okay, well, let me catch you up on things that you've missed


Life has been flying by! My little bug, who I barely brought home 7 short months ago, now has teeth and can crawl/lunge/scoot around! Those baby books do NOT prepare new moms for that one dreaded thing that apparently every child does very, very quickly--grow up! Ugh, anyway, I wake up every morning and stare in awe at my little creature who never fails to wake up almost every single day SINGING!!! Amazing. Truly amazing....and totally amusing! ;)

Work--Well, I got a promotion to Domestic Engineer in April, and it is the biggest blessing EVER! I miss having a paycheck and seeing all of my work friends everyday, but surprisingly, I'm not bored. There's a freedom that I haven't experienced since being in college! Plus, I don't think that I had realized how super lame my actual job was until it was no longer my job.
These days, I tap in to my inner iron chef almost every night, I'm the proud owner of zoo AND Sea World passes, I scour the internet daily looking for travel deals so that Team Allen can visit with family as much as (financially) possible and I spend my "me time" on random projects instead of quick shopping fixes after work! Hahaha! Ok, I secretly miss the latter, but that's why God created internet shopping!! Hey, don't judge me. I may be a recovering shopaholic, but what's one pair of new jeans every now and then??!!