regulator christmas 08 - BFF

janice just posted photos on fb from the regulator christmas party. this is our 7th christmas party to throw [[the first 4 were always just us girls, but the past 3 years have been kind of like a reunion for anyone and everyone to come]]. wanted to post a few of my faves from the night. I LOVE THESE GIRLS SO VERY MUCH. it is always so amazing to get together during the holidays and pick up right where we left off.

CHEERS TO THE CLASS OF 2003.
[[i would post the 'motto' we came up with back in the day, but it is entirely inappropriate. haha]]

[[jaci, jordan, andrea & me]]


[[me and aubbs. bffff]]


[[nothing says 'we've grown up' like playing drinking games]]


[[cheeeers in the vogl kitchen]]


[[hooray. i love us]]


[[mo and i celebrating with a 'strike em rattlers' while hughes and gomez are reciting the winston churchill alma matter in the background. represent.]]


[[regulators, mount up.]]


[[this one is typical us. and no, they're not really making out back there. um. at least i think they arent!! haha. jk]]


[[“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” Elisabeth Foley]]


[[jenna, jaci, janice and me]]


[[jazon gomez, janice, and jason hughes]]


[[mama ana fixing jacis dress]]


[[CHRIS ANNINOS CAME HOME TO US!!]]


[[throwback hammers shirt. of course]]


[[two of my faves right here. manship and anninos]]


[[timmy, sean, anninos and steven]]


[[the soon to be mr & mrs andre!!]]


[[moving the party to sherlocks]]



[[jordan, aubbs and me]]


[[schavies, me and janny]]


[[jdizzle and chase streitz with janny]]


[[tommy tom and jaci ann]]


[[aubrey is pissed bc they kicked her out. HAHHAAAA. she was sitting down, texting and they came and said she had to much and had to leave. so she had to sit outside in this chair until her bro picked her up.... while i got pissed and asked to speak to the management bc it was ridiculous. but we all laughed a lot after. okay maybe aubrey didnt. maybe she did.]]

horned frogs and thai chili

LOOK @ me! well dont look too closely at me -- not the best looking photo of me, BUT pretty cool that i got to meet Kurt Thomas! He is also a fellow HORNED FROG and TCU alum. my mom and i were eating lunch at thai chili [the owner, chai, used to be married to one of my moms cousins], and KT came in to pick up some food to-go. my mom introduced herself and let him know that she and my dad are on the board for the TCU san antonio alumni. she told him that when he first came to san antonio, she went online and bought up all his rookie cards to use at our auction and fundraisers. and she asked if he would be interested in coming out and helping with fundraisers and events. he said he would, and just to get in touch with him and gave us his email address. it was pretty cool seeing him and getting to meet him. especially after the spurs had such a great win against miami the night before!

alright. well that was my news for yesterday - but i just got around to it today.

pacific moon. errands & bravo.

i started the day by going to lunch with muhlynnuh (you have to pronounce it that way. the slower, and more obnoxious, the better...) at pacific moon - one of our favs. as i dashed out the door to meet mo in my driveway, i shouted to my dad that we were going to lunch bc i dont see her near enough. i LOLd. but i dont htink he got the joke [um we're roommates]. anyhow. while i am an obvious fan of the tex-mex styled salsa and tortilla chips....pacific moons version of chips and salsa is arguably one of my favorites on the planet. after much giggling and gossiping, er i mean storytelling(?) and both enjoying the SAME dish... we paid our bills and were on our way.

liddy and i ran errands to barnes and noble. bed bath and beyond. and then met the maja and the grantie and headed to la cantera. we got some stuff here and there and walked around for a couple hours then had dinner (and two bottles of chilean cab...) at BRAVO. our girls day at la cantera is always one of our fav things to do.

now me and the maja are hanging out at the hopa. im kinda bored. but too tired to go out and do anything. oh wait and i dont have a car right now. so that is neat too. i think hangin out with the nephews tomorrow - so that should be fun.

alright. im outie.

RING it in.

happy new year to everyone!

we bring the OT

my awesome bro has season tickets to the spurs, and gave us his tickets for the games against memphis! so saturday night, me lindsey (my sis), mark (her bf) and jon went to dinner at pei wei in lincoln heights and then went downtown to at&t center for the game. we had SO much fun. and the game was so exciting. it went into two over times, with the spurs coming out on top 106-103. hootie hooo. i think it was one of the most exciting games we've been to.

sunday i hung out at jons then went to the river city vb practices at alamo heights junior school. the 14s only had four girls, so the practice ended an hour early. then me, kim and edie (my friends who play at UIW and coach our 14s) went and scrimmaged against the 17s. it was fun getting to play, even though i felt like my body is like 50 years old. okay more like my knees. but i did alright. i blocked one girl and got really excited. ha. its been wayy too long since ive played for real - i mean i ve played at camps and stuff but its not like when i used to play. anyhow.

yesterday i had a drs appt then came and hungout at the house. my parents dropped me to meet jon on their way to my nephews bball game. my cousin dana works for valero, who was hosting the alamobowl, had two extra tickets! so me and jon went down to the alamodome, ate at bill millers - which was before we realized the game started at 7, and not 8, and that the tickets my cousin was getting for us got us into the vip lounge where they had free food and drinks. bummer. anyway. we took advantage of the free drinks...and that was pretty awesome. the game was mizzou vs northwestern - and it ended up going into overtime and mizzou ended up winning 30-23. we had awesome seats, right on the 50 yd line. i tried to take a photo with my phone, but it doesnt really do it justice. two exciting OT games in three days. good times.

today there was vb practice again. split my time there between the 14s and the 17s. i love both teams but they practice at the same time. i am going to get to coach the 17s in houston in two weekends, so its good getting to know those girls. but i also love the 14s since i know several of them and have so much fun with kim and edie. my mom made dinner, so me and jon came over here after practice. she made bacon wrapped cream cheese jalapeno peppers for apps even though it didnt match with the meal (ha) since lindsey, jon or my mom didnt get any at lindseys grad party. before dinner, my dad, jon and mark were shooting hoops in the driveway. i attempted several. but then me and lindsey just peppered with the vball instead. sticking to what we know. we decided it was time to wash up and go in for dinner when one of the bballs deflected off the rim and hit me, breaking my glasses. if anyone is reading this right now, i hope you're laughing. bc i think its funny. the frame got cracked. haha. anyway. mom made shrimp paesano and tilapia with pasta and stuffed tomatoes for dinner. delish.

after dinner i rushed over to my cousin danas to watch her boys while she went to the spurs game. so now im home. catching up on this thing. and gonna get ready for bed soon. don't know what we're doing tomorrow night for new years yet. me and jon are gonna eat dinner at my parents then who knows what.

alright. im out.
peace.

merry christmas to all

hope everyone is having a wonderful christmas, full of family time, good food, and holiday cheer. i am loving being home in san antonio. i sure do love this place. haven't really gotten to write since i've been home - things have been crazy!!

i will have to do a brief recap (i'll try to keep it brief)

saturday, dec 20 - left LGA at the butt crack of dawn. flight is delayed. land in chicago. RUN from terminal to terminal trying to catch my connecting flight (i had 10 minutes). get to the gate just in time to see 'flight closed' and see the plane still sitting there. burst into tears. call the mom. miraculously catch a standby flight at noon (the flight was overbooked and i was at the bottom of the standby list, some random girl (or angel) told me the flight switched gates...we run to the other terminal, and make it JUST in time to catch the flight. about 1/3 of the people didnt make it. pretty awesome for me, huh?) jon picks me up from the airport. its hot. and i have to change out of my boots. go to marthas for mexican and margs. hang out at the tophill house. then come home to see teh family, slaving away preparing for lindseys grad party. love love, kiss kiss, hug hug. then do what i can to help out.

sunday. LINDSEYS grad party! wow. my sister graduated!! and i am so sad i had ot miss it. but the party was so much fun. had a great time with my family and friends and all that came to celebrate with us. ended the evening by seeing 'yes man' at the theatre with my cousins bradley and nolan. cousins spend the night. snuggle in my bed watching tv with the boys then head to lindseys room before i pass out from such a long day.

monday. eye appointment. i got some contacts! and my dr said i can wear them SPARINGLY. which means my eyes are getting better. which is awesome. and i got a new glasses rx - so i can replace these scratched ones i have. neat. go to my nephews bball game at reagan (weird that its been so long since we went there). brandon comes with. reminisce about his glory days (LOL) playing reagan bball. hang out at brans. ashley picks me up. meet jaci, dru and vogl at copa wine bar. realize my mom and our waiter are like bff because she comes there all the time. intersting. me, dru and vogl head to sherlocks. see b-wester who is bartending. hang out with kyle, steven and sean. go to jims. fall asleep in the booth. dru drops me at home.

tuesday. work a hanukkah party with brandon at this cool, contemporary house. make a $100 tip [[which was all spent on christmas gifts and an outfit for christmas eve...]]. the owner of the house makes me a killer dirty martini that i enjoy while finishing up the dishes and packing the leftovers. stop by jons to see him. watch the end of the tcu vs boise state - poinsetta bowl - cheer for the frogs who won. jon falls asleep bc he is exhausted from starting work. i leave. eat food. meet brandon, watch jeopardy. go pick mo up at the airport. come home, pass out.

wednesday. [[christmas eve day]] run last minute errands with the lindsey. come home. get ready for church. get to church early. save seats for osborns. photoshoot after mass with the osborns. go to auntie lindas. dinner with the fam. hang out.check out the bro's new hummer. go into maternal mode and scold the little cousins for misbehaving. lecture on respecting eachother and respecting the space. have them to do a 're-do' bc they started the night off with bad behavior [slip in the fact that santa is still watching]. mo and brandon come by. drink wine and firefly that brandon got me and mo. open presents. got some more lolita from uncle ed! help clean up. go home. go to bed.

thursday. sleep in. open presents with the fam [[new citizens. tiffanys charm. boots. cross. comm arts subscription. cute hat from urban. funky gloves. peace sign scarf (for the 50th reunion, lol. i like it) sweet henri bendel candle from b&bw. girls just wanna have fun on dvd & a gift certificate for a spa pedicure from the sister]]. eat breakfast. shower. drink margs. watch 'august rush' with the mom and the sister. hang out.

waiting for the osborns to come by. waiting for jon to get back in town from blanco! bc things have been crazy busy and we we havent hung out nearly enough since i've been home. tomorrow is the regulator christmas party! i am stoked. it will be great to see people and catch up. alright. so that is the run down of what i've been doing.

other than that - been enjoying the warm weather in sa. the fact that i didnt have to wear a jacket on christmas eve. the fact that our front door and back door are open righ tnow and i am loving the breeze. moving onto wine. still lounging around. ahhh. life is good.

xo

fotografias

[FRIDAY EVENING]

{{susie, al & me before the party started & all the girls on the terrace}}

{{me and my nae & my little ladies in fur}}

{{just a little bday toast to me @ midnight! & susie makes a great bridget jones}}


{{roomies and besties & us with our new friend, megan}}

[SATURDAY MORNING]

{{opening gifts from mom & dad}}

[BEGINNING OF SATURDAY EVENING]

{{24 roses for twenty-four years. the greatest surprise from jonathan}}

**great weekend. great fun. i will retrieve (and sift through) photos from going out at night for the bday and then post them... we will see how many are suitable for posting. probably not cool to voluntarily embarass your ownself...**

a whirlwind.

why am i awake at such an hour? waking up early to see the sunrise? yea right. im still up from finishing up my FINAL TWO projects of the semester. oh how sweet that sounds. i thought i could possibly get a few hours of sleep in, but i would probably just end up being more tired. weird how that works. the forecast tomorrow (today?) is ridiculous...



yikes. well i have not had a chance to write this week - things have been absolutely crazy. and even though i had a WONDERFUL birthday weekend... i think i had a little too much fun which disabled me from doing anything productive. so i spent the whole week like a crazy chicken trying to get it all worked out.

i can't believe this semester is coming to a close. holy cow where did the time go? one semester left before i graduate and try to decide what direction i want to go in -- or maybe who will be so gracious as to give me a job opportunity and lead me in a new direction...hmm. i suppose that is more like it. we will see. during the break i hope to post some of my work from the semester. it's been a busy one. done a whole lot in such a quick amount of time. my portfolio website needs MAJOR revamping. okay i need to update ALL of my design work that i have on there. bc looking at this semester compared to last, i am embarassed to have that stuff up there. geeze. i guess you can say though thats a good thing - at least im improving.

this post is way to boring and serious. i just realized that all i have talked about is the weather.... and school work. gross.

bye already.

keming

THURSDAY = DONE = RELIEF.

i made it through the day folks. don't know how (okay maybe redbull and coffee helped some). Got out of Publication design early - which is awesome bc now i have time to work on my packaging that is due TOMORROW. neato. it's almost the weekend :D

p.s. elizabeth (my old roomie from tcu) is coming in from d.c. tomorrow! i am so super excited to see her and finally meet this boyfriend of hers. lol.

tempermental weather

it was 30 something degrees in texas today. and in ny the high was 65 and it was muggy rainy out... and i was sweating and gross and my feet felt yucky since i wore my rain boots (anticipating rain) and i felt so uncomfortable. i wanted to be wearing shorts and flip flops. so my solution was to spend 80% of my day at pratt barefoot. i may have gotten some looks from that. but i do what i have to do. but hey! look at that weather forecast for the week... im seeing sun on saturday which makes me SMILE!!! just in time for the birthday :D


but untill then i have a ton of stuff to get done. so i am trying to stay focused and press on through all that needs to get done. yea yea yea yeaaaa let's get it doneeee.

101 and going on and on and on

wow. this is my 101st blog. pretty crazy. i don't have much to say right now - well i have plenty to say but no time to say it all. im actually in the lab working on stuff right now for my advertising class and my electronic page design class. i got a funny little email from my bestie LOWIE and thought i would post it for my entry today. 

happy tuesday yall.

celebrating the birth of my little turkish delight.

[[happy birthday tuten. i loveeeee you]]

love actually is all around

"i feel it in my fingers
i feel it in my toes...''

ah. the first snow of the season fell today in the city... granted it did not stick... it was still a lovely surprise to look out the window and see snowflakes falling :) after a long (and definitely fun) evening last night... i have remained indoors today, relaxing, attempting to clean, and get a head start on work that is due this week and the following week.

right now im laying in bed, watching loveactually, eating triscuits and cheese, and simulatneously blogging. gee. told you i was talented. thought i would write a quick post documenting the snow and my love for this movie. how great it is. if you haven't seen it, i recommend you do. [[shout out to my chelsea marie, i can't help but think of you and snuggling in the fort. miss you greatly!]]

xo
low

several reasons to cheeeers

to begin with, 75 years ago was the end of prohibition in the united states. today also marks my big bro, tommy's bday! hoooooray love ya old man :D AND it is also the birthday of my friends bethany and tuten. what a great day. and there are so many great reasons to celebrate this evening.

tonight the east village is where its at. meeting nae and company at chikalicious on e. 10th, then heading to st marks place to the ale house to meet pratt people for tuten's bday! and then hopefully getting by lakeside lounge on ave. b at some point or another to join in at bethanys bday celebration. what a perfect way to end such a long week.

cheers people.

thursday?

"Get a red swim suit and come with that. U r a life saver"
[[tuten keser in response to me letting her borrow my spray adhesive so she can complete her typography brochure before class this afternoon]]

It has been over a week since I wrote - I know, ridiculous. What am I thinking? Oh wait, maybe its because while I was home I didn't want to do anything...just hang out, relax, drink some wine, and lounge with some loved ones. And now that I've returned, this snowball effect called preparing for final projects to be completed is taking over my life. Just wanted to take a minute to post that quote from my tuten. cracks me up. I plan on catching up on my break and new delights (like trying the new pomegranate pinkberry flavor!) asap.

FOr now, I am heading to Pratt for class and then desperately rushing to complete my matisee brochure for publication design (neat.) -- just have to get through the day so i can make it over to chase and hunter's tonight for some tacos and tequila --- oooh just what i need after this week. some real [HOMEMADE!] mexican food, tequila and good friends. OLE!

sweet home san antonio

sweet home san antonio.
where the skies are so blue
[[they are sooo blue]]
sweet home san antonio
SA TOWN i'm comin home to youuu.
[[oh yes its true]]


well here i go again, headed back to the airport, and headed back to the southland. i am heading home to san antonio for the thanksgiving break. i will arrive tomorrow around 5pm (despite my 6 am departure from ny laguardia... yea i dont want to talk about it) and then i get to stay until next monday! i am super excited. i'm about to head to the airport right now, stopping in murray hill to pick up allison so we can share the cab to the airport - she's flying out of continental and i'm flying out of northwest.

so the next time i'll be writing, i'll be in the sweet sweet 210. cheers :D

tomorrow tomorrow.

I LOVE YA tomorrow. you're only a dayyyyyyy a-wayyyyy!




a wonderful, beautiful weekend with good friends and good cheer. saturday night after mccoys, amanda, mo, nathaniel and i were itchin to dance so headin down to angels & kings for some good times. hmm. well the dj apparently doesnt have the same taste in music as us... or the rest of the crowd at a&k - and the fun chaotic, dancing atmosphere we had anticipated did not have a chance to flourish. we finished the evening at 7A for some food, where i was charged 2 extra dollars for salsa.... for my quesadilla. um? shouldnt a quesadilla COME with salsa? toto, we're not in texas any more.

the most productive thing i did yesterday was... drum roll please... shower! hooray me. ha well we did go to church too...so that was good. after church a big group of us headed to this gourmet, extremely fancy italian restaurant... jardin de olive... i guess its known to some people as olive garden. tons of laughs were shared... wait, tons of laughs were towards me! ha but it was all in good fun. sometimes mo and i forget that we are in a crowd of a lot of people... and we just start going back and forth and dont realize people are watching/listening - next thing you know everyone is laughing at us. whoops. well i suppose it can be entertaining?

anyhow. TEXAS TOMORROW! after hanging out at amy & annies this evening... and having to say bye to nathaniel at one point [not happy about this :( ] i'll head home, MAYBE pack (okay yes i ahve to pack) and then count down till departure time. allison and i are sharing a cab to LGA--wooo.

happy monday everyone... its almost time for turkey

tis the season for layering

well its been frickin COLD this week in new york. it's not SO bad... okay yes its cold and hurts your face and sometimes makes you want to cry (ha not that bad...yet!) but layers definitely help. its my least favorite thing when you go from being so cold outside and then go inside, and its liek you can't take the layers off fast enough before you start sweating. i have GOT to find a happy medium.

last night was so wonderful. went to meet some pratt friends [tuten, alex, maria, marios and adri] at barcade in williamsburg (brooklyn) and mo and nathaniel met up with us. we continued on to union pool where we danced the night away until closing time -- which mind you, is 4 am in new york. wow. can't remember the last time i closed a bar down... so yea we didnt get home till close till 5am.

this afternoon mo and i went to meet tanya and allison @ anthropologie and then we headed to the market at union square. we got the most delicious hot apple cider! it was like taking a bite out of a fresh apple. it was awesome. i had a really great pumpkin loaf... but mo and al were unfortunate in their pumpkin loaf that they found at a different booth than i - unfortunately it was tasteless and awful.

mo and i ordered chili & cornbread for dinner and it was perfect in this cold. anyhow. this weekend is nathaniel's last weekend in town... and we are celebrating annies bday. so we'll be going out - starting the evening at mccoys. soo until then we're staying warm and watching the family stone :D

texas in 3 days!
ooh and me and al might be on the same flight back! whooo