Tidbits from Grayce

.......WWKD? =What Would Kardashians Do?.....then do the opposite. Lol

Wow! I cannot believe that I am in the last hour of 2011! The older I get, the faster time goes! The day goes by slow, yet I look up, and it's time to get off work, go home, and prepare for the next day......then all of a sudden it's time for the weekend, then time for church on Sunday, then time to start a new week and start the routine all over again.

I am a 29 year old wife, daughter, sister, mama to my animals, aunt, cousin, step mom, friend, coworker, neighbor, role model......crazy to think one person can be so many different things to so many different people everyday.

Every year I look back on the things I have and have not done for the year. I always have regrets and things that I am proud of. I am the type of person that seems to focus more on the things that I have failed instead of the things that I have accomplished. So lets start with the things I have accomplished!

Things I have accomplished: now don't make fun of me, but I was able to get my blood drawn 2 times in one month. Now, I know that sounds retarded, but that is my main unreasonable fear in life, having blood drawn. The 1st time I did it, I went alone! That is like double brave, Lol. I was also able to train myself to run a 5k without stopping and I am NOT a runner. I didn't get any speeding tickets, lol. I have also managed to not wear the same outfit more than 2 times this year.....so vain, yet I am so proud, lol. I broke a habit of not wearing my seatbelt. So now every time I get in the car, I automatically put it on. I have been able to mentally not allow myself to have pride when it comes to apologizing to people. I heard a quote this year, more like a question, that made me put pride into perspective: "What is more important, your pride or the relationship?" When you say that out loud, it's kind of hard to not say you are sorry and mean it. I have broken myself of drinking soft drinks. In a world where giving up is the easiest option and applauded as "well, you gave it your best shot", I celebrated my 4th wedding anniversary with Ronnie. I have managed to not lose my mind in the commute from Dallas to Longview and back every week. I am sure there are other things that I am forgetting....

You know, I am reading back over everything that I consider little personal accomplishments, and I feel like I did nothing. I know that I could do so much more. At least more for other people and less for myself.

My 2011 Regrets: I could have held my tongue a lot more. I know I had many chances to be kinder to people in circumstances. I could have said "I love you" many more times than I did. DEFINATELY could have saved more money......well, no I pretty much needed all the clothes that I bought......I would have never been able to it wear the same thing more than twice! Lol. I know that I could have cussed less, thought less negative things about other people, been more patient, been more giving, more compassionate, more loving, and the list goes on and on! Good grief! What DID I do worth anything?!? Lol

I hate to have New Years Resolutions......why?.....well because it's so cliche! I am so NOT a cliche acting and speaking person. If its cliche, I want to go the other way, say the other thing, make a different impression. I also think that if I need to be doing it, why am waiting til January 1st to start? I don't want to be one of those people that say, "I am gonna go to the gym everyday!"....come on......really?......why start the year off as a liar to your own self....maybe .5% of those people actually keep that resolution.....and it's because they are a celebrity and they have an army of people making their food for them and cheering them on.....they don't live in reality and have to put their own socks on and wipe their own hiney. Lol. So I am not making any New Years Resolutions. I am going to make myself a few promises and goals that I should be doing everyday anyways.

My 2012 promises and goals: to be true to myself. That means a lot of different things.....for different instances and situations. I know in my heart what applies where and what I should be doing. I don't mean that I am picking myself over others.....that isn't what that means. Being true to myself means being true to the woman that I want to be known as. Being true to the legacy that I want to leave one day. I think I leave a mini legacy everyday to the people that I have contact with. I want those people to walk away from me thinking positive things, and hoping that they are that funny and good looking too! Jk LOL. I want to be consistent. I don't want to be that person that you never know what you are going to get. I want to be that woman that thrives under pressure and that you would never know about any hardships in my life. I also read a quote on pinterest....yes pinterest......at least I didn't say on some bathroom wall in some bar.....mainly because I don't remember the last time that I stepped into a bar.....but anyways....it went something like this: "Women are like tea bags, you never know how strong she is until she is put in hot water." I want to be a very potent tea bag. Lol. Not that I like hot water, but I want to know that I can make it no latter how hot or lukewarm the situation is.

Things that I am looking forward to in 2012: my brother getting married, gaining 2 sisters in the process, getting my motorcycle license....yeah I am a bada**, lol, finding out what is wrong with me (calm down, I meant the whole arthritis situation.....not mentally....that will remain a mystery), being able to get back to a normal active life, celebrating my 5th wedding anniversary, turning dirty 30 (lol), Bethany moving to Dallas, continuing to grow my relationship with ronnie, building good relationships with my new sisters, hopefully making some friends in Dallas, blah blah blah......

So I had to let the last post of the year be super boring.......so to make it up to you all, I will leave you with 2 photos that make me laugh.......enjoy!

It's a purple tights kind of day today....

Well people, I finally did it. I went to the doctor. Yes, it had finally come to that....I needed to know what is wrong with me. Many of you are thinking that you already KNOW what is wrong with me....I would probably not disagree with what you are thinking. LOL But, I went to get some answers for all this arthritis and joint pain/ swelling/stiffness that I have had since JULY! Yes, July. Yes, It is December. Yes, I know that I waited a long time to go...but I am the girl that will wait it out until it is gone....and it doesn't matter how long that will take.

I finally just couldn't take it anymore. I was tired of not being able to open my own bottle of vanilla coffee in the morning. Tired of not being able to turn door knobs. Tired of not being able to put my feet in my shoes. Tired of not being able to blow dry my hair....ok, yeah, I didn't blow dry my hair BEFORE this started, but I am using it as an excuse anyways...lol.

I have been afraid that they were going to need to take blood....and I was completely right. They needed to. I have this SERIOUS case of anxiety of needles. I don't know why.I don't think that anything happened as a child....but I do remember feeling this same way AS a child....so it is nothing new. I would rather have the flu than the flu shot. Yes, I am a nut case.....but I am a nut case that doesn't care what you think about it. :)

To make a long story short....crossing your fingers and promising Jesus to not say or even THINK cuss words didn't work. They still needed my blood. I even tried calling on the name of Edward Cullen (he's my boyfriend from Twilight), but since he is a vampire, and I am even more lovely than Bella Swan, once he tasted my blood, he said that he wouldn't be able to stop....so my safest bet was the needle. Well, considering that I am a big girl...I was pretty sure that I could handle it now at the ripe old age of 29. NEWS FLASH......not the case. So 3 nurses and 45 minutes later (there was a lot of crying, hyperventilating, snot, tears, apologizing, involuntary body shaking, more crying, did I mention 3 nurses to try to hold me still....) I BARELY walked out alive...LITERALLY....I had to sit down for a bit because I was going to pass out....they even told me that I looked pale. I tried to assure them that I just haven't tanned in quite awhile...they said it was a different pale...like I was gonna hit the floor pale. LOL.


Anyways....I was finally able to leave....and they are gonna send me a bill for the lab work.....gee thanks...you give me a panic attack, take my blood, and then you are gonna send ME a bill in the mail? Oh boy....I don't even want to know how much THAT will be. In fact, I don't think that I even want to know WHAT is wrong with me....ignorance is bliss. Bliss=no needle and no diagnosis which = no pills to take and no giant bill from the lab.

What, don't believe me? Well check out the gruesome photo below.....you can CLEARLY see where they stabbed me and maimed me for life.....

I am lovin me some pink ombré ends in my hair tonight! Tomorrow, I am thinking purple or peach...

Yummmmmmmm

Happy Birthday to my wonderful beautiful mother! I hope she has a great day today with lots of naps and cake! I love her so very much! She has been my solid rock in life and I don't know where I would be without her! She is the best!

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Oh Christmas Tree, oh Christmas Treeeeeeeee....how prickly are thy branches....

Ok, so anyone who calls you dumb or stupid or ignorant...please direct them to this video....because they will never call you dumb again....this girl wins the ignorant crown with flying color of stupid glory.....

http://youtu.be/ScgFIKXKFkc

wow.....

I am thinking this color for my hair after the wedding.....I wanna be just like Lizzie Maguire! Lol

Christa makes a WAAAAY better chipmunk/monkey face than me....I must go practice in the mirror....

Chloe is a big girl now!!! Her is sitting up all by herself! No more face planting! Lol!

Got to see my long lost fren Stephanie....I mean Bethany for breakfast yesterday!!! Sure do miss me some Bethany!

Happy Early Thanksgiving all! I am thankful that I am fluent in 3 languages just like this lady below....

BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I forgot to put which item I was talking about in the picture with Victoria Beckham and her little girl.....I was MOST DEF referring to the FUR COAT! Yesssssssssssssss!

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Best thing ever purchased from Nordstrom......Hello Kitty Rainbow Walking on Clouds Slippers......heavenly.....and from the kids department.....lol

Obviously, I was waaaaay more athletic than Jeffrey.....videos don't lie....

The good ol days.......Jeff still pouts like this when he doesn't get his way.....and I am pretty sure I can still hoola hoop like a pro....

Watching the movie Bridesmaids for the 47,358th time this year.....I am already laughing at the scenes that haven't even played yet....I love this movie. I hope that Brettany and I can reenact some of the speeches and stuff at the wedding.....it would be so funny.....

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My first attempt at nail design/art that I pinned on my pinterest board "Claw your little eyes out". It has all the nail designs that I want to try. So cute!!!

I love u blush colored furry shrug. Today, my outfit would be nothing without u! U make me happy and make my hippie exterior very genuine. :) Yea for faux fur!

Taking my Nilla for a walk for the first time since end of July when my arthritis and body pains. Fingers croessed that I won't hurt too bad afterwards and I can keep taking her! Baxter is next!

Do u believe in love at first sight? After seeing this picture I do for sure! I mean, how perfect is this?!? So cute and adorable!!!! I want one! This just tells my heart and mind that I am ready for one.....it is a must from this moment on.....I need one.....right now.....most DEFINATELY. No question about it.

I am sitting in the theatre....alone.....waiting for Stia and Ronnie to get here......painting my fingernails and eating gummy worms.....waiting for the rapture, I mean Breaking Dawn Part 1 to start at 1:30!!!!!!

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I forgot to include my excited face in the Breaking Dawn Part 1 post....so here ya go!
Oh! I got my hair did last night....here is the finished product...this pale blonde goes really good with my pale skin.....lol

Ok, so Breaking Dawn Part 1 comes out tomorrow. Usually, I have re-read all the books and would have been posting a count down....what is wrong with me?!?!?!?!!? I am so excited and you would never know it. Have I grown up and not realized it? I don't want to act like an adult about this...I want everyone to know that I am a giddy teen over this movie! LOL. I am soooooo disappointed in myself COMPLETELY! I expected more out of myself. WAY more. WAY better. WAY more enthusiasm. So let's just start the countdown today so I feel like I am part of the tizzy that America is in right now with the opening of this movie....which by the way, I am NOT going to the midnight showing tonight...which I am completely disappointed in myself about THAT too! I have broken tradition with myself! I have, however, had my tickets for a month. So that at least shows that I love it....lol OK....

COUNTDOWN TO BREAKING DAWN PART 1: ONE MORE DAY! WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO! I gotta go make my I LOVE EDWARD and TEAM EDWARD shirts. LOL

Yes, I totally took off half a day to go to the afternoon showing of this. That shows a LITTLE bit of psycho in me, huh?

P.S.- Stephanie, I mean Bethany....this is all your fault. I have no one to share my enthusiasm with. If you were in Texas, I would have already gotten my tattoo and Edward attire. I still have an extra ticket if you can catch the red eye....just saying....

Just heard that my friend Jessica Shirley's house burned down last night. So sad to hear. I am so glad her family got out safe! My heart goes out to them. Yes, it is all material things at the end of the day that don't matter, but they are also memories and that was their home. It is hard to deal with hardships like this around the holidays. Please pray for her and her family!

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Yeah, it takes 2 people to blow dry my hair when I get it done cuz its so thick....LOL

Well, I was reading the major headlines around the world today, as I do everyday since I care so much about politics and global warming and the effects that aerosol cans have on youth...anyways, once TMZ loaded on my phone, I noticed that there was a headline about boycotting the Kardashians. I am not gonna lie, I watch their shows....NOT because they are interesting and hold any kind of worth to me, but because you can't take your eyes off of a car wreck...and they wear cute clothes. Well of course I had to click on the title....I wanted to see who was brave enough to battles the Kardashians and all their glory. They listed a website called change.org and said that people were making petitions to boycott the Kardashians. Well of course I had to go to this website and see how many signatures they were getting! DUH! Well little did I know that this was an actual website that people can go to in order to sign petitions, support petitions, search for petitions, and create petitions! Of course I signed up! Of course I signed the Kardashian one too....anyone with a right mind and the hope that man kind will prevail against stupidity and complete Kardashian take over would sign it! Point of this post? I signed about 38 petitions...all against the Kardashians and animal cruelty. I suggest that everyone STOPS what they are doing, after reading my blog of course, and go to www.change.org and look into what they have. Sign all the Kardashian petitions and all the animal cruelty ones too. There was one on there against banning this tradition in Italy about lighting a live bull on fire in front of a crowd! Are you kidding me? That is ridiculous! A live bull? I mean, do we not have anything else to do other than lighting a live bull on fire? I am more ok with them lighting a live HUMAN on fire than I am a bull! That is ridiculous! I can think of about 3 people RIGHT NOW that I would volunteer to light on fire in front of a crowd! Wait, did I just say that out loud....whoopsie.....go to www.change.org and do some good today....tell the Kardashians once and for all that being workaholic, greedy, bratty, having long silky fake hair and eyelashes, driving rarnge rovers, living a ridiculous lifestyle, and having big ugly cellulite booties is NOT what being an American is about! America is about freedom of speech, hot dogs at games, fireworks at 4th of July, a Starbucks at every corner, frozen yogurt, bratty kids that need spankings and to be locked in a closet, and the right to bears arms in Texas. AMEN!

Nordstrom doesn't know how to spell....

Bridesmaids: "Stop it! You are more beautiful than Cinderella! You smell like pine needles and you have a face like sunshine!"

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Well, I would like to take this time to apologize to Zoey for mentally blaming her for ruining my wood floors.

Last Tuesday, I noticed that Zoey had peed on the dining room rug. Well then I noticed that my wood floors looked a little different. Everywhere that I stepped, liquid would come up from the seams in the floor....and there was a LOT of liquid. I just thought that Zoey had set the world record for amount peed in a single squat.....that kept multiplying...every hour....So I dry vacked the floor for about, oh 2 HOURS and got NO WHERE. Then I decided that laying down towels and jumping up and down on the floor to squish the liquid out was my best bet. And for all of yall thinking that was a dumb move...no it wasn't....it worked the best! SO THERE! BOOYAH! IN YO FACE! ok ok ok....moving on...

I had to go to Longview that night. So I turned some fans on the floor crossed my fingers, loaded up my mini zoo, and headed to Longview completely panicked that I was gonna come back and the floor would be a goner.

So I get back home Friday night.... to discover that the floor was warped and bubbled up and basically ruined. Did I mention that there was MORE liquid under the floor and you could hear it when you walked? Yeah, well I left that part out because it gives me anxiety just thinking about it now. Anyways....of course Ronnie noticed when he first walked in the door...like a blood hound to a raccoon in the kitchen....I mean, he doesn't notice when I get my hair done and I walk through that door...but he sure did notice that stinking floor! Ok ok ok...Ronnie said that we just had to wait for the water to dry and evaporate out of the floor which would take a while. Great, I just LOVE those kind of answers....it is kind of like when you ask someone where they want to eat and they say that they don't care, so then you suggest a place and they say no to that place...well then hot stuff, why did you say that you don't care if you really are gonna have an opinion?!?!?! HUH!? HUH!?!?! Ok ok ok...sorry.

So Sunday morning I am in the kitchen feeding the dogs and I hear a loud pop. I go tell Ronnie so that he can check out the loud pop that already happened that he didn't hear. Yeah, made perfect sense to me too! LOL. So then Ronnie gets in the shower and asks if I paid the bill cuz we had no hot water...(the nerve, yeah he asked me out loud too...I know...totally rude...lol) Then the light bulb came on and it all made perfect sense. Water under the floor, loud pop, no hot water....the hot water heater had exploded. It wasn't Zoey's fault! YESSSSSSSSSSS...do you know how glad that I am that it was the hot water heater and NOT Zoey's fault? And just for the record....Zoey didn't get a spanking, or a talking to, or told that she was bad....

ANYWAYS...$600 and an afternoon later, we have hot water again, a old rusty exploded hot water heater in the backyard to start our "redneck wasteland" art collection, the same warped floors that we have to have patience and wait for the water to evaporate out of (I am totally not good at this waiting crap....not my style), and a very large cardboard box that Ronnie completely destroyed with his manly pocket knife while taking the new hot water heater out. Are you jealous? I know you are. My life is ANYTHING but ordinary and boring....so anytime that you want to switch for an afternoon...just let me know...I am sure that can be arranged.

Ok, so I USE to track my daily calorie intake....and I have TOTALLY slacked off....as in, the only tracking that I do, is making sure that I don't drop a french fry. (mmmm french fries...)WHOOPSIE!!!!!! Anyways, today was the day to REstart the tracking in the CORRECT WAY....not too thrilled, but hey, I will be thrilled when the muffin top goes away. Oooooo chocolate chip muffins....STAY FOCUSED!

I haven't been too active since July....totally not because of laziness.....it's cuz of my joints hurting and swelling. It has toned down a LOT and I think that I could handle taking a walk. I can't do lunges or anything that requires a lot of bending at the knees and putting weight on my knees. Hmmmmm well that pretty much means I can't do ANYTHING! LOL

Ok, back to the reason for this post (no I am not ADD at all.....), calorie counting....I just finished lunch....and I am already one calorie over. I haven't had my afternoon snack, any glasses of milk yet, or supper for crying out loud! It is only 2:15 in the afternoon....do you realize how many calories that supper will be? I mean, I am hitting up Pinkberry when I pull back into town tonight on the way to the house and that is a guaranteed 253 calories for the peppermint flavor WITHOUT toppings.....I wonder if I drink a lot of water if it will "flush out" enough calories to get the large Pinkberry and not matter.....hmmmmmmmm...
..........still thinking........hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......................
What GOOGLE? You said it DOES work like that?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?
......but I have to what?........WORK OUT?
FORGET THAT CRAP! I will go throw up lunch and THEN have calorie room for pinkberry!
Does it look like I need any more muscles in this bod of mine? UM NO! I don't want to put everyone else to shame!!!!!
Nope...didn't think so....and I just don't feel like having to worry about other women being completely jealous of me.....nope....
NU-
-UH!

Especially when I wear my super intimidating leather biker jacket.....don't act like you aren't scared or jealous.....don't even try....I can see straight through that act....all the way down to your superman underpants.....
...this is what happened to that last sucker who acted like they weren't scared....I killed him and made shoes out of him.....

It is almost 11:11:11 on 11/11/11....this should be the biggest wish ever for anyone everywhere making it!!!!!!!!!!
I WISH FOR CAKE AND CANDY TO FALL DOWN ON ME LIKE MANNA FROM HEAVEN! lol

A client of ours at work, MyPlates, is having a 7 day 7 character license plates sale! If you live in the state of Texas and want a personalized license plate, go to www.myplates.com to get one for yourself! Great gift idea as well!

I have decided that I want a pen pal....like a legitimate person that I don't know and will never meet but that we wrote back and forth and use the actual snail mail service....

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"Don't you worry your pretty little mind. People throw rocks at things that shine..."

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Run, do not walk, RUN to the nearest Pinkberry to get their new flavor peppermint. Omg....I have fallen in love all over again!💘

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Since it is sort of almost Thanksgiving, I am gonna list a few of my favorite things in life that I am thankful for: corn, caramel apple suckers, new nail polish, watching a funny movie, seeing Nilla run around the house all happy, seeing Zoey play in her old age, taking my hair down after a shower and being able to smell my conditioner still, being able to zip a size 27 jeans still, having to get an extra small in something, waking up in the middle of the night and Scooby is all snuggle up close to my face and he is completely passed out, knowing that I have a good heart, funny phrases on Pinterest, Baxter coming over and putting both paws on my shoulders and licking my face, oatmeal from McDonald's with fresh fruit in it, reading a good book, kissing my husband, Louis Vuitton, baby animals, dessert, more dessert, dessert for breakfast, having a small meal so I can order dessert, macaroni & cheese, milk, going to the movies, "Hello! Is JANE there!!", knowing my family loves me as much as I love them, having a good relationship with my brother, Italian margaritas and stuffed mushrooms from Carino's, sushi, warm cookies, putting an outfit together and knowing that no one else in the whole world has the same thing on that I do, sleeping in, accomplishing something that I have worked really hard on, candles from Bath & Body Works, peach flavored sparkly lip gloss, making someone else smile, fake eyelashes......did I say that I was gonna mention a few?.....whoopsie.....

Well I totally forgot about posting some pics from the bridal shower for Christa. Here are a few I have on my phone!!!!

Dear Kim Kardashian,
I would like to take this moment to say a few things....
Wow, 72 days! You probably have had extensions in your hair longer than your marriage! Thank you for sending the message to all your young fans that a marriage is NOT something worth working on. I am sure that all the mothers of these young fans of yours are thrilled to know that they have such an endearing role model as yourself. I think that your reality show's season is longer than 72 days as well. Obviously we don't know the "behind the scenes" situations that led you to this "painful decision"....but I am sure that they are wise things to base a decision like this on. I mean, you are so right about not wanting to "downgrade your lifestyle" to be with your husband. That would be a shame! Material things are so much more important that anything else....to you at least. At one point or another, we all fight with our spouse. How you handle the aftermath is what shows your character. Backing out of a marriage after 72 days is not speaking very highly of yourself. I am not one to judge any individual. Especially one that I do not know personally. I wouldn't consider my thought on this subject, judging you. I would consider them as intelligent character assessments. I am just saying...

Dear Kris Humphries,
Honey, consider it a blessing that you were only 72 days into this thing before she bowed out so gracefully. True character shines when put to the test. I am pretty sure that her character is screaming "self absorbed" at this point. Anyone who backs out of a marriage that quickly, doesn't deserve someone to be committed to them. Have y'all even had time to argue about anything yet? I am pretty sure, the fact that she didn't take your name or merge your lives together in a household came up in the 15 minute argument y'all were able to have in her long commitment to marriage #2. As for her keeping the ring...everyone in America can vouch for the fact that we are all 100% sure that etiquette is not something practiced daily in their household. On the other hand, what did you expect. Anyone who isn't going to "downgrade their lifestyle for you" pretty much sets the ending pretty loud and clear. I know all to well that love is blind. But if you turn on channel 114 (E!), they have so graciously documented the entire ordeal for you so you can see what really is happening. Isn't that sweet of them? Tisk tisk Kris. Maybe if you would have changed YOUR last name from Humphries to Kardashian, you would be able to get on the bandwagon with the rest of the nut jobs in the family. They say that for every year that you are married to someone, it takes 7 years to get over them. In that case, you only have 505 days for this whole thing to be out behind you. I leave you with the newest Chinese proverb that I think they should add: May all of your hard times be as short as a Kardashian marriage.

Sincerely,
Grayce Weaver

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My biggest fear.....fat flat booty and too small clothes.....Lord take me at that point please.....