tu, tue, tuesday

its that time again. ttt. here it goes!

1. I woke up this morning to a vomit war zone all throughout the living room & foyer. My mini schnauzer apparently wasn't feeling good this morning... and just "let it rip." I realize that he is a dog and can't help it... but it doesn't make it any less aggravating or disgusting. He seems to be feeling much better now though. I just hope I found all of his little "accidents."

2. My little sister,.. who isn't so little anymore is 14 going on 15 this October. It seems weird for her to be as old as she is now... I was 11 when SHE was born. She is a very talented dancer, because she has been taking dance lessons for about 8 years now. She not only dances for a private company, but this year she is also involved in the newly added South Jones Dance Team. :) So proud of her!!! 

 3. Hank has been working out of town for the last 14 weeks. He is still out of town this week.. but he should be finishing up the job in Baton Rouge either tomorrow or Thursday. Once he finishes.. he should be able to be at home for a while... and I can not wait! Not only just having him home every night.. but I will also have some help taking care of "house stuff." Oh happy day!

A day late, a dollar short

Sooo... here I am again. Doing "triple tangent tuesday" on wednesday. ohhh well.. such is life! ahhaha

1. After hanging out with my "Johnson girls" yesterday [Lindsay & Chelsa] and their sweet babies,.. Jett, Kannon & Makayla.. I somewhat have a smidge of baby fever. And I think the word "smidge" is too much. Its just so sweet to see them when they are so little {Jett is five, but quite adorable even though he is no longer a baby.} Whenever I hang out with them.. I have that feeling of "ohhhh yes I definitely want a baby,.." but I know that feeling will subside within the next day or two. I do believe Hank & I will have children ONE day,.. just don't see that "DAY" being anytime soon. In the meantime,.. I will continue to "oooh & ahhhh" over my friend's children. :)

2. Only 128 days until my first half marathon and I couldn't be more excited. [P.S. I'd love for my legs to look like the girl in the middle]

3. I think its weird how much me and my older sister are alike. With her re-doing a damaged house and me building a new one.. we are both having to pick out things/colors/tile/flooring etc for our houses. You wouldn't believe it.. but without the knowledge of the other... we both picked out several paint colors that were the same... two colors being the exact same COLOR & BRAND,... picked out similar small chandeliers for our bathrooms, very similar flooring,.. and the almost exact same back splash for our kitchens. WEIRD,... I KNOW! 

Britney - Femme Fatale!

Last night my two sisters and I went to see Britney Spears & Nicki Minaj in New Orleans at the New Orleans Arena! We didn't arrive at the arena until about 25 minutes before the show started, so I was a little worried about parking! Thank goodness it wasn't a problem like I thought it was going to be! We lucked up and parked in a garage right across from the gate to the arena! When the attendant scanned our tickets.. she informed us to go through the "glassed in area" to our right! Yep thats right... we were in the "club level seating" which was kind of like VIP, I guess. Feeling quite snazzy,.. we entered through the glass tunnel, a small escalator delivered us to a large dimly lit luxurious room full of leather couches & fabulous decor. PIMP.

As we made our way to our seats, I realized we were about 25 feet away from the side/front of the stage! EVEN BETTER! Now I will say.. that I did pay a lot of money for this ticket,.. but with the highest tickets being around a $1000 a piece, I guess I didn't think my $155 ticket would place me in any close proximity to the pop princess. I am please to say, that I was wrong!

Wow is all I can say! The show started at 7:30 with Jessie & The Toyboys which is a group consisting of a girl singer & two male dancers. I've never heard of them before, but they were quite interesting. She had several catchy songs and they were entertaining to watch.

Nicki Minaj performed around 8:15 or so! And was awesome! Now,.. since she was not the MAIN act she didn't do THAT long of a set,.. but I enjoyed every minute of it! She threw in "Bottoms Up' & Ludacris's "My Chick Bad," which made the crowd go wild! Nicki performed for probably 35 minutes and had 3 or 4 outfit changes... I didn't get many pictures of her different outfits,.. so you'll just have to take my word that they were definitely interesting! :) I mean,.. its Nicki Minaj.. of COURSE her outfits are interesting!

After Nicki finished,.. we had to wait 45 minutes for Britney to start. Luckily the 45 minutes didn't seem that long.. and Britney was out on stage before we knew it! 

 

Britney performed from 9:15 to about 10:55. It was AWESOME! She did an amazing job! The stage was huge,.. the sets & costumes were phenomenal.. and she gave it everything she had! She did do some of her older songs like "Baby, One More Time," "Toxic," "I'm a Slave for You," and several others. A few of her songs they changed up the music a little & the choreography was different from her videos.. which I really liked a lot! Glad to know she doesn't do the SAME dances after all of these years!

I'm just going to throw in a few more pictures from the show! I wish had more pictures of the ENTIRE stage & set but... oh well! :) ohhhh AND she flew over the crowd two different times which I thought was pretty cool!

 

franndss - a tribute to the best

"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget."

Friends. Everyone needs them. :) Me... well I have about 12 really close friends that I love & adore.. and couldn't ask for anyone better! And that's what this blog is all about. It's a tribute to my favorite people.

I wrote this blog about a week ago,.. then me being the smart & computer savvy person that I am -- deleted the whole thing. So I am going to give this another try!!! 

Here they are. The sweetest friends a girl could ask for! 12 fantastic people, all with hearts of gold. Some of these ladies I have known for most of my life.. and then a few just in the past 2 or 3 years. They are all amazing ladies, each in their own way.

Kandi. Karly. Kelli. Adriane. Ginny. Tasha. Chelsa. Lindsay. Bobbie Gail. Erica. Jordan. Julia.

"This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, LOVE to complete your life."

Thank you all for being the people that you are! You are all very special to me and I am thankful to have each of you in my life! :)