things i'm tired of hearing

1) Be patient
2) Sit tight
3) Hang in there
4) Use this as an opportunity to grow
5) This is your chance to step up
6) I know you're frustrated BUT
7) In this economy...
8) When I was your age...

I'll keep adding...but do you have any "catch phrases" you're tired of? Do tell!

memories of youthful summers

it's been a long hot summer in jacksonville and i find myself craving the olden days of summer vacations. sleeping until 11. turning on the price as right. eating nachos for lunch. calling mom a hundred times to see when she'd be home to make dinner. mom coming home to make dinner and the sink being filled with said nachos dishes. tuning out her complaints about nacho dishes with loud reality tv. eating dinner. meeting up with friends at chili's for two for one margaritas. dancing, laughing and drinking til dawn. and doing it all over again the next day.
oh to be young again.

scorwin is sleepy

couldn't sleep last night. was up at 3 AM and then slept on and off until 6. then i moved to the couch. typically if i put on the history channel on demand it'll lull me back to sleep for a couple hours. that trick didn't work this time.
and now michael's flight is delayed. it won't be getting in until midnight. doesn't look like i'll get a full eight hours tonight either.
and we all know a tired stephanie is a grumpy stephanie.

one more sleep

and then this guy comes home from Mexico.
longest 4 days ever.

my new grill

I bought an electric grill for my porch and was so excited to use it that I invited Sam & Emily over last night for an impromptu BBQ.

The menu:
Garlic & Parmesan Shrimp Skewers
Oven Potato Fries
Corn on the Cobb
& Cheeseburgers

The grill was so easy to put together and cooked everything perfectly! I wish it was lunch time so I could grill a hotdog. And so the love affair begins...

random ramblings

1) I love that I hear my boyfriend arrive places before I see him. It gives me butterflies the second I hear it.
2) I was leaving the house this morning and happened to look down as I was locking the door. There's literally a stain about 2 feet in diameter of where I clumsily spill my coffee every morning.

such a klutz

I spill everything. I fall constantly. I'm perpetually covered in bruises.
I can't get ice out of the freezer without cubes crashing and shattering on the floor.
I drove to work yesterday with cupcakes for a coworker and they went 360 in the cupcake caddy and ruined the frosting.
This morning my coffee splashed all over my legs on the way to the car and then spilled all over my console once I was driving.
I hope this is preparing me for something good in life-- I'm sure getting impatient with it.