so i took the weekend off from blogging. i know, i know, you all were probably dying of boredom. my apologies. it was a pretty busy, jam packed weekend though... we started the weekend off friday night by staying in and watching the astros game. big loss. i was running around the house trying to make sure everything was good to go before i left for the job fair in the morning. saturday morning i headed over to one of the high schools for a teaching job fair. holy moly. it looked as if it was the state championship football game. the parking lot was PACKED. thank goodness i arrived early and got a spot in the parking lot, unlike many others who were frantically trying to find parking anywhere. so i had never been to a job fair, and now i know why. it was a mess. there were hundreds of people there. in a high school gym. with no air conditioning. in heels. im guessing it is as close to hell as one can get. standing in line, after line, after line to talk to someone for .5 seconds while they toss your resume in an enormous pile. SOMEONE PLEASE HIRE ME.

after the fair, i met CL for my 'day off food'. i was in such a foul mood i begged for a soda. sorry mom, i caved. that evening, my sweet cousin nadia was in town for a UIL conference at UT, so we got to take her out on the town! we tried taking her and her friend alex to hula hut, but it was SO packed there wasnt even amy buzzers left. now, no offense to hula hut, but the food isnt that great- its the lake that draws people in.. and it wasnt even that nice out! grrr. so we took them to moonshine instead. yum. then off to waterloo records to look around, and amy's ice cream before we had to have the girls back at 11. it was so fun to have them in town.

sunday we went to church, brunch, watched the masters (pretty boring to me, but it was kind of fun watching tiger play so badly) and off to the gym. congrats are indeed due to phil mickelson.. for his 3rd masters win. i have SO much laundry and cleaning to do today that even though i've made a list, im overwhelmed. monday has officially become the day of the week i loathe the most. theres piles of laundry backed up for miles. theres dishes in the sink. and the house is usually upside down.  dancing with the stars is on tonight and im going home for 5 days on wednesday! yay!!

i totally forgot.

i cannot believe i have forgotten to celebrate this. IT'S BASEBALL SEASON Y'ALL! omg. my favorite season of the year. forget college football, mlb baseball is where its at. its america's favorite pastime. there's nothing better than an evening at the ballpark with a hotdog, cold beer, and baseball. it's seriously my all time favorite thing to do. unfortunately i am houston born and bred so my default i am a diehard astros fan. no ones messes with my boys. that's right, they are my boys. i also am super lucky to live really close to dell diamond- home of the round rock express- an astros farm team! its not minute maid, but its still fun! CL works for dell, so with his badge we get super cheap- like $6.50 for a ticket.. and theres a pool and all sorts of fun stuff to do there! anyways, back to my astros (who are losing right now). i believe we have taken over the curse that the red sox broke a few years back. i have a feeling its going to be a while before we have a winning season all the way through. my favorite astro- mr lance berkman- (CLs look-a-like) is still out, which makes me a little nervous since it's so late in his career. and yes, he is indeed molly's namesake. (shes officially molly berkman brem, for real.) rumors have it that he wants to be the baseball coach for the university of texas... which i would be okay with.. hello season tickets. my other favorite is a new york met.. oh david wright. you play 3rd base so well. hip hip hooray, it's baseball season!! play ball!

soy bean are bad for dogs?

so this is part two to the asian dinner fiasco feast. an accouterment to the potsickers we had edamame (soy beans), which are SO yum. you can snack on these babies for hours. and they are good for you. well while we were at the table i fed molly a few. to our surprise both dogs really liked them.. we fed them a few and then joked, 'haha that would be funny if these were bad for dogs. im going to google it.' WELL turns out soy and soy beans are the number one allergy in dogs. SERIOUSLY?! so i panicked a little, then ran and checked out their food. soy is a inexpensive substitute in dog good, and luckily the poopers have had soy before and havent had any problems, so we were in the clear. if it isnt one thing, its the other! i can't even imagine having kids and getting them to finally eat a vegetable then finding out they are allergic. geez. 

in our quest to be better humans, CL and i have been going to church- and testing different ones. today was catholic day because im catholic. CL had never been to a catholic church, so we figured a 6pm thursday mass would ease him in, so we went to st. william catholic church in round rock. its the biggest catholic church in central texas, and they weren't lying. the cathedral sits a little over 1,700 people!! it only lasted 30 mins, which was perfect. it was beautiful, vaulted ceilings, and a mural of jesus with 8-pack abs, a tan and flowing blonde hair. we can all dream can't we??

the final countdown.

my first job fair for a teaching position is this saturday. i am running out of prep time. and i am so consumed with getting everything ready. my resume, portfolio, my "commercial". i have no idea what i've gotten myself into and even though its scary, i couldn't be more excited. a new chapter, a new adventure. once i survive saturday, i can get back to concentrating 100% of my time to studying for my TExES exam on the 28th. i've got a few big weeks ahead of me.

did i do that?

so today is CL's day off so we spent the better half of the afternoon running errands and hanging out at the house. we decided to go work out early so we could have the evening free.. awesome idea, but im totally paying for it now. 20 minutes on the 'stair-climb' of death will seriously have you hurting. its an awesome workout, but when you have to climb 2 flights of stairs to get to bed, ugh. i can feel my muscles growing, or forming (i think they are growing since i believe they were once there) and it makes me feel good. theres nothing better than a good workout to get you motivated.

for dinner, i decided to try my luck at asian food. potstickers in particular. a girl from baylor has a foodie blog where she cooks and caters out of her tiny kitchen. (check ashlea out HERE!) the recipe seemed easy enough and looked yummy. and it was. with one exception. being 24 and a college graduate, and a member of the human race i SHOULD know not to drop wet, watery dumplings into a hot, oil filed pan. but i didnt. i dropped one potsticker in the pan and it was like oily fireworks. everywhere. thank God we do not have a gas stove, or dinner wouldn't have been the only thing hot and crispy. i couldn't believe i did that. and for a moment, i thought to myself. seriously, did i do that?!  a few oil burns later, and a very bruised ego, dinner was ready, and although it was seriously ugly, it was seriously good.