Sweet Annie over at Classic Annie gave me this award yesterday! 
I'm supposed to share 7 facts about myself.  Well...here goes:

1.  I have never tasted mayonnaise or mustard before!  I'm sure I've had food that had them cooked in, but have never put either on a sandwich or hamburger.  Something about the consistency weirds me out.

2.  I cannot STAND the smell of pickles!  GROSS!  When I was teaching and a student would bring in a pickle to eat for snack, I would make them eat it in the hall!  Mean maybe but it had to be done.  Wes likes to joke that when I get pregnant I will probably crave pickles.  Ugh, I hope not! 

3.  I danced for 15 years growing up--all the way until my senior year of high school.  I took tap and jazz.  Ballet was never my cup of tea....

**I really wish I could find a picture of one of my crazy costumes at a recital...

I'll look at my mom's and add that later!**

4.  I love manatees.  Some people collect dolphins or elephants or rabbits...I prefer manatees.  My aunt even adopted one in my name one year for Christmas when I was younger.  His name was Floyd and he lived in Clear Springs, Florida. 

5.  The day I rescued my dog LuLu was one of the best days of my life!  I don't even remember what it was like before I had her.  It's silly to say but it's like when moms say that don't remember life before their children.  LuLu is my child!

6.  I want to be a better cook.  But I am such a picky eater it's hard to find things that sound appealing.

7.  I have bitten my nails my whole life.  I am trying to get better by keeping them painted most of the time but when they start to get a little bit of length on them they break and I get discouraged and start biting again...

I'm supposed to "tag" other bloggers to participate in this...well, if you are reading this, consider yourself tagged!! 

Savings "Account"

In college, I started saving coins in a five gallon water jug.  It was my "wedding dress fund".  Psycho because I had no real prospect for a husband at the time?  Possibly....but it was easy to throw my coins in there at the end of the day and see it slowly fill up.  I did that for 5 years through undergrad and graduate school.  When I moved back to AL after college, it was HEAVY!  When I actually got engaged, it became more of a reality and I really started to think about the money I was putting in there.  When it came time to schedule dress appointments, my mom and I drug it out and started rolling the coins.  It took us a whole weekend, but in the end I had almost $2000!!!!  And it was money I never missed because it was just loose change. 

Now that I don't need a wedding dress fund anymore, I have changed my jug's purpose---It is now our down-payment fund for when we can finally buy a real house and get out of this condo.  We just started, but I know that it will add up! 

We are also planning on using the money that I have coming in from the rent I get on my house in AL that is in a REAL savings account at a bank.  

Do y'all have any savings secrets or tips??

Weekend "Fun"

I spent this weekend doing something that had to be done, not something I wanted to do...painting!  This summer when I moved into Wes's condo I tried to feminize/update it a little bit.  This place was a shrine to all things Ole Miss.  Don't get me wrong,  l love Ole Miss too, I just don't want to live in it.  I took down all the Rebel paraphernalia and painted the kitchen, living room, dining room, and master bed and bath.  And when I say I painted it, I mean I painted it.  Wes "doesn't paint" as he put it.  He thought it was fine the way it was...trust me it wasn't!  I didn't even take any before pictures because I didn't want documentation of the ugliness that he let himself live in.

For some reason I never got around to painting the guest bedroom and bathroom.  I had already changed out the bedding and shower curtain/bath mats (you may not believe me when I say this but that boy had an OLE MISS shower curtain and bath mat....you can't make this stuff up.  This 33 year old MAN decorated as if he lived in a dorm room). 

I found a picture of it on Google so you could see how terrible it was...

My mom came up and helped me since Wes is at work.  I'm so glad I have that knocked off the to-do list.  Once I get it put back together I'll share some pictures. 

Sunday night, the SNOW came!  I had been hearing all week that it was going to snow, but we hear that a lot and it never really happens. So I honestly didn't believe it was coming.  Color me wrong, cause it came!  It is was so pretty (and still is at the moment, we'll see how long it lasts).  Here are a few pics I snapped around the condo.

LuLu hates going out in the rain, so she wasn't too sure about this snow business.

Have I mentioned I live in the same complex as my dad??  Yeah, interesting! He came out to sweep off his "work truck" so he could go to the office.

Like how he protected his windshield?  Two Buck Chuck box!

Six inches on top of the truck!   

Did y'all get any snow?   

Honeymoonin'

I don't know if it's the post-holiday blues, or the near-freezing temps that have had me pining to be back on a sandy beach somewhere...anywhere!
So, in honor of that, I am sharing some honeymoon pics.  Our 3 month "anniversary" is on the 9th--better late than never!

We stayed at the RIU Palace Las Americas in Cancun.  It was actually really nice.  We didn't want to over-spend on the honeymoon so we were on a budget and this worked perfectly!

I guess every all-inclusive resort has these in-room liquor dispensers.  Wes was amazed!

Wes is such a sun-worshiper!

I tried to alternate my sun/umbrella time so not to overdo it.

View from my chair at the pool.

Wes cooling off in the pool.

Japanese food in Mexico?  SO good!

 Yep, I married a Baywatch babe.

I want to go on another honeymoon....

Vampires

I have debated confessing my "love" for vampires for a few weeks.  I guess I might as well get it out there. 

My name is Lyndsey, and I like Vampire shows/movies/books. 

I was skeptical of the whole Twilight thing when it first got popular.  I heard how fabulous the books were, but I was an adult.  What would that look like?  To be reading the same books some of the 4th graders at my school were reading?? I think not.  Then, the first Twilight movie came out and I guess I got caught up in all the hype because I bought the first book.  I read it in a weekend and loved it!  I never admitted to anyone I had read it.  

I never even saw the movie until I could secretly add it to my Netflix queue and watch it in private. 

It was ok...but i just had to read the second (and third and fourth) book before the next movie came out.  I sped through Books 2 and 3.

Then, I kinda got stuck on the last one.  I don't know if my timing was off and reading it when I didn't have the time to devote to it or if it was hard to get into it because of how out-there it was.  As if the previous ones had been completely believable...

 

Then, this summer I broke away from the teeny-bopper vamps and got into True Blood on HBO. WOW!!!  I just thought Twilight was good.  Sookie and Bill are intense!  I literally watched 2 seasons in 2 weeks so I could get caught up and catch up on what had already aired of season 3.  

Then, a few weeks ago, something drew me to The Vampire Diaries on Netflix.  I added the first season to my queue thinking I would watch it while Wes was gone to work for so long.  I got the first disk and reluctantly slid it in the DVD player.  I was instantly hooked!  Flew through that disk and all the others as soon as they appeared in the mailbox.  I was so sad when season 1 was over that I bought a season pass on iTunes so i could catch up with season 2 and pick back up with the new shows once they started airing in January.  That took about....3 days.  SO GOOD!  It's a nice mix between the teenage drama of Twilight with some of the grit of True Blood. 

Now, don't get me wrong...I don't do the "memorabilia".  I don't flaunt this.  The fact that this post is even being published is a big step.  

So, please tell me I am not alone.....

A little more Christmas never hurt...

I finally got a memory card reader so all my photos on my camera wouldn't be a complete waste. 

This is the MOST special gift.  A portrait of LuLu!

Stationary with my new name!

Cute picnic basket that will be perfect for Ole Miss baseball games this spring!

Arthur Court Fleur-de-Lis Serving Bowl to go with my collection

New curling iron---still trying to perfect this.

Uggs

Have y'all ever seen these?  They're super cute.  Sock to fold over the top of Uggs.

Jane Hollinger necklace.  I wear my gold one like it's going out of style!  So excited to have a silver one now.

iPad!!  I LOVE IT!!!  I'm already addicted!

Poor LuLu was tuckered out after opening gifts!

Gray flannel Revas.  I can't wait to wear these!

And, a picture you've already seen just cause I love it all so much!

Here are a few more pics of our Christmas decorations. 
Since we are in a condo, we decided not to go overboard. 

Front door wreath--made by Mom.

Balcony garland and bow.

Dining room table. 

New Year's "Resolutions"

I am typically not the type to make resolutions. But, this year I need to make some changes in my life anyway, so what better time than 1.1.11.

1. No more caffeine! I have a bad Diet Coke habit (some may say more of an addiction). I have to have one ASAP when I wake up. Before shower, before brushing teeth. Only thing that takes precedence is taking LuLu out. It was nothing for me to drink 6 cans a day. That's just not a healthy habit. I drink water also, but not enough to cancel out the amount of sodium and other chemicals in a DC. I made it through Day #1 successfully, but I have been warned that the headaches will come.

2. P90x. I bought P90x before the wedding but with all the stress of planning and moving it got pushed to the back-burner. I really want to follow the program to the T. I'm going to start on Monday so I can do it right and hopefully get on a regular routine.

Have any of y'all done either of these things? What were your experiences?
Did you make a New Year's resolution this year?

On another not...Were you all forced to watch football with your guys ALL day tody like I was?? I love football and sports as much as any girl, but enough is enough!!!