good weekend

I just had a really great weekend! But not the kind that makes me dread going to work tomorrow, the kind that makes me excited about moving forward and leaves me feeling refreshed and happy. There wasn't anything eventful about it really, it was just what I needed. On Friday we made dinner and watched Michael Clayton, it is a pretty good movie. And as usual I went to bed early on Friday - I'm alway so tired at the end of the week! I woke up early Saturday because I can't help it and went to go work out at the place in the apartment complex. I worked out way longer than usual because the Obama vs. Clinton debate was on TV and I was intrigued. Then Jeff woke up and we made breakfast and watched the final episodes of season 1 of 24. I decided I don't really like that show, but that's another story. Then I got ready and made a casserole and fruit salad and Jeff made brownie pie and we went to hang out with the soon to be Mr. & Mrs. Ryan McCrady (they are getting married in 3 weeks!). Ryan grilled these massive steaks on the grill - it was INCREDIBLE! Oh yeah! .... sidenote: funny story of Saturday. So, Jeff is in the shower and I'm just picking up around the apartment and I sneezed really loudly and he thought I was screaming so he jumps out the shower with soap all over his face and hair and runs into the bedroom (where I am) and is like 'WHAT'S WRONG?!'... I can't figure out why he thinks I'm hurt so I'm just staring at him and then I realized he thought I was yelling and we laughed hysterically and he got back in the shower. Then today was pretty relaxed, I decided I wanted to paint some pictures for our living room, so I did that while Jeff was watching his mandatory defensive driving video. sidenote: all weekend Jeff was giving me random driving facts like, 'Did you know that there are 18 million vehicles registered in the state of Texas?'. So, I painted a picture, it will be the first of three for the living room, here it is:

We also went for a walk today, because the weather was BEAUTIFUL! While we were walking we found this old softball field and I was reminding Jeff of how we used to go play softball after school just for fun. We ended up going back to the apt and getting bats and gloves and going to the store to buy some balls. We went back to the field and had so much fun playing catch and hitting, or swinging if you are me. =o)
Tonight I was just relaxing and thinking about how happiness is a choice. This isn't anything revolutionary, it is just easy for me to allow myself to become a victim of my circumstances and not CHOOSE my attitude. I'm really happy this weekend and excited about my job, going to First Baptist Arlington, meeting new people, being a wife and building our life together. AND I got my haircut last week! It's not a 'cute married haircut' (case in point: Chelsea) but it is shorter than it has been, and I have a new love/hate relationship with my bangs. Here's a picture of the hair:

Jeff is cracking me up, he is sitting here talking defensive driving, 'Did you know Texas has the most bridges in the United States?...WOW, there are 301,000 miles of roads in Texas.'