It's a DUCK!!!! I LOVE THE DUCK!!!!

Okay so I haven't had a chance to post my football pictures so here are some with some info on what's going on - o wait its a football game - DUH!

That's Britt and I - you will notice that Britt is in red (not ASU maroon) and you will notice that I am in green with some writing.  That's right I bought a Duck shirt and showed up as a Duck fan!!!!!!!  You will see in a moment that this was a work event and possibly there was a suggestion that we wear other colors.  Here's a hint, I am 27 years old and don't take well to people telling me what to do and when to do it - that's what the first 17 years of my life was about.  Thanks!

Those horrible yellow shirts with ugly backs on them was for my bank and were provided to each of us.  In my defense I did not sign up for a shirt on purpose and then they made me pick sizes literally 10 minutes before they placed the order.  So this is when the Oregon shirt was ordered.  Those colors are awful on me and the Duck is a wayyyy cooler mascot.  O and I am not from Arizona!  I just live here!

There are some more MB'ers.  In their dreadful shirts.  HAHAHAHA!

It's the whole reason I came - THE DUCK!!!  Now I am not a Duck alumni and I do not cheer for the Ducks, I just cheer for the Duck.  Or I cheer for the whole team when they play ASU hahaha.  Did I mention that the president of my bank fired me 3 times that night and I just said, "Okay!!!", laughed, gave the O sign and screamed GO DUCKS!!!.  Yep its a wonder how I have lasted this long haha!

Okay and then totally unrelated you have to see this picture of my friend/co-worker, Melissa.  She has resigned and her last day is Friday and this is what happened about 3 pm this afternoon and lasted until she left at 5pm:

The most hilarious thing is that you cant really tell her real hair from the wig "black" hair because its the same color.  Fit perfectly and really who doesn't love a banker that looks like this? :O)

Happy Wednesday!

no water makes life...interesting

Woke up this morning to no water in the complex.  Apparently the water line blew at 3:30 this morning and they have been trying to fix it since 5am.  Well its 12:18 now and there is no water still.  I will eventually be going to Britt and Josh's - how weird is that?  Britt and Josh now in the same place!  Anyway, I will have to go over at some point if the water doesn't get turned back on because I still need to shower and run errands.  Britt and I are going to the ASU vs Oregon football game tonight.  My bank bought us the tickets, but they never said you had to wear ASU colors or root for ASU.  Well I have no intention of not rooting for ASU until ugly shirts with ASU colors and the bank name written all over them were handed out, pom poms, and then crocs.  Well okay I got croc flip flops and those were AMAZING!!!!!!!!!  However, being the person I am when it became an implied mandatory thing is when I went online and bought an Oregon Ducks T-shirt.  GO DUCKS!!!  I will be in green in a sea of maroon and yellow.  I am not 5 and I react like a little sister and the @$$hole (in a funny way) that I am when someone tells me I have to do something at the age of 26.  So today I am a DUCK fan :O)

I am planning on bringing my camera and taking pictures, so I should have some fun pictures to post later.  Here's hoping for some water turn on!

Have a fabulous Saturday!

little ice cube heart

I know I should understand and intellectually I know and have read that its addiction.  Its a disease.  It's uncontrollable until the commitment is made to change.  However, I dont understand because its the most selfish thing in the world.  Alcoholism - its all about the drama and distruction of those around you.  It's not about just destroying your life, you have to destroy everyones.  I have no patience for it and I was the bitch that wouldnt be the friend or even the co-worker that would talk to this person.  However, at least I didnt have to be around it when the shit finally hit the fan.  I would go through this with a best friend or a family member, but not for a person I dont even know their middle name or what their childhood fishes name was.  That's too draining!  That's not the entire worlds responsibility - at some point dont they have to take responsibility for their actions and not bring down every person whom they have ever met down with them.  That's what pisses me off and that's what my ice cubed heart can't stand or understand.  Maybe someday I will have the compatision and understanding for this disease, but it wont be today.

That may make me a bad person in some people's eyes, but at least I am honest and dont waste their or my time faking like I care.  All I care about is they get help - if they dont then dont take everyone down with you.

Laura and Toby's Wedding

It's been a while since I was able to update, but with two vacations back to back and then month end at work right after coming back, well you can understand.  The first of the two vacations was to my 3rd cousin Laura's wedding to Toby.  I know what you are thinking, who goes to 3rd cousins weddings, but I only had 7 1st cousins growing up and Laura and her siblings were like 1st cousins as much as we saw them.  Angie and I hung out the most, but I was never able to make it to Angie or Stacy's wedding because I was in college or just out of college.  Christopher isnt married yet, but I might not have a chance to go to that one so this was my last chance to really see these girls.  I hadnt seen them in 10 or 15 years, as crazy as that sounds, but it was great going.  Here are some of the quick shots I could get off my camera.

First here was somewhere on the road from Omaha, NE to Sioux City, Iowa.

Apparently Vegas was just over to the left here of the gas station and random hotel.  I have been to Vegas a decent amount of times and I do not believe I remember seening this portion of Vegas...ever!  HAHAHAHA! :o)  Yes I made my mother stop so I could take this picture!

This little doll is Stacy's first and she has the coolest name ever!  Rigleigh!  Her dad is a huge Cubs fan and what better name to have for your daughter than Wrigley, only spelled Rig and Leigh like her mom's middle name.  Now if I could just figure out how to name a kid Fenway and be that cool, I would.

No I did not teach her to stick out her tongue, she had that talent before I got there so I didnt have to haha!

Here are some other photos of the wedding - the bridesmaids dresses were amazing!the church alter.  O we were family so we got 3rd ROW!!!  Very VIP if I do say so myself.

Mother of the Bride, Stephanie, and brother of the bride, Chris.  Little blurry, my cell phone camera is not fabo.

Toby and the guys waiting on the ladies :)

Toby's sisters are the left two then its Angie and Stacy.  Angie and Stacy flipped positions in the middle of the ceremony so that each could be the maid of honor - this is a thing they have done at every sisters wedding. :O)

lighting the unity candel together.

Their first dance and the guy in the forground is Brian and his girlfriend - another 3rd cousin that I havent seen since I was 8.

I dont have any pictures after this because well I was busy dancing, enjoying the family time I had with extended parts of the family and eventually going back to the hotel for a nap.  It was a mid-western wedding for sure and being from the east coast and mostly understanding how those all go off, it was a bit of a culture shock.  It was really adorable and fun and very family oriented.  I always love seeing how everyone does their wedding and this was no exception.

My Granny unfortunately was not exactly nice to myself or my mother during the 48 hours we were in town.  However, after her screaming at me less than 24 hours after seeing her I just never spoke to her again and stayed away from her.  It's sad I guess, but I refuse to have that kind of negativity in my life.  There are enough things in life to be insure about and I dont need my Granny adding to that on a famly adventure that was otherwise spectacular.  So, next family adventure will have my brother or my father around for protection from the evil Granny because then she isnt a jerk :O)  Has to impress the men on the Rupke side I guess haha!

Next installment will be the Portland, Spanaway, Kent, Seattle, Bothell, Vancouver adventure :O)