Fun in the photo booth...

I wasn't quite anti-lazy but John was, so he scanned our pictures for your enjoyment. The booth took six pictures at a time. The other three from this session were used in Devon and Eric's guest book.



There's two more sets of photos from the booth that night. One with John and me...I liked these pictures better. Then while John was doing groomsmen duties I went solo into the booth.

I don't think photo booths are meant for one person. My poses had nobody to play off of. They were pretty boring except for one...the one where I was mooning the camera. Just kidding Mom.

Top 10 Monday

My top 10 favorite tv shows ever...

10. Designing Women

9. Beverly Hills 90210

8. The Biggest Loser

7. 24

6. Seinfeld

5. Flight of the Conchords

4. Curb Your Enthusiasm

3. Friends

2. Gilmore Girls

1. The Golden Girls

Wedding Weekend...

There's a good friend of John's who lives in the area and he got married yesterday. John was one of his groomsmen so it was a full weekend of activities. They were all very fun but we're tired.

Here's the recap:

Friday night was the rehearsal dinner. We forgot our camera so here we are at home after the dinner. Kita doesn't always get the concept of getting her picture taken...



The wedding was at a beautiful chapel in central Phoenix. Then the reception was at a resort close by. We were living it up for sure. They even had a photo booth. When I feel anti lazy I'll scan our pictures from the booth so you can see those.







Here's me from the end of the night. Just kidding...they had a potato bar with a guy making potato martinis and John thought this would be a funny picture.



The reception was a lot of fun and so was the people watching. Check out the tall guy.



We watched that guy for awhile. He was awesome. He did the robot.

Today was a brunch at the bride's parents' house. Again we forgot the camera. The brunch was amazing. Their backyard overlooks downtown Phoenix and their house is the biggest, nicest house I've ever been to. The brunch was like going to a swanky country club for Sunday brunch but instead it was at someones home. They even had a smoothie station. I had an apricot and honey smoothie.

Back to the real world tomorrow. Awesome.

Memory loss in my early thirties...

There's been many signs lately that I'm already losing my good ole memory. Maybe I should do daily brain teasers. Here's some of my signs:

During spring break I was walking around Target and my sister called me because I had called her earlier (45 min. earlier). She told me she was sorry she couldn't answer when I called her. I said,"I called you?" About five minutes into our conversation I said,"Oh yeah. I remember calling you now."

I was talking to my sister on my cell phone yesterday and I was thinking,"Where's my cell phone?"

Every time I buy us tooth paste I get a new kind because I never remember what we were using before.

I blogged awhile back about how if I am getting something for John and me to eat or drink his always goes on the right...that's so I remember which is which.

I bet at least half the time I walk around with two coats of Lady Speedstick on me. Most mornings I ask myself,"Did I put on deodorant?" So instead of accepting that I most likely already did, I go ahead and re-coat.

There's actually a lot more but I seriously can't remember them right now. Yikes.


This picture was taken almost a year ago but it looks like I'm thinking so I thought it would be a good picture for this post. My brother is right...I do have a very large head.

My new favorite phrase...

Unfortunately it's not appropriate for a public blog so I'll have to add it discreetly. Just take the word suck and add the word it. It's not very nice so I haven't said it to anyone but every time I hear those two words spoken together I giggle.

I think I would feel more comfortable saying my new favorite phrase to non humans. I could say it to things like paperwork, the alarm clock going off, Monday mornings...

This picture is totally unrelated to my post topic but my mom enjoys posts with pictures the best.

100th Post

Whoa, 100 posts...that's more than a couple. I blog a lot I suppose.

I was thinking about different ideas for my 100th post and John came up with a great one. Since my blog is titled "Mare's Mind" today is going to only be about thoughts that have actually run through my mind.

"Left, left, left, right left."
This goes through my mind sometimes at work when I'm walking somewhere...and I'm a little bored.

"Yes I can...yes I can."
If you were in my mind you would hear this when I'm on the treadmill and getting a little tired. I used to have a lot more mantras I'd shuffle through but after I heard this one I decided to adopt it. It makes my mantras much more streamlined.

In a dream I was having a few nights ago I was talking to the nine year old daughter of a girl I went to high school with. As she was telling me a story she turned into Jason Bateman.

"That skin looks so comfortable."
An explanation is definitely needed here. My skin is so dry and uncomfortable. It itches. It cracks when it's cold outside. It causes unwanted attention and advice for me to use lotion. I always want to say, "Lotion, huh? Awesome. I'll try that."

"I want my snack." This is a daily thought. I'm always ready for my snack.

"Yay...no emails." I think this at work when I check my email and there's not any new messages. I'm not able to have this thought very often.

Once John told me a thought he was having. It was a complicated invention he was thinking of. I started laughing because when his brain was being inventive, my brain was playing the theme song from "Charles in Charge".

Thanks for taking time out of your lives to read my blog. You five to eight people are really awesome.

Top 10 Monday

My top 10 favorite presents I've received...
(Topic suggested by my husband)

This one was a fun but hard list to make because I've gotten so many wonderful presents over the years.

10. His and her bikes from my mom and Dick. They gave them to us for Christmas a couple of years ago.




9. Heart necklace from John. I wear it all the time. It's so pretty.

8. Books from my brother and Adriana. They took the time to find some interesting books from female authors for me. A few years ago for my birthday he and my sister in law gave me Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and a book of short stories by Eudora Welty.

7. The afghan blanket my grandmother (Mama T.) made for me when I graduated from high school.

6. The lamp John gave me for my 31st birthday. I call it my Hobbit lamp.

5. The gum ball machine my grandparents gave me. It's just like the one they had in their house. I loved that thing. I ate many gumballs from that machine.




4. The scrapbook my sister made me after she, my mom and I went to Mississippi and Louisiana in the summer of 2003.

3. The cabinet my mom and John gave me a few years ago for Christmas. It used to be bright orange with different hardware and no top shelf. Mom started the project and John finished it. I love it.




2. My engagement ring. The diamond belonged to John's grandmother.

1. Kita. John gave her to me for Christmas in 1998.