air travel

maybe we should wear a mask at the airport.... this swine flu is getting serious...

hak wedding

abby and i (and many other friends) are off to see the hak's get married! we leave for colorado tomorrow morning at 5:15 AM. yikes. but it gives us a full 4 days with Julie and the girls!

we are pumped!!

many, many blessings to chris and julie. see you soon!

I am proud of where I'm from - Aggieland.

I am proud to say that Stephen McGee has been drafted to the Cowboys. I am so proud of our fun and crazy college neighbor. I can't believe he's playing pro for our Cowboys.

It makes me feel really old. Like I should dye my hair grey, because that is how I feel.

Book Signing!

Calling all mother-to-be's and mother's out there -

Dottie's room is featured in her paternal aunt's book "Feathering the Next"...

There is a book signing next week -

Feathering the Nest: Tracy Hutson's Earth-Friendly Guide to Decorating Your Baby's Room
( Stewart, Tabori & Chang/ May 1, 2009 / $29.95), provides tips on how to decorate a nursery in four distinct styles. Packed with eco-chic and budget-friendly tips, the book is a perfect resource for new moms and existing moms in need of a creative, cost-efficient decorating boost. Best known for her fabulous rooms on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the book makes Tracy's smart and savvy ideas accessible and easy to execute.

Held @ 05/05/2009 - 5:30 - 7:00PM
Snider Plaza
6721 Snider Plaza
University Park, TX 75205
469.232.9420

its a forward. but i liked it. so i'm posting it

FRIENDS  VS.  TEXAS FRIENDS                                                                                                            

 FRIENDS: Never ask for food.

TEXAS FRIENDS: Always bring the food.
                                                                      

FRIENDS: Will say 'hello'.

TEXAS FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss.                                                                     

FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
TEXAS  FRIENDS: Call your parents Mom and Dad                                

FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
TEXAS  FRIENDS: Cry with you.
                           
FRIENDS: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.
 TEXAS  FRIENDS: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing, playing dominoes or cards and just being together.

FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
TEXAS  FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you

FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
TEXAS  FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' back-ends that left you.
                                                                       
FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.

TEXAS  FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, 'I'm home!'.

FRIENDS: will visit you in the hospital when you're sick
TEXAS FRIENDS: will cut your grass and clean your house then come spend the night with you in the  hospital and cook for you when you come home

FRIENDS: have you on speed dial
TEXAS FRIENDS: have your number memorized

FRIENDS: Are for a while.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Are for life.

amazing.

Microsoft Surface

we are specifying this product on a project for Deloitte and it is aaaaamazing. 

go to the website and watch the video's on the home screen.

technology is so friggin' awesome. (as my co-non-existent blogger friend would say).

love this.

its a floral garden on the wall!

i don't think this will fit on my porch...hah

maybe some day...

i think the squirrels are getting smarter.

do you agree?

i feel like the squirrels used to dart out in front of you, then stop in the middle of the road only to dart back across the street towards the same way they came from. inevitably, this would end in a flat squirrel with its tail blowing in the wind.

but lately, i have been seeing smarter squirrels on the road. squirrels that go all the way across, and have good timing. this morning i actually saw a squirrel weave in-between cars as to not get hit. and he made it!

i am proud of the next squirrel generation. go squirrels go!

sushi on mckinney ::: soft opening

last night, amy, ashley and i had the great privilege of eating at sushi on mckinney, for their soft opening. the sushi was complimentary, but the best part was the company. all of the old wait staff was there and were so happy to see all of their usual customers again. it was such a great feeling, being a part of something smaller, here in dallas. we had a great time!

here is the email i received from sushi on mckinney in regards to the soft opening dinner. My favorite part is that they signed it "sushi team".

Dear Customers,

 

Because of your loyal support through all the years, we would like to invite you and one guest to join us for the soft opening week on Tuesday 21 April 2009 at Sushi on Mckinney 4438 Mckinney Ave. #200, Dallas, TX (near Roti Grill restuarant) stating from 6.00 pm. - 9.00 pm. Fai, Sushi team and Chef (Chica) from the original Sushi on Mckinney to give you an evening of great sushi and neighborhood friends.

 

Please reply by email to let us know within Sunday you wish to dine with us. This will ensure that our new staff can provide you with the best possible service and allow our chef to plan for your visit. Food for the evening is complimentary.

 

We look forward to seeing you again as we re-launch this Dallas tradition.

 

Thank you for your long-time support. We will see your during soft opening week.

 

Sushi team

c a n c u n

this is where scott and i are going on vacation with the oliviers and the babcocks in august!!

that is mark in marks pool at marks house in cancun where we are staying!!!

i. can't. wait.

scott took me on a "european date" this past friday night after work. he read my blog below about needing some europe in our lives, and treated me to tapas, sparkling sangria and an evening at the museum. 

the picture included is of an exhibit we really enjoyed. all of the squares were covered in different materials, textures, and colors where kids and adults alike could write how the square made them feel on a post it note and stick it to the wall. we thought it was cool, and i thought scott was cool for taking me on a fun date!

the ramsey's started a blog!

::: italy :::

this is a picture of the piazza we always hung out at when i studied abroad in castiglion fiorentino, the summer after my sophomore year. it had 3 huge arches at the center of its square, where you could sit and read, eat gelato or just stare out into the beauty of italy. i have travel fever and wish scott and i could be there now. abby is going to italy at the end of may. i will have to live vicariously through her...

still pining away for this wedding registry item...

saving up to buy it. waiting for it go on on sale. please?

has anyone ever seen this chalkboard paint installed? scott has mentioned it a few times and when i saw this image on martha stewart, i loved it. we might find some cool frames and paint the insides of them with chalkboard paint, or maybe we will do this calendar idea? 

yeah for fun weekend projects!

concepts my new patio.

its only 48"x48", so it won't fit much. but i want to make another space for our home, where we can have a romantic dinner, or simply read a book on a pretty day. these are my ideas...

sushi. on. mckinney.

sushi on mckinney. one of the greatest sushi restaurants in dallas. 

the robb roll and a little 80's decor is all you need. 

august 15th, 2008 was a sad day. 

according to pegasus news, they shut down so the owner could retire.

did ben sanada know the number of people he would disappoint? 

they must have heard from their fans because it is re-opening in april!

i have had it in my april calendar all year, and now that it is mid april, i, along with many in my office, are waiting on pins and needles for its new debut. 

i have emailed sushionmckinney@gmail.com to see when the blessed day is so we can be one of the first to return! robb roll, here we come! :)

ONE YEAR OLD!!

Tillman's Roadhouse

this delicious little restaurant in the bishop arts district has become one of my dad and i's favorite. We ate here one night, and returned the next week with Scott. I LOVE the design style and detail here. I feel inspired when I dine at Tillmans. Plus, they have a delicious orange margarita!

april fools.

this morning I emailed some of the girls and told them I was pregnant....

please see the hilarious correspondence below. I feel bad about Natalie tearing up, I really do.

Lindsay Schardt	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:04 PM
friends. please don't share this with anyone yet...but last night I took 3 pregnancy tests when I got home because I have thrown up twice at work in the morning (once last week, and monday) and have been getting hot flashes and just don't feel well.....so I was nervous, because I was on the antibiotic and I think it messed up my birth control.   So all 3 of the tests said I was pregnant....I am freaking out. I am so nervous. I haven't told Scott yet....I don't know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I can't wait until after work and Bible Study so we can talk about this. I need yall and I am so freaking freaked. I would love to have a baby, but Scott will freak out and I am so nervous. aaaaaaaaah. oh my. Can we all leave work and meet up right now? Surely, maybe they are wrong. They were just the cheap kind at Walgreens....   What would I do if this was going to happen, Lin AHHHHHHHHHHH!

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Lauren Herzog	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:07 PM
I hate to say this if you're serious but this is serious.... April Fools? Lauren :)

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Melanie Frazier	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM
ooooooooooo gosh, April fools?

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Natalie Jagers	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Where are you?  I'll be there now. I love you. Natalie Sent from my iPhone

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Lindsay Schardt	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM
No!! I promise!

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Lauren Woods	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM
YOU BITCH!!!!

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Melanie Frazier	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM
I am such a sucker.

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Melanie Frazier	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM
I did this to Ryan this morn and I still fell for it?! I am an idiot!

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Natalie Jagers	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Totally April fools. Right?  Good one. Natalie Sent from my iPhone

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Lauren Woods	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:12 PM
I'm calling Scott right now... You are in such big trouble.

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Lindsay Schardt	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:12 PM
No, I wish. I saved all the tests to show yall....in baggies, I have them

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Lindsay Schardt	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:13 PM
PLEASE don't tell Scott Wooods!!!!!!! If he heard it from you first, that would be HORRIBLE. I need to be the one to bring it up with him!

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Melanie Frazier	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Ok, hoenstly, if it is April Fools, end it now... we are fooled. good one.   If not... wow. what the heck

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Natalie Jagers	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Then really, where are you?  Can we meet now?  Natalie Sent from my iPhone

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Melanie Frazier	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Ya'll its for real!   I just called Looney & Associates and they said she was down the hall not feeling well....   I just texted scott Lindsay, he's calling you.

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Laurel Hanson	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:22 PM
is this real...you texted scott??? Mel? what did you say?

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Lindsay Schardt	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Ok, fine its April Fools.

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Melanie Frazier	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM
I texted and said his wife was a freaking punk! hahahahaha

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Melanie Frazier	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:25 PM
even the freaking Looney Receptionist was on it... that was real, until Lin said she told her to tell me that

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Laurel Hanson	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM
I knew it when mel said she text scott. you would never do that. duh

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Brittany Tavenner	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM
I am not laughing if this is still a joke. Lindsay i can't believe you until you show me the tests... what the heck this is a cruel joke.

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Lauren Herzog	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Booooo! Bad

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Natalie Jagers	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:29 PM
April fools is not fun. I cried a little bit. Welp.  Love you. Natalie Sent from my iPhone

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Laurel Hanson	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:30 PM
HAHAHA thats hilarious.

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Lindsay Schardt	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Oh, I feel so bad....sorry Nat, I'm sorry Woods still thinks its true! She keeps texting me Ok, I'm mean

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Abby DeCicco	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Terese texted me "Im pregnant"   I called her.   It was April Fools Too   Stupid married people   Stay Single, Abby

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Laurel Hanson	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:53 PM
so gay. im pregnant.

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Lauren Woods	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:59 PM
I'm not pregnant, but I'm pissed. Don't talk to me Lindsey. And Laurel, you have a sick sense of humor.

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Lindsay Schardt	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Lauren, You spelled my name wrong. That's lame. Lindsay

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Melanie Frazier	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:42 PM
you deserve it Lindseey. you started the lameness. :)

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Laurel Hanson	Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM
what ?? your crazy. I dont have a sense sick of humor.