So, I really can't believe that these two people have been together for 3 years:


This past weekend was our anniversary, so JT and I got on the train from Ft. Worth to Dallas, hopped on the DART and headed to the State Fair to see Mary Poppins. The trip was not without its challenges since it was last weekend of the fair and it was also the weekend of the OU vs Texas game. (READ: the trains were PACKED and slow, and people were a little mean). Anyway, we got the show just in time and it was totally worth the trouble. Mary Poppins actually flies out into the audience, which is really cool.



Then we headed to see BIG TEX at the State Fair:




We decided that our anniversary dinner would include a tour of state fair fried foods including a corn dog, friend latte, fried peaches and cream (fave), and fried pecan pie. we didn't try the fried butter, but we had a great time walking around, eating, and laughing. We even caught the parade and a couple of fireworks.

Its rained here a lot lately.

Cristina says my umbrella is so large she can't hear her voice echo when she holds it. I just say the Cristina is one of my favorite new co-workers. Thanks for welcoming me into the TCU community, Coordinator for Inlcusiveness and Intercultural Services. Your laugh is infectious and your zeal is admirable.

INTERACT: How are you welcoming someone new into YOUR life?

TCU in Waco?!?

The other day I was walking with Katie through one of the administration buildings to get my check for my rent and this is what I found hanging on the wall:



Turns out, TCU used to be in Waco YEARS ago before the campus burned down. Student rumor claims that Baylor students set the campus on fire, so its always a little funny when people find out I'm from Baylor. Find this flag made me realize a few things:

1. I really like pendants...and I always have.

2. I really miss Waco, and I have a feeling TCU doesn't. :)

A Day in the District

So, since I don't have internet at home, I have been neglecting you- no more since my new friend Katie has both internet and giving spirit, which in her words- "knocks my socks off." Which brings me to the subject of this entry- my new friend Katie.

Katie is a Hall Director at TCU and we are on the Sophomore Transitions team here. One day as we were walking back to our offices after a meeting, she turned to me and said, "We are going to be girlfriends. I know that sounds creepy, but I need friends here." You know, I didn't think it was creepy, I thought it was AWESOME! So that weekend, we went to see FAME! at the Movie Tavern and then spent the next Saturday at Day in the District, a day when all the Fort Worth museums are free and ready to entertain.

It was a really fun day and it was really good to get to know a new friend and run into this guy (who wears a watch on his ankle, mind you) a couple of times. We went to all the museums, from the Cowgirl Museum to the Modern and saw some things we liked and some things that were kinda weird. Towards the end of the day, I convinced Katie to take some "senior pictures" by the Kimball Museum:





I remember when I took my "original" senior pictures, my moom had creased my jeans and I about DIED when I saw them and my aunt rescued me at the last monute by whipping out the iron and getting those creases out.

Glad to have a friend and a fun day taking advantage of some VISTA friendly activities!

INTERACT: Tell me about your senior pictures experience.

Weekend projects are really fun actually

So the day I left for Waco, KB told me that she found this metal desk on the side of the road. There was just a little rust on the inside and the drawers worked well. It was the PERFECT size for a craft station in my new apartment.



She knew I needed a desk so she came with me and after a few tries, we got it in the back of my car. We jokes that my goal for my first week in Fort Worth was that I had to make some friends so someone could help me get it out.




I was in luck, because when Matt came up my first week, he followed me ALL THE WAY OUT to my apartment to help my get this heavy thing in my apartment. I promised myself that I would keep it in the living room (i.e. in the way) until I cleaned it up and got it ready for crafting. So, when JT came to visit that first weekend I told him that we had a project....da da duuuuuh...

SO we went to Lowes and bought a few things: kilz spray primer, some red spray paint, a tarp to cover the workspace, & a reusable sander scrubber (looks like a sponge). All together we spent $35. Now I should tell you that the desk that I had been planning to save up for would cost me a couple hundred dollars, so if this 35 dollar thing works out- AWESOME.

So I sanded off the rust, JT removed the drawer pulls, we dragged the desk and the tarp outside and got to spraying:



A few days and paint coats later, I have a desk and crafting station. What a difference a coat of paint makes. (I know that is a cliche, but we just kept saying it because it was such a shocking transformation! You should probably scroll up to see the before, so that you can be as shocked as I am.



I really felt accomplished after a weekend project and I quickly got my sewing machine out to make Marianne a pillow for her couch. The following weekend I unpacked all but two of my bedroom boxes. I almost live here it seems.

INTERACT: Well, what do you think?