Bonafide 2

Me and Sissy after graduation. So glad Mom got a picture of my fabulous 5 inch heels!

Graduate and grandparents

Kat and Uncle M and Aunt B

Proud parents

Great family portrait :)

Bonafide 1

K is now a bonafide high school graduate! We had a good time at the ceremony, though it was super long of course.
And K graduated with honors, so we are super proud! And of course, we got some good pictures to share!

Here are some pictures of Friday when the family got here.

Mamaw and Papaw smiling for the camera.

Me and Baby!

I think Baby was trying to tell J that she wanted some food,

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K and A with their cake.

A to Z with a Little MooseJaw in Between

So I saw Shannon's post taken from Sunday Stealing, so I think I am going to double steal. And I just provided both of these blogs free advertisement. So you're welcome, you two wonderful bloggers!

A
• Are you available? Depends. For what? To go on a shopping spree funded by someone else? Yes please!
• What is your age? 21
• What annoys you? Loud, screaming children

B
• Do you know anyone named Billy? Nope, except for that James Blunt song.
• When is your birthday? December
• Who is your best friend? Jarred!

C
• What's your favorite candy? Sour Patch Kids or 3 Musketeers
• Crush? No, I hate that drink!
• When was the last time you cried? Yesterday. My boss yelled at me because I was antsy to get home because family had come into town. Beeeeee!

D
• Do you daydream?: All the time
• What's your favorite kind of dog? Westie!
• What day of the week is it? Friday

E
• How do you like your eggs? Over Medium
• Have you ever been in the emergency room? Yes, last time was in September when I 'tweaked' my vagas nerve and, yeah, it's bad.
• Ever pet an elephant? I wish!

F
• Do you use fly swatters? I use them, but am not successful.
• Have you ever used a foghorn? No
• Is there a fan in your room? Constantly on.

G
• Do you chew gum? No. Did you know that chewing gum makes you fart because you are sucking in air as you chew?
• Do you like gummy candies? L-O-V-E
• Do you like gory movies? Hardly

H
• How are you? Full, tired, excited
• What's your height? 5'5
• What color is your hair? Brown

I
• What's your favorite ice cream? Mint Chocolate Chip
• Have you ever ice skated? No
• Ever been in an igloo? Brrr. No

J
• What's your favorite Jelly Bean? Sour Cherry
• Have you ever heard a really hilarious joke? Too many. Most of them are also too inappropriate.
• Do you wear jewelry? Even to bed

K
• Who do you want to kill? Killing is not nice.
• Have you ever flown a kite? Brings back good memories.
• Do you think kangaroos are cute? Cute, but come with a punch! Haha...

L
• Are you laid back? I have become more laid back as I have gotten older. I would call myself more 'passive' than I am laid back.
• Lions or Tigers? Tigers. Better animal print.
• Do you like black licorice? I don't know anyone who does.

M
• Favorite movie as a kid? Little Mermaid. That was my first movie too.
• Ever shopped at Moosejaw? No. I will Google.
• Favorite store at the mall? NY&C


N
• Do you have a nickname? Mae
• Whats your favorite number? 23
• Do you prefer night or day? afternoon through night

O
• What's your one wish? To have a comfortable, happy life
• Are you an only child? No
• Do you like the color orange? Yes

P
• What are you most paranoid about? Bad things happening
• Piercings? Two lobes and a helix. I am thinking of getting another lobe and I have always wanted the industrial. But that's not a good idea for job hunting later on in life.
• Do you know anyone named Penelope? Cruz

Q
• Are you quick to judge people? Yes. I'm human.
• Do you like Quaker Oats? Yes
• Know anyone that makes quilts? Grandma and Mom!
• Do you think you're always right? Normally.
• Do you watch reality TV? Sadly. It's the ultimate guilty pleasure!
• Reason to cry? Because I'm sad?

S
• Do you prefer sun or rain? SUN
• Do you like snow? Yes!
• What's your favorite season? I love summer and fall

T
• Time is it? Almost 11
• What time did you wake up? 9 am

U
• Can you ride a unicycle? I seriously doubt it
• Do you know anyone with a uni brow? Yes. But that's kind of a mean question.
• Uncles do you have? 5

V
• What’s the worst vegetable? Onion
• Did you ever watch Veggie Tales? Yes! "Oh Where is my Hairbrush?"
• Ever considered being vegan? Yes, but not to save animals, for health reasons.

W
• What's your worst habit? I pick my cuticles constantly.
• Do you like water rides? Love them!
• Ever been inside a windmill? No

X
• Have you ever had an x-ray? More than I wish I have
• Ever used a Xerox machine? Yes

Y
• Do you like the color yellow? My room is yellow!
• What year were you born in?: Gen Y, Echo Boomer, Millennial
• Do you yell when you're angry? Yes, but Jarred thinks it's funny

Z
• Do you believe in the zodiac? I know it's not, but it's fun to read. It's easy to get caught up in because horoscopes are so generic that life events seem to follow what you read in a magazine
• What's your zodiac sign? Capricorn, baby!
• When was the last time you went to the zoo? Last October

Family :)

Family is here for K's graduation!

Pictures will come later, but we are all so excited around here. Especially Baby. More people to rub her belly. My aunt, uncle, and grandparents are here and we are about to have our 'before' graduation celebration!

I'll keep updating!

With a Bow on Top

You can hardly see the bow on her back, but it's been there for most of the night.

Precious.

I

LOVE

HER.

Gearing Up

Last things standing in my way of a great weekend are work and school.

Geez, what else is new?

Speaking of school, statistics really blows. Big time. I hope I never ever ever use it in the way I am learning it once I have my first real job.

I finished baking the cupcakes for this weekend. They are a meshing of Ina Garten's peanut butter icing cupcakes and Paula Dean's Reese's muffins. Mom and I split one to make sure they were worthy. Yes. Quite.

So I guess that means the cupcakes should be considered fanciful and elegant, but easy to swallow.

Because some of the stuff Ina makes (beet soup? Gag) is a bit out there for me and my taste buds. And Paula Dean. Well, we all know how I feel about her...

Everyone is so busy running around here. Why? Well, you'll find out soon enough.

Suffer No More?

So if you've read my blog before, you might have read the post I wrote a while back about IBS. There is no real specific diet to follow for the disease (regardless of what some 'experts' will say) and sometimes I have wondered whether I have some other undiagnosed problem.

J and I went to Barnes and Noble tonight to look at cookbooks. Frankly, I became quite irritated with the lack of information about IBS, even though I have probably already read half the facts in each book before.

I used to browse the website helpforibs.com, but frankly, I find the information on that site to be complete bull. I picked up a book tonight written by the same woman that heads up the website, Heathe Van Vorous. Reading a page out of the book about eating out at restaurants, I wanted to rip the book apart. Heather's 'cheat sheet' was ridiculous. One of the first 'tips' she gives is to not order any red meat, chicken, seafood or dairy-based meal. Second, fill up on dinner rolls. Third, order a pasta or other bread-based meal. Fourth, bring your own herbal tea to wash it all down.

WTF??

Yes Ms. Van Vorous, I just want to be a big fat fatty who pops Dulcolax pills every night.

What in the Lord's name happened to eat right? Eating to be healthy? What happened to veggies and fruits? I did not see a mention of anything natural. There is a reason why God created food for us. Natural food. Broccoli is a big name in veggies when it comes to fiber, which helps you go. Strawberries and citrus fruits are great sources of Vitamin C. Milk and cheese are good for calcium. To use that calcium, eat some salmon or tuna for some Vitamin D.

Wow. That doesn't sound like too bad of a meal. Have a tuna or salmon fillet, a side of broccoli, carrots and a fruit 'medley' on the side and a glass of milk.

NO BREAD.

EMPTY CALORIES.

I was so angry with the IBS books that I looked for other cookbooks. I wanted to get a cookbook for healthy eating, but Barnes and Noble seemed to be out....

There were many books about eating for diabetes (no). And there were some for heart health (interesting, but no thanks). There were vegetarian and vegan books (again, no. I gotta have my seafood. And besides, I really hate onions and vegans seem to be crazy for the suckers).

So I took a page out of J's sister's book and bought a cookbook for gluten-free meals. Flipping through the book, the meals seemed to be really well-balanced and don't rely too heavily on 'fillers' such as with the IBS 'bread crazy' diet. There are recipes such as oyster hansen, 20-minute minestrone, and rosemary chicken. Sounds good to me!

I also bought a bargain book on salads. I am super crazy about leafy greens and some of the ideas in the book are super! Marinated beans and vegetable salad will be tried very soon.

My point of this post was to rant about how much 'mis-information' there is about IBS. Every sufferers trigger foods are different. I don't want another spastic colon attack, but I'm not going to live day to day eating peanut butter sandwiches and downing bread rolls at Longhorn. I'm not living under a rock and as long as I eat consciously and healthfully, my symptoms are reduced.