Mission Accomplished

If anyone has been checking out my Facebook status you know that I have been talking about organizing my closet(s) for days. In May my parents basically moved me back to KS and since then I have just been making due with the disarray of a closet that I have. Some of my clothes are in storage, some are in a closet the basement and some are in the closet in my room. It has been driving me nuts that they were very unorganized. I am a little like Monica Gellahar-Bing from Friends in that I love my clothes to be separated by sleeve length, color and sometimes even seasons. Today I finally got to organizing my closet as it should be, as it was in Memphis, Mission Accomplished!

Here is a BEFORE picture

And then the AFTER

Bye-bye Memphis

Saturday I moved for the 2nd time this year. It was very bitter sweet in the way that I will miss so much about Memphis, I will miss my Memphis friends, the great food, the amazing music and the diverse shopping but I am happy to be at home and be around more family.

My last day of clinic was Friday, and I was lucky enough to only work a half day. For lunch that day I ate at my favorite bbq place, BBQ Shop, catchy huh?

Kyle, me & Joe

Jill, Sara & Matt

After lunch Sara & I met Julianne at the Nail Bar for a quick manicure, which actually took about an hour, they really take their time! Seriously it is good that I didn't let myself go earlier in the semester, it is so addicting!

That night Megan, Joe & Luke came over to eat with me, Julianne & Derrick. We had Memphis Pizza Cafe, my favorite pizza EVER!!! (btw, I have not been to Italy) We ordered my 3 favorite pizzas, Alternative (Olive Oil, Mozzarella, Crushed Basil, Garlic, Fresh Tomato), BBQ chicken (Chicken, BBQ Sauce, Cheddar,Mozzarella) & Veggie supreme(Onion, Green Pepper, Black andGreen Olives, Spinach, Broccoli,Mushroom, Fresh Tomato, Mozzarella).

I will be forever grateful to Julianne & Derrick for putting a roof over my head for the past 4 months. I hope I wasn't too much of a bother. You will always have a place to stay in KS and then where ever I move!

Bye-bye Memphis, I will be back in April for yet another National Board test.

Trivia night

Last Thursday I got together with some friends for Trivia Night at Buffalo Wild Wings. We were in 2nd place up until the final round, then ended up with 3rd, not too shabby. Here are some pictures of the night.

Me, Kelsey & Erin
Matt acting silly
Kelsey & Kevin - Cute couple!

New Music

Thank you to everyone who emailed me or commented on here regarding new music suggestions for working out. I am trying to add a few at a time, and still hoping to get an iTunes gift card in my stocking so I am trying to hold out, hard for me to do. Here are the songs I have added so far.

Fergie - Labels or Love
House of Pain - Jump around
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne - Let it Rock
Linkin Park - Shadow of the Day
Metro Station - Shake it
Rihanna - Shut Up and Drive
RUN-D.M.C. & Aerosmith - Walk This Way

I know a few of you suggested some OAR songs, of course I already have those on there, minus Crazy Game of Poker b/c my version is over 17 min long!!! Thank you again for the ideas, they are great. If there is anyone else who has suggestions please comment.

Big Bang Moment

One of my most favorite TV shows is The Big Bang Theory. It is adorable, so innocent and SOOO funny. Here is a clip from the show this week. Just a background in the episode Leonard tried to ride a motorcycle but couldn't b/c before he got on it fell over on him and hurt him. Penny hates science but said that she did to impress a hot scientist. And Sheldon is very OCD, socially inept and awkward. Enjoy.

Happy Birthday Amber!

Today is one of my best(est) friend's birthday, Amber. She lives in Tulsa with her huz Mike and baby girl Hadley with another on the way. I didn't get to see her over Thanksgiving break so I hope to see her as much as possible over Christmas. The poor thing has been iced inside with Hadley for 2 days and I think is going stir crazy. Hopefully the sun will shine and the ice will melt and she can enjoy her birthday outside of the house.

Happy birthday Amber! I love you!

Horray for our LAST couple of days!

If you would have asked me on September 2, I would have told you that I didn't think this day would ever come, the last few days of SCO clinic that is. It was painful going from a private practice setting to back in the dictatorship clinic. But somehow, like every class before us, and every class after us, we made it through. Some days it seemed like it would never end, but finally come this Friday, that is 2 days from now we will be finally FREE!!! I was feeling festive and in a baking mood last night so I made cookies to take today for clinic as celebration. Here is the recipe.

Chocolate & Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

1. 1 cup butter

2. 3/4 cup sugar

3. 3/4 cup brown sugar

4. 1 egg

5. 1 tsp vanilla

6. 2 1/4 cup flour

7. 1 tsp baking soda

8. 1/2 tsp salt

9. Chocolate chips – I put in 1 whole bag of semi-sweet choc chips & ½ bag of peanut butter chips

Mix 1-5; add and mix 6-8. Add 9. Bake 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes on ungreased pan.

I made a double batch, so I was baking for hours! As you can see I probably ended up with about 8 dozen, I stopped counting after the first few sheets.

And I guess they were good b/c this is all that was left after I came into the lounge at 6 tonight.

Night of pampering

Last Thursday Erin & I decided to treat ourselves to one last pedicure of the Winter season. We went to a new place in Memphis call the Nail Bar. I actually got a gift certificate from Julianne & Megan for my birthday and have been trying to a perfect time to use it, and if you saw my feet on Wednesday you would agree it was the perfect time :) It was one of the most amazing mani/pedi experiences I have had to date! My nails & toes looked great but on the of best things about it is that you get to drink while you are there, hence Nail BAR :) Another great thing is that they have a 3 day no chip policy and if your nails do chip they will fix them for free! What a deal. It is a good thing I did not found this little gem sooner b/c my bank account would be suffering.

Here are our first glasses of champagne, yes mine is the empty one, and our nail colors
Me in the oh so comfy pedi chair
Erin catching up on her gossip & enjoying the pedi too
They were playing Sex & the City that day. My fav!Here are our feet getting a final parafin wax, felt sooooo goooood!Thanks for going with me Erin! I really enjoyed it.