a to the tx

by awebstertx

so i'm on my way into ausitn this afternoon for some partying, a little bridal business, and some much need QT with all those special austinites i hold near and dear to my heart. hold on to your hats, it gonna be a blast!

freak out.

saturday morning i woke up to quiet. complete and utter stillness. if you know the pup pictured above... you know this is an odd occurrence. with this awkward feeling that something wasn't right, i jumped up and found turk laying beside the bed on a pile of clothes. with a sigh of relief, i begin to leave my bedroom and walk to the stairs to find the other canine half of my morning alarm that had failed to go off. not finding gauge at first glance, i turned back to notice turk not following in my foot steps. i went back into my room finding him still laying in my pile of clothes. he stood up on his front legs with his ears straight back. i thought to myself... HOLD THE PHONE. something is terribly wrong here. when the most energetic dog in the world is not up and at 'em at the crack of dawn, we have a problem. i called turk over to me and with a one-two step with his hind legs, his bum fell flat to the floor.... he tried again and it was a no go. I was scared out of my mind!!! TurkieLeg's legs weren't working!

after about an hour of rubbing his legs, calling around to professionals, praying to james, and crying some tears i decided to set him up on my bed and keep him off his legs for the day. i have never seen turk down for the count... even when his little boys were removed he was still pretty energetic and aware. but saturday, he was a completely different dog. he slept the entire day except for when i would leave his side. he cried when he couldn't see me. and he whimpered when gauge would leave the room. i was fearful that he would never be able to walk on his own again.... images of turk in a doggie wheelchair raced across my mind... have we talked about dramatic i can be at times? here would be a perfect example.

anyhow... at about 6pm, turk woke up from a nap, heard the front door open, bounded up and barreled down the stairs and straight out the door... like nothing had ever been wrong. I MEAN!

sometimes... i want to ring his little neck.

temper.

i haven't been up to much these day. i've been trying to lock myself in my room and force my hand at getting the nitty gritty, bore my face off, rather shoot myself in the foot for entertainment, stuff out of way so i can jump to oh! so glorious fun part of starting a business. the lock on the door works from the inside, therefore... not much forcing going on. but i was witness to one of the most dramatic temper tantrums this weekend while swimming with sister no.1 and her litter of kiddos. i wonder where in the world could she have ever gotten that kind of temper.... we are such a quiet and calm family!! (in another galaxy far, far away.)

ms. madison, our pretty, pretty princess.

i just had to snap a picture! she will hate me in 15 years because of this photo. but i will love her for.ever.

update: so i felt like a bad a gi-gi for posting a not so lovely picture of madison. so here... i must do her justice.

paper whore.

that's right, i said it! i'm a paper whore. i will climb over any number of innocent bystanders to get to the newest and coolest paper product. i.am.a.whore. {ha!}

yesterday was my first day of my very first trade show i have ever been to... and yes, it is everything i anticipated it to be and more! see, i set unusually high expectations for everything in my life. i am completely aware this is a self destructive quality, yet i remain steadfast in setting those expectations. but i look at this was... if you don't set the bar high, no one will push to get to the top. i'm just givin' a push... the NSS show has pushed back and i'm simply amazed. one may even say awestruck!

but back to what is at hand at the moment. i'm here in new york city! i've been dying to be here for this very reason for years! dare i say, this is a dream come true?! because it is!!!! and after a lot of disappoint from other areas in my life, i'm taking it in and enjoying it to its fullest.

i can't wait to get going today to see what new "super cute" stuff i come across. {if i say super cute today as much as i did yesterday... i'm going to turn into an effing kitten!}

once again... keep up with me and swampy on GirlsonBlogs and my Mac Gallery for my latest nonsensical adventures with Indy as we take on NYC!

Indy's Debut

i've been trying to come up with something clever to post but it's just not coming to me... call it writers block or call it exhaustion.

here's the just...
1. you'll never guess where i'm at?! New York City! {surprised?! yeah, me too!!}
2. i've been here for one day and have posted pictures here. go head, click the link... i know you wanna see!
3. also, if you are not aware. swampy and i have a mobile blog, Girls On Blogs. I've been posting pictures on there as well.
4. my swell friend, dr. bruce, gave me a rockin' little toy to trek the streets of NYC with... Indiana Jones is my new side kick! he made his debut at Red House Lounge on friday night. he's a suacey little guy.

broadway.

guess what i get to do?!

thanks sister no. 1, for an early birthday surprise!

{yes, i know that i posted this already but i took it down so my mother wouldn't see it because it was her mothers day gift. so, i'm bumping it to show my sister that i think that she's kinda cool.}

refreshing.

summer seemed to peak its sizzling, hot, little head out on friday and saturday to give us a taste of the months to come. with all the shenanigans i was involved in this weekend, i was disappointed in myself for not toting my camera around a little more. this picture by professor evil sums up the weekend perfectly!

swampy, i know this is your avatar on yelp but it was too perfect to pass up. i sowwy.

no clue, whatsoever.

i've been searching around for something special... and i have no clue, AT ALL, what i'm doing. but that's the fun part!

mother and myself.

by KMalanowki

i'm jet setting off to NYC in three weeks! holla'!

at first, swampy and i were going to take the trip together but due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, she can not accompany me. for this, i am so incredibly sad. i think my trip with swampy would have been such amazing fun! but we will just have to plan for another trip, at another time!

with my anxiousness growing to set out on a trip alone to THE big city, i honestly was a tad bit excited to do it on my own. i'm going for business, as well as pleasure, so the majority of my days could have been filled with me roaming rows upon rows of vendors set up at the convention center. which i know it doesn't sound exciting, but for this paper freak... it's like a dream land!... of stationery and wrapping paper and invitations and pens and party supplies and knick knacks and patty whacks and... okay, sorry if i got lost for a second. back to the point. so the thought of doing this alone was a little invigorating. BUT! at the same time, kind of boring and a little sad. it's always fun to share fun experiences with someone in your life. and i wanted someone to shop with, and eat with, and see the big city lights with. and it doesn't hurt to have someone that takes decent pictures.

well, my mother called me on tuesday night. she told me that she was asking off work to go with me to NYC... hold. the. phone.

excuse me! i'm sorry, i didn't hear her correctly... i thought she said she was asking off work?! my mother doesn't ask off of work. my mother is a work horse. my mother hasn't been out of the tri-state area since '96. and now, not only is she taking 2 or 3 planned days off of work but she is going to take a plane. to a city she has never been to before... WTF?! this is freaking me out.

but she was fo' reals, yo! my mother and myself are taking a trip TOGETHER! just me and her... she and i. THIS, has never happened. wait, it has... but that was under the worse circumstances of my life, so that doesn't count. anyhow, i am super STOKED about this. there are so many pros to this situation that i've ran out of fingers and toes counting them.

she asked where we were staying and when i told her... she said she wasn't familiar with The W. i told her, " it's no Holiday Day Inn, mom."

this is going to be fun... i hope she can keep up!

debauchery.

friends, family, countrymen... lend me your eyes. i've upload pictures from this weekends debauchery. {really, there is no better word to describe it} but know a few things before browsing over these lovely treats.
1. i am young.
2. i am single.
3. i have no political aspirations.

with that said... enjoy, bitches.
check out "all the pictures i snap" in the right hand column. you may have to scroll up, down or side to side.

soul.

sightings.

midget cowgirl spotted in gruene , texas.

explanation.

a little explanation of why the certain someone at HEB can....
by spidercamp

i was returning a rug doctor this morning because the sweet young man who helped me yesterday said i could return it when the customer service desk was not open, that anyone could help me out.

SO... i left my place super early this morning to swing by the HEB and return what is rightfully theirs. on entering the grocery store, i had not one... not two... not three... but four people tell me i would have to return the rug doctor when the customer service desk was opened. i explained to them, calmly, that i was told otherwise. AND that i was there now. with this huge machine.... so could someone please help me... please.

apparently, someone fetched another employee who came out of some office with a puzzled look on her face, as if i was crazy. observing this, i simply said, pleading... "could someone help me? the book (where i have to sign the machine back in) is kept right there in that drawer... could someone please..." and then i was rudely interrupted with a , ' I KNOW where the book is kept, YOU do NOT need to tell me."

uh... my bad... but wait... hold the fucking phone... did a MANAGER just speak to me in that tone? all sense of calm left my body at that moment.

i kindly replied, "um, you DO work in the customer service business, right? wow, you could have fooled me!"

she continued, "yes, but i KNOW where the book is. thank you."

"no. thank you. i truly appreciate you being rude to me... truly. this has been such a wonderful experience with great employees at my local HEB. "

happy friday people.

thirty.

thirty happy 30th to one of my nearest and dearest friends, shirey.

in celebration of shireys big 3.0., we had a little bash with some crawdaddies and cold ones. yes, i finally made the long exhausting trip to kyle, tx... the trip shirey has been nagging me about for months. i didn't tell him, but the only reason i went was for the free crawfish! i keed. i adore shirey and his lovely new bride, debbie debbakins.



when i arrived i was greeted by some old familiar faces. i had such a good time hanging with my old pals from lc.

and just like old times... a beer bong appeared from nowhere... good times. too bad no one got a picture of me hitting the bong.... too f-in' bad.

and then there is daly.

hardball.

swampy, ditty and myself spent sunday afternoon at the ball park watching some longhorn baseball. it started of a bit on the bad side with Stanford scoring 5 runs in the 1st inning but Texas gave a good fight. not good enough to save a win but a fight worth fighting. Stanford took the win with a score 12-9.
check out what swampy said about our day out and what we snapped up along the way.

while sitting right behind homeplate, 7 rows up... i looked around and saw some 'old schoolers'. you know... the people from yesteryear, the old folks. i hate to use that term but there is really no other to describe it. i love them! i love watching elderly couples who still get out and enjoy life. and old men who have been friends for decades bust on each other. and the ladies who still giggle when they whisper gossip amongst themselves. i LOVE it! it's great how they come out to support something and get so fired up about! i only hope i am as blessed to live so many years and still have my vigor.

yippie!

i have never met someone with any public notoriety before today. i was super stoked and a bit giddy, like a school child, when standing around halcyon this afternoon listening to Heather Armstrong of dooce talk about this and that. i was completely impressed by how simply beautiful she was and her extreme sense of modesty. she was totally unassuming. i adore those characteristic in people. it's completely inspiring!

kites.

by PearlGirl

okay, last post of the day... promise. okay, maybe not but whatever.

this weekend some friends and i hit up the town, Austin style! We ate burgers on burnet road, took a hike to zilker park, participated in the Kite Festival, and ended our day with the best milkshakes in town. if you scroll down this page and check out 'all the pictures i snap', you can enjoy some pictures that were taken while playing around in the park.

two cajuns and the big apple.

by jacquelineknits

as you can see, the title of this blog is the ADVENTURES of pearl girl and yet there are no real adventures blogged about, for that i apologize for false advertisement... so here and now i shall start one!

two cajuns and the big apple
in may, something like 76 days away, swampy and i are headed off to the big apple. my very first time and swampy's not so much very first time. the trip was prompted by an itch and an urge to travel somewhere together; and the annual event i have been just dying to attend, the National Stationary Show was a perfect reason to go to NYC. tickets are booked, hotels reserved and list upon list of places to see and things to do. simply put, I. CAN. NOT. WAIT.

and to top off the best part, so far... as of two minutes ago, i actually got the hotel i wanted. The W Hotel Time Square. at first, it was completely booked and i went ahead and reserved us a room at The Renaissance Time Square, which is just as lovely but not what i wanted. for weeks now i have been checking back to see if the availability at the W changed and today, IT DID! the difference was nothing but a couple of bucks and since i was booking through The Shows travel planner, the rates are practically half price!