Feel Good Award For Me!

Yay! I got another award for my blog. It's from April of course - the only person who actually reads my blog. That's friendship for you. :)

The Lemonade Award is a feel good award which shows great attitude or gratitude.

Here are the rules:
~Put the Lemonade Award logo on your blog or post.
~Nominate at least 10 blogs that show great attitude or gratitude.
~Link your nominees within your post.
~Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
~Share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award. Here are my nominees:

April's blog is the only one that I actually read so I am going to hold off passing along this award until I find some others that are as cool as hers. That may be an impossible plan though.

Cheater, Cheater Pumpkin Eater

I was watching TV last night and in the show this character that I really like just had her boyfriend cheat on her. The whole episode was then about whether or not she could forgive him. This got me thinking about whether I would be able to forgive someone for cheating on me.

Luckily, I have never been in a relationship where someone has cheated on me (at least that I know of). And I think that is probably for the best. I do not believe that I would be able to forgive a guy for cheating on me. I mean if he could knowingly hurt me like that, then how could I ever trust him again?

In general, I do not believe that issues are completely black and white. Most situations call for a grey area. But what could be the grey area be in cheating? It's wrong however you look at it. If you are in a relationship with someone then you need to be faithful. To me, it's just that simple.

Would some consider me hard and unforgiving for having that stance? I generally think of myself as an understanding person, but I think that is one issue that infidelity is one issue that I would not be able to get past. Does that show strength of character or the absence of tolerance? Is it cold-hearted to refuse to try and work through a problem and forgive the person or does tossing the guy out and moving on show backbone?

To be honest, I hope that this is a situation that I never have to confront. It's easy to speculate what I might do but if it were to happen to me, I might find myself going through some internal battles. Let's hope that I continue to date non-cheaters. . .

DC is #9

According to Forbes magazine, DC is the 9th most stressful city in the US. Only Boston, Detroit, San Francisco, Providence, Cleveland, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago outrank DC. According to the article, DC would be higher, but its low unemployment rate (thanks Government!) makes up for other shortfalls.

I completely agree that DC should be in the top ten. There is definitely an air of pressure to do well and to be successful quickly. Most people that I know what to be on a career path to bring them straight to the top before they reach 40. Plus it is an expensive city so that does not help anyone's stress level!

I am sure that other cities have a similar atmosphere, but I feel like DC's is exaggerated because of all of the politicians, staffers, and lobbyists.

I am usually stressed out so I guess I am not helping DC's reputation. Maybe I should start passing out copies of the Serenity Prayer on the metro. . .

Wedding Weekend

This past weekend, I was maid of honor in my friend's wedding. It was a busy weekend - rehearsal on Friday, wedding on Saturday, and post-wedding barbecue on Sunday. The wedding was great. The bride looked beautiful, the groom handsome, and everything went according to plan.

But, it would not be a wedding if there were not a few quirky stories.

• Apparently there was a Civil War battle near the wedding location. And the wedding day happened to be the day of the battle's reenactment. Throughout the entire wedding, we heard gun shots and cannon fire.
  
• Bride's father's comment to the gunfire - "I thought this wasn't supposed to be a shotgun wedding."
• Bride's father is a history teacher. He decided to tell the bride's brother and I all about the battle in question (neither of us had ever heard of it). However, bride's brother decides to escape partway through the conversation leaving me to listen to the rest of the lecture alone. Thanks Ben. Chivalry is truly dead.
  
• My friend started to breakout in hives from nerves. She did not feel nervous but the hives kept showing up. Poor bride was popping benedryl all day long. But that's one way to make sure that you do not get drunk at your wedding (cannot drink with benedryl - bad combo).
  
• The Groom and Groomsmen bought rockin' gigantic black sneakers with white shoelaces to wear with their tuxes. The bride did not see these until it was picture time. Surprise!
• I really really thought that I had met the make-up artist before. She looked so familiar. Then I realized that she was just a dead ringer for Hayden Panettiere from Heroes.
• I was not feeling well - massive stomach pains - and was carrying around baking soda to mix with water to help me feel better. But sometime during the night, I realized that carrying around a little bag of white powder kind of made me look like a cocaine addict.
  
• The groom's nieces and nephews were adorable. But, they had to be bribed to stand still for pictures. For every picture that they took, they got an M&M.
• I snagged my dress just seconds before we were going to take pictures. Gotta love my luck.
  
• Bride and Groom's car was truly decked out for the getaway including being completely covered in ceran wrap.
• A couple of the married guys told the groom that he now needs the "shit you need to know when you are married handbook."

This is a picture that the bride's brother took. I think it's pretty funny. Definitely does not surprise me that Gregg would ham it up and steal Steff's flowers.

To the happy couple - L'Chaim!

You're Still Great LeAnn!

LeAnn Rimes has been getting a bad rap lately. Sure she's got some personal issues, but I'm not ready to turn my back on her.

Plus, she still has an amazing voice.

When You Love Someone Like That is one of my favorite songs that she sings. It's a duet with Reba - so it's automatically awesome - but it was never released as a single. Few people know this song but it's great.

Enjoy and Happy Friday!

Ultimate Fantasy

My ultimate fantasy - no not that kind of fantasy - is to just pick a direction and start driving. Leave everything behind and just go. Start heading west with no destination in mind until I run out of money or land.

Wouldn't it be fantastic to just throw away all responsibilities? Mortgage? Who cares! Job? I'll find another one. Family? Friends? They'll understand.

To be completely carefree. To have no one expect anything of me and not to have to worry about what anyone expects of me would just be an amazing feeling.

But in the end, it's a total fantasy. I do not have it in me to throw everything away that I've worked hard to achieve. But the thought is occasionally tempting. . .

Which Beatle Are You?

I got Paul McCartney. I am ok with this. I do think he was the brains behind the Beatles. And he's still alive so that's a plus. :)
You're Paul McCartney!

You are ambitious and hardworking and you want to be appreciated for it. You're highly social and enjoy the company of others. Things come easily to you so sometimes you expect others to keep up the same pace. You are quite the people-pleaser; sometimes to a fault. You don't have to try so hard - we see you standing there.

Which Beatle Are You? - Spinner

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