Sunday, July 17, 2011

Family time in Lubbock

So last week my Mom, Dad and I made a quick trip to Lubbock to visit my brother, sister-in-law and goddaughter(dog). We woke up extremely early to fly out there only to find out our flight was cancelled so I got up at 3:30 in the morning for nothing. I had worked late the night before and only got 2.5 hours of sleep. Luckily there was plenty of coffee.



We caught a later flight and we were in Lubbock in no time. I barely had any time to sleep on the plane. We had to wait at the Lubbock airport till my brother could come pick us up. Sadly but not suprisingly, there is not much to do in the Lubbock airport. This was the main attraction.
The bad/good part about waking up so early is that you get to eat even more. I for some reason was hungry at 3:30 am so I ate breakfast. Then I had to snack on something when I had coffee at the airport (otherwise I get shaky from all the coffee). Then when we got to Lubbock I was hungry again. So I had my lunch at 10. And it was delicious. I had like 3 extra meals that day.

This is what I did while we waited.
 Eventually my brother came and got us. We spent our time in Lubbock by loving Starr, their dog and my goddaughter, playing the Wii, and eating a lot.


Funniest moments of the trip: Dad playing a hula hoop game on the Wii. My brother was on the floor and I was crying because we were laughing so hard. Starr seeing me eat M&Ms trying to get them out of my hand and then smelling my chocolatey breath and trying to find the source of the chocolate smell. Even Propp dogs love chocolate.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Dog lifeguard at your service

One of my little projects this summer was trying to teach my dog Parker how to swim. He always just sits on the top step of our pool and drinks the water. My other dog Gunter is quite capable of swimming and actually looks like a whale when he's in the water. So I thought it was about time that Parker stopped living his life in fear. It took a few days but finally I succeeded. All it took was for me to start swimming and he became worried and tried following me. Its really cute because he doesn't like getting his ears wet so he shakes his head as he is swimming and forgets he needs to keep paddling. Now that he is a little more confident, he likes to chase me like a piranha. It is a little terrifying. But I felt like a proud parent and was showing off his swimming skills to the rest of the family. The sad part is that now I can't swim laps in the pool without him following me, trying to bite me, and then me trying to get him back to the steps because he is still a little guppy in need of assistance.


Monday, July 4, 2011

Becky's Favorite Things

Whenever I like something, I like it a lot. I don't play games. So I decided to make a list of some of my favorite things (kinda like Oprah's favorite things, only way way better). I want the world to know about how wonderful these things really are and how much joy they bring to my life.

1. Coffee mugs-This may be ridiculous, but come on who doesn't love a good mug. Any time I go on vacation I try to buy a souvenir mug. Eventually I will run out of room and will have to stop buying them. This is a picture of some of my favorite ones.
2. Psych-This show is amazing. My family is addicted and we spend the majority of our free time watching it. I wish I had friends in real life like Shawn and Gus (main characters). The hilarious quotes from this show are endless.
3. Harry Potter-I can't tell you how many times I have read these books. They are just so good. I love the movies too, but the books are just simply wonderful in every way. I just went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and I'm not gonna lie, I almost cried from excitement when I walked through the first time. I'm rereading the seventh book right now in preparation for the last movie.

4. The guy in the All State insurance commercials- This one makes me look creepy, but I don't care. Every time I see him on the commercials, it just makes me smile. I feel safe just listening to him talk. I caught myself praying for him one time.

5. Whataburger-Their ketchup is to die for. I love ketchup in general, but this ketchup is far superior. They also have wonderful burgers and french fries. Whenever I eat here I feel like a tough cowgirl. I don't know why. Please don't judge me.

6. Texas Rangers- This is my team. I can't play baseball myself, but I love watching the Rangers. The Ballpark in Arlington is one of my favorite places ever.I want to get married there.  I got to go to one of the World Series games. One of the best days of my life.

7. How to Train Your Dragon- This is my favorite movie. I wish I had a pet dragon like Toothless that I could ride around on. The music in the movie is great also and I almost cried a couple times. I'm not ashamed to admit that I own a HTTYD poster and bedspread.

8. Dogs-I love dogs. Especially my dogs. If you let me I could talk for hours about them. The other day when I was in the pool, Parker was sitting partially under water on the steps. All of a sudden he had this look of surprise on his face and looked at his backside. I looked over and saw little bubbles coming off from behind him. He had farted in the pool and scared himself. It was hilarious.
I'm obsessed with a lot more things, but that's all the writing I can muster right now.