Miller Tails

the house

2009-11-06T08:27:00.002-06:00

We started a little closet renovation this past week. Due to my excellent builder scheduling skills i turned two little closets into a wonderful master walk in closet all with in 4 days. We have also added crown moulding throughout the house and changed out the kitchen hardware. Tomorrow is going to be a crazy busy morning, we are trying to move 99% of our apartment, Liz's storage unit (aka her parents house), and have all of our new furniture that we bought delivered all between the hours of 8am-12pm. Wish me luck or just come help.

more pics to come

Closing

2009-10-29T06:49:00.002-05:00

Today is the big day of becoming a homeowner. We have been super busy packing, shopping for furniture and doing the last minute run around to make sure the deal is going to happen. We close today at 4pm and I think the sellers will be out on Sunday. We have actually become friends with the sellers and they seem really nice. We might be going out to dinner to celebrate!!

Well i have to get to work because i am leaving early today.

Ill keep you updated on my updates to the home and i am sure i will have some good delivery/cable set up stories to come.

Cant wait for everyone to come check out the new place.

new fridge....

2009-10-20T07:47:00.003-05:00

We are closing in little over a week and we are getting really excited. We went over to our new house last night to measure some rooms, and deliver some stones and flagstone that i am going to use to build an outdoor kitchen. It was fun to see the house again and see that the sellers are getting all packed up and getting excited about their move.

We have been doing a lot of shopping in the last month and made our first big purchase. A brand new fridge.

We got a little nervous because this is the one we found at Home Depot and loved but we didn't think it would fit. It is going to barely fit and we got an amazing deal on it due to my builders discount. It is going to be nice to have a fridge that will actually store more than a weeks worth of food.

The next big ticket item is a TV. Anybody have any ideas on brands? We have been leaning towards a Samsung. But there is just too many to choose from now.

flat tire, biker man, and me being an idiot

2009-09-17T08:03:00.004-05:00

Funny story to poke fun at myself.... while we were house hunting last night I notice that my front tire was getting low. So I find my local QT and pull in to get free AIR. As I get the hose out to fill my tire up, a man pulls up with a bike that has a low tire, he says to me "you got a bad leak there buddy".... really man, thanks for telling me that as i am filling it up. I finally give up as my tire is almost 100% flat at this point and just give him the air hose. I start to talk to Liz about how we might be changing a tire in the parking lot. The biker gingerly walks over to the air machine and turns the air on..... yes everyone I was letting all of the air out of my tire, the man on the bike gently hands me the air hose and rides off into the sunset and Liz starts laughing in the car..... I fill up the tire and put the hose up.... Iam proud to say the tire is still full of air this morning. But I am still an Idiot.

Peace out,
steve

ps Dude says hi..

one year

2009-08-02T17:21:00.009-05:00

The first year of marriage has sure flown bye. It seems like just yesterday we were standing outside on the record high day getting married. We have learned a lot about each other and how to live in a small one bed and ONE BATH apartment with a dog. It has been a great year and we celebrated this weekend by going to Ft Worth. We stayed in the brand new Omni Hotel, went to the Ft. Worth Zoo and had an amazing dinner at Bobs steak and chop house. I added some pics from the zoo. We ate the top of our cake the week we got back from the honeymoon, so i surprised Liz by getting a replica top layer of our wedding cake. It was sooooo good and it went great with the free champagne the hotel gave us. Anyways it was a great weekend and i am so blessed to have a great wife.

Summer Hair cut

2009-07-22T21:30:00.003-05:00

Dude got a new summer hair cut the other day here are some pics of his new cut....

update from our last update

2009-07-12T13:50:00.002-05:00

A lot has happened since our last post. so i will just go through it real fast

Liz graduated, we went to las vegas,we moved, liz started her new job, liz had a birthday, we have been to three weddings, went to two rangers games and saw some fireworks on the 4th.

Dude is doing good in case you are wondering..... well that is about it for our little Blog.

have a great day

hats?

2009-05-12T09:11:00.004-05:00

Does anyone know why at graduations do you have to wear those funny looking hats?

This weekend we were pretty busy with all of the graduation festivies, i felt like all we did was drive from place to place. It was a great weekend and we had a lot of fun with all our family and friends. So now i guess i have to refer to Liz, as Master. .......

new hood again?

2009-05-07T09:52:00.002-05:00

Yes it is true i am leaving my work home in Austin Waters to a new work home that is less than 10 mins from my apartment and a lot more active neighborhood in Los Colinas. So that is pretty cool i guess. Oh ya and this weekend Liz is graduating from TCU!!!!!!!!!!!

Random Thought of the day: why do we have to use turn signals in turn only lanes?

this IS happening

2009-05-05T21:00:00.006-05:00

So being the good/great dog parents that we are, we know that happy dogs (much like children) are tired dogs.... so we try round 2 of Dude in the dog park. Last week we took our little Dude over to the Southlake Dog Park for him to run out some energy. Until he got gang raped by a boxer, a yellow lab, a pomeranian and about 3 other unidentified breeds. EVEN after we pulled them away multiple times. They always came back for more Dude. I guess what do you expect being the most handsome dog in the park/ entire world. Poor little Dude could NOT figure out that he could run faster than the big guys and just got backed into the corner of the fence-- when he wasn't playing dead. So after that traumatic experience, we go back for round 2 today at Fort Woof Dog Park.

Today was MUCH better and Dude adapted very quickly to having all the space to run in. He made a few friends (big and small) and ran around like a crazy man. There were some dogs COVERED in mud and totally filthy thanks to all the rainstorms we have been having. Luckily, Dude stayed out of the mud, this time. It was a really fun afternoon. After nearly an hour of canine fun, Dude was just exhausted! So we say bye to his new friends and head out to the parking lot.... to find THIS:

Oh yes, in case you didn't catch that it is a FAT (possibly the fattest) chihuahua ever. Dressed as a king. Wearing a cape. Properly positioned on a foam pad. Hands on the steering wheel. Driving a little tykes pink car.

Yep. Just another day at the dog park.

yo

2009-05-04T20:25:00.003-05:00

since my blog sucks, and has no direction. i am just going to post random thoughts from now on.

when you are in a fast food drive thru lane know your order before you get to the little box to place your order.....

Rain Rain Rain Golf Rain Rain

2009-05-02T21:20:00.003-05:00

Well it has been a very rainy day down here today. Liz is off to Norman to hang out with some of her college girl friends..... So i got to spend the day with Dude and some of my Dallas friends.

I have never really been a hobby person, never really hunted, played a ton of golf, fished etc. I have really been craving to start a hobby or find something to do. So I am trying to practice/play more golf. So today my friends and I had a tee time at this really nice course and about an hour before we were to start, strong T-storms came in, so we had to cancel our round. We were all bummed out and then a break in the storms happened and we called about 10 places and found a course that said they would let us play. So we get to the course as fast as we could and start our round. It was awesome. There was no one on the course except for us, it had a nice cool breeze and the course was just in awesome shape. We played 9 holes in about hour and fifteen mins and i actually played decent for once in my life, maybe it was because we were trying to play so fast and i didnt have time to think about anything. We get to the 8th hole and on our carts GPS screen it says a T-storm is approaching. So we finish up 9 and go check the radar and a huge storm was coming, the guy was nice enough to give us a 9 hole rain check. Come to find out the storm before we started knocked over the Dallas Cowboys training faculty and the storm after we left dropped about 2 more inches of rain..... So i am guess i am glad we got to play and didnt get hit by lightning because that would of been bad.....

another note, i hate Directv because every time it rains, i have no TV, so right now i have no idea if anything crazy is going on with this storm that is lighting up the sky with lightning.

We also changed our trip to Las Vegas, so i hope we wont get the swine flu there.....

Trip Update

2009-04-30T20:17:00.002-05:00

AA pushed the date back for the flu policy..... To change the trip will cost $30 for the hotel or to get a full refund it will cost $59 a person.... We have been looking at other USA travel destinations.... I keep you up to date

On another note: we decided to take Dude to the Southlake dog park tonight. Dude had to go into the big dog park because there was no little dogs to play with. Dude really got taken advantage of by the bigger dogs, it was kinda sad. But Liz and I had fun playing with all the dogs while dude hid behind us.

swine flu

2009-04-29T10:48:00.002-05:00

So we have a trip planned to Mexico may 17th - may 21st to celebrate Liz's upcoming graduation.... everyone keeps asking me what we are going to do and honestly we have no idea what we are going to do.

American Airlines just extend the Mexico Travel Policy to all flight/trips planned from now to May 16th, where you can cancel for free, move locations for free or move the date of the trip for free. So as of right now we cant change it, but most likely it will get pushed out again in the next few days. So what would you guys do?

Ps Liz accepted the Job at the place in North Richland Hills. WAY TO GO LIZ!!!!!!!

Have a great day

Father-in-law

2009-04-22T21:10:00.007-05:00

this post is dedicated to my awesome father in law with love and respect (Bob Stevens, you know you are reading)

you know how i know you're gay....

reason #1: you know more about desperate housewives then i do

reason #2: you secretly watch dancing with the stars (DWTS!!!!) and then pretend you don't by "accidently" mis-pronouncing all their names

reason #3: you vote for american idol

reason #4: you are 1 of 3 people who read my blog on a daily basis, and have it bookmarked

reason #5: you know at least 2 Celine Dion songs

reason #6: you let rosie eat off your fork

just kidding.... but i know deep down you love this blog ;o) <--- gay or not gay??

With Love,

Dude

i chose....

2009-04-20T12:48:00.003-05:00

I know you all want to know what i decided to do on my ticket....

I chose to take defensive driving and have it not go on my record. It was a rainy Friday so i got a few hours done at work and then Dude woke me up around 6am on Saturday so i just went ahead and finished the class. I only missed two questions on the whole class. 1) what color was the cop car in the last video you watched and 2) what does a rail road crossing sign look like.... Who know railroad crossing have two different signs.

It was kinda fun to go over all of that stuff that you learn when you are taking drivers ed. Did you know in Texas up until 2000 something it was illegal to be a passenger under the age of 17 in the front seat with no shoes on?

Well that is about all i have to blog about. . .

what would you pick

2009-04-14T15:12:00.002-05:00

here are my ticket options.... what would you guys do

1) Pay the $180 and it goes on my record

2) Pay $195 and go on probation for 90 days and it does NOT go on my record

or 3) Pay a court fee of $107 and have to take a $25- six hour defensive driving course and it doesn't go on my record.

I guess it is a decision on how much my time is worth......

let me know your opinion

Stupid Tickets

2009-04-13T15:13:00.002-05:00

I think I must have a record of getting stupid traffic tickets....

Here is my rundown of stupid tickets

1) age 17... first time mom and dad let me drive outside of Tulsa. Speeding coming back from Stillwater with 6 high school kids in the car. The speed limit dropped like 10 miles an hour and I didn't see it or something.

2) Parking in a yard at a OU football game my freshman year, I paid the frat house to park there because OU likes to sell the student parking on gamedays.

3) Sophomore year of college. Parking backwards with one tire on the line of a handicap spot at my apartment when i was moving out. My trunk and doors were wide open and I was taking loads out to the car and inbetween loads I got a $60 parking ticket.

4) Jr year of college. Not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign and pulling out in front of a cop... stupid me

5) Summer after I graduated college, the one time I actaully got out of a ticket only because it was a day away from my birthday. Got clocked speeding by an airplane on I-35 and the one car they pulled over was ME, not the semi truck that was flying by me or the other million cars that passed me that day...

6) and then today I get pulled over for going straight from one side to the other side of a 4 lane road in The Colony, Texas. The issue was that it was posted right turn only. So I am the lucky guy that got pulled over and ticketed for "Disregard Traffic Control Device." Awesome i love paying $180 tickets for crossing the road with no traffic with in a 1/4 mile of me...... Must be a slow crime day....

if you want to contribute to the pay Steve Miller stupid traffic tickets fund just let me know

Happy Easter!!

2009-04-12T08:53:00.000-05:00

Happy Easter everyone!!!

We hope you have a great day!!

sick sick sick

2009-04-10T09:37:00.002-05:00

Well this week at the SMiller compound. We both have been battling the sick bug. It is the first time we have been sick together as a married couple, pretty cute huh? HAHA Well we really don't have any fun news to blog about, Liz is finishing up her last few weeks of school and hunting for a Job, and I am just working. Dude is still loves his walks, trips to the dog parks, meeting new friends and playing fetch for hours in our apartment. So that is pretty much all that we have been doing.

-Anybody been watching idol? This year is really good some weeks and then some weeks it is just awful. Who do y'all like?

Hope you guys have a great Easter Weekend!!

Britney and the Circus that follows her....

2009-04-01T07:57:00.004-05:00

Well the Britney Spears show was last night and I have to say it was quite the show.... i guess i will start from the beginning of the night.....we get over to the American Airlines Center (AAC) and pay our $20 for parking and walk into the AAC. At this point Liz and I and way OVER dress if you know what i mean.....I don't think the AAC has ever had this many gay guys and skanky girls in it other than a Jonas Brother Concert. Our Tickets were in a suite so we make the journey to the suite and we walk in...... As we walk in we are greeted by ummmm 20 High school sophomore girls. Were we a little out of place? YES... so i guess the girl that greeted us dad owned this suite and gave away four tickets so he could write it off on his Taxes. So we sit down by the other couple who won tickets and they were really awkward and felt just as out of place as we were. Well the high school girls say all the food and drinks are free except for no beer or alcohol because they are underage and her dad wouldn't pay for it. Which is fair enough. right? well these little girls had some bottles of whiskey, vodka, and opened the bottle of wine that was in the suite. The suite attendant busted them and took away all of there booze. It was like the air was let out of their balloon and their party was over. Then they sneak in some wiggers (if you don't know what a wigger is, don't ask) boys from their high school and their party started again and some how more booze got in. Busted again by the suite attended. HAHA

As we were waiting for the show to start we were walking around and we run into Kidd Kraddick. Kidd is the Ryan Seacrest of Dallas radio. Liz's favorite morning radio show.

Well the opening act comes out and it is the Pussy Cat Dolls.... which they sang their 5-6 hit songs and then the weirdness starts. Britney's theme of her Tour is Circus and the stage is set up as a 3 ring circus. Different circus act perform and then the show starts..... Girls are screaming and the music starts. The show was actually very entertaining and kinda good. She runs around, dances, lip sings and changes clothes a lot. We agreed to live at 10:30pm so we could get home by 11:30. And of course at 10:30 she starts to sing the songs that we knew. Toxic, Hit Me baby one more time, i am slave....etc so we stayed for a little longer and then decide to leave to get home to our dog and so Liz could finish packing for her trip to Austin today. As we were leaving the suite attendant was talking to his boss about suite 1305 and the underage girls. I am kinda glad we left early and it was nice to get out with NO TRAFFIC (i am turning into Dad =) )

So overall it was a Circus for sure but we had a good time and some stories to look back on.

*and on another note.... how does someone like her that has been through everything she has sell out a huge arena night after night..... I dont get it but whatever

Britney and BBQ?

2009-03-27T20:15:00.002-05:00

Well today was just one of the funny days where weird stuff happens.....

So at work I deal with some strange people that have weird requests and somehow this request worked out for me... So this homeowner for some reason didn't like his $2000+ outdoor BBQ grill.... somehow he worked his way all the way up to some VP of Sales of the company that supplies my grill supplier. The crazy part of that is that I had no idea that he was even doing all of that and one day he told me that i need to fix his grill. So today i finally had the guys and materials to do it. I called the Sales guy and asked him what he was going to do with this old grill and he just told me to take it.... So I just got hooked with a very expensive grill for a house that i don't have.... YET! (but we are starting to look).... so that is pretty exciting

Here is a picture of the grill.

but then the crazy part of the day really started to happen....

Last Monday Liz and I really didn't want to cook so we decide to go to this local Tex Mex place in Flower Mound. The host asked us if we wanted to register for the Britney Spears tickets.... we said sure why not... we joked at dinner and said we would probably win freaking Britney Spears tickets.... we never win anything but today i get a call from a Spanish woman asking for Elizabeth Miller... i say this is her husband can i help you.... she goes.... well this is Pollo Salsa and you won the Britney Spears Tickets.... I couldn't believe it...

So this coming Tuesday my wife and I will be in a suite at the AAC watching Britney Spears....

Dont be too jealous of us...

The Dude

2009-03-17T01:59:00.004-05:00

So its been a while, and I know you are all dying to see more pictures of the cutest dog in the world.... as you can see he is a chewer!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!!!! I hope you all were able to enjoy some green beer, or made some homemade green beer like my good buddy Kelsey (Martha Stewart Style)!

In honor of the Irish, Steven and I enjoyed $2 Sushi and (American) Beer at The Fish with some friends. Steven, has added so many new foods to his dining repertoire in the past few months! Vegetables, fruits, salads (as a meal, not a side!), fish, sushi and cccchhhhocolate just to name a few. However, I think I need to get Karen's recipe for black spaghetti to really put him to the test!

Off to watch the DVR.... gotta love spring break :o)

Grocery Store Domination

2009-03-16T07:56:00.002-05:00

Well being on a somewhat limited single income budget we have to do a lot of grocery store shopping. Some people make fun of me (my wife) for clipping coupons and having a coupon folder. But this weekend we dominated Tom Thumb and Krogers. We were getting low on a bunch of things and the deals were good, so Liz and I wrote a list and got on a mission. 1st stop was Tom Thumb and for under $50 we got things like Tide, a roast, fruit, veggies eggs, and much more for a total of 48% off. But Krogers we bought 38 items and had a coupon for almost everything and our total went from $119 to $58 for another 48% savings ($1.5 a item avg). The teenage boy at the register even complimented me about how much i saved. His words were "dang, that is some crazy savings"..... and I was thinking about all of the stuff i got for free or under a buck.....

So every once in a while in the coupon clipping world you have a good weekend and i felt proud so i felt like sharing it to yall......

Dog Tale's

2009-02-22T20:37:00.012-06:00

So not to be the overbearing "parent" but I just wanted to post some pictures of our sweet little guy.... who happens to be the CUTEST and SMARTEST dog ever!! He can sit, he can fetch, he can run when you call him, he is the most adorable little guy! He can't wait to meet you....

Dude's First Bath!!

Dad and Dude posing for a picture after being blow dryed for about 30 minutes! NOT fun!

Dude finally got his much needed haircut.... drum role please!!

SO HANDSOME!!

~Liz

Dog training

2009-02-13T13:34:00.002-06:00

We are now in the process of training our new friend. We have only had two potty accidents and a few early mornings..... Dude seems to think 3:45 AM is a good time for us to go out for a potty break. Last night he did a lot better of going back into his crate after his walk but Wednesday night he thought it was play time at 4AM.... Not fun but he is still new so we will cut him some slack.

This weekend we are going a road trip to Granny's house and we are both nervous for the drive and another new place for Dude to get adjusted too.

Any good training ideas, please let us know

WOOF WOOF

2009-02-12T09:12:00.004-06:00

Well everyone out there in the blog world.... we now have a new member to the Miller family....

Please help us welcome our newest member

Mr Dude Miller

He is in need of a big haircut and a big bath. We rescued him from the SPCA in McKinney this week and he is getting adjusted to us and his new home. He is really sweet and so far pretty good. We don't think he has ever been groomed so we are thinking of trimming his fluffy coat way back and we have to wait a few more days so his stitches can heal up.

So I guess we now how stuff to blog about and we will post some more pictures after his haircut next week.

Wish us luck.

the scores are in....

2009-02-10T11:24:00.002-06:00

just wanted to let you all know that Elizabeth passed her test..... now the search for a job can officially begin....

PS we might be getting a dog today from the SPCA. We almost got him on Sunday when we got back from Tulsa but we needed a little more time to make sure. If he is still there tonight and available to be adopted we will have a new dog tonight if not we will know it wasn't meant to be.

we will keep you up to date.

the hunt for a dog and a church

2009-01-26T08:11:00.003-06:00

well i am not a good blogger by any means but i feel like i have to update every once in a while.

The past few weekends have been really relaxing and even a little boring. This past weekend we went on the hunt to adopt a dog. We heard about free dogs at the SPCA Dallas. So we decided to head down to Dallas and look at dogs. Well the free dogs where to the 1st 10 people to adopt and all the other dogs are 50% off. We found a dog that we connected with but he had heart worms. We just didn't feel right about living on the 3rd floor with a dog that was going to have to have some operations and be un active for 4-6 weeks. It was really sad when we left because he put his nose on the bars of his cage and gave us the look... you know the look why are you leaving me in this cage.....

Sunday we decided to try a new church and we both really liked it. So we are going to go back next Sunday and try a different service. We have had a hard time finding a Church that we both like, so it was nice to both walk out of the service happy with our time of worship. After church we decided to go to pet's mart to see the dogs that were up for adoption there. We found one online that we wanted to look at and he was there.... We go over to his cage and get him out to play with and then we saw the aggressive side of the dog..... and we were like NOPE. Another dog walked by and he went crazy and living where we do we cant have an Alpha dog... (too many other dogs).

So all and all we couldn't find a dog that fit us and our living situation..... but we might of found a Church....

compsmas....

2009-01-05T21:10:00.002-06:00

Well well well....hello to my long lost blogging buddies.... This is the weak that my beautiful wife has been dreading since august 2007 when she started at TCU.

This week consist of 10 tests for Liz.... yes that is right 10 tests. 3 today, 3 wed. and 3 on Friday. Saturday morning she has her big text called the praxis which is the one that counts the most in my (check) book..... it is the non school test

So if you could be thinking/praying for Liz this week I know she would appreciate it.

Just a little update on our first Holiday Season as a married couple.... We had a great time with the Stevens family in Arlington for Christmas. My parents came down on the Friday after Christmas which was really great to spend some time with them it has been way to long.

New Years Eve we did what most normal people do.... went to the grocery store, cooked an awesome dinner and watched all of the people freeze in NYC. It was really nice to not have to risk my life with all of the drunk drivers out there. (i think that means i am getting old that i liked staying in on NYE).

Well that is about all i got tonight............

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24T09:12:00.002-06:00

We just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!! We hope you have an enjoyable holiday with your loved ones....

Just remember the reason for the season.... Jesus.....

Merry Christmas and may God bless you and your family

Love,

The Millers

Christmas party and Cowboys game

2008-12-15T13:57:00.002-06:00

Saturday night we had the annual Stevens family Christmas party. This year was a little more special for Bob and Susan as it was also a 25th wedding anniversary. The highlight of the party for Liz and myself was the cake. Bob and Susan ordered a small wedding cake to celebrate their silver anniversary. Susan was teasing Elizabeth that in year 2033 we can have a joint sliver and gold anniversary party. OK i started to think about that and i will 50 that year...... crazy to think about that.... We also had a Chinese gift exchange where i got my own gift (season 4 of entourage) and liz got some more cupcake stuff.... (just what we needed but she really loved it).....

Sunday we slept in and had a lazy sunday morning. One of my vendors at work invited me to go to the Dallas Cowboys game on sunday night. So i was pumped. I have only been to a pre season NFL game when it was played in Norman when i was younger, so i was really excited about going.....

The game is at 7:15 so we meat for dinner around 4:45 and left the restaurant about an hour later to make a 7:15 game. Should of been plenty of time right? NOPE!!!!!! we get to the stadium with our Blue lot parking pass.... AND then the Grid lock starts.... we sat in almost pure gridlock for 2 plus hours. ... So we missed the first quarter of the game and we almost gave up even getting into the game.... we finally get to park and we are at the back of the lot and we were the 5th to last car to park in that lot. The lot we parked in was perfect for two reason 1) a straight walk to our seats 2) we got out and on the highway in 5 mins and didnt stop until we got to my car. So i guess the two hours of waiting paid off for the drive home. So all and all i would have to say NFL games are fun but nothing beats going to home game of the college you attended.....

Hope you have a great week

steve

blog award

2008-12-07T22:35:00.004-06:00

dont really know what the blog award is but here are my five new addictions.

1) reading the Sunday paper

2) not wearing a watch on the weekends

3) trying new foods

4) Sonic Happy Hour

5) marriage stuff =) like not doing my laundry and having real dinners....

much needed update

2008-12-07T21:47:00.005-06:00

Well sorry for the long delay on posting.... the past 2 weeks have been pretty busy with the new job title, Thanksgiving, bedlam, etc....

Thanksgiving we went up to Rattan and spent time at the farm. The big highlight was going to the Hugo WalMart a few times and making 6 trips to Antlers to get the 4 wheelers tuned up. We thought the engine was going out or maybe the transmission. Turns out the culprit.... dirt dobbers.

After Rattan we drove up to Stillwater to watch our Sooners take care of the cowboys. We got up early Saturday to go check out the festivities. It was fun to feel like I was in college again. Some of the signs were great.... such as the Sooner Schooner aka "The Original Mobile Home"

After they were finished taping, we creeped around stalked some of the ESPN guys.

Liz got to take a picture with Kirk from ESPN Gameday. This made all the lurking cougars jealous.

Please note Kirk is wearing slightly more make up than Liz in this one.... ohhh well, you never know when you will have a brush with fame? The game was fun and we had a great/cold time in Stillwater.

Although it was a very quiet drive home Sunday with the Stevens'.

This week Elizabeth has been a little under the weather. A flu shot, doc in a box visit, and a z-pack later she is finally feeling better and we are all thankful for that.

This weekend I didn't want to do anything or spend very much money so we did exactly that. Liz and her mom made a ton of Christmas candy, cookies, cakes, etc. so I had the tough job of watching football all day. Some of the final wrapped products:

Also this weekend we finally sorted through the mounds of fine china and crystal and organized it. I think a china hutch (and a house) is now on Liz's Christmas list, uhhohh. Maybe next year....

Sorry again for the long delay on updating but really nothing has been too exciting to blog about. Guess we need a dog?

Steven

my wife and the cheese grater

2008-11-20T19:06:00.006-06:00

so my lovely wife has been quite the top chef in the kitchen this week (on top of her motor speech test, projects being due, and finishing up her work at the hospital).... macaroni and cheese, crock pot bbq chicken, salads, vegetables, sweet potatoes, pizza, just to name a few of her culinary masterpieces. tonight, as she was preparing dinner for us after her long drive home from fort worth, she decides to grate some fresh Parmesan cheese to go on top of our pizza. As she is grating the cheese i hear ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! me, being the accommodating husband i am, continue checking out my fantasy football stats. next thing i know she is running into the bathroom (still screaming). in our 4+ years of knowing each other this is basically the first time she has ever freaked out in such a manner. typically i am the one with the aliments or unusual issues. i hear "STEVEN CAN YOU PLEEEEASE COME IN HERE, AND BRING PAPER TOWELS, AND THROW AWAY THE CHEESE, AND HURRY" not knowing what exactly had happend i comply. liz was standing in the bathroom running her finger under water, blood spatered all over the sink, she had gracefully grated her finger.... as i stand there watching her i start to think... i mean say out loud "i finally have something to blog about".... probably not the best thing to say out loud when a chunk of skin from your wife's finger is in the freshly grated cheese at the bottom of the plate. sick, i know. i have never seen her in a pressure (aka bloody) situation before. she was not as calm as i would have expected, trying to make light of the situation i tried to convince her to put peroxide on the "laceration".... i believe her reply was "#&@*&$*#$% GO AWAY"

so an anxiety attack, no peroxide, and 4 bandaids later-- back to pizza and survivor. a fun thursday night.

and I know you are thinking it and NO we didn't eat the cheese....

layoff...... yes another layoff

2008-11-18T19:23:00.002-06:00

well well well Highland Homes did their 5th layoff today. It wasn't like it was unexpected but still this was one of the biggest ones to date. 12 construction personal, 7 out of 12 purchasing people, and a handful more of office staff. With layoffs comes a lot of change for us. I am now going to be a full time warranty manager back in McKinney. I am so thankful to still have a job and a way to provide for my wife. So thanks for praying for us this past week and just keep us and my company in your prayers that we can survive this funk that this economy is in.

Democracy in Action....

2008-11-13T17:06:00.004-06:00

you know your married when....

2008-11-12T19:40:00.003-06:00

so i wanted to list a few things that will only happen if you are a married man

1) Jon and Kate plus eight is on my DVR
2) Taco Tuesday
3) you cant dry everything when you are doing laundry
4) Wednesday is grocery store flier day in the mail
5) For some reason leaving size 15 shoes in the doorway is not a good idea.

..... ummm that is all i could think of tonight......

back to watching Jon and Kate plus eight in Hawaii.....

peace out hommies

steve

Trip to OKC to Norman to OKC to Norman to OKC then back to Texas

2008-11-10T12:15:00.010-06:00

We had a little weekend trip up to OKC and Norman for Morgans wedding weekend. Here are a few our pics from the beautiful weekend.

Waterfall...

Beautiful fall color

AND

the Bricktown fountain

Beautiful campus.... oh how we miss those days

Us at the wedding with the Stevens Family

Note to self: never stay at the Bricktown Convention Center hotel. Top 5 reason

1. it is on MLK blvd. which is never a good area

2. just cause bricktown is in the name doesn't mean it is in bricktown

3. when the covers are itchy and haven't been changed in a decade

4. Drive the extra ten mins to Edmond or Moore to stay in a name brand hotel

5. $140 less than the other bricktown hotels means something is up.

All and all besides the nasty hotel that we stayed at on Saturday night it was a pretty fun weekend.

Our Brush With Fame....

2008-11-05T09:09:00.003-06:00

So my wife has been craving fresh fruit from this grocery store called Central Market. Central as us locals refer to it, is probably the nicest, cleanest, freshest, and yuppest grocery store you could ever image. It is a pretty awesome place if you have never been. Well we were making our way to the front and i see a guy that looks really familiar.... i look at Elizabeth and then look back at the man and it Hits me.... That is the puppet guy from Americas Got Talent from 2 years ago..... We spent about 10 mins trying to remember his name and then it hit me Terry Fator... (it was on his shirt)..I know I am lame for actually watching that stupid show but that is pretty much the most famous person I have seen around Dallas. Well he walked out past us at the check out lane and I made Liz go see what kind of car he drove..... any guesses for a man that won a million dollars and just signed a 100 million dollar Vegas deal.... A Prius a lame old hybrid Toyota Prius..... Oh well at least i saw someone famous?

When is it going to be cold?

2008-11-03T14:06:00.002-06:00

Is it me or has fall been more like summer? i mean yesterday Liz and i went and laid out by the pool after we worked out and then walked to Sonic for Happy Hour in our shorts and flip flops.... I am ready to not have to run the AC anymore and i am not ready to turn the heat on.... I could use a low electric bill for once. Maybe Al Gore is right Global warning is causing this... RIGHT!!!! Even on Halloween night every kid we saw was sweating like crazy.

Anyways that is about it for me and I hope you guys get out an VOTE and then get ready for socialism to start in America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ikOxi9yYk

3 months

2008-11-02T17:55:00.004-06:00

Well we have had another monthaversary today... the big 3 months that is.... The time has flown by.... Tonight Liz is making a pork tenderloin dinner to celebrate. boy does it smell good.... =)

For Halloween we decided to go down to Arlington to see some trick or treaters. We didn't think on the 3rd floor of an apartment would be the prime spot to hand out candy to kids....We saw some pretty cute kids and then the kids from other countries started to invade the neighborhood and the front porch light went OFF.....

We started our Christmas shopping this weekend.... pretty early but i figured we should get started so the bill and the rush doesn't all hit at once.....

Well that is about it from our world and i think our dinner is about ready.....

Lunch with Kim

2008-10-27T12:48:00.002-05:00

Well i forgot to mention the lunch i had with Kim, Ella, Ty, Miss R, Mom and Dad..... It was really nice to meet Miss R. and to see Ella and Ty.

I also forgot to say that i had to keep Kim company while Ella was out to a movie. She didn't get home until 10:30.... Kim was up worried sick about her... =)

well that is for you Kimmer...... i would of put it in the 1st post but since you all left without saying bye to me or waiting for me to finish when i was talking to my friend i didn't think you were showing me the LOVE....

a weekend apart.... CHEAP GAS

2008-10-27T11:01:00.002-05:00

Well I wrote a long post last night but my Internet went down so it didn't save everything....

This was our first weekend to not be together since we have been married. We both enjoyed having tons of room in a bed again but we sure did miss being together this weekend. It was just weird not seeing each other.... I am just glad that is not a norm because after two years of LDR (long distance relationships) it has been so nice to be able to see each other every night. . .

It was a fun weekend for me as i got to go spend time with Mom and Dad as they started their diets. They were doing so good!! so keep up the good work.

I also got to see Kim and Kathy and their families. During half time of the OSU game Jarrett, Nathan and myself went out to the field by their house and played a little baseball. It was so fun to watch Nathan hit the ball and run the make believe bases. I totally remember doing that when i was a kid except we had to use a tennis ball and not a real baseball.

I think the best part of my weekend was the cheap gas i found in Sherman, Tx. On the way up I stopped at a station for $2.15 that had REAL GAS not the corn crap all of the stations feed us now and on the way back I filled up for an amazing $2.02 at the same station. Talk about a sweet deal!!!!! I hope it keeps going down here in DFW. DFW is still at $2.22- $2.40.

Well that is about it for me, maybe my wife will make a post about her weekend since we were apart...

Weekend Update

2008-10-20T10:37:00.005-05:00

Well this weekend seemed to busy but we really didn't do a whole lot, so here it goes....

Thursday Night we went to Arlington to watch Liz's cousins Volleyball game and then went to the #24 TCU vs #9 BYU game...TCU won so that was awesome

Friday Liz and a few of her friends went to the Texas State Fair (see pic below)

After work for me and after the Fair for Liz we met up in Arlington to start the weekend of house sitting. Friday night we went out to Ft. Worth for a friends Birthday Party. It was a great time and it was nice to actually do something on a Friday night. Saturday we picked up my friend Adam at the airport, went back to the apartment, found a new favorite BBQ place (called Hard Eight) and went back to Arlington for a fun day of watching Football. Oh and Liz's car had a check engine light on so we got it checked and she needs a new catalytic converter. Called the Volvo dealership said it was about a $2000 repair..... or i can just put premium gas in it for a while and it should clean it out. (i chose the nice gas).

Saturday night Liz made from scratch some Pumpkin Cookies.... i have to admit i have a pretty good little chef as my wife.....

Sunday started off Lazy just like i like it.... Liz has two test and a project so she headed off to Ft Worth to Study and I hung out with her folks and watched the Cowboys game. After the game I headed home and met up with my old roommate Buddy and went to Church.

So that is my weekend update sorry it wasn't as funny as SNL weekend update this weekend.

Have a great week, Until next time....

STEVEN

Sad weekend....

2008-10-12T19:19:00.006-05:00

OUR SATURDAY IN PICTURES

Before/ During the first half....

After. We are sore losers....

Well many of you know Liz and I have been working out at LA Fitness. My trainer made us go on Saturday morning to BOOT CAMP..... It started late so while we were waiting my trainer Q. decided to give us a free work out before boot camp. (Bad Idea).... Well after boot camp we were off to watch the #1 Sooners take on the longhorns.... We went over to a sports bar in Lower Greenville with a bunch of friends that were down for the weekend. The game was great until Texas started kicking our butts. At least it was a fun game to watch and OU only dropped to #4 in the polls. Saturday to drown our sorrows we went to the best Cupcake Store in the world. Seriously nothing beats Sprinkles. I made us eat the last two OU Sooner red velvet cupcakes. For some reason they had more Longhorns cupcakes then Sooners cupcakes after the game.

Well we have decided to start training for a race. It is hard to workout just for fun, so we have decided to train for the Cowtown 5 K in February. So if any of you want to join us in the run you have plenty of time to start training. 138 days actually. If you don't want to run in it you should come watch us.

Boomer Sooner!!!

~The Millers

LAYOFF....#4

2008-10-07T13:38:00.002-05:00

Well today marks the 4th layoff since February 2007. I somehow surived another round. So that is a huge blessing.....

After each layoff all my builder buddies and I say they cant get any smaller... but we were all wrong. They laid 15 builders off (1/3 of all builders), gave our Divison Managers a demotion, and laid off some more office staff. I just hate when they do the layoffs it just makes me sick to my stomach and it makes me really appreciate my job.

On a brighter note.... Liz and I used some gift cards and wedding money and bought a Wii on Sunday. It was fun to spend money on something fun instead of China, Crystal, or random kitchen supplies.

This weekend we also took a road trip to Waco and watched the mighty sooners.

Well I hope all is going well,

Steve

Top 10

2008-10-03T22:04:00.003-05:00

Top Ten reasons why our week didn't suck:

10. Finally a week of zero Tests for Liz and only 7 hours of GA work....

9. Liz's car passed State Inspection (after new tires, light bulbs, windshield wipers, fuel filter, a repair to the exhaust system and almost $400 later.)

8. We cooked dinner off a pre determined schedule

7. Saved $20 in coupons and got 2 cans of Oust for a grand total of $0.68 at Wal Mart. GO US.

6. Sooners became #1 in the Polls

5. I lost over 25% of my 401K but I managed to survive another week at Highland Homes, even though it is not looking good.

4. All of our thank you notes are done and mailed (except for the Ipod docking station from Target:from No Name So thank you if it was from any of our 5 readers)

3. We celebrated our 2 monthaversary it is a pretty major milestone, you know...

2. I had a fun Lunch date with Karen on Wednesday and Elizabeth had lunch dates with her dad and her brother.

1. We spent two hours looking at dogs online (http://www.petfinder.com/) please check out this one courtesy of my wife http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11881258

Hope your week didn't suck =)

Steve and Eliz.

ramble

2008-09-25T21:35:00.003-05:00

Elizabeth and I wanted to thank everyone for helping with the Tulsa Fiesta party this past weekend. It was a really nice time to see everyone and we had Mexican food way to much this week with all of the leftovers.

So tonight started the best night of TV for us. THE OFFICE is back on and my life is now complete. I am just glad that y'all trusted me and esp Karen after making fun of me for watching is a big fan of the show.

So I read Kathy's friend Dawn blog every once in a while and she always does this tackle it Tuesday bit and it is now become a joke for Liz and i, that anything we do we say we are going to blog about it. I think tackle it Tuesday is a good idea. While Liz was studying for her test i starting cleaning and organize the kitchen. It was on a Monday so i didn't know what to call my Monday project.....

anyways enough with my ramblings....... Hope you y'all have a good weekend and i cant wait for the new NBC show Kath and Kim.... glad Kim and Kathy finally made a TV show. =)

Weekly Update???

2008-09-18T08:17:00.002-05:00

I am not real good at blogging because i don't really feel like we have any thing to blog about....

We had a really busy weekend and put on a lot of miles on the cars.... Saturday was pretty crazy with Hurricane Ike rolling into DFW area.... It wasn't as bad as everyone thought but it was really nasty out.

Saturday Liz and her mom had to go to a wedding shower in Weatherford,TX (hr west of FW) so i was going to be a good husband and get some new windshield wipers for her car, get her car inspected, and hang out with her brother. Well at the inspection the guy said he was going to fail the car because there in an exhaust leak. So then i take the car to the Firestone store down the road. They charge me $30 to tell me there is a hole in the exhaust system. duhhhhhhhhhhh and of course they couldn't fix it. I am now in the process of looking for a guy to fix it for cheap. If i take it to Volvo it is going to be a $800-$1000 to fix. Awesome.... Well i still haven't got ahold of a guy that i know at work that can fix it and her car still has a hole and still has an out of date inspection.

After all of that we had to head 1.5hrs north east in the rain to make a wedding that Liz was doing the scripture reading in. For our one/two monthaversy we decided to stay in a hotel over there by the wedding so we didn't have to drive back to Grapevine in the Hurricane. It was really fun to spoil ourselves for a night. We got up the next morning and went to our favorite place to eat brunch and then we walked around the outdoor shopping area.

Sunday was also pay back moving day for some guys that help us move into our apartment on the 3rd floor.

So that was our busy weekend in a nutshell. We are heading up to Tulsa for a party that mom and dad are putting on. Hope to see y'all there

-sm

Steven Miller for President

2008-09-09T16:57:00.002-05:00

Ok guys.... i know everyone is tired of McCain and Barack...

so i decided to run for president

check out my 1st campaign ad and let me know what you think

http://www.inews3.com/topstory.php?id=53746576656e7c4d696c6c6572

God Bless and God Bless America

Steven Miller
President 2008

Yearbook pictures

2008-09-06T22:00:00.011-05:00

Yes these are pictures of ELizabeth and Steven...

Steven circa 1958

Sassy librarian

My mom's senior picture..... I swear!!

When I see this picture, I automatically think of Lenny from Of Mice and Men.... I mean!?!?

Hope you enjoy these sweet little pictures.

~Liz

labor day

2008-09-02T09:23:00.000-05:00

This weekend we decided to head up to the big town of Rattan, OK. It was great to take naps, sleep in, look at the stars, eat some good food, get all dolled up to go into town (hugo wal-mart), and have a phone that didn't really work.

Last night I had a few guys over for a fantasy football draft and it was one of the 1st time we had guest over to our humble abode. Liz cooked us some appetizers. She made homemade black bean dip, homemade guacomole, chicken nachos, and chips and salsa. She is becoming a pretty good chef lately. =) which is pretty good for me.

Well i had two houses close last week and i have two closing next week so i am going to be pretty stressed out with that, but after mid september i am going to be SLOW. .... i am starting to get worried about it so i have been working on putting my resume together. So if you could be praying for us as we try to figure out what we should do.

hope all is going well.

call centers

2008-08-26T09:10:00.000-05:00

So this week ever call center i could call i think i have called.

I spent about an hour on Friday night to save $15 and to get my free showtime back on after it got cut off last week with directv

Sunday i call back to directv because my cable box kept resetting every time i turned it back on. It takes over 6 mins. to re set so that was really annoying.

We have DSL Internet and it is the worst Internet ever.... it cuts out all of the time. So i call the att people about the Internet and of course they say it is a wireless issue and not their issue. so no help there

Monday i call to switch Liz's cell phone over to my account. I have tried doing this since before the wedding. so this was like my 5th call and it finally get it all done (after an hour). Well i go online to look at the account and att transferred someone elses number to my account. So i call back and they couldn't understand why i was mad or what was wrong. So i put the hammer down and made it very clear that i wasn't happy and i needed this resolved. So i get put on hold and transferred around and i finally get to someone. So i had to wait as they call the number that they put on my account and get that guy to verify that he wasn't me or something and then i had to re do the whole thing i did 4 hours earlier. HEAD ACHE!!!! i ask the lady what she is going to do for me to make me happy and she goes i will wave the $18 transfer fee. gee thanks... since it was waved the 1st time i called 4 hours ago. i ask for a new phone discount and she is no help. so i just tell her that she obviously doesn't want to make me happy or care about my time so just do what you have to do and get this call over with.

so you think that is all that has happened.... WRONG

i have a small loan on my car and i go to make a payment on it and i get locked out of that account because i failed a security question. so i have to go dig up the debit card they sent me and find 10 different numbers to get into that bank to make my car payment.

next on the list of call centers.... Bank of America.... they wont let me log into my account without changing my password and log in. so i go to do it and follow all of the rules they set for the password and log in. it would not work. so i click to chat with someone to help me. he gives me like five different temp passwords and none of them work, so now i have to go into a branch or call another 1800 number to get it fixed. if you are like me i try to have one log in and one password for everything but now i have like 20 because of all the banks and sites i deal with. I also do everything online and not being able to log in causes a huge problem.

sorry to vent but i have spent over 6 hours since Friday night with call/chat centers. what else can go wrong this week.

oh ya i took a picture of Liz on her first day of school so i will try to post it for you guys later....

an update for kim

2008-08-22T07:33:00.000-05:00

Well Kim you wanted an update on our blog.....

Been pretty busy this week with working out, went on a date on Tuesday night, celebrated Bobby's 18th birthday in Ft Worth on Wednesday, went to happy hour last night followed up by a trip to IKEA and then we put together our IKEA purchase.

We got a TV stand and a coffee table. We decided to go cheap since we live in an one bedroom apartment on the third floor.

Tonight i have a personal training session (wish me luck), On Saturday we are going to our friend Andy's play in Dallas and Liz is getting ready to start work and school on Monday.

I also have two houses closing next Friday and two houses closing on September 12. So work will be busy for the next few weeks and then i am going to be pretty slow for the rest of the fall/winter. =(

Sorry i really don't have any funny stories or exciting news to tell you guys....

the married life

2008-08-12T22:12:00.001-05:00

well a 1 1/2 weeks of being married has been great... we are just trying to get settled into the married life.... Liz doesnt have to go back to school and work til August 25 so she is getting a little bit of a break... We have been un packing from our trip and all of the new gifts, cleaning, sorting through a bunch of stuff that needs to be donated, and getting everything put away. Tonight we went to the grocery store for the 1st time since we have been back and we got stocked up for the next few weeks.

We have put up a lot of honeymoon pictures on facebook so yall should check them out.

pictures are up

2008-08-08T14:54:00.000-05:00

our wedding pictures are up at www.scottyoungphoto.com go to proofs, click on steven and elizabeth miller wedding pictures. password is Miller.

if you want to order some or want some pictures. please let us know and we can order them for you professionally or go to like wal mart and print them. DONT ORDER OFF THE SITE.....(too much money)

today is our last day at the resort which is a really sad day..... yesterday we went deep sea fishing and i caught a huge 90-100lbs sail fish. Liz and the other guy that went with us on the boat both got sick but Liz did manage to reel in two fish that were about 30lbs each.

after the fishing (which got cut short due to the sea sickness) we decided to ride the ferry to Isla Mujeres a small island off the coast of Cancun. we rented gas powered Golf Carts and toured the whole island in about 2 hours with stops at a light house, beach, cliffs, and a turtle farm. So that was pretty fun.... We finally got back to the resort where we had our honeymoon massages....

Yesterday was an exhausting day since it was the 1st day we actually did anything besides hang at the resort.

we fly home tomorrow so i am sure i will chat with yall then....

Oh sweet MEXICO part dos

2008-08-06T15:26:00.000-05:00

I wrote a long post about our travel story and it didnt save.... so i am just going give you some highlights

The resort we are staying at is absoultly amazing, last night for my birthday my wife planned a sunset dinner on the beach and the concigre decorated our room with balloons, towel animals, rose petals, a bottle of champange and a cake just for me... so that was pretty awesome.

Today we did our first of two spa treatments. Before the treatment you have to do this hour long hydrospa murine wellness treatment and they made us get in the coldest water i have ever been it right after the sanua.

Tomorrow Liz is going with me on a deep sea fishing trip... i dont think she really wants to go espessially since we have to be at the lobby at 6AM but i think she will enjoy it once we catch a big fish. After we get back from fishing we have another spa treatment and then dinner at the lobster house.

So i hope you guys are having fun in Texas and Oklahoma because we are really having an awesome time down here in mexico minus the 10lbs we have both put on...... thanks to all inclusive and 24 hr room service...

oh boy

2008-07-30T18:14:00.000-05:00

So this week has drug on for me. For some reason i thought Tuesday was Thursday even though i knew it wasn't..... it was weird. Well i have been really busy doing the last few things. before the wedding and honeymoon. Packing for three different events was a challenge but i think i have kept Target in business as of late.....

Well tomorrow morning we have a meeting at the corporate office and the news is not going to be good. The rumors are out that they will be cutting a lot of benefits, salaries, bonuses, and other incentives. That is just great news right before i am about to take on another person that is a full time student that make $300 a month. Not really happy about that. If all the rumors are true is going to be about $15,000 pay cut and when you don't make a lot and they are taking that much away it really hurts. So if you all could pray that God takes care of us and helps us get through the wedding expenses that we have and the adjustment phase of getting Elizabeth moved in.

Well i am off to the gym and another trip to Wal Mart (i hope it is the last trip to wal*mart)...

See yall soon

less than a week....

2008-07-27T11:24:00.001-05:00

So it is sunday morning and we are less than a week away from being married. so that is pretty crazy and really exciting....

last night mom, dad, elizabeth and myself all went to adam travis' wedding. talk about a high school reunion. It was great to see some of my old friends that i haven't seen in a few years. ...

Well i better get back to finishing up the last little details and errands. Have a great week and cant wait to see yall this weekend

Love,

Steve

going to the court and i am going to get married....

2008-07-24T21:56:00.000-05:00

We got our marriage license today from the lovely court house with all the classy/smelly/underage kids trying to get married with their mom there with no ID and no money on them. Lets just say they will really let anyone get married as long as you have $41 in cash and a photo ID. (high divorce rate anyone???) So by the state of Texas i guess that means we are married.... well we have to wait 3 business days and have to get married with in 30 days of today to really be officially married but hey we are getting close.

I have been working in my new subdivision full time now and so far it has been going pretty well. I am trying to get all my houses under control just in time to take 6 1/2 days off. Oh well. . . you only get married once. . .

LAYOFFS =(

2008-07-17T18:43:00.000-05:00

Well today started off with another Lay off from Highland Homes. I again survived the layoff. This is the 3rd layoff since February 2007. God has truly blessed me by keeping me safe and i very grateful for that.

With layoffs comes reorganizing. At 4pm today I found out that i am moving out of Mckinney and moving to a fairly new and very high end neighborhood in the town of Carrolton. (20-30 mins closer to our apartment)

This is going to be a great chance for me to prove to the higher ups that i am ready for my own neighborhood and the next promotion. I will be the only builder in this addition and I will have a boss that is building in a different area. So i will have a lot of responsibility ahead of me. So wish me luck as i start my journey of building houses that start off at $650,000 and go up to $800,000. check them at http://www.austinwaters.com/index.asp or http://www.highlandhomes.com/Website.nsf/HI/src=astn-wtrs-website.html

So much for a stress free last two weeks before i start a marriage................

Bachelor Party

2008-07-15T18:48:00.000-05:00

So this past weekend Elizabeth and I both had our separate bachelor and bachelorete parties.

I dont really know any of her details but I have a good story from mine.

So here it goes....

The night starts off great, my friends decided to all meet up at our new apartment and have a few drinks before we head off to the Texas Rangers Baseball game. We all load up into 2 cars and head down to the game. Since Liz is from Arlington I am the "Arlington expert" so i have the bright idea to park at a wal mart that is about 3/4 mile to the stadium. Liz and I have parked there a few times before to save some money.

So the boys and I start the trek over to the stadium and get to the ticket window to buy tickets. We wait for about 20 mins to get tickets. The guy at the window was acting like the game was almost sold out and we were lucky to get tickets so he sold us some $10 tickets in the upper deck on the complete opposite side of the stadium. So the next forever walk begins. We get to our seats and they are directly in the sun and it was a million degrees. We sat there for ummmm about one min and then we went on the next walk to get better seats that were in the SHADE!!!

....watching baseball.....making fun of our med school friend that had to check an old mans prostate......more baseball............

The game is over and we start the trek back to the car. We leave the stadium and this really attractive girl comes up to me and was like "hey can we buy your tickets" and i say ma'am the game is over.... "she goes well we want tickets to get into the post game concert, how much will you take for them?" me being the master negotiator that i am say ummm like 2 bucks....well she goes ill give you $40 for your 8 tickets and my buddies all say DEAL!!!!!

We are now on cloud 9 heading back to the car and $40 richer to buy some dinner after the game......

We get back to Wal Mart thinking a great night is ahead of us and.............. The cars are gone..... Oh Great!!

We go into walmart and Miss Personality at customer service holds up a piece of paper that has a number on it for the towing company.... we call it and find out that the place is about 2 miles from wal mart....

So the walk to get our cars back begins..... everyone is in such a great mood at this point....

We finally make it to the place and survive the GHETTO!!! We go in and talk to the really classy lady behind the triple thick bulletproof glass that has a sign saying "treat people the way you want to be treated, Nicely" We found out the cost of the towing charge is $244.10 a car...... They really are living by their sign aren't they???.... So after our almost $500 get of tow yard bill....we all want to get the HELL out of Arlington and not spend anymore money in that town. We end up at Whataburger in Grapevine at midnight. which capped off the great night...

At least we have a good story to tell.....

2008-07-15T11:49:00.001-05:00

I guess i have a blog now.