If I Could Write a Letter to Me and Send it Back in Time to Myself at 17...

1. I know you cant wait to get on your own and have your own place, but there will come a time when you go home at least once a week to stay in the house you grew up in, with your Mom & Dad, because its the one place that truly feels like "home".

2. You may be in a hurry and always be on the go, but take the time to tell Mom & Dad "thank you" for all that they do. You dont see it now, but you will when youre older and you will wish you said thank you much sooner and much more often.

3. Give Rowdy, Sassy and Lady twice the hugs and kisses that you already do. When they go to Heaven your heart will break like it never has before. Each time the same.

4. When you get into fights with your best friends, think about your actions and words before you deliver them. They define you and these friends will be the same ones you'll have for the rest of your life.

5. I hate to break it to you but you will never like doing your laundry. Youre just not one of those women. Do it anyways, because you wont like having nothing to wear even more.

6. Skip the tanning bed phase all your friends fall into. Yes, that bronze skin looks beautiful but you have your Mother's skin and tanning isnt worth cancer. You will love 55spf one day, PROMISE, so skip the horrible burning youre about to endure.

7. Put your dishes in the dish washer. It will save you from one more spat with your Mom and your roommates will appreciate it later.

8. There's nothing wrong with driving the speed limit. The reason your parents gave you that car was because you were responsible and careful. This will never change, you still drive the speed limit today!

9. Throw the idea of "how its supposed to be" out the window. You will save yourself so much heart ache and grief if you just live your life with a free spirit and good morals. This life is what you will make it. Dont worry about the future. Each day will make itself to you and the only thing you can do is make each day the best. You will be happy looking back on your past if you worry about nothing more than today.

9a. If you only take one thing I tell you away from this letter. Let it be #9. I promise it will be a make you a happier you.

10. Its okay to be single. You actually will like being alone for a while and you will discover you better than you ever thought you could. You do not need anyone to make you happy! Youre going to do a great job at it yourself!

11. Your heart may be broken right now, and I know you cant see past the pain youre in, but you will be happy again. You will learn to cope and you will learn that everything gets better. This is the first time you've felt this way, and I hate to break it to you but it wont be the last or the worst, but you will ALWAYS make it. And your Momma's the reason why, so you should probably go give her a hug.

11a. Your Momma will always be your BEST friend. Never forget it.

12. Those expensive clothes and designer purses dont make you better than anyone. Neither does that car or anything else you have. Sweetheart, your parents hard work and gifts make you fortunate, NOT better. You may think you understand this now, but you will REALLY understand this later. Treat everyone with kindness, you have no idea what they may be battling.

13. That sorority you want to join will be one of the BEST decisions you ever make. You will have the time of your life and meet so many wonderful people. Just remember Freshman Year still goes on your transcript so go to class! And dont schedule them before 10AM! You will regret it. PROMISE.

14. You will meet a sassy little DZ freshman year and she will have a crush on the same boy as you. Dont sweat it. She will marry that boy and you will end up with your college best friend out of the deal. Sounds crazy, but its true. She will teach you the true meaning of forgiveness and second chances.

14a. As crazy as #14 sounds, this will happen to you again. Next time you get the guy and for the first time you will realize how amazing that little DZ was for forgiving you and making you her friend. And you will do the same. Its amazing how life lessons are learned.

15. Dad wont always be there to fill up your gas tank so make sure he teaches you how. You will run out of gas and have to call him.

16. Enjoy your holidays with your family. Right now all you want to do is get back in town to hang out with friends, but you will wish you wouldve spent more time with these people. Your family is pretty amazing!

17. Be nice to your neighbor. You may think that he ratted you out to your Dad for that party you threw last weekend but smile and wave because when you graduate college he will give you your first job. Never burn bridges sweetheart, learn that now.

18. One day you will wonder what it is like to have brown hair. You will get the genius idea to dye it dark dark brown. DONT DO IT! You were born a blonde and youre suppose to be one. You hair wont hold the color and you will spend 2 long years just trying to get your hair back! Save yourself the time and energy.

19. Wear those short shorts and skirts all you want girlfriend. You look good and things wont look so great when your older!! Dont be a hooker, keep it classy and covered but wear it!

20. Dont wish this time away. One day you'll wake up and be 26!! And Im happy to tell you that things just keep getting better! You still have so much to look forward to!
  

MS150 VeeLog Recap... The Facts

Hello Lovies! 

I had lots of questions about my MS150 experience so here you have it!! 

Dont worry the blisters have gone away and are healing!! And I now can sit on my ass again!

And for any of you who make these little Vlogs... Do you feel like you look like a jackass when you watch them? I always feel like I talk so weird and immediately I feel sorry for everyone who has to talk to me on the daily!! I swear Im cooler in person! ;)

Tomorrow Ill be here!!!

Had to rub it in just a little. You know you would too!

Whats Kickin Chicken

Hello Lovies!!

Ive spent most of the week recovering from this weekend. I even made you ladies a VeeLog of my MS150 recap with the answers to all of the questions I received this week about the trip! It didnt upload correctly to my Youtube so I will post it manana! Its pretty comical!

We leave Friday for Cabo so Im getting pretty excited for vacation! Im sad we are having to cut our trip a little short (Chris has an emergency work meeting Tuesday so we are flying back early) but 4 days in Mexico will be a NICE break.

We are staying on a low key beach this go round  with just one other couple which Im pretty excited about. Our last trip to Cabo consisted of non stop boozing, 6AM nights, insane dance parties and too many adventures that we dont remember. Im in need of a real, relaxing vacation so this will be nice.

Chris sends me a text yesterday asking what excursions I want to do while Im there. Jet ski was on the top of his list. Id rather spoon by own eyeballs out right now that put my extremely sore ass on a jetski! My ass body will be in healing for the next month from this MS150, so I think jetskiing is OFF the to-do list! I really want to swim with dolphins but im not sure they have that near our beach! We shall see!

My Go To Beach Essentials:

1. Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Sunblock SPF 55 - I cant live without this shiz!

2. My Prescription Dior Sunglasses - Blind as a bat without them!

3. Oversized Beach Towel - I always love Old Navys!

4. My Marley Lilly beach Hat!

5. Skip 5 because clearly Im an idiot and cant count! WTF!

6. A bucket or Corona = Heaven

7. My Sanuk flippies - Im practical and when it comes to vacay Im comfortable! No flippies are more comfy than these yoga mat flips! LOVE them!

This girl is excited and READY for vacation!! Well almost, tonight I have to spend the entire evening doing laundry. Ive been on the go so much lately that Im down to only a few clean shirts and no clean undies!!

Chat with you lovies tomorrow via VEELOG!!!

Kiki La'Rue Giveaway Winner

With all of my MS150 excitement I completely forgot to announce the winner of the $50 credit to Kiki La'Rue!! 

Apologies friends!!

Well without further adieu, Cori H. from Everyday Enchanted, you are the winner! Please email me and I will put you in contact with the AMAZING Kiki owner for your credit!! 

Kiki just got some really cute new rompers in so head over to their website and check it out!! 

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I also have received a lot of emails lately from other bulldog owners!! I LOVE bulldogs and Ive found that I LOVE blogs (even more) when there are full of cute bulldogs! I mean, just look at the love affair between Annahita and I!! We cant get enough of our Bullies! 

So if you have a bully and you have a blog please comment to this post! I want to blog stalk your pupper! 

This is weird! Im aware and Im A-OKAY with it! Just post your links!! 

XOXO,

The MS150 Post

Hello Ladies!!! Im back and still alive!

My body has never ached in my entire life the way it does today. I can barely sit, my ass may have a blister or 5 and my legs barely work.

THe MS150 was by far the hardest thing Ive ever done in my ENTIRE life.

Mad props to you bikers out there.

My bike team was AMAZING. They really pulled together and were so supportive to eachother!

Our official bike photo.

This was us at the starting line on the first day! We were all smiley and excited to get going!

And we are on our way!

I got into LaGrange around 4PM on Saturday afternoon. I was completely exhausted and happy to be off a bike after 8 hours!

No very happy with this MS150 business!

We got massages as soon as we arrived. i felt terrible that this poor lady had to touch me after I had been sweating for hours.

This was us pulling into Austin about to cross the finish line. The 8 miles into Austin are by far the worst! They are straight up and down hills and I may have cried twice on this stretch.

So happy to be done. My teammate Rebecca stuck with me through the whole ride and I was so thankful for her!

About to fininsh!

And we are DONE!!!

 God Bless Texas!

By far the most challanging, tiring, rewarding experience of my life!

Im off to rest!

Pray for My Life

Tomorrow this girl is biking 76 miles to LaGrange, Texas. We are expected to have 30mph North winds which means we will be riding into 30mph WINDS making the trip 10 times more difficult!

Cutest Bike EVER!

Sunday we will be biking another 66 miles landing us at the Capital in Austin, Texas!! At this point I expect to be deliriously tired and sore!

This will without doubt be one of the most difficult things I have ever attempted in my life! Please wish me and my team LOTS of luck and pray for a safe trip!

I am so happy to be biking for such an AMAZING cause!!! Good luck to any of you riding as well!!

GO MS150!!!

Dopple Who??

Soooo... Raven stirred up this Doppleganger excitement about 2 days ago and everyone and their Mom linked up! Of course the curiosity finally got to me so this morning I went to her website and uploaded my picture.

This is what I got...

WHAT THE F???

I looked around and saw nowhere to specify gender so apparently my photo reflect's manly features! bahaha! Robert Duvall?!?! I literally was in tears laughing!

But on the Reals..

The only 2 celebs I ever hear I look like are Tara Reid (Id like to thing pre-crack stage) and Taylor Swift. Personally I dont think I look like either.

 But I will say that I am flattered at the fact that people tell me I look like females in comparison to what my Doppleganger says!

Lata Lovelies!

Lets Talk Baby Fever and Jackasses

Saturday we spent the day celebrating Chris and Jamie's birthdays by the pool! My favorite summer days are spent with my best friends at the pool! This girl LOVES the sun and its perfect pool weather in Houston right now. By mid-May you wont be able to be outside for more than an hour without being brutally sunburnt and having a heat stroak and Im not joking! Its 100+ by June! So we embrace the "cool" summer weather while we can and by cool I mean it was in the 90s Saturday!

Anywho, My FAVORITE little munchkin came to play! Reghina was one of my first friends to have a baby, that I get to see all the time, so Im really close with this little one!

I mean who in the world wouldnt be on cloud 9 to play with her!! Sweetest baby bear ever!

Well, there was a guy acquaintance of one of our friends {insert jackass here} who had quite the smart mouth. You know, one of those people who immediately feels like he knows you well enough to say whatever he wants {insert rude, smart ass shit here}. Typically I can find some humor in these people. He on the otherhand was a completely different story. If he said "OHHHHHH someone has baby fever" one time he said it 300. I kid you not, he spent at least 30 minutes telling my boyfriend to "wrap up twice" {Dumb fuck... Any and everyone knows using 2 condoms only causes more friction and causes both condoms to break. Did you NOT listen in sex education??} and to "watch me" because I was going to get "accidently" pregnant and trap him! Lets get something straight real quick, Ive been around the block a time or two and I am fully aware of the fact that "trapping" someone by having a baby DOES NOT WORK nor would I EVER even think of doing such a thing. The only person who ends up "trapped" is the Mother caring for the child. Who in the world thinks its okay to say things like this to people he doesnt KNOW. I was so shocked that I didnt even have a smart ass comment to shoot back at him which is so unlike me.

Regardless of his ignorance, what really upset me is how I felt like I had to defend myself.

WHY Kristen? There is NOTHING wrong with having a baby. I am 26 years old. I have a damn good job and I have no doubt that if I found out tomorrow I was pregnant that I would be the BEST Momma in the world. Tugger can vow to that shizz right there! And there is NOTHING wrong with loving children. Why does it have to be "all baby" or "no baby"? Why cant women in their 20s love on children without immediately being accused of having "baby fever". No jackass I do not have any fever to reproduce. I actually get vodka fever every Friday, which a pregnancy would interfere with. Why cant I just LOVE this baby because she's absolutely KICKASS and playing with her brings out the child in me which I absolutely LOVE!?!  

Personally I think you would have to be heartless not to LOVE that smile.

So here's to LOVING babies even if Im not ready to have one!!

And to loving their Momma's too!!

 I really wish people would just leave others be!! And keep their comments to themselves! Because calling me a conniving baby fever twenty something is RUDE!!

And for the record my boyfriend was the sweetest AMAZING guy throughout the whole ordeal!! Apparently he doesnt think Im out to trap him!!

Im out!