Today is here....

   TODAY IS HERE!!!!  I am so excited I can barely stand it! There have been a few occasions where I have seen a lot of my friends in one place since graduation, but nothing like TONIGHT!!! Almost ALL of my friends will be in Oxford, and in COSTUME!!
  
   This morning on my way to work (might I add it was 6:40) I was hardcore dancing to "The club can't even handle me right now"!  I woke up at 2 am and couldn't go back to sleep until 3, and now (obviously) I am completely unproductive at work.

   Why can't this be a whole week and not just 2 days? The past few days everyone's Facebook and Twitter's have been about the excitement that is this weekend.  I say we all just take off work and school, shack up in Oxford, watch movies and talk!!!

Miss you all! I cannot wait for tonight!!

No Judgment....

   Last night Steven and I had dinner with our "married friends" John David and Sarah.  To be honest, when we got married I had just been pryed away from all of my closest friends. I was not that interested in having someone, in a sense, take their place.  Too bad Sarah and I have surprisingly similar personalities, and clicked immediately!  Everything she thinks is funny I think is funny, we laugh until we almost pee our pants at stupid things, and we catch ourselves relating to each other all of the time. So needless to say, I have put my wall down and embraced a great friendship in Sarah! Did I mention she and John David have a 7 month old? Look at their adorable little girl Avery:

...and that would be Sarah hiding behind her!

   So last night while Steven and John David were outside playing guitar, Sarah and I decided to look through cookbooks to see what we could fix next week for our get together.  Happily commenting on all of the yummy casseroles and desserts, she stopped and said: "Look at us! Are we really doing this?  Is this what we consider fun now?" 

   At first I was thinking if anyone saw me right now...cookbook in hand, baby by my side, 22 years old... I would be the epitome of lame!  Ever since I got married, there have been many instances where I couldn't believe I was doing something so "old"... asking for a fridge for my bday, decorating a home, etc...

  I have decided to stop being so judgmental of myself.  I know I'm not old, but I am out of college and married!  It is normal that my lifestyle would change, that my day to day life would change!  So next time I catch myelf enjoying something "old and lame", I am going to embrace it!  As long as I am having fun, whats the big deal?

~Masey

Halloween Treats....

   Whenever I have company, or am invited somewhere for the weekend, I love to make a little snack for everyone.  Over the past few months Steven has had many a get together with "the guys" at our house: fantasy draft, football games, birthdays, etc. Needless to say, I have gotten a lot of practice sprucing up my sally homemaker skills!  This weekend I will be bringing these little creepy crawlers to Oxford:

   Pecan Caramel Spiders! So fun for Halloween! (recipe @ foodnetwork.com)  I cannot decide if I want to haul them to the grove, or have them as a little happy for Ann Clark, Ainsley, and Dana's house... we will see!

   Does anyone know when the little trick-or-treaters will be out?  Are they going to trick-or-treat on Sunday (Halloween), or on Saturday since it is a weekend night?  I am sure there will come a day, sooner rather than later, that trick-or-treaters will get on my nerves.  For now I think they're adorable, and would love for them to come Sunday so I can see all of their costumes!  Sweet little princesses, scary witches, batman, ah I love it!  I wish I had the patience to make 100 pecan caramel spiders and wrap them in orange saran wrap with a purple bow and give them out instead of candy! (I will never have the patience for that!)

  Well anyway, I am SUPER excited for the weekend!  I cannot wait to see all of you and everyones costumes, and most of all be REUNITED with all of my friends!!!  Only 2 days!!

~Masey

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble...

   As you may or may not know, I live for a good costume! With Halloween right around the corner, I have been trying to think of a great costume for the hubby and me.  I had come up with some great ones: Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Johnny Cash and June Carter, Bonnie and Clyde, Sonny and Cher... the list goes on.  He did not want to wear a wig, carry a guitar in the bar, wear a suit all night.....yada yada. I refused to be any sort of play on words.... brick and brick layer, "white trash", socket and plug....you get the point.  I wanted to be some sort of cute, fun couple from the past!  Surprisingly, he came up with a good one!  The Graduate and Mrs. Robinson:

   A sexy lady from the sixties? Teased hair? Great Jewelry? Yes Please!!! Not to mention I somehow still have my Ole Miss cap and gown...how convenient!  So be looking for this lovely duo at the Brary Friday night! 

   PS: I know you all were expecting some sort of fabulous wig from yours truly... I tried.  Steven has made it very clear that he prefers me without a wig, so for our first Halloween I will cut him some slack.  I can't make any promises for the future though..... 

   Here are some flashbacks just for a good laugh:

 

The Beginning....

       Some of you may be wondering why I started this blog.... it is not like Masey to blog!  I am not an excellent writer, I don't dig deep into thoughts, and my head is all over the place!  Well... I just got the urge to start one!  I'm terrible with the phone, and have too many friends to call on a daily basis.  I thought that this would be a good way for you all to know what is going on in this crazy head of mine!

       As you all probably know, I got married on June 19th to the love of my life! (cheesy, I know)  Marriage so far has been a blast, but trying at the same time. You learn alot about yourself ... good and bad! This blog will be a smorgasbord of the joys and trials of my new life, and really just anything I feel like writing about!
      So sit back, relax, and enjoy "Simply Masey"!