So Shay: muffinheads

Hi friends...I'm getting really good at this whole not-blogging regime aren't I? Thank you for all your comments and I swear I will be writing you back soon! I have a ton of excuses but I've been too busy for my own good.

That said, I hope to be blogging in full swing again soon, but until then, I have a couple of sweethearts who kindly offered to fill up some of my white space.

Rissy has been on my blog before because well, she's the cutest muffin on the planet. I was texting her the other day and she kindly offered to send me a guest post. She warned me that she wasn't very good at following through when she said she would guest post...but she did. And I think she might have had a glass of wine or two before writing this. :) I love her and if you don't know her, go check out her blog. It will not disappoint.

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Ahhh yes, the land of the love birds.

What a happy little land this is.

It is a place filled with rainbows, butterflies, and non-fat calorie free chocolate!

But some of us still live in the real world.

And in this real world, we are exposed to the lovey dovey world...

... but as an outsider.

There is one thing we outsiders have a hard time understand

--and that thing--

is the Pet Name!

You regular Shay readers probably know her hunky hubs Andrew as DDHP (Drew Drew Hot Pants)

This is by far the best pet name of all time. It is slightly tongue in cheek, totally hilarious, and acceptably used by all.

However, many pet names (and couples) are not half as awesome.

Here are some examples of those that do not measure up to the Shay, DDHP name (I found a register online of pet names):

* Lamb chop- I mean come on... who says that in public with a straight face?

*Tarzan- let's leave that in the bedroom

*Squishy (chunky)- because offensive terms of endearment are in?

*Sparky- commonly found on dog collars

* My king- it's 2011

*Tramp- I'm just going to tell myself that is a typo (?)

Now I have a request...

and it may be difficult...

because this is pretty personal...

But, what pet names do you use?

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Thank you Rissy for helping me out! I'm so glad that Drew Drew Hot Pants is an acceptable pet name haha. It's pretty awesome right y'all!? HAHA. Just kidding. I mean, he has to love it because his name on Call of Duty is DDHP. We keep it cool here in the Nelson household.

Rissy, I love you and seriously adore the ever livin' mess out of you. I can't wait for you to have a hot dude with an Australian accent. ;) Perhaps call him The Thunder from Down Undahhh? ;) Jk. I know you will appreciate this.

Have a wonderful Monday guys! It's a short work week. Can I get a hellz to the yeah? Or an Amen!? Whatever floats your boat! This lady is ready for some turkey! :)

Alright, I'm back. I'm feeling slightly overwhelmed with my new position at work and photography lately so my poor little blog has taken the back seat. I hope to be back in full swing soon.

Let's finish up the blate post shall we?

I guess I'll start this post out with something awesome.

Please ignore my annoying voice and laugh. I was crying I was laughing so hard. Girlfran got it goin' on...and you'll def. hear me say, "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time. Thanks, E! :)

Alright, so let me rewind back to Saturday morning. I started us out with a good ol' Texas breakfast.

After breakfast, we got dressed and headed to The Domain to do some shopping. We shopped til' we dropped, chatted, had lunch, and then headed back home to get dressed for the evening.

After getting all showered and dolled up, we headed to The Oasis for dinner.

We got there just in time for sunset and settled in with a few drinks while we waited for a table.

Our buzzer finally went off, so we danced our way to the dining area and were seated at a table in the middle of the restaurant.

And we set. And we set. And we set some more.

5 min. 10 min. STILL no service. I wasn't really paying much attention at the time because we were all talking and having a good time, but once the 20 minute mark went by and NOBODY had came to our table yet...I started to REALLY look around.

This story is as close to what I can rememeber from the night. It may not be word for word, but it's pretty stinkin' close.

No chips. No salsa. No water. No waiter.

Hmmmm.

A few moments later, a "Dude" comes up right behind me and says, "Whaaaat's uppp, how you fine ladies doin' night?"

I remember thinking, "IS this our waiter? This can't be for real..."

We all looked at each other thinking it was funny for a millisecond until we got a better look at him.

Yep. Dude is our waiter. Lucky us.

DUDE was Stoned with a capital "S" out of his mind. Not only was he STONED, he was totally on something else...and it was blatantly OBVIOUS.

I glanced behind me and noticed that his other tables were not happy whatsoever with him and were having other staff members help them.

Dude says, "Aight y'all, I'll brb with some chips and salsa."

Me: "Can we get a queso too? We have to be out of here by 9 because we have a show downtown."

Drew Drew Hot Pants: "Hey man, can we also please get another drink each??"

Dude: "Yeah man, sure man, I'll be right back." Then he proceeds to repeat the order THREE times.

He sounded like Matthew Mcconaughey all Dazed and Confused style.

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes...

I see another waiter and ask him to bring us our chips and salsa, etc. etc.

Keep in mind, we got there at 7:30 and had to be gone by 9:20 in order to make our show downtown at 10.

It's about 8:40 and we still had not ordered our food yet.

Dude comes back and we had to remind him about our queso and drink orders. He brings them in about 5 minutes. Good job Dude.

Dude disappears, again. So, we all decide the queso, salsa and chips would hold us over for the night and decided we needed to leave really soon.

Dude comes back, and we tell him that we need our check and he doesn't understand.

Dude: "You haven't even ordered your food. What can I get you?"

Drew Drew Hot Pants: "No man, we just need the check."

Sabrina says a couple of funny one liners and I just let the guy have it.

Me: "Seriously? You've taken way too long Dude. We need our check and we need it now. You haven't helped us all night and we have had to have other waiters help us because you haven't remembered anything we've told you or ordered. We need the check now!"

Dude proceeded to not hear me and says, "Ah, man yeah man just please don't tell on me...so what are you ladies doing tonight? Why the rush?"

He hits on Sabrina and then Sabrina tells him that we need to go because we are going to Esther's Follies downtown."

Dude: "Are y'all going to the music festival? Heh heh heh?"

Me: "No, we are going to Esther's Follies and 6th street. Check!"

Dude: "Oh come on, y'all want some goods? I know how it is, I get it. Y'all want to party? I got some molly's (had to google this term because I had no idea what it was), I got coke, I got this...I got that." He just starts rattling these hard drugs off and our eyes got HUGE. WHATTTTTTT?

Sabrina, Me and Drew: "NO!!!, we need our check. That's not our thing man. We just need our check."

Dude: "Oh come on, just tell me what you need and I got it. I got-"

You should have seen our faces. Did our waiter seriously just offer us HARD drugs? Seriously?

Dude: "Oh come on y'all...Look...

Me: "CHECK now. Look dude, you're not getting a tip. This has been the worst service I have ever, EVER had. I'm here treating my friends from out of state and I'm truly embarrassed that you're here representing this restaurant and my state like this. I wanted to show them a nice night out to dinner and you have ruined it. CHECK NOW."

Y'all I didn't know whether to laugh, get mad, or what. We were all just stunned.

Dude: "You don't have to give me a tip, that's fine. Just please don't tell on me."

Me: "Okay, we need to go. Check please!?"

Then Dude and his drugs got mad.

Dude: "S%$#! I made 40K last week. This is just my job to pay all my child support. (Can't believe this man was allowed to pro-create. POOR KIDS!) and this place is $%!@#( and man, EFF this place. I don't give a *@$@#( about this place. I DON'T NEED THIS JOB. Bibble babble bibble babble BOOSH$%@!"

All of us: "CHECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

He finally leaves and I see a Head Waiter walk by. We tell him what happened and the guy was in shock. He apologized and the manager came up immediately. The manager was so mad, poor guy. Can't say I blame him. Regardless, the manager came back and assured us the problem was handled and needless to really say...DUDE got himself fiiiiiiiiiired. (fah-ired) Haha.

I felt sort of bad to tell you the truth...but y'all had to have been there. Dude was GONE. I can just pray for him. That restaurant did not deserve to have someone high on drugs like that. It was completely ridiculous! And a little funny...

The best part?

Erica says, "Well look at it this way...atleast it's good blog material!"

Love that girl. Hahahaha.

Anyway, sorry for the book.

We make our way downtown with chips, salsa and queso in our bellies and go to Esther's Follies. Such a fun show!!!! We even got pictures with them afterwards.

We went to 6th street and had ourselves a blast. We took pictures with strangers, and watched a very drunk lady ride a bull before Erica. Lady was wastedddddddddd. I missed the best part too. At the end, she fell face first over the side and then hops up, puts her sloppy hands in the air and everyone screams. It was hysterical. I can't even fathom what her hangover was going to feel like the next day...or three.

I bet you watch this video more than once.

I'm seriously so sad we didn't get her falling over the edge.

We met some really nice Canadians too. Like, SO nice. We had a rated G dance party with them. I mean how often is it that guys you meet, come up and introduce themselves, and seriously just dance together in a circle? They were sooooo respectful and didn't try to dance all up on our messes. It was very refreshing to say the least. Oh, and the best part is that I think they loved Andrew more than us girls. Haha. No, they weren't gay. JUST super nice and friendly. Love me some Canadians now! Sabrina was going to get a tattoo on the inside of her lip again that said "HOWDY" but after the price they wanted her to pay, she said, "HOW-bout-no-DY.":)

We got home super late, crashed out, and Drew got us some kolaches and donuts the next morning.

I was feeling good, high on happiness...and then...and then...

I saw this.

The only day I use my camera. Shame, shame.

Our time together was closing in on us and fast. It made me so sad. Furlee wouldn't get off of Sabrina's suitcase. It was so stinkin' cute. He didn't want her to go either. :(

My boys fell in love.

Can you really blame them though? Hotties!

Andrew took a few pics for us and then we went to Mount Bonnell.

Corny? You know it! :)

I thought I'd just share with you my future home ... ;)

I really needed muh shades. Lacking cool factor big time here. Haha.

After Mount Bonnell, we went downtown to find souvenirs for Erica and Sabrina. We walked around 6th street again (a completely different place during the day) and acted like typical (AWESOME) bloggers.

How does she do that??????

I think Texas looks good on them. What do you think?

On our way back to the car, we stopped back by the bull so Erica could say her goodbyes.

"Come back soon Erica...", it says.

We met up with Sabrina's friend Jason at the Red Porch downtown. I had never been there before, but it was such a fun place! We got 5 different appetizers because we're cool like that, and had one last drink together. :(

Cheers, ladies. It makes me sad right now just typing this next part.

Knowing that their flights were so stinkin' close made me tear up a few times. I really wanted to turn my car around and head back to my house and hold them captive...but I'm not a crazy lady and I am sure their lover boys wouldn't be very happy with me. ;)

The worst part of the trip was the airport. I had to hold myself together watching them get their bags out of my trunk because I'm super emotional 99% of the time ;) So, I just took pics instead so I could hide my sadness behind my lens. I sure do love these girls. They are wonderful ladies, and I am so so so so blessed that I had the opportunity to share an amazing weekend with them.