My 500th Post, Happy Birthday To My Blog and A Giveaway

I'm a horrible mother. I missed my blog's birthday. It was on the 1st. That's a good reason to celebrate, no? It's also time to celebrate because this is my 500th post! No, I'm not shitting you. I can't believe it, either.

I've only been blogging for 2 years and it seems like forever! In these last two years I have made some amazing friends with people in the blogging community and have learned so much about myself. I want to say THANKS to all my readers... I started this blog as an online journal for myself, and it's turned into so much more for me.

Sorry I haven't posted for a few days, but I've been waiting for the perfect time to post #500. I guess it's kind of fitting that it fall on a Random Tuesday, right!? So, forgive me, I'll be better the rest of this week.

And you wanna know what's really fabulous? I just realized it's Wednesday. I'm such an idiot. That's what happens when I travel in the middle of the week. I got to Alabama yesterday... Tuesday. I usually arrive on Monday. I'm special. You're getting a pseudo-RTT anyway.The picture above is from The Bayou on Saturday night. I had a major urge to go, so I rounded up all my peeps and we went. Good food, good beer, good friends. What more does a girl need?

This last weekend was so crazy. I came home from Montgomery on Friday and flew through Atlanta. My flight left Alabama at 6:10 AM, which meant I had to leave the hotel at 4, which meant I had to get up at 3:15, which is really like 2:15 at home. Why I didn't just stay up all night, I don't know. Mostly because without at least a nap, I probably would have had a breakdown. Considering the fact that the flight from Atlanta to Salt Lake was the worst flight I've ever been on, I prayed for the better part of an hour, and thought we were going to die, it's good I got a little bit of sleep!

Yeah, the flight was SO BAD that I ended up going to Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeline with Noelle and Jessica on Sunday. Me? Church? I know. Yes, the flight really WAS that bad. I think we're going to the services on the U of U campus this week so we'll see how that goes. Apparently they're two totally different experiences. I'm excited to check it out.

In the meantime, I had a coffee date with Mr. V on Saturday afternoon. I think it went well. We ended up talking for about three hours before I had to leave, so I'm taking that as a good sign. I like him, so we'll see where things go. He has kids and is busy with them, so hopefully we can see each other again soon.

So, guess what? I won the giveaway over on Jamie's blog, Oh How Lovely. The giveaway is from Tia at Clever Girl Goes Blog and her Etsy store Icing On The Hair. Go check it out. Her stuff is freaking adorable, and totally affordable! I can't wait until I get my cute clippies. I'll take pics of them when they arrive!

So, I'm in 'Bama this week and then I don't have to come back for at least two, if not three weeks... Yippee! And I think I'm going to get screwed out of my upcoming Medallion Status with Delta because miles aren't rolling over if you didn't already acquire some level of Medallion status by the end of 2009. LAME!!!

Last week I ate fried pickles for the first time, and this morning I'm having grits. I went to church on Sunday. What is this world coming to?

This sign is from Dreamland BBQ in Downtown Montgomery... I thought it was funny!

Did y'all know that New Moon comes out on DVD on March 20th!?!?!? And even better, Eclipse comes out on June 30th! I can't wait!

I've been trying to figure out something fabulous to do in celebration of my 500th post and decided I'm doing a giveaway. I mentioned before that I'm reading Eat Pray Love, right? If you don't recall, let me refresh your memory... I am reading Eat Pray Love... and I'm absolutely in awe of this book. It's amazing. It's exactly what I'm needing in my life right now and I love it. If y'all don't hear from me for a while it's because I've dropped everything and moved to Rome.

Anyway, I'm going to give away a copy of Eat Pray Love to one of my readers this week. Here are the ways you can get entries for the drawing:

Leave a comment on this post - 1 entry
If you don't already follow me, start following me as of today - 1 entry
Post about the giveaway on your blog (leave me a note so that I know you posted just in case I don't see it) - 1 entry
Tweet about the giveaway (and let me know) - 1 entry
Post a link on Facebook (and let me know) - 1 entry

I will do something fun in order to pick a winner at the end of the week (e.g., pick the winner out of a hat, use the randomizer thingy y'all have used before, or something else) and I'll vlog it or something so as to entertain you.

Hope you all have a fabulous rest of the week and I'll talk to you soon!

Last 5 songs on the ole iPod:
Foundations - Kate Nash
Shake It - Metro Station
Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson
Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas

P.S. I'll also make some mixed cds (as was suggested by a friend) with my favorite songs on them and send them to the first five people who are interested... just leave a comment telling me you want one!