Author / Bethe

by Bethe

Sending you on an adventure

Someone recently asked me how I find blogs to follow. My answer… I don’t know. I just seem to stumble across them… friends send me their favorites, I read a lot of news sites that refer to others… some are friends of friends of friends. Here’s a couple of recommendations.

Texas Rangers Blog – I just discovered this. It’s done by the Star-Telegram. I’m sure my friend Michael has been reading this for eons, but now I can be even more up-to-date on my favorite team’s trivia. Except they’re no longer my favorite team after their huge gaffe with Michael Young. Geeze.
Bachelor Blog – I may have mentioned this one before… but this gal is hilarious. I’m not even watching this season, but I still love her recaps. Plus we share a slight crush on Jim from The Office.
Business/Marketing Blog – If you like to think outside the box, this guy’s for you. He’s a marketing guru that I discovered about four semesters ago… he has great ideas, but if you read him for too long, it does get a bit repetitive.
My friend’s baby blog – Here’s a shameless plug for Tiff’s baby blog. Little Sevyn is just precious.
And finally… I cried twice today because of this story. Once when they talked about it on the radio as I was getting ready for work (there went the make-up!) and then again a few hours later after Sister Sarah emailed me the same story (you’d think I wouldn’t get so choked up EVERY time I read it!). Typically if I cry over football, it’s because some stupid boy is forcing me to watch a game.  But this story is really touching. Boys… go read it!
by Bethe

Hug it out

January 21 is National Hugging Day. (insert shiver here)

I’m not a hugger. I know it has health benefits but it still makes me uncomfortable. If I’m not related to you, or dating you, then I would prefer to wave awkwardly instead of exchanging hugs. Especially the frontal kind (insert shiver here).  That’s just oogie.
The worst kind are the at-work male-female hugs. I don’t know why some men feel like they can substitute a hug for a handshake. This happens a lot at chamber of commerce events. Luckily I’m quick at the draw and can wiggle myself away from a hug faster than most people can say “Leave me alone creepy old man!”
I realize some of you may think that makes me an ice queen, but I prefer to think it makes my hugs more valuable. I don’t just give them out willy-nilly… so if you ever DO get one, you should consider yourself lucky. Or you can assume I’m cringing (insert shiver here).
by Bethe

Nachos & Benedryl

Oh, my faithful friends, have I had a doozie of a week! It’s a shame I have a self-imposed gag-order on the subject of boys (most of the time) because that area would provide for some quite interesting and unexpected posts! But alas, we’ll have to discuss it in person. Or maybe I’ll change the names to protect the innocent or something. We’ll see.

So in the meantime, as I finish my late-night dinner of nachos and Benedryl, I’ll post a picture of my good friend Tiffany’s new baby. I’ve been waiting to meet this sweet baby girl for awhile now. I figure we have lot’s of adventures ahead of us.
by Bethe

I’m not watching, but you should

I’m still undecided about this season’s Bachelor. I find Jason to be a bit vanilla. Boring. And a little too familiar. I caved and watched episode 2 last night, but it was a total snoozefest.

But I may keep watching anyway because of this new blog introduced to me by my pal Charity. She’s hilarious, and even better, she’s a Baylor girl. And like my dad told me sternly after I was threatened to go to (gasp) that evil Texas A&M…
There has never been a single bad person 
who graduated from Baylor. Ever. In the 
history of mankind.
But that was in 1998, before we had those basketball players kill each other. And before the baseball player skinned a cat alive. But technically, I don’t think either graduated.
So go check out her blog. And for the record, my favorite bachelorette is Spray Tan Lauren.
by Bethe

The New Me!

After only 268 posts, I finally changed my blog design! If you typically read me in a Reader, come on over for a real visit to check out the new digs! I’m still tweaking it a bit, but I do promise… NO MORE DOTS!

Also… I have been working on a doozie of a post for a week now! I’ve got just a little more polishing to do, but I should be done very soon. Boys… you’ll like this one.
by Bethe

Starbucks & Stilettos

If I had known I was going to spend my day running through the hospital, I would have worn my Ugly Friday flats instead of my stiletto tall boots. Luckily, tucked away in those stilettos were some orthopedic shoe inserts!

In the midst of playing hostess to a group of community VIPs who stopped by for SEVEN hours worth of tours and presentations, the mayor called to say that one of the network news stations was coming to do a story with us… in five minutes. Such good news, but terrible timing. So I sent my ducklings off on an impromptu tour and scrambled to find a primo interview spot for my major market reporter. We nailed the interview, then I flitted over to surgery to give a tour. After all, who is more qualified to give a surgery tour than the chick who has seen THREE WHOLE surgeries in her lifetime? Besides, I’ve watched more than 100 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, which helps me fill in the blanks.

I just enjoyed watching our story on the 6:00 news, and now I sit here on baby watch, as my best friend Tiff waits patiently for her little superstar to arrive.

It’s a good thing I had a gallon of Starbucks this morning.