hip hip horray!

do you ever have one of those days where EVERYTHING is going your way?

today has been MY day. =D

cumbulo nimbus

clouds are so delicious.

lazy days

every saturday, i lounge by the pool with natalie.

i love my life. =)

a sad day to be a rug

yesterday was a sad day to be a rug...

what started out as a normal happy cleaning day turned into an ugly murderous day.

you see, my george loves to leave his mark wherever he goes and he doesn't listen when i tell him to pick up after himself. i seem to be FOREVER vaccuming up the trail left behind him and his furry body. and my bathroom rug? it's his place of choice when sprawling out on the cold tiles. since my rug is so thin, i can't vaccum it and my lint rollers just aren't cutting it anymore so i decided to toss it in the washing machine to see if that would do the trick.

oh, it worked alright. but not only did it take the fur off but it took the THREADING off too!

now all i have left is a CLEAN and UNUSABLE bathroom rug. =(

i liked it better covered in fur...

mugs galore

i have been collecting starbucks mugs for a while now and there has always been an "unwritten rule" stating that all mugs placed in a collection must be from places you have VISITED. well as you all know, i don't get to travel much; so instead of buying a mug from every city i visit and having a collection of what... 2 WHOLE mugs, i changed it up a bit and added an "unwritten clause" stating a mug purchased FOR me from someone i hold dear could count just the same.

enter my cousin gregory.

i haven't talked to him in over 22 years. that made me... 4 years old the last time i saw him. [LOTS has happened since then. hahaha.] while my uncle soctt was visiting, he told me greg was on a business trip in las vegas (LAS VEGAS!!). i thought i'd take the prime opportunity to open up lines of communication once again by BEGGING him (greg) to get me a las vegas STARBUCKS MUG. not only did he get me a VEGAS mug but he threw in a SAN ANTONIO mug JUST because he's that AWESOME!

so NOW... i have SEVENTEEN mugs. 18--if you count my forged "tallahassee mug", purchased for me by a dear friend who didn't have the heart to leave the city without one. =)

even though all my mugs weren't purchased BY me in cities i have VISITED, they all still hold wonderful memories for me. and that's what counts the most. =)

home alone

i've been gone for the past two days so i decided to stop home for lunch to check on george. normally, whenever i enter the front door, george comes running up, BEGGING to be petted. i walked in and nothing. he was nowhere to be seen. i called for him but there was no furry little creature trotting up to the door expecting to be THOROUGHLY petted. not wanting to jump the alarm-gun too quickly, i hunted around for him while calling "treats!" still no response.

and then i heard it. the teeniest, tinniest, little raspy meow.

george was stuck OUTSIDE! i had let him out in the screened-in porch so he could feel the cool breezes on his fur and apparently NEVER LET HIM BACK IN! TWO WHOLE DAYS ago! he had NO water, NO food, and NO TOILET. i felt completely awful.

he came in and ran straight for his bowl. once he'd had his fill, he didn't move to his water bowl. he didn't go to the bathroom sink. he went STRAIGHT for the SHOWER!

i, of course, obliged him.

my guardian angels

last night, my bro franklin and i headed down to the ritz in ybor city for an UBER DELICIOUS experience. it was LOUD and BRIGHT and SWEATY and AMAZINGLY AWESOME.

dudes. it was sick.

all i can say is... it was TOTALLY worth each and every one of the 5000 pennies i spent.

i took some videos with my blackberry but they didn't convey the true beauty of the experience so here is one of their music videos. =)

and here are some photos from the night:

it was meant to be

yet ANOTHER one of my life goals will be realized tomorrow night. i, stephanie watson, get to see ANGEL & AIRWAVES in CONCERT!!!! i'm so freaking STOKED!

i am going to be starring at THIS face ALL night:

(dancing with delight!!!)

ready. set. SMILE!

have you seen this american express commercial?

well my sister natalie and i have and we FELL IN LOVE with the idea of finding smiley faces in every day life! we started spotting them a few months ago and with the help of corey, april, brian, morgan, and chelsey, we have made a nice little collection for ourselves.

so here we have it. our collection thus far:

ready. set. SMILE!

happy mama's day!

happy mother's day to the most AMAZING and WONDERFUL mother in the WHOLE entire WORLD!

she has helped shape each and every person in this photo. none of us would be where we are today if it wasn't for the faithful SLAVING of our very dear mother.

WE LOVE YOU MOM! =)

"jonah" walking

natalie and i were PRIVILEGED enough to be able to watch our sister-in-law jonna (that's "ja-nah") walk her final graduation ceremony in our PAJAMAS! her school had a live video feed for those who weren't able to attend--thank goodness too! because my attire wouldn't have been appropriate for the ceremony. =)

they had a pretty neat idea. and it would all have been so perfect except the announcer said her name WRONG! ALL that work she put into getting her degree and the very last thing was messed up. (we're sorry jonna! but you looked HOT in your gown! hahaha.)

(you can hear her name announced 16 seconds in...)

(snickering)

WE LOVE YOU "JONAH" WATSON!!!!!
and we are SO PROUD of you. =D

morning view

every morning, i get up and ride my bike to work.
this is one of the views i have during my 3 mile trip.

i LOVE it. =)

failure to communicate...

my sister bethany and i live together, go to church together, and yes, we even work together. needless to say, she and i have had our fair share of disagreements over the last couple of months. she and i are like black and white. everything about us is the complete opposite. its been a bit rough lately because we've been spending SO MUCH time together. so much so that our boss has picked up on it. below is a video he sent her and i. i'm the one talking and bethany is the one that GOT BEAT.

we DIED laughing!!!

deal!

five things: 36-40

36. my absolute FAVORITE class in high school was physics with mr. ulrich.

37. i LOATHE soggy cereal.

38. i'm an inch-into-the-pool-while-gasping-for-air kind of person. i do not EVER jump in full body.

39. i don't ever insert flash drives right on the first try. even when i know i'm going to put it in wrong, i flip it just to save myself the hassle of reinserting it, and its STILL wrong. (angry fist)

40. i'm super anal when it comes to sending emails. i will write, and re-write, and RE-write an email before sending it out JUST to be sure it sounds perfect. ALL punctuation and spelling MUST be correct and i HATE the long string of emails i get when people forward a joke over and over and over again.