10 on Tuesday

1. What two cities should be moved closer together?
Can I pick 4? San Antonio, TX, White Rock, NM Chicago, IL, and Omaha, NE So I could be near all of my family and friends.

2. What was the first plane ride you took?
When my Grandmother passed away when I was in 5th grade to Chicago. Not a fun trip.

3. What continent would you most like to visit?
Europe. Definitely Europe. I can't wait to go!!

4. What’s your favorite place to window-shop?
Fancy jewelry stores where everything sparkles. Oh and Ikea! Although I always end up buy something there.

5. What’s the least fun you’ve ever had at a place specifically tailored for fun?
Probably when I was in high school and we went to Worlds of Fun (amusement park in Kansas City) and I got sick on one of the rides. SO not fun.

6. You’re stuck on an island with plenty of food, a companion, and a relatively stress-free lifestyle. What do you say when the rescue ship comes?
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ON GLEE?!!

7. Which day of the week do you look forward to most?
Saturday... they are so relaxing and usually spent with the bf and good friends.

8. What’s your favorite place to enjoy the great outdoors?
Anywhere where I can see the stars at night clearly... like last Christmas when I visited my brother in New Mexico... they were beautiful.

9. What’s on your “to do” list this summer?
Sex and the City 2, my birthday, Corpus Christie, Hinchman Olympics, tubing, LA and Las Vegas!

10. Which natural disaster freaks you out the most?
I used to hate tornadoes when I was a kid... since we lived in tornado alley but I think earthquakes would freak me out the most if I ever experienced one.

Ten on Tuesday

This time it's the right day at least...

1. What book, movie or song has made you want to travel to a particular place? (eg. I went to Prince Edward Island because I was such a Anne of Green Gables fan)
Hmmm I've always wanted to go to the Octopus's Garden and Before Sunset made me want to go to Paris.

2. Aside from your significant other, who would you want to take with you on a dream trip?
My Mom... in fact we are going to Europe next winter.

3. Where would said dream trip be to?
That place that is always in pictures of the perfect beach... white sand, palm trees and turquoise blue water... not really sure where that would be though.

4. If you were hosting guests or providing tips, what three things would you show visitors to your hometown? (be it where you live now or where you grew up)
It I were to show them Omaha....
The downtown area, Old Market
The zoo... 2nd best in the country
And of course the slides :-)

5. If you had a long weekend ahead of you, where would you head – beach, city or country/mountains?
Definitely the beach... take a drive to Corpus for the weekend

6. Do you have a passport? If so, did you get it for a particular trip or just to have, in case?
Nope... I've never been out of the states... going to next year though!!

7. Are there any travel souvenirs you collect? If not, is there something else you collect?
I take lots and lots and lots and lots of pictures.... I also like to journal about my experiences while I'm on vacation. It's something I have been doing since I was little.

8. If you could name a paint colour, what colour would it be and what would you call it?
I love deep cobalt blue so I would name it "Becky's Favorite"

9. If you were heading away for a weekend citybreak solo, where would you go? (forget about practicality here and flight times, assume you can get to any city in the world for the weekend)
NYC... I've never been and would love to go.

10. Is there a song or a smell or something that you strongly associate with a particular holiday/place/time, such that it always takes you back?
There are so many smells... my grandparents basement I associate with summers as a kid, the way my parent's houses smell makes me feel safe, my grandmother's perfume, mountain laurels make me think of spring time, and this is weird but I love the smell of D's deodorant

And songs... well the list is also very long... "Take Good Care of My Baby" by Bobby Vee because my dad sang it to me growing up, this song called "Red Red Robin" because my Mom would sing it to me to wake me up (still does when I go visit), "Smash" by The Offspring because it reminds me of Jr. High, "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park because it reminds me of sophomore year of HS, "Don't Stop" by the RHCP because it reminds me of freshman year in college... the list goes on and one....

10 on Tuesday

Yes I realize it's Wednesday... oh well...


1. If you could travel back in time, would you? What decade would you visit?
I would probably go back to when my parents were young. The 50's and 60's. I've always been obsessed with that era.

2. What was your best Halloween costume? (fun to make? most creative?)
When I was little I used to have awesome costumes. Some of my favorites were a dead hippie, black jack dealer, mime... one year I was a baby and wore a pink leotard, my mom made me a bonnet, and I had a giant blow- up bottle.

3. Do you like your name? If you weren’t called by your name, what would you want to be called?
I actually really like my name. No one usually messes it up and it's super easy to spell. I used to hate it when people called me Becca, but when I worked with kids they said it lot so I just gave up hating it.

4. In the past year, what is the BEST recipe you made. Please share it!
Oh I dunno!!! Probably the new meatball recipe I found. It consists of ground beef, stove top, water, and egg. Super good!

5. Look around – what is the nearest object or picture hanging on the wall?
My Beatles drawing that D got me for Christmas. It's a beautiful pencil drawing that I love to just sit and look at when I'm bored at work.

6. What was the last movie you saw in a theater? Would you recommend it?
We saw Alice in Wonderland last weekend. It was ok. The special effects were really good. But I dont really like when a movie is all special effects and nothing else. SPOILER ALERT: and it was weird how it was like a squeal and I agree with Faith... I didn't really like how Johnny Depp portrayed the Mad Hatter.

7. Did you go to summer camp? Will you/do you send your kids to camp?
I went to one week long sleep over camp. It was really fun! And I went several years in a row to the YMCA day camp. I loved it, except for the ghost stories that they told us. I was little it really freaked me out... Yeah I would definitely would want my kids to go... if they wanted to. Summer camp is something that they will remember for a long time.

8. What kind of ringtone do you have?
I have different ones, my main ringtone is The Beatles "All My Lovin'" For D, I have this weird one that came with the iPhone that sounds like a robot. For my Mom I have Crosby, Stills, and Nash's "Teach Your Children" and my Dad I have the The Beatles singing " Take Good Care of my Baby"

9. Where is the farthest away from home you have ever been?
This is pathetic but the east coast... DC, Orlando... but next year my mom and I are going to Europe!

10. Has anyone ever written a song or a poem for or about you?
Not officially... D sings me silly/ sweet songs all the time

Recap in pictures...

After over 6 years as a Texan I finally saw our state capitol in Austin!



I got to go to SXSW Interactive Conference for work! I learned so much and had a blast!






I also went to Houston and Dallas for a couple of work trips!





Plus... the bluebonnets are finally in bloom here in south Texas! As well as the Mountain Laurels which make the air so sweet!



Plus why not... beer, AWESOME pizza, Bam, and me being rebellious!

I'm a weiner... I mean winner!!

On a whim I entered Jen's Sex and the City Contest to win tickets to the official Sex and the City Manhattan Tour and I just found out that I won!!! All I had to do was leave Jen a comment with my favorite SATC quote. Of course I put my favorite...

"Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous."

Thanks so much Jen and On Location Tours!!!

PS: I'm getting totally psyched about the new SATC movie in May!!

10 on Tuesday

1. Of your current hobbies, which would you choose to spend more time, money, and effort on? Why?
I wish I had more time/ money to learn to be a better photographer. It really was my first love. And I think if I became a better still photographer it would work it's way into become a better filmmaker.

2. List the two other hobbies/habitual activities (not chores) besides the one listed above that you regularly do now and didn’t choose in question one.
Practice the guitar. I'm still learning the fundamentals. Slowly... very slowly getting better. And cooking. It's something I've done for a while but need to do more. I am trying new things though.

3. Why are you spending time on the above two hobbies/habitual activities at all if you really wanted to spend your time on the first one you chose? …or to put it another way, what are these two hobbies/habitual activities fulfilling that the first one doesn’t if you don’t want to put all your effort into the first hobby?
Well, I already have the guitar (and the instructor) so money isn't needed for that. Just time. Same goes for cooking. The price of cooking doesn't compare to semi decent DSLR camera.



4. Read John 3:16 in the bible… In what way does this passage affect you? What are your feelings towards these words, positively or negatively?
I like the Bible... I do. It's actually a really good book. I don't quite understand it all yet. And actually this passage is the one I am having the hardest time with right now. Was Jesus the son of God? I dunno? Maybe. Sometimes I really want to believe it, I just don't yet. Maybe sometime in the future I will.

5. M&M’s: nuts, no nuts, or peanut butter?
Nuts! So much better with nuts ;-)

6. Putting away the feeling of pride being a bad thing; what secretly/openly are you proud about yourself?
I'm good at my job. I've learned so much in the past 6 months that I've been here. It feels good when other people ask me how to do something or ask me to help them with their social media/ networking issues.

7. Given one room in the house to do with what you want, not changing the actual size of the room and with all the money you would need, what would you do, and be specific? (this can range from bouncy floor,walls & ceilings; to hard wood floor with wood paneling and purple ceiling with a chair; to nothing)
Well considering I'm moving in a couple of months I will be changing all the rooms. What I want to do with the living room is make it "movie" themed, but not cheesy. Like a couple of cool movie posters. And I have these cool old antique cameras that I want to display. Maybe with floating shelves.

8. What’s the next movie you’re going to see? Not what you’d LIKE to GO see, but the next movie you realistically are going to watch.
I saw the one that I really wanted to see and that was "Shutter Island." Umm oh "The Hurt Locker." Now that it won best picture.

9. Use the keyboard only and make your best smiley/funny/cool face –> like this! 8^)
>:-(

10. What makes you cry? What makes you pray? What makes you laugh?
Recently: When D offered to pay for part of my voice over lessons because I had to shell out a grip load of cash to get my brakes fixed. (I wouldn't have been able to take them if he hadn't offered.)
I pray at church. Or when my life is in disorder.
Everything makes me laugh. Especially really corny jokes.

10 on Tuesday

1. If you were given an hour to use a $200 Amazon gift card, what would you buy?
The Beatles Remastered box set... that was easy

2. Are there any fairly common foods that you’ve never had?

I've pretty much have eaten everything... I like trying new things.

3. What was your favorite way to use your imagination as a kid?

I played house a lot. My brother and I used to play submarine and airplane on our swing set when we were kids.

4. What’s your favorite state? Why?
New Mexico... I love that state.

5. If it was our culture to have our parents choose our spouses, do you think yours would make a good choice?
Probably... my parents know my type... weirdly enough

6. What’s your favorite herb?
Love basil

7. If you could have dinner with one celebrity, who would you choose?
Paul McCartney... that would be my life long dream come true.

8. What’s your favorite Disney movie?
The Lion King or The Little Mirmaid

9. If you had to listen to the same song over and over for 24 hours, what song would you choose?
Any song would drive me crazy that many times....

10. How do you order your steak?

medium