I missed the Bachelor again last night and I fogot to record it. Darn it! I was watching Bryson & Jackson and Desire got back later than I thought she would. Did you get those pictures that I emailed you yesterday? Can you believe how big they are? And you can actually have conversations with Jackson now, it is too cute!
Are you guys doing the trick-or-treating thing tonight? We aren't. I'm working til 8, so I'll be doing it at work, but Doug's not passing out any candy here, we didn't even buy any this year! So I made sure I told anyone who I thought would come by to trick-or-treat, to come see me at the library instead.
Anyway, I guess I better get ready for work now, even though I have a sore throat and feel icky. Talk to you soon.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Sleigh Bells Ring...
...I know, I know, it's too early for Christmas (it's not even Halloween, yet!), but I'm in a Christmas-y mood. Maybe because when I was at Wal-Mart the other day I heard a Christmas song and was inspired to put in a Christmas CD in the car. Or mabye I just feel like shopping. Who knows? All I know is that the closer it gets to Christmas the more excited I get. The downside to all of this is that I'll probably be sick of Christmas by the time Thanksgiving gets here. I have to remember, small doses of Christmas cheer go a long way! So what are you & Josh doing for the holidays? Any travel plans? What about Thanksgiving? Could I convince you to come for a visit?
Have you started any shopping yet? I haven't at all, but I want to! We're mostly just buying for Doug's niece & nephews and I don't want to get their stuff without him. I already know what I'm getting my mom & dad. We decided not to buy for siblings this year to save everyone some time & money and then all we have to get is my grandma, his grandma, and his parents. I was thinking I might make cookies, or something for friends and neighbors, but I haven't decided what to make just yet. I don't know yet if Doug & I are going to get each other gifts. I want to, but he doesn't. That's not true, last night he said we could get each other a big screen TV for Christmas. Like I really want a big screen TV. Riiiggghhht. Anyhow, I want to get you a Christmas gift, unless you are strongly opposed to it this year. I will totally understand. I know of a million things that I think you will love though. :) The only reason I mention it is because I don't want you to feel bad if I were to send you a gift and you didn't send me one, which is totally fine, btw. I know what that feels like and it is sucky. Then you end up getting someone a gift just for the sake of getting one. That's no fun. So let me know if you don't want to exchange gifts this year.
Have you started any shopping yet? I haven't at all, but I want to! We're mostly just buying for Doug's niece & nephews and I don't want to get their stuff without him. I already know what I'm getting my mom & dad. We decided not to buy for siblings this year to save everyone some time & money and then all we have to get is my grandma, his grandma, and his parents. I was thinking I might make cookies, or something for friends and neighbors, but I haven't decided what to make just yet. I don't know yet if Doug & I are going to get each other gifts. I want to, but he doesn't. That's not true, last night he said we could get each other a big screen TV for Christmas. Like I really want a big screen TV. Riiiggghhht. Anyhow, I want to get you a Christmas gift, unless you are strongly opposed to it this year. I will totally understand. I know of a million things that I think you will love though. :) The only reason I mention it is because I don't want you to feel bad if I were to send you a gift and you didn't send me one, which is totally fine, btw. I know what that feels like and it is sucky. Then you end up getting someone a gift just for the sake of getting one. That's no fun. So let me know if you don't want to exchange gifts this year.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Bad Kitty!
I am so mad at Boomer right now! I just caught him in the kitchen sink, which is irritating enough on its own. It is even more irritating because that is where I had set out the roast to thaw for dinner tonight. I came into the kitchen to put away my lunch dishes and I catch him in there. I yell at him, and he picks up the roast (don't worry it was wrapped) in his mouth and jumps down and starts to run off. He didn't get too far and he dropped the meat and when I reach down to pick it up he tried to get it from me again! Okay, I had to smack his head at that point (I know, I'm a bad momma, but seriously!). It's not like he didn't have food, he had plenty of food. I just fed him this morning. Now he's in the basement and I know he's sitting at the top of the stairs because I can hear him meowing pitifully. Too bad! He's going to be down there for awhile.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Where'd you go last night?
I called while I was watching the Bachelor, but I didn't get a hold of you. First I thought you were trying to get me back for not being around to talk to you the last two weeks :D. Then I started thinking a little more logically, and figured you were probably busy or your phone was dead or something like that. It's okay. I watched most of it, but didn't watch "The most dramatic rose ceremony ever." It's not quite so dramatic now that he gives away roses on dates. Since I already saw him give away two of his 4, I figured I could spend the last 15 minutes of the show with Doug before he had to leave for work instead of wasting my time. I still need to look it up to see who got the other 2 roses though.
So have you guys started moving yet? How's that going? Do you like your new place? And please tell me you'll be getting internet access at home soon! You'll need to update me on your address, so that this year I can actually send you a Christmas card. :)
Have you been scrapbooking lately? Becky came over on Sunday to scrapbook, but I didn't get much accomplished. She took over most of the space because she was sorting pictures. I reattached a few things I had taken out of one of my albums and that was pretty much it for the day. I need to scrapbook the pictures I took when I visited you and now the trip I took to Hermann. I think I'm going to wait for my mom before I work on those. I don't even know what pictures she has. Actually, I need to consult your expertise on a picture issue I'm having. Someone took a picture of the 4 of us by a campfire and there is a smoke obscuring the picture, mostly my aunt's face. Is there any way to fix that? Otherwise it is a great picture. My favorite one of the whole trip actually. Here I'll show it to you.
I figured if anyone knew, you would. Okay, I guess I better get ready for work. I've got to run to the store and pick up a few things this morning. Talk to you soon!
So have you guys started moving yet? How's that going? Do you like your new place? And please tell me you'll be getting internet access at home soon! You'll need to update me on your address, so that this year I can actually send you a Christmas card. :)
Have you been scrapbooking lately? Becky came over on Sunday to scrapbook, but I didn't get much accomplished. She took over most of the space because she was sorting pictures. I reattached a few things I had taken out of one of my albums and that was pretty much it for the day. I need to scrapbook the pictures I took when I visited you and now the trip I took to Hermann. I think I'm going to wait for my mom before I work on those. I don't even know what pictures she has. Actually, I need to consult your expertise on a picture issue I'm having. Someone took a picture of the 4 of us by a campfire and there is a smoke obscuring the picture, mostly my aunt's face. Is there any way to fix that? Otherwise it is a great picture. My favorite one of the whole trip actually. Here I'll show it to you.
I figured if anyone knew, you would. Okay, I guess I better get ready for work. I've got to run to the store and pick up a few things this morning. Talk to you soon!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
I'm Back!!
We got home late Sunday night and I must say I had a pretty good time overall. First of all the Amtrak was so fun! I'd definitely take it again. Next time though, I'd make sure we were heading somewhere with some sort of public transportation or at least a place to rent a car. We walked everywhere all weekend, because that was pretty much our only option. Okay time for a recap:
FRIDAY
My mom & dad picked me up at 5:30 Friday morning, then we picked up my grandma and last, but not least, my aunt. We caught the Amtrak at Union Station and from there traveled to Jefferson City. In Jefferson City, we had to switch to a bus because they were working on the tracks. We arrived in Hermann, MO about 12:30 that afternoon. We made the long trek up a hill to our B& B only to discover that check-in isn't until 3:00 and the office is closed. We made a couple of phone calls and finally the owner found a place to store our luggage until check-in. Then we started walking. We headed to Simon's on the Waterfront for lunch. Yum! I had a pulled pork sandwich and french fries and I wasn't disappointed, of course I was also very hungry. We only had snacks on the train and even though my aunt brought stuff, after trying the "only 1 point" muffins, I decided to stay far far away from her snacks. Next we visited the Hermannhoff Winery. That was really neat. We tried a few different wines and bought a couple to take back to our room with us. It wasn't like a wine tasting you see on TV though. This was them pouring you a little plastic shot cup of wine and you drinking it. There was no smelling or swirling. Oh well. So after that and a quick walk through some shops we headed back to the B&B. It was still only 2:15, so we decided it was time to just rest. At 3:00 on the dot my aunt was checking us in. We had reserved a suite for the weekend, but the box-like room we were in could hardly be called a suite! There were two beds, a desk, a TV, a mini-fridge, & a bathroom. Everything was dusty, the lampshades fell off the first time we turned on the lamps and the carpet was disgusting. At that moment we decided to spend as little time in our room as possible. After putting our stuff in our "suite" we escaped for some shopping. We went to several different antique type stores. Some that were really cute and others that were just dusty and old smelling. And then we found the Good Buy store. I think it was a screen printing store, but they had several other things. Some just plain weird, but the clerk was a very sweet old lady who gave us our dinner tip for the night, El Ranchito for some yummy Mexican food and the best margaritas in town. I think they were the only margaritas in town, but oh well. They were still good. After dinner we headed back to the B&B for the nightly marshmallow roast. We met several of the other guests and stuffed ourselves with marshmallows and the wine we bought earlier that afternoon. Now, I know what you are thinking....margaritas, wine, & marshmallows?? YES, but it gets worse. After awhile we started to get bored so we put grandma to bed and headed to the local Eagles lodge. We had a couple beers and my mom & aunt played pool. It wasn't long before one of us started feeling bad, and it wasn't me for once. Unfortunately it was my mom. I think we overdid it. And that was pretty much the end of the night for us.
SATURDAY
The next day, my mom still wasn't feeling good so we let her sleep in and went over to the main part of the B&B for the wonderful breakfast. Long story short, breakfast sucked! After that is was time for more shopping. We headed back to one of the antique stores and I picked up a Christmas gift for my mom. It turned out to be a good thing that she wasn't there. :) Then we went back to check on her and she still wasn't ready to get out yet, so we headed to the Arts & Crafts fair. It was huge and there were a ton of people there. It probably took us 2 hours to get through it. I bought a Christmas ornament and some homemade jelly & mustard and my aunt bought us all cute keepsake things for the weekend. After the craft fair we headed down to the Pamida. My mom compares Pamida to TG&Y, if you remember those. Anyway, one of the guests at the B&B told us not to buy anymore wine at the wineries, because you could get it at the Pamida much cheaper. So we went and stocked up! By the time we made it back to our room, my mom was feeling better so we all headed to the Stone Hill Winery. It was a very long walk...we stopped several times for my grandma to rest (this was about the time we started cursing the lack of car rental services). We finally made it and were so hungry that we went straight to the restaurant, where they told us it would be an hour and a half to get a table. So we put our names in and headed to the gift shop for some snacks. My aunt & I also decided to take the winery tour and since my mom still wasn't feeling great offered to sit with Grandma. Of course, no sooner than we bought our tickets for the tour, they could seat us. It had only been half an hour. We were too hungry at that point, so we skipped the tour and had dinner. After that we headed back to the B&B and settled down to watch a little TV. The next thing I knew, they were all putting on their pajamas and by 7:30 all three of them were asleep. I tried staying up to watch TV, but my mom kept waking up and telling me to turn it down. When it finally got to the point that I couldn't hear it anymore I gave up and went to sleep too. It was 8:45.
SUNDAY
So then it should be no surprise to anyone that they were all up at 5:00 Sunday morning. I woke up about a quarter to 6 because they were all getting ready. So I took my turn in the shower and then we waited for 8:00 to get there so we could have breakfast. We were the first ones there. Breakfast on Sunday was much better. I think someone else did the cooking and we filled up on quiche, sausage, waflles, & cinnamon twists. Oh, and lots of strong coffee for me. After breakfast we checked out of our room & took my mom to the craft fair to show her what she missed she bought a couple of things and since we were there so early it only took us about an hour to get through. At that point we still had about 5 hours to kill before we had to board the train so we walked and shopped a litle more. We visited a candy store and picked up some yummy treats and then went to a coffee shop. It was about lunchtime again, so we went searching for something to eat and decided to head back up to the Hermannhoff Winery because they had some Oktoberfest activities that afternoon. Really, it was just a guy with an electric accordion playing some not very polka music. We had a nice lunch there. I had yummy potato pancakes. And then we left and walked some more! Finally we decided we were tired of walking and went back to the B&B, picked up our luggage and headed to the train depot. We sat & waited for about an hour. We finally boarded the train and were happy to find out that we wouldn't be riding a bus at all on the way back. We made it back to KC about 9:15 and I got home about 10:30.
I was still tired yesterday and I didn't do much of anything after work except a little bit of laundry and watched TV with Doug until he went to work. Then I went to bed too. I didn't even watch the Bachelor yet and I'm sorry that I missed your call. I really do need to talk to you. I just need to do it when Doug's not here and with him not going in until 9:15, it's makes it kind of late now. :(
So that was my trip. It was a nice weekend, but it's even nicer to be home! I'll post some pictures soon.
FRIDAY
My mom & dad picked me up at 5:30 Friday morning, then we picked up my grandma and last, but not least, my aunt. We caught the Amtrak at Union Station and from there traveled to Jefferson City. In Jefferson City, we had to switch to a bus because they were working on the tracks. We arrived in Hermann, MO about 12:30 that afternoon. We made the long trek up a hill to our B& B only to discover that check-in isn't until 3:00 and the office is closed. We made a couple of phone calls and finally the owner found a place to store our luggage until check-in. Then we started walking. We headed to Simon's on the Waterfront for lunch. Yum! I had a pulled pork sandwich and french fries and I wasn't disappointed, of course I was also very hungry. We only had snacks on the train and even though my aunt brought stuff, after trying the "only 1 point" muffins, I decided to stay far far away from her snacks. Next we visited the Hermannhoff Winery. That was really neat. We tried a few different wines and bought a couple to take back to our room with us. It wasn't like a wine tasting you see on TV though. This was them pouring you a little plastic shot cup of wine and you drinking it. There was no smelling or swirling. Oh well. So after that and a quick walk through some shops we headed back to the B&B. It was still only 2:15, so we decided it was time to just rest. At 3:00 on the dot my aunt was checking us in. We had reserved a suite for the weekend, but the box-like room we were in could hardly be called a suite! There were two beds, a desk, a TV, a mini-fridge, & a bathroom. Everything was dusty, the lampshades fell off the first time we turned on the lamps and the carpet was disgusting. At that moment we decided to spend as little time in our room as possible. After putting our stuff in our "suite" we escaped for some shopping. We went to several different antique type stores. Some that were really cute and others that were just dusty and old smelling. And then we found the Good Buy store. I think it was a screen printing store, but they had several other things. Some just plain weird, but the clerk was a very sweet old lady who gave us our dinner tip for the night, El Ranchito for some yummy Mexican food and the best margaritas in town. I think they were the only margaritas in town, but oh well. They were still good. After dinner we headed back to the B&B for the nightly marshmallow roast. We met several of the other guests and stuffed ourselves with marshmallows and the wine we bought earlier that afternoon. Now, I know what you are thinking....margaritas, wine, & marshmallows?? YES, but it gets worse. After awhile we started to get bored so we put grandma to bed and headed to the local Eagles lodge. We had a couple beers and my mom & aunt played pool. It wasn't long before one of us started feeling bad, and it wasn't me for once. Unfortunately it was my mom. I think we overdid it. And that was pretty much the end of the night for us.
SATURDAY
The next day, my mom still wasn't feeling good so we let her sleep in and went over to the main part of the B&B for the wonderful breakfast. Long story short, breakfast sucked! After that is was time for more shopping. We headed back to one of the antique stores and I picked up a Christmas gift for my mom. It turned out to be a good thing that she wasn't there. :) Then we went back to check on her and she still wasn't ready to get out yet, so we headed to the Arts & Crafts fair. It was huge and there were a ton of people there. It probably took us 2 hours to get through it. I bought a Christmas ornament and some homemade jelly & mustard and my aunt bought us all cute keepsake things for the weekend. After the craft fair we headed down to the Pamida. My mom compares Pamida to TG&Y, if you remember those. Anyway, one of the guests at the B&B told us not to buy anymore wine at the wineries, because you could get it at the Pamida much cheaper. So we went and stocked up! By the time we made it back to our room, my mom was feeling better so we all headed to the Stone Hill Winery. It was a very long walk...we stopped several times for my grandma to rest (this was about the time we started cursing the lack of car rental services). We finally made it and were so hungry that we went straight to the restaurant, where they told us it would be an hour and a half to get a table. So we put our names in and headed to the gift shop for some snacks. My aunt & I also decided to take the winery tour and since my mom still wasn't feeling great offered to sit with Grandma. Of course, no sooner than we bought our tickets for the tour, they could seat us. It had only been half an hour. We were too hungry at that point, so we skipped the tour and had dinner. After that we headed back to the B&B and settled down to watch a little TV. The next thing I knew, they were all putting on their pajamas and by 7:30 all three of them were asleep. I tried staying up to watch TV, but my mom kept waking up and telling me to turn it down. When it finally got to the point that I couldn't hear it anymore I gave up and went to sleep too. It was 8:45.
SUNDAY
So then it should be no surprise to anyone that they were all up at 5:00 Sunday morning. I woke up about a quarter to 6 because they were all getting ready. So I took my turn in the shower and then we waited for 8:00 to get there so we could have breakfast. We were the first ones there. Breakfast on Sunday was much better. I think someone else did the cooking and we filled up on quiche, sausage, waflles, & cinnamon twists. Oh, and lots of strong coffee for me. After breakfast we checked out of our room & took my mom to the craft fair to show her what she missed she bought a couple of things and since we were there so early it only took us about an hour to get through. At that point we still had about 5 hours to kill before we had to board the train so we walked and shopped a litle more. We visited a candy store and picked up some yummy treats and then went to a coffee shop. It was about lunchtime again, so we went searching for something to eat and decided to head back up to the Hermannhoff Winery because they had some Oktoberfest activities that afternoon. Really, it was just a guy with an electric accordion playing some not very polka music. We had a nice lunch there. I had yummy potato pancakes. And then we left and walked some more! Finally we decided we were tired of walking and went back to the B&B, picked up our luggage and headed to the train depot. We sat & waited for about an hour. We finally boarded the train and were happy to find out that we wouldn't be riding a bus at all on the way back. We made it back to KC about 9:15 and I got home about 10:30.
I was still tired yesterday and I didn't do much of anything after work except a little bit of laundry and watched TV with Doug until he went to work. Then I went to bed too. I didn't even watch the Bachelor yet and I'm sorry that I missed your call. I really do need to talk to you. I just need to do it when Doug's not here and with him not going in until 9:15, it's makes it kind of late now. :(
So that was my trip. It was a nice weekend, but it's even nicer to be home! I'll post some pictures soon.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Funny...
I had a silly little conversation with Doug this morning when he was half-asleep. It went something like this:
D: "Where's my wife?" (groggily)
M: "You don't have a wife." (giggles)
D: "Okay, you'll do." (rolls over & goes back to sleep.)
D: "Where's my wife?" (groggily)
M: "You don't have a wife." (giggles)
D: "Okay, you'll do." (rolls over & goes back to sleep.)
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
I heard it through the grapevine...
...okay, so really I heard it on myspace (Click it, there are pictures. I think you have to read the comments if you want any details, but you get the gist.) that a certain ex-boyfriend of mine and a certain former friend just had a baby a couple weeks ago. How did I seriously not know about this?? I knew they were pregnant once and miscarried, but within a few months they must have gotten pregnant again. No one said a word to me. Crazy. Anyhow, I thought I would be upset about it, but I think I'm more upset that I didn't know not about the who and how and why. Actually, after giving it some thought, I figure I'm to thank for this new baby's existence (why yes, I am conceited!). No seriously, we both know that if I had never gone out with him she wouldn't have given him a second thought. Right?
Anyway, sorry I missed you last night. I was working at the book sale from 5-9 and I forgot all about it being Bachelor night when I scheduled myself to work that time a month ago. I did record it and watched it when I got home. I really think Erica needs to go, don't you? She's starting to get on my nerves. And as much as I liked Lisa to begin with, I think she's getting a little too big for her britches. I still can't stand Desiree (baybee!). I know I had alot more to say on it, but that's the problem with not talking about it right when it is going on, I forget. :(
I haven't watched What About Brian yet, but it's waiting for me on the DVR. Hopefully I can watch it before I leave on Friday for our train trip. I'm so excited! I think Doug is even more excited though. He's already got his whole weekend planned. Lots of hanging out with Aaron and stupid horror movies that I won't watch with him and all that kind of fun stuff.
Oooohhh...do you know what I am craving? That macaroni & cheese I had at Noodles & Co. I looked it up and the closest one to me is in Overland Park. Hmm...guess what else is there? Sephora, and do you know what is at Sephora?? The BENEFIT counter! :) I think I need to go there very soon. I wish you were here and could go with me. It won't be the same without you. :(
Well, I guess I should go for now. I've got to get my clothes out of the dryer and then head to bed. It's finally cold at night and I'm loving sleeping in my flannel pj's and using extra blankets! I know I sleep so much better. And hopefully it'll freeze in the next night or so and kill the allergens. Then I'll be all set, but before I go I'll leave you with a picture, or not because it doesn't seem to be showing any. I guess I'll try tomorrow.
Anyway, sorry I missed you last night. I was working at the book sale from 5-9 and I forgot all about it being Bachelor night when I scheduled myself to work that time a month ago. I did record it and watched it when I got home. I really think Erica needs to go, don't you? She's starting to get on my nerves. And as much as I liked Lisa to begin with, I think she's getting a little too big for her britches. I still can't stand Desiree (baybee!). I know I had alot more to say on it, but that's the problem with not talking about it right when it is going on, I forget. :(
I haven't watched What About Brian yet, but it's waiting for me on the DVR. Hopefully I can watch it before I leave on Friday for our train trip. I'm so excited! I think Doug is even more excited though. He's already got his whole weekend planned. Lots of hanging out with Aaron and stupid horror movies that I won't watch with him and all that kind of fun stuff.
Oooohhh...do you know what I am craving? That macaroni & cheese I had at Noodles & Co. I looked it up and the closest one to me is in Overland Park. Hmm...guess what else is there? Sephora, and do you know what is at Sephora?? The BENEFIT counter! :) I think I need to go there very soon. I wish you were here and could go with me. It won't be the same without you. :(
Well, I guess I should go for now. I've got to get my clothes out of the dryer and then head to bed. It's finally cold at night and I'm loving sleeping in my flannel pj's and using extra blankets! I know I sleep so much better. And hopefully it'll freeze in the next night or so and kill the allergens. Then I'll be all set, but before I go I'll leave you with a picture, or not because it doesn't seem to be showing any. I guess I'll try tomorrow.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Sunday, October 01, 2006
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