acetone and spider plants

Remember how I accidentally used acetone on my safety glasses...

Last week when I got back from Michigan just about everything on and around my desk had a little sticky note on it. The purple ones said "no acetone here" and the yellow ones said "acetone ok." Yeah.... it was pretty funny. And apparently my coworkers were so proud of themselves they showed anybody who happened to be walking down the hall.

funny stuff.

and I got a spider plant at work. yay!

there is gold in the eye of the morning...

That's the first line of a really really really stupid song about Michigan we sang in high school chorus. and Matt definitely made me listen to it on the way to Michigan last weekend.

The Wyss vacation is this week. Matt and I went up Friday, and then I stayed until late Tuesday night. When we got there, there wasn't a bed for me and I got a lecture about my car and I was seriously ready to turn around and drive home... but then Abby and I took over a bed in the 'boys' cabin' which worked out really well so it was all good. Abby and Matt came home Sunday night so I had a whole room to myself which was amazing. And the weather was great and I got slightly sunburned and I got to eat junk food pretty much constantly, and hang out with my cousins and Neal and Kim and their boys. woot!

So since everybody was gone Matt and I had people over for church and um... lunch call (did I really just call it that? yikes!) last night. I had fun. It was good to see them all, and good to have people my age at church. (seriously, when I was in Sunday school the number of people born '83-'86 was approximately 16.... only about 5 still go to Washington semi-regularly.)

I didn't get enough sleep all weekend.... and I'm still tired.
Blessings.

A girl's best friend

not a dog.

definitely not a diamond.

Sevin. It's amazing.

my coworkers laughed a lot when they saw what I did to my safety glasses... note to self, don't try and wash plastic with acetone ever again.

monday

So I finally feel halfway normal again... I'm not coughing much and I'm breathing without the help of Tylenol Sinus (seriously that stuff is amazing!). I hate summer colds. But... since I managed to not get whatever went around this winter I won't complain...much :)

The wedding/ reception was good. There were tons of U of I people in Tremont- which is ironic because lil sow is known for not showing at events... haha. And Neal and Kim were there. We left right after the ceremony to go to Cody's reception. I'm still not sure if it was worth it to drive all the way to Fairbury for a piece of cake... o well. I am really excited for Cody, it was good to see him and spend some time with Gab and Kristi. :)

When I got home from Fairbury I could have gone late to the Sunday School picnic or hang out with U of I people at Koch's... so I went back to Tremont. It was fun. We played volleyball. Or I should say they played volleyball. I was pretty drugged up so the amount of effort that I put forth was probably less than normal (so not much). But definitely good times.

Blessings.

new wheels

So I got a new(er) car! Yay! It's a 2002 Grand Prix. It's dark blue. It's so pretty....haha. I like it a lot. So much nicer than the tauri. :D And I don't have to keep my license plate with my siblings initials on it! woot!

I don't have any good pictures.

I am glad to be done car shopping... not my favorite thing... and I'm glad that Dad came with me... I still don't understand why I can't tell the salesman it's cute... or why they can't just put price on it and not do all the back and forth making offers stuff...

Yeah, so I'll probably get all sentimental about my old car- we've been together since high school. Ha! Or not. My cousin might get it so it won't be too far away if I get too lonesome. :)

I'm sick. And I have to go to two weddings/receptions this weekend.
Blessings.

Stars and Stripes

hooray for holidays! and for working for the government and getting them off. :)

Thursday I got to see some old roomies at Meg's personal shower. Good times. That wedding is coming up fast! I am pretty excited.

Matt and I went to Champaign on the 4th to hang out with U of I people. We played in the park and Amber grilled burgers and we went to Darrin and Sue's and watched fireworks at Parkland and got home really late. So fun... I got a lot of bug bites... but seeing the girls made it worth it. (The guys too.... I guess) :D

Saturday I finished priming the old chicken house... finally...it's a slow process.... I wish I would have taken before pictures. O well. Dad and I went to look at a car since I was too afraid to go by myself. (I haven't got the foggiest when it comes to cars) It was hot and the salesman talked a lot about stuff I could care less about but is apparently important. I am tired of looking at cars and thinking about cars. It makes my head spin.

So while Dad and I were in Peoria we saw posters up for the free Peoria Municipal Band concerts that they have on Sunday evenings in Glen Oak Park. Shelly and Jakey thought it sounded boring. *cough* uncultured unpolished people... but I digress. Anyway, so Mom and Dad and I had a picnic in the park and watched the wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds. And then we listened to the band. I found the demographic switch to be pretty amusing. I was one of very few people under 60. But it was good. It was a perfect night to be outside, and they played patriotic music and it was just really fun. I liked it a lot.

and since I've been told all I blog about is dead rodents.... might as well keep up the trend... there were some dead squirrels and a rabbit on our front steps all dressed up in doll clothes late one night... eeesh osh.

What not to do before a 6.5 hour car trip

1. Don't drink one last glass of root beer.
2. Don't drink water.
3. Don't drink two glasses of water.
4. Don't expect me to stop before we've been driving two hours.
5. Don't expect me to feel even slightly sympathetic.
6. Don't expect me to care about how mean you think I am...
Note to self: never travel with my younger cousins again.

so I tried to blog about Kansas earlier this week and my dumb computer erased it.

It was a good time... Scott got a keg of root beer for his 21st birthday. It was really really really good. So I got to drink a lot of root beer. We ate at Jackstack (amazing as usual), and went swimming and played sand volleyball. Brent's and Galen's girls are soooo cute. :)

Matt and I were 'discussing' which of our friends drove Grand Am's and which drove Grand Prix's... slight disagreement... and then I mentioned that he couldn't even call (insert name of mutual friend here) and ask him because he wouldn't know. And then we both started laughing and our passengers were mad because we wouldn't explain. Tell her she's wrong. panz.

We did finally make it home after being stuck in a car with texting teenagers for waay to long. And I haven't really done much all week. Except go to work. And slowly priming the chicken house.

Matt found a bunch of baby moles yesterday. They were so cute! And sooo soft. And their funny noses and feet. Unfortunately they were 'taken care of'... it would have been fun to raise one as a pet or something.

Blessings.