so there's not really anything going on in my life... (HA!) or maybe there is too much... anyway.
Kate got married last weekend. It was a real nice wedding. (wow, that sounds like my grandma) They all looked cute in their 'Katelyn dresses'. My arms are still kind of sore from lugging around a tray of glass coffee cups at the reception... but it's worth it for the piece of cake, right?
My eyes are all better and I even have my new contacts in today, which I'm not used to yet and I'll probably get a headache from. O well.
Piano is going fairly well. I should practice more. :)
YG committee is ok... Apple River is this weekend! Woot woot! I'm excited. Then we have a very, very busy October. It'll be good for us though... I guess.
I need to start conditioning my Christmas cactus... I just don't have a good spot to put it.
Blessings.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
avast ye lubbers!
so today was talk like a pirate day and I totally forgot about it until one scurvy knave reminded me. Which probably isn't all bad, because I don't think my boss would have appreciated it very much. *grin* and I'm not very good at it.
I like this weather a lot. It's perfect for eating lunch outside. And yesterday Kaleigh stopped on her way home from work and we went on a walk at the lake. We watched the sunset and the stars come out. And I got lots of mosquito bites, ergo a great evening.
Today I went to the eye doctor... for the first time in, oh, 3ish years. Yeah, I know, he definitely gave me a lecture. Oh well. My eyes haven't changed at all really. I'm still pretty blind. :)
I have an interesting and colorful eye doctor history. Maybe colorful isn't the right word, definitely interesting. The one I went to when I was little (who gave me my first glasses in 3rd grade) scared me. A lot. I don't know why, I just thought he was weird. And his office was scary too. But then he had a massive heart attack and died on a fishing trip in Canada and so I didn't have to go to him anymore.
Then we went to Dr. F, who is somewhat of an odd duck. As my current doc described him, "he's the big fish in a little pond." His appointments took entire afternoons and he asked crazy questions like if I thought his clothes matched. Sooo.... right before I moved to champaign I needed new contacts quick... and I.... gasp... went to some guy in walmart. He was nice, but he doesn't even work there anymore and it was weird that his office was in walmart. It just felt cheap or something. Last week I used my last pair of contacts so it was definitely time to find a new doctor. He's pretty nice. My dad goes there (mom always seems to pick the weird ones). But... he's not really on my insurance plan so I may never go to him again. So anyway.
Blessings.
I like this weather a lot. It's perfect for eating lunch outside. And yesterday Kaleigh stopped on her way home from work and we went on a walk at the lake. We watched the sunset and the stars come out. And I got lots of mosquito bites, ergo a great evening.
Today I went to the eye doctor... for the first time in, oh, 3ish years. Yeah, I know, he definitely gave me a lecture. Oh well. My eyes haven't changed at all really. I'm still pretty blind. :)
I have an interesting and colorful eye doctor history. Maybe colorful isn't the right word, definitely interesting. The one I went to when I was little (who gave me my first glasses in 3rd grade) scared me. A lot. I don't know why, I just thought he was weird. And his office was scary too. But then he had a massive heart attack and died on a fishing trip in Canada and so I didn't have to go to him anymore.
Then we went to Dr. F, who is somewhat of an odd duck. As my current doc described him, "he's the big fish in a little pond." His appointments took entire afternoons and he asked crazy questions like if I thought his clothes matched. Sooo.... right before I moved to champaign I needed new contacts quick... and I.... gasp... went to some guy in walmart. He was nice, but he doesn't even work there anymore and it was weird that his office was in walmart. It just felt cheap or something. Last week I used my last pair of contacts so it was definitely time to find a new doctor. He's pretty nice. My dad goes there (mom always seems to pick the weird ones). But... he's not really on my insurance plan so I may never go to him again. So anyway.
Blessings.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
i'm so proud
I actually made dentist and eye doctor appointments all by myself. Over the phone. I know.
... we won't mention how long it's been since I've been to either of those places...
... we won't mention how long it's been since I've been to either of those places...
Monday, September 15, 2008
wet
I'm tired of rain... although, it was nice to wash my houseplants in.
I spent Saturday afternoon in Champaign for no particular reason other than I haven't been there in a long time. It was really good. I stayed at Hessel house so I got to chill with Amber... we didn't do anything super exciting. Other than catching a mouse. And bailing approximately 798 gallons of water out of their basement. By hand. (ok, maybe not by hand)
Saturday evening we bought some mousetraps because they keep seeing mice in their basement and went out to eat with Natalie and Heather. Nat wanted to buy dog treats so we spent some time at Petsmart.... it was fun to look at all the animals they sell. Over all though, mega pet stores disturb me- people spend so much money on their animals and there are people sleeping on the streets in C-U. And starving. But yeah.
Champaign church was good. Good to see people again, it's been a long time! They had a shortened service in the afternoon because of all the rain and when we got back to hessel house there was four inches of water in the basement. It was coming through the walls and definitely sounded like a waterfall (or at least like someone was taking a shower). So I borrowed some rubber boots and we went wading. We found the mouse peacefully floating in a trap. The floor drain wasn't keeping up and two girls and buckets were not making a dent... so we made a trip to home depot for a sump pump. It was powerful. So powerful that the first time we didn't get the hose in tight enough and it came out and I might have gotten slightly wet. But it took care of all the water pretty quick... we only spent about 2 hours down there. :) And moved approximately 798 gallons of water. (figuring 16'x20'x4'' on average and approximately 0.00432900433 gallons to a cubic inch) Go us.
Then I came home. And our basement was dry. Hooray for good drainage and great-grandparents that did quality construction.
Anyway, now it needs to dry out so I can do important things like plant the bulbs I just got.
Blessings.
I spent Saturday afternoon in Champaign for no particular reason other than I haven't been there in a long time. It was really good. I stayed at Hessel house so I got to chill with Amber... we didn't do anything super exciting. Other than catching a mouse. And bailing approximately 798 gallons of water out of their basement. By hand. (ok, maybe not by hand)
Saturday evening we bought some mousetraps because they keep seeing mice in their basement and went out to eat with Natalie and Heather. Nat wanted to buy dog treats so we spent some time at Petsmart.... it was fun to look at all the animals they sell. Over all though, mega pet stores disturb me- people spend so much money on their animals and there are people sleeping on the streets in C-U. And starving. But yeah.
Champaign church was good. Good to see people again, it's been a long time! They had a shortened service in the afternoon because of all the rain and when we got back to hessel house there was four inches of water in the basement. It was coming through the walls and definitely sounded like a waterfall (or at least like someone was taking a shower). So I borrowed some rubber boots and we went wading. We found the mouse peacefully floating in a trap. The floor drain wasn't keeping up and two girls and buckets were not making a dent... so we made a trip to home depot for a sump pump. It was powerful. So powerful that the first time we didn't get the hose in tight enough and it came out and I might have gotten slightly wet. But it took care of all the water pretty quick... we only spent about 2 hours down there. :) And moved approximately 798 gallons of water. (figuring 16'x20'x4'' on average and approximately 0.00432900433 gallons to a cubic inch) Go us.
Then I came home. And our basement was dry. Hooray for good drainage and great-grandparents that did quality construction.
Anyway, now it needs to dry out so I can do important things like plant the bulbs I just got.
Blessings.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
piano
I started taking piano lessons again yesterday. It was fun/ awkward... it's so nerve wracking to play in front of somebody who is really good at it. But she's really nice, so hopefully the nerves will pass and I will be more comfortable.
My car has a U of I sticker in the window. Hopefully Bradley students won't take offense... haha.
Blessings.
My car has a U of I sticker in the window. Hopefully Bradley students won't take offense... haha.
Blessings.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
plants and pie and pork
So Friday I was talking to a coworker about how he's in an orchid society... and he mentioned that ICC Landscape and Garden day was on Saturday.... so I went. It was cool! When I went to ICC I didn't even know they had a selection garden and an arboretum; I didn't really ever explore much outside the main building. :) I bought myself a Christmas cactus. We'll see if I can keep it alive. One of my other plants died suddenly this week- it dropped all of it's leaves and shriveled up. And I know I remembered to water it. *sigh*
My poor dad has problems with customer service... maybe he needs to learn to bat his eyelashes... haha... not really, but I think wood front kitchens (they did our cabinets a long time ago) is pretty great. A couple of weeks ago someone might have accidentally pulled one of the drawers in the kitchen out too far and it might have fallen and the porcelain drawer pull broke. And I looked at a couple of hardware stores to find one that matched... no luck. So I stopped after the plant sale and they gave me four replacements for free!
We have apples so I made apple pie. It's really good.
Matt and I and Amy (I dragged her along) went to the TYG hog roast Saturday evening. I'm glad I went there instead of Lau's wedding reception... it was probably more gooder. It was a beautiful night to be outside, and see Nic and Bob and Mary and baby Max. :) And I rarely get to do anything with Amy anymore. So yeah. Good times.
Blessings.
My poor dad has problems with customer service... maybe he needs to learn to bat his eyelashes... haha... not really, but I think wood front kitchens (they did our cabinets a long time ago) is pretty great. A couple of weeks ago someone might have accidentally pulled one of the drawers in the kitchen out too far and it might have fallen and the porcelain drawer pull broke. And I looked at a couple of hardware stores to find one that matched... no luck. So I stopped after the plant sale and they gave me four replacements for free!
We have apples so I made apple pie. It's really good.
Matt and I and Amy (I dragged her along) went to the TYG hog roast Saturday evening. I'm glad I went there instead of Lau's wedding reception... it was probably more gooder. It was a beautiful night to be outside, and see Nic and Bob and Mary and baby Max. :) And I rarely get to do anything with Amy anymore. So yeah. Good times.
Blessings.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Labor day weekend
So it was another busy weekend...
Friday night we had a singing shower for three of the four w-ton weddings. It went pretty well. We had plenty of food and Marcia and Michelle were in the kitchen with Jody and I so that all worked out great. I wanted to sing Pull for the Shore, I knew that Matt would glare at me, so I didn't call it.
Matt and Shelly and I left Saturday morning for Latty/Junction... typical invite. It was enjoyable though. I might have gotten a text in the 'greeting line' and tried to reply during the prayer, but they have terrible cell reception out there so it was all in vain. Amusing though.
The sista stroll down the road after supper was funny.... I felt sorry for the people trying to drive on it.
We sang Pull for the Shore- I was excited. Shelly wanted me to wink at Nic during the singing but some girls hair was in the way. Probably a good thing. :)
After church on Sunday we headed to Leo to my aunt and uncle's house and got there just in time to head out on the river in their new boat. We got to ski... I got up every time... I was pretty excited. We went out again after supper, but it got dark really fast. Monday morning Abby and Shelly and I got up early and went out. It was a little bit chilly! I tried wake boarding just to say I did and I got up for about two seconds and then I face planted and swallowed half the lake and decided that it was Shelly's turn to try. (Abby said it was longer than two seconds... I dunno though, it was pretty short)
We chilled by the pool for a while before we left. We stopped at the store because Matt had never been there. And then we came home. And I'm very sore today. And slightly sunburnt. woot. :)
Friday night we had a singing shower for three of the four w-ton weddings. It went pretty well. We had plenty of food and Marcia and Michelle were in the kitchen with Jody and I so that all worked out great. I wanted to sing Pull for the Shore, I knew that Matt would glare at me, so I didn't call it.
Matt and Shelly and I left Saturday morning for Latty/Junction... typical invite. It was enjoyable though. I might have gotten a text in the 'greeting line' and tried to reply during the prayer, but they have terrible cell reception out there so it was all in vain. Amusing though.
The sista stroll down the road after supper was funny.... I felt sorry for the people trying to drive on it.
We sang Pull for the Shore- I was excited. Shelly wanted me to wink at Nic during the singing but some girls hair was in the way. Probably a good thing. :)
After church on Sunday we headed to Leo to my aunt and uncle's house and got there just in time to head out on the river in their new boat. We got to ski... I got up every time... I was pretty excited. We went out again after supper, but it got dark really fast. Monday morning Abby and Shelly and I got up early and went out. It was a little bit chilly! I tried wake boarding just to say I did and I got up for about two seconds and then I face planted and swallowed half the lake and decided that it was Shelly's turn to try. (Abby said it was longer than two seconds... I dunno though, it was pretty short)
We chilled by the pool for a while before we left. We stopped at the store because Matt had never been there. And then we came home. And I'm very sore today. And slightly sunburnt. woot. :)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
I should know by now
not to read Agatha Christie murder mysteries right before I go to bed.
but they're just so hard to put down.
but they're just so hard to put down.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
weeds
Dad made us walk beans last night after supper. I haven't done that in ages. (I didn't really miss it either...) But it was a nice night, and the beans were dry, and there weren't any aphids so it wasn't too bad.
I got a blister, and then the rough handle of my hoe ripped it open. ow. It's a little tender today. I still hate horse weeds and butter prints. (giant ragweed and velvetleaf for the horticulturally inclined)
So today at work they had a seminar and I got to listen to a lady talk about how she worked in Antarctica for six summers. It sounded amazing. But it made me really cold... I think I'll eat lunch outside today...
I got a blister, and then the rough handle of my hoe ripped it open. ow. It's a little tender today. I still hate horse weeds and butter prints. (giant ragweed and velvetleaf for the horticulturally inclined)
So today at work they had a seminar and I got to listen to a lady talk about how she worked in Antarctica for six summers. It sounded amazing. But it made me really cold... I think I'll eat lunch outside today...
Friday, August 15, 2008
champaign
Last night I went on a random trip to Champaign with Gab and Bob. It's been a while since I've been there... and a while since I've seen Champaign people... ok, so it's been like a week and a half but it feels like a lot longer.
We stopped at the Shaker and chilled with Mike and Mark for a while... ate out at Dos Reales (so good)... played some volleyball... discovered that I will never make it to the Olympics (sad news!)... and pretty much had a good time.
O and Karen was there and I haven't seen her in ages! So that was super cool. I had to work in the morning... so my chauffeurs were kind enough to leave at the early hour of 11:30ish. But I managed to get a little sleep in the car so I really wasn't too dead tired this morning.
I have nothing planned this weekend and I'm so excited.
Blessings.
We stopped at the Shaker and chilled with Mike and Mark for a while... ate out at Dos Reales (so good)... played some volleyball... discovered that I will never make it to the Olympics (sad news!)... and pretty much had a good time.
O and Karen was there and I haven't seen her in ages! So that was super cool. I had to work in the morning... so my chauffeurs were kind enough to leave at the early hour of 11:30ish. But I managed to get a little sleep in the car so I really wasn't too dead tired this morning.
I have nothing planned this weekend and I'm so excited.
Blessings.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
nothing much
So last week was really uneventful. My boss was gone so I had a pretty slow week at work.
My grandma's 80th birthday is this week, and the entire family was in town for the weekend. There are 50 of us now... kind of a lot of people. We had a big party Saturday night. And cousins overnight. We attempted to sing the Hallelujah Chorus... and And the Glory. Shelly and Abby and I spent some time educating Ned about hair and makeup and other girl stuff. We played some rook... good times.
Otherwise... nothing exciting going on. Blessings.
My grandma's 80th birthday is this week, and the entire family was in town for the weekend. There are 50 of us now... kind of a lot of people. We had a big party Saturday night. And cousins overnight. We attempted to sing the Hallelujah Chorus... and And the Glory. Shelly and Abby and I spent some time educating Ned about hair and makeup and other girl stuff. We played some rook... good times.
Otherwise... nothing exciting going on. Blessings.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Up North
So... such a good weekend. It felt like I was gone a week... but it was only three days.
Amber and Sarah and I met in El Paso at 5 am Friday morning and headed north. We stopped in Rockford to pick up Natalie and then we didn't stop till we hit Minnesota. Ok, not really. We might have stopped at IHOP and got to listen to some crazy girl talk about picking up strange guys in Florida. I guess nobody ever taught her how to use her 'inside voice.' Haha. We hit Duluth around twoish and took the scenic route along lake Superior. So beautiful.
We stopped at Gooseberry Falls State park to hike around and wade in the river. It was such a nice day out.
Our hotel was farther north, in Silver Bay. I had printed out a bunch of maps for the trip and we were looking at the wrong one so we got to see a little bit more of the town than was expected. :D Driving past the cute statue of Rocky Taconite was worth it though. And hearing Sarah use Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconios-is in every day conversation was pretty great too. When we did finally find our hotel, our room wasn't cleaned yet. So we got free pizza! And bread sticks and cinnamon sticks and Pepsi. It was pretty much amazing.
After supper we went down to the lake shore and climbed around on the rocks. The lake was so calm- I've never seen Superior without waves. It was gorgeous but cold! I stuck my feet in and they went numb... it was great.
By the shores of Gitchee Gumee...Saturday morning we headed to Split Rock Lighthouse and spent some time exploring. We walked down a bunch of stairs to the lake... I got my feet wet again... the water was still icy cold...which I love. We stopped in Two Harbors for lunch (at pizza hut- yay for pizza two days in a row!) and then headed south to Minneapolis.
We got to our hotel at the same time as Nic, B.J., and Mogus... and barely in enough time to change for the rehearsal dinner. I caught a ride with B.J.- good times. I met him in the lobby for our 'hot date' just as the entire Zehr/Waibel/Schambach clan arrived. And Nic was there smirking. I thought it was funny.
I got to sit by him and Blake which was good because otherwise it would have been slightly uncomfortable. But they kept me laughing so it was all good and better than I was expecting. I dislike those things excessively, but I ended up being really glad I got to be there.
After the singing at church, a bunch of people came to our hotel to play games and chill. I was in and out... went for a walk with Sprout and Kris... and then went on a pop run... and then took Gab back to Dill's (and got extremely lost! not cool! I have no idea how we found it finally)... and by the time I got back it was 1am so I went to bed.
Sunday was really great. The wedding was good. They all looked cute and Dale and Meg were so happy and all that good stuff. :D There was all kinds of fun food at the reception... and a cheese table... definitely Meg food. Bovee was there!! I haven't seen her since February, and she brought her guy along. The Ideal Man reappeared in the getaway car- so great!
709 GirlsWe left for home as soon as Gab was done working. It was a pretty uneventful trip. Well, other than when we were sitting at a subway listening to the music they were playing and Sarah mentioned that it made her want to bust a move. So Amber told her to "drop the sandwich." And she did. And did the sprinkler. It was awesome.
Seriously such good times. I love those girls a lot. And I like Lake Superior a lot.
Blessings.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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!
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!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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, July 14, 2008
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.
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.
Friday, July 11, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, July 07, 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
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.
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.
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