Demonic Sheepies
Starpeople!
A couple of weird people on the street...
Peter Pan!
Ka-reepy witch!!
Friday, January 5
Thursday, December 21
Last couple of weeks
As you can see, we had a fantastic time at the Pat show. Before the show and during the break, Andrea and I went to Drink to do some dancing. Some very drunk serviceman hit on me, which was flattering and yet not. You know what they say about beer goggles. That and he totally reminded me of one of Shaun's old roomates - Drew, if any of you knew him. Bleck. I'd pass, thanks. Then some very very drunk guy on the Lightrail hit on Andrea - and wouldn't let it go. It was pretty hilarious, truth be told. Even after she gave him my name. The cop riding the lightrail was all like, 'Hitting on girls again, Brian?' Haha, so I guess he does that a lot. Then he got off two stops too early and had to run to the stop (our stop) his friends got off on. Hilarious. I can't begin to imagine being as drunk as that guy and running. Yikes.
Last weekend was pretty uneventful, we didn't really have anything planned. We did decide to go to the Holidazzle Saturday night. We were just walking around down there and somehow a lady from work managed to recognize me - it was weird. How many hundreds of people down there and she managed to see me. We were somewhat disappointed by the length/quality of the Holidazzle, we were't quite sure if it was worth the hassle. Ah, well. It gave us something to do.
Tonight we met up with my parents and gave them the kitties for the weekend - we're going to Milwaukee for Shaun's family's Christmas. Yay for a 6 hour drive. It's going to be a pain in the rump getting across the cities on 494 tomorrow, esp. if we manage to gather 3-5 inches tonight. Shaun's dropping me off @ work tomorrow because the office is closing @ 3 tomorrow and we want to take of as soon as possible. So I hope that you all have a very enjoyable holiday, be safe, and talk to you soon!
Last weekend was pretty uneventful, we didn't really have anything planned. We did decide to go to the Holidazzle Saturday night. We were just walking around down there and somehow a lady from work managed to recognize me - it was weird. How many hundreds of people down there and she managed to see me. We were somewhat disappointed by the length/quality of the Holidazzle, we were't quite sure if it was worth the hassle. Ah, well. It gave us something to do.
Tonight we met up with my parents and gave them the kitties for the weekend - we're going to Milwaukee for Shaun's family's Christmas. Yay for a 6 hour drive. It's going to be a pain in the rump getting across the cities on 494 tomorrow, esp. if we manage to gather 3-5 inches tonight. Shaun's dropping me off @ work tomorrow because the office is closing @ 3 tomorrow and we want to take of as soon as possible. So I hope that you all have a very enjoyable holiday, be safe, and talk to you soon!
Wednesday, December 13
Photoblog time!
Emma and Calli
My mom @ her birthday party
Pat on 12/9
Shaun's parent's house - SNOW!!!
Detail of our Xmas Wreath - something the cats cannot pull over/down!
Yeah! It sure was great singing on stage with you, Pat!
The Man-on-man boob grab.
The couch @ my mom's b-day
Hello, what's that?!
Devil Dawg!
Bathtime!
Oh, boy. This feels good!
Playtime!
Haha! That was a good funny!Wednesday, December 6
What I've been up to
Hey, All - I've been trying to keep up on this more, let's see how long I can keep it up! :) I plan on being able to do it for a while.
At any rate, last Thursday I drove up to Lino Lakes and met my parents for supper and to give them the kit-kits. Poor things hate that kitty carrier, but they sure did like the polar fleece I put in it! Anyway, at one point an old grandpa started moving over into my lane to get onto the 35W ramp, didn't look in his blind spot and just about took me out. And just after I got onto 35W, I had this guy riding my rear end so closely I couldn't even see his headlights. I was behind a semi, and all I could think was, 'What if I had to slam on my brakes? I'd be sandwiched between a semi and a bad driver!' Not a cool thought. Dad was happy he got the cats, even though they tire him out because he has to keep them out of everything. They're naughty, what can I say?!! ;-)
Friday I left work @ noon so that we could head to Shaun's parent's house. We hadn't seen them since the end of August on vacation. It was really nice to see them again. I got recruited to help Leanne hang up some shelving (mostly I was just a catalyst for decision making). But it was a good time. Saturday evening we went to Milwaukee to see Shaun's aunts and uncles - Sarah, Steve, Polly and Craig. And also the cousins. And last but not least, I got to hang out with Callie too. It was a really nice weekend. :) And now it's back to the daily grind of work, work and more work. Take care!
At any rate, last Thursday I drove up to Lino Lakes and met my parents for supper and to give them the kit-kits. Poor things hate that kitty carrier, but they sure did like the polar fleece I put in it! Anyway, at one point an old grandpa started moving over into my lane to get onto the 35W ramp, didn't look in his blind spot and just about took me out. And just after I got onto 35W, I had this guy riding my rear end so closely I couldn't even see his headlights. I was behind a semi, and all I could think was, 'What if I had to slam on my brakes? I'd be sandwiched between a semi and a bad driver!' Not a cool thought. Dad was happy he got the cats, even though they tire him out because he has to keep them out of everything. They're naughty, what can I say?!! ;-)
Friday I left work @ noon so that we could head to Shaun's parent's house. We hadn't seen them since the end of August on vacation. It was really nice to see them again. I got recruited to help Leanne hang up some shelving (mostly I was just a catalyst for decision making). But it was a good time. Saturday evening we went to Milwaukee to see Shaun's aunts and uncles - Sarah, Steve, Polly and Craig. And also the cousins. And last but not least, I got to hang out with Callie too. It was a really nice weekend. :) And now it's back to the daily grind of work, work and more work. Take care!
Sunday, November 26
Honesty in Blogging
Hello, all -
Sorry that I have been MIA here for so long. I have been focusing on my personal life for a while, and haven't been able to spend the time that I normally spend on blogging. I have been debating about saying this for a while because I know a lot of you (friends, family) read my blog and I didn't want to unduly worry you.
We have been having a bit of a challenging time lately, Shaun and I. I realize that the first year of marriage is a tough year for most newlyweds, and we are not an exception. I believe that if we didn't have some problems it would probably be worrying, but at times I have been so frustrated with it all, all I could do was cry. But luckily, we have been doing much better lately and have been listening to each other's needs and wants and have been trying to accommodate those as best we can to make each other happy. I think that a majority of it is because we are young and like to have things our own way (we are both so stubborn) and didn't like compromising on anything. Happily, it seems to be something that we are getting better at, and seems only to be improving. And I guess I feel that that's what it's all about - thinking about another person's needs and making them my priorities, too.
On to happier things. Since I never discussed it, the Tombstone Trail rally race that we did with Andrea and Cory was so much fun!
So we had the time of our Octobers doing this. Tempers got a little short, but I think that that's because we all ended up getting so competitive. Shaun's car doors autolock once you start driving, so when we'd want to rush out to go check out the gravestones, we'd be yelling, 'Unlock the DOORS!!!' He finally got to the point where he would remember it all on his own, but it took a little yelling to get him figuring it out on his own. ;-) It was actually pretty cold, but I was so busy thinking (and running) that after the first time I got out of the car I didn't even realize that it was cold. We felt like we were doing so bad because we skipped a couple of graveyards and we were pretty sure that we had missed some questions. But we figured we didn't do so bad for our first year. Anyway, at the end of the night we met up at Godfather's Pizza in Redwing, MN. Turns out that we tied for first in our class but lost the tiebreaker so we got second. We placed 8th overall out of 53 cars. Not bad for our first year, not bad at all. We are bumped up a class for next year now because we did so well our first year. We are already making plans for next year's Tombstone Trailer. (We are determined to get that best costume award! Hehe)
Much of November was pretty uneventful, it was deer season for most of it so we were up in H-town for three weekends in a row. The final weekend we (Mom, Lucy and I) went up to Duluth to visit Jennifer and do a little shopping. We ate at Olive Garden (it was deelish, but a little arugula goes a long way, and this was smothered in arugula) and went to Michael's and Target, where I made my mom purchase cute wrapping paper and ribbons. I didn't actually make her, but I told her that if she wanted me to wrap her presents for her, I refused to wrap them ugly. So she willingly bought the cute stuff. It was a lot of fun, and it was really nice to see Jennifer again.
We headed up to H-town for Thanksgiving. The food was SO GOOD! Everything was going well until my Grandpa made a somewhat uncouth comment in front of my mom, Shaun and I after we were done eating. Ugh. It was something that I really did not want to hear about. But we had a good night once I could sit on the couch it was all better. Tyler, Dana and Gracie came and I was playing with Gracie. She had a little toy of the Wicked Witch from Snow White, and I had her saying, 'RAWR!' every time she looked at it. She also LOVES hearing 'Pattycake'- she scrinches up her face and tilts her head against her shoulder. SOOO cute!
Friday I helped my mom rearrange the living room. Brought the computer out there and we had fun playing Mah Jongg. This weekend we cleaned, but I didn't get as much X-mas decorating done as I wanted to. Oh, well. It'll happen! I decorated a wreath so that we can hang the ornaments that Shaun's Grandparents have gotten us and keep the cats from playing with them and breaking them. But now they keep jumping up the wall to get it. I hope it survives the night - I haven't put our precious ornaments on it yet in fears of that happening. Anyway, time to finish decorating (I hope!) Take care! :)
Sorry that I have been MIA here for so long. I have been focusing on my personal life for a while, and haven't been able to spend the time that I normally spend on blogging. I have been debating about saying this for a while because I know a lot of you (friends, family) read my blog and I didn't want to unduly worry you.
We have been having a bit of a challenging time lately, Shaun and I. I realize that the first year of marriage is a tough year for most newlyweds, and we are not an exception. I believe that if we didn't have some problems it would probably be worrying, but at times I have been so frustrated with it all, all I could do was cry. But luckily, we have been doing much better lately and have been listening to each other's needs and wants and have been trying to accommodate those as best we can to make each other happy. I think that a majority of it is because we are young and like to have things our own way (we are both so stubborn) and didn't like compromising on anything. Happily, it seems to be something that we are getting better at, and seems only to be improving. And I guess I feel that that's what it's all about - thinking about another person's needs and making them my priorities, too.
On to happier things. Since I never discussed it, the Tombstone Trail rally race that we did with Andrea and Cory was so much fun!
Shaun, Cory, Andrea and I in the car on our way to the graveyards!
So we had the time of our Octobers doing this. Tempers got a little short, but I think that that's because we all ended up getting so competitive. Shaun's car doors autolock once you start driving, so when we'd want to rush out to go check out the gravestones, we'd be yelling, 'Unlock the DOORS!!!' He finally got to the point where he would remember it all on his own, but it took a little yelling to get him figuring it out on his own. ;-) It was actually pretty cold, but I was so busy thinking (and running) that after the first time I got out of the car I didn't even realize that it was cold. We felt like we were doing so bad because we skipped a couple of graveyards and we were pretty sure that we had missed some questions. But we figured we didn't do so bad for our first year. Anyway, at the end of the night we met up at Godfather's Pizza in Redwing, MN. Turns out that we tied for first in our class but lost the tiebreaker so we got second. We placed 8th overall out of 53 cars. Not bad for our first year, not bad at all. We are bumped up a class for next year now because we did so well our first year. We are already making plans for next year's Tombstone Trailer. (We are determined to get that best costume award! Hehe)
Much of November was pretty uneventful, it was deer season for most of it so we were up in H-town for three weekends in a row. The final weekend we (Mom, Lucy and I) went up to Duluth to visit Jennifer and do a little shopping. We ate at Olive Garden (it was deelish, but a little arugula goes a long way, and this was smothered in arugula) and went to Michael's and Target, where I made my mom purchase cute wrapping paper and ribbons. I didn't actually make her, but I told her that if she wanted me to wrap her presents for her, I refused to wrap them ugly. So she willingly bought the cute stuff. It was a lot of fun, and it was really nice to see Jennifer again.
We headed up to H-town for Thanksgiving. The food was SO GOOD! Everything was going well until my Grandpa made a somewhat uncouth comment in front of my mom, Shaun and I after we were done eating. Ugh. It was something that I really did not want to hear about. But we had a good night once I could sit on the couch it was all better. Tyler, Dana and Gracie came and I was playing with Gracie. She had a little toy of the Wicked Witch from Snow White, and I had her saying, 'RAWR!' every time she looked at it. She also LOVES hearing 'Pattycake'- she scrinches up her face and tilts her head against her shoulder. SOOO cute!
Tyler, Dana and Gracie
Too CUTE! :D
Friday I helped my mom rearrange the living room. Brought the computer out there and we had fun playing Mah Jongg. This weekend we cleaned, but I didn't get as much X-mas decorating done as I wanted to. Oh, well. It'll happen! I decorated a wreath so that we can hang the ornaments that Shaun's Grandparents have gotten us and keep the cats from playing with them and breaking them. But now they keep jumping up the wall to get it. I hope it survives the night - I haven't put our precious ornaments on it yet in fears of that happening. Anyway, time to finish decorating (I hope!) Take care! :)
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