Last night, Jeff and I hung out with the neighbor crew. We sat around watching the dogs play (minus Frankie -she's at Grandma and Grandpa's this weekend), fought off mesquites, and told stories. Another typical night in the neighborhood.

We're all sitting there when all of a sudden one of us (not sure which) said: "ya know what sounds good right now......Whitey's."

We all started sharing our White Castle stories. Next thing ya know, we're mounting the troops and headed to Forest Lake for some sliders. The group consisted of me, Amber, Blake and Kane. So there we were at 11:30 on a Thursday night....headed to Whitey's!
Once there, we decided to go in rather than sit in the car for 20 mins while we order and wait. I'm glad we made that decision because I got to watch Blake mess around with the crane game. "one more try, just one more try...I got this bich." HA! And he did! He won a wiener! It was pretty danged funny.
After we had our goodies, it was back home. Blake and Kane had ordered a 20 pack with two fries and two onion thingies, so they were sharing a meal (how cute - ha!). Blake sat in front and Kane was sitting behind him. Blake calls back to Kane to hand him a fry. So...Kane reaches in the bag and hands him a fry - one singular fry. Blake eats it, reaches his hand back and says "Dude, hand me a fry." So...Kane reaches in, and pulls out a fry. This goes on for a few minutes when Blake turns around and goes..."DUDE, what are you doing?! Hand me a fry!" Kane replies, I have been. Blake: "NO....a sack of fries!" I thought I would pee my pants. Here Kane had been "feeding" Blake one fry at a time...and he wasn't doing it to be a jerk. He really thought Blake just wanted one at a time. I laughed so hard! When he was handing him fries, I kept thinking....that's odd. Why does Kane keep handing him just one? I really thought he was doing it just to mess with him. It was the perfect end to the night. Ah...what fun!


Today I went to Byerly’s for lunch. I bought a few things from the deli to make sandwiches for the next few days along with a few other snacks for the office. I wound my way through the store to the bakery area to get my bread. There was a little old man in the way of the fresh baked breads, so I patiently waited for him to make his selection and be on his merry little way. He grabs his bread, turns towards me and looks up (as I said, he was little – as I’m only 5’4) and smiles. Then he says, in a somewhat crotchety voice, “You look like you’re going to bed.” <<<insert jaw dropping>>> because that’s what I did! I quickly smiled, chuckled, and he was on his way. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! He really thought I was wearing a pajama top!


Bless my co-worker Shelly. I’m wearing a top today that has a somewhat open back on the top and she just says to me…

”do you have a large mole on your back?”

Me: ”no….OMG….do I have a tick on me?!?!?!”

Shelly: “ya, it’s a tick.”

Me: (as I’m jumping up and down and doing the gay wave my hands around by flipping my wrists up and down) “GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!”

WHY!!!!?????!!!!!! Why do I constantly have ticks stuck to me?! GROSS!!!

Our painting projects for the bathrooms are complete! We LOVE the colors and the way the changes turned out. I finally have the tranquil bathroom I've been dreaming of. Jeff did the majority of the painting. I helped with the "cut in" work and taping. I am awful at painting. I duffed several times and had to clean paint of the floor, tub, countertop, trip (three times), and ME. I even managed to get a little on Frankie's ear. My bad painting skills aside, we had fun working together and getting the project done. Frankie slept on the drop cloth while we worked, so she was no help at all! HA!

Next....The Living room and Kitchen!!!


Before:




After:




More Photos:




Downstairs Bathroom:





Today I brought in my old coffee maker from home. I am so tired of the sludge they call coffee at work. I absolutely refuse to drink it any longer!! I think I heard angels sing as I plugged in the coffee maker on my desk. Right now I’m sipping a large mug full of Amaretto flavored coffee (I’m the only drinker today – so I can get frilly) with a splash (ok, glug) of Marshmallow Mocha cream.
Ahhhhh. Bliss

Last night, Jeff was hitting golf balls into the field next to our house. Our neighbor Amber brought over her clubs and a dozen or so range balls. While Jeff hit golf balls, Amber and I had a beer while we watch Oopsie and Frankie frolic and play in the yard. Oopsie is Amber’s 1 year old Jack Russell Terrier. We both were watching Jeff as he teed up, hauled back, and launched a bright orange ball into the field. We were all very surprised when we heard a loud cry – for lack of a better word – and watched a pheasant pop up into the air. He actually HIT the pheasant with the golf ball! We couldn’t believe it! We roared with laughter and stood in amazement. What are the odds???

After that he switched to chipping around the yard. Again, Amber and I carried on a conversation while the dogs played a few feet from us. We both just happened to turn to watch Jeff chip a ball…….squarely between Oopsie’s eyes! Again, we roared with laughter (after we knew Oopsie was ok). We all had tears running down our face. It was a total “America’s Funniest Home Videos” moment!

Never fails...every time I've tried an "instant" lunch, it's disgusting.

I've tried the instant soups, instant "loaded potato" mush, instant Asian meal, EVERYTHING. You would think I had given up, but I decided to give it one more go. I am addicted to Pad Thai. I love it. So, when I was in the Asian aisle at my local grocer, I decided to try just one more.

Alas! Success! Today I had the Thai Pavilion True Thai Food - Spicy Pad Thai - meal. It was DELICIOUS!!! It left the appropriate burn on my tongue, had great flavor, and was super easy to make. It even came with a fork! I tell ya...I may be a believer again!


Finally!

Bootsy Tootsy is back among the blogger’s world. She has taken “randomness” to a new level with her “The Little Pleasures In Life” section. You really never know what you might get from her….she’s so danged funny! And let me also mention her colorful word usage….LOVE IT!!!!

NEWSFLASH: I SAW A “CHICK FLICK”!! and I liked it!

Ok…so not really a newsflash….

I just recently saw the Sex and the City movie….LOVED IT! I wouldn’t mind seeing it again. I went with my friend Sheila – who had already seen it – and she was happy to see it again too.

I was a huge fan of the series…I started watching it well after it had finished. I decided to treat myself to something really girlie after a break up so I bought myself the first season and began a “love affair” with the show.

If you watched the series….this movie was exactly what you had been waiting for. They stayed true to the show with the characters and style.

There were some hilarious moments and tender ones too. If you’ve ever been through a break up (really…who hasn’t) you can easily identify with a lot of the emotions the characters go through. Also, if you have a close knit group of gal pals…you can easily identify with the strong bond between these girls.

And if you didn’t watch the series….you’ll still like the movie.

Again….LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT!!!!!

Now…on to news of a few more up coming movies I’m excited about:


Yeah for Harry Potter!





The 6th HP Movie: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, comes out November 21, 2008! I can hardly wait!


A few other movies I’m looking forward to are:


The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Mummy 3)




The Dark Knight – new Batman thriller

You can only type ONE Word!. It's really hard to only use oneword answers.

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? dunno
3. Your hair? yes (as oposed to someone else's?)
4. Your mother? female
5. Your father? male
6. Your favorite thing? food
7. Your dream last night? disturbing
8. Your dream/goal? babies
9. The room you're in? office
10. Your hobby? creating
11. Your fear? cancer
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? healthy
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? delicate
15. One of your wish list items? babies
16. Where you grew up? Nordeast
17. The last thing you did? burp
18. What are you wearing? +lbs
19 Your TV? yes
20. Your Pet? Frankie
21. Your computer? no
22. Your mood? smartass (is that ONE word?)
23. Missing someone? nope (ha ha)
24. Your car? dirty
25. Something you're not wearing? turban
26. Favorite store? Festival
27. Your summer? summer?
28. Love someone? absof*ckinglutely
29. Your favorite color? PINK
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? 6/4/08
(32 sucked)
33. How many sisters? nope


I found this new site to waste time with....I love these comics!!



http://www.explosm.net/





We’re finally painting a few rooms in our house! We decided to paint both bathrooms. We have lived in our house for a little over two years and have attempted to pick out paint colors three times. This time we were successful. We walked in to Home Depot, I grabbed three “yellow” cards and two “blue” cards, we picked our favorite, found the supplies and had the dude mix up our paint. 10 minutes later, we were at the register ready to rock and roll! The downstairs bathroom is going to be Sahara Shade and the upstairs bathroom is going to be Smokey Slate.







After dinner, we cleared out the downstairs bathroom and Jeff started taping. He painted most of the bathroom last night and will finish the cut in work tonight. Then we’ll start on the upstairs bathroom. I’m so excited!! The upstairs bathroom is getting a make over and we’re going with the “Spa” theme. Yeah!















Tomorrow's the big day! We leave at 8am for our five day roadtrip to Nashville!!! There's so much to do tonight to prepare....load up the IPod, pack, pick up the rental car......I'm so excited!!!



Nashville...here we come!!