"What have you been up to?" You know this phrase, as everytime you run into someone you haven't seen in a while they ask you the very phrase. Intead of writing in paragraph form about what we have been up to I am going to write in list form. This is what I do in my journal when I feel like writing but don't know what to say.
1. My parents are coming from Michigan Oct 7-14th. Yep, I am excited because I haven't seen them since my brother's wedding in Nov last year. I took off 4 days from work so I can properly visit with them. Normally when they visit, I have to work or they take a cruise so I don't get to spend that much time with them.
2. On Friday, we FINALLY saw our dear pal Montez. He has bought a fab new car (you can see pictures on his blog) and he came and hung out with the Hub, me and our pal Danielle (minus the Regul, who was working - when is he going to get a day job so we can properly visit with him on a regular basis?) Both Danielle and Montez seem to be doing well. They met up with us at The Big Foot Lodge which is a pretty cool place to hang out as it's themed with woods-y, Boy Scout-y and lodge-y type items. They even have themed drinks like "The Marshmellow" or "Thin Mint."
3. On Saturday, we met up with Caroline to see a movie (Burn After Reading), yes, I know, this is a weird concept (Caroline going to the movies) but I have actually gotten her to go 4 or 5 times with me this year. And she actally asked me to go this time. So I see this as very good progress. If you don't know Caroline you wouldn't know that she hates going to the movie theatre. The popcorn smell bugs her. But it's my goal in life to change her outlook as it is one of my favorite activities.
4. Landscaping our backyard continues. We have a couple more projects to go where we can say we are finished but like with all other things on a house not really truly finished. Meaning that we will have enough stuff done that it won't look like crap to visitors but we will still be working on it over time. We hope to have a big party (maybe a costume Halloween Party?) to show off the backyard and our house to those who haven't seen it yet.
5. The hub and I submitted our request to KLM Airlines to use our two free airline tickets to Amsterdam. Our plan is to go over Thanksgiving (I only had to ask for 3 days off sweet!) and then in the middle of the trip take a train to Paris. Now we have to get crackin' at finding hotels and stuff. Thank goodness the dollar is back up again.
6. The planning for the big family trip to Walt Disney World/Disney Cruise in January '09.... to introduce our 3-year-old nephew to Mickey is pretty much completed. Thank goodness I didn't have to arrange travel for 11 people!! Yikes and thank you Faith! We have airline reservations, hotels booked, the cruise part of the trip booked and of course all the dining choices booked. I am starting to get excited and have been looking up online things to do while on the Disney Ship and of course, like all things Disney, it looks like there is a ton do! I am particularly excited about stopping at the Disney owned island for a day.
7. The hub who is now used to me re-arranging stuff all the time surrendered himself to my command and re-arranged all the "friends" pictures surrounding the office ledge. Yes, I got some new pictures and just had to remove the old ones and insert the new. I also replaced a few old frames I hated thus the Hub's hammering skills were needed.
8. Where in the world is Toby? That is the question on everyone's mind. When are we all going to get to see Toby? Well, I hear he might be coming in October.
9. Fringe, the TV show is pretty darn good. I like the crazy scientist and of course Pacey!!!!! Funny enough, I could care less about the girl who is the lead, she is kinda bland to me. The boys are more interesting to me! Now when will all the other TV shows start? September is taking forever!
10. I love Game Night! The hub and I were invited to a Game Night with some friends of friends and it was super fun. we bbq'd and played Catchphrase. I hope we get included on the next one!!
11. I think Movie Night is dead. I am sad. It was the only way I got to see Regul (I miss him and his rules and his stories about Posums _ I wish I could see him and tell him about the baby posum I found in my yard today - I think it was a posum). And I never got to show my movie darn it! Oh well, its hard to schedule things on a monthly basis with people who live busy lives and who live all over the place, I guess.
That's it folks. List Blog has now come to an end.
1. My parents are coming from Michigan Oct 7-14th. Yep, I am excited because I haven't seen them since my brother's wedding in Nov last year. I took off 4 days from work so I can properly visit with them. Normally when they visit, I have to work or they take a cruise so I don't get to spend that much time with them.
2. On Friday, we FINALLY saw our dear pal Montez. He has bought a fab new car (you can see pictures on his blog) and he came and hung out with the Hub, me and our pal Danielle (minus the Regul, who was working - when is he going to get a day job so we can properly visit with him on a regular basis?) Both Danielle and Montez seem to be doing well. They met up with us at The Big Foot Lodge which is a pretty cool place to hang out as it's themed with woods-y, Boy Scout-y and lodge-y type items. They even have themed drinks like "The Marshmellow" or "Thin Mint."
3. On Saturday, we met up with Caroline to see a movie (Burn After Reading), yes, I know, this is a weird concept (Caroline going to the movies) but I have actually gotten her to go 4 or 5 times with me this year. And she actally asked me to go this time. So I see this as very good progress. If you don't know Caroline you wouldn't know that she hates going to the movie theatre. The popcorn smell bugs her. But it's my goal in life to change her outlook as it is one of my favorite activities.
4. Landscaping our backyard continues. We have a couple more projects to go where we can say we are finished but like with all other things on a house not really truly finished. Meaning that we will have enough stuff done that it won't look like crap to visitors but we will still be working on it over time. We hope to have a big party (maybe a costume Halloween Party?) to show off the backyard and our house to those who haven't seen it yet.
5. The hub and I submitted our request to KLM Airlines to use our two free airline tickets to Amsterdam. Our plan is to go over Thanksgiving (I only had to ask for 3 days off sweet!) and then in the middle of the trip take a train to Paris. Now we have to get crackin' at finding hotels and stuff. Thank goodness the dollar is back up again.
6. The planning for the big family trip to Walt Disney World/Disney Cruise in January '09.... to introduce our 3-year-old nephew to Mickey is pretty much completed. Thank goodness I didn't have to arrange travel for 11 people!! Yikes and thank you Faith! We have airline reservations, hotels booked, the cruise part of the trip booked and of course all the dining choices booked. I am starting to get excited and have been looking up online things to do while on the Disney Ship and of course, like all things Disney, it looks like there is a ton do! I am particularly excited about stopping at the Disney owned island for a day.
7. The hub who is now used to me re-arranging stuff all the time surrendered himself to my command and re-arranged all the "friends" pictures surrounding the office ledge. Yes, I got some new pictures and just had to remove the old ones and insert the new. I also replaced a few old frames I hated thus the Hub's hammering skills were needed.
8. Where in the world is Toby? That is the question on everyone's mind. When are we all going to get to see Toby? Well, I hear he might be coming in October.
9. Fringe, the TV show is pretty darn good. I like the crazy scientist and of course Pacey!!!!! Funny enough, I could care less about the girl who is the lead, she is kinda bland to me. The boys are more interesting to me! Now when will all the other TV shows start? September is taking forever!
10. I love Game Night! The hub and I were invited to a Game Night with some friends of friends and it was super fun. we bbq'd and played Catchphrase. I hope we get included on the next one!!
11. I think Movie Night is dead. I am sad. It was the only way I got to see Regul (I miss him and his rules and his stories about Posums _ I wish I could see him and tell him about the baby posum I found in my yard today - I think it was a posum). And I never got to show my movie darn it! Oh well, its hard to schedule things on a monthly basis with people who live busy lives and who live all over the place, I guess.
That's it folks. List Blog has now come to an end.
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