Counseling

So, I officially applied for my first counseling position.  No, I do not currently hold a counseling license, but I am in school for it, which counts for something.  Anyway, it's a long shot, but it would be great for experience.  Please say a prayer for me.  I'm just hoping to get an interview!

Thanks! :-)

A Little Un-Nerveing....

Hubby and I are sitting on the coach, watching The Big Bang Theory, minding our own business... When he looks outside and sees not one, but to police cars in front of our house.... They seem to be empty with no officers in sight.  Anyway, a little bit later two officers come walking up the street, get in their cars, and speed off.....

Not sure what went down, but I am not ok with it that it was so close to home!!

I cannot wait to move back to my hometown!!

Dear Mother Nature:

I know you are just trying to mix things up a bit for us, but it's not right.  In August, we had what should have been, September weather.  In September, we had what should have been, August weather.  Now, at the end of September, beginning of October, we have what should be END of October weather. 

Yesterday it was a beautiful 81 degrees, I got a lot done outside and enjoyed the wonderful weather. Today I woke up, got ready, dressed in Capri's and a sleeveless top, thinking the weather would be the same today as it was yesterday.  But no, you had to go and change it, just like that.  I walked out of the house and it was a blistering 50 degrees out!  Yes, 50!  I about froze my tush off! 

So, Mother Nature, if you would kindly raise the tempture just a bit so that you don't put all of our bodies into shock it would be greatly apprechieated! 

Sincerely,
Kayla

Weekend Recap

This weekend was a short one for me.

Friday:

We headed to Old Navy for their sweater sale!  I scored:

Aren't they fun!?!?  I've never had a red sweater before, so I figured I would try it out.  Best part is, I got both for $32.00!!

After sweater shopping, we headed to Home Depot & Lowes.  Jesse will be spending the entire weekend installing a new window in the basement.

Saturday:

I worked from 11-6 and then stopped by Victoria's Secret & Bath & Bodyworks.

I got my favorite IPEX bras on clearance for $12.99.  They had 3 in my size!  That is a huge deal to be getting bras from VS for so cheap! 

We ended up staying home on Sat night and watching the movie Push.

It was ok, but it was very different.

Sunday:

We were able to sleep in, hit up Hyvee for their breakfast and head back home to do some things around the house.  Jesse finished up the basement window, which looks sooooooooo nice and I powerwashed the front stoop to try and get all of the old paint off of it.  We decided to repaint it, but put sand in it for the winter.  That way it won't be so slippary.

I ran errands and we went for a ride on the motorcycle, grabbed dinner and picked up a movie.

What a great weekend!

This weekend is the BIG weekend!  I'm super excited.  It's our first anniversary and my husband is planning most of it!  Stay tuned for Tuesday's post about how it all went and hopefully some pictures!

Have a wonderful week!

The one with the "first wife"

Laying in bed with my husband this morning, we had the following conversation:

Quick side note:  We will be having our one year anniversary on October 4th, 2009.

Me:  It's been such a great year
Hubby: Yes it has
Me:  You know, they say the first year and the seventh year are usually the hardest on a marriage....
Me:  This has been a great first year of marriage, don't you think?
Hubby:  Yes, you've been a great First wife...
Me: uh...... what??
Hubby:  (with a huge grin on his face), you know... They say the new models come with everything, probably about time to trade you in for a new one. 
Me:  Not Funny Hubby.

MEN!  He references a lot of things to cars, so this actually wasn't a huge surprise.

O, and for those of you getting worried for me, don't worry... He's only kidding, he loves to make jokes, but he knows that he could never replace me :-) Newer model, or not! :-)

Happy Sunday!

You have no idea!

Ok ladies..... You have no idea how excited I am for tonight!!

A 2 hour season premier??? Are.You.Serious.  I cannot wait!!!!

Grey's is on tonight 8-10 cst.   If you haven't seen it before, you better figure out what all of the fuss is about.  I cannot stop watching, no matter how weird it got at times, I think it's making a big comeback!  Tune in tonight!  I've already watched a 5 minute clip, courtesy of CJ and its a spoiler for sure, but it made me that much more excited to watch!  Head on over to Cj's blog to see the spoiler! 

ENJOY! :-)

Thankful Thursdays

Today I am thankful for:

• It being Thursday!  That means, tomorrow is Friday and it's the weekend!  Granted I do have to work Saturday, but it's at a volunteer fair, which means flextime for next Friday!  So all in all, a good thing!
• A good nights sleep!  Last night, I stayed up a bit later than normal because I haven't been sleeping well.  I guess that and a little exercise beforehand really helped.  I slept so well last night, but I'm still tired! :-(
• My co-workers.  I don't know how I would get through a day without them! 
• My in-laws.  They are so gracious enough to take us to The Fireside Theater in Wisconsin when we visit for the Halloween weekend!
• My wonderful Husband.  I can never not be thankful for him!  He's an amazing husband and will be a wonderful father someday! 
• Online banking.  I don't know what I would do without without online banking... I do all of my bills online and I can check my statement at anytime during the day.
• Planning.  I have to say, I love planning things.  Whether it be a trip to see my parents, my in-laws or friends.  I just love planning stuff, but then when we are busy every weekend, I always wonder why I don't let us spend more time at home! :-)
• Fall TV Shows.  Grey's is on tonight and I.Can.Not.Wait!!  

What are you thankful for?

Weekend Recap

So, this weekend my best friend Pam came to visit us!  It was great to have her here, even though it was for a very short time!  She arrived on Saturday early afternoon and left Sunday morning...

Friday: 

Hubby had to work late, again, so I hung around the house doing cleaning and laundry.

We watched a movie, but I cannot for the life of me remember the name of it!

Saturday:

I did TONS of laundry and cleaning in the morning.  I went to Jazzercise and then finished getting ready for Pam to come!

Pammy is allergic to cats and we have two fur-balls long haired cats (yuck, I know!)

Lots of cleaning was a must.

Saturday night we cooked out at our house, drank way too much a few drinks and headed downtown.  We actually went to 3 different places and then back home.  I was not feeling very hot afterwords.  I think I lowered my immune system because I got super sick all Sunday and Monday!  I had to stay home from work! ewww

The hubby and I :-)

 

Not the hottest pictures I've ever taken, but they will have to do as I forgot my camera.... Pam had her blackberry which was great for snapping one or two pics!

Sunday & Monday:

I did nothing but Sleep, get sick, sleep, and get sick..... Not fun!

Here I am back at work, still feeling a bit under the weather, but I'm sure it should pass soon.  This crappy weather is not helping one bit. 

Alright crazy blogger friends!

192 new posts to read.... That's going to take me awhile!  Please forgive me if I cannot comment on everything you've written in the past few days, I'm a bit behind on my Google reader.  

On an unrelated note, I can't wait to share with you what we're doing for our 1st Anniversary, coming up on October 4th!!  (or the weekend of I suppose)  Hubby was in charge of planning the weekend since I planned most of the wedding.  I'll let you all know how it goes and what he had up his sleeve!  I cannot wait to find out my surprise.  He knows he can get me just by saying the word surprise and then egging me on to ask questions about it.  The suspense just kills me!  Ahh Only another week & 1/2 until I get to find out!!

The dreaded fitted sheet!!!

How in hell Sam hill do you fold a darn fitted sheet?? I don't know about you, but I loath folding sheets! Especially fitted sheets because it always comes out looking like I attempted to throw it in a pile, stomp on it, then pick it up and call it folded! 

Credit:

Any of you have good tips on how to fold a fitted sheet?  Maybe I'm just too impatient to figure it out.... Who  knows!  Happy Monday all!  I know I forgot to give you a preview of our weekend on Friday and then again forgot to update you on how our weekend was... I will get to that sometime this week as I was home sick today and felt like crap.... Yes, crap....

In-Laws

I know I've posted about my in-laws before, but I figured with their 30th anniversary coming up in less than 2 months, it would be nice to share some things about them!

• They are always happy to have us visit
• They can only visit us a couple times a year, but when they do we enjoy their company!
• They remind me a lot of my own family which I think helps us all get along so well!
• My Mother-in-law came to take care of me when I had LASIK, just because she's that kind.
• My Father-in-law is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.  He's such a great person and if Jesse continues to grow up to be anything like him, then I'm happy with that.
• They would do anything for us at the drop of a hat
• They are flexible and understanding
• They are animal lovers just as Jesse & I are
• They get along with my immediate family very well
• They aren't judgmental or negative when it comes to anything about our live

They are simply the best in-laws I could have ever dreamed of!  So thank you R & M for making my life that much better and for raising a son to be the best husband a girl could have asked for!  We look forward to visiting you again soon!

Friends

Today is my friend, Amber's 24th Birthday!!!!  We went out to celebrate with a BUNCH of margaritas..... I had to ask hubby, after a super long day, to come pick us up :-) He is wonderful!  I actually just switched cars with him which was fantastic! Don't worry, it was safe!! :-)

Anyway, here is a picture of Katie, Amber & I!

This wasn't tonight, but it was another night that all of us went out!  It was so fun and I can't to hang out with these girls again!

Love you girls!!!

Happy 24th Birthday Amber!!!! :-)

Thankful Thursdays

I am thankful for:

• Fall.  Yes, I'm always thankful for fall around this time of year!  I love caramel apples, apple cider, candy corn & peanuts, Halloween decorations, sweatshirt weather, window's open weather, cool crisp air and trick or treaters!
• Staff meeting days at work.  Usually we have a potluck afterwords, but today we're going to Huhot which is a Mongolian grill!  So excited!
• My brother.  We may have not always been super super close, but I have a feeling in the next few years to come we will grow even closer.
• My husband.  He's been working 70+ hours this week and will do it again next week.  He still comes home, gives me a kiss, and does something incredibly dorky to make me laugh.  He still has the energy to talk with me, ask me how my day was and even fix a thing or two around the house.  I'll always be thankful for him.
• My parents.  Whenever I have something go wrong that needs to be fixed, I still call my dad, even though my hubby can usually fix it.  He was always my go to guy when something needed fixing before I met Jesse.  And my Mom.... Words cannot describe how great she is.  She is my best friend and I wouldn't have it any other way.  We have our days when we get mad at each other, but at the end of the day, I know I can always count on her and trust her with everything.
• October being around the corner!  October 4 is our 1 year anniversary!!  We are celebrating by going to Chicago!  I asked hubby to do the planning since I planned most of our wedding. We'll see what we'll be up to while we are there, I cannot wait!
• Holidays.  Thanksgiving is my most favorite time of the year and it's just around the corner!  Well after Halloween and all of those cute kiddos!! :-)

What are you thankful for??

Mail!!!

Remember, here, where I posted about my big WIN!?!? Well, it came in the mail!! :-)

Here she is!  Isn't it sooooo adorable!?!?!

I love the inside!  It has cute little flowers in it and a ton of different pockets!


Don't remind me, I know I need a new camera!

A big thank you goes out to Brittany at Living in the Moment for this amazing new workout bag! :-)

Weekend Recap

Yes, it's Wednesday and I have yet to tell you how my weekend went!

It's been a long week so far, and it's only Wednesday!  I haven't been feeling well all week and I cannot shake this headache.  O well, I must push on I suppose!

Friday:

Hubby and I had a wonderful dinner out at a restaurant close to home

We enjoyed watching Changeling

It was good, but a bit disturbing.

Saturday:

Hubby had to work overtime on Saturday

Amber & Katie came over to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes victory over Iowa State!

We had Papa Murphy's Pizza, made bloody mary's, magarita's and some other delicious drinks!

We then watched Hoarders

Have any of you seen this?  This show amazes me and makes me want to go clean!

After 3 episodes of Hoarders, we decided that we had wasted enough of our day and went separate ways. 

I think decided to clean, (weird, I know) do laundry, and relax at home.

Sunday:

We drove 1.5 hours to go on the river with some friends, we grilled out on a sandbar, tubed, and just relaxed.  We got a bit sunburnt, and I'm feeling the wrath of it today.... It hurt so bad the past few days and not is starting to peal and it is sooooooooooooo gross!

Anyway, all in all it was a great weekend.  My bestie, Pam, is coming to visit this weekend on Saturday, followed by my mom on Sunday!  I cannot wait :-)

Hubby will be hard at work all week and on into Saturday.... 70 hours this week, which really is no fun for him... He's been exhausted and I've missed having him home.  He'll be working 10 hours on Saturday, so you bet you'll find us sleeping in on Sunday! :-)

Have a great rest of the week!

Baby Neenah

A few weeks back, I talked about meeting our friend's, Nick & Katie's, new baby girl, Neenah Noelle.  Well, I finally have a few pictures to show you!!!

 

Isn't she adorable???  (yeah yeah yeah, I know it's kind of hard to see her clearly)  Hubby looks quite nice with a little girl in his arms :-) We'll have to get working on that in the next year or so :-)

P.S.  That shirt in the last picture makes me look like I have a huge stomach (or that I'm pregnant) and I wanted to let you all know that it's just the shirt! :-)

Monday....

I apologize for this post or lackthereof... It's not going to be entertaining or exciting.  I will be back later tonight or tomorrow to post our recap from this weekend...

I've got one bummer of a headache today and it's been ongoing for about 2-3 days now....  I can't focus on anything but my bed.

We'll see how the rest of the day goes.  Hope you all had a great weekend!  My regular scheduled posting will be back just as soon as this crappy feeling goes away!

Just 8 years ago....

I was sitting in my 11th grade History class when secrets of the terrorist attacks were sweeping across the school.  One would think being in a history class would give us more leverage to watch it on the news, but apparently my teacher thought it was not necessary to disrupt his plan for the day.

It was shocking and horrifying to say the least.  Did this really just happen? Did someone really just do that?  Questions flew through my mind and yet, I think today, they are still unanswered.  I cannot reasonably understand why someone would do such a horrible thing to so many innocent people.

I listened to talk radio the entire way home that day, something I would have never thought of before that day.  I watched the news and talked with my parents.  This is America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.  I thought to myself, why would anyone want to attack our country, we are not weak.

Today, just 8 short years later, I am remembering the feeling of those whispers across the school and the truth as I saw it with my own eyes night after night on tv.  It was not a feeling I will ever want to feel again, nor is it a feeling that I wish upon my future children.

We must stand up and we must reclaim our true identity.  We must remember those who have fallen and those who they have left behind.  Take a moment to say a prayer for those who lost their lives and for those who lost their loved ones.  Not only those who were lost on 9/11, but for those who have been lost for the past 8 years for fighting for our freedom. Remember:

We are America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.

Weekend Update

This weekend:

Friday:

Watching this movie with Jesse. 

Let me know if you've seen it and what you thought!

Saturday:

Sleeping in. Going to the Farmers Market with Jill. 

Cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes as they defete the Iowa State Cyclones, while drinking margaritas and bloody marys with Amber & Katie!

Relaxing at home, doing some cleaning and catching up on some must needed housework.

Sunday:

Heading to my hometown (about 90 miles away) to go on the river with Tim & Hillary

It should be a great weekend with amazing weather and great company! 

Happy 50th Birthday Mom!!!

So, yesterday this was suppose to post, but apparently didn't!  So, without further adue! 

Happy 50th Birthday to my lovely mother

She is an amazing person and I do not know what I would do without her.  We are so much alike it's great.  She has a great sense of style, AND I can fit into her clothes, so that's a + :-)  

She goes out of her way to make other people happier, even if it means doing something other than what she wants sometimes.

People love her for her kindness and for how genuine she is.  

I could not have asked for a better mother.  I think I am the luckiest person in the world :-) 

Thanks Mom, for everything you have done for Brandon and I. 

Have a wonderful day and I can't wait to be celebrating you're 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th, and even 100th birthdays with you :-)

Thankful Thursdays

Today I am thankful for:

• Winning an awesome giveaway!
• My fall shows returning!  To include:  Grey's, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Private Practice, One Tree Hill, House, Medium, and I'm sure there's a few more! haha
• The thought of moving back to my hometown in a year, hopefully
• My Mother, today is her 50th birthday!  I'll post on that later
• My husband, as usual.  I just don't know what I'd do without him, he's great, wonderful, goofy, fun, loving and hardworking!
• My new followers!  Thanks for joining me, I hope you don't leave anytime soon because I'm not as interesting as you once thought! :-) 
• A 4 day workweek this week!  I'm loving that it's already Thursday and it's only our 3rd day of work
• A relaxing weekend at home coming up this weekend.  

What are you thankful for?

Head on over to Miss Honey Dew's page to get the new Thankful Thursdays button!!

Fall Swap!

Rachel over at History of the Harveys is hosting a Fall Swap!  Get in on the fun!  Who doesn't love fall, Halloween, and everything that comes with it??  The rules:

- Spend no more than $25, does not include shipping
- Send your partner a minimum of two items...it can be anything you want from decorations to stationary to something monogrammed since I know many of us out there love monogrammed items!
- Also, one more thing...since there are SO many great dishes out there for the Fall, you must include your favorite Fall recipe. I know you guys have some, so help your Blog Friends out by sending them a new idea for a Fall treat!

Head on over to History of the Harveys to join in on the fun!  You must e-mail Rachel at historyoftheharveys@yahoo.com by  September 18th, 2009.  Rachel requestes:   

Please indicate "Fall Swap" in the subject line to help me stay organized. Your email should include your name, email address, mailing information and blog address. It's OK if you don't have a blog, but make sure you email your buddy to give her a little insight on your likes and dislikes. I will list swap pals by Monday, September 21st. Packages must be sent out by Monday, October 5th.

I won I won I won!!!

The lovely Brittany over at Living in the Moment hosted a Workout Wednesday giveaway.  AND GUESS WHAT?!?!  I actually won it!  I could not be more excited because what is the prize you may ask?? Well, a gym bag of course!  It is so cute and will come in so handy! 

(and since I cannot upload a picture of the awesome bag, you'll have to go here to take a look at it!)

Brittany has an awesome blog that you must check out!  I can't wait, I'll probably be checking my mail daily to look for my new bag.  I cannot wait to use it, I know people are going to be very jealous when they see me walking in with it!  They may even think I'm a hardcore worker-outer :-) I sure fooled them with Brittany's help! haha

Thanks Brittany!!! :-)

Weekend Recap

This weekend was a busy one!  Friday night was spent running errands and doing a bit of shopping.  We grilled out and had delicious chicken & pork kabobs and twice baked potatoes.  It was sooooo good.  We then settled in to watch a movie.  To tell you the truth, I can't even remember the names of the two movies we watched... haha We headed to bed quite early only to wake up at 7:00am the crack of dawn!  We drove the 3 hours to Mankato, Minnesota to go look at a car that Jesse has been eyeing for a week now.  We arrived after a stop to eat some delicious artery clogging breakfast.  We test drove the vehicle and decided that it was indeed in excellent shape and drove quite nice.  It was just what we were looking for and had all the options.  They wouldn't move more than $100 on price, but it was already a good deal.  So, we offered something different, they said no can do so we left.... Eventually they knew that they called our bluff and we arrived back after just 1.5 hours of thinking it through over lunch.  We bought the vehicle and I allowed hubby to drive the almost the whole way back until we stitched for an hour. 

This, my friends, is the new to us new car we purchased. It's a 2005 Dodge Magnum RT.  Yes, it is a wagon, but it has a hemi! haha It has soooooo much room, probably enough to fit a dead body whole lot of grocery's in it! 

Anyway, so we were exhausted because we didn't get home until about 7:00 pm.  We went to Panera for some dinner (LOVE their soup) and then headed home to plop fall asleep in front of the TV for an hour.  

Sunday we got to sleep in, make some delicious breakfast, do some house cleaning, and head to my hometown.  Our friends Nick & Katie had a beautiful, healthy Baby Girl named Neenah Noelle. We visited them for about an hour or so, went to lunch with my mom and did some shopping.

Sunday night we headed out for dinner and bowling with my family for my mom's 50th Birthday!!! (It's not actually until Thursday, so I'll post a b-day post then!)

We headed home on Monday and didn't do much of anything :-) It was great.  Actually I did work on some homework and hubby finished the trim in the hallway, but after that it was time to relax and cook some dinner.  

Weekends go far too fast no matter the number of days we have!  I hope you all had a great weekend as well!  Enjoy your week! (Starting on a Tuesday!)

Stupid me forgot my camera!!! UGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Bring on the weekend!

So, you all know that I love to post about my upcoming weekends!  I'm very excited about this one, why you might ask??  Well because it's a 3 day weekend! AND my boss decided to close our office at 1:00 instead of the usual 4:30!  So that's an extra plus side to an already amazing 3 day weekend!

Here it is my friends, the weekly Friday post of the weekend plans!  Come on, you know you're excited!

Friday:  

Off work at 1:00! (sorry, I had to rub it in just once more)

Doing a bit of shopping & a few errands

Cooking on the grill with Hubby

Saturday:

Waking up early in the am to drive 3 hours to look at a car

My husband is a car guy and if you're married to a car guy, you know what I mean when I say that it's never easy for us to find a car.  He does so much research before we can even go look at it!  (Honey, if you're reading this, I love you! even if you are a bit crazy)

Then we'll head back home, 3 hours, with or without a car.

We get to spend yet another night home which is amazing! 

Sunday:

Sleeping in, FINALLY!  

Leaving around noon to head back home to my parents house to help my mom celebrate her 50th birthday! 

I don't know about you, but I think she looks much younger than 50!

We will be going out for dinner and then bowling.  She requested NO huge party whatsoever, she only wants the 6 of us there.

Monday: 

Oh, how I love when Monday's are considered part of the weekend!

We will be sleeping in and probably going to breakfast with my family.

Then we'll head back home and gear up for another work week.

I dont' know about all of you, but I started my grad class last week and it drains the life out of me!  Please help me and pray that I make it through the semester.  It's going to be a long one with this dreaded research class.....

What do you have planned?  I will be MIA from blogging until Monday, but I can't wait to catch up on my google reader!  Have a wonderful LONG weekend!! :-)

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for:

• Another great weekend around the corner!  Filled with car shopping (3 hours away!), a road trip, sleeping in, relaxing and celebrating my mom's 50th birthday!!
• Our office closing at 1:00 tomorrow to give us a headstart on the long Labor Day weekend!
• My new-found-never-existent love for Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches for breakfast, seriously I have always hated PB!
• My eye doctor appt a few days ago when he told me I had 20/20 vision now, thanks to my LASIK!
• The new version of the editor for Blogger! Thanks to The Mom @ Cereal and Wine
• Fall weather, even though it's come a bit too early!
• My wonderful parents, who celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary yesterday!  It's because of them that I know what the true definitions of Love and Marriage are.

What are you thankful for?

Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary Mom & Dad!!

My amazing parents are celebrating their 31st wedding anniversary today!  My brother & I could not have asked for better parents to show us how a real marriage is supposed to work!  I'm sure they have had their fair share of ups and downs, but they've persevered through it all!  This picture is from one of my best friends' weddings this past May.  We are such a good looking family, aren't we?  (I know, I'm a bit biased!)

 So, Happy 31st Anniversary to the best parents we could have ever asked for!!

We love you!

Wishful Wednesday

Kelsey at The Seattle Smith's is hosting a weekly Wishful Wednesday. Each week will have a new topic. Join in on the fun!


Today's wishful Wednesday is:

'I wish' .... I could go back in time and change one decision I made,

and it would be ____!

I wish if I could go back in time and change one decision I made, it would be to change my major in college. I was so interested in the classes I took as a Criminal Justice Major, but really did not think about after graduation. Once I graduated, I had no idea where to go from there. I wanted to be a juvenile probation officer, but everywhere I went they told me I needed experience. If I couldn't get a job, how could I get experience? I was frustrated to say the least! BUT, I guess that ultimately lead to my desire to be a school counselor. I have 1 year of classes and 1 year of practicum left before I will officially be a school counselor! I'm very excited about that, but wished I would have decided to be a teacher while in college, I think I still would have gone on to get my masters in School Counseling, but at least I would have the teaching under my belt already! O well, we live and learn right? :-)

Score!

This weekend when I went shopping with my Mom, I scored these babies for a mere $7.00!! Yes, you heard right! What a score! I'm wearing them today and I love them. They are actually pretty comfortable for flat shoes! They are Steve Madden Adaline sandles.

ABC's of Me

Because I need a break today, I've decided to do the ABC's of Me. I got this from Meredith over at La Buena Vida

A -Age: 24
B- Bed Size: Queen
C- Chore you hate: Dusting!!!
D- Dog's Name: Bear
E- Essential starts to your day: A Shower, I cannot leave the house without a shower
F- Favorite Color: Light pink
G- Gold, Silver, or Platinum: REAL silver. Not sterling. I also likewhite gold. Thanks Meredith!
H- Height: 5'0"
I- Instruments you play: I don't play any currently, but in school I played: (get ready) the piano, viola, Saxophone, and the clarinet. None of which I can still play today... Sorry Mom & Dad for wasting your money!
J- job: Work for Big Brothers Big Sisters
K- Kids: None yet
L-Living Arrangements: Our own house.
M- Moms name: Joleen
N- Nicknames: K, K-LA, KK, Sis, Bert (don't ask), Shorty
O- Overnight stay in the hospital other then Birth: None, thank goodness!
P- Pet Peeve: When people make little noises with their pens, mouths, shoes, you name it... I can't handle little noises like the clicking of a pen, nonstop! I also hate when people don't pay you back.
Q- Quote from a movie: Gosh, that's too hard to choose!
R- Right or Left handed: Right
S- Siblings: One brother & one brother-in-law
T- Time you wake up: Weekdays 7:01 am; Weekends 8:00 or so.
U- Underwear: I prefer American Eagles
V- Vegetable you dislike: Brussel sprouts
W- Ways you run late: I have a million in one reasons... We are usually late, not super late, but defiantly not early!
X- X-rays you've had: back, neck, knees, ankle, teeth
Y- Yummy food you make: Lasagna and french dip subs are the hubby's favorite
Z- Zoo Favorite: Giraffe

PS- I'd love to see the ABC's of YOU!

Dear Plastic Water bottle makers,

I understand you want to be Green. We all strive in someway to help our environment, but is it necessary to make the new water bottles with plastic that is so thin that you always end up having to squeeze the bottle to open the darn thing and water gets everywhere? Really? Could we make it a little bit thicker, my desk, computer, papers & clothes thank you!

Sincerely,

ME

September Goals

It's a good thing I have all of you to remind me to do this each month! I'm terrible at remembering things like that! Seriously, I might as well be 80 with the memory I have sometimes! So, here goes nothing!

September & October are my favorite months. I've decided to post my goals for the next two months instead of just one, that way I have more time to complete them! (yes, that is cheating, I know!)

1) Buy a new (to us) car

2) Continue to buy a few Christmas gifts just to get a head start

3) Celebrate my mom's 50th!!!

4) Celebrate my parents 31st Wedding Anniversary! (How cool is that??)

5) Prepare for my friend, Pammy's visit in Sept!

6) Bake a pie (I have NEVER EVER done this before)- Any suggestions??

7) Get our gutters/downspouts/soffits replaced (which means we'll be poor for the next year because of it)

8) Get plenty of quotes for said gutters/downspouts/soffits so that we aren't ripped off!

9) Keep up on classwork since this is the hardest class of my program. Research & Stats, yuck!

10) Go on a mini-vacation with my Hubby for our 1st Anniversary! We're actually (don't make fun), going to Chicago and we're going to go to 6 Flags when they have their fright fest. Our first official date was to a haunted house, so we thought what a better way to celebrate the last year! We're staying for 3-4 days and on our actual anniversary (Oct. 4th) we're going to have a romantic dinner at some restaurant in Chicago and rent a hotel suite :-) I'm pretty excited!

11) Participate and help at our Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Bowl For Kids Sake

12) Visit my In-laws and take care of their pets so that they can go up to a bed & breakfast (that we purchased for them as a thank you at our Rehearsal dinner)

13) (Last but not least) Workout 4-5 times a week and take my multivitamins daily!! O, and take time to enjoy the leaves turning in our backyard, buy pumpkins to carve and drink hot apple cider from a local orchard!

Yeah, it's a long list, but I think it's pretty doable for these next two months. Maybe I'll make November & December a bit harder! What are your fall goals??