No, seriously, I am like in love with St. Louis right now. but I will get to that.
Monday got my oil changed & my back wiper replaced! but it's still getting stuck, so that sucks? Lunch at the Crossroads Cafe, where I hadn't been in years... had delicious chicken salad on a croissant and lots of fresh fruit on the side :) I was pretty proud of myself after the weekend of Holiday World, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and movie popcorn...
THCB was FUN! I ♥ the 4th of July concert more than anything. Best piccolo music ever! and the Coopers are back, which is cool. We went 2 1/2 hours long for rehearsal and STILL didn't get through all the music... haha should be a fun concert.
Tuesday was work! So sleepy as always. Also met with our new landlord, signed the lease, & paid the deposit :) so it's official! I am so pumped! we move in 1 week from today!
Then I went skating that evening w/some derby girls. I am getting pretty good on turns, but I need to make my turns sharper & not as wide. Even learned some other tricks from Katie, one of the girls. I wanna get my own gear so I can practice more! We went to Wigwam, where I'd never been before. It was smaller & cheaper & less crowded, which I liked. I even did a couple laps on my own! and Katie cheered me on on my turning skills :) and although I did fall once... it was only cos I tripped going from the wood to the carpet on the place where you're not supposed to lol so it TOTALLY doesn't count.
Yesterday no work! We went to my house to watch the USA/Algeria game. It was pretty crazy. 0-0 for 91 minutes, including a goal we got taken away because of offsides (I sound like I know what I'm talking about, don't I? haha) and then we scored a goal! yay go us!
Yesterday evening we headed over to St. Louis to see Passion Pit (and Tokyo Police Club and Brahms). The street the place was on was adorable & had all these shops & restaurants! I wish we had had more time to look around. We were looking at places to eat and most of the menus looked pretty expensive, but we stopped in front of this Chinese place that was actually pretty reasonable, and the lady came outside & told us to come inside cos they're the number 1 Chinese restaurant lol we got free soup out of it! Which had a bunch of stuff in it I don't want to know what it was, but it was pretty tasty minus the cilantro. I hate cilantro. I got sesame chicken & Jacob got sweet & sour chicken, which were both delicious. Then we killed time by walking up & down the street. Found a cute furniture store & an awesome record store. Definitely need to go back there sometime. And the concert was pretty awesome. The under 21s were cut off from the balcony, so it was pretty awesome to go up there. We left at midnight since I had to be at work this morning. I was only 30 minutes late!
So I definitely want to go to St. Louis for vacation sometime. I haven't really been there since like 1997 or something like that, besides going to Six Flags in like 2001 or something. And I love that place! And I love the arch! So cool!
Now I think I am going to take my lunch & go visit Jack :) Rex game tonight!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
sad news
yes, I have to begin this post with some sad news :( I lost my fishy friend, Pedro Klaus Steppe I. He'd been sick for a few days and I had been giving him medicine & stuff but I guess he just couldn't pull through. I had him for 1 year, 7 months, and 2 days.
in other, more happy news, Holiday World was fun. Except that when we got there our tickets were messed up & we had to stand around in the sun outside the park for 30 minutes getting them fixed. But once inside Jacob & I rode (in order) Frightful Falls, Raging Rapids, Pilgrim's Plunge, the Voyage, then headed over to Splashin' Safari for the lazy river, Wildebeest, Bakuli, and Zinga. Then we had pizza for lunch from Jungle Jake's then headed back to the dry stuff and rode Revolution (I did not know the name of that ride until I looked it up, and I LOVE that ride), Paul Revere's Midnight Ride, the Lewis & Clark Trail, and then didn't have much time left so looked in shops, ate ice cream & got fudge to take with us. I got a flower hair accessory thing but it's kinda dumb. it was only $1.79 though so I figured it'd be ok. I wish we had had more time. We tried to do the new stuff/things we love the most. Maybe we'll go again this summer. Then on the way back the bus driver didn't want to go to the Flying J cos it wasn't half way between the park & the Haute, which caused some problems, but oh well. Then we we got back we met up w/Kurt & Steven at bdub's, which was fun. I love those guys & I wish we got to hang out more.
Saturday I slept in! Hung out with Jack all afternoon, then tried to go to Red Lobster w/Jacob's parents but their power was out, so we went to Olive Garden instead. Then went to the Rex game, where I stayed for about 30 minutes then had to go to my concert, which went really well! I had a few solos and I kicked butt. Plus it was 85% Disney music, so you know I was happy :) Then I headed back to the game, which was tied 4-4 in the 8th inning, and remained tied for the next 5 innings until the Rex finally got a run in the 14th! So that was fun.
Sunday went to Red Lobster (for real this time) with my fam and Grandad. Then we headed over to Paris to see Toy Story 3, which made me cry multiple times, including the short beforehand. Oh man those people know how to make a movie. Then more Jack time, then headed to Brazil to eat at the Brazil Grill and stopped by Forest Park & the concert to show Jacob around. Got to hear my daddy play a solo, so that was cool :)
And right now I have to go sign my timesheet before I pick up Mom for an oil change date... how romantic? anyway
in other, more happy news, Holiday World was fun. Except that when we got there our tickets were messed up & we had to stand around in the sun outside the park for 30 minutes getting them fixed. But once inside Jacob & I rode (in order) Frightful Falls, Raging Rapids, Pilgrim's Plunge, the Voyage, then headed over to Splashin' Safari for the lazy river, Wildebeest, Bakuli, and Zinga. Then we had pizza for lunch from Jungle Jake's then headed back to the dry stuff and rode Revolution (I did not know the name of that ride until I looked it up, and I LOVE that ride), Paul Revere's Midnight Ride, the Lewis & Clark Trail, and then didn't have much time left so looked in shops, ate ice cream & got fudge to take with us. I got a flower hair accessory thing but it's kinda dumb. it was only $1.79 though so I figured it'd be ok. I wish we had had more time. We tried to do the new stuff/things we love the most. Maybe we'll go again this summer. Then on the way back the bus driver didn't want to go to the Flying J cos it wasn't half way between the park & the Haute, which caused some problems, but oh well. Then we we got back we met up w/Kurt & Steven at bdub's, which was fun. I love those guys & I wish we got to hang out more.
Saturday I slept in! Hung out with Jack all afternoon, then tried to go to Red Lobster w/Jacob's parents but their power was out, so we went to Olive Garden instead. Then went to the Rex game, where I stayed for about 30 minutes then had to go to my concert, which went really well! I had a few solos and I kicked butt. Plus it was 85% Disney music, so you know I was happy :) Then I headed back to the game, which was tied 4-4 in the 8th inning, and remained tied for the next 5 innings until the Rex finally got a run in the 14th! So that was fun.
Sunday went to Red Lobster (for real this time) with my fam and Grandad. Then we headed over to Paris to see Toy Story 3, which made me cry multiple times, including the short beforehand. Oh man those people know how to make a movie. Then more Jack time, then headed to Brazil to eat at the Brazil Grill and stopped by Forest Park & the concert to show Jacob around. Got to hear my daddy play a solo, so that was cool :)
And right now I have to go sign my timesheet before I pick up Mom for an oil change date... how romantic? anyway
Thursday, June 17, 2010
fail.
whoa so, what have I been up to... all month? I knew I hadn't updated in a while but I didn't think it was this bad.
So mostly my routine has just been work, cleaning, watching TV/movies, and the like. Last week I helped out with South's music camp and have been dogsitting for Dr. Phillips.
Got completely burnt at the Rex game on Sunday. my back is starting to peel and I am not happy about it.
Going to Holiday World tomorrow with the band :) We were supposed to go this past Saturday but the weather was horrible. Yesterday was the first day without rain in a while.
Oh and I'm taking up roller derby. It sounds so lame out loud, erm, typed out? But I went skating last night for the first time in years and I did not fall once! so that's a good sign, right?
Ok I can't really think of anything else right now but I'll try to come back sooner next time :)
So mostly my routine has just been work, cleaning, watching TV/movies, and the like. Last week I helped out with South's music camp and have been dogsitting for Dr. Phillips.
Got completely burnt at the Rex game on Sunday. my back is starting to peel and I am not happy about it.
Going to Holiday World tomorrow with the band :) We were supposed to go this past Saturday but the weather was horrible. Yesterday was the first day without rain in a while.
Oh and I'm taking up roller derby. It sounds so lame out loud, erm, typed out? But I went skating last night for the first time in years and I did not fall once! so that's a good sign, right?
Ok I can't really think of anything else right now but I'll try to come back sooner next time :)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
7 months!
Happy 7th monthiversary to Jacob and me!
so Sunday after Jacob got off work we made a grocery list, stopped by Kroger for a side dish, then headed home & started cooking. I think the quesadillas were well-received. Despite Bri's protests to refried beans, hers were gone before everyone had sat down to eat. She claims she just needed the nourishment, but I think we all know Jacob and my cooking is just too much to resist. :) Mom iced the red velvet cake and we had some of that for dessert so it didn't go to waste :) Then we did our grocery shopping and went home and watched some of the Discovery Channel's Life documentary, which was amusing/educational.
Yesterday we made waffles for breakfast! We were afraid they weren't going to turn out so great, but they turned out pretty well, so go us! Watched some more Life, chilled most of the day. I took Jacob to work early since he got holiday pay for it being Memorial Day, and then I headed to Jeffrey Alans. Good thing he wanted to go to work early because they closed at 5! But I got some awesome stuff, including a storage container for my paper so Jacob won't mess it up anymore :P Then I came home and started making thank you cards but I ran out of adhesive after 2 cards lol also, I attempted to get my pics off my camera so I could post my cards on here, but I hadn't reinstalled my camera's software after Jacob installed Windows 7, so I was too lazy to do that... lol so soon I promise!
I also kinda started my workouts last night. I had tried to do the hundred pushups challenge at hundredpushups.com, but I never followed through with it. Jacob said he wanted to try it, so we're both doing that, and then I found that they also have twohundredsitups.com and twohundredsquats.com, so I did my initial tests for those. I knew I wouldn't do well on pushups... I could only do 2 good-form ones... but I did 40 situps and squats each! Thank you, dance! haha so we'll see how well I can do with those. Jacob & I are both watching what we eat as well. I'm limiting myself to one sweet a day, which is really hard for me. I did well yesterday, though. I also have lots of fruit and yogurt and cereal handy for if I need a snack between meals. I bought this adorable sun dress at American Eagle over Christmas break, and I am determined to fit in it by the end of the summer. I would like to be able to wear it in July, but I'm not sure that is physically possible.
In other news, I actually got to work a little bit early this morning! I was exhausted as I always am on Tuesday mornings, but I got myself up & fed & dressed in time to get here before 9, so go me!
And as the title shows, today is Jacob and my 7th monthiversary! That's more than half a year! And he doesn't have to work today so we can do something fun to celebrate, yay!
so Sunday after Jacob got off work we made a grocery list, stopped by Kroger for a side dish, then headed home & started cooking. I think the quesadillas were well-received. Despite Bri's protests to refried beans, hers were gone before everyone had sat down to eat. She claims she just needed the nourishment, but I think we all know Jacob and my cooking is just too much to resist. :) Mom iced the red velvet cake and we had some of that for dessert so it didn't go to waste :) Then we did our grocery shopping and went home and watched some of the Discovery Channel's Life documentary, which was amusing/educational.
Yesterday we made waffles for breakfast! We were afraid they weren't going to turn out so great, but they turned out pretty well, so go us! Watched some more Life, chilled most of the day. I took Jacob to work early since he got holiday pay for it being Memorial Day, and then I headed to Jeffrey Alans. Good thing he wanted to go to work early because they closed at 5! But I got some awesome stuff, including a storage container for my paper so Jacob won't mess it up anymore :P Then I came home and started making thank you cards but I ran out of adhesive after 2 cards lol also, I attempted to get my pics off my camera so I could post my cards on here, but I hadn't reinstalled my camera's software after Jacob installed Windows 7, so I was too lazy to do that... lol so soon I promise!
I also kinda started my workouts last night. I had tried to do the hundred pushups challenge at hundredpushups.com, but I never followed through with it. Jacob said he wanted to try it, so we're both doing that, and then I found that they also have twohundredsitups.com and twohundredsquats.com, so I did my initial tests for those. I knew I wouldn't do well on pushups... I could only do 2 good-form ones... but I did 40 situps and squats each! Thank you, dance! haha so we'll see how well I can do with those. Jacob & I are both watching what we eat as well. I'm limiting myself to one sweet a day, which is really hard for me. I did well yesterday, though. I also have lots of fruit and yogurt and cereal handy for if I need a snack between meals. I bought this adorable sun dress at American Eagle over Christmas break, and I am determined to fit in it by the end of the summer. I would like to be able to wear it in July, but I'm not sure that is physically possible.
In other news, I actually got to work a little bit early this morning! I was exhausted as I always am on Tuesday mornings, but I got myself up & fed & dressed in time to get here before 9, so go me!
And as the title shows, today is Jacob and my 7th monthiversary! That's more than half a year! And he doesn't have to work today so we can do something fun to celebrate, yay!
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