October 23, 2010

Today was a busy day. Jon and I went to Morgan's soccer game this morning. When we came home, we chilled out a little. Jon played on the computer and I fell asleep on the couch while watching the Notre Dame game. When I woke up, it was time to go to Lauren's soccer tourney game. The Invaders won and will be playing the championship game tomorrow afternoon. I attempted to make cupcakes for Julie's Halloween party tonight. I discovered that I didn't have enough milk to make the homemade frosting, so I decided to make sugar cookies instead. When it came time to get my (cheap, homemade) costume together, I couldn't find my big fake plastic knife. So I had to ditch the costume and go as a deranged killer. (Because the look like normal people. Get it?) Jon and I drove separate because he knew he wouldn't stay too lon. It was mostly people from my work and he didn't know but only a few. I had fun. It was kind of laid back, not too wild. I got my ass handed to me in a Euchre game. It only lasted a couple deals because Helen (my opponent) got two loners. It was a quick game, indeed.

October 22, 2010

Pumpkin carving time! We went over to my mom and dad's for dinner and to carve pumpkins tonight. I was originally going to carve the Mona Lisa on mine. I had the pattern printed out and it was considered and 'advanced' pattern. I have to admit I was a little intimidated. There were a lot of small cuts to be made by her mouth. But I was willing to give it a try. However, when I went to tape the pattern on my pumpkin, I discovered that my pumpkin was too small. It wasn't tall enough actually. So I opted for a puppy pattern in honor of my Duke. It was only an 'intermediate' pattern. After we were all done carving, we all put the pumpkins on the porch. We had a lot of fun and they all turned out great!

October 21, 2010

Whenever I watch Hoarders, two thoughts go through my head. And they are at different ends of the spectrum. At one end, I think to myself, our house is usually a little messy. (Or as my mom calls it, "It looks lived in.") And I think, well, its not as bad as this crazy kook's house. At the other end, no matter how clean I may think my house is, after I watch the show I am motivated to clean something, because hoarding has to start somewhere, right? And I'm weird about people coming over to our house, because in my mind, I think it's never clean enough for company. Don't get me wrong, when people do come over, we clean up. But everyone I know knows that they are not to stop by our house without calling first or planning a day ahead so we can clean. And I got to thinking, I wonder if people think we are hoarders and that's why we don't like people to come over? Well, I'm here to say that we are not hoarders. There are no piles of unwanted crap with dead cats to be discovered underneath. We have working plumbing. And a clean counter top and stove top on which to cook.

October 20, 2010

Well, my schedule got a little screwy this week. I am usually off on Wednesdays and I worked today. It threw me off a little on my days. Tonight a group of us went to Hacienda to celebrate Jon's and my birthdays from last month. We usually all get together for dinner for birthdays, but everyone was so busy last month with vacations. Chris and Laura bought our dinner, which was really nice. And my parents had the staff come out and sing and give me and Jon sombreros. Ethan showed off his Pop Warner football metal and I promised him I would let him be my picture of the day. It was good to see everyone as we don't all have time to get together at the same time. Lives are so busy...

October 19, 2010

I got nothing.

October 18, 2010

Bubba Burrito.

October 17, 2010

Today, my dad and I drove to Ludington to take pictures. We were hoping for the leaves to be more turned up north, but we were a little disappointed. We still got some great pictures, but were just hoping for more. We stopped in Grand Haven on the way home. Here at one of their city parks, is an actual once-used train, the Pere Marquette Steam Locomotive No. 1223. Its all nice and pretty and restored and sits on a track right next to a playground. You can even climb on it and look in all the windows. Pretty neat. I've never been on a train before.