Summer has officially arrived, and we have been some busy bees lately! During the middle of June, my mom, dad, and sister came out for a visit - they hadn't been up to see us since the wedding in October last year. It was really great to see everyone again, and we were pretty busy the entire trip. The family showed up Sunday night after a 12-hour drive across South Dakota and most of Minnesota. Monday was the Mall of America for Mom, Ashley, and I, while Aaron and Dad stayed home to do some manly stuff and get supplies for brewing beer. Aaron got a fruit wine started, which is fermenting (or whatever wines do) under the kitchen sink. Ashley and Mom bought tons of shoes at the mall, and I found a cool billfold from Fossil to replace my old wallet.
It should probably be mentioned that when the folks were coming to visit, they had barelyenough room left over in the Subaru for an additional passenger - this room was necessary, because at the end of the week, Mom's sister was flying in from Florida to Minneapolis, and would drive back to Wyoming with them on Saturday morning. The purchase of additional shoes put the vehicle on the verge of being too full. This was to be dealt with later in the week.
We also had a BBQ on Monday, and met up with Randy and Joan, who drove in separately from my family. We had bought tickets to three MN Twins games for this week, and wanted to hand off the tickets to Randy and Joan, as we were pretty sure we wouldn't see them except during games.
Tuesday was fairly relaxing if I recall, and there was a late start to the day. We wanted to get to Target Field early on Tuesday because it was the first of three games, and the first time anyone but Aaron and I had been to the new field. We even got to see some batting practice from the opposing team, the Colorado Rockies. I stood in the Home Run Porch bleachers, hoping for a ball, but none came my way. Maybe next time!
On Wednesday, Mom, Ashley, and I headed off to ValleyFair for some roller coaster action. I made the mistake of letting Mom and Ashley spray me down with sunscreen, as I ended up fairly burnt by the end of the day, but had a great time otherwise! While us girls were gone, Aaron and Dad went in search of a luggage rack to stick on top of the Subaru, because they probably weren't going to be able to fit everyone and their luggage in after a few days of shopping. Dad and Aaron also patched up the hole in the roof where water's been leaking in during really heavy rains, and put a cap on our chimney.
We had our 2nd baseball game of the week that evening, as well. When Aaron and I got back to my car, the key fob wouldn't unlock the car. Had to unlock it manually, and the lock switch on my door wouldn't work. This is the first time I've had a car with so many electronic features, my two previous cars had to be unlocked with the key, and the passenger doors were unlocked manually, as well. It took me a while to realize that I'd left the lights on in the car (it was really loud in the parking garage, and I didn't hear the dummy buzzer dinging at me to tell me I'd left them on), and the battery died. Had to call Mom and Dad to rescue us. They didn't have jumper cables, but Randy and Joan did - fortunately, the four of them had parked close to each other, and it was easy for Mom and Dad to get the jumper cables from Randy and Joan. The next part was not so easy, as they were on the floor below us. They had to exit the parking garage, get back on the Interstate, loop around, and get back in. Took quite a while for them to get back to us, but fortunately, the car started up right away with the first turn of the key.
On Thursday, the baseball game was during the day, and we had seats in the sun for the whole game. I ended up burning the tops of my knees because I didn't put sunscreen on them, and the right one is FINALLY starting to feel better - I could hardly walk on it earlier this week. After the game, we headed home to shower and change clothes, and then headed up to Maple Grove to have dinner at The Claddaugh Irish Pub. Every Thursday night, they have team trivia at 7:30, with the first three places winning gift certificates to the restaurant. We ended up in 2nd place, winning a $25 gift certificate - It was a ton of fun.
Friday was pretty laid back, also. Ashley wanted to do some yarn shopping to find some super soft yard to crochet a new blanket. We went to a few "luxury" yarn stores, but everything was either too expensive, not soft enough, or not the colors she was hoping for. We ended up going to JoAnn Fabrics, which is where I like to get my yarn when I'm on a budget. Afterwards, we killed some time at the nearby mall, then headed to the airport to pick up Mom's sister. While we were out, Dad and Aaron fixed the loose tiles in the bathroom floor.
Everyone left super early on Saturday morning, and that left Aaron and I with the weekend to ourselves to relax and wind down before going back to work again on Monday.
This week's been pretty interesting, as well. We've had a couple of big rain storms come through, and during the first one, we had a power outage. Power wasn't anticipated to be restored until nearly 9pm, so we went out in search of food. We stopped by this new little diner called Granny's Kitchen in New Hope, MN, not too far from where we live. It was really quiet in there, with one other table sat to eat, and a lot of staff wandering around. The other table left, and then it was just me and Aaron, and the diner was closing up, but we hadn't gotten our food yet, as Aaron had ordered steak, and everything was cooked to order. It was well worth the wait, though, as both of our meals were delicious. You could tell they put a lot of work into the meals.
Over their speakers, they were playing a CD called "Punk Goes Pop" - a compilation of pop songs covered by punk groups. The first song was a Backstreet Boys song, then Michelle Branch, some Madonna, etc. It was fairly awesome, and as we were being rung up at the register, I said to the guy, "Man, I really kinda want this CD!" And he says "Oh yeah? Hang on, I'll be right back." He goes back into the kitchen, takes the CD out of the player, comes back, and hands it to me. I mean, seriously, how cool is that? It was a burned CD, not the original, but still. Very awesome. I think the next time we go back there, I'm going to burn them a copy of my Punk Tribute to Weezer CD - I'm sure they would enjoy that!
One last thing before I sign off for the next month or so. In my last post, I'd talked about work and being switched from Disability to Dental for an indefinite amount of time - well, that has officially been changed to me moving to Dental permanently. I'm not sure when I'll be moving across the hall to that department, but I should know more this coming week. It's not ideal, but maybe in a few months, I'll be able to work from home, then I won't have to bother with the commute anymore.
So I guess that's it for now. Until next time!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
I thought this was supposed to be temporary?
Last year our company decided to use our available employees in Disability Claims to work Dental Claims for the first quarter of the year. I had volunteered, thinking it would be interesting to see another side of the company, and to change things up a bit with my work. I wasn't picked last year because I was too "green" at my current job, and my supervisor wanted me to focus on my Disability work.
The reason they did this was because at the beginning of each year, there is an influx of Dental claims, and instead of hiring new or temporary employees for the three or so months that there are too many claims, and not enough Dental employees. Instead, someone determined that the Disability department was overstaffed, and pulled two people to work half days on Dental from Disability. At the end of March, those two people were done.
This year was the same story. They needed two people to work half days from January through March. I volunteered again, even though the people who did that volunteer work last year had complained about it and how unorganized the whole thing was. I thought they were exaggerating. Turns out they weren't exaggerating, not even a teeny bit.
Training started off rocky, when we were set loose on our own, we had more questions than it seemed were possible, and it was tough. But we managed. And just when we finally got used to that, they changed the work we were doing, and it all started over.
Then they announced (with only two days of warning), that we would no longer be doing Dental half days - they were so far behind, that they would need us to do Dental full days, and it wasn't just through March anymore, it was through April, as well. Then we would go back to doing Disability claims again, just like normal.
Then today, with one more day left on my countdown calendar, which I'd been carefully "X"ing off each day that passed, a bomb was dropped on me. I was called into my supervisor's office, expecting to hear something about "thanks for all your hard work in Dental these past four months, here's how things are going to go on Monday when you start doing Disability again." Instead, it was more like, "So, your last day of Dental will not be tomorrow."
Me: You're joking, right?
Supv: No, I'm afraid I'm not.
Me: This is a REALLY bad joke.
Supv: I wish it was a joke, I'm sorry.
So not only is my last day of Dental not tomorrow, but the duration of Dental is indefinite. The Dental department is currently understaffed and not hiring, and the Disability department is currently overstaffed - so of course it makes sense to take people from the overstaffed department and have them work in the understaffed department, especially if they're already trained to do the work.
I suppose I should mention that this is mind-numbingly boring work, and the constant data-entry (about 5x more than when doing Disability) is wreaking havoc on my shoulder due to repetitive motion strain. I am getting an ergonomic chair at work and a slide out keyboard tray, which should help out. Since I don't know how long I'll be doing this now, I'm working on keeping the pain to a minimum. Before, it was "oh, I'll be done in two months, so I'll just suffer through it, and it'll go away when I start Disability again."
We'd planned a Happy Hour at one of the local bars tomorrow. It's still on, even though it could be considered an Un-Happy Hour. Either way, I'm drinkin'.
Yeah, this was a big bitch-fest, but I needed to get it off my chest and complain about it. Because there's nothing I can do that's going to change it, aside from finding a new job at this point, and I'm just not ready to do that right now. I just have to hope that it doesn't last too much longer, and deal with it.
The reason they did this was because at the beginning of each year, there is an influx of Dental claims, and instead of hiring new or temporary employees for the three or so months that there are too many claims, and not enough Dental employees. Instead, someone determined that the Disability department was overstaffed, and pulled two people to work half days on Dental from Disability. At the end of March, those two people were done.
This year was the same story. They needed two people to work half days from January through March. I volunteered again, even though the people who did that volunteer work last year had complained about it and how unorganized the whole thing was. I thought they were exaggerating. Turns out they weren't exaggerating, not even a teeny bit.
Training started off rocky, when we were set loose on our own, we had more questions than it seemed were possible, and it was tough. But we managed. And just when we finally got used to that, they changed the work we were doing, and it all started over.
Then they announced (with only two days of warning), that we would no longer be doing Dental half days - they were so far behind, that they would need us to do Dental full days, and it wasn't just through March anymore, it was through April, as well. Then we would go back to doing Disability claims again, just like normal.
Then today, with one more day left on my countdown calendar, which I'd been carefully "X"ing off each day that passed, a bomb was dropped on me. I was called into my supervisor's office, expecting to hear something about "thanks for all your hard work in Dental these past four months, here's how things are going to go on Monday when you start doing Disability again." Instead, it was more like, "So, your last day of Dental will not be tomorrow."
Me: You're joking, right?
Supv: No, I'm afraid I'm not.
Me: This is a REALLY bad joke.
Supv: I wish it was a joke, I'm sorry.
So not only is my last day of Dental not tomorrow, but the duration of Dental is indefinite. The Dental department is currently understaffed and not hiring, and the Disability department is currently overstaffed - so of course it makes sense to take people from the overstaffed department and have them work in the understaffed department, especially if they're already trained to do the work.
I suppose I should mention that this is mind-numbingly boring work, and the constant data-entry (about 5x more than when doing Disability) is wreaking havoc on my shoulder due to repetitive motion strain. I am getting an ergonomic chair at work and a slide out keyboard tray, which should help out. Since I don't know how long I'll be doing this now, I'm working on keeping the pain to a minimum. Before, it was "oh, I'll be done in two months, so I'll just suffer through it, and it'll go away when I start Disability again."
We'd planned a Happy Hour at one of the local bars tomorrow. It's still on, even though it could be considered an Un-Happy Hour. Either way, I'm drinkin'.
Yeah, this was a big bitch-fest, but I needed to get it off my chest and complain about it. Because there's nothing I can do that's going to change it, aside from finding a new job at this point, and I'm just not ready to do that right now. I just have to hope that it doesn't last too much longer, and deal with it.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Wrong Number
My phone rarely rings. I don't even know why I have a phone most of the time. If I could have something that just sends out text and picture messages and surf the internet, I'd be fairly happy, I think.
So when my phone does ring, I usually need to answer it, and it's usually someone I know. That's why normally I don't answer my phone if I don't recognize the number.
This weekend I had a missed call from a St. Paul area code - they didn't leave a message, so I didn't call back. Today, while I was waiting for my car to get its tires rotated and oil changed at the dealership, I got a call from that same number, so I answered it. Some kid, who asked, "Uhh, who is this?" Well, you called me, kid, you should probably have a good idea of who you're calling.
Then I get another call tonight from an unrecognized, but local number. What the heck? I'll answer it, it could be something important, right? Nope.
Me: Hello?
Kid: Mom?
Me: Nope, you've got the wrong number, sorry.
So, do I go back to only answering my phone if the person calling is in my phonebook, and therefore, a recognized number? Or do I answer the phone every single time, when 90% of my incoming calls are wrong numbers because people forget that there are more than two area codes in the Twin Cities?
So when my phone does ring, I usually need to answer it, and it's usually someone I know. That's why normally I don't answer my phone if I don't recognize the number.
This weekend I had a missed call from a St. Paul area code - they didn't leave a message, so I didn't call back. Today, while I was waiting for my car to get its tires rotated and oil changed at the dealership, I got a call from that same number, so I answered it. Some kid, who asked, "Uhh, who is this?" Well, you called me, kid, you should probably have a good idea of who you're calling.
Then I get another call tonight from an unrecognized, but local number. What the heck? I'll answer it, it could be something important, right? Nope.
Me: Hello?
Kid: Mom?
Me: Nope, you've got the wrong number, sorry.
So, do I go back to only answering my phone if the person calling is in my phonebook, and therefore, a recognized number? Or do I answer the phone every single time, when 90% of my incoming calls are wrong numbers because people forget that there are more than two area codes in the Twin Cities?
Sunday, April 18, 2010
April Showers
Quite a bit has happened since I last logged in here. We'd had an issue with our youngest cat, Skadi, the weekend before Easter. She'd been throwing up Sunday afternoon, all day Monday, and Tuesday morning. I made an appointment to take her to the vet Tuesday morning, and after doing some x-rays, they found that she had eaten several of my ponytail holders. The doctor recommended surgery right away to get those out, as they were obviously impairing her ability to eat. She'd lost a pound in the last couple of months, so she wasn't getting enough food. Unfortunately, my vet's office didn't have a surgeon available for Tuesday, and since all the ponytail holders were currently in Skadi's stomach, and not trying to float their way down her intestines, the vet suggested that I go to an emergency / referral vet about 20 minutes away.
So Skadi and I went down to the emergency vet and waited around about 2 hours before they took her in, as there were other animals in surgery at the time. The surgeon only had to do a scope to get everything out of Skadi's stomach, and didn't have to open her up (thank goodness, because that would have cost 2x as much), and they were able to get everything out of her stomach.
I felt so terrible, because I know this was my fault. I try to be really good about putting away my ponytail holders after I've taken them out of my hair, but apparently I wasn't. So I promptly got a hair cut that weekend which is easier to manage when I wear it down, but I can still pull it back in a ponytail if need be, like on the weekends when we're painting.
Since we spent a small fortune on Skadi that week, it was hard to justify spending more money going to Kansas City to see the Twins play at Kaufmann Stadium, so we canceled the trip and got our deposit back. Next weekend will just be another 3-day weekend for us so we can get more painting done. We've finished nearly everything upstairs now - the bedroom, bathroom, Aaron's office, and guest room are complete, along with the kitchen. The dining room is ALMOST done, save for half a wall that needs to be smoothed out yet before we paint it. Aaron's still working on that part.
On Easter weekend, we had that Friday off, which was the Twins vs Cardinals exhibition game at the new Target Field. Aaron and I went to that game, which was fun, even though the Twins lost. We'd already been to the stadium once before, so we knew where everything was, and didn't have to spend too much time lollygagging around, like most everyone else there did. One of the great things about the new stadium is that you can bring your own food and drink in, as long as you don't take it to any of the food-serving establishments. Which is great - bring an empty water bottle and fill it up at the drinking fountain, or bring your own peanuts, sunflower seeds, or sandwiches, and don't spend a fortune on concessions. Of course, there is some great food at Target Field to try out, but once the novelty has worn off, bringing your own food in is awesome.
We're going to a game this coming Wednesday, Twins vs Indians - should be fun. Our seats aren't awesomely close or anything like that, but there really are no bad seats, anyway.
For Saturday and Sunday of Easter weekend, Aaron and I headed to Brookings, SD, to spend Easter with Aaron's brother Eric, and Eric's son. Aaron's folks came out as well, and we had a really nice time. I loved the fact that Eric lived a few miles out of town on the country roads, so it was nice and quiet, you could see the stars, and kinda remember what it was like to be back home.
We're finally getting around to doing some yard work, as it's been consistently warm recently. Aaron's working on getting some grass seed down on some bare spots on the front lawn, and I planted some flowers via seed roll in front of the house. It's a hummingbird / butterfly mix, so I hope they come up - the flowers all looked really pretty on the packaging.
Went to the doctor's on Friday this week for a routine physical / check up, and ended up getting a tetanus shot while I was there. I guess you get a booster every 10 years, and the last time I'd had a shot was about 10 years ago, give or take a year on either end, when I'd stepped on a nail and had to go in to the ER to have it cleaned. Now my arm is super sore, and feels like someone wailed on it with their fists or a hammer or something. Ugh, no fun.
Otherwise, cats are good, family's good, everything's good. Just waiting for summer to get into full swing, and to be done working on the house so we can start enjoying these weekends!
So Skadi and I went down to the emergency vet and waited around about 2 hours before they took her in, as there were other animals in surgery at the time. The surgeon only had to do a scope to get everything out of Skadi's stomach, and didn't have to open her up (thank goodness, because that would have cost 2x as much), and they were able to get everything out of her stomach.
I felt so terrible, because I know this was my fault. I try to be really good about putting away my ponytail holders after I've taken them out of my hair, but apparently I wasn't. So I promptly got a hair cut that weekend which is easier to manage when I wear it down, but I can still pull it back in a ponytail if need be, like on the weekends when we're painting.
Since we spent a small fortune on Skadi that week, it was hard to justify spending more money going to Kansas City to see the Twins play at Kaufmann Stadium, so we canceled the trip and got our deposit back. Next weekend will just be another 3-day weekend for us so we can get more painting done. We've finished nearly everything upstairs now - the bedroom, bathroom, Aaron's office, and guest room are complete, along with the kitchen. The dining room is ALMOST done, save for half a wall that needs to be smoothed out yet before we paint it. Aaron's still working on that part.
On Easter weekend, we had that Friday off, which was the Twins vs Cardinals exhibition game at the new Target Field. Aaron and I went to that game, which was fun, even though the Twins lost. We'd already been to the stadium once before, so we knew where everything was, and didn't have to spend too much time lollygagging around, like most everyone else there did. One of the great things about the new stadium is that you can bring your own food and drink in, as long as you don't take it to any of the food-serving establishments. Which is great - bring an empty water bottle and fill it up at the drinking fountain, or bring your own peanuts, sunflower seeds, or sandwiches, and don't spend a fortune on concessions. Of course, there is some great food at Target Field to try out, but once the novelty has worn off, bringing your own food in is awesome.
We're going to a game this coming Wednesday, Twins vs Indians - should be fun. Our seats aren't awesomely close or anything like that, but there really are no bad seats, anyway.
For Saturday and Sunday of Easter weekend, Aaron and I headed to Brookings, SD, to spend Easter with Aaron's brother Eric, and Eric's son. Aaron's folks came out as well, and we had a really nice time. I loved the fact that Eric lived a few miles out of town on the country roads, so it was nice and quiet, you could see the stars, and kinda remember what it was like to be back home.
We're finally getting around to doing some yard work, as it's been consistently warm recently. Aaron's working on getting some grass seed down on some bare spots on the front lawn, and I planted some flowers via seed roll in front of the house. It's a hummingbird / butterfly mix, so I hope they come up - the flowers all looked really pretty on the packaging.
Went to the doctor's on Friday this week for a routine physical / check up, and ended up getting a tetanus shot while I was there. I guess you get a booster every 10 years, and the last time I'd had a shot was about 10 years ago, give or take a year on either end, when I'd stepped on a nail and had to go in to the ER to have it cleaned. Now my arm is super sore, and feels like someone wailed on it with their fists or a hammer or something. Ugh, no fun.
Otherwise, cats are good, family's good, everything's good. Just waiting for summer to get into full swing, and to be done working on the house so we can start enjoying these weekends!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Baseball!
Hooray, it's almost time for regular-season baseball! Aaron and I have been gearing up for this season, and are really excited for it to start. We managed to get tickets to the exhibition game on Friday, April 2nd, where the Twins will play the St. Louis Cardinals, and we've got two other games to go to in April and May at the new Target Field.
Aaron and I showed up to Target Field the weekend before last when single-game tickets went on sale. We'd already bought out tickets for single games at home, rather than standing in line outside in the cold, but we went after the crowds died down to check it out. You couldn't go into the stadium, but you could see all the concessions that they had, go into the gear shop to check out shirts, hoodies, hats, etc, and that was about it. It was fun, but you couldn't even see the field from the closed gates.
This June, my folks and some family friends are coming out, and we're going to see the 3-game series of Twins versus Rockies. I'm super excited for all those games, and we have seats in a lot of different places in the stadium.
This weekend, we got to go inside the stadium and check out the whole thing. The MN Gophers played LA Tech Bulldogs, as the first game in Target Field. The game didn't start 'til 1pm, but gates opened at 9am, letting anyone who bought tickets, just $2 each, a chance to check out the entire stadium, including club houses, and other rooms that only certain members would normally be privileged to, such as season ticket holders, and Legends Club members.
It was a really cool experience. We went into every club room, checked out all the pubs and bars and concession stand that there was. We sat in all of our seats that we'll be sitting in for future games this season, to see what our views would be like. I can tell you this: there is not a bad seat in the house. The stadium is so much better than the Metrodome because it is MADE for baseball. All of the seats angle in towards home plate, there are so many different levels, and you feel close to the field no matter where you are sitting. It is amazing that the new Target Field holds less seats than the old Metrodome, and yet it seem so much larger.
A few days ago, Target Field said that they had already sold 2.5 million tickets for the 2010 season, compared to the 2.4 million tickets that were sold for all of 2009. This is going to be a great year, I'm so excited!
So that's kinda what we've been up to lately, along with more painting. We got the front entry finished (green), and the kitchen finished (orange) this weekend. We still have the office and the bathroom to accomplish upstairs, as well as the stairwell and wall leading downstairs, and all of the basement to finish. We're making pretty good progress, and we have a couple of 3-day weekends to work on it. We'd taken four 3-day weekends off in March and April, but for two of them, we won't be home. Over Easter weekend, we are going to Brookings, SD to visit Aaron's brother, and his folks are going to be there, as well. Then, the last weekend in April that we have a 3-day weekend, we are going to Kansas City, MO to see the Twins play the KC Royals on a bus tour with a bunch of others.
That's it for me this time!
Aaron and I showed up to Target Field the weekend before last when single-game tickets went on sale. We'd already bought out tickets for single games at home, rather than standing in line outside in the cold, but we went after the crowds died down to check it out. You couldn't go into the stadium, but you could see all the concessions that they had, go into the gear shop to check out shirts, hoodies, hats, etc, and that was about it. It was fun, but you couldn't even see the field from the closed gates.
This June, my folks and some family friends are coming out, and we're going to see the 3-game series of Twins versus Rockies. I'm super excited for all those games, and we have seats in a lot of different places in the stadium.
This weekend, we got to go inside the stadium and check out the whole thing. The MN Gophers played LA Tech Bulldogs, as the first game in Target Field. The game didn't start 'til 1pm, but gates opened at 9am, letting anyone who bought tickets, just $2 each, a chance to check out the entire stadium, including club houses, and other rooms that only certain members would normally be privileged to, such as season ticket holders, and Legends Club members.
It was a really cool experience. We went into every club room, checked out all the pubs and bars and concession stand that there was. We sat in all of our seats that we'll be sitting in for future games this season, to see what our views would be like. I can tell you this: there is not a bad seat in the house. The stadium is so much better than the Metrodome because it is MADE for baseball. All of the seats angle in towards home plate, there are so many different levels, and you feel close to the field no matter where you are sitting. It is amazing that the new Target Field holds less seats than the old Metrodome, and yet it seem so much larger.
A few days ago, Target Field said that they had already sold 2.5 million tickets for the 2010 season, compared to the 2.4 million tickets that were sold for all of 2009. This is going to be a great year, I'm so excited!
So that's kinda what we've been up to lately, along with more painting. We got the front entry finished (green), and the kitchen finished (orange) this weekend. We still have the office and the bathroom to accomplish upstairs, as well as the stairwell and wall leading downstairs, and all of the basement to finish. We're making pretty good progress, and we have a couple of 3-day weekends to work on it. We'd taken four 3-day weekends off in March and April, but for two of them, we won't be home. Over Easter weekend, we are going to Brookings, SD to visit Aaron's brother, and his folks are going to be there, as well. Then, the last weekend in April that we have a 3-day weekend, we are going to Kansas City, MO to see the Twins play the KC Royals on a bus tour with a bunch of others.
That's it for me this time!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
February Update
Well, we've finally started painting in the house! We finished the guest bedroom, a very nice shade of blue, and the dining room is almost finished - one accent wall with a deep purple color, and a sage green on the rest of the walls. We even bought curtain rods for all of the windows, and as soon as we finish each room, the rods go up, and I make curtain panels for them.
I'm not very good at it yet, and am not even finished with the first panel because I messed up (again), and need to rip out some seams. Currently, bedsheets are going to have to work for now until I get this thing figured out.
We're working on painting the bedroom right now, but ran out of paint to get all of the coats up, so we stopped today after one coat and will pick up more paint this week.
Jill is coming up for her first visit since the wedding, so that should be fun. Not quite sure what we're going to do yet, other than do some shopping at eat Thai food, as Jill's never had any before! Guess that's what happens when you live in North Dakota for too long :).
The weather is finally warming up around here - hoping for it to do so slowly, so all of the snow melting doesn't come pouring into our house through the basement window and behind the fuse box. I'll just be happy that the ruts in the alley will be gone so I can finally get into the garage with some ease.
Needless to say, we've been really busy over the weekends with moving furniture, priming, and painting everything. We finally got to go over to some friends' house this weekend, so it was nice to get out of the house for a bit. Had some great lasagna, played some Rock Band, and managed to get out of their place before 1am. Aaron had a wicked craving for some White Castle, which is on the way home, so we picked up some sliders and a chicken ring (think onion ring, but chicken...) sandwich. It was the first time I'd had White Castle, and while it was OK, I can see how it would be super awesome when you are drunk.
We've got a jam-packed spring and summer coming up - going to baseball games in April and June, one of them will be a bus trip to Kansas City, Missouri, and a Barenaked Ladies concert in May. We're hoping to get tickets to the season opener and the exhibition game. I know it's going to be damn cold, but new baseball field!!! That's exciting enough to keep me warm for a few hours.
So that's what's been going on this month. Until next time!
I'm not very good at it yet, and am not even finished with the first panel because I messed up (again), and need to rip out some seams. Currently, bedsheets are going to have to work for now until I get this thing figured out.
We're working on painting the bedroom right now, but ran out of paint to get all of the coats up, so we stopped today after one coat and will pick up more paint this week.
Jill is coming up for her first visit since the wedding, so that should be fun. Not quite sure what we're going to do yet, other than do some shopping at eat Thai food, as Jill's never had any before! Guess that's what happens when you live in North Dakota for too long :).
The weather is finally warming up around here - hoping for it to do so slowly, so all of the snow melting doesn't come pouring into our house through the basement window and behind the fuse box. I'll just be happy that the ruts in the alley will be gone so I can finally get into the garage with some ease.
Needless to say, we've been really busy over the weekends with moving furniture, priming, and painting everything. We finally got to go over to some friends' house this weekend, so it was nice to get out of the house for a bit. Had some great lasagna, played some Rock Band, and managed to get out of their place before 1am. Aaron had a wicked craving for some White Castle, which is on the way home, so we picked up some sliders and a chicken ring (think onion ring, but chicken...) sandwich. It was the first time I'd had White Castle, and while it was OK, I can see how it would be super awesome when you are drunk.
We've got a jam-packed spring and summer coming up - going to baseball games in April and June, one of them will be a bus trip to Kansas City, Missouri, and a Barenaked Ladies concert in May. We're hoping to get tickets to the season opener and the exhibition game. I know it's going to be damn cold, but new baseball field!!! That's exciting enough to keep me warm for a few hours.
So that's what's been going on this month. Until next time!
Friday, January 15, 2010
I'm Bad At This
Here we go again, almost another month where I haven't blogged. I used to do this almost daily, then weekly, now monthly. Just been busy. And some days, it just feels like there's nothing to blog about now that there's Facebook and Twitter. When something happens, I get it on the internet right away, as it's happening, in under 140 characters.
Been pretty busy around here. We've had friends over for dinner parties, we'll have friends over this weekend to help us out with some painting / design ideas - we'd like to start painting rooms in the house this winter - Aaron thinks it will be a good winter-time project. Me? Not so sure, but I am tired of tan walls and tan carpet, so a change is good.
Got Aaron to go to a movie theater a few weeks ago, we saw Sherlock Holmes in this new theater with VIP seating, 21+ only, full bar and restaurant. Very awesome, and I think we'll be going to more movies. before noon, in the regular seating, for any movie, only $5.00. Can't go wrong there!
I've pretty much run out of things to say...
Been pretty busy around here. We've had friends over for dinner parties, we'll have friends over this weekend to help us out with some painting / design ideas - we'd like to start painting rooms in the house this winter - Aaron thinks it will be a good winter-time project. Me? Not so sure, but I am tired of tan walls and tan carpet, so a change is good.
Got Aaron to go to a movie theater a few weeks ago, we saw Sherlock Holmes in this new theater with VIP seating, 21+ only, full bar and restaurant. Very awesome, and I think we'll be going to more movies. before noon, in the regular seating, for any movie, only $5.00. Can't go wrong there!
I've pretty much run out of things to say...
Saturday, December 26, 2009
It's been too long!
So my last post was almost two months ago. Where does the time fly?? We've been fairly busy, and on weekends that we're not busy, I just want to lay around and do nothing. Which is easily accomplished.
Since I don't really recall details of the last two months, we'll go with something more recent for an update.
I got a sewing machine early in November, and have been playing around with that. I don't really know what I'm doing, but my Junior High Home Ec. class left enough in my memory that I could figure it out.
For Thanksgiving, Aaron and I had our friends Jamie & Karlie, Nathan, and David over for dinner. Aaron made a wonderful turkey, not too dry, and we still have leftover turkey meat in the freezer. We did everything from turkey lo mein, turkey stroganoff, and turkey fried rice for leftovers. Then we were turkied out. We had a great time, and it was our first official "dinner" at our new house. We had to buy a bigger table for the occasion, as our current one barely seats four people.
We've gotten quite a few Christmas and holiday cards in the mail, which has been great - we sent out our first official Rehm Family Christmas letter this year, which was fun to do.
We got a ton of snow for the holidays, which started this Wednesday, although we didn't get quite as much snow as everyone back home in South Dakota and Wyoming did (thankfully!). Aaron and I have been getting our workouts with daily shoveling. We got 4-5" on Wednesday night, another 3" during the day, and they had predicted another 5-7" for Friday night. Fortunately, we didn't get that much snow, but unfortunately, it was because it was a mix of rain and snow for the entire night, and we're now iced over. I had a hard time getting doors to open and close this morning on the house and garage, but we managed to get out and moving.
We also got an electric blanket a couple of weeks ago, which has probably been the best purchase of 2009 in my opinion. Nothing better than turning the blanket on about 10 minutes before bed time and crawling into a nice, warm bed when it's only 62 degrees in the house.
The first weekend in December, I flew to Denver, Colorado, where Ashley picked me up and drove us to Laramie, Wyoming, where she was graduating from college. Even though she still had an extra week of school, including finals, to do after walking across the stage. I got to meet Ashley's friends and her on again, off again boyfriend. I'm not entirely clear on their relationship status. Mom and Dad drove down as well, and started tearing apart the furniture in her apartment. Since she was graduating, she was going to be leaving Laramie and moving back home for a bit to save up some money and start figuring out her career choices. Ashley graduated with two degrees - a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and one in Criminal Justice.
I stayed the first night, Thursday, at her apartment on the air mattress, and the second night with Mom and Dad in the Hilton hotel. Nicest, softest, comfiest hotel I have ever stayed in. Except maybe the lodge in Ely that Aaron and I stayed in for one night during our honeymoon, that one was really nice, too.
It was great to see everyone again, even though I hurt my neck really bad somehow on Thursday night/Friday morning while sleeping on the air mattress. Ashley's friend, who is going to be a registered nurse soon, suggested I go to the ER and get x-rays, but my health insurance sucks for stuff like that, so I skipped that, and just wandered around for three days without being able to turn or tilt my head. It got better before the rest of the weekend was out, and I'm glad I didn't go to the hospital.
For Christmas, we had Jamie & Karlie, Nathan, and David over for dinner again. This time was a pot roast, veggies, sweet potato souffle' (YUM!), green beans, and dinner rolls. No dessert this time, but Jamie & Karlie brought over some awesome cookies that Karlie's mom made and had sent them, as well as a big plate of cheese for cheese and crackers. It was a really good time.
We're thinking of painting the interior of our house next month, apparently that's a good Winter project. I want to start with the bathroom - nice big room, and I already have a color scheme picked out, then maybe we can do another room, and then another, and keep moving on every few weekends until the house is finished! I'm just tired of the tan and white. We're having a hard time picking out colors for the other rooms, because we don't have any rugs or artwork or style per se, to pull colors and ideas from. We'll figure something out. I'd like each room to have a different feel, but I want them to flow together well, because upstairs, there's a lot of rooms that aren't separated by doorways, so you have to figure out where one room ends and the other begins when you paint. Who knows what we'll come up with!
Got myself a new phone last month, or earlier this month, don't remember which. The Motorola CLIQ, it's an Android based phone that's connected to lots of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and whatnot, full QWERTY keyboard, touch screen. I've enjoyed it so far, and am just waiting for an updated version of the operating system so I can get turn-by-turn GPS on it, as well as some other neat features.
Skadi and Odin are still not BFFs, but sometimes they get along better than others. Mostly, it's Odin sporting the bad attitude, but I think she eggs him on. Soon enough, she'll be as big as he is, and able to really whomp on him, though.
And I've run out of things to talk about - so until next time!
Since I don't really recall details of the last two months, we'll go with something more recent for an update.
I got a sewing machine early in November, and have been playing around with that. I don't really know what I'm doing, but my Junior High Home Ec. class left enough in my memory that I could figure it out.
For Thanksgiving, Aaron and I had our friends Jamie & Karlie, Nathan, and David over for dinner. Aaron made a wonderful turkey, not too dry, and we still have leftover turkey meat in the freezer. We did everything from turkey lo mein, turkey stroganoff, and turkey fried rice for leftovers. Then we were turkied out. We had a great time, and it was our first official "dinner" at our new house. We had to buy a bigger table for the occasion, as our current one barely seats four people.
We've gotten quite a few Christmas and holiday cards in the mail, which has been great - we sent out our first official Rehm Family Christmas letter this year, which was fun to do.
We got a ton of snow for the holidays, which started this Wednesday, although we didn't get quite as much snow as everyone back home in South Dakota and Wyoming did (thankfully!). Aaron and I have been getting our workouts with daily shoveling. We got 4-5" on Wednesday night, another 3" during the day, and they had predicted another 5-7" for Friday night. Fortunately, we didn't get that much snow, but unfortunately, it was because it was a mix of rain and snow for the entire night, and we're now iced over. I had a hard time getting doors to open and close this morning on the house and garage, but we managed to get out and moving.
We also got an electric blanket a couple of weeks ago, which has probably been the best purchase of 2009 in my opinion. Nothing better than turning the blanket on about 10 minutes before bed time and crawling into a nice, warm bed when it's only 62 degrees in the house.
The first weekend in December, I flew to Denver, Colorado, where Ashley picked me up and drove us to Laramie, Wyoming, where she was graduating from college. Even though she still had an extra week of school, including finals, to do after walking across the stage. I got to meet Ashley's friends and her on again, off again boyfriend. I'm not entirely clear on their relationship status. Mom and Dad drove down as well, and started tearing apart the furniture in her apartment. Since she was graduating, she was going to be leaving Laramie and moving back home for a bit to save up some money and start figuring out her career choices. Ashley graduated with two degrees - a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and one in Criminal Justice.
I stayed the first night, Thursday, at her apartment on the air mattress, and the second night with Mom and Dad in the Hilton hotel. Nicest, softest, comfiest hotel I have ever stayed in. Except maybe the lodge in Ely that Aaron and I stayed in for one night during our honeymoon, that one was really nice, too.
It was great to see everyone again, even though I hurt my neck really bad somehow on Thursday night/Friday morning while sleeping on the air mattress. Ashley's friend, who is going to be a registered nurse soon, suggested I go to the ER and get x-rays, but my health insurance sucks for stuff like that, so I skipped that, and just wandered around for three days without being able to turn or tilt my head. It got better before the rest of the weekend was out, and I'm glad I didn't go to the hospital.
For Christmas, we had Jamie & Karlie, Nathan, and David over for dinner again. This time was a pot roast, veggies, sweet potato souffle' (YUM!), green beans, and dinner rolls. No dessert this time, but Jamie & Karlie brought over some awesome cookies that Karlie's mom made and had sent them, as well as a big plate of cheese for cheese and crackers. It was a really good time.
We're thinking of painting the interior of our house next month, apparently that's a good Winter project. I want to start with the bathroom - nice big room, and I already have a color scheme picked out, then maybe we can do another room, and then another, and keep moving on every few weekends until the house is finished! I'm just tired of the tan and white. We're having a hard time picking out colors for the other rooms, because we don't have any rugs or artwork or style per se, to pull colors and ideas from. We'll figure something out. I'd like each room to have a different feel, but I want them to flow together well, because upstairs, there's a lot of rooms that aren't separated by doorways, so you have to figure out where one room ends and the other begins when you paint. Who knows what we'll come up with!
Got myself a new phone last month, or earlier this month, don't remember which. The Motorola CLIQ, it's an Android based phone that's connected to lots of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and whatnot, full QWERTY keyboard, touch screen. I've enjoyed it so far, and am just waiting for an updated version of the operating system so I can get turn-by-turn GPS on it, as well as some other neat features.
Skadi and Odin are still not BFFs, but sometimes they get along better than others. Mostly, it's Odin sporting the bad attitude, but I think she eggs him on. Soon enough, she'll be as big as he is, and able to really whomp on him, though.
And I've run out of things to talk about - so until next time!
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Just another Sunday
I'm trying to post more regularly, but keep forgetting, sorry. Life back in the real world has been nice - it was good to get back into a routine again, and not have people all over the place. Although, for a while, I did kind of miss having something to do or plan, as it seemed like that was all we'd been doing for the last few months, and now what do we do?
I need to find a good knitting project to work on, now that it's getting cold outside. The only problem is, kitties like to play with yarn, and now that we have two kitties, we have twice the yarn attackers. Our new kitty's name has been changed from Suzie (that's what they called her at the shelter) to Skadi. Skadi is the Norse goddess of hunting and winter, and she is the second wife to the god Odin. Our Odin is much more accepting of her now that they've been together for a few weeks, although he still has his crabby-pants days where he hisses or swipes at her. I'm just glad they can sleep in the same bed without fighting in the middle of the night anymore. That got old quick.
We had a good time at Halloween, lots of costume parties to go to, treats to eat, and drinking. I was Velma from Scooby Doo, and Aaron was Old Man Johnson (dressed as a ghost) from Scooby Doo one night, and then a robot the next night. The robot costume is always a hit. We made a change this year, and added a battery-powered fan in the top of the costume, so he could wear it without overheating. However, Aaron got assigned the duty of Bartender for the evening, and couldn't fit behind the bar in the costume, so it spent most of the night in the corner, all lit up.
Last Monday night, Aaron and I went to the Guthrie art center to see Jonathan Coulton in concert. The first time I'd ever heard of him was on Rock Band 2, a song about an evil scientist who is in love with a girl, who doesn't reciprocate his feelings. He's got songs about zombies, software coding, vampires, etc. I've heard his genre of music is called "nerd folk" as it's nerdy and acoustic. Whatever you call it, it was hilarious. The whole night, we were laughing our heads off. And it was a LONG concert, almost 4 hours. Well worth it.
I got to go to my first ever Vikings game on the 18th with my friend Lori from work - her brother had tickets, and someone backed out, so I was invited. We had a ton of fun. We tailgated before the game, headed in (missed the first quarter because it took so long to get into the Metrodome), and got to sit near the endzone on the 2nd level. We witnessed a fight between a drunk fan and a police officer in the stands above us, who was handcuffed and escorted out of the Dome. We almost left, in the last few seconds, as the Ravens were going for a field goal, which would have won the game for them, but thank goodness they missed, and the Vikings ended up winning.
And now it's November, and there are two months left to the year. 2009 went way too fast for me.
I need to find a good knitting project to work on, now that it's getting cold outside. The only problem is, kitties like to play with yarn, and now that we have two kitties, we have twice the yarn attackers. Our new kitty's name has been changed from Suzie (that's what they called her at the shelter) to Skadi. Skadi is the Norse goddess of hunting and winter, and she is the second wife to the god Odin. Our Odin is much more accepting of her now that they've been together for a few weeks, although he still has his crabby-pants days where he hisses or swipes at her. I'm just glad they can sleep in the same bed without fighting in the middle of the night anymore. That got old quick.
We had a good time at Halloween, lots of costume parties to go to, treats to eat, and drinking. I was Velma from Scooby Doo, and Aaron was Old Man Johnson (dressed as a ghost) from Scooby Doo one night, and then a robot the next night. The robot costume is always a hit. We made a change this year, and added a battery-powered fan in the top of the costume, so he could wear it without overheating. However, Aaron got assigned the duty of Bartender for the evening, and couldn't fit behind the bar in the costume, so it spent most of the night in the corner, all lit up.
Last Monday night, Aaron and I went to the Guthrie art center to see Jonathan Coulton in concert. The first time I'd ever heard of him was on Rock Band 2, a song about an evil scientist who is in love with a girl, who doesn't reciprocate his feelings. He's got songs about zombies, software coding, vampires, etc. I've heard his genre of music is called "nerd folk" as it's nerdy and acoustic. Whatever you call it, it was hilarious. The whole night, we were laughing our heads off. And it was a LONG concert, almost 4 hours. Well worth it.
I got to go to my first ever Vikings game on the 18th with my friend Lori from work - her brother had tickets, and someone backed out, so I was invited. We had a ton of fun. We tailgated before the game, headed in (missed the first quarter because it took so long to get into the Metrodome), and got to sit near the endzone on the 2nd level. We witnessed a fight between a drunk fan and a police officer in the stands above us, who was handcuffed and escorted out of the Dome. We almost left, in the last few seconds, as the Ravens were going for a field goal, which would have won the game for them, but thank goodness they missed, and the Vikings ended up winning.
And now it's November, and there are two months left to the year. 2009 went way too fast for me.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
long time comin'
It's been over a month since I last updated my blog. Last time I wrote here, I was worried that no one would RSVP to my wedding, that people wouldn't get fed, etc. Now the wedding has come and gone.
My good friend Lori from work threw me a bridal shower / bachelorette party, we invited all my girlfriends from the Cities (and Jill, too!). Lori cooked burgers and brats for us all, had made great cupcakes and taco salad, and had games for us to play, then we hit downtown for some bars to have a good night.
I was on a strict "no soda, no coffee" diet for the three weeks prior to the wedding - I had gone in for a fitting of my dress, and had to suck it in a little so the seamstress could zip it up. Yikes. Didn't want to have to worry about that on the wedding day! I even gave up my Friday Caribou Coffee that I had been getting for the last year or so.
I got sick the week before the wedding, could have been flu, could have just been a terrible cold. I had a fever of over 100 degrees for two days, and had to miss work Wednesday and Thursday of the week before I took two weeks off from work. I managed to make it into work that Friday to get as caught up as possible, and ended up working an extra hour that day.
Aaron got to have his bachelor party the weekend before the wedding, which was pretty low key and laid back, but he had a good time and didn't get too wild.
The week before the wedding, people started showing up to the Cities as early as Wednesday and Thursday. We were entertaining people for days, and had a constant stream of guests in our house. It was really a great time, and great seeing everyone again.
The day of the wedding flew by so fast. We got up, gathered our things, and Ashley, Jill, and I went to get our hair and makeup done, then we arrived at the Earle Brown Heritage Center with hours to spare. We got photos done by our good friend Jamie, which was great, because he didn't even have to act professional around us, because we're all practically like family now.
The ceremony had to be held inside instead of out on the green due to uncooperative weather. It never actually rained during the ceremony, but it was only about 50 degrees outside, and I didn't want everyone freezing their butts off, even though I felt perfectly fine in my 50 pound dress.
The reception was a BLAST. I was worried we wouldn't get people out on the dance floor after our first dance, but Henry made it happen, and he was out there all night, pulling people onto the floor. The meal was fabulous, the guests had a good time (I think!) and we had a great time. I have never danced so much in my life in one night. I went barefoot as soon as we got into the reception hall because my heels were killing me. Well, my feet were killing me the next day - I should have worn flip flops or something.
We didn't leave for our honeymoon until Tuesday. We headed up north to Duluth, the North Shore of Lake Superior, and Ely, Minnesota. We stayed at a mansion the first night at a bed and breakfast in Duluth, ate great elk burgers, and watched the Twins play through the 9th inning before leaving for bed. We stopped by Gooseberry Falls and Split Rock Bay to see the lighthouse that used to run there until the 60s. We stayed in a little town called Silver Bay at a teeny little bed and breakfast above a gift shop/coffee shop and had AMAZING cranberry/orange scones the next morning. Then we headed to Ely and stayed in a huge lodge with a lakeside view. A different type of place every night - Aaron sure planned that well!
We headed home Friday morning, got home in the afternoon, and have been working on getting the house cleaned up and our lives back to normal again.
This morning, we headed out in search of a kitten for Odin. He needs some companionship, and we wanted to wait until after we'd gotten home from the honeymoon before getting one. We searched a couple of the Humane Society animal shelters in the area, and finally found a cute little kitten to take home. Her name is currently Suzie, she's 12 weeks old, and a calico. She is very sweet and snuggly. Odin isn't too pleased right now with her, they are currently in separate rooms with a door between them so no fights break out. Hopefully in the coming weeks, he'll learn to tolerate her, and she'll grow up big enough to fend for herself.
Monday starts the Real World again, which I am and am not looking forward to. I want to get back to my regular routine, but coming back to work after being gone for two weeks is going to be ROUGH.
So that's my last month in a nutshell. Now that we're not so busy every weekend, I'll try to keep the weekend updates coming along!
My good friend Lori from work threw me a bridal shower / bachelorette party, we invited all my girlfriends from the Cities (and Jill, too!). Lori cooked burgers and brats for us all, had made great cupcakes and taco salad, and had games for us to play, then we hit downtown for some bars to have a good night.
I was on a strict "no soda, no coffee" diet for the three weeks prior to the wedding - I had gone in for a fitting of my dress, and had to suck it in a little so the seamstress could zip it up. Yikes. Didn't want to have to worry about that on the wedding day! I even gave up my Friday Caribou Coffee that I had been getting for the last year or so.
I got sick the week before the wedding, could have been flu, could have just been a terrible cold. I had a fever of over 100 degrees for two days, and had to miss work Wednesday and Thursday of the week before I took two weeks off from work. I managed to make it into work that Friday to get as caught up as possible, and ended up working an extra hour that day.
Aaron got to have his bachelor party the weekend before the wedding, which was pretty low key and laid back, but he had a good time and didn't get too wild.
The week before the wedding, people started showing up to the Cities as early as Wednesday and Thursday. We were entertaining people for days, and had a constant stream of guests in our house. It was really a great time, and great seeing everyone again.
The day of the wedding flew by so fast. We got up, gathered our things, and Ashley, Jill, and I went to get our hair and makeup done, then we arrived at the Earle Brown Heritage Center with hours to spare. We got photos done by our good friend Jamie, which was great, because he didn't even have to act professional around us, because we're all practically like family now.
The ceremony had to be held inside instead of out on the green due to uncooperative weather. It never actually rained during the ceremony, but it was only about 50 degrees outside, and I didn't want everyone freezing their butts off, even though I felt perfectly fine in my 50 pound dress.
The reception was a BLAST. I was worried we wouldn't get people out on the dance floor after our first dance, but Henry made it happen, and he was out there all night, pulling people onto the floor. The meal was fabulous, the guests had a good time (I think!) and we had a great time. I have never danced so much in my life in one night. I went barefoot as soon as we got into the reception hall because my heels were killing me. Well, my feet were killing me the next day - I should have worn flip flops or something.
We didn't leave for our honeymoon until Tuesday. We headed up north to Duluth, the North Shore of Lake Superior, and Ely, Minnesota. We stayed at a mansion the first night at a bed and breakfast in Duluth, ate great elk burgers, and watched the Twins play through the 9th inning before leaving for bed. We stopped by Gooseberry Falls and Split Rock Bay to see the lighthouse that used to run there until the 60s. We stayed in a little town called Silver Bay at a teeny little bed and breakfast above a gift shop/coffee shop and had AMAZING cranberry/orange scones the next morning. Then we headed to Ely and stayed in a huge lodge with a lakeside view. A different type of place every night - Aaron sure planned that well!
We headed home Friday morning, got home in the afternoon, and have been working on getting the house cleaned up and our lives back to normal again.
This morning, we headed out in search of a kitten for Odin. He needs some companionship, and we wanted to wait until after we'd gotten home from the honeymoon before getting one. We searched a couple of the Humane Society animal shelters in the area, and finally found a cute little kitten to take home. Her name is currently Suzie, she's 12 weeks old, and a calico. She is very sweet and snuggly. Odin isn't too pleased right now with her, they are currently in separate rooms with a door between them so no fights break out. Hopefully in the coming weeks, he'll learn to tolerate her, and she'll grow up big enough to fend for herself.
Monday starts the Real World again, which I am and am not looking forward to. I want to get back to my regular routine, but coming back to work after being gone for two weeks is going to be ROUGH.
So that's my last month in a nutshell. Now that we're not so busy every weekend, I'll try to keep the weekend updates coming along!
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