Diapering Curious George, Using Jumper Cables, & Eating Christmas Candy

FYI: This is long, really random, and rather boring...

School is good...I suppose. Nothing much is new. Just filled out a midterm evaluation...it is hard to believe that we are halfway through the semester already. I am over halfway through Human Resources (my night class) because it ends earlier than the other classes.

I think finals time won't be so stressful this semester because:
1. I don't have a photography final,
2. I don't really have a marketing research final (our presentation counts as the final...and we get to do ours early!),
3. the Human Resources exam is earlier than all of the regularly scheduled finals.

Score! I hate finals time...and I especially hate it Fall semester because my mind is very preoccupied with Christmassy things. December is too busy to be in school!

Human Resources is actually a pretty interesting class. I got a B on my Human Resources midterm exam (the class with only two tests - the midterm & the final). I thought I did a lot worse so that was a relief. He counts attendance & homework as a test grade so I think I will do okay in the class. I never miss class (except I will miss in November for CBS training) and I do all of my homework. I have a 93.7% average in the class right now.

Tuesday night in class he had us do an activity to show adult learning principles. He split the class into boys and girls and then had half of each group teach and half critique the teaching methods. The boys were supposed to teach the class how to change a diaper and the girls were supposed to teach how to jumpstart a car using jumper cables.

There are probably about 20 girls in the class and 15 of them said that they had used jumper cables. Can I just say "Yeah right!" I don't believe that for a second. All 15 girls? Watched, maybe. Done it themselves, not so much. I was one of the five that said I hadn't ever used them (I've watched dad and Brad use them but never done it myself). We had to teach the class how to use the things but luckily we got directions :)

The guys' part was a lot more entertaining though. Brad raised his hand (along with all but three of the men in the class). The back row of boys got lucky and got to be the critquers (I just made up a word...they got to sit and "critique" the other group.). The group nominated Brad to talk so he described how to diaper Curious George using a pillowcase and a pin. Quite entertaining. I enjoyed it. (Hope our babies aren't that large, lol) :) The whole class laughed a lot and the teacher even let us out early (which hardly ever happens!).

Photography is getting better. It turns out that I was using the wrong chemicals entirely and somehow my film came out okay (twice). I befuddled the teacher when I told her that. She couldn't believe that it worked. I just turned in my third assignment - portraits. It's really such a bummer that I lost the pictures from the wedding because I had some really cute ones of my second cousins. I ended up taking a roll of David and Breann and using those pictures for the assignment. The teacher really liked the photo of David kissing her belly. For evaluations everyone in the class picks one of their classmates' photos and says why they like it or don't like it. One of my photos was picked but then my teacher picked up the photo of David kissing her belly and talked about it...she never picks up any other photos so that was exciting :) Our next assignment is motion...should be interesting. I don't know what I am going to photograph yet.

Marketing Research is really good. I love the teacher...you can tell she loves what she does. I wish she taught all of my marketing classes!! We just had a test in there this morning. (It wasn't too good but it's only worth 20 points so it's okay!) We are currently working on our big project of the semester. We are doing research on facelogic, an affordable facial company (remember the gazillionaire I told you about...he owns it). We are going to do our "exploratory research" this Saturday (i.e. we are all going to get facials). Don't tell my in-laws that is where I am going on Saturday...all they need to know is I am going to do "homework".

Wow-o Advertising and Promotion is a different story. Not so good. I got a not-so-good grade on my second test. Our project stinks. We have to turn in status reports every week and the group is never on the same page. I have the job of editing them and emailing them to the teacher and I never know what to change and what to leave the way it is. The teacher says that a big part of the class is feeling clueless and not knowing what you are doing because that is the way that advertising agents feel all the time. Nice. Not looking forward to the presentation at all.

Work is good. Been ordering lots of stuff to be ready for the "Christmas rush" and also thinking about when to decorate for Christmas...haven't decided yet. I am the Decorating Chairperson (self assigned of course). I have recruited Brad, Perez, and Josh to be on my decorating crew. I just love GFAP all decorated with lights and garland and ribbon. So fun. Can't wait for Christmas goodies to start arriving in the mail! :)

YUM...makes me think of Susan Stoll Christmas candy!!! One of our vendors makes all kinds of yummy Christmas candy, cookies, & bread in her own kitchen.

It is like the best thing ever. Seriously.

Last year I impatiently awaited its arrival. Every day I would come into work and ask them if we got it in the mail. Everyday their reply was "no." Christmas came and still no candy. I can't tell you how sad I was when it never came. I have been eating this candy every Christmas for the last five years! I am a Stoll Christmas candy addict, I tell you. You can't get someone addicted and then just cut them off cold turkey! I didn't know if it just got lost in the mail or if they dropped us off the Christmas list or ?...

We got all kinds of other goodies...toffee (ew, gross!), mints, popcorn, assorted baskets of meat, cheese, and crackers, & someone even brought us cookies & milk...but it just wasn't the same.

Gene noticed my sadness and made a comment to the company (behind my back mind you) that his daughter-in-law was so heartbroken that we never got any candy from them. He made a huge deal about it to the vendors (which it is a big deal, but you don't tell them that, hello!) and I was quite embarrassed when he told me this information.

A week or two later I came into the office and on my desk sat a little white box.

::Begin hallelujah chorus::

The address label said my name (it always just says GFAP) & the return address said Stoll. I ripped into the box and proceeded to eat (or bag up) most of the contents of the box.

I am not kidding...it is seriously good stuff. All kinds of chocolates and truffles. Ah, it is heaven for sure. I never sent a thank you note but I definitely should have. That stuff is to die for.

The moral of the story?
1. Don't ever anger your fireplace door vendor.
2. Start writing thank you notes.
3. And try not to tell your father-in-law how sad you are about not receiving candy because he will embarrass the heck out of you (but you won't mind so much because you get to eat the coveted candy as a direct result).

Congratulations on making it through that very long blog post...told you it was random, boring, and long :)

Happy Birthday to Mom!!!

It's mom's birthday today...

just wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday!!

I LOVE YOU MOM!!! Thank you for always being there for me!

Layout from Saturday Part 1...



Had a lovely night scrapping on Saturday with Alicia...made a canvas with one of the pictures that I took of David and Breann last week...and two layouts.

I did one layout with a picture we took on dad's birthday this year. I got to use some of my favorite Karen Russell paper, stickers, and rub-ons...super fun!

(I added this picture using hello...Dave, you know blogger-can you help me?? I can't get them to upload using the blogger page...I have no clue what I am doing and I am getting really frustrated with this!! And I know that your computer is set up at the new house!!)...

The Scrapbook Expo & Other Fun Things...

Had a lovely day on Saturday…went to the Scrapbook Expo in Austin with the sisters. Quite the good time. We met at Starbucks and had some coffee and then headed to the Expo center. We got to meet the one and only Karen Burniston…she has the funniest blog ever…you should go read it (especially "Blogworthy 1970's" from April 10, 2006 & "Scandinavian Festivus for the Best of Us!" from February 20, 2006...so stinkin' hillarious! And her younger sister Julie...that is totally me when I was a youngin'!)...

SO...I got to meet the very cool Karen Burniston and Amanda, Vick, and I even got a picture with her! :)

When I asked her if she would be in a picture she dropped everything (she was working a very busy booth with lots of ladies in line, BTW) and asked us where we wanted to take the picture. While we were walking over to the black curtain backdrop she explained to Kara, the other lady working the booth, that she is "very big in Europe"...I just love her humor. She cracks me up. After we took the photo we went back to the booth and she rang up all my items (there was a bunch of items because it was the dollar scrapbooking booth...quite fun and easy to spend money there).

Vicki and Amanda laughed at me having a conversation with her...Vicki says I have improved from my days of speechlessness when I am around famous people (i.e. G.W. Bailey at Amanda & Dave's wedding back in 1998...). I carried on a fairly intelligent conversation (I think)...at least words came out of my mouth...that is improvement right there.

After we left her booth we wandered around and purchased a bunch more items...I kept telling Amanda and Vicki that we just met Karen Burniston!! They continued to laugh at me throughout the morning.

After we exhausted our scrapping funds, we headed over to Freebirds for some burritos. Quite yummy. We had a good ole' time trying to decide what the foil sculptures near our table were...Amanda made a purse to display (while Vicki mocked it incessantly)...

Nice to spend time with the sistas...we don't get to spend much time together just us three...especially since Amanda has moved halfway across the state...not really, but it surely feels like it. She's about an hour and 15 minutes away from me if there is not terrible traffic.

Had a good evening on Saturday as well...Alicia and Daniel came over and, get this, she scrapbooked a page!! I can't tell you how long it has been since she scrapped...too long! She's made less pages than my boy. She did a page with pictures from some concerts she's been to and even made a pocket to put her ticket stubs in. I was so excited when she decided to scrap! And she was really proud of the page she made...she showed it off to Daniel when he got here. Super fun. (As an added bonus, she picked the movie we watched...Napoleon Dynamite! Don't tell my other sister-in-laws but she is my favorite right now!). All in all, Saturday was a super-wonderful day! :)

Life is good.

Getting excited about the holiday season...
I'm going to try to persuade Bradley to let me listen to a Christmas CD on the way home (Selah). I love that it's getting chilly outside. Praying for snow!! I just love the Christmas season...love Fall...love winter...love everything about it. It really is my favorite time of the year.

I should get started on some Christmas presents and maybe finish projects I started last year (I started working on something for Amanda last year and it just didn't get done).

Operation Christmas Child starts soon!!! LOVE IT!! (You can read about it by clicking on that link). If you have never done it before, do it this year! Vick, Brad, and I find lots of treasures to fill the shoeboxes with every year. One year I hope to deliver them! That would be so awesome!

CBS is going really well...
I got caught up on some of my Coordinator duties last night (adding kids, double checking lists, and updating roll in the CBS software). I feel better when I am not so behind. It feels like lately I am behind on everything! Anticipating CBS training that is in November...less than a month away! CRAZY! I got my CBS Manual yesterday...super exciting. I call Julie all the time with questions and she says "that's in the manual...let me look it up!" Now I have my very own. I feel special. :) Now I can really start to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing.

Had some time to scrap...
two nights ago and a bit this morning before I got ready for school...feels good to create something. I worked on 2 pages about Camp Crestview (this summer's camp). I am reading Ali Edward's new book A Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking with Patterned Paper (it's good stuff for all you scrappers) and I tried to get out of my box a bit. Very unlike me, but fun nonetheless. I used lots of colors and patterns (same paper manufacturer, though - I have to keep one foot in my box at least!). Looking forward to scrapping with Vicki and Julie on Saturday. Should be lots of fun!!! Need to find some photos for my Design Team layout...it is really pretty fall paper...I just don't have any Fall pictures. (A reason to take more photos? I think so...)

Feeling stupid...
because I just messed up my film once again. Don't know what the deal is. It worked last time. Messed up the photos that I took at the wedding. BUMMER MAN. Seriously big bummer. I just wish I had done my film with two gals from my class on Thursday. I didn't do it then because I only had 1 of my 2 rolls finished. I should never do 2 rolls at once...too sad to lose both of them at the same time!! You live and you learn, right?!

Am looking forward to taking some photos...
of David and Breann tonight. Hopefully I will get enough good photos to get a good start on my assignment. They are just so cute. Looking forward to spending some time with them and chatting about life. We don't get to see them nearly enough.

I think the newlyweds are living it up...
last I heard they had just gotten a massage (per Perez's wonderful sister, Liesel) and were shopping in the Keys. That's the life, eh?!

Did a bit of decorating at their apartment...
turned out to be an interesting story to tell...I didn't want to bother Perez & Josh so I tried calling her friend Heidi because I knew their friend Candice lives in the apartments as well...she didn't answer. Brad and I ended up looking really shady and circling the parking lot and then speeding through the quickly-closing gate after someone got in.

Then we tried opening the door to the apartment...I noticed that the floor mat was different and that the neighbor's flip flop sign wasn't up but I just figured they got a new mat and the neighbors took their flip flop sign down because it's Fall.

Not so much.

I was at the wrong door trying to open the door with their key. Luckily, no cops came to usher us out of the apartment complex... lol :) We figured out that their apartment was a little ways away and then the key worked just fine.

We blew up some balloons...Brad lined up the bottles of Jones soda (they used as table decorations at the wedding...SO CUTE!) in their kitchen ...I poofed some poof balls and decided the smaller ones are a lot easier to make and looked a lot better when I finished them. (Glad I got to take part in some poofing even though I missed out on the poofing party because of stinky school!). I wrote on their bathroom mirror and hung some photos on the fridge, put a photo in a frame they had on their end table, and used some of the picture holders to display some. I cut out one of the wedding announcements from the newspaper and hung it on the fridge. Didn't get to decorate Rufus (her car) with shoe polish...still hoping to do that sometime...when I don't know. We had a good time...I'm just glad the cops didn't bust up our party :)

Will hopefully be updating soon...
with some pictures of the newlyweds and some wedding stories. They certainly have some interesting stories to tell their children someday. It really was quite a day!

What a Whirlwind...

I cannot believe that the wedding is over. It went by so fast. Everything was so beautiful.

Thursday I started to freak out because I realized that it was all about to happen. I didn't have everything I needed to finish completed yet. I stayed up until 3:45 in the morning on Thursday night working on a project for Perez. I started it 3 months ago after I went with her to find a wedding dress. I picked it back up again on Thursday night. It turned out just how I imagined it in my head so that is always nice. :) I still can't believe she is a married woman.

On Friday Alyssa and a lot of helpers poofed the poof balls & hung them, set up the guest wedding pictures on tables, lined up bottles of Jones soda (so cute!), and set up bride & groom boxes filled with cookies. I had to go to class on Friday morning so I missed out on the decorating. :( I got to see it through the window that night and it was so beautiful! Perez did an amazing job planning the wedding. I can't even believe she got it all done in 3 months...I just thought she was crazy.

Friday afternoon Liesel, Heidi, Perez, Nelwyn, and Perez's cousin's girlfriend Camy went to get our nails done. (I love getting my nails done but am not willing to spend that kind of money normally...I only get them done on special occasions like my prom, Perez's prom, my wedding, & now for Perez's wedding.) This time I didn't get fake nails...I just had them paint french manicure on my own nails. We got flowers painted on our big toes with a rhinestone in the middle. Needless to say, I think we all needed the relaxation. By the time I got out of the nail place I only had 30 minutes to get ready for the rehearsal. That is not very much time. So, Brad and I ended up being 15 minutes late...but it turned out to be okay because the pastor didn't show up for another 15 minutes.

The rehearsal was interesting...the pastor didn't really take the lead like Perez thought he would. We ended up being at the church for over an hour. After the rehearsal we went to eat at the restaurant where Josh works. The food was excellent. Shrimp, ham, chicken, veggies, cornbread, and strawberry kisses for dessert. Incidentally, Liesel, Andrew, his gf, Amanda, Dave, Brad, and I picked the "kids table" and they never gave us glasses of water or cornbread. We had to mooch off of the other tables and share one glass of water for a little while.

We watched the video that Vicki has been working on for the last few weeks. It had pictures of Alyssa and Josh growing up. It makes me cry every time. I loved the songs on it...

Heartland “I Loved Her First”

Look at the two of you dancing that way

Lost in the moment and each others face

So much in love you're alone in this place

Like there's nobody else in the world

I was enough for her not long ago

I was her number one

She told me so

And she still means the world to me

Just so you know

So be careful when you hold my girl

Time changes everything

Life must go on

And I'm not gonna stand in your way

But I loved her first and I held her first

And a place in my heart will always be hers

From the first breath she breathed

When she first smiled at me

I knew the love of a father runs deep

And I prayed that she'd find you someday

But it still hard to give her away

I loved her first

How could that beautiful woman with you

Be the same freckle face kid that I knew

The one that I read all those fairy tales to

And tucked into bed all those nights

And I knew the first time I saw you with her

It was only a matter of time

But I loved her first and I held her first

And a place in my heart will always be hers

From the first breath she breathed

When she first smiled at me

I knew the love of a father runs deep

And I prayed that she'd find you someday

But its still hard to give her away

I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed

When she first smiled at me

I knew the love of a father runs deep

Someday you might know what I'm going through

When a miracle smiles up at you

I loved her first

Bob Dylan “Forever Young”

May God bless and keep you always,

May your wishes all come true,

May you always do for others

And let others do for you.

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,

May you grow up to be true,

May you always know the truth

And see the lights surrounding you.

May you always be courageous,

Stand upright and be strong,

May you stay forever young,Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,

May your feet always be swift,

May you have a strong foundation

When the winds of changes shift.

May your heart always be joyful,

May your song always be sung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.



Dave Matthews Band “Where Are You Going?”

Where are you going, with your long face pulling down?

Don't hide away, like an ocean

But you can't see, but you can... smell

And the sound of waves crashing down

I am no superman

I have no reasons for you

I am no hero; oh that's for sure

But I do know one thing

Is where you are, is where I belong

I do know where you go is where I wannna be

Where are you going? where do you go?

Are you looking for answers to questions under the stars?

If along the way you are growing weary, you can rest with me

Until a brighter day and you're OK

I am no superman

and I have no answers for you

I am no hero, oh that's for sure

But I do know one thing is

Where you are is where I belong

I do know where you go

Is where I wanna be

Where are you going? Where do you go?

Where do you go? Where are you going? Where do you go?

I am no superman

I have no answers for you

I am no hero; oh that's for sure

But I do know one thing

Is where you are is where I belong

I do know where you go is where I want to be

Where are you going?

Where do you go?


Ed Cash “Marry Me”

I knew the moment I first saw you,

our love was meant to be

It was only a matter of God's time

My instincts said to marry you,

Patience said to wait,

But I knew to let you go would be a crime.

Well I've seen so many faces,

I've seen so many smiles

But you are the only one for me.

And I know what grace is,

cause I've walked a million miles,

And after that my Jesus set me free.

So won't you marry me?

I'm down on my knee,

And carry me,

through the peaks and valley's,

pray with me,

Walk with me through this life,

I'm asking you to be my wife.

I can't wait to share my life with you,

I can't wait to make love,

I can't wait to give you all I've got to give.

Three way communication

And sweet compromise.

I can't wait for God to show us how to live.

Well I'll be with you forever,

and I know you feel the same,

Ain't no sense in getting married,

any other way.

Carrie, I hear sweet music at the sound of your name,

And I hope I never have to live another day, without you, soo

So Marry Me

I'm down on my knee,

And carry me,

through the peaks and valley's,

pray with me,

Walk with me through this life,

I'm asking you to be my wife.

I'm asking you to be my wife

ooh oooh ooh, ooh oh

I am crying like crazy as I read the lyrics...the Heartland song and the Ed Cash song really get me. When Alyssa danced with her daddy at the reception she had most of our table crying...Vicki, Amanda, me, my mom, and Liesel were all shedding tears. (lol I accidentally typed "shedding rears" instead of "shedding tears"...I guess we all wish we could do that, huh?!). Alyssa said that while they were dancing he would give her an update on who was crying. He was very emotional too...I don't think he thought that his little girl would be getting married first. When I asked him on Friday night at the rehearsal dinner if he was ready to give her away he said, "No way!" without hesitation. So sweet.

A lot of people cried during the video. Before it started I was telling Amanda and Dave how it always makes me cry when I watch it. I looked over at Liesel and she was already crying on photo #1! That video really pulls at the heartstrings, I tell you. Just such a beautiful way to see their lives united. I just love those two lovebirds!!!

Perez gave each of the bridesmaids a handwritten card. Liesel and I read ours and were bawling. We went over to her and took some pictures with her and she asked us if we liked the present...we told her the card was so wonderful we hadn't even opened the present yet.

She gave each of us a beautiful necklace that is silver plated with platinum with a silver chain. It is a circle with a diamond. SO BEAUTIFUL. I was really happy...I didn't have a necklace for the wedding.

It was a lovely evening...we were all praying for some rest that night...

Mi Vida Loca 10.2.06

Life is indeed crazy these days. So hard to believe it is already October!!!! Rushing trying to get everything done before it is due...

Here is a small update while I'm waiting for Brad to get out of class...

*School…
Is actually going really well. I just got a test back that I took last week in Marketing Research. I did not study for it at all because I was doing shower stuff with Vicki. The test said 42% on it and I totally freaked out thinking it was like a normal test (worth 100 points). The gal that sits beside me was like "What are you talking about?! You made 102%!" lol I laughed until I cried. I forgot the test is only worth 40 points to begin with!!! (And there was a 10 point bonus question)...sooo needless to say, I feel much better about myself now.

All my other classes are going okay I guess. Advertising and Promotion is not going that well. We have to do “Status Reports” every week. My group is having a hard time getting the information together. The idea is that all of the status reports combine to form the big paper that is due at the end of the semester. Hopefully we can get it together.

Photography rocks. Loving it. I found out that I did not really ruin the film the first week of class…the teacher gave us some sketchy directions and told us to mix 3 ounces of fix with 10 ounces of water…she did not tell us that the bottle that we pour it from is already diluted so diluting it in 10 ounces of water is not enough fix to fix the film. I actually had images on my roll…I just didn’t know that I was supposed to add more fix. A couple other people in the class had to reshoot their rolls because of this discrepancy. No fun L But, all in all, it turned out to be okay. I shot two rolls of film for the first assignment and the roll that actually developed was what I needed for my assignment. I am now printing the pictures for the “space” assignment…portraits are next!! YAY!

Human Resources is going okay. We haven’t had any grades at all. We have the class every Tuesday night (even on Halloween!) but we only have two grades in there…a mid term (that happens to be a couple days after the wedding!) and a final…that is it. Hopefully I can study enough to do really well on the tests.

*Wedding news…
Perez, Liesel, Nelwyn, Aunt Imogene, my cousin Kristi, and I all got together at Perez’s aunt Lori and uncle Kirk’s house on Friday night. I wasn’t originally going to go because I had a lot of things to do but Nelwyn convinced me to go. We ate some yummy tortilla soup and layered dip…and then Nelwyn and I folded the ceremony handouts (I have no clue what to call those things) and attached the vellum piece that has their names and the date around it. Very cute. We also watched the “Weebels” video and “Buddy” to keep Miss Emily (the flower girl) entertained. (She just hung out…very calm and collected even when it was an hour past her bedtime.) We also folded a ton of puff balls to decorate the reception area. We basically folded tissue paper, wrapped a wire around it, cut the ends, and attached fishing line. We left them all flat… it is going to take us forever to fluff all 150+ balls when we hang them on Friday!!! It was a very fun get together and also very productive! (Always a good thing when it is almost a week till the wedding!)

We had Perez’s final wedding showers on Saturday. Liesel threw the Bridesmaid’s Luncheon at a really fancy restaurant. Everything was quite lovely.
Good food (shrimp!, salad, chipotle chicken, and the best cheesecake ever),
good friends (Perez, Vicki, Liesel, Heidi, mom, Nelwyn, & Lori),
good centerpieces (beautiful daisy bouquets),
good favors (Godiva chocolate!), and
good conversation (about thongs, pantyhose, see through dresses, you name it…the waiter enjoyed listening to from the doorway).

Each of the bridesmaids picked a charm from a glass (an old Victorian tradition).

Perez got “lucky in love”,
Heidi got “next to get married” (the engagement ring),
Vicki got “travel” (a flip flop),
Liesel got “eternal love”, and
I got “financial stability (a money tree).

Quite fun, I thought. She really did a great job planning. I enjoyed getting dressed up and going out for lunch on a Saturday (I got to see how most people live…no work on a Saturday…what a nice idea!).

After the luncheon, the gals came over to my house and we finished up on the puff balls. When we finished the decorations, we did a little cooking (pizza dip & bread) and Liesel & Perez went out to get a Chick-Fil-A nugget tray. J We had Perez’s lingerie shower/bachelorette party at 7:00 pm. It was just the 5 cousins because none of Perez’s friends could come.

-We drank some champagne,
-ate a lot of food (nuggets, Texas Caviar made by Liesel, pizza dip, chips, chocolate, and cookies from Ye Olde English Bakery),
-played “name the couple from this popular TV show” (they were pretty good at coming up with the names…but no one ever hummed the “Family Matters” song! We kept humming the “Full House” song instead!). (Perez won the game…apparently she watches a lot of TV!)
-Played how well do you know the bride and we also quizzed Perez on how well she knows her groom (she missed 8 out of 25…not bad). Like at my shower, we made her put a piece of bubble gum in her mouth for every question that she missed. She did kinda look like she had just gotten her wisdom teeth taken out by the end of the game…
-Drank some yummy strawberry daiquiris (virgin for me, thank you…I am too crazy for all that alcohol).

Perez went home with a new wardrobe and (I think) a good time was had by all. I miss getting together with all of them…this is the first time all five of us have been together (for an extended period of time) in years. Super fun.

It is so hard to believe that my little Perez will be a married woman on Saturday!!!!

*Running
Haven’t done much of it lately unfortunately. Brad and I went running last night at the park though…around 9:00. We only saw two people the entire time. However, we did see a lot of animals…a couple of cats, a bat, an itty bitty baby scorpion that Brad stepped on (ew, gross!), a ginormous spider that Brad also stepped on, an itty bitty baby frog that was just about the cutest thing ever, and a fox. Quite a night for critters at the park!! It felt good to run though. I hate being out of shape, it stinks. I plan to rollerblade this week…if only Brad would have a night off of installs!

*Scrapping
Not much time for it though I wish there was. My scrap room is a mess and I hate it when it is disorganized! I have a lot of projects that I need to work on. I turned in my first design team layout last Monday. It was a Christmas page called “The Neon Tree”. I’m currently working on a little baby album for Breann & David…I also have a project for Perez that I need to finish before Saturday.

Well, I must go…lots of pictures to come in the near future…my little Perez will be a married woman soon!!!!!!!