Oops

So it has been a while since I have last posted anything... oops. I guess I should pay more attention to how often I post something.

I am actually enjoying the holidays and looking forward to Christmas for the first time in years. This year we are not doing a huge family gathering which I am thankful for - too many people - too much madness. Instead, I am going to my parents house to celebrate with my sister and nephew. This is more my speed for celebrating Christmas.

Speaking of Christmas... I finished up my Christmas cards last night and now I just need to mail them out :)

Yesterday was the first really cold (compared to the recent weather) day in a while. I am so not looking forward to another Michigan winter and the snow that comes with that... I need to start looking for somewhere new to move to again.

Well that is all for now - just a quick post so that my blog is a little more updated... I will try to post more often :)

Pretty

I really really want this phone.... problem is I am not eligible for a phone upgrade until July 30, 2010. Sigh... guess I will just have to wait - maybe by then there will be a new phone that I want. Isn't it pretty though?

A long weekend

I have a long (4 day weekend) for the Labor Day weekend, and it did not start out well....
Thursday afternoon I had to go out at the end of my work day to do an interview with a consumer. Afterwards I decided to stop and get gas because it was 10 cents cheaper on that side of town, versus where I live. So I pulled into the gas station, fill up my tank, and jump back in my car... only to discover that my car would not start. Long story short, and two hours later my car had a new battery and I was a little lighter in the wallet. Ugh!! Thankfully it was a fairly easy fix.

Friday I headed to the other side of the state with Jessica and Kelly to go see O.A.R. in concert at Rochester Hills, MI.
Here is a picture of us right after we got to our seats...
We had amazing seats - like 7 rows from the stage!! It was an amazing concert - but then every O.A.R. concert I have been to has been amazing. I find it funny that every time I mention O.A.R. no one seems to know who they are - yet every concert I have gone to is packed! Here is a picture behind us - it was an outdoor concert and the lawn was packed!!!
While I am bummed that the concert is over and so is O.A.R.'s summer tour - good news is just ahead. O.A.R. will be starting their fall tour soon which includes a stop at Grand Rapids on Nov 2nd. I can't wait to go!
These guys are amazing artists all around :) Enjoy some pics of the band.

Well that has been my weekend so far. I am glad to have Monday off work as well. Yay for holiday weekends! I hope everyone is enjoying the Labor Day weekend!!

Oops

Okay so it has been a while since I have posted anything. Sorry about that!! I just haven't had much to say lately.
Here are a few pictures to share what I have been up to lately...

Here is a picture of me, Amy (Cindy's sister), and Cindy (my bff from high school). I finally got down to central IL to visit them this past April. They have both had a child since the last time I saw them (yes I am a slacker!!!), and it was nice getting to meet Hannah and Andrew for the first time. I need to get down there more often!!

I went down to Charleston, SC in July for a DZ reunion. I had a blast!!! I hadn't met anyone before going down there, but it never felt like that while I was there. These are some of the most amazing ladies out there. Here is a picture of the whole group at a dinner!
Here is another picture from Charleston... Me, Amanda (a member of my DZ SS Family), and Glynda (my lil sis)!
Then at the beginning of August I headed over to my parents house in Ohio. I went to meet up with some DZ's to celebrate Nikki's birthday. It was fun!! We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory (yummy!!) then I went back to the hotel hung out with some of them! The next day we met for brunch, and then I headed home again!
Here is a picture of the ladies who went to dinner! The two husbands that tagged alone were designated as photographers!

Last week was my 29th birthday! My parents came into town to celebrate with me. They ordered a cake in town to pick up on the way to my house, i guess they know I am a DZ through and through as evidenced by the cake :)

Okay last pic for this post. My lil sent me a paddle that arrived the day after my birthday! I have the best sisters a girl could ask for :)


Okay from now on I will try to post more often! Big hugs to everyone :)

Who needs a groomer??

So I decided to try my hand at cutting my pups hair. It was an amusing experience to say the least. My aunt used to trim her pups hair, and gave me her trimmers. Surprisingly enough Riley did a great job while I was cutting her hair. Given previous experience with trimming hair around her eyes and cutting her nails I thought she would give me the most problems so I started with her. For the most part Riley just stood there and let me shave her. My first attempt ended before trying to trim the hair around Riley and Caleigh's eyes or their legs/feet. They were funny looking for a couple of days before I decided to give it another go and get the courage to trim their faces and legs. I have to say I am pretty proud of how both girls turned out!! All that said... I will probably take them to the groomer every other time - anal glands - enough of a reason to shell out the money here and there.
Here are a couple of pictures of the girls. The one of them together is before I trimmed their faces and the ones where they are alone is the final product :)


In other news I have decided that it was time to change my bedding. My bedding consists of a down alt. comforter with duvet cover & of course sheets. Well, my comforter is extremely warm - seriously I turn the heat down to 57/56 at night in the winter and I am still warm at night. So obviously this is not a good thing in the warmer months - especially the middle of the summer!!! So earlier this year I bought a quilt from Target - it is a purple color on one side and cream on the other. I love it and have been waiting to use. Now that overnight temps aren't dropping the temp in my house down into the 60's I have finally changed the comforter for the quilt. So - I took a picture to share with everyone, what do you think??


Well I suppose that is all for now. More later!!

My new driveway!

So i finally have my new driveway poured!! Now just a week of waiting for it to do what it needs to do before i can drive on it. My poor car will be so happy to be back in the garage!

Here is a picture of my driveway last spring with rocks laid down (which are now all over my side yard and sloped down the hill on the side of my house)
















And here is a picture of my driveway once they removed the rocks in prep for the concrete..

here are part of the rocks that they put on my side yard... yeah I am thinking I am going to have to shove them down the slope so i don't have them on the side yard.


And finally!!!! My new driveway!!!! I am so glad it is over and done with :)

Rain Rain Go Away!

Ugh!! So at the start of April I started calling around to get estimates on getting concrete poured for my driveway or asphalt. I had rocks, but living in Michigan and dealing with a bunch of snow does not go well with rocks for a driveway. Anytime i had to use the snow blower i would kick up a bunch of rocks that would fly all over the place. Fun times! So, i decided to do something different. Towards the end of April i signed an estimate for concrete - i knew i was like 12th in line with the company and it would be awhile. Then last Friday I got a call to say that they would be out either Sun or Monday to start work on my driveway. Great!! I was told it would take one day - two at the most. So they did a little something on Sunday. On Monday the removed all the rocks from my driveway, framed it, and put the steel rods down.. Tuesday it was supposed to rain so no one came out... Wed rain, Thurs rain... 5 days later and I still don't have a driveway. It's a pain in the butt because I have to go out first thing in the morning and move my car from the alley/one way street in front of my house to the road a little ways down so that I can get out if they come. Once the concrete goes down I still have to park in the alley way for a week - which won't be as bad since i won't have to move my car around... or will it. My parents are coming to my house this weekend to stay for a week. That is normally great, but with no garage to pull into we are going to be playing musical cars every day whenever someone goes out. Fun times... Honestly at this point i just want it done and over with. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny, so fingers crossed it gets done. Oh, speak of the devil the guy just called my phone, i'll have to check my voice mail in a minute to see what he had to say.

So that is what has been going on in my world, waiting for a driveway. Once everything is done I will post pictures!!

I hope all is well with everyone else! I miss all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!