Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Year in Review - April

April showers bring May flowers. I know this because April was super super rainy. Actually I have the rain to thank for the fact that we found out my dad was sick. If Emily's van had not have stalled on the way back from Sam and Seth's wedding in Nashville, we may never have found out about his illness.
http://rctalks.blogspot.com/2009/04/im-back.html

Easter weekend I tried out for Big Brother all to be told I was "too nice" after my third interview. Bogus. I am not too nice. Too bad that's hard to prove when you're trying to get people to like you! http://rctalks.blogspot.com/2009/04/big-brother.html

The Year in Review - March

So March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb? Or is that May? Anyway...from what I can remember March was also pretty good. It started out with Kim and my annual trip to Florida to visit her rents who vacation there every year. This year we traveled with Abigail who was going down to visit her dad at the Sun-N-Fun Park (yes you read that correctly.)


Then shortly after that I drove with my mom to Nashville for Sam's wedding shower.



Also in between those two things there was a work dinner. Now i've gone to many work dinners before, but this one was significant. Someday, maybe someday I will tell you why.

Also there was the photo shoot for Holly's website where we got to pretend we were famous for a day and have our hair and makeup done. It was glamorous, fabulous and fun!





Saturday, December 26, 2009

Year in Review - February

Despite the plain yuckiness of February, the snow, the slush the cold...this was a a great month for me. I decided that it was in fact time for a new car since my gas guzzling suv was not doing me any favors. After having looked and test driven Audi's the previous summer, I finally found mine! Actually it more or less found me. I got a really good deal on my Audi and became it's proud owner on Valentines Day. Since i'm not a fan of "Hallmark holidays" the irony of giving myself a really great gift on this day was pretty fun! Who needs chocolates that last a day when you can drive in luxury everyday?

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Mexico Recap


Holy mole!! Can't believe I didn't do a recap of this trip yet. Actually I can. I've been on the go since I got home very late last Monday night. Tis the season, right?
So here's Mexico in one word or phrase:
Airport, 5 AM. Chicago, 7 AM. Meeting up with the girls. Chatting. Plan to PV. Are we there yet? Hot and humid! Red light/green light. Holy panhandlers. Cab Ride. Fiesta Americana. Upgrading to the 9th floor. Walking to Soriana. Unpacking. Showers. Going to the Malecon. Dinner? Sleep! Vallarta Adventures! Whale watching. Snorkeling! Ahhh opposite currents:( Lunch buffet. Cocktails. Feliz Cumpleanos. Tequila! Nap time! Malecon...dinner...walking...sleeping. Breakfast. Pool time! Walk on the beach. Photo ops. Ay Caramba. Hilo. Zoo. New friends from Houston. Rough night:( Massages. Old Towne. OXXO. Pool. Nap. Showers. Barcelona tapas - best in PV. Malecon. Packing. Sleep. Pool. Cab to airport. More gross food. Plane. Chicago. International to domestic terminal. Plane. Home.

Year in Review - January

I decided a couple of weeks ago that I would recap my year via this blog and try and reflect on mostly the good things that happened. Overall, this was a good year for me. I've done alot for myself and I can honestly say i've started to put myself first.
So January...cold, snowy and usually when the winter blues set in! Late in December Emily and the kids moved back from Iceland, so December was a bit of a transition month in my homestead. Emily started grad school and aunt Renschke was watching kids a couple of days a week.
One of my resolutions had been to cut out a relationship that was going nowhere and I sort of failed at that the very first weeks of the year...oops! Live and learn, right?
That's pretty much all I can remember from January so I think that means I didn't have much to complain about ha ha!!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Vacation

I am going to Puerto Vallarta in the morning. It's my first trip to Mexico and my first vacation all year! Yes i've done long weekends away, but a real vacation has not really worked out until now.
It's been a long and stressful last few months and i'm actually excited about not having access to my email, facebook, twitter...you get the idea. Now i'm not sure I won't twitch because I don't have access to these things, but I think it will be really really really good for me.
Hopefully I don't spend all my time cut off from technology thinking deep thoughts!
Ahhh when will I learn to relax?? Wish me luck! Ole!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

My Grown Up Christmas List

Ta daa...yes there are only five things my heart desires this Christmas! They're in order too!

1. Yoga pants. Not for yoga, for lounging

2. Earphones that hook around my ears and won't fall off during my intense workouts!

3. iPod dock to play my awesome selection of music around the apartment.

4. Winter hat with earflaps. I have ear problems, I like cute accessories.

5. Sideways cross necklace. Again with the cute accessories. This one has a purpose too!


Bad Dreams

So I have to blog about this because it was just so strange. I didn't even eat anything weird and the last thing I watched before bed was Glee and that certainly isn't scary.
So I dreamt about four things last night and I remember them all so clearly:
1. I was part of a really large family only the parents chose to acknowledge some of the kids. They would number off and say the kids names out loud. I was number 32. Oddly enough my real life little bro was number 31 and he did not get acknowledged either. Then the parents took all the #'s 1-30 shopping for new bathing suits.
2. There was an alligator loose in my bedroom. It was in my old room 2 houses ago in Worthington, and this was all discovered while I was laying in my bed. My dad moved the bed while I laid in it - paralyzed with fright. It wasn't behind the bed and they deduced that it must have climbed into the mattress! So I continue to lay there and whimper and woke myself up with the sound of my whimpering (this part is not in the dream, I was really scared!)
This dream was right before 3 AM, because then I couldn't fall back asleep...
3. I was dating Tony Romo. Walking through the streets pretending to be non chalant about my hot shot boyfriend. I would go and visit Tony in Dallas on his "off days." One time we were at brunch and he was telling everyone how much of a better person he was because of me:) Sweet.
4. This one is a little vague but my close group of friends were all walking through the Nationwide parking garage trying to get to a party. The garage was some sort of maze and there was alot of shouting. But, Alicia was pregnant which is accurate, but Jen H was there (and we haven't hung out with her in quite awhile.)

So anyone want to take a stab and analyze these for me??

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

13 Years

My favorite story about my grandma goes like this: when we first moved to Columbus we actually lived in a hotel (not quite like Eloise at The Plaza.) Well it was the summertime so mostly we went to the park and then watched tv when it got to hot to go out. I had seen many commercials for Little Debbie snack cakes and I was convinced that "all Americans ate Ho-Ho's." Everytime one of these commercials came on I would make a grand production of pointing it out. Well even as a kid once got an idea in my mind, I couldn't get it out! I had made up my mind that we were going to take a little walk across 161 to the closest convenience store to get some (for those of you who don't live in Columbus, picture the busiest road across the middle of town and that's 161.) My grandma would literally do anything for us and after days of plotting my scheme I convinced her to take us over there. To this day honestly i'm not sure if my mamma just had crazy faith in her guardian angels, didn't really realize the risk involved or was trying to teach me a lesson in courage?
I will tell this story to my grandkids someday and recall it the same way I did at her funeral all those years ago. And I hope they will look at me with the same admiration that I always looked at her with:)