Picture?

I'm going back and forth on whether or not to put up a picture of myself. I have very good reasons for this that all stem from me being kinda bitchy.

Not in the "I won't post a picture because I'm better than you" bitch way but in the "I'm evil and judge people and decide whether I like them based on how they look" sort of way. And I don't particularly like it when people do that to me. CCD taught me better, I know "treat others the way you want to be treated" and it's times like this that being judgmental comes around to bite you in the ass. Don't get me wrong I won't not speak to someone or something it's just a first impression.

However, I suppose it's only fair that I subject myself to it, everyone else has. But I'll have you know, I'm picking a picture where I look damn good. Or maybe I'll pick one where I don't look so good so that any picture I post later look extra good. But I'm not telling which. it's for your own good. That way if I pick a wicked good one and you still think I'm fugly you can have hope that I picked a bad one and you're not wasting your time reading some ugly chicks blog. Decisions, decisions.

A change of ... 'ness?

I had such grand plans of how this was going to be my own little private diary and I'd write everything I did every day so I could look back on it years later and ... do something, I don't know reminisce and laugh at my silly little past self as I sip martinis.

That, however, sucked. There's no way I can bring myself to type out all the brain numbingly dull crap I do everyday. So instead this will be a regular blog. I won't say an average blog because while my life isn't very interesting and I don't have children to spice it up, I also don't suck as bad as most people. Usually. I hope.

Point here being- Don't bother going and reading previous posts unless you're looking for a way to put yourself into a catatonic state. The only interesting part of the posts would be the pictures...which I never got around to adding in. :)

DOH!

I didn't realize I was behind so bad! But oh well. Not much has happened anyway.
Sunday
baby church went well, we drove Roger home then dropped mom off and went to South Bay to get a new dremel bit and look for chargers for my camera. The dremel bit is for the dremel tool we borrowed from the Pedersons because Ben is fixing the rust spots on the protege. So we went to Circuit City and found the right charger for my camera and went to buy it when Ben told me he did't carry his credit cards! I wa annoyed and we left. But! It turns out it was God conspiring for us because when we got home Ben found the charger for my camera in the garage. I guess it was in a bag that dad had looked through looking for tools that Ben had brought to NH. YAY! I was so happy and there were pictures from 2007 when we went to the Topsfield Fair for TA's Birthday. This one is my favorite.

Monday
I woke up and went to change fishy's water and saw he had a thing on his tail, did some research and it was either a bacterial infection called columnaris or he had tail rot which then grew algae. Either way, poor fishy. So I put him in his old little bowl and changed his water. Ben spent the rest of the day getting the protege back together and shen it was done we went to Skiptons and got him the antibiotics he needed. The medicine comes in packets for a 10 gallon tank and he is currently in a 1 gallon tank so I've had to split the dosage and he gets 1/2 a smidgen every 24 hours. Isn't that funny? Thats the real dosage; I use the measuring spoons. Half a Smidgen! Hehe

And now I'm at school, sitting in the library, waiting for Ben to say he wants lunch so we'll go eat. After classes he and I are gonna head to Market Basket and do the Grocery Shopping. Then I'll wait around for my World Lit class! It's fun now that I chat it up with Amanda and Jen(n) every time. YAY!

KOOZA! & PASTRY!

So friday was spent sitting in the living room mostly. Watching Dr Who and writing an essay for history that I found out last minute was due! Then we hustled our butts over to Bayside Expo and the Grand Chapiteau for Cirque Du Soleil's Kooza! We got the tickets for half price because I'm part of Club Cirque. It was absolutely amazing. To try to explain it would definitely not do it justice.

And today we came up to NH as soon as we got up. Stopped in to Walmart to grab some stuff we needed. Then we headed to the house and did a bunch of stuff. Split a bunch of wood, I wrote my short story, piled the pellet bags for winter etc. And I rode a four wheeler for the first time!! It was so fun! Then we went over to the Meatshop/Restaurant in Raymond and got a bunch of chowders. After a few little mishaps we got our Chowders-complete with pastry- and went home to eat. Now I'm going to bed 'cause I'm tired and Ben and I have to drive back to Boston in the morning for Baby Church. I'm getting sick of having to plan baby church three months in advance.

I was doing so well...

but I'm only a day behind so it's ok.

Wednesday
Unlike most wednesdays this wednesay was actually eventful! I woke up and started making food to bring to Scotty and Jenn. I made meatballs and turnip and carrots. We also went to Colleen's (the florist down the street) and got Jenn a pretty bouquet. I put it in one of the vases from Leah's wedding and brought it to her. We caught her just before she left for work and she was happy. It's super sad that she lost one of the twins but it will still be happy to have a new baby around. She told me about how they are going to be wokring out of a kitchen in Jamaica Plain sometime this season. So exciting! Apparently they have an 80 Qt Mixer (hers is 20) and FIVE ovens. So we can make 600 cookies in a batch. SWEET! Then Ben and I came home and I was off to Revere to pick up Ana. I found her Grandmothers house and then she and I made our way to Eastern Nazarene in Quincy to get DC. We decided to head to the mall and I ended up meandering through the back streets and actually found my way! I was proud lol. We got there and walked around for a while before we got hungry and went to Cheesecake Factory. Then we meandered a bit more and went to Build-A-Bear. We made a cute little bear and we each got to put a heart in him after we rubbed it on our noses, eyes, mouths hearts and our heads, jumped up and down and made a wish. :D It was fun. Then we found him a sweater and we named him. We decided he should have a biblical name since he looked like a good church bear. So we each picked a name and he is Malachi (I picked this but Deb stole it) Jacob (Ana's) Esau (because he's hairy-get it?). And his Mommy's name (since you can only have one) is Delistacia Connarice. Then we went to Sears and tried on a bunch of dresses because Deb has homecoming to go on friday. Ana tried on a lovely purple number. (PICTURE) I loved the shoulder pads especially. Then we left and went back to Debs rooma nd joked around until about 10:00 when we decided we should probably call it a night since Deb and I had school the next day. SO I drove Ana back to Revere and went home.


Thursday
I woke up this morning and went down stairs to get dressed and Mom came home with a bunch of flowers because I guess Norm wanted flowers for the deputy superintendant who was coming to visit. She had gone to the wholesale flower place since she said florists weren't open. So she made a bouquet and I helped her a little. Then I remembered today was the day that I was going to the Eric Carle museum with my Ch. Lit. Teacher Ms. Twomey. So I went up to MCC and ate lunch with Ben. Then I found Ms Twomey and we waited for the other girl who was coming, Emily. We talked about animals pretty much the whole ride out there and it was a really nice museum. So we went through it all and had lots of good conversation on the way back about parenting and teaching etc. When we got back I drove right to Beverly to watch the girls while Scott and TA went out to dinner as part of TA's Anthro class. There was wicked traffic getting on 95 from 3 and then it started going to fter stop and go ( 30mph-0, 30-0, 60Woot!-0 Aww) and tyhen dissapeared entirely. Traffic is wierd. So TA had made Chop Suey and I gave the girls dinner and talked to Victoria and played a few games of memory with Alexandria. I just sent them up to bed. Lexi had fallen asleep on the couch and Victoria is reading now. I Love My Cousins :D

Tuesday is over!

I love tuesday night. Tuesday is the hardest day of my week so once I'm home it's like -YES! I woke up this morning ten minutes before my alarm, fell right asleep until the alarm, hit the snooze and immediately slept until the second alarm. Needless to say I was tired. Managed to get up and get ready and go to class though. Mary Lou gave us a quickie pop reading quiz so I was preety psyched I did the reading! Everyone else was prettymuch panicked. Actually come to think of it I had a quickie quiz in every class today. Interesting. After my afternoon classes Ben and I went to the Market Basket nearby and did all the shopping for the house. Then he went home with the groceries and I went to the Library. It was a good time though because as soon a I walked in I saw Amanda and she hailed me down and we sat together, soon Jen(n?) came and we had a grand old time talking about how we hadn't done the reading, we were all total goofballs-especially Amanda- and how we could really do without hearing about other people's sex lives. We talked until we were almost late for class (which meant I didn't get a chance to eat but I just ate at home afterwards) and then went to class where we sat through useless lectures about the History of Rome and lots of sex talk. Ironic? We thought so. Ick.

Indiana Ya big Banana

OK! So..

Friday
Everything went as planned. We left school early and headed to the Menckes. We hung out around there until about 9:00, got a bunch of wood cut and then finally went over to the cottage and waited for Mom, Dad and Abby. They finally got there and we got to sleep about 10:30. We woke up at 4:00 and headed out to Manchester. Our flight was on time and we got into DC around lunchtime. As we walked out of the gate we were greeted by the best sight - Five Guys! So we ate and got on the flight into Indy. Uncle Jim met us at the airport and we were off! We went back to his house and met up with the Zellers. Met baby Talon - the most adorable baby ever! We checked into the hotel at 3:00 then headed over to the church for the rehearsal and decorating the hall. We rolled forks into napkins and I was in charge of creating the centerpieces. They came out really pretty. They were sugar pumpkins with floral foam in them, with a candle in the center. After the rehearsal we had the rehearsal dinner at a buffet place. Ben and I sat with Alex and April -and Talon of course. Jim gave a little speech where he thanked John and Josh and he said "The two loves of my life.." And of course Danielle pipe right and was like "HEY!" It was priceless.

Saturday
Wedding Morning! We got together for breakfast in the lobby and chatted a bit. We basically just spent the time beforehand getting ready to go. We headed over to the church early and fixed last minute details, final touches like putting out the unity candle, setting up a table for the grooms cake and decorating aroung the base of the cake. The wedding was really lovely and we were all so excited for Jim and Mary. Afterwards we wend to the hall and started the reception, we cut and served the cake and heard the speeches and everything. After everyone dispersed we cleaned the hall and went back to Jim's for a barbecue. Mary's family couldn't stay very long but it was nice to meet them. I got to hold the baby for a long time and he's just so precious, only 10 days old and so tiny and perfect. It's hard to imagine even my own children being so perfect. It was really sad when the night was over and we left because we don't know when we'll be able to see anyone again.

Today
We went with Grampa, Linda, Uncle Bill, Cousin Bryan, and Cathy and Dennis to breakfast then headed to the airport. Our flight was right on time but our plane right was a mess. We were on the last row in the back of a DC 9, the windows were closed over and we were right next to the engines and it was insanely loud. Seriously the decibel level wasn't good. The landing was bit iffy, there wasn't any wind but we were rocking like crazy. We were all pretty happy when we landed in Detroit. The terminal was super long and it was so so expensive. It was definitely the most expensive of any airport I've been at. Abby bought a tiny bag of Sour Patch Kids and it cost over 4 dollars. We decided to wait till we got home to eat. After we landed, we drove back to the cottage and grabbed the Protege and headed back to the Mencke's. Keith's BIL Bob was visiting with James and Dana and we played around in the leaves with Blitz and then went to dinner at the new/relocated restaurant/market in Raymond near the cottage. The food was great but our server was a mess. She completely forgot the appetizers Bob ordered and screwed up a bunch of stuff. After dinner they went back to their hotel and we came back to the Mencke's. Ben and Kenz went out and played manhunt with Sam and Danielle. Ben broke two panes of glass from the Tack room off the Sunroom. While they were out there Cheri gave Blitz his newly washed bed and he started humping it!! It was so funny, I was laughing so hard I started wheezing. He didn't actually get anything under him since it's a pillow so it just looked like he was doing some really dirty dance. Classic. we decided it was called the Fluffenhump aka Blitz Fluffs it 'n Humps it! Pure LOLS