Friday, June 27, 2008

Riding back home...

The trip back from anywhere always seems longer than the trip out. I was sooooo pooped from our short whirl wind trip that when we got back home I slept for 12 hours straight! I never do that.
Here is a quick snap of The Bear driving while Beanie sleeps in the back seat in here little pillow. She sleeps most of the time when we go anywhere even just down the street to the park! Not much of a sightseer!
This is my normal travel mode. Shoes off, feet up and a good book to read. This book is the new Post Secrets book A Lifetime of Secrets and I am in LOVE with it! It's amazing to read all those intimate secrets of people from all stages of life. Go out now and check it out!

Seeing the Fam, even if only for a minute...

A rare published to the world glimpse of the Bean with no makeup! That's how much I love you guys! This is my Momma Bean. She's the greatest and everything that is cool about me started with her. She will graduate in Sept from LPN school which I am soooo very proud of her for doing.
This is my most wonderful and fabulous Grandmother, my mom's mom. She and my grandfather were the only two people that I had time to see while I was home. I miss them so much. She was making breakfast for my uncle and I and boy was it DELISH.
I could not ask for a better start to the day. Fresh fruit, blueberry jam and Grandmother's homemade bread made into toast. Oh, to die for.
This is the Bear and his mum. He was able to get in a short visit with her and a couple of his sisters as well. Aren't they just the cutest?

Green for the Weekend!! Oh so much fun!!!!

When we went home to Ohio for the wedding last weekend I rented a car so that The Bear and I would both have wheels to get around in. Well I just reserved a small economy size car online from Hotwire and when I went to pick it up the lady at the counter said I could have either a Cobalt or for $5 more I could get the Prius Hybrid. Well there was no question as to what I was going to do and I am so glad I did. I LOVE THIS CAR!!!!!

Now I must admit that having never been in one in person it literaly took me 5 minutes and reading the owners manual before I was able to even start the car! Yep that's right. It doesn't have an ignition. You just press the brake and push the POWER button on the dash. How cool is that?
Needless to say I had so much fun zipping around town in this little car. It really has some gittup to it and is very sturdy. I can't wait to get one. Maybe for my birthday? Tell The Bear if you see him!

Well, he did it. Who won the bet?

You may remember this couple from my August 2007 post She Said Yes.
Well on Saturday June 21st at aprox. 2:15 in the afternoon Paul finally tied the knot to JoEllen. I asked him the night before if he was truely over the moon crazy happy in love, he turned to me and declared that yes he truely was. That's all I wanted to know. We love this man like a brother and that's all we've ever wanted for him. Good luck to them both.
I think that you can see from their faces that it truely was a great day. Hey, is he trying to take his wedding ring off already? It is made of titanium! Everything went perfectly as planned. Couldn't ask for more than that.
Here are a couple pictures of The Bear and I. We were both in the wedding. I took this picture while waiting at the church for the photographer to get done snapping pics of the bride and groom.
Here's The Bear and I at the restaurant Bravo after the wedding for the reception. He said that the last time he was in a suit was a job interview 3 years ago and the next time will be in his casket! He's not fond of suits at all. Paul, if you're reading this, he must love you a lot to get it out of the garmet bag and walk around in it in public!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Wonderful and Amazing!

I have been meaning to post about this for some time now so here it is. I have the most wonderful, amazing, fabulous and creative gal pal Shan. A few weeks ago as I stepped out of my door I tripped over a small little package that had arrived without me knowing. Curious as I didn't remember ordering anything. Upon further investigation I realized that it was a package form the great Shan!!!! WOOO HOOO I was so excited that I did the little pee pee dance of happy happy joy joy. Well inside was a set of 4 marble coasters with my Beanie the wonder dog on them! She can make the most sad, pathetic, please send your 10cents a day to help a starving puppy face! Aren't these just the most amazing things ever? Shan had snapped this pic of my sad little babe while she was here for a visit last november. Beanie had jumped up on the guest bed and was begging not to be kicked off "Please".
I think that the caption that Shan chose to go along with this wonderful face is perfect. I URGE you to go and visit her Etsy shop and see all she has to offer. Here is her site... http://www.shannonsshop.etsy.com/

Monday, June 02, 2008

Pet Peeves 101

Okay, I never do this but since I am working from home today and there is no one around to listen to me gripe I will share it with you all. I am just having one of those days where all those annoying little things seem to come to light.

1.) Apartment Management that refuses to keep the workout room in WORKING ORDER. I mean now BOTH treadmills aren't working. When something breaks it takes MONTHS to get fixed. UGH!!!!!!!!
2.) People who ride their bikes on the sidewalks and expect me to move over for them.
3.) People who don't pick up after their dogs.
4.) Walking three people wide, making me step out into the street to get around you.
5.) Giving me attitude the minute I walk up to you before you even hear what I have to say.
6.) Charging my guests to park in our parking lot.
7.) Going to the store and not being able to find ONE cut of meat with a bone. Does no one like a bone in their steak anymore?
8.) I'm sorry but you don't have to talk on the cell phone the entire time you are grocery shopping. That's what a shopping list is for, heard of it?


There, I feel better now. I am normally a very sunshine smiley happy person but every now and then I get a little tweaked. You ever have one of those days where you just have to let it out? Thank you for listening to my pet peeves. What are your's? I'd love to hear.