2012

Hooray! It's 2012! It's going to be a big year! We're getting married in July. My dear friend Meg is getting married in September. My brother and his girlfriend are having a baby in June so I'm going to be an auntie! It's going to be a banner year:)

We went to a NYE party last night and had a wonderful time! It was very relaxed and neither of us got super drunk, which is always good. Previous NYEs have been slightly disastrous; dear champagne, you and I will not be friends. Remember when it was cool to drink a whole bottle of bubbly by yourself? Yeah..... Regardless, this year we had a very classy NYE:)

Here's to a happy and healthy 2012!!!

Wedding Update

We ordered our Save the Dates today!! Wedding planning is coming along, thankfully. I'm proud of what we have accomplished even living so far away from home.

A belated congratulations to the lovely Meg and her fiance David! So happy that you two are getting hitched and so honored to be part of your special day!

Post-Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving dinner was lovely! We didn't have any turkeys rocketing out of the oven, burned food or any one getting sick (that I know about) from the food. It was nice to have people over to celebrate the holiday and to cook for. Thanks to everyone who came over!

Working Black Friday was busy but not unexpected. Thankfully being busy makes the day go really fast. Working during the holidays means more hours at work, but that's alright. It makes for a nice paycheck. I can't complain about that. Life costs money and we never seem to have enough of it.

I'm making good progress on my holiday shopping. I'm still stumped for some people but I'm pretty sure I can figure something out before December 25th:)

Jessi and I had a wonderful morning shopping, chatting and general merriment before I worked. We were super productive! We went to Aldi and saved a TON of money! It was awesome! I helped her get prepped for the Holiday Party she's having on Saturday.

I can't wait to be home for Christmas! We put up our Christmas tree today! It feels festive in our apartment:)

A Thanksgiving Poem

The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven

By Jack Prelutsky

The turkey shot out of the oven
and rocketed into the air,
it knocked every plate off the table
and partly demolished a chair.

It ricocheted into a corner
and burst with deafening boom,
then splattered all over the kitchen,
completely obscuring the room.

It stuck to the walls and the windows,
it totally coated the floor,
there was turkey attached to the ceiling,
where there'd never been turkey before.

It blanketed every appliance,
it smeared every saucer and bowl,
there wasn't a way I could stop it,
that turkey was out of control.

I scraped and I scrubbed with displeasure,
and thought with chagrin as I mopped,
that I'd never again stuff a turkey
with popcorn that hadn't been popped.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, I haven't updated in a month. Oops:) Life has been busy!

My friends came and we went dress shopping. I got my dress and the girls all settled on a bridesmaid dress, got their measurements and decided on dress color. It was a very productive weekend and it was WONDERFUL to be able to show off Pittsburgh to my friends.

We're gearing up for Thanksgiving. Matthew and I are hosting Turkey Day dinner at our apartment for some friends from CMU. Hopefully we don't burn the turkey or have any other kitchen disasters:)

I'm psyching myself up for my long day on Black Friday. 7am-4pm is going to be a long shift but there will be a lot of people working (and shopping) so hopefully everyone will be in a lovely mood. I'm excited! When I was at Kohl's, Black Friday was one of my favorite days working there because all the people I liked to work with were there!

My brother and his girlfriend are coming to visit the weekend before Christmas! I'm excited to show them around!! Hopefully the weather will be nice.

Today it's rainy and 40...typical. I'm jealous of the snow in Minnesota/Wisconsin and am looking forward to a white Christmas at home!