And loved it! : )
I had to go out on IMDB to see who all the actors were. We were trying to figure them out during the movie.
I can't wait for the sequel!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Just saw Avatar...
And loved it! : )
I had to go out on IMDB to see who all the actors were. We were trying to figure them out during the movie.
I can't wait for the sequel!
Things I learned this week
The CTA is making quite a few changes to their bus/train system. The express bus that stops right out in front of the building I live in is going to stop running effective Feb 7th. And the regular bus that stops there is going to have reduced service. Awesome. I sometimes can't get on a bus now because it's too packed - literally people are sandwiched in like sardines from front to back. Once the weather is nice enough, I can walk to work. But, right now, I'm not so keen on spending any additional time in below freezing temps than I have to.
You can't renew your passport in person. You must always do it by mail... unless you lost your old one or you are traveling within the next few weeks. Apparently, I can't read the website correctly, because I didn't see anywhere that it said you "must" renew by mail. I just thought it was an option. So, I filled out all the paperwork to renew in person (which is a different form than the by-mail form), got all my crap together and walked over to the office at lunchtime yesterday. waste.of.time. The lady was like "there is NO office in the city where you can renew in person". Okie-dokie. Today, I re-filled out the paperwork for the by-mail form and took everything to the post office so I could mail it by certified mail.
I need to set an alarm in the morning. I no longer can rely on my internal alarm clock that has worked so well for me in the past. I overslept four times this week. I always wake up, or am somewhat coherent, when Matt leaves for work in the morning, which is usually around 7am. But this week, he's been going into work early and not at the same time each day. So, I've been going back to sleep after he leaves. Not the best idea on my part.
That's about it... or at least what I can think of right now. Today was a good day - pay day, Friday, free pizza lunch at work (not good for the diet, though) and I get to see Avatar tonight! Looking forward to this weekend!
You can't renew your passport in person. You must always do it by mail... unless you lost your old one or you are traveling within the next few weeks. Apparently, I can't read the website correctly, because I didn't see anywhere that it said you "must" renew by mail. I just thought it was an option. So, I filled out all the paperwork to renew in person (which is a different form than the by-mail form), got all my crap together and walked over to the office at lunchtime yesterday. waste.of.time. The lady was like "there is NO office in the city where you can renew in person". Okie-dokie. Today, I re-filled out the paperwork for the by-mail form and took everything to the post office so I could mail it by certified mail.
I need to set an alarm in the morning. I no longer can rely on my internal alarm clock that has worked so well for me in the past. I overslept four times this week. I always wake up, or am somewhat coherent, when Matt leaves for work in the morning, which is usually around 7am. But this week, he's been going into work early and not at the same time each day. So, I've been going back to sleep after he leaves. Not the best idea on my part.
That's about it... or at least what I can think of right now. Today was a good day - pay day, Friday, free pizza lunch at work (not good for the diet, though) and I get to see Avatar tonight! Looking forward to this weekend!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Long week, short weekend
The first week back from the holidays seemed soooooooooooooo long! Is it Memorial Day yet?!? And like always, the weekend went by too fast.
On Friday night, we grabbed a couple of drinks with co-workers at Coogans after work. Exam results came out that day for some people, so they wanted to celebrate passing. We tried to go to DeCero for dinner, but it was packed. So, we ended up at our old stand-by, the Beer Bistro. Love that place!
Saturday morning, I decided to break my streak of not working out and hit the gym. I met Erin at Spin class. Good times. I've got to get back on the wagon and make it to the gym more. Erin's wedding is in July and Matt and I are taking a trip after that, so I don't want to be a tubb-o!
On Saturday night, we went out to Mystic Celt to wish Brandon farewell... he's moving to Denver. Brandon has been on our volleyball and bowling teams now for quite a few years (like 6 or more???). It's going to feel strange not having him on our teams anymore! : (
Some pics from the party...
Erin and me with Brandon... and the v-ball team (well, a combo of a few different seasons)
Hany and me
Typical Matt - he fooled me - I thought he was going to smile and at the last minute - beer bottle
On Sunday, I ran some errands, did some laundry and cleaned. Yeah, fun times. I started writing wedding thank-yous until my hand cramped up. Then, we went to the Purple Otter for drinks and dinner with the Reuters (oh, and C Funk was there, too). The P.O. almost blew up! Slight electrical problem with the cash register = sparks flying in the air like the 4th of July. I guess that's considered "the dinner show".
Matt and I got home in time for Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters. I slept through a good portion of both. I am old and lame these days.
Back to work...
On Friday night, we grabbed a couple of drinks with co-workers at Coogans after work. Exam results came out that day for some people, so they wanted to celebrate passing. We tried to go to DeCero for dinner, but it was packed. So, we ended up at our old stand-by, the Beer Bistro. Love that place!
Saturday morning, I decided to break my streak of not working out and hit the gym. I met Erin at Spin class. Good times. I've got to get back on the wagon and make it to the gym more. Erin's wedding is in July and Matt and I are taking a trip after that, so I don't want to be a tubb-o!
On Saturday night, we went out to Mystic Celt to wish Brandon farewell... he's moving to Denver. Brandon has been on our volleyball and bowling teams now for quite a few years (like 6 or more???). It's going to feel strange not having him on our teams anymore! : (
Some pics from the party...
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Erin and me with Brandon... and the v-ball team (well, a combo of a few different seasons)
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Hany and me
Typical Matt - he fooled me - I thought he was going to smile and at the last minute - beer bottle
On Sunday, I ran some errands, did some laundry and cleaned. Yeah, fun times. I started writing wedding thank-yous until my hand cramped up. Then, we went to the Purple Otter for drinks and dinner with the Reuters (oh, and C Funk was there, too). The P.O. almost blew up! Slight electrical problem with the cash register = sparks flying in the air like the 4th of July. I guess that's considered "the dinner show".
Matt and I got home in time for Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters. I slept through a good portion of both. I am old and lame these days.
Back to work...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The pics are online!
Check out the pics from the NYE party... good times. Even if I barely remember it. : )Once you click through, scroll down the left hand side to find Matt and I. Then, click on that. Then, you'll have to scroll to the bottom of the right hand side and click on the very last picture to see all of the images. There are 569 pictures!!!
Enjoy!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Ringing of the bell
It's official! You can check out the video of the ringing of the bell if you are so inclined. We all watched it in the office this morning. : )For the entire day, the front façade of the NYSE building in downtown NYC is draped in banners showing the new Towers Watson logo (that's the pic on the right). Also, a flag with our name and logo is flying outside the building.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
i.am.exhausted
This has been a crazy week, but we had so much fun and enjoyed seeing so many of our family and friends!!!
A little diary of the last few days...
Wednesday
The moms, Erin and I put together the gift bags and got everything ready to take out to the hotel for the NYE party. We had my new car all packed up!
We dropped everything off and chatted with my wedding planner, Audrey, and all was set to go! We had a quick bite to eat and a couple drinks at the bar at the hotel.
As I was heading back to the city, my BRAND NEW CAR BROKE DOWN - overheated! Just awesome. Luckily, with my new car I get On-Star, so I pushed the little button and told them I was stranded on the side of the road. She asked me how many miles I had on the car and I said 496. Not even 500 miles on the thing and it's un-usable on the side of the road. I don't think you'll be seeing my call on a commercial anytime soon!
On-Star told me I should crank up the heater and try driving the car to the next exit, which was about a mile away. I made it about 5 seconds and the car was done again. They dispatched a tow truck out for me. In the mean time, an IDOT truck came up behind me and told me I couldn't stay where I was. I was thinking - yeah, like I really WANT to be here anyway. He said I should drive in front of him until my car died again and then put it in neutral and he would PUSH me the rest of the way while I steered. So, after about 5 seconds, the car died again and he pushed me, bumping into the back of my brand new car for about a mile until I was able to exit. Then, he pushed me into a gas station. And I waited for the tow truck to come.
The tow truck took me to the nearest Chevy dealership, which was not going to be open again until Saturday. So, I would have NO car for the whole time of our wedding reception. Awesome. Luckily, my Dad said he would be my chauffeur for the next few days!
I spent the rest of the night at home working on the slide show for the wedding. I decided I would just do it myself instead of hiring someone to do it, which was not the best decision I have ever made. It took a lot longer than I thought it would!
Thursday
Thursday was a whirlwind of a day - manicure/pedicure, hair appt, greeting people as they checked in, etc. I was a nervous wreck that day! More nervous than I ever was for the Bahamas wedding! I just didn't feel as on top of everything that was supposed to happen that day.
Matt and I got all fixed up in our fancy clothes and shared a bottle of champagne with Ryan and Jenn before heading down to the cocktail hour.
The cocktail hour was in the foyer of the ballroom and it was packed... and SO LOUD! So many of our family and friends in one place - totally overwhelming!!! We made our way through trying to talk to people along the way.
Matt and I really enjoyed the speeches my Dad, Erin and Ryan made. I'm sure they were oh-so-happy that they had to do double-duty as MOH and Best Man and come up with two speeches!
When we were getting ready to go up for the cake cutting, I say to Matt - Do NOT smash the cake in my face! Of course, Ryan tells him to do it and eggs him on. As we're cutting the cake, I give Matt a VERY small piece, because I can see that little glimmer in his eye that he's up to something. I had a feeling this would not end well for me. I say to him again - if you smash the cake in my face, you are DEAD. He did not listen.
We did our first dances again and an anniversary dance... and then the party started! There was A LOT of dancing! We really liked the DJ and thought he did a great job of keeping the crowd going.
The rest of the night went by so fast - especially for me, because I had a few too many drinks and the night was a little fuzzy towards the end. I'm pretty sure I thought I was 21 years old and could party like a rock star.
Once I get some pictures back, I'll post them!
Friday
In the morning, a lot of our guests were downstairs at the hotel's brunch. So I got to catch up with some of them. I feel like I didn't get to talk to everyone much at the party. Like 5 seconds here and there, but that's about it.
Matt and I loaded up the cars and headed back home. He went straight to the Purple Otter for some football watching. I had to rest a bit on the couch before I could make it up there. Recovering.
The PO was packed! Some of my family was there and we played Left-Right-Center. My cousin Erik won like 5 times in a row! Lucky!
I managed to drink one beer, but it went down slowly!
Matt and I came home, ordered pizza and veg'd out on the couch. There was a lot of snoring coming from his side of the couch! : )
Saturday
Matt and I ran some errands and picked up my car at the dealership. Turns out, there is some clamp that is put on the car during assembly that wasn't removed before the car left for the dealership. So, the engine coolant wasn't running through the car properly and it overheated. Someone was asleep on the assembly line that day! They said it is all good now. Hope so.
We picked up Matt's mom from the hotel. We opened our wedding gifts - so many nice things! : )
On Saturday night, we hung out at the Reuters' house - pizza and tater tots (Matt is so excited he can have these again!). We played cards and watched football. Afterwards, we dropped Matt's mom back off at the hotel and came home and crashed!
Sunday
Today, I am veggin' out on the couch, recovering from all the festivities of the weekend. I definitely hit the wall and am glad to have this day before returning to work.
Speaking of work, my company is now Towers Watson and we have new email addresses already! Here's the new logo -
Tomorrow, we have a big meeting with all of the TP and WW employees. Should be an interesting day!
A little diary of the last few days...
Wednesday
The moms, Erin and I put together the gift bags and got everything ready to take out to the hotel for the NYE party. We had my new car all packed up!
We dropped everything off and chatted with my wedding planner, Audrey, and all was set to go! We had a quick bite to eat and a couple drinks at the bar at the hotel.
As I was heading back to the city, my BRAND NEW CAR BROKE DOWN - overheated! Just awesome. Luckily, with my new car I get On-Star, so I pushed the little button and told them I was stranded on the side of the road. She asked me how many miles I had on the car and I said 496. Not even 500 miles on the thing and it's un-usable on the side of the road. I don't think you'll be seeing my call on a commercial anytime soon!
On-Star told me I should crank up the heater and try driving the car to the next exit, which was about a mile away. I made it about 5 seconds and the car was done again. They dispatched a tow truck out for me. In the mean time, an IDOT truck came up behind me and told me I couldn't stay where I was. I was thinking - yeah, like I really WANT to be here anyway. He said I should drive in front of him until my car died again and then put it in neutral and he would PUSH me the rest of the way while I steered. So, after about 5 seconds, the car died again and he pushed me, bumping into the back of my brand new car for about a mile until I was able to exit. Then, he pushed me into a gas station. And I waited for the tow truck to come.
The tow truck took me to the nearest Chevy dealership, which was not going to be open again until Saturday. So, I would have NO car for the whole time of our wedding reception. Awesome. Luckily, my Dad said he would be my chauffeur for the next few days!
I spent the rest of the night at home working on the slide show for the wedding. I decided I would just do it myself instead of hiring someone to do it, which was not the best decision I have ever made. It took a lot longer than I thought it would!
Thursday
Thursday was a whirlwind of a day - manicure/pedicure, hair appt, greeting people as they checked in, etc. I was a nervous wreck that day! More nervous than I ever was for the Bahamas wedding! I just didn't feel as on top of everything that was supposed to happen that day.
Matt and I got all fixed up in our fancy clothes and shared a bottle of champagne with Ryan and Jenn before heading down to the cocktail hour.
The cocktail hour was in the foyer of the ballroom and it was packed... and SO LOUD! So many of our family and friends in one place - totally overwhelming!!! We made our way through trying to talk to people along the way.
Matt and I really enjoyed the speeches my Dad, Erin and Ryan made. I'm sure they were oh-so-happy that they had to do double-duty as MOH and Best Man and come up with two speeches!
When we were getting ready to go up for the cake cutting, I say to Matt - Do NOT smash the cake in my face! Of course, Ryan tells him to do it and eggs him on. As we're cutting the cake, I give Matt a VERY small piece, because I can see that little glimmer in his eye that he's up to something. I had a feeling this would not end well for me. I say to him again - if you smash the cake in my face, you are DEAD. He did not listen.
We did our first dances again and an anniversary dance... and then the party started! There was A LOT of dancing! We really liked the DJ and thought he did a great job of keeping the crowd going.
The rest of the night went by so fast - especially for me, because I had a few too many drinks and the night was a little fuzzy towards the end. I'm pretty sure I thought I was 21 years old and could party like a rock star.
Once I get some pictures back, I'll post them!
Friday
In the morning, a lot of our guests were downstairs at the hotel's brunch. So I got to catch up with some of them. I feel like I didn't get to talk to everyone much at the party. Like 5 seconds here and there, but that's about it.
Matt and I loaded up the cars and headed back home. He went straight to the Purple Otter for some football watching. I had to rest a bit on the couch before I could make it up there. Recovering.
The PO was packed! Some of my family was there and we played Left-Right-Center. My cousin Erik won like 5 times in a row! Lucky!
I managed to drink one beer, but it went down slowly!
Matt and I came home, ordered pizza and veg'd out on the couch. There was a lot of snoring coming from his side of the couch! : )
Saturday
Matt and I ran some errands and picked up my car at the dealership. Turns out, there is some clamp that is put on the car during assembly that wasn't removed before the car left for the dealership. So, the engine coolant wasn't running through the car properly and it overheated. Someone was asleep on the assembly line that day! They said it is all good now. Hope so.
We picked up Matt's mom from the hotel. We opened our wedding gifts - so many nice things! : )
On Saturday night, we hung out at the Reuters' house - pizza and tater tots (Matt is so excited he can have these again!). We played cards and watched football. Afterwards, we dropped Matt's mom back off at the hotel and came home and crashed!
Sunday
Today, I am veggin' out on the couch, recovering from all the festivities of the weekend. I definitely hit the wall and am glad to have this day before returning to work.
Speaking of work, my company is now Towers Watson and we have new email addresses already! Here's the new logo -
Tomorrow, we have a big meeting with all of the TP and WW employees. Should be an interesting day!
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