Well, this blog has been a little dormant for a while (well over
a month now). So, to get back up to speed, here’s what’s been going on since
Sunday, October 16th (the last post) ---
We dressed up for Halloween
Matt and I decided last minute that we were going to make
our costumes. We got the brilliant idea to be red Solo cups (Toby Keith would
be proud!), but the process of making them turned out to be a lot more
difficult than we thought. We bought all the supplies Saturday morning and
spent 4+ hours putting it all together. The result was not too shabby, but we
did get a lot of questions of what we were supposed to be. We carried around a
volley ball and we were Beer Pong. Maybe if we didn't have the big read straps, we would have been more identifiable.
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| Red Solo Cup - I fill you up! Let's have a party! |
I now have an office
with a view
A few window offices opened up and I now have a much better
view than before (anything is better than a wall!) Matt is not as thrilled as
me… now I am on the same floor as him and we sit about 5 offices apart. Not as bad as when we were first dating and sat literally 5 feet apart in cubicles. Talk about awkward!
We celebrated our 2
year anniversary
2 years ago November 7
th we were married in the Bahamas – I couldn't have asked for a better day celebrating with our family and friends! On our anniversary, we had dinner at Flemings – so.much.food! We had the
lobster mac-n-cheese as a side and that would have been enough for a full meal!
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| One of my favorite pictures |
We said good-bye to
Grandpa Charlie
My grandpa Charlie passed away on Friday November 18th.
While we were getting everything ready for the funeral, we went through
hundreds of old pictures of my grandparents, my parents, family and friends. It
was so nice to hear everyone tell stories about my grandpa and his life. He will be greatly missed!
Ross got a year older
Ross really didn’t get a proper birthday celebration with
all of us being out of town for the funeral and then the holidays immediately
following. Plus, on his birthday, poor Sofie (their dog) got super sick and was
hospitalized! We did sing a quick “Happy Birthday” and did a shot at the PO last Sunday for him. : ) Here’s hoping your year finishes off better than it
started! Happy Birthday!
We enjoyed Thanksgiving
with family
Matt and I drove to Ohio to spend Thanksgiving with his
family. As always, we had a nice time visiting with everyone, watching football
and eating lots of delicious food! We went bowling with the whole crew on
Saturday. After a 5 month hiatus from bowling, Matt and I did pretty well (210
on Matt’s second game – just like riding a bike!) Since Saturday was a gorgeous
day in Ohio, we cooked hot dogs outside over the fire pit and everyone played
football in the backyard.
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| I made pumpkin whoopie pies to take along with us |
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| Matt's Aunt Sandy made us turkey shaped pancakes - so cute! |
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| More cuteness |
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| Playing Horse after dinner |
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| Grilling hot dogs by the fire pit |
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| Matt's serious about his dogs - he waited until everyone else was done |
I spent this past week in Philadelphia for work
Not that a work trip is that exciting, but there were a few interesting things that happened along the way. On the flight out there, the pilot announced we were bringing a soldier home from the war, a soldier that had been killed in action. When we got to Philly, there were soldiers and a hearse waiting at the gate to collect the casket. So sad.
On Tuesday around 3 am, I could hear all this chanting and people on the street. Turns out it was the day the police decided to evict everyone from the Occupy Philadelphia campsite that was set up in the city center. When they evicted the people, they started marching up and down the street directly below my window. The next morning, there were bulldozers cleaning up the area. It looked gross.
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| Hard to see, but the white dots are all the bike cops blocking the road; the rest are the protestors |
On Wednesday, some sort of emergency alarm was triggered in the hotel I was staying at. The alarms started going off and someone came over the speaker to say there was an emergency, but we weren't allowed to get on the elevators or take the fire exits. So, basically, I just sat in my room for 25 minutes waiting to hear what the emergency was and if I needed to do anything. All while the annoying alarms kept going off in my room. Not cool! Especially, because in the end, there was no emergency. Considering I was on the 26th floor, I was so glad there wasn't a fire!
I got sucked into the Hunger Games
One good thing about all the traveling I've been doing is that I've had plenty of time to read. I finished off the Hunger Games series in less than a week. Loved those books! I read the first one all in one day on Thanksgiving. They sucked me in, kind of like the Harry Potter or Twilight books did.
Oh, and this is what I returned to in the fridge
Before we left for Thanksgiving, I tried to throw out some strawberries that I knew were going to be bad by the time we got back. But, Matt was adamant about keeping them. And they were still in the fridge when I got back from Philly on Friday night. I'm so glad we kept these. Gross!
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| Maybe he's doing a science experiment? |
I decorated our condo for Christmas
I put a few xmas-y type things around the kitchen and family room. Per "Matt's Law", we will not be getting a xmas tree (real or fake) while living in this condo. He's such a scrooge! So, I put up our 1.5 foot tree again this year on top of the kitchen table. It has lights and a few little ornaments that aren't heavy, so that it won't fall over. Matt says to me, "oh, I didn't realize how small that tree was". Yep! People have bigger ones in their offices at work. : )
