Catch Up...

I know, I know, behind again!
We went to my parent’s house this weekend and Dad BBQ’ed Ribs, and Jonathan and I agree, they were the best ribs we have ever had! My mom and sister and I stepped out of the house for a bit to do some shopping, None of us bought anything, but we sure had fun, I wanted to but I am officially broke, I did advise my mom and sister and fashion of course, LOL. They both put an outfit on hold. I hope they are able to get them, because they looked like a million bucks!
This weekend I am devoting myself to getting the house clean! It went awry due to my serious lack of motivation; I am blaming it on the tooth extraction, which, by the way, is doing very well now. I still have a little swelling that could keep part of my lip numb for another 2 weeks, but I am almost used to it. I have to learn how to chew all over again, because the muscles atrophied while I wasn’t eating solid foods. It is quite the experience.
Friday I went with my boss to out new location that will be complete tomorrow in Mukilteo, it was really cool to see it in progress and help get it finished. My boss has done an amazing job putting it together! Today I am back to my regular desk bound schedule which is good, cause a bit of work piled up! This weekend Aunt Linda is coming up and we will be going to the Seattle Art Museum, known to us Seattleites as “SAM” I am excited, I have not been there since my Freshman year in College, which was a while ago… anyway there is so much to see and they are always changing the exhibit, even then you could never see it all in one visit! I am definitely looking forward to it.
Well, that is all for now!
God Bless!

Weekend Warrior?

The Dreaded Wisdom teeth removal weekend is over. On Friday I went to the oral surgeons and they hooked me up, and I promptly lost consciousness. I woke up sometime later with my jacket on in a different room… They say I rode in a wheelchair, but I certainly don’t remember it. They gave Jonathan maintenance instructions for me and we went home. I spent most of the time hungry and speechless, while Jonathan waited on me and I watched way too many hours of mindless Television. I watched Star Trek and Home improvement shows, we watched A Walk to Remember, Ice Age, and then later Laura lent me “Laura” which was interesting… I also saw the TV versions of Runaway Bride and Pretty Woman. Jonathan did banking on the computer. The pain meds make me really dizzy and disoriented. I am back at work and just on Ibuprofen, not as effective for the pain, but no debilitating effects. The first day my lip stayed numb for 21 hours. Every once in a while one spot still feels numb, but it comes and goes. I cannot smile- it is too painful and the attempt looks more like a grimace than anything happy. I received an adorable get well card from the Ferguson’s- with a cute kitten and Jonathan got me pretty flowers to cheer me up. I am very glad it is over with and can’t wait to chew something again, and brush my teeth!
God Bless, Chris we are praying for you and your surgery, and Grandma- we are really glad that you are ok and back home. We love you all!

Dare we Enter into the Unknown?! 

Fun, Food and Laughter

Hello!!
This weekend has been great! Dan and Joy met us early Saturday morning to go through a Corn Maze a few miles South of us. We had a great time, working our way through the maze. Each maze had 6 stops with posts driven into the ground with a unique shaped hole punch that you could use to prove that you made it to each spot. It was a blast! After the maze we came home and stuffed a turkey and put it in the oven for 3 hours. Joy took a little nap as she had been up late due to work the night before. Then we played an exciting game of Poker and waited for Anna, Josh and Sarah to show up. By the time of their arrival only Dan and Joy were left in the game, and we started more intense dinner preparation, mashing potatoes and preparing the crescent rolls and yams for the oven. Once we pulled the tukey out we put in the yams and rolls. Then Jonathan carved the turkey and I made Gravy. Everything came together and Ken (a friend of Anna's) arrived and we prepared to feast. Jonathan said the blessing and we dug in! Sarah told us a story of how she got mugged by monkey's in Costa Rica, we almost died of laughter. Afterwards we played telephone pictionary while our bodies made room for dessert. Dessert was wonderful! We had a pumpkin pie and chocolate cream pie and vanilla and pumpkin ice cream. It was delicious! After that people slowly headed home, all it all it was a success!
Today Jonathan and I made use of our leftovers for sandwiches, Yum.
That is out great weekend!
God Bless!

We pause for photo-proof of our Expedition 

In the Midst of the maze...hopefully we can read the map to find our way out of here!! 

We decided to act like 10-year olds for a minute! 

After the corn maze we picked out pumpkins to take home, we found them in the pumpkin field, but Dan and Joy's weighed 35 pounds, so they picked a new one. 

Our Perfect Pumpkins!! 

We decided to Play Poker once the turkey was in the oven, here are the guys. Isn't Jonathan cute?! 

Joy attempting to defeat all of us in a friendly game of Poker! 

Jonathan did a wonderful job of carving the turkey! And Boy did it turn out good! 

Do Something Nice

Hello all!
Well, it turned out that I was able to see Alias after all, I felt sick enough to go home form work and sick enough to not want to go anywhere that evening, so we stayed in and watched Alias. I am really looking for ward to this weekend, The Rowe’s and Sherman’s are coming over to celebrate with us. Not that we have anything specific to celebrate, we just are. So we are going to a corn maze then coming back to cook a full scale Turkey dinner and play games while it cooks. I am so excited!!!
According to my work calendar today is “Do Something Nice Day” I was unable to find any history on it so I guess it’s just one of those thing someone said and it got picked up by some other folks. October is also National Pizza Month, among other things!
We had a lot of fun this last weekend in Longview, we saw Serenity (I highly recommend it) and basically played games and took it easy. The relatives came over and we had a great time visiting. I look forward to our next visit.
Well that’s about it.
God Bless!