Random thoughts

Some random thoughts I'm having today:

* I just logged into MySpace for the first time in over a year. Seriously, the last time was November 2007. Funny how that happens... I go from doing something constantly... to slowly doing it occasionally... to just stopping one day without realizing it! Anyway, it was amusing to see comments people wrote back in January... that I never saw. Haha! Also, I had forgotten about all these people that I was "friends" with on myspace but haven't talked to in forever... namely, most of my nursing class from Harcum. It was crazy to see all the people who have gotten married or engaged or had babies!

* I am thoroughly annoyed that the lawn service guys came today. I mean, yes, I am glad they are here and all, but they haven't been here in like 2 months!! Last week I got so frustrated that I went out and bought a rake, then raked my yard. And now they show up?! Argh! I have to say that I am not particularly impressed.

* Went to Costco this morning. Every time I blog about Costco, the hits on my blog go through the roof! So therefore, I am letting you know that I went again today. :) Among random things that I bought was a Christmas wreath for my front door! 28 inches of evergreen glory for $15. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me. Also, while I am on the subject... another reason I love The Warehouse is that the employees were wiping off the cart handles as people pushed their wet carts into the store. How cool is that? Never saw that before... at ANY store!

* I need to get a haircut. Like, a month ago. But I hate getting it done. So much awkward conversation with the stylist and it costs a fortune. I also really should probably keep up with the highlights but I am too poor for that. :) I have been procrastinating on getting my hair cut for several months now... which means it is nice and long, but also rather scraggly. Sigh.

* We put up the Christmas tree, but I haven't bought ornaments yet. I should do that today, I suppose, since I am pretty much working from tomorrow through the time we leave for Andy's wedding. But I am just not sure how I want to decorate it!! Red balls? Multi-colored balls? Ribbons? The choices go on and on!

* This week I have been contemplating the fact that I have now lived here well over a year and have yet to have found a doctor, a dentist, or a veterinarian. Or for that matter, a hair stylist or eyebrow waxer. Or a mechanic. Sigh. Guess I better get started on some of these things, huh!

Perhaps I have more important things to do than blog or surf the web. :)

Never Gonna Give You Up

I stole this from Rob's dad's Facebook page... it made me laugh so hard that I thought I better share it with you. :)

O Tannenbaum!

We put up the Christmas tree last night! No decorations yet, but even just having the tree up puts me in the holiday spirit. :)

Trying to figure out how to make the fake tree look a bit more real!!

The now-traditional photo of Rob in the tree box! :)

Thanksgiving

Well, I've had to fix the previous post because the embedded video just wouldn't work. :( It was a video of a local Costco and how they make all the pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving! But if you are still interested, the article from the Seattle Times (and accompanying video) can be found here. Although Thanksgiving has passed, it is still pretty interesting!

I had a great Thanksgiving!! I cooked a full meal, and Rob came over to help me eat it. :) Roasted a turkey and everything! The menu also included stuffing, cranberries, mashed potatoes (and homemade gravy), and a failed attempt at sweet potatoes. Rob was very kind, and took a few bites of the sweet potatoes, then offered to be the one to make them next year! Hahaha!! :) Perhaps my extreme dislike of sweet potatoes somehow affected my ability to cook them. For dessert, I had pumpkin pie and Rob had tiramisu, and we watched "The Simpsons Movie"... except that we each fell asleep and missed half of it. All in all, a wonderful day.

Thanksgiving, Costco-style

How do they make all those pumpkin pies?!

Come Thou Fount

One of my favorite hymns... been stuck in my head all day! :)

Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it, mount of thy redeeming love.

Here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by thy help I'm come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.

007 Tonight!

I am determined to keep up with the blog... so I am posting a very quick one now so as to keep it (relatively) up to date!! :)

Just got home from work. Looking forward to having tonight off (even though I am working this weekend)... Rob and I are going to see the new James Bond movie!! I am very excited. :) I have managed to avoid reading any reviews in the fear that it might not be well-received, because I figure that I HAVE to see it, regardless of what any review might say! So that is tonight. Until then, time to get some sleep... I am exhausted. Yawn.

Pictures from PA

I got home last night from a quick trip to PA this weekend! Friday morning through Sunday night... it felt like I spent more time on the planes than actually there, but I don't think that's quite true. :) Here are a couple pictures from my trip:

My bedroom at my parents' house

Lauren and Brian
Lauren and Maddy!

The wedding cake and groom's cake


A picture to prove that I was, indeed, at my parents' house in Ardmore!!

Nuptial Madness

Winter is apparently the new spring. No, no, I'm not talking about weather or time of year for cleaning... I'm talking about weddings!

Just got done doing some cleaning of my apartment (I stayed up all night so I could sleep today before work). I noticed that my dining room table held a number of interesting objects. No, not the dead roses that sat in the vase so long that the water all evaporated. (What can I say? I am a romantic and hadn't gotten around to getting rid of them!)

What captured my attention was the plethora of wedding-related paraphenalia! I found, in no particular order: an invite to Kelly's bridal shower (my future sister-in-law), a thank you note from Jonathan & Liz for their wedding gift (with a cute pic of them on the front), an invite to Sarah's bridal shower (it's a big year for weddings in that family!), and the invitation/directions for Lauren's wedding this weekend!

There are 3 upcoming weddings of people I am close to, all within less than 2 months. Strange! Prior to the 2 weddings I went to this past spring, the last one I had been to was Ingrid & Chad's wedding in 2004!! And before that? I can't even remember. But it had certainly been at least a year or more.

What's with all the weddings? And even more perplexing... what's with all the winter weddings? Has the spring wedding gone out of fashion? Hm.

These are the things I contemplate when I have had ~5 hours of sleep in the last 43 hours! :)

Insomniac

I can't sleep!!! Definitely annoying. I am on this strange cycle... not quite 100% nocturnal. Yesterday, I was up until 3am or so (not on purpose, I might add), then slept until almost noon! I just kept hitting the snooze button. Yes, from 8 am when my alarm went off until 12:07 when I rolled out of bed in disgust that I had wasted half the day!

I was all set to go to bed by 10:30 or 11 tonight, I really was. After I hung up the phone with Rob, though, I decided to watch some TV until 11ish. Then I tried to go to bed. But I am wide awake! What?! Probably has something to do with me getting up at noon today. :) So here I am, blogging late into the night because I have nothing better to do. Last night, I laid in bed and watched a show on TLC about the world's fattest man. It was actually pretty interesting, but still! I wanted to sleep!!

It just started raining here. The forecast is for flooding rains (that is, typical November weather in Seattle). I am hoping that the sound of rain on the carport will lull me to sleep.

Not much else new to report. Today was a pretty boring day... I was hoping to pick up some OT at work but that didn't pan out. I did get my PPD read... negative for TB (yay!). They surprised me by pulling up my file in the computer and determining that I was overdue to have my hep B titre drawn... so I had a surprise blood draw this afternoon. I hate getting blood drawn! The funny thing is, I can draw blood from patients all day long... but when someone comes at ME with a needle, I freak out! Haha. :) Hopefully the results are good. Otherwise I will need another booster shot... and I do not want that! (Although I suppose I would much rather have a shot than hepatitis, but still.)

Well, this is yet another boring post. Sorry. :) Time to climb back in bed and hope the sound of raindrops works as a lullaby!