This is another scarf I knitted for Aunt Mickey, I have 1 more scarf request to complete and I'll be done with scarfs for a while (I hope)

Baby Socks

So with all the babies in our group of friends and families - I thought I would attempt to knit some baby socks - Here is the finished product!

Dinner with Friends

Last night Jeremy and I went to dinner with Michael, Chandra, Alisyn and Piper. Since Jeremy and I had a remaining gift card for On the Border, we decided to go there for dinner. We got there first, and told them there would be 6 of us - and they said they were getting our table ready right now. That's a first - going to a restaurant at 7:15 on a friday night, with a party of 6 and getting seated right away! Wow, I was impressed. It's always great to see Michael and Chandra - It's amazing how quick kids grow up. Alisyn is 2 1/2 years old, and she is growing up so quick. She speaks so well and it's so awesome to watch her interact with Jeremy. She LOVES Jeremy! Piper is 4 1/2 months and she is growing like a weed. Most babies seem to change looks quite a bit during their first year - well Piper looks about the same - she just keeps getting taller!
So we order our dinner, talk and enjoy the company and then our food comes. Well mine is the last to show up and in true tradition - the ramekin of beans is half full and my grilled red pepper has the sticker still on it. I am kinda shocked about the beans, but just laugh it off. When the waitress comes back to our table, I asked her "Is this a normal portion of beans" and she asked me if that was how it came, and I told her "Yes" and then I proceeded to show her the vegetable that had the sticker still on it. She said she could make me a whole new plate and I just told her I would like a full ramekin of beans. Well she brings me a bowl of beans and the manager comes over and he asked if everything was OK, and I told him that it was. It was really funny because Michael looked at me and said "You do have bad luck" Yep! That's me - I have bad luck - all the time! They ended up comping my meal - which was nice and unexpected. Anyways, we finished our dinner and parted ways - Jeremy and I headed home to relax the rest of the evening.

New Year's Eve Festivities

Originally, Jeremy and I didn't have any plans for new years. He called me at work and asked me if I wanted to go to dinner at Chili's (we got lots of gift cards to Chili's and so did our friends Tim and Julie) and then to a flaming lips concert. I told Jeremy that I didn't know who they were, he told me that when I heard their music - I would know who they were. So I told him OK, let's go - we didn't have any other plans.
Jeremy and I head to Tim and Julies house and we all drove to Chili's for dinner. We were kinda rushed because the concert was supposed to start at 8, but we didn't mind missing the opening act.














After dinner, we head to the Cox Center for the concert. I was really confused as first because I saw people dressed up in costumes, like halloween costumes. I didn't think anything of it because it was only a few people - until we got into the concert area. WOW! It was like Halloween all over again. We saw people dressed up as robots, the wizard of oz crew, people dressed up in funky clothes with different colored wigs. Anyways, Flaming Lips started playing their first song - didn't recognize it, nor their second, third or fourth! Wow, this was really interesting now. So I googled them on my phone and found out that they were found in 1983 and were from Norman, well, no wonder I've never heard of them. Just when I thought things couldn't get more interesting - they did. There was this guy that had come down from the top and he was walking toward the bottom of the stairs and he was yelling someone's name. Well this guy in front of me stands up and starts yelling at him to shut up! So they exchange words back and forth and a fight almost breaks out. That was pretty interesting.
About 11:30 - the lead singer of the band says that we will ring in our own new year....so they start a countdown from 1 mintue and after the minute is over - all these balloons come down from the area behind the stage. It was probably the coolest part of the concert!



Since we still about about 15 minutes before midnight, we decided to walk to the area where they would be raising the ball. I was extremely excited about it because I've always thought this would be cool to do. We found an area in the crowd - kinda near the ball (which happened to be in front of 2 police cars) and we had a great view of watching the ball "drop" There was live music and at 1 minute till midnight - they started a countdown. At the same time, the police put on their sirens (which I still don't understand why they did this)
Right at the stroke of midnight, a HUGE display of fireworks started. This was an extra bonus because I didn't realize there would be fireworks!
By this time, we were all pretty cold. And the wind was blowing, so that made it even colder. Jeremy, Tim, Julie and I all went back to their house and played Mario Kart for the WII. I realized that I am still not good at driving games. :-( All in all Jeremy and I had a great night and a fun new years. I got to experience halloween and 4th of July all on New Year's Eve!

I hope each and every one of you have a safe, happy and healthy new year!

Scarf for Ashleigh

So I've been knitting quite a bit since I've been done with school for the semester. I knitted a scarf for Jeremy's sister for Christmas and then my sister asked for a scarf - so I knitted on for her. Here is the finished product! I am so proud of myself. The fringe is my favorite part - I want to make every scarf with fringe!

My new vaccuum cleaner

So since I love my new Vaccuum Cleaner so much - I thought I would write a blog about it. So as you probably already read,my vaccuum cleaner had a piece that was broken in it. I called my father in law to find out where he got it from and they said Target. I called target today to ask them if I could just bring the bag of pieces back and exchange it out of a different box, that way I didn't have to re-box the entire vaccuum cleaner. They asked if I had my gift reciept or recpiet and I told them no. They then proceeded to tell me that for any item over $35, they do not allow a refund, gift card, or exchange. WHAT???? They then tell me that if it's under $35 they can exchange it for me. Well there is no way this is under $35. I politely ask to speak to the manager, she proceedes to tell me the same darn thing! I ask her what am I supposed to do since I don't have the reciept, she tells me that she can look it up by the credit card that was used to purchase it. I told her I would call and get the number and call her back, she explained that she actually needed the card in her hand. I told her that the person we got the gift from lived out of town - and she said, "well that's why encourage people to get a gift reciept" OMG! I want to ring her neck. I then politely told her that Target's exchange policy sucked and ended the call.
When I got home from work, I got on Bissells website and found out that Lowes carried the same vaccuum cleaner. I called them and asked if I could exchange it, and that I didn't have my reciept. They told me that was fine. I boxed it up and exchanged it!
I had the pleasure of putting it together tonight - all by myself and tested it out on my dining room floor. WOW! I can't believe how well this works - I can't wait to clean the rest of my house and use my new, powerful, wonderful vaccuum cleaner. I have attached a pic of the finished product

Christmas

So Christmas turned out to be a really great day for Jeremy and I. I woke us up early, as I always to, because I was anxious to open presents. I separated our presents into 4 piles - mine, his, ours and the pets. We let the puppies in and opened their presents first. They were very happy to get dog bones and treat and the cats got treats and toys.




Jeremy and I then proceeded to open our presents. We took turns, as usual. We both ended up getting stuff we wanted. I got (all from Jeremy) a jewelry box, a new camera, a new LAPTOP, some accessories for the computer, and a camera case. Jeremy wrapped my laptop in a huge box, so I was teasing him about getting me a vaccuum cleaner - he just smiled and said "how did you guess" so much to my surpise, when I opened the HUGE box, it was a laptop instead. My sister got me the twilight series of books and my Father in law got us a vaccuum cleaner, a game for the wii and gift cards. Jeremy ended up getting a motorcycle helmet, some accessories, 2 card games, a new game for the PS3, a christmas ornament and some leather gloves.





After opening presents, I made breakfast while Jeremy enjoyed his new game. After we ate breakfast, Jeremy continued to play his game, while I worked on playing with my new "toys" The first thing I did was try to put the vaccuum cleaner together, I got all the pieces out of the box and realized that there was a broked piece in there. So much for doing that, I put that to the side and started charging my camera. While my camera was charging, I set up my laptop. When my camera battery was done charging, I decided to take pics of my family being lazy on Christmas!

So after relaxing, Jeremy and I went to see Twilight at the movie theater. We had made that our tradition for the past 4 years, and it's something we enjoy doing. After the movie, we came home and made dinner. My grandma got us a box of meat from Omaha Steaks. We had the tenderloin steak for dinner and it was AWESOME! After dinner, I started reading twilight. Jeremy liked the movie and enjoys me reading to him, that he asked me to read the book to him! I'm hoping to finish the series before school starts again in January.
That's about it for our Christmas Day adventures.