Short summary of my week

Monday - Payday! went to walmart and got gas for my car.
Tuesday - did my laundry at my sister's house, ordered a friend's wedding gift (finally) and paid my satellite bill.
Wednesday - It was announced steps are being taken to revoke my company's license, my Old Boss bought me lunch from Sen (yummy Thai food!), and then I spent the night at my sister's house dog sitting because she stayed in a hotel downtown because her work was having a conference.
Thursday - Edited old family photographs to upload into my mom's new digital picture frame and did my taxes.
Friday - Lunch at Chuy's (yummy Mexican Food! It was my first time there. I'll definitely go back).
Coming up this weekend - going home to my parents in Springfield, have a last season "24" marathon, "make" fleece blankets for gifts for my mom's friends, hopefully eat at Gallina's (yummy Pizza food! :) ), and date night with the boyfriend Sunday.

Rock Bird Reviews

I've started a new blog called Rock Bird Reviews (http://www.rockbirdreviews.blogspot.com/). I go to movies a lot, so I'm taking a stab at being a movie reviewer for fun. I haven't figured out my style yet, but you probably shouldn't read it if you don't want to know the ending of the movie before seeing it. I try to warn you with spoiler alerts, but I would be uncomfortable relying on that if I were you. I also, haven't figured out a rating system yet either. Right now, I'm going for a one to two sentence summary of my feelings at the start of the review. We'll see how that works out. Anyway, hope you enjoy! Please feel free to follow me on google reader or blogspot.com

I'm an Internet Star!

I had a fun day at work on Tuesday. I got in at my normal time and went about my typical work day until mid-morning. Big Boss was in town for a visit and he and my New Boss dropped by my property to get a tour. I enjoyed walking around the property and answering the questions as best I could. Then I had a lunch meeting where the managers/directors update the General Manager about what's currently going on. So, the meeting began with lunch and we got strombolis from Maurizia's. I found out during the meeting that the difference between a stromboli and a calzone is that calzones have ricotta cheese and strombolis do not. After eating a little lunch we moved on to the talking portion of the meeting. I love these type of meetings because although it runs long, it is very informative and you get the information straight from the horses' mouth, so to speak. It almost has a gossip session feel. Unfortunately, I had to leave early because I had another, appointment, so I didn't get to hear the rest of the meeting. My next appointment was pretty fun, though. My Big Boss, New Boss, Old Boss, and I got to tour my company's new property in St. Louis. The construction is still in progress, but this facility is going to be amazing. I'm loving it! When it is open to the public and operating, it is going to be a great place to go. I can't say enough good things about it. My Old Boss is transferring to that property, but hopefully I'll be badged there as well and will still be able to visit/work.

I was an internet star for about ten minutes on Tuesday. There is an outside camera on property that takes a picture every ten minutes or so and posts it to a website, so that a person could watch the construction as it takes place if they want. My Big Boss called a co-worker to pull us up on the internet to see if she could see us, and so we stood there for about ten minutes, in our hard hats, safety goggles, and fluorescent construction vests and the co-worker was able to save the image and send it to us. So here is our picture: (We are slightly to the left of center next to the white truck and the only people I can see that are wearing the fluorescent construction vests. I'm the short one in the yellow vest next to the guy in the orange vest on the left)




















After the tour we went to lunch/dinner at the Iron Barley. I had never been there and got the Monte Cristo Hot Dog. I was expecting a deep fried hot dog dusted with powdered sugar on a hot dog bun with swiss cheese and a side of jam to dip it in. It is actually two regular quarter pound hot dogs cut down the center and laid ona toasted bun slathered with strawberry jam and then swiss cheese is melted on top of that. It sounds weird, but it was actually pretty good. Then we headed to Loewe's to pick up a shower curtain for my New Boss who has just moved to town and Monday was his first night in his new apartment. I made everyone guess what color shower cutain he was going to buy. I picked white. The Big Boss picked pastel-colored, and Old Boss picked the opaque/cloudy-yet-clear. I won. That was pretty much the end of my work day. After work I headed to my sister's to do my laundry and she made Champagne Rice which is super yummy (risotto, champagne, asparagus, pancetta) and she even had enough leftover to send me home with some. So, Tuesday was a good day. :)

A short review of my boring week

Saturday - date with Jeff, dinner at Culpeppers and saw the movie "Up in the Air" (liked it).

Sunday - rested, cleaned my apartment (sort of).

Monday - grocery shopping. Mark Macgwire admitted to steroid use.

Tuesday - laundry at my sister's house.

Wednesday - didn't feel well, left work early. Earthquake in Haiti (7 on the richter scale)

Thursday - still didn't feel well, stayed home from work.

Friday - dogsit with Bogey.

Upcoming this weekend:

Saturday - dogsit with Pickles.

Sunday - date with Jeff, possibly seeing "The Book of Eli".

Stacia and Matt's Wedding Reception

It's a new year, so that means it's a new year of me telling myself I'm going to be better about blogging. I promised myself I'd make sure I'd blog once a week, no matter how boring my life is. It's been seven days since the New Year, so I'm making my first blog of the year by the skin of my resolution's teeth.

Anyway, last year in November, I traveled to the Bahamas to celebrate my friend Stacia's wedding to her man, Matt. I had a beautiful, wonderful time in the Bahamas even though I was without my boyfriend during one of the most romantic four days of my life. Beautiful weather, happy relationships, newlyweds, engagements, long marriages, etc. It was relaxing and wonderful. If I had managed to blog about it, you would have agreed and loved the pictures. Well, Stacia and Matt had a bigger reception in Chicago on New Year's Eve. It was also very lovely and a great time. I only knew a few people, but Stacia and Matt have very entertaining friends and family. And I got to see my high school friend Heidi who I haven't seen since her wedding over a decade ago. It was really nice to see her again.

So here is the best part of my blog posting, the pictures:

Stacia and Matt, My mom and me

The Plothows and Schenkelbergs

JJ and Me, Erin (Maid of Honor) and Hany,

Jerry and JJ, Me and Stacia

We brought in the New Year in style. Balloons fell from the ceiling, there were hats, and silly glasses, and champagne.