Birthdays, Concerts, & HALLOWEEN!!

Just really quick, since I'm at work and will probably be busy for next few days:

My nephew, Farnum turned 10 years old on Tuesday and he had a pool party at the hotel on Saturday. I made him a Semi-truck cake!!! It turned out pretty cool! Pics soon, I promise.

On Sunday I had a Pampered Chef party that was originally suppose to be for moving into a new house ~~ but since that fell thru, I had the party anyway! And it went pretty good. I'm still taking orders until tomorrow so I don't know my total yet, but it should be over $500!!

I'm going to see Lifehouse in GF tonight with my sister Wendy. I won the tickets on the radio last week. So that's cool, cuz I haven't won anything for a really long time. And then I won $7.00 on Saturday's lottery too! Hey, small steps!! You never know?! It's gonna be a there and back trip cuz she can't get off work until 4pm and we both have to work tomorrow.

My younger brother, Brian is in the hospital in GF. He went to the ER in DL on Monday night and at 3am they took him to GF by ambulance. We still don't know what's wrong. He was having chest pains and was pretty sick all weekend. They did a CAT scan and cardiology test but nothing yet, that we know of anyway. They said his blood was too thin (from all the coumidin he was on) so they've just been monitoring his blood and vitals. I'm hoping we'll have time to see him today.

Tomorrow is HALLOWEEN!!!!!
We are going thru the HAUNTED HOTEL with Derek's sister Ali and her friend, Robbie. I've heard good things and hopefully I'm not one to punch one of the actors, like others have done this year! Then I'm thinkin we are gonna go to Zack & Miri Make a Porno, unless we wait to go in GF this weekend.

We are going to GF on Saturday afternoon. Gonna party it up at Doug and Karissa's Halloween party!! And on Sunday we are going to Trans-Siberian Orchesta with April and Kevin. We'll have to drive home after that cuz Derek wants to work on Monday.

So there you have it. I'll be very busy for the weekend, and I'm SOOOO glad that I have a 3 day weekend! Peace Out!

Plumbing, Lost Kitten, & Things to be Excited About...

Derek's plumbing job is going pretty good. I'm sure it's something he doesn't want to do forever but for right now the money is nice!! Very nice!! The only thing that sucks is that he doesn't have a set start time everyday. They just call him about 5 minutes before they pick him up. Which sometimes is 8am, 9am, or 10am, whenever they get going?!?! Which also means he usually works later into the day. I think the latest he's worked so far is 6:30 or 7pm. But that messes up our supper and workout schedule. And they don't have an office, since it's a home based business, so there is no place to meet in the morning or to punch in. He just keeps track of his hours on a time sheet. Other than that it seems to be going good.

We found another stray kitten on Friday. She's blonde/tan and was very, very scraggly with cockleburrs all embedded in her furr. She was up on the 2nd floor balcony above our room. She isn't very old and is very lovey. Heather is gonna take her but needed to wait until this morning to take her home. She named her Pumpkin. Sorry April, "Libby" didn't stick. We gave her a bath, clipped her nails, cut off the cockleburrs, and gave her some drops for earmites. Shop Kitty hates her!! She's very jealous whenever we pet Pumpkin instead of her. She'd hiss at her everytime she'd get too close. I'll post my pics of her later.

April and Kevin were here this weekend and we got to hang out with them. We drank at the Paddle Wheel on Sat. and I immediately remembered why I don't like to go there! Stupid employees!! We got to see Aiden on Sunday and how adorable he is! I loved his "monster" impression he had to use on the kitties!

So if you haven't noticed, I've posted 3 things in the last hour or so...why you ask and why at such an on godly time?!! I'm working the overnight and what better way to spend my time then posting on my blog. I feel like I've been crazy busy lately but the truth is that I've been pretty busy doing very little. Besides lounging. I'm getting pretty good at that! ;-)

Things I'm not excited about...
-Having to work the next two weekends in a row.
-I started back on Phase 1 of our diet on Monday - 3 days down, 6 to go!
-Having to do laundry tomorrow
-Getting my wisdom teeth pulled on Nov. 21st!! YIKES!!
-I'm pretty sure winter is coming....hopefully we'll just have to deal with the cold and not the "S" word!!

Things I'm VERY excited about...
-Getting to go to sleep in 2-3 hours!
-Having paid off 5 bills completely by the end of next week!! Yah!!
-Decorating for Halloween!
-Farnum's 10th Birthday and the semi truck cake I get to make!
-Doug and Karissa's Halloween party!!!
-Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert in GF on 11/2
-Avenged Sevenfold/Buckcherry concert in Fargo on 11/9, going with Heather, Ali and her friend Robbie
-Flying from Minneapolis to Orlando with Heather and Derek...this is what I've spent the majority of my time on lately. Heather's car is still in FL since she took the bus home in June. It's broke down and needs to be fixed. So we are gonna fly there, fix it, and drive back. I really didn't want her going by herself so I said I'd go with her! Then Derek wasn't comfortable with 2 young girls driving cross country by themselves, so he's coming too! And we are so close to a few things, we're gonna have to make a mini vacation out of it...Florida coast, ocean, New Orleans, Derek's dad in Louisiana, and whatever else we come across.

All in all, I have a lot to look forward too and I'm very excited.

Bar Time with My Sis Hezza

These pics were from Rodeo weekend, Sept 27th. We drank at the Paddle Wheel cuz I knew it'd be quiet...plus it was really cold outside and I didn't want to walk to/from the 11th Frame. We got drunk pretty fast...these drinks were much stronger than I am use to getting! ;-) The bad part was that both Heather and I had to work the next morning. Too bad she had to work at 8AM and I didn't have to 10AM...pays to make the schedule yourself, huh!
Sistas!
Cheeseballs!!
Extra Cheesey Cheeseballs!!!! Dork!!
"Pretty" Messy!
I just realized that I had one eye closed here?!?! I have NO idea what was going on?!?! Besides me being cute!

Don't smile too hard!
Race, race, race...Heather totally beat me...must be because she's "in the hood"!!! I crack myself up!!
Adorable me!
I'm just a drunken smoker...don't hold it against me!
Now that's a natural smile! My little cutie pie!

Sully's Hill

These were from Septmeber 21st. Derek and I went out to Sully's Hill all by ourselves and enjoyed the beautiful fall colors. It wasn't very hot but it was very windy, as you'll see in some of the pictures. We didn't see any animals but we also didn't go at dusk when most of them come out. Derek made me climb the stairs and go on a nature trail and we got lost in the woods, or so I thought! We must have walked at least 4 miles on the trails. All this after already working out for an hour that day!!

Keep those Halloween "spirits" in your tummy!!! Hilarious!!! I LOVE it!!!