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697 days ago
Happy New Year! It's 2008! Where did 2007 go? We spent out New Year's Eve celebrating with wonderful friends at Eric and Denise's house. Jennie, Chris, Ty and Jess were there, along with lots of other folks. We had great appetizers and counted down to the new year together, watching the ball drop over Times Square and shared a toast to welcome in the new year. We stayed there till about 1:00am and then had to come home to the many pups that we currently have staying at our house. Dog count: 1. Zoe 2. Napoleon 3. Lola 4. Kota. Napoleon and Lola belong to Britani and Adam, who are in Jamaica for a week (lucky!). Kota belongs to Christie, a girl that Bryan's brother Derek is dating, they are here visiting from the US Virgin Islands. Kota went home today, so we are down to three dogs. It's been surprisingly quiet. The dogs are getting along well. I spent this morning watching the Rose Parade on HGTV and I love when the floats are from cities that I used to live in like Alhambra and ...
742 days ago
"Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers." -George Carlin How is it mid-November already? Last I remember, it was still the middle of summer and we were looking forward to our upcoming road trips to Chicago and South Dakota. Now I'm doing some last minute laundry and packing my bags for Malaysia. People keep asking me what I'm looking forward to in Malaysia. Here is my list: Seeing my mom and the rest of my family Meeting baby Luis (he looks so cute in pictures!) Catching up with Gwen, YC and Swany Eating good ol' Malaysian food like roti canai, mee goreng, kuey teow ting and kai fan Scuba diving! Shopping for interesting souvenirs Thanksgiving is next week, which only means that Christmas is about a month away and then it's 2008. WTF. I'm going to miss spending Thanksgiving with Bryan's extended family, but I'm glad we'll be there for Christmas. ...
755 days ago
My odd dog has now started answering to "Spider Man". We were in the living room, watching Spider Man 3 and Bryan called Zoe to join us and now whenever we call out Spider Man, she comes running. Weird! We went to the Minnesota Wild hockey game last night and had a blast! We had dinner at Cosetta's before the game. It was my first pro hockey game and I really loved the energy in the Xcel Energy Stadium. I cheered loudly after each goal. It was nice that the Wild won the game (after a 5 game losing streak). Today, Rich and I went to a turkey cooking class at Williams Sonoma and then Jennie and I went to Cupcake, near the U of M, for lunch. After that, we went shopping for her wedding shoes and she found a very cute pair that she loved. After a Saturday excursion to the Mall of America for some new work clothes, I made a vow not to return until after the holidays. The horrible parking, lines and crowds are just too much! Otherwise, all in all, a nice, productive weekend. ...767 days ago
dum dee dum dum, so it's been 23 days since my last post. i have no idea where this month (and this year) and gone to. so let's see, what has happened this month. things that i can think of involve the birth of eric and denise's son, evan christopher schmidt, on october 15. congratulations eric and denise! also, tyler and jess got married in grand forks on october 20. they are currently honeymooning in cabo. congratulations ty and jess! earlier this month, we took a weekend trip to bemidji and stayed at derek's house. we met up with britani and adam downtown for oktoberfest and had a fun time. melissa also came down for a visit and i had a great time with her, going out to eat and shopping at the mall of america and ikea. things coming up include our trip to malaysia and of course, the holidays are coming up. halloween, thanksgiving, christmas and then new year. wow! the holidays always come and go so quickly. work has been going well, i enjoy my co-workers (they like to go to ...
789 days ago
Happy October! I guess that really means that summer is over and we are on our way to winter. Last weekend, Linda was here and we went to the Renaissance Festival and Les Miserables at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. Bryan has been busy renovating the basement and my job is to go to Home Depot to pick out paint colors. A new hire class has started at work and it'll be my last time teaching this round before our trip to Malaysia. The weather has been cool and rainy the past few days. I wouldn't mind just a bit more sun! We are getting excited to go to Bemidji for the Oktoberfest celebration. Woooo! Britani will be there as well, so it'll be doubley fun. There are now commercials on TV for Christmas toys. Wait a second, it's only October. How come it seems like retailers are always 2-3 months ahead of schedule? Okay, I better get my errands taken care of. Cheerio!
