The weekend is flying by! I 'took off' a little early from work on Friday, and decided to head over to the mall to shop for a wedding shower gift for my friend Jackie (her shower was yesterday). I quote 'took off', as a I work from home, so really it's a decision to shut my computer down early! The wedding shower was an 'around the clock' theme, and I had 9pm....so my gift had to be something she could use at that time. I was trying to find something on her registry but I was having the hardest time! I ended up with a gift certificate. I came home and Dan told me I was going to be the joke of the party if I showed up to a themed shower with a GIFT CERTIFICATE. So....he graciously offered to take me back to the mall for a second round of shopping. We ended up with a cute gift from Willams Sonoma, a chocolate/dessert cookbook and a set to make a decidant chocolate cake.
I ran 4.5 miles with Michelle early Saturday morning, we had a ton to chat about so it went by really fast! Her and I carpooled to the shower together, it was in the new Stapleton area, which was very cute! Jackie is marrying my college friend Karl, the shower was at Karl's sisters' house. She was an awesome host, we had a great time.
Last night we went to the Rockies/Dodgers game, we had 11th row seats on the 3rd baseline! Great tickets, though I wasn't really paying attention too much to the game, I'm not sure they were worth the cash. Rockies won - yah! We took our friends Mike and Kate, it was fun to catch up. Afterwards we ended up at a Karaoke bar....it is THE best bar in denver. We joined up with Craig and Michelle...none of us decided to sing, but we had a ball singing along with the crowd!! We made up a new game called 'chip Janga' - we were trying to build a Janga tower with the tortilla chips at our table, it was awesome and very entertaining. We all drank too much and Dan and I ended up cabbing it home, let's just say it was a rough ride home for Dan! ;-)
Back to work tomorrow, I hope this week flies we are camping next weekend!
My Baby Girl
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Mongolian Stress
Does eating at Mongolian barbecue ever stress anyone else out? For those who may not know what it is... basically you go through a 'salad' bar type of line, pick out your raw meat, veggies and sauce. You pay for the monster bowl, and walk it over to guy who 'cooks' it for you on this big black circle that looks like a griddle the size of a large round kitchen table. I have attached a picture for reference. Cook asks what kind of rice you want and then throws it on to start cooking. There are usually a few people in front of and behind you when you go there....and of course their food is also cooking on the griddle right along side yours. The cooks have these big sticks where they walk around and stir up the food, one 'bowl' at a time. Here's the part that stresses me out: you don't get a number...you don't give them your name....you just hand them your bowl and off it cooks, with 8 other bowl contents frying right up next to yours. When it's ready, they just put the bowl on the counter for pickup. This stresses me out, I feel like I have to sit there and watch my bowl so that no one else takes it by accident. Or worse, what if the cook slips and combines 2 bowls on the griddle! It's pretty funny to think about, I mean worse case scenario is just a big pain the neck. Regardless, I've decided from now on I will just go sit down and let Dan handle the stress.
My friend Davis has been blogging way before anyone even knew what a blog was. He so graciously blogged about my blog, so I'd like to return the favor. The site is especially whitty, and I recommend you make your way over there. 'Spiels' are his journal entries, and he has an especially clever section for pictures. http://www.cravingbagels.com/ - Make sure to check it out, you will not be disappointed!
I need to workout today, I am not motivated - perhaps I will go bunny watch instead.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Bunny Show
Rest of my weekend was great....ran my 5 miles on Saturday, went to the horse race track afterwards. Michelle and Craig came with us, they ended up winning $750!! Crazy!! Yesterday I ran 3 miles in the AM (it was 80 degrees by 9am - HOT!!), and then Dan's parents came over for a barbecue. We had a nice time, and I made Linda's key lime pie which turned out wonderful!
Recently we've had a bit of a 'bunny' issue at my house. The darn little guys keep falling into our window wells. It's now happened 3 times. We finally bought window well covers, but one of the covers was too small and it blew off. This last occurance (just after the wind took off our make-shift cover) was especially sad because there were 2 little bunnies sitting on this little piece of newspaper snuggling in the well. Because I cannot bear the thought of these little creatures starving and dying of heat down there, I make Dan get his shovel and bucket and scoop them out. He's been setting them 'free' in the open space behind our house. Last month, I purchased a new treadmill, which is in our basement - now every day I'm down there on bunny watch! It's seriously animal planet gone bad! Anyway, after all of that drama with the twins, yesterday I found one of them dead under a tree in my backyard. So now I'm starting to wonder if I should just starting feeding and raising these bunnies in my wells, perhaps they would have a better chance at survival!
Recently we've had a bit of a 'bunny' issue at my house. The darn little guys keep falling into our window wells. It's now happened 3 times. We finally bought window well covers, but one of the covers was too small and it blew off. This last occurance (just after the wind took off our make-shift cover) was especially sad because there were 2 little bunnies sitting on this little piece of newspaper snuggling in the well. Because I cannot bear the thought of these little creatures starving and dying of heat down there, I make Dan get his shovel and bucket and scoop them out. He's been setting them 'free' in the open space behind our house. Last month, I purchased a new treadmill, which is in our basement - now every day I'm down there on bunny watch! It's seriously animal planet gone bad! Anyway, after all of that drama with the twins, yesterday I found one of them dead under a tree in my backyard. So now I'm starting to wonder if I should just starting feeding and raising these bunnies in my wells, perhaps they would have a better chance at survival!
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Extra Crunchy Salad
I'm about to go on my 5-mile run. I'm running with my good friend Michelle. We've decided to train for a 10K which is in Buena Vista on Sept 15. I've learned that I need something to train for to be motivated to get my butt off the couch! I'm not really wanting to train for anything overly crazy, and I'm really excited Michelle agreed to do it with me.
Last night, we had dinner with Craig and Michelle at a place called 'Ted's Montana Grill'. They are known for their buffalo meat, which is YUM-MY. We had an interesting experience there last night....we sat down and our server 'Andre' came over. He made a couple of really bad jokes, took our drink and appetizer orders - so far so good. Then he took our dinner order - I ordered a buffalo burger and decided to sub my fries for a dinner salad, Dan ordered their special 'prime rib', michelle ordered a veggie burger, and Craig ordered a steak. A few minutes later my salad comes out, I take about two bites and then notice a dead fly on my lettuce!! At the very moment I realize it, Andre is at our table. He takes it, brings me another. Then about 20 minutes later, Andre comes over again and tells Dan that he had put his prime rib order in, but another server took it and they are now out! He brings the rest of our food over, before Dan even puts his second order in! On top of all of this, Craig's potato doesn't have the right fixings and the beer Dan orders is not available because they don't have any cold. I think poor Andre really just wanted us to leave! Food all in all ended up being pretty good, no more bugs were found, and we got 50% off our bill. Total cost for all 4 of us (including ALL drinks, our appetizers and dessert) was $60! I guess all of that hassle was worth it!
Last night, we had dinner with Craig and Michelle at a place called 'Ted's Montana Grill'. They are known for their buffalo meat, which is YUM-MY. We had an interesting experience there last night....we sat down and our server 'Andre' came over. He made a couple of really bad jokes, took our drink and appetizer orders - so far so good. Then he took our dinner order - I ordered a buffalo burger and decided to sub my fries for a dinner salad, Dan ordered their special 'prime rib', michelle ordered a veggie burger, and Craig ordered a steak. A few minutes later my salad comes out, I take about two bites and then notice a dead fly on my lettuce!! At the very moment I realize it, Andre is at our table. He takes it, brings me another. Then about 20 minutes later, Andre comes over again and tells Dan that he had put his prime rib order in, but another server took it and they are now out! He brings the rest of our food over, before Dan even puts his second order in! On top of all of this, Craig's potato doesn't have the right fixings and the beer Dan orders is not available because they don't have any cold. I think poor Andre really just wanted us to leave! Food all in all ended up being pretty good, no more bugs were found, and we got 50% off our bill. Total cost for all 4 of us (including ALL drinks, our appetizers and dessert) was $60! I guess all of that hassle was worth it!
Friday, July 20, 2007
My first entry
Well...I have decided to enter the world of blogging! My mom has been on blogspot for a couple of months, it seems like an easy way to journal and keep track of life's interesting events. I can type about 10 times faster than I can write, so keying a paragraph or two each week shouldn't be too hard.
My week has been crazy! I found out I had pink eye, but it really turned out to be a sinus infection gone bad. I'm now on eye drops, nasal spray, antibiotics, vicks vapo-rub, tylenol, a tea for cold and sinus - what next! I've been to the doctor twice, I ended up having to go to urgent care as my regular doctor is out of town. I saw the same doctor 2 days in a row, I think he thought I was a total nutbag. Dan (my husband) has been afraid to come near me, he keeps telling me I have the bubonic (pronounced boobonic) plague. It's pretty funny, when you tell someone you have pink eye, they really do react as if you have the plague. Honestly, it's really not the end of the world and you are only contageous for 24 hours after you start treatment! Dan was so paranoid at the urgent care facility, he was putting on Purel Hand Sanitizer every 10 minutes. Not sure why he was so concerned, he'd been living with bubonic for the past week!
I'm excited for the weekend....we have a barbecue with Dan's parents on Sunday, and I'm going on a 5 mile run with a friend of mine tomorrow morning. I haven't worked out once this week, so we'll see how it goes. I desperately need to clean and do laundry, not sure how motivated I will be to do that!
My week has been crazy! I found out I had pink eye, but it really turned out to be a sinus infection gone bad. I'm now on eye drops, nasal spray, antibiotics, vicks vapo-rub, tylenol, a tea for cold and sinus - what next! I've been to the doctor twice, I ended up having to go to urgent care as my regular doctor is out of town. I saw the same doctor 2 days in a row, I think he thought I was a total nutbag. Dan (my husband) has been afraid to come near me, he keeps telling me I have the bubonic (pronounced boobonic) plague. It's pretty funny, when you tell someone you have pink eye, they really do react as if you have the plague. Honestly, it's really not the end of the world and you are only contageous for 24 hours after you start treatment! Dan was so paranoid at the urgent care facility, he was putting on Purel Hand Sanitizer every 10 minutes. Not sure why he was so concerned, he'd been living with bubonic for the past week!
I'm excited for the weekend....we have a barbecue with Dan's parents on Sunday, and I'm going on a 5 mile run with a friend of mine tomorrow morning. I haven't worked out once this week, so we'll see how it goes. I desperately need to clean and do laundry, not sure how motivated I will be to do that!
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