check

1. Christmas cards are ordered. Check.

2. Christmas letter is written. Check.

3. Piles of laundry are decreasing. Check.

4. Dishwasher is full of clean dishes. Check.

5. Big plans to clean the entire rest of my house tomorrow before my sister comes to spend the night Thursday night. Yikes....and.....check.

Snowman

I love my job. Where else would it be perfectly acceptable, if not encouraged, to do such things as bring a big bucket of snow inside to make a snowman in the kitchen sink. THen, move him into the freezer where he would live happily for the next few days.

I love my life.

Engagement Pics

I took some pics of Josh and Michelle for their engagement and Christmas card. We took A LOT of pictures, and only a few turned out, largely due to a certain SOMEONE who was not cooperating. I promised not to place these on Facebook. Good thing this isn't facebook (and he doesn't know i have a blog!).

A few turned out ok. The lighting was bad and the only time we had was 7pm. So, we'll try again in the spring.

Booked

That's right.

Vacation is booked.

WOO-HOO!!!



In just 5 months, Josh and Michelle will be married and they, along with me, Ryan, Brad, and Kirsten, will be headed to this beautiful resort in MEXICO!

Again.... WOO-HOO!

I don't know if I will sleep til then.

Ryan @ 25

Ryan turned 26 this week. We celebrated by going to Culvers on his dinner break with Nick (haha). Same place we celebrated our 2 year anniversary. :)

Since I did one for myself, I thought I'd add a few things about Ryan at this point so that, of course, I can scrapbook it eventually!

Ryan @ 25

Works as a 3rd shift lead at Wiseway in Hudson
Just got a job as a cook weekends at the 5-8 Bar & Grill in St.Paul
Has a chevy truck.
Has a civic.
Has a sport bike.
Has a 66 Impala.
(a bit ridiculous...I know!)
Rabbitt to his RF friends.
Bubba or Bubbs to his old friends.
Just plain Ryan to me.
He's a hard worker.
Focused on getting us out of debt.
Frequently gets the itch to buy a house.
Is really good at researching things before he does them.
Is a really, really good friend.
Doesn't have much of a filter. :)
Big on electronics ( I-pod, computer, touch screen phone, etc.)
Watches lots of TV (when he has time) and is especially big into the CSI type shows right now.
Just built a workbench in the garage which means he'll have lots of projects ahead.
Wants land. Bad.
Is developing a pretty good relationship with his dad.
Has much better control over our naughty dog than I do (no contest).
Made my day this week by buying me a super cool new phone.
Wishes his wife was a better housekeeper. ;)
Love that he is in control of all of our finances.
A pretty darn good guy.

:)