Me @ 25

Tomorrow is my birthday.
Today, my last day of being the good ole' # 2 5, I reflect on me @ 25 ;) ....



I believe friends should be based on quality, not quantity
I am me, not my mom
I don’t like talking on the phone
I like my space
I love my job
I like photography
I love all things crafty
I love my dog
I am happily married
I am extremely laid back about most areas of my life
I usually cry on my way to or from Stoddard
I love sleep
I buy myself flowers
I have a ton of student loans to pay back, but no credit cards
I drive a 2004 Mitsubishi Galant
I’ve worked at ACR for 6 years
I’ve dated Ryan for 8 years
I like remembering trivial facts about new people I meet (like their coffee drink)
I love relaxing weekends to craft and watch chick flicks alone
I adore my nieces and nephews
I am chronically disorganized in most ways, yet really organized in others
Our apartment is rarely clean
I want to be a mom sometime (sooner rather than later)
I hate going to the bank and post office
I love facebook and blogging
I could eat Mexican food every night of the week
I love to wear sweatpants
I’m entirely a people person during the day, so really appreciate being alone sometimes
I like my personal space
I don't like clingy people
I really like squares and linear things
I value my long-term friendships like no other, though I just pulled through a phase when I wasn’t a very good friend to them
I’m too empathetic and it really gets to me sometimes
I’m horrible at returning phone calls
I still believe that high school was the best time of my life
I love still being referred to as “Rob” or “Raabel” by my old friends
I am always “Sarah-Abbott” at work (one word. not 2.)
I take multiple baths each week
I love garage sales
I have horrible eating habits
I can read a book in a day if I have time
I work too much
I pay for a gym membership but never go
There are some things that I am horrible about procrastinating
I'm a really positive person
I like making people happy

Fun w/Anna & Ryan

It's been too long, but I finally got to go see Anna & Ryan. They have a brand new house and I just got to see it for the first time. Very nice.

We went to the pumpkin patch which was very fun. Lots of pics of Anna feeding the animals...Ryan preferred to just throw the corn in the air.

Ryan has a new toy obsession--dinosaurs. For a little boy (he's 2, almost 3!) who talks very little, he is able to name which kind of dinosaur is which (brontosaurus, stegosaurus). It's pretty darn cute, that's for sure. Lightning McQueen is still on his list, though he might be coming in second these days to the dinosaurs.

I spent Friday night there and came back Sunday with the dog so Ryan could go to a bach-party. I re-watched all my favorite chick flicks and had a fantabulously relaxing evening. Good times.

Absolutely random happenings

Such a bad blogger!

Recap:

This past weekend was Scrapfest 2008 with Christy. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our scrapbook weekends together and especially the fact that we go months away from one another but, because we blog, we have very little that needs to be caught up on. We just pick right up where we left off. That is something I can say for my very best friends and I just love it. We started creating a mental list of all the things we will never do at Scrapfest or in real life...just because we are "scrapbookers" and go to "Scrapfest" it does not mean we fit in there. Oh no. No. Never will.

Ryan dragged me around the boonies the weekend before to look at houses. I swear that something in the crisp Fall air makes him go stir crazy and want some "land". Ryan is not content in the city and won't truly be content until he has an acre or 2 to his name. The thing of it is that he would be fine living in a 1-room shack as long as it had land. Not I. It has calmed down again this week after the one house we were POSSIBLY interested in was sold. Darn. Better luck next year maybe. :)

Since then we have been trying to see if his brother Keagan can come live with us. I don't think my work will let it happen, but we're trying. We're both all for the idea, but I'm not holding my breath.

Today Michelle asked me to be a personal attendant and reader in her and Josh's wedding. I'm super excited and honored. I've known Josh for 20 years and Michelle for almost that long so it is going to be a pretty special day. Can't wait! (not til May though)

Work is going really well and has been busy, busy, busy. I've been picking up new job requirements like interviewing and LOVE my new role. It's fun to try new things and get new experiences.

Can't believe the week is half over tomorrow. Could time fly by any faster? Really? No big plans for this weekend I don't think. We're sticking around here until the last week of September--our next trip home. Again, I can't WAIT.

Life is good.

90210

is back on and it was actually pretty good. It's kind of like a mix of Gossip Girls + The Hills + a couple of characters from the 90s version of 90210 (Brenda & Kelly).

Maybe its just that I've been deprived of TV for awhile and am dying for my shows to come back on in the Fall.

I think I'll tune in again next week.

Don't make fun of me. :)

Labor Day Weekend

Us @ 2 Years

2 years

Today is me and Ryan's 2 year anniversary. We both worked today so we met at Culvers at 7:00 for a romantic dinner break! It was just another day, but we had a blast this past weekend and our going to the drive-in this weekend for a real date.

2 years! I can now say from experience that the 2nd year was quite a bit better than the first. It is all kind of a blur, but we've learned so much along the way. I feel like I've learned a lot about myself this past year too, so that helps me learn more about us as a couple.

I feel really happy and lucky and can't wait for the years to come.

(We took our 2nd annual anniversary self-portrait tonight in the Culvers parking lot...I'll post it tomorrow!)