Guess what I purchased myself today for my upcoming birthday? Hint hint . . . look at the title of this blog. Got it yet? The G5! George Foreman 5th generation. It has removable plates so you can grill, griddle, bake, make omelets, and make waffles. I used it tonight to make waffles and they were sure yummy. I wasn't planning on buying the G5 today, but when we saw a BBQ on sale for only $70 I decided (with the help of Stephanie) that the G5 was more practical for me. Plus it does tons more than a BBQ could do.
In other news, we got the townhouse! They called tonight before closing and said our applications passed. So we are going in tomorrow morning to put down our deposit. It is smaller, but we knew we would have to make some sacrifices if we wanted to pay less rent. We are also losing a bathroom, but gaining a garage. We are excited. Our lease isn't up till the end of September so we we are going to move mid month next month so we have time to mass clean our current apartment. The new place is even closer to the max line and also a lot of buses and downtwon. I'll post pictures soon.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Oh My it's HOT!
It is so freakishly hot today! I don't know what the high was, but right now it's 80 degrees at midnight. That's ridiculous! I thought I lived in the pacific northwest where it cools off at night. Steph and I spent the evening at a friends house watching a movie and the Olympics so we just got home. We walked into a swealtery apartment and are now sitting out on our deck. We're even contemplating sleeping out here because it's so hot inside. I could easily sleep on my sleeping bag because it still hasn't been cleaned from camping. To avoid the heat today we also went to the mall. I bought some Danskos, which I am way way way excited about. Then we went to the movies this afternoon, but ended up in a theater which the heat went out in. The rest of the cinemas had working ac but not our little theater. We did get free show tickets though and it was still cooler in there than outside.
So I need to back track a little bit and update you all on my Vegas trip. I returned a week ago, but it seems like I haven't seen Jack, Mc or Chris for at least a month or more. It's hard adjusting when you spend day after day with the same people. I am definitely glad I have Steph though because I think I would go crazy coming home to just myself. Oh, so Vegas. We took a few days to get down there. The drive is 18 hours, but we did it in mostly 2 days though really 3 because we stayed at Mc's parents who are only 2 hours away from Vegas. We went up through Idaho, through Utah, and then down to Nevada so we could stop and see my mom and Mc's dad. My grandma and uncle even got to meet Jack, Chris, and McCall too because my mom was staying at my grandma's because she had an appointment the next day in Boise. I am glad we were able to stop so I could see my mom and grandma. Since we are most likely moving I am probably not going to go home this summer, plus I have my trip up to Montana and then school starts when I get back.
Ok, off topic again. I had a few days in Vegas. It was a good ol' relaxing hang out time. I helped McCall do a few things while she had a free set of hands there because Chris had to go to Austin the day after we got there to go finish off his old job stuff. I had a great time there, but a very difficult time leaving. McCall was smart in leaving Jack with her sister while she took me to the airport. I think he kinda knew something was up because he had been cranky most of the afternoon. I was amazed at how strong I was in leaving him. Mc didn't have to pull him away from me, though I did not want to put that boy down. I held myself from crying until we went out the door. In fact just thinking about it now brings tears to my eyes. Then I had a harder time leaving McCall, thus a few more tears. She told me to take the standby option if someone wanted on my flight but to tell them I couldn't leave until the next Friday. I was so hopping for that, but there were no standby's. The real tears came at take off. I'm sure the people around me thought I was weird crying because we were leaving Vegas. They didn't know I was crying because of the people I was leaving behind. I don't think I'll be able to wait a year before I see them again. In fact I KNOW I won't be able to wait a year. We'll see how long I can last.
Oh, I have to add in, McCall's sister called me a saint because she has no idea how I am so patient when Jack is fussy. The second he gets fussy Brittany passes him off and when he's happy she says "gimmie".
So I need to back track a little bit and update you all on my Vegas trip. I returned a week ago, but it seems like I haven't seen Jack, Mc or Chris for at least a month or more. It's hard adjusting when you spend day after day with the same people. I am definitely glad I have Steph though because I think I would go crazy coming home to just myself. Oh, so Vegas. We took a few days to get down there. The drive is 18 hours, but we did it in mostly 2 days though really 3 because we stayed at Mc's parents who are only 2 hours away from Vegas. We went up through Idaho, through Utah, and then down to Nevada so we could stop and see my mom and Mc's dad. My grandma and uncle even got to meet Jack, Chris, and McCall too because my mom was staying at my grandma's because she had an appointment the next day in Boise. I am glad we were able to stop so I could see my mom and grandma. Since we are most likely moving I am probably not going to go home this summer, plus I have my trip up to Montana and then school starts when I get back.
Ok, off topic again. I had a few days in Vegas. It was a good ol' relaxing hang out time. I helped McCall do a few things while she had a free set of hands there because Chris had to go to Austin the day after we got there to go finish off his old job stuff. I had a great time there, but a very difficult time leaving. McCall was smart in leaving Jack with her sister while she took me to the airport. I think he kinda knew something was up because he had been cranky most of the afternoon. I was amazed at how strong I was in leaving him. Mc didn't have to pull him away from me, though I did not want to put that boy down. I held myself from crying until we went out the door. In fact just thinking about it now brings tears to my eyes. Then I had a harder time leaving McCall, thus a few more tears. She told me to take the standby option if someone wanted on my flight but to tell them I couldn't leave until the next Friday. I was so hopping for that, but there were no standby's. The real tears came at take off. I'm sure the people around me thought I was weird crying because we were leaving Vegas. They didn't know I was crying because of the people I was leaving behind. I don't think I'll be able to wait a year before I see them again. In fact I KNOW I won't be able to wait a year. We'll see how long I can last.
Oh, I have to add in, McCall's sister called me a saint because she has no idea how I am so patient when Jack is fussy. The second he gets fussy Brittany passes him off and when he's happy she says "gimmie".
Friday, August 8, 2008
SWEP Wrapup
Ah, SWEP is officially over and has been over for 2 weeks. The last week went by fast. We had the talent show on Monday, which was weird. The talent show has always been on the last Friday which is also the all night party and the commissioners meeting. It's normally the most hectic day of the summer, but since we had the talent show early it went quite smoothly. Why was it on Monday you ask? Well, from now on it will be to make our (staff) lives easier, but this year it was because all of the out of town counselors were in town for a meeting or something.
Again, the last week went by fast. Monday was the talent show and BBQ. Of course the highlight of the evening was Chris's poem, but the Humes family singers and my awards were the next top on the list. There were about two other acts that were decent and then the rest were agonizing. At one point Mc and I were covering our mouths and avoiding eye contact with each other to keep us from laughing at the talent we were exposing our guests to. On Wednesday half of the group went roller skating and the other went to the movies. It was fun watching blind kids skate. Don't worry, we didn't let them skate alone, but I have to say they were voting for it. I can just imagine the kiddos out there skating with their canes going as fast as possible. Sure sign of a traffic accident.
The last few days we went to the woodshop, well the kids went to the woodshop while the staff went to Starbucks. And no, we did not leave them there alone, but the guy who runs the woodshop is blind. It's pretty cool actually that a blind guy teaches other blind people how to use tools that could slice your hands off. Don't worry, he's a really good craftsman and is well trusted by the commission. Next, Friday we had a concert in the campus amphitheater. The group is called Land of the Blind, and they are not consisted of blind individuals although that is a proper assumption because that is what the staff thought. We thought we were going to hear a "band" with blind members. But no, it was a, at least what we came up to describe them as, a hippy worldsy group. The cool thing about them was they gave us digery do lessons. They were nice people too.
The all night party went well. As usual, we made a starbucks run. We got there right before they closed and boy were they pleased to see 2 large vans pull up with a bunch of teenagers. Then we went to the coolest doughnut shop called Voodoo Doughnuts. They have maple doughnuts with bacon on them! Don't dis until you try um because I thought they would be weird, but oh my are they good. I only had a bite of the maple bacon because I had one called no name with peanut butter, chocolate, and rice crispys on it. Oh it was yummy! The rest of the night the kids just hung out and packed. Some of them decided to put shaving cream on one of the kids who was sleeping and then in the morning he splattered whip cream at them. Fortunately I was asleep, but I heard all about the big to do when I woke up. There was some screaming and shouting that occurred, but things got smoothed out and everyone survived.
It was sad for SWEP to end, but boy was I ready. Chrs, Mc, and I ended up being there until 4:30pm on Saturday. Ugh it was a long day on only 3 hours of sleep. After we locked up shop we found a hotel, Chris took Jack to stay with a friend of theirs in Salem, and Mc and I took much needed naps. The night was filled with relaxing, alcohol, and some good times. Then on Sunday we went and picked up Jack, had some Whites, and headed on our way to Vegas.
There's more to come . . . . just wait a day or two until I have a free chance to write. I originally started this blog almost a week ago. Opps.
Again, the last week went by fast. Monday was the talent show and BBQ. Of course the highlight of the evening was Chris's poem, but the Humes family singers and my awards were the next top on the list. There were about two other acts that were decent and then the rest were agonizing. At one point Mc and I were covering our mouths and avoiding eye contact with each other to keep us from laughing at the talent we were exposing our guests to. On Wednesday half of the group went roller skating and the other went to the movies. It was fun watching blind kids skate. Don't worry, we didn't let them skate alone, but I have to say they were voting for it. I can just imagine the kiddos out there skating with their canes going as fast as possible. Sure sign of a traffic accident.
The last few days we went to the woodshop, well the kids went to the woodshop while the staff went to Starbucks. And no, we did not leave them there alone, but the guy who runs the woodshop is blind. It's pretty cool actually that a blind guy teaches other blind people how to use tools that could slice your hands off. Don't worry, he's a really good craftsman and is well trusted by the commission. Next, Friday we had a concert in the campus amphitheater. The group is called Land of the Blind, and they are not consisted of blind individuals although that is a proper assumption because that is what the staff thought. We thought we were going to hear a "band" with blind members. But no, it was a, at least what we came up to describe them as, a hippy worldsy group. The cool thing about them was they gave us digery do lessons. They were nice people too.
The all night party went well. As usual, we made a starbucks run. We got there right before they closed and boy were they pleased to see 2 large vans pull up with a bunch of teenagers. Then we went to the coolest doughnut shop called Voodoo Doughnuts. They have maple doughnuts with bacon on them! Don't dis until you try um because I thought they would be weird, but oh my are they good. I only had a bite of the maple bacon because I had one called no name with peanut butter, chocolate, and rice crispys on it. Oh it was yummy! The rest of the night the kids just hung out and packed. Some of them decided to put shaving cream on one of the kids who was sleeping and then in the morning he splattered whip cream at them. Fortunately I was asleep, but I heard all about the big to do when I woke up. There was some screaming and shouting that occurred, but things got smoothed out and everyone survived.
It was sad for SWEP to end, but boy was I ready. Chrs, Mc, and I ended up being there until 4:30pm on Saturday. Ugh it was a long day on only 3 hours of sleep. After we locked up shop we found a hotel, Chris took Jack to stay with a friend of theirs in Salem, and Mc and I took much needed naps. The night was filled with relaxing, alcohol, and some good times. Then on Sunday we went and picked up Jack, had some Whites, and headed on our way to Vegas.
There's more to come . . . . just wait a day or two until I have a free chance to write. I originally started this blog almost a week ago. Opps.
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