Congratulations Sara & Bryan

I need to wish my good friend Sara a huge congratulations as she recently got engaged to Bryan. They are such a perfect couple, and I am so excited for them. Sara and I have been friends since she moved to Sibley when we were pretty little, like before school (I think). Sara is so intelligent and such a caring person as since undergrad has been over she has worked for Habitat for Humanity and is now back in school. Bryan is in medical school at Iowa so it is great to ask Sara for advice and her input as she totally knows what it is like to have a significant other in this crazy life of studying all the time. This picture is kind of old but it is super cute of the couple.

Congratulations you two.

Slumdog Millionaire

Bob was lucky enough to have a whole weekend where he only had to study a few hours. It was great to be able to spend all the time with him. We didn't do a whole lot during the weekend but it was nice to just be in the same place at the same time. Bob and I have been wanting to go see Slumdog-Millionaire. We went to the new Rave theater in Omaha (just like any other theater). We got done with dinner a little early so we were the first ones in the theater, but soon it started to fill up, until it was actually completely full, no extra seats.

I won't give away much of the movie but it was really good. I can totally see why it is winning so many awards. If you have the time, I highly recommend the movie. Here is a picture from the movie. I have an image of this scene burned into my mind. If you have seen it you know exactly why. Good movie, great acting.


The rest of the weekend was also nice. I was able to enjoy a great lunch with my friend Angela. We enjoyed some good natural food and some great girl talk that was much needed for both of us. I am lucky that Bob has found some great friends at med school that have even better significant others.

Went back to work today, where it has been crazy busy. Hopefully things stay busy as it makes the days go by faster.

Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener

Today at Baker's our grocery store the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile made a visit. After getting out groceries we stopped in to take a look. It seats 6 and looked pretty snazzy. They told us that they have 6 wiener mobiles and a mini mobile which is in a Mini Cooper. Not only do I love the Cooper I now have a new goal in life is to see the Mini Wiener! Enjoy our pictures from this morning.

Omaha Puzzle

For Christmas my Grandma Judy gave us a personalized puzzle of our address. It was going to be one of my boring weekend activities. After hearing that my brother in-law started his puzzle I was determined to get mine done. So Friday afternoon I started. Bob came home and helped and pretty soon we were far into it and couldn't tare ourselves away from it. By Saturday afternoon it was finished. Here is the pictures of our Omaha puzzle.

Longing for another weekend.

Another weekend has come and gone which means I am back work, tear. I was pretty bummed on Friday as I had no real plans for the weekend which made me also excited to see what I could accomplish. I actually was able to get lots done around the house, cleaning, organizing, just the ordinary. Bob and I watched the Da Vinci Code, which we were disappointed with on Friday night. Saturday I didn't leave the house until we went out for dinner and a special trip to Dairy Queen for an insanely good blizzard. But yesterday was just a wretched day. Everything that happened completely bugged me and by the end of the night I was exhausted, crabby, and annoyed. It started off fine working out, then off to church, but it was packed. For some reason everyone decided to go to church that day and the ushers continued to seat people 30 minutes into mass. I then had to run to the mall to get a gift card for someone. When I arrived the store was not to open until noon. At 12:05 people were crowding the doors and they did not open until 12:15. Then I headed to a different grocery store where it was packed, I couldn't find what I needed and could barely move my cart around. The next thing I knew the afternoon was gone. I started dinner and it took a good half hour longer than it was supposed to. My mom called me which completely pushed me over the edge. I tried to be calm and happy but I knew it was going to be a crappy week at work and I just didn't want to go. This morning after the gym I decided to go back home because it had snowed and the roads were awful. Luckily I made it to work safely and I am hoping to make up that time that I lost due to bad weather. I just keep hoping for Thursday night when I will be done with work for the week and another weekend can come. Hope yours was better?

Carl is gone

I have to say farewell to the MN Twins owner Carl Pohlad. He was an insanely rich man who owned the best baseball team. He may have not been the best owner and he didn't put the money down for the Twins new stadium but he was a nice man. When I was pretty little I went to Twins Fest, back when it was just for season ticket holders. I remember walking around with my dad while my brother was going crazy for everything. While Pat was standing in line to get autographs my dad and I happened to run into Mr. Pohlad. We talked to him for a little bit and then I got his autograph. Pat was jealous I know!

It was a sad day for Twins history as Carl died yesterday. He was looking old and at the age of 93 decided to watch some games from the sky. Hey maybe that is why he didn't want a roof on the new stadium?

Happy 2009

Just wishing all of my blog readers a very happy new year. Welcome to 2009. I love the starting a new year because you have so many opportunities to start over. I think 2009 is going to be a good year for everyone. I wish you all the best.

This New Year's we were lucky enough to be invited over to our friend's Chris & Angela's for a little celebration. We had some great food and then played Wii and Scene It where Bob dominated and was lucky enough to get on the game board by the time he was in the winner's circle.

New Year's Day was spent on the couch as I was all stuffed up with a cold. We watched some football games and felt completely useless. So the next day we got up and headed out over Omaha to make some holiday returns. After many stores we were able to get everything returned/exchanged so we were pretty satisfied.

Saturday morning I got up early and headed up to Sibley for my high school friend's wedding shower. The weather was absolutely horrible. I saw so many cars in the ditch but it didn't get bad until I was closer to Sibley than I was to Omaha so I kept trucking and made it there safely. The shower was very nice and it is always fun to see some old friends. I also helped my dad get his Ipod set up and purchased a few songs from his gift card he received. I hope he gets it as we didn't spend as much time as I wanted to showing him everything. I had decided to stay in Sibley that night because the roads were so icy and I didn't want to risk it so I had another opportunity to see some of my friends again.

Yesterday morning I brought my dear Meghan O. back to the airport in Omaha and got home in time to watch the Vikings game. Too bad they lost. I was a little verbal during the game and it was such a bummer now that the season is over. This is the time of year that I have no games to watch. I don't know if that is a good thing that I am not constricted to the couch watching sports or if it is a bad thing b/c I start to watch really bad reality tv, *American Idol.*

Now back at work, starting a new year and a new week. I'm just taking this one week at a time and hoping that a positive attitude will help land a job in Omaha!