To all the really expensive jeans in my closet:
This is an open letter to all of you. Yes even you the smallest pair in there (you know who you are)...We are going to be friends again.
I have put each and every pair of you on this evening, and you button. You fit. You actually look good. I am no longer that fat girl who has 2 pair of jeans that she can wear.
Yes I know that I still live in the humid hell that is Minnesota, but tonight is different. Tonight is slightly breezy and cool. Tonight I even considered something other than a bathing suit to go out in.
Jeans, you and I can be friends. Do not be scared. The fact that I spent hundreds of dollars on you and was ready to throw you all away when I became the fat kid last year after I got married, is merely an overlooked few months (or 9 months, but who is counting)?
So this is my open letter to you, all the clothes in my closet. I will wear you all, and look damn good while doing so.
Respectfully yours,
Erin
8/14/10
8/13/10
Super....Stitious???? Five Question Friday
Here we are, we have arrived at Friday yet again. I don't know how the weeks go by so fast and Friday just seems to appear. But its HERE!!! Yay. But it is Friday the 13th. Are you Superstitious? Or just Super?
I am going to pretend like I am just Super and this Friday is going to be Super as well.
Five question Friday from Mama M. Is on again. Mama M is great, and you should swing over and check her out if you have not already. She is a fellow Minnesotan, I wonder if she has a stupid storm watch alarm that woke HER up a MILLION times last night.
Dearest husband Dru, yes it is thunder and lightning outside-I can hear it. BUT.....I don't need a blaring alarm telling me that it is on its way. No less than 5 times in the night. Seriously not cool.
1. Have you ever visited another country?
What are we calling a "visit"....I have gone on vacation to Mexico, and Tahiti where I was in the country for a specified time period, and then went home. But I "visited" Sweden for around 10 months. It was more of an extended stay and I was legally in the country via my Visa. But I guess that it can be considered an extended visit. I also went to Denmark to say hi and buy some beer!
2. Where is the strangest place you have ever been?
Yet again I don't understand the "strange" part of this question. I have been in some questionable situations and places throughout my lifetime. But one is not popping out in my mind as the "strangest" at this moment.
3. What is your favorite season?
Depends on what part of the country I am living in. It was summer. But these last few days of summer here in MN have left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It is not summer if I can't go outside and enjoy it without sweating buckets, and getting attacked my Mosquito's. But summer at the lakes at home were always great. I must say that I am looking forward to Fall. I love it when all the trees change color. There is a little nip in the air to the point that I can wear cute boots and jackets, and we can sit outside and enjoy a bonfire.
4. What one song will always cheer you up?
I am more of a song of the moment type of girl. I don't listen to music that much unless I am driving in the car. And I don't drive that many places lately. So I don't have a song that cheers me up. Songs usually have the opposite effect on me, and make me cry.
5. What Disney character do you resemble most?
Pshhhh. Disney character? I don't resemble a Disney character at ALL. But I am a princess at times and I will be out in Ca at some Disney stuff next week. So maybe I will find myself a character to resemble then?
Have a great Friday everyone! And make it SUPER
I am going to pretend like I am just Super and this Friday is going to be Super as well.
Five question Friday from Mama M. Is on again. Mama M is great, and you should swing over and check her out if you have not already. She is a fellow Minnesotan, I wonder if she has a stupid storm watch alarm that woke HER up a MILLION times last night.
Dearest husband Dru, yes it is thunder and lightning outside-I can hear it. BUT.....I don't need a blaring alarm telling me that it is on its way. No less than 5 times in the night. Seriously not cool.
1. Have you ever visited another country?
What are we calling a "visit"....I have gone on vacation to Mexico, and Tahiti where I was in the country for a specified time period, and then went home. But I "visited" Sweden for around 10 months. It was more of an extended stay and I was legally in the country via my Visa. But I guess that it can be considered an extended visit. I also went to Denmark to say hi and buy some beer!
2. Where is the strangest place you have ever been?
Yet again I don't understand the "strange" part of this question. I have been in some questionable situations and places throughout my lifetime. But one is not popping out in my mind as the "strangest" at this moment.
3. What is your favorite season?
Depends on what part of the country I am living in. It was summer. But these last few days of summer here in MN have left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It is not summer if I can't go outside and enjoy it without sweating buckets, and getting attacked my Mosquito's. But summer at the lakes at home were always great. I must say that I am looking forward to Fall. I love it when all the trees change color. There is a little nip in the air to the point that I can wear cute boots and jackets, and we can sit outside and enjoy a bonfire.
4. What one song will always cheer you up?
I am more of a song of the moment type of girl. I don't listen to music that much unless I am driving in the car. And I don't drive that many places lately. So I don't have a song that cheers me up. Songs usually have the opposite effect on me, and make me cry.
5. What Disney character do you resemble most?
Pshhhh. Disney character? I don't resemble a Disney character at ALL. But I am a princess at times and I will be out in Ca at some Disney stuff next week. So maybe I will find myself a character to resemble then?
Have a great Friday everyone! And make it SUPER
8/12/10
Something on a Stick!
As a child did you grow up going to the fair?
The fair was something that I participated in from a very young age. I was a 4-H member as well as FFA in high school. I went to the fair and raised and sold an animal ever since I was around 8 years old. Year round we would attend meetings and learn about raising our animals that we would get in the spring time. I would then spend months getting up really early to fed my lamb and walk her/him and get it ready for the fair. I would complain A LOT about the responsibility that went along with raising an animal, and my mom was a lot of help. She pushed me in a good way to take responsibility. I only have fond memories of raising animals.
Well that is, other than the tears and death that went along with the experience. I was raising a poor animal to die a horrid death, for someone to eat my poor lamb. This was something I didn't grasp to well and to this day I still don't eat lamb. I would cry and cry when I would see the big trucks that would take the animals to their death. I couldn't walk into Safeway (they bought my lamb one year) without thinking that my poor lamb was on the meat rack.
The only thing that soothed my tears was the check that I got at the end of that horrible auction on Sunday. I would write my Thank You letter and then I would get my check. Sometimes it was bigger than most (I won grand champion one year) and I would go on my happy way school shopping and to the bank.
Today, all those memories came back to me. I was at the fair at the ungodly hour of 6:30am to help clean the fairgrounds. I could smell the animals, and the little kids running around in their 4-H shirts made me remember my many fond memories of the fair. I have not been back to my local fair in a few years and I think the last time that I went I consumed way too much booze and was betting on horses!
Want to know what the fair in Minnesota has that we don't have in CA?
FOOD ON A STICK! And..............Fried Cheese Curds. And Deep Fried Pickles
Serious, people in the Midwest know how to make a fair that much better. Fried foods on a stick and cheese are two of my new favorite things. They don't fit too well into my diet plan, but we all have to cheat sometimes right?
Do you go to the fair? What is your favorite fair memory?
The fair was something that I participated in from a very young age. I was a 4-H member as well as FFA in high school. I went to the fair and raised and sold an animal ever since I was around 8 years old. Year round we would attend meetings and learn about raising our animals that we would get in the spring time. I would then spend months getting up really early to fed my lamb and walk her/him and get it ready for the fair. I would complain A LOT about the responsibility that went along with raising an animal, and my mom was a lot of help. She pushed me in a good way to take responsibility. I only have fond memories of raising animals.
Well that is, other than the tears and death that went along with the experience. I was raising a poor animal to die a horrid death, for someone to eat my poor lamb. This was something I didn't grasp to well and to this day I still don't eat lamb. I would cry and cry when I would see the big trucks that would take the animals to their death. I couldn't walk into Safeway (they bought my lamb one year) without thinking that my poor lamb was on the meat rack.
The only thing that soothed my tears was the check that I got at the end of that horrible auction on Sunday. I would write my Thank You letter and then I would get my check. Sometimes it was bigger than most (I won grand champion one year) and I would go on my happy way school shopping and to the bank.
Today, all those memories came back to me. I was at the fair at the ungodly hour of 6:30am to help clean the fairgrounds. I could smell the animals, and the little kids running around in their 4-H shirts made me remember my many fond memories of the fair. I have not been back to my local fair in a few years and I think the last time that I went I consumed way too much booze and was betting on horses!
Want to know what the fair in Minnesota has that we don't have in CA?
FOOD ON A STICK! And..............Fried Cheese Curds. And Deep Fried Pickles
Serious, people in the Midwest know how to make a fair that much better. Fried foods on a stick and cheese are two of my new favorite things. They don't fit too well into my diet plan, but we all have to cheat sometimes right?
Do you go to the fair? What is your favorite fair memory?
8/11/10
Married almost one whole year?
Yesterday we realized that we have been married for almost a whole year. We were at our wonderful bachelor/bachelorette parties at this time last year. What I would give to be on a house boat in the sun with great friends right now!!!
Dru checked the water temp in our lake here in town, and it was 90 degrees yesterday evening. That does not even sound refreshing. I can't imagine cooling off in a bathwater warm lake. So I have become a home body. Me and my air conditioner well I have to say that we are best friends! If the AC was to break *knock on wood* I might have a mental breakdown. I have not even stepped outside since yesterday morning when I returned from the airport at 5:30am and crawled my butt back into bed.
I am almost ready for it to be fall. So I can comfortably sit outside around a bonfire with my hubby wearing a comfortable sweatshirt and chatting away. It is way too warm for a fire these days. And the bugs are pretty bad too. Not to mention that we got over 3inches of rain yesterday.
So back to the being married for a year. One whole year does not really seem that long since we have been together for almost 10 years. But one year is a milestone, a step in the right direction of the many many more fantastic years and adventures that will come.
This past year (2010) has been full of not so great medical adventures, ones that I would like to take back and have never happened. But they have taught me one thing. Not necessarily something that I didn't always know, but brought it to my attention. That Dru will do anything for me, be by my side through it all. Comfort me when I am sad, or mad, or frustrated, or in pain. Talk me through the bad times, and be reassuring. I am forever grateful that I found the love of my life when I was only 15 years old...well I guess that I could say 14 since we did "date" when I was a freshman in high school, but for a mere 2 months or so before we broke up. Only to get "back together" my sophomore year. And have been together ever since.
We have grown so much, we have learned. We have lived thousands miles apart, hundreds of miles apart, thought about moving in together, lived down the street from each other, lived together "in sin", moved thousands of miles away from what we knew while still living "in sin", and then finally lived together alone in our married life in a house that we own. This journey has not been without bumps in the road but it has been the best journey of my life.
I can't wait to see where the next month takes us, let alone the rest of our lives. Happy almost one year anniversary honey!
Dru checked the water temp in our lake here in town, and it was 90 degrees yesterday evening. That does not even sound refreshing. I can't imagine cooling off in a bathwater warm lake. So I have become a home body. Me and my air conditioner well I have to say that we are best friends! If the AC was to break *knock on wood* I might have a mental breakdown. I have not even stepped outside since yesterday morning when I returned from the airport at 5:30am and crawled my butt back into bed.
I am almost ready for it to be fall. So I can comfortably sit outside around a bonfire with my hubby wearing a comfortable sweatshirt and chatting away. It is way too warm for a fire these days. And the bugs are pretty bad too. Not to mention that we got over 3inches of rain yesterday.
So back to the being married for a year. One whole year does not really seem that long since we have been together for almost 10 years. But one year is a milestone, a step in the right direction of the many many more fantastic years and adventures that will come.
This past year (2010) has been full of not so great medical adventures, ones that I would like to take back and have never happened. But they have taught me one thing. Not necessarily something that I didn't always know, but brought it to my attention. That Dru will do anything for me, be by my side through it all. Comfort me when I am sad, or mad, or frustrated, or in pain. Talk me through the bad times, and be reassuring. I am forever grateful that I found the love of my life when I was only 15 years old...well I guess that I could say 14 since we did "date" when I was a freshman in high school, but for a mere 2 months or so before we broke up. Only to get "back together" my sophomore year. And have been together ever since.
We have grown so much, we have learned. We have lived thousands miles apart, hundreds of miles apart, thought about moving in together, lived down the street from each other, lived together "in sin", moved thousands of miles away from what we knew while still living "in sin", and then finally lived together alone in our married life in a house that we own. This journey has not been without bumps in the road but it has been the best journey of my life.
I can't wait to see where the next month takes us, let alone the rest of our lives. Happy almost one year anniversary honey!
8/10/10
Getting up early.....
I do realize that I have not posted since last Monday, and since I was complaining about Monday when I last posted I'm here to tell you that today the following Tuesday was not much better.
I got up at 4:15 to take my brother and Kyla to the airport. That is way too early for me. I have been super tired lately, always sleepy. And getting up really early just makes me cranky. And I have volunteered to get up early Thursday and Friday morning to help clean up at the local county fair. 6:30am early. And it is hot here in MN. It was 75 degrees at 4 this morning and it does not look like it will be cooling down anytime in the near future.
So that is where I have been. I had a lot of fun with Erik and Kyla when they were here visiting and it was fun to show them around our little town in the Midwest. I think that they enjoyed their time here as well! But for our next visitors-don't plan really early flights out when you want to leave my lovely Midwest town. Because this girl does not want to see 4am again anytime soon.
I will be back to my regular blogging schedule soon and hope to have some photos to post. We are expecting some storms here tonight but the rain makes me happy because someone has to water my garden.....and rain does a much better job at it than me. I am too lazy to drag the hose out there :)
I just had to remove fudge off Molly's paw, as well as Dru's side. They had an accident while snacking on chocolate in the bed. Wet wipes were needed-sometimes I feel like the mom of 3 kids.
I got up at 4:15 to take my brother and Kyla to the airport. That is way too early for me. I have been super tired lately, always sleepy. And getting up really early just makes me cranky. And I have volunteered to get up early Thursday and Friday morning to help clean up at the local county fair. 6:30am early. And it is hot here in MN. It was 75 degrees at 4 this morning and it does not look like it will be cooling down anytime in the near future.
So that is where I have been. I had a lot of fun with Erik and Kyla when they were here visiting and it was fun to show them around our little town in the Midwest. I think that they enjoyed their time here as well! But for our next visitors-don't plan really early flights out when you want to leave my lovely Midwest town. Because this girl does not want to see 4am again anytime soon.
I will be back to my regular blogging schedule soon and hope to have some photos to post. We are expecting some storms here tonight but the rain makes me happy because someone has to water my garden.....and rain does a much better job at it than me. I am too lazy to drag the hose out there :)
I just had to remove fudge off Molly's paw, as well as Dru's side. They had an accident while snacking on chocolate in the bed. Wet wipes were needed-sometimes I feel like the mom of 3 kids.
8/2/10
Monday needs to be banned.
PSA: It is Monday. News to you? Probably not. But I am not feeling it. This Monday was a slap in the face reminder that the weekend was over. And I have embraced today with a bad attitude.
Me, with a bad attitude? Never!!! Well it seems this attitude of mine is here to stay. For the day at least. Because I need to go to bed with a better outlook and wake up on the right side. If I try to crawl over Dru to test his side of the bed out, I might just get more than a bad attitude, and a cranky husband.
You see. My Monday's are his Saturdays. The beginning of his weekend. Where he sleeps in. Goes fishing. Gets to do whatever the hell he wants. All while complaining that I am taking over "his living room". My office is interrupting his TV watching, lazy Saturday mornings. He had the nerve to tell me that I was ruining his living room. All while I am working. Having Greys Anatomy reruns to listen to in the background.
Remember how he has ruined every morning for me. By taking over my Today Show watching, coffee drinking, email checking blogging space *my bed*? Well it is only right that I can ruin his living room. It is now war. And I don't know when this is going to change. I just might have this attitude until he has a job with better working hours. Because his new hours, have caused cranky mornings, accidentally sleeping past 8am when I should be working, and drinking WAY too much wine by myself in the evenings.
My brother will be here tomorrow. YAY! He better not have a bad attitude or I will send him right back to California. Or I might just accidentally let Stan "sleep" with him. With a 4am licking session and yelling being inevitable from Sweet Stan.
Me, with a bad attitude? Never!!! Well it seems this attitude of mine is here to stay. For the day at least. Because I need to go to bed with a better outlook and wake up on the right side. If I try to crawl over Dru to test his side of the bed out, I might just get more than a bad attitude, and a cranky husband.
You see. My Monday's are his Saturdays. The beginning of his weekend. Where he sleeps in. Goes fishing. Gets to do whatever the hell he wants. All while complaining that I am taking over "his living room". My office is interrupting his TV watching, lazy Saturday mornings. He had the nerve to tell me that I was ruining his living room. All while I am working. Having Greys Anatomy reruns to listen to in the background.
Remember how he has ruined every morning for me. By taking over my Today Show watching, coffee drinking, email checking blogging space *my bed*? Well it is only right that I can ruin his living room. It is now war. And I don't know when this is going to change. I just might have this attitude until he has a job with better working hours. Because his new hours, have caused cranky mornings, accidentally sleeping past 8am when I should be working, and drinking WAY too much wine by myself in the evenings.
My brother will be here tomorrow. YAY! He better not have a bad attitude or I will send him right back to California. Or I might just accidentally let Stan "sleep" with him. With a 4am licking session and yelling being inevitable from Sweet Stan.
8/1/10
Twins Game
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RoofTop Bar in Uptown before the game. The city is behind us. It was an amazingly beautiful day. And so much Fun |
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| Kind of Dark, but this is us at the game. Such an amazing night. |
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| Sweaty self pic of Lorayne and I. It was warm and we were on the hunt for cold beer |
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| The New Twins Target Field. It was amazing. We had great seats |
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