Tomorrow my lil sister from my sorority is graduating and going back to Kansas for med school 😦 Even though I didn’t get to see her very often, I know I will miss her.
Good luck, Alana!!!
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What's goin' on this weekend
This weekend shouldn’t be as action-packed as previous weekends. We’re going to a movie night at Dave & Andrea G’s house on Friday. I’m making my famous (infamous??) baked brie. Frank should be very happy–both of us could eat half a brie wheel each. Ugh. Bad for the waistline.
Saturday I have ground school. I am a terrible future pilot, I have to admit–I hope I pass!!! After that, we are driving to lovely Champaign-Urbana to see Entertainment Night at Frank’s old college church. This year I don’t think Frank has plans to perform (thank goodness), so it should be a laid-back night full of laughs. 🙂
I’m not sure what we’re doing Sunday, but church is definitely included.
Mmmm…
That’s it, I think.
Things at work are better, I’ve calmed down a lot, which is good. I wouldn’t have made it through that time without God and Frank (I know some of you get confused–they are not one in the same 😉 ) and my family and friends. So yeah. As I find more quotes that I want to post, I’ll throw them up on this board.
~Em
Hoppy Easter!
I know, so cheesey. Anyway–quick update. Friday night was Dave G’s birthday party–yay–good times. He’s aging rapidly–25 yrs old! eeek!
Saturday morning, Mom and Dad picked me up and we went down to Roanoke for my cousin’s bridal shower. That was loads of fun. Good to see the family. Found out one of my other cousins is having child #6. Can’t BELIEVE that. That’s just nuts. Two of my other cousins are also expecting, no need to worry keeping the population up, that’s for sure.
Saturday night we went out to dinner with my friend Ann and her new boyfriend, Jim. He is totally nice and we had a great time. They are a very playful couple–obviously very happy. Yay for Ann and Jim! 😀 We saw Lady Killers after dinner, cute movie. I love Tom Hanks as a general rule. He’s in my top 5.
Sunday we went to church at 9:30 and then went to brunch with Frank’s parents and his sister. His other sister, her husband and our nephew were all sick and couldn’t make it. That was quite disappointing since we rely on my nephew for all of our entertainment 🙂
After brunch (which was quite an amazing spread), we went to my parents’ house and took a much needed nap. Then round 2 of eating! We didn’t eat too much dinner, but what we did have was just so tastey.
So today, I guess it’s not surprising that I woke up exhausted. 🙂 Thank goodness for the work week, right?
Noises My Body DOESN'T Make Any More
Okay, so I was just thinking about this. Back when I weighed a lot more than I do now, my right foot actually made a loud snapping sound when I walked. Now when I walk, it’s just the pitter-patter of my not-so-little feet. Go Emily!
The Week in Review
I have been pretty busy, actually.
Monday: Worked, came home… hm, my mind is a blank. Let’s try Tuesday.
Tuesday: Worked, came home… hm… also a blank on this one. But I just remembered that Monday Frank and I watched Average Joe. But I can’t remember what happened on Tuesday.
Wednesday: The client was in on Tuesday and left on Wednesday, so BIG sigh of relief. Frank found out that he had a flight with a company up in Waukegan (hurrah!) and that was pretty exciting. I tried to do some Ground School Homework–but then Frank came home early and we were both tired and went to bed.
Thursday: Frank had his flight, which was good. He got up at 4 am to make it up there and then he worked until 7 ish. So it was a very long day for him. I worked a full day (as usual) and came home to do my Ground School Homework and watch a little Thursday Must See TV.
Friday: Tonight Frank and I are going to a bar to celebrate one of the traffic reporter’s birthdays.
Saturday: Tomorrow, my little sister in my sorority (AOII! HURRAH!) is running for Homecoming Queen. Hopefully she will be crowned at tomorrow’s big dance! Frank and I are going to that 🙂
Sunday: Whew. Is this the day of rest or did I miss it?
What a weekend!
Well, this weekend Craig and Jamie got married–hurrah! Frank was a groomsman and I was a reader, so we were both at the rehearsal dinner and then, of course, the wedding.
Okay, first things first: it was a beautiful wedding! Jamie looked just like a snow princess! Craig didn’t look nervous, but according to the Father of the Bride, his hands were cold and clammy–how cute!!!
As I was watching the ceremony (and alternately checking out my husband–ow ow!), it occurred to me how things have really changed since high school. I mean, one would hope things *would* change between high school and now. But it was like stepping back and looking at my life like it was a still life painting and I was watching myself in high school and college and now. It was amazing to see how everyone changed, but still remained friends. And how some of the friendships deepened, some of the grew apart and how we all remained friends in the end. It was very cool to see.
So here we are, Craig and Jamie M are now happily married!! Way to go, guys!!!
Another one bites the dust. 😀
Post Script to Earlier Blog
Jane: I read what you had to say about John–very jealous. I saw that he was making that trip and he isn’t stopping in Chicago. After all I have done for him and his career… ::wink, wink, nudge, nudge::
It has been far too long, my friends. Far too long.
First of all, appropriate kudos (like the candy bar) to Jane P for finally updating her journal. It was 2 months in the making, but all in all a fantastic recap of the adventures she has been on in Australia and all over this lovely planet. Jane, I didn’t know you were born in the land down under–this is news to me! Wow–a real live Aussie and I didn’t even know it!!
On to other things. As Jamie mentioned in her blogger, this weekend was her bachelorette party–rock! It was a very good time indeed! Frank says that he had a great time at the corresponding bachelor party. This made it at least a little bit easier to get out of bed on Sunday and drag our sorry butts to church the next morning.
Since we had the bachelorette & bachelor parties–a wedding is not far behind! Jamie and Craig will be married this Saturday, January 24th, 2004. Hurrah! After their wedding all of the appropriate festivities will follow, ending, we hope, in a night of passion for someone, somewhere.
These past two weeks have been very trying at work, but I will surivive.
Bye!!!
Merry Christmas and a HAPPY New Year!
Well, this was our first married Merry Christmas! It really gets a lot more hectic when you factor in two families and their traditions AND try to do it all in the same time frame–eek! Fortunately our parents are flexible and basically told us that we should do whatever we wanted and that would be fine with them. Let me tell you, that sure makes it easy!
Christmas Eve
Well, we thought that we were going over to my Aunt Janyne’s (in Lake Zurich) for hors d’oeuvres. (Sp?) We figured we would hang out over there for a few hours and then drive down to Oak Brook for church. Heh. Sometimes even the best laid plans just don’t work out. Turns out that Auntie Nee-nee (my name for her when I was little), decided to have a full turkey dinner instead. That would be okay if we ate around 6 ish. But since some family wasn’t getting there until 6:30, we didn’t eat until 7. We should have just left at 7:30 like we had planned, but we felt bad eating and running. We could have left at 9 or so and gone to the 11pm service, but FK was flying the next morning and had to be up at 4:30am. Yes. I’m not joking.
So our plans on going to church completely unraveled. Gr.
Christmas Morning
I vaguely recall FK getting out of bed and leaving for work. I do know that I told him he looked nice, to which he replied, “Emily, it’s completely dark in here–how do you know I look nice?” And I responded by rolling over. Hrmph. How can he be so sure I don’t have night vision???
I woke up around 7ish, cleaned up, showered and then had some pancakes ready for Frank when he came back from his flight to Milwaukee. Being 5 years old at heart, I couldn’t fathom the idea of Christmas morning without opening SOMETHING. So FK caved and let me open our gifts. He opened his first. I gave him several movies and CDs. Then I opened his. Oh my gosh–I thought I had been extravagant for the several movies and CDs–but he really went over the top!!! He gave us both a trip to Nassau in February! A five day, all inclusive trip to the Bahamas!!! OH MY GOSH!!! I’m sooooooooo excited!! eeeeek! I jumped on his lap and kissed him all over his face. He likes it. 🙂
Christmas Day
After I calmed down, we drove up to Antioch to visit FK’s family. I love them–we had a blast watching Luke, our favorite form of entertainment. See, Luke, is quite the little character (he is my 1 1/2 yr old nephew). He was taking grape tomatoes and jamming them in his mouth until he had 5 or 6. Then, when he finally bit down, juice and seeds came spurting out of his mouth. Panicked, he ran over to Grandma K and spit the rest out in her hands. OH MY GOODNESS. Too funny!!!
After the K house, we drove down to Palatine to see my side. We opened gifts and ate prime rib and had a jolly old time! 🙂 My parents got a pool table and a hockey game. It was surprising to see how good my grandma is ate the hockey game! Even with Parkinson’s, she scored SEVERAL goals!
The Day After
After our awesome Christmas, FK and I had tickets to go to the Hawk’s game. We hadn’t been to a game yet this season, so it was exciting to finally get to go! We went to the Locker Room for dinner and then watched the Hawks lose to the worst team in the division, the Blue Jackets. That team hadn’t won any games on the road, so I guess they were bound to win eventually…
The Day After the Day After
We drove down to Metamora, IL to watch my cousin David M marry Angie S in a very sweet winter ceremony. Not very wintery, though. It was 55 degrees!!! eeek! We had a lot of fun with our family, too!
A new mall for my list:
So my sister took me to the mall she works at in St. Louis. She works at the Banana Republic in the Galleria. Fantastic, right? OH MY GOSH. This is a cool little mall! It definitely makes my top five–although where in the list of things, I’m not sure!
They have a Kids Gap, a Women’s Gap and a Men’s Gap. That’s right–their Gaps are so big that they are SEPARATE STORES!!! Who knew it? And they also have a cool shoe store Caiter took me too. And the parking is great–a long several story parking garage with direct entrances to the mall was fantastic. You hardly have to be in nature at all!
So the Galleria has moved to my list!
Have I ever mentioned my top 5 hot guy list? It’s all celebrities, but here it is:
5. Tim Robbins
4. Collin Firth
3. Tom Hanks
2. John Mayer
1. Ryan Stiles
I know–I do it backwards. Somehow I feel like this leaves everyone in suspense, but now I realize it’s kind of lame. So here it is in the right order:
1. Ryan Stiles
2. John Mayer
3. Tom Hanks
4. Collin Firth
5. Tim Robbins
Anyway–rah! almost done with today!!!
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