Let the weekly countdown begin

It is about that time. The time where I set aside my tom boy side and embrace and let out my girly side. Derrick and I have been counting down since we were in the 200's, Tiffany and I have been talking about it since last November and Brenna and I have been squealing about it for months! The week is finally upon us. My excitement is overwhelming and I am about 5 minutes from screaming like a pubescent girl at a Jonas Brothers concert. Weeks of hushing friends when the trailer comes on is coming to an end! Thank you for putting up with me! I have started listening to the book on Audio book to prepare myself for Friday. I was getting sick to my stomach before he left her today. Why does this book series have such an influence on me? I do not have the answer so maybe someone else does! Although, I will say 06.30.2010 can't come soon enough! Yet another countdown for us to begin after Friday! I will look forward to next November when HP shows its face again! Reminds me...I need to buy those!!

4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rewind of a pretty lazy weekend

For once...a nice quiet weekend! We welcomed it!

Friday:

We were lame-o's and stayed in. We ran a few errands to finish the lights outside and finish up some little projects. Other than that, we stayed home and we were lazy! You need one of those days every now and again. We had a fairly busy week so it was nice to just sit and do nothing. We vegged out to Smallville and caught up on The Office and Bones. I will always take cuddling on the couch! Especially now that it is starting to get colder out!

Saturday:

Michael helped my dad clean some gutters out of some guys house early that morning and I tried to entertain a 2 year old! That kid, wow. He is just, well, Jake. We watched Hawkeyes suffer a loss. But they played better than most of us thought they would! It was nice seeing the Buckeyes sweat! We then got the lights up on the tree and finished the outdoors! Nice to have it done! Not sure how the weather will be after this weekend. After running errands again and seeing some peeps, we got ready to go out for Jana's birthday! We got there a little late so we had "catching" up to do! lol. It was a lot of fun though. We got to see Becky! I love her. I have missed her terribly and it was great having the 3 of us together again! Quite few daiquiris and many laughs later we headed home. I am pretty sure I annoyed Michael all the way home! I was a little....hyper! I am sure the rum was talking more than I was! We got home around 10ish (old married couple, I know) and turned on a flick!

Sunday:

After Saturdays events, I totally forgot to set my alarm! Ugh! We missed church! I hate that. My whole week feels off then. We woke up at 9:30. Yes, even the child we call Jake, slept in! We got up and went grocery shopping. Always eventful. We then decorated the tree!!! It's so nice to have it up! For once we get to enjoy it! We just have to get the cat away from it. So annoying! Kinnick and Zoey I tell ya, partners in crime! That was the most we did today. We played with the babe, watched football and baked. I wrapped a few gifts and it made me think, I need to go shopping. Maybe a Target run this week work ladies and gents?! I did come down from a shower this evening and Michael had made a little "romantic" escape for us. He had cut up cheese, apples and layed them with grapes and crackers. He had 2 glasses of wine poured, candles lit and it all set up on a blanket on the floor. Due to conversation about Michael Buble at OTB, he wanted to see what would happen if he played it. Sure enough "Hold On" came on and he asked me to dance! So, we danced in the living room to lit candles, a lit Christmas tree and 2 dogs watching us. Corny? I don't care! I love when he does these random things. Reminds me how incredibally lucky I am! So that was my weekend. Not the most exciting but it was nice to have one weekend not so crazy! Now next weekend....oh my wow. That is going to be crazy.

Our Tree:

RENT-tastic

I was lucky to have the privilege to go to RENT...again. This time it had Adam Pascal and Anthony Raap! It was nice because you get so use to one person singing the part, then you hear it from someone else and it's just a different vibe. Like during Wicked I kept thinking about how Kristin Chenoweth preformed the songs, that was still an amazing show. Of course so was RENT! I could have sat there and sang every single song! The girl next to me was, she was a tad flat for most of the performance. I once again, had good company! She may have gotten out of control a few times and now there may be some crazy rumors flying around, but it was a great time! =) I will go again! And again and again! Willis Broadway Series...you are starting to be my new BFF!

Happy Veterans Day to all the Veterans out there!! Especially to my lova!! He is always a hero to me!

I will leave you with my favorite song of the night. It always touches me when it's sung...

Your Eyes
As We Said Our Goodbyes
Can't Get Them Out Of My Mind
And I Find I Can't Hide (From)
Your Eyes
The Ones That Took Me By Surprise
The Night You Came Into My Life
Where There's Moonlight
I See Your Eyes

How'd I Let You Slip Away
When I'm Longing So To Hold You
Now I'd Die For One More Day
'Cause There's Something I Should
Have Told You
Yes There's Something I Should Have
Told You

When I Looked Into Your Eyes
Why Does Distance Make Us Wise?
You Were The Song All Along
And Before The Song Dies

I Should Tell You I Should Tell You
I Have Always Loved You
You Can See It In My Eyes

Texan lovin' Tuesdays

You know at the end of Grey's Anatomy or maybe the Wonder Years, when some ballad with deep meaning plays as it shows the conclusions of all the events that have led up to the end? I am having these moments on Tuesdays. No matter what is going on in my life, good or bad, just sitting back for a moment at the dinner table puts everything on hold. I feel like everything is put on pause and I am in a cheesy Hallmark commercial where everyone is smiling and in slow motion. These people that surround me on Tuesdays and other days during the week, make everything A-Okay. I have been completely blessed in the friendship category. Somedays, I don't think I deserve it. Now, our conversation on the other hand usually turns Yankees vs Texans, bodily functions or very embrassing stories, it's all in good fun. Tonights topic: Spooning. It's actually not quite what you think. Not quite sure why that started but oh well. You know you are always in for a good meal and good conversation. Not to mention the hour following we spend very heavily in the Word. It always seems to refocus me. It keeps me grounded. These people make me who I am and I am grateful to all of them. Even when some can't make it often! Wether it's 12 of us or just 6, it's always a time of great fellowship and a whole lot of laughter. I am thankful for these people and am truly blessed.

Side note:
9 days till NEW MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 day till RENT!

Random quick thought.

We played outside for an hour and now I am cleaning the stove and microwave while making pizza lasagna for dinner. Jake has "Curious George" on. I wonder if this is where balloon boys parents got the idea. In this episode, George and his dog friend take the hot air balloon out on the town. Everyone is freaking out because they don't know how to land it....hmmm. Turns out George is in the balloon but not his friend. Just a thought I am pondering. Sad, I'm pondering over a child's show where the main character talks by making monkey noises. Oh the life of the Janzen house.

Power tools, Christmas tree and Ipods = One amazing weekend!

I cannot explain how good it feels to get things done you have been dreaming about! We got so many things accomplished this weekend....it's crazy!

First mission:

   Move old TV upstairs, set up new TV and rearrange the entire living space! We got a new TV in April but had it in our bedroom. We have this huge dinosaur of a TV in our living room. The thing weighs a hefty 219lbs! Just looking at it makes your back hurt. Well, something came over us. Friday, we set off on an adventure! We hit up homemakers and got just a plain bed frame. We are trying to make more of space in the bedroom. Our old bed frame...huge. After that we went to Home Depot and got some needed materials! Friday night Michael started setting up our new entertainment system. Talk about a kid in a candy store!! He got the stand all set up and then the fun started! Of course, the cat thought it was his new bed.

He spent about 2 hours moving all his components and making sure all the wires were hidden. While he did that, my handy side came out. I used the power drill and disassembled the desk! I did it all by myself!! Of course it had a "woman's" flare because the screws were all in baggies and taped to the back of each board it belonged too. Michael laughed at me for that one. What? I like to be organized. That is my OCD coming out. It has to be clean and make sense. He finally got everything working and TADA!

He has his computer on the bottom. We have a wireless mouse and keyboard and basically you can check your FB in high def! Haha. That project was complete!  (Side note: yes that is a Christmas decoration!)

Second mission:

  We had a huge furniture movement! We spent most of Saturday helping my parents get rid of their hideous floral couch! (No offense Dad!) They bought this amazing new couch that totally compliments their living room and house! Michael and Fabio (my dad for those of you that don't know) took the floral hot messes away to the DAV and picked up the new couch. Of course my mom and I went shopping for a little bit. I swear, I could spend my whole paycheck on Christmas decor. It's horrible! I managed to only spend $50 and I felt that it was a good deal on a few things! After the manly men put the new couch in it's place, we ate lunch, watched the Hawks lose and then loaded up the truck! We are sharing our storage space! After my Grandma passed away, a lot of her stuff my dad received. Until they make room for it, we offered our storage place up. We took a ton of things over and then picked up the desk that I disassembled myself, and some other things and took it all over! I think we ended up bring more stuff back though. We had to get all our Christmas things out of there! After that was all completed we headed back home to work on the next job.

Third mission:

   The bedroom. Wow oh my wow. That thing has been our downfall. Our bed frame was so huge and stuck out about 2 feet extra on each end. Now if my bedroom was 20' x 20' this wouldn't be an issue. We had to rearrange everything to get that massive of a TV up there. Michael built a stand to put the TV stand and the TV higher. I took apart the bed (again, I got to use power tools and my muscles!) and got all the matresses moved! Lucky for us, David was passing through. David and Michael tackled so many things. They took down the treadmill to the garage! We are cleaning our garage over the next 2 weeks so that one stall can be the gym. They moved the TV, the stand, the old bed frame, and an old entertainment center out! I then set up the new bed frame and cleaned up a bit. We don't know how, but our room looks like it is a 20' x 20'. It's crazy! We still have a few little messes here and there, but I don't care at this point. We have worked our butts off this weekend and it's totally pays off!

This weekend all in all was a good one! We got our tree up! Yes, the tree is up. We have not decorated it though. We are testing out our cat with it! I will say we do have the stockings up! I got new ones on Saturday so they had to be put up! Christmas is only 48 days away...I have to get use out of my stuff!

OH YEAH! Best bonus of the weekend. I went to move the desk on Friday and there was my purse! Yes!!! My huge J Simpson of a suitcase purse!! In my purse: wallet, keys, camera, and of course...IPOD!!!!!!! Oh ipod how I love you and have missed you! Michael thinks he threw it on the desk and it fell behind. Nice to bring that up now after you swear someone stole it out of our car! It's back and I don't care! Now I have to spend the next week updating it! Lol!

All good things must come to an end...

I still love them. I always will! They did they best they could with what they had! It's a hard loss, but things happen for a reason! I love the Black and Gold !!!!