Fun at Work!

So I've noticed lately that I've been mostly posting about weekend activities. So to fix that I took the cam to work and took some photos - this was a good week for it. The Marketplace division does a pumpkin decorating contest, this year the theme was 'Games People Play' and they gave everyone a secret item that we had to incorporate - enjoy the photos!

This was my team - we had a spatula

This team had masking tape, they used it to make the floor

A Blowfish playing Go Fish - their item was babyfood

This was the team that won - they had toothpaste which they used for the dots

This team spray painted socks red for her bow!

Toilet brush slot machine - nice!

Good use of Triscuits!

Shoe horns for this team!

For the kids represented in our department we made candy bags - so much candy!

Hoogendyks came in to visit me, they're the charaters from Charlotte's Web!

Templeton eating cider and donuts in the Midway!

I think Eliza could fill in for me when I'm out!

More photos to come soon of a running Company of Ballerinas! :)

Happy Halloween!

Wii - nter Time

If there's one great thing about the Winter it's that we all go inside and play Wii!!!!! So we played with Nora until bedtime...

THEN...

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii


Working hard, just like they say you will! :)

STRIKE!

And now for Jeff and his enormous full swing and follow through!

BOOYA!

Again weekend photos! I guess I really do live for the weekend! Coming soon though, fun at work pictures - Pumpkin contest and indoor Trick or Treat!

Hockey and Hoopla

I apparently am living for the weekends, since they're the only thing I blog about! Work's good too, and seems to be getting better all the time, just ask sometime, but only if you want to hear about retailing restaurant quality foods for 30 minutes! :)

Friday night Jeff wanted to take Will and Wes to the Griffin's Home Opener. Work was giving out tickets, so he got four and set the date. The boys were so excited about going, here's some photos - enjoy!

We went to the Ritz Coney, Will was digging the shredded pickles!

Wes and Jeff were goofing around with their fries - Yum!

Me and Will just smiling for the cam

All four eating dinner at the high top

The first 5000 fans got glow in the dark mugs - the boys loved them, at the end of the game about 250 people chucked theirs onto the ice, it was pretty funny, some of the mugs broke and the neon glow went all over the ice! Delay of game.

I think this was right before Wes told us when he gets big he wants to play hockey with Dad, Will and Dakota! They thought a skating dog was a funny thought! :)

I dont have any photos - my hands we covered with sticky apples! But this weekend was one of the best days of the entire year - HARVEST HOOPLA! We made 20 Mile High Apple Pies on Saturday! And ate some very delicious soups, salad, bread, corn bread, and of course apple pie! I love spending the day with friends, making the pies, and sharing a meal - it just is full of what Autumn and the harvest season is all about!

Thanks to 'Monday Night Beverly' for leading Bible Study tonight - she did such a great job! That's something about the week that I really love, I always feel refreshed after I go, what a special group of ladies and time of encouragement and learning.

Feliz Lunes todos!

Unplanned Weekend

This weekend was so fun and I really had no definite plans going into it. I knew Friday night with Kari and Saturday morning with Susan, but other than that - nothing. It was just nice to have fun, work on projects, and catch up with friends! Enjoy the photos -

Nothing says rockin good Friday night like a trip to the fabric store!

Kari and I both commented on how much we hated the fabric store as kids because our moms would take FOREVER in there! Silver glitter anyone?

Elastic waistbands - ahhh


Snip snip snip 18 yards of tulle!


Ta Da! I'm ready to run!

Saturday morning I had brunch with Susan my RD from college. She was in town for a wedding - Terri and Joel's, big congrats to them - so we went to the Real Food Cafe, my fav! It was so good to see her, and to hear how life has changed but God is good, I felt so encourgaed after talking with her!

On my way home from Alger Heights and brunch, I stopped into the Hoogendyks. They had 7 kids this weekend, whoa! But, they had plans to go to a horse barn and invited me along, what a great way to spend a beautiful afternoon!

Wes and I are checking out the horses

Eliza Mae riding the ponies - like 4 times!

Will got in on the riding action too!

So did Marta, but here we're just hugging! :)

I also spent time chatting with Melissa and hung out with Jeff on Sunday night. This weekend I was reminded how blessed I am to have great friends! More great memories coming soon!

Puff in Jammies!

For all you Puff fans out there - and I know there's many! Hey, it's almost Halloween and besides it's hilarious when she just keels over with clothes on! :) She hates it, we love it!

Shout out to Joel and Terri who got married this weekend, thanks for bringing friends into town for me to see! :) Weekend photos coming soon, awesome low key fun!

Tink about it!

The title of this post is in honor of one of Lindsay's former exchange students, he sounded like Boris from Bullwinkle and Rocky, he always said, 'Just tink about it!' I heard a quote on the radio tonight and I really liked it, so tink about it! :)

Great minds talk about ideas.

Average minds talk about events.

Small minds talk about people.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Happy Wednesday to everyone!

Shopping Weekend

This weekend was our ladies shopping retreat in Birch Run - so fun! we had a great turn out, and a lot of fun. I drove over Friday night with a few other girlfriends, got there just in time for our evening speaker, chatting with our roommates, swimming and running in the pool, thanks Sarah!, more chatting and dramatic brides on TLC!

Saturday was great too, I spent time with some great women whom I dont always get a chance to spend time with. And we shopped until we dropped! Dave Ramsey style of course! :) I forgot to get the camera out during the day, until lunch and once we got home and opened the trunk - whoa!

See the lady in front of the man in red - the fuzz above her head is definitely not blurry camera, it's her enormous bangs! I wish I could have gotten a better photo.

Darcie and Kim - and the trunk, this is a huge trunk too!

TO THE BRIM :)

For all you Puff fans out there: coming soon Puff in Jammies! Hope everyone had a fantastic Columbus Day!

Friend Making Monday

What are your hobbies? What do you want to learn to do? What do you wish you could do?

Hobbies:

Running (not lately though)

Youth Ministry and FLOCK groups

Shopping (for shoes)

Reading (I'm always trying to learn something from books)

Painting my nails

Arranging flowers

Swimming in Lake Michigan

Learn:

Sew (I cant even put a button on!)

Be kind and gracious

Cook!

Think critically

Cut/do hair

Sail

Swim (freestyle w/out sinking!)

Photography

Wish:

Camp, and love it!

Travel to exciting places

Do a backflip

Run a Marathon

Go to bed on time :)

Own a Mini!

I'm sure there's more, I just cant think of any right now. Go on over to Amber's to see what other people said!

I love Autumn, I love how the grass fades, and the leaves get vibrant, what a contrast!

Congratulations to Laura and Austin on their engagement!

Cooooooold

I know that some of you reading are located in significantly warmer regions of the world, so you might be interested in this. Thursday morning I jumped in my car, bc naturally I was running late, and hit the wipers to clear what I thought was morning dew on my windshield. Boy was I shocked when they made a loud scraping noise over ice!! AUGH! I had to scrape my car on October 1, 2009!

Watching the MSU - UofM game now, Go Blue!