Longest Week Ever =)

Ok so this week seemed to drag on and on for me. There was nothing bad about the week but I think that I was just looking forward to Friday, it seemed that everytime that I looked at my clock only about 15 mintes had passed (I think that I might have been looking at my clock way too much). But why Friday? Because is the end of the week and I have the I next week for Christmas! So I get to come home to Denver for the week (so exciting)! I also have done none of my Christmas shopping so that has also been frustrating cause I usually get my shopping done a few weeks before Christmas. The reason for my procrastination is that I did not want to have to carry all my presents for everyone on the plane since my space if very limited. So for the next few day I get to hit the malls with the rest of the frantic masses that have put off their shopping as well. But what can a girl do? So for the rest of the week I will be hanging out with friends and family and just relaxing enjoying my vacation!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Happy Thanksgiving! I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I was able to fly to Denver for a long weekend and see my family and friends. On Thanksgiving day we ate a lot of yummy food. Hurray for food! Then on Friday Neal and I came up to the Springs. We saw our friends Mike and Mallory, and Neal's family. On Saturday we went up to the Mountains and cut down the family Christmas Tree. It was really nice to have snow for the tree hunt it made it really festive. Then Sunday came along again (too quickly might I add) and I had to fly back to KC.

The Christmas Tree Goes Up

This last weekend I decided to get into the Christmas spirit a bit early. So I put up my Christmas tree. I know that it is before Thanksgiving but I could not help myself. Well I actually have a Christmas tree forest, 3 trees. They are kind of small so it works. The trees are all decorated with lights and ornaments and it makes my little apartment feel all Christmasey. I still want to put up lights around my windows but that will have to wait til I get back from my Thanksgiving vacation.

Its My Birthday!

As my brother puts it 'So how does it feel to be 6 years away from 30.' Well for me its just another day in the neighborhood=). Well I have had a really good birthday this year. This last weekend I was able to go home for the weekend, a really quick weekend might I add. I came in Friday night. On Sarurday Neal and I got engagement pictures taken and had lunch with his parents. Then that evening I had a birthday dinner at my parents house, we ate homemade pigs in a blanket and chocolate chip cheese cake, yummy. It was really nice to seeeveryone for my birthday. On Sunday my grandparents took me out for breakfast. Then I had to pack everything for my trip back to KC. Before going to the airport everyone met for coffee. Who knew you could do so much in just 2 days.

On my actual birthday I will probably just hang out since I have to go to work on FridayWell everything in my world is going good. I got a free ice cream from Cold Stone and movie tickets from work for my birthday so I will probably treat myself to a movie and ice cream.

Face to Face

Today I set up AIM so Neal and I could video chat. It is so cool. We have built in web cams and microphones so we just talk towards our computers and we can see each other. It is so nice to be able to see my love and talk with him. It will be really nice to be able to talk more during the week with out running up huge phone bills. And now we can see each other more too= ) So it is way cool and I am way excited! Hurray for technology=)

Coffee Anyone?

Today I was driving back from the Apple store and wanted to get something to drink and I decided to go into a and try this coffee shop called Perk Up that I have driven by several times. It has a quaint atmosphere and the owners (Dave and Sam) were there so I talked to them for a bit. They are really nice and were great in letting me try drinks and suggesting drinks. I also found out that they try and get everything from local vendors which I think is awesome. I think that I have found a new local coffee shop that has really good coffee and smoothies.

What is that Noise?

For the last few days the weather here in KC has been kind of gloomy. Raining off and on and cloudy. Then yesterday right before I was getting ready to leave work I heard this high pitched noise. I thought that there was some thing wrong with the CD that I was listening to on my computer at work. So thinking nothing of it I headed out for the weekend. Dodging the rain I ran to my car and turned on the radio. Nothing on the weather. Then I ran to the bank and was talking with the teller and they asked if the sirens were still going. That is when I put two and two together. The tornado sirens. Go figure. Well I got home and turned on the news and there were 3 tornadoes that had touched down, one in Bonner Springs, Gardner and in Missouri. The first two were about 15-20 miles away from me and the last at least 30 miles from me. So for about an hour or two the tornado sirens kept going off. Thankfully nothing by me just tons and tons of rain and black skies. So I have survived my first Kansas tornadoes.