People in Ohio are so nice. Example #1- the priest knew my uncles entire life story. He said it with dates and names and no notes. And he got it right. #2- on our way home we had to pull over for a second and someone pulled over to make sure we were ok. #3- every car going by in the opposite direction pulled over for us during the procession. And stopped! Toto, we aren't in Jersey anymore.
On our way to Ohio we stopped over night in Pittsburgh. We stayed at my aunt and uncles place so we wouldn't have to do the whole drive in one day. Here is my aunt making us dinner.
Fifteen of us went to a chinese dinner to celebrate AJ's birthday. Here is the 40 year old birthday boy in his homemade party hat. His personalized cake came later.
Let me explain Kohr brothers for those of you not from New Jersey. It is a soft ice cream place on the boardwalk in Ocean City... the best soft ice cream place! People line up down the boardwalk to have one. Half of it usually drip down your arm before you are finished but it is still totally worth it. Today I went to a mall I do not usually go to. (I had a gift card for a store there.) This mall has a Kohr brothers inside of it. I have very strong feelings against that. It is not the same if you are not on the boardwalk with a million people and seagulls all around. They shouldn't even be allowed to sell Kohr brothers in malls. It's just not right!
It is the day after christmas so me and my mom went to the mall and target to return a few things. The valentines decorations were already going up. What happened to January?
Yesterday my friend and I were joking about how we felt like we were on the Titanic. Today she gave this to me with the message "even the Titanic had survivors" :-) She also said soon we will get to turn in our karma points for boyfriends. I'm not so sure it works that way but I'll go with it.
I spend a lot of time reading today because I did not feel like exercising and my christmas shopping is done. Check out what happened in todays chapter of the book. It was so exciting!
Here he is making his way around our neighborhood. To bad Matt and Zach weren't there too.
On Friday I was supposed to go to Harpers. I was really looking forward to seeing my friend's band play there. The problem was that no one could come with me so I had to make a decision about whether its a safe enough place to go alone. I decided it is not. What do you think? Did I make the right choice? Which bars do you think are not good for a girl to show up at alone?
Me and my dad went out for dinner and shopping last night. We went to PJs and actually ran into a bunch of his work friends there. Here he is with our wings.
I love getting presents for no reason. My aunt sent me this ornament in the mail. It was exciting to get real mail and even better when I saw that it was a gift. It looks good on my new tree.
Yesterday I went home to make pizzelles with my mom. She said it was a two person job. I still stand by the idea that it is actually a one person job. The second person is just there to chit chat and do other things while keeping with first person company. It would be boring without the second person though. As a little cheer-er-upper I brought some to my coworkers. They loved them! We must have done a good job.
Here is a picture of me learning how to use Danielle's webcam. Special thanks to her for thinking of taking a picture of a picture.
Sorry I missed a few days. I really just was not feeling it. I couldnt get motivated to do anything fun so I really did not have any good pictures. But Im back now.
Yesterday I braved the mall in December with a friend. We really went just to hang out so it was not bad. I have only ever hung out with her at kickball and kickball gatherings so this was a nice change. We learned a couple things about each other. 1) She spends alot of time and money on makeup 2) I do not. 3) She enjoys trying on clothes. 4) I do not. 5) She only goes out to certain resturants cause she watches her weight. 6) I do not. That being said, we had alot of fun. She took me to a bunch of stores I normally just walk right past. My favorite of the new stores was Lush. I had read about it and it seemed interesting, but I never went in because it always smells overwhelming when you walk by. Well I went in and it turns out that it is all home-made biodegradable soaps and things like that. And the workers are so dorky and nice. This is a picture of my favorite soap that I learned about yesterday. It is flourecent and was inspired by the northern lights. How can you not enjoy a bath when your using this.
If you have to tell me on the front of the envelope not to ignore it, you can pretty much guarantee it's junk mail. Note to the junk mail mailers: leave off the "do not ignore" message and more people will read it.
I made my own dinner tonight. It is just like Panera at home. I put my sandwich into the george forman and made it a panini. Watch out Giada here I come.
When we were little my poppop use to make snow globes out of upside down jars. I remembered that when I saw these at the store today. They look just like his. The major difference, though, is that these cost 30 dollars. If he would have sold them twenty five years ago he could have been rich.
I have never been there, never heard of it before, and it is not open yet. However, this restaurant is already my favorite. How can it not be good!? Sounds perfect to me. Genius!
This was the view out of my windows this morning. One thing you don't consider when buying a jeep is the winter. Since you can't scrape plastic you have to drive like this, which is dangerous. Or you have to drive with the windows down. Starting your 28 degree day with a windows down drive is rough. Next week I better take out my winter coat. I miss summer.
I haven't given you a mind puzzle lately. Let's try a different one besides the code messages. Guess what this is! I will give you the answer in a couple days :-) I'll give you a hint: happy December!
