Halfway done with the summer/fall of weddings

We attended our 4th out of 8 wedding this weekend. One of my friends from high school got married in Chicago, so we set out around 9:00 on Saturday morning and got back around 1:00 AM. It was a long drive, and I offered to do it so that Jason could work on his homework. I know. I'm such a nice person, huh? Anyways, we had a good time.

Out with the old...in with the new!

Here are a couple pictures to remind you of the old yucky light with the hideous chain stretched across the ceiling.
You can't tell by this picture so much, but it also interfered with my desk. I had to physically move the light anytime I wanted in the left side of the desk. It just had to go! (We were even holding out on putting new light bulbs in it. There are two burnt out...Jason made me cheap!)

Ta-da! The new "more my style" kind of lights. This suits our personalities much better. Don't you think? And the electrician only had one kind of major hick-up. I heard him rooting around in the kitchen, so I went to investigate. He had taken all the outlets and switches apart in the downstairs bathroom and lifted up almost all the ceiling tiles, and come to find out none of them were "hot" in order to create a new switch for the light over my desk. (Side note to Tim: He fixed that outlet that you and Jason worked on while he had it all apart.) So to make a long story short, he ended up having to go from the outlet in the kitchen next to the table, fish the wire all the way across the bathroom ceiling, and down the wall. Whew! He told me that if that didn't work, we had two options: move the desk (uh..no) or cut a hole in our nicely remodeled bathroom that we'd have to patch ourselves (uh...double no). So anyway, I'm glad everything worked out.


See anything wrong with the lights below? When he opened up the second box, one of the glass globes was broken. :( Hopefully, they still have some in stock or I'm going to be pretty upset.

Speaking of out with the old...in with the new...I got my hair cut yesterday...short!

The backpack gave you away!

So let me set the tone here. It was around 7:30 this evening, and Jason and I were sitting on the couch upstairs. The light was on, but the blinds were still open. We were both working on our classes using our laptops. All of a sudden, I see two guys walk right past our window. Uh-oh. They were dressed in white shirts, black pants, black ties....and backpacks. Who else could they be? None other than Jehovah's Witnesses. When they knocked on the door, what did we do? Nothing. I sat on the couch and watched them in the reflection of the curio cabinet. They waited around a bit, and finally decided to move on. I was afraid they'd see my face, so I hid behind my laptop. What did Jason do? He stared right at one of the guys as he looked into the window. Who knows if he actually saw us, but he could have. And to make matters even worse, the garage door was open. How smart are we? You can't pretend to not be home with the blinds and the garage door open.

After it was all clear and the Jehovah's Witnesses were out of sight, we decided to go on a bike ride. We were on the home stretch, just a few blocks from home, and our neighbor Cody pulled off a side street right behind us. We figured that he'd turn with us, but he kept going straight. Jason was like "Kick it up a gear, he's going to try and beat us!" We didn't think we stood a chance, but I put it in the highest gear possible and pedaled my little heart out. Guess what? Cody got stuck waiting for a bunch of traffic, and we zoomed right past him. Unfortunately he was just a little too quick. He did beat us, but as we passed him getting out of his car Jason yells, "You got lucky this time!"

What's that bulge in your pocket?

So Jason and I went on a bike ride tonight around our normal loop. We were getting ready to go up a small hill next to one of the holes on the golf course when I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. I squealed my brakes, and Jason raced on by. He saw me drop back and turned a U-ey (How do you spell that??) to find out what was wrong . Anyways, he thought something had happened to me or my bicycle. Nope, nothing like that. I spotted a golf ball!! :) I, of course, had to stop and pick it up. Luckily I had pockets in my shorts, where I could keep the golf ball safe until we got home. So a little bit later, Jason turns to me and says, "Hey, what's that bulge in your pocket?"

Stormy weather

So our morning walk was canceled today. Not any fault of ours though. Around 5:35 AM the warning sirens went off. I had heard the thunder about five minutes prior and new that thunderstorms were forecasted for today. Not really knowing what the weather was doing outside, we heeded the warning sirens, took a blanket and a flashlight, and headed down to the basement. After about 10 minutes, we were tired of sitting on the floor and our curiosity about the conditions outside were mounting. We figured the storm had mostly passed, but when we turned on the radio, we heard there was a tornado warning for our county that was set to expire within the next 10 minutes. Luckily nothing happened. No hail, no tornados. Just a lot of thunder, lightening, strong winds, and heavy rain. This was a piece of cake compared to that storm I drove through a few weeks ago...I was inside this time instead of in a car by myself!

Damage report: One little tree branch and a bunch of trash from our neighbors bin. Today is unfortunately trash day, and he set his out last night. The lids flew open, and the trash blew out into our yard. Our neighbor is a piece of trash himself, so we figured that we'd have to pick it up ourselves. To our surprise and amazement, he picked it up (or made one of his kids do it) during a break in the storm.

No one saw...just keep walking...

So a few weeks ago, I mentioned to Jason that we should start taking walks in the morning before he goes to work. Usually I'm unmotivated in the evenings and it's still pretty hot and muggy. Well, he set the alarm for 5:45 for two mornings in a row. What happened? We went back to bed. It was way too early!

On Monday, we finally got serious. He drug me out of bed and we went for a walk. It was refreshing, but it was still way too early. So this morning, he was the one who didn't want to go for a walk, and I was the motivator. He was proud of me since I have almost zero self-motivation. It was even a productive walk. Monday is trash/recycling day so sometimes there are newspapers that have blown out of the bins. As we were walking, there were adds and coupons from the Sunday paper strewn about the sidewalk. What did I find you ask? A coupon for $4 off at Olive Garden! My favorite restaurant in the world! Jason was embarrassed because I torn the coupon off and put the remaining paper back on the ground, but it was an Olive Garden coupon! Come on...I can't pass those up. And besides...it was 6:00 AM...no one saw me do it.

Birdies...make a home!

Jason and I "planted" our birdhouse this morning. It rained pretty hard last night and Jason had just emptied a bucket of water right where I wanted to put it, so he had fun playing in the mud. I was the foreman on the job.

Cavity free!

I went to the dentist today. It's definitely my least favorite thing in the world...all the scratching and scraping...just gives me the willies thinking about it. But, I'm proud to say I'm still cavity free! Woohoo!

My green thumb...hope they live!

Tonight, I planted some day lilies that I got from Mom and Dad while Jason mowed our incredibly tall grass. Hopefully they'll live. You'd have to have a pretty black thumb to kill those things off. Watch...they'll die and won't come up next year....that'll be just my luck.

I planted the ones on the right.

I planted two bunches in the back.

Ahh...vacations...

Jason and I took a vacation during the first week of June. We drove up to Chicago and spent a day there before we flew down to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We had a great time!

We've joined the masses!

Alright, so after I helped Mom set up her blog, I got somewhat inspired to set up one for Jason and I. We probably won't have too much to post, mainly because our lives aren't very exciting, but we'll try to keep you informed.