My Long Holiday Weekend

It started..

Wednesday: I got out of work at 2:45 after a long business lunch. It was probably the best way to spend the wednesday before thanksgiving. I went to the mall and purchased the dress i had found online, with the belt i matched it with in photoshop, and picked up an iridescent purple shrug. I'm kind of stylish now.. lol. It ended up later that the belt fits around my hips but not my waist under my boobs so I couldn't wear it but i still have it for other times i need a hip belt.

Back to wednesday.. after the mall i headed home to start my pie process. It was very labor intensive since i had never made it before, plus the fact that i was making 2 at once.. it was a caramel apple cheesecake pie. The caramel seemed to take forever to make.. or at least cool down to be thick enough. The crust was perfect, the apples were annoying to slice (alex actually did this) and i had to cook them in 2 batches.. the cheesecake part was easy though and they turned out good! After this, I did some ironing while Alex was at his beer meeting, I also watched some ghost whisperer. Our friends came over around 9 and we headed out to Marion Court to spend thanksgiving eve. Apple Martini's are delicious.

Thursday: Woke up around 9 am and watched a little bit of the parades. Showered and got ready for the day. Finished off one of the pies with whipped cream, more caramel and pecans. Drove up to my Da's (grama) house for lunch at noon. I love the food there, whatever holiday, it's always delicious! We ate, we chatted, we laughed, we slept, we watched the packers, i scoured the newspaper ads for black friday. we ate the pie, it was well received. My aunt took most of it home to have in the days ahead. i don't blame her, it was pretty delicious! Around 5, we headed over to my other grandma's for another thanksgiving dinner. I know eventually some things will change but I really love these traditions right now. I played Candyland and Chutes & Ladders with my cousin Mitchell and my niece Makayla and around 8 pm, we headed home. We actually stopped at Alex's grandparents to see everyone there. Hung out until 10 but really had to get home to feed our kittens who we hadn't seen all day.

Friday: I thought about going black friday shopping, but instead i bought our 32" vizio online (sears) thursday night and since they had it in stock, i just had to pick it up friday morning. And that we did. We came home and set it up, got our stuff together and headed over to Alex's grandparents house to spend the day there. We played Risk, I went out with some of the girls and we got our nails done, we played scattegories. We had a great time. Eventually we ate a delicious dinner.. and then dessert. Again, the pie was well received. Alex's cousins came over to our house to spend the night. We watched Star Trek on the new TV then headed to bed.

Saturday: Woke up around 9:15, took a shower.. woke the kids up to get ready to go by 10. Headed over to Martin Dr for breakfast. Hung out for a little then headed home to get ready for Courtney's wedding at 2. Beautiful ceremony in a beautiful church. Alex thanked me for not being Catholic. It was a long ceremony. Stopped home to get nick's id.. headed over to Mazzi's at the Inn in Leola to hang out. Got duped into a 14.95 dollar glass of wine. I asked for their house red...... she gave me the most expensive glass on the menu. Walked down to Casa di Fiori for the cocktail hour and reception. Yummy h'orderves (spelling??) and yummy cocktails. Tokens for free drinks during the reception.... great idea! Great food, lots of dancing, laughing and having so much fun. So happy for Courtney and Derek! Back to Mazzi's.. then home.

Sunday: Slept in.. spent some time with Nick and Laurel then I headed up to my Grama's to help decorate her tree and spend time with my 2nd cousins (children) so adorable! Very happy that I went, I love family get togethers. Left around 5 and spent the rest of the night relaxing with Alex. We watched Yes Man which he didn't overly enjoy, but we finished it. Ended the night watching sometime about how Aliens were involved in all the large scale ancient architecture like the great pyramid, stonehedge and the aztec temple. I agree.. it was definitely extra terrestrials. There's no way that they had all that knowledge and it didn't pass down to us. They had to have help with greater technology.

And here i am, Monday morning... another 3.5 weeks until Christmas!

Giving Thanks

I am thankful for a whole bunch of things, and i thought i would list some of them here:

*I am thankful for my husband. He is my best friend and i can't think of anyone better to share my life with. We talk about how lucky we are all the time and I truly believe we are soul mates. I can't wait to see what life holds for us.

*I am thankful for my parents. They raised me to be who I am today and I will never be able to thank them enough for all the love and support that i've received through my 24.9 years. I know they miss me because I live in Lancaster. But it won't always be like this. Hopefully in the next couple years, we will move a little closer in their direction.

*I am thankful for my sisters. Even though we don't always get along, we grew up together. And I know if I ever needed any of them, they'd be there in an instant, as would i.

*I am thankful for my friends. They fill my life with laughter and fun.

*I am thankful for my future children. They give me hope and excitement for what's to come.

*I am thankful for our kittens, Domino and Kali. They make me laugh out loud every day with their childish antics. Just watching them play together is a joy and getting to cuddle with them is even better.

*I am thankful that I have a job. I know I complain about it a lot which isn't fair to those who are currently jobless.

*I am thankful for my health. I have been very lucky in life so far with being healthy and I will do everything possible to continue being healthy.

*I am thankful for holidays. These are the times that I get to spend with my family and alex's family. It's the best time of the year simply for that reason.

I'm very fortunate in life and can only be thankful. I hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving Holiday, Happy Black Friday Shopping and Christmas decorating! Be well and be safe!

Fortune Cookie

I got chinese for lunch yesterday and just opened my fortune cookie for breakfast.. what does it say??

"The possibility of a career change is near."

Coincidence that I was just talking about my career yesterday?? I'm not sure, but I can hope for a miracle!

What to do with my life..

Lately I've really been thinking about what career path I want to take. Obviously, I already have a bachelors in business marketing but I just don't think I'm satisfied with that. And though i've never been the most driven person, I want something a little more challenging than my current job.

So i've thought about going back to school for Interior Design... but it's expensive. So i've thought of taking classes to earn a certificate at PCAD in Lancaster. Easy enough but doesn't mean I can get licensed or anything.

I'm thinking about trying out Real Estate.. or at least getting licensed so that I have that option. I plan to start this in January.. they have online classes for the 2 required courses and then there's of course a licensing exam. I really had a good time buying our house with our realtor and it seems to be a really rewarding job.

Along those lines, I think property management would also be an interesting career.

I have also been contemplating joining the business my parents part own. But I've recently learned that I'll have to start by working part time as a cashier, move up to assistant mgr, move up to mgr and spend who knows how long in those positions before moving up to a corporate office level and what position I would hold is unknown. There seems to be a lot of unknowns with this and it apparently doesn't matter that I have a bachelor's in business and 2.5 years experience in the field. So i'm also doing some heavy thinking about this.

All I want is to enjoy what I do during the day so that I can come home happy at night. All I want is to be paid fairly and make enough money to support myself and Alex when we decide to have children so that we can afford to have one of us stay home until the babes are school age.

This isn't too much to ask :) Hopefully it will be figured out soon!

Weekend's here

So it's 12:45 on friday and I can't wait for the weekend....... per usual.

Here are my plans:
Today after work and maybe some pilates we'll be headed over to the Ney's to have a beer tasting and I get to catch up with August who's had some fantastic things happening in her life lately that I can't wait to hear about.

I'm definitely sleeping in on Saturday, until at least 9. I'm sure the kittens will be so cute i'll want to wake up earlier but i'm going to do my best. Alex and I will spend the day cleaning the house and I need to make a run to walmart to pick up my boobies, a storage bin and a trash can. What are my boobies you ask?? I'm wearing a plunging dress from Urban Outfitters to my friend Courtney's wedding next saturday and the back drops lower than a bra would.. so I needed to find a solution to this problem because i do not do the bra-less thing. This is a self adhesive silicone bra that just sticks to the ladies and makes your boobs look normal. Score!! Of course i'll probably be wearing a cover and I'll also be wearing my new grey leggings but the dress should still look cute. I love weddings! I just need to figure out how to do my hair!

Anyway, later on Phil and Ashley will be coming up and Matt and Marci are going to be around so I think we're all going to grab some dinner and then head back to Ross to hang out, drink some wine, play some games.. etc. I should stop by the liquor store for some Yellowtail! Should be a good time!!

Sunday, no plans.. Alex says he's brewing but I want to go to the movies to see the Blind Side. It looks really good and we haven't been to the movies in a while. I'm sure there's plenty of time for that though.. it'll be nice relaxing day for us, or just me.. we'll see!

Christmas List: It's getting serious

I know I shared my Christmas list but i've decided to spice it up with some images. Now obviously this isn't all of the stuff I want because it's really an endless list, but here are some serious requests. :)

I currently have 2 wish lists.. Amazon and Victoria's Secret. I'm not going to include all the images of the Wilton Cake decorating materials that I have listed on there.. it's just so much. Also, I have a Wii on there with games which I'm also not going to show images of, but they are on the list! :)

This is a fabulous mixing blade I read about in Cooks Illustrated. It's going to work wonders on my
batches of cookie dough as I won't have to stop and scrape the bowl!

This is something i've wanted for a while.
It's going to be sweet to create my dream home on here and
see it in 3-d!!

Ice cream maker.. everyone needs one of these :)
I read a blog that talks about making ice cream all the time
and now i'll get to make my own!!
Alex and I are thinking about getting a 32" Vizio for Christmas.
It's either that or a MacBook or a Wii or all 3! He doesn't want a Wii tho.. booo!

Onto the clothing.. I want this in Blue and Yellow, here's the yellow:These are awesome!!!! As are the other shoes shown below!!
In Fuschia of course!

So excited about these black skinny jeans, i've been
wanting some forever!This is actually going to be red. (above)

Love Love Love purple!!

This is the correct color and I love the overlap!

Pretty pumped about this because i get cold all the time!

I was in need of a sleep shirt.. problem solved.

Great jacket, I'll actually be getting it in the berry plaid though.. :)

And this concludes my christmas list that I wanted to share. Feel free to browse and purchase for me any of the stuff on my Amazon wishlist. My email is maelsche@gmail.com to look it up! haaaha!

Christmas is the best holiday!

Thought you might like a kitten update

I have to say, we couldn't be happier with the decision to bring home the kittens. They bring joy to each of our days. Simply just watching them play and jump around is a hoot and it makes us laugh out loud which can't be anything but healthy.

They eat wet and dry food, use the litter box exceptionally (although they don't like to step on the track mat, so it's tracked throughout the house, luckily it's pine and easy to sweep up). They enjoy playing with their scratcher toy that has a ball on the outside, only Domino has learned that you can actually scratch it. They also enjoy the ping pong balls and love chasing them around. They also roll around with a sock that I put catnip in and tied in a knot.

They cuddle with us on the couch once per night where they fall fast asleep and look adorable. They can fit under our bedroom door, so we now have to block it with a long space heater and one of my boots. They haven't ruined any of our furniture or carpets and the only time they use their claws is to climb to get on the couch and the dining room chairs which they love to sit under. They also enjoy playing on the stairs which scares me. They chase each other pretty quickly so who knows what could happen on the stairs.

They're still pretty little which is fun.. I know they're going to get bigger which is kind of sad.. I should google how to stunt their growth. Just kidding..

But they're doing great! More people should come and visit them! :)

Weekend Update

I had a very nice weekend that I will now detail for you here:

Friday: Met up with Dan, Steph, Matt and Britt at Iron Hill for dinner. Spicy taco salad but I finished it bc it was tasty. I love hanging out with them.. it's always a good time. After Iron Hill we stopped at Rosa Rosa for another drink.. I'd never been there but it seems nice inside. Very dark though.

Saturday: Minimal sleeping in.. had to wake up at 9 to get ready to catch the train at 10. Train to Philadelphia. Subway to 2nd Street to hit Eulogy Cafe. Great beer (Leffe Brune) and great thick cut fries with dipping sauce. Headed to Vargas. Not so great beer and Alex ate some pickled veggies. Now I wasn't drunk by any means but I'm having trouble remember what we did next. I know we started walking.. we thought about going to Jose something, then decided to walk to Tria.. which just like the spring's train trip.. was a dud. Then we walked to Noddinghead. At this point, Alex and I left to catch the 4:55 train.. we had to walk about 13 blocks so we needed time to do so.

We caught the train to Paoli and rode along talking to Jim on the phone for 25 minutes. That 25 minutes flew by.. just listening to Alex talk to Jim was very entertaining. We got off the train and made the small trek to TJ Everyday's which was maybe 1/4 mile away. We met up with Matt and Marci in the parking lot. Perfect timing! We headed in and picked our beverages, ordered our food and caught up. I really enjoy hanging out with them.. and they make me laugh. I had a taco salad there as well which was also very good. Alex had a good chili and then a small burger and fries. Overall, I give it a 10.. it was a great restaurant and we had great company.

We headed back to Matt and Marci's apartment where Marci and I proceeded to drink 2 bottles of wine and chit chat while Matt and Alex did who knows what. The boys eventually walked to Wawa (I don't know why) but they brought us back a turkey sub to split which worked out perfectly. Very fun evening. I can't wait until they move back to Lancaster.

I slept decently for waking up a bunch of times. I moved from the couch with alex to the other couch to the floor, got up to turn off an alarm, get a drink of water, etc. I wish I could've slept for longer but when don't I feel that way. Eventually we headed back to Lancaster via the Van Wyen whip. So nice of them to taxi us back up to Lancaster.. they had a birthday party to get to.

When we returned home Sunday we fed the kittens and then medicated them. They were hungry! We got our stuff together to go up to my parents and headed out. We stopped at the grocery store and finally arrived. My mom loves to purchase knick knacks when she goes on vacation so there was a lot from Colorado. Plus the trade show garb.. Alex and I came home with a bag full of stuff. We made roast chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans. Jess brought a cake and a pumpkin roll. Nicole was a drag but the rest of the day went well. My mom got the family Wii for christmas so we decided to break that out a little early. She needs to get another remote or two though so that everyone can play without swapping remotes. Also, you need at least 2 remotes to play two person tennis, etc. She loves QVC so that was where she got it. I've wanted a Wii so now I can get my Wii on at my parents house instead of purchasing my own.

I told her she needs to get Mario Kart, Mario Party and another remote. I'm going to get her a wireless thing too so that she can pull the internet onto the TV. And if i do ever get a Wii, we can play games together.

This week is going slow so far, but I'm sure it'll speed up after Wednesday. Sometimes I wish I had every friday off.. or at least one per month. But thanksgiving is next week so we'll get out early on Wednesday then have off thursday and friday. Can't wait!

Sorry, but I'm not into Twilight

I've heard that they're great books, and the movie is fantastic and New Moon is going to be even better.. Edward... Bella.. blah blah blah.

It's not that I don't like reading, because I would love to read the books, and maybe in 10 years, I will. I just can't get into the whole phenomenon. I don't really think Rob Patinson is that hot and maybe that's bc I haven't seen the movie. He looked way better as Cedric in Harry Potter. Also, I'm tired of reading about them on PerezHilton and all other Entertainment News websites I read. They're actors.. and that's great, but I'd probably be just as pissy as Kristen Stewart if I had a billion people following me around and getting into my business. I doubt she knew what she was getting into with the first movie and now she can't get out. They're all making some big bucks but I would think if you're an actor you have to think about the rest of your career, not just the current franchise you're in.

Regardless.. I just wanted to let everyone know, that I haven't read twilight and I don't plan to see the movies, ever. I won't be sucked in! :)

The weekend is calling.. i'll return the call at 5 pm est

This weekend is going to be FUN! It's going to be jam packed full of greatness.

Tonight we're meeting up with some friends at Iron Hill. I'm going to be a good girl. I've lost 5 lbs in the last 2 weeks and I plan to keep them off! (oh and drop 10 more by Dec 4th).. They're always a fun group so i'm really looking foward to it. Ghost Whisperer will have to DVR tonight!

Saturday, we're heading out on a train to Philly to do a bar crawl with Alex's homebrew club. The last time we did this it was very fun. This time will be the same but with me drinking less beer.. we're taking a train at 4:55 to Paoli to meet up with Matt and Marci who live in KOP.. we're planning on walking to TJ Everyday's since it's right across the street basically (hopefully, since i've never been there but google map tells me this). Also should be a great time! I love hanging out with the two of them. Marci and I have a lot in common it seems.. especially when it comes to the real world now after our glorious up-bringings.. I can explain in another blog post but basically, i think i was spoiled and now i don't know how to value things because i always think.. it'll be okay, we can afford it, when in reality, sometimes we can't (ha!) Anyway, I'm really really looking forward to that hang out!

Sunday: Matt & Marci are bringing us back to Lanc and we're getting our shiz together and heading up to my parents house. They've been in CO for 10 days and we're going to make my mom a birthday dinner. Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans and cake. Looking foward to that as well! It's hard to beat a home cooked dinner.

In other news: Kali and Domino went to the vet yesterday.. good news and bad news. The good news is, they don't have feline leukemia!! the bad news is, they have worms. So we're starting some treatment they take once a day and they'll also take a pill in another 10 days. The doctor was super nice and very informative. And the babies were extremely well behaved. They didn't enjoy the ride in a bag but hey, i'm not buying a cat carrier for a couple vet appointments. We go back in 3 weeks to make sure the wormies are gone. The doctor also said that we might be seeing worms in their poo.. nasty!

On that note, have a great weekend!!

Dear Mother Earth

I'd really like Saturday to be the way last Sunday was, weather wise. Last Sunday was unseasonably warm and sunny.. this Saturday we'll be receiving the tale end of tropical storm ida and 60 degree temps. If you could just up those temps about 10 degrees, i'd be forever greatful.

This morning I spent 4 hours in a garage like structure shooting install videos for work.. I was freezing. No one else was, it was weird. I had my winter jacket and gloves on and even thought about putting up my hood. I think this means, I miss warmer weather.. and the sun staying out for longer. The solution to my problem is you, mother earth. Let's move the equator up a few notches so that PA is more like SC or even NC weather.

This may throw a lot of weather patterns into wack but it's worth it.. the climate is changing anyway, let's give it an extra nudge. I don't feel any of the effects of global warming and i'd really like to be warmer most of the year, so do your magic.

Your friend, Michelle

PS Tell the lottery god that it's my turn to win the powerball!

Weekend Update

Friday: After work and grocery shopping, Alex and I went over to his parents house for dinner. It was a good dinner too.. except I had some chocolate cake. I need to work on saying no. Our primary reason for going there was to get the kittens to bring them home, so we did so. We found them while it was still light out (thank goodness) and had them inside with us the whole time. Kali did not enjoy the car ride home because she tried to jump out the closed window more than once, but Domino was quite calm. Their first night was mostly filled with them trying to hide from us, probably because they were scared.

Saturday: Woke up at 7 am! Whhat!! I couldn't go back to sleep and Alex couldn't find the kittens. We knew they had to be around somewhere so we did a search and found them under the desk in the tiniest crevice. We lured them out with kitty treats and then brought them downstairs. I started baking the cake for Courtney's Bachelorette around 9 am and finished around 3 pm.. through all of that I was doing laundry and watching shows like Greys, Private Practice and Ghost Whisperer that I had on my DVR. The kittens were getting more relaxed and really love chasing each other around. They play then they crash then wake up, play, crash. That's their schedule with some litter box play and eating in between.

Eventually I got the call that the girls were getting ready at Courtney's and I gathered my stuff and headed over. She loved the cake, it was hilarious! I'll be sure to post a picture when I put them on the computer. And after a while, we headed out to dinner and then bar hopping. We laughed and danced and had a great time. I have some serious blisters on my feet but they must've been numb that night (other than the long walk we took) but I probably won't be wearing heels this week. That reminds me that I really need to go shoe shopping.

Sunday: We went to bed at 4 am.. it's been years since I stayed up that late and remember, I woke up at 7 am on saturday, soo.. I was pooped. I also had a hang over, which I haven't had in a while. I'm going to blame that on my lack of food Saturday and my dinner consisting of a salad and a wrap. I spent a lot of time trying to recover and after getting some food in my tummy I felt good enough to gather my things and head home. I got home at 3 pm, lol. So I cuddled up on the couch and watched tv while the kittens played. I watched PS I love you which was cute, but definitely not the best movie ever. It filled 2 hours though which was fine with me. Kali fell asleep in my arms at one point and Domino at my feet. They really like my one pair of shoes and sleep in them under the coffee table sometimes too. Eventually they won't be able to fit under there so they might as well enjoy it now.

Alex came home and we went to Saigon for dinner. We came back and watched more TV with more kitties sleeping on us. Kali loves to be held while sleeping and Domino doesn't so much. They're too adorable for words!!

It was a very nice weekend. I'm really looking forward to this coming Saturday though. We're taking a train to Philly with Alex's beer club and doing a bar crawl, then we're taking the train up to Paoli to see Matt and Marci and eventually making our way back to Lancaster on Sunday, then up to Harrisburg to make my mom's birthday meal. It's going to be great!! Only 5 days to go!

We're over the hump that is wednesday

Thursday is really awesome because that means tomorrow is friday. And why doesn't the spell check let me type friday without a capital F? what's so wrong with that?

Anyway, just wanted to share a couple exciting things:

First of all, i've lost 4 lbs since monday, yippee! i've been pretty serious about this diet/exercise challenge thing and i'm really hoping that the weekends don't throw me off too much. i've surprisingly been sticking to my nightly exercise plan and it hasn't been so bad. I've done 3 different dvds.. Pilates Core Challenge, MTV Pilates and Slim in 6- Start it Up!. I have to say, none of them are easy.. and I can't even call a favorite yet because currently they're all pretty different. Even the two pilates dvds. So i'll have to get back to you on that.

Tomorrow night we go and have dinner at the in-laws and pick up the kittens and take them home with us. I'm so excited! I hope they can climb stairs though, that's a serious fear of mine. And our floors are all wood so they might be slipping and sliding all over the place! We're planning on putting the litter box upstairs, so if they cant climb the stairs, we're gonna have a problemo.

Saturday I'm baking a very special cake for that evening. It's going to be hilarious and taste delicious at the same time. I'm going to work with fondant again and see if I can cover a whole cake with it this time around. It's going to be interesting to say the least.

Also, poor phillies fans.. since they lost last night. I watched some of it, but i'm not really into baseball so i don't have a team, but judging from status updates on my facebook, a lot of people i'm friends with on there were really into it. poor kiddos.

That's about it for today!

In other news..

we're going to see the kittens tonight.. it's going to be fun per usual but it's so dark now by 5:30 that i don't know how long we'll stay. Plus, Alex wants to go to the voting booths on the way.. he's a newbie at voting so he must not realize that after 5 pm is the busiest voting time, other than 6 am. He totally should've went this morning since he goes to work at 7.. so i guess i'll be waiting in the car for a while.. niice.

I'm currently eating lunch and drinking out of a defective water bottle filled with Diet Green Tea with Pomegranate and Blueberry.. great beverage but the defect is quite annoying.

It's only tuesday but i'm looking forward to the weekend since we'll get the kittens on friday. Then I have some exciting plans Saturday night and sunday is wide open.

I've also instituted a 4 week challenge for my diet/exercise. I started yesterday and it's going pretty well. Basically i'm going to try to eat no carbs during the weekdays and then relax a little on the weekends and exercise 4 to 5 times per week. I already play volleyball on Mondays and i'll do pilates and aerobics on week nights and then take a long walk one day on the weekend. I thought maybe I could take a walk on weeknights but since we set our clocks back it's too dark, which means it'll be too cold to walk. Oh well, indoor activities! I want to lose 15 lbs by Thanksgiving because that's when serious Christmas shopping takes place and if I buy clothes of a smaller size, i won't be able to gain weight or else i'll have no clothes to wear. Plus, I don't have many clothes currently due to the Donation of 2009. Christmas and my birthday are going to fulfill my clothing need. I have a wish list on Victoria's Secret.com all ready to go! And my Amazon.com wish list for Alex to choose my gifts from. Man, I love Christmas.

November and December might be my favorite months because of how many days off of work we have, plus I usually take off for my birthday and new years eve and then we have new years day off. I wonder what will happen if i change jobs? Will i be allowed to take my birthday off? Will I have vacation immediately or not? Vacation immediately is a necessity.

Resume: Sent

In loo of waiting for my family's business to make a decision on whether to open up the opportunity to me.. i've applied for another job. i keep hearing from the fam that they don't know when it's going to happen, and even if they meet to talk about it, it could be another 6 months until they've reached a decision. I can't waste much more time at this pay grade though, so I sent my resume and a cover letter to a company advertising a marketing job on careerbuilder. I happen to be extremely qualified for this, so hopefully I get a bite on my job fishing line. I might as well get even more experience while waiting and the more I can learn about different industries, the better.

So fingers crossed that I get a call back. I can't live like this making poo for pay and not really enjoying it.

Weekend Update

Friday: Instead of feeding trick or treaters candy, we walked down to a local pub and had a beer and some appetizers. I have to say everytime I eat there, i like the food less.. so no more eating there! The only good thing is they have Magners Cider on tap. When we got home we decided to watch Nights of Rodanthe.. thinking it was going to be all romantic and happy and lovey dovey.. well it was a tad romantic but the ending was horrible. If you've never seen it, don't waste your time.. he dies in the end. The love that lady looked for her whole life dies and she is devastated. Worst ending ever!

Saturday: Slept in until 9 am.. then we were going to participate in the Lancaster County Brewers Club Trash Pickup since they sponsor a road in Adamstown. This is the 2nd time we drove down there, the first time it was raining so it didn't happen. This time, it wasn't raining.. but no one showed up. It's supposed to be a club thing, something good to do for the community but I really think people are just there for the social one wednesday a month and don't think about anything else. So Alex and I left.. it would've defeated the purpose if we had done it alone. When we got home I started working on his halloween costume and altering my own. We took a break to go to the Greek Food Bazaar which was tasty but we wish we would've done Ala Carte. We paid 10 dollars for a meal.. each, which didn't include a drink! obviously we weren't aware of how much it would cost, so we only got a 20 out of the atm. The food was good though.. but they didn't have signs about the price or what that meant and etc. I'm not sure if i'll go next year but at least it was for a good cause, i guess. Afterwards, I went to the grocery store and Alex got something ready for a beer competition. Then I completed our costumes and we watched some TV until dinner time. We met Nick and Laurel at Kegel's and had a nice dinner. Later, we headed with them to a halloween party.

I was a Red Crayon, while Alex was purple. And Nick and Laurel were Adam and Eve!

It was a fun party. We had a good time. I slept like a rock that night.

Sunday: Woke up too early for my liking but oh well. After Nick and Laurel left we got ready and headed to Harrisburg to meet my sister Jess and niece Makayla for lunch at Passage to India. It was way better than I thought it would be. Probably bc that's a good restaurant and we got the buffet. Naan is amazing of course. Then we stopped by my grandparents to say hello and headed to my parents house to spend the rest of the day watching the Packers/Vikings game and eating dinner.

That's basically the weekend. This week i'm looking forward to getting the kittens on friday, should be very exciting. I'm also starting my November get in shape challenge. It starts today. No carbs M-F and I have a work out schedule. Then weekends I can take it a little easier but still have one exercise day. I'm going to do this until Thanksgiving and see how far I can get. I'd like to lose 15 lbs total, so it would be really nice if i could do that in 4 weeks. I need to think of a reward though, it's always easier when I have something to work towards.

Happy November!