Picture Time

It has been awhile since I posted something that had pictures with it, so here is a post with a bunch of different pictures from my trip back to WI in August.

One person I ALWAYS make sure I see when I am home....G-ma and I

We took a trip to our local zoo, not much at the zoo but I did get this picture with my niece and nephew :)

The Bride and I while bar hopping

The Bride & Groom

The In-Laws took some time for a picture at the wedding reception

Skype Date

Sunday & Monday I was lucky enough to be able to have a Skype date with the Man.  Who would have thought hearing someone's voice and seeing their face could make someone so happy.  Before this Skype date I had not heard the Man's voice or saw his face since July for anyone that thinks that is not a long time it really is Now we didn't get to Skype all day or anything like that but we did get to talk for about a total of 2 hours.  And let me tell you it was a much needed 2 hours for both of us.  The Man and I both agree that the very rare Skype dates we do get to have are bittersweet...LOVE seeing and talking to each other but hate saying good bye again Lucky for us we both agree that the positive out weighs the negative big time.  

So for this I am grateful for the very rare Skype dates I have and will get to have with the Man while he is gone.

Journey to Become a Reader

As I have mentioned before I am really trying to become a person that actually enjoys reading daily/weekly/monthly/yearly.  I am probably somewhere between the yearly and monthly stage right now.

About a year ago I started watching the t.v. series Pretty Little Liars and I really enjoyed it.  I know it is probably aimed more for people in middle and high school but I won't lie, I DVR it.  After watching a few episodes I decided to buy the first book in the series.  It took me a couple months to actually finish this book but I did end up actually buying a book and reading it all on my own!  most people might not be as excited as I was about this but I really think the last book I read was in high school  Once I finished that book the Man convinced me to go out and buy the next one in the series right away and OMG I finished that book in days this also is a completely new experience for me!!  So as you probably figured I bought the next one in the series and the next one.  I am now on the 5th book in the Pretty Little Liars series and I am loving the fact that I am becoming more and more of a reader each month.  


I am not sure exactly what I am going to do once I finish the last books in the series but hopefully someone else that knows some good books will tip me off.

OMG!

It just hit me today that it is September already!  What the heck happened to August???  I love that time is flying by but seriously where did August go?!?!?!  I was not a very good blogger in August and maybe that has to do with the fact that I just realized that it has been September now for over 3 days.  I am really going to have to make blogging a little more of a priority.

HUGE downfall

This time of year makes me really happy for a couple reasons: 1.) love the fall weather 2.) getting closer to hunting season & the holidays 3.) football begins

Now living in WI is the reason I fell in love with all of those things and living in CA is making it really difficult to enjoy all of those things!!

 Average high temp where we live is in the 100's with a low in the upper 60's...this does not equal the hoodie weather that I enjoy once 4th of July is over with.  


Now hunting season and the holidays are not even close to the same experience they were just a couple years ago.  No large family get togethers with 10 different Christmas' and 3 different Thanksgiving dinners....just 1 of each and usually with only one or two other people. 


Football season is the reason I wrote this blog entry.  I LOVE to watch Packer & Badger games and now I am stuck watching 3 California teams that I could really care less about.  Which forces me to watch the games online, not exactly the same experience. 

one year and some

A little over a week ago was my One Year Anniversary at Kraft.  I can not believe that it has been a year already....I feel like I just started months ago!!  I haven't talked a lot about my job but I really love what I do. I am not sure if this will be the job that I do for the rest of my life or for a few years until something else comes along, but I do know I am not ready to leave it yet. So here is to hoping that the second year goes as good as the first!

Roommates or Bust

As stated yesterday I am catching everyone up on basically the whole month of August!

Almost 2 weeks ago I took another trip up to San Jose, this time it was to pick Nicki up.  Her internship was done for the the summer.  In case some of you might not know before she even got the internship we had already worked out an agreement that she would come and live with me from August till Christmas.  This way I wouldn't have to be all by myself while the Man is gone.

So far I think we have only actually seen each other for a week...3 days after I picked her up she had to take me to the airport for my trip back to WI, more on this later.  The short amount of time we have actually seen each other is probably for the best.  Nicki and I have a history of not always being the best of friends...don't get me wrong we ALWAYS have each others back but we are not always friends.  As we are both getting older this is starting to change and we are more friends than we are not.  BUT she still drives me crazy and I can guarantee I still drive her crazy...different personalities, what are you going to do!

So far it has been really awesome having Nicki here.  She has been a big help in cooking meals and even cleaning the bathroom...I think as long as I keep funding it she will keep helping 


I am excited to see what the rest of 2011 has in store for Nicki and I.  I am hoping the two of us will get to experience a lot of new adventures together.  And I will try to blog about them all!