Technical difficulties.....

I have not forgot about my blog but I have tried several times now to upload pictures from my computer and it's NOT working!! If I would have put up pictures, they would have been from the last K-State home game of the season that I went to last weekend with my friend Lindsay and my parents. It was kinda cold but a really fun day!! The day after the game, it was announced that Coach Snyder was returning, which is being met with mixed feelings from the KSU community. We'll see what happens next year!

This week has been all about getting ready for Thanksgiving! My sister gets here tomorrow night and my parents are coming Thursday morning. I am really looking forward to spend some time with them and relax. I have all the ingredients for our traditional T-Day dishes on my counter, so tomorrow night Meg and I will have to kick it in gear and make some stuff so they will be ready for the oven on Thursday. I wish each of you a wonderful holiday. I have so much to be thankful for this year; my sweet family, good friends and a job that I love. Will try to put some pictures up after a great Thanksgiving weekend!

To the quilters!!!

It's been a very productive week in my little sewing world. I got my grandma's machine back from the sewing machine store and it works perfectly! This weekend my mom showed me how to do several things with it that I hadn't really figured out on my own, so that was SUPER helpful! After some lessons I was able to complete my first quilt!! Well, at least the front of it and I'm going to have someone that knows how professional quilt that with the back and batting. It's not been as tough as I thought it might be, although it's probably not perfect.

In other news, I was home this weekend with plans of going to the K-State football game with my parents but we chickened out with the cold weather (I know, pathetic!). We watched our Cats lose (boo!) and watched the Jayhawks lose (hooray!). Last night, my mom and I went to see "The Secret Life of Bees"...it was so good! I practically cried throughout the entire movie....but I would highly recommend it!

And the grand finale of news- my parents sold their house!! They have to be out by Dec. 15th and their new one will be ready Dec. 15th; not exactly perfect timing, but pretty close. It's not definite yet but hopefully will be soon. Yea!!! :)

Girls Weekend 2008...

I wasn't going to put this up tonight, but it is going to be a busy week and I frankly didn't want to wait. This weekend I went to Kansas City to get together with my college roommates, who I am lucky to still be good friends with and see frequently as four of the five of us live in Wichita. We make an effort every year or so to dedicate a weekend with just us and get caught up and think of the memories without the hubbub of daily life and we had such a great time! On a sad note, the fifth component of our 5-some couldn't join us as she is currently in Texas interviewing for a job. :( Next time for sure Linds!

So, without Lindsay.....Kylie, Katie and I hit the road Saturday morning to see Julie who lives in KC. We met up at the Legends and did a bit of shopping and grabbed lunch before heading north to Atchison where we went to Nell Hill's which is a home decorating store. It was SO cold and absolute madness as we waited for probably 15-20 minutes to get inside. Once we got inside, it was PACKED!! It was the opening weekend for the holiday season so tons of people came from all around to check it out. The owner of the store, Mary Carol Garrity also opened up her house for tour and it was pretty cool to see how she has everything done up. Definitely put me in the Christmas spirit!! I was ready to come home and put my tree up but the girls talked me out of it. Maybe in a couple weeks. :)

I did get a jump start on my Christmas shopping and am getting so excited for the upcoming holiday season! My sis and parents are coming to Wichita for Thanksgiving because I have to work so the next couple weeks I will be trying to figure out how to host as it will be my first attempt for a holiday!

Enjoy the pics from a fun-filled weekend! Our "roommates" in life defintely know us better than most people, for the good or the bad and I will always consider all of them an extension of my family. It is always so great to see friends and I look forward to seeing how our lives develop and change before we all meet up again.

Kylie, Katie and Julie waitin outside in the freezing cold!

Mary Carol Garrity's house....130 years old and SO pretty. Definitely worth seeing...

"Howl at the Moon"- a piano bar in the Power and Light District; very fun!!

Today at my favorite mexican restaurant in all the world, "Mi Ranchito"...so good!

Progress!

Ah, what a busy but slow week! Things were DRAGGING at work....apparently there are not very many sick or hurt people lately so the seconds were literally ticking by but it allowed me plenty of time to get excited for the upcoming weekend trip! Tonight I have been watching hours upon hours of DVRed shows from the week as I wasn't home any evenings this week. Not that I'm complaining as I spent the time doing things I enjoy like cooking and seeing friends, but still, it's nice to have an evening to just hang out...

So, as I watch TV and get packed to go to KC tomorow for a girls weekend getaway, I have cut up all the fabric pieces that I sewed together so that I can arrange it according to the pattern and then sew it back together...things are looking up! Here are a few pictures....will let you know how the hard part goes of putting it together!

The before....

The after...

Cooking up something new....

Tonight I got together with the girls I cook with every month or so and we had some great luck with new recipes. Ginny was our gracious host and she picked out a dish with scallops, green peppers, onions, tomatoes and pinnapple served over rice with almond slivers (nice addition!). Very tasty! For dessert, we had "Dream Clouds" which entails mixing vanilla ice cream and sherbert (Becca chose raspberry) and then refreeze it...after you dish it up, add cool whip. It had a very creamy texture and was pretty good as well! Until next time...here are the finished products...

In stiches....

As I watch the election results come in, I thought I should post an update on my newly tackled challenge of learning to sew/quilt. I went to my friend Kylie's last night and she generously donated her time and patience and behold- with the help of her sewing machine, I have officially sewn fabric togeter! It doesn't look too shabby if I do say so myself. I dropped my grandma's machine off yesterday to get "tuned up" since it hasn't been used in awhile and look forward to "firing it up". In the meantime, it feels good to get some progress completed....here ya' go for now!

Fall happenings...

What a great time of year!! Minus the fact that it was pitch black when I left the gym at 6 tonight, I love love love this time of year! I really had a good weekend...spent a chunk of it working but snuck in some fun too. I enjoy all the trees changing color and took some pics of the trees outside my apartments; couldn't resist putting them up! Saturday night I went to a barn dance with my friend Kara and her boyfriend...it was kinda fun to dress up.

Yesterday I made some pumpkin cookies from a Martha Stewart recipe that I had been wanting to try. Took them to work today and they were gone in an hour...tasty! Also had some friends over last night for some stew and cornbread. My friend Kylie brought dessert that was heavenly! Here are some pictures from this weekend that I wanted to share. I am also really excited to vote tomorrow and find out how the election will turn out...get out there and put make your vote count!

Kara and me....yeehaw!
Kara and Curtis....howdy!
A pretty tree...
Yep, taken in Target's parking lot...
Pumpking cookies with icing...
The HUGE pot of stew....LOTS of leftovers!

The so good cake that Kylie made (the one where you poke holes in it and pour in caramel!!)Molly and her baby girl Elena...over a month old now!

Jenny and her sweet little girl Eva....
Linds on bottle duty....

I think this picture shows how we all felt after a very filling meal.....full and drowsy! Nothing cuter than a drunk little baby!!

Happy Halloween!

From Little Red Riding Hood...



At the bar, the creatures that say "Yep yep yep yep yep"....don't remember what they're from...

Marilyn Monroe, a baseball player and Scarlett from Clue...

The Mad Hatter and Alice in Wonderland...

Me with the party host/flight attendant...