I was thinking today. In Febuary the day I left for Hawaai it was -20 degrees (F) . The last two days (july 20th and 21st) here it was in the 90's. Only in Minnesota can there be a 110 degree temperature difference in 6 months, Don't you just love it?

Yesterday was only the second day the newset Ikea store was open. Lucky for me I had the day off and it is close to my house. Let me tell you, it is quite awesome! First of all it is Huge, unbelivably huge. It is three floors. Think three home depots stacked on eachother. It has amazingly neat showrooms full of furniture, furnishings and fun products. Second of all, it is CHEAP. The stuff is really trendy and modern, any had has somthing for everyone. It is all resonably priced, so muc...

These are some things I would like to do, some this summer, some this year and some before I die.... So here they are in no particular order... 1. Have children 2.buy a house 3. learn to knit 4.finish a quilt I started for my hubby 3 years ago 5. get a full arm henna 6. Go to Japan 7. Bring my husband to Germany 8.Make a difference in a strangers life. 9. Give unselfishly 10. Milk a cow 11. skydive 12. finish my degree 13. take a road trip with no direction and no plan 14. can...

Lately I have been feeling sorry for myself. Not like a "I hate my life" type of pity,but a more of a "booo-hoo woe is me." I feel like I am not happy with where I am in life. I know part of this is to do with things I can somewhat control, and I am fine with that. It is the embracing of thigs uncontrorable that drives me to tears. I am tonight writing about things I can not control, that make my life hard. First off I am sick. I think often back to what my now husband wa...

Now That I have moved out of the suburbs and into downtown Minneapolis, I have had many eye-opening experiences that are starting to change the way I think. Not a day goes by where I don't see a homless person. On the drive home from work it is one on each corner of the freeway exit. They have shifts and days I 'm starting to notice. The Native in his forties, begging for cash is there saturdays afternoon. The black man in his 30's only want cash and smokes. The day I gave him a lighter, h...

After reading Jaime's blog I had a craving for some culver's frozen custard. So Jay and I went to Culver's for a treat. I had a double scoop of chocolate and vanilla frozen custard. And it was good.......

I am super excited! A wonderfully nice co-worker of mine is switching shifts with me so I can get to go to my audition this Saturday. I ralked to the head of the team that is casting, and preference will be given to models over 5ft 6in... Woo hoo I am 5'8!!! And thin lanky chicas, a I skinny as can be and lanky like a giraffe..... So I am hopeful, but not overally, that I will get to do this, since there is not a lot of chances to do runway work in Minnesota... So wish me luck!

Jaysen refuses to go to a barber or hair stylist to get his hair cut. He thinks it a waste of money and does it at home. It had been about 3 weeks since his last cut and he was deciding whether to trim it, or do a shorter buzz cut. He decided on the short buzz, and accidently put the wrong gaurd on. Of course (since the common sense did not prevail) He ran the clippers down the middle of his head, and was shocked. I now have a bald close shaven head hubby! Thank goodness that his hair g...

After a super crappy day at work, I got home about 7:45 and was exhausted. My darling hubby was watching the twins game and didn't want to miss a second, and I was to tired to even zap somthing in the microwave. My Jasyen asked how I felt about Chinese... I felt great about it! We called in an order to Happy Garden Chinese in Downtown Minneapolis. In less then 15 minutes a nice guy showed up with a bag full of treats. Chicken fried rice and Jasmine rice for me, Beef fried rice and sweet an...

Ok I think I need to learn the lesson of NOT keeping things that are heavy on shelve above my head! I just had Jaysens tool box fall out of the hall closet and onto my foot, while tring to pull off a bag on the same shelf. OWWWWWW! It hurts bad. I cant tell if it is worse when I put weight on it, I think it just plain hurts. THere is a nice little bruise already though! You would think we would have learned this lesson before. I mean, Jaysen had the Iron fall on his head while putti...

I had high expectations of my day off today. I was going to get up early, clean the house, do laundry, pay bills and call my Grandma and see if she wanted to go to lunch. Instead it is now noon and I have done nothing. I watched Saved by the Bell, and the news. I need to move off my butt! Maybe a nap would motivate me! Just kidding, I think the first step is getting out of my pajamas!

This morning I got a call from an friend Kristy and it really made my day. Kristy and I worked together last year and really hit it off. We spent a ton of time together, and she even lived at our house for a while. In Febuary she moved back to Michigan, and we kind of lost touch. We moved, and our phone number changed, Our cell phone numbers changed, and she does not use email. Then the phone rang this morning and my Kristy is on the line! She had tracked down my number. (Which is amaz...

Why did I drink a soda at 10 pm? It is now 2:15 am and no sleep in sight!!!!! I tried laying down for an hour to no avail. I was sure I would be fine having a can of Cherry Pepsi. Apparently not. I need to be up for work in 5 and 1/2 hours, and I can't even fall asleep. Bah! I have a feeling come 7 am, I will feel like I could sleep just fine. Story of my life!

Tonight Jay and I went to Ikea to get a new duvet cover. Unfortunatly they were out of stock for the one I wanted, so the old one is just going to have to do for the time being. Luckily though we got a new coffee table that works really well for our living room, it is more sturdy and a better match to the wood on our entertainment center. Best of all it was dirt cheap!!!!! I really like Ikea and all, but I notice that the lights there give me a headache, so I am not as much a fan as I w...