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Friday, November 28, 2008
The day of Thanks
2008 Thanksgiving Rundown:
5:08am-Wake up and prepare to hit the pavement for the Macy's Day parade. Hot cocoa, pumpkin cookies, and camping chairs in tow.
6:00am-Meet up with the rest of the parade-ies
6:30-9:00am-Man our parade spot. This means blocking out small children (I know, how cruel of us to deny the youngsters a front row spot for the parade...but, they should have been earlier) Last minute bathroom break, eat too many cookies, hang out with great friends, freeze our lil hineys off.
9:0-11:00am-Enjoy the floats, clowns, and parade excitement.
2:30pm-Pop the turkey in the oven
4:00-Welcome the Brenchley's to our home for Thanksgiving dinner. Natasha brought rolls that were BY FAR the highlight of dinner.
8:00pm-said good bye to our friends
9:30pm-Took Nyquil to fight this cold and went to la la land.
We have so much to be thankful for. I have an awesome husb who takes good care of me and doesn't complain that I am jobless. We have great families who love us and want us to be happy, and we have great friends who we consider family while we live in New York.
I hope everyone had a great day and enjoyed it as much as we did!
5:08am-Wake up and prepare to hit the pavement for the Macy's Day parade. Hot cocoa, pumpkin cookies, and camping chairs in tow.
6:00am-Meet up with the rest of the parade-ies
6:30-9:00am-Man our parade spot. This means blocking out small children (I know, how cruel of us to deny the youngsters a front row spot for the parade...but, they should have been earlier) Last minute bathroom break, eat too many cookies, hang out with great friends, freeze our lil hineys off.
9:0-11:00am-Enjoy the floats, clowns, and parade excitement.
2:30pm-Pop the turkey in the oven
4:00-Welcome the Brenchley's to our home for Thanksgiving dinner. Natasha brought rolls that were BY FAR the highlight of dinner.
8:00pm-said good bye to our friends
9:30pm-Took Nyquil to fight this cold and went to la la land.
We have so much to be thankful for. I have an awesome husb who takes good care of me and doesn't complain that I am jobless. We have great families who love us and want us to be happy, and we have great friends who we consider family while we live in New York.
I hope everyone had a great day and enjoyed it as much as we did!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
We're back!!!
Internet has been down in the Eastman apartment...for the last week. URGH! I didn't realize how much I wanted, needed, loved the internet until I didn't have access to it.
After the Time Warner techie came to shed some light on the problems, we are up and running. He had the audacity to call me a "slave to entertainment" to which I should have replied one of the following:
"My so called "entertainment" pays your dolla dolla billz"
"I know, crazy, I want to actually USE a service I am paying for"
"So, what?"
So, if anyone has posted anything funny, interesting, shocking, etc. and are thinking "why hasn't Heather or Jed commented on this great news" give us a bit. We are on a bit of internet overload. Lots of people.com to catch up on.
But, we are back. SO happy to be here.
After the Time Warner techie came to shed some light on the problems, we are up and running. He had the audacity to call me a "slave to entertainment" to which I should have replied one of the following:
"My so called "entertainment" pays your dolla dolla billz"
"I know, crazy, I want to actually USE a service I am paying for"
"So, what?"
So, if anyone has posted anything funny, interesting, shocking, etc. and are thinking "why hasn't Heather or Jed commented on this great news" give us a bit. We are on a bit of internet overload. Lots of people.com to catch up on.
But, we are back. SO happy to be here.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
MC
Is it me or does Mariah Carey get you in the mood for Christmas more than anyone else??? I cleaned the apartment spotless this morning whilst rocking out to Merry Christmas Mariay Carey. Let's hope she brings cheer to all of your holidays as well!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
I was harassed...
By this little guy at the laundromat.
As many of you know (because I post about it every 3 months or so) doing laundry in NYC is not fun. Dragging clothes up and down the stairs, walking around the corner, waiting for the clothes, blah blah blah. But, to top it off, our laundromat is also know as a jungle gym for little kids. I am talking scooters, toys, screaming, running, climbing in carts, laying in the middle of the floor, etc.
I usually keep my cool because after all, they are just kids, and most don't have a yard to play in, so I give them the benefit of the doubt, and let them run amok.
This particular night, I am waiting for clothes to dry and talking to my sis on my phone, when this little boy (David is his name) came and sat by me. I don't really mean sat by me as much as I mean invaded my personal space. He turned his whole body so he was facing me and I could feel two beady eyes staring at me.
I was looking around for his mom/guardian only to find out his so called "guardian" was his TWELVE year old brother (who was on a scooter to boot.)
So, after ignoring lil David, I start to feel poking and someone caressing my shoulder and arm, and look over to see his little face about an inch from mine saying "let me see your phone" (keep in mind, I am ON the phone) I sweetly said "no" he said "why" I said, "because it's mine" (a little childish, but hey, it is mine!)
This conversation went on for about 10 minutes. David is fake crying in his arms, when his mom walks in. I am not sure if I was set up for this or what, but I did my best to ignore the situation. Apparently David recovered, because next thing I know, his little hand was on my leg, consoling me for making him cry.
I thought we made amends until I hear "let me see your phone."
Who would have thought cleaning my clothes could end with a restraining order? Just kidding!
As many of you know (because I post about it every 3 months or so) doing laundry in NYC is not fun. Dragging clothes up and down the stairs, walking around the corner, waiting for the clothes, blah blah blah. But, to top it off, our laundromat is also know as a jungle gym for little kids. I am talking scooters, toys, screaming, running, climbing in carts, laying in the middle of the floor, etc.
I usually keep my cool because after all, they are just kids, and most don't have a yard to play in, so I give them the benefit of the doubt, and let them run amok.
This particular night, I am waiting for clothes to dry and talking to my sis on my phone, when this little boy (David is his name) came and sat by me. I don't really mean sat by me as much as I mean invaded my personal space. He turned his whole body so he was facing me and I could feel two beady eyes staring at me.
I was looking around for his mom/guardian only to find out his so called "guardian" was his TWELVE year old brother (who was on a scooter to boot.)
So, after ignoring lil David, I start to feel poking and someone caressing my shoulder and arm, and look over to see his little face about an inch from mine saying "let me see your phone" (keep in mind, I am ON the phone) I sweetly said "no" he said "why" I said, "because it's mine" (a little childish, but hey, it is mine!)
This conversation went on for about 10 minutes. David is fake crying in his arms, when his mom walks in. I am not sure if I was set up for this or what, but I did my best to ignore the situation. Apparently David recovered, because next thing I know, his little hand was on my leg, consoling me for making him cry.
I thought we made amends until I hear "let me see your phone."
Who would have thought cleaning my clothes could end with a restraining order? Just kidding!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Falling in love with Fall!
I love fall. I think I have mentioned this about 50 times, but I really do. I have different reasons for loving fall in NYC than I did in Utah.
#1. The fact that the humid summer is coming to a close makes me happy!
#2. The leaves. Now, of course, going to school in Logan Utah (ie. the most fallish place in Utah (in my opinion)) I fell in love with the leaves changing colors. But, seeing leaves change colors here just makes the whole CITY scene more beautiful!
#3. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade (need I say more? Yes? ok) Waking up at 5:00am to meet friends, eating donuts and other treats, playing games while the parade starts, seeing the iconic floats, fighting the MILLIONS of people when the parade is over...just to be followed up by a HUGE dinner? Nothing better!
#4. We all know that once fall is in the air, Christmas is right around the corner. And, I was out on a walk last week and noticed that snowflakes, garland, and lights have been strewn around Queens.
#5. Pumpkin Patches. The patch we went to in Connecticut was too adorable and made me want to move to CT and start my career as a pumpkin farmer.
#6. Warm days, chilly nights.
#7. This picture:
#1. The fact that the humid summer is coming to a close makes me happy!
#2. The leaves. Now, of course, going to school in Logan Utah (ie. the most fallish place in Utah (in my opinion)) I fell in love with the leaves changing colors. But, seeing leaves change colors here just makes the whole CITY scene more beautiful!
#3. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade (need I say more? Yes? ok) Waking up at 5:00am to meet friends, eating donuts and other treats, playing games while the parade starts, seeing the iconic floats, fighting the MILLIONS of people when the parade is over...just to be followed up by a HUGE dinner? Nothing better!
#4. We all know that once fall is in the air, Christmas is right around the corner. And, I was out on a walk last week and noticed that snowflakes, garland, and lights have been strewn around Queens.
#5. Pumpkin Patches. The patch we went to in Connecticut was too adorable and made me want to move to CT and start my career as a pumpkin farmer.
#6. Warm days, chilly nights.
#7. This picture:
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Happy Halloween!
Last year our Halloween kind of fell flat...our fault. So this year we decided to really step it up a notch.
Last night we had a few of our friends over for the first annual Spooktacular Spookies party. We ate scary treats and watched The Office (although I think we were all disappointed at the lack of Halloween in the episode).
Today I took the day off from work and we rented a car and drove up to Connecticut to see the leaves and visit a fun little pumpkin farm. We also took a tour around some of the Connecticut neighborhoods...they all looked pretty tempting, but for now I think we're staying put. We loved the farm, the houses, the leaves and of course the pumpkins.
After our fall tour through Connecticut it was time to get ready for our ward Halloween party. Again, last year's performance was not so good...this year, well see for yourselves. We had a great Halloween and loved seeing all of our friends in their costumes.
Happy Halloween everyone!
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