Sarah’sTim Blog

Swings

I love the swings.  I mean I love roller coasters too, especially the crazy ones that go upside down and all of that.  The there is something simple about the swings.  I wasn’t sure that a swing ride could top the swings at Navy Pier.  But when the carnies take a smoke break during your ride, making your swing time even longer…there is no comparison.   Thankfully Suzy loves the swings as much as I do!  We had a blast together this past weekend.

Also?  Is it so wrong that I really want to make this?  Ok, well really I want someone else to make it for me and just give me some.  For my birthday maybe?  You know, coming up.

Plotting

Dear St. Louis,

Watch out.

Love, Sarah

Yay!  Looks like I am going to St. Louis for the 4th to visit Suzy and family.  I haven’t been in years, but its always a good time.  A trip to the arch is a must (we have to go every time, but can’t beat the time that those people were doing the polka in front of us in line and Abby hated riding in the egg and there is the picture of Suzy’s hand on the cow’s butt in the exhibit even though she was only demonstrating) and maybe camping!

Tim will be at home studying, but also hosting a bachelor party.  Yeah!

Happy Valentines Day Everyone

Tricks and Treats

Tonight I was lucky enough to go trick-or-treating with a Girl Robot and a Corpse Bride. So cool! I haven’t been trick or treating since probably sophomore year in high school, when I went with Gina and gang as a skier (hey! It was snowing!) almost 20 years ago.

In other news, the IU gang is on its way here this weekend for a reunion. Beware….

Four Years

Lest you say that we weren’t meant to be together….we swore we weren’t going to get each other anything for our anniversary. Turns out we both secretly broke the rule and bought a present. Surprise! The exact same present. Gnome presents. How strange is that?

Not to get too cheesy, but four years ago today I married my soul mate. Looking back to that day and over the last couple of years, I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. No question.

Happy Anniversary Sweet Pea.

Webs

It’s October! I have gotten my Halloween decorations out and hung the lights, but we left the 6ft tall Grim Reaper in San Antonio (as a surprise in the attic!) I would get creeped out every now and then catching a glimpse of the Reaper out a window after having forgotten he was there. Tim and I also used to move him around on each other to maximize the scary potential. Despite all of those heart thumping times, I am missing him.

I hope to have one little project done in the next couple of days so I can send off! Pictures will follow.

Grotto Birthday Flowers

I work in an office nicknamed ‘The Grotto’. What seems to be an offhand nickname is, upon my 5 week reflection, more than a nickname, it is the official institutional name of the location of our printer. It is also a way of life. My coworker said the other day, ‘What happens in the grotto, stays in the grotto’. She’s right. Oh, and their names are Bobby and Shawn and they are both women. And no, those aren’t aliases.

They also got me birthday flowers today.

Tim picked me up from work and we spent 5 million dollars on furniture (though we got a 10% discount on volume) and then had a birthday spread at Cafe D’jango. Yum.

One piece of the 5 million dollar furniture gets delivered tomorrow. Expect pictures.

Holy 2007 Batman

Happy 2007 everyone! I returned last night from Florida, so didn’t exactly have a rockin new year, but am very excited for the changes that might be taking place over the next year. I wish all my family and friends the best for 2007.

Spent most of today doing the usual getting home things, laundry, grocery, etc. I talked to Regina today who reminded me to get out my black eyed peas, so made a quick salad. How can I afford to neglect something that will bring me good luck and financial well being in the new year (along with some leafy greens).

Between working on Ashley’s quilt and reading a suggestion from Mitch, I will be putting up pictures of Florida and working on my book list for 2006. Soon, very soon, I promise.

Beir bua agus beannacht!
Best Wishes!

Happy Festivus!

Hope everyone had a nice holiday! We are still in south Florida waiting for my parents to arrive out of Denver…tonight if everything goes well. The first few days here we had nice weather, so we’ve been to the beach and drove down to the Everglades. In the Everglades we saw lots of alligators (some even really close!) and dolphins uh, frolicking in the waters the bay just north of the gulf of Mexico on our boat tour of the 10,000 islands in the Everglades National Park. Since then we’ve had two days of rain, so had a low key Christmas day including a delicious mixed grill dinner and shopping in the rain today.

Since the rain has kept us in for the last two days, I’ve gotten lots of knitting done on my kitty pi bed, I might even be ready to felt it when I get back. Though I might need to make it a little bigger than the pattern as Loki is a husky cat (he’s just big boned, really!). We also played Euchre, which is a northern midwestern game, which Indiana people take pretty seriously and I think is designed only to confuse me!

Am thinking of my friends and family near and far. I hope all of you had the holiday of your dreams.

Tricked II

This time we got tricked by the weather. My parents were scheduled to fly on Friday, but haven’t yet made it out of Denver due to the huge blizzard. Their flight was cancelled for Friday, and were finally lucky enough to get their flights changed, but not until Tuesday, so we’ll just have to celebrate Christmas late. My mom and I were lucky enough to get our library shifts covered on Saturday (thanks Mimi!), and get our flights changed, so we can extend our holiday a little bit and I can show them around south Florida. Neither my mom or Andrew has been to FL before and after all that snow, I’m sure they could use a little beachy weather.

While we are missing Loki, my inlaws got a mini white schnauzer named Gabe who is very cute. We’ll have to take lots of doggy photos. Actually he is still quite a bit of a puppy with all the hilarity that ensues from that. I brought my knitting project with me and after searching down a knitting store here for the right sized circulars, it is going pretty well. There is a lot of sports on this weekend, so it will be perfect to curl up in the same room and just knit.

Today we went to the beach, saw some dolphins and ate lunch at our favorite waterside restaurant. Tomorrow? Maybe a trip to Tim’s favorite…the Everglades.