Christmas Exhaustion, Over....

SOOOOOOOOOO Christmas is over. After hours of hellish traveling delays, I finally made it to the Lou for some X-mas activities. Everything went well, I got all my gifts (phew) and fun was had. I'm only posting this because Katie requested pics, however, I don't really have too many. I would say so far the prize for the best (errr worst) gift goes to Angie with a Paper Shredder...anyone got something worse (err better)? Also, I'm in the super bowl this week for both my fantasy leagues. Awesome? I think so.

So this is Christmas......

Okay, So I have finally excepted the fact that it is winter/Christmas, however, that does not mean I have actually taken any action. So far, I have one Christmas gift. That's right, count it, add it up, it comes out to 1. I probably need to buy about 20? So things are looking promising. Hmm...I think I was forced to accept the cold weather when I walked out to the car on Tuesday and my locks were frozen shut on both car doors. After about 10 minutes of throwing all my weight into it (we are talking foot up, muscles straining) I have to give up. How shall I get into my car to get to my crappy job? Hmmm...why not crawl through the trunk. Who doesn't want to do that at 7 in the morning. So after that little excursion, I have accepted winter (well that an the 14 inches of snow we have). Now I just need to get into action......uck.

Let it snow Let it snow Let it snow..(errr....)

And we had our first snow here. Sigh. So instead of playing in it and being happy, I am posting this picture of where I would like to be instead (hint: Mexico). Is anyone else freezy yet? We need to get an X-mas tree soon, which is exciting, but I also have ZERO x-mas presents, which is not quite as exciting. As I continue looking at this picture, why does Angie look black compared to us!? Besides that, we have some upcoming tacky christmas sweater parties which I am looking forward too, but really that's it. Boring boring winter.....someone asked me today what my favorite flower was and I realized I don't actually know, so I will go ahead and let you guys pick for me..what should my favorite flower be?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Oh dear. It's all over.....THANK GOD. The Thanksgiving Dinner we threw on Thursday night went pretty well. The concern of fitting 20 people into our apartment were unfounded (well not really, but no one cared after some wine!) So 23 people and 29 pounds of turkey later (right?! i thought that was too much!) everyone was well fed and had a good time. I took a bunch of pictures, but I will just give you a small photo essay below (because you are o so concerned) And now I get to have Thanksgiving # 2 on Thursday. Luckily, not hosting! Any thoughts on ANTM picks this week?



Setting the ambiance......(or something)

THE TURKEY!! (I heard it was delicious...)

I themed it Cowboys vs Indians on the e-vite as a joke and a few people actually went for it...here is Tina with her feather and below is Angie (stealing a hat from one of the guys...) we didn't have a traditional throwdown after dinner because everyone was too full........

And finally, we ended the night with some fun games. Here is Mehta trying to sculpt a gummy bear. You could pick between charades, drawing, sculpting or humming to get your word across, and it pretty much led to the funniest quote of the night. Kevin chose sculpt and tried to sculpt air jordan's by making a tennis shoe with a wing on it, and NO ONE could get it...(it was bad...) Kevin felt bad and Tina politely said "Don't be too hard on yourself, it's not like you could have chose to draw a pair of shoes with a 23 on them" We should have more game nights..what other games do people have fun playing?

MYLEE JAYNE

Here is the newest addition to the family, Mylee Jayne Costa! Born on Saturday November 10, 2007. Isn't she beautiful!?!?!? And congratulations to Bridget and Brian, the new parents. I can't wait to go home and play with the babies at Thanksgiving...This weekend was crazy..work bowling thing, chicago trip for Laura's bday, and Modest Mouse concert. Thank god I have the day off for Veteran's Day (suckers...) Okay, back to laying around and catching back up from the weekend.....

Milawaukeh..As the Algonquin's Say...

This weekend was pretty fun! Linda and Mike Horan came up to Milwaukee to visit (a.k.a. Mom and Dad). They came up Thursday and stayed all the way until Sunday! Of course, I couldn't quite get off work, so on Friday they took a little tour of Milwaukee and headed down to our beautiful Art Museum we were able to walk around the city. The stay also included approximately 5 lbs of weight gainage! We went to approximately 100 restaurants, but all in all it was a good trip, and I'm glad they made it up north! Soon to be organized...Thanksgiving dinner. Eeek. Updates on that craziness to come......that's all for now. Oh yes, did I mention, 1st place in my fantasy football league? Thought so!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN (one day late)

Just wanted to make sure I said Happy Halloween!! At work, Jess had a scarecrow contest, where they had to create their own scare crow for cash prizes (she works at an old concert hall) so we spent (mostly Jess) time creating this in the Apartment. Twisted right?! She won second prize. Hope everyone had a good Halloween!