Our Poor Car

Mike changing the tire

Tire in the back of the Car look at the rock.
Here is the rock on my hand, the end by my palm is what you see above
About 80% of it was in the tire...

How does that happen?

Wordless Wednesday..

(Carpet on the walls of the rental in Kodiak, yep it is special)

A day in the Life w/ Mike working nights

My Monday
5:30 AM Alarm goes off
5:45 Out of bed and Shower
6:15 Leave the house
6:30 Start work
12-12:30 Lunch
12:30 Start work again
5:00 PM eat a grapefruit for some sugar
5:30 lego robotics (tonight is the last night!!)
7:30 head to gym
9:00 change laundry, have a bowl of soup for dinner, and type up a blog post
9:30 shower
10:00 work on packing a little
10:30-11 read and go to bed

Mikes Monday
5:30 AM get off work and go to gym
7:30 breakfast, shower, and go to bed
4:00 get up, pack some, have a bowl of soup for dinner, and put a load of laundry in
5:20 PM go to work

As you can see on the weeks Mike works nights we do not really see each other, unless I get off work at 4 and go home for dinner or he skips the gym in the morning. I did get to see him for a while yesterday, since he got up in the middle of his "night" to watch the Vikings kick Cowboy's Butts. We are cheering them on to go to the Super Bowl!!

I am so so ready for vacation... now to find time to pack :)

Are we skipping Thanksgiving?

When did Thanksgiving become less important than Halloween and Christmas? Are we skipping Turkey day this year??? Mike and I went to Kohl's and Target last night because I wanted to get something to send to my friend for Thanksgiving, since it is her favorite holiday. So we go in and there are no, that is right ZERO, Thanksgiving decoration left. The store is playing Christmas Music, their Christmas decoration are hung but there are no Thanksgiving or fall decorations... anywhere. We find one hand towel in the clearance section. Then we go to look for a fall table cloth, since we are hosting Thanksgiving. there are about 3 or 4 different styles of fall themed table cloths but all for a oval or circle table, ours is more rectangular... you have to be kidding me!

So I find a couple things to use my $10 Kohl's cash on, since it was about to expire and we head to Target. Target has Christmas stuff up but thankfully did not have Christmas music playing. Again all the fall stuff was on Clearance except for a few basic table cloths that happened to be orange. We did find a Orange fall table cloth that had leaves of it, on clearance. But I am still angry that Thanksgiving is no longer a holiday for the consumer world. I think it is just because stores are trying to get people to buy more for Christmas, since you do not do gifts for Thanksgiving.

I personally Love Thanksgiving. To be around family and friend eating amazing food and stuffing yourself with Turkey! With no requirements of giving gifts! Actually just giving thank for making through the year, for your friends and family, for our health and the experiences that make us who we are.

So my Challenge to you is to Celebrate Thanksgiving, even is the store of America are forgetting about it.

Saturday!

Today was great! We slept in and I made coffee cake for breakfast. On the way to go on a hike we stopped to get gas, across the street from the gas station was a sign that said this:

Wonder what instruments the second band plays :)

Mike and I went to Kincaid Park on a hike and picked some raspberries.

I am going to make scones with the raspberries tomorrow! Then we went to Kohl's and each got a new pair of shoes. Tonight we had halibut with veggies and Parmesan pasta, it was so yummy.