He Called In Sick!!

Lunch w/ the Bruns Boys


Ice Skating @ the Ice Terrace

Showing off his mad skillz...

This is me...not falling down!

A lot of people wanted to skate.

Us :)

Crown Center Christmas Tree

Shopping at Crown Center

Chip's Chocolate Factory: playing w/ chocolate!

Christmas 2010!

Christmas Eve:
Andrew's Family's Christmas Eve Party
Andrew as Santa!!
My Family's Christmas Eve Party:

The Kids!

Hahaha....VJ!!

The 'Extended Family'

Christmas Midnight Mass

Christmas Day:
Christmas Brunch and Presents
Andrew's Mom
Andrew's Brother's Dinner
Andrew's Dad

College Days Again

Sarah and I spent the whole day together:

IHOP for breakfast
watched Bridget Jones' Diary
Pei Wei for lunch w/ Andrew
watched Love Actually
Westport Flea Market for dinner
(where I met a couple of Tom's friends)
saw Ultimate Fakebook at the recordBar

Manhattan Again?!?

Lazy day at work before the holiday break.  Had lunch with Tanner at Taj Mahal before he left work.  Spent the rest of the day counting down until I left work...

Went to the Pomeroy Concert with Andrew.  Saw Anything But Joey play, which is Bryan Chesen's band.  Met up with Adam and Brandi.  I got to meet Bryan's wife, Katie, for the first time since we became facebook friends.  :)

Unfortunately, we had to leave before the concert was over because Sarah drove in from Wichita and came into town a little early.  She was waiting for Andrew and I outside of the house.  It was good to see her again!!  We stayed up pretty late just catching up on everything...

1st Hockey Game :)

Went to my very first hockey game today:

Evansville Icemen vs. Missouri Mavericks

@ the Independence Events Center

They had TWO zambonis going!

The final score was 11 to 4...

We get a free Backyard Burger with our tickets because 6 goals were scored.  Andrew and I got free Noodles & Company because we caught tickets they threw out.  I didn't really get to see a fight, but I did see a lot of bodies being hit against the glass!!  :)

Work Recognition

GammaTracker

R&D Magazine

2010 R&D 100 Award

My name was mispronounced during the recognition luncheon (big surprise) but at least they spelled my name right on the plaque.  I attended the GammaTracker Recognition in the 'President's Conference Room' this afternoon.  *nicest conference room I've ever been in!!

The Signs...

I'm starting to get depressed again...
The days are shorter and there's not enough sunlight for me.
It's cold outside and I hate going out with the weather like this.
I'm eating more and gaining weight.
I have no motivation to workout.
I need to do something about this before I weight 200 lbs and want to kill myself.

This Is The Christmas Season!

Spent most of the day relaxing on the couch...
Decorated the gingerbread house last night:

Dinner at Genghis Khan Mongolian Grill with Andrew, Dad, Melissa, and Andy.

The Nutcracker Ballet at the Kansas City Music Hall with Andrew, Dad, and Melissa.

Picked up coffee and played board games (Taboo, Apples to Apples) until 3:00 in the morning.

It was a great night!!

Languages of Love

Andrew and I started reading this:

Team Jacob

I had breakfast at IHOP with Dad, Melissa, and Andrew.  I ordered the Banana Nut French Toast Combo...mmmmm!!

Melissa had a present for me from Andy:

An 'Eclipse' Jacob poster!  :)
I stuck it up in the basement where I workout.  It's my motivation to get skinny.
Clay and Kyle came over this afternoon to watch the KU game with Andrew.  I made Velveeta/Rotel dip for them and Andrew started a fire in the fireplace.  For dinner they went to Austin's Bar and Grill and came back saying it wasn't that good.  :(
I talked to Jacob (from work, not the movie, lol) and he complained about Katy.  He asked to come over after he attends a 'kickball' party that he was invited to.  Hopefully, he has fun at the party.

New Things!!

Had my first yoga classes at New Day Yoga; Core Pilates and Hatha Yoga with instructor Jim Graham.
http://www.newdayyogastudio.com/Home.htm

Received my new favorite food in the mail today:

Wafels & Dinges All Natural Spekuloos Spread!

It's a Belgian Gingerbread Cookie spread.  

Is it better than Nutella?  If not, it comes pretty damn close!!

Bad Food Day...

I just kept eating and eating today.  Change kept going into the vending machine and I just got anything that looked good.  I'm not really quite sure what came over me.  Since it started, I just kept going.  Ate the lunch I made and brought from home, bought spaghetti from the cafeteria, left work early and got Sheridan's frozen custard.  Rummaged through the kitchen and ate anything that looked appealing while sitting on my ass in the couch.  While I was updating my facebook profile and watching The Bounty Hunter, I just kept eating whatever I could find.  I figured that I lost the day so I might as well just go with it and eat everything that I can...just for today.  At the end of the day I felt horrible.  I need a reset button...

You Know It's Fall When...

You've got a fire roaring in the fireplace!  :)

Harry Potter movies were on TV while we played Scattergories.

Christmas Decorations!

Andrew and I bought our first 'major' purchase together: a $200 artificial Christmas Tree!  :D hahahaha....

We put up what little Christmas decorations I own and watched the ending of LOST.  Great way to spend a Saturday night.