Friday, February 27, 2009

Circling the Drain


I am in the middle of tax time. 7 Saturdays left. Then I will back to my good old fun life that I took for granted. I am so far behind on blog-stalking. It's just killing me. I am even further behind on posting! Did you even know we started to remodel our basement? Today Teague is coming over to do our electric work. TODAY! And you didn't even know I started.

What has become of us?

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Winger's and Erin

5 or 6 years ago I was a waitress at Winger's. I love sticky fingers. But when I worked there- sticky fingers weren't even out yet! Anyway- I was single and worked there with Tori Bori Allis and met TONS of other people. I have done okay job at keeping up with them. And last week we all got together and went to dinner. Even though years had passed since we had seen each other everyone was their same old goofy selves. It was a blast. This one still hated her husband- that one was pregnant again- we recounted tales of waitressing and all talked about our lives and husbands and anything that came up. I always get nervous to go out with people I haven't seen in a long time because I know I am different now. (People keep telling me I am quieter. I know. I know. You would have hated me if I was any louder, right?)

Anyway- it was such a relief to be with my old friends and feel a part of that group still. Erin is the hot blonde sitting next to me. I am the sexy brunette in the orange sweater. *wink* She is hilarious and has no idea that she is. She's from Canada. And has this accent that only occasionally comes out. It's pretty funny. She says "surry" instead of "sorry." Her hair is incredibly long and so soft. Erin was always nagging me to replace the Sani buckets. (a little waitress jargon for ya there.) A lot of times if we were closing together and had to roll all the silverware (because we let people go without rolling it) we would sing church hymns. Nearer My God To Thee was our favorite. She's a beautiful alto. We were supposed to wear non-slip shoes but Erin always wore these snazzy, deep red, alligator print clogs instead. They were more comfortable to her. And she was always giving me advice about boys. Mostly, never get married, don't date, boys are jerks. I love her. I was apparently feeling a little nostalgia towards Erin today. I still love all my other Winger's girls, don't worry babes.

Ball of The Sweethearts



Friday night me and my squeeze went to the Sweetheart Ball. Our ward puts it on and it was amazing. Hands down- best Sweet Hearts Ball to DATE! The gym was all done up so SO cute. It reminded me of a high school dance. The lights were turned down low... there were balloons hanging from the ceiling... we were served dinner. And let me tell you. Dinner was HOT. For pretty much the first time ever at a ward function we were served warm food. Loved it. My sister, Julie, met me at work and did my hair and makeup and gave me a little black dress to wear. It was so fun. We were chosen to play the Newlywed game. We were the newest married and still lost. I freeze under pressure. I forget everything. Including what my favorite food is. (Hot dogs.) Ken really wanted to win and whined about it for DAYS afterwards. I don't know why- we all got chocolates just for playing! It was a good kick-off to the Valentine's Day holiday. There was music and dancing all night. Ken didn't want to dance there. So we had our own spin around the ballroom at home.