Post, the last

10, 9, 8........
Go back and check out my posting from January 1 of this year, this is too cool. Last year I spent New Years at The Imp, then at Jenny and Jason's. I dug that same outfit (plus accessories) out of the closet for this year, then re-created the picture, complete with the finger over the flash. How cool is that?

7, 6, 5........
Last year I resolved to: Keep myself better organized- Yes, I managed to, although I'm not quite where I want to be yet, I have a lot more places for things, with more things in their places. Buy a house-Done and done! If you missed it, go back and check out April and May. I couldn't be happier with the place. Lose weight-Maybe a little........Okay, so I have something to work on for 2009.

4, 3, 2.........
I'm sad this blog is about to come to a close, and yes, a little relieved. It's difficult blogging every single day, and I didn't miss a single one, even when I didn't have internet access. I kept the laptop next to me and typed up the entry in a notebook entry. Really! I will continue to keep a photo blog, however, just not daily. Follow me on over to http://www.sugarbumkin.blogspot.com

1...........
Happy New Year.

Chi-Chi a Go-Go

Today was a blur of airplanes and airports. We got up and went into Reno, where we found out our flight was going to be just barely too full for us to get on. (As in, we would have only had room for half the family to be able to go) So we decided to go home via a different (as in crazy) route. Reno-Boise-Salt Lake City-Chicago-Kansas City. Read that again, seriously. Just let it sink in. Yup. It was the only way. The good news is, the first THREE legs of the flight were on the same plane so we simply sat on the plane, it emptied, filled back up, and we continued on on the same aircraft. Unfortunately, that also means we couldn't get out to get books (aaaah, I ran out on the first flight!) or food. Luckily, we had a scant half hour layover in Chicago and were able to eat there. We walked to the food court, got food, snapped a picture, and walked on to the flight to Kansas City. *Sigh....* Chicago. How I loved being there, how I miss it. I really want to take the girls and Jason and show them what I did, what I saw while there. I could seriously move there and be happy, I love that city. Here's a picture of Jason and the girls next to a trash can with the same logo on it as the picture I took my last day in Chicago this Summer (check the beginning of August, it's that Friday's picture) Jason wondered why I was going to take it and I said, "Well, I already have one of ME next to the poster......." We touched down in Kansas City a little after six and I had Jason drop me off at Hype 7 rehearsal. Tiffany gave me a TON of Kinder eggs from Germany. Score! Hey, America, thanks to your sue happy stupidity we can't legally have awesome things like Kinder in America. (Duh.....it's a non food in chocolate, that must mean we're supposed to eat it! Now let me eat the prize from my cereal box, too.......duhhhhhh.....) When I came home after, Sparticus was so happy to see me. I missed him, cutie kitty. It's good to be back home.

You owe me an IOU

In the stockings my mom had prepared for us yesterday was a post it note that said "Admit one to Despereaux" Today she made good on her post its. (I like post its. You can trust them.) The movie was really cute, we enjoyed it. I love how in this picture everyone knew I was taking it, but the girls are too fixated on the popcorn in front of them to care. (FYI-it looks dark, but I assure you I took this picture BEFORE the movie started, not during.) After the movie we drove around looking at Christmas lights then took Lynette back to her place. We put the girls to bed and Jason called to make sure we were good on our flights and he was told, "Oh yeah. There's no way you're getting on a flight tomorrow." Um......okay......so we checked online to see what else we could do, what kind of funky connection we could make (Reno-Chicago-Kansas City? Or perhaps through Portland? Arrgh!) when we noticed how cheap the flights from Reno-Vegas-Kansas City were. So he called again and they told him, "Oh yeah, your flight looks great. No worries." Wait, what? Give us information that is accurate and trustworthy, please. So it looks like tomorrow should be okay....now let's see if we can pack all these gifts into the two carry on suitcases we brougth with us.......

Mum's the word

Isn't my mommy the purdiest? Her so cuuuuute! Today we celebrated Christmas with my folks and Lynette. Leigha oh so conveniently just HAPPENED to find only her and Brianna's presents when we first began opening things, and was disappointed to find toward the end that all the rest belonged to Jason and I. Funny how that works. At one my maternal grandparents, Uncle Scott, Aunt Susan, cousins Kate and Zak, Uncle Jacque and Aunt Laurie all showed up and we had a 'New Year's' party. We had snacky foods, played games, and told stories. My family has some of the best stories of all time, seriously. There's a trivia game we play at family reunions to see if you can match which person said or did this or that. It's fun! My mom gave me the Christmas newsletter today and I read through it. Much to my amusement, my dad actually plugged a link to this blog in it. If you're a family member who was lead to this blog from the newsletter, hey, what's up? Oh yeah, and why haven't you commented to let me know you're reading this? Sneaky, sneaky! After everyone had gone home the girls and I watched Mamma Mia! with Lynette and my mom. It was a really cute, super fun movie, I enjoyed it. Oh yeah, and while they were doing that, Jason totally smoked my dad at Wii golf in the other room.

Airportin'

Today we got up and went to the airport. Flying standby is not at all fun this time of year, but the fact remains that I would like to see my family, they live far away, and this is the only way to do so for us, financially speaking. So we play the game of "What airline/route/city has the most available seats?" Nine times out of ten we end up calling my parents from a random airport and telling them "We'll be in {city} in about two hours. Start driving!" Today we happened to have to fly into Sacramento via Denver (the original plan was to be in Reno via Las Vegas...two bumps, a shuffle, and a "get off the plane there's been a problem, no wait you're good, go back on the plane" later and we ended up getting on a flight.) The West coast is seriously spread out, airport-wise, compared to the East. Trying to get into Northern Nevada is difficult sometimes. At least Sacramento is only a three hour drive (compared to the next closest cities, San Fran, Boise, and Las Vegas, which are about six.) We landed at 7:30, had some In-N-Out Burger, then took I-80 into Reno, picking up my sister, Lynette, on the way to the house. Aaaaaand....now it's time to crash, I'm uber zonked.

Grussgott, y'all!

Happy Boxing day, everyone! Show those nun puppets who's boss! Today was uber happy. I got to see my Tiffanytiff for the first time in like seven months! She's back in town visiting the folks for Christmas. It was so great to see her! We met up for sushi and perused the mall, then I bought her some Starbucks and we came back to my place so we could talk unimpeded by mad shoppers out for blood. She told me stories from Germany, I showed her around my place (we had just moved in before she left), it was really nice. After she left I started sewing furiously with my new toy. (Ahh, it's awesome! Love it!) I found the cutest pattern for a wraparound dress with a circle skirt for Bri. She's going to just adore it, I can't wait to finish it and see what she thinks. I couldn't play any Guitar hero until Jason came home since we accidentally left the Wii power cord at the airport yesterday, but that's all right. After the girls went to bed we quickly began rectifying the situation. I don't like World Tour as much as the last one, they super simplified some of the songs and they got rid of the fun quotes and put up lame "helpful hints" between songs. Blecch. The good news is I can still play Midori. I love her, she's adorable!

The eagle may soar...but the weasel never gets sucked into a jet engine.

Merry Christmas from my family to yours, whoever you may be! We got up early this morning and unwrapped our presents. Although there were no hula hoops or hippopotami, we all got some special gifts. The girls got their hot chocolate mugs and rag rugs that I had made, along with some other things, Jason got the special present that I waited in line for on Black Friday (Guitar Hero World Tour, wo0t!) and I got a brand new sewing machine! (squee!!! It's so nice and it's magical!) Jason had to work today, poor thing. He's the only one who works day shift on Thursdays (excluding his manager who has today off because it's Christmas.......), so instead of him spending the day all alone at the airport and us all alone at the house, we decided to all go to the airport for the day! Here's how it works: Planes come in every couple hours or so and Jason works furiously for a half hour...ish....assuming there's no delay or call from another airline with an issue (not all airlines have mechanics at every airport and if there's an issue they pay another airline for the use of their mechanic for however long it takes to get the issue resolved.) Between planes, there's not a whole lot to do on a regular day. So, again, we went to the airport with Jason today. We brought the Wii and played Jason's new Guitar Hero game all day long. Since we were at the airport and Starbucks was open, we got some coffee. It was nice! Jason appreciated having us around and we enjoyed ourselves a lot more than we would have at home without him. Most people try to avoid spending Christmas day at the airport. There's nowhere else I would rather have been today.