a Fun weekend!

This weekend me and Justin had a lot of plans. Sometimes we have those weekends where we have nothing to do and im bad at that, so i love weekends when we have a lot of fun plans. Friday I got off work at like 330, which was awesome. I came home and waited for him to get here and then we got ready for a date night. We went to eat at this new restaurant here called Quaker Steak. Its not new to others just to Cincinnati. anyway, it was such a neat place. Its like a racecar type place. They had cars hanging from the ceiling and the door handles were gas pumps, it was neat. The food was so good as well. After that we headed over to the theater to see Lady in the Water, which was a really good movie. you might not like it, but i appreciated the genius of M. Night Shamaylan. He does the greatest movies, and i like how he always acts in his movies. Anyway, after the movie, we did a bad thing. I just dont know what came over me but i was like Justin, lets go see Me, You and Dupree, it started 5 minutes ago. So we just went in the theatre and sat down. it was a good movie as well, and i enjoyed it, even though we were pirating. We got home that night a little after 2 so Saturday we slept in. Then we went to the mall, and this is where the story gets sad. justin took in his iPod to get it looked at at the Apple store and they told him there was no hope, it was dead. TOD 1:03 pm July 29th. Sad i know, he was so heartbroken because he has had it for three years now. i had to console my poor little husband.
Anyway, we then left for the other side of town and ran some errands before going to the Anderson Days Festival. Justin’s office is down the road from the festival and so the people there are from around the area. Justin’s boss, Lou, thought it would be good to go out and hand out some stuff for business. We blew up soooooo many balloons, it was hilarious walking down the street with them. the kids loved it and all of them wanted one. Lou handed out little bags of info about his business and then we ran out of everything and headed back to the office. We cooled off for a while and then headed to Adis’. our friend Brian’s brother is the bartender at this place and no one comes til later in the night so we got there around 830 and had the bar all to our selves, just us, the Regan’s and haleys sisters. It was so fun. We played pool, cornhole, shuffle puck, and listened to whatever music we wanted. We left there finally at midnight and came home to go to bed. We just got back from church and justin has immediately ran into the yard to use his new weedeater. He is such a nerd, i love him. he just loves making the yard pretty.
Well I have to go get ready for our afternoon. our church started a new ministry for 20 somethings and we are helping out. not so much this time but next time i have to sing at it and i think justin has to preach, but we are going out for the first big shin dig. I might get to play some volleyball, im so excited! have a good sunday everybody!

I cant wait to be all leathery!

sometime last week, justin's mom called me and suggested that for the fourth instead of them coming to see us maybe, they would fly us home to see them! let me just tell you that that plan rocked my face off!!! i dont think you know the withdrawals that occur when you are used to having a beach and a swimming pool at your disposal anytime you'd like, but they are pretty devastating. I am going to sit by the pool and go the beach everyday until i have leather for skin. i just cant wait! we leave on thursday and come back next tuesday and im just praising the lord for this opportunity to relax and be with family. then when i get back, three days later my little bride to be ashley will be here and we will love each other and play and it will be lovely.

as for other news, nothing has really been happening. we spent the weekend being pretty dull. i was sick though so i had an excuse. friday night i actually slept for three hours and then woke up at 10 and we watched american chopper and a jesse james special and then didnt go back to sleep til like 2. i felt disgusting for just sitting around all day. the next day i tried to go out and do stuff but just didnt feel well enough to do anything. so we cleaned the yard up and the house and then went to dinner at Longhorn with Jenny. She was our daughter for the night. We had a crazy waiter who talked about his dog, Sir Guiness, all night long to us. then we came home and watched The Ringer. Sunday we woke up really late for church and scurried over there and then after walked around Lowe's for like an hour just looking at stuff. i told you we were pretty dull.

anyway, the week has gotten off to a good start. we just got back from a run and dinner at the subway. last night we had a softball game and i hit a triple! i was so excited however i was so sick so i just ran real slow around them bases, i might have had a homer! justin's team lost real bad, but thats ok! to me anyway, those boys get a little competetive. well, im gonna start packing so i dont have to do it all tomorrow! have a great week everyone! and Manny's, we'll see you on Friday mornin'!

lightening bugs are just so cool

I have to say that I am glad that this week has come to a close. We had VBS at our church this week so everyday after work I had to head straight to church and help out with the kiddos. It was a lot of fun and i love being with all those kids but im glad i have no where to be for a few days. Justin and I helped out in random ways. He did some acting, which he is really good at, I did some too, just on one night though, i was a cheerleader, and let me just say, putting on that old uniform was depressing. it just doesnt fit like it used to. anyway, when I wasnt acting i was singing, songs i didnt know mind you. well, the first night i sang i didnt know the songs, but neither did anyone else really, so i suppose it was no big deal. i finally learned them by the time i had to sing again though. last night was the last night, and afterwards we had a little ice cream at our friends house and then headed the pub with kyle and jenny for a friends birthday. Oh also, I had yesterday off because allison took alex with her on a weekend trip! i love days off. I went shopping, got to have lunch with my husband, i even mowed our yard. that was fun, especially when i tried like 62 times to get the mower to start. i just love when my bosses surprise with days off.

So today we woke up and drove to Grayson KY to hang out with all the guys who Justin usually works with at this 'Summer and the Son' deal here at Kentucky Christian College. He is really sad he doesnt get to do all the weeks this year, but im kind of ok with it because then he wont be away from me for so long. He just loves setting up all the video and sound stuff and being here with all his friends. So we had to bring them so VGA-DVI connectors and splitters, i know this means nothing to you, but basically in this city there is nothing, just the school, a truck stop, and some fast food places connected to gas stations. So the chance that there was and Apple Store or even a Comp store at all was slim to none. So this morning me and justin had to go to the store and find this stuff and bring it here so they can run video properly. Now we are watching World cup on a 13" tv and listening to Simon and Garfunkel. there really isnt much to do here, part of the reason I am writing.

well, have a good weekend everyone.

justins birthday bash and more

justins birthday was a couple weeks ago and we had a really good time having a party with our friend adam whose birthday is two days before justins. we grilled out and played some corn hole and spent the night just being with great friends. we didnt do any huge birthday celebration for justin really because this weekend we have been to two cubs games and therefore dedicated all the birthday events to the games since justin loves the cubs. friday we went with jenny and kyle and brian, our little haley was out of town. anyway, it was sooo fun and the cubs won! it was a little close there but they held 'em. yesterday justin and I ran a bunch of errands and spent the day together just doing random stuff. we also went and saw The Break-Up last night, which i thought was sorta good, but justin thought it was stupid to pay to go see people argue about the same stuff we do but in a funnier more glamorous way. couples can easily relate to it. anyway, im making lunch and then we are off to the cubs game so i have to keep this short. i do wanna post a song that i love that makes me think about my hubby and since it was his birthday i feel the need to dedicate this to him. it isnt as good as an xbox 360 justin, but i hope you know i love you anyway!

PUSH

Every time I look at you the world just melts away
All my troubles all my fears dissolve in your affections
You've seen me at my weakest but you take me as I am
And when I fall you offer me a softer place to land

You stay the course you hold the line you keep it all together
You're the one true thing I know I can believe in
You're all the things that I desire, you save me, you complete me
You're the one true thing I know I can believe

I get mad so easy but you give me room to breathe
No matter what I say or do 'cause you're to good to fight about it
Even when I have to push just to see how far you'll go
You wont stoop down to battle but you never turn to go

You stay the course you hold the line you keep it all together
You're the one true thing I know I can believe in
You're all the things that I desire, you save me, you complete me
You're the one true thing I know I can believe

Your love is just the antidote when nothing else will cure me
There are times I cant decide when I cant tell up from down
You make me feel less crazy when otherwise I'd drown
But you pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm OK
Sometimes thats just what we need to get us through the day