Countdown to Kickoff!

This weekend is my trip to Ann Arbor to see the Utes kick Michigan's ass in the Big House. It should be a good time. I am driving to my dad's friend Greg's house on Friday and my dad is flying there tomorrow. I have decided to drive through Canadia even though it's stupid and I hate all Canadians. Pardon me for that little outburst. It's 2 hours shorter if I drive through the stupid country of Canadia than going through Ohio. Yadi Yadi Ya... So the moral of this story is watch for me on TV. Cause WHEN Utah wins I will be storming the field, even though I will be with my daddy and I believe we are on the 90th row. Whatever. I'll be on that field somehow. You'll be able to pick me out of the crowd because I'll be limping and have my aircast on. What the doctor calls an "Air Cast" I like to call a "brace", so don't be confused. And yes those are sparkley pink shoes. I wear them to set off the ugliness of the "brace" and also because no other shoes fit my foot with this damn thing.

Fun Fact:

I have a Grade II Ankle Sprain with a "flake" avulsion fracture of the dorsum of the talus or navicular bone.

This really means the I have a piece of bone that has flaked off when I supposedly fractured my foot. That is what the x-rays revealed. I now get to go to an Orthopedic Surgeon tomorrow to see if I need surgery or a cast. Craptastic.

It's been awhile...

since I've posted so I've done them all in one day. We've been really busy with random stuff and I haven't had time to post. Today I was bored at work so here ya go.

James and LaFonda

James's lease for his Trailblazer is up in October so we have been going around looking at new cars. I was in a commercial for one of the local dealerships around Buffalo so we ventured into their Toyota dealership to see what they had to offer. I really wanted him to get a Camry but he says it is an old person's car. Well after some negotiating by Bob, our salesman, he decided he wanted the sporty version of the Camry. Bob our salesman was hilarious. He was showing us the Rav-4 and he was telling James that he could fit all the "ladies" in the back. Then James was giving him a check for the down payment and Bob was making fun of his checks because they are the original ones the bank gave him. James said that "at least I don't have Hello Kitty checks like Brooke" and Bob thought he said "Hello Titty" and he wanted to know where he could get some of those checks. Hilarious. I will be buying my next car from Bob. The new car is a black Toyota Camry and I have named it LaFonda. James is not pleased with the name but I said unless you come up with something better that's what it's going to be called. He came up with "the black car". Nope, not good.

James's last ride in the Blue Beast

He is really amazed with all the things LaFonda can do.

Lake Erie with the girls

My girls Corinne, Danielle and Kristin have a cabin on Lake Erie this week. I was not able to spend the whole week with them because I'm lacking in the "Paid Time Off" hours at work. So I went down there Sunday and then I'm taking Friday off this week. Sunday was super windy and overcast for the first part of the day. I was dumb and thought since it was overcast I wouldn't put any sunscreen on. We got to the beach at 11 and until 3:30 it was overcast. Then the sun came out and I thought to myself "I feel hot, I think I might be burned". Yep, I was. I tried to go to sleep later that night and my legs had their own heart beat.

So windy that the wind surfers were out.

Kristin having a good time

Corinne, Maria, Danielle

Lake Erie, after the clouds left

Lake Erie

The Bison's lose again.

Everytime we have gone to see the Bison's this year they have lost. They don't lose by a lot, just a couple runs. This time was no different. But it was Ryan Garko Bobble Head Day at the field so it was a good day after all. Dunn Tire Field, Home of the Bisons.

James enjoying the game.

My Ryan Garko bobble head. He now looks over me at my desk.

Before the game.

Chris and DeAnna's Wedding

We were able to go see our friends Chris and DeAnna get married last weekend. They have been dating since Chris was a junior in high school, so 9 years!! They finally tied the knot. James left work early so we could attend the ceremony. We almost didn't make it because the whore at the salon scheduled me for a 1:00 manicure instead of 12:30 when I asked to be scheduled. We walked into the church right as they got to the alter so everyone was already standing up. James was definitely PO'ed at me. He he he. Whatever. Later in the evening we went to the reception, which I have to say was one of the best receptions I have ever been to. It was awesome! Good food, good friends, and dancing all night! Here's some pictures...

James doing his angry face cause I made us late.

Chris and DeAnna at the church

The ring bearer took about an hour nap before the reception.

James Lewis and Brooke No Last Name

Brooke and James

James is a dancing fool.

My archnemisis

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I wanted to learn how to sew so I didn't have to go to a tailor to get my clothes to fit. So I went out and bought a sewing machine thinking "How hard can this really be?". We I believe the sewing machine is the spawn of Satan. The thing hates me. James helped me thread the damn thing. (The weirdo sewed some of his own clothes in high school) But everything has gone down hill from there. I bought some material to practice on but it has not gone well. I'm now going to enroll in a sewing class at JoAnn's. Hopefully the ladies at JoAnn's can help me learn how to use this bitch so I don't end up throwing it into the pond out back.

A shout out to my boy, Pete

When Jaime and Pete came to visit, Pete was kind enough to help us around the house with a few home improvements. He put in some new lights in the bathrooms and in the dining "room". But the one thing that we appreciated the most was when he hooked up the water to our fridge so we can have nice cold water and finally some ice.

We have now become water drinking fools. And now I have my Holiday Oil mug so I can have 34 oz of wonderful, cold ice water. Thanks Pete!

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Getting it done in the Mountain Time Zone

This post is a few days late but we got back from Utah on Tuesday. We were gone for a week. The trip started out as a bit of a disaster because we got delayed leaving Buffalo and missed our flight from Minneapolis at 9:45pm which was the last flight out. There wasn't another flight until 9:30 the next morning and since it was Northwest's fault we missed the connection they gave us a hotel room at the Holiday Inn Select. The nice flight attendant at the MN airport even gave us overnight bags (cause all our stuff was in the checked bags, except undies) that included a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant and a shirt to sleep in. On another note, the other flight attendants in Buffalo and at the connecting flight's gate were complete whores.

Our hotel room at the Holiday Inn Select

The Twin Cities outside our window

Off to the airport again

He's really excited to be on the plane

Me and gasy Baby Ethan. He farted a lot.

We finally made it to Utah the next day at 11:30. That night I went to the lovely, very pregnant, Dari's shower. Jaime and I decided to give her the same gift even though we had no idea what each other was getting her. It was fun to see everyone!

Dari and the Payson ladies

On Thursday we drove up to the middle of nowhere, also called Blackfoot, ID. Sorry Shan! We got to hang out with my sister and nephew and nieces. It was a lot of fun. They showed us their garden and all the wild animals they have. And by wild animals I mean a couple cows and some turkeys. And James climbed up a really tall grain silo. He walked up the stairs but he said it was a long climb. :)

Driving to Idaho

Welcome to Idaho!

My niece Kylee

My nephew Kolten

James and his new friends

James had to stop even though I think it's disgusting

Friday we went to the greatest place ever for lunch, Souper Salad. Mindi, Jackson, Maddy, Sara and Cole came too. It was a fun time! After that we got to go swimming in my grandma's neighbor's pool. It was just me and James because Grandma Pat didn't want to get in. Instead she was our photographer for the day. James jumped off the diving board a few times but he's so uncoordinated that he hurt himself and had to take a break.

Look at him cleaning his table!

Just another day at the Souper Salad

Swimming!

We were blowing water at each other through the noodles, probably not sanitary.

Me and Luci having some milk before bed

Luci Mei

Saturday Pete took us out on his boat. James is scared of water in general and I'm scared of water that I can't see to the bottom of, so we both wore life jackets while swimming. I only got in once cause the water was so muddy that I got really nervous. Plus Hank, the dog, tried to drown me. It was too windy to do any wake boarding so we just rode around in the boat. After that we went to my cousin Andrea's wedding. She looked really beautiful and had an ice cream bar. I was really excited for the ice cream.

Jaime and Pete

James and Hank

James and his life jacket

Swimming with the life jacket

All dressed up for the wedding

Brooke, James, and Aunt Shirlene

Erin caught the bouquet, or pretty much pushed everyone and caught the bouquet

This is a pretty outfit I saw at the wedding... I thought I would share with everyone

Sunday we went to Raging Waters. Yes I know, lame, but I love it. Anytime I can be outside enjoying some water slides I am happy. Rage is still as ghetto as it has been but we had an awesome time. Pete put on a fake tat when we got there of some dolphin and a rose. James went down a slide and scratched his back and banged his head. Again, the un-coordination.

Pete and his tat

Monday we just chilled with the dogs, Sammy and Giz. Sammy kept shoving his duck in my face and it stunk like a rotten foot. It was no good. Then that night we went to dinner with all my awesome friends, even though some couldn't make it (Ann), it was a good time.

Sammy and his smelly duck that I think was rotting

Giz, just chillin

Me and the girls

Good one Jaime

Me and my bff Andrew

We came back Tuesday afternoon and I still haven't been able to recover. I blame jet lag. My boss says I still have that vacation high where I don't feel like doing any work. He's right. My foot is still too swollen to put a shoe on it. Though it probably didn't help when I ran (I use the word ran loosely) on it in the MN airport. Who in their right mind would have a plane land in the end of one terminal and have the connecting flight take off in the end of another terminal. Stupid. Good thing there was the flight attendant Kelly in MN that was so nice and helpful cause I was about ready to bomb something.