better late than never.

OK. Here is a review of my last three weeks (yes - I know this is ridiculous) that I haven't yet blogged about.. but (mostly) in pictures. Minus the crazy airplane lady story... which I WILL DO SOON. Really, I will.

Anyway, without further ado.... in chronological order, dating back to before Thanksgiving!!!

Weekly Wednesday Trivia... we have yet to win, but damn... we have a good time!

Thanksgiving at my folks house. Joe and my orphaned friend Zach came, and my mom cooked for 21 people!!!!

Pre-Thanksgiving chaos (aka when the rest of the fam showed up)

Joe and I enjoying some red wine...

My aunt Terry (left) and my mom (right) shared the chef duties...

You know they say about too many cooks in the kitchen!!!

My amazing grandparents Leo and Marge.

I know it's weird, but that's what we've always called them.

... Not grandpa, grandma, or anything like that...

Just sister Kenzie drinkin some white wine in the sink.

Totally normal at our house :-)

After the extended family leaves...
Thanksgiving turns into Karaoke Jam Fest 2000.

Here's Joe and Zach looking for songs/singing along.

Thanksgiving Weekend... it's Off to Idaho!!! Joe's folks live in Couer d'Alene, Idaho so we drive out there often for some pretty wonderful weekends. 

 

Joe's folks and us at a local bar for a "night cap" as it's called.

Bondi and me in the cabin of Joe's folks' fishing boat.

Yes, Bondi comes with us!! 

We went on a cruise on the lake.

Here's some of the Christmas lights we saw..

..my camera doesn't do them justice!!

Trade Show for Sutherlands in Kansas City... my mom and I went to sell some bad-ass mailboxes :-)

Here's our Mail Boss display in "Pallet Alley"

BTW Kansas City is cold and windy. BRRrrr!!!

My Birthday Party at the Tulalip Casino!!! ...or as Joe calls it, "Vegas's home-schooled half-sister that's living with creepy uncle in the woods of North Seattle." We rented out two totally posh (shocking- I know!) rooms at the Tulalip Resort, stocked them with adult beverages, invited some close friends, and had a grand ol' time!!!! BTW they have an amazing pool that we definitely took advantage of... and although there are no pics to prove it (no cameras at the tables- duh!) we definitely gambled our little booties off!!! I won't say how much I did or did not win...

Jen and I... a little pre-game action in the hotel room.

Stay classy!! Oh yes, we will :-)

...and thanks to Joe for being so resourceful with this...

Apples to Apples. 'nuff said.

We had a pool party, oh yes we did!

We also had a hot-tub party. 

Lil' awkward thanks to all the irresponsible parents lil' kids 

overhearing and witnessing inappropriate stuff... 

...and probably peeing too!!! Anywayyy...

Sister Kenzie tells Joe she loves him (for me) 
over poolside Apples to Apples :-)

Late (like 4PM!!!) Checkout = AWESOME!

This meant Mimosas, CatchPhrase & the Hawks game...
...plus more time to Gamble!! 

Yes.. I am wearing BOXERS with cards and dice on them.

Yes.. I wore them in the casino, with UGGs & my bday hat.

Nobody even gave me a second look :-)

Anyway... this pretty much brings y'all up to this weekend... which I will try to post about before Christmas!!

tuesday WTF truthisms

Just got an e-mail from my friend Carly. Mass emails are sometimes entertaining, but wow. This one is FUNNY!!! And I just had to share with y'all.

Now I don't know if Carly came up with these or just passed it on, but these little random thoughts / WTF moments are SO TRUE!!!

Here goes:

Here are some random thoughts that have crossed everyone's mind at some point in time and i felt the need to finally share my WTF moments with you all ;)

1. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

2. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

3. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.

4. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

5. There is a great need for sarcasm font.

6. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

7. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

8. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

9. I TOTALLY take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

10. Was learning cursive really necessary?

11. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

12. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front.

13. Bad decisions make good stories.

14. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

15. You never know when it will strike,  but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.