Monday, November 9, 2009

Weekend warrior.

 I've never done a road rally before. Sad, but true. My sister, myself and two of our friends did a photo road rally on Saturday night. We had a blast! Seriously, I had so much fun I already asked a different friend who's walking in the Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk next year if she wanted to have a road rally to fundraise for that. What can I say, I'm a sucker for a good time.

 The photo road rally was slightly different than the standard road rally, at least that's what they said. Instead of following clues to get us from different locations and things like that we had to show up with a digital camera. When we arrived at the starting point we were given a poster board, a glue stick and a permanent marker. And then when the road rally started we were handed a list of about forty different photo opportunities. There were three levels of points, 100, 200 and 300. The lower point things were easier, the 300 point ones almost impossible. Each team had to pick fifteen things off of the list and then when they were done, print out the pictures, either at home or at a drug store, and paste them to the board with the possible points listed. We could pick any fifteen things we wanted, we just had to be at the finish line, a local restaurant by 8:15pm. So we had a little less than three hours.

 It was awesome! We were creative and came up with different ideas. We were daring and just plain foolish and we laughed and laughed and laughed. What more can you ask for?


Our four person team for a 300 pointer. All four team members in an elevator with more than seven floors. It was the only 300 pointer we were able to do. And we had to flirt with a guy to get him to let us into this apartment building. But, we did it.




My sister and I in a pool. We basically hung our bodies out over the covered pool. I'm telling you, my abs got a workout with this one.



Two team members in a dog cage. One of my favorite pictures from the whole night. We went into PetSmart and while we were in this aisle there was a couple with a puppy looking for a crate. They did not pick this one.



Friday, November 6, 2009

It's almost Christmas.

 I had to scrape the frost of my car window this morning. That, of course, is my first sign that it's almost Christmas. The other sign would be the fact that I froze my ta-tas off just walking out to my car.

 I love Christmas. The lovely Dawn feels the same way I do so I'm excited to read all about her holiday happenings. I love the decorations and the music and the happiness. I don't even mind the shopping and I am NOT A SHOPPER. But, it's ok, because I love shopping for other people.

 I love everything except for wrapping presents. Gift bags are the greatest invention ever. Well, aside from indoor plumbing, electricity and contact lenses.

 This year J and I will be hosting Christmas brunch. My dad and his wife, my mom, my brother and my sister and her boyfriend will all be there. There's also a possibility J's parents will come. Should be a good time had by all. Now, that's Calm and Sane Meg saying that. Crazy Meg, who will be around a couple of days before Christmas because holy crap, I'm gonna be losing my mind when I realize all those people will be eating in my house and I doubt I have enough chairs, table space, oven space and silverware. Damn, Crazy Meg is already making me nervous.

 I will not dwell on that. Not today. Not when it's a glorious Friday and I have a little extra money in my paycheck to do some Christmas shopping.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Are you ready for some football?!?

 I've had  a plan in the works for the last couple of weeks, a tentative plan and now a for real hey let's do this kinda plan. You see one of my brother's lives in Baltimore. This brother is a die-hard Detroit Lions fan. The Detroit Lions are playing the Baltimore Ravens in December and somehow I managed to get tickets to the game. So it'll be a fun time of J and I visiting my brother for the weekend. the game's on Sunday and we plan on flying in on Friday. Brother thinks it'll be a good idea to check out Washinton D.C. while we're so close. J's never been and I've only been one time so it'll be fun.

 I'm super excited. I've never gone to an Away game for the Lions. J's done it a few times before we started dating, gone to see the Lions play in Buffalo, the Red Wings play in St. Louis and the Tigers play in Cleveland. Lucky duck.

I've also never been to a football game at an outdoor stadium. I have a bad feeling I'm going to be freezing my adorable behind off. Hopefully it'll be worth it.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

I'm gonna be famous someday.

 I've got this whole list thingie of things I want to do before I turn 30. I've done a bunch of things already, but there are a few still hanging in there. One of those things is the write a novel.

 I've written short stories before. And started novels. But never finished them. I've got all these stories and thoughts and bits and pieces bouncing around in my brain. Kinda sad, really.

 I've tried NaNoWriMo twice. This will be my third and final attempt. Third times a charm, right? I'm sure you've heard of it and if not, it's basically a challenge to write a novel in a month. 30,000 words during the month of November.

 It's not going to be a masterpiece by any means. I have no false hopes in becoming the next Oprah Book Club author. I just want to make it all the way through a novel. See what actually happens to these characters. 'Cause I gotta tell you, I bet the ones handing in limbo are pretty pissed off at me right now.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

'Cause I'm your lady...and you are my man.

Sometimes I have one of THOSE days. The kind of day that makes a woman want to hit rewind up until the point where her alarm goes off and when she gets to that point call in for the day. 'Cause it ain't gonna be pretty.

It started as soon as I got into work and didn't end until I dragged my poor battered and beaten body home. I was exhausted and drained and pretty much had enough energy to take of my shoes. I actually sat on the couch for about ten minutes still wearing my jacket.

My lovely boyfriend was prepared for my exhausted arrival. Apparantly the lunchtime text of "AHHHHH I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!" was enough of a clue on how rough my day was going. He made us cheese tortellini and garlic bread for dinner. And while he cooked I laid on the couch watching DVRed episodes of Cash Cab. 'Cause that's how my man rolls. He finds out I'm having a bad day so he makes me pasta and records Cash Cab for me. 'Cause Cash Cab makes the world a better place.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Check out my biceps.

 J had an end of the year golf outing yesterday so I thought I would be Super Girlfriend and rake the leaves in our yard. We've got curbside leaf removal so that made it a little bit easier. Man, did we have a lot of leaves. I'm pretty sure I won't be able to lift my arm over my head for the next three or four days. Still, I raked them all and when J came home from his golf outing he was quite impressed.

Lona helped.


 Of course, by helped I mean she laid about in the leaves looking adorable. And occasionally she had to leap through my piles of leaves. It definately made my job easier.

Friday, October 30, 2009

BOO!

Happy day before Halloween! We're all dressed up at work which of course makes for a good day. Last night I kicked out a batch of Rice Krispy treats and batch of these bad bays:


Yup, that would be our fridge with two shelves worth of orange Jell-O shots.

I also forgot to post this picture, which is my hippie boyfriend's pumpkin.


That would be the Gratful Dead Steal Your Face thingie

 I'm ready for Halloween. Are you?