I normally have really horrid birthdays-- everything from people picking fights to folks flat out not showing up when they said they would. I was, as always, cautiously optimistic about my birthday...
Best Birthday Ever.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sushi Sushi!
We would normally never go somewhere this expensive but, in an effort to have the best birthday ever, we hit up Nori Nori, the all you can eat sushi buffet which was AWESOME! I'll save the strict review for Yelp, but I highly recommend this place for your group sushi needs!
A lot of folks showed up, which meant a great deal to me since people don't usually come in droves to my birthday, and everyone seemed to really enjoy mingling with everyone else-- I had lots of different groups of friends, and it warmed my heart to see everyone getting along :)
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Birthday Celebrations!
Our friend Rob got tickets to Gaelic Storm at the Variety Playhouse-- it was AMAZING!
Definitely a great way to start my birthday!
Friday, January 14, 2011
What a week!
We've been out of work/school all week now! Amazing! The snow came late on Sunday and was ruhl purdy until the temperature dropped and BAM! Snice!
Day one, Jeremy and Michael went for a run and later we walked down to McGowan's with John and Paige and I learned how to play Euchre (which honestly still confuses me). Then we walked to Nandan and Anu's in Candler Park, then came back around midnight. At College and Rock Springs, there was a couple who had taken the realty sign off the house next door and were using it to sled, so we each took a turn! Soooo much fun to slide out in to what's normally a fairly well traveled road! We made it the rest of the way back (I walked in the middle of the road where the fire and police vehicle's chains had broken up the ice a bit) and discovered College had actually been shut down over the bridge!
Day two, we stayed in and I made brisket which we shared with John and Paige. It was pretty darn good if I say so myself!
Day three, we stayed in a while, then walked down to see Michael and the kids-- I made some pretty good spaghetti (Classico spicy tomato sauce + chicken sausage = awesome!) and we took some down and watched Inception with Michael. LOVE that movie.
Day four, we went in to work in the afternoon-- even Jeremy agreed the roads were still questionable! Inventoried a bunch of stuff at work, which was nice since we never get to do that, and then came home. Walked down to The Matador for our meal out for the week and came back home and kinda crashed-- doing not a whole lot is surprisingly exhausting!
Day five, we've exhausted most of the decent food supplies, but the ice! It is melting! I'm headed in to work for a little while to hand out paychecks, then back here to watch the kids while Jeremy and Michael go for a run. Tonight, we'll try making pizza with them! I do have a few more pictures to toss up later, but for now I'm out!
Ciao!
Day one, Jeremy and Michael went for a run and later we walked down to McGowan's with John and Paige and I learned how to play Euchre (which honestly still confuses me). Then we walked to Nandan and Anu's in Candler Park, then came back around midnight. At College and Rock Springs, there was a couple who had taken the realty sign off the house next door and were using it to sled, so we each took a turn! Soooo much fun to slide out in to what's normally a fairly well traveled road! We made it the rest of the way back (I walked in the middle of the road where the fire and police vehicle's chains had broken up the ice a bit) and discovered College had actually been shut down over the bridge!
Day two, we stayed in and I made brisket which we shared with John and Paige. It was pretty darn good if I say so myself!
Day three, we stayed in a while, then walked down to see Michael and the kids-- I made some pretty good spaghetti (Classico spicy tomato sauce + chicken sausage = awesome!) and we took some down and watched Inception with Michael. LOVE that movie.
Day four, we went in to work in the afternoon-- even Jeremy agreed the roads were still questionable! Inventoried a bunch of stuff at work, which was nice since we never get to do that, and then came home. Walked down to The Matador for our meal out for the week and came back home and kinda crashed-- doing not a whole lot is surprisingly exhausting!
Day five, we've exhausted most of the decent food supplies, but the ice! It is melting! I'm headed in to work for a little while to hand out paychecks, then back here to watch the kids while Jeremy and Michael go for a run. Tonight, we'll try making pizza with them! I do have a few more pictures to toss up later, but for now I'm out!
Ciao!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
To Candler Park and Back-- 2.8mi of snow and ice
Sun In My Belly looks nice and quaint on any other day
Ice cold Packard
Smothered Mini
We understood when we got there why Nandan had no clue how bad the roads were-- he hadn't stepped foot outside all day!
Jeremy and Michael on what was one huge sheet of ice!
DeKalb Ave. towards Decatur, 11:50 PM, middle of the road
DeKalb Ave. towards downtown Atlanta, 11:50 PM, middle of the road
We got home and College was closed!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Neighborhood
John, Jeremy, and the not-so-smart-car
McGowan's was Open!
Paige looking "pensive" after an afternoon of Euchre
First Snow!
Snow dusted porch one way
Token shot of a wrought iron candle holder
The Wind, it is a-blowin!
Snow dusted porch
I ran out to take a picture in the middle of the road and it started snowing as I pressed the shutter!
My shadow towards Oakhurst village
Ankle deep in snow and it started all over again! So worth the chilly feet!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Who's On First?
I'm still irritated, but mostly to the amused point now...
This guy broke in again last night, busted several locks in the process, and stole a new laptotp from the children's ministry for their kidcheck program (fingers crossed, we'll be in on that program!) that was just donated three weeks ago! This morning, Jeremy and I came in, looked around and didn't notice anything different from when we left yesterday. After hearing about Debbie's laptop and speaking with the police detective, Jeremy and I went through and cataloged all the electronics and their serial numbers. Jeremy went to the Small Games Room to look for the CD player and BAM there's HIS phone AND a phone stolen from the community school upstairs! Obviously, they'd both been turned off and he couldn't get anything for the phones themselves, but why bring them back?! Best we can figure, he thought maybe if they showed up he couldn't get arrested for stealing them? Plus, he was coming back to get something else, so it wasn't out of his way...
Apparently the guy called his daughter from the first stolen cell phone to convince her that he was reformed and had stopped thieving... when the police told her he called from stolen property, she apparently got pretty irritated and told them everything she could think of that might help!
My boss (the youth pastor) is spending the night there tonight in his office since they think the guy might try to come back and get in to his office (next to the children's ministry offices) and then he can call the police for a robbery in progress and the cavalry will show up. Throughout all of this the guy must have worn gloves because they only found one fingerprint on the other stolen cell phone, so that's the only thing they can actually bust him for unless they catch him in the act of B&E this weekend!
Quote of the day:
Hunter: I mean, it's not like there's much else in this office that isn't kept locked up
Me: Yeah, I mean there's the [digital camera, case, and SD card that I got on sale at Thanksgiving so we could have lots of pictures up on our website], but that was in my purse... from the last... son of a mother. He stole our camera.
The upside is that I got all the pictures off of it before he stole it!
This guy broke in again last night, busted several locks in the process, and stole a new laptotp from the children's ministry for their kidcheck program (fingers crossed, we'll be in on that program!) that was just donated three weeks ago! This morning, Jeremy and I came in, looked around and didn't notice anything different from when we left yesterday. After hearing about Debbie's laptop and speaking with the police detective, Jeremy and I went through and cataloged all the electronics and their serial numbers. Jeremy went to the Small Games Room to look for the CD player and BAM there's HIS phone AND a phone stolen from the community school upstairs! Obviously, they'd both been turned off and he couldn't get anything for the phones themselves, but why bring them back?! Best we can figure, he thought maybe if they showed up he couldn't get arrested for stealing them? Plus, he was coming back to get something else, so it wasn't out of his way...
Apparently the guy called his daughter from the first stolen cell phone to convince her that he was reformed and had stopped thieving... when the police told her he called from stolen property, she apparently got pretty irritated and told them everything she could think of that might help!
My boss (the youth pastor) is spending the night there tonight in his office since they think the guy might try to come back and get in to his office (next to the children's ministry offices) and then he can call the police for a robbery in progress and the cavalry will show up. Throughout all of this the guy must have worn gloves because they only found one fingerprint on the other stolen cell phone, so that's the only thing they can actually bust him for unless they catch him in the act of B&E this weekend!
Quote of the day:
Hunter: I mean, it's not like there's much else in this office that isn't kept locked up
Me: Yeah, I mean there's the [digital camera, case, and SD card that I got on sale at Thanksgiving so we could have lots of pictures up on our website], but that was in my purse... from the last... son of a mother. He stole our camera.
The upside is that I got all the pictures off of it before he stole it!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Stolen
I honestly don't know who steals from a church other than this JD Jackson guy who has jacked over $8k worth in goods and damaged locks from FBCD in the past few years. Today, he can add to that $50 from my purse, Jeremy's phone, and a set of banged up walkies from my office.
I'm beyond irritated and this guy better hope I'm not the one that finds him, because I am not above giving him a good fat black eye before the cops get there.
I'm beyond irritated and this guy better hope I'm not the one that finds him, because I am not above giving him a good fat black eye before the cops get there.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year!
This is my favorite day of the year-- the first day! I'm certainly not naive enough to think that just because it's 2011 that things from 2010 won't follow me, but it's a starting point for a fresh year, it's a point from which all things are possible! We certainly don't have complete control over what happens to us on any given day, but our attitude towards what does happen shapes the event more than we know.
My resolution for 2011 is to simply take better care of myself. It involves a lot of steps, including losing at least 10lb this year and taking my vitamins, as well as getting my teeth all fixed up!
I hope you all have admirable goals for this year, and that you achieve at least half of them!
My resolution for 2011 is to simply take better care of myself. It involves a lot of steps, including losing at least 10lb this year and taking my vitamins, as well as getting my teeth all fixed up!
I hope you all have admirable goals for this year, and that you achieve at least half of them!
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