Day 166

12/30/10

Kansas City, MO/Merriam, KS

Today was SO NICE outside! It got up to 67 degrees with a moisty wind- perfect for winter! :)

I had a Gilmore Girls and scrapbooking marathon- fun day!

Day 165

12/29/10

Kansas City, MO/Merriam, KS

A better day with the Promise Book full of Bible verses, and while watching the KU vs Texas Arlington game they flashed up a Jayhawk ESPN U logo- way cute! :)

Day 164

12/28/10

Kansas City, MO

I had the privilege of watching a couple of the electricians learn how to complete some intricate task by one of the head electricians at work today- very interesting!

Day 163

12/27/10

Lawrence, KS

Anna and I had lunch at the Mad Greek- very tasty! Then I stopped by the Lawrence Public Library on the way out of town to see Dad and I checked out three books at the same time- they look good- 'The Host', 'The Spice Necklace', and '5 Ingredient Fix'

Day 162

12/26/10

Lawrence, KS

Christmas with Grandma Lee! 

Day 161

12/25/10

Emporia, KS

Merry Christmas!

We went to Emporia for Christmas with Grandma Jan and Pa :) Kevin and Pa had a game of catch with the new rugby ball in the front yard. No snow though. How sad!

Day 160

12/24/10

Lawrence, KS

Great Christmas Eve service at church- my favorite time of this service each year is the lighting of the candles during 'Silent Night' :)

Day 159

12/23/10

Lawrence, KS

At home for the holidays- we lit a fire in the fireplace, turned on all the lights, and watched Avatar! 

Day 158

12/22/10

Merriam, KS

Watched the KU vs. California game- fisticuffs!

Day 157

12/21/10

Overland Park, KS

Out with Lindsey- we stopped by Jarrod's for Lindsey to pick up Chad's ring! :)

Day 156

12/20/10

Merriam, KS

News from Europe- people are stranded all over because of snow- including in Paris. If I were stuck there I wouldn't be sleeping at the airport.. I'd be out enjoying the Parisian Winter Wonderland! :)

Day 155

12/19/10

Overland Park, KS

Jess and I ate at Chipotles for lunch, and then I helped him out with some of his Christmas shopping!

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Day 154

12/18/10

Kansas City, MO

Starbucks at the Plaza with Jess- a pretty unexpected snowfall! And then we went to see the Kansas City Ballet's 'The Nutcracker'- good, but it made me sleepy!

Day 153

12/17/10

Kansas City, KS

Christmas shopping at Cabella's- the huge walk-through aquarium was fun to see!

Day 152

12/16/10

Just outside of Excelsior Springs, MO

Winter landscape on the way to and from the Excelsior Springs CBOC. "The Grinch Stole Christmas" lawn ornaments were funny, and a beautiful glimpse of a winding frozen river.

Day 151

12/15/10

Merriam, KS

Scrapbooking my San Antonio pages- since finishing them they've turned out really awesome!

Day 150

12/14/10

Kansas City, MO

Inspiration from a magazine at work, they put up 'designerly' anti-terror turntables in the Financial District in NY, NY.

Day 149

12/13/10

Kansas City, KS

Beautiful sunrise on the way to work with sparkling snow :)

Day 148

12/12/10

Kansas City, MO

KLA monthly get-together at the Plaza- we saw Narnia and went to dinner at the 810 restaurant.

Day 147

12/11/10

Kansas City, MO

KU vs Colorado State at the Sprint Center with Mom, Dad, and Jerry. Lots of fun! Very snowy! Windy, snowy, and cold! We got a little bit of accumulation of snow!

Day 146

12/10/10

Merriam, KS

I discovered "The Band Perry" today- they're so good! They were one the American Country Awards which I watched in replay. 

Day 145

12/9/10

Kansas City, MO

The cutest little girl grinned and waved at me from inside one of the exam rooms at the VA today- so cute! :)

Day 144

12/8/10

Kansas City, MO

Watching the FIRST EVER '' public viewing of the movie 'The Help'- in order not to give away anything from the movie we had to turn in our cell phones, have our handbags searched for recording devices (I had taken my camera back out to the car, phew!) and sign a confidentiality form. At the end we filled out a survey giving our opinion on the movie. I won't give anything away but for the fact that this movie is INCREDIBLE!!!

Day 143

12/7/10

Kansas City, MO

Downtown to move furniture at the VISN office (head of our midwest group of VA medical centers), and back at the VA the flag is at half-mast in remembrance of the anniversary of the bombing at Pearl Harbor. 

Day 142

12/6/10

Merriam, KS

Bad frost this morning- and I forgot to put the cover on the windshield! Oi.

Day 141

12/5/10

Watching the Poinsettia trees being installed at work. They brought the plants in boxes! :)

Day 140

12/4/10

Kansas City, MO

The Plaza with Jess- we saw the Plaza lights, went to the Cheesecake Factory, and to see the movie 'Tangled'- very cute! Fun time!

Day 139

12/3/10

Kansas City, MO

Driving home from work, the birds were flying around like crazy! 

Day 138

12/2/10

Merriam, KS

I finished decorating my tree! I got the bulbs and tree skirt I was missing from Lawrence. It's pretty!

Day 137

12/1/10

Lawrence, KS

Dinner with mom and dad at Tellers, and then the Festival of Trees- lots of fun!!

Day 136

11/30/10

Kansas City, MO

I saw the first snow of the season this morning! Very pretty! Didn't stick either! :)

Day 135

11/29/10

Kansas City, MO

A mediation training video at work with the 3 little pigs and the big bad wolf, along with the wise owl- hilarious!

Day 134

11/28/10

Lawrence, KS/Merriam, KS

Bambino's with the family, and I decorated my tree! Still missing some bulbs and the tree skirt.

Day 133

11/27/10

Lawrence, KS

We racked the leaves at Grandma Lee's house, and went to see the new Harry Potter movie as a family! :)

Day 132

11/26/10

Lawrence, KS

Black Friday Shopping with Mom and Kevin! I also finished painting my coasters at Sunfire Ceramics, and then I helped decorate for Christmas at home!

Day 131

11/25/10

Lawrence, Ks

Thanksgiving!! A fun day with the Macy's Parade, a feast with family, :) and and evening of relaxing!

Day 130

11/24/10

Lawrence, KS

Making my Three King's Bread: Rosca de Reyes, for our Thanksgiving feast! :)

Day 129

11/23/10

Merriam, KS

Jennifer Gray won Season 11 of Dancing with the Stars! :)

Day 128

11/23/10

Shawnee, KS

While at Target I saw two little girls waiting to get their pictures taken with their family at the photo center. They were all dolled up licking their oversized lollipops with the older girl reading a storybook to her sister. PDP!!!

Day 127

11/21/10

Kansas City, MO

Had to supervise the Christmas decorating at the VA- wreaths and garland galore!

Day 126

11/20/10

Lawrence, KS

Celebrating Anna's 25th birthday! We went to lunch at Pepperjack's, painted different pieces at Sunfire Ceramics, saw the latest Harry Potter movie that just came out, and went to dinner at Pisano's. What a fun day!!

Day 125

11/19/10

Dinner at Buffalo Bob's with mom and dad- and Christmas trees out at Target!!

Day 124

11/19/10

Merriam, KS

Eating at Chipotle's with Lindsey and Chad- very funny!

Day 123

11/17/10

Shawnee, KS

Hanging out with Lindsey after Zumba- we looked through some Bridal magazines.  :)

Day 122

11/16/10

Overland Park, KS

Lindsey and I ate at Applebees- I'm definitely not getting the fajita dish again. The peppercorns are WAY too hot!!!

Day 121

11/15/10

Kansas City, MO

I went to the Plaza with Mom and Dad for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! When I first got there I saw a man playing a Christmas song on the flute- he was so amazing!!

Day 120

11/14/10

Kansas City, MO

Church at Redeemer Fellowship- a good sermon! 

Day 119

11/13/10

Merriam, KS

Worked on the movie I'm making about the Carrie Underwood concert we went to - it will be awesome! :)

Day 118

11/12/10

Merriam, KS/ Olathe, KS

Lindsey and I went out to dinner at Chipotle's, then went to see Morning Glory in theatres- great movie! Afterward it was still rainy and cold so we went to Starbucks where I got my Carmel Apple Spice drink- and then we went to my old Target by my old apartment bldg.! :) Great evening!!

Day 117

11/11/10

Merriam, KS

The hill next to I-35 has flags on it every year in honor of our Veterans. Thanks to all of our nation's vets and military!