Saturday, December 31, 2011

Day 531


12/30/11
Merriam, KS

Stored away my Christmas decorations and cleared off my bookshelves and made space for my new bookshelves and my drafting table that the fam is bringing. A lot of work!!

Friday, December 30, 2011

Day 530


12/29/11
Merriam, KS

Created a new blog! It will chronicle my adventures in achieving goals I've set for myself that I've dubbed my 2012 manifesto.

You can find it at: thegreentreeischirping.wordpress.com

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Day 529


12/28/11
Merriam, KS

Started taking down my Christmas decorations and had a great 3 hour long talk with Anna on the phone. Good day!

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Day 528


12/28/11
Lawrence, KS

Dad got new tires for my car and we waited for them at Rex's where dad got a haircut and Aimee's coffeehouse. We got a lot of painting done too!!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Day 527


12/26/11
Lawrence, KS

Fun day shopping with dad and we all went to the movies. Mom and Kevin to 'The Muppets' and Dad and I saw 'Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows'- it was awesome!!

Monday, December 26, 2011

Day 526


12/25/11
Lawrence, KS/Topeka, KS

Merry Christmas! Celebrated with Grandma Lee for lunch, and Grandma Jan and Pa for snackies/dinner, fun day!

Day 525


12/24/11
Lawrence, KS

Christmas Eve Service, drove around and looked at Christmas lights, and opened presents early. Fun day!

Day 524


12/23/11
Leawood, KS/Lawrence, KS

Winsteads and shopping with the Schaichs. Found out my *JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED* car needs new tires... grumble, grumble...

Day 523


12/22/11
Lawrence, KS

My first day of my 'Christmas Break!' It snowed leaving work :) and there was a beautiful red cardinal in the lit bush when I got home :)

Day 522


12/21/11
Leawood, KS

810 Zone and Charming Charlie with Danielle- fun evening!!

Day 521


12/20/11
Merriam, KS

Hung my quote frames :)

Day 520


12/19/11
Kansas City, MO

Played Santa and handed out my Chocolate Peanut Clusters at work- they were a hit!

Day 519


12/18/11
Lawrence, KS/Merriam, KS

Chiefs beat the previously undefeated Packers! Shopping trip with mom to Target, World Market and Bath & Body Works. At my apartment I made my Chocolate Peanut Clusters for my co-workers and heard the news that North Korean leader Kim Jong ll passed away.

Day 518


12/17/11
Topeka, KS/Lawrence, KS

Topeka zoo for season tickets for G Jan and Pa- saw giraffes! Finally got the paint!!!! Hanover's Pancake House for lunch, saw G Jan and Pa's new place, Pizza Hut and bowling back in L-town :)

Day 517


12/16/11
Lawrence, KS

Chipotle with the fam :)

Day 516


12/15/11
Merriam, KS

US officially ends the Iraq mission, TR Building @ work, and Saawariya movie

Day 515


12/14/11
Kansas City, MO/Merriam, KS

Brows and hair done at Skyline Salon- beautiful super white clouds from the rain, Target, and a phone call from the Momma! :)

Day 514


12/13/11
Merriam, KS

A sleepy rainy day. The family on the blog 'The Rockstar Diaries' is expecting again! :)

Day 513


12/12/11
Merriam, KS

'Gentlemen prefer Blondes' and 'Christmas Lodge'- fun movie night!

Day 512


12/11/11
Merriam, KS/Kansas City, MO

H&M and 'New Years' Eve' movie with Danielle!! Planted my Christmas flowers, made lasagna and worked on the quote frames.

Day 511


12/10/11
St. Joseph, MO

Made an apple pie and we had our KLA + Chad Christmas party in St. Joe. Spent more time with Tank and we saw the 'Holiday Park' lights. A fun day/evening/night of talking, eating and building relationships :)

Day 510


12/9/11
Merriam, KS

Wrapped presents, cleaned and watched my new movie, great day!

Day 509


12/8/11
Kansas City, MO

View of the Crown Center Christmas Tree from the highway

Day 508


12/7/11
Merriam, KS

Worked on Lindsey and Chad's scrapbook and good phone conversations :)

Day 507


12/6/11
Merriam, KS

The first snow of the season (traffic back up) and The Fellowship of the Rings :)

Day 506


12/5/11
Merriam, KS

An evening of uploading over 130 photos to be printed. :/

Day 505


12/4/11
Lawrence, KS

Gingerbread houses @ Carnegie w/ mom- very fun! :)

Day 504


12/3/11
Topeka, KS/Lawrence, KS

Trip to Topeka- no paint again! But a yummy lunch at the Hanover Pancake House! Cleaned and painted, a fun day!

Day 503


12/2/11
Lawrence, KS

Dinner @ Salty Iguana w/ mom and dad and had a nice chat with Anna @ Henry's - a wet rainy evening!

Day 502

12/1/11
Worked on Lindsey and Chad's present

Day 501


11/30/11
Lawrence, KS

Dinner @ Bob's Smokehouse with mom and dad and the Festival of Trees!! :D

Day 500


11/29/11
Merriam, KS

Decorated my Christmas tree!! :)

Day 499


11/28/11
Merriam, KS

The great Strawberry escape of 2011- underneath my seat in my car! (Found one a week later- food for the birds!)

Day 498


11/27/11
Somewhere between Lawrence and Kansas City

Beautiful sunset on the drive back to my apartment

Day 497


11/26/11
Lawrence, KS

Fun day painting, decorating, a wild-goose chase for paint in Topeka, and Hugo in theatre :)

Day 496


11/25/11
Lawrence, KS

Chipotle, Kindle Fire (early Christmas present!!! :) ) Painted downstairs, and for real black friday shopping. Fun day! (Giraffe logo is on the shirt I wore which was a present from Danielle for my birthday - love it! :)

Day 495


11/24/11
Lawrence, KS

Happy Thanksgiving! Parade, lots of yummy food, outdoor Christmas decorating and a black friday *attempt*

Day 494


11/23/11
Lawrence, KS

Made Apple Crisp and watched the KU/Duke game. Fun evening making my contribution to the Thanksgiving dinner!

Day 493


11/22/11
Overland Park, KS

Breaking Dawn Part 1 in theaters with Danielle :)

Day 492


11/21/11
Merriam, KS

Discovered Ellie Goulding- a great singer!

Day 491


11/20/11
Merriam, KS

Watched the CMA's

Day 490


11/19/11
Merriam, KS

Worked on the quotes for the frames and watched football and Monte Carlo while cleaning and working.

Day 489


11/18//11
Nevada, MO

Crazy windy trip to Nevada, MO for work

Day 488


11/17/11
Overland Park, KS

Spent 2 hrs @ Prompt Care, but my reward was bug-killing pharmaceuticals :)

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Day 487


11/16/11
Shawnee Mission, KS

Supply run for my cold- juice, fruit and a Starbucks Carmel Apple Spice were the order of the day! :)

Day 486


11/15/11
Merriam, KS

Took off from work early to get some rest and try to kick my bug. Got home to find the ruckas of workers fixing the roof outside! I appreciate the roof being fixed, but the timing could have been better. I got over 2 hours of sleep anyway! :)

Day 485


11/14/11
Kansas City, MO

Fun fabric samples arrived at work- like Christmas! :)

Day 484


11/13/11
Hillsboro, KS

Pretty Kansas landscape coming back from Pa's brother Marvin's 85th birthday party, fun day!

Day 483


11/12/11
Lawrence, KS

Anna's KLA birthday celebration! We saw Captain America - I liked it even more than I thought I would! "Go get him mister, I can swim!" :)

Day 482


11/11/11
Olathe, KS/Lawrence, KS

Helped out with design layout at MNU and went shopping, fun evening with mom and dad! :)