Day 402

8/23/11

Kansas City, KS

Day one of cleaning out our office for the rennovation. All of the resource library is gone! 5.9 earthquake on the east coast- Desiree was actually on a conference call with several people along the east coast at the time and we heard them feeling the quake first hand. The Washington Memorial was cracked too! I hope they can fix it! :(

Day 401

8/22/11

Kansas City, MO

Random thunderstorm in the morning- yea! :)

Day 400

8/21/11

Merriam, KS

Antioch Park with Anna- beautiful day!

Day 399

8/20/11

Lenexa, KS/Gardner, KS/Kansas City, KS

Bridesmaid dress alterations at David's Bridal, and Lindsey's Bachelorette Party! Fun at Darcie's, and Stanford's comedy club at the Legends. We found a fake mustache at a restaurant afterward and got some pretty funny pictures! Great party! :)

Day 398

8/19/11

Merriam, KS

Toe looking worse!! Watched 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' with Debbie Reynolds- hilarious and crazy movie!

Day 397

8/18/11

Kansas City, MO/Merriam, KS

Beautiful day! Enjoyed the breeze on my trip to Bannister, and reported a crazy leak in the storage area at the VA. Got bachelorette party gear for Saturday. Busted up my pinky toe.. ow! And a crazy thunderstorm rolled through. The power went out and didn't come back on until the morning!

Day 396

8/17/11

Merriam, KS

Found great food receipe blogs and watched the 'Restaurant Impossible' marathon. Hauled the file cabinet up to my apartment- not so bad!

Day 395

8/16/11

Merriam, KS

Had fun picking out wine, watched Mansfield Park- great movie adapted from the Jane Austen novel!

Day 394

8/15/11

Merriam, KS

Organized my desk/sewing/craft area. So much better!!!

Day 393

8/14/11

Emporia, KS

Fun day in Emporia- tour of the new student union @ ESU

Day 392

8/13/11

Lawrence, KS

Pretty trip to Lawrence, shopping with the fam, Godfather's Pizza for dinner, tennis at Freestate, and movie night in the living room with Rango- fun day!

Day 391

8/12/11

Merriam, KS

A stormy day- and a damp wet earth-smelling walk through Georgetown.

Day 390

8/11/11

Kansas City, KS

Dad and I went to a T-Bones baseball game- fun night, and perfect baseball weather! :)

Day 389

8/10/11

Merriam, KS

Took advantage of the awesome weather and sketched at the Antioch Park. There were lots of people out! :)

Day 388

8/9/11

Merriam, KS

I made cookies and went to see 'Crazy Stupid Love'- fun evening!

Day 387

8/8/11

Kansas City, MO/Merriam, KS

Morning rainbow on the way to work, and 'The Vampire Diaries' show marathon.

Day 386

8/7/11

Lawrence, KS

Hancock fabrics with mom, and a quick storm! Teen Choice awards were entertaining too..

Day 385

8/6/11

Lawrence, KS

Balloon store with mom- very fun, and free balloon flowers :) Freddy's with Anna, plain white t-shirt shopping to give to Rebecca for airbrushing for Lindsey's Bachelorette party, and the Douglas County Fair! We walked, talked, and saw a four-wheeler race. Fun day! :)

Day 384

8/5/11

Lawrence, KS

Got my stitch taken out- all is well! Lunch w/ mom and dad at Quinton's, went with dad to Gould Evans for a library renovation meeting, picked up the finished tea pot from Sunfire, finished 'The Hunger Games', visited mom at work after getting through construction on 6th street- then dinner with mom and dad at the Mad Greek, and fun at the Douglas County fair! It was a really nice evening for exhibits, the carnival, the demolition derby and a cherry limeade! Awesome day! :)

Day 383

8/4/11

Kansas City, MO/Merriam, KS

A much needed break in the heat wave with a morning shower! I got my cherry limeade at Sonic with the pitter-patter of raindrops. Project Runway was fun with pet-store item inspired dresses. Very creative!

Day 382

8/3/11

Merriam, KS

A great day! Started reading 'The Hunger Games' again :)

Day 381

7/2/11

Merriam, KS

Got Lindsey and Chad's wedding invite in the mail today! It was also the hottest day in Kansas City in over 25 years. I believe it!!!

Day 380

8/1/11

Merriam, KS

Finished 'A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail' by Bill Bryson- great book!

Day 379

7/31/11

Lawrence, KS/Merriam, KS

Shark Week!!!! Lazy day with the fam and a beautiful sunset!

Day 378

7/30/11

Lawrence KS, Kansas City, MO

Mickey Mouse band-aids for my ex-cyst stitch, Munchers for breakfast, bowling, tour of KU campus, Mass St. @ lunch, Bob's BBQ Smokehouse all with the Flanders gang. Then Cinderella at Starlight with Danielle- lightning in the background fireworks at the legends on the way home, and a skunk on Sharon Drive! An awesome, packed, hot day!

Day 377

7/29/11

Lawrence, KS

Fun with the Flanders game from Minnesota! We made homemade ice cream before they came, got my cyst removed- it's so itchy now!!, ate with the gang at On the Border, and played Apples to Apples for over 2 hours!

Day 376

7/28/11

Kansas City, MO/Merriam, KS

Pranks @ work, worked on etching everyone's names onto the teapot I painted for Lindsey's tea party Bridal Shower 'guest book' a light show in the sky and Ratatouille.

Day 375

7/27/11

Merriam, KS

Finished 'A Year in Provence' by Peter Mayle for the adult summer reading program at the LPL. Good book!

Day 374

7/26/11

Merriam, KS

Watched Rango on DVD- cute movie!!

Day 373

7/25/11

Merriam, KS

Swimming at the clubhouse

Day 372

7/24/11

Lawrence, KS/Merriam, KS

Church with a pretty rainbow, Harry Potter 2 in the movie theatre, and a lightning storm

Day 371

7/23/11

Lawrence, KS

Lindsey's Bridal Shower Tea Party and Kevin's 20th Birthday + party at Kobe's with Grandma Jan and Pa!

Day 370

7/22/11

Nevada, MO

Trip to the Nevada, MO CBOC- a HOT day, and I got stuck at the pump for an hour and a half! Sheesh.

Day 369

7/21/11

Merriam, KS

Packing for the weekend- I boxed, wrapped, etched, packed, and stuffed so much stuff!!

Day 368

7/20/11

Merriam, KS

CRAZY HOT- the start of the awfulness that is summer in the midwest. Got lots done for Lindsey's Bridal Shower on Saturday!