Category: Randomness

Yay! It's my birthday! I love birthdays! What could make them better? Why celebrating being married to the best guy ever on the same day! He gave me some lovely flowers for our anniversary and my birthday. (I would post a picture, but something seems to be a little off and they aren't working well….)

And a big thank you to everyone who has sent me birthday wishes! It was so kind and thoughtful of you! I hope everyone has a good day! I am off to have dinner at my dad's tonight! He's making me BBQ Ribs, twice baked potatoes, caramel apple pie…all the things my grandma used to do yearly on my birthday! It's so sweet! Tomorrow is lunch with Chuck's dad. Friday is dinner with my mom. Saturday is our annibirthary party with our friends. And Sunday is dinner at Chuck's mom's! I love it! A week of celebrating. And when that's over…we do it all again at Thanksgiving and Christmas! What a great time of year!

This video is really funny. If you have or had a cat, you will appreciate it much more. I hope you get a good laugh…I sure did! Enjoy!

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I got an iPhone today for my birthday! I am so very excited. Since we were changing phone companies that means that Chuck got one, too! I will be sending lots of emails! How fun! I just wanted to share!

This is a video and the song from the ending credits to a computer game Chuck got. This was one of the smaller games in the Half Life Orange Box game called Portal. It was a really fun game to watch. You make entry and exit portals to get through levels. At the end, this is what you see. It is hilarious! I hope you get a good laugh out of it!

Video & Song

Another if that one didn't load for you.

Lyrics

This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Aperture Science
We do what we must
because we can.
For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are dead.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
And the Science gets done.
And you make a neat gun.
For the people who are still alive.
I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart.
And killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you!
Now these points of data make a beautiful line.
And we're out of beta.
We're releasing on time.
So I'm GLaD. I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned
for the people who are still alive.
Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to stay inside.
Maybe you'll find someone else to help you.
Maybe Black Mesa
THAT WAS A JOKE.
HAHA. FAT CHANCE.
Anyway, this cake is great.
It's so delicious and moist.
Look at me still talking
when there's Science to do.
When I look out there, it makes me GLaD I'm not you.
I've experiments to run.
There is research to be done.
On the people who are still alive.
And believe me I am still alive.
I'm doing Science and I'm still alive.
I feel FANTASTIC and I'm still alive.
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
And when you're dead I will be still alive.
STILL ALIVE
STILL ALIVE

One of these things is not like the other….I came into the bedroom and saw Sadie sitting on the bed. I barely noticed her. She looked just like the other stuffed animals on the bed. I just thought it was funny. Enjoy a laugh!

We got to go to Bayfield a couple times this summer and it was so nice. The first time we went up was Labor Day weekend with Paige, Brian and our friends Kelly and Andy. We did some sightseeing and had a bunch of great food!

HERE is the gallery with pictures from this weekend.

A few weeks later, we went up with a bunch of our friends: Lauren and Steve Kavan, Steph and Ryan Fabick and Ben and Trisha Fisher. It was so fun to have a bunch of our friends up there. The guys did some fishing and we also did some shopping in Bayfield, had some great food and went on a nice little boat ride!

HERE are the couple of pictures I took from one of the apple orchards we went to. This was a barn that was purchased from the Sears & Roebuck Company catalog and you had to put it together yourself. It was in really great shape and was so pretty. I just love barns. But I am really a fan of the ones that are falling apart. There's just something so neat about them. If anyone has more pictures they took from this weekend, send them to me and I will add them to this gallery.

The last two days I have been a bit under the weather and Chuck has taken very good care of me. He picked up my favorite junk foods and a blizzard for lunch yesterday! It was so yummy! And he picked up these gorgeous flowers for me! He's so sweet and thoughtful! I just needed a second to brag! Thanks for always taking care of me, dear!

These are some muffins I made with an Apple Cinnamon Muffin Mix I got at an apple orchard when we were in Bayfield. They called for 4 cups of apples. I wasn't sure there was going to be an muffin in them. But they are really good. And the apple chunks are soft and add a lot of flavor to them. They are really tasty. I was so glad I was able to pull off this baking task! Now I want more of this mix! Maybe I can get it online…I'll have to look into that!

Since I realized my birthday was approaching quickly, I figured I should update my wish list a bit. The link on the right side of this page will always be there. So just because this isn't at the top you can always find my list to the right. I have not updated Chuck's list as of yet, but I will get around to that soon.

HERE is a link to my current wish list and I will add things as I think of them.

My wonderful friend Kellyn brought me these on Sunday. What a sweet and thoughtful gift! Thank you!