New Name

Many of you know that I hang out with my cousins Lindsay, Stephanie, Courtney and my sister quite a bit. Naturally, we had to think of a name for ourselves because all clicks have cool names. Lindsay thought of the Fab Five as I like to call it sometimes.

It seems that Teddy hangs out with the Fab Five quite a bit and I don't think anyone minds because sometimes he is one of the girls.

But I was thinking that maybe we can make an addition to the name Fab Five....you remember that show "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place"? Well, what if that can be incorporated in our name?

Five Girls and a Teddy? Or the Fab Five and Teddy.....I am not saying all the time, just when Teddy is going to be invited....

Grounded

In follow-up to my last entry regarding Cake Mania, Adam did buy it for me and it is amazing. However, I have officially grounded myself from my DS. I am really sad about it. But I am failing my humanities class and I can't have anything to distract me while I get my grade back-up.

But it was fun while it lasted and now, I only have three months until I can play it again....

Cake Mania

So as many of you know, I was given an extension to finish two of my classes from last semester. Well I just got my grades back and I earned A's in both classes!!!!! I took three classes and I earned a B and two A's!!!!!

Adam said that he would buy me Cake Mania for my DS if I earned all A's this semester, but I think I should get it now!!!!

I am so exicited!!! My GPA is 3.2!!!!

Introducing Baby Brown

I already told you about Baby Brown below, but now I can show you....

They will either name the baby Cecelia Irene Brown or if it is a boy, the middle name will be Rodney after my Uncle you passed away at a very young age in Iowa.

I get so excited everytime I look at these pictures!!!!

Baby Brown

This is going to be the best blog ever!!! My brother and his wife Mindi announced last week that they are going to have a baby!!! I can't believe it!!! They have been waiting for this day for so long! The baby is due September 14, 2009 (which is the day after Mindi's birthday).

What should the baby call me?

Jacob

As many of you know, Jacob is my co-worker and he is a part of a lot of my stories from work. Especially now that Courtney is working there. He even had a special blog dedicated to him and what of my work I should assign him. So I figured I would formally introduce him to you all.

Everyone this is Jacob.....

He is a lot of fun and he even talks Twilight....sorry Jacob, but I had to tell them. He reads my blog but doesn't comment. So let's see how long it takes him to mention this to me at work....:)

School

Today I took a half day so that I could go to school and finish a class that I was given an extension to complete. I had to take five tests and I did!!!! I am very proud of myself. Now I took the first test last week and waited to get my grade back so I could see how well I did and I got an A!!!! Now I can focus on my last three classes that I need to graduate this semester.

I really just keep dreaming about the day that I can say I am done with school!!!!!! Now I really need to focus on my humanities class....it is really hard and I have to read a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Old Men Pass Gas

So last week at lunch I went to Stapels to by some labels for work. When I went up to pay there was an elderly man standing behind me. All of a sudden I hear this noise that sounded like a huge fart. But then when I didn't smell anything I thought he had just made a noise with whatever he was buying. But then out of the corner of my eye he was down a few lanes looking at some stuff and that is when it hit me. The worst smell in the world.

So that old man farted then walked away so that it looked like I am the one that did it. It was not cool....

Muffin Tops

When they aren't hangin' over your pants, they can be a delicious treat....

The Office

I figured I would dedicate this blog to my cousin Courtney. Now Courtney and I have always been close, but now that we are older and have experienced some of the same things we get even more closer. So when a position at my law firm opened up I didn't hesitate to offer her the job. It is a temporary position but she sure is making a name for herself in the office and the firm.


I mean that in a good way. I would recite some of the jokes that the fab five made to her about the lawyers, but I think her mom might read my blog so I won't do that.

Even though Courtney has to work hard and stand at the copier a good part of the day, she still has a smile on her face....

And because she is so nice and wonderful, she will stop and get me a coffee from McDonalds. I pay for it, but she helps me out by stopping there on her way in to work.




















Wait a tick, who is that reading a law book?????

1/30/09

I celebrated my birthday with my mom the Friday after my birthday. We went over to my Grandma Hoff's house because it was easier than going out and I wanted my mom to have a good time. So we ordered Native New Yorker and my family plus my best friend Lizzie, her husband Mike and their little boy Mikey joined us for dinner. We all had a lot of fun and so did my Grandma. And even though it was my birthday, seeing my Grandma laugh and play with Mikey made me so happy.

Again, everyone was so generous.....but the present that topped the cake.....my Nintendo DS!!!!! I have been wanting one for so long, but Adam said no until I graduated from school with straight A's. So I was so excited that my mom, sister and brother all pitched in for one. And to make it even better...They gave me the game Diner Dash which is my all time favorite game...

All in all, this was probably one of my favorite birthdays. I was always surrounded by the people who love and care about me the most....

1/28/09

The Wednesday after my birthday I met my family for our weekly visit to The Vine and we celebrated my birthday. It was very nice and everyone was so generous with their gifts. I was even given a sundae that I shared with everyone. My cousin Lindsay has pictures from that night on her blog, so you will have to visist that to see them:

http://whereintheworldislb.blogspot.com

1/27/09

Well today is my actual birthday. I was actually a little sad the night before because it was the first birthday where I would wake up by myself. Every birthday I have either had my family there with me in the morning or my girlfriends will stay over. So Adam was nice and spent the night with me.

It is a tradition in my family to give a present to you in the morning when you wake-up. It is usually something that you wear all day :) So when I woke-up that morning I had a present from Roni and David (Adam's parents) along with the sweetest card. I took my birthday off as a vacation day so that I could relax and enjoy myself.

When I opened my delicious looking cake, there were sunglasses in side! Don't I look like a movie star? "Ralph Lauren was boren before I worem...." Adam just taught me that....

After the paparazzi cleared the way outside my house, I went to Sanctuary to use a gift certificate my Dad gave me last year for my birthday. If you thought I hoard my perfume, you should see how long it takes me to use gift cards.

Anyways, Sanctuary had a special where instate residents got 30% off their treatments through the end of January. So I made it just in time for the deal. It was the most amazing this I have ever experienced in my life!!! When I was finished with the massage, I took a shower and did my hair. I wish I had really known how much I could have done while I was there, because I would have brought my make-up, and then my bathing suit to sit in the hot tub. But it was still so much fun.

Because I was given that 30% discount I still had enough left over on my gift card to have lunch at the resort restaurant. I was sat in a booth over looking the pool and facing Camelback Mountain. (The picture was taken from my camera phone and I am not good at downloading them on the computer)

For lunch I had the most amazing chicken, shrimp, and sausage chipotle pasta. I didn't really care for the sausage, so I picked that out and the rest was amazing. I even had a Bud Light. Of course I had two glasses of water because you need to hydrate yourself after a massage. But who can say no to a Bud Light????

After the pasta I had a delicious dessert. It was peanut butter with chocolate ice cream....

Now, after my amazing massage, great shower, amazing view, great lunch, I was walking out of the restaurant and I tripped and fell walking up the stairs. It was very embarrassing. Even one of the waitresses came running after me to see if I was ok. I almost cried.....what a way to finish my birthday.....

1/25/09

The Saturday before my birthday Adam planned a special surprise for me. All he told me to do was be ready by 5:45. Of course I was running late and while I was getting ready someone came over the house, but they were super quite. The reason I could tell was because Princess, my dog, was acting really weird. Well when I came around the corner I saw my sister Alyssa and her boyfriend Andy sitting on my couch. It was really exciting as I had no idea what was going on.

That is when Adam told me we were going on a trip on the light rail to downtown and then Alyssa handed me ear plugs...which only meant one thing.....MONSTER TRUCK RALLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was awsome riding on the light rail.....here is a picture of Andy, Adam's mouth, Alyssa and me before we got on the train. As you can see, we needed Lindsay's help on getting the group shot.

Alyssa and Adam had a little trouble buying our tickets......

But soon everything worked out and we were on the rail....

And then we made it to the MONSTER TRUCK RALLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ate
a giant bratwurst and Alyssa had to wear ear plugs....

As for the MONSTER TRUCK RALLEY, the only way to show you what it's really like is to play a video.......

Birthday

I would like to say thank you to everyone that has helped celebrate my birthday. I will have a lot of blog entries coming this weekend to document each celebration, but I just wanted to send a quick thank you. Plus check out my new profile pic!!!!

'Bacon Explosion' a huge hit

OMG Jackie......http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/dining/28bacon.html?no_interstitial

Light Rail

Hello Everyone,

On February 16th, my cousin Courtney and I are going to take the Light Rail from McClintock and Ash to Indian School and Central to see how long it will take us to get to work. If anyone would like to join us....we will be meeting at the park-n-ride on McClintock and Ash around 6:30 a.m.

Then I plan to come home and go back to sleep!!!!

Twitter

Many of you might have noticed that I have added a new section to the right of my postings called "On The Go." Well my sister introduced me to a whole new world and level of blogging....I can make entries from my phone. All I do is text my message to a number and it will show up on my blog. Now I will be able to keep it updated!!!! Holla!!!!!

Free Samples

So the other day I went to Sam's Club to get a few things for the office and what did I see what I turned the corner?????? Free Samples!!!!! And what did I see when I got closer???? Bacon....as I was walking up there it was like angles were singing and we were running towards each other in a field full of flowers.

I was a little disappointed to find that it was Turkey Bacon, but it was still good.....so maybe not angels singing, but still the field full of flowers.

Yeah Right Jackie

So my friends from Wake-Up With Cosmo kept talking about these youtube "webisodes" called Jackie and Debra. They even had Debra on the show! So I decided to watch them, and I have to say I love it!!!! Yeah right Jackie!!!!!!