Happy

Four years ago today I married my soul mate and best friend. I couldn't image my life without him in it, and I'm so blessed to have someone who loves me as much as he does. For many years we have laughed together, cried together, and loved together.

Happy Anniversary to the only one who gets me. I love you.

On the St Louis trip I...

got started 3 hours late because the van rental company rented us a piece of crap van.
went to Bass Pro in Springfield.
posed with a bear...like a bear.
went up in the Arch.
saw the Mississippi River so high it touched the base of the white trim on the STOP sign below the Arch.
went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner in Union Station.
got a free shirt from Hard Rock because the waitress splashed BBQ sauce on my white shirt.
got free dessert because Hard Rock was out of bacon.
went to Six Flags.
rode all the roller coasters.
had the crap beat out of my back on "The Boss" roller coaster.
rode "Evil Knievel" the first day it opened.
came in 1st place twice on the go-karts.
creamed two people accidentally on said go-karts.
watched hundreds of people running a 5K for the Race for the Cure outside our hotel.
went to the zoo.
watched the sea lion show.
saw the three day old baby giraffe.
rented paddle boats.
got soaked in the torrential downpour about 20 minutes after leaving the dock.
ate the best frozen custard EVER at Ted Drewes.
got two bruises on my knees, bruised my palms, hit my head hard enough to draw blood, scraped my back and my ankle all for a good time at the City Museum.
went shopping at the St Louis Mills Mall.
ate lots of candy on the drive home.
went straight to bed after arriving home.


It was an exhausting but really fun trip.

I hate PSO

Ever since the ice storm (or around that time), if there is a droplet of rain or a slightly windy day, our power goes out. It's really annoying. So it is almost a guarantee that if we get a full blown thunderstorm that there's a good possibility that our power will be out for more than an hour or two. Sunday night was no different.

We were sound asleep in the wees hours of Monday morning (2:30 am to be exact) when a very loud thunderclap rolled through...loud enough to scare the bajeezus out of anyone. A bright orange light followed and then our house went dark. Mike and I have never moved so quickly in our lives. We ran to the front door to see what had caught fire-we were sure something outside had been struck by lightning. No fire. Thank you Lord. We looked to the end of our street and both perpendicular streets had power. Not us. Ugh.

We finally go back to sleep in the pitch black and awaken in the morning for work only to be greeted by continuous rain and no electricity. I ended up fixing my hair at work because I was so annoyed by the candle light. By 4:30 Monday afternoon we still didn't have power and they were estimating an 11:00 pm completion time. So we ate dinner. In the dark. Twiddled our thumbs and stared at each other. In the dark. Then decided to just go to bed. By 11:00 or a little after the power finally came back on.

So yesterday we discovered that when the transformer blew, it killed our surround sound, our DVR box, all of our phones, and our garage door. As a note of gratitude to PSO, we want to send them a "You suck" card. And Mike wants to add some creativity to the inside of the card, which will remain unsaid.

We hate PSO.

Signs of the times

So you know there's a good chance there's been a change in the economy when instead of cash prize giveaways, radio stations start advertising free gas for a year as the current prize.