it's over...

i love sundays. like, really. love. all week i am surrounded by people. it is my job to take care of people, and please people and spend time with lots of people. don't get me wrong, i like people. but after a full week of it i just want some time for myself and only myself. i want to only think about myself and do what i want to do when i want to do it. enter-sunday.

this was my schedule for today: i slept in until 1030, crawled out of bed, took a shower, lay in bed for another hour or so, got dressed/made up/hair did,drove to puyallup just to go to my favorite coffee shop of all time (Canyon Coffee Company. they make this AMAZING butter rum eggnog latte. if you have a coffee shop around you that is able to make one, GET IT. that is an order!), ate lunch(at Panera Bread. i LOVE their pick two. i always get the turkey sandwich-no onions or mayo and chicken noodle soup with a french baguette. highlight of my day for SURE), took a nap, and now i'm blogging. best day ever.

anyway, now that i've got that off my chest...

sweet baby jesus i am SO happy to announce that Biggest Loser at work is OVER!! after six months of hard work(ok four months of hard work and two of mild work thanks to my back)the winner is........

ME!!

guess what i won??

thirteen dollars.

no. really. i won thirteen dollars. out of the 15 or so people that participated there was a total of 97 pounds lost. which roughly adds up to $50, so that's what i was expecting. imagine my surprise when i was told that i had WON!(YEA!!!!) and that i'd get my thirteen dollars soon(uhhhh...what??).

this is apparently what happened:at the end of each month the person who had lost the most weight(me) would get a small percentage of the pot, depending on how much weight was lost that month. it usually ranged from $5-$9. so what our biggest loser organizer did was take the $50 and subtracted the total dollar amounts i had received at the end of each month. what was leftover was $13. the whole thing is totally bogus to me because i'm almost positive(as well as everyone else that participated)that the rules for the game stated that at the end of the six months the winner would receive .50 for each lb the group lost. but, whatever. i'm not gonna make a big deal about it, in the end it was a pretty awesome adventure. there's gonna be another one in january where we pay to participate(this last one was free). even if the fee is only $10 if five people join that's at least $50 to the winner so i'm going to join that to help me lose the last 20ish lbs i want.

so,lucky you, no biggest loser talk for the next two months! which i'm actually grateful for, i'm kinda tired of talking about it, haha

moving on...

the holidays are fast approaching. with the holidays comes my annual(and possibly last, since we are no longer contracted with boeing) christmas break. i'm way super stoked for this coming christmas break. why?? you ask. because this year i am going to be spending my break...

in HOUSTON,TX!!!!!

i'm so excited for this trip it's ridiculous. you know how little kids count down the days til christmas starting around the fourth of july?? i'm absolutely counting down the days until my houston trip. i know you are thinking "yeah, yeah, you go to houston ALL the time", which is partially true. this will be my third trip to houston this year, but this trip is a bit different for a few reasons:

#1 i get to MEET my niece rylee
#2 i will be spending about a week there, which is the longest time i've ever spent there
#3 i will be ringing in the new year there! i can't think of any better way to kick off the new year than in 70 degree weather with my favorite sister, brother in law, niece and nephew!!!

speaking of...is this not THE cutest dinosaur and kitten you have EVER seen in your whole entire life???????



big brother torture is already starting...


ok only two more...
connor got his first happy meal EVER!

i'm so in love and we haven't even met yet...


did you know my nephew was the best dancer in the WORLD??? he got it from his mama.


ugh. december 27th can't come fast enough.

so, i don't have any radio in my life so i'm always behind on current tunes, usually discovering them months after they've been out. when i want some new music i go to itunes, check out the top 100 singles, then download ones i think sound rad. just wanted to share my latest purchase and current favorite song...enjoy!!