Dear Sonic

I see your commercials 4513 times a day and for the last few years I've been wanting to try some of your yummy looking juices but there is not one of you near me. A few weekends ago I drove 7 hours and there you were, shining brightly with lots of happy customers. I didn't have time at that moment to visit you but I made Corey pinky promise we would visit you on the way home. All weekend I was so excited to taste your juicy goodness, my mouth was watering when I saw your commercials that weekend and I would jump up and exclaim "I'm coming to see you soon!"
As we got in the car to depart and I said to Corey "Don't forget you pinky promised Sonics" he says "I know babe don't worry we are heading there" "Yippee!"
I see you from a distance "Babe, There it is!!! NO, don't get gas now, get it afterwards, I haven't had anything to drink all morning so I could have some of their juicy yumminess" My excitement bubbles over as we pull into the parking lot, but ... there's a fence. " Go around to the other side I bet it's open over there" Corey drives to the other side "Ok wait, go back to where we came from it has to be open there, there's people there, I can see them" Corey drives back around, still no openings. "Lacey all those people are wearing hard harts and vests, they're closed for remodel" Then a heard a loud crushing sound, looked around and realized it was my heart, breaking. The whole ride home I was in a bad mood because of you, and when my car decided to stop working in the middle of the freeway that was blamed on you also. I'll have you know I no longer watch your commercials with excitement and want, I fast forward as quickly as possible and if I do happen to ever see you again, I will not visit. Distance will not make this heart grow stronger.
The End.

It's been awhile

I can't believe Thanksgiving is already here, just a few more days till the long awaited food coma. This year we weren't really sure what would be going on with my dad in and out of the hospital so often, my aunt ordered 2 of the Marie Calendars meals to have at my grandma's. At first I was very offended, how dare they think we would be satisfied with this non-traditional rubbish, then I realized it means less dishes to wash for me. I went online to check it out and they really don't look that bad, all I eat anyways is Turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and rolls so those can't really be messed up too badly right?
I know Corey's parents will have Thanksgiving also, but it just isn't the same, they do a buffet style so everyone can come and go and the food just isn't what I grew up on. At Nana & Papa's there is always a schedule, the tables are set with the best linen's and china, we bless the food before we eat and go around the table saying what we are thankful for the most this year, the champagne bottles open and the platters start getting passed around. It's tradition and I don't want it to change. Last years Thanksgiving we planned to go upto Lake Arrowhead which I found horrifying but I was excited to go to Arrowhead period. Then my dad had the heart attack and Thanksgiving day we were in the hospital, I believe all I ate that day was a bagel, the cafeteria had a Thanksgiving meal of sorts but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I am very thankful that this year I will be able to be with my family, Corey has to work but I should be able to spend some time with him, my dad will not be in the hospital because his bypass surgery isn't until the next Thursday.
Friday we had date night and went to Benihana's, it was so so good. Saturday I met up with Diana for lunch and some shopping. We had dinner with Corey's family on Saturday night and then took a quick trip to Target to get Zoey a matching stocking, but they didn't have the same ones I bought for us last year so I got the same blue stocking and I will put the initial on it myself. Yesterday we cleaned out the garage and took a truck load full of stuff to Goodwill, it felt great to get rid of the junk and bring all the Christmas boxes to the front so I can start decorating this weekend.
I started baking lastnight and it felt so nice to start getting into the spirit of the seasons again, I made pumpkin bread and had a great idea to use a little bit of icing on each loaf, then it hit me that the perfect topper would be brown sugar. OMG, best bread ever, even Corey liked it and made sure to request I don't give them all away today at work. My new KitchenAid mixer is great, I don't know what I ever did with out it.

Baby making is still in the works, we're now on our 4th cycle and I'm thinking about starting to chart at the beginning of the year. I think I was a bit in denial about how things were going to go down so I'm going to read a book which is recommended on all the boards called Taking Control of Your Fertility, I'm sure I'll learn a lot and hopefully that knowledge will increase our chances of getting knocked up. Yay! After realizing I was in denial I've pretty much become obsessed with the thoughts of not being able to get pregnant or it taking years and years to get pregnant, or getting pregnant and having a miscarriage. I've found some really great boards on thebump.com and the woman on the boards have helped alot. I never realized getting pregnant was such a challenge for so many woman. The other day I noticed a woman who was on her 86th cycle, over 7 years of trying, and then today I found out that one of the regulars had a miscarriage 5 days before her second trimester. Though these websites scare me a little I think overall it's a good thing to be educating myself, Corey thinks so also.

My Birthday

Another Birthday has come and gone but this time it was mine.
Friday Corey and I left town about 12:30 to drive upto Santa Cruz. After 7 hours we finally arrived at Andrea & Oliver's. They decorated the whole house with streamers and signs, I felt so loved. We had a really great weekend seeing the Redwoods, taking the train ride, going to the Aquarium, going down town and meeting Oliver's family. The girls cooked breakfast every morning and I got to use a "special" plate. I also got to visit with my cousin who just moved up there to go to college so that was very cool, they went to dinner with us down town on Saturday night to a restraunt called Pallermo where they had a mariachi band sing me Happy Birthday. Michelle & Derek flew up Friday and left Sunday but we didn't leave till Monday. I will post pictures soon, we got some great ones!

I haven't gotten to celebrate my birthday with my family yet but on Saturday we are going out to dinner.

My dad had an angiogram yesterday which is when they put dye in the arteries to see where the blockages are, they were going to try to go do an angiosplasty at the same time but they didn't because things weren't looking as good as they hoped. Dad is home and resting but he'll be going back later this month for a bypass surgery...the really scary one :(

Dinner

On the menu tonight:
Artichoke - with Nikki's secret special to die for dip for the appetizer
Jerk Chicken - our favorite cuisine from Jamaica, it's been marinating for 2 days
Salad - not sure what kind yet...probably caesar cause it's our fave
Mashed Potatoes - full of garlic yumminess

Can't wait!

Free

Corey's dad travels quite a bit for work, when I say quite a bit I mean A LOT.

He accrues many miles and earns free tickets, this past weekend he gave me a free round trip ticket for Southwest. A free ticket?!? Yes, a free ticket to travel anywhere Southwest travels, can you imagine? Endless possibilities of where to visit, and I have a whole year to do it! I have no idea where to even get started.