Seriously, best ever...

I have a serious, serious, serious addiction to Sex and the City.  I have come to terms with my problem recently... as recently as today when I watched the movie twice through, back to back, and some parts with the director commentary because I was so interested in certain things Michael Patrick King had done.  Hmmm... obsess much!?  I have not always been die hard, but as soon as I started regularly watching, my love affair began.  I have seen every single episode at least two or three times.  And, I definitely did not understand the critics who gave the movie such bad reviews... it may not be the world's best cinematic masterpiece, but seriously... is that really what you were expecting?!  No, what should have been expected was a GREAT GIRL MOVIE!  Kudos to any straight men who went to see it... Steve never would.  Every once in awhile he will watch part of an episode with me, until he realizes that he's actually watching SATC and enjoying it!  Anyway... I just wanted to share my thoughts on my obsession and addiction.  Cosmos and Manolos for all!!! :)

Teeny bopper again...

So this was the first year I actually watched most of the episodes of American Idol... at least enough to know who all the people were and become semi-invested in their lives.  At least as invested as I could become by fast forwarding through most of their backgrounds until they started singing... 

Anyway, ended with some friends with free tix to American Idol tour concert at Van Andel a couple weeks ago.  It was so much fun!  We had such a great time yelling like the fan-crazed teenage girls surrounding us...  Here were just a couple of fun shots of a couple of my favorites, Jason Castro and of course, David Cook.  Enjoy!

Congratulations...

My dear friend Abby got engaged on Friday night.  I just wanted to share my congratulations for her and with the world.  I love Kevin, her fiance and am VERY happy for the two of them!  Welcome to marriage guys!  Well, almost... She will be getting married April 25.  YAY!  Oh yeah, and Kevin did a REALLY good job- her ring IS GORGEOUS!!! :)  So, Congrats... LOVE YOU!

Puppy chow...

Puppy chow... I really love puppy chow.  One of the girls I work with brought in some she made today... my hand barely left the bag all day.  It reminded me of care packages my mom used to send me during college... there would always be LOTS of puppy chow!  It made me quite popular a few times. :)  It is so easy to make... it only takes 4 ingredients!  I even bought a box of Crispix on the way home to make some tonight.  So for anyone else who LOVES it as much as I do, I have included the world's simplest recipe. :)  ENJOY!!!  I will be!

6oz or 1 cup semi-sweet morsels

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup peanuts (they are optional, but I DO NOT use them)

6 cups Crispix (or a small box)

1 cup powdered sugar

Melt the chocolate chips in a bowl, takes about a minute or so.  Stir until melty and then add peanut butter.  Gently stir in Crispix, but some will break.  Put the powdered sugar in a plastic bag and add the Crispix mixture and shake.  It works best if you do this step in smaller quantities, the Crispix gets more evenly coated.  

Super easy! :)

End of Summer...

The end of summer has arrived, and what a GREAT summer it was!  After FINALLY finishing our house projects late spring, early summerish we were really able to enjoy the outdoors.  We did so many fun things this summer I thought I would post some pics with a few of the highlights.  Too bad I don't have any of us sitting and watching the Olympics, it became an obsession for the two of us... Steve even got into the gymnastics! :)

The Betka family and Boss family caught a Tigers game for Father's Day.  Steve even caught something else, a ball hit by Pudge (back when he was still a Tiger) during batting practice.

A very fun day spent on the Thornapple River with Abby, Carrie, and Elizabeth in June.

Our very patriotic Fourth of July block party.

ROTHBURY!  We only went for Saturday and Sunday (because of our awesome FREE tix!) but I don't think I would have made it the whole weekend.  By the time we got home, we were "Rothed OUT!"

A trip to Fremont took Carley, Katie, and I to the Gerber Baby Food Festival, a Lonestar concert, and Steve's 10 year high school reunion!

Here we are in Grant Park in Chicago for Lollapalooza.  Had such a great time with Jason and Michelle, our Lolla buddies, and also ran into old friends to listen to a little Rage Against the Machine!  It really brought back all those days during Pull practice- really glad I had one of my Pull coaches with me at the concert! :)

Also in Chicago that weekend we went to a Cubs game.  It was awesome for Steve and I because neither of us had ever been to the very classic Wrigley Field.

After all the travels and hot, lazy days fall may be welcomed.  At least I really like to wear sweaters!!!

Starting up

Well, after purchasing our new Mac for our anniversary present to ourselves, I have been loving owning a laptop.  So, I decided to jump on the blogging band wagon... so here it is, hopefully I can keep it going! :)

Labor Day 2008

Labor Day 2008 came and went with lots of fun.  In my opinion not QUITE as much as Labor Day 2007 (when we got married and then honeymooned in Jamaica) but fun all the same.  We spent the weekend on Steve's parents boat which was docked in Muskegon.  We even took the boat to Grand Haven on September 1, one year later we were back in Grand Haven.  We had such a fun time with Steve's parents, Carley, Ed, Claudia, and Jacob, and Katie.  Only wish the mini-vaca could have been longer, and extended into Jamaica like last year's.  

This is Laura the Elephant swimming in Lake Michigan.  She happened to be in Muskegon at the State Park, and we happened to be beached there!