So I left for Seattle today. I'm feeling pretty West Coast in my North Face puffy vest (complete with fur lined hood) and Burberry galoshes. The trip started off okay. I got to the airport fine, found my gate, and sat down to charge my laptop up for the flight. There was a problem with the door on our plane but the guy got on the intercom and said that he thought it would be fixed in time and specifically said "I think this plane is going to make it to Minneapolis" which is my first leg. Sweet. Ok. Turns out this wasn't the case, I had to switch gates and by that point I wasn't first in line and therefore there was no room for my carry-on bag. So I'm fine with plane side check in but for some reason they had to check it all the way through! If I wanted to check my bag, I would have done it when I got my boarding pass! So I don't think my bag is going to make it. I did grab my toothbrush though!
So I was finally through the door of the plane. I normally choose an aisle seat but I wanted to be near the front of the plane (due to my short layover) so I chose a middle seat. The row in front of me however only has two people in it so the guy to my left has lots of leg room. I approach and then nicely say, "the middle seat is mine." the guy looks at the seat, looks at me, DOESN'T GET UP. and says "do u think u can get by?" Ummm, no sir. I don't feel like climbing over you to get to my seat! I just go "No, I don't think so." So then he got up with a look as though I was the one being rude! I'm guessing he had trouble with the seatbelt the first time and didn't want to have to buckle it again. Clearly a huge inconvenience. He's sleeping now and looks pretty out of it. I'm tempted to pull the Bluetooth out his ear and smash it.
Highlights of the trip so far:
1) For checking my bag, I was given a free bottle of water.
2) Whoever sat here before me left a gold mine in the front seat pocket. 2 Business Weeks, one Time, and Fortune magazine!!
3) There are these cute little kids diagonal from me and I like watching them to see what they're going to do. I might not even have to get out any of my own toys on this flight!
4) The first class flight attendant (though unhelpful regarding the plane side check in) somewhat resembles Mike Meyers so that amuses me.
I'm now on my next flight to Seattle and am thoroghly annoyed by the girl in the row in front of me. I don't think I have my cranky pants on but I have a feeling it sounds like it. The girl in front of me threw a fit that the plane had no tvs and that she is not going to get to watch a movie. I bet she's going to be way jel when I get out my laptop and turn on 24.
Good news! I made it to Seattle safe and sound...and so did my suitcase!! Woo hoo!! It's going to be a great weekend!!
Thursday
Wednesday
I love new cars!
So next week I'll be heading up to Chicago for several reasons, one of which will be to go to the Chicago Auto Show!! I'm pretty pumped because they'll be unveiling the 2011 Ford Edge which has the new MyTouch system in it. There are tons of articles on it and even videos on YouTube to show you how it works but a few pictures can be seen in the attached link. http://www.autoblog.com Basically MyTouch has taken out the odometer and other dials and put in two 4 inch LCD screens.
The left screen can be used to see the car maintenance status, the odometer, and those other features that most people driving their car need to see at one time or another but not necessarily all at once.
The right screen can be used to control the entertainment and navigation systems as well as some other fun features on the car. It is color coded to with the main screen that is in the middle of the car so that it's not super distracting while you drive. The point, I am told, is to have the driver have to take his hands off the wheel as little as possible because the screens and their features are controlled by buttons on the steering wheel. I think it looks fabulous but am curious to see how it really works. I will keep you all posted with my discoveries!
The left screen can be used to see the car maintenance status, the odometer, and those other features that most people driving their car need to see at one time or another but not necessarily all at once.
The right screen can be used to control the entertainment and navigation systems as well as some other fun features on the car. It is color coded to with the main screen that is in the middle of the car so that it's not super distracting while you drive. The point, I am told, is to have the driver have to take his hands off the wheel as little as possible because the screens and their features are controlled by buttons on the steering wheel. I think it looks fabulous but am curious to see how it really works. I will keep you all posted with my discoveries!
You have to see this!
This is ridiculous and you have to see it to believe it. A salsa dancing dog!! Oh, how it makes me smile!
http://www.dogwork.com/salsa/
http://www.dogwork.com/salsa/
Monday
Sometimes I stop smiling...
...these are few and far between times. But one of them happened to be yesterday when the Colts lost the Superbowl. Now, I know that I should be happy for Drew Brees because he's a Boilermaker and blah blah but really, I just wish the Colts had pulled it off.
On a high note, the Superbowl party was a great time! A friend of a friend rented out The Elbow Room downtown. It was about 100 people, most of which I did not know, all you could drink beers, and heavy apps. Plus they came around with free delicious blue shots. The 6 hours that we were there flew by!! However, I do wish I'd taken advantage of the heavy apps because I was STARVING when I woke up this morning! The good news is that it's Monday which means that Mommy will be cooking something delicious to fill me up at dinner this evening.
We got about 5 inches of snow on Friday which was lovely since it was the weekend and I didn't have to go anywhere. They're predicting another 6-8 inches for tonight and tomorrow...looks like I'll be taking my laptop home just in case! And as long as I can get to Brothers to watch the Purdue game tomorrow night, I think I'll be fine! :)
Once again, I left my camera in my purse the whole evening and will have to wait for someone else to post some before I can add them to the blog. But feel free to scroll down and check out the ones from the AFC Championship Game!
On a high note, the Superbowl party was a great time! A friend of a friend rented out The Elbow Room downtown. It was about 100 people, most of which I did not know, all you could drink beers, and heavy apps. Plus they came around with free delicious blue shots. The 6 hours that we were there flew by!! However, I do wish I'd taken advantage of the heavy apps because I was STARVING when I woke up this morning! The good news is that it's Monday which means that Mommy will be cooking something delicious to fill me up at dinner this evening.
We got about 5 inches of snow on Friday which was lovely since it was the weekend and I didn't have to go anywhere. They're predicting another 6-8 inches for tonight and tomorrow...looks like I'll be taking my laptop home just in case! And as long as I can get to Brothers to watch the Purdue game tomorrow night, I think I'll be fine! :)
Once again, I left my camera in my purse the whole evening and will have to wait for someone else to post some before I can add them to the blog. But feel free to scroll down and check out the ones from the AFC Championship Game!
Tuesday
A Northwoods Adventure!
So over the weekend I headed up to Michigan with 9 friends to work on my New Year's resolution of being more outdoorsy. SUCCESS! I was VERY outdoorsy and I LOVED IT!!
We headed out Friday morning in Eddy's truck, with Greg and B-Mac right behind us (oh, and Penny Penguin!). We drove the 5.5 hours to Baldwin, MI. The only disappointing part of the car ride was I found out they changed the sign on the border of Michigan to "Pure Michigan". It no longer says "Great Lakes, Great Times." I hate it. We did however get to watch the snow start to pile up the further north we went which was good since skiing was in the plan for the weekend. Though maybe not the best thing when Eddy yelled "let's do this!!", gunned it onto the dirt road leading to the cabin, and spun out! Probably should have done that AFTER he put his car in four wheel drive! But it made for a good story and our motto for the weekend.
We got to Eddy's cabin which was super cute. The main house had a log burning oven, a long kitchen that was surprisingly practical, a full bathroom, and a bedroom. Then across the street was the garage, another full bathroom. Above the garage was the bunk house that had 5 cots in it. Eddy's mom had decorated the cabin with pictures him and his brothers had drawn as kids. It was all picture perfect.
We decided to head into town before the second car got there to go pick up any items needed for groceries. We went to the local grocery which we named "whole foods". Though we made fun of a lot of things in Baldwin, they did have a pretty mean boxed sangria. :) We finished up earlier then expected so we hit up the local bar...well, one of the two. Baldwin seemed like a town small enough that everyone knew everyone so people could definitely tell we were "city folk". But we were enjoying our backwoods experience and drinking out of mason jars!
After a drink we headed back to the cabin and waited for the other car to arrive. KP, Curt, Titus, Trey, and Colleen showed up quickly and we had to fill them in on all the adventures we'd already had. Then we took out the snowmobiles and the golf cart with "snow tires" on a night time adventure ride. Eddy's land is about 600 acres so we weren't really worried about running into anyone..except for maybe a deer...or the Dogman. Trey and Eddy also thought it would be a good idea to jump into the crick behind the house (even though it was -7 degrees outside). We also came up with the list of things seen below which is what we wanted to accomplish up at the cabin.
We played with the snow toys until we were too tired to play any more and then headed off to our respective sleeping areas. Saturday morning we started off early with a wholesome breakfast courtesy of the boys. Then we headed outside to shoot rifles. This was my first (and probably last) rifle shooting experience but at least I can say I did it. I was fine with tromping in the snow (behind the shooters) and making snow angels instead. Once we were done with the shooting, we packed into two cars and headed up to Caberfae Peaks to go skiing! Turns out, I'm pretty good at it. It's a shame I didn't go more when I was in Michigan.
After we put in 4 hours of skiing we headed back to town to show the others the bar and grab some pizza. We ended up going to a bar called "Debbie's" who LOVED us. They brought out beer pong for us, called in a DJ, and even gave us some free drinks! Of course, being a group of 10 we were the majority of the people in the bar that night! We ended up skipping pizza and staying there all night. We finally headed back to our car (thank you KP for being sober driver!) and headed back to the cabin.
Sunday morning we got up for one more delicious breakfast and a few more precious hours of hanging out. I was sad to see the other car go but the good news is that Colleen was the only one in it that doesn't live in Indy and I'll get to see her again in just 9 days!
There was no showering done by 8 people on this trip the whole weekend. Eddy said that's how you get the real outdoor experience. We also ate tons of pop tarts, scones, cookies, chips, chex mix, and anything else that comes already made and isn't good for you. I definitely need to stock up on my veggies this week!
We headed out Friday morning in Eddy's truck, with Greg and B-Mac right behind us (oh, and Penny Penguin!). We drove the 5.5 hours to Baldwin, MI. The only disappointing part of the car ride was I found out they changed the sign on the border of Michigan to "Pure Michigan". It no longer says "Great Lakes, Great Times." I hate it. We did however get to watch the snow start to pile up the further north we went which was good since skiing was in the plan for the weekend. Though maybe not the best thing when Eddy yelled "let's do this!!", gunned it onto the dirt road leading to the cabin, and spun out! Probably should have done that AFTER he put his car in four wheel drive! But it made for a good story and our motto for the weekend.
We got to Eddy's cabin which was super cute. The main house had a log burning oven, a long kitchen that was surprisingly practical, a full bathroom, and a bedroom. Then across the street was the garage, another full bathroom. Above the garage was the bunk house that had 5 cots in it. Eddy's mom had decorated the cabin with pictures him and his brothers had drawn as kids. It was all picture perfect.
We decided to head into town before the second car got there to go pick up any items needed for groceries. We went to the local grocery which we named "whole foods". Though we made fun of a lot of things in Baldwin, they did have a pretty mean boxed sangria. :) We finished up earlier then expected so we hit up the local bar...well, one of the two. Baldwin seemed like a town small enough that everyone knew everyone so people could definitely tell we were "city folk". But we were enjoying our backwoods experience and drinking out of mason jars!
After a drink we headed back to the cabin and waited for the other car to arrive. KP, Curt, Titus, Trey, and Colleen showed up quickly and we had to fill them in on all the adventures we'd already had. Then we took out the snowmobiles and the golf cart with "snow tires" on a night time adventure ride. Eddy's land is about 600 acres so we weren't really worried about running into anyone..except for maybe a deer...or the Dogman. Trey and Eddy also thought it would be a good idea to jump into the crick behind the house (even though it was -7 degrees outside). We also came up with the list of things seen below which is what we wanted to accomplish up at the cabin.
We played with the snow toys until we were too tired to play any more and then headed off to our respective sleeping areas. Saturday morning we started off early with a wholesome breakfast courtesy of the boys. Then we headed outside to shoot rifles. This was my first (and probably last) rifle shooting experience but at least I can say I did it. I was fine with tromping in the snow (behind the shooters) and making snow angels instead. Once we were done with the shooting, we packed into two cars and headed up to Caberfae Peaks to go skiing! Turns out, I'm pretty good at it. It's a shame I didn't go more when I was in Michigan.
After we put in 4 hours of skiing we headed back to town to show the others the bar and grab some pizza. We ended up going to a bar called "Debbie's" who LOVED us. They brought out beer pong for us, called in a DJ, and even gave us some free drinks! Of course, being a group of 10 we were the majority of the people in the bar that night! We ended up skipping pizza and staying there all night. We finally headed back to our car (thank you KP for being sober driver!) and headed back to the cabin.
Sunday morning we got up for one more delicious breakfast and a few more precious hours of hanging out. I was sad to see the other car go but the good news is that Colleen was the only one in it that doesn't live in Indy and I'll get to see her again in just 9 days!
There was no showering done by 8 people on this trip the whole weekend. Eddy said that's how you get the real outdoor experience. We also ate tons of pop tarts, scones, cookies, chips, chex mix, and anything else that comes already made and isn't good for you. I definitely need to stock up on my veggies this week!
Monday
Indiana is taking over the Superbowl!!!
Well as I'm sure you're all aware by now, the Indianapolis Colt's are going to the Superbowl!! And in addition to that, they're playing the Saints with Boilermaker quarterback Drew Brees!! Now, I'm a Brees fan, but when it comes down to it, I have to cheer for the Colts. I've lived in Indiana almost my whole life and that's where my true loyalty lies!
Well, enough about sports. Let's talk WEEKEND!! Friday was a glorious day filled with test driving cars. No decisions were made and no cars were purchased but I thought it was good to see what's out there. Next step, Chicago Auto Show!!
I was told my Stef that I was very good at being spontaneous this weekend. Saturday, I was relaxing at home when there was a knock on the door. My friend Patrick had come by to say hello and told me to stop whatever I was doing because we were going to have a beer. Sure it was only 11:30 am but we just happened to have 2 beers in the fridge so I went with it.
Saturday night, I put on "Aghhhhhh" t-shirt and hit up Broad Ripple Avenue. Stef and I did a mini bar crawl and managed to see several friends all in one evening. This mini bar crawl went much better then the last one I went on with Stef. The last one I went on had a much rougher morning. Sunday I woke up in good spirits (even though I only got 4 hours of sleep) and put on my #18 Manning jersey and headed downtown to meet some friends to watch the Colts game!!
As Stef's brother put it "Indy is starting to look a lot like Jersey Shore with all these Jets fans". THEY WERE EVERYWHERE! I was pretty happy when they all went to the game. We started off our day at Scotty's and then went to "The Pub". Oddly enough a few of our friends stumbled in from tailgating. We had hung out with them Saturday night and I think they must have put a tracker on Stef's car. How else would they have found us?
After the game we danced in the rain with all the other Colts fans celebrating a glorious win! Then we headed back up north to Brothers which was totally worth it when we found out they had BLUE BEER!! It was the highlight of my night...well besides the Colts winning the AFC Championship!!
Titus took all the pictures so those are still to come!
Well, enough about sports. Let's talk WEEKEND!! Friday was a glorious day filled with test driving cars. No decisions were made and no cars were purchased but I thought it was good to see what's out there. Next step, Chicago Auto Show!!
I was told my Stef that I was very good at being spontaneous this weekend. Saturday, I was relaxing at home when there was a knock on the door. My friend Patrick had come by to say hello and told me to stop whatever I was doing because we were going to have a beer. Sure it was only 11:30 am but we just happened to have 2 beers in the fridge so I went with it.
Saturday night, I put on "Aghhhhhh" t-shirt and hit up Broad Ripple Avenue. Stef and I did a mini bar crawl and managed to see several friends all in one evening. This mini bar crawl went much better then the last one I went on with Stef. The last one I went on had a much rougher morning. Sunday I woke up in good spirits (even though I only got 4 hours of sleep) and put on my #18 Manning jersey and headed downtown to meet some friends to watch the Colts game!!
As Stef's brother put it "Indy is starting to look a lot like Jersey Shore with all these Jets fans". THEY WERE EVERYWHERE! I was pretty happy when they all went to the game. We started off our day at Scotty's and then went to "The Pub". Oddly enough a few of our friends stumbled in from tailgating. We had hung out with them Saturday night and I think they must have put a tracker on Stef's car. How else would they have found us?
After the game we danced in the rain with all the other Colts fans celebrating a glorious win! Then we headed back up north to Brothers which was totally worth it when we found out they had BLUE BEER!! It was the highlight of my night...well besides the Colts winning the AFC Championship!!
Titus took all the pictures so those are still to come!
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