um...

so yeah, I really don't want to work today.  How about you?

fleming & john...

So yesterday I was searching my music folders on my computer and found a folder where I had downloaded the CD, but never moved it over to itunes.  This CD got tons and tons and tons of play when I was younger, specifically through high school.  I listened to the songs again and was surprised that I still knew most of the lyrics...so I was sitting at my computer singing along at the top of my lungs.  Great times!  Kind of makes me want to pull out all of my old CD's and sing my heart out! 

Anyway, the group is Fleming & John who haven't done anything knew in years...but I still love em!  This is one of my favorite songs along with the video thanks to youtube!  Enjoy...

I'm Not Afraid


What did you think?  That is the only official music video that they have on youtube...but this is another of my favorites and it is so pretty.  It doesn't have a video but that's ok...love the very beginning and the first line, "We got nothing but tomorrow to keep us from today."

Rain All Day


The last song I am going to share has a really funny Sims video along with it that someone created.  I have never played the Sims, no idea how to do this, but it is very creative!

Ugly Girl


Why does it always seem so much worse when a guy dumps you for an ugly girl...like it really makes it easier if she is prettier than you.  Crazy...

Ah, the high school memories ;) 

Some others that are great: Delusions of Grandeur, Love Songs, Letters in my Head, A Place Called Love....oh who am I kidding, the whole Delusions of Grandeur CD is great!  I never actually had their other CD, The Way We Are.  Hmmm....I wonder if I can buy it on itunes :)


Saw Fleming & John in concert with Lauren forever ago at the fair in Springfield, MO.  Between their concert and making fun of the wide variety of fair-goers (come on...you know you've done it too) I remember it being a blast!  Do you remember that Lauren?

Well...that's all I have for now.  I have got to get to bed earlier than I have the last couple nights!

Later, Lis

A wonderful first chapter...

I meant to share these pictures around our one year anniversary on June 13th...but I never got further than making a list of pictures to share.  These are pictures of a wonderful, extremely happy day when I married my best friend and the most wonderful man in the world.  Baby, I can't wait until I get to see you again <3

The dress...I loved my dress but looking back maybe something not strapless would have been better (and more comfortable)

pictures of the bride (I love the end result of my flower bouquet...but it was a long process)

Thankful we had a pretty blue sky for the background!

lots of cool places inside the church to take pictures

making the band :)

I'll love you forever!

Three generations...my Grandma, me, and my mom

Michael and I with all he nieces and nephews...fun picture to capture

Some of my guest book pages...I spent a lot of time on these before the wedding and absolutely love them still!

A birds eye view...I never realized our photographer was this far away from us...he must have been running his butt off!

Yay!  We are married!

This boy makes my heart smile!  Love all the pics from down by train tracks and Jefferson footbridge

Here comes the train...such a pretty picture with the white bridge against the bright blue sky!

I love this series that my wonderful photographer, D Coleman Photography, put together.  I copied this series for a print on my wall at home.  Love it!

so pretty...and I love the topside view of my flowers :)

love that smile

pretty collage put together by my photographer showcasing some of the items from the reception...so red...I love it!

being sung to is sweet (but embarassing).  I never know what to do with my hands.  They all look so happy getting to sing their beloved barbershop...especially to me :)

I love this candid shot of us four hugging after the Best man and Maid of Honor gave their speeches.  Very touching...

The Firehouse gave us some beautiful photo opportunities!  I loved the huge wood doors leading out to the courtyard. 

Enjoying the reception...

Our first dance was to "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" by UB40 and it was a lot of fun.  We smiled, we sang, we twirled, and we kissed.  It was fabulous!

Daddy was so nervous, but he did fine. No twirling, singing, or kissing, just smiling and talking...but it was still great!

The girls having a blast dancing!

Beautiful flower girls!

Wonderful day...wonderful memories...the beginning of a wonderful life with a wonderful man!  (did I use the word wonderful too much :)

Looking forward to many more wonderful years to come!

Mrs. Hillenburg <3

Stranded at the drive-in...

Ok, so not really but that's the song it makes me want to sing.  Michael and I are fortunate because we have great friends in Kansas City who let us crash at their house the night before our flight to Philadelphia!  We always have a good time when we are hanging out with Jake and Laura and this time was no exception. 

They took us to Em Chamas where Michael and I both had our first Brazilian Grill experience with the whole red/green sided disc.  There is a Brazilian Grill in Springfield but we have never been there.  It was fun and really good, but we waited a while for a particular type of meat and got so tired of hearing all of the others offering up their meats.  The one we were waiting for was provolone stuffed steak or something like that and O M G was it delicious! 

I was quite impressed that Michael was able to get all four of us into this shot and it doesn't look half bad!

Hmmm...looks like he is having some mischevious thoughts :)

After eating we went back to their house where we relaxed a bit and played some crossbow game on their Wii.  I was terrible at it and Jake kicked everyone's butt.  Then it was time to leave again and we went to a double feature at the Twin Drive-in.  This is a drive-in movie theatre that is near their house and as I mentioned in my last post I really wish I had gotten a picture of the sign because it looked really cool!  Maybe next time... anyway, the following are the pictures that I did take.  We watched Grown Ups with Adam Sandler and The Karate Kid with Jayden Smith (not sure if that's how they spell Jayden).  Grown Ups was funny but not as funny as other Adam Sandler movies I have seen.  I thought The Karate Kid was really good.  It followed the main storyline of the original Karate Kid, but of course they couldn't deviate too much from that :)

We didn't actually use these speakers because they don't work anymore, but I think its cool that they still left them all there on the lot.  You had to tune into a specific radio station for the audio.

I loved seeing this vintage 'Intermission Time' video! It reminded me of Grease, when Danny is "stranded at the drive-in, branded a fool. What will they say, Monday at school. Sandy...." I love that movie!  The above is just a screen shot from that night, but you can watch the whole thing below.  Very nostalgic. 

Well, that's all I have for now.  I am finishing up this post while sitting at work.  I get off in about 30 min and then I am meeting up with Beth to go have dinner and do some running around. 

Until then,

Lis

that's a lie....

That is how I feel about the fact that it is already the beginning of August!  I just cannot believe it, nor can I believe that I haven't posted on here in almost 2 months!  Where the hell did I go? 

I guess I just got out of the habit when Michael came home because I didn't spend that much time on the computer while he was here and then it was just hard to pick back up.  Even right now the thought of playing catch-up on what has happened since my last post does not sound appealing.  Therefore, I am going to just give you some highlights and then I might go back and do individual posts on some of these things...and then again I might not. 

• Michael came home on 6/21/10, a day earlier than I expected him too and work was too crazy for me to leave so he called his mom to come get him.  I still had to work a half day on the 22nd and then I had the 23rd off
• 6/23 - we slept in and then went out for lunch and to see Toy Story 3, which was funny.  I don't remember what I thought were the funniest parts...but I liked when Buzz got put on the Spanish setting, seeing Ken model some of his different outfits, Ken insisting he is not a girls's toy, and Mr Potato head commenting on the Lincoln Logs in the sandbox and Hamm says, "Eh...I don't think those were Lincoln logs."

6/24 - Went to second play of the season for Tent Theatre with Becky.  We saw Noises Off which I think was my favorite one of the three.  It was hilarious!

6/27 - Drove to KC after church and spent a fun evening with Jake and Laura.  We ate at Em Chamas Brazilian Grill (yummy!) and went to see a double feature at Twin Drive-In.  I was honestly the first time I have been to a drive in...well, that I can remember anyway.  I meant to get a picture of the sign because it looked really cool, but I forgot :(  We had a blast hanging out with the Boswells' but it made for a very late night!

6/28 - Our flight left the KC airport at 6:15am which made for a very early morning and then we got stuck at the Detroit airport for an extra 5 hours or so because they cancelled our flight.  Luckily we made it standby onto, not the next flight, but the one after that

6/28 to 7/4 We were in Philly and this one will have a whole separate post later...too much to share

6/30 - even with the walking I did in Philly I didn't reach my 30 mile Walk/Run Challenge goal for the month of June.  I think I ended with about 16 miles.  I am considering redoing this challenge for August but haven't fully decided yet.  Guess I better soon since it is already the 4th!

7/4 Our flight left Philly for KC at 6am and then as soon as we got in, we drove to Fordland to celebrate the 4th of July with my family.  It was a really long day!

7/5 On our last full day together we drove to Branson to check out our Treasure Lake membership that Michael's grandma transferred to us.  While we were there we went and saw the 3rd Twiglight installment, Eclipse, at the theatre

7/7 Michael left in the morning :( and then I had to go to work

7/10 - I went to Waylon and Jessica's 4th of July BBQ and then to the last Tent Theatre play with Laura.  We saw Guys and Dolls, which was the most musical of the three plays I saw this season.  After the play was over I went back to Waylon and Jessica's for a little while longer

I spent the next week moping and didn't accomplish much of anything besides wishing Michael hadn't left...but once I get past that initial period I adjust and am fine again :)

7/17 - Went to pick blueberries with my mom, who was watching Trey and Taylor that day.  Trey got bored really quick and started playing with his cars in the dirt.  Taylor decided that she needed to transfer the berries in her bucket to my bucket...which means I spent some time going back through my bucket.  She was just picking all the berries...didn't understand that the green and red ones needed to stay on the bush!  It had rained the night before so after picking for a bit my fingers were all pruned and looked like I had been in the bath too long.

7/23 - went to Sounds on the Square with Beth, mainly to see the Ernie Biggs piano players and Icon Cadence.  When we got there it was really hot so we ditched the piano players and went to the mudlounge instead for a oh so delicious smoothie.  I don't remember what mine was called, but it was coconut, pineapple, and banana which is a combination that I LOVE!  We did catch Icon Cadence which was really cool, especially at the very end when they poured water on the big drums!  While we were down there we also walked through the Friday Night Farmers Market near the square, which I was not all the impressed with, and ate dinner at Trolley's, which was great!  Beth and I shared the Irish Nacho's which are actually on waffle fries instead of chips (love waffle fries!) and we both thought they were wonderful!  We also split the Tuscan Sun pizza which was also good...but not as good as the Irish Nacho's!  Here are a few pics from that night, but for more visit Beth's blog. 

7/25 - I planned a whole 'surprise outing' for Beth and went to a whole bunch of different places.  She never knew where we were going until I handed her the next card.  That's all I am really going to say about that for now.  I might do a separate post later...but until then, Beth has a large post about it on her blog :)

7/26 - My 29th Birthday - I got a card, cheesecake, and a Bath and Body gift card from the girls at work, lots of Happy Birthday wishes on Facebook, and a Happy Birthday serenade at work that Michael put my Uncle Paul up to.  Michael told me to go pick up Photoshop for myself as my gift from him because I told him that's what I wanted...but now I am actually thinking about buying a Kindle instead...still not sure...

7/31 - My birthday party put together by Beth.  We did a luau theme and she had a lot of really cute decor and lots of yummy food.  She bought me a pink grass skirt and colorful flower leis to wear...along with a box of leis for everyone else to wear.  Unfortunately, we both failed miserably at taking pictures. 

8/1 - I went and saw Gloriana and Rodney Atkins at the Ozark Empire Fair with Mark, Brandy, Waylon, and Jess.  Gloriana was okay...Rodney was great!  It was just crazy hot which kind of lessened the enjoyment.  While at the fair I gobbled up a yummy corn dog and shared a funnel cake with Jess!  Again though...no pictures :(  I was very unhappy that I forgot my camera because I would have been able to get some great shots with my telephoto lens!

Well, that basically brings us up to date.  Have a few more specific posts I would like to do from the last 6 weeks or so but I hope to get around to those in the next few days.  Also probably an upcoming post with some wedding pictures I meant to post around our 1 yr anniversary in June, and a post taking stock of where I am at on my list of 50 goals since I now have less than 365 days!

That's all for now though.  I need to wrap up on the computer and think about heading to bed soon.  So glad tomorrow is Thursday...wish it was friday :)

Later, Lis

changed it after all...

Ok so I mentioned yesterday that I did a scrapbook page Friday night but wasn't too happy with it because it was too busy.  I said I wasn't going to change it...but I changed my mind.  I didn't like it and it was ruining my attitude about scrapbooking for the weekend.  This is what it looks like now....

instead of this...Isn't it soo much better and not crazy busy!

Along with redoing that first page, this is another page that I got done today.  It is from when we went to the Circus over a year ago...I really need to catch up!

This page I actually finished up a couple weekends ago when Beth was here over Memorial Day weekend but i never posted it so I am now.  This was the first page i used my Cricut on...and I've used it on both other pages I have done since then!  Only for a star on the circus page...but it still counts!

That's it.  I just wanted to jump on real quick and share these scrapbook pages with you.  Pretty such I'm not going to get anymore done tonight...but I had to go take care of other stuff you know...like dishes and laundry.  woo hoo....not really but I think it is the first time I have washed all of my dishes in about 2 weeks!

Lisa

Bowling and the Bee...

Last night turned into a really late night!  But it did get a late start since our Tent Theatre play was at midnight.  I left my house and met Beth, Matt, Josh, and Karen at the bowling alley.  I intended to just pick Beth up, but after getting there ended up staying a bowling one game (after Beth and I ran to her apt to get me some socks!)  I bowled a 103, which sucks for a lot of people, but that is a really good score for me...I am a TERRIBLE bowler!  This is just a couple shots from the bowling alley...

By the time we finished our game it was about 11:40 pm and Beth and I had to get over to our play.

The play was really, really funny and I am so glad we went for the midnight showing which is the one performance with original lyrics...meaning mature language.  It was absolutely HILARIOUS...I laughed so much! 

One of my favorite lines was actually something that most people might not think was funny...but I guess I'm not most people :)  At one point in the production Olive Ostrovsky says, "...if you took the W in answer, the H in ghost, the extra A in aardvark, and the T in listen you could keep saying "WHAT?" but no one would hear you because the whole word would be silent!"   Her delivery on this line was great!  Also, the comments introducing the participating audience members had the whole crowd laughing.  I don't think I could have stood there with a straight face.  I would have blushed at what they said (seeing as how it was the mature language show) or else been unable to control my laughter.  Oh, also, one of the audience participants had the word astronomer and when he asked VP Panch to use it in a sentence this is what he said..."after it was determined that Pluto is not a planet, astronomers are taking a closer look at Uranus".  It made me laugh...along with most of the crowd!  

Beth, what other funny lines do you remember?  Overall very good first Tent Theatre experience and glad that I bought season passes for the season.  Also happy to have accomplished another thing off of my list!

Well, after leaving the play we drove to Steak and Shake for some food.  We both had a frisco melt...me chicken and Beth beef.  It was yummy and the fries really hit the spot...as did the strawberry shake I had with it!

After we got back to her apt, we took an 'end of the night' shot and I must say we do not look too bad considering that it was about 3:30am! 

That's all for now!  Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday!

Lisa