my date was great

I had a lot of fun on my date last night. We went out to eat at Applebee's where I have never had a bad meal. Nice relaxed atmosphere. I had a GIANT chicken cesar salad. It was fantastic. I will be eating the rest for lunch today. Yea!! We then had some time to kill and cruised the car lots of Mason City. It was funny. We both found new vehicles (too bad we can't afford them).

After killing time we went to the movie 3:10 to Yuma. This is a good movie lot of the whole wild west/shooting random people because you don't like them/and lots of pride and morals. I would recommend anyone to go see it once. And the ending is a good one. I didn't cry so I classify it as a good first date movie. And it doesn't hurt a woman to go see it you get to see the awesome Christian Bale (yummy),

Russell Crowe (who I'm not a huge fan of but he was awesome in this movie), and a little blip of Luke Wilson (who is also very yummy). Needless to say I've basicly been feeling Christain Bale since Batman Begins. Very excited to see The Dark Knight his sequal to Batman coming out in July of '08, co-staring the beautiful Maggie Gyllenhaal,

and the sexy Heath Ledger.

Well that's all for now. Basicly I am really excited for our next date whenever that might be. ;)

trap shooting recap

So the shooting was awesome minus this HUGE bruise I have. And no it isn't the fault of anyone but myself. I guess this is what you get when you don't get the gun all the way up to your shoulder.


Oh well it was all in good fun. We had a nice little game of who could shoot the best, too. Needless to say I should have just stopped after my first five shots (5 for 5) the rest wasn't pretty.

Also, along with my fun this weekend. I got asked out on a date!?!?!?!? That I am super nervous for. It will just be a huge change for me after being in a relationship for over two years. Don't get me wrong I'm really excited too, just really nervous. I have the whole girl complex of what should I wear and is my hair gonna look good that day, and how should I do my makeup, and should I kiss him at the end of the date. Yeah I feel so weird. I am this worked up about it and it isn't even until Wednesday!! Hopefully I will be a little bit more calm by then. Get all my jitters out now. I will give you all updates after the big date!

P.S. Much advice needed on all topics.

trap shooting

This weekend we are all getting together in our hunting group to do some trap shooting. I'm really looking forward to getting a gun in my hands again. It's been much to long and after a long week it is a great way to relieve some of my tension. Don't worry I'm not a nut case. I just like to go hunting. We are just preparing for the upcoming seasons.

the weekend was wonderful!!!!!!

I had a great weekend in Ames with my bestie, Jenny. Friday night we went out and saw all of the guys we used to hang out with when we were freshmen. It was a fun experience seeing them all again.

Saturday was a great day to sleep in and upon waking up we did a little shopping at the mall. It was so funny the Iowa-Iowa State game was in town this weekend so it was nuts in town. However, we all thought that Iowa was going to kill ISU so we didn't even watch the first half of the game until we found out that ISU was winning 12-0. So we get back to Jenny's and turn on the game. This turned out to be exciting with a 1 min to go and the score at 13-12 with Iowa winning. ISU ball at the 20, one little kick to win the game 15-13. Needless to say we partied hard at the bar uptown after the game. Met some really drunk people in a bar. They were funny and we had a good time hanging out with them. 3am finally rolled around and we hit the sack. I got a wake up call from a friend, at 8am, to see how I was feeling the next morning. I guess I had talked to him a lot the night before.

Anyway goodtimes all around. Only I really miss Ames and want to go back and have some more fun. Here are a few pics from the weekend.

We love our Vodka, and we love it Rich.

Girls just want to have fun.

ames for the weekend!!

So I am off to Ames for the weekend. To spend some well needed time with my bestie Jenny. I am really excited to escape my little bitty town for awhile. Yea!!

Also on the list of good news. I GOT MY PHONE!!!!! Yea!! to that too. I am soooo happy that I finally got it after their wrong shipping and such. I hate when people give you a date that it will be there, and then it ends up being 2 days later. I know that it sound mean and bitchy to say that (you know wow she's pissed about 2 whole days) but all I am saying is if you give me an exact date meet it. If you can't meet the date then give a range. So basicly just give a range because I swear no one meets the date exactly.

Anyway that is all for now. Talk to you after the weekend!!

projects

I am a project freek. Right now I am working on making pillows for my chair and sofa in my living room. Here is a sneek peek of one!! Art hands. hahaha did some tree drawing the other day. Hope to replicate this on a pillow.
Just me!
Another shot of the back yard!!!! Need to go down to the lake and take a pic for you all to see.

fall is here!!!!!!

The cold weather has hit the area. Today we are sitting at a lovely 68 degrees and it couldn't feel better. I finally broke out my long sleeves. I love fall!!!!!! I will post pics of leaves and harvest as soon as it happens.

just another day

It is raining here AGAIN today. I have had too much rain. I want fall with leaves, and colors, and smells, no more rain!!!

The weekend was good babysitting turned out great. The kids were good like usual and my cash is going to get me a new phone!!!! Yea!!! BlackBerry here I come. WooHOO!!!


Can't wait to get it. Hopefully on Tuesday!!!! Everyone needs to call me I am going to need to test out all the new stuff that I will be able to do with it!!!!

adventures in babysitting

Crazy kids, #1 playing Bratz on Play Station all afternoon, walk to the park, #3 eating the whole bag of Cheetos, #1,#2,#3 picking on eachother, oh yeah that bratz game means I have to read everything because they can't, #4 is just crawling all over the place, let me tell you so far it has been a very interesting day. Not horrible but I think the girls are getting bored of me and not wanting to just hang out. Well it is almost supper time here so I will be able to feed them in a little bit. I love that they have wireless internet so that I can sit here in the living room and just type away and watch the kids at the same time.

Maybe I will be able to write a little tomorrow too.

the weekend

So, here I am preparing for another weekend. I say it like I have big plans. Don't worry I don't. I will be babysitting for a couple that I know from 8am Sat to 2pm Sun. Yes I will be pulling and overnighter with 4 kids. Ages 8, 6, 3, and 1. The three oldest are girls and one little boy. The kids are honestly amazing I have babysat for them many times. Never for this long or over night, so we will see how this goes. I'm sure everything will be great. Hopefully we won't have and bad adventrues.

Well I hope everyone has a great weekend. See you on Monday!

the name game

I stole this from Cousin J

1. YOUR SPY NAME: (middle name and current street name)
Ann Beeds Lake

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your mom’s side, your favorite candy)
Patricia Snikers

3. YOUR RAP NAME (first initial of first name, first three or four letters of your last name)
E-Sym

4. YOUR GAMER TAG: (a favorite color, a favorite animal)
Green Dog

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Ann Clarion

6.YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother’s maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet’s name)
Symmitduk

7. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, the automobile your dad drives)
The Green Ford

8. PO.RNO NAME: (First Pet’s name, First street you lived on)
Snoopy Balsam

9. YOUR ACTION HERO NAME: (first name of the main character in the last film you watched, last food you ate)
Sara "Sway" Ruffles

What movie is "Sara 'Sway'" from? That's for you Cousin P. I think mine are all odd but I think that Snoopy Balsam is really wierd.

my house!!!!!!

This is my little house!!!!!

The front door opens to my kitchen.
The kitchen is open to the living room.
My bedroom is next to the kitchen. The bathroom is right next to my bedroom and I have a lovely PINK tub and sink just like Cousin J used to have!!!!
The three season porch. This is attached to the back of my house and the door opens out to it from my living room.
More of the porch. Dad gave me his deer to hang out here. Hopefully it will be replaced with my own after this December.

My back yard. Look at all those trees and the lovely glistening you see at the bottom of the hill is the LAKE!!! Woohoo. Well that is it. That's my cozy little house. Sorry for the delay in pictures again. I am such a slacker. And I know my pictures aren't that good. I was in a hurry to take them. Didn't want to make you all wait any longer.