Wednesday, November 28, 2007

if you read my blog and i know who you are then you are invited to our party but if i don't know you and you want to come then that might be weird

We just taught our dog to serve us egg nog,
so we're having a party to show off our smarty.

Sometimes she farts but she's dear to our hearts,
her name is Judy and she's just such a cutie.

Enhance the holiday cheer by bringing in your own beer.
Or I could make a mixed drink, we've got gin under the sink.

Have a seat by the fire, it's a sight to admire.
It'll keep your toes hot while that nog hits the spot.

Come and see our new home made of stucco and stone.
The street name is Blair, so we'll see you there.

Saturday, Dec. 15th at 6:30 pm - please come and eat!

P.S. If you don't care for beer, you're still not in the clear
it's our sincerest wish that you'd bring a food dish!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

12 hours

I had nine days of vacation. Yesterday my first day back I spent 12 hours at work. For nine days I spent my days doing everything and nothing - hanging out with Jake and Judy.

A few highlights included - Oprah's Favorite Things show, hosting Thanksgiving at our house, trying on wedding dresses in Mankato, helping Peter and Cassie move into their new home, washing all the windows inside and out on the house.

Why don't we take vacation more often? Because this is America and we work to pay the bills. We spend more time at the office than at home. We see our co-workers more than our family. I think this is crazy.

Monday, November 19, 2007

random monday because i am on vacation

Amanda gave Judy this little shirt and we tired it on the other day...she didn't quite know what to do! If you listen closely you can actually hear a real Judy toot!








Welcome to my life.

Friday, November 16, 2007

a-frame a-game



And in a few years she could look like this -

Thursday, November 15, 2007

hey culligan man!

This morning as I am walking into work...I glance to my right and notice the Culligan man as he is 1) talking on his cell phone and 2) starting to pull out a 50 pound water jug. I am four feet to the left from said Culligan man as he drops the 50 pound water jug and it shatters and explodes. Said exploded water lands on my leg, suede boots and Cole Haan leather purse.

Hey Culligan man!? - what just happened?

I walk two steps forward and look back at Mr. Culligan man and hear him say, "Uh, there goes another one." Mr. Culligan doesn't even look at me - there was no acknowledgment from Mr. Culligan man. He continues to talk on his cell phone.

After I tell what is thus far my most exciting story of the day to my activist friend Abigail, she encouraged me to call Culligan.

Culligan manager man was appalled at this behavior and said that this is not how he wants people to experience Culligan. He actually said to me after I told him what happened, "So, he was so self involved that he didn't even look at you, wow, that is pretty horrible. I can't be the eyes and ears our there all the time, so thank you for sharing your story and I am sorry that happened to you."

Monday, November 12, 2007

perfect proposal presentation to our people

How did you get engaged?
Jake and I decided together awhile ago that we wanted to get married. Yippi! Then we tried to think of a fun way to surprise our families. We had lots of ideas for how we were going to tell them - all of which made us both look very witty and funny. We needed to find a time when both our families were in the same space without actually telling them that they all needed to be in the same space! This small task proved to be difficult! Eventually we accepted that we wanted to share our good news more than we wanted to have the perfect proposal presentation to our people. Last Saturday was so much fun. My parents were in Minneapolis at a friends, so we drove over to them and Jake said, "Jim and Kris - we are getting married!" Then we drove down to Mankato to find Mary, Ben and Katie all in the front yard - I said to them, "Guess what?? We are getting married!!" It was so much fun!

Our decision to get married was ours together.

Where did you get that gorgeous ring?
Oh, I am so glad you asked. It was very important to me to have conflict free diamonds. I found this amazing company called Brilliant Earth and all there diamonds are from Canada. They were very personal and helpful and on June 28th the UPS guy delivered my ring during my lunch hour! It was very exciting! We kept the ring a secret for four months. Oh my gosh. The yellow gold is ethically mined and the 28 diamonds all the way around are all certified conflict free.

When are you getting married?
We do not know yet. Probably next October?

Where are you getting married?
We do not know yet. Either Mankato or St. Paul/Minneapolis.

Are you going to have a big wedding?
We do not know yet. We love our families and friends so much that having them all in one room together would be a LOT of fun!

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

oh yeah!

















After eight years, a house, a mortgage, and a dog we decided it was about time. We told our families on Saturday - we are officially engaged!
I will post more later but I couldn't wait any longer to share the news!