kentucky so far

I am not that smart sometimes-- when I bought our plane tickets I didn't notice that our flight consisted of taking off and landing 6 times and switching planes once. Luckily, neither Jeff or I am afraid to fly-- but it was stressful for me to worry about who was going to come sit next us 3 separate times because Jeff had to have the window seat. Of course it was a big guy on our longest flight because I am cursed- so when Jeff fell asleep I pushed the button on the arm rest just to see if it would make the chair recline. It did. Jeff didn't appreciate his head rubbing along the side of the plane as he reclined but it made it so his shoulder wasn't pushing me closer to the unknown old guy with hairy arms. I was happy because then I could actually sit back in my chair without feeling the hair on the old guy's arms sitting next to me. Needless to say on the next flight I was relieved when a not so big guy in a suit coat sat down next to me, once again, in the middle seat.

We finally got to *Louisville and then took about 2 hours to get to my parent's house because we needed to drop something off in another town so we took the long way home. The roads out here do not make any sense. They all seem to have about 5 names and change as you are driving on them. But the houses are awesome. As we were driving through the towns I kept picturing every house looking like a Pottery Barn catalog inside. So we were finally able to find the house we were looking for and then eventually made it home. Mom and I were cracking up at all the turns and U-turns and wrong turns we were making. Dad and Jeff didn't find it nearly as amusing.

Yesterday my parents drove us through the property they are developing. And then we mostly just drove around and hung out at the house. It is so quiet here. It is really pretty too.
And the houses don't have any fences between them. I keep trying to figure out what parent's do with their kids. Do they let them just run around? When I was asking my parents about this my mom brought up a very good point-- that just because you have a fence around your backyard doesn't necessarily mean your kids are going to stay within that fence.
I haven't taken any pictures yet but I will.

*I have always pronounced Louisville: Lou-ee-ville. On the flight into Louisville the flight attendant kept pronouncing it Lou-vull. I thought she was being funny, atleast until yesterday when I heard it pronounced that way about 8 times. So now I don't know if she was being funny or if that is just how everyone east of the Mississippi pronounces it.

nevermind about the passport

I thought that when I left AZ I brought our "important papers" with us. Such as our marriage license, birth certificates, etc. But, I didn't. I have a few ideas about where I put them, but I am not for sure. This seems to happen just about every time I need them for something-- I probably should get a safety deposit box. In the meantime, I have ordered new copies and am just crossing my fingers that they get here in time for me to renew my passport since my name changed when I got married.

The good news is that I am feeling a lot better today- Jeff was a sweetheart last night and left the room so that I could fall asleep before he was in bed snoring!

bluh

I did not get one single thing done today. Unless you count watching every single show I DVRed last week while I was out of town AND today's Heroes episode. I feel like crap and when I went to the doctor the strep test was negative so I have a stupid make-your-throat-bright-red-and-swollen-and-achey virus but not strep. AKA I get to just deal with the annoyingness and no medicine will make it go away. wahoo. I need to get my new passport tomorrow so that should be a pretty sweet picture- especially since I am broken out like crazy.

Fantastic.

snow white and the girls

Here is the picture I promised!

stupid daylight savings

First, can I please just say that yesterday felt like the longest day of all long days? The combination of daylight savings time and then moving back and forth through 3 time zones messed me up big time. At 7 o'clock last night it felt like 11 pm. I don't even know what time I went to bed last night I just know that it had been dark for about 8 hours already. This morning, I woke up when Jeff got up and tried to fall back asleep but then I opened my eyes just enough to see how bright it was outside. It looked like it was noon because the room was so bright. So then I realized I was probably missing Price Is Right (pathetic? Yes.) so I got up, got dressed and headed downstairs. Then I looked at the clock. It was only 7:24 am. *Way too early. Price is Right wasn't even going to start for another hour and a half! I sat around downstairs until Jeff left and then came back upstairs. Now I just have about 50 minutes to kill before the show starts.

And I am still trying to figure out why the heck Jeff woke up so early in the first place!

*I don't expect anyone to be too extremely sympathetic because I recognize that with kids 7:24 a.m. feels like noon and most people with full-time jobs are on their way to work.

heading home

This is my last morning visiting ang and the girls. I have had a lot of fun this week. Last night angie and I were able to go to a movie after the girls were asleep and derek was home with them. We went to the movie Dan in Real Life. It was really funny. My favorite part is when Steve Carrol's dughter screams at him, "You are the murderer of love!" I remember feeling like the world was going to stop turning when my dad would tell me I couldn't go out with one guy or the other. Now, after working with teenagers all summer I can totally picture them being so dramatic and it made the movie even funnier. I love going to movies with my sister and/or my mom because our senses of humor are so similar that it makes the movie even funnier. (Although the reverse is true-- if it is a sad movie then it I end up crying more). So, point being, I really liked the movie but I need to see it again with someone besides my sister to see if I like it as much as the first time.

wonder pets

okay so I promise I will start blogging about normal "adult" things when I am not at my sister's house anymore. but in the meantime: If you have DVR or TiVo or whatever it is called, look up Wonder Pets. I just watched an episode with my nieces called Save the Puppy and I was cracking up.

*Gwen- keep recording it until this episode gets saved-- I think this may be the television/musical equivalent to your cuteoverload.com.