dum dee dum dum, so it's been 23 days since my last post. i have no idea where this month (and this year) and gone to. so let's see, what has happened this month. things that i can think of involve the birth of eric and denise's son, evan christopher schmidt, on october 15. congratulations eric and denise! also, tyler and jess got married in grand forks on october 20. they are currently honeymooning in cabo. congratulations ty and jess! earlier this month, we took a weekend trip to bemidji and stayed at derek's house. we met up with britani and adam downtown for oktoberfest and had a fun time. melissa also came down for a visit and i had a great time with her, going out to eat and shopping at the mall of america and ikea.

 

things coming up include our trip to malaysia and of course, the holidays are coming up. halloween, thanksgiving, christmas and then new year. wow! the holidays always come and go so quickly. work has been going well, i enjoy my co-workers (they like to go to happy hour!) and am getting comfortable with the material that i train. my participants have been really great, all intelligent (which helps) and friendly.

 

bryan has been busy renovating our basement (we got water damage, yuck) and it'll look very different when he's done. i picked out paint colors and it's going to be a darker, more "industrial" look. i need to start reading the sunday newspaper earlier in the week. i've gotten into the habit of carrying it around with me to and from work, until it's the end of the week, then i throw it away/put it into recycling and never even read it. sad, since it's the only hardcopy newspaper that i get delivered! everything else i read online (www.startribune.com). once i can catch up my periodicals, i'll feel more content.

 

best shows on tv (in no particular order):

- the office

- grey's anatomy

- house

- lost

- how i met your mother

- chuck

- heroes

- private practice

 

hope your autumn is going well!

Happy October! I guess that really means that summer is over and we are on our way to winter. Last weekend, Linda was here and we went to the Renaissance Festival and Les Miserables at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. Bryan has been busy renovating the basement and my job is to go to Home Depot to pick out paint colors. A new hire class has started at work and it'll be my last time teaching this round before our trip to Malaysia. The weather has been cool and rainy the past few days. I wouldn't mind just a bit more sun!  We are getting excited to go to Bemidji for the Oktoberfest celebration. Woooo! Britani will be there as well, so it'll be doubley fun. There are now commercials on TV for Christmas toys. Wait a second, it's only October. How come it seems like retailers are always 2-3 months ahead of schedule? Okay, I better get my errands taken care of. Cheerio!