The weather has been abso-freakin-lutely perfect. 60s and 70s, with the tree leaves turning red and gold. Chilly mornings and evenings with warm afternoons. Who could ask for more? Didn't have the best day today, just one of those days where things just don't feel right. Oh well, tomorrow is a brand new day. Linda and Bryan's grandpa are here on Friday and we are meeting them for dinner. We'll try for the Renaissance Festival again this weekend and I've got tickets to Les Miserables at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. Unrelated note: bought a pair of Dr. Scholl's gel insoles today, so now I'm gellin'. I'm off to bed. To better days and brighter tomorrows.

hohmygoodness, i'm not doing a good job of keeping this blog up to date lately. had a busy weekend, yesterday, linda got into town and we attempted to go to the renaissance festival. it took us 2.5 hrs to drive from eden prairie to shakopee, normally a 20 min drive. it sucked! by the time we even got near, the line to get into the parking lot was at a standstill, so we gave up and went to emma krumbee's apple orchard in belle plaine instead. had lunch/dinner there and bought some apples. also got a chance to meet a 3 month old cockapoo outside the store and she was so cute! first time i've ever seen a cockapoo puppy. i wonder what zoe looked like when she was younger. last night, i went to jessica's bachelorette party with jennie. today, we went to valleyfair for carlson's family day and went on a bunch of rides. wow, there are some really disgruntled workers at that amusement park. the weather today was very hot, 85 degrees and pretty humid. i'm looking foward to just relaxing, reading my book and watching the family guy season premier tonight. thank goodness for sunday evenings!

Oops, I guess I haven't been doing a very good job of updating my blog lately. I'm usually better than that. I'm going to leave pretty soon to meet Veronica at the General Store of Minnetonka for their annual tent sale. After that, we're planning to head to the art fair at Parkers Lake Park, right by my house. Then, it's of to the outlets at Albertville for some fall clothes shopping.

 

It's employee giving time at work (where they raise money from employees to contribute to charities like the United Way and health related organizations). There was a picnic last week with a live band, Medtallica (hee hee) and I brought Zoe along. It was held at the park across the street from the office and the weather was gorgeous. Zoe wore a Medica bandana and was very popular with all of my co-workers. They even asked about her the next day. I attended an orientation event for new employees to the company for employee giving and won a pair of Wild hockey tickets in a lucky draw! I've never been to an NHL game before and the seats are great, so I'm very excited to go.

 

Other than that, it's been work, home, work, home, as usual. In just a couple of months, we'll be back in Malaysia. I'm looking forward to the trip, not so much to the long flight or the jetlag (especially coming home). It'll be great to see everyone again and to show Bryan around. And of course, to eat the great Malaysian food! Yum.

 

Over and out. Have a great weekend everyone!

Wow, what a FANTASTIC holiday weekend! The weather was fantastic and we had a great time on our trip to South Dakota. On Friday after work, Bryan and I drove to Brandon, SD and went to Carrie's family's house. We had a chance to meet Carrie's mom, sister, aunt and cousin. After that, we went over to Corey's parent's house and stayed there for the night. On Saturday morning, we headed out of town early and drove towards Rapid City. We made stops in Mitchell to check out the Corn Palace and at Wall Drug. We also drove through the Badlands and I was amazed by the scenery, who knew we had such great views only hours away? We set up tent at our campsite at the Rafter J Bar Ranch and then drove to Deadwood for dinner and some good ol' gambling. We woke up early on Sunday morning and drove on the Needles highway and again, saw beautiful views of the Black Hills and a couple of animals in Custer State Park. After stopping for lunch in Keystone, we headed to Mount Rushmore, looked through the exhibits and walked along the Presidential Trail alongside Mount Rushmore. We took lots of pictures and were very impressed with the great customer service that we received from everyone. On Monday, we made the long drive back, stopping in Brandon to drop off Corey and Carrie. I think we drove for almost 10 hours yesterday!

 

It was hard getting up this morning, especially since I had to be at work early to teach a class all day. I definitely was not on top of my game, but my end of class survey came back pretty good, so I must just be hard on myself.

 

This weekend is Jennie's art fair at Centennial Lakes in Edina. Here is the website if anyone is interested: http://www.fallintotheartsfestival.com/

 

It's the unofficial end of summer.  Awwwwww.