Let's Twist and Shake!

We are getting our Christmas tree today! It's becoming a tradition to buy your tree from this local ice cream drive-in in Elyria. As usual, I'm looking for the best smelling tree!

[...and I found it!]

Aaron and I went out last night with Jay and Jen. We hung out at the Beer Keeper in North Ridgeville and had some drinks. Well, I had hot tea and appetizers. We enjoyed the relaxing evening!

I work tonight and am scheduled to work alone from midnight to 2 a.m. None of my desk attendants are available (or willing) to work during the last night of their holiday weekend. I hope it's not a busy night!

Musical alert... Wicked

Aaron and I went to see Wicked at the Playhouse Square, Cleveland.

We had good aisle seats and quiet adults around us in the Mezzanine section. I got nervous as we were walking to the theater -- a group of young females starting reciting the play and singing the songs -- that's all you need, a chatty audience who will act out the play to ruin the evening! It happened to us in Camelot, Oy! We were lucky tonight.

I enjoyed the clever storyline and classic Broadway-like music. I liked it, Aaron, not so much. I even cried a little at the end. OK OK so I cry at every movie or play I see!

GIRLIE UPDATE: 42 and still kickin' it!

I slept in today although I wanted to get up early and have breakfast with Aaron. When I finally did get up, I had spam and toast with the dogs. [Happy Hawaiian girl!] And look what's outside -- snow on my yard! Grweaaat! I hope it doesn't start snowing today because I'm driving into Cleveland tonight and I just LOVE driving in snow!

I thought long and hard about getting up and heading down to the stores and shopping for the good sales. But after 10 minutes under the covers I returned to my true love and talent -- and hibernated while Aaron played his PS3.

Amazingly I did get up in time to get ready for dinner at Players on Madison in Lakewood and to see a musical. Our dinner was excellent! We started off with mushroom pierogies and drinks. Aaron had the peppercorn steak special with mashed sweet potato and veggies. I had the shrimp pasta with a vodka cream sauce. We even had dessert, a triple chocolate torte. Ono!

It was a very nice date night-birthday for me! Aaron and I got dressed up (even though I froze my legs off in a dress), didn't have to wait for a table at the restaurant, loved our dinner choices, didn't get caught up in traffic into the city, lucked out with a great parking space close to the theater entrance, had great seats for being in the semi-cheap section, timed the bathroom breaks just perfectly so we didn't need to wait in line, and didn't catch traffic on the way home!

And if you're wondering, I got a manicure and pedicure earlier in the week, a new crocodile skinned purse, and new lucky brand jeans for my birthday gifts! Thank you Aaron! You're the best!

Hau`oli la hanau Anake!

Sorry you had to work today but am glad you went out to eat with the family and had someone serenade you! You should take tomorrow and Sunday off as your b-day present!

I'm always happy to share this day with you!

Happy Gobble Gobble!

I slept in since I didn't have to cook or bake anything. It's a tradition to go over to my brother-in-law Kyle's house for Thanksgiving, and Becky does all the cooking. We actually bring a dish each year and this time Aaron wanted to bake a shoofly pie (molasses).

The feast was great! I decided I wouldn't over stuff myself and had only one serving of everything. Maybe that's why I didn't fall asleep! Aaron's pie was tasty but it's not my favorite. We also did our yearly movie watching with the family -- Aaron picked Tropic Thunder last year. Cookie picked Bruno today -- Gawd!

[Dang, my camera finally broke so I couldn't take pictures!]

Four hours later we headed home and had a nice walk with our dogs. Brrrr, it's really chilly tonight! My face was frozen by the time I got home!

Now I'm back into my favorite flannel pj's!

Let's take a walk...

Walking the University Oaks route in the fall

Short work week

After nursing myself last week, I got a chance to go out and have some fun. On Friday, Holly and I finally got together to see Law Abiding Citizen starring our favorite actor, only to find out at the theater that they canceled the showing to add an extra screen to show Twilight. What! Augh! Since Holly wanted to see a movie real bad and we didn't want to join the stampede created by New Moon we went to see Men Who Stare At Goats.

On Saturday, Aaron and I headed out to Oberlin to get his hair cut and for me to get a manicure and pedicure. I was really bummed because I wanted to see OC's opera performance on Saturday with Sam, only to find out it was sold out before I could purchase a ticket. So she went without me.

I only had to work three days this week and although I wasn't back to my cheery ol' self I managed to get all my student evaluations done! You don't know how much energy it takes to write them up, especially when your mind is all mush. Hopefully my co-workers will proofread my reports just in case I didn't make sense.

I took today off since the library only opens business hours and they don't need me to come in for a couple hours. It's quite chilly outside. Hmmm... stay in my pj's or get ready to do some shopping? That is the question!

The weather finally got me!

I couldn't protect myself enough; the weather's got a hold of my sinuses and beat it up pretty bad this week. I stayed home on Tuesday and Wednesday and only went to work for 4-hours tonight. Hibernation was a good thing! At least I kept the congestion up in my nose and throat, and not in my chest. NO bronchitis! NO bronchitis!

I made some tentative plans tomorrow with Cookie and Aaron to go into Cleveland (good luck waking me up before noon!) and to see LAC for the third time with Holly later in the night. Aaron and I are getting a haircut and manicure/pedicure respectively on Saturday, and Sam and I wanted to do something over the weekend. Hopefully I'll be healthy enough to get out bed.

Something tells me I should lay low until the cough is completely gone...

No aerobics and a little bit of Christmas shopping

Because of a no-show on Tuesday and me feeling under the weather on Thursday, I didn't go to aerobics this week. I feel frumpy just thinking about it! All my plans to pamper myself and do some shopping on Friday while Aaron went out to the fights with his friends was foiled -- I stayed home and watched movies all night. OK the night wasn't bad at all!

On Saturday I did manage to spend a little time out in the chilly sun (for you Hawaiians that means the sun was out but it was still 50 degrees) and cleaned the yard and prepped more flower beds for the winter. I didn't last very long because my nose would clog up and I would get that chill in my bones (achy joint, boo!).

Saturday night was date night -- we stopped at Poncho Villa again for dinner then drove to Crocker Park to shop, maybe catch a movie and maybe hang out at Border's to read a book and enjoy dessert and a coffee. We ended up window shopping and grabbing a coffee to go.

GIRLIE UPDATE: Happy birthday Megan!

To one of my best friends in Ohio! May we live life and stay young!

GIRLIE UPDATE: Là breith sona dhuibh G!

Someone is 40-years old today! In your honor I will watch all your movies all day long!

My own veteran

GIRLIE UPDATE: Happy birthday Lureen!

To my best friend in the whole wide world! Stay young!

Me, Leneer and Lureen outside of the all-male revue Venus nightclub, Honolulu 1997

Sick-ola

Yep, I woke up with a fever and my throat hurts. Instead of enjoying the sunny weather and doing some fall cleaning in my garden, I stayed in under the covers and watched movies. I finally got to see The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and saw 17 Again. Matthew M. was hot as usual and Zac E. is a cutey-patuti!


Shoot, I gotta work tonight...

Warm, cold, chilly, warm, hot...

Can the weather make up its mind and stay cold? or stay warm? My body, hair and sinus can't take the temperature change! The day started off crummy -- I wanted to see the Met in HD's Turnadot opera but it was sold out! Bummer!

Then I found out I had a haircut appointment that I totally spaced out on. I managed to get there on time, and Aaron took the dogs out for a walk in Oberlin and Tappan Square park while I was there. It was Oberlin College's parents weekend so there were lots of people around to adore my fluffy babies!

Aaron and I squeezed in some food shopping before going to his aunt's house for her annual chili party. Michael joined us since he knows Aunt Sandy. An hour later Michael and I left to go see my desk workers Sam and Jo-Han sing in their Oberlin College Choir performance. Every time I hear Sam sing I imagine myself at church being blessed with goodness!

Michael walked home and Aaron and I ended up going home for the night instead of hanging out with his high school buddies. A blessing in disguise for me -- I think I'm coming down with something!

Brlas date night!

Aaron and I finally went to see Couples Retreat. That Vince V. and Jon F. are hilarious guys! OK the yoga guy had a body to die for but his long hair got on my nerves! Well well, he cleans up well...

Carlos Ponce as Salvadore
After we went to dinner at a new Mexican restaurant in Elyria, Poncho Villa. Ono!

GIRLIE UPDATE: Coriolanus announcement

G's next film is Shakespeare's Coriolanus where he will play Tullus Aufidius, commander of the Volscian army. It seems he will be out of the U.S. next spring. You think my hubby might want to take a vacation in Serbia then?

GIRLIE UPDATE: How To Train Your Dragon teaser

The trailer to How To Train Your Dragon, GB's new animated movie coming out in 2010, is now out. I wonder if I'll be able to drag my hubby to see it?

Daylight savings time

You Hawaiians... you're now 5 hours behind me! Instead of 6 hours.