they go so fast...[and a short twilight review]

the weekend is over. i saw twilight. i loved twilight. i saw twilight again. i'm still obsessed with twilight.

i am, however, trying to pace myself, in that i finished the 2nd book and don't have the 3rd or 4th yet. i don't want to be any more engrossed in this book craze than i already am. the first showing of twilight i saw on Friday with my cousin and her/our friend from church. i definitely geeked out several times and shed some tears. i adored it. sissy and i saw it again today. it was still awesome, but i think the awareness of some of the missing parts came out more with that second showing. even though we were still way too excited for it to start, listening to the soundtrack and watching Paramore song videos all through shared headphones on my iPhone while we waited 45 minutes early in the theater, some of the novelty definitely wore off the 2nd time around. its always fun to analyze a movie after the 2nd viewing, noting all the things you missed in the first, or understood different ways in the 2nd. all in all, i think i've got my fill of the movie for a while.

i'm NOT ready to go back to work tomorrow.

i received a WONDERFUL surprise Saturday night from the bf. a dozen beautiful red, orange and yellow roses and some chocolates [he knows my weaknesses too well]. he is the absolute best.

i'm very much looking forward to this three day [maybe two and a half day] week. i'm excited for the holiday...

can you say "snow"?

yeah. this morning sucked. it was SO bad at our house. i started driving, knowing i couldnt take 79 or go UP cherry street, but then i couldnt see 10 feet in front of me so i got nervous and wanted to wait it out at home for a bit, which made me turn UP cherry, causing me to get stuck, for about 15 minutes. trying to go up, reverse down and then not being able to see...getting stuck again, cars all over trying to go around me...me crying of course cause i didn't know what to do, calling dad and freaking him out, but not letting him come to me because i didn't want him to venture up that horrible way. eventually i reversed into some woman's driveway [she thought shoveling me out would work, but that wasn't going to help, i wasn't stuck IN snow...just ON it...].

anyway, i made it down cherry and by the time i got to 38th and cherry it was like a different world out there. barely snowing, not even 1/2 as much snow every where. my boss said he got a "dusting" last night. there's at LEAST a foot on my car.

i wonder if it is still snowing up there. i wonder how i'm going to get home...

but i AM going to see TWILIGHT tonight!!! who cares about the snow, that's happening. :)

V.v.V

this week has been entirely too crazy. tuesday i was out all night right after work at church. our youth pastor and volunteers hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner for the boarding school students who go to the school where i coach volleyball. i knew several of these students from bus trips back and forth to the volleyball and soccer games this past fall. it was a really great idea, as it didn't seem that the boarding school was doing anything special for the kids for Thanksgiving Day. we helped cook, serve and hung out with the students [playing wii, rockband and volleyball]. i also took some pictures. i think they had a lot of fun, and hope they can come back out for the youth events on Sunday nights.

i was asked this year to be "officially" invovled in the holiday decorating at the church. last year i was pulled in last minute to put ornaments on the massive trees on the stage. i'm enjoying it so far. everyone seems to have the same idea of how we want the church to look - classy, contemporary and in no way cheesey! i'm excited to spend a couple nights & a saturday putting it all together and hanging out with the ladies [and aaron] on the team.

i was planning on a night at home today and tomorrow...but it looks like all that has been jumbled around as well. tomorrow i'm going to see TWILIGHT with my cousin right after work and Saturday kc and i [and maybe kt] are going to Edinboro to visit Stace! i got to see her at GE today, that was fun.

anyway...it's still kinda snowy. rumor is we'll get 2-3 FEET this weekend. YIKES.

happy thursday everyone!

cute!

oh my, totes cute bags [totes].

found the first via designmilk, but they are from etsy. so cute. but i'd love a smaller, more purse-like one.

dad and i were spontaneous yesterday and ran out to see Prince Caspian at the dollar theater. i love those narnia books/movies. now i need to read that one. i hear it didn't do too well - i say it's because it wasn't publicized enough, because the 4 Pevensie kids were so good in it [i just love them all] and i enjoyed the guy that played Caspian as well. so - if you loved or liked the first narnia, you'll love or like this one!

my besest friend Alicia got into town today. we've known eachother since we two [i think] and have been best friends, though far apart, ever since. she lives in Florida now [for the past 3 years], and i definitely miss her. we may not talk as much as we should [say, once every...um...other month] but every time she's in town we get together and it's just like it used to be! we are hanging out tomorrow, going to our traditional dinner spot of Max & Erma's. for Alicia's 16th birthday [i think 16th...] i started a scrapbook for her. ever since, we've put pictures in it as well as momentos, quotes and old "letters" from when we had our make believe businesses. i've got some more pictures for her to put in [we trade the book back and forth, doing pages for each other]. i love it! it is so cute.

i printed out a bunch [over 150] pictures i've taken in the last several months and put those in an album. i also started a scrapbook from our England vacation [2 years ago] and have never finished it. i miss scrapbooking. i when kc and i move out, i vow to have a room dedicated to it!!


just kidding. that'd be nuts! :)

that's all for this boring post. oh, and the kitties are doing well! looks like 4 girls & 4 boys? i think...anyway, i want to keep this little boy - Geppetto.