My 24th Birthday

Well my birthday this year was probably better then my more recent birthdays. I did go to work on birthday. Sam at work made me a cake which was sooo delicious! We also went to lunch at Metro Burger in Highland Square. It was a good time. Then I came home and got ready because we had reservations for dinner at 8 pm at Wasabi, which is in Montrose on the hill. I love that place! We had to wait a bit though becuase Rob and Rachelle weren't there yet but then they ended up not eating! We had a great time at Wasabi. They sang happy birthday to me during the flaming onion thing and then again at the end of the night with a cool desert that had a sparkler in it. After that we went back to Mel and Brian's and they had gotten me a cake too! It was good - it was from Reeve's which is right by their house. I was kind of mad though becuase I wanted everyone to come back to our house and I spent all week clenaing for it! We weren't at their house long and it seemed like I was the only one drinking and I got pretty buzzed. It was a great birthday though and I love my friends for making it so special. As far as gifts - Mel got me a bunch of things, Rachelle got me a party lite candle sampler pack with 3 tea light holders. My mom got me a tanning pass becuase thats what I asked for. And Ben's Aunt Cathie got me a gift card for Macy's. Which was much needed becuase of my weight loss so I got a shirt, a pair of pants and a pair of shorts for hopefully next summer!

Cake from the people at work - YUM!

Me and Ben at Wasabi

Liz and Kyle

Brian and Mel

Drew and Ashley (Drew is Ben's boss at work)

Me and Trent - I love him so much!

Our chef

Me eating the yummy lava cake at Wasabi

Group Picture

Brian, Ben, Drew, Rob and Kyle

Rachelle, me, Mel, Liz andAshley

My cake from Reeve's!

Night out and Memorial Day '09

I'm so behind on this! I keep tellin' myself I will keep it caught up and then I keep being lazy!

So here it is...Saturday before Memorial Day me and Liz went out. It was one of the first warm nights so we finally decided to start our summer bar routine :) It's just so much more fun when it's nice out! We had many some drinks and a good girl night out. It started to get humid towards the end of the night but we loved every minute of it. It was our first official night out!

Towards the end of the night - don't know what her face is about! LOL!

For Memorial Day, Liz and Kyle had everyone over to their house for the first time together. His parents and her's came over also. It was a fun and late night! Lots of food and fun...

Baby Trent and Ben

Me and Liz

Mel and Trent

He's too cute

The little family :)

Ben and me

The girls - me, Mel and Liz

The boys - Rob, Brian, Ben and Kyle

I'm not sure what else I'm forgetting but I'm sure there is! So I will be back with another post as soon as Iremember can.

Chrissy and Waynes Baby Shower and Dinner for Anniversary

So today was a very busy day for us! First up, we had Chrissy and Wayne's baby shower. She is due May 14th. It was a very cute baby shower - their room is jungle themed so their were jungle decorations everywhere! They also had tons of games - guess when the baby will be born, finding hidden eggs, guess the number of diapers in the bowl, the women got to match baby socks for prizes (which I won!) and lots of other fun things. It was mostly her family but there were some friends there too that we know so it made for a good time. We are wishing them both good luck!

Mom to be - Chrissy

Cake

Mom and dad to be

Ben with Chrissy

Me with Chrissy

Next up, we had dinner reservations with my parents at 5 pm for our anniversary dinner. Our anniversary isn't really until tomorrow but my mom is leaving for out of town so we did it tonight. It is a very fancy restaurant out by my parents house called Lannings. The food was pretty good and the service was wonderful. It was pricey but my parents had gift certificates so it wasn't that bad. We had a good time!

Ben and I outside the restaurant

Mom and Eric after dinner

And last but not least my wonderful anniversary present, my anniversary band that matches my wedding band :) I love it! I wasn't sure if I was going to get it but I did. I love my hubby!

Happy Birthday Honey!

So my honey's birthday was this past Tuesday (Jan. 20, I'm a little late posting this!) and we didn't do a whole lot to celebrate this year.

On Tuesday we went to dinner with my parents at Bricco in Downtown Akron. I had been there before and so had my mom but my step-dad and Ben had never gone before. They both ended up loving it. It's a little bit pricey but well worth it and their food is so filling. Ben got their pork tenderloin with risotto and he loved it. I got the chicken with a mozzarella croquette and it was delicious! My mom got Ben a charger with rechargeable batteries since he was complaining about running out so often because of his Xbox! I didn't get him anything because we are low on money right now but eventually we will get him something. I will probably buy him an Xbox game that he has reserved coming out in March. (Side note: my mom found an awesome deal on a pot/pan set so she gave that to us Tuesday - but it's my Birthday/Christmas gift for this year because it was a really nice set and pricey :) )

Then Friday night to celebrate Ben's birthday again, we went out with our friend's Kyle and Liz to Hopocan Gardens (a chicken house) in Barberton and it was so good! They have the best hot rice :)

Then on Sunday the celebration continued at Ben's Grandpa Blankenship's house where his Aunt Bev, Grandpa, Ben's cousin's kid Nolan (2nd cousin??), Ben's cousin Bleu and me and Ben had Sunday dinner. It was yummy - cube steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, grean beans, cole slaw and biscuits. His grandpa is an awesome cook so it was so good!! Then they brought in a cake and sang happy birthday which was totally unexpected. And that finally ended the week long celebration we call Ben's birthday :)

Yummy dinner cookin on the stove

The Birthday Boy
Aunt Bev and Nolan

The Cake!

Haha....he's 26 :)

And of course he had the honor of cuttin' the cake

Ben's cousin Bleu is the one holding the cake,
he had Nolan help him blow out the candles!

Congrats!

So I know it's 11:30 pm on Christmas Eve but I just wanted to post a big congrats to our friends Kyle and Liz who got engaged tonight!! I'm so happy for them, they have been dating 5 years and she really wanted to be engaged and he kept saying no not right now. They just moved into a house together (and just recently had moved into an apt together over the summer). He did a great job at hiding this and she is super thrilled so congrats to them both! I wish you guys all the best!!

Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

I can't believe how long it has been since I have posted. I have just been super busy lately with a lot of different things but mostly work.

I have officially moved my desk but my role does not seemed to have changed like it was supposed to. My boss informed me that he needs me to manage his calendar still (hopefully at the end of this week coming up that will end, he said it will but we shall see). I have a gazillion (ok not that many but it feels like it!) interview candidates coming in for different positions right now. I am really pretty sick of doing it at this point and i was just given more to do, both first and second round. Not really happy about it. I am just through with all of it. Plus, I am getting so many things to for my new job which I love but I can't get around to them and I hate telling my new boss that but it's the truth. Now I also have goals to start working on for next year that I need to work on and I just don't know how I will find the time until the hire someone. But then there will be trianing and learning so it will probably be another month and a half before I finally get a break....I'm hoping for sooner but doubt it. Alright enough of the complaining...

I have been doing a ton of cleaning lately and that is making me feel better about things around here but I still have plenty left to do! Everything just looks a mess to me! Hopefully this winter I will get motivated to get more things cleaned up and out.

I can't believe this week is Thanksgiving already! I have to say that I have much to be thankful for this year, my husband, my family, my friends, my home, my puppies and kitty, my job, and so many more things.

Wow

I can't believe how long it's been since I wrote last! Time has just flown these last few weeks, I have had both good and bad things going on.

As far as my job,I'm still doing the old position. We should be starting to interview for my position soon...we shall see. My boss has been pretty busy and he is the one who needs to be there! I know I'm movin' come hell or high water on Nov. 15 though so tomorrow is the day I talk to him and lay the boundry lines for what I will/will not take when I move. Hopefully he will agree...maybe... :)

Everything else has been pretty mundane besides that. We did go to a Halloween Party this past Saturday and Tim and Christina's (we know them through our friend's Melanie and Brian). Unfortunately I was colder then anything and we were outside. Even though I was in a kind of warm costume I was still frozen to death. I don't know how the others with outfits with a little less on did it! I was literally in front of the warmer thing they had in the tent and I was still freezing. It was a good time and most of our friends did a great job of dressing up this year. Maybe when I lose my 30 lbs I will wear one of those cute costumes too *wink wink*. So here are some pictures from this past weekend.