New Apartment

I have moved and have a new apartment and a new roommate. Feel free to stop by and visit us anytime. We are both very busy and hardly ever home, but you can still ring our doorbell.

I am most excited about our back patio and new bistro set. I can see lots of good times being spent out there with some great conversations.

May's wedding

This past weekend, I ventured back to the old stomping grounds of Iowa City to celebrate May tying the knot. On my way to the wedding, which was at Kinnick Stadium(very cool), the strap broke on my dress. So, I had to pretend like it was a strapless. Fortunately, I had a back up dress in the hotel and changed dresses between the wedding and the reception. I think one of the coolest things about the indoor area of Kinnick is that there are Iowa symbols EVERYWHERE. They are even on the soap, paper towel and toilet paper dispensers in the bathrooms.

Needless to say, Vanessa and I were up to our usual Iowa City antics. On the way to the reception we saw a bike sitting in the ped mall and I told V to ride it around. So, she did, until the owner saw here and yelled, "Hey! That's my bike!" So, she yelled back, "Well, you should lock it up!". She put the bike back and we continued on. At the reception we saw extra flowers lying around. Knowing that we were important to May, we both decided to wear one.

It was a beautiful wedding and ceremony and I am very happy for May and John. Congrats!

A road trip to Miami

In mid June, my former roommate Megan moved to Miami. Needing to get her car to Miami, I offered to road trip it down there with her. Well, it proved to be quite the interesting trip.
Some of the high points were:

--While I was driving through the mountains of Tenn, Megan needed something out of my bag that was in the back seat. So, Megan offered to take the wheel while I turned around to dig through my bag. Turning back around, I felt the car moving over. I looked up to realize that we had drifted across 3 lanes of traffic, I turn, look and yell at Megan. She was looking at a blister on her heel!!! Then she said, "Oops, I forgot I had the steering wheel in my hand."

--Also going through the mountains of TN, there was a car in the far left lane going very slowly in front of me. Out of no where, Megan yells at the car, "You had better move out of Stawoj's way or she'll make you call your daddy's name!" I have no idea where that came from, but it was very hilarious.

--Needing to be in the sun while in Miami, we headed up A1A to the beach. Oddly, we had to pay $5 to park to go to the public beach. So, we crossed A1A instead of taking the tunnel over, because there wasn't much traffic. Once we got over to the beach, we notice that there was a fenced off area. Confused we asked a runner which part we were supposed to be in. Well, the fenced in area where we paid to be was a NUDE BEACH. We laughed hysterically and stayed on the clothed side until right before we left. Then we had to go to the nude side to used the little shower things to wash off our feet. So, there was Megan and I and 8 fully nude men washing off our feet. Except for one lone cowboy who was wearing nothing but a belt and a cowboy hat. I hope he didn't get any bad tan lines. Oh, the best part... it was father's day and I called my dad from a nude beach to wish him a happy father's day.

Can't wait to get back to Miami to visit Megan.

No, I'm not dead

Wow. It has been brought to my attention that I have been really horrible at blogging lately. My life has been crazy busy since right before my brother's wedding, which may have been my last post.

In the next three weeks, my roommate is moving to Miami. I am moving into a new apartment with a new roommate, I am going to Miami, out of town to a bachelorette party and out of town to a wedding. In between being out of town, I will be working every day that I am in Chicago. I still have lots of packing and preparing to do.

Exciting things that have happened lately are that Megan(my roommate) was successfully duped twice in one weekend. Her boyfriend flew in from out of town to suprise her and we threw a suprise going away party for her the next day and she had NO idea what was coming to her.

This past weekend, Lisa(my new roommate) threw a suprise birthday party for her friend Katie that was a ton of fun and again, Katie was shocked to see all her family an dfriends gathered for her.

Photos of both events to be coming soon.

Must get back to work...yep, blogging on my break.

Eat. Spit. Be Happy.

That is the slogan of David's brand sunflower seeds that I have been eating, spitting and am very happy about it.

Their new product puts a smile on my face. I picked up the new DILL PICKLE flavored sunflower seeds on the drive back from St L this past weekend and am loving them. They take me back to the days when I played softball and really did spit on the field...and dill pickle, delicious!!!

I have reached a new level of classy.

DJ, take it on down

Recently at the tanning salon we got a new Sonos music system, which is awesome. We have a giant iPod like remote with a connection to a huge music library(pretty much every song ever made). So, I get to DJ when I work and create my own play list for the hours that I am working. I also have the option to connect to several commercial-free "radio stations"...if I'm feeling too lazy to make my own play list.

Currently playing:

Buy U a Drank by T-Pain
I'm a Flirt by R Kelly
Rehab by Amy Whinehouse
We Takin' Over by DJ Khaled
P.D.A. (We just don't care) by John Legend
Look after you by The Fray
Pain by Three Days Grace
Candyman by X-tina
U + Ur Hand by Pink
Say It Right by Nelly Fertado
Last Dollar(fly away) by Tim McGraw
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by John Mayer
Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani

and always a little of:
Jack Johnson
Counting Crows
Prince
Queen
Madonna
MJ
Lupe Fiasco
Jay-Z
Bob Marley

If you haven't heard some of these songs yet, I suggest you check them out. If you stop in to visit me, I always take requests, too.

Astroglide-everyone knows if you got some

If you have requested a free sample of Atroglide in the past four years, your name and info has now been leaked on the internet.

Read about it here.

Josh and Jill's Wedding

So as many of you know, my brother got married this past weekend. What a weekend. I do have to say, it was the most fun reception I have ever attended in my life. The DJ was awesome, the food was phenomenal, the alcohol was flowing(maybe a little too much at times) and the reception site was amazing. It was a very busy weekend and I am exhausted.

It all started on Friday morning when my roommate(who was singing in the wedding) and I made the road trip to St L. I knew it was going to be a great trip when on the first bathroom break, Megan used a toilet that automatically flushed 4 times while she was sitting on it. We had the giggles most of the weekend from funny things happening. When we arrived in the Loo, we checked into the hotel, which was really, really nice and got ready for the rehearsal. The rehearsal was speedy and painless. Rehearsal dinner was really good at a very cute restaurant called Duff's in the Central West End, where again, the alcohol was plentiful. Our table included, Josh, Jill, Megan, Nat and Matt...who are two of Josh's groomsmen and a very good time. When I went to take a picture of the whole table everyone was posing normally, except my brother who appeared to be doing a glamour shots pose. So, I called him out in it and then we took a glamour shot of the whole table mocking him. Afterwards we hung out and had a few beers with some relatives.

Saturday, I was up at the crack of dawn to get ready and to our hair appointments at 8am. After lots of primping, we were ready for the real deal. We got to the church plenty early to do pictures. The ceremony was nice and not too lengthy. Afterwards, the wedding party drove around in an Escalade limo and took pictures at various sites in St L and had a beverage. The reception was the most fun and nicest that I have ever attended, not that I expected anything less than classy with Josh and Jill. The reception site was gorgeous and a great location. The food was phenomenal...some of the best food I have ever eaten, lots of champagne, great DJ and the bride and groom had great presence and were very attentive to everyone. I have never seen so many people on the dance floor for the entire night at a reception. Everyone had a blast. In fact, I could hardly walk today from so much dancing. Afterwards, some of us headed to Mike Shannons to have couple more drinks. I can't lie, I was so tired that I didn't last long there. I headed back to the hotel and crashed.

If I had to rate this weekend on a scale of 1-10, it was at least an 18.