REALLY??!!

Instead of writing each day and telling you all about the crazy things that happened last week, I figured I'd store them up and write them in one long blog. Then you can see what a week of my life looks like. I'll start with this last Sat.

Sat.-I decided that I needed to wash the cover of my beanbag chair. I've had it for years and the fact that I had a bloody nose the other day all over it sealed the decision. I figured it couldn't be that hard to take the cover off to clean it. First of all I needed to unzip it. For the life of me I couldn't get the zipper to open. I tried everything. Not only was the thing stuck, it wasn't going to move! Then I read the tag for how to clean it and it told me how to unzip it. The zipper is child proof and (Katie proof)! In order to open the zipper I had to put a paper clip or safety pin into the opening and trigger the lock. Low and behold it opened right up. However, once I opened the bag I saw thousands of little styrofoam beads. I thought there would be a slip cover and the beans would be in their own little cover. Oh no, I had to take all the beads out. But, what was I going to do with them while I did laundry? I got out a plastic trash bag and tried to dump them in. Did I mention that the zipper was completely open? Note to self: only unzip it a little ways. I had beads all over the floor and they were full of static. At this point I have one handle of the plastic bag between my legs and the other handle in my mouth because I was trying to hold it up. The bean bag is slung over my shoulder like Santa Clause's bag and I look like an idiot. The bag took forever to fill and there were still thousands of beads left. I got a second bag and started filling. I decided there had to be a better way to fill the bags so I grabbed my trashcan. That works beautifully. I wish I would have thought of that earlier. The only problem is that the bag is only 1/2 full so I put one of the handles over the handle on my sliding door and hold the other handle with my teeth. The second bag is now quite full and when I go to tie it beads fly everywhere. I decided to go get a box. That held a wimpy amount and there are still some left, so I fill a third bag and the bag is finally empty! That only took 30 min. of my time. Then I had to find the Shout to clean the blood. I also remembered that I had to wash my khaki pants because they had ink on them. I got on the internet and it said to spray hairspray on the back of the stain and then blot the front. My goodness, the ink came out in the washer. I was very impressed. I brought the bean bag canvas home and had the pleasure of filling it back up. Let me tell you, it only took 10 min. to fill it back up and I used a metal mixing bowl to scoop the beans out of the box. I think that was enough adventure for one day, don't you?

Tues.-I realized Tuesday morning that I didn't have enough light fabric for the scrappy quilt I'm making. I have enough scraps to fill my apartment, but are any of them light? Oh no, they're all dark, so I decided to go to Joann's after work and before Bible Study so that I could buy light "scraps." I had called Rachel and arranged to meet her for dinner at 6. I ran into Joann's at 5:45 and found my fabric. I walked to the cutting counter and pulled the number 96. They were helping 91 at the moment and I figured it wouldn't take too long. Boy was I wrong. At one point there was a woman buying a plaid print and she was consulting with the person cutting. The cutter was asked the other employee what she thought and the both stood there and talked. At 6:10 I finally had my fabric and moved up to the cashier. There was one person at the register and 12 of us waiting to pay. The woman at the register wanted to look at all the die cuts and the employee didn't have a clue about them. She called for backup and her backup mosied her way up as if she didn't have anything else to do that night. I made it to dinner at 6:30. I mean really, all this for a scrappy quilt that I'm suppose to have fabric for.

P.S. I decided to make lasagna. I knew that I had to make it so it could sit for 8 hours so I made it this morning. I had no idea it was going to take me 30 minutes to get it ready. Then, my kitchen looked like a warzone because I had to use so many different measuring cups and I had sauce all over the counter. I hope this thing turns out after so much work. :-)

Goodbye 20's

Today is the last day I will be in my twenties. Let me tell you, it hit me rather hard over the weekend. I am passing into another decade! Okay, I shouldn't be so dramatic, but as I was driving to work this morning it hit me that I will now be as old as most of the speed limit signs around town!! If that isn't scary, what is? To top it all off, my friend Rachel called today to see if we could get together to celebrate the big day. She asked if I was going to be 29, and when I said 30 all I heard was "Holy Crap!" Thanks Rachel; just remember that your day is coming.
There are some things that I won't miss about my 20's.
-Trying to figure out who I am
-Being sick for 1 1/2 yrs
-Looking for a job after graduation

Things that I've enjoyed.
-Making new friends
-Growing closer to God
-Learning to quilt

My week

Monday- Went back to work after having two weeks off for break. Things seemed very noisy in the halls after having a fairly quite time off. Monday night the Boise State Broncos played in the Fiesta Bowl and there was going to be a family gathering at the Black's house. It was a potluck dinner, so I went to Subway to get a sandwich to be on the safe side. As I was waiting for my chicken to heat up two very good looking guys walked in. The employee helped them while he waited for my chicken. After the chicken was warm, he asked what I wanted on the sandwich. I said, "Just lettuce." He said, "How boring." One of the cute guys said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I should have said, my phone number's broke, can you fix it? Oh well, missed that opportunity. Then I went to Grammie and Pa's. Grammie was fairly out of it and that was hard to see. We tried to work the crossword puzzle, but it was a no go. AJ had made stew for dinner and I was telling Grammie all about it. I also told her what Aunt Naomi and Uncle Dan had brought. She seemed to appreciate hearing the commentary. As I was sitting with Grammie during dinner I heard Pa say, "That was good, but there weren't enough carrots in my bowl." I told Grammie and she just laughed. Then I told her I should run up and get a bowl and dig out all my carrots and dump them in Pa's bowl. She really thought that was funny. I did remind her that I used to give her my carrots and peas when we would eat stew or chicken pot pie. We did decide however that Pa would probably not appreciate the carrots out of my bowl. :-)
Brent and Raegan brought baby Hayden and Dad and Maritza came down to watch the game. We had quite a crowd cheering our team to a victory.

Tuesday- I had Bible Study and was so tired from staying up late the night before. I really considered staying home, but I went and we ended up just talking about our break and sharing prayer requests. I love that group of ladies. We are in all walks of life and it is so neat to gather with them each week and see what God is doing in each person's life.

Wednesday- The students were getting restless at school. It certainly didn't help that it had been overcast all week and we hadn't seen the sun. We had an hour until the end of the day and I was working with a boy who continually challenges me to be better at my job. When he went to leave the room I reminded him to pick up after himself. I said, "I am not your mother. I don't look like her and I don't sound like her." He looked at me and said, "Well, actually, you do sound like her because you're always telling me what to do." Then he said, "Will you adopt me?" My answer was quick, "NO." He might not make it and I certainly wouldn't make it if he came home with me. :-)

Thursday- My coworkers and I were eating lunch and one of our students was in the room with us. She loves to come in and eat lunch and then play on the computer. She also loves the head teacher (my supervisor). The teacher said something funny and the student said, "You're pretty funny." Then she walked off and turned around and said, "Well, she thinks she's funny." Needless to say that the three of us adults burst out laughing.

Friday- The 8th graders won a trip to see a movie. After lunch we took the entire grade to the movie theater (one of the teachers owns it) and they had a choice between two movies. I saw The Fabulous Mr. Fox. It was such a cute movie. Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep were the voices for the foxes and the story was adorable.

Saturday- Our capitol building is finally open. After 3 years and $150 million dollars later it is open for business. Dad and I went down to tour the building. It looks beautiful, but I have to say the the new part that was built underground was certainly not worth the money. Oh well. They didn't ask me.