and their stockings were hung by the chiminey with cheer...

Merry Christmas again everyone. I just wanted to share this picture with you that my mom sent over from her living room in las cruces. She captured a great shot!
Just as a little update. Christmas was fantastic and less hectic than usual, bittersweetly we only had two houses to go to as mom and emery packed up at the beginning of last year and moved out to NM. Gifts were exchanged, cheer was had with Davina's super yummy gluwein (a traditional German mulled wine, kind of like our apple cider, but with alcohol!) and tummy's were full with our around-the-world feast!
Katie is now living up here as of the 23rd. and her room is STUFFED with her SD belongings! Dad said it is great except that he now has a THIRD full kitchen set (his, mine, and now katie's)....we are definitely having a garage sale - SOON!!!!
That's all, I am sick, woke up with a nasty sore throat and have been lying on the couch all morning, watching chick flicks and SNL best moments on "E!"
Erin S. and I are going out for dinner at our fav. Indian place and taking in the "Twilight" movie-finally! (she has already seen it). So I am trying to rest up so I am ready for a fun filled night! woo hoo!
Peace out!

Merry Christmas and much much more

(our christmas card)
Gosh I feel so bad. My friend Sara emailed and asked if I was doing alright, cuz she hadn't seen a post in a LONG time! I am so glad you all look SO forward to this. I promise to be a better girl and post more often. This time of year is always hard, becuase of all the events:
Kipp.'s annual make your own gift christmas exchange part (Dec. 13)
Wizard Party (Dec. 6)
Erin T, Sara, Heather, Katie, James, Andrew's Birthdays (Dec. 15-27)
Ok and much more, but I can't remember... Here some Key pictures of the happenings....OH and guess what?! I ate sushi! really! A Soy wrapped Galaxy roll from our local sushi place...Rock Band Party at our house with the peeps from Frisbee
Wisest Wizard Party @ nate's house (Jill and aaron in stiff competition)
Aaron's North Pole Digerydoo, made for the Kipp.'s annual homemade gift exchange
"twilight" ornaments that I made for the same party
...and finally justice eating tofu at erin T's birthday dinner

Sienna Clair you are my sunshine!

So my work started a blog! (www.blog.letop-usa.com) and we have this page called "Daily Darling". So today the lady who runs it put up a picture I submitted of Sienna Clair Schaefer, who is my Cousin, Jessi's baby girl! Oh my gosh she is soooooo cute! You must check this out!

http://blog.letop-usa.com/ Click on Daily Darling Tab - Top Right!

Peace!

Highlighting Gram~

Hi all,

Just was thinking about my Gram, and how I hear she likes to read my little blog (but that I don't update it enough.. or so I hear). So I thought I would just share her with you. She is one of the most amazing people in my life. She is beautiful and a genuinely good and kind person. She loves to garden (she grows HUGE tomatoes), and loves traveling. She has been more places than I can only hope to go. I think my goal will be to match her record in countries traveled! What do you say Gram, you think I can do it?!
Anyway, she is very special to me, and lives pretty far away (VA) so I thought it would be nice to highlight her today and to let her know I am thinking about her...I am thinking about you Gram!!! Lots of love!!!! We just ordered your gift for Christmas, I can't wait for you to get it!!!

Love
Kristin

(ok...peace out)
oh, ps! APU Girls check out Todd's pictures on Facebook- WOAH! MEMORIES!

32D not 38A - I am not going down a size especially now!

From Sara Lunde in an Email to me this morning! Definitely worth sharing!

I went to a bra store the other day, that I swear was run by a bunch of pre-puberty 13 year olds. Anyways, I decide to do a bra fitting, and this girl tries to tell me that I'm a 38A!!!!! I was like, honey, I'm wearing a 32B right now, it fits great around, and I'm not anywhere near fitting in the cups anymore. So she tries to tell me that the size around you are affects the cup size, which fair enough, but there is NO way I'm a 38!! I go home and measure myself around the ribs where she had measured 38 (which translates into 38 in bra size), and she was 10 inches off!!! I guess she read it wrong, because I was 28 (a 32-34), which then pushes the cup size way up. Sooo... my friend here lent me some of her bras, and so today I am comfortably filling a 32D. 38A my ass. Even if my ribs had expanded like mad and I HAD been a 38A, there is no way I would have worn it, just because there is no way I'm going to go DOWN in bra size when I'm almost 6 months PREGNANT!

Anyway, there's my story for the day. :) How are you? What's up?

love you!!

Sara

Snot Pot, Brownies and One talented Child

Happy Thanksgiving...or soon to be. Just had some great entertainment that I wanted to share with all you viewers...even those of you that I don't know are reading (would love to hear from you).

Last saturday we spent the evening with Erin and Sean T. and had a blast making brownies that we( errrr...me) took out of the oven too soon, so they were more like mooosh than moist brownie, nevertheless they were great, especially with the ice cream on top! woot woot!


Then Aaron demonstrated how to use, what we are calling the "Snot Pot". My Aunt Vicki sent it to us and I swear to you aaron LOVES that thing. He swears it works and clears him up! He has used it two or three times a day, everyday. And how did we eat brownies and watch him drain his nose all at the same time (nearly)?!!!

Aaron and I will be taking our Christmas Picture on Thanksgiving...we are super excited about our lame and overdone idea....I may give you a preview!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving and eat as much Turkey as you want, the triptophan won't do anything to you, it's a lie!

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHTS!

so! Jill got a new job and will be staying the YAY Area!! Thank God Massachusette's doesn't get her back yet...and if we have it our way, they never will!!!! We will marry her off to some hot california surfer and they will have babies and live long and never leave here! hahahaha...she probably has other plans!

So anyway the girls and I had to celebrate this great accomplishment by going "club'n". (tangent- why is it that I never, or maybe once- but that is besides the point- went clubing when I was single. Now that I am married I have been club'n so many times and I can't take anyone home with me except for the guy sitting in the corner just watching me like some stalker (also known as my husband...Aaron! hahahah). Oh well, I wouldn't want any of those losers anyway!

CanI just tell you before you look down at our GREAT! haha, pictures, that we waited 1.25 hours for a freaking cab!!!! we were all so pissed off, we were sober by the time we got back to Jill's because we had waited so long....which was a really good thing anyway!

So here are some pics from our night! hahaha!

FREAKING FINALLY!

HALLOWEEN PICTURES FINALLY.

Winner's of Mikey's 2nd Annual Halloween Party Costume Contest:
Aaron and Paul: "Broke Back Mountain"

Runners Up:
Gene R.and Eliot P.: "Wayne and Garth- Wayne's World"


Other Participants Included:
Kaitlin M. & Kristin D. as:"Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan"Andrew S. & Cassandra (his finacee) as:"Joe Dimagio & Marilyn Monroe"Sean & Erin T. as:"Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra"Marco & Alli R. as:"80's couple"
Kris G. and Derek K. as:"Eliot & JD - Scrubs"
Erin S. as:"Coor's Girl"Mikey P. as:"Baseball Player"Mark G. as:"Painter"
Joslyn K.as:"Little Red riding Hood"
James, David, Kenny & Luke as:"The Lost Boys"
Nate K. as:"The Sucker Who Didn't Dress Up"

Out of commission....

Hey all,
sorry I haven't been writing as much lately. I have been "under the weather" for a little while! But I am on the road to recovery. Not really much to say just wanted to put that up to let you know I am still around AND STILL WAITING TO GET THE STINKING PICTURES FROM HALLOWEEN, Hopefully I will have those on Saturday for you!

Peace Out.

Kath meet Jamie, Jamie meet Kath...

SOOOOOOOO! I was watching Kath & Kim tonight, and was like who does Kath remind me of....she looks familar, kind of?....and then it dawned on me! O MY GOSH!-mommmmmmmmmm!
So, If my mom got the tip of her nose turned up a bit, lightened the shade of her skin about a shade in a half and grew her hair just a little longer and layered it- SHE would BE Kath (eg: Molly Shannon). Now she (my mom) may have her "blonde" moments- like turning a 1 hour walking tour into a THREE hour "where the hell are we in the middle of London" - But in no way am I eluding that she is like "Kath" personality wise, JUST looks. So here is a little something to show you my point.

MOM -----


KATH (click on image)-----

well that should keep you entertained for a while. We are off to help Kati clean her new condo. Peace out yos.

p.s. someone please forward this on to my mom!!!

And then there was ONE....

So! Sara went to her ultrasound today and it turns out that she probably just has a really large uterus that is like an echo chamber, because there is only one baby in that belly! And guess what she is having (well like 90% sure, you can only be 100% when it...SHE comes out) That's right "it" is now a "GIRL!" I immediately suggested she call her "Kristin" because it is such a great name for a girl, I mean who wouldn't want to name their girl "Kristin"! hahahahah! Shauna said that wasn't going to happen because for sure she was going to name her "poopy butt" (of course that is my nick name too, and Shauna's and for that matter, all the girls- it's kind of our pet name for each other- long story).

So anyway here is the pictures from the ultrasound. I sure won't be writing tomorrow becuause the state will be paying me money from the non existent funds that they have, to work the polls tomorrow night. It is actually quite fun, I will try to remember to tell you "all about it"- we usually get at least one "character". So once again here are Sara's ultrasound pictures- I swear she already has Sara's mouth!




Poop Out- Poops!

TWINS!

So it looks like Sarita is going to have twins! Mom and Dad and Baby makes...FOUR! It is not for certain, but two heart beats on opposite ends of her uterus makes the doctors think that she is carrying two! Hey sara, now you can eat for THREE and not feel bad!

We are super excited for her, and trying to pump her up...she is "trying to come to grips" with the whole "twins" possibility! I for one think it is awesome! Aaron and I hope that we get twins somewhere in the mix! What I told sara is, the best part- you get rid of two kids at once in 18 years! HAHAHA!

Well, that is about it. It was awesome seeing the girls this weekend and having a reunion (pictures to come). I am hosting Mikey Palmer's 2nd Annual Halloween Party (again) on Friday, Trying to get lame people to RSVP sucks, I even sent the easiest invite in the world and evite and they don't respond. Oh well, I figure the majority of them will show up anyway. I just don't know if I will have enough food for them. That's thier problem. We are having a "Best Costume" contest and I making the trophy for that (in progress- but will post pictures when I have them). The theme is famous person or couples from a TV show or Movie. I have heard what a couple people have come up with and it will be interesting and fun! I will post the winner's picture, if it is appropriate.

That's all, I really need to take a shower and get to bed. Have a good night...day....morning, whatever time it is for you!

Peace Out- and VOTE Sucka's!

Meg's Pole

Hey there,

Just thought I would post a couple of pictures from Meg's bachelorette party last Friday night!

Enjoy!
Me looking at Meg's ring!!!!
Tara- Meg's Maid of Honor, I believe....They are a dynamic duo for shiz!

Bonnie and Meg, She is hilarious!!!!
Cat woman! Meg's new dress up outfit!!! REEER!!
Meg pulling out a pair of vicy's panties I gave her.
The Party goers!!!

Pandora.com

...So I found out about this website called Pandora that does semi customize radio for you. The best part is that there are NO commercials! So log onto http://www.pandora.com/ and start your own station it is pretty awesome and it's FREE!

Basically, I typed in an artist "Joshua Radin" calm, coffee house kind of guy...and then it plays him first (usually) and then pulls all these other great artists that have his vibe. You can bookmark the artist or song or album so that you can remember to download them later in itunes- or you can download it straight from there to your itunes (it does it all through iTunes).

That's pretty much it. I had a great fun and relaxing weekend. Went to Meg's bachelorette party in Morgan Hill on Friday night. The pictures don't really translate from my phone, sorry about that! Saturday, I did a lot of laundry and a little house cleaning. Erin T and hung out, returned some things which justified my shopping trip the day before (*wink). Then she and I and Jos went to Tomatina's for a nice dinner and back to Jos' for banana splits (thanks mike!) and watched Bella!!!!!! Oh my gosh that was a WONDERFUL movie, and can you believe that Erin T acutually stayed awake for the whole thing!!!

Sunday I OVER SLEPT! Jos called at 11:00 and I thought it was 9:00!~ So I missed church, and working my table for OCC. But, I got to play frisbee, and we celebrated Bridget's Birthday!

Monday sucked, but when does monday ever not suck?

That's all....peace out...

Except if you are Joanie Wills....

Just wanted to let you know that I edited my very first post for Joanie who was humorously offended by the "trying to be 17 when you are 30 - in a hatchback" comment. I was not refering to her by any means, just for the record.

and Lastly, but certainly not least, I had a WONDERFUL night with my best friend Erin S. (ooo your identity is becoming clearer....hhahah) catching up over a pint of hef and blue moon. It was lovely and we both felt like we were back in the UK! Gosh I miss that feeling. Frodgham anyone?

Going to a bachelorette party tomorrow night, have to buy something in leopard, as I am clear out of my leopard wears. and need to get a sexy teddy for Meg! woot woot! So don't expect a post tomorrow night, cuz you won't get it!

As always, Peace out yo!

p.s. looking forward to girls night on saturday!!!!!

Pilates and the birthing ball

So another day of pilates to kick my butt has come and gone. Today we did these "great" ball excercises. This is one of the times when I wish one of the girls was in the class with me! So.... we are on a ball like this... Then we roll back like this... Then we roll forward like this...... and I seriously felt like I was birthing the ball! Really, I would have peed my pants if one the girls was with me!
All I could think about was, how I had to blog about this tonight!!! Honestly this could be one of the most hysterical classes to take in the whole wide world! Some one needs to make a reality show out of this! Or at least out of me and sara and shauna and erin and joslyn and heather and erin T attempting to do all of these excerices...with out laughing...it would be a great conest that know one would win!


That's about it. Just had to share that move with you- cuz I know some of you would get a kick out of it. I will leave you with this: This is a machine I should never get on...and even more the position on the machine I should never get into. I can just see my feet flying over the back of head and getting me stuck in the most awkward postion in the world and laughing so hard I can't get myself out of it. What do you think?

All You Need to Know About New York

Hey bloggers,
So just thought I should give you a little tid bit about how my trip to NY was. Definitely THE slowest show we have ever done. When your boss comes over to you in the middle of the show and says "I am definitely BORED!" you know you are having one heck of a slow show!
But besides that the SHOPPING was GREAT! I spent more than I should have, but since I don't try anything on when I am in NY (the lines for the dressing rooms are ridiculous!) I am returning about half the stuff, so that makes the dent I put in our pocket book a whole lot better! For the girlies here is some of the stuff I picked up (and am keeping):

• Balondino shoes in taupe (super cute! and totally ruined my pedicure when I tried them on)
• Sweatshirt jacket and could of shirts from Old Navy
• two loose T-neck shirts from H&M

The selection is amazing in New York, I swear (and it is probably true) they don't put most of that stuff in our stores here on the West Coast!

I went out one night with one of the bosses and two of the Reps, after dinner. We had such a blast, having prickly pear margaritas at the Mesa Grill then walking through Time Square (woo hoo, there is one more thing I can check off my list as "done") going up and down the elevators in the W and Mariott Hotels, and getting a bum to help us with our parking meter- then tipping him 10 times as much as we put in the meter! That night was a blast and was worth the little sleep we got as we got into bed some time near 1 am!

One day Erin S. and I and hopefully a good deal of you readers and I will go to NY together and have one blast of a trip checking off the remainder of the things I need to do in NY

• The Today Show @ Rockerfeller Center
• Go Through St. Patricks Cathedral
• See a show on Broadway
• Go up the Empire State Building
• See the Statue of liberty
• Take a carriage ride through Central Park
• Ride in the Cash Cab with Ben- AND win the money
  
• and as the King would say "etc, etc, etc."

Well it is time for me to sign off. I had four ours of sleep last night, and when I got into bed at 5 pm this evening I thought I was out for the night, so I am still tired here at 8:35 pm and should try to go get some more sleep.

New Kids Rock!

The Block!!!!!

....la la la la, tonight! la la la la, tonight!

OMG! Shauna and I just got back from the New Kids on the Block concert in SJ and it was BOMB! I can not tell you how much fun we had! I am sooooooo glad that we decided to get tickets and go. Shauna, you are so awesome for staying on top of me, becuase I would have been MAJORLY BUMMED if I didn't go. I practically danced the whole time! My throat is sore from screaming at the top of my longs, for 2 hours, and my ears are still not completely calibrated from all the noise! They sang like every single song we loved, and we sang a long to each and everyone. From Hanging Tough to Summertime! Shauna even bought a NKOTB shirt on ebay for the show!!!!!
The boys are looking efing good for being in thier late 30's and early 40's! Highlights were definitely A. Natasha Beddingfield Opening for them (lady ga ga did the first act, and she is....interesting?). B. Jordan doing his dance with shirt unbottoned and his HOT body showing. C. Joey Trying to hit his pre-adolecent soprano on "Please Don't Go Girl" D. Donnie, singing my favorite song, "cover Girl" (and me dancing to it, like it was 1989 all over again).

The New Kids definitely rocked my world (and shauna's too), I would rate this concert #1 out of all the concerts I have ever been too!

Peacing out,
K

P.S.- Totally fell in the parking lot at work yesterday, like a complete dufus! Thank God no one was around to see me...I tripped on my pants....LAME!

NEw YOrk, NEw YoRk!

Doesn't that make you want to sing?!

SOOOOOOOOO... it's 5:50 am and I have been up for 30minutes b/c I couldn't sleep based on the fact that I have sooo much to do before I leave for New York at the butt crack of dawn tomorrow morning. I will be spending 6 days there instead of my usual 5, for work. People tell me " you are so lucky, that is so cool, new york!" and I am like "think again! I work the ENTIRE time!" I have been to new york close to a dozen times and have only been to ground zero and only driven through time square. I could see the Empire state building from the roof of one of the hotels I stayed at once, but that is about as close as I got to it. Honestly, like my dad says, I want to take a couple extra days and go out early (so the company can pay for my flights!!!hahaha) and explore the city, take in a musical on Broadway, do all the "Touristy" stuff!
Ok enough crying for one day. I most likely won't post tonight, so farewell for 6 days, and I will tell you about all my adventures when I get back!

Peace out.

p.s. Sad news about Paul Newman right?