Two date nights in one week?!

Robyn and I have had two date nights in one week! An amazing feat as most people know. For Valentine's Day/15th anniversary, we went to Olive Garden for lunch and the to the U.S. Cellular Collesium to see Jeff Dunham, the comedian with the puppets. Lots of fun!

Then on Friday, I was lucky enough to win tickets to the Three Doors Down show. Yeah! So, Friday night, Robyn's Dad stayed with the girls, and we went and saw, SafetySuit (Scott, have you heard of them?), Hoobastank, Seether and Three Doors Down. The bands were improving each time. Three Doors Down was GREAT!

Now, I'm trying to figure out which PrairieThunder Hockey game to go to. Oh, did I mention that I won these tickets, too? Trying to figure out a game on one of their Kid's games.

Damn you Twilight Series!!!!

Well, thanks to my dear friends, I am addicted to the Twilight books! Yes, my name is Michelle and I'm a Twilight addict. It normally takes me FOREVER to read a book, but these books, I can't put down! I have read the first two, Twilight and New Moon. LOVED THEM! Went to borrow book three, Eclipse, from my friend, and she didn't have it!!! She had borrowed book 3 and 4 from her sister. So, no problem, decided to get it with my gift card at Walmart. They don't have any copies. Wahhhhh!!!

Tonight as we were checking out from Meijer, after looking at their book selection and not being successful in finding book 3, there in the checkout aisle, one lone copy of Eclipse. Yeah!! So, after getting through all my work and personal emails this weekend, I am treating myself to a couple of chapters.

Megan had her last Christmas party at the sitter's last night. :( She will be in kindergarten next year. The kids were adorable as always, and a great time was had by all. We are so excited to see the Pacyna family in a few more days! We are also very ready for the holiday shut down. Work is very chaotic this time of year for me, and on top of the usual stuff, we are moving to a new location at the end of the week. Ugh! Looking forward to the new location! My office is huge and has a door. Yeah!! It will be a great space for everyone. Happy Holidays!

Happy Halloween!!

Jenna and Megan had a blast this Halloween. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! Jenna was Gabriella from High School Musical 2 and Megan was a princess. The bottom of her dress had fiber optics in them, so it lit up when she pushed a button. We went trick or treating. Jenna pooped out before Megan did. Then we went to see if some friends were around to visit with them. Can't wait for next year!

Pumpkins with their Pumpkins

Here's our little pumpkins. They had fun last night scooping out the guts of the pumpkins and pick out the seeds to roast tonight.

Changes at ISU

Work has been lots of fun. Typical representation of Illinois. Everywhere you look, there is construction. The first set of pictures is actually construction I don't mind. :) The first one is my new office. The view with the fencing and trees, is one of the entrances to our new space in Vrooman Hall, in Hewitt and Manchester Halls, which are residence halls on campus. We will be located on the "garden level"/basement. The one picture is the large stairwell that will bring us natural light. It will be a nice area once it is done. We are moving December 4th, if all stays on schedule.

The other pictures are of what remains of Walker Hall, a former residence hall. For those of you familiar with ISU, yes, that is Hamilton/Witt you see from the street that is front of Fairchild Hall. Dunn/Barton and Walker have been demolished to make way to the brand new Rec Center that will actually be located on campus!! It have been weird to see the buildings that you normally could not see due to those buildings being there.

Of course, the construction does not end there. There is a new parking deck being build where the old tennis courts are. They just started working on those this week. It's fun trying to drive around campus. Ugh.

Gotta love the movies

We decided that the girls love HSM so much that we would go to the theatre to see the latest one. The show was pretty full, still some seats left, but not too many. We decided not to torture Daddy and let him go see Max Payne, which he thought was really good. The girls did really well, until about an hour into it. Megan decided that was enough and want to leave. So, for the last 40 minutes I had to listen to her complain that she wanted to go to the bathroom, wanted her back rubbed, wanted to go home...need I go on? I've decided that Megan will not be going to the theatre again until she is 5. Jenna loved it. It was a good movie, yes, I do like the other movies. Jenna is counting down the days til we can get it on DVD.