Had my Mary Kay & margaritas party, and only one person showed up :( Thanks for coming, Melina! Watched the world cup, went to the art theatre with Joyce and her daughter and saw "Food, Inc." for the first time (OMG- loved it), donated to NPR in exchange for an awesome cookbook- All Cakes Considered, went to the Champaign County Fair with Johann and we watched our first demolitian derby right before another doozy of a rainstorm, more farmers' market, went to Silvercreek restaurant with a big group of our friends to celebrate my birthday early and then on over to Crane Alley for drinks, visited my friend Keri at the hospital after she had her baby, did an iron-chef type cook-off at the Wengers using ingredients they were trying to clean out of their house while moving (and I won with a spicy peanut sauced tofu and green bean dish), went out for steaks on my actual birthday and came out from it to see double rainbows...
Awesome, aint it? I also forgot that my drivers license expired, so that weekend, I had to get up stupid early, renew my license, so I could drive to Iowa City for Sylvia & Will's wedding. It was great, but I wish I didn't get so sappy/ drunk at weddings. I gave a very incoherent, sobbing speech, then ate and drank and danced like a fool. Then, we got up early and drove home the next morning, ugh. PS- never use more than one form of directions/ GPS navigation, because you will end up driving around in circles trying to find a bathroom or McDonalds. Should have updated my TomTom before going. Anyway, congrats to the happy couple!
My dad also got his yellow belt that weekend :) Apparently he got tattoos, and I was almost the last one to find out. They're actually very nice, one on each lower inner arm, one tiger and the other a dragon. Unfortunately, my little brother posted videos and pics on facebook, which my uncle saw, and now my grandmother knows about the tatts. But I say, don't hide 'em. If someone's gonna get offended by them, get it over with- show them off! They'll get over the shock faster and you can move on with your lives. LOL
Johann and I took off Aug 5th for Seattle, and bummed around for a day before boarding our week-long cruise to Alaska. This was our much needed and belated honeymoon trip. We sailed to Ketchican, Juno, Skagway, and Prine Rupert in British Columbia. We had so much fun, except me for getting an upper respiratory infection half way through. But, I rallied and went on all the excursions anyway, doped up on antibiotics and other lovely meds. Pictures from our trip are posted on my facebook page. I saved a lot of souvenirs from our trip, and hope to get a scrapbook of the trip put together soon. When we got back, we spent a full two days walking around Seattle and discovered so much and decided we loved it there. So if Johann gets a job there, I am totally ok with it.
