Dental visit...

Our old neighbors Mary and Christopher came to be my models for this month's Playworks book. Christopher turns 3 this weekend and has never been to a dentist, but he did a perfect job. He was a great model, the dentist and the nurses loved him, and he really didn't want to leave. Hopefully this experience will keep him loving the dentist for a while. Adventureland Dental is a really fun new kids dental office in Thorton, Colorado. I think Christopher made quite the impression on him. They invited him back to have a real Dentist visit with them soon.

Davies Chuck wagon breakfast...

There's this restaurant that I've driven past a hundred times called Davies. As you can see from the picture the sign really catches your eye. Not to mention the fact that there is a big horse stature on top of the restaurant. I forgot to get a picture of it, sorry! Anyhow, every time I drive by I think that place is either amazing or scary and next time my brother David comes to visit I am so taking him there. I recently heard from a co-worker that it's a great greasy spoon kind of restaurant, so Jesse and I decided to check it out for breakfast yesterday. It's a total 1950s time warp dinner. Makes you think you're on the east coast in the 50s for sure. The food was good and fast, the waitresses are either teenagers or senior citizens. It's got a big counter in the front and not much space else wear, but boy was it popular. After reading over the menu I discovered a couple things. It was actually built in 1957. It was shipped to it's current location by rail car from New Jersey (explains the 1950's east coast feel). They say it's the only one this far west. In 1997 it was put on the historical registry. It's an actual historical landmark. Crazy! Oh and they say they have tenderloin sandwiches. To you Iowans this is not anything new, but here in Denver it is almost impossible to find a tenderloin sandwich and you definitely can't find one as good as the one from Menlo's cafe. My fingers are crossed that this one is good. Someday we'll go back and try it. Anyhow the food was rather inexpensive and very tasty and the atmosphere was something to see. Next time someone comes to visit us I think we'll take them there for breakfast.

Holiday deals and new stuff...

Yeah real Tupperware.

Nice new dishes that aren't chipped, but are microwave, oven,
and dishwasher safe.

Last week I found an online coupon and saved 33% or some obscure amount on my holiday picture cards from Walgreen's. Yes! I was terribly excited about that. It got me in the mood for some serious Holiday bargain shopping. This year we're trying to be tighter with our money, so I'm making most of the presents we're giving people. We do however have some things to buy and on the day after Thanksgiving I did get up early, but no earlier than I normally do on a Friday. I walked over to Target (we live right behind it) and I bought a few little presents, but the bulk of my shopping was for us. When I got home Jesse and I stopped by Wal-mart before I took him to work to see what deals they had. All in all we got some great deals. The Tupperware and dishes pictures above, all for under $35 total. We broke down and bought all the Harry Potters on Blue ray for $10 each. We just got a PS3 which plays Blue rays, but we didn't have any to watch. We actually did a Harry Potter marathon yesterday. The biggest ticket item we got was a Tomtom GPS system that retailed for $250 and we paid $97. We're pretty excited about it. Jesse really wants to take a road trip now, so we can test it out. That would require time and money, 2 things we are severely lacking at the moment. Maybe someday we'll get to road trip, probably to Iowa, Utah, or New Mexico since those are the obvious places we always go. Anyhow... I hope you all had a nice Holiday weekend and if you did do some shopping I hope it wasn't that crazy and that you came out with some great deals like we did. :)

Christmas is a coming...

Our Christmas Kitchen

Believe it or not this is a picture of our tiny tree all lit up. It's a 32" fiber optic tree.

This is the front of our tiny tree showcasing the 2 new ornaments Jesse and I got for Christmas. See it's tradition in my family to get a new ornament in your stocking every year and since we won't be there this year my parents sent us our ornaments early.

I called my mom and asked her to send some of my ornaments, so we could decorate our tree. Unfortunately our tree is tiny and most of the ornaments she sent were to big for it. I only put up about half of them. Maybe some day we'll have a bigger tree.

This is the pretty Christmas tree topper I finally found. It was actually quite difficult to find anything I liked to go on top of our tree. Personally I would have preferred an angel topper, but that was impossible to find. I liked the way this one sparkled. Even though it doesn't lite up itself it does look quite lovely and sparkly when the tree is lit.

Our stockings and one of my favorite Christmas ornaments of old. It's a snowflake with my birthstone in it. It was obviously a little big for our tree, but I think it looks nice here. I remember when we (David & me) got them for Christmas. I thought they were so perfect especially since my birthstone is red (Garnet) and his is green (Emerald). Perfect Christmas colors.

I bought an advent calendar as well. When I was little we had one that hung in the hallway near my bedroom in the old house. I remember moving the little bear that lived in the pockets every night before bed. It was very exciting to me.

Another picture of our tiny tree. I forgot to add the candy canes. I specifically bought tiny ones for our tree and for our cups of hot cocoa. One of my favorite things on a snowy day is a nice hot cup of cocoa with marshmallows and a peppermint candy cane in it. Yum!

Hair things...

This picture is for my parents. It really doesn't do justice to the way my hair really looked, but I thought they would get a kick out of it. See I washed my hair before going to bed the other night and figured hey it's short enough it will be fine. Oh no, not anymore. My hair is in that shaggy short length and with all the thickness the waves came back. When I was younger and had longer hair I definitely made this same mistake. Then I would walk upstairs in a zombie like state and my parents would laugh and laugh at me. Ha Ha, very funny guys. I would say to them "It's your fault you know." Anyhow this is an obvious sign that I need a hair cut. Short hair has been good to me. Easy to take care of and no major rooster like pompadour on my head until now. I'm getting my hair cut on Friday before I leave for Texas.

These are hair things I've been working on. I bought the feather part ages ago and just recently found the center pieces for them. A while back I was quite obsessed with wanting some fancy sparkly feathery hair clips, but I was not about to spend $30 or more to get a little hair thing I would rarely have an excuse to wear. Thus, I decided to attempt making my own. I found the feathers @ Urban Outfitters, they were actually coasters, believe it or not and they were on sale for 1/2 off. Yes! score 2 for $8. The pieces in the middle are from Micheal's one was on clearance for $1.99 and the other was slightly more expensive $5.99. Either way that brings my total to around $8 for those 2 and just under $20 for all 4 pieces. I have some clips I bought long ago when I made hair clips with flowers and feathers for Jesse's nieces, so I'm golden there. If only I had bought more of those feathery coasters. I could go into the business and sell them. As it is I will probably only keep one of them. I'm thinking I'll give the other one away as a Christmas present to a friend.

I think this would look quite stunning in my hair once it's cut and I have an excuse to dress up. Maybe I'll keep my hair short for a while and try to talk Jesse into taking me out for a nice dinner.

IF show 11/27/09...

They played the Larimer Lounge again. The crowds were big this time. Lots of old friends that Jesse hasn't seen in ages were out. Adam's (the guitar player) grandma and mom came. They were probably the cutest duo I've seen in a long time. Two tiny little ladies, so proud, and giddy. They kept elbowing each other saying "Oh look, look what Adam just did." They were the best. Jesse did forget the words to one of the songs, but other than that the guys were really tight in their set and the crowd really seemed to enjoy it. It was a nice night.

Thanksgiving...

My poor table all ready for company. I got an awesome deal on this adorable little leaf shaped dish and I thought it was perfect for Thanksgiving, but it's kind of perfect for us in general. I've been filling it with nuts (mostly raw almonds) for us to snack on. I figured since today was a special day I would spring for honey roasted cashews. Yum!

Until I can find a box to fit the tree in for shipping it's going to live on one of our DVD racks and help make the apartment festive. I really enjoy it.

Silly me I forgot my camera when we went to dinner. We had dinner @ a house of one of my co-workers. It was very yummy. I made corn bake with corn from my parents, deviled eggs with cauliflower puree in them, and of course the veggie pizza appetizer I always make. I forced Jesse to pose for this picture when we got home. This is actually the 5 or 6th picture we took, because apparently Jesse doesn't know how to smile nice for pictures.

Next up cleaning the disaster that was once my kitchen. We sort of left in a rush and things didn't really get cleaned up. Ug! Guess I'll be cleaning while Jesse watches the Broncos game. We're going to go for a nice long walk after the game. I've finally broke him down on the going for walks thing. We've been walking almost ever other night. He says it's a warm up to eventually going jogging together. We're being each other motivation. Wish us luck!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!