Beer Festivus for the Rest of Us 2009

Check out our photos from Beer Festivus! You'll feel like you were there! :)

Our fancy logo (handmade by yours truly)

My mom (or the unibomber??), me, and my oldest friend in the world! (I mean, I've known her the longest. She's not the oldest of all my friends in the world.)

**Orange tint thanks to our tarp/tent thing**

Me and hubs lookin' all adorable.

The old people got cold and sat around the fire pit.

Casting ballots. Vote early, vote often!

What beer party is complete without a round of beer pong on the portable "Pong-a-Long"?

Anniversary Trip Photos

Here are a few photos of hubs' and my anniversary trip to California's Central Coast. :)

One view of the lovely vineyards at Justin winery in Paso Robles

The entrance to Justin's cellars, which are actually in a cave dug into the side of the hill.

More vineyards in the beautiful Paso countryside. Betcha didn't realize California had countrysides!

Taken from the pier on Avila beach.

Good surprises

You can tell when I'm uppity because I post a lot. It helps me relieve stress!

When my boss responded to my email that I had a doctor's appt and would take a long lunch with, "See me on this," I braced myself for a reaming. After all, it's a short week, I called in sick Wednesday and left early yesterday...

But surprisingly, all she said was, "Don't come back after your appointment, go home and rest!"

Amazingly, we got our system issues resolved with little ado, so we're back on track. Busy, but running smooth (knock on wood!). And since we have to do so much extra work due to the ACH problems, the head of that department is buying my department lunch!

Today is looking up.

My SIL gave me the 2nd Twilight book (no idea what it's called) so I think I'll get started reading that this afternoon.