s'mores, turkey, buckeyes and vampires

What a crazy, wonderful weekend it has been! I am exhausted and have no idea when I'll have time to get ready for our trip to Ohio but I wouldn't trade it for the world. The fun started with a good ol' fashion bonfire which I haven't been to since I went camping with my sister and brother-in-law. The weather was freezing which of course you want it to be. Our friend Crystal was the marvelous hostess and she made sure we had everything necessary including a fantastic fire she created herself! I've never had s'mores with Reeses cups before but I highly recommend it, especially the way Todd made them. He just stuck the peanut butter cup on the stick with the marshmallow and it melted perfectly :)


We couldn't stay late at Crystals because of the very early morning we had Saturday. I hate getting up early, but alas we had commited to the Turkey Trot 5k. I've started running and training to run 5k's. Tim has been a trooper, sticking with me even though he's a runner and can go alot faster. We woke up to 25 degree weather and bundled up for it. There were a group of people that I work with who showed up and have been running a lot longer than I. My plan was to walk the whole way because my shin splints have been extremely bad but after the race started I got the itch to run. I definitely didn't have the energy to run the whole way so Tim and I did a run/walk/run/walk the whole way which didn't make for very good time but nevertheless we finished! Yay! Our next 5k is December 13th and I just want to beat my time from this past Saturday. That's my only goal. Oh, and to not die.



I would've loved to just ice my shins and take it easy in the afternoon but I wouldn't miss the biggest game of the season - Ohio State vs. Michigan. Tim and I headed over to Bailey's to meet fellow fans Katy & Matt. They were awesome and included us in their reservation. I didn't understand why reservations were needed but understood when we arrived. The whole back half of the restaurant was dedicated just for the game and it was packed with OSU fans and a few Michigan fans. They were brave souls to stick around. The game turned out well for us Buckeyes and we know how to shove it in the opposing teams face!



The rest of the day was shot. We were sooo tired and zonked out on the couch after the game. Flash was awesome and just napped with us. What an awesome dog he is.

The weekend was not over after all of this busyness. It was just getting started. The weekend ended on an extremely high note...the highly anticipated Twilight movie. There is no way to possibly explain how addicted I am to this series. First the books and now the movie. My excitement was high and my expectations low. The movies are never as good as the books and that was the case for this movie as well, but I was pleasantly surprised at how completely awesome it was. I was in love with the books before and if it's even possible, I'm even more in love with them now. I read the reviews and they were negative but I don't believe these critics actually read the book. They spoke of over-dramatized angst and clumsy acting. To anyone who read the book, they understand the whole book was a story about teen love and we all remember how much drama that was in high school! Now imagine that drama added with a forbidden relationship with a guy that wants to drink your blood aka killing you but chooses to be your protector instead..ahhhh. The writer and director stayed true to the book with very few changes made. I was highly impressed and the movie brought to life all of the intensity and passion that was in the book. If you haven't read the book, the movie probably won't be all that great. But if you have seen the movie...see it. You won't regret it.

That was my busy weekend in a nutshell. My hair still smells like smoke, my shins are sore, the fridge is still filled with buckeyes and my heart is still pounding from Twilight. I could do it all over again next weekend!

Tim and I are headed to Ohio for Thanksgiving which means another roadtrip (refer to very first blog post) so wish us luck ;)

adios

quick thought

I'm not much into politics. Recent days have sharpened my view though. I don't like to debate and I don't know enough to write a full on diatribe about the election and the shortcomings of both candidates but I will say this.

When Tuesday comes along I will be voting for the apple that has the fewest bruises because let's face it, neither candidate is really all that great. Also, even though SNL and the late-night hosts and newscasts only have negative things to say about McCain/Palin none of it's that serious really. Most of it is about McCain being old and Palin having an accent. On the other hand, the opposing candidate, Obama, has several very serious black marks.

Instead of voting for Obama, visit Cuba. Then when you realize socialism isn't all it's cracked up to be you can hop a boat back to the States.

rewind

Focusing this morning in church was very hard. There were three sisters sitting in the pew in front of us, all different ages. As they all filtered in the youngest one was trying to move spots and I don't know where she exactly wanted to go but her older sisters blocked her from going anywhere. This made her quite angry and she began saying over and over again "but mom said I could". After she still wasn't getting her way she started pinching her sisters extremely hard on the arms. Of course this just made the whole process more entertaining. The two older ones started whispering in each other's ears making the younger one even angrier. As we're singing a hymn I'm just laughing. Then, about 5 minutes later the little one had her head on the middle sister's shoulder.

The whole experience took me back to my childhood. I saw me and my sisters at those ages, hating each other then loving each other and going through it all over again in repeat fashion. I don't remember Liz being much of an instigator but Leah and I went at it all of the time. She would quietly aggravate me and would push me to the point of screaming at her, much like the pinching the younger sister was doing in church this morning. My parents never saw the "pinching" but only heard the yelling so guess who got in trouble...moi.

There are a multitude of acts I'm not proud of when it came to my sisters, but I'm not closer to anyone than them. It gives me great hope that those three sisters I observed this morning will grow up to be the best of friends.