i was gone a little bit earlier but it is 7:00 and no kiddos asking for candy yet.

after driving thru numerous neighborhoods for work i have decided that this house gets halloween's "overdone and creepy" award
you were probably looking at how many decorations they had in their yard, but, did you notice what's in their driveway?yes, this is a full size coffin that i'm hoping they're using for decoration. really now, who wants a coffin in their driveway? and furthermore, where do you store it in the off season?

CREEPY!

happy halloween eve!

so my mom had to send out these pics today to remind us how dorky we were when we were little.

yes, in 1989 when i was almost 6 i got to be an unicorn. it was a pretty fabulous outfit and i even got to have silver sprinkles on my face. in case you live somewhere near atwood ks and need a costume for your child this year i think the outfits are still upstairs in my parents house!

no blogging last night--- bedtime called at 8:45. 11 hrs of sleep was awesome!

today we were fortunate enough to get off work early for our last week of riding outside after work before the time change kills us. i went out to one of the best places for a quick ride by our house-- south table mountain. this is one of my favorite places to ride my cross bike for a few reasons:

1) i can whiz by mtn bikers like they are standing still and it makes me feel fast
2) it helps me work on my technical skill
3) after the loop is almost over i get to ride this:this may not look like much but it is like going on a rollercoaster on your bike. you start and can't see where you're going and by the end you want to go again and again (so i do the whole loop again just for this!)

long live the week before time change!

11:56 pm

high score 185,740
212 lines
8.62 lines/min
level 10

i'm done before midnight!

uh oh

i'm in trouble. i found my one true love and greatest addiction on the internet today and dallas keeps finding me with it....

TETRIS!

oh yes. it is one of the world's greatest games
http://www.tetrisfriends.com/

i'm warning you it is VERY addicting and i can't stop. so far my stats are:

high score 96,908 (i will get over 100,00 tonight or stay up trying!)
137 lines
8.11 lines/min
2 max combos

go try it out!

we have almost decided to make william a mexican hairless for halloween due to this:
yes, somehow he has a hairball on the ceiling fan.
and yes, it is gross
william has magical powers

fabulous friday

today was pretty awful as fridays, or any day, gets.

1) since we have a ridiculous fat cat the animal shelter won't let us adopt the dog we want. their reasoning was that the dog would literally eat the cat. we didn't see the problem in that but apparently it was an issue

2) the other day i was trying to be a good wife and clean out the fridge. there was some slimy stuff in there and i decided that it was small enough to go down the garbage disposal. 2 days later (today) the water still hadn't drained. wonderful. here is my handy dandy service man going out to snake whatever it was out. (ps, dad, he LOVES the lights you got him!)no, he really didn't need the hardhat but it was a good place to click the LED lights to so he didn't fall off the roof

3) he didn't get it out because we didn't buy the $200 industrial size snake and thus at 10:20 pm the roto-router guy just left. thankfully service calls after hours are only $30 more. all said and done it was a pretty expensive little meal that we had 3 weeks ago

4) i felt bad while dallas was out working on the snaking issue so i decided to get the grout cleaner and scrub our kitchen floor grout with an old toothbrush.

hopefully the weekend goes better!

shopping

we had a super easy day today and got done early. we decided that it would behoove us to get new painting pants at old navy. did you know that lisa is no fun to shop with? here is an example of our conversation across the changing room stalls:

lisa: oh my gosh! these pants called skinny leg jeans are almost too small. they are almost touching my thighs!

andi: well if it makes you feel any better the normal jeans for regular people who can't wear "skinny leg" jeans are like spandex across my butt and thighs!

almost 25 years later and i'm still trying to deny genetics and realize that my legs get bigger with exercise. this is the last time i go shopping with skinny people.

anyone know where you can get jeans for the small waisted, big butt-ed, massive thighs, long legged people that still look cute?

also on the forefront:
1) dallas found out today that he might be having to take an extended stay up in north dakota
2) he felt bad for me and told me that i could get a dog. tomorrow on my day off i'm going to "huge paws big dogs" adoption agency to look at a couple of great danes we found on-line tonight. the only "person" opposed is william

we got the marble columns done today. i must say that we did a pretty good job.

and since i only got the deck stained/sealed last weekend and no compost pile built, we now have a knee-high pile of leaves waiting for a new home.
also no one told us that our linden tree was on roids. this is ridiculous!

after lisa showed me how to paint marble she had a pretty good day at work.

FOR SALE!

many of you are probably thinking, "wow! it's already the end of october! i need to start Christmas shopping!" well, if you are looking for that perfect present that no one will ever forget, stop! you can pick up their present at my house.

yes, i am selling my beloved buffet that i have spent many-a-hour slaving away on in lisa's driveway with neighbors watching with an evil eye. it is a wonderful piece of furniture, but a little large for our house. if you have even the inkling of thinking about purchasing this or have questions please please call or leave a comment! i'll even be so accommodating as holding the door open while you take it out to your truck!
23"deep x 66" wide x 39" tall

buy it today and your mother will love you forever!

yesterday, after spending my 76 degree saturday locked inside at the home show i got to go see cu beat ksu at boulder with beezer (my sister) and dusty (her boyfriend). this was my first ksu game since i've graduated and i REALLY miss being in college! it was cool seeing old friends from school. on today's agenda: build compost pile, prepare deck to stain and water seal, rake leaves, ride bike, and eat more than 400 calories and stand 11 straight hours like i did yesterday

home show booth

this year we (again) have a booth at the denver home decorating and remodeling show. after all the work that has gone into it i must say that our booth is pretty spectacular.
pity lisa today and sunday, and me tomorrow as we "get" to explain our company to lookie-looos while listening to elevator music for hours upon end.

tonight i'm putting a plug in for cross racing. for those of you who are considering this sport, check out this picture of me racing. look how fun and effortless racing is. if you don't like riding bikes you don't have to-- you can run with it instead! wouldn't you like to have this much fun too?

william still loves his cardboard box that once held our wedding album. by now he has it stretched out to fit his body and considers it more of a lounge chair than secret hiding spot

weekend pic

here is teri holding saige of 8 mo. an appropriate caption for this picture would be:

"ok, so you are a tiny human. uhm, i'm supposed to do what with you?"
teri is about as good with little kids as i am

i think the saying goes "misery loves company." in my book this applies to being tired too.

after 2 hard days of nasty (but AWESOME) cold wet weather racing i'm about worthless. thankfully william stepped up to the plate and volunteered to keep me company

our great friends from kc are out to visit for a couple of days for "vacation." i love it when tony and teri "vacation" here! i go cross race and tony stays home to "vacation." it's a pretty sweet set-up. thanks for cooking tony!

also, congrads to lisa for winning the cross race today! yahoo!

even though i have no room to talk, lisa pulled a major fashion no-no today. it's probably a good thing that we were working from home!

today was pretty uneventful so i thought i'd post some "really professional" pics that i took while we were at kinosha pass the other weekend

my beautiful bike

tonight i had to make a little trip down to my wonderful aunt and uncle's house. my uncle dan for as long as i have known him, has always done a little running as it helps even out the calorie count from all the beer he drinks while playing golf. i happened to arrive at their house just after he got in from his daily run. i think that either dan has been wearing these socks since the early 90s or he just likes the way the elastic doesn't work anymore, in his mind allowing blood to freely flow to his feet and ankles. either way it is a fashion disaster.

guess what yo'ure getting for Christmas uncle dan!?!in case you need a different perspective

william has started keeping me company in the bathroom. i don't think that he really wants to keep me company as much as he wants to watch where everything goes after it flushes

yesterday after church we ate out with one-handed bobbi. here she is getting ready to eat fajitas with one hand. she did a pretty amazing job-- i'm messier than her with 2 hands. go bobbi!

i'm also scheming to steal her and jon's dog baily. as you can see this is going to be no small task.

besides drinking less coffee in the mornings, i think i have found the reason i'm so tired by the time i get to the job site. lisa has become a little less exciting and instead of listening to really upbeat music we now "jam out" to NPR

a new life...

we are getting ready for a home show at work. since we have a double booth this year we need extra furniture so i volunteered to buy a piece, re-do it and then put it in the wasted space in our kitchen. even though we aren't completely done, i must say that lisa and i did a pretty good job.

before:after:

sorry for the blogging delay. here is how exciting it's been this week:

1) after talking to our neighbors today i found out that all the leaves from their yard usually float their way over to our yard. (not thrilling)

2) i got almost all the laundry clean, folded, ironed, and put away (again, not thrilling)

3) last night william finally hacked up the hairball he's been working on for the past month. (very not thrilling)

on a really cool note, our friend bryce is an AMAZING photographer and wanted to work on his personal portfolio for a self promo deal. somehow dallas and i were lucky enough to participate. check out his blog as he's got a couple pics up from the weekend! http://bryceboyerphoto.blogspot.com/