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Andy and I had a few people over to the apartment for the Super Bowl....since I'm not in the mood for tons of typing today I'll just post the pictures here....
Here's Andy and I getting the football pool together....the game had already started at this point and everyone missed the opening kick off and subsequent touchdown return. This was later blamed on poor hosting, but I blame it on the fact that the Super Bowl always starts like 15 minutes after they say it will...this year, 5 min. early.
Peter and Simone watching the game...the white figure in the foreground is a little preview of Miss Kitty.
Jen, Kimone, and Steve enjoying the game.
Andy still represented for LSU with the purple and gold crocs. We pulled for Indy since they had former LSU stars Joe Addai and Booger McFarland.
Peter doing what Karin called the "Classic Peter Pose"
Steve and Simone, enjoying the game more and more as it looks like they will win the final quarter in the football pool.
Me doing my Beyonce impersonation....why is she always showing her armpits?
Karin and me discussing why the Bears insist on running the Cover 2 when clearly the way to go would be the blitz.
Steve and Simone after winning the final quarter...$40!!!
Karin, me, and Jen, dejected over the fact that we didn't win the big money :(
And there are just a couple of preview shots of Miss Kitty...I'll try to take one tonight that gives the full effect.
Labels: visitors
Happy Halloween!!
Well I was right...Willie, Dustin, and the Mueschkes were a handful. I had a pretty short day at work yesterday so I could recover from the weekend. The only thing more stressful than preparing for guests is entertaining guests. I know they all said that whatever we did was fine and that they just wanted to hang out but of course you always want people to have a good time, you want them to eat at cool places, etc.. I had a great time though and I hope everyone else did too. Andy and I have made a lot of great friends here in NYC but it's not the same as hanging out with people who have known you forever.
I won't bore everyone with a play by play of the weekend, but the pictures are up..just click on the "Carolyn and Andy's Pictures" link. I've got thousands of emails (or one) asking for the pictures so there you go. These don't include the pictures Nick took because those require "post-processing" or something because the camera is so fancy. I guess there's a little man in there painting all of the pictures or something.
Today is Halloween...obviously...but I am in a decidedly un-Halloween mood. I have never liked dressing up. This is because I am always afraid that if for example I went to a costume party and put a lot of time and thought into my costume I would show up and I would be the only one wearing a costume and then I would be embarrassed. So I don't dress up and I don't like the candy because if there is candy I will eat it. I did have a treat for lunch today though, Taco Bell!!!
Labels: Halloween, visitors
Friday! Friday's Here!
Well, surprise, surprise, I did not make it through last night without having a hissy fit. As usual, Andy was understanding and let me have my fit. Then we woke up at 5:00 this morning to finish cleaning. For some reason Andy was wayyy perkier than he ever is in the morning. It's 5:45 and he's on his hands and knees scrubbing the base of the toilet but he's laughing and giggling, talking about the new Borat movie...I asked him why he was so cheery since usually just getting five words out of him before we leave the house is an accomplishment. He says "I've already had my coffee!" Well I wish I had known sooner that that was all it took....
As you may have guessed there will be no blogging this weekend....we'll be too busy with Willie, Dustin, and the Mueschkes. They are a handful.
Labels: visitors
Apartment Worries
Last night when I got into bed I fell asleep immediately...one of those times when you can't even remember your head hitting the pillow because you were probably asleep before then. I've been getting enough sleep but I think I wore myself out last night trying not to freak out about the fact that I'm going to have four guests in my apartment this weekend and it is not clean. Trying not to be bitchy is hard and tiring work. I did have two glasses of wine to help me along though. I am pretty neurotic about things being clean normally but when visitors are coming to my apartment it kicks into overdrive. Andy tried to tell me on Tuesday night that people are coming to see us not our apartment but despite this and the fact that I know, logically, that they don't really care if that narrow area between the bathroom sink and the wall where I keep my hairdryer has a dust bunny at the very back of it that i just can't seem to reach** I'm still nervous about it. All morning I've been making mental lists of things that still need to be done, things that need to be bought, sheets that need to be washed...AND The Office is coming on tonight. I didn't freak out once last night so we'll see if I can replicate that feat tonight.
Wish me luck...or maybe more importantly, wish Andy luck.
**I just realized that this can be taken care of with a dust cloth on the end of a coathanger...yeah!!
Labels: me, visitors
Cheers and Jeers
On a friend of a friend's blog the guy does a weekly "cheers and jeers" section so I decided I'm going to steal the idea...not that the guy invented "cheers and jeers" I mean, I remember that section from the TV Guide but I saw it on his blog and liked it. On a side note, when I was growing up we got TV Guide and I read it cover to cover every week when it came in.
Jeers:
--the macaroni and cheese I made last night which tasted like noodles baked in milk
--people who tell me my apartment looks like either a corporate headquarters or assorted fast food establishments
--the fact that there were two junkies in the middle of a break up yelling at each other at 10:00 this morning in front of my office. she yelled that he was "a loser" and "always strung out" If it had been warmer I would've stayed outside to watch
Cheers:
--The Vegeenas won again this week over a very good team even though I sat Kevin Jones who ended up having 19 points. Also victories for LSU and the Saints on a bye week...can't leave them out Kelley
--Willie, Dustin, and the Mueschke visit this weekend!!!!
--carving our pumpkin for Halloween tonight! actually Andy does all of the carving I just watch. mainly because I am the least artisticallly inclined person on this earth but also because he may not trust me with the little saws.
Also, some of you may remember
this guy...he's the one that complimented Andy and I on "taking out our dress sweaters" when we ate at Saul for Andy's birthday. asshole.
Labels: Halloween, me, vegeenas, visitors
Here's Andy and I getting the football pool together....the game had already started at this point and everyone missed the opening kick off and subsequent touchdown return. This was later blamed on poor hosting, but I blame it on the fact that the Super Bowl always starts like 15 minutes after they say it will...this year, 5 min. early. 
Peter and Simone watching the game...the white figure in the foreground is a little preview of Miss Kitty.
