Time for the Holidays!

I have gotten a few of the things fixed at my house, Still waiting on internet though! Which partly explains my delay in posts. I decorated for xmas last nite and put my new trees up, so I am pretty excited about that. I have a lot of friends coming in town for Thanksgiving so there will hopefully be a lot of ppl stopping by to see my new house.
My grandparents and my cousin Beth and Mark were in town on Saturday. It was great to see them and exciting for them to get to see the Park Bench and the bar, and of course my new house! I think Ms Lily Muffins was excited to finally meet Beth too, who she hears so much about :)

Tomorrow is the big Thanksgiving party at the bar!! I think we have a guest list of around 100, so it should be exciting!! Can't wait to see all of my friends and then all of my family on Thursday!

Hope everyone has a great and safe Thanksgiving!! Love you all!

Trouble on the Home Front

So of course, everything can't just be perfect when moving into a new house.
Problem #1 the water in my shower only seems to want to come out luke warm. Which in a way is a win lose situation. It causes me to take much faster showers, therefore getting ready faster in the morning. However, it puts me in a crabby mood!
#2 The drain in the shower is beyond clogged! By the time I am done with my quick shower, I am standing in 2-3 inches of water! Even though I have already poured a whole bottle of Drano down it.
#3 The phone jack in my living room is bad, therefore further delaying the hookup of my internet, that I have already been waiting 2 1/2 weeks for!

Luckily though, those are all just minor details. Except maybe the water thing, cold showers really, really suck!!
Hopefully I will have all these things fixed soon. I am going to buy a new TV today, I'm pretty excited. My old one has a built in VHS player, that just tells you how old it is. And it is like 2ft deep! I am hoping to get a nice flat screen.
I still plan on taking pics so I can show what the new place looks like. One of these days I will have time!! :)

Things have been busier than ever b/c I have taken on a new shift at the bar. I have been waitressing lunches, until we find someone to do it. Which I think we have, however, she doesn't start for 2 weeks!
This past weekend was crazy, I think it was one of our busiest yet. It is getting into that time of year where the weekends are going to start getting busier at the bar, which is good.
I am looking forward to Thanksgiving b/c we have planned a party for all of our friends the Wed. before at the bar. My mom is a little worried though. B/c between me, my brother and Carly we have invited over 200 ppl, and the bar just isn't that big!

Things have been going well, I have been trying to put some finishing touches on my new house, picking up things I need here and there. I love it!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

It's Official!!

I am all moved into my new house!! YEAH! :)
I got moved in on Sunday and that was my first nite staying the nite there. It was a little different, considering I am not used to living by myself but I love it. My parents helped me move and my mom helped me decorate, it is really starting to look like home. My new couch got delivered yesterday, which filled the huge empty space in my living room, which really made things feel more cozy! Lily loves the new couch :) The only things left to do are pick up a few odds and ends and get the cable and internet hooked up, so I have something to do on those rare nites that I have off.
In other news, the Loft of Terror party at Steph and Will's was a blast! The costumes were great and we all had a little too much fun! (If that is even possible) Steph said that Kill Bill won the costume contest, but last I heard, she was the one to make that decision, while chasing Will around the stage! :) Oh well, at least we won, I think!
I have taken over my new position at the bar as bar manager, things are going well so far. And things at the Park Bench are still great. It will really start to pick up as we get into the holiday season!
Up next for me, I will be heading to Nashville in a couple weeks with Traci and her new husband, can't wait!! Never been there, heard it is great!

Moving up

I have a new house!!! I found a house to rent and I am totally excited!! Even better, it is going to be ready tomorrow!
Some family friends of ours have houses that they rent and one of them was available. It is an older one bedroom house, which is all that I need right now. And the best part is, they are letting me have the dog. It is pretty much impossible to find rental property that will let you have pets. It will also be nice to be renting from ppl that I know. The house is right across the street from a park which I am sure Ms. Lily Muffins will love.
I am just so excited to have my own place. It will really make things feel official. So far I have just continued to kind of feel like I was on an extremely extended visit home. But once I get my own place, and am able to get my things put away. Rather than having to dig through boxes when I need to find something, I think things are really going to fall into place.
Both jobs are still going really well and things are going great.

Can't wait to see everyone this weekend at the Halloween party!! :)

The Schmidt Fam

I love going to weddings on the Schmidt side of the family b/c they are drinkers and they love to have a good time. Plus there is like 100 of them!
This weekend was my cousin Ben's wedding, he is a couple years younger than I am. We had a great time. The kegs were gone before dinner was even served and I don't even know how many jello shots my aunt made. Needless to say, I was hurting this morning.

However, on the plus side, I didn't drive the car into a ditch like I did at the last family wedding in Carrollton! For those of you who don't remember, I was pulling out of the hotel parking lot, which for the record, had no lights or markers or anything! But I missed the road by like 2 inches and the passenger side of the car went in a ditch :) We tried to walk back to the reception before getting pulled over by a cop, who escorted us back to the reception! Luckily I didn't get in any trouble, from the cop at least.

Went to St. Louis to visit a friend today. Was going to go on to Eville but decided to come back home. Jake leaves tom. so I wanted to see him and I also wanted to start out the work week nice and rested.

Change of Plans

I was on my way to St. Louis Sunday afternoon when I suddenly decided why not just drive all the way to Little Rock? Jake is always giving me shit that I never come see him, so why not? So just like that, a 2 hour drive turned into 8! Yeah, I am crazy.
What really sucked is that I got about 5 minutes away from where I was supposed to meet Jake and I got stuck in stand still traffic for an hour!!! Are you kidding me! I don't know what ended up causing it. I figured it was a wreck, but when we finally got moving, there was nothing there, just a cop. Maybe the cleaned it all up before they let anyone go, I don't know.

It is definitely nice to have a couple of days off though! It worked out b/c Jake was coming home this weekend for a wedding so this way he can just drive back with me. And when I say drive, I mean just that, he can drive!! :)
Haven't done anything too exciting, he worked yesterday and I went to the store, considering I didn't come with any provisions. Lucky for me I have to live out of my car on the weekends, since I work so many different shifts. So my car pretty much looks like a closet!

This break was nice to have considering I have just become the bar manager at the bar, (the previous one quit). So along with handling the merchandise at the Park Bench, I am now in charge of the bar too! My days are only about to get busier! Can't wait!