Sunday, December 25, 2005

Merry Christmas!!

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! Hope Santa brings everyone good presents!!

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Carolers

Last night Franklin and I were watching tv when the doorbell rang. I went to the door and looked out the window and there wasn't anyone there. I opened the door and saw a group of people on the sidewalk and they were singing! It was the neatest thing. Sophie and I stood out on the porch and listened to them sing. I've never had carolers and it really put me in the holiday mood!! Franklin was lying on the couch in his boxers so he decided not to go out on the porch. :)

Monday, December 19, 2005

Our first Ohio Christmas Tree!


I thought I would share a picture of our beautiful tree! Now that counts as two posts. :)

It's almost here!!!

Can you believe Christmas is less than a week away? I sure can't. I've been made aware that I haven't been keeping my blog up to date and I swear it's because time goes so fast. I thought it hadn't been that long since Dana came to visit, but it's been weeks. Weeks!!

So, here's my post. I'm still trying to wrap all the presents while trying to finish up the shopping too. We were in MI for a few days last week for work and we'll be headed back up on Thursday. It seems like I don't spend any time at home. Oh well.

If I don't post before Sunday...Merry Christmas to all!!

Friday, December 02, 2005

Dana's Coming to Visit!

Dana's coming to visit, she's on her way here
I'm so excited I let out a cheer
We'll have lots of fun chatting and laughing whole hearty
Guess Tom will get to experience a slumber party!

Monday, November 21, 2005

Let the holiday season begin!!


This past weekend was the Candlelight Holiday Walk in Medina. It's the town kick off to the holiday season. There was a parade, all the stores were open, horse drawn carriage rides and Santa came! It was great! Franklin and I had a great time and it really did help us get more in the mood. We shopped that night and all day yesterday!! Only 34 more shopping days!

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Happy 1st Anniversary Franklin!


I can't believe it's already been a year, time has flown so fast. Even though we went through many things this year I know every day we love each other more than the day before. I can't imagine my life without you, you've made me the happiest I could ever be. I love you.

Monday, November 07, 2005

Featured Speaker

Franklin was the featured speaker at the Niles McKinley High School Soccer Banquet last night. Even though it was over an hour away I think we both had a good time. We got to sit at the head table and everything!! Franklin did a good job on his speech, tried not to bore the kids too much. He was then followed by the Superintendent of the school and I was quickly reminded how much I hated listening to these guys at school assemblies. He totally made it into some kind of political speech about the separation of church and state and then about the war. The kids looked as zoned out as I did. I don't think anyone got the message he was trying to give. Plus, he wouldn't shake my hand! That always makes me mad when Franklin and I are being introduced to people and they shake his hand, but not mine. Out of the dozen or so people I met last night, only 2 didn't shake my hand, the superintendent and the athletic director. Hello! I'm not just a soccer wife!!!

Moving away

On Friday night Franklin and I attended a going away party for one of our neighbors that are moving. It's amazing how fast we became friends with Sylvia, Brian and their boys. The party was a lot of fun and it gave Franklin a chance to hang out with the men of the neighborhood, which he thoroughly enjoyed. I was even invited to a girls weekend in Florida while we were there! It was just another example of how much we LOVE our new neighborhood. :)

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Medina or Seattle?

Okay, I know it's fall and the weather is changing, but this is ridiculous! It's been gray and rainy almost every day for two weeks. If we have to have Seattle's rain, does that mean we won't get as much snow either? LOL, fat chance, I know.

Monday, October 31, 2005

Happy Halloween!!


Last night was filled with excitement as I got all dressed up and the trick or treaters came out! Our city decided to have trick or treating on Sunday rather than Monday, who knows why. Sophie wasn't very cooperative with her costume this year so she only wore it for a little while. I saw many princesses last night and a couple of cool costumes. There's a lot this year that are like the blow up things you put in your yard for Halloween and Christmas. One girl was dressed like a cowboy and the horse was inflated, just like Ellen wore today on her talk show!! And another was a group of kids dressed as a milkmaids, sumo wrestlers and body builders. Pretty funny. I was a hit with all the kiddies, can't go wrong with SpongeBob!

Hope everyone has a great Halloween!!

Monday, October 24, 2005

Sophie's Adjustment


Some of you have asked how Sophie has adjusted to the move so I thought I would post this picture. This is what she does all day while I'm working. Of course, that's after she gets out of bed at 12:30pm. I'd say she likes it just fine. :)

Another year older

This past Friday was my 29th birthday. I don't feel any different, but I now get constantly reminded that I'm almost 30. In fact Franklin made up a song about it and sang it to me when I woke up on my birthday. I sure hope he plans on throwing a big party for me if he's teasing me about it 364 days before it happens!

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Franklin is King!!

At least according to our closest neighbors. So let me explain why. Yesterday he was mowing the lawn and then someone came over to show us how to close the pool (as a side note the water was 58-degrees and poor Scott had to get in the pool to remove steps. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to watch) so he had to stop halfway through the back yard. The pool stuff was taking a little while and it was getting darker so I told him I was going to finish mowing the lawn. You'd think I just told him that he'd never have to mow again he was so excited. And then the neighbors started commenting. They thought it was just great I was mowing the lawn. Look, my daddy raised me right and taught me how to do all of that stuff so to me it wasn't a big deal, but to the men, it was a dream! So sad.

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Franklin Mows the Lawn!!


Now while some of you may not think this is a big deal, for others you'll know the importance of that special day. Last Friday in our new town of Medina we took a trip to the local Sears store to pick up a few things (washer/dryer, ladder, furnace filter and a lawn mower). We didn't have a lawn mower in Michigan because we had a lawn service. This worked out well for us because of our busy schedules, however, a new house brings new bills and we just can't afford the service at this time. So, on Saturday afternoon I got to see Franklin mow the lawn!! Unlike some things this wasn't his first time, but it had been awhile. So of course I had to take pictures!! He did a great job and he's just glad it's fall and he won't have to do it much more this year. :)

Monday, October 03, 2005

Home Sweet Home

Franklin and I are finally all moved into our house, well all the stuff is in the house anyway. :) We're still living out of boxes but we're making progress. Mom and Dad came down and stayed two nights with us. They were a HUGE help. Couldn't have done it without them.

The neighborhood is cool. So far we like all of our neighbors and they've warned us about the one we shouldn't. :) We were taking Sophie for a walk last night and we were invited into a backyard where there was a little gathering and they offered us beer. Can't get much better than that! Franklin bonded with the guys over a mean bean bag toss game!! There's also a clam bake on our street this weekend!!

So overall Ohio is good. I still miss everyone and am already being hounded as to when I'm coming up for a visit! I'll come home soon Traci!!

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Hours away...

Well, moving day is almost here. Less than 12 hours now. Saying good-bye has been very hard, harder than I thought it would be (especially with Traci and Angi). But it's not forever, I will be visiting and other than the people at work I'll see everyone just as much as I always have. Or more in the case of my niece, she says I don't visit often now. :)

Thanks for all of the well wishes. We'll be offline for a couple of days. Yikes!! The thought of not having connectivity is just scary!! Talk to all of you soon!

Monday, September 26, 2005

Congratulations Steve & Marci!!


We had a great time at the wedding and Tom and I wish you the best. Have a great honeymoon!

Friday, September 23, 2005

Less than a week.....I'm sorry what??

Yes, that's right, it's less than a week till moving day. Ugh!! I swear we just looked at houses the other day. I realize that time stood still when I was in Philadelphia but now everything is here and things need to be done!!! Deep breath, just take a drink, I mean breath.

Landed just before the storm last night, thank god. Went into work this morning, trying to find a dress for the wedding, rehearsal tonight, wedding tomorrow, final packing, final office stuff, closing, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I think I may just have reached my limit.

And to top it all off I'm missing the scrapbook weekend for all of this!! Have fun ladies. And Dana I hope you're winning big in Vegas!! I think I'll go lie down now.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Philadelphia

So I'm in Philadelphia on business. Haven't been all that impressed with the city but honestly I've only left the hotel twice since I got here on Friday. Pretty sad. Long work days and grumpy attendees is how I live my life. Fortunately I have been able to see the t.v. shows that are important. :)

Franklin is at home doing a wonderful job of packing up the house. I don't anticipate having to go home and do much, he's such a good hubby! I can't believe we move a week from tomorrow, time just flies by!!

Saturday, September 17, 2005

Congratulations Katie & Christian!

I hope you and Christian are as happy as Tom and I! I truly wish I could have been there today, but unfortunately I had to be in Philadelphia. :(

Have a great honeymoon!!

Bittersweet

Tom had yet another "First" the other day. He bought a lottery ticket for the first time ever. Yes, I know, he's been sheltered. Not that it matters anymore anyway, I just found out someone in New Jersey won the entire jackpot. Good for them, sad for us. :(

It's okay Tom, you don't win every time you play. :)

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Pure Romance

Last night Dana and I had a Pure Romance party. There was lots of new stuff and I think we all had a pretty good time! The lady who did the party was bad, I mean bad. The party and her both moved very slowly because of it. Dana and I could do a way better time selling the stuff than she did! Oh well, I think all of us who went away with silver bags filled with goodies didn't mind too much. ;)

Monday, September 12, 2005

Wild Weekend!!

This past Saturday was one that doesn't happen very often. I had two, yes two, bachelorette parties to attend. Some people told me to skip one, it would take too long to get between the two (one was in Southgate the other in Sterling Heights) but I didn't listen to them. I dragged Dana along and we had a wild time!!!

The night started at Katie's party. I was really happy to see her since I had missed her bridal shower and I can't go to her wedding (damn business trip). We were given name tags when we got there, but they weren't for our real names. We were given porn star names for the evening! And if we called someone by their real name we had to wear a flashing penis head band. My name was Angel Wet and Dana was Bambi Cummings. I never had to wear it but I did nail people who messed up the whole time I was with them!! It was a very fun game. After a drink and a shot we headed to Red Robin where we made the family environment not so family. A group of girls walking in with porn star name tags and penis straws, I don't think that happens very often. We did manage to embarass two waiters and created a lot of noise. All in all a good time.

After dinner Dana and I headed to Sterling Heights for Marci's party. As we were walking in I said someone smelled good and then ran into a guy in the kitchen and said "Oh, it must be you." Totally didn't give the guy another thought. Turns out he was the stripper!!! Needless to say we got there just in time!! After an AWESOME performance by the stripper and very good lap dances for both Dana and I, we headed to the Shelby Roadhouse. Dancing, drinking and puking (in Marci's case) concluded a fabulous end to a wild Saturday.

And to add some more fun, we text messaged Chuck!!

What really sucked was waking up on Sunday feeling like I had a hangover when I only had 3 drinks all night!!! Guess I'm getting to old to go to bed at 3:30am!!!

Congratulations to Katie and Christian! May this Saturday be the happiest day of your life.

Congratulations to Marci and Steve! May your day be the happiest day of your life. I'll be there celebrating with you a week from Saturday!!!

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Beautiful Naples Florida

Tom and I just got back from a wonderful vacation in Florida. With all the craziness in our lives right now we really needed to get away. And who knows when we'll get to go away again.

We saw lots of people in bathing suits way too small for them. In fact Tom has now asked for a Speedo for Christmas. :)

After 4 days laying by the pool we've come back to the harsh reality of home. And work. And packing. Ugh!

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

It has finally happened

I remember when I first started driving and gas was like $.87/gallon and at that time my sister still saved change to get gas! When it came time that gas never went under a $1.00/gallon I was okay with that. And I even started to get used to the fact that gas was never going to be under $2.00/gallon. This morning was quite startling when I drove to work and passed three gas stations with gas at $3.19/gallon! I knew it was going to happen because they kept warning us, but it was still a shock. Thankfully State St. gas stations are behind the times and I filled up for $2.85/gallon! Who ever thought I would get excited about that price???

Even though the prices blow my mind and my wallet I still wouldn't trade my situation with someone who was hit by Hurricane Katrina. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims.

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Kenny Chesney

On Saturday night Tom, Jen, Mark and I went to dinner at Fishbones in Greektown. Had the biggest crab legs I've ever seen!! Then we went to the Kenny Chesney concert. It was a great concert!! Gretchen Wilson was one of the opening acts and she rocked. Of course, I say that because I see myself as a Redneck Woman. :) Then the crowd roared when Kenny took the stage. Uncle Kracker also made an appearance.

Even though it was a great dinner and awesome concert, the highlight of the evening had to be when we found out our friend April (we knew a whole group of people in the next section) went pee in a cup during the concert! The lines for the ladies room were the longest I've ever seen ANYWHERE!! I swear each bathroom it was 50-60 people deep. But to top it all off, as she was dancing to the music, she knocked the cup over!!!! So glad we didn't sit in the row in front of them! :)

Heather's Wedding

Last Friday one of my good friends from Central got married. Tom and I are both so happy for her and Dave. We didn't make it to the wedding (stupid 696 and 75 traffic!) but we had a great time at the reception. Nothing like the Hokey Pokey and the Chicken Dance to get the party started!!!

Congrats Heather and Dave! Hope you're having a great honeymoon!

PS - That was Tom's first time doing the Hokey Pokey. :)

Monday, August 22, 2005

Annual Camping Trip

So now that I've defended myself and my friends I'll fill you in on a little bit of the fun. :)

Obviously there were many funny things that occurred that probably wouldn't be as funny to people who weren't there...or are sober. But none the less, here are some things we learned....

1. Drinking liquor gets you drunk a lot faster than beer. A lesson learned for all future trips.

2. Getting drunk before noon is only entertaining for some. And as quoted by Bean..."I've heard alcohol impairs your judgement."

3. Making new friends by calling the wrong cell phone number is a lot of fun! We had an exciting weekend with Chuck over the phone. :)

4. Four drunk girls changing clothes in one room...not as hot as you'd think.

5. Drunk people should avoid playground equipment. It can be very hazardous and also swings can cause motion sickness. :)

I'm sure we learned many more valuable lessons, but they're just not coming to mind right now.

As always we had a great time. This year we bought matching shirts and wrote quotes on them that were said over the course of the trip. Such as.."Smells like wood," "I don't like white sauce," "I have a problem with beef juice," and "There are no words for the stupid shit I do." What can I say, we're classy!

"Roughing It"

For those of you who read the Price Crew blog you may have been told that we're no longer roughing it on our girlfriend's camping weekend. I have to disagree. Where we may have made some changes (cabin instead of a tent, beach instead of tubing down a river) for many people it's still roughing it. You try going to the bathroom in a bug invested trailer that smells funny and is humid as hell. We still cooked over the campfire and didn't take showers (Susan excluded)!! Most girls would rather spend a weekend at a hotel shopping and getting massages! So don't tell me we weren't roughing it! It just happened to have some perks this time, most of which we didn't even know about it until days before we left. So there.

Friday, August 19, 2005

Girlfriend's Camping Weekend

Well, once again I'm headed off into the wilderness with some of my best friends. Although wilderness may be stretching it a little bit for this trip. :) Normally we rough it in tents and spend a day on the river tubing, however, last year's 50-degree temperatures convinced us to skip tubing this year. So this year we decided to get a cabin at a KOA, which we recently found out has electricity and air conditioning. :) Normally we're not this girly, it totally surprised us that it had these features!!

We had a fear this trip wouldn't happen as planned because Susan's flight was cancelled last night. Fortunately she got a new flight this morning and is in the air as I type!

I eagerly await the arrival of my friends so that we can head out to Lake Michigan for "camping" and relaxing on the beach. Guess I should probably start packing soon....

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

This movie rocks!!! Traci and I took Olivia to see this last night at the IMAX. It was so funny!!! Can't wait to buy it when it comes out on video. :)

Monday, August 15, 2005

Aloha!!!



Franklin and I hosted a luau this past Saturday and it was so much fun!!! Buying the decorations, fun....Cooking 24 pounds of Kahlua pork, not so fun...Having a bunch of little kids running through the house and backyard, lots of fun....Torturing your dog...priceless. :)

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

You know what's good...

ice cream sandwiches. Someone brought some into the office today and it was like ice cream heaven, which most ice cream is to me anyway since it's my favorite food, but these were awesome. Especially because I tried to make myself believe that my little piece of leftover steak was going to be enough lunch for me. Thank the ice cream gods!!!

Monday, August 08, 2005

Franklin's First Garage Sale!!!

We had a garage sale this past weekend with my mom and sister. This was Tom's first ever garage sale experience. He couldn't believe the way people try to haggle prices! It was very funny. And as usual, the garage sale always brings out the best of the public people. There was one crazy lady that came in and kept saying "nickel, nickel." We probably would have sold her anything for a nickel just to get her the heck out of there!!!

Tom won't say it was his favorite thing to do but he was quite impressed with the money we got for junk at the end of the day. :)

Monday, August 01, 2005

Whew!! Finally home!

Wow, things have been so busy!! I got back from Vancouver on the 22nd, had my family reunion the next day and then Tom headed down to Orlando that Tuesday. We just couldn't bear to be apart for another week :) so I flew down on Wednesday night. It was very warm down there. Tom could go into it much further for you, but you just have to imagine Orlando at the end of July...and it says it all.

The 3 Michigan teams that were in the Nationals didn't do well, but I had a good time! I got to go to Animal Kingdom one day and lay by the pool for 4 hours on another day! We flew home last night and now it's back to being VERY busy at work. Thankfully I don't anticipate having to fly anywhere until Labor Day weekend (which is vacation).

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

It is beautiful!!!

When I told people I was going to Vancouver many of them were jealous. "It's so beautiful there." "I've always wanted to go there." And when I got here I thought, what the heck were these people talking about. Okay, so the airport is kind of cool with all the Inuit art and stuff, but the rest of the city was just...city. Days went by and I was unimpressed, until last night. Last night we went to a restaurant on the top of Burnaby Mountain. Burnaby is a suburb of Vancouver and where I've been most of the time. The view from the restaurant was AWESOME!! And there were bagpipes and drums being played in the park which made wonderful background music. I took lots of pictures of the sun setting behind the mountains and the Burrard Inlet.

So now I know why people think this place is so beautiful.

Saturday, July 16, 2005

Greetings from Vancouver!

Hello everyone! I'm in Vancouver. It's been rainy, cool, but humid. Not what we were expecting. Oh well. It's still a beautiful place and we hope to see some of the sights today. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Day 9

Tom is just now starting to feel better. Yesterday was one of his worst days. I was really getting concerned about leaving him for my business trip knowing it would be really hard to get out of. But like I said, he's doing better and I leave tomorrow morning for a week in Vancouver. Maybe I'll see Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck!!!!!

Sunday, July 10, 2005

Day 5 Begins...

Poor Tom, I feel so awful for him. He's in a lot of pain and there's only so much I can do. We live our days in 4 hour intervals and as much as he wants the medicine, he can hardly swallow it. For those of you wondering what this was all for, the surgery will hopefully improve if not cure his sleep apnea. His sleep has already improved, even if it is being helped along by the Vicodin. :) But he actually takes deep breaths when he's sleeping, something I've never seen him do before.

I have to go to Philly for a day trip tomorrow and I'm worried about leaving him. He seems to get a little worse every day, but they did say days 5-9 were going to be the worst. And to top it all off I have to leave on Friday for a week in Vancouver. He's not too happy to have his nurse leaving him!

Thanks for all the well wishes!

Saturday, July 09, 2005

Fronda Nightingale

Tom had throat surgery on Wednesday. Had his tonsils and uvula removed and then they trimmed his soft pallate. They told him it would be the worst sore throat he would ever feel in his life, and they weren't lying. He's in a lot of pain and waits semi-patiently for each dose of pain medication. He spent one night in the hospital and had a very loud roommate so did his best to eat, swallow and talk so they would send him home a day early. Now that he's home he's started to worsen again. They said days 5-9 are going to be the worst. Not sure why, but it seems to be true. I'm busily getting ice chips, making jello, renting movies and measuring medicine. I took the first 3 days off of work to take care of my baby. I hope he can make it without me on Monday. :(

Monday, July 04, 2005

Tom's First Camping Trip!!!

Well, we've made it home from Tom's first camping trip!! And believe it or not, he had a good time. The weather this weekend was beautiful and so of course, was Grand Haven. Tom enjoyed people watching the often interesting people at campgrounds and his first S'more!! Which he didn't really like, I know can you believe it????, but at least he tried it. We went camping with Angi and Todd, Traci, Dan and Jack. This was also Jack's first time camping and I think he had an awesome time!!

Tom started off the trip saying he wanted to buy a camper, I'm not sure he still wants to commit to camping enough to do that just yet, but probably a bigger tent!

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!!!

Friday, July 01, 2005

Joys of Traveling

So yesterday my co-worker Traci and I headed to the airport for a one day trip to Philadelphia. Getting there extra early to enjoy lunch and a margarita of course. :) About an hour before our flight we found out it had been cancelled due to storms in Philly. Okay, so after we looked at each other and said WTF? we called reservations and found out that we had been re-booked on the 3:47pm, which of course was at the other end of the airport. Okay, cool, but that mean 3 more hours in the airport before we take off. Good thing we had purchased 5 magazines for the flight! After many hours of making fun of the public people in the airport, reading our 5 magazines and eating a big bag of peanut M&Ms we find out that our 3:47 flight which had been delayed to 4:25 was now cancelled. We decided that it obviously was not meant for us to get to Philadelphia yesterday and we just went home. Many of our fellow travelers that we befriended in the airport were not so lucky since most of them lived in or around Philly. Two ladies were trying to get home from a trip to Japan! As we're boarding the tram to leave, the doors closed and then the voice came on and said the train was temporarily delayed. Wonderful. Moments later it did leave the station and we were on our way home. I think we may just be bad luck!

So if you're ever bored, just go spend 6 hours in an airport. It was highly entertaining. :)

Thursday, June 23, 2005

City boy goes to the country

We just got back from a trip to Virginia with my whole family. This was an experience for everyone, but especially Tom. His cell phone didn't work, he didn't have his laptop and there was no 7-11 nearby!! Oh the horror!! He did think it was very beautiful and that they people were very nice, but that he never wanted to live there. :) It is a culture shock going from living across the street from Target to taking 45 minutes to go anywhere. He did enjoy seeing a driver in Kentucky hold his side view mirror out the window to look behind him! And of course, seeing the cow cooling off her feet in the creek!

All in all it was a good trip (especially since Tom doesn't like road trips) and we had a lot of fun. He was, however, very glad to be back in the real world. As he said on Tuesday, "We went to four stores and didn't have to take any Dramamine!"

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Memorial Day Weekend!

Franklin and I went to Cleveland over the weekend and had a fabulous time! We went to the zoo, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, an Indians game and saw "The Longest Yard." It was a very relaxing trip with lots of room service and resting, just what the doctor ordered! Hope everyone had an enjoyable long weekend, only 31 more days till the next one!!!

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Dance Recital

This past Saturday I went to my niece's dance recital. These are always fun because it's 2 hours of 3-17 year olds doing tap, ballet, jazz, pom, and even irish jig! My favorites are the little ones who just stand up there and turn their heads to watch the teacher in the wings showing them how to do the dance! Sometimes they play with their costumes, wave to their parents or pick their noses. Great fun! However, my niece was by far one of the best dancers up there. Her and her two friends did a jazz dance called Night Creatures. They were very serious and performed well. Five years of watching her dance and she's definitely improved! She's a performer, kind of like me. :) Her excitement was overwhelming because just before the recital she found out she made the cheerleading team (traveling, competitive team no less)! Now it's all she can talk about. I'm not sure if she'll stay with dance but whether it's a recital or a cheerleading match, I'll be there to cheer for her!!

Thursday, May 05, 2005

My new car!!!

In all the excitement of getting ready to head to D.C. I totally forgot to post about my new car!!! I was only able to drive it for 2 days before going on my trip, but it's wonderful!!! It's a Superior Blue Impala. It's beautiful and goes real fast! :) Can't wait to get home and drive it! Franklin has only taken it out once since I've been gone, or so he says. ;)

Sunday, May 01, 2005

When I'm gone...

I'm out of town on business for 8 days and Tom hates it! He's a very social person anyway and doesn't like to be alone, but he particularly hates it when I'm gone. It's very sweet. Thankfully his family, my family and our friends are taking care of him. :) Thanks everyone!

Franklin - I miss you and I'll be home soon!!

Monday, April 25, 2005

Git-R-Done!!!

Tom, Traci, Dan and I went to see Larry the Cable Guy on Saturday. He was hilarious!!!! It wasn't fun driving to Detroit and walking around during our spring blizzard, but we still had a blast. In the words of Larry, "I used to be a lifeguard, until some blue kid got me fired." I don't care who you are, that's funny!!!

Friday, April 22, 2005

You know what I love?

I love crossing over those black wires on the roads that are counting cars or something. I'm not sure how they work exactly but I love that I may be part of something big!!! Especially when they're put on roads that have a ton of traffic, I think maybe they'll add a light or a lane and maybe I should turn around and go over it again!

Thursday, April 21, 2005

What's in a name....

I thought I should explain the title of our blog. It's Franklin and Fronda. Those are our nick names for each other. Tom gave me the nick name Fronda because he likes to pick something silly like that and then do a ryhme..Fronda Bonda Shonda. And so on, yes folks, he does it daily. I gave him his nickname based on his signature. When he signs his name it looks like Frank and then I just started calling him Franklin. :)

Blogger Wannabe

I'm very excited about my first post!! I've been reading my friend's blogs and I feel like I'm with them more often than I actually am. :) I talk about them all the time and so Tom says to me, "Why don't we have a blog?" Why not indeed! So here we are being blogger wannabees. :)

Our lives are not that interesting but probably consistently busy enough to post something. Plus we do have a lot of friends that don't live near us and therefore they can feel closer to us, if they so choose, by reading this. If not, delete the link!