First and foremost, I must tell you about the ordeal I had yesterday and Sunday with our air conditioning. The weather (no whether that drives me nuts!) here has been at least 100 degrees for basically the whole summer. We haven't had hardly any rain at all. Our governor declared Missouri a state of emergency this week and this wasn't a day too soon. It should also be noted that I am a complete baby about weather. I hate hot, I hate cold, I hate snow. Just my luck, on Sunday afternoon my air conditioning went out. It was still running (costing my money.. grr) but only blowing warm air. Now I am mechanically challenged but I think it was because someone was frozen or something in the big machine outside. I have no idea how anything could freeze as it is basically hell out there but whatever... I wasn't 100% sure if it was completely broken until I woke up on Monday morning sweating to death and it was 80+ degrees in my house. The only good thing about Monday morning was that hopefully I lost a few lbs in the process. I put Curt in charge of calling our landlord (one of the few times I am glad I rent.. pass that bill off to them.. Too bad I couldn't pass off the $100+ electric bill we had to them bc of their sucky ac unit....) and come out and fix it. They called him and he did some rocket science machine work before they came out and I was assured they fixed the problem.. WRONG! When I came home on 4:30 pm after work it was hotter than when I left for work! I have a rule in my life that I don't be mean/rude/hostile to people on the phone.. I shattered that rule on Monday afternoon when my landlord man/worker told me to sleep it off through the night and if it is still warm in he morning to call him back. I politely (you may want to insert a meaner word here but for the sake of my reputation, I will say politely) reminded him that I pay him rent and a reasonable person expects air conditioning on a 100+ summer day. I then informed him that I would gladly get the nicest hotel in town and charge it to his business along with not paying rent for the days lost here.. Let's just say my file is probably now flagged (sorry Jesus) but I did get the fixer man here and now I am sitting in my house with air conditioning. I will have to give a special thanks to my friend Phil for letting us use his apartment that evening to watch the Cardinals lose but stay cool. Random fact before I end my air conditioning story, Willis Carrier invented air conditioning in 1911 and it wasn't a day too soon. Okay, let's check a/c off of my list...
The Vow.. Curt was gone on Saturday night on a bachelor party which consisted of catching a 38lb catfish. I would upload a photo but I refuse to be that girl that shows off her man and frankly, I don't want a photo of a fish on my blog.. I decided to add some romance in my life since he was gone so naturally I rented a chick flick and Saturday night it was The Vow.. I ALMOST feel sorry for guys because us girls watch these movies and expect it to be real life.. We forget that these movies are fiction and not non-fiction. Now I know The Vow is based on a true story but my friend, Ericka, read the book and has informed me the movie is nothing like the movie.. The Notebook is also a movie that I want to tell women is fiction. Cut your man a break if he doesn't act like Noah from The Notebook. You will be happier if you know that if you really want romance or flowers, just buy it yourself or make sure your man is in communication with your best friend (hint, hint Kristin my anniversary is coming up soon...).. I enjoyed my girl night by myself on Saturday night with my chick flick. I enjoyed the movie a lot actually and I didn't hate the ending so that is a plus. All I really have to say about the movie is that if I woke up and I had a new husband who was sweet, romantic, beautiful, ripped, slightly artistic, a little funny dressed (you can easily change this as we have the power in the relationship) husband named Channing Tatum I so wouldn't question it memory loss or not.. I ripped this from my Facebook status so sorry if you are my friend and see this twice. If you aren't my friend then I'm glad you got to see my witty status. The Vow is now being crossed off my list..
The diner.. We have a really cool diner in Columbia called the 63 Diner. It is like a 50's themed diner where the waitresses wear poodle skirts and the whole place is decked out in retro items. My friend, Kristin, and I found this place and college and now we are addicts. The milkshakes are to die for and the special is always affordable and they give you tons of food. I went there with a co-worker and her family on Friday evening and I thought I would make everyone in the area aware of the terrific food and atmosphere. Try it out if you are in Columbia and I guarantee you that you will love it.. Cross off another item on my list..
Meltdown.. See Air conditioning.. I had several of these but they were all related to being hot.. Meltdowns where you are hot and/or hunger should not be counted towards your heaven points.. Next!!
House.. Curt and I are in the market to buy a house next spring. I had addicted to my realtor app on my phone.. It is such an awesome tool to have when buying a house plus if you are nosey, then you should try it too. You can see all the homes for sale next to you and all the photos of the inside.. Anway, we have had so many discussions on what we want in a house so here is our list so far. Hannah- Master bathroom with two sinks preferred. We have this now and honestly I couldn't/wouldn't buy a house without this unless it was perfect in every other aspect.. At least a 2 car garage.. I have never in my life had a garage until now but it is a luxury I don't want to go without.. See above about hating weather.. We have a one car garage now and props to Curt for letting me park in it while he parks outside. 3 bedroom at least.. Two bedrooms is out of the question if we want to have kiddos.. Curt- Basement.. I work in insurance so I see a lot of basement claims so I am a little leery about them so any input would be helpful. Yard.. He wants a large yard but we will see what we can get in our area.. Location and price are also a big, if not most important, factor in buying a home. We love our location now (south Columbia.. you creepers better not stalk me) so we want to stay close because of work and schools. We are willing to move to Ashland but it must be a perfect home.. Please let me know ANY advice you have in this process. If you are in Columbia, don't steal my future home or I will find you.... Next!!!
Mexico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to Mexico in September and I can't wait.. Curt and I are going with our friends Michael and Kristin.. At first we didn't ask anyone to go with us because we didn't want to pressure people or assume about any one's financial stability but I am so glad we mentioned going to Mexico one day at a softball game where they are on the team.. They were interested and booked! I recommend to everyone who wants to travel to use a travel agent. Ours is amazing! They save you so much money because of their deals and help you along the process so much. Also, they have been most places so they have first hand experience. You will be hearing more about my trip later I am sure.. This trip has been keeping my sane for awhile.. I switched departments at my work so I went from comfortable to challenging because I am not familiar with my work. It has been an adjustment so I am looking forward for sure for a week of vacation.. Now this being said, I am very grateful to have a job and love my job so don't get the wrong vibe here. I hate when people complain about their jobs and don't see how lucky they are. I graduated college in 2010 right the midst of the economy collapse so I know how hard it is to get a job. I know so many people who couldn't get a job. I think employers should take their employees on field trips to the unemployment line every so often to keep people in check.. Whoa, major detour here!
Books.. This is to remind to me to tell you the library story.. I will only share this with you because I am an open book and I was told I had no choice but to blog this story. I was tutoring last Tuesday at the public library and afterwards I went to go check out some books. I must tell you that I have been on a reading spree as I read 5 books in a week a couple of weeks ago.. 5 books with 350+ pages a book. Go Hannah! Anywho, I was looking for a specific author so I was reading the alphabet chart at the end of the book rows and finally find my author in the o's.. I started down the aisle not looking to see if it was empty (I assumed it was...) to get my book.. I kind of bent down a bit because my book was on the second row and realized that I needed to fart.. Since no one was around I decided I was good to go so I relieved myself... However, it was very loud.. Like undeniable loud.. As soon as I was done loudly farting I realized that a little libraian sweater vested dude was sitting directly in my farts line of direction shelving books.. I noticed him because he started moving obviously knowing he just got farted on.. At this point I had to come up with a plan of action and mine was not to act like anything happened.. This poor sweater vested dude not only was he wearing a sweater vest with long sleeves in 100 degree weather and having to shelve books, he got farted all over by a stranger! He jumped up and scattered away probably mortified at his life.. I am sorry Jesus again for this whole scene.. I need to act better because hell is way to hot for ducks...
Paper towels/bathroom.. I wrote this after I was annoyed at work when people don't put their used wet paper towels in the whole cut out for trash instead only get it 1/4 in the hole and it lays on the counter.. I was obviously grouchy at this...
Library, see above story about books/farting..
I hope you enjoyed my post.. Hopefully it wasn't too much random junk bunched into one post.. I'll get to thinking of some good topics for my future posts.. My one year wedding anniversary is next Monday (July 30th) so I am sure I will have a future post on what a year of marriage can do to a girl! Thanks for reading!
H
