Autumn Princess and cakes

Melina came to visit us at the store today and she sat on one of the pumpkins out in the flower shop. She looked so cute I couldn't resist snapping a picture.







On a completely unrelated note, I have discovered the incredibly funny www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com . It is hilarious and I have had tears in my eyes from trying to hold my laughter in (I read it when I'm supposed to be working, and no matter how great my sales pitch was, convincing them that paperwork is laugh out loud funny would be a bit of a stretch, so I am forced to stifle) (although boss lady Carol reads my blog so it appears the secret is out.....) (oh well).

Homecoming Princess

Today was Limestone's Homecoming Parade. They normally have it on Saturday morning but this year decided to have it on Friday. The route runs right in front of the store and the streets are shut down so we always get a break at the store to enjoy. This year Jeff's niece Melina was on one of the floats with her preschool. Here are some pics.

Here she is with mom Gina right behind her. She had spotted dad Tim and was getting ready to throw a piece of candy to him.

The sun wouldn't let my camera focus at the right time so this snapped a little late but you can see Tim in the black shirt picking up the candy she threw him. She was yelling "Hi Daddy!" at him the whole time!

She may not be on the homecoming court but she's definitely the princess around here!

curse you baked goods!

Today I decided I needed a small pick-me-up and stopped at the little village bakery that just opened in B-ville last week (had a headache, people were hounding me for paychecks, etc.).

Literally, just last night, after trying on a shirt my mom bought me for my birthday, I vowed that it was time to eat better and start excercising.

Isn't Monday a better day to start stuff like that anyway...

The ABC's of Andi

I actually got this emailed to me but rather than forward it, I'll throw it on here and if anybody wishes they can read.

A. Attatched or Single- attatched :)

B. Best Friend- My sister Amy, Jeff, Nay, and Susie.

C. Cake or pie- yes please

D. Day- Friday

E. Essential item - face moisturizer...can't stand how my face feels without it

F. Favorite Color- blue and green

G. Gummy bear or worms- worms definitely

H. Hometown- P-Town

I. Indulgences- bubble baths, popsicles, and Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

J. January or July- January

K. Kids - someday

L. Life would be incomplete without- family, friends, and coffee

M. Marriage date- hopefully soon (sigh...)

N. Number of siblings- 3-Dina, Amy, & Aron.

O. Oranges or apples- depends on the season, summer-oranges, fall-apples

P. Phobias or fears-the usual "something bad happening to someone I love" and a wierd "getting bitten by something poisonous (like a spider) like in the middle of the night and not realizing it until it's too late and my leg falls off.." I watch too much t.v. I think.

Q. Quote - "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt"-Abraham Lincoln

R. Reason to smile- Jeff

S. Season- Fall. Apples, leaves falling, I even like the smell of them burning, and pumpkins.

T. Tag- not going to do that(thank me later Charity :)

U. Unknown fact about me-I put potato chips on bologna sandwiches.

V. Vegan or oppressor- I like steak. A lot. So oppressor I guess.

W. Worst habit- procrastinating

X. Xrays or ultrasounds- well, never had an ultrasound. So X-rays I guess? Although, you only get those when something hurts, so ultrasound. The baby kind, not the "we're looking for gall bladder problems" kind.

Y. Your favorite food- all things carbohydrates (potato, bread, pasta, you name it.)

Z. Zodiac Sign- Virgo

Not going to tag anyone because I'm nice like that. Fill it out if you wish.

Go Cubs Go!

My beloved Cubbies had their first no hitter in 32 years yesterday! WooHoo! Carlos Zambrano was on FIRE!!! And even more amazing he was just coming back from a rotator cuff injury! I'll be the first to admit that when Big Z is having an "off" day I'm one of those crazies yelling at Lou Piniella through the t.v. to get him out of the game but he was all magic yesterday! We're back on the upswing! 7.5 games ahead! Can't wait for October!

Go Cubs Go!

Tag, I'm it

I have been tagged by Charity to make a post in which I reveal 5 little known facts about myself. I'm sure different people know some of these but maybe you'll learn something new.

1. I am the fourth generation to have the middle name Louise. My mother-Leslie Louise, grandmother-Anna Louisa, and great-grandmother, Freidreka Louisa go before me and if I am blessed with a daughter, she too will be blessed with that middle name (and sisters who think it's funny to call her "wheezy").

2. My first name was going to be Stephanie (after my dad Stephen) until a couple of days before I was born. My dad came home and said "what do you think of the name Andrea?" and so I became Andrea. Had I been a boy I would be Brandt.

3. My ultimate comfort food is spaghetti noodles with a little bit of butter and salt. I didn't like sauce when I was little so this is how I ate spaghetti and I still make it that way when I need some comfort.

4. I have a secret fantasy of being a back-up singer for a local cover band. I have no desire to be in a big famous band, just a hometown one that plays random weekend gigs and sings the songs I love. I could totally be the tambourine girl. Or cowbell. Or both....

5. I'm secretly a bit of a science nerd. Weather and Outer Space are my two science areas of interest. I watch almost every shuttle launch on my computer and check the space station camera during missions and it never fails to amaze me. I am addicted to the weather radar and I like storms and tornados. Not the death/destruction part but the actual science behind them and trying to learn about them and predict them. I want to go on a tornado chase someday.

Ok that's five things. I can't tag anybody because I don't actually know a lot of people with blogs(we're not a blogging family). So it ends with me I suppose.

Protons and Black Holes

So I read today on CNN that scientists in Europe fired up the largest proton collider ever built in hopes of finding out more about what happens when you smash protons into each other. It's a giant 17 mile circular tunnel underneath the Switzerland/France border.
The article stated that if everything goes to plan, scientists could potentially unlock secrets of how the universe was formed and what materials were present when it was just a baby universe.
However, if something goes wrong, scientists could potentially open up a black hole large enough to swallow the planet.
I'm not sure what worries me more, the possibility of the whole black hole/swallowed planet/end of the world thing, or the fact that I jadedly continued sipping my Cran-Grape juice and clicked on the next headline.