Saturday, June 23, 2007

My Guilty Pleasure...

Weird Al Yankovic



I went to a Weird Al concert last night. This is the second time I've seen him in concert, and they were both fabulous shows. I happen to appreciate his sense of humor, but even people who don't appreciate his parodies would enjoy his concerts - he is just a great entertainer!

So, what's your guilty pleasure?

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Lovely Ladies...

I would like to take this time to post a quick note about two of my favorite ladies. My best friends, Robin and Michelle - better known as Robbi and Meeks. They know more about me than almost anyone and still manage to like me. Obviously something is wrong with them.

Robbi, Me, & Meeks

So here's the run-down:

Meeks is a ridiculously successful accountant who enjoys camping, dancing, and short white skirts. I've known her since sophomore year of high school and can honestly say that she is one of the most interesting people I know. Something exciting is always happening in Meeks' life. I tend to "live vicariously" through her. She just got a new german shepherd puppy named Jasper who is giving her almost as much trouble as Gus gives Joel and I on a daily basis.

Here is Meeks about to really enjoy a delicious chocolatey treat.

No explanation necessary.

Robbi is a clinical laboratory scientist, which is just a fancy way of saying she pokes around with bodily fluids/solids/etc. all day every day. I met Robbi the day I moved into the residence hall my freshman year of college. We were roommates during our junior and senior year, before she went and married my high school prom date. They are expecting their first child in August and plan to name him Erik (after me, obviously)...
That last part was a lie... :)

This picture of Robbi and I was taken in London the summer after our junior year of college. We went on a backpacking trip across Europe. Good times!

Robbi's impression of a bunch of grapes.

The three of us have shared several boyfriends (at different times), jobs (at the same time), and probably have enough dirt on each other to prevent any of us from entering politics at any time, but good luck getting us to spill the beans.

We once heard that in every group of three women there is the sweet one, the smart one, and the wild one. Guess which one of us is which. :)

The End.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Revolver - check it out!

This weekend my wonderful mother-in-law, Deb, was in town. It was great to get a chance to see her and catch up. We did some shopping in the fun downtown shops on Saturday and discovered this great little retro place, Revolver, on 1st Ave. I highly recommend that everyone check this store out. I got a cute pair of peep-toe pumps and enjoyed trying on every funky hat they had in there. Lots of fun!

$6.00!!

We also had a barbeque over at Josh & Shyla's place on Saturday and I caught this great picture of Gus with his Grandma Deb.

It is wonderful to have the opportunity to be around family and friends!

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Great Weekend!

We had a great weekend. The weather was beautiful, I got some new summer clothes, and we attended a friend's wedding on Saturday. It was nice to catch up with some folks we hadn't seen in awhile. I managed to talk Joel into dancing with me MULTIPLE times. I think it was actually a new record for the number of times in one evening I could get him on the dance floor. This record even beats our own wedding. :)

We managed to actually get a picture of us in some semblance of dressed-up. We usually forget, so this was quite an occasion.

Here is a friend's band, Post-traumatic Funk Syndrome. They played a great show for the wedding dance. This band is lots of fun.

Joel sat in with the band for a few tunes. It is always great to get to see him play (especially something other than jazz...)

Today we took Gus on his first long ride in the Burley cart, and he did pretty well. It was much more of a workout for me to pull him around in the cart than it is just riding by myself. I will leave you with this great picture of Gus when he was just a little guy.

Have a great week!

Friday, June 8, 2007

Gus's First Birthday

Hello to my friends and family and anyone else who happens to wander across this blog!

My name is Erika, my husband's name is Joel, and we are the proud "parents" of a one-year old corgi named Gus. We actually celebrated Gus's first birthday today with some friends and family. We had a fun little party in the park. It was pretty windy and we had some trouble keeping the coals hot, the ice cream cake cold, and the plates on the table, but all in all, it was pretty perfect. :) Here are some fun pictures:

This is our little guy, Gus. His full name is Sir Gustav Von Beseler Thompson. Seriously. He's even registered under that name. He's pretty much the best dog ever.


Here are some of our friends and family in the park. The furry one is Winnie, Gus's cousin, the one in the green hat is Raleigh, the ADORABLE son of Joel's brother, Josh and his wife, Shyla (on the right hand side). Also in the picture is our good friend, Friedo, who is also my brother's best friend, my best friend's husband, and my past prom date. Hope that was clear!



Here is Gus and one of his best friends, Ally. Ally belongs to our human friends, Lacey and Rich.

Here we have Gus, Joel, and I and Gus's birthday present: a Burley cart! This way he can come along with Joel and I when we go biking. His little legs couldn't quite keep up with us before.

So, this is my first attempt at blogging. Feel free to offer feedback, as long as it's good. I won't make any promises about updating though. Peace and love, hugs and kisses, or whatever floats your boat... -E