Christmas Countdown begins...I guess.

I'm really going to need to explain why 28 is the second perfect number. I'm already 28, so I'm there. Explain.


Thanksgiving was okay. It's hard to have just a day off and then back at it. I wish that I lived in a life where I did not have to work to survive. Now, if I could work because I wanted to work, that would be different. But, I've never liked to be forced to do things, so I like to push against that. Don't work. Work sucks. Do something that you can do, just because you want to. Not because you'll lose your house and your life if you don't have the work.

I didn't have a very good weekend. I was crabby and touchy and flew off the handle at everything and snippy and tired and grrrr.....

Both days. Not fun. But, we did put up Christmas decorations and lights and things, so that was something. We also got my parents' "old" HDTV. My dad bought a bigger new one, so they very nicely traded us the old one for a different TV to put in their rec room.

We are also going to start our own rec room in the basement. We figure that we can get a 18 by 10 room down stairs -- good for TV and hanging out, I think. Hopefully, it will be warm enough when we are done. I think that it will be a good project for us this winter. Something to up the resale value as well. It will start right as you walk downstairs -- essentially creating what looks like a partially finished basement, but really is just a room built in the basement -- and there is a difference. If I showed you, you would understand. But, I'm looking forward to that after the New Year/Disney.

Disney -- there's another thing that weighs down on me. I haven't been running very much or well or anything. I'm not really sure how I'm going to finish the training for the running. I just have to drag myself out on the weekends, I think. I don't have time during the week anymore. But, another weekend went away here. I think that this will just be like the Discovery Run -- I will train right before I leave and just cross my fingers that I will finish. I did pretty well with 15k and the half marathon is only another 3.8 miles past that run. When you've done 9.3, 3.8 doesn't seem that much longer. I will prevail.

Well, I should go to sleep before I am up until midnight and I'm super crabby ass for work tomorrow...again...like Friday.

300! Just in time for Turkey...

The HeyerSouth (aka Team Heyerbrau) plans for Turkey Day are as follows:

Going up to GB (not sure where we are staying, J&K's or parents) tomorrow night, spending the night and most of Thursday eating and watching football -- GO PACKERS! -- and then back home. We have to work on Friday. And this is the very reason that teachers should not complain. ha ha.

Of course, I have 3 days off around Chritmas, so I am looking forward to that very much.

I haven't been running too much lately. Not on purpose, just have trouble getting out with working so much and it getting to be night very early now. I will probably have to start going out hardcore on the weekends and crossing my fingers during the week. I would probably go out when I get home, but it's been raining a lot.

I'm waiting for pie to get done cooking. Then I can go to bed. I guess we're coming home with a bunch of stuff for the house, from Jake's parents. Chest freezer is what I am most excited about. I would also like their treadmill too. That would make running easier in the winter too. :)

Anyway, that's about it. Too bad it's not more exciting for my 300th post. oh well. This is my blog not yours! :)

Weekend Round-up

So! It was an eventful weekend. Friday night was mostly sitting around. The Hertel's drove down, but by the time they were done with visiting family, we were too tired to go out...

On Saturday, we hung out in the morning and then Josh and Maria came over and we hung out a bit. Then, Jim Gornick stopped by, sans Loni, because she was busy with a musical, and we all hung out. We drove to Highland Memorial Park, to visit Branden, first. Jim has been several times, but neither the Hertel's nor us had been, so it was nice to go visit. His marker is a very nice one, and he is buried right by a nice tree. It was very nice to go there and just see where he is. Something happened while we were all there that was funny, but it was sort of dumb, and we were all laughing and Jim said "Sorry Branden, but we know that you would be laughing too." OH! I remember -- we were trying to figure out which way he was buried in ground, because it didn't seem like there was enough room, and Jim said "Somebody lay down and see how long it is." It was pretty funny. If you are down in the area, definitely stop by and visit him -- well, now you should wait until Spring, unless you can stop by before it snows -- but it is very nice and peaceful.

After that, we went to Lakefront Brewery and went on the tour -- which was very cool and you get a free pub glass out of it and four free beers (or two free root beers) for $5. Then we went over to Mongolian BBQ just north of Bluemound on Hwy 100. After that, we were ridiculously full and tired, so we all went back to our house and just hung out and played board games -- and we all discovered that "Urban Myth" is probably not the best game ever. We played some Cranium and then played what seemed to be the longest game of Trivial Pursuit Star Wars DVD edition EVER! But, we did have a good time. Then, we all crashed and it was time for bed.

Today, we drove up to the Aswegan's in Port Washington and watched the Packer game -- the Hertel's were there and so was G.Nate. They have a BEAUTIFUL house. I really would love their house, but it would need to be down here in the area. Oh well. The game was fun, they have a cool dog, and they made great chili.

Makes me wish that we would meet with everyone a little more often that we do. Oh well. We'll probably have kids soon and then it will all be moot. :)

Anyway, it is probably close to dinner time for me. Later!

Even after all these years...

I still love these guys.