Highrise Reunion
The first weekend in June, six of my amazing college housemates and I went to Melissa Coleman's house in Harrisonburg for a reunion. We were truly missing Melissa Vickers (who now lives in Colombia with her fiance, soon to be husband, Juan) but we had a blast just relaxing and catching up. We spent almost all of Saturday on the quad and ate out that night at one of our fav restaurants, Dave's Taverna. We retired to Melissa's porch catching up for hours and hours. It was such a great time -- much needed for me to get away with my girls. I miss them so much but am thankful that we can all get together on random weekends such as this! (Also found out that Melissa is pregnant with the first Highrise baby! We could not be more excited!)
Nina has a brother!
We've only been moved into our new house for a week, but we decided to add another member to the Cristman family. Meet Nixon! Nixon was found in a cardboard box (not by us) with his two sisters at around six weeks old. The lady who picked him up said the litter was covered with fleas and all were so so skinny...so she took them to the vet, gave them special baths and tried to fatten them up. So, how did we find him? Well, my brother has the strangest sleep schedule -- he sleeps half the day, wakes up in the middle of the afternoon, goes to work, and then comes home at 11pm, eats dinner, and stays up until 7am or so. We're trying to break him of this, but it's a work in process. Anyway, I came downstairs one morning to find the computer open and a page up on Craig's List (under the pet section) advertising a fish tank (Adam and Brian had been talking about how it'd be cool to have a big fish tank in the house). I closed the page and glanced at the pet listings and found an ad about rescued boxer puppies. Don't ask me how this happened, but I ended up scheduling a time to go see the boxers. Poor Adam had the longest day of work and was not exactly thrilled with me, but he complied to go see the puppies. We all fell in love and ended up coming home with this adorable little boy boxer. At first, Nina didn't care too much for him, but she's warming up to him. They've started playing together and cuddling a little bit. Here's a few pictures of the boy with Nina (hasn't she grown!).
We're officially home-owners
This morning we signed a million legal papers and we picked up our KEY!!! We'll be spending pretty much the whole weekend packing/moving so wish us luck!
Brian's here!
My brother Brian has moved in with Adam and I! We are so excited to have him here. I know Adam's excited to have another guy around to play video games with and I'll be happy to have him help us move!
Makin' a cake
Yay for cakes! Adam helped me put together this beauty. It was delicious, if I do say so myself, but definitely a little messy. In my next life, I think I'd like to come back as a pastry chef...
TV Land Awards Show
In late April, I traveled to LA for a conference. I arrived a day earlier than I needed to and spent the afternoon wandering around City Walk in Universal City. While I was in line at a smoothie shop, someone approached me asking if I wanted to attend the TV Land Awards Show. I had no idea what this was but had nothing better to do, so I followed the girl to the theater. I walked in wearing a white t-shirt and khaki shorts, reeking of sunscreen, and sat down in a row where everyone was either in a ballgown or tuxedo. The ushers seated me in the back row so that I wouldn't be noticed by the cameras. It was so funny to be included in an awards show, especially the way I was dressed, but I didn't care! I had a blast. Will Ferrell, Neil Patrick Harris, Charlie Sheen, Tim Allen, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, Teri Hatcher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dr. Phil, Reba McEntire and Matthew McConaughey were all presenters. Strange things happen to me in LA :)
Visitors
Adam and I are so very lucky. Our families have been able to visit us several times in Mass. and now in Kansas. My mom was the first to visit, then Kaitlin for her spring break, and then Adam's mom and sister, Catherine. Since we had only lived in Kansas a few months (and not really even that long given our travel schedules), we really didn't know what was around to do. Our families were such troopers -- my mom and I discovered a very bad Chinese restaurant, Kaitlin and I shopped around at the Plaza, and Sandi and Catherine were able to go to a Wizards game on a VERY cold day. They're the best. Here's a pic with Cat and some of the Wizards players.
