Road Trip America

Spent the weekend in Florida. Fabulous fun. Beach, sun, shopping, and a friend's wedding. Could it get any better?

I love the ocean, I love sinking my feet in and feeling the salty water wash over them. I love walking and clearing my mind with the sun beating down on me. One night we all went out to the beach late at night, and the ocean looked amazing, but even more amazing was the sky. It was perfectly clear and the sky stretched and fell into the sea. I could see every star and it was breath taking.

On the way back we took a different route, this route looked faster and also went by New Orleans, which I have always wanted to visit. So we took a brief break and had dinner in the French Quarter here.

It was an amazing city, really beautiful. And the food was awesome. I'll post some pictures later this week, I have to get all the film developed.

One good thing about being home: no sand in my sheets or bathtub.

Parents to the Rescue

Ahhhh... Life has been a total zoo as of late. Sorry I haven't blogged much, things have just gone from mildly busy to really busy, and spend most days just working my ways towards my bed. No complaints though, it's good.

At anyrate while doing a massive bookstore project which included the printing of thousands of labels we had printer drum drama. One label got stuck to the printer drum, and before you know it we were up a creek, as our particular drum is a "special order" item. Oh fun.

So off I went to office supply depots only to find every other drum, but mine, literally. I was about to tear out my hair, and then I remembered that somewhere deep in my genes was the ability to supply customers with inane requests almost instantly. I called my mom. She had a drum messenger-ed to me and I had it in one hour, for nearly the same price.

Here is a picture of our success.

12 years in the making

The news has been broken to all appropriate people so I can finally blog it! Last weekend my parents came down to Kansas City, and while they were here they found and bought a home. I swear it's an act of God for these two to decide on anything, much less a home and it finally happened. Here it is...




My mother has wanted to move here for like 12 years, and she was so jealous when I got to come before she did. She has ruby red slippers all over the house, she'll say longingly, "There's no place like home." Finally that will be true.

My mother loves the kitchen in this house, which is as nice as hers at home, which is a big deal. But pictured below is what has sold my Dad on the whole thing...



That's right, it has a rollbar. Never has a lawn mower been more ridiculous. But it comes with the house and the 3 1/2 acres and the pond and the hot tub. Sounds like a sweet deal for everyone.

Kansas City get ready, the rest of the Andersons (minus my stubborn little brother) are coming. This city might never be the same.