June:
1. Went to NYC!!!!
a. Saw Promises, Promises
b. Saw The Addams Family
c. Saw Lend Me a Tenor
d. Went on the Circle Line night cruise
e. Bought 12 scarves (oh, yeah! That deserves a comment of its own!)
2. Visited college roomie in Chicago
a. Watched 9 (NINE) movies that weekend
b. Saw She and Him in Millenium Park
3. Went to Chicago with sister to see Dixie Chicks, Keith Urban, and the Eagles. DIXIE CHICKS!!!!
4. Baby-sat the BFF's son a couple of times
5. Read a few books (it's such a low number I'm too embarrassed to put it up here. I usually read 2-3 a week. I didn't even average one per week. THE SHAME!!!!!)
6. Enjoyed the Corn Carnival. Rode on float for ten year class reunion. Saw many friends I hadn't seen in years. Ate a few maid-rites and a few cups of ice cream.
July:
1. College roomie's wedding in the mountains of Colorado
a. There are many things I could say about the wedding but let's stick with the good and leave it at this: the wedding day itself was loads of fun and all the bridesmaids received many compliments on how we looked in our dresses.
b. Enjoyed fireworks in Fraser, Colorado on the fourth of July. (Okay, that's a lie. I didn't enjoy them BUT IT WAS 39 DEGREES!!!!!!! ON THE FOURTH OF JULY!!!!!!!)
c. I spent something like $1900 on this wedding. I'll be broke for the rest of my life.
2. Watched Robin Hood seasons 1, 2, and 3.
3. Watched Veronica Mars seasons 1 and 2.
4. Enjoyed watching many summer shows with my mum including The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, Covert Affairs, and ESPECIALLY Masterpiece Mystery: Marple!
5. Baby-sat the BFF's son two or three times.
6. Visited the sister twice to hang out and rent/go to movies and a baseball game. Did some shopping and some yummy eating.
7. Dropped the father off at RAGBRAI destinations and went to Waterloo one night to enjoy the RAGBRAI festivities. Enjoyed a Beatles tribute band called the Fab Four. VERY fun!!
8. Saw Jersey Boys.
9. July 25th: 16th anniversary of diabetes diagnosis.
August:
1. The BFF's younger brother's wedding.
2. Appointment with the diabetes educator.
3. Eye appointment.
4. Movie time: Inception, Salt, etc.
5. Squeeze in as much lying around and watching TV time as I can before school starts!!!
