a day in the life

So we have some pretty significant water damage to the ceiling in our entry way. Four water spots, one crack, and who knows what is behind it. There may also be damage to the wall that we cannot see due to the brown paint. The good news is that with the help of my friend Water, we were able to get the ice off of the roof. The even better news is that the association is going to pay for all of the repairs needed, inside and out of the house. :)

Today I came home to find a big water spot on the ceiling by the entryway. I'm crossing my fingers that it won't get any worse...right now it's about the size of a hot dog bun and there's about 3 inches of ice on the roof. :S

Everyday I tivo Ellen. A couple weeks ago my boyfriend Keith Urban was on...and he sang one of my favorite songs. I've watched it about 15 times now so I wanted to share it with everyone incase they don't tivo Ellen :)

Here is a list of things that I will do in the coming year,

1. Blog more. I don't really have much to blog about, but I don't want to let my fans down.

2. Be myself. Not that I am not myself, but I'm just reiterating that if you don't like it, no one is standing in front of the door.

3. Go on a trip. My last trip (other than Chicago) was to Seattle last May...it's about time I go someplace again.

4. Read more books, I was on a pretty good roll for awhile but have gotten distracted recently.

5. Not work past 5...more than one day a week.

6. Try more new things, I don't know what those new things are, but I'm all for it.

7. Master Super Mario Bros. Wii

8. Spend more time with friends and family.

9. Eat more ice cream, one thing that is never good to give up.

10. Watch less TV....haha wishful thinking.

Congratulations to my friends Amber and Syd Schramm who welcomed a baby boy, Cale Michael, to the world on Sunday. Can't wait to meet him!

When an airline says they aren't sure where your luggage is, they really mean it.

Saturday:

6pm luggage is picked up at 6pm and taken to customs
8:30pm customs is done checking the bags and says they are checked through, put them on the belt and they will go back to the plane

Sunday:
12am the flight lands in MSP
12:30am all of the bags have come out on the belt and ours are missing
12:45am the airline lady fills out paperwork and says, don't worry we'll find it, call back in the morning
9am a call to the airlines, they don't know where it is, call back after 3
3pm we haven't found it but have put out a bag "APB" call back tomorrow

Monday:
9am Um, your bag hasn't arrived from Amsterdam yet. WHAT??? I just had the bag yesterday in Florida...how could it get back to Amsterdam?

11am Okay, we have contacted the manager in Florida, he will track them down.

1pm The bags are stuck in customs, it could take a few days to get them released but the manager in Florida is working on that

3pm The airline calls and says the bags have arrived in MSP

As you can see by the timeline, they clearly had no idea where the bags were. The flight from Florida to MSP is more than 2 hours so there is no way they were in customs when we called at 1, they were actually on a flight to MSP and the airline had no idea.

The day after the guy on my bus hit me in the face with his hand, I saw him walking through the skyway talking to himself. Maybe he's a bit off.