The shoe cake and a new addition!

It's been a while. Sorry about that! I've been working my tush off it seems.

A lot has happened since we last spoke! The two biggest things are...

1) We got a puppy!!!

His name is Riley and he's such a sweet heart! Jake and I decided to drive around last Saturday and at the end of the drive he wanted to stop at petsmart to get Agnes some more treats. Well, long story short, Jake fell in love and he just HAD to have him. But he's a nice addition to the family.

2) I GOT A SECOND JOB!!

As you can read I am super excited about this. Why? Not because I don't like Blondies, but because it doesn't make me enough money to cover everything I need every month. I will be Hostess Extrodenaire at Joe Bucks downtown. It's right next to the Cardinals stadium and only a few blocks from the Blues stadium. I know it's not a serving job but it's a foot in the door. The manager told me she was hiring me to straighten out the little girls with whom I will be working. I'm fine with that.

Okay, now that the big news is out of the way it's time for the smaller, less interesting bits of my life. The other weekend I worked a private part at Blondies. It was a surprise bridal shower. The bride was described as a "diva" so needless to say I was more than just a little bit nervous. SHE WAS WONDERFUL! All of her friends and family were so courteous and friendly and just a lovely bunch of people the whole night. It was such a relief. I have a picture of the cake, it's a bit small so I will describe it to you first. Her colors are coral and gold so the cake was coral and cream. It was just a normal cake but with a fondant SHOE on top! It was sooo stinken cute!

Around the cake are martini glasses with chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes inside. And my favorite part? There was one extra that I got to eat!

So after eating cake all night and watching the women at the party have a blast, I decided I want to lose my belly flab. We all wanted to start herbalife and so we ordered it and I've been trying to eat one shake a day to help me become healthier.

I successfully made a Blueberry muffin shake and am trying out other flavors. But all of us are doing well I think. Well, Me and Moni. I'm not sure what Jake does. Ever.

The Saturday we got Riley Jake and I took a drive and ended up at Jefferson Barracks. It's a living barracks/park/national cemetery. We wandered around for a bit and ended up at the cemetery. It was HUGE. Which was heartbreaking. There was a whole section of new graves with flowers everywhere. I tried to keep my cool but I was crying the whole walk around. I don't have any pictures, if felt rude. There were families out mourning the death of a loved one and that is private. There were so many young men and women in that cemetery and everyone got to me. It just reminded me of how blessed I am to live in a country  where people are willing to die for my freedoms. I can never say thank you enough to all of those who have enough courage to enlist to keep our country great.

Now that I'm crying all over again, on to happier topics.

Moni, Jake, and I joined a bowling league! Every Sunday night we meet up and I make a fool of myself in front of some pretty good bowlers. We joined because our Neighbor, the one with Pepper Potts, needed some more players for his team. He is really good and is giving me pointers on how to improve. Thanks to Dad I have really good form and just need to tweak things here and there. It's fun and something we all can enjoy. Not to mention a mostly free Vegas trip at the end. Who could say no to that?!

Now I just have some pictures to show you with nothing really interesting to say about them.

A martini we made up at work when we were bored.

Toledo follows me

Lego store

The tower is missing The Eye but, I'm sure you know what it is.

New restaurant down the street.

Stew with doughnuts?

First time at the park

Ridiculous house accros from the park.

I am packed, we can go now.

Da

Agnes in her castle watching her subjects

"I fart in your general direction!"

Concert at Soulard

My Lemon tree has blooms!!!

Gift from Dawn and Tom

And one for Riley too!

They are sleeping; Agnes on the couch, Riley in the box.

           

Pepper Potts

So last week was a little hectic. I have been getting more hours at work since everyone seems to be quitting and it's nice but also tiring.  On my one day off next week I went to Bellefontaine Cemetery. It has all the well-to-do's in STL and some really famous people resting there. I, somehow, did not see the "famous" part but I did wander around for a good hour and a half just looking at the monument art and the dates. Back home Dad and I would look through old cemeteries to find the oldest person buried there. So far, the coolest person I've seen to date was the "first white girl" to be buried in the Toledo Area, it even said so on her head stone. She died in 1812 or something like that.

BUT Bellefontaine was GORGEOUS! Seriously though.

I have also figured out that if I stay in the city too long I go stir crazy and just need some grass and to not hear the hustle and bustle of city life. The cemetery is a great place to do that, the residents are really quiet.

So I just tried to upload some pictures and they are not configuring correctly. I will have to work on that because I have some pretty interesting things to show you!

After spending a day wandering around a cemetery I tried to share my cool pictures with Moni and Jake. When they weren't the LEAST bit interested I realized how much of a nerd I really am. Eh, que sera sera. I had fun.

The city does have it's days and nights where it is beautiful. The other day I was walking to work at around 6:45 am and it was foggy out, it's eerie to not be able to see the tops of building but  also kind of cool. At that early hour not many people were out and it almost felt like I had the city to myself, it was a neat feeling.

On the last day off I had (Sunday), Jake and I went for a drive and aquainted  our selves with STL's surrounding areas.

I got a LEMON tree!!!!!

Jake being all cool like driving around.

Some other day during the week Jake and Moni made homemade stroughanaugh. I'm not quite sure how to spell that. But, when I say homemade I mean totally and completely homemade down to the noodles.

Needless to say it was DE-licious.  I also made cookies...be jealous. Snicker-doodles.

And ya know, other than that we've all been working. Moni got overtime last week at work I got full time last week and will reach 40 again this week. It's been pretty busy around here.


I have one last thing before I give you all of my "Agnes is weird" pictures. We have a visitor today, Agnes is suspiciously watching her every move. Not only is it another woman in the house it is Pepper Potts.

Pepper can't move without Agnes knowing. But Agnes is doing better than last time when she was panting.

And now for Agnes is weird.

Contemplating life into the toilet...and No she did not drink out of it.

Snuggling with Jake.

She sat on his face but he moved before I could get the picture.

Looks comfy to me

Watching my green beans boil. I had do idea she could jump that high.

SLEEPING on the wall.

She has a cat bed, I swear.

fell asleep holding my foot.

Mr. Pistachio is always watching

"He sees you when your sleeping."

Tia Moni

"He knows if you're awake"

She likes to hide in the laundry basket and swipe at unsuspecting passer bys

"Please take me out side so I can come back inside"