it's been a L O N G time!!! Recap

a lot has happened... so much i think ill just do a couple small re-caps(in no particular order!) of what i have been up to:::


WASHINGTON DC:

• April 20-27th: Gran & I went to visit Erin and her family for a week during grannys birthday, we had such a great time!!! we got to see all the sights and everything!! i would love to go back again! mostly to spend some more time with Olivia and Sam!!! i was also able to visit my friend Shayne from when i worked at WDW, we got to walk around Georgetown and talk about everything and anything!!! Washington DC... ill be back soon!!!

RESTAURANT:

• We had a MASSIVE remodel in my familys restaurant. and i mean massive!!! im talking new paint, new tables, new chairs, new floors, new decor, new POS(point of sales) system, cool new handhelds to speed up the process... wow, it was a lot of work. i wish i would have taken better notes on what happened during the whole remodel, because really, so much went on!!! it all seems like a dream!!! but we all worked so hard! and i think it really shows!
  
• uncle paul even came out to visit and help us with our display at the restaurant! its wonderful!!!
  
• my dad even let me get an espresso machine!!! i have already started working on some specialty drinks just for Jc Mickelsons Restaurant!!!!
  
• so if you haven't seen the newly remodeled building yet, please stop by and enjoy!!!!
• also as of sunday, May 3rd, i am now Service staff Manager at the restaurant!!! i get to do a lot of the same things i have been doing, now i just get a fancy title to go along with it!!! (monthly staff newsletter, holding weekly mgmt meetings, monthly staff meetings, training, re-vamp training manual, finalise new systems(espresso machine, new handhelds!), hiring new service staff) anyway, a lot of the same things i have always done, but im really excited for this!!!
  

BIRTHDAY/GRADUATION:

• my birthday is August 24th, and this year i am turning 24.... i feel that i deserve a grand celebration!!! so bryan and i have decided to combine my birthday and his recent college graduation.. we will be celebrating on a cruise ship on our way to the caribean!!! i am so excited! and also very proud of bryan for graduating from college! wahoo!!!

so like i said, i have really been so busy, i havent really had time to blog, especially in detail!!!

im sure there is a lot more that i really would like to blog about, but for now, this will just have to do...

i would like to mention that i have started using Twitter more now, so if you really are interested in what i have been up to, you should follow me on twitter! find me: Violetrae

things and stuffs----

a list of things im enjoying at this moment:

• finishing HP7 - i might have cried!!!
  
• wearing my new cool hat all day long
  
• fixing a great dinner and having people actually enjoy it
• yummy cherry-chip pillsbury cake for dessert
  
• late at night scrubs
• lambie by my side
• a wonderful new pillow

what are you enjoying right now!??

99 things-

Here are the rules: Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake - i put my finger in it, does that count?
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee


ok, well i didnt have as much as i thought i might have. i hope you have more...

i TAG: everyone who wants to play along.