Strange Dreams

For the last week, I've been having the most bizarre dreams.  I usually don't remember anything I dream about so it's  really odd.  I'm not sure of the exact days that coincide with each dream but here is a brief review:

- My boss shows up and I get laid off. (This is an actual fear of mine so this dream isn't that far fetched.)

- I have to go back to college for 6 credits so I can graduate.  One of the classes is calculus which the professor tell me on the first day that I'll fail and should drop.  I freak out because I need my degree to work.

- Our house gets broken into (again) but I'm in it while the robbers are there.  I hide under the stairs but somehow the 3 robbers see me and begin the taunt me.  The guys all look like people we'd be friends with. (I woke up before any of them touched me but I never had the feeling that they would.)

- I am out in a pasture and hear the thumping noise of an animal running.  I turn and see a bull running right at me and a few other people.  These people are screaming that the bull had killed someone.  It then runs into Joyce (the mailroom lady at my office).  She is injured but not killed. We find out that the person killed was her sister.  The police and EMS come to help.

These are probably some of the weirdest dreams I've ever had.  I don't get it!  

Looking forward to this year

I'm looking forward to this year because there should be some good things going on.  Very soon my cousin Jenny and hubby Nick will have the first baby for the Migl side of my family.  Everyone, including me, is very excited!  They don't know what they're having so that makes it all the more exciting.  I hope that at some point this year, we'll get pregnant and share in their joy. :-)


In April, my cousin Jamie gets married to Robert.  They just recently received word that his annulment was finalized. Yea!  Heather and Casey had to go through the same thing so I know what a big relief that is for them. I imagine that there wedding will probably be one of the biggest weddings I've ever been too!


Then in May, Zack and I have plans to head to Montana for a week.  His dad lives in Kalispell and we've yet to go visit.  I'm sooo excited about this trip.  We haven't taken much of a vacation since we got married.  All the pictures I've looked at for the area including Glacier National Park are beautiful.  I plan to take a lot of pictures! My only concern are our kitties.  I'm not sure who we'll get to look over them.  I think boarding them would be very traumatic.


The first weekend in June will be my cousin Jill's wedding.  She asked me to step in as a bridesmaid after another girl pulled out.  Her wedding will probably be just as big as Jamie's!  Fun, fun stuff for us!


Ok, so I don't have anything for the rest of the year so I guess my post should have been... Looking forward to the first 6 months of 2010!  Hopefully, I can add a new post in June outlining the rest of the year!
   

Happy 50th Birthday Mom!

January 16th was my Mom's 50th birthday.  Mom, Heather, Barbara, Jamie, Jill, Susana and I went to see A Chorus Line.  We had a great time!  The show was better than I had anticipated.  I had rented the 1985 movie and wasn't very impressed.  Live is the way to go!   

After the show we headed to Vincent's for dinner.  It's an Italian place near downtown.  We were all very happy with our food.  We also had a great waiter which make dining with a group easier.  Barbara made a big chocolate cake.  It was delicious, as are all of her cakes.

Mom blowing out her candles.

We had a great weekend and I think Mom had a happy birthday.

Sookie Stackhouse

I realized that I hadn't posted anything about reading in a while.  Since I got sucked into the vampire craze, I've been reading the Sookie Stackhouse series.  I'm almost done with the 5th book.  This series is more adult (not x-rated) than Twilight.  The HBO television series True Blood is based it.  I haven't watched the show (don't pay for HBO) but plan to get the DVDs from Netflix.

New Year's Eve

Zack and I had a very uneventful New Year's Eve.  We had dinner at JB's Steakhouse then headed to our friend's Ronny and Michelle's house.  Zack was falling asleep by 10pm so we went home.  We rang in the new year asleep in our bed!  We're probably too young for that but oh well!  Maybe this year, we'll make it to midnight.

Christmas 2009

This year has gone by so quickly!  We spent Christmas this year in Sweet Home.  We headed in on Christmas Eve and went to church at 5pm.  Mom really wanted to go to at 10pm but Zack and I didn't want to fall asleep.  Attending church in Sweet Home is probably one of my least favorite things.  I never like the homily or the singing.  It makes me feel bad to dislike mass but I don't know what I could do to enjoy it more.  I guess I need to start focusing on just being there with family.  I like to attend Prince of Peace here in Houston but my all time favorite is St Michael.  We don't ever go there anymore since it's in the Galleria area.

Back to the subject of Christmas in Sweet Home.  On Christmas morning, we got up and headed to Mamo's house for the annual Janak family get together.  This year is probably the last or second to last time we'll attempt this event.  Many of the family members don't attend anymore and we end up with WAY too much food.  Mamo thinks she has to make enough food for 50 people when we only need for 20.  Below is a photo of some of the food.

After we eat, there is always the debate of taking leftovers.  I don't usually want any since everything is loaded with salt and butter.  I did take some fried chicken.  You can't beat my Uncle Ronnie's fried chicken!

We then sat down in the living room so Mamo could open her Christmas gifts.  We gave here a gift certificate to her favorite lunch spot.  Heather got her some gloves that ended up being a little too small.  Jamie gave her some silver shoes.  Apparently, Mamo has been asking for silver shoes to wear to Jamie's wedding.  She was very excited about these shoes!

Christmas night we opened our presents at Mom and Dad's house.  It was great!  Zack gave me a beautiful pair of pearl earrings and a cross necklace.    I had mentioned probably 6-9 months ago that I'd like a pair of pearl earring and he remembered.  I have a great husband!  He also gave me a sweater and Star Trek DVD.  I got Christmas dishes from Mom and Dad.  They are so cute!  Heather & Casey gave me an iTunes gift card and Russ gave me the Twilight series.

A platter showing my cute Christmas dish design.

Not the greatest pic but I had my new earrings on.

Zack didn't get anything too lavish since he got the piano not to long ago.  I gave him a few sweaters and DVDs.  Mom and Dad gave him a pocket knife, travel case for the piano and an espresso maker (not the super fancy Williams Sonoma kind).

Book from Zack's mom.

I usually try to buy a funny or 'inside joke' gift for Zack.  I bought a Slap Chop for him because we joke about it and there is a cool video that a DJ remixed of the infomercial.  When he finished opening it, he laughed.   He then handed me my next gift to open.  I torn the paper and found a Slap Chop!  We all got a great laugh out of it.  I said that it shows that we know how each other think!

Zack opening his Slap Chop!

On Saturday, we headed to Gonzales to spend time with Mimi and Papa.  Nothing too exciting at their house.  I forgot to bring in my camera so I have no pictures.  It's nice to see some of my cousins.  They are little kids that are fun!

Zack and I heading home on Saturday evening.  We were planning on staying Saturday night but decided that avoiding the Sunday traffic would be great.

Overall, we had a great Christmas!  Next year, we'll spend it with Zack's family.  Maybe we'll have it at our house.