i have now joined the ranks of mary, as i went to my very own "bunko" party last night. my friend, the resource specialist at my school, invited me to go to this fund-raising event as her guest because she knew it wasn't her husband's thing. when she called him to tell him i accepted, he said, "i owe tracey--what is her favorite.....everything?" i said anything from tiffany's, of course! it ended up being so fun and i was able to get so rambunctious! for those of you who don't know, bunko is a dice game that you play in rounds as you rotate from table to table depending on whether you win or lose the round (and you have a new teammate every round). so i only saw my friend for one round and then i was off and running!

matt and i will be going to a show (pinback) tonight. it should be great, i heard them doing a live studio performance on a local radio station yesterday and they sounded fantastic! he and his buddies will be destroying the rest of the deck today and then we'll go pick up our pergo from home depot (it still won't be installed for awhile, though).

some family notes....
dad edwards, that is scary about your blood pressure--so glad you've been able to get that regulated. i hope you don't have to stay on your medication for too long.
justin, i laughed so hard at your attic blog (yes!).
grammy, where is your new and improved roadrunner blog? heehee!
kevin and emily, thinking and praying for your poppop and family.

welp, i need to go deposit our state tax REFUND. yay! it feels so good to say that--it's been too many years of owing too much. but now we both claim ourselves as "0" on our W-2s, and we're good to go. plus, we own our condo. that helps.
so i have to run the saturday morning errands over here, have a great weekend, everybody!

i agree with dad edwards--february is a drag.
i've always said that it seems like the longest month, even though it is the shortest.
the thing that makes it even more of a drag is that it is raining AGAIN!!!! waaaahhh!
matt went to LA to see the andys and i stayed home to rest, recuperate, and get things done. it has been a hard week.
we tried to buy a car yesterday and had our first relatively positive interaction with "brian". he couldn't give us the price we wanted, but maybe he'll call and offer that price today! as i mentioned before, those guys are the lowest of the low. the last guy we dealt with gave us the whole schpeel about we'd be crazy not to buy the car that very instant.
and matt said, "i'm not coming inside with you. this was a research visit."
the guy said, "what's it gonna take to get you in a car tonight?"
"we're NOT buying anything today," we said.
"what do you want? you want to talk to someone who doesn't have an accent?"
(because he had an accent).
i was instantly upset.
my HUGEST pet peeve is when someone assumes i possess qualities that i despise (such as racism, prejudice, manipulation, ulterior motives etc.)
i kept thinking about it all day long.
the car was great, the price was right--but he's never getting our business.

we're getting worn down by these people--we may have to change our game plan and get a car from a private party...

welp--i have the day off today, due to president's day! so i'm going to pilates this morning, which i normally can't do on a weekday. this weekend i did a little shopping and finally spent some christmas gift certificates! that was fun--i bought some fun spring/summer clothes (which i can't wear right now, since it is raining and cold! boohoo...). my search is still on for a good jean jacket--maybe i'll find one today.

i can't wait to find out whether we're having a new niece or a new nephew!!! only a few more weeks...
also only a few more weeks until the burns family arrives--i hope we will be through with the rain by then!!!!
well, i'd better get going to pilates--
michelle-your comment about playing catan in the ice storm reminded me of having snow days! what fun!