139 & 140: Ketchup

Friday night was the first time throughout this project that I actually forgot to post the picture that I had taken for the day. Yesterday we didn't have internet for most of the day so I'm catching up today with my Friday and Saturday pics.

139: Residence Life "Houses"

This year CNU's ResLife Resident Assistant (RA) training theme is loosely based on Harry Potter. They made "house" banners to hang up in the dining hall. It looks pretty neat.

140: Cooooookies!

Tim and I stopped at Wal-Mart on the way to a housewarming cook-out for Sarah and Matt. We were in search of a dessert to bring and we found these fun mini-versions of the awesome frosted cookies that they sell. I loved the neon green frosting with the sprinkles. They were delicious!

138: Back in action...

After a few weeks of a win-drought, our trivia team tied with two other teams for second tonight. Jacqui was victorious in the double-elimination rock-paper-scissors tie-breaker so we officially came in second! We had a lot of "guest stars" tonight at Trivia, including my parents. They were up for the night as we (read: Eddie) are taking them to the airport bright and early tomorrow so they can have an adventure in Arizona. It's always nice to have them around. I am fortunate to have them so close.

I didn't have any great photos from tonight but thought this one was interesting after playing with it in Photoshop. Weird effect.

137: PB&C?

So this evening I tried a new creation: Peanut Butter and Craisin toast. It was quite tasty! We got a good deal on Craisins (dried cranberries) at Harris Teeter and I've been thinking about ways to use them....this was a success as was the chicken salad with craisins mixed in. Anyone have any other suggestions?

136: Non-stop Puzzle Action

Eddie and I met up with Heather in Williamsburg at the NY Pizza & Deli for our traditional Scrabble and Dinner. We like to go there because it has good food, good music and reminds Eddie and Heather of Jersey. I had a stressful day at work and so it was nice to just go, relax, be nerdy with some Scrabble and eavesdrop on some ridiculous conversations from the corner booth behind us.

Heather and I both noticed that the tiling in the bathroom reminded us of Tetris. (For those of you readers who don't know....Tetris is an old video game where there are falling puzzle pieces that you have to flip around and drop to make complete row.) I thought it would make a good photo of the day:

P.S. I have seen this video posted on some people's Facebook pages and I thought it was really cool and that you might enjoy it as well: http://music.todaysbigthing.com/2009/08/03

135: Extended Commute

My "commute" in the morning consists of walking out of the residence hall where our apartment is, crossing Warwick Blvd, walking by the Freeman Center, Admin and the Library and then I'm at the building where I work. On a short crossing signal day it takes about five minutes. They have been doing a lot of construction on Warwick so the cross often feels dangerous with fresh asphalt, ogling construction workers and large machines. Last week they started working on a parking lot over by the Freeman Center but it didn't affect my walking pattern...until I tried to walk home today and found they had put up that orange construction fencing all around. My commute is going to double in the morning! I snapped a picture of one of the ground-grinding machines in the lot. It reminded me of a ship's wheel, which is fitting for our campus. (Go Captains!)

134: Boy Talk

Eddie and I headed back south to Virginia from New Jersey this morning....lots of rain, which made the trip extra fun. We got back in time to participate in a farewell softball game for Chris, who was an RA and frequent-visitor to the Student Affairs Suite. He is heading off to grad school (tonight actually) and a bunch of people came together to play softball. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon. One of my coworkers brought his two little ones and I snapped this picture of Eddie and Noah "chatting" during the game.

133: They call her...The Jackal.

Well, dedication paid off....I got to meet Allison Janney tonight! Eddie, Eddie's mom, Meredith (Eddie's friend from HS who is just a fantastic person) and I went into the city with the intentions of all going to see 39 Steps (a play). During the car ride we were discussing 9 to 5 and the fact that Meredith really wanted to see it. The show is closing on Labor Day weekend and I had been thinking about seeing it again (it's slowly becoming one of my favorites) so I suggested that we split up. I'm so glad that we did. Meredith and I had a great time at 9 to 5 and Eddie got to spend time with his mom and enjoy a play. After the shows were over we stayed outside the stage door of 9 to 5 and Allison Janney came out!!! I got her to sign a 9 to 5 steno pad that I bought. She was genuinely nice to everyone and it was certainly worth the waiting.

Today we have a added bonus photo by Guest Photographer Eddie because he snapped this pic of Allison and I. :-)