Plants: Day One

I finally got my plants in tonight. 

Let's see if I have some of my mom's green thumb.  My mother puts in amazing flower beds every year and also keeps up an amazing perennial garden. I'm trying to talk her into a koi pond, too. Here are my efforts: 

Basil-Rosemary-Cilantro-Parsley

Petunia

Foxglove-Petunia-Bacopa

Happy Birthday Halle!

My niece, Halle, turns 6 today! WOW! 

The night Halle was born, I was in the pre-clinical dental lab casting a my first gold crown for a tooth. Funny, I remembered thinking, "Someday I'll melt this crown down and make her a piece of jewelry..." Yeah, haven't gotten close to a casting furnace since...sorry, Halle, I'll have to get your jewelry the old fashioned way...from a store, not from a creepy dentist!

In honor of Halle, here is a picture of her at her first dental appointment ( I think she was three...). 

That's an adult-sized papoose board there, folks, for anyone asking...not a great day at the office when you break one of those out!

It did NOT go very well, as you can maybe tell (no papoose though!), but of course, we spoiled her at Build-A-Bear anyway. I remember that day, me asking her if she liked her bear...to which she replied, "Its not a bear, Aunt Kara, its a Hello Kitty!" Well, duh...

 

Happy Birthday, sweetie! May you always stay as kind and concerned and helpful as you are today! Love Aunt Kara and Uncle Jeremy and Cousin Peanut. :)

Lost & Found

Okay, anyone who knows me even a little bit knows that I lose EVERYTHING. Here is a list of important things that I have lost in the past (and never found):

1. Chanel sunglasses

2. Mother's 5 - year anniversary opal ring

3. Marc Jacobs sunglasses

4. Fleece jacket

5. Cell phones

Add to this list the things I have lost repeatedly, but have thankfully found (I think they call this "misplaced") :

1. Keys

2. Wallets

3. Cell phones (Jeremy calls my phone on a DAILY basis when I can't find it! In fact, one time, I couldn't find my laptop, and I was whining to Jeremy, and he said, "I don't know, Kara, I can't call that!" Ha!)

4. Hospital ID badge

5. Planner

6. Cheerleading skirt

7. Engagement ring

Additionally, I am sure I have a veritable wardrobe of misplaced clothing items throughout the world. Hopefully they will come back to me in karma.

After all of this, it is with great pleasure that I announce the finding of my digital camera!!! :) (It fell behind my bedside table in its protective case) Of course, as some of you know, my digital camera was out of commission prior its finding because I had "misplaced" its power cord.  

So, to celebrate, here is a photo of my new Ray-Ban sunglasses, just like dad's!  (Schafer gals feel free to insert now the "Hello, I'm Randy Schafer, and you're watching Jack*ss" comment like we always do!)

Please note the rose-colored lenses...a metaphor for life, if you will.

Ahh, the return of photos with my blogs....YESSSS! 

10 Reasons to Be Happy Today

Swine flu...economic collapse...new office lease negotiations...waterboarding investigations...with so much bad news lately, its easy forget all the things to be happy about and grateful for! Here's an easy ten to start:

10. Beautiful weather in Ohio

9. An awesome roommate who enables my email, iTunes, and free ringtones in my iPhone...and brings me Long John Silvers! (seriously, try the Lobster Bites. OMGoodness!)

8. Great conversation and cocktails with work friends at eleven

7. Reliable transportation

6. Brunch (my favorite meal!) with much-loved aunties at Le Chatelaine

5. Fiance and dog who are glad to see me after a long weekend apart.

4. The Future.

3. 30 Rock

2. A church home in both my homes (aka Ironton and Columbus)

1. The song "Daylight" by Matt and Kim

:) That makes Monday more bearable, right? 

Gratuitous Photos Ahead

We couldn't be HAPPIER with our great engagement shots from my new friend, Kara. This girl is AMAZING...which one is your favorite?

Family portrait...
This is where I get my haircut, really! 

Walking to Starbucks...

We finally found something taller than Jeremy...

Sneaking a kiss...
Campaign 2010 shot...
Sttttrrrrreeeeeeettttttch!
Basking in the light...

Sorry, girls, he's taken...

Stopping traffic...
We didn't have our coffee this morning...
No, really, I like this guy!
Peek-a-boo!
Cutie!
So happy...
Wait! Did someone empty a lint trap in our picture?
Tulips in bloom...

Umbrella girl fountain thankfully not functional...

So happy! I am *such* a lucky girl to have found my man! Wish it was September 6, 2009! Thanks again, Kara! :) 

Starbucks Wifi

5:11pm: Enter Starbucks, Marysville, OH. 

Me: Do you have Wi-Fi?

Counter Guy: Do you have a registered Starbucks Card?

Me: Um...I have a least five Starbucks cards...I think there is a collective $.72 on them...no, they aren't registered.

Counter Guy: Okay, its really easy, just register the card and you can get free Wi-Fi here.

Me: Great! (rummage through purse...past eight lip glosses, old receipts, powder brush and phone) No Starbucks card in sight.

Me: Okay, give me a card with $10 on it.

Counter Guy: Which one? I like the doves.

Me: (getting frustrated...if I was at Panera I'd already have sent my email and Power Point attachment to Rachel for Friday's dental health fair!) Doves are great! Fine!

5:25pm: Still no internet access. After seemingly HOURS of navigating the Starbucks registration site...at&t WiFi site...SBC global website...Counter Guy thinks something wrong with Marysville tower b/c HIS iTouch won't access the internet, nor will my iPhone. I feel like I'm on a desert island.

5:30pm: Online!! WooHoo

5:35:pm: Consistent error messages from yahoo! trying to send my huge attachments! Are you kidding me?

5:45pm: Success! Email sent, one less thing on my to-do list! Now off to Big Boy for Mom's Bday Dinner! Dad will probably just say, "things were better when we only had CB radios and the postal service...

:) But I did get a free coffee out of it! :) 

Tha 4-1-1

So, Spring is on its way! Here's some fun goodies for your viewing pleasure!

We got to celebrate Grandma Schafer's birthday!

80+ years old and as I type she's chilling in Hawaii...that's years with some life in them, eh? Kiki and Adam broke out their nuptual Snuggie: 

Up next: Snuggie Pub Crawl. Time and date TBA.

Barky McBarkerson got a bath. She's not pleased...but neither are we when we get our 5:00am wake-up bark every morning!