The Million Dollar Ticket

First of all, if you are stopping by from Alexandra's blog, welcome! I hope you like it here :)

Second of all, the drawing for the lottery was last night. Third biggest jackpot in history. Some extremely lucky soul in Michigan is a multi-millionaire today. Three lucky souls in Indiana are millionaires. Unfortunately, the tickets that were purchased as part of our work pool are not winners. Normally I would grumble and be okay after a minute, but...one of the tickets was purchased at a gas station most of us pass by frequently, if not every day. UGH. We're all walking around looking dejected and have these pathetic "what if" and "if only" looks in our eyes...needless to say we took a unanimous vote and if we had won, work would be a ghost town today.

Thirdly, it is time for It's Okay Thursday!

IT'S OKAY

...that there are supposed to be storms this afternoon/night and I'm looking forward to going to the fair anyway.

...that I "sampled" someones white choc mocha creamer they left in the fridge and am now obsessed. Sorry random person...

...that the diet and exercise plan Ty and I thought of fell apart after the first week.

...that secretly I'm glad we're probably not going camping this weekend. 5 hours in a car just to sleep in a tent? No thanks.

...that I got paid yesterday so now I can buy a new grill cover since Tucker chewed the old one up. No wait...that's not okay.

Cate

"My" Birthday Present

It is only 1:45 in the afternoon, and I am more than ready to be out of here. I have BIG plans for a concert tonight with Ty. We scored $15 tix to the 311 concert at The Lawn tonight. Super excited. Apparently 311 is stoner music and we will more than likely be around a bunch of weed which means I am not breathing AT ALL but I really really like concerts, so we're going.

My stepdad's birthday is in two weeks, and my mom and I always have the hardest time finding awesome gifts for him. This year, though...my mom had a genius moment. My dad loves coffee, my mom loves tea, and I love both. So, it would make sense to get a Keurig, right? Right? I mean, we think my dad will enjoy it (as long as we keep it stocked with Starbucks Breakfast Blend K-Cups), and it is something that will definitely get used a lot.

Why is there like...465685 kinds of Keurig brewers? I honestly have no clue which one to get? I'm leaning towards this one, but if anyone has better suggestions please let me know.



The Keurig B60 Home Brewing System


Is it bad that I'm probably more excited about his present than he will be?


Spunkily yours,

Cate





Red Velvet Funnel Cake

Saturday was the day I had been waiting for since the end of August last year. Ty and I went to the Indiana State Fair! Ty had never been, so I was appointed Captain of the day. I'm obsessed with mushrooms, especially fried ones, so our first stop was the find one of the two trucks that sold them. Well..Captain Cate turned the wrong way, and what was meant to be a 2 minute walk turned into a 20 minute walk. Oops. We found the fried veggie truck, and got our mushrooms. I totally would have been happy with just that, but Ty was still hungry.

We shared a lamb burger and some sweet tea, then walked around looking at the cows and such until we saw someone with a red velvet funnel cake. We looked at each other and Ty said "we have GOT to get that!" After some searching, we found the truck that sold them, and got in line. Now, we were watching the cashier, and she would take the order, take the money, then the customers would wait for their cake to be done. When our turn came, we ordered, was told it would be a few minutes, and then she moved on to the people behind us. Ty and I looked at each other and shrugged, figuring she would ask for our $7 when we got our cake. A few minutes later, she handed us our cake and turned away to help someone else. We stood there for a few minutes, she turned back and said "careful, it's really hot. Enjoy!" We looked at each other, at our cake, at each other...then I asked Ty if he had paid. He said no, and asked me the same thing. We stood there for a few more seconds, then started to s-l-o-w-l-y walk away. No one came running after us, so...we ate it. I felt really guilty at first, but my craving took over and I sent up a quick thanks to God for my free treat. It was delicious.

We also had some marinated pork on a stick and some fried Oreos, but the funnel cake "took the cake."

One of my favorite parts of the fair is the international building. They showcase a different county each year, and this year was Italy. We got to see a full size gondola, sample Italian food, and there was even an Indycar! I am obsessed with all things Indycar since I work for one of the teams, so I was surprised and delighted to see one there. I totally forgot that the chassis we are using, the DW12, is a Dallara chassis, and the Dallara's are from Italy. It was so cool to see the special paint scheme on the car for the Fair and the Speedway Fire Department.

The fair was really fun, but I was excited to get back home to be with this guy:

He's getting SO big! 8 months and 85 lbs...

How was your weekend? Did you go to your state's fair this summer?

Spunkily yours,

Cate



Friday's Letters

I'm linking up with this girl today for "Friday's Letters!

Dear Nutella commercial that is on one of the TV's at work right now, watching you makes my tummy rumble and wish I had a jar of Nutella with some strawberries right now. Or a Nutella Mug cake. Whichever.

Dear Boyfriend, I'm pretty sad we can't go camping this weekend...I'm going to convince you we should go to the fair, instead. I NEED deep fried Oreos. Like, yesterday.

Dear Tucker, I'm so excited to spend a whole weekend cuddled with you, my precious furchild. Stop growing though. 8 months and 80 lbs is a little redic.

Dear certain people at work that shall remain nameless, It is a good idea to ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE with those that work on things with you (aka me). I feel like an idiot when people ask me something and I don't know the answer because you haven't told me.

Dear you and you, Thank you so much for your kind words. I wasn't planning on talking about depression this close into the game, but I did. And I was so surprised that complete strangers were so incredibly loving and kind. Thank you :)

Dear Friday, It is only 9 in the morning and I already wish it was 5... This happens every single week...you haven't gotten the hint yet?

Spunkily yours,

Cate

It's Okay Thursdays

IT'S OKAY

...that it is not even 10:00 and I'm already looking forward to lunch. Mmm chicken&dumplings!

...that the more I am around her, the more I really do not like my boyfriend's mother.

...that the entire drive to work this morning I fantisized about winning the Hoosier Lotto. Maybe I should buy a ticket!

...that I am doing everything I can to avoid the cameras from the TV show that is filming at my work this morning.

...that I wish I made more money.

...that I'm learning how to work through this time of depression and uncertainty, without help.

...that I'm SUPER bad at beng original with blog posts so I'm just doing linkies for now.

Spunkily yours,

Cate

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Okay... here goes. My first "linking up" post. I'm a baby blogger, and figured a link-up is the best way to get started!

1) the fact that my puppy-child, Tucker, is back home after a "vacation" with extended family. (an "unapproved by his mama" vacation, mind you. don't worry baby...your grandma will NEVER take you away from me again).

2) a tv show is taping an episode where I work today and tomorrow. It's pretty cool to see all the cameras and sound equipment! I hope hope HOPE that they don't film me for anything. My face will turn bright red, I'll mumble, and...it won't be good.

3) Fall is almost here! I love fall...mostly because I looove sweaters, boots, pumpkins, cute jackets, and my birthday :)

4) The Boyfriend is taking me on my first "real" camping trip this weekend! And we get to take the puppy-children!!

5) I just saw this AWESOME thing from The Container Store. It has little compartments to hold your hairdryer and straightener, and you can store them while they are STILL HOT! Genius. Must have this.

That was fun :)

Spunkily yours,

Cate



And this is why...

Ugh. This is why my blogs never work out. I have time to write in one, but I always either forget or don't want to actually take the time to do it. I've noticed I have gotten more pageviews, wahoo 6! Probably because of the 3989346 blogs I am now following. It's actually more like 20, but still. I went a little "blappy" (blog happy! cute, right?)

I do love love LOVE some of the linkups I read. Like WILW, PP, FL, and WIWW. Maybe I can start off small, by just doing a few LU's a week. Then maybe I can get into this multiple posts a week thang :)