first day in Bangkok!

We're back from Thailand! Got in Thursday afternoon and passed out for a few hours.  Neither one of us got much sleep on the plane so we were probably up for 42 hours.  We had a wonderful time and saw and did a ton!  I have lots of pictures to share with you, but i will probably break it down and try my hardest not to post too many.

The first night we got in to Bangkok around midnight and got settled in our hotel and met up with some of the family.  Me and Jeremy were starving so a few of us walked down the street to Food Land (small grocery store/restaurant) and had some dinner.  The next morning everyone met up and we took a van to see some sights.  We saw the Emerald Buddha, Grand Palace, Wat Po, and went to Khoa San for some shopping and street food.  Later that night we all got massages.  It was my first massage ever and i did not like it at all.  Either the lady i had was really hard or i am just a wimp.  The most relaxing part was when she left the room for a minute.  Later on in the trip i got another one and it was a lot better.

Had a nice lunch by the river...some houses next to it.

Stay tuned for more pics!

be back soon

Tomorrow we are off visiting Jeremy's sister in Thailand.  

Be back in a couple weeks!

Chinese Lantern Festival

This past Saturday we went to the Chinese Lantern Festival at the Botanical Gardens.  The garden itself looked really pretty, but the lanterns were really awesome.  Most of them were made of wire and silk, but there were a few made with plastic bottles, porcelain plates, and little glass medicine bottles.  I didn't bring my big camera and was so upset that i didn't.  These pictures are taken with my phone so the lanterns probably don't look as cool.  After we left the gardens we went out for some frozen custard and as soon as we sat down to eat fireworks near by started going off.  Not sure what they were for, but Jeremy said they were for my birthday (which was the next day).

This is the one made with plastic bottles...

she did all kinds of tricks with this table

 This one is made with glass medicine bottles...

there were dragons on both sides of the flower that were made with porcelain plates and cups.

they also moved their heads and blew smoke.

Giant Fern! 

birthday treats and fireworks!

On my birthday we went out to Wendys for lunch (my choice...who needs fancy dinners :).  Jeremy got me a record player and i went out to some antique stores.  I ended up finding a record i really wanted...Neil Young, Harvest.  Later that evening we saw a movie. Pretty great weekend!

Renaissance Festival

The other weekend we went to the Greater St. Louis Renaissance Festival.  I used to go with my family in North Florida and Atlanta and always had a really fun time.  Jeremy had never been before.  It's always an experience when you go.  Maybe because im a little bit older or because i wasn't with my family, but this time was a little different.  We still had a great time, though.  Turkey legs, jousting, fairies, and a lot of people dressed up.

an early birthday present

i am officially cool with my new saltwater sandals

i ordered these sandals on monday and they were suppose to arrive yesterday.  i was a little anxious ordering online without trying them on since i had heard that they run big.  but i did some research and went ahead and ordered them. (yay for youth sizes and a couple $ cheaper!)  yesterday i was waiting all day to get them in the mail and finally at 2pm the UPS guy knocks on our door.  i open the door and he's walking away and points to the magazine on the floor...wait what about my sandals?  i think that maybe there is another truck coming later in the day and by 6:30 no one comes.  i looked up my tracking number and it says that the post man came at 11am and left a notice.  What?!  there was no notice on my door, the mail box or front door to the building.  liars. maybe someone took it down or it blew away.  anyway i was little T.Oed.  how was i suppose to know what post office to go to?  this morning i went to the one down town and luckily it was there.  all is fine, of course...but i wanted to make sure that they fit and if they didn't and i had to return them i wanted to get them in time for our trip to Thailand next saturday and make sure they were broken in nice (im not sure they need it though).  i pranced around the loft for awhile in my new shoes...ziva trying to lick 'em off my feet. 


i finally took down our Christmas lights on our balcony. 

bits and pieces

just a few random pictures from around the office/my desk/guest bedroom

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1. from painting paint by numbers

2. blooming flowers and wilting flowers

3. COLOR pencils

4.  old picture of us taken by lindsey (Christmas 2008)

5. Georgia...on my mind

6. Beethoven - keeper of head scratcher

7. fabric scraps and yo-yos

8. pot of shells and plant stubs

straw hat make over and other thrifted things

Last week i went out thrifting and found a few cool things.  One of them was a straw hat.  It looked like there was something on the side or maybe the straw string broke, but i decided to add some flowers in that spot to make it a little bit prettier and not so plain.  Sorry the before picture is not the best.

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this rug was only $3!

wood frame, dish, scarf, 2 pillow cases, shower curtain, dictionary, straw hat, and rug

this book was just too good to pass up...and for 39cent!

2 pillow cases and the white and yellow fabric is a shower curtain...i didn't know that until i got home.

Ziva has already claimed it