Black Friday

November 26, 2010

Gotta LOVE black friday! Last year at this time I was in Peoria, AZ doing my black friday shopping and this year in MN! Yep, I was up at 3:15am to partake in the craziness. It actually wasn't all that bad and I didn't feel super rushed. It was a nice, early morning spent with my sister driving to various stores. We had our list and only missed out on a couple of things due to low store supplies. I think my brother-in-law got the worst of it at Wal-mart when he went at 11pm for the midnight deals. He said it was really crazy and the $4.00 zhu-zhu pets flew off the shelves pretty quick!


Here is a picture of me and Rori. She turned away from the camera at the last minute but she is still pretty cute. She had her sunglasses on because the sun was coming in through the window and she said she couldn't see. I guess it was a little bright, I'm squinting a bit too but sunglasses in the house...kids :).

Flight to MN

November 24, 2010

Home for Thanksgiving, what could go wrong? The trip wasn't all that bad, it was just a late night. My flight was scheduled to leave around 6:30pm from Dulles but had a 1/2 an hour delay due to maintenance problems. That was just enough of an delay for me to miss my connecting flight in Minneapolis down to Rochester. I had the last flight of the night which didn't help matters. The airlines offered to pay for two meals and put me up in a hotel but Rochester is only 1.5 hours South. I asked them if they would pay the $30.00 to put me on a shuttle...they said "no". I guess they would rather spend over $100.00 to put me up in a Hilton. The flight to Rochester the next morning wasn't until about 10:30am so I decided to pay the $30.00 and get on the shuttle bus. I got home around midnight.

One good thing was I met a guy on the plane from Dulles to Minneapolis who also happened to be from Rochester...and he wasn't "old" :). Pretty crazy I think since Rochester is a "smaller" town. We ended up talking for most of the flight which made the time go by fast!

Washington DC for the Afternoon

November 20, 2010

I decided to go down to the National Mall today and walk around for a bit and eat lunch. It was a nice day out. Here are a few pictures I took along the way.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Lincoln Memorial - My favorite memorial!
I just started reading the book Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter. It is interesting to think of Abe Lincoln as a Vampire Hunter! The first 60 pages have been pretty good...


Washington Monument

Washington Monument with a Marine One chopper.

Minneapolis Snow

Saturday November 13, 2010

I flew to MSP on Saturday only to be met by the first big snow storm of the season. I think they ended up getting about 12 inches! No airport delays though and I even had a layover in Chicago! I arrived about 15 minutes early...I love United Airlines!

MSP had a line of plows on clearing the pavement...

Me and My Sister...

November 13, 2010