.:: Monday, October 29, 2007 ::.

i pulled into my work parking lot this morning and saw the maroon 5 tour buses! i work right next to the loews hotel, denver (we share common grounds and parking), and apparently a lot of musicians and bands stay there when they're in town for a concert. altho i haven't seen any celebrities (i don't leave the building much) i know that brooks and dunn, kenny chesney, beyonce and lots of other big names have stayed there. we see their tour buses all the time. now, i don't work in a nice part of denver. altho we're just a couple miles from cherry creek, a very exclusive area of denver, and just a few blocks from washington park, also a very up-and-coming area, the part i work in, known as glendale, well, it's pretty run down and borderline ghetto. so it's surprising to see a loews hotel there. my theory is that the big tour buses don't have anywhere to go in downtown denver, and we're close enough, but we have the parking space. if things don't work out for me here, maybe i'll apply for a job at loews!

:: joyce 6:50 PM [+]::
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.:: Sunday, October 28, 2007 ::.

last night was our neighbor's halloween party, the one we were dreading cuz we hate dressing up for halloween. i was gonna go the easy route and wear all black, get some cat ears and paint whiskers on my face and call myself a cat. :) but W was having a hard time coming up with something. i saw an orange prisoner jumpsuit at walmart, so he decided to be a jail bird. i decided i'd be a cop, and just wore a button up shirt, black pants, bought a police cap and badge. we were at party city, and they had the plug and socket costume! lol...i thought it would be a little inappropriate (maybe if we were going to a friend's party, but this was our neighbor...trying to be more on the conservative side). funny thing tho, there was another couple there as the plug and socket! hilarious. there was also a white trash couple, lots of rockies players/fans, "the world wide web" and "not a full deck of cards" among others.

we also met some new neighbors, whom we hadn't met yet (even tho they moved in a month ago). turns out that they're about our age, and seem really cool. we got along with them great and hope we can get to know them better and actually hang out with them more. they've got 2 cute little girls, so our future kids will have neighborhood playmates! that was one of my concerns cuz everyone here has older kids in high school and it seemed like our kids would have no one to play with. we also have other new neighbors across the street who sound like a young family too. yea! :) we need more young couples in our 'hood!

and adding to my list of pumpkin stuff i've eaten this season...of course i've had my pumpkin spice latte from starbucks, and on friday went to cheesecake factory with some coworkers and got a slice of pumpkin pecan cheesecake (more than half still in the fridge cuz i'm savoring it). :) a coworker also made really good pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting last week. another coworker's boyfriend baked really dry pumpkin bread which i didn't care for, and also a pumpkin cobbler which sounded good but turned out to be really gross. blech. remind me not to eat anything he bakes. i think i might bake some pumpkin bread, but i want to get a pumpkin and roast it just like L did. sounds much better than the canned pumpkin stuff. yum!

:: joyce 11:23 AM [+]::
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.:: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 ::.

we've been invited to our neighbor's halloween party this saturday. we're supposed to dress up. i have no clue what to dress up as. i dread halloween parties... help! i need ideas (and i don't want to spend any money)!

i hope all our friends in socal are doing okay and staying safe.

:: joyce 9:34 PM [+]::
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.:: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 ::.

just in case you were wondering, my favorite pandora radio stations that i just can't get enough of are the postal service and frou frou. :) after listening to any one station you create, it starts to get really repetitive. but pandora has a quick mix where you can select the stations you've created and it will mix em up for you! genious!

oh...and today we celebrate 3 years. 3 years!!! :)

:: joyce 5:15 PM [+]::
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.:: Sunday, October 21, 2007 ::.

it's SNOWING!!!


that's me, trying to save our maple tree from losing anymore branches. it snowed a lot more than i was expecting. i love it!!!

and F1 spoiler alert, but i suspect no one reading my blog follows F1. this last race was the best race of the 2007 season, and kimi not only won the brazilian GP but he is the world champion! woohooo!!!!!!! it was a pretty long shot, and things had to greatly be in his favor, but this was his day!!

:: joyce 2:21 PM [+]::
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.:: Thursday, October 18, 2007 ::.

i'm very sorry to do this, but i'm gonna bore everyone with a little F1 talk. this sunday is the last race of the season, and i'm really sad that it's almost done! it's been kind of an interesting season, with many surprises. my favorite driver, kimi raikkonen from ferrari, is currently in 3rd, and if the 2 mclaren drivers don't do well, he could win the world championship. this is the first time since 1986 that 3 drivers were in the running to become world champ. how exciting!!!! of course, part of me roots for lewis hamilton, cuz he's only 22, this is his rookie year, and he's in 1st place in points right now. so theoretically, if he does even just okay this weekend, he could become the first rookie to be world champion. omg! and he's only 22!! what a career this kid has in front of him! but i'm still gonna have my ferrari flag flying high, cuz i really would love to see a) ferrari win, and b) kimi to take the world championship. i can't wait!!!

:: joyce 5:09 PM [+]::
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.:: Sunday, October 14, 2007 ::.

i was at safeway earlier last week, and came across their new pumpkin soup. i love their soups (especially the asian chicken noodle and chicken tortilla), so of course i had to try this one. it's made with pumpkin and butternut squash, and i thought it was delicious! i think i prefer just butternut squash tho, cuz altho the pumpkin was quite tasty, they used pumpkin pie spices, which is kinda strange at first. still very good tho. :)

this weekend has been very dreary...clouds and rain and wind. yuck. makes me want to just stay home and do nothing! which is pretty much what i've been doing! sometimes i just feel so lazy...

:: joyce 2:27 PM [+]::
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.:: Friday, October 12, 2007 ::.

okay, i'm definitely not a baseball fan. never have been, probably never will be. but i gotta say, rockies fever is everywhere and it's hard to ignore it. this is the farthest the team has ever gone in its history, and everyone is just ecstatic about them possibly going to the world series for the first time ever. that's pretty exciting!

we're not allowed to wear jeans, or denim of any sort (not even a jean jacket) to work. we have a "no denim" policy, which totally blows. but we got an email yesterday saying "in honor of the rockies making it to the NLCS, we're letting everyone wear jeans on friday." haha, they always need an excuse, it can't be just cuz it's friday. but whatever. a lot of ppl wore rockies gear too. except for the one guy from boston who had on his red sox jersey! lol...brave guy.

:: joyce 6:52 PM [+]::
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.:: Sunday, October 07, 2007 ::.

on friday a couple of coworkers and i went to NFL 101 with the broncos at invesco field. it was a really neat experience and i had a blast!! it was originally started up geared toward women who wanted to learn more about football, but was recently opened up to men as well. i learned a lot of interesting info about the game, and i think i appreciate it a lot more now! i didn't realize how complex football was! if you're interested in this stuff, you should see if your local team has a program like this, cuz it's totally worth it. :)

here's the link to the pics i took. not a whole lot, and most came out blurry or dark (some of the rooms were really dark).

:: joyce 9:59 PM [+]::
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.:: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 ::.

it's october, and you know what that means...everything pumpkin! woohoo!! my favorite time of year!! i'm starting my pumpkin obsession with dreyer's slow churned ice cream, it's a limited edition flavor! YUM. i'll probably make some pumpkin pancakes this weekend.

i almost forgot to mention...yesterday was our 2 year anniversary here in colorado. wow, time flies.

:: joyce 8:01 PM [+]::
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.:: Monday, October 01, 2007 ::.

i need a new book (or books) to read. any suggestions??

:: joyce 8:01 PM [+]::
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