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November 30, 2007 by Maren 10 Comments

On Wednesday, Griffin came down to an RV show in Louisville at the fairgrounds.  We planned to meet on Wednesday night after he arrived in town.  When he got to Louisville, he called me that he had arrived and I mapquested the closest Hampton Inn by the fairgrounds (bad assumption on my part).  So, we drove there.  Our conversation via phone went something like this:

Me: Griffin we’re here–We’re in the lobby waiting!
Griffin: Great, be right down. (hangs up.)
Phone Rings.
Me: Hello?
Griffin: Where are you?
Me: Right here in the lobby (looking around the lobby–it wasn’t a very big one at that.)
Griffin: (pause as he’s looking) Um, no you’re not.

Directions from the desk clerk and another 15 minute drive to the south side of Louisville brought us to the REAL Hampton Inn and we’re able to spend some time with my tremendous brother.  When we were going into that hotel, taped to the door was “no vacancy.”  Either the RV show is something that I’ve yet to find out about its bigness, or there was something else going on–of what? I’m not quite sure.

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Thanksgiving was such a treat!  Michael and I Pricelined a ticket from Lexington, KY to Hartford, CT and got a great deal!  The destination was to visit a great friend from college!  We had such a blast–we left Monday and stayed until Friday!  It was fun to meet her youngest boy as I’d only met the oldest boy 2 years ago!  How fast they change!  Flying back on Friday was so easy–no painful layovers, no delays, no hassles!  I think it was so much better than having gone back on Saturday or Sunday!    Great friends!  Great food!  Great fun! (of course, I didn’t take any pictures of all of us–just the kids! 🙂

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Twice while being married, Michael and I have had our credit card numbers used illegally!  Our credit card was canceled just yesterday for fraudulent activity on it.  Shame.  It’s not like I buy from shady sites on the internet…I buy from legitimate companies like Amazon, Ebay, Half.com (my personal favorite for books and such).  Guess thieves just like our numbers.  What I’d say to these people if I could catch ’em: “Work honorably for your money, jerk(s).”  Yikes…I still have more online stuff to buy for Christmas–they messed it all up :)!  What a hassle!  At least we can be grateful that these days, credit card companies are good about monitoring weird card activity and stopping the craziness before they’re out a ton of money–and thankful, the card holder isn’t the one liable!  Whew! 

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Okay, for those of you campaigning to stop the randomness of this blog,

O-H-I-O

November 20, 2006 by Maren 6 Comments

Fun times this weekend with Family and Friends!

My parents came Friday night to help with childcare for our Bunco night for our church.  Mom brought me the “biggest birthday card I’ve ever received.” She spelled out a message in cans…  Can you see it? “H B M”  It’s hard to see, but it stands for Happy Birthday Maren.  My mom is super creative.  Michael and his dad fixed up my pantry, so my mom brought a ton of cans to fill it.  Thanks, mom!  For those of you who know me, I like to cook, but go to the grocery store ‘few and far between.’ 🙂  I have to get creative with the cooking. This will tide me over for a while. LOL

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We all then got together to cheer our Buckeyes on to victory!

Here’s Michael and his siblings.

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We set up a projector in our living room and in our “Buckeye” room.  Fun times.  I forgot to take pictures all throughout, so only the faithful remained at the end to capture the scene.  You get the picture…

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Startin’ ’em young.  Cute Cute Cute!

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My 2 favorite younger siblings!  God truly blessed me with a wonderful family!

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I cut myself out of this one because I looked like my neck was permanently stuck.  I loved the pic of them, though!  Thanks for being the best!

I love this one of my parents!  If you’re wondering why they weren’t watching the tv, they were watching the projection of the game.

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Our house is TINY TINY, but we still had a blast on Saturday.  It always helps when your team wins, though.  GO BUCKS! 

(R&L, when you read this, we missed you!  You are in our ‘thoughts’!  Love you guys.  We’re thankful for you!)

Excitement!

October 10, 2006 by Maren 8 Comments

Oh, how fun it was to be with family and friends at the Cedarville Homecoming this past weekend!  We had such a great time mingling with college friends and spending time with family!  I couldn’t have imagined a nicer day.  Last year at the soccer game, I about FROZE.  So, I dressed accordingly this year, and was scalding HOT!  Good thing I’m not a meterologist by occupation.  I’d have people dressing in shorts in winter and bundled up in the summer.  Thankfully, I had the foresight to forego the long john’s I had brought along!  Michael even got a sunburn–go figure…IN OCTOBER!  We just had an absolute BLAST!

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Sunday, then, I travelled to see my friend Brooke.  We had Monday off, so we both spent the evening chatting and slept in.  SO much fun!  THANK YOU, Brooke!  She’s so patient…I made her sit through a photo shoot to get this picture…Love ya, girl!

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Our nephew…

October 5, 2006 by Maren 6 Comments

This is a pic of my little nephew.  He’s not quite one, but wins the “adorable award,” eh?

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