Your right!

Yup, Jenn's inlaws are the lucky ones to have the coolest tree house ever. It even has a spiral staircase.
Someday, I will continue the Corn story, but it might be a few more days, and then I promise to give a lot longer segment to make up for my slack.

Kidless married couple fun for last week:
Ryan and I went on a group date! That has been awhile since I have done that. There was one other married couple, one exclusively dating couple, and 3 first dates. We played wally ball, (translation: volleyball in a racquetball court) and guess what?! I am not as uncoordinated as I thought! Ryan did really well too and I had no idea he could play so well. We then got Chinese take out and the girls were asked to wait outside the apartment. We entered to find a low table covered in a red table cloth and lit candles, and a Chinese lantern! They decided to celebrate the Chinese new year(a little later than normal). They even had Chinese music playing. It was pretty fun and interesting to be on that group date, and both Ryan and I were extremely glad not to be in the single pool anymore as we watched the awkward first dates try and impress each other.

I Scream for Ice Cream!

Wow! Good job on the poll guys! I didn't realize so many people knew my favorite ice cream is vanilla. Keep looking out for new polls.

R.I.P.

I came home a few weeks ago and Ryan came to the door, greeted me and announced he had bad news. He led me to the kitchen to find this:

The post-it on the wall says "RIP The Bowl. It lived a good life." So dramatic.



Here is my valentine rose. Ryan surprised me at work with it. When I got home he had created a treasure hunt which ended in the freezer with Lisa Loeb piano music! It is pretty "cool" music.

"Corn dear!"The queen exclaimed as Corn entered the throne room.
"We are trying to plan your fifth birthday party and we want it to be perfect. I felt we should have two dozen knights on white horses escort you through the town while singing the new song made just for you. Your father however thinks one dozen is plenty and that singing is ridiculous. I knew of course that you would agree with me that..."

"Horses? They poop all over and stink!" Corn exclaimed. "I want three dozen carriages instead and I want them pulled by the servants. The servants must be dressed in red and the carriages must be gold. I am royalty after all!"

"Dear, be reasonable, that is too much paint and cloth to be wasted. The servants can simply wear their normal clothes" Queen Donnilington reasoned. The King just rolled his eyes.

"No! It must be red and gold or I simply wont have a party!" Corn folded her arms stubbornly and stared unmoving at her mother. She was not one for giving in to others when she knew what she wanted. "The party is still three months away. That is plenty of time to raise the taxes to pay for it."

Having stated her demand Corn turned and walked out of the room. Only then did she let the smug feeling in her show. She would get what she wanted.

Corn woke up the next morning and was immediately aware of how quiet and cold it was. Her fire was usually blazing in the fireplace. The maid would be making quiet noises from the breakfast tray as she set out the morning meal. And her dog Franco was always aware of her awakening, barking for immediate attention. Yet none of these occurred. Corn sat up bleary eyed and looked round. Nothing else looked out of the ordinary. She narrowed her little eyes in annoyance and taking a big breath she yelled for the servants. Nothing happened. She yelled again, this time louder. Still nothing. She couldn't remember ever having been so ill treated! She waited in bed for a half an hour, yelling every minute for service. Did everyone just drop of the face of the earth or something? Corn thought sourly.
Giving up on anyone coming she threw her covers off and swung out of bed, and landed on something strange. It had felt like rough wood, but when she looked down she found she was standing on her dog! No, it couldn't be her dog. He was soft. And yet, she looked closer. It certainly looked like Franco. It creeped her out a little. It was so lifelike, and yet it was as solid as a statue. She picked it up, determining to find out what the meaning of this mean joke was and walked out the room.

Ryan and I

Well, I thought I would humor Lonna and tell you about the fun things Ryan and I do inbetween work and school.
Last week there was a girls choice formal dance at the institute. I asked Ryan and to my surprise he agreed (he hates dances). It was so fun to get dressed up! I borrowed a dress from my boss's daughters. It was a deep red. I even put makeup on!! I haven't gone to a formal dance for several years and I have never gone to a dance with Ryan. He claims he can't dance but he had moves that proved otherwise. He's a natural! Needless to say, I had a ton of fun and am very grateful for Ryan sacrificing his sanity to take me out.

New Hair

Today I decided to cut my hair. I don't really know why, but I did. The picture doesn't do it justice though, it looks way better than that. I really like the girl who did it. She is my old roomate and she is an artist and uses that in her haircutting. It felt so good to be pampered! I recommend it to everyone!

Ryan's version

So I am in the other room folding laundry and I hear Ryan typing on the computer. I thought he was doing homework but I came in and found this continuation of my story:

Corn threw her book in a tantrum, scaring the maid out of the room. She hated when anyone interfered with her daily reading. She was curious however to see why exactly her parents were sending for her, so she slowly made her way down the hall, and down the stairs to the throne room. As she reached the throne room, she noticed something very strange. There were monkeys jumping on the throne, swinging from the chandeliers and eating pickles while conversing with each other. This disturbed Corn greatly, and she ran screaming from the grand hall. As she rounded the corner to her room, she ran into the biggest monkey she had ever seen. He was as tall as a gorilla, and nearly as big across the chest. He was carrying a large bunch of bananas, and eating them slowly as he sat on the floor. Corn slowly picked herself up off of the floor, trying to back away without disturbing the giant monkey. The monkey looked at her and said “Hi, my name is Leo. What is your name?”

Stunned that the creature could talk, Corn stuttered “Ccccorn. My name is Corn.”

“Corn? What an unusual name,” said the massive primate. “It sounds like something to eat… hmm. Are you edible? How do you taste? I must know. Speak quickly before I decide to learn for myself.”

“No! No, I am not edible. If you did eat me, I’m sure I would taste awful. Don’t eat me… Servant! Servant, come quickly! The giant monkey is going to eat me. Come right now or I’ll scream and shout and have you whipped!” Corn was terrified, and she didn’t know what else to do. Demanding that her servant come and save her was the only thing she could think of.

Leo looked at her. This curious expression crept across his face. He couldn’t help but wonder if this was the silly little princess his masters had sent him to kidnap. The dread welled up in his chest. This little girl had terrible manners, and he was not at all looking forward to the long trip back with her tied up and strapped to his back.

There you have it. Ryan's version of my story! It was too good not to post.

To Lonna

I am sorry about the short snippets. They are that way because I am making it up as I go and my brain stops. But I will work on giving you more, and more often!

more corn please!

Side note to all you smart alecs. No, this princess does not represent me in any way. Yes Chris, you are Charles.

One thing could be said for the Donnelingtons. They loved knowledge. The king thrived on knowledge of war and how to take advantage of vassals. The queen's pleasure came of gardening, and methods of punishment. Corn was taught every subject that could be fit into her life, starting when she was 6 months old!

Corn was studying about global warming while sitting next to the toasty fireplace, eating strawberries when she was very rudely interrupted.

"Your highness?" a timid maid whispered.

Corn looked up to glare briefly before going back to her paragraph of the evils of paper.

"Ummm, I, uh, I am sorry to interrupt but..."

"Then don't!" Corn cut her off.

"But your parents! They have sent for you immediately!"

Corn threw her book in a tantrum, scaring the maid out of the room. She hated when anyone interfered with her daily reading. She was curious however to see why exactly her parents were sending for her, so she slowly made her way down the hall, and down the stairs to the throne room.

I am sorry this picture is sideways, I don't know how to change it at the moment. This is the first snowman I have made in years because of the lack of good packing snow but we finally got some! Ryan and I made this snowman, and my landlady was so excited to see a snowman out her window that she made a scarf, and got candles for the eyes, a yellow ball for the nose, an easter basket for a hat, and two nice sticks for the arms. She was so excited to give them to us to put on it, she was like a little kid! It made for a fun day.

You have to look closely, but this is a pig I made. If you cut the picture in half vertically, that is right where his neck meets the body(only part of the body shows). His Chin and nose end half way horizontally. I don't know if that makes sense or not.