DISCONTINUED!!!

This famous word seems to be our(Rich and I) theme lately!! We are finally coming down to redoing the kitchen in his house and seems like everything that we have picked out to go in the new kitchen has now been discontinued!!! It all started at Home Depot when we were asking about the cabinets we had picked out, they guy told us that they have stopped buying from that line for a month now!! Then we went to go look at our tile that we liked and guess what?? Yup it was discontinued too!!! Luckily we found cabinets that we liked right away but now we are back to the drawing board on the tile!! It is frustrating especially when you get your heart set on a certain look and then they take it away. I am sure we will find tile that we will like, but it is just frustrating when you go into the store ready to purchase the item for the household and it is no longer available. Because you want it to coordinate with all the other things you had picked out. We did get to see the floor plans for the kitchen our friend Drea made up for it. We are super excited about that. So now we just need to make a few more measurments get everything ordered and then comes Demo Day!!! When it is all done, we will deffinately throw a party!!

A Day at the Spa!!

Last Friday I was lucky enough to have received a gift card to a Day Spa. It was actually quite fun. I went in for a "Detox Body Wrap". You always see the ladies get wraps on the movies so I thought I would try it out. I am not really sure how much it "detoxed" me(like get rid of that bloating feeling or other impurities in your skin) but it was really relaxing and I felt great afterwards. I kinda felt like royalty. You get dressed in a robe(you can keep your undergarments on) and you go sit in a relaxing lounge and they have people there to wait on you hand an foot. I would deffinately do it again.

something fun

Burn 28 Calories

So I heard this on the radio this morning.

"Everytime you Kiss you loved one you burn 28 calories!! "

Forget all those other diets we try...right!!

Just give your honey a big 'ol SMOOCH and you just burned calories.
Happy Valentines Day Everyone!!

REVIEW DAY

so you know when you are going to sit down with your boss for a review, and you stomach is all tied up in knots and fearing for the worst. Why do we do this to ourselves, (or am I the only one) My boss and I sat down on friday and went over the good, the not so good, and THE BAD!! he kept emphasizing the bad part all the way up to it. Turns out there was no bad stuff!! I think I made all 4's and a few 3's(it was on a scale of 1-5)
I was actually relieved after our meeting and felt pretty good about my position here at ACI. Yeah God!! It's not that I can't handle the bad stuff, you just cringe thinking of what it could be, cause you strive so hard to do so good and put 110% into all that you do.

I know it's not much of a blog...but that was my thought for now...take care

must be smarter than the blog site!!!

I am so pumped!! ( I know it might seem silly) but I have been trying to figure out
for a long time now how to get my friends blog links on my blog, and today I am proud to say...
I FIGURED IT OUT!!!

So we are back on the house work train...it was kinda nice to not have to go straight to work
on the house right after work. It took a little bit to get back into the work mode..but it has been
fun and deffinately an adventure. If I figure out how to do one of those cool slide show boxes
I will put up pictures of Rich's house.

Already in the New Year

Well, what can I say...we are already in the new year and I didn't even get to blog my fun events towards the end of the year last year. December was a crazy month. I wouldn't even know what to name the title if I tried...maybe CRAZY DECEMBER!!!
I went to go visit my sister in New York over Christmas. It was a great time! Getting there and coming home was not so great....lets just say, don't travel over the holidays or at least take a direct flight and no connecting flights!!! Other wise you could be stuck in your connecting destination!! I won't bore you with the whole story. Once I FINALLY arrived in New York we went Trapeze Flying!! It was great!! Yes that is me at the top preparing to jump off that platform and fly through the air anticipating if the guy on the other rope across the net is going to catch me. What a rush!!!
Then my sister had me live the New York life style by taking me out till 2 in the morning!! I was wiped out by the end of the night...or is it just that I am getting older and can't keep up with those youngen's anymore!! Sad! It was fun though we went Salsa dancing with some of her friends!

Although I do have to admit I couldn't go out everynight and party...I can safely say I am not a New Yorker:):) We went ice skating in central park and shopping down in Time Square. Good Times.

Speaking of being old, I also turned another year older bringing me closer to joining the 30yr old club!! oh man..I am still not sure how I feel about this! It was a good birthday though. I went out for Cheesecake with some girlfriends and Rich took me to a nice resturant called the Wild Fire in Enden Priaire, mmmm!! oh ya my boss kinda forgot it was my birthday and so he went out and bought some cup cakes and came back with them and sang me happy birthday. It was funny...it is the thought that counts right!

So over all I would have to say 2006 was a good year. It was very busy, adventurous and well learned. I hope you all have a great 2007!!

LD vs the Hair Dryer

well, this morning my hair dryer decided to give me a small black eye

ok so maybe I didn't quite end up looking like that...but that is what I feel like minus the pirate hat:) I think my depth perception must've been off this morning. I had my drier in my right hand moving over to the left side of my head and bam...I flung it right in my eye. I thought I was going to dye(dramatization here) luckily I just have a few scratches on my eye lid and my eye has been hurting all day.

So on a more serious note, over the last week I have learned the importance of communication...and talking with the person face to face. Because email just doesn't cut it...even though it seems so real and the easy way to go...but I do know that if there is an issue or change that is coming to talk with the person and not try to explain through email. You can literally assume everything through email, which we all know what assuming does. Luckily after a few little tiffs my friend and I were able to cool off and work through it, thank you Lord, it deffinately was a lesson well learned. I am not sure who really reads my silly little blogs but if anything I can share with you all is if you know there is something important to share with anyone, make time to talk with them....ya email can be the quickest way to go or more convient, but you can save alot of frustration and hurt by just taking time to talk face to face.

Well, have a great weekend everyone!! You all are in my prayers. Ciao

Find the Chef In YOU!!

So I am trying a new hobby out and have decided to join the Pampered Chef!! Why not Right?? I think it would be fun to go to friends houses and cook for them...cause I love to cook and bake( I like to think I get my skills from my momma and my grandma) plus I get to make new friends and talk with lots of women and of course eat good food!!! So if you all ever need anything for your kitchen just let me know I can get you a catalog....or even better, if you want cool free stuff for your kitchen ask me about doing a show for you and I'll come over and cook for you and your friends and you will receive a gift just for hosting a show. How fun is that!!!

I'm LaDonna King and I approve this message :):)

(ha ha...I make myself giggle sometimes...)

Just not the Same

I was so bummed this morning when I got in my car, driving to work and was ready to sip down this new french vanilla cappacino stuff I got from the store. Let me tell you....it is just not the same as a French Vanilla Latte from Caribou or Star Bucks or even from the gas station(gas station latte's are pretty good, you can add your own flavor shots now!!) I even followed the directions on the can(shouldn't be that hard) So instead of tasting a nice warm yummy french vanilla latte I got a sip of bland hot milk with what maybe was a hint of coffee added to it!!!
Maybe the coffee queens new what I was up too (really I thought I would budget a little better and try something different than spending 3-4bucks on coffee like once or twice a week and only spend like a $1.50 on a small can of coffee mixture that I could have more than one cup and save some money...sounds logical) and that was my punishment. Or I should just add more mix and hope for the best!?!

Happy Birthday Emma!!

What a weekend!! We went home to Michigan for Emma's 1st birthday!! She is such a cutie. Deffinately has a mind of her own. Let me tell you though...it was such a long drive...9hrs...EACH WAY!!! But it was deffinately worth the drive. I am slowly recovering and catching back up on my sleep. I didn't realize all the weird dreams I have when I travel. Craziness!! I don't even know how I could dream up some the things I dreamed of. Like all the boys playing real cops and robbers in balerina outfits!! (don't ask) I swear I am normal!! :)

Yeah Fall!!!!

I love this time of year...all the pretty colors on the trees are just mezmorizing! Making trips to the apple orchard, sharing good times with friends around bonfires, taking walks and tromping on all the crisp leaves:) and the crisp cool air. It's great!!!

The Train!

Ok, the train guys think this is funny or something!....every time I go to lunch there is ALWAYS a train going by or at a dead stop!! So then I try going to lunch later...guess what...there is the train.. So then I try going to lunch earlier...Stupid train!!! There it is again!! I think they have guys in the control room watching for my car, just waiting to put those arms down!!! I give up. :)

My Grandma

My grandma is way cool.(who's grandma isn't) She has deffinately been a huge inspiration in my life!! I love you Grandma!!!

rookie blogger

so this is my first time on one of these blog things...thought I would check it out. you will hear more from me soon...