The Sanborns

My friends and I like to do murder mystery parties. It all started when I saw pictures of Lory at a murder mystery party and I really wanted to try one. One day wall at Wal-mart, I discovered a box in the board game section, a murder mystery party! I bought it and immediately Trina and I put together the shindig. We liked it a lot but didn’t do another one for over six months. Then this year, a whole year later, Trina put together another party during July. Afterwards I realized how much I really like doing them and decided to throw one this fall.

I’ve decided to host one for Halloween and I’ve picked one that happens to have a lot of “monster” type characters, I figured those would be the easiest to get cheap costumes around Halloween.

So far things are going well, the hardest part is getting people’s schedules lined up, thank goodness I have a lot of friends because I am having to go down a list.

I’m also trying to make my Halloween costume. That’s right, make. I’ve wanted to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz for years but the costume was so expensive! Of course making it will be pretty close, but I think I’ll end up saving some money in the long run. Gray and I went to Hobby Lobby tonight to find a pattern and I got lucky! It actually came in a set of five Halloween costumes for girls, both little and big. I sure hope I have a daughter someday to put some of these others into good use.

This week has been going by fast, probably because it’s only a four day week. Today turned out to be much better than I thought it would be. Although Steve Jobs did not announce a new iPod touch with camera (bummer), I did win a 4GB flash drive and I did my gram +/gram – stains perfectly in lab! Last week’s lab was pretty awful, I sucked at what I was doing, but today I got it right! Yes! I also had to call my old pediatrician today to try and get my immunizations records for nursing school. I can’t believe that in three months I will know whether or not I got in for the spring semester!

On a sad note, a co-worker has the H1N1 virus which means it’s probably a matter of days before I get infected. Maybe there will be mercy on me because I’ve already had the flu once this year… maybe. Of course there was the one time when everyone got sick at Encounter except for Lory and I, basically. I remember that we covered ourselves in hand sanitizer because Gray and Meghan were both sick. haha The good old days.

This weekend I plan on working on my costume and going to the state fair, hooray! We went ahead and bought cheap tickets and the ride wristband from Kroger. Last year we only spent a hour at the fair because we ran out of money… it was a bummer because the rides are so much fun! We’re going either Friday night or Saturday during the day, depending on the weather. We’re also planning on going to the football game… MTSU vs Memphis. Not to mention, we’re signed up for A-Team (sets up church and tears it down) this Sunday.

When did I get such a busy social life? I don’t ever remember being this busy in the spring. Oh well, I like it when the weeks fly by.

We’re in Memphis for the week. Since Gray and I both have three weeks of nothing before school starts back, we thought it was be a great opportunity to visit with our families since the summer has been kind of dead in that category.

It’s definitely been an adventure so far. We walked three miles at Shelby Farms and did a drive by of Graceland. We also had a nasty run in at a McDonald’s downtown that had disgusting bathrooms. I’m sure you realize we didn’t stay there to get ice cream.

I’ve been reading the Sookie Stackhouse series and I’m almost finished with book one and luckily brought book two with me (Thanks Trina!). I’ve also started watching Lost season one and although I’m not addicted, I can see how people get obsessed with the show.

Today Gray and I are hopefully going to the zoo so my next post will hopefully be more appealing to read.

On a side note, what do you think about the health care reform? I think a lot of people are not reading for themselves and are judging it based on the misrepresentation of facts by others. I’m not sure exactly what I think about President Obama’s plan, but I do agree that the health care industry needs reform of some kind.

We’re heading to Memphis for the long weekend, I’m not sure if there will be posts much this weekend, we’ll see.

Have a great Holiday weekend if you’re in the U.S., otherwise, have a great weekend!

Gray and I spent the weekend in Memphis visiting his family. The trip was originally planned to watch Taylor, his younger brother, graduate from high school. We also managed to pick up a few wedding gifts, Gray’s chest and a lot of yummy food! Along the way to Memphis we visited my parent’s house to drop off some stuff. 

Now we are home and unpacking and I am getting ready for a big interview tomorrow morning. I really need to stop putting interviews the day after I get back from traveling, not such a smart idea. However, tomorrow after the interview is going to be a busy day. I can finally go get my driver’s license changed to my new name and then we can update all other IDs such as bank accounts as the like. I also will finally get to hang up curtains in my living room and a pot rack for my kitchen area. These are the final additions to our home.

I’m slowly getting used to the fact that I’m married now, complete with cooking for my husband and sharing a not-so-big bed with him. I love him so much and being married just amplifies that. I’m lucky to have married my best friend.

Gray and I are currently in Memphis to see his younger brother Taylor graduate from high school. Last night we had the chance to see the latest Indiana Jones movie, which was excellent. 

I’ve started to the painful process of thank you cards. I believe I’m halfway through, but you just can never tell when you are in the middle of them.

Gray and I are doing great in marriage so far. We’re enjoying married life a lot.