January 14, 2006 Lily's 1st Birthday! Today was Lily's 1 year birthday. We had a party for her at our house and it was alot of fun. Lily got lots of cool presents and had a ball digging into her own personal birthday cake. We had a second cake which was of course an ice cream cake from DQ so Lily also got her first taste of chocolate!
December 31, 2005 New Years Eve. What an eventful day. The afternoon was spent at Becky's house for Nick's birthday party. After that we came back home and I hunted (unsuccessfully) for my swimsuit because we were going to Steve's hotel to go swiming. Then, we went swimming for a while which was fun because Lily had on her swimsuit with the built-in floaties so she was interesting to handle. Everytime someone would jump in to the pool she'd make this cute face and she'd say "ooooh" It was so cute. After swimming ended abruptly, we went to dinner at Four Star. Lori and I had several giggle fits during dinner...mostly because of our silly kids. Then we went to Copps to get snacks and such (and clean them out of hats & noisemakers) and went to Mom & Dad's to watch the ball drop. Mom & Dad were out watching an Elvis impersonator so it was kinda weird. After 12:00 hit, Steve & Adam went outside to entertain us with a bottle rocket fireworks show. Then we all went home after picking up our various messes.
December 17, 2005 Christmas Tree. We went and picked out a Christmas tree today. He's really nice and fat and I call him Samson. I might be allergic to trees now (or sap) because my eyes are itchy and I felt sick around it the first few days. I think now I've gotten a little more used to it it's better.
October 31, 2005 Halloween. Lily was a monkey and had the cutest costume for Trick-or-treating. We only went to a few houses though because it was rainy and she was tired.
October 21, 2005 Fur Ball. Adam, Lily and I and my parents all went to the Fur Ball. I don't really know why they call it a 'ball' at all. We got there at 7:30 (half an hour after it started) then they played music for about 1/2 hour before they started reading the winners of all the raffles. This took until 10:45. So I don't know why they call it a Fur BALL if you have like no chance to dance. None of us won anything and the people who did win won multiple things so that was frustrating.
October 15, 2005 Stratford vs. Edgar. It was the rivalry game of Stratford vs. Edgar. For the first half we sat in the stands with Adam's parents. Unfortunately a bunch of the Edgar fans decided to sit on the home side for some reason so that was annoying because we were surrounded. The second half we met our friends down by the sidelines and hung out. Stratford won as usual.
After the game our friends and Adam's parents all went to the neighborhood bar while Michelle watched Lily. We had fun and stayed out until about midnight. The rest of the weekend was uneventful just hung out in Stratford.
October 9, 2005 Stratford vs Assumption. Adam and I decided to join his Mom and Sister and a few of her friends and go to the Stratford vs Assumption game in Rapids. The game was quite ridiculous. It was Assumption's homecoming game and the final score was Stratford 82 vs Assumption 14. Felt bad for them a little, but at least we had fun!
October 1, 2005 JDRF Diabetes Walk. Adam, Lily and I walked in the "Walk to Cure Diabetes" walk. We basically walked from the mall all the way down to Bukolt park and back. See my Walkpage Here
September 24, 2005Adam & Patty's Wedding Renewal. Our wedding was the most fun I have had in a very long time. It was great being able to see all my friends and family that came even though it was busy-busy-busy so I didn�t get to talk to people as long as I would have liked. The ceremony was very nice, short and sweet. Adam and I read some vows to each other that we wrote so it was more personalized. Lily looked absolutely adorable in her miniature bride dress and veil! The dinner was fantastic because there were lots of fun singing highlights. We had people sing a song with "love" in it to get us to kiss. The dance was of course the best because everyone had lots of fun drinking and dancing. Rob is such an awesome DJ that he really made the night a blast! Picture count so far is at 2,055 pictures and I don�t even have Ron�s yet!
September 16, 2005Wo-zha-wa 2005. Wo-Zha-Wa was pretty fun this year. We did just the right amount of shopping and got to swim in the pool and go down the waterslide. It was sunny and hot during the parade so Lily and I hid under an umbrella for a while. Lily loved watching the parade (it�s a long parade usually about 100 units) and she made it though until she fell asleep right at the end!
September 3, 2005Rachel and Marty's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and so was the weather while we were outside (it rained later when we were inside). Rachel made a kick ass slideshow DVD with their baby/childhood pictures and then couple pictures of them. There was also a really awesome photo mosaic of them too!
August 13, 2005 Jamie & Dallas Wedding! Adam, Lily & I and Mom and Dad and a bunch of my Herrschner's co-workers all went to the wedding. The cocktail hour was free and Adam and I were sitting at the bar with my mom and her friends behind us. We kept having to order drinks for them - usually 4 amaretto stone sours and a beer. It was crazy.
July 31, 2005 My Bridal Shower! My shower was oodles of fun. A bunch of people came include some family, friends and co-workers. We got lots of great things and played many fun shower games. Overall it was a super time
July 22 - July 24, 2005 Chicago Trip! Adam, Lily and I went on our first out-of-state road trip. We went to visit Steve & Lori and fam for my birthday. Friday we went to a Waterloo Concert in Ravinia. Waterloo is an Abba cover band that actually included a few original band members. It was awesome. Saturday we went to the mall and shopped around for a while. For dinner we went to this yummy chinese restaurant where you pick your ingredients on a buffet before they cook them. We also went to this cool glow-in-the-dark indoor mini golf place. Lily was a little disturbed because when we went there she was sleeping and then she woke up in the crazy blacklight filled room. Sunday we went to the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry and saw a bunch of things including the U505 Submarine.
July 2-9, 2005 Minocqua Vacation! We went to Adam's family's annual family reunion in Minocqua. We got to go for the whole week which was pretty nice and relaxing. We watched the 4th of July fireworks from Adam's parent's boat which was very cool. We all went swimming both at a hotel and in the lake. We also took Lily to Peck's Wildwood Park where she got to see a bunch of cool animals...before she fell asleep that is. It was a very fun vacation.
June 11, 2005 Stratford Heritage Days! Adam and I got to go to Heritage Days and hung out with Aaron, George, and Anderson. Adam's mom watched Lily. We had fun until it started storming and pouring.
April 23, 2005 Becky & Mark's Wedding! The wedding was fun. I was at the church for pre-wedding picts of the bridesmaids at the time we were supposed to but it was ghost town. I guess there was some hair drama so nobody came til like an hour after we got there. The wedding was nice and we all danced the night away - including Lily. We even did the bunny hop she's such a night owl!
April 7-9, 2005 Trivia! This year trivia was awesome! It was our first finish in the top 10! We came in 7th place! We also got our first 500 pointer from the book H.O.W.L. High
January 13-14, 2005 January 13-14, 2005 Water Breaks! At 10:00am my water decided to break. As I had not gone through this process before I wasn't positive it broke but there was definately something happening so I called the doc. They told me to come in at 11:30 to check it out. The nurse took one look and said that it was definately broke and sent me down to the hospital to get into a birthing room. They checked me out and I wasn't dialated yet and my contractions hadn't started yet so it was bound to be a long day...little did I know. They started me on pitocin (labor inducing drug) at 2:40pm and increased the level every 1/2 hour. After a Long time of contractions I was still not dialated at all. Eventually I went to 1cm and then 2cm but never dialated any more than 2cm. At 11am Friday they decided to give me one more hour and if no change had occured they'd do a c-section. Nothing changed so I was prepped for surgery.
Lily Ann Johnson was born at 12:26pm on 01/14/05, weighted 7 lbs 10 oz, and was 19 1/2 inches long.
I was still in surgery for much longer than normal because the doctors had lost a sponge and noticed it after I was closed back up so they searched and searched and even brought in an x-ray to see if the sponge was inside me. They ended up finding it somewhere and I was very happy that they didn't have to re open me up to find some silly sponge. So, once they realized things were okay they sent me to a new hospital room and got me into one of those not-so-comfy hospital beds. There I got to bond with my brand new baby girl and was so incredibly happy to see her! They then pumped some morphine into my IV which made me very itchy and drove me bananas so then they ended up also putting benadryl in my IV also.
December 31, 2004-January 1, 2005Happy New Year! We all went out to Fill's bar for New Years. IT was pretty fun although I had to say no to the champagne ;) They gave us hats and noisemakers and I learned drunk people shouldn't have noisemakers!
October 16, 2004 Mom & Dad's Surprise Anniversary Party! All my siblings and I and Grandma got together to surprise my parents at Sky Club where we celebrated their 40 year wedding anniversary!
September 10, 2004 Wedding Day! Adam and I got married at the courthouse today. A small group of family and friends celebrated with us and many picts were taken.
August 30, 2004 Ultrasound Day! We got to see our baby today with the Ultrasound. They weren't positive of the sex but she thinks that it's most likely a girl!
August 8, 2004 Janu Backyard Bash. Today the Janu's had a party and Mom, Dad, Steve, Lori, Matt, Danny, Jonathan, Adam and I all went. It was fun chilling outside in the sun. Adam played ball with Matt and Danny practically the whole time.
August 5, 2004 George's 21st Birthday! Tonight we went to partners and had fun with George on his birthday. We had fun ordering him many icky shots to do. Yum!
July 23-25, 2004 Patty's 26th Birthday Party. The first night of the party was spent at the Vista Royalle Campground which we then on Saturday got unfairly kicked out of. Then the party moved to my parents backyard where we hung out, played Trivial Pursuit & Poker, and had a campfire in an old grill. We also went swimming at Pacewa.
July 23, 2004 Baby's Heartbeat! Today Adam and I went to the doctor and finally got to hear the beautiful Thump-Thump of our baby's heartbeat. That was the most wonderful thing ever! After this I began to tell everyone about our engagement and the new baby
July 10, 2004 Melissa & Jackson's Wedding. Shaun, Adam & I drove to the wedding together. The wedding was beautiful and the reception was alot of fun. It was a beautiful day overall.
July 3-5, 2004 Independance Day! Adam and I went to Minoqua with his family to celebrate the Holiday. It was colder than we would like so we didn't get to swim but we did get to hang out with his family, play some poker and hang out by the campfire.
June 23, 2004 Adam's 21st Birthday. Adam finally got to celebrate his 21st birthday. We went to Partners and had lots of fun. he did some nasty shots including tequila and mustard microwaved for 8 seconds. eww.
June 12, 2004 Dells Coupon Book. Adam and I took a trip to the dells to do some free mini-golf courtesy of WIFC Dells Coupon books. It was very very hot so we only played 18 holes then went for some Ice Cream. Then, we returned home.
May 21, 2004 Pregnant! Today I took a home pregnancy test and found out I was pregnant. I also told Adam today and after the initial shock we are both very excited.
April 16-18, 2004 TRIVIA! This year we played as "Dad's Computers: Return of the Dad" and took 17th place! It was a very interesting year with the Documentary crew following us around and asking for many interviews. We all can't wait to see that project!
March 2004 Medford Trivia Contest. This year we took 3rd place in the Medford Trivia Contest which awarded us $60! We were somehow robbed of somepoints and technically we should have taken 1st but what are you going to do.
February 9, 2004 Aaron Hamus' 21st birthday. We went to Partners for his birthday and stayed til close. Aaron had many interesting drinks including a shot that was warmed in the microwave. eww.
January 31, 2004 Jonathan Bamberg is born. Steve and Lori add to their family today with the birth of their new son Jonathan.
January 17, 2004 January Trivia Meeting. We met in the basement to try and figure out this years theme and also talked about all things trivia.
January 5-11, 2004 50 Movies in 1 Week. This week we took notes on 50 different movies for trivia. 50 movies is sure alot in one week the last 2 were very hard to finish.
January 1, 2004 Happy New Year! Didn't do much for New Years this year because I was sick. Did meet my friends out for the ball drop but went back to bed sortly after that.
December 2003 Noel Groups Christmas Party.
December 2003 Eat with Your Hands Party.
November 2003 Eric's Birthday Party. We went to Hilltop and then Partied at Eric's house.
October 2003 Happy Halloween. Adam was a pumpkin. Patty was a baby.
August ?, 2003 Missy & Scotts Wedding.
July ?, 2003 Patty's 25th Birthday Party.
June ?, 2003 Move To Village Apartments.
June ?, 2003 Wisconsin Dells with Mom, Dad, Cindy & Ron and family.
February 14, 2003 Happy Valentines Day.
October 12, 2002 Trisha & Aaron's Wedding. Ron, Cindy, Christopher & Danielle were in the bridal party and all looked very nice (and cold...yeah Outdoor October weddings!) A very cute wedding and fun reception to be had by all.
September 22, 2002 Patty Gets New Pets. I just got to baby kittens. They are named Shy & Crazy. One of the Hamus' Cats had kittens and I chose 2 out of the 4. They are so cute and fun. Check out Pictures of them Here
September 13-15, 2002Wo-Zha-Wha Days. Mom, Dad, Steve, Lori, Matt, Danny, Becky, Nicholas, Adam and I all went to the closing of the dells. We had lots of fun shopping, swimming, eating and doing some good old fashion family bonding.Pictures Coming Soon
August 31, 2002Rosholt Fair. Steve, Lori and the kids were in town so we all went to the Rosholt parade and fair along with Mom & Dad, Becky and Nick. The parade was pretty long, mostly because this year is an election year and all the candidates were trying to get votes! The fair was pretty fun, even though it had the most wicked Tilt-A-Whirl i've ever encountered.
August 6, 2002New Job. I'm now working at Lands' End as a phone sales associate. Basically I take phone orders for the lands' end catalog. It's pretty cool, but I'm not that many hours a week. eek
August 1, 2002Moving Day. Adam and I moved into our new apartment with the help of Aaron, Ryan, George, Jimmy, and Eric. Our new place is great! It has 3 rooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms and is really nice. Also comes with A/C, Dishwasher and even a washer & Dryer in the apartment. I'm very happy here.
July 26-28, 2002 My birthday party. Held at Vista Royalle campground was my annual birthday party. The weekend was filled with fun, sun, drama, and about 250 jello shots :) It was a hawaiian theme so we had the tiki torches and leis and such.
July 23, 2002 My 24th Birthday! My parents, Adam, and I all went out to dinner at Applebee's. Then Adam and I saw Lilo & Stitch again. We also played at the park for a little while then got me a birthday cheesecake so I could make a valid wish.
June 22-23, 2002 Adam's Birthday Party. Adam, Aaron, and George in one car and Gwyn, Eric and I in another drove to Minneapolis to celebrate Adam's birthday. We stayed at the Ramada and had fun relaxing with pizza and cards. Sunday morning Eric, Gwyn and I had to get in line so we could get the A*Teens autographs at the Mall of America. The others shopped around the mall and waiting for the concert to end and for us to get our autographs. The day seemed to last forever in that line waiting with a bunch of 8 year olds. After the long drive home I gave Adam his birthday presents and it was off to sleep.
June 21, 2002 Lilo & Stitch. Adam and I saw "Lilo & Stitch" on it's opening night. I love that flick and Stitch especially so he's one of my new obsessions. I'm now collecting anything Stitch-ish :)
June 7, 2002Gwyn's Totally 80's Birthday Party. I hosted the party for Gwynndolynn. The basement was filled with 80's music and decor. Attendees dressed in 80's fashion included Gwyn, Aaron, Adam, George, Kat, Eric, & Shaun. Some of our 80's activities were playing old school Nintendo, Kerplunk, Pig Out, Uno, and Trivial Pursuit. Pictures Soon
May 6, 2002 Monday Night Fun. Tonight Eric, Adam, Gwyn and I had a little Monday night party. We played Drinking Trivial Pursuit from 2am-7am! It was bunches of crazy fun!Pictures Soon
May 4, 2002Jeremy's Birthday. We were supposed to party with Jeremy on his birthday, but he never called. Adam, Gwyn and I had our own party with cake and movies and fun...even though Jeremy never showed up. See The Picture
April 19-21, 2002 Trivia 33 - All In The Contest. Trivia was awesome this year. It went very smoothly. We got 3rd place in the parade and 33rd place in the contest. Since it was the 33rd year we also got to go to the trophy ceremony and got a sweatshirt, flag, fannypack, and a shiny trophy. The team was so excited to go on tv and get our trophy! The weekend was filled with more memorable moments also...too much to talk about here :)
April 15-19, 2002 Trivia Prep Week. This week was for final trivia preparation. We had been cleaning, organizing and painting for weeks before trivia, but this was the final touch up. We needed to wrap and label the parade candy, start/finish our team float, get all costumes for parade, set up computers and more. It was a hectic week, but also fun.
April 12-13, 2002 Trivia Movie: Amelie. The trivia movie was lots of fun. We all stood in line super early and had tons of fun. Amelie was a very good flick...all in French we had to read subtitles which was interesting for note-taking purposes.
March 29, 2002 Patty and Adam move back to Wisconsin. We packed and loaded up the Uhaul. Steve and Lori came to visit and help with the moving. They were really nice and drove the Uhaul while Adam and I drove my car. I took a total of 37 hours to get to WI, including a 6 hour stop in Illinois to sleep.
February 18, 2002 Patty Gets A New Job. I got a temporary job scanning for Owen-Cardinal Heathcare. It was a cool job because while the big documents were scanning I could do whatever I wanted to do. Mostly, I worked on planning for trivia. The people were really nice and took me out to Olive Garden on my last day.
January 1, 2002 Happy New Year!. This year we had a party at my parent's house for New Years. We played drinking games and took lots of video. It was overall a fun party, even though the party ended earlier than expected.
December 29, 2001Party at Jer's. Jer, Eric, Aaron, Gwyn, Adam, Jimmy, Shaun, and I had a party at Jeremy's house. We chilled, played games, drank and had a late night Perkins run. One of the memorable moments was when we were playing Circle Of Death and about to do a waterfal, but a Tenacious D song made laugh so had that we all stopped and spit out our drinks.
December 1, 2001Class & Trash Clash Birthday Bash. To Celebrate the November birthday's of Kenta, Eric, and Donna we had a party. Also in attendance were me, Bill, Jared, Jennifer, and Robin. We played Drinking Trivial Pursuit and had all around nonsense. The party ended after going to the Hot Tub and Pool at 2am. Pictures Here
November 23 - December 2, 2001Eric Visits Texas. We had lots of fun when Eric was visiting. We went to a couple bars and a couple clubs for dancing. Shopping at the Galleria Mall was one of our first actitivies. We also went out for coffee, to the Waterwall, to "Harry Potter", played Volleyball and Croquet, had a party, and went swimming.Pictures Here
November 22, 2001Happy Thanksgiving. Bill, Kenta, Chica, Adam, and I had a nice Thanksgiving Dinner. Kenta and Chica made the Turkey and some sides, Bill made Pies, Adam made Crescent Rolls and I made corn and sweet potatoes. The most interesting part of the evening was when Kenta was broiling his green bean cassorole and the oven was set on fire! This is, of course, after my house was filled with smoke because of Bill's juicy pies.(pictures soon)
November 10, 2001Canstruction. Kenta's office, Rey De La Reza one the structual integrety award for their design, 20,000 liters under the sea. Bill and I help out with the design which used lots of water and other canned products. Canstruction Picture Here
October 31, 2001Happy Halloween. Bill, Kenta, and I went out to JR's Bar. We saw some interesting costumes including lots of drag queens with BIG hair, Pirates, a guy fresh out of the shower (with just a towel and shower cap ;), Uncle Sam, The Statue of Liberty and even a Bin Laden! After leaving the bar, we discovered Bill's car was about to be towed. $80 later we got in the car and went home.
September 15, 2001Houston Cow Parade. In Houston this month is the "Houston Cow Parade" similar to what they had in Chicago a couple years ago. They put painted cows all over town and after they display them for a month they auction them off and the money goes to the Texas Childrens Charity. So, we decided that it was a perfect weekend to go check out the cows. Donna, Bill, Kenta, Adam, and I all went to various parts of town checking out the cute cows with interesting names. Check out picts of us with cows: Cow Picts
September 11, 2001The Attack. Today, tragedy striked. Terrorists hijacked and crashed two planes into the World Trade Center Towers, one plane into the Pentagon, and another plane crashed in Pennsylvania when the passengers tried to stop the terrorists. I was at work when it happened and we all decided to go home at 10am. A little while later almost every building in downtown Houston was evacuated. The rest of the day was spent in shock watching the news.
September 8 , 2001
Outdoors and Fun. Today we played volleyball, went swimming, and also went bowling. The bowling alley was quite a ways from the house, but we were meeting my friend Jacob there. They had a version of Moonlight bowling with a DJ and funky lights and stuff�even thought Jacob and friends didn�t show up it was a fun time! When we got back home we all played �Patty Wins� card game (a.k.a. May I) and I won buy a mile.
September 6th , 2001
VMAs. Tonight Adam, Bill, Kenta and I watched the Video Music Awards on MTV. We each had a list of the nominees and tried to predict who was going to win. I had the most right! Yeah me!
August 29, 2001
Cleaning Day. Adam vacuumed and rug-doctored, I did some random cleaning and mopping, and Bill & Kenta also did some random cleaning. Cleaning of the refrigerator was a long group effort and after we completed it, Kenta and Adam made me see if I fit in the fridge. Yes, I fit fine�they closed the door and just so you know that light DOES go off when you shut the door! When I was inside the dark refrigerator, it felt like I was in an upright casket or something. Eek! After we cleaned the place from top to bottom we went to the pool.
August 28, 2001
Moving Day. We got up early and loaded the cars and cargo van. I had to sign some papers so I was first to arrive at Woodway Square. We made a few trips back and forth from old apartment to new and it was a very tiring day. We also stopped at Ikea to buy some new furniture. I bought a entertainment set with tv stand, cabinet and wall shelf, while Bill & Kenta got much more.
August 25, 2001
Adam & Patty Anniversary. Today was our 4th month anniversary, which is the first time we actually got to spend an anniversary together. The joys of being in the same city! We went to California Pizza Kitchen and to see �Rat Race�
August 21, 2001
Adam Arrives. Adam arrived safely in Houston at about 11:50pm Tuesday. He had
some plane delays, but big surprise he was dealing with the Minneapolis airport. I'm super excited that he's here.
August 16, 2001
Astros vs. Cubbies. Bill, Kenta, and I went to see a baseball game at Enron field. It�s really cool because it�s an indoor field, but after it gets dark they open up the top part! I�ve always wanted to see a Cubs game so I was excited. We went all out and even had huge chilidogs and big cokes. I wanted some peanuts and crackerjacks, but that will have to wait until next time. The Cubs won and I had lots of fun�I don�t know why we don�t do this more often!Baseball Picts Here!
August 11-12, 2001
One, Two Freddy�s Coming for you. We decided to have another Freddy marathon like we did back in high school. This time the movies were on DVD though�and the famous words �oh my god, there�s a dog in the basement� wasn�t applicable.
August 10, 2001
Bill, Kenta and I went to Rich�s for some dancing. It is a club that doesn�t have a sign so it�s cooler. They have a disco ball with mirrored spikes coming out of it! We stayed there for a while and then went home. The boys went to sleep and I watched �The Boy in the Plastic Bubble� before going to sleep.
July 29, 2001
Bowl-A-Rama. Providence Uptown�s Care Team sponsored a bowling party for the residents. We were all pretty tired physically from the night before, but still had a good time. They provided some soda and very few appetizers so we left early for some real dinner�yeah Kenta-Food.
July 28, 2001
Cinderella & Dancing. Bill, Kenta and I went to see �Cinderella� at the Wortham Theatre. It was starring Deborah Gibson (Cinderella) and Eartha Kitt (fairy godmother). They had puppeteers doing the acting of the mice, bird, and a cat.
After that we went to South Beach danceclub for some drinks and dancing. After a while Kevin and Mary joined us. We all had quite a bit too drink including the last drinks of the night 2 double shots of Rumplemints each. When 4am rolled around we all decided to go to Katz�s for some food. We all got home and went to bed at about 5am. *yawn*
July 27, 2001
Happy Hour. Bill, Kenta, and I went to happy hour at Joe�s Crab Shack with Kevin and his girlfriend Mary, their friend Pete, our ex-boss Mary and her family, and our Shell European counterparts.
July 20-23, 2001
Patty�s Golden Birthday Party. Bill & I flew back to Wisconsin for my annual birthday blast. We had some plane trauma because our Houston plane was late so we missed our connecting flight in Minneapolis. I was very excited to be greeted at CWA by Adam and Bill�s mom. Then, we all drove back to Plover and did general party set up. The party was at Vista Royalle again and boy was it hot in those plastic tents. We spent bunches of time swimming to remain cool. Pictures Here
June 30-July 1
Apartment Hunting. Bill, Kenta and I spent most of the weekend looking for a new apartment since our lease is going to expire in August. We saw quite a range from super-ghetto to really nice. We think we are both going to go with �Woodway Square� which is a little more than I was planning on spending, but I don�t want to live in the ghetto.
June 24, 2001
Weakest Link! Bill, Kenta, Adam, Shannon and I auditioned to be on the NBC gameshow �The Weakest Link�. We had to introduce ourselves and also take a 20 question pop quiz. Adam and Shannon got to the second round and got to do a mock game. They can be called to do the show sometime within the next 5 months. Good Luck Boyz!
June 23, 2001
Adam�s Birthday! Today was my boyfriend Adam�s 18th birthday! WOOHOO! He�s legal!
Gay Pride! We began today with a relaxing sunny dip at the pool. Adam arrived from New Orleans and joined us. Then we ate at this really cool restaurant called �Fire & Ice� Next we had to go back to the apartment to change into our night gear. We attended the Houston Gay Pride Parade for the last hour (it was over 3 hours long) and then went to JR�s for a drink. We were all tired and hot so we went back home and watched the Powerpuff Girls DVD. Woohoo.
June 22, 2001
Bill�s Surprise Birthday Party! In attendance were Donna, Jared, Jennifer, Shannon, Kenta, I and of course Bill. We had oodles of fun just chillin, dancing around, swimming, and being overall crazy. Yeah Drunken Fiestas.Bill Party Pictures Here
June 21, 2001
Bill�s Birthday! We celebrated by eating a classic McDonald�s Dinner, eating a yummy cake that Kenta made and then going to JR�s. At the bar we did tequila shots (eww) and watched really BAD karoke.
June 15, 2001
Party at Jeremy's House! A fun gathering at Jeremy's house when I visited Wisconsin. Jeremy Party Pictures Here
June 8, 2001
Houston Floods! Rain came pouring down in Houston This weekend...It was insane. Friday night it started raining just didn't want to stop. We went out of our house around 10pm and went to check out the roof. It was covered with puddles so we danced in the rain. Then we went to see the pool and that was overflowing and we were soaked so we jumped in and played. We also went and saw our road and it was flooded too. We got to see a car push a dead one down the street. The feeder roads right by our apartment building were so flooded that people had to stay stopped on them for about 12 hours! Mass Chaos. I have a couple of pictures of the flooding that occured downtown underneath my workplace. Check out Flood Pictures Here
June 2, 2001
Retro Revival Day/Pride Day At Astroworld! Bill, Kenta, and I went to Astroworld today. It was super hot and sunny outside, but somehow I didn't get burned. Spooky. After we rode on two water rides and got completely soaked, we dryed off a little bit on Gunslinger Swings. Next, we caught a acrobatic show which was pretty cool. Then, off to wait in line for the concert. We saw Evelyn "Champagne" King, Thelma Houston, and The Village People! The concert was awesome everyone was up waving and dancing around! I love retro. Retro Pictures Here
May 24-28, 2001
Memorial Day Weekend! Bill and Kenta fly to New York so I had the whole house to myself. To my dismay, I had a migrane the entire time so most of the weekend was spent sleeping on the couch. I went to the airport 4 times in one week taking & picking up both Bill & Kenta, and Kevin & Mary. I think I actually have the airport figured out...no more Patty lost in IAH.
May 18, 2001
Bowling Fun! Mary, John, Kevin, Jacob, James and I went bowling after work. We bowled oodles of games and had lots of crazy fun. Then everyone else went their separate ways except Kevin & I who went to Katz & Stars Cafe. A super fun night. Pictures Coming Soon
April 28-April 29, 2001
Fun in the Sun Weekend! Bill, Kenta, and I spent the weekend basically down by our pool swimming and relaxing in the sun. Saturday we even grilled out and had a picnic with Donna. That night we also bought a DVD player and watched "Charlie's Angels" and "Bring It On" on DVD. Our A/C was broken so we also got to spend time in the guest suite of our apartment building for free
Pictures Coming Soon
April 25, 2001
Patty & Adam! Today is the day that my new boyfriend Adam and I became an official couple. I met him during trivia and we spent lots of the time chatting with each other on MSN even though we were sitting right next to each other! He lives in Stratford, WI so I miss him bunches and bunches and can't wait to see him again.
April 13-April 24, 2001
Patty's Wisconsin Adventures! I flew back to Wisconsin to prepare for trivia and see a bunch of my friends and family. We got a lot accomplished the week before trivia including actually finishing the parade float early! More constuction happened including shelving in the garage for peoples belongings. Eric, Jeremy, and Gwyn basically spent the week at my house helping me out and doing random trivia things. Trivia was on the 20-22 and we got 45th place with 4580 points. We also received 2nd place in the parade. It was a very smooth trivia and lots of fun!See Trivia Stuff Here
March 24-April 1, 2001
Melly Visits Texas! Melissa's mom lives in Houston too, so she came to visit all of us. We had lots of fun too, that is after we finally found her in the airport after over an hour of searching and riding the airport train. That's terminal 'A'! One night we all painted beautiful canvas' and another we danced and laughted the night away at City Streets. It was a super fun time..See The Melly Visits Texas Page
March 16-23, 2001
Gwyn Visits Texas! We had a blast when she was in town. We went to Six Flags Astroworld and the midnight showing of Rocky Horror on her first day. We also visited a couple cafes, many restraunts, and also a bunch of stores. Lots of female bonding occured and it was a great time. So great that when she accidently missed the bus, we had an extra day of fun.See The Gwyn Visits Texas Page
Jan 1, 2001
Happy New Year! After being kissed on the cheek by a few people, including a man who's face I never saw, we decided we were too tired from the previous night to go on. We ended up getting back to Adam's at 2am and I fell right asleep. After waking up at about 10am we had to go back to Houston. Bill drove again because I had a VERY sore throat and felt very unhealthy. We were happy to be home and just relaxed for the rest of the day.
Dec 31, 2000
We woke up after about 2 hours of sleep and ate yummy soup that Shannon's mom made. We had some last-minute costume adjustments to make. Then, we went to Adam's to get ready. Shannon was Fire, Bill was Ice, and I...well I just looked like a jungle pimp. After getting ready we went to a party at Michael Chase's house and then went to 735.
Dec 30, 2000
Trip to New Orleans. Bill drove us to New Orleans. We went to Shannon's house and talked for a while then got ready. Then, we met up with Adam and his brother Brian at a bar and had some drinks and food. Brian went home, but the rest of us went out to 735. We had a complete blast there! I met a boy named Guy. After 735 closed we moved to The Pub, a video bar. Adam went home at 7am, but Bill, Shannon, and I went to the next bar, Voodoo. We took over the jukebox and danced around and sang to songs like "I Will Survive" and "Touch-a Touch-a Touch-me". We finally traveled home at 11am and arrived at Shannon's house at noon after crossing a 25 mile bridge. Then we went to bed.
Dec 26, 2000
Drive Back To Houston. I drove for 11 hours in daytime and snow. Bill drove for 14 1/2 in nightime and pouring rain. We got home at 7am the next day. Needless to say neither of us went to work.
Dec 25, 2000
Merry Christmas! The day was filled with crazy children and many gifts. Decarlus proposed to Becky! Oodles of food was served. Much Family bonding occured
Dec 22, 2000
Point Kids Christmas at Jeremy's. We had a great party at Jeremy's house to celebrate Christmas. The attendees were Jeremy, Bill, Gwyn, Aaron, Eric, Kimmie, Shaun, and Tara & Kelly(the girls from downstairs)
Dec 22, 2000
Trip to Wisconsin for Christmas. Bill drove us 23 1/2 Hours to get there.
Oct 30, 2000
Trip to New Orleans. Bill, Kenta, and I went to New Orleans to pick up the rest of Kenta's belongings. We partied at 735 on Bourbon Street and had a blast. I met a boy while dancing with Glowsticks on the stage
Oct 22, 2000
Patty Starts New Job. I am now a Resume Scanner Specialist at Shell.
Sept 30, 2000
Patty Moves to Houston. Packing up my 6 pieces of luggage and one carryon I flew to Houston to live. Most of my belongings were sent UPS to Houston and arrived the first couple days I was there. I now live with Bill Schleizer and Kenta Bacas Hosaka in a very nice apartment in the Galleria Area. We have a pool, gym, computer lab, and other features.
Sept 22, 2000
Garage Sale 2000. The sale was run by me, Gwyn, Jeremy, and Aaron and also included merchandise from my dad and sister Becky. We sold some of my memories including my couch and green chair. We made some good money
Sept 16, 2000
Sarah & Shawn Dawson's Wedding. The ceremony took place at St. Bronislava Church in Plover, WI. The reception was at the Indigo Grill. I was one of the 3 bridesmaids! The wedding was very nice and just the right length. We also had a blast at the reception. I am glad to know such a great couple as them.
July 21-23, 2000
Patty's Birthday Party. The party was located at Vista Royale campground in Bancroft. Guests included: Bill, Gwyn, Eric, Aaron, Jeremy, Kimmie, Possum, Sarah, Shawn, Shaun, Katie (Bill's step sister) & her friends. Stayed up WAY late and got very drunk. I've never seen so much liquor disappear so quickly. We probably woke up the neighborhood campsites many times but got away with no complaints!
July 8, 2000
Camping Fun Bill, Kenta, Gwyn, Eric, Aaron, Jeremy, and I went camping at Vista Royale Campground in Bancroft. We stayed up quite late and got a bit tipsy. Many classic phases were said that night including "I got a whole tree" by Eric.
June 30-July 10, 2000
Kenta Visits Wisconsin. Bill & I picked up Kenta in Chicago (from a flight from New Orleans). We stayed overnight in a hotel and went to Medieval Times and to see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
June 21, 2000
Bill's 22nd birthday. His mom through a party for both his birthday and graduation from Tulane University. It was a blast.
June 9, 2000
Gwyn's 20th Birthday Party. We all (Gwyn, Bill, Aaron, Eric, Chiggs, Becky, Jeremy, and I) got all retro for her fiesta and paraded around the town including went bowling. Highlights were playing "The New Newlywed Game" and using glitter lips. Although we got in big trouble with my parents, it was a great party.
May 27, 2000
WTTV: White Trash TV presents "The White Trash Project"
Bill, Kimmie, Shaun, Heidi, and I go romping through Stevens Point hunting for White Trash and/or Mullets with a video camera. We romp about in places like Wal*Mart, Fleet Farm, The Square, Country Kitchen, Taco Bell, Goodwill, Shoneys, Point Brewery, JR Liquor, and a random Trailer Park
May 17-22, 2000
New Orleans Vacation
Jer, Rachel, Gwyn and I traveled to New Orleans, Lousinna for Bill's Graduation From Tulane University. See all the details here
May 4, 2000
Jeremy's 21st Birthday
Jeremy celebrated on his birthday beginning at midnight on Wednesday at the Stevens Point Bars. He also went out Thurdsay night and got plowed again
May 2, 2000
Rachel's 21st Birthday
Rachel is a non-drinker so she celebrated her 21st birthday getting drunk on Cherry Coke at the bars in LaCrosse
April 14, 15, 16, 2000
Trivia Y2K: The bug strikes
Annual Trivia Contest in Stevens Point. Go to our Dad's Computers Team Homepage at
http://www.geocities.com/dadscomputers
