burrrr...

i just heard on the radio that a 'frost warning' was issued for san diego.. it is damn cold outside..

almost there..

two finals down.. two more to go..
the last two are the most nasty.... but.. it doesn't matter.. i'm this close to the end of this evil semester..

back to life.. back to reality

after five blissful days off i go back to school tomorrow... only three more weeks..

turkeys and such...

what a great day.. heath and rhianon came over.. and helped cook the most wonderful thanksgiving dinner... we had two turkeys - one deep fried thanks to heath.. and one that ben bbq'd.. everything was wonderful and delicious.. (i think by the time the turkeys were done we were all so hungry.. that i don't even think we took one picture of either turkey)
my sister and her husband and the kiddies came over.. and we went to the park, and drew chalk on the floor.. and had a great time..
my older brother and his girlfriend made it over later.. and we played a crazy game of poker.. in which i did not win... so really it wasn't all that great..

either way.. it was an incredible day with family and friends.. which i am so thankful for.. and in trying to recover... i slept in till noon today.. God bless the four day weekend..

thanksgiving maddness

 
 
 
  

thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat..

 
 
 
  

update..

ashlee is doing fine.. she was 4 cm dilated.. and having 9 contractions an hour.. but those crazy doctors managed to stop those contractions.. so no babies for the cowell family this thanksgiving.. those babies stay right where they should be.. in their mommy's belly... so far so good.. stayed tuned..

lets get it started..

and the preparations begin... heath and rhianon came over tonight.. and we 'injected' a turkey with some kind of hickory turkey goodness.. tomorrow we will be ready for turkey day..

...meanwhile - in arizona.. ashlee and brian are at the hospital.. where those babies are trying as hard as they can to get out.. only they are about two months early.. so the doctors are trying hard as they can to keep those babies in.. she is in the hospital now, in labor and delivery.. we might be getting babies for thanksgiving.. we dont know.. for right now she is stable.. and they've stopped/slowed the contractions.. i'll keep y'all posted..

freedom - i wont let you down

the last six weeks have been a personal hell for me.. school has been very consuming.. this week.. i have finished my wednesdays clinicals, finished the last of my papers due, and took the last test in one of my classes.. i just have to get through a 12 hour class tomorrow, and a 3 hour lecture on tuesday.. and i get to have my self a whole week off.. God bless thanksgiving..

straight from the mother ship

after looking it up on google i found that it’s a potato bug.. not an alien.. yuck.. i don’t’ care what it is.. it freaked me out..

  

All she wants to do is dance...

Chara and I went up to a wedding way up in Newhall this past weekend. Quite simply it was the best wedding ever. It was Darrius and Shannon's wedding, a couple of friends from my work. It was held at Shannon's uncle's house which was amazing. It was the kind of house that is so big and so nice that youy have to name it. The actually wedding was nice and short and i didn't even get a chance to do the crossword puzzle they put in the back of the little thing they hand you that shows all the stuff happening in the wedding.

anyway, the wedding was beautiful, the reception was great. We were at the best table; Table 13 and we brought the fun. After 3 tequila, 2 kamikaze and 1 screwdriver for me and a whole lot of wine for chara we were dancing with the stars on the dance floor. Now if you know Chara she would say she's not a dancer, but apparently she is quite the dancer she just needs a little wine to bring it out of her.

Now Chara will be mad at me for posting this as she told me not too, but its such a great picture of her, and we had the best time dancing, so i'm going to take the risk.

Ben...

You take the good, you take the bad

today was black tuesday - test day.. let's just say i don't want to talk about it..

one good thing about today - voting day.. yes.. that's right.. today we vote for things.. which only makes me very happy because after today the five a day political calls to my house will stop.. seriously.. no more calls from arnold schwarzenegger and barbra boxer.. those two are so needy..