Saturday, September 27, 2008

The DC Essig Quirks

I was tagged by my cute friend Megan This is a fun tag because it gives you insight to the quirks that we all try to hide in person, but feel brave enough to write about on our blogs. :)

Rules: Link the person that tagged you. Mention these rules on your blog. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks of yourself and tag 6 fellow bloggers.

1. I can't stand a quiet house. I grew up in a house where noise was always in the background, so now I turn on CNN or HGTV on the TV just so it is not so quiet, and I don't feel alone.
2. I don't cook. If I do cook it is fast and easy and made in the microwave. Maybe this is because I have school at night, and by the time I get home I want something fast. Not having a real stove or oven does not help either. To be honest, Lincoln enjoys cooking more than I do.
{someday we will have one of these:}


3. I LOVE getting hand me downs, AKA free clothing. Some might even call them, "Vintage." But whatever you call it, I love it when my friends give their old clothes to ME instead of the thrift stores. (thanks again Jane and Katie!)
4. Speaking of getting things for free....I am a MOOOTCH! And so is Lincoln. This past summer Lincoln would get free lunches from work everyday, and he would always make sure to have leftovers so that he could bring them home to me. Because I ate his leftovers every day, we only had to go grocery shopping twice the whole time we were in Cali, and that was to buy fresh fruit, vegetables, milk and cereal. Almost everything I ate in Cali was leftovers.
5. Since this is Lincoln's and my blog, one of Lincoln's quirks is that he does CRAZY things in his sleep. He has been known to grab my face, and elbow me in the stomach when I start to cuddle with him in the morning. Last week alone I was woken up to Lincoln punching me twice in my back. The next night he sat up and started yelling in gibberish, and the night after that he JUMPED out of bed around 4am ripped the blanket off my feet and legs staying that he saw giant insect legs in the bed. Of course Lincoln forgets or faintly remembers everything in the morning. Needless to say it is a rare occation when I actually am able to sleep through the whole night without being woken up.


6. I LOVE popping my zits. I get really excited when I feel one comming on.
I tag: Rachel Coplin, Rachel Abegg, Rachel Watson, Rachel Allen, Rachel Jensen, and Rachel Henderson...

Jim Henson's Muppets


Lincoln and I went to the Smithsonian's International Gallery last week to see Jim Henson's fantastic world. It was BY FAR my favorite gallery I have seen in DC. Seeing all of Jim Henson's creations brought back so many memories. Along with his real Muppets on display, they also showed clips from Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and of course Fraggle Rock! It brought back SO many memories of the good old days! Lincoln and I felt like little kids again as we toured through our fond memories of Jim Henson's works of art.

Kermit and Fraggle Rock characters.
One of Jim Henson's drawings. It reminded me of one of my little brothers drawings.
The Dark Crystal!!
Bert and Ernie

For those of you who live in the DC area, Jim Henson's Fanstic World is only showing until October 5th so hurry and go see it.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The George Washington Masonic Temple

Lincoln and I took a tour of the George Washington National Masonic Temple last week. It was very enlightening.













The picture below is a letter that has a lock of George Washington's hair attached to the top of the seal. The lock of hair was cut right after he died.





While this Masonic temple was dedicated to George Washington, we found out that about 14 of all the U.S. Presidents have been Freemasons.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Pentagon Memorial

Last week we went to the new September 11th pentagon memorial with the Bessey's. This memorial was very well thought out. We were impressed with all the symbolism and detail that went into it. There are several rows of benches representing individuals. All the benches are organized from youngest to oldest. When you look at the names on the benches and you are facing the Pentagon, they died in the Pentagon. When you look at the names and you are facing the freeway, they died in the plane.












We left this memorial feeling more connected to the people who died here on September 11th 2001.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Sarah Palin Look Alike???

Since Sarah Palin joined the McCain ticket, I randomly get comments of people telling me I look a little like her. But after Tina Fey (my other look alike) impersonated Palin on Saturday Night Live, I had to do a little impersonation of my own...





What do you think??

Lincoln took me out to shop for diamonds the other day...





Just kidding... Lincoln and I went to the National Museum of Natural History. My favorite part was seeing the Hope Diamond along with all the other beautifully HUGE sparkly gemstones...
My second favorite part was the Elephant's bum hole that was sewed up. My friend Kiri told me that a few years ago they decided to sew up the bum, because they got a lot of complaints or "Ooos and Awwws" about how big the bum hole was...





Gotta love living in DC and hitting up all the free amazing museums.