I lost my phone last Saturday and I finally got my new one today. I lost everyone's phone number, so if you would like me to have yours, please call me, text me, message me, or something so I have your number. Thanks!

Last week was great! Troy found out he could get Thursday and Friday off work, so we left Tuesday night after my class and headed to Traverse City to spend time with his family at their condo up there. We mostly just hung out there until Friday when we drove to Muskegon to go camping with my family. There was lots of relaxation and hanging out and ( Read more... )

This past weekend was a ton of fun. On Friday Troy and I made a last minute decision to go scuba diving because we realized we actually had a free Friday and that's when the dive shop does Friday night fun dives. We decided to buy dive computers because they make diving a lot more fun and hassle-free. The water was pretty darn cold, the surface ( Read more... )

 I moved to Toledo last weekend, so if you want my new address let me know!

I moved into my new apartment yesterday! Oy, it was a long day. Rob and Amanda helped me load in Ann Arbor and Troy's family helped unload in Toledo, which was wonderful, because I had enough stuff to thoroughly stuff a 16 foot Budget moving truck. Ugh. Pudge didn't like the move very much, she was so nervous last night that she had diarrhea that ( Read more... )

The last week has been full of excitement! I found out last Friday that I did get the grad assistantship at UT. I'm going to be a TA for the math education professors. I'm not sure what I'll be doing or teaching or anything yet, but they're short a faculty member right now, so they really need help. I'm really excited about the opportunity to get ( Read more... )

As many of you know, my dad was diagnosed with esophageal cancer about a year ago. The American Cancer Society was immensely helpful to us during some of the scarier times of his treatment. A friend of mine was organizing a team for the Relay For Life and it seemed like a great way to help out other families who are going through a similar ( Read more... )

Here's the website with photos from our weather balloon!!! A lot of them look alike, but if you go to page 16ish (depending on how big your browser window is), there are some really cool ones of the horizon.

http://cricketpe.smugmug.com/gallery/2736602#145316238

In other news, I might end up going to UT for my teacher education program instead of ( Read more... )

I didn't realize how long it had been since I last wrote here. Not too much has happened, but I have had some good times. For my birthday, Troy flew Rosie here from Colorado and invited a bunch of my NMU and Michigan friends to Ann Arbor for a surprise party for me. It was so great to hang out with some of my NMU friends because I miss it terribly ( Read more... )

The professor I work for at Michigan (Perry Samson) sponsors an event called the Weather Dance each year during the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Basically, you pick which campus will be warmer/colder out of each game played. If you are a science teacher, this can be a fun way to get your students involved in looking at weather patterns in various ( Read more... )