I have been reading these happy blogs lately... some of them from people that I know and some of them from people that those people have linked to and some random ones... and I've been realizing that 1) my blog is so negative and 2) I really am just as happy as those people. I think I'm a fairly optimistic, glass half full type of girl, so I don't ( Read more... )

#1) My snake plant is blooming! When Scott and I got back from our honeymoon we saw that my snake plant was also feeling love in the air... it put out two huge stalks of flowers that have finally started to open up. Apparently snake plants love to be potbound... and mine certainly has become that.


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Women! Notice what your bra is doing! Remember: your bra is supposed to be supporting your boobies, hugging them and lifting them in a beautiful way. Your bra is supposed to be firm yet gentle with your boobies, not running amok with them, asking them out for happy hour and frolicking with them in the woods. Ask yourself: has your bra become ( Read more... )

Yes, I got married (it was awesome)... yes, I had a honeymoon (awesome)... but what is interesting to me right now is the crazy bat that I just found on my deck. My roommates store our cauldron (we have a cauldron) out on our deck where it can collect rainwater... and apparently this bat likes it in there. Check it out:


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In these past two weeks, I have:

-- Written up to page 90 of my thesis
-- Done the experiments for and made 2 plots that are possibly publishable
-- Had 3Jamba Juices and 1Dairy Queen small cone with butterscotch topping
-- Biked to or from work 8 times
-- Been to the Hennepin County Government Center for my 5th time
-- Written 1,032,479 emails

Hey, I know I've gotten some emails from you guys and I'm really sorry I haven't written back. So, here's a post to maybe let everyone know about my life at once ( Read more... )

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-16/nuke-the-oil-spill/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsL2

The person that came up with this is a genius!

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/05/bread_shoes.html

Oh wait, I was being sarcastic.

I love some of the solutions that people are posting as a part of this ruptured oil well problem ( Read more... )

I went to the Mother's Day flower sale at the fairground grandstand today. I went last year but this year it was even crazier... I showed up at 10:30 thinking to beat the crowd only to find that they open at noon... but it was a good thing to show up so early because the line was already forming to get in. I got a wristband that said I was in the ( Read more... )