Well folks. This is it. We're through ( Read more... )

He recently passed his qualifying exam! So what did he win? The opportunity to spend another 4 years in school! Whoo-hoo! And just because I want to be that girlfriend that brags about how smart her boyfriend is...there were 35 people who took the exam, and only 7 that passed. What a stud he is ( Read more... )

I do have a local # for my land line (952-926-0288 for those of you who want to know).

Sometime in the next month or so, I am going to be getting a new phone plan. Should I keep the 608 number, or switch to a local 612 number? Thoughts?

In the last year and a half that has been filled with younger siblings getting engaged and married and all that jazz, I have never felt like something was missing or something was wrong because I was only 25 (okay now 26) and not getting married. I had great friends, a cool job, my own place, and seven years of memories of adventures at school. ( Read more... )

On Monday, I came home and sat down to read some magazines when I began to hear some buzzing. I looked over and saw two bees on the big sliding window. So a rolled up a magazine and swatted them. A few minutes later, I heard more buzzing. So I swatted a few more. Where in the world are they coming from? More kept showing up, but I could never ( Read more... )

So on Saturday, I did this little thing where I swam a 5-mile race across Lake Minnetonka. It was a ton of fun! I am thinking I might do it again next year too. Plus, it came with a free t-shirt and fluorescent orange swim cap...how can you beat that ( Read more... )

The one thing you need to do with bamboo plants is keep them in plenty of water. Done. I keep the little vase-thingy filled to the top all the time. They are low-light plants which work perfectly for my bedroom. So why is it that out of my two bamboo stalks, one of them is flourishing and the other one is turning yellow? How does one kills ( Read more... )

Yeah, you know who you are.

There are no words other than to say I love you. Thank you for being 3 of the most amazing women around. And to quote Cole: "Who wouldn't want to be us?" :)

Congratulations! You are marrying my brother! Yeah, he's a little goofy sometimes, but he's a great kid and was always a fantistic little brother. Don't worry about the goofy. He gets it from the rest of the family (how many people have you seen eat the entire apple including the core? Two? From which family?) and for the most part we turned ( Read more... )