So I made it to Denmark safe and sound. I have my luggage, I have a hotel room, and all of my flights happened as scheduled. So far this trip is much better than the last one ( Read more... )

So remember that double super secret offsite I was telling you about a few weeks ago? It turns out we went curling (this happened a week ago, but someone asked ( Read more... )

Maybe I will post from there, but we will see ( Read more... )

Was just as good as the first ( Read more... )

The trip to Europe is back on! But I am going to a different program now, so I REALLY need to study up on my fat and margarine knowledge.

So apparently there was a cookie project that just got canned. This cookie project was about putting particulates into cookies. You know what this means? A giant cart of M&M's, Reese's pieces, Reese's Cups, macadamia nuts, white chocolate chunks, chocolate chips, and pecans just showed up outside my door. So not only so I have large amounts of ( Read more... )

Last year I used some scholarship money to buy a fancy bike. Fancy by my standards, probably not by a real biker's standards. Last night, it was beautiful outside, so I took my fancy bike out for a spin. I knew my condo was close to some bike trails, but I never knew how fantastic these bike trails were! I can ride from my condo to downtown, ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was at our plant down in Chanhassen where we run a lot of crazy experiments that need lots of space to make a mess. And make a mess we did. We get there by 6:00 in the morning and by 9:00, I am on my hands and knees scraping shortening off the floor so it doesn't go down the drain to clog the drain. I scraped this shortening for a ( Read more... )

My life just won't be the same without it ( Read more... )

In the last few days, I have been reminded of what great friends I have. Between many many many hour long conversations with Cole, the love fest that followed a love fest for Jess, friends getting excited along with me about Alex (not Roger), friends who are good enough to be willing to include me as part of their big day graduating from med ( Read more... )