so today i was talking to an old, dear friend by the name of ian tendick. GREAT to talk to him. he's going to school in pennsylvania and is studying, along with computer sciences and something else, music at carnegie mellon. he is also part of a jazz quintet. and who else is a part of that quintet? a guy i met in new york at a week-long summer ( Read more... )

the greatest part of the whole trip came in the form of a five year old named luis miguel. i first met him while elias and some guys were playing basketball. luis was clutching tightly to a basketball and refused to give it up or play when elias invited him to join them. he just started yelling and pushing. a little later he decided to attach ( Read more... )

so tomorrow night i leave for mexico for my very first time! elias' church is going to an orphanage and i am going with them! too bad i wont be able to talk with the kids. there are 58 kids down there and everyone from his church was supposed to pick one to buy things for. since there were still a lot of kids left elias and i collectively took ( Read more... )

wow so i ended up with a 3.93 GPA for the semester!!!!! amazing!! i have 5 a's and an a-.

i think that i am technically supposed to have a 4.0. chem is the class i got the a- in and my teacher said that he doesnt do plus/minus. so i should just have 6 a's, giving me a 4.0. its not a big deal, though GPA is everything when applying for nursing ( Read more... )

trailer for Da Vinci Code movie is out. SO freakin excited. looks like they did a pretty decent job with it, thank goodness. such a great cast and a great director. may 19th needs to hurry!!

zoo lights tonight!!

finals were done yesterday and went quite well. so now i am home free until january 16th. WAHOO!!

elias adopted a puppy!! his little brothers and i went to pick it up a couple days ago since elias was at work. he is SO cute. a 4-month-old australian shepherd who is reddish brown and has been named simba. he likes me best :)

bev dylan and zack are all settled in california. they were supposed to come back this weekend but the marines sucks and  ( Read more... )

most effective way to lose weight without trying:

spend a day throwing up, without eating, and with only drinking half a soda (since thats the only thing that stays down). worked wonders for me. and by the feel of it...today is going to be much the same.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

best Thanksgiving present ever...the 6-CD Garth Brooks set!!!!! (the one with the album of previosuly unreleased songs!!) WOOT!!!

i am extremely disappointed and angered at what they did to harry potter. its awful! ok yes..some parts were really funny, but overall..i am really disappointed.

so it is confirmed that i have (at least) one niece!! (hence the pinkish text :) ) so madison marie it is!!

harry potter in two nights!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we're remodeling our kitchen and now we are no longer cabinet-less and our appliances are no longer sitting in our living and dining rooms. now we just need a sink, countertops and tile :) but the ( Read more... )