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Only 38. Somewhat disappointed.
Top 100 Books.
Bold-ones I've read
Underlined-loved them
Italicized-intending to read them, though really that could apply to all of them.
1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights ( Read more... ) -
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Phil and I had our first dance lesson last night. It was hard. And I don't understand rhythm very well. But it was fun. We improved, and we have 3 more lessons before the wedding. Next week we're going to bring our song, "All that Heaven Will Allow" by Bruce Springsteen. Hopefully, its danceable. Do any of you know about dancing and also know that ( Read more... ) -
Fianceversary
In the many years since I've been to a Science Museum/Natural History Museum, I'd completely forgotten about dinosaurs. Not that I forgot they existed, but that the creatures began to seem smaller, more normal in my mind. I started thinking, sure dinosaurs were bigger than animals today, but they were just a little bigger, just different types of ( Read more... ) -
Wisconsin: The Road Trip
Just back from a week driving around Wisconsin. We went to Bayfield and the Apostle Islands first. Camping there was nice and we took a day trip to Madeline Island and went biking. We also picked and proceeded to eat in the next few days 6 pounds of fresh strawberries. Next we drove all the way down the state of Wisconsin and stayed in Wisconsin ( Read more... ) -
Some Awesome Things
living in Minneapolis: Big cities are fun. Kels and I walked to the Farmer's Market this morning and then had Ke'Key at Safari. If you live in Minneapolis and have not eaten Ke'Key at Safari, you have not lived. Best restaurant ever ( Read more... ) -
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Well, my computer is busily humming away downloading Season 5 of Scrubs which I'm excited to start this weekend ( Read more... ) -
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In my usual baking-is-more-fun-than-compsing style, I made some most excellently delicious and tasty cookies last night. Carrot Cake Cookies, in fact! What a brilliant idea! And the recipe turned out really well.
From the blog Muffin Top
Makes about 25 sandwiches
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted ( Read more... ) -
comps, food, and food-blogs
Back at school. Feeling pretty confident about this term, yet aware and expectant of upcoming stress and tears over the evil COMPS. A written version of my talk is due Feb. 2nd. My actual talk will be Feb. 10th. I think.
Our new housemates are really nice and considerate. But I miss Jade and Aki. There's no one to analyze things to death with and ( Read more... ) -
current top three desired careers
1. bakery/cafe owner
2. librarian
3. foreign ambassador/maker of foreign policy -
the prez
Guess who came for dinner last night ( Read more... )