This is a topic I started to ponder last night after speaking to a friend whose boyfriend moved across the country for graduate school. Obviously, I have some experience in this field. So what makes it work for us? A few tips ( Read more... )

Hmm...really quickly. The rest of South Dakota was super boring, except for the Badlands National Park. Seems completely desolate and inhospitable (not to mention HOSTILE) but things and people have been living there for millions of years. Pretty cool! We also saw the mountain carving process of Crazy Horse (not Corn Squash), which has been a ( Read more... )

I love South Dakota! It is beautiful here, with all the nature, trees, prarie dogs, bison, deer, horses, and not much else! There is something going on this week called Sturgis, where all the bikers (motorcycle) ride out here for a weeklong convention. I am currently in Custer, SD, not far from Sturgis and there are hundreds of bikers here, ( Read more... )

I am in St. George Utah, right outside of Zion National Park, It is beautiful here, with the wind-carved red cliffs and the mountains. Today we left from San Diego, went through Nevada (yuck), a tiny bit of Arizona, and now Utah. There was a huge thunderstorm between Baker and Primm and it was crazy with huge gray skies that reduced visibility ( Read more... )

Last night I went line dancing with my girlfriends Steph and Merideth. We headed out to this place in Lakewood/Long Beach known as Cowboy Country. www.cowboycountry.mu On certain nights they have free line dancing lessons and couple's lessons. Couples start at 7pm and line dancing for all at 8. Allright so obviously the three of us sat out ( Read more... )

My mother recently had old friends visiting from Taiwan stay with us. One of them, an old man in his 80s, can apparently read palms. Well I plopped my fat little hand down right in front of him and had him read it ( Read more... )

I bought a dress! It is from St Pucci's lower line, called Sposa. Not La Sposa, I don't think, but Sposa. It is stunning and perfect for me. It comes in six months from now especially made for my height. Yay! I am excited!

Today is the day for the big surgery...by the end of today I will be less of a woman :(

This is my last week student teaching at the high school. Yay ( Read more... )

I got to thinking about moving back home...it will be nice, considering that my Lucy Gals will all be back too ( Read more... )