Your Inner European is Dutch!
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this bit of news deserved a post of its own. we had a team-building project/contest at work, and my crew won!! the project was to mark on a map where each crew member was born, then discuss the differences in food, housing, culture, and jobs in each place. our crew took it a step further. we each made a scrapbook with a one-page bio, photos, ( Read more... )

random item #1: a few weeks ago we went to the talbot street art fair. i got a wooden cut-out to hang on the wall, just a plain black skull. very kitschy. and we threw healthy meals to the wind and had an order of wisconsin cheese nuggets, beer battered and deep fried. insanely delicious! but my favorite purchase is a board-matted print of a quote ( Read more... )

i did try to update with a bit of what's happened in the last two years or so..... i don't really think it's my fault the computer ate my blog, i really don't. but i'll give it another shot. here goes ( Read more... )

when i decided to move to indy i had no idea how insane the holidays would be. this is the first weekend i have been able to just chill since the beginning of december. not a complaint, merely an observation. the first two weekends were spent just trying to plan the last two weekends. a few plans went astray ( Read more... )

i am happily ensconced in my little apartment. rarely ever see a neighbor. weeks will go by without the barest hint of other people living in the building. except, of course, the one afternoon i forgot to grab a t-shirt on my way down to the laundry-room. i literally bumped into my next door neighbor. oops. she squealed in either outrage or horror ( Read more... )

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i got the apartment!! not the studio though. i went and looked at a one-bedroom today, put down a deposit immediately. i love it. it's smallish, but that's ok, it's mine. the bedroom is just big enough for my bed, the writing desk, and the dresser. there's a bookcase that matches the dresser, i'm hoping it will fit on top of the dresser. and there' ( Read more... )

i found an apartment!!!!! i love it!!! it's a studio, but it has a decent sized kitchen, two HUGE closets, plus a linen closet. the shower has really good water pressure!! YAY!!!!! (no, i did not get in and take a shower, but i did turn it on to check it.) all utilities paid for the term of the first lease, after which i will have to pay the ( Read more... )

tomorrow i'm going to look at apartments after work ( Read more... )