I decided it was time to change the background. L sent me a great link with lots of backgrounds. I said I would never get into that...but here I am, trying to figure out what looks best. Oh well, hope you enjoy the change.
Check it out..
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
...birthday parties and old friends...
The first week of school is officially over. And the first weekend? Gone. I now have 14 weeks of school left.
The art hop was Friday and as it fits right along with my project, I decided to head on out there with one of the girls from school. It was nice..nothing like I expected, but nice none the less. We saw three of the galleries downtown and then went to the trade center, where they have several artist's studios. I always forget how nice downtown is..there's so many little shops and restaurants that everyone forgets about...and of course the art galleries are always forgotten. It's surprising they can all stay open, but I guess each one has their own little specialty catering to their own market. So, I realize my project will be perfect for the area. Glad my "research" was so helpful.
After the art hop, it was on to a birthday party...which was the most sophisticated and well done thing I've been to in a long time..maybe ever. The backyard to this house was beautiful...there was absolutely no grass, it was all mulch and stone paths, with little garden islands all over. They put up white lights, chinese luminaries, and tea light candles everywhere...it could have been the site for a wedding reception. Take note, I want that for my next birthday...but I guess I need a small downtown backyard with a lot of character and charm first....
With the start of school, brings the start of homework. Saturday was filled with the thought of getting it all done...it didn't happen. Aren't the gossip sites, facebook, and a movie more important? Guess not, but I'm still ahead of the game. This not having a job thing gives me plenty of time to work on stuff during the week. Don't worry, I won't get used to it for long...my wallet will be telling me not to. After a lazy day, it was off to my favorite bar/restaurant to meet up with old friends in town for the weekend. Nothing eventful here, just good to see everyone.
Today brings homework, cleaning my room, and possibly a trip out to see and say goodbye to the friends....and of course preparing myself for another week...
Week 2, here I come!!
The art hop was Friday and as it fits right along with my project, I decided to head on out there with one of the girls from school. It was nice..nothing like I expected, but nice none the less. We saw three of the galleries downtown and then went to the trade center, where they have several artist's studios. I always forget how nice downtown is..there's so many little shops and restaurants that everyone forgets about...and of course the art galleries are always forgotten. It's surprising they can all stay open, but I guess each one has their own little specialty catering to their own market. So, I realize my project will be perfect for the area. Glad my "research" was so helpful.
After the art hop, it was on to a birthday party...which was the most sophisticated and well done thing I've been to in a long time..maybe ever. The backyard to this house was beautiful...there was absolutely no grass, it was all mulch and stone paths, with little garden islands all over. They put up white lights, chinese luminaries, and tea light candles everywhere...it could have been the site for a wedding reception. Take note, I want that for my next birthday...but I guess I need a small downtown backyard with a lot of character and charm first....
With the start of school, brings the start of homework. Saturday was filled with the thought of getting it all done...it didn't happen. Aren't the gossip sites, facebook, and a movie more important? Guess not, but I'm still ahead of the game. This not having a job thing gives me plenty of time to work on stuff during the week. Don't worry, I won't get used to it for long...my wallet will be telling me not to. After a lazy day, it was off to my favorite bar/restaurant to meet up with old friends in town for the weekend. Nothing eventful here, just good to see everyone.
Today brings homework, cleaning my room, and possibly a trip out to see and say goodbye to the friends....and of course preparing myself for another week...
Week 2, here I come!!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
...it has begun...
The past two weeks have flown by and no posts have been made. Let's catch you up....
I was in my cousins wedding the weekend before labor day. It was a wonderful ceremony and reception...it's always great when the family can get together for events other than holidays. Wedding receptions with the fam are my favorite, since everyone likes to break out their best dance moves(many may be a result of the high doses of adult beverages consumed) and it makes for a GREAT show!
After returning from the wedding, middle brother came to town. It's no surprise that I love any time spent with family, so of course it was a great time. There seems to be some little adventure our family always partakes in when we're all together..it's not just sitting around watching tv all day...which must be why I love it so much. Although, there was no big adventure or hilarious story this time, it was still fun. A trip in the little convertible is always a must, so it was down to the craft to visit one of the local shops for coffee, a visit to the friend's farm to see the hens and goats again(i know, i know...what rednecks we are but they're hilarious to watch), and then it was on to the burg for some drive-in lunch. There's just something fun about doing that kind of stuff with family...
Brother left Friday and it was on to the next family member! Auntie, D, and I headed to detroit to pick up L. It's always a fab time when the four of us are together, as we can never stop laughing.
I had my first large gardening experience on Saturday(watching Mom pull weeds or helping L plant wildflowers doesn't really count, since I barely got my hands dirty). L went off to visit some friends and I stayed to help Auntie and D with the rock garden. It was intense!! We had to pull the weeds out and then dig a trench to put in the edging. It took us quite a few tries and lots of laughs to get it right, but we finally figured it out. Of course, at this point, it was the middle of the day, the flies were starting to bite, and it was scorchingly hot and sticky. We gave up after putting in two lengths of edging and headed to the pool! The night was finished with a visit from my parents, a bonfire, and of course a ride on the gulf cart with the gals...mom included of course. It's really a bowl of laughter when the five of us are together, as the mom adds all of her hilarity to the mix!
Sunday included shopping, a pool visit, pretzel making, and another ride on the golf cart. It was a little more interesting with just L and I. We went under the running irrigation system several times, as it was directly over the path we wanted to take...only to find out later, we could take the path behind it and not get one drop of water on us...you live, you learn though, right?! The irrigation systems don't always work to our advantage as they leave mud puddles all over the field. We somehow always think the golf cart is invincible and that it will make it through them all. We were wrong. I got us stuck in a mucky mess and volunteered L to push for us. I was nice and told her I'd put the cart in reverse and she could push from the front, so she wouldn't get too muddy. Didn't work. She had to move to the back end and use all her strength to get us out while I was rocking with the cart to help it along. We finally got it out, with the addition of many spatterings of mud all over the back of the cart and L. At least I could laugh about it....
Unfortunately, the weekend came to an end and it was back to school for this girl. I said goodbye to freedom and hello to a stressful 7 months of hell. I have two design classes and two business classes. I now remember why I got out of the business school too....the bore factor was very high! Not to mention, everyone and their mother takes business classes so I get to see 75% of the school twice a week! It should make for an interesting semester. I'll try to keep you as updated as possible when I have free time and/or when I don't forget I have a blog and need to update every now and then....
I was in my cousins wedding the weekend before labor day. It was a wonderful ceremony and reception...it's always great when the family can get together for events other than holidays. Wedding receptions with the fam are my favorite, since everyone likes to break out their best dance moves(many may be a result of the high doses of adult beverages consumed) and it makes for a GREAT show!
After returning from the wedding, middle brother came to town. It's no surprise that I love any time spent with family, so of course it was a great time. There seems to be some little adventure our family always partakes in when we're all together..it's not just sitting around watching tv all day...which must be why I love it so much. Although, there was no big adventure or hilarious story this time, it was still fun. A trip in the little convertible is always a must, so it was down to the craft to visit one of the local shops for coffee, a visit to the friend's farm to see the hens and goats again(i know, i know...what rednecks we are but they're hilarious to watch), and then it was on to the burg for some drive-in lunch. There's just something fun about doing that kind of stuff with family...
Brother left Friday and it was on to the next family member! Auntie, D, and I headed to detroit to pick up L. It's always a fab time when the four of us are together, as we can never stop laughing.
I had my first large gardening experience on Saturday(watching Mom pull weeds or helping L plant wildflowers doesn't really count, since I barely got my hands dirty). L went off to visit some friends and I stayed to help Auntie and D with the rock garden. It was intense!! We had to pull the weeds out and then dig a trench to put in the edging. It took us quite a few tries and lots of laughs to get it right, but we finally figured it out. Of course, at this point, it was the middle of the day, the flies were starting to bite, and it was scorchingly hot and sticky. We gave up after putting in two lengths of edging and headed to the pool! The night was finished with a visit from my parents, a bonfire, and of course a ride on the gulf cart with the gals...mom included of course. It's really a bowl of laughter when the five of us are together, as the mom adds all of her hilarity to the mix!
Sunday included shopping, a pool visit, pretzel making, and another ride on the golf cart. It was a little more interesting with just L and I. We went under the running irrigation system several times, as it was directly over the path we wanted to take...only to find out later, we could take the path behind it and not get one drop of water on us...you live, you learn though, right?! The irrigation systems don't always work to our advantage as they leave mud puddles all over the field. We somehow always think the golf cart is invincible and that it will make it through them all. We were wrong. I got us stuck in a mucky mess and volunteered L to push for us. I was nice and told her I'd put the cart in reverse and she could push from the front, so she wouldn't get too muddy. Didn't work. She had to move to the back end and use all her strength to get us out while I was rocking with the cart to help it along. We finally got it out, with the addition of many spatterings of mud all over the back of the cart and L. At least I could laugh about it....
Unfortunately, the weekend came to an end and it was back to school for this girl. I said goodbye to freedom and hello to a stressful 7 months of hell. I have two design classes and two business classes. I now remember why I got out of the business school too....the bore factor was very high! Not to mention, everyone and their mother takes business classes so I get to see 75% of the school twice a week! It should make for an interesting semester. I'll try to keep you as updated as possible when I have free time and/or when I don't forget I have a blog and need to update every now and then....
Sunday, August 17, 2008
...domesticity...
It's been a while. This blog thing is starting to turn into a weekly wrap up. I can't imagine what it'll be like when I start school.
Not too much has happened in the last week..I've been working on my project for school a lot(more on this later) and cooking. I'm feeling pretty domestic lately. This week's great make was fresh salsa. Seriously, could it be any easier and amazingly good?
I diced tomatoes, green pepper, onion, and corn. Then threw in some garlic, lime juice, dill weed(of course...it's my favorite spice), and salt. So easy! It did however make a lot of salsa, but because of the lime juice it's lasted for quite some time.
Not too much has happened in the last week..I've been working on my project for school a lot(more on this later) and cooking. I'm feeling pretty domestic lately. This week's great make was fresh salsa. Seriously, could it be any easier and amazingly good?
I diced tomatoes, green pepper, onion, and corn. Then threw in some garlic, lime juice, dill weed(of course...it's my favorite spice), and salt. So easy! It did however make a lot of salsa, but because of the lime juice it's lasted for quite some time.
Friday, August 8, 2008
...a mother's intuition...
Okay, so you always hear about mother's having great intuition on things with their children..you know about their safety, health, this, that, and the other thing. Well, my Mom has it down to a science. I think she got a lot of practice, having three kids. Today, she went grocery shopping and much later after she had been back for hours, of course I was annoying and said that I wanted stuffed french toast for my birthday breakfast. She(being the horrible liar that she is) asked why I wouldn't have told her earlier when she was shopping, but I could tell she was scheming. She bought all of the stuff for it! How is this woman that awesome?! I mean, I had not even mentioned having that for breakfast AND i didn't even know I wanted that until today. She also bought the stuff for my cake and picked up my favorite frosting..cream cheese of course. Again, never mentioned anything about that. I don't think I would have known what to pick if I went to the store. She just knows, I guess.
Dad, I know you're reading this. YOU too are amazing...but you don't have a mother's intuition. I'm glad you don't because it wouldn't be a good mix if both of you had it :)
Love you both!!
Dad, I know you're reading this. YOU too are amazing...but you don't have a mother's intuition. I'm glad you don't because it wouldn't be a good mix if both of you had it :)
Love you both!!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
...dirty...
Mom and I went to the library today to research my building for the senior project. We had to go here and then there and then back here...it's such a mess! It's been hard to find anything on this place, but I think I'm finally getting somewhere! The librarians at the Kzoo Public Library weren't so helpful. The first guy could barely tell me anything and then finally he told me to go to the Local History room. The librarian there printed something off quickly, but then just pointed in the direction we needed to go. Not so helpful when there are tons of bookshelves and 8,000 books on each shelf with similar titles!! Finally, after Mom and I must have looked like lost puppies, she came over and found the book. Of course, it was right in front of our face and she found it in .3 seconds. Whoops. Anyways, I found a tiny little blurb about the building and wanted to make copies...found printer..added my 10 cents..hit start..nothing. I definitely broke the copier. I don't think I actually broke it, because it was a paper jam, buuuut it happened while I was using it. I called the librarian over to fix it, which annoyed her even more. She worked on it for a few minutes and then she had to call someone else over to figure it out. After 10 minutes of her trying to be a handyman she told me to just go over to the other room. Thanks, I could have been doing this 15 minutes ago and I just lost my 10 cents. So, I trot over to the other room, find a printer that works and make copies. I went back and forth several times after finding some articles and whatnot, and started to notice a strange man. The copier was in the "tech room" with all of the computers that anyone can have access too...remember, it's a public library and for researching purposes they don't have filters on the internet? They may want to think that one over again. Dirty twenty-something strange man was looking at pictures of girls in underwear. I saw him saving the pictures to another file, too. Really? In a public library? Right in front of the copiers and main path between about three different rooms? At least go to a computer with some privacy...maybe one at your house? He didn't find it odd that people were walking by, making copies 2 feet behind him, or sitting RIGHT next to him at the other computers. People are strange...
...country bumpkin...
You would think a girl that is not working or going to school could keep up with her blog, right? Well, sometimes I forget or just get lazy.
I guess I should fill you in. Brother came for the weekend...brother #2..the middle child. Anyways, he got into town friday. It's always a blast when either brother is home. We hang out, eat, drink, etc. Saturday he had a wedding, but Sunday we spent all day together. Highlight of the day was the trip over to a family friend's house. She has new guinea hens and pygmy goats. The hens were interesting...she got them to eat bugs out of her garden. These things are little scavengers! They can find ticks, crickets, beetles...you name it, they're eating it! They aren't the cutest things though..small heads, little bodies..but they are still growing, so we'll see if they get any cuter. I think we have to go over and help heard them into their new cage tomorrow. THAT will be an adventure for us. You know you live in the country when....
The pygmy goats were a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e. We used to have goats at my house(I know, country bumpkins for sure), so they were bringing back memories for all of us. They're tiny little things. I mean, they could sit in your lap...if you wanted them to AND if they wanted to. I think I could have taken one home but parents wouldn't be too happy, since they would get to take care of it in a year when I move! Oh well..
Monday rolled around and we stopped at the coffee shop in scraft. We all got blended lattes...amazing!! But, we were sure we were taking in about 400 calories with one of those things. Guess we don't want to get into that habit!
Aunt and Uncle had everyone over for dinner Monday night, because Uncle from Chicago was in town for business. The field directly behind their house has potatoes this year and the owners said they could pick as many as they want. Brother and I definitely took them up on it. It was a lot of work...for brother. I stood there with a bag while he dug. No digging for this girl!! We could not believe how many huge potatoes we walked away with in that short amount of time...yes, it is a field..but we thought for sure it would take a long time to get that many. Anyways, we'll be eating potatoes for the next year...
After farm picking, we of course rode the golf cart. It's always fun going over there because I drag everyone on that thing. The field behind the house has a service road/trail following it's perimeter. We see 346 deer every time we're out there! Brother has gotten some amazing pictures from past trips. This time, the girl's went out. I was driving(of course) and following the usual trail. Halfway around the field, said trail vanished and we were stuck going through weeds. The cart is pretty low to the ground and the weeds were probably knee height...they were definitely getting stuck to the bottom. The ground was really soft from the irrigation, so at one point, we almost tipped. I think I scared everyone a little. Weeds went on for quite some time and I was desperately hoping to get out alive..of course, nobody had a cell phone. We finally found the old trail, looked back, only to see a new trail that we could have been following the entire time. Whoops! Oh well, it was an adventure!
I guess I should fill you in. Brother came for the weekend...brother #2..the middle child. Anyways, he got into town friday. It's always a blast when either brother is home. We hang out, eat, drink, etc. Saturday he had a wedding, but Sunday we spent all day together. Highlight of the day was the trip over to a family friend's house. She has new guinea hens and pygmy goats. The hens were interesting...she got them to eat bugs out of her garden. These things are little scavengers! They can find ticks, crickets, beetles...you name it, they're eating it! They aren't the cutest things though..small heads, little bodies..but they are still growing, so we'll see if they get any cuter. I think we have to go over and help heard them into their new cage tomorrow. THAT will be an adventure for us. You know you live in the country when....
The pygmy goats were a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e. We used to have goats at my house(I know, country bumpkins for sure), so they were bringing back memories for all of us. They're tiny little things. I mean, they could sit in your lap...if you wanted them to AND if they wanted to. I think I could have taken one home but parents wouldn't be too happy, since they would get to take care of it in a year when I move! Oh well..
Monday rolled around and we stopped at the coffee shop in scraft. We all got blended lattes...amazing!! But, we were sure we were taking in about 400 calories with one of those things. Guess we don't want to get into that habit!
Aunt and Uncle had everyone over for dinner Monday night, because Uncle from Chicago was in town for business. The field directly behind their house has potatoes this year and the owners said they could pick as many as they want. Brother and I definitely took them up on it. It was a lot of work...for brother. I stood there with a bag while he dug. No digging for this girl!! We could not believe how many huge potatoes we walked away with in that short amount of time...yes, it is a field..but we thought for sure it would take a long time to get that many. Anyways, we'll be eating potatoes for the next year...
After farm picking, we of course rode the golf cart. It's always fun going over there because I drag everyone on that thing. The field behind the house has a service road/trail following it's perimeter. We see 346 deer every time we're out there! Brother has gotten some amazing pictures from past trips. This time, the girl's went out. I was driving(of course) and following the usual trail. Halfway around the field, said trail vanished and we were stuck going through weeds. The cart is pretty low to the ground and the weeds were probably knee height...they were definitely getting stuck to the bottom. The ground was really soft from the irrigation, so at one point, we almost tipped. I think I scared everyone a little. Weeds went on for quite some time and I was desperately hoping to get out alive..of course, nobody had a cell phone. We finally found the old trail, looked back, only to see a new trail that we could have been following the entire time. Whoops! Oh well, it was an adventure!
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