3.30.2011

I haven't written in here in a while..I just don't think I've had too much to talk about. Jimm got a new job and the dogs are crazy as ever. I'm running another 5k on Saturday with Sheila. I hope I can improve of my embarrassing time from the last one. At least I finished it!

I'm sad to hear about Caleb Kleinhenz. I didn't know him personally, but I knew Megan and she was always very nice to me. Brent as well..
It's hard to see such a horrible event happen to nice people.

9.28.2010

Need tattoos
Need to finish school
Need Gaga in Louisville
Need a break from work

I hope Jimm gets the job.

8.14.2010

Since I'm spending the last night of my vacation at home by myself, I figure this would be a good time to update the blog.

Chicago and Lollapalooza were amazing. I had an awesome time with Jimm, Dave, and Sarah. On Saturday, we went to Kuma's Corner for lunch which was awesome. All of their burgers are named after metal bands and are all very delicious. We did a lot of walking and eating. Did some drinking, but we were exhausted from the 3:30 am wake up call for the train.

Sunday was fantastic. We met up with one of Dave's friends who treated us to an excellent breakfast. I can't remember the name of the place, but they had a build your juice menu and orange flavored coffee. Lollapalooza itself was great. It was a really well organized and planned out festival. It was hot and there were a ton of people, but there were lots of places to get shade and get away from the crowd. They have really done a great job making everything pretty painless for the festival goers.

Seeing Soundgarden was phenomenal. I never thought that day would come and I savored every moment. There were plenty of moshers and crowd surfers, but it was somewhat cathartic pushing them back to the sounds of "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage". While most of the crowd favored Arcade Fire (I do really like them and do plan on catching them on tour), there is no way they could have topped the musicianship or the atmosphere that Soundgarden put on. I hope to catch them on a headlining date sometime in the near future...hopefully VERY near future.

Here is a video taken by Jeffgarden of one of my favorite performances of the evening..Mailman.

8.4.2010

Well, well, well. Looks like I didn't keep up my promise to blog. I'm going to try to blog more here since we actually have some exciting stuff going on.

Jimm is trying to get a new job. He has an interview tomorrow and had one last week. One is for an exempt job and the other if for an OCU job. He's done really well interviewing so far so I hope he can get one of them.

On Saturday, Jimm, Sarah, Dave, and I are headed up to Chicago until Monday. We're going to do some site seeing stuff on Saturday and then go to Lollapalooza on Sunday. I get to see my all time favorite band of the last 13 years - Soundgarden. I've waited for this for a very long time so I'm really excited. I'm also excited to get out of work for a week and head to the Field Museum on Monday. It's nice to have this break between summer and fall semesters in school and from work. I'm going to be super lazy the other days of my vacation.

Football season starts soon and that's always awesome. It's the best time of the year!

5.26.2010

I said that I was going to try and update my blog while I was on vacation, but I lied. I was too busy doing other stuff.

Vegas..is...well....Vegas. If you're not into gambling or drinking, it would be hard to find something to do besides shelling out at least $60 to go to a show. We did a lot of cool stuff and got a behind the scenes tour of the Hoover Dam. That was definitely the highlight of the trip. I absolutely hate flying so that part definitely sucked. Nate and I almost puked on the way home due to heavy turbulence.

I did realize that I need to lose a little bit of weight. I felt like a heffer out there with all the size zero girls in bikinis. I know that I will never be as skinny as I once was (thanks to quitting cigarettes), but I could lose about 10-15 pounds. I'm starting to count my calories again and am pretty much off meat altogether. I haven't eaten meat in so long that it almost made me gag when I ate some in Vegas. It's definitely hard to find good vegetarian stuff on the strip. I've been doing more yoga and walking since my back has been f'd up from doing high impact exercise. I like to not be in pain so I need to remind myself that I need to control things through the food I eat and not through hardcore exercise.

My birthday is coming up and it doesn't seem like it. This year has been strange altogether. We might go out instead of having a house party..but we haven't decided yet. I might buy myself a birthday present or start on my bathroom decorating. Summer school starts on my birthday so that will be fun!

I don't really have anything else. I'm trying to find someone to go watch Sex and the City with since the whole town flooded after Jimm went last time. He takes that as a sign that baby Jesus doesn't want him to go.

Of Love and Smartphones

Jimm got his new cellphone yesterday...a Motorola Droid. I've been pretty against it since I was sick of hearing about the stupid thing. It is a very cool phone and is making me question my loyalty to Apple. I guess I can't feel that bad since I do have a love for Google. My iPhone is great, but AT&T is the worst network on the face of the Earth. I can't even get any reception in the building I work in. Can't beat the price on Jimm's phone since he got it for only $20. I'm going to have to see what Apple comes out with in June and see if they are going to Verizon. Then some tough decisions may have to be made.

We are leaving tomorrow for Vegas with my parents and Nate. I didn't get too excited about it until today. Scott is driving up with his friend Dave to meet us tomorrow. I am definitely ready for a vacation and ready for some warmer and brighter weather. I already finished packing, but we still have to go to Wal-Mart to get some travel sized stuff. I'm scared of flying, but not as bad as I used to be. I think the 8 hour flight to Hawaii kind of broke me of that.

I'm going to miss our dogs like I always do. I feel bad for leaving them, but there is no way we could take them everywhere. Our friend Brandon is going to come over here and watch them so at least they will be at home with someone they know and like.

I'm going to try to post and post pics while we are out there, but I don't know if I will get a chance to. I'm going to leave my laptop at home so I can be somewhat disconnected. It's nice to know that this time tomorrow I will be in the sun!

I watched part of the election results last night and it's what I had anticipated. Blanche Lincoln sucks, but I am glad that Sestak won. I'm not even going to comment on Rand Paul, but it's funny to see that the far right and progressives are fighting against each other in that state. We will see who wins in November.

I Heart Etsy

One of the projects I decided to give myself this year was to somewhat think of ways to decorate our house. Mainly, I've really been wanting to decorate my bathroom somehow. My bathroom has had a Hello Kitty theme since Jimm and I got our first apartment almost 7 years (holy cow!) ago. I received most of the bathroom accessories that I wanted as wedding gifts, but something needs to be done paint wise or wall decor-wise.

I have thought about painting the wall a lavendar color, but I am so freakin' lazy that it's hard to fathom me going through that whole process. I can never find anything that I like when I actually go out to look for things like this, so I have pretty much given up on this "project".

That is until I started surfing around Etsy. I am always able to find amazing things at pretty good prices. Since I have a bit of a thing for Asian art, I did a random search for cherry blossoms today and found some pretty awesome wall decals.

They are easy to add on and easy to remove. Would save me a lot of grief from painting, but I love the way they stand out on color. This has definitely given me some much needed inspiration!