Spring Fling!

For a special day ...

It's a great day to be a jackrabbit!

Congratulations to the South Dakota State University Women's Basketball team on a thrilling 60-53 victory over Indiana State University. That game was awesome!!

Go big. Go blue. Go Jacks!

My current desktop wallpaper. This was originally (and still is) a cover for one of my steno notebooks. I found the tickets and the text and my friend incorporated the guitar. Then I turned it into desktop wallpaper. If you look real close at the tickets you can see how cheaps concerts used to be. Those were the days, I guess!

thoughts

"There is a gigantic difference between

earning a great deal of money and being rich."

- Marlene Dietrich

Happy Birthday Abby!

Make it stop!

My refrigerator is driving me crazy! It's on the verge of dying and it will not go quietly into that gentle night. My only relief is that I'm getting a new one tomorrow. Only it's not tomorrow and I'm ready to scream! That is one thing that I will miss about living in an apartment ... one phone call and you get new appliances.

I went over to Nichole's last night to watch a movie and we put Piper's new vest on her. She absolutely hates it, she will hardly move when she has it on! But we love it ... it's so cute!

I'm a singin' fool

Friday night started out as any other Friday night. I met a few friends from work at Skinners. Dustin met up with us later and we headed over to Rachel's for a couple drinks, then to The Cellar for an art opening. After that we headed to Main Street Pub for a little karaoke. Turns out they were having a karaoke contest. After quite a bit of encouraging from Dustin, Rachel, and some other work friends that happened to be there, I decided to enter. Another girl that I work with also entered the contest. I sang I Hate Myself For Lovin' You and I won! She won too. We both received $10 bar tabs ... we basically broke even, the entry fee was $10.

Desktop Publishing

I presented to the Desktop Publishing class at SDSU yesterday. A friend of mine teaches the course and another friend of mine is in it. They are currently learning InDesign, a program that I use every day at work. I told them about a few features that I really like and also told them how I use the program. They asked a lot of great questions and I actually had answers for them! I think they enjoyed seeing that you don't have to be a graphic designer to use these programs and that even Journalism majors can be desktop publishers! I've been told that I will be invited back next year!

Some things to think about ...

I subscribe to Real Simple (if you've never perused this particular magazine, I suggest you pick up a copy ... it's great!) and they feature a reader every month. They have several questions that they pose to the chosen reader. Some of them are silly, but some of them really make you stop and think. So, I thought I would share some of them with everyone.

What is your motto?
What makes you laugh?
High road or Low road?
What's the one thing you'll never understand?
What's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you?
What surprises you most about your adult life?
What's your favorite place in the world?
Biggest waste of time?
My life would be simpler if ...
The big decision I'm currently wrestling with is ...
If I knew then what I know now ...

Happy Valentine's Day

Continue to love deeply and risk everything for the good thing.

Miss Allie

Who knew!

After leaving Stef's party, we went bowling! It was so much fun and I wasn't as terrible as I thought I would be. I even got two strikes! We also had the opportunity to meet Shel's boyfriend, Mike. He is such a great guy and we had a great time with them!

Farewell Stef!

Stef is moving on to bigger and better things at Daktronics, so we got together to toast her new adventure. Stef's Mom, Lynelle, loves her some spinach artichoke dip!

Let the house hunting begin!

Dustin and I went to the bank today and we were pre-approved for a home loan! Now it's time to start looking (and not daydreaming, as I have been doing!) for a house. We're both really excited. They pre-approved us for way more than we could probably ever afford realistically, so it will be interesting to see what we can find. Be sure to check back as I will post updates as this progresses!

I'm not a graphic designer, nor do I claim to be, but I made this and I'm pretty proud of it!

New shows ... will I tune in?

The new season of The Hills starts tonight. I'll probably watch it, much to the dismay of my husband. He's not too crazy about those shows (although he won't miss an episode of the Real World/Road Rules challenges!). I get that these shows are supposed to be "reality", but they sure don't seem very real. At least not in comparison to my reality. They do make me feel better about my life though, I'll give them that! They usually end up making me angry (why deal with all that drama ... get some new friends!) and I usually quit watching well before the season ends. At least MTV gives you those marathons on the weekends so you can catch up on all that you've missed.

You can bet that I will be tuning in to the new season of American Idol. I love that show. It's my guilty pleasure. Okay, so I have more than just one guilty pleasure. Regardless, I can't get enough.

Speaking of American Idol, I heard a song on the way to Omaha (went on a little trip for work last week that took me to Omaha and Ames) and I was positive that it was Chris Daughtry. My friend, Brady, wasn't so sure. While I knew he had an album that was released, I read about it in People (another guilty pleasure), I hadn't heard any of the songs. My radio in my car is forever tuned in to the local Classic Rock station. I swear I was born in the wrong decade! Sure enough, I was right. The song is It's Not Over and it's pretty darn good. So, of course, I had to download it to my iPod. He was by far my favorite contestant on American Idol and should have won in my opinion. Although not winning has put him in a far better position ... no ties to the show anymore.

Allie's Baptism

Allie was baptized today and Dustin and I are her godparents, along with Randy's sister Heather and her husband Justin. Allie's gown was made from Nichole's wedding dress ... it was beautiful.

Here's to 2007!