*grin*
And it came with a mini hammer, a crescent wrench, a stud finder, a pliers, a tape measure, and drill bits. What more could a girl need!?
I got some other cool stuff too. Like a U of I lab coat. :)
Merry Christmas...God Bless us every one!
Monday, December 25, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Shopping
So my sister woke me up at 11 this morning to go shopping. I'm not sure how I managed to sleep that long because I went to bed before midnight! O well. Anyway, so I took her and my cousins Kendra and Clayton to Peoria. Kendra and Shelly went and shopped by themselves so I got to help Clayton find presents for his family. :) It was kind of fun. Although I prefer shopping by myself, and for myself. It's just a lot faster. Clayton did treat me to Dairy Queen. (Awww)
After supper I had to go to Carli's and my birthday party at G and G's. woot. We had some pretty cool sparkler candle things on the cake. They never serve caffinated pop which is a crime in my opinion.
Well anyway, I should go to bed now and try not to sleep all day tomorrow. :)
Blessings.
After supper I had to go to Carli's and my birthday party at G and G's. woot. We had some pretty cool sparkler candle things on the cake. They never serve caffinated pop which is a crime in my opinion.
Well anyway, I should go to bed now and try not to sleep all day tomorrow. :)
Blessings.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
I fell down the stairs
It still really hurts. *sigh*
So in the past few days I've been caroling for a bunch of nuns, went to the YG Christmas party, baked some cookies, turned 22 (so old!), slept a lot, read some RJ, met my cousin's fiance (they're from California), and been lazy a lot.
Tonight I went to a Christmas party with the girls I hung out with "back in the day," ie, bible class. :) It was lots of fun- we had a gift card exchange, ate some good food, played what if, and even busted out some MASH for old times sake. Good times!
Heidi even brought me some birthday cupcakes.... and food coloring to decorate them! *grin*
It's bedtime. Blessings.
So in the past few days I've been caroling for a bunch of nuns, went to the YG Christmas party, baked some cookies, turned 22 (so old!), slept a lot, read some RJ, met my cousin's fiance (they're from California), and been lazy a lot.
Tonight I went to a Christmas party with the girls I hung out with "back in the day," ie, bible class. :) It was lots of fun- we had a gift card exchange, ate some good food, played what if, and even busted out some MASH for old times sake. Good times!
Heidi even brought me some birthday cupcakes.... and food coloring to decorate them! *grin*
It's bedtime. Blessings.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Home
Finals are over! Woot! They weren't too horrible I guess, but I'm glad to be done and off of my chocolate and Dr. Pepper finals week diet. :) Hopefully I passed.
Last night those of us who were still around went out to eat and played games at shaker, kind of an unofficial goodbye party for Bob. Sarah and I totally destroyed everybody in trivial pursuit and then we played loaded questions for a while. It was really fun. I love U of I people they're the best.
I left for home afterwards and got there kinda late. Eh, o well. :) I need to unpack today...
Last night those of us who were still around went out to eat and played games at shaker, kind of an unofficial goodbye party for Bob. Sarah and I totally destroyed everybody in trivial pursuit and then we played loaded questions for a while. It was really fun. I love U of I people they're the best.
I left for home afterwards and got there kinda late. Eh, o well. :) I need to unpack today...
Monday, December 11, 2006
Christmas Card
Left to right: Ashley M., Jenny M., Meg D., Alyssa L., Gab R., Amber M., Amanda B., Me, Sarah D.We got some funny looks when we walked back to our house completely soaked. We left wet footprints all the way across Lincoln. :)
Many thanks to Chris our official photographer.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Waiting....
For Matt to come back from Congerville with my car so that we can take Christmas pictures and I can go back to school and study like crazy for my final tomorrow at 8.
I wish he'd get here already!
I wish he'd get here already!
Friday, December 08, 2006
Last day of classes! Woot!
I'm kind of excited. :) This semester was really long, but flew by so fast. Crazy. I feel like I learned a lot, but my grades don't really reflect it.... mur. O well. So here are some things about my classes....
Biochem- biological processes are amazingly complex and so much is because of Chemistry! It would have been a much better class with better professors. I slept a lot. (In lecture, only sometimes in my bed).
Astronomy- "The big bang created flowers." Haha. The God that made the stars is amazing, and it's hard for me to comprehend how astronomers don't see His touch on the cosmos. O, and Bob was in it with me, so that was fun.
Organic Chemistry- I like orgo. My professor for this class was the best I've had at U of I, mostly because he really cared and really wanted us to learn it well. "Resonance is the answer to everything in life." - Professor Peter Beak.
Organic Lab- 100 kids, 2 TA's, not enough equipment, and a lab that was covered in construction dust constantly. Not my favorite, and I usually love orgo lab- so frustrating!
Instrumentation of Chemical Systems analysis- The guest lecturers were good. They didn't put me to sleep like the professor did. I don't like instrumentation theory because a lot of it is over my head and doesn't make sense until you actually use it. We learned about NMR- it was invented in Noyes Lab. :)
Instrumentation of Chemical Systems analysis lab- So much fun! We had really nice research grade equipment and everything worked like it was supposed to. A lot of stuff clicked for me finally so that was good. I did have to write lab reports every week and I'm glad that's over.
Senior thesis project- translated some computational lab instructions for one program to WebMo. Kind of fun. The professor I work under is a really cool guy who demonstrates Rutherford's gold foil experiment with a paintball gun in the classroom. *grin*
I wrote 17 lab reports this semester for a total of 136 pages, not including prelabs. Kind of a lot. Hooray for being done!
Now I just have to pass my finals....
Blessings.
Biochem- biological processes are amazingly complex and so much is because of Chemistry! It would have been a much better class with better professors. I slept a lot. (In lecture, only sometimes in my bed).
Astronomy- "The big bang created flowers." Haha. The God that made the stars is amazing, and it's hard for me to comprehend how astronomers don't see His touch on the cosmos. O, and Bob was in it with me, so that was fun.
Organic Chemistry- I like orgo. My professor for this class was the best I've had at U of I, mostly because he really cared and really wanted us to learn it well. "Resonance is the answer to everything in life." - Professor Peter Beak.
Organic Lab- 100 kids, 2 TA's, not enough equipment, and a lab that was covered in construction dust constantly. Not my favorite, and I usually love orgo lab- so frustrating!
Instrumentation of Chemical Systems analysis- The guest lecturers were good. They didn't put me to sleep like the professor did. I don't like instrumentation theory because a lot of it is over my head and doesn't make sense until you actually use it. We learned about NMR- it was invented in Noyes Lab. :)
Instrumentation of Chemical Systems analysis lab- So much fun! We had really nice research grade equipment and everything worked like it was supposed to. A lot of stuff clicked for me finally so that was good. I did have to write lab reports every week and I'm glad that's over.
Senior thesis project- translated some computational lab instructions for one program to WebMo. Kind of fun. The professor I work under is a really cool guy who demonstrates Rutherford's gold foil experiment with a paintball gun in the classroom. *grin*
I wrote 17 lab reports this semester for a total of 136 pages, not including prelabs. Kind of a lot. Hooray for being done!
Now I just have to pass my finals....
Blessings.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Christmas Caroling
I think I missed it at home. :( But last night instead of singing at the nursing home we went and Christmas caroled at Schnucks. It was pretty cold out and their weren't a lot of people shopping on a Tuesday night. O well, I liked it. Hopefully shivering helped burn off some of the calories from the wonderful supper Saltshaker made us. :)
Afterwards we had hot chocolate at 711, and watched the fire burn...
Lys put whipped cream and candy canes in the cocoa- so good!
I need to finish my ultimate lab report (not to be confused with my penultimate or antepenultimate lab reports- they're already done).
Oh! I got a new t-shirt. It's black and says chemistry on the front (the I is a big block I, of course). And the back says "The name is Bond, Ionic Bond. Taken, not shared." I laughed out loud when I saw it. *grin*
Blessings.
Afterwards we had hot chocolate at 711, and watched the fire burn...
Lys put whipped cream and candy canes in the cocoa- so good!
I need to finish my ultimate lab report (not to be confused with my penultimate or antepenultimate lab reports- they're already done).
Oh! I got a new t-shirt. It's black and says chemistry on the front (the I is a big block I, of course). And the back says "The name is Bond, Ionic Bond. Taken, not shared." I laughed out loud when I saw it. *grin*
Blessings.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Memories are made of this...
So it's been a really great weekend. Friday evening and early morning was spent at "The Castle" (the name I suggested, right Mike!) playing games, singing, and just plain having a lot of fun. The KS girls showed up pretty late so I barely saw them even though they stayed at my house. :) I made good use of Amber and Sarah's futon- it was kind of weird sleeping in my old room again. I forgot how loud the door is when you're half awake. And how light it gets in the morning.
We had babysitting day at the Church on Saturday. It was lots of fun. There weren't a million kids there like we always have in Washington, so it wasn't mass chaos kids everywhere jenny can't take much more at all! We made gingerbread houses and played lots of sardines. :) And us "adults" (so weird!) did the "Hi, my name is Joe, and I work in a button factory...." routine for the kids. They thought it was hilarious. Addie and Kedron must think I'm really old. I was keeping an eye on them in the kitchen, and Addie said something about how, "you're a mom." I said "uh...not quite," and she replied, "but your hair's in a bun!" I was trying to keep from laughing and racking my brain how to explain this to a 3 yr old... I just told her I was a grownup and that's why. So funny!
Saturday night Amber, Sarah, Bob, Matt and I went to Dos Reales for supper before the Other Guys. Matt practically killed us several times while driving my car. My friend Holly (from high school) met us at Follinger and turns out that she is in a class with Amber! So random! It was good to see her again. :)
Church today was good. I didn't do much this afternoon, bummed around. I did get some homework done. I went out for supper again with Amber, Sarah, Bob, and Matt. Troy and Josh joined us from CV. We went to Village Inn Pizza, which has a game room a few steps down from the main dining room. Level with the back of the booth we were sitting at is a railing affair with posts that were fairly narrowly spaced. Sarah started talking about how it would be a great place to film a martial arts video and Bob said he was pretty sure he could jump through those posts. The guys weren't so sure it could be done and Troy even busted out with "teach the young men to be sober" and Matt "when I became a man, I put away childish things." He had to wait a while for the employees to all be out of sight and move a table...but...to make a long story short Bob ended up jumping through the posts- it was beautiful! So smooth, with a perfectly timed twist! And the only other people who saw were the kids playing darts who wanted a repeat. Wow. Made my week. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!
So I should really start studying for finals. Or send out christmas cards. Or something productive.
Blessings.
We had babysitting day at the Church on Saturday. It was lots of fun. There weren't a million kids there like we always have in Washington, so it wasn't mass chaos kids everywhere jenny can't take much more at all! We made gingerbread houses and played lots of sardines. :) And us "adults" (so weird!) did the "Hi, my name is Joe, and I work in a button factory...." routine for the kids. They thought it was hilarious. Addie and Kedron must think I'm really old. I was keeping an eye on them in the kitchen, and Addie said something about how, "you're a mom." I said "uh...not quite," and she replied, "but your hair's in a bun!" I was trying to keep from laughing and racking my brain how to explain this to a 3 yr old... I just told her I was a grownup and that's why. So funny!
Saturday night Amber, Sarah, Bob, Matt and I went to Dos Reales for supper before the Other Guys. Matt practically killed us several times while driving my car. My friend Holly (from high school) met us at Follinger and turns out that she is in a class with Amber! So random! It was good to see her again. :)
Church today was good. I didn't do much this afternoon, bummed around. I did get some homework done. I went out for supper again with Amber, Sarah, Bob, and Matt. Troy and Josh joined us from CV. We went to Village Inn Pizza, which has a game room a few steps down from the main dining room. Level with the back of the booth we were sitting at is a railing affair with posts that were fairly narrowly spaced. Sarah started talking about how it would be a great place to film a martial arts video and Bob said he was pretty sure he could jump through those posts. The guys weren't so sure it could be done and Troy even busted out with "teach the young men to be sober" and Matt "when I became a man, I put away childish things." He had to wait a while for the employees to all be out of sight and move a table...but...to make a long story short Bob ended up jumping through the posts- it was beautiful! So smooth, with a perfectly timed twist! And the only other people who saw were the kids playing darts who wanted a repeat. Wow. Made my week. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!
So I should really start studying for finals. Or send out christmas cards. Or something productive.
Blessings.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
two weeks
The semester is almost over! I'm excited for Christmas but not at all for finals.
It's sleeting....mur...so no ISU bible study tonight. I really wanted to go since next week will be out of the question.
On Wednesday nights at Champaign Church they have student announcements after the service. Here are a few of my favorites from the semester.
"If you could all come out to the world relief room Mark has something in the closet to show us."
"Paper copies of the calendar are out on the... credenza...yeah."
"Tuesday night we are going Christmas caroling.... at Schnuck's.... we'll have a salvation army bucket thingy."
So instead of studying.... Elf awaits! :)
It's sleeting....mur...so no ISU bible study tonight. I really wanted to go since next week will be out of the question.
On Wednesday nights at Champaign Church they have student announcements after the service. Here are a few of my favorites from the semester.
"If you could all come out to the world relief room Mark has something in the closet to show us."
"Paper copies of the calendar are out on the... credenza...yeah."
"Tuesday night we are going Christmas caroling.... at Schnuck's.... we'll have a salvation army bucket thingy."
So instead of studying.... Elf awaits! :)
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
For Gab
ahem. this blog is for gab. i love her a lot. she is great. she is my faithful blog reader and bugs me when i should be writing my lab reports. this picture is us in mexico with our drills.
the end.
the end.
*GRIN*
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Manhappening Part 2
Scott made an excellent supper of hamburgers Monday night, we played some games and then they had prayer meeting at their apartment. Afterwards I got to experience a KState stairwell singing. :) It sounded pretty cool. I hung out with Scott and his roommates until pretty late and we made pizza rolls and chocolate chip cookies. I don't think they have swept their kitchen floor all semester...
Tuesday I slept in- thanks Tifani for the bed! A bunch of us went out for breakfast...well, it was breakfast for us lazy visitors anyway. :) Scott and Matt and I went back to KC in the afternoon and played Rook with Ned until Karen and Randy got home. Then we went to Jackstack. It was wonderful. :)
We left for home this morning and I ended up driving all the way back. Traffic was really bad...I forgot how many people would be traveling this weekend. But gas was still only $1.98 in Missouri. :) I'm tired.
We're going to Gridley tomorrow. Woot.
Tuesday I slept in- thanks Tifani for the bed! A bunch of us went out for breakfast...well, it was breakfast for us lazy visitors anyway. :) Scott and Matt and I went back to KC in the afternoon and played Rook with Ned until Karen and Randy got home. Then we went to Jackstack. It was wonderful. :)
We left for home this morning and I ended up driving all the way back. Traffic was really bad...I forgot how many people would be traveling this weekend. But gas was still only $1.98 in Missouri. :) I'm tired.
We're going to Gridley tomorrow. Woot.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Manhappening
So I survived my craziest week so far this semester. Barely. :) Three tests, two lab reports, and some random homework do not make for a relaxing week. I was glad for Friday.
Friday evening a group of us went out to eat at Papa Del's pizza for supper and then Coldstone for dessert. We ended up hanging out at the Shaker, posing thought provoking questions, listening to some amazing musical talent, and just having all around good times. :)
I went home Saturday morning and didn't do much all day...very nice for a change! On Sunday Alyssa and I went to Fairbury for Darl and Janelle's wedding. We didn't stay for the reception, which was sad, but I had to get back home so Matt and I could leave for KState. :)
I spent approximately 10 hours on the road yesterday- good thing I like driving!
You would think that I've been to KC enough to know the way...but I was too busy talking to Matt to pay attention to the road, so we took a slight detour through St. Louis. It was nice to go interstate all the way, and we still made it in 6.5 hrs. Even with the ten minute emergency stop. Matt's power adaptor broke off in the cigarette lighter and was sparking and smoking. So he had take the fuse out, get the pieces out with a tweezers so my car wouldn't start on fire, and then put it all back together again.
We got to KC at 10:30 and then went the rest of the way to Manhattan with Scott and his friend Mike. They talked about food the whole way. It was pretty funny, and it made me kinda hungry.
I crashed at Tifani's and somehow I managed to not wake up her roommate. Today we slept in and got the campus tour- KState is lots different from U of I. The buildings are white limestone and the whole campus is a lot more compact. Tonight we're going to play some Rook....
Friday evening a group of us went out to eat at Papa Del's pizza for supper and then Coldstone for dessert. We ended up hanging out at the Shaker, posing thought provoking questions, listening to some amazing musical talent, and just having all around good times. :)
I went home Saturday morning and didn't do much all day...very nice for a change! On Sunday Alyssa and I went to Fairbury for Darl and Janelle's wedding. We didn't stay for the reception, which was sad, but I had to get back home so Matt and I could leave for KState. :)
I spent approximately 10 hours on the road yesterday- good thing I like driving!
You would think that I've been to KC enough to know the way...but I was too busy talking to Matt to pay attention to the road, so we took a slight detour through St. Louis. It was nice to go interstate all the way, and we still made it in 6.5 hrs. Even with the ten minute emergency stop. Matt's power adaptor broke off in the cigarette lighter and was sparking and smoking. So he had take the fuse out, get the pieces out with a tweezers so my car wouldn't start on fire, and then put it all back together again.
We got to KC at 10:30 and then went the rest of the way to Manhattan with Scott and his friend Mike. They talked about food the whole way. It was pretty funny, and it made me kinda hungry.
I crashed at Tifani's and somehow I managed to not wake up her roommate. Today we slept in and got the campus tour- KState is lots different from U of I. The buildings are white limestone and the whole campus is a lot more compact. Tonight we're going to play some Rook....
Sunday, November 12, 2006
A weekend in Champaign
It's been a long time. Since august actually. So it was really fun to stay in Champaign for the weekend.
Friday we had thanksgiving dinner at the church, so we'd been cooking up a storm at our house. I had two pies in the oven, and Gab had just left to take the food to church when I get a phone call... Yeah, she got a flat tire and needed somebody to come get our thanksgiving dinner. I didn't want to leave my pies, so while BJ put on the spare, Matt came and got the food. Even though he was "busy"- so sweet of him. :) The dinner turned out great! There were several international students there for their first American thanksgiving...good stuff.
Afterwards us girls were sitting in our hallway discussing how lucky we are to know such great guys! They change tires, come get food out of the blue, help with dishes, clean up tables- they're just plain amazing!
Saturday I ran some errands and bought wedding presents...woot...the mall was packed because it was Dad's Day weekend. Then I got some homework done, surprisingly. Matt, Markus, Amber and I went out to eat at Baker's Square before the Varsity Men's Glee Club concert and barely made it back in time. The concert was so good! They are so good! And they sang this super cool version of Nkosi Sikelel' Afrika/ Africa that blew me away. Wow. We sang Africa in HS jazz choir, and it was cool then, but man- their version was phenomenal!
Church was great- so good to be in Champaign for a change. :) I've been studying almost ever since....yuck. I am not a fan of Biochem. It's going to be a long week.
Blessings.
Friday we had thanksgiving dinner at the church, so we'd been cooking up a storm at our house. I had two pies in the oven, and Gab had just left to take the food to church when I get a phone call... Yeah, she got a flat tire and needed somebody to come get our thanksgiving dinner. I didn't want to leave my pies, so while BJ put on the spare, Matt came and got the food. Even though he was "busy"- so sweet of him. :) The dinner turned out great! There were several international students there for their first American thanksgiving...good stuff.
Afterwards us girls were sitting in our hallway discussing how lucky we are to know such great guys! They change tires, come get food out of the blue, help with dishes, clean up tables- they're just plain amazing!
Saturday I ran some errands and bought wedding presents...woot...the mall was packed because it was Dad's Day weekend. Then I got some homework done, surprisingly. Matt, Markus, Amber and I went out to eat at Baker's Square before the Varsity Men's Glee Club concert and barely made it back in time. The concert was so good! They are so good! And they sang this super cool version of Nkosi Sikelel' Afrika/ Africa that blew me away. Wow. We sang Africa in HS jazz choir, and it was cool then, but man- their version was phenomenal!
Church was great- so good to be in Champaign for a change. :) I've been studying almost ever since....yuck. I am not a fan of Biochem. It's going to be a long week.
Blessings.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
I might not be ditzy...but man am I dumb!
Last night some girls came to visit me and go to Champaign church. Yay for them! (To everyone else who was invited and didn't come- you're a panz.) I gave them specific directions to church with landmarks and everything so when I got a call that they couldn't find the right road I was kind of surprised. I even commented to Amber and Sarah how some of the W-ton girls were pretty blond sometimes.... Um...yeah...so it turns out I told them the right road, but the wrong landmarks. So much for being a smart chem major. Yikes that was dumb. :p
Our house is full of flowers thanks to Amber's floral design project. They're so beautiful! I'm so excited I get to take that class next semester. :D
Our fridge is full of food for the YG Thanksgiving Dinner. They bought a 25 lbs turkey the other day not realizing that it would take 7 days to thaw in the fridge- so we've been thawing it in cold water in the sink. It kind of cracks me up.
Today is my grandma's 91st birthday.
I can't wait for Thanksgiving break. I will hopefully get to spend a few days with Scott in Manhattan, if Matt gets a deer. Otherwise it might be not quite as long. :)
Our house is full of flowers thanks to Amber's floral design project. They're so beautiful! I'm so excited I get to take that class next semester. :D
Our fridge is full of food for the YG Thanksgiving Dinner. They bought a 25 lbs turkey the other day not realizing that it would take 7 days to thaw in the fridge- so we've been thawing it in cold water in the sink. It kind of cracks me up.
Today is my grandma's 91st birthday.
I can't wait for Thanksgiving break. I will hopefully get to spend a few days with Scott in Manhattan, if Matt gets a deer. Otherwise it might be not quite as long. :)
Sunday, November 05, 2006
The whole world is at sixes and sevens...
...and why the house hasn't fallen down around our ears years ago is beyond me!
Gotta love a little bit of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of our Teeth" every now and again. :) Definitely my favorite play.
Anyway, so I had a busy and kind of crazy rest of the week. Wednesday evening I went to a job fair workshop that was pretty pointless. They didn't really tell me anything that I didn't already know. Nic and I ended up being pretty late to Cissna church because I didn't get done with that until almost 7ish. Cissna was fun! There was a pretty small group of U of I people there, but it was good to hang out with Mike and Joanna and the rest of the Kaeb's. :)
Thursday I went to the job fair, and talked to all Ag companies- I didn't really think about it until later. :) I got a pretty sweet free Pioneer hat that I'm not allowed to wear at home. :) And a free t-shirt from ADM. And I got to wear my new charcoal grey suit out in the freezing cold.
Friday night I went to singing at the home in W-ton. It was a pretty good night- lots of the residents were out of their rooms to listen to us. One old couple who have been married for 70yrs and knew all the words to every song, told us how they had stayed married so long- "because he always did what I told him to do." So cute and so funny!
Saturday morning, bright and early, I went to Jakey's state CC race. They did pretty good, the team didn't place, but he got his best time at Detweiler. I was pretty excited to see Kaitlyn Bastert run- she won the girls race by 50 seconds, and made it look effortless! Second place was from Eureka- woot! Abs came over in the evening and we watched the long version of "Pride and Prejudice." It was great.
So now I'm back at school again- mur. This semester is going sooo fast.
Gotta love a little bit of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of our Teeth" every now and again. :) Definitely my favorite play.
Anyway, so I had a busy and kind of crazy rest of the week. Wednesday evening I went to a job fair workshop that was pretty pointless. They didn't really tell me anything that I didn't already know. Nic and I ended up being pretty late to Cissna church because I didn't get done with that until almost 7ish. Cissna was fun! There was a pretty small group of U of I people there, but it was good to hang out with Mike and Joanna and the rest of the Kaeb's. :)
Thursday I went to the job fair, and talked to all Ag companies- I didn't really think about it until later. :) I got a pretty sweet free Pioneer hat that I'm not allowed to wear at home. :) And a free t-shirt from ADM. And I got to wear my new charcoal grey suit out in the freezing cold.
Friday night I went to singing at the home in W-ton. It was a pretty good night- lots of the residents were out of their rooms to listen to us. One old couple who have been married for 70yrs and knew all the words to every song, told us how they had stayed married so long- "because he always did what I told him to do." So cute and so funny!
Saturday morning, bright and early, I went to Jakey's state CC race. They did pretty good, the team didn't place, but he got his best time at Detweiler. I was pretty excited to see Kaitlyn Bastert run- she won the girls race by 50 seconds, and made it look effortless! Second place was from Eureka- woot! Abs came over in the evening and we watched the long version of "Pride and Prejudice." It was great.
So now I'm back at school again- mur. This semester is going sooo fast.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Good times
Monday evening Amber, Sarah, Amanda and I hung the hammers from the piano on the living room wall. We borrowed Chris's drill, but he wouldn't let us have it until we went to Lowes and bought wall anchors and screws. It looks pretty cool. Kind of modern.
Yesterdays organic lab was the most frustrating lab I have ever been in. Ahhh. Way to many people, not enough equipment, only two TA's and not nearly enough time. I was there until 5- pretty ridiculous since I'm usually one of the first to leave.
But it was all good when I got home because Heidi came to visit me. And most of the Shaker was at our house for supper. (I guess some of the girls wanted to apologize for all the pranks or something crazy like that.) They had the table covered with tin foil and then we dumped the food out in the middle and ate with our hands. Amber brought some wonderful steak, and we had marinated chicken, potatoes, vegetables. Yum. And great harvest bread. It was soooo amazingly good. I made pies on Monday...I love pie.
Cleanup was really easy! Just roll up the tinfoil. :) Then Heidi and I did some homework and drank root beer and I taught her how to tie a tie. With my scarves. :) We went to Perkins at 10 to study with some people. I got stuff done...so that was worth it. We even got to bed before 1am. for a change. :)
One of my professors didn't show up for lecture today so we all left after 10 minutes. It was great. Now I need to finish my lab report so I can go visit Joanna in Cissna tonight. :)
Yesterdays organic lab was the most frustrating lab I have ever been in. Ahhh. Way to many people, not enough equipment, only two TA's and not nearly enough time. I was there until 5- pretty ridiculous since I'm usually one of the first to leave.
But it was all good when I got home because Heidi came to visit me. And most of the Shaker was at our house for supper. (I guess some of the girls wanted to apologize for all the pranks or something crazy like that.) They had the table covered with tin foil and then we dumped the food out in the middle and ate with our hands. Amber brought some wonderful steak, and we had marinated chicken, potatoes, vegetables. Yum. And great harvest bread. It was soooo amazingly good. I made pies on Monday...I love pie.
Cleanup was really easy! Just roll up the tinfoil. :) Then Heidi and I did some homework and drank root beer and I taught her how to tie a tie. With my scarves. :) We went to Perkins at 10 to study with some people. I got stuff done...so that was worth it. We even got to bed before 1am. for a change. :)
One of my professors didn't show up for lecture today so we all left after 10 minutes. It was great. Now I need to finish my lab report so I can go visit Joanna in Cissna tonight. :)
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Random picture
This was in my "random pictures" folder. It makes me smile.
Clockwise from the left: Osvald, Lenin, Troll, Easter Island Head, rubber chicken, stuffed pirhanna. Middle: Papua New Guinea nose bone.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Happy Mole Day!
What a happy day! *grin* Mole day is the best- what other day do you have an excuse to eat a mole of smarties? Or tell great mole jokes?
Q: What kind of fruit did Avogadro eat in the summer?
A: Watermolens
Q: What line from Shakespeare do high school moles have to memorize?
A: "To mole or not to mole, this is the question."
Q: How much does Avogadro exaggerate?
A: He makes mountains out of mole hills
Q: What is Avogadro's favorite kind of music?
A: Rock 'N' Mole
Sorry, I've already been informed I'm a troll.... :)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Church
Was on campus tonight. In Noyes lab. It was kind of weird because I have had at least 3 classes in the room we were in. And I usually fall asleep. I didn't tonight. It was fun to be singing hymns in my classroom. :)
My biochem test last night went really badly...mur...definitely not looking forward to getting it back. I have a test on Friday as well. *sigh* Last year I never had to study, and this year has been almost every night. O for the good ol days of being in bed by 11pm. :)
I spent one of my study breaks in Gab's room doing handstands. She has the perfect spot to do them, no furniture close to kick, and if I fall over I hit the bed. I'm very out of practice.
My biochem test last night went really badly...mur...definitely not looking forward to getting it back. I have a test on Friday as well. *sigh* Last year I never had to study, and this year has been almost every night. O for the good ol days of being in bed by 11pm. :)
I spent one of my study breaks in Gab's room doing handstands. She has the perfect spot to do them, no furniture close to kick, and if I fall over I hit the bed. I'm very out of practice.
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