Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Only a few short days until our Arizona trip! We have a couple wedding things to do, a visit to Tucson, and of course lots of Thanksgiving feasting planned. You can't really get a direct flight from here to Phoenix, so that's a bummer, but hopefully everything will go smoothly.
I'm finishing up reading Into Thin Air... I'm near the end and it's so intense! Jon Krakauer is an author I like a lot (based on reading Under the Banner of Heaven), and to write about something so personally upsetting and life-changing seems quite a feat. I also want to read Into the Wild. I may be taking a trip to the library today or tomorrow.
On Saturday when we get to AZ, we're going to "Coffeehouse," a fundraiser my high school choir started putting on when I was in the choir. It's going to be a blast from the past. I'm sure all the performers are going to look so young to me now! But I'm excited to see my old choir director (not old, but former) and her son is doing a comedy routine (she was pregnant with him when I was a junior and now he's in my mom's 4th grade class!).
For now I'm watching Kate & Allie and working up to going to the gym.
I'm finishing up reading Into Thin Air... I'm near the end and it's so intense! Jon Krakauer is an author I like a lot (based on reading Under the Banner of Heaven), and to write about something so personally upsetting and life-changing seems quite a feat. I also want to read Into the Wild. I may be taking a trip to the library today or tomorrow.
On Saturday when we get to AZ, we're going to "Coffeehouse," a fundraiser my high school choir started putting on when I was in the choir. It's going to be a blast from the past. I'm sure all the performers are going to look so young to me now! But I'm excited to see my old choir director (not old, but former) and her son is doing a comedy routine (she was pregnant with him when I was a junior and now he's in my mom's 4th grade class!).
For now I'm watching Kate & Allie and working up to going to the gym.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
This weekend has been a good one so far. Rick's aunt passed away about 6 weeks ago, so her brother and his wife were in Richmond putting on an estate sale. We went and hung out with them, ate some food, and watched a couple movies. This morning we went to church, I went for my run, and we're getting ready to go to Home Depot for some yard supplies... who knows what else we might find? We're slowly planning little home improvement projects. I want to fix up our bedroom, and the yard (front and back) is a longer-term project. We're going to Arizona in less than a week. I'll be able to show Rick and his mom our reception location and we're going to go check out the church where I want to have the ceremony. Otherwise, I hope we can just relax a lot and enjoy the warm temperatures and Thanksgiving foods. Mmmm... pie.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
SO... my future sister-in-law recently started a blog, inspiring me to at least log on to mine and post something new. (I'm kind of surprised I remembered my log-in info!)
Since my last post, I:
-turned 25
-finished my Master's degree
-got engaged!
-went to France
-moved to Virginia
-looked for and finally found a job
-joined the church choir...
those are the biggest things.
I feel like I could write almost anything because I know there are so few people left who check this blog anymore. In my period of unemployment, I have spent a good deal of time watching tv, and a bit less of it reading. I also clean occasionally.
Things I like watching on tv:
Daytime-- Ellen, The Daily Show, Paula's Home Cooking, sometimes Law and Order, Oprah, and Arthur
Prime Time-- Oh, where to begin? Beauty and the Geek, House, Boston Legal, Pushing Daisies, The Office, Without a Trace, Grey's Anatomy, Cold Case
Upcoming trips of importance: for Thanksgiving-- in Arizona with my family. Rick's mom is also joining us. for Christmas-- in Minnesota with Rick's family. Just after Christmas-- I go to Trinidad for my friend Sarah's wedding. Yes, Trinidad! And then December 3rd-- my first day of work.
That is my update for now. Oh, I'm also training for my first-ever half-marathon. Perhaps I'll update more frequently now.
Since my last post, I:
-turned 25
-finished my Master's degree
-got engaged!
-went to France
-moved to Virginia
-looked for and finally found a job
-joined the church choir...
those are the biggest things.
I feel like I could write almost anything because I know there are so few people left who check this blog anymore. In my period of unemployment, I have spent a good deal of time watching tv, and a bit less of it reading. I also clean occasionally.
Things I like watching on tv:
Daytime-- Ellen, The Daily Show, Paula's Home Cooking, sometimes Law and Order, Oprah, and Arthur
Prime Time-- Oh, where to begin? Beauty and the Geek, House, Boston Legal, Pushing Daisies, The Office, Without a Trace, Grey's Anatomy, Cold Case
Upcoming trips of importance: for Thanksgiving-- in Arizona with my family. Rick's mom is also joining us. for Christmas-- in Minnesota with Rick's family. Just after Christmas-- I go to Trinidad for my friend Sarah's wedding. Yes, Trinidad! And then December 3rd-- my first day of work.
That is my update for now. Oh, I'm also training for my first-ever half-marathon. Perhaps I'll update more frequently now.
