At the foothills of the Ozarks...

1. Do you remember your campus mail box number?
14895 (I think)

2. What was your favorite class?
I really enjoyed my photography class with Mike James, Editing with Jim Miller and all of my classes at HUF, just because they were taken in Italy. :-)

3. Did you ever get dormed? What for?
Nope

4. After leaving HU, how long before you got your first letter asking for donations?
No idea.

5. Did you truly fall in love at HU? Who?
No, but my true love did go to Harding. Love you, Mike! :-)

6. Were you ever caught making out at the soccer fields?
No

7. What was your favorite meal in the cafeteria?
Hm - probably the chicken Caesar wraps

8. Were you in a Social Club?
Delta Gamma Rho

9. Did you ever sneak out after curfew or have others sneak in?
No

10. Which dorm were you in?
Cathcart, Searcy, Patti Cobb and Pryor

11. Do you still have your notes from others?
Probably somewhere.

12. Did you ever get in trouble for clothes you wore?
Kinda - I have really long legs so any shorts or skirts always looked a lot shorter than they actually were.

13. Is there a song that makes you remember a time at HU?
Hey Baby, Cecilia, anything Enya, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Manaheim Steamroller

14. What did you major in?
Public Relations

15. Did you have a nickname?
No...

16. What is one of your fondest memories?
My freshman suite, Kelcey, Becca and Jenny hands down my favorite stories and there are two many to list
Slip and sliding on the front lawn in the rain
Living with Sio'Bhan and our Wednesday night "dates" to watch the Bachelor
Living on "the hall" junior year
Late nights with the Buffalo Gals in the Bison office

17. What's one of the things you'd like to erase from your mind?
I'm sure there are a few but I don't regret them either, I grew from them.

18. Who was your roommate?
Kelcey, Lindsey, Sio'Bhan, Becca, Alicia, Sandy (I wasn't a bad roommate, HUF and friends getting married played a part in having so many) :-)

19. Circle of friends, all around social butterfly, or loner?
Little of circle of friends and social butterfly - far from a loner

20. Favorite chapel memory?
Christmas chapel
Dr. Burks saying "Shriek" instead of "Shrek"
Listening to the beautiful voices singing
Senior Chapel

21. Did you ever have a crush that you never shared or pursued?
Not that I can remember

22. Did you play intramural sports?
No

23. Did you have a job?
No

24. Is there someone you've lost touch with and wish you could find?
I'd wish I knew how Lindsey was doing and what she's up to.

25. Is there someone you didn't know well then, but now have grown close to?
no

26. How did it make you better? What life lessons did you learn?
To relax, to enjoy life and that God will always be there for me and tell me what I need to hear exactly when I need to hear it.

M*A*S*H

Every Saturday night, right after the 10 o'clock news, Channel 12 plays one episode of one of my favorite shows. I have no idea why I like M*A*S*H so much, maybe because I remember watching it growing up, but that one episode each week is one of the simple (and somewhat silly) treats in my life.

"Little" Brother

My "little" brother(little being a relative term since he's 6'7"), Jordan, plays intramural basketball at the University of Missouri. He sent me a link to this video today:



Yep, that's my little bro. Now if only his school chanted "Rock Chalk Jayhawk" instead of "MIZ - ZOU".

Love ya, George!

Hello, DTV!

At midnight tomorrow most of the TV stations in Wichita are proceeding with the switch to digital (despite the fact that they now have until June something) and I am SO glad for two reasons:

1. I don't have to go "up" one channel after I've punched in the station I want to watch (we don't have cable)

2. I don't have to watch the commercials, tickers at the bottom of the screen, or reminders EVERY SINGLE NIGHT on the news. I will admit, this commercial is pretty funny.

Valentine's Day weekend

Mike and I had a relaxing weekend. We hung out at home, cleaned, visited my grandparents and I made our Valentine's night dinner (chicken cordon bleu, mashed potatoes, asparagus and rolls) that we ate by candlelight and with the fire on.

As much as I enjoy a good fire in the fireplace, I am ready for Spring. We've had a few really nice days the last few weeks and I enjoyed opening the windows but I'm ready to open them more and get busy on Spring cleaning. As a jump start on that, I rearranged the guest bedroom and it looks so much bigger! Now I have another wall to find something for but I think this one will be a little easier. I want to get a chair for the corner next to the window and closet and a little table to put under my 'Waterlilies' painting (thank you again, Jamie!) instead of the chair.

Future Photographer?

This is one of my favorite pictures that I've taken. I love pictures. I love the moments they capture, the feelings they express, the beauty you can see in them. 

My Mom started taking pictures for different families we know, that turned into Senior pictures, baby pictures and more. Photography is always something I've wanted to do but never had that "gift" or rather, the opportunity to see if I have that gift but soon, I get to!

Some of our friends recently became foster parents, something I admire so much. I asked if I could take pictures of their current foster child so I could start practicing/playing with photography and hopefully give them a chance to get some good, not to mention cheap, photos for them to have. We're taking pictures this weekend and I'm so excited. 

I'll let you know how it goes!

Nothing Specific

Not much has been going on here lately, but here are the highlights:

• We made it through a second round of layoffs at Cessna and are saying BIG prayers that we make it through round three. We're also saying prayers for everyone who has lost their jobs and thanking God for blessing us in the ways He has and praying that regardless of what happens, that we continue to trust Him. Please keep us and our jobs in your prayers, too!
• Mike and I are wrapping up week 3 of nasty colds. I completely lost my voice yesterday and hope it comes back before work tomorrow.
• My family was here this weekend to celebrate my Grandad's birthday. Mike and I stayed home from dinner with them last night because we didn't want to expose my grandparents. I felt bad but knew is was the right thing to do.
• We have curtains for our bedroom, thanks to my Mom and Dad and their Christmas gift to us. I need to finish buying the hardware though so we can actually hang them, I'm just waiting on more BB&B coupons in the mail! :-)
• The weather this weekend was beautiful and I'm ready for Spring!

That's really it - lots of random things, and nothing that exciting, but I wanted to get a new post up. :-)