so... turns out that I am still just doing the same old boring things like mowing and working at la casa de queso and NOT going on an exciting trip with my friend..... ugh! But, not all hope is lost....summer is not over yet....

so, finally I am doing something more noteworthy than mowing the lawn and working at the cheese factory....my lovely friend and I are going on a girls weekend to the lovely city of Omaha. yay for trips!

wow, it has almost been a month since I have graced this site with my witty presence. Who would have thought that summer break is not really a break at all....I love the things I'm getting done and the wonderful people I'm spending time with, but I'm just SO out of routine! Maybe I should work on that.
As of right now, I just can't wait until my lovely friend returns home safely from a year in England!

okay folks. I just watched Julie Julia and am completely and utterly inspired. I am going to cook tomorrow night and it is going to be fabulous. I do love cooking and have missed it very much this last year.... cooking is time consuming, expensive and difficult when the kitchen available is inconvinient and pots and pans are not provided. But now that I'm home, in a nice kitchen, with the necessities and staples provided.... let the cooking begin! Bon Apetite!

Let's just hope I have time to cook..... All of this rain is making our grass grow like muscles on steroids!

I am getting busier.... A fundraiser at my former high school, bible school dramas, organizing my life (very very slowly), mowing lawn..... is it okay to need a break from summer break?

But............. Good news--- my computer has been restored and renewed and replenished by my wonderful brother. I don't know how he does what he does, but he sure is good at it! :) yay for Nate!

aaaahhhh... Being home.
It is so nice.
Mowing the lawn, though I did get a sunburn.
Selling Cheese.
Bible School Drama.
Helping Mitch Move.
Seeing Old Friends.
Having Care-Care (the nickname I dubbed to be my mother's) whip my butt into shape.... [that last one is not always so nice].
It's good to be back, Iowa.

I have officially moved out of Haury Hell forever!!! Never again will I smell that smell... never again will I have to look down those dark and dismal hallways.... never again will I have to use the laundry room that never actually cleans clothes... never again will I stuff all of my things in that tiny little room no bigger than a box... never again will I have to go into that nasty shower room to get privacy to talk on the phone... never again will I have to feel bad for all of my neighbors because of those paper thin walls...

never again will I live with that same group of wonderful people.... Never again will I live in Haury Hall... how bittersweet.

Going to Maggie's house to spend the weekend before traveling HOME on Monday.

Oh, how I cannot wait to get home. IOWA... I will spend time with my wonderful loved ones, organize and simplify my life and have a jolly good summer... I cannot wait. Joy is making my cheeks red.