— Here’s What I Have to Say —

I love my new heart rate monitor! I recently mentioned that the previous one I had met it's death. Well, the chest strap for the one I had did not have any way to change the battery in it. So after having it for a number of years, it died. Chuck decided to see if...

1. Figuring out petition stuff for class. 2. Ginger Ale…YUM! 3. Finally do my job instead of someone else's. 4. Getting my class cancelled. 5. Making a new dinner and it turned out!

Tonight I made Chicken & Sun-Dried Tomato Risotto from Let's Dish. Since I am back on dinner duty, I thought I should give some of the billion meals we made and have in our freezer. If you have never been to Let's Dish, you go to a station and they have all the ingredients there,...

1. My last day driving to Burnsville to get the bus. 2. Chuck stripped the dark color off our coffee table. 3. Landscaping at new houses. 4. Spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. 5. Finally being able to make dinner again!

1. Started the day off with Froot Loops. 2. Chuck built some things in the garage. 3. No plans this morning. 4. Feeling relaxed and happy. 5. Soccer game.

1. Working on projects at my brother's house. 2. I learned to tape drywall. Not something I want to do a lot of, but I was proud at the end. 3. Taking lots of pictures with my new camera. 4. Having a tasty dinner with our neighbor. 5. Great friends.

1. Finishing a book to give back to a friend. 2. Making a tasty dinner. 3. Adding a standing light to the porch! So nice! 4. Watching lightning in the distance. 5. Sitting on the porch with Chuck.

1. The day went by quickly at work. 2. Reading on the porch. 3. Leaving work at 3:30. 4. Skipping class. 5. Dinner and Coldstone with friends.

1. Fixing a skirt (a hand-me-down) to fit me better. 2. Getting lost in a book. 3. Finding out one of my best friends is pregnant! 4. A warm heater. 5. Turning in my last homework assignment.

1. An outcome that could have been much worse. 2. The comfort of family and friends. 3. Breakfast, pizza, cereal, gummy worms…yes, we binge on food when we feel sorry for ourselves. 4. Sitting on the couch and doing nothing. Sometimes it's just necessary. 5. Crawling into bed for much needed sleep.

1. A beautiful sunrise. 2. Fixing my glasses! I was getting sick of wearing my contacts every day! 3. New clothes (hand-me-downs from a friend) 4. Compliments on said clothes. 5. Words of encouragement.

1. 100 more days of GiST! I am proud I have been doing it this long! 2. Hanging out at Caribou to work on homework with my partner and getting a smoothie AND a hot chocolate! 3. Hanging out with Paige & Brian while they work on landscaping. 4. Looking at paint colors. 5. Making...

1. A change of plans this morning. 2. More chips and queso! 3. Dinner at our friends' house. 4. A friend's birthday party. 5. Mad Men!

1. IT'S FRIDAY! 2. Reading a new book. 3. Leftovers for lunch from the staff lunch yesterday. 4. Getting lots of things fixed/replaced around the house today. 5. Pizza with delicious toppings and spicy chicken wings!

1. Staff lunch….yum! 2. Gifts of money and food! 3. Busy day at work…makes the day go quickly. 4. Chuck looked at my quiz I took tonight and thought it was too hard for our level. I felt better about not understanding it at all! 5. Chips and queso for dinner

1. No class today! 2. Neighbors came over for dinner! 3. The neighbor's kids are hilarious! 4. Playing Rock Band…it's been a long time. 5. Peanut Butter/Chocolate dessert.

I am pretty sure these are the tastiest little morsels I have had in a long time! They are from Target's Archer Farms brand. They are these little twists of yumminess. They have tons of flavor and taste more like dried fruit than fruit snacks. See…look how cute they are! They are kind of like...

I recently finished this book. I have been borrowing Jodi Picoult books from people as often as I get the chance. There's something so captivating about her books. I have only read a few, but I know I want to read more. I think that is the sign of a good author. This one was...

1. Forgetting my sunglasses, but realized it was ok. 2. New sweaters 3. Lunchables (Nachos with Capri Sun and Crunch bar) 4. A free Butterfinger. 5. Finding some issues that my bosses didn't see.

1. Sleeping in a little in the morning. The bed was so comfy! 2. Looking at sunglasses…and having the will-power to not buy a pair I wanted! 3. Painting my nails! It's been a LONG time! 4. A new lunch that was actually quite tasty! 5. A chat with my dad on his birthday.