04 May 2010
03 May 2010
BIG, Hot Birthday Weekend
We celebrated two birthdays last weekend - Ben's and Esther's. Our monthly dinner with friends was extra special because it was finally warm enough to have a picnic. We took advantage of the gorgeous weather and topped if off with cake, fireworks, and good conversation in celebration of Esther's 28th birthday.
Sunday was just as beautiful and we had another great cake to enjoy in celebration of Ben's 39th birthday! Woohoo! We also had one of the first BBQs of the summer on the porch and finished it off with a walk to the bridge :)
Sunday was just as beautiful and we had another great cake to enjoy in celebration of Ben's 39th birthday! Woohoo! We also had one of the first BBQs of the summer on the porch and finished it off with a walk to the bridge :)
30 April 2010
Flashback, 1987?
Ok, someone stop me! Expect to see many flashback pictures in the next few months because I am working on scanning all of my family's old print photos. I'm coming across some classics in the process, like the one below, and can't resist posting them.
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I think this one was taken in 1987 because I look 3 and Ivy looks like 4 yrs old. I have very vague memories of this photo shoot. I remember Ivy that day more than anything else.
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I think this one was taken in 1987 because I look 3 and Ivy looks like 4 yrs old. I have very vague memories of this photo shoot. I remember Ivy that day more than anything else.
29 April 2010
Flashback, 2002
This was taken on the evening of my graduation from high school in 2002. I love this photo. It was a happy time in life, I believe for everyone. Carter was 18 mo. then (with Bema that night), Ivy was in college at LCCC, my mom and Ben were loving their family, and I was about to have one of the best summers ever.
Self Quiz: Am I Addicted to Academia?
You know those quizzes in the girly magazines about love, relationships, and personal style? Well, I've taken a few of them in the past for fun and thought I would tailor my own to "verify" whether I'm addicted to academia because I can't stop going back!
1. Are you constantly interested in learning? Yes
2. Do you feel you could use more knowledge to strengthen your career? Yes
3. Are you in debt from student loans? YES
4. Do you want to defer current student loans? Yes
5. Do you already hold higher education degrees? Yes
6. How many? 2
7. Are you waiting for the lender of said loans to realize you will keep going back to school until you are elderly and near death, so they should just forgive each and every penny? YES!!!! I've been telling them that for years...
8. Are you content in your current position? Sort of
9. Do you feel a need to be in control of your life? Yes
10. Can you maintain non-enrollment status for longer than 2 years? No
Yep, it appears you are addicted!
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I'm going back to school for a graduate degreen in education. Once I'm finished, which should be in 2012, I'll have a master's in education with certification to teach. This will help expand my career options and increase my qualifications as a librarian. I'm excited to begin the program next month and be in an intellectual environment again.
Needless to say, I'll be enjoying the next two weeks before I have to buckle down and think like a student again. The biggest diffence between this program and the last graduate program I was in is that this one is on-campus. It was nice to go home, get comfortable and log online to do course work, but I'll be going straight to class from work and won't be able to get away with listening to music in the background or making rediculous expressions when my fellow classmates make off-the-wall comments or when the professor has something insane on the sillabus. Yes, those online-learning days are over. Now it's time to look presentable and pay attention!
1. Are you constantly interested in learning? Yes
2. Do you feel you could use more knowledge to strengthen your career? Yes
3. Are you in debt from student loans? YES
4. Do you want to defer current student loans? Yes
5. Do you already hold higher education degrees? Yes
6. How many? 2
7. Are you waiting for the lender of said loans to realize you will keep going back to school until you are elderly and near death, so they should just forgive each and every penny? YES!!!! I've been telling them that for years...
8. Are you content in your current position? Sort of
9. Do you feel a need to be in control of your life? Yes
10. Can you maintain non-enrollment status for longer than 2 years? No
Yep, it appears you are addicted!
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I'm going back to school for a graduate degreen in education. Once I'm finished, which should be in 2012, I'll have a master's in education with certification to teach. This will help expand my career options and increase my qualifications as a librarian. I'm excited to begin the program next month and be in an intellectual environment again.
Needless to say, I'll be enjoying the next two weeks before I have to buckle down and think like a student again. The biggest diffence between this program and the last graduate program I was in is that this one is on-campus. It was nice to go home, get comfortable and log online to do course work, but I'll be going straight to class from work and won't be able to get away with listening to music in the background or making rediculous expressions when my fellow classmates make off-the-wall comments or when the professor has something insane on the sillabus. Yes, those online-learning days are over. Now it's time to look presentable and pay attention!
28 April 2010
New Banner, Flashback 2007
Check out the new banner! I'm having a little too much fun with the collage editing feature I discovered on my Photobucket account. The pictures are of my little bro, Carter, back in 2007! I'll never forget that day for as long as I live. It was a beautiful day and he was at an age when everything was fun and nothing was worth a second thought. Just being a pure little boy. We went sailing at Lake Nockamixon that day and I, of course, was equipped with my camera photographing the georgous day and the wonderful people in the boat. A lovely memory now :)
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