The last couple days have been pretty heavy around here. Cyber-space, I mean. I've been involved in a few different discussions regarding the recent election and they've gotten incredibly long and drawn out and occasionally feisty. Not that I mind any of it.The country is changing, there's no doubt about that. And I'm quite looking … Continue reading Who is Barack Obama?

Last night, we went to an election party at Karla and Phill's place, complete with some Chicago-style goodies (butter cookies, pizza and PBR) and spent more than 3 hours watching the races and the talking heads.We've all worked pretty hard in the last year or so not only to get our candidate elected, but to … Continue reading Yes, we did!

VoteTuesday, November 4, 2008Because whatever your reasons, you NEED to vote.

Yes, our plans are in full swing.Come early June 2009, we will be turning Japanese!My brother, who lives and works in Japan right now, has been wanting all of us to come visit him while he's still there (he's probably moving back to Colombia at some point) and since going to Japan is something Todd … Continue reading I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so!

It's been a L-O-N-G time since I've had a truly free evening. For the last five+ years, I've been in school or studying nearly every night of the week. Now that I'm closing in on being done (don't get too excited...I still have about 6 semesters left), I'm wondering what I'm going to do with … Continue reading Watcha gonna do??

Todd came up with our new year's resolution yesterday.We have to find five things we've never done before and do them before 2009 ends.I'm really excited about this one!I'm just not sure what to do...most of the things I want to do involve enormous sums of cash (walking to Russia, spending a week in Cancun … Continue reading The ’09 Challenge

I've sort of been reflecting on mine and Todd's first year of marriage the past few days...our first annivesary is fast approaching (on Sunday, as I've mentioned numerous times) and there are just so many things that we did in the last year, it's kind of staggering!Probably the most exciting thing we did was TRAVEL! … Continue reading One year down….50+ more to go!

Things that annoy me recently:1. When cashiers don't give you change back when it's less than like 5cents. I know, I know...pennies are nealry obsolete, but still...it's MY money. I never said they could just assumedly keep it.2. When there's a rack of clothes at a store (cough cough GAP) and all the clothes on … Continue reading Has it really been almost a year already??!?

I felt the "timeline" creep back a little bit today.I was thinking about when I was going to wind up graduating from college. Feeling a little blue about all the time that I wasted in my previous life. I'm putting it in perspective with the global financial crisis and how the odds of me ever … Continue reading Damn that stupid timeline…

I have just finished one of the better books that I've read in a great while. It's called TWILIGHT by Stephanie Meyer. I'm sure you've heard of it. It's what Todd would call "urban fantasy"...it's about a vampire, after all. I don't know how or why I got so engrossed in it, but I did. … Continue reading Stepping away for a bit…