Also, Philip and I are engaged.

Finally. Just me and the Bat.

The house has been more than crowded lately, and work has been more than stressful. Nice to sit here along and listen to some folk music and chillax.

Feeling awfully flirty, though.

Philip is cooking me dinner right now. Oh my.

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For the first three people that reply to this post, and who re-post this challenge: you win ( Read more... )

Because I have been reading Nick Hornby's Songbook, which is a really fun, thoughtful, intimate look at pop music and the role it plays in a person's life, I have rediscovered my loveloveLOVE of soul music and have been listening to James Carr and Solomon Burke for a nice chunk of this evening. If you've never heard it, I think you should take the ( Read more... )

So I finally had my graduation party, which was tiring and hot and not so fun, ut nice to see my family and get so many really sincere hugs. The best part is that my friend Krista came up and spent the next day with me, and I don't think I've laughed so much in years. I cannot remember the last time I stayed up until four AM cracking up with a ( Read more... )

Because I am vain, and also because I've never done it before, I have decided to try to get a tan. I'm not going to salons or anything like that--just laying-out on my deck and reading books in the mid-afternoon sun. It is so weird. I feel sort of gros when I do it, but afterward I feel so warm for hours, that it is really pleasant ( Read more... )

So, I did graduate from college, Magna Cum Laude, with my degrees in Russian and Sociology. Then I moved to St. Cloud, MN, where I looked for a job and hung out with my boyfriend. I found a job--two, in fact. but I decided to take the job with Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanity, being their Church Relations VISTA (an AmeriCorps position) I ( Read more... )

he has the cutest damn smile...pictures of easter bunny fun to follow.