A blessed Easter to you all! Of course I was overjoyed to sing Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands again this year. Thank goodness one of my favorite Easter hymns is the Hymn of the Day ( Read more... )

 Last night, I placed an order on www.knitpicks.com for some yarn I need for a project. Silly me forgot to triple check my order before hitting submit, and the system had accidentally deleted a ball of yarn from my order; thus, I ordered 3 balls instead of 4. With any normal store, I'd just go back and purchase a 2nd ball of the yarn if I needed it ( Read more... )

  First day of break has been glorious. It's so nice to be home, the weather is wonderful, and I spent the day running errands and relaxing. Perfect. Well, almost perfect ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is my last day at home. It doesn't seem like I've been home for 3 weeks now, but I have. At the same time, I'm not ready to go back. Sure, I miss being on my own and having my own schedule and responsibilities, and there's something about being home for break that makes me super relaxed and well, lazy. I'm much more productive at school, ( Read more... )

I'm excited to make dinner tonight. Herb-rubbed pork tenderloin with potatoes and green beans. Yum. I'm hungry already. Too bad we're eating later when Mom gets home from work ( Read more... )

Christmas break is finally here! And it's been here... for about a week. I've already been pretty productive (for relaxing on break anyway). Visited Drew in Kaukauna for a nice long weekend, full of snow and Christmas presents and spending quality time together. It was delightful. :-) Tomorrow is Church decorating, and then Sunday is the Christmas ( Read more... )

Things I have accomplished:
Haircut
Pedicure
Taxes

Things yet to be accomplished:
Read Joy- American Expansion
Read Meena: Heroine of Afghanistan
Presentation for Joy
Vocation Research Paper (which, thankfully, is now due Friday 4/17)
Snowmen!

Yay for life!

So, we're all set to go home for Easter break. Four of us driving back home for the nice, long, "relaxing" weekend... and last night, our ride cancels on us. Out of the blue. Leaving 3 girls to find a ride home on very short notice... Uncool. I cried. I fumed. I bought train tickets. Not the most convenient times (the others were better-- and more ( Read more... )