I discovered that I can add my friends' livejournal pages to my google reader, which is awesome because I seem to never check livejournal anymore. This way I'll see your posts still! Sadly, I'm not sure if the 'friends only' posts will make it through or not...so if you happen to post one like that, let me know so I can see if it works or not. I  ( Read more... )

and then I will be done with all my classes besides student teaching and student teaching seminar!!! I won't have to do anything related to school until I student teach next January! I'm not sure that I will know what to do with myself?! I've been a full time college student for EIGHT years! What will I do with all this new found time?! Oh yeah, I ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot about the issue of changing my last name after we're married. I don't know why, but the idea of losing my last name makes me very sad! Maybe it's because I always imagined I would be in a graduate program and be published under my maiden name, so I would keep it for that reason. While I have left the field I was in, I do ( Read more... )

So maybe I'm just a mean old lady, but the neighbors at Troy's house are driving me NUTS! They're kids who are probably like 10-12ish are always playing in our backyard! The yard is fenced, with a gate, mind you. Apparently the caretaker for the woman who lived here before us would let them play there because their backyard is all driveway and ( Read more... )

We made a decision on catering. We decided to go with Ryke's. Hearthstone was AMAZING, but they were just too expensive and they had fewer flexible costs. We can work with Ryke's to lower the cost if we want to, whereas we're stuck with what Hearthstone gives us. Is anyone really going to notice the difference? Probably not. The food will be great ( Read more... )

We went to Muskegon this past weekend to meet with all potential caterers that our reception venue would allow. It went well 50% of the time. Our first meeting was with Ryke's and it went great! We sampled some appetizers, he showed us his kitchen (he was SO excited to show us his kitchen; it was cute), and then got to sample some cake and fillings ( Read more... )

It's been awhile since I posted! Since then, we had a bit of a scary incident with my new nephew. He needed a surgery when he was only 10 days old! Apparently his intestines didn't develop properly, so they were bound up and not everything was able to pass through. He started throwing up bile :-/. So they had to make an incision in his stomach, ( Read more... )

In the spirit of b.h. and k.p., I have a recommendation!!! I browse a bunch of techie blogs (hooray google reader!) and they have been talking about this site for years, but I never paid much attention because it wasn't up yet and I had no idea what it was. Well, it's up now and it's so cool! You can watch full length movies and tv shows for free! ( Read more... )

I think we might be finally getting things worked out for our reception! We really wanted to have it at the Harbour Towne Yacht Club because it's in a GREAT location. It's located right on the channel between Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan, and I just adore the drive to it. You drive right through this cute little part of town and right by the ( Read more... )

My new nephew was born last Saturday, March 1 just before 3:00am. His name is Micah Robert McDonald. I went and stayed at my sister's house on Wed-Fri to help her out. I had so much fun with Abby and Micah! It made me feel much more confident with my ability to be a mom someday; I did pretty well with Micah! I even took a shift with him while Jeff ( Read more... )