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I am officially Mrs. Brian Cessna! No really good pics of the wedding yet but I'll be ordering my album from the photographer soon. Recap: It was a ton of fun ( Read more... )

 that I'm a geek, here is a prime example!  There is an online database called Project Gutenberg, which I'd heard of a long time ago and really loved because it makes books available online for free.  They use volunteers to post the books online so I signed up to be a proofreader.  You scroll through projects that are currently pending and pick ( Read more... )

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Student leaders at a California college have touched off a furor by banning the Pledge of Allegiance at their meetings, saying they see no reason to publicly swear loyalty to God and the U.S. government.

The move by Orange Coast College student trustees, the latest clash over patriotism and religion in American schools, has ( Read more... )

Where to start? Let's start with dinner. Emily and Brian arrived at my house around 5:30. We decided to head off to the "white" shore and grab some Thai. Yummy. Em and Brian had some unfortunate sauce that was like coconutty, gingery, nastiness. Neither liked it and neither finished their food. I rather enjoyed mine but since it was my birthday ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to me! I'm very excited today because I'm actually going to do something for my birthday. Yea! Mom and dad called to sing me happy birthday this morning and they called the wrong woman, woke her up by calling, and then sang her happy birthday. Haha.

I don't know why I bother to update because I usually say things like "well nothing new here but I thought I'd post anyway." In fact, I almost opened up with that very statement. Instead, I'm going to bore you by listing all my fabulous finds from this past week. I bought a black suede pair of peep-toe oxfords with a fabulous cuban heel. Yea. I ( Read more... )

Mom says I'm just like my dad in that I get fixated on something and obsess over it for periods of time. It's true. Ever since Brian got permission to miss drill in June which was over Reading Air Show weekend, I've been obsessing over the 40's. Not that I wasn't interested in the 40's before, just now, I'm getting all excited. I really want to go ( Read more... )

Announcement of the century (only because I never thought it would happen): Emily bought a car!!!!!! It's a miracle, occurring only through the grace of God that she actually decided on one and actually bought it. Amazing ( Read more... )

I don't even know the last time I wrote in this damn thing but here it is and I'm still alive and since I'm sitting here mindlessly not doing anything. I'm in Hanover at Brian's. His roommate from school is visiting and sitting on the bed listening to some stupid rockabilly stuff and talking to his girlfriend on his laptop. I need to get me one of ( Read more... )