Dear Amanda,

I think you should start a blog.
"You know, if you wanted to, you can comment in your own "comment" section and write back to the people leaving comments"
OR you could have a blog, and I could post on there ;)

Our House

We have lived in our house for 2 years already. I can hardly believe it! We have painted a couple rooms, but for the most part, the walls are still plain white with no pictures hanging up yet. Maybe this year :). We would also LOVE to finish the basement, but I don't know about that happening anytime soon.

new years

New Years Eve, me and Valerie.

Holiday pictures

These are some pictures that I am FINALLY posting. The tree is our 9' tree in our great room, and the banister is ours. My cute husband is posing by our stockings. And then the other two are from New years eve - me and my friend Valerie, and of course, me and Ryan.

100% A

So A few weeks ago I took this written exam in my HR class. Although I had read the assigned 600 pages, been to every lecture, and took notes on the guest speakers, I really didn't think I did well on the exam. I felt like the questions were pulled out of thin air, and I tried my best to just answer what I knew. Well, as it turns out, I got 100%!!!!! I couldn't believe it! I actually had to close it and check again, and check the name to make sure it was mine.

We are also doing a group project in that class which we are really behind on. We need to do a 20 minute presentation on Thursday and we need to write about 25 pages on the material. We met last night and really pulled it together. I was super surprised! It looks like we are on track after all.

Also, in Stats we have had 2 exams so far (only the final left...) and I got A's on both! It sucks to be in school and have class late and all that, but it feels good to get an A!

Happy Valentines Day!

HAPPY HEART DAY! I just want to say that I love my husband, Ryan! He is so awesome and amazing and helps me whenever I ask and even when I don't ask. He does the dishes when I am in class, he goes grocery shopping with me if I want, and he always takes the trash out and brings the can back in so I never have to touch it. Plus, I had a little note from him when I came home last night and I thought it was really sweet.

We have celebrated plenty of Valentine's Days in the past, and we are both working all day, and I have class tonight until late. Perhaps we can do dinner and a movie this weekend or something. Either way, I love you and I am thinking of you!

Oh, and I made cute little lemon cupcakes with 3 shades of white and pink frosting and heart-shaped strawberries on top. YUM! Those must count for something.

ooooohhhhh we're half way there!!.....

I am more than half way done with Winter Quarter and I couldn't be more excited for it to end! It has been cold here lately with lots of snow and rain, and super cloudy. I had my second exam in stats last night and I think it went well. I got an A on the first one, and I have a good feeling about this one as well. If I got an A on this one, then I feel like I can relax a little for the final. In my other class, I had a difficult midterm last week and I get it back tonight. We are also working on a group project (well, we haven't exactly started yet....) where we have to write a 25 page paper and do a presentation as soon as 2 weeks from now. So I have a feeling it is going to be pretty busy pretty soon.

Next quarter I will have different classes, so that is kind of exciting. I will have class on Monday and Tuesday nights, so then I will get it over with early in the week.

Only 2 1/2 more years to go!!

Jury Duty

Well, I did it. I finished my two weeks of jury duty for the county. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be, actually. I went every day for 2 weeks and just sat in a room with about 200 other people and just waited to see if I was going to get called for a case. I did get called for 2 seperate cases, but both times the defendant plead guilty before the trial started. It was a good experience to see how our system works, but I am glad it's over.