time to party

The pictures are in. Click on the Flickr squares on the right and you will witness all of the fun that was had at our going away bash. Thank you to everyone who came and showed your love for Jason and I. It was so good to see everyone. We'll let everyone know when we get an apartment. Hopefully very soon. We'll keep in touch.

not exactly what we were hoping for.

This is the floor plan of the apartment that NMU so graciously assigned to us. It 's only 366 square feet. I think there might be room for my big toe and that's all. So we are still with out an apartment. We will keep looking and and pray that this isn't our only option.

"i got a number on me, won't make it through in the high noon sun..."

i ran my first 5k on saturday morning. as everybody from the midwest knows, this weekend has been very hot and muggy. but, the race was a lot of fun. i finished 306th out of over 800 people. 306th place. the number doesn't quite have that ring to it, but i was still pretty pleased with the results. training, i averaged around thirty minutes for 3 miles, and at the race i ended up with a 27:31 time. my parents both ran it too. my mom successfully ran her first 5k. she did great. her and my dad are already signing up for another. unfortunately i wont be doing it; i'll be in marquette. so anyway, i was was one of those runners who listened to his ipod and thought my playlist was important. at least, important enough to be posted (in order, as i remember):

"cochise" audioslave
"mexican hairless" the toadies
"honeybee" tom petty
"poppin' tags" jay-z
"ball and a biscuit" white stripes
"pistol of fire" kings of leon
"you are a runner and i am my father's son" wolf parade
"f*ckin' up" pearl jam
"rotting pinata" sponge

it seems like that would last more than 27:31. i may have left it on for a while after.
in other news, stacey and i have 2 more weeks of work, 3 weeks till we leave to marquette, and we still have not found a place to live. i probably should be more concerned than i am but i am not. now, im gonna go outside and watch the thunderstorm.
jason

told you so!

wedding bells

We rode in style today over to Detroit for Joel and Megan's wedding. It was a beautiful day and beautiful wedding. It's been a long wait, watching and waiting for these two to get married. Today it became a reality. Thank you for letting us be a part of your day. Jason and I wish you much happiness and lots of understanding. We love you. Have an amazing honeymoon.

"i caught you a delicious bass..."

just got back from rice lake, canada, yesterday. i went with some of the guys in stacey's family on a fishing trip. we had a a really good time, though all of the ridiculous stories of people comin' home with 1500 blue gills, none under 10 inches proved to be, well, ridiculous stories. we still held our own. first morning out, tim - stacey's sister's boyfriend - caught a 20.5 inch largemouth bass and i caught a 18 inch largemouth. both monsters, though we forgot the camera and were told that bass season didn't start till next week. we threw 'em back and when we went in for the camera, we found out that bass season was actually open. however, back in the boat i caught this 16 inch small mouth and tim caught this nineteen inch walleye . though, i'm pretty sure that nothing was caught that came close to this monster perch i caught trolling. i was lucky he didn't swallow my entire lure. actually i was a little surprised he was even able to get a lip around one of the hooks. we had to take a picture. but yeah, the trip was great. ended up with probably 150 or so panfish fillets and a few walleye. lots of laughs and a few stories. the scenery was beautiful. once we got onto the water, it felt remote and quiet as we rolled around the sun and caught its glow at the end of the day. im convinced that the best way to see the sun that way is from a small fishing boat on a lake, almost perfectly quiet, except the sounds of waves hittting the side of the boat and a few blue gill splashing around in your cooler. tim and i did manage to get the reputation of being the last ones back for lunch in the afternoon and the last ones back at night, well after dark. but its easy to lose track of time out there. well, i'm going golfing, now. stacey and i both played hookie from work so we could get in nine and some fireworks. good night.




"...there's more where that
came from!"

summer days

yes those are my feet. but they are feet that are relaxing. they are basking in the warm summer
days. there is nothing better than lazy summer days where the only things that need to be attended to are: your tan, your tanning lotion (do i need to put more on?), cooling off in the pool, laying in the lounge chair, and making sure that nothing interferes with these plans. summer is taken for granted, especially with me. but in the not to distant future i know that i will give anything for just one more day to just this...absolutely nothing. enjoy.....relax....sun....swim....eat...repeat.........