HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

That being said. I don't like halloween at all. I haven't since I was a going to elementary school parties. I love seeing little kids in costumes and the fact that they are able to eat all the candy they want (as long as their mom's don't eat it first!!! :) But besides that the only reason I look forward to halloween is that the next day november starts and that means thanksgiving, christmas, and new years. He here's to then end of october and the beginning of a new season! Have an ORANGE day!

time

well i hope everyone enjoyed the extra hour of sleep on sunday morning. i know i did. but where is all the time and why does it seem to crawl when we are at work, or in class, or anywhere we'd rather be somewhere else? And when you have an extra hour or 10 minutes, or you're fighting sleep trying to finish that paper, why does time seem to fly by without a care? Last night I was finishing my paper and i'd look up at the clock and it would suddenly be a half hour or hour later as if by magic? i wish i knew the answers, i wish i knew the key to slowing down time when you need more of it, and i wish i knew how to speed up time when it seems to painfully creep along. i hope that everyone has enough time in their days and that it passes with the speed that you need it to. have a good monday. monday's are a clean slate, you get to start all over this week with new goals, and more importantly a better attitude than you had last week. I will leave you with two quotes:

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. (will rogers)

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

update

This update is for my mother. The tigers did lose the world series.
game 3 was: cardinals 5 tigers 0
game 4 was: cardinals 5 tigers 4
Game 5 was the deal breaker. The tigers had an awesome season and we still love them. Next year!
Other than that, Jason and I are doing good. My mom sent jason and i glow in the dark pumpkin pez dispensers. I am still knitting. 1st sememster will be over in about 9 weeks. (WHOO HOO!) I am so excited to have a little time off from school. Hopefully when I schedule my classes for next semester i won't have to go every day. So....anyway, not much else to tell. I hope everyone has a spooky halloween! Don't eat too much candy.

tigers update

game 1: cardinals 7 tigers 2
game 2: tigers 3 cardinals 1

crashing boys weekend

i don't think i'm supposed to be telling anyone about this....but i was allowed (with only a little harrasment!) to crash boys weekend at uncle gene's property. i drove down saturday after work and was able to see the boys in jason's family. they only let me come because i have been a little family deprived. it was nice to be some where other than my apartment too. the boys built a huge fire and the pictures below are some i took of the sparks flying up. thanks for having me guys. (i promise it won't happen again!!)

p.s. i had to scrape my windows after work today.

good evening (technically it is really really early in the morning) from the land of the wet. it has been wet all day long. and it's not even really raining. not much else is going on here. jason is finishing up his film presentation. he is so smart and creative and driven. good qualities to have as a graduate student. he is going to uncle gene's property in manistique this weekend. it's for boys only, although i would love to be there, it's so beautiful there. I might go down to watch the tigers game on saturday night. it's so fun only being about a hour and 15 minutes away instead of 6. I am working thurs, fri, sat and sun, but after this weekend i will be on my new and regular schedule which is sat, sun and monday night. just in case anyone is wondering we are coming home for thanksgiving. i'm not sure how long we will be home though. i asked for the weekend off and right now someone is covering sunday but not saturday. but we will be home and i couldn't be more excited. i really wasn't looking forward to cooking a big turkey and all the fixings. well have a good wednesday. sweet dreams-stacey

hugs

i am stealing this from my friend samara, but i know she won't mind a bit. this video brought tears to my eyes. i really believe what i was told at camp years ago....that everyone needs 7 hugs a day to survive....(or at least smile!) if you need a smile and a warm fuzzy feelings today, click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4


tag.........you're it...........give a hug to someone today.

granny shrontz checking in

(by the way... i knitted this all by my self and my how-to book!)

hello all. i just wanted to let you know that i started knitting thanks my grandma. she sent me all the fixings to make a really cute knit purse and i looked at jason and said...well i guess i need to learn to knit now. so last wednesday i went to michaels and bought some needles, yarn, and a basic how-to book. i can't say it's pretty, or good, but i do enjoy knitting. and jason needs a new scarf, so we'll see what happens.

GO TIGERS!!!!!

We're going to the WORLD SERIES!!!

the snow is coming

ok for all of you trolls under the bridge. this is the forcast for the rest of this week. it is from the www.nws.noaa.gov national weather service. they are calling for over 10 inches in houghton on wednesday night. aaahhhh. see you all in the spring.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

**Wednesday Night: Periods of rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after 8pm. Low around 33. Breezy, with a west northwest wind between 14 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

**Thursday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy, with a west southwest wind between 17 and 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

**Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a west southwest wind between 18 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

**Friday: A chance of snow showers, mixing with rain after 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

**Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 40%.Saturday: A chance of snow or rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44.

apartment tour

Amber told me a while ago that she wanted me to take pictures of our apartment so she could see what it looked like. The below picture is a lay out of the apartment. Nothing fancy. Enjoy the tour.

when you walk in the door, to the left is the livng room, yes that is my desk in the corner...it's a little messy. oh and don't you love the white walls?

to the right of the door is our kitchen table that we never eat at, but it finally looks pretty all painted black. the wicker basket on the wire rack is going to be for our mittens!!! i think we will need the sooner than we think.

the kitchen and our avacado appliences and plastic cupboards. that is my flowered apron hanging on the wall. i love to wear it. jason thinks i cook just to wear the apron....he'll never know!

when you open the door straight ahead is the hallway. i know very impressive.

this is our bathroom, and the avacado theme is carried over. it's wierd having a green toilet.

this is the spare bedroom, aka jason's office.

our bedroom, there is a TON of walking room around the bed (hopefully you can sense the sarcasm.)

well that is the end of the tour. hopefully you will all feel like you've been here now.

left or right

jason noticed a strange pattern today. whenever we have 2 of something i put things on the left and jason puts things on the right, most of the time. our tooth brushes, sides of the bed, shampoo, washcloths, and towels. how wierd is it, the strage unconcieous things you do when you live with someone for a while. jason wanted to let me know that if i'm ever wondering who's right....well of course he is. what a dork. i am really glad he is home, i missed him like crazy this weekend. i hope you all had good weekends. back to the grind.

time

well all, it seems that as much as i want to go home this weekend, it just isn't going to happen. i have to work at my new job this weekend. and in order to keep the job, i need to go to work and not call in or even think about asking for time off. i'm ok with this though. we need the money so we need the job. plus with jason gone i can watch girly movies, eat chinese food (don't tell) and deep clean the apartment. i don't know why i think jason needs to be gone to really clean. am i the only woman that feels this way? Oh and i need to go through my winter clothes....yes i said winter clothes. all of my sweaters are still packed in tubs and i'm going to need them very soon!

i will miss seeing my in-laws, they are coming home from italy today, grandpa cassady's 70th birthday party, and of course the cassady ritual of watching the mi/mi state game. GO BLUE! yeah i'm a football fan. i've converted.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Cassady!

Welcome Home Debby and Denny!

have fun with jason. take good care of him. i'll write you more this weekend and let you know how my plans are coming! Love you