HAPPY 27th BIRTHDAY JASON!!!!
You are the best thing that has happened to me. I would be lost without you in my life. Thank you for everything you you do. I love you. Have a good day!
Stacey

Ode to my mom and dad

Tonight I called Jason while I was at Target...well he knew why I was there. I needed to get streamers and balloons to decorate for his birthday tomorrow. I do it every year just like my mom and dad did for all of us when we were little. We would wake up the morning of our birthday's and the living room would be decorated just for us. We knew it was our special day. I moved out of my parents house a long time ago, but everywhere I have lived since then, I have decorated for the people in my life and in turn they have kept the tradition as roomates move in and out and boyfriends become husbands. Thank you to my parents for the traditions you have instilled in all of us and in turn we bless and pass them on for other people to enjoy.

i know it's a month past thanksgiving, but i just wanted to share these pictures. baby girl is the only grand baby right now so she is really spoiled. but REALLY LOVED. i just wanted everyone to know how much her grandparents love her. (how can you not?) I can't wait to see you baby girl!

WHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is about time! finals are done....we just have to wait for the grades.

see you all in about a week. enjoy the week, it will be over before you know it and so will 2007.

Don't miss the spirit of Christmas, the true meaning. Just sit back and take a look at all that you have, all that you are blessed with (and we think we need more)(don't worry i'm in the same boat) we are so blessed.

sleeping in

Today I slept in....but I still set my alarm, so in my head I didn't sleep in. I have one more final and it's tomorrow! I can't wait for it to be over. It will be nice having a whole month to not think abouty school...work some extra hours and hopefully if we get some snow back up here...we will go skiing. It's almost all gone.

Not a whole ton else is going on up here. Just counting the days until we can come home and see all of your shining faces.

Oh this is not exciting but i will tell it anyway....someone in our building is taking our netflix movies out of the outgoing mail box and opening them, watching them and putting them back in the box without re-sealing it. who does that? Gotta love college kids that forget how to act when mom and dad aren't around.

Anyway, i'm going to make some coffe and study my booty off for my anatomy final tomorrow. Have happy Thrusdays....TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!!!

almost

it's almost over....school, i mean. today was the day i needed to get through. i had a paper due for english and my final quiz in anatomy (and the term "quiz" is a joke, it's more like a mini exam every week) i'm glad to be done with that. tomorrow i have my final sociology test to take and then that is it for the class!!! next week is finals and to tell you the truth i couldn't be more excited. i only have 3 two hour exams on 3 different days...so lots of time to study. i was also able to pick up a ton of hours before Christmas, so maybe...if you're good there will be Christmas presents!

jason took his final exam for his film and propaganda class tonight and i'm sure he will get the A he deserves. this week we have been pulling long nights working on our papers. he has his final paper written for his contemporary fiction class (i think this will be publish-able!) tonight he is going to figure out how to make his paper shorter...yeah, i don't ever have that problem of having too much paper written. after tomorrow, he is done with classes for the semester...i guess graduate students don't believe in exams...so not fair.

i did want to share one really exciting thing for him. his professor is writing a book and one of the chapters of the book is directed toward what jason is writing his paper about. in talking with his professor, jason was able to make references to things that his prof hadn't noticed...long story short, jason will have his name published somewhere in the book as an acknowledgement! what a huge honor! i'm so proud of you my brilliant husband! (oh and i can't forget genius too!)

well that is about all for now. love you all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 21st

Andrea Joy!!!

i'm sorry i'm not there

i love you!

christmas decorations

well, it was about time i put up some decorations in the apartment. our building doesn't allow real trees...and have you looked at the price of a fake tree lately? no thank you. so instead i made my tree-o-shoe rack!

bowl-o-balls

oh yeah, i utilized my chandlier too!

i know, i know...you wish you had something THIS fabulous in your home! i'm available for interior decorating!

wind

i know the waves crashing on the pier have been seen before...but you have got understand the awesome-ness of it. truely amazing. it didn't matter that it was snowing or that it was cold out. all i want to do was just sit there and watch. beautiful and stunning.

old man winter is here to stay

I finally finished our scarves and just in time. All of you trolls under the bridge like to get your snow in one heavy dose that will be melted in a week....well up here in da UP ya..old man winter is taking his sweet old time and slowly but surely adding a base of snow. MAKE A SNOWMAN!!!