Whiskers on Kittens and Blue Satin Sashes...

I just wanted to take a few lines to express a few of my favorite things in 2009:

Day after Christmas sledding with my siblings

Becoming friends with Melissa Shumate (more like her allowing me to become friends with her) Coming home from a long stressful day at work to find that Nathan Roll had cleaned, mowed, vaccuumed, you name it.

The camping trip with Little Jim (and his spur of the moment chair purchasing) and eating fresh trout thanks To Christopher Carrero, not to mention mine and Kristin's late night bathroom run. ;)

Anna's Riverboat Regatta Birthday celebration and Matt Boydstun's top hat,

Running my first 5k in the memorial marathon

Johnna and Rachel expecting their first childMarch and April-

the lessons that God taught me and the friends that helped me during the demise of Little Bobby G. (see picture below)

special thanks to- Matt Boydstun, Brent Parr, Matthew Sattre, Megan Parr, Allison reed, Christopher Carrero, amber Hearn, vicki, Jenna Pekrul, jon treat, and Kate Conklin for everything they did from staying with me, giving me rides, helping me move, giving me money, prayers and support, to actually retrieving my car and fixing it.

Chris Carrero wearing the apron

saran wrap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! comes in handy when you have sun poisoning.

visitin casey and her pashmina? in texas

fishing with my dad and catching nothing.

Regina's art debut

watching the meteor shower with byron

all my talks with Barbie.

Sunday nights in the summer swimming, volleyball, and orange tree.

Angelyn moving back from China

Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long blog

Gina(koriann) and Gina's (amanda's) day of fun

the movie - the tiger in the snow

the soundtrack from - (500) days of summer

seeing Alex become a hugger!

moving into the Casa De LAAC and the wonderfulness of my roommates and our differences that makes it fun to live here.

my mom's 50th birthday party. especially giving her the welcome mat.

and most importantly the music video from Michael Buble's 'haven't met you yet'


... What a great time was had in the Land of Quartz Mountain. Such dangerous battles were waged without so much as a casuality (if you don't include the pig fetus) until the end. When upon leaving for home Little Bobby G a jelly bean of a mighty steed broke. Leaving 10 brave, valiant, and kind Retreaters stranded for 3 hours with NO TOW TRUCK ON THE WAY. ;)A big thanks to those ANGELS who stayed with me and helped mourn through the loss of such a beloved automobile.

25 Mucho Random Factoids about Me

1) i can fold my tongue into a clam shape

2) i watch too many sappy chick flicks obsessivly just hoping some one might take notice and meet me at the top of the Empire State Building on Valentines day, but on the way get caught in an elevator with a man who knows exactly what he wants and some woman who is going to have her eyes lasered but is frustrated because she can't find her tic tacs. Causing us to never meet up, which leads him to write me a letter every day for a year declaring his undying love. all the while building our dream home with the blue shutters on the windows. When really we've met before at the University of Chicago we drove to New York together but He didn't think that men and women could be friends and i said that was a shame cause he was the only person i knew in New York. We would later run into each other and "all i could say was hello". Where he would go
on to explain that he had been painting to which i would respond if he could paint i could walk!

3.) my sister and i have a secret special laugh

4.) i think a day without song is a day wasted

5.) i like my feet

6.) if i could travel back in time i would go to a Journey concert at the peek of Steve Perry's career and ask him to marry me. mullet and all.

7.) i count down the days till Christmas and start listening to christmas music way to early in the year. like... july. my fav christmas song is "last Christmas" by WHam!

8.) i love to visit art museums

9.) i've positioned my bed just right that the sun light perfectly hits me in the face as i wake up. :) it's a glorious feeling.

10.) one day i'd like to have a husband and 10 children

11.) i miss playing sports, basketball and softball. so now i go to games just so i can feel like i'm being active. i also like to yell unintelligable things in a really angry voice.

12.) when i go home to visit my family away from the city, the first thing i do is look up at the stars. i close my eyes and take a really deep breath as if i could suck them all in. it's fun you should try it some time.

13.) in middle school i used to have sleepovers every weekend on my trampoline

14.) one of my fav lunches is a peanut butter jelly sandwich with BBQ chips and a glass of chocolte milk. all together. yum!

15.) i have a hard time saying the words : tranquilizer, cinnamon, and sorry.16.) during big moments in my life i hear the Theme song to the Mary Tyler Moore show playing in my head. then when no one is looking i toss my invisible hat up in the air!17.) out of all the books i own i've read 1/2 of them and have only read 1/2 of the other 1/2. it's a pattern in my life. starting things and never finishing. :)

18.) i love Chess (and monopoly) but can never find anyone to play it with.

19.) i like to stretch in the mornings while i brush my teeth.

20.) i have a secret desire to write a book or own my own small buisness

21.) i've recently started collecting sock monkies and vinal records.

22.) i've sung on television 3 times. (once on Good Morning America)

23.) Cantaloupe is my favorite fruit

24.) i've jumped in a freezing mountian stream in Ireland against my better judgement and lived to tell the tale.

25.) whenever possible i drive with my windows down, no matter how cold

Don't Rock the Boat, Don't Tip the Boat over

just re-applied to the University of Central Oklahoma!!! i really want to finish my degree. i feel like this past year out of school has been well spent..despite it's apperance. i've experienced a bunch and i now know that earning my Speech Pathology degree is one thing i want. Please keep me in your prayers. THaNks! :)