Fun on Lake Superior

I can't believe I didn't post these yet. Both of the following videos were created a couple weeks ago when Paul was visiting. They are bound to amaze anyone who has either:
a) never seen a frozen river/lake/stream/creek
b) never seen me doing jazzercize
c) all of the above

"Snow Angel" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j12l2eCmJXc

"Jazzercize" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-8QkbXQTU

Blizzard x 2

Two big snow storms have hit the Minneapolis/St. Paul area within the past week. Here are some pics to show you how much snow we've gotten...

Watch some videos of Indy playing in the snow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozwToZf9QmE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9-xO_JK-2E

University of Minnesota Grad School

Yesterday, I had the best day ever. I had a really busy day at work with two off-site meetings and just enough time to scarf down a Subway sandwich before heading off to the second meeting. While eating my sub, I decided to check my yahoo e-mail...and in the inbox, I saw a message from the University of Minnesota's Speech-Language-Hearing-Sciences graduate program. I wasn't expecting to hear anything about grad school acceptances or rejections until later in March or early April, so I was sitting there thinking "open it now or wait til later...?" So then I clicked on the message and scanned it quickly for any sign of good news.....and YES! There it was! I have been accepted at the U of M! I was so excited that I seriously started shaking and felt like screaming (a la Olive in Little Miss Sunshine when she finds out that she made it into the pageant). :)

But alas, I was at work and had to keep my mouth shut. It was so hard! Anyway, the U of M is my top choice and the first school out of five to give me an answer about my application. I'll be interested in hearing what the other schools have to say, but at this point I'm just soooooooo excited that I got in here in Minnesota. :) Stay tuned for more info....

Blogger technical difficulties

Sorry for the lag in post time. Blogger.com was giving me problems since they switched over to a new version. I'll have some interesting posts soon...

Winter Wonderland

This is me walking on water. Yes, that is Lake Superior underneath me. Craziness, I tell ya! I was a little scared, but it was safe to be out there. The ice was thick enough for people to be ice fishing, so it was safe enough for us to walk on. It was so weird, though, because you could see through the ice all the way down to the rocks below the water. And sometimes you could see air bubbles trapped within the ice and frozen in time.

My friend Paul was in town this weekend -- he's an Englishman who has never witnessed such cold, so we had a great time touring around the Twin Cities and Duluth.

Here are more pics from our weekend o' fun:

Tubing at Green Acres

Lake Superior light house

Minnehaha Falls (frozen!!!)

Ashlee, me and Paul

Sculpture Garden & View of Downtown Mpls.

You know it's cold when...

a) weather.com says it's "5 degrees, feels like -10."
b) your dog goes outside to go potty and has to keep lifting one paw from the ground while she's peeing.
c) your face hurts after being outside for 5 minutes.
d) your mascara from your top lid ends up running below your eye due to the wind hitting your eyes and causing tears to form.
e) all of the above.

Due to it being so cold outside, poor Indy hasn't been able to go on a walk for the past two days. Don't worry -- it's not just me who doesn't want to go. She stands at the door like she wants to go out, but when you open the door, she's like 'uh-uh...no way.'

To entertain her, I've purchased a laser pointer, and it's the best decision I've ever made. See the laser light in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2xj-Jq_1I.

Colts fans!

I'm a girl of few words tonight. Here are more pics from the weekend...

Ooh you're like the sun...

...chasing all of the rain away. When you come around, you bring brighter days...

Imagine, you're at a dive bar, and suddenly you hear this beautiful music. What could it be? Oh, why it's none other than little old me singing karaoke at the Living Room Lounge in Indy. All I have to say is Kendall and I brought "Always" back, baby! We had the whole place swaying and singing along. We really had a moment there.

Road trip!

Guess who's making the trip down to Indy for the weekend? Yup, that'd be me. I'm pretty excited. I'm hoping Megan's mom gets a Peyton cake again like she did for the playoffs last year. :) (Psssst....Megs....pass that on to Carol.)

Don't worry, Indy (the puppy) will be staying here in Minnesota with my lovely mom who agreed to babysit. They'll be celebrating Indy's birthday while the Colts win the Superbowl. Does that make me a bad mom/pet owner? I'm missing her first birthday... However, it is for a good cause, and I'll be back the very next day. I hear she has fun things in store for her, like a play date with her cousin Adamas and lots of playing indoors (since it's going to be a high of 3 degrees this weekend).

Watch for some pictures and fun stories from Indy next week...

Indy's almost 1!

Indy at 9 weeks old... Look how little she was!

She's growing up right before our eyes... That's right, Indy turns 1 year old next weekend on Superbowl Sunday. How fitting that her team, the Indianapolis Colts, are playing in the big game. I think it's a sign.