Happy Halloween

In honor of all things scary and frightening on Halloween weekend, I decided to dress up as a jazzercize instructor. Check out that spandex unitard, baby!

For more photos of my cousin's Halloween party (and to see pics of Mrs. Butterworth, Slash, a cowgirl, a Mexican and a warm-fuzzy), click here. For some reason, the camera got put away early in the night, so we missed out on some other photo opps...

Just thinking about Halloween as a kid...did anyone else ever sing this song:

Trick or treat, smell my feet
Give me something good to eat.
If you don't, I don't care
I'll pull down your underwear!

Hey Mae Wo!

Oh Mae Wo, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind...Hey Mae Wo! (I've had that song in my head since Oct. 14, thank you very much...)

Another one of my college friends, Mae Wo (her real name's Megan...her nickname was created in the times of JLo) got married a couple weeks ago. It was a beautiful wedding and reception, and really, it was just a great time to see all of my Butler friends. Now that we all live all over the country -- Boston, San Fran, Denver, Minneapolis, Indy, Lexington -- we don't get to see each other as often as we'd like. But when we get together, watch out... Butler/Purdue kids, you know who you are -- thanks for being such wonderful friends. It was soooooooooooo good to see you all.

And don't let me forget the Clarian crew! It was good to see you all as well -- and the Rathskeller continues to be my favorite place to go out in Indy.

If you'd like to browse through pictures from the entire weekend, click here. There are pics from the Rathskeller, Living Room Lounge, downtown Indy, the wedding and reception. Enjoy!

Laugh Breaks at Work

We all do it...slack off a little while we're working when we need a break from being productive. Well, as you can see in my "links" area to the right, I've added one of my favorite Web sites to visit when I'm in need of a laugh break at work: the Late Show's Top 10 Archive. I would highly recommend it. One of my most recent favorites is the Sept. 15 list, "Top 10 New Fall Shows on Al-Jazeera." Ahh..... Spongeabdul Squareturban cracks me up. :)

Family Weekend in the Cities

A couple weekends ago, my dad and Beth made a trip up here to visit. Here are a couple pics from dinner at Stacy and Taylor's place...

The beautiful hostess.


















The view of the Capitol building from Stacy and Taylor's balcony.













Me enjoying a nice glass of red wine.











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Chillin' with Indy

So I thought it's about time I get this blog going since I started it and then never really added anything. So what better way to kick it off than with a nice picture of my puppy, Indy. :) This is one of my favorite pics of her so far. She will sit like this (if you make her) and stay like that without a struggle. It's quite funny. :)

Sadly, Indy got spayed yesterday and is currently resting. Last night, she was a little disoriented and had to vomit a few times -- poor girl. But today, her spirits are higher and you can tell she's getting back to her old, crazy self.

Indy's most recent tricks: she's getting really good at rolling over. Other than that, we're kind of heading back to square one to get "come" down. Sometimes, she just gets distracted by falling leaves and needs to chase them down. The other day, she got distracted by a lady riding her bike, and yes, Indy decided it'd be a good idea to chase her. Oh man.... good thing the lady was nice and liked dogs. Lesson learned: Indy doesn't get to be off her leash until she's over her adolescent phase.

Welcome to my blog

Well, back when I decided to move from Indy to Minnesota, I started telling my co-workers, "Don't worry, I'm going to start a blog so you can follow my crazy travels, relocation and new life in Minnesota." It's been a few months since I moved back up to the north country, but it's better late than never, right? I'll try to keep up with some updates here and there -- and most importantly, I'll post lots o' pictures. And if you're lucky, perhaps I'll create a section about the culture and slang used up here in Minnesooota. You betcha!

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