Sunday, November 30, 2008

Happenings this past weekend...

I went home for Thanksgiving on Wednesday night.  We celebrated Mark's son Sean's 18th Birthday at a chinese restaurant in Ottumwa.



On Thursday we had Thanksgiving dinner at Grandpa Max and Grandma Kay's. Then, on Friday we had Ryan's family Thanksgiving. Two great meals with two great families!

After that, we headed to Kingman, Kansas for Ryan's meeting with investors interested in his wind energy business. I think it went really well, and we should find out within the next few weeks what will happen. I got the impression that they really liked his business plan and would really like that type of business in their community.

Two more exciting things happened this weekend. I got my new puppy, Sulley...


and a new cousin, Zackary!Zackary and Sulley are both cute, wonderful additions to the family.  I had a great weekend, but tomorrow it is back to school for two more weeks, then finals.  I am very ready for holiday break!  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend! 

Monday, November 24, 2008

What's New Around Here...

Well, not too much new around here, but I thought that I would update my blog.

I have one more day of classes this week before Thanksgiving break begins! I am excited to go home. Ryan and I will be at my Thanksgiving on Thursday, his on Friday, and then Friday night we are headed to Kingman, KS to meet with some investors for the wind energy business Ryan is looking to start when he graduates in May.

I also get to pick Sulley up, finally! I have been so excited about getting him even before he was born!

Well, two more weeks of classes and then a week of finals, and I am done with the semester! I am so glad! I am ready for Christmas break... to go home and not have to worry about homework... and then head to Cabo in January. Ryan and I booked our excursions last week. We are going to go parasailing, snorkeling, and also go on a tree-top zip line tour. That takes you really high in the air, you are hooked up to a zip line by a harness and then they release you and you kind of soar through the air. It sounds really fun. I did something like that in Costa Rica a few years ago.

I have been meeting with my "little sister" Poya for the semester. She invited me to "breakfast buddies" at her school on Wednesday morning, so I'll be doing that and then heading home for Thanksgiving!

I will post again soon! Hope everyone is doing well!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Kaitlin's Graduation Video

After packing up all of my belongings to move back to Des Moines this summer, I let Kaitlin's graduation video slip my mind.  Well, last night, I pulled the tape out of my closet, edited, and put it on a DVD for her.  She is almost done with her first semester of college and I am just now getting her graduation DVD to her... oh well, better late than never.

I thought that I would share it with all of you.  Many of you make special appearances on camera! I had to compress the heck out of it to put it online, so the quality isn't that great.  It's much better on the DVD. 


Disclaimer: If you aren't on camera or weren't interviewed, it was nothing personal... I lost track of who I had talked to, some left early or were camera shy, and I didn't want to stalk anybody!  If anyone wants a copy on DVD, let me know and I can burn you one. =)

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Halloween Costumes

Thought I would share some pictures of me and Kaitlin's Halloween costumes...

Mice love cheese pizza.




Cute cowgirl.







Thursday, November 6, 2008

Digital Tips?

Whew! I have been busy, busy!  

At iptv tonight we did an hour and a half long live q & a call in show about the digital transition in February.  So, if you have questions... I probably have answers.  HA!

This video pretty much sums up most of the people that were calling tonight:

Between my internship, projects, and papers--- sometimes I wonder if I have any time to breathe! I'm enjoying it though, and I seem to be keeping up with things ok.  I have about a month and a half left of my internship at iptv, and then I start at "The Hawk" (the radio station) around January 20th, right after Ryan and I get back from Cabo.  I am really excited for this internship.  It will definitely be something different than what I'm doing now, and it sounds like I will get to do some pretty cool stuff!  I might help out with the Rascal Flatts concert in January.  That will be really fun.

I am getting more excited to pick Sulley up everyday!  Only a few more weeks till I have my puppy! :)

On another note, if any of you know my friend Shelley (or even if you don't) please keep her and her family in your thoughts.  Her mother is having some health issues, so please keep her in your thoughts (even if you don't know her).

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Election Day

I hope everybody got out and voted today!  

If you are well-informed and have good reasons for supporting the candidate you do--VOTE!  I'll be up watching the results until I know the outcome.  This is a historic election and a huge deal for America!