News From the Mitten

Well our kittens are turning into cats. So adorable they are; so much trouble they are. Recently, our landlord came over to put plastic over our windows for the winter, so you can imagine Nibbler's and Tiger's reaction to that... So now our windows are covered with a nice mix of plastic and packaging tape. What little shits. *sigh*. Anyways, they are doing well and seem to be healthy little furballs. Nibbler is very petite and Tiger is going to probably eat her one day. Tiger is probably close to seven pounds by now; a pound for every month he's been alive, I guess. He's going to be a fat tomcat. His markings came in beautifully and his fur is getting long. He likes to lie on his back a lot because I think he knows no one can resist petting that snow-white long and soft fur. What a diva. Nibbler's markings are also quite adorable and is still our little "moo-cow".





Now that I've got that cat-talk out of the way, Eric and I are doing well. He's busy with work and the band and I'm waiting to hear back from a sales position I applied to at the station. Sounds promising, but they don't quite know how many people they can hire in. My boss put in several good words for me though and I'm hoping I get it. It'd be full-time and normal hours. I'd be sad to leave production, but I've come to a realization that even though I like the work itself, broadcasting hours just aren't something I want for years to come.

Sunday I went wedding dress shopping with Dana, which was really fun. She found one. Better yet, it was $99.00! Lucky girl! She looked radiant in it, and Mary cried of course. Dana and David have also set a date, which is May 26th in Midland.

Ashley's parents are visiting for Thanksgiving and it sounds like they will be staying for awhile. Her job is treating her good; she just needs to build that clientele, which I don't imagine she'll have too much trouble with since she's so dang charismatic!

Lastly, I just want to say that I've missed posting here. I've been lazy and wanting to post, but thought I really never had anything to share. I don't do crafts as much as I should, I'm not as involved as I used to be (basically since I've graduated), and life has just kind of been... well, steady. Not in a bad way of course, but we've just been living and getting settled. Well, recently I've been getting back to hobbies, reading (academically), and writing. Emphasis on that last one. I've been wanting to write more, so what better place to that than here, and what better people to share my life with than YOU! Of course this has always been a given :) SO with that said, I'm going to try my hardest to touch base at least once a week. Expect other posts in addition to my 'News From the Mitten' posts. Alright now that I've said all that there's no going back on my word... all I have to do now is hit, Publish Post.

Becoming educated, playing in boxes, and working

Hi everyone! I finally have a moment to sit down and type up a little update. I've been pretty busy working the past week plus school, so I've found little time to do much recreationally. Work is good. I got complimented by a few people at work yesterday for being a really good floor director, which made me feel good. One person was the assistant general manager for WGVU too :)

School is flowing nice. I have a good mix of things to learn. Anthropological Theory, Perspectives on Globalization. Audio I, and Scriptwriting. Fun! haha. The readings for my Anthro. classes do get a little overwhelming though. Not only is there a lot of it, some of the readings are extremely dense and sometimes difficult to understand. Oh well, I'm enjoying what I'm learning, which is a good thing. I also have really great professors this semester. If everything goes according to plan, and I stay motivated expect a happy sister in December :D

Eric and I are doing good. He got a new laptop the other day, which was delivered to my apartment because he's in between housing, so he had fun playing with his new toy, and I had fun playing with the boxes :P Can't remember the last time I played in a box HA! We are also on the look out for a tandem bicycle... It's going to be awesome when we find one :P

I'm not looking forward to Wednesday. Sarah Pallin is going to be speaking at the community college in Grand Rapids, which is 3 or 4 blocks from where I live. I expect utter madness. I might stay on campus in Allendale a little bit longer that day. Last week Wednesday there was a movie being filmed 3 blocks from my house, but I didn't find out until two days later. Kind of disappointed, but oh well. The movie is named, The Steam Experiment and stars Val Kilmer.

Not too much else going on... I hope to call everyone soon now that I have a little extra free time. Take care :)

This picture was practically taken in real time... This was taken today as I typed out this entry (thanks Eric). And by real time I mean eastern time. One hour ahead for you central timers and two ahead for you mountaineers :P I'm sitting on the third floor of the library with campus behind me. I like this spot :)