ahhh, wow, it's been a while.

Meghan and I have decided to embark on a project in which we each make lists of 101 things to do, and we have set a goal of completing them in 1 years' time. (I've extended mine to a year and a half, though). One of my goals is to start up this blog again, and so here we are. Nothing like making a list with a little empty check-box next to it to give you some motivation!

So, let's see...my last post was at Thanksgiving! whoops!

It's been a VERY hectic time since then. Here's a short rundown:

On December 9, Johnny celebrated his 23rd birthday. He got a Wii and some games! yay, Wii!

We had to move out of our last apartment because of not very healthy living conditions, and on Christmas day, we moved into our new place! The first thing we brought over was the cat and the Christmas tree. :) Oh, and cinnamon rolls that we'd gotten ready the night before.

In January, I started taking a class at the University of Wyoming. University employees can take one class per semester for free, and I wanted to take advantage of that. I enrolled in a class called Public Archaeology. It was primarily focused on Wyoming Archaeology and was really interesting even though I felt quite of the loop not knowing anything about Wyoming, and with archaeology being fairly new to me, too.

Also in January, Jason (my baby bro) flew out to live with us. He wasn't going to school and was wanting to try living on his own and being someplace different, so we gave him that opportunity. Right away he enrolled in school and got 3 (THREE) jobs. yay!

On February 14 I went to the animal shelter with a friend as she looked for a companion for her dog, and I fell in love with a cute, excitable black dog named Bear. I couldn't stop thinking about him and his fun personality, and then I found out that he might be nearing the end of his stay at the shelter - and this is not a no-kill shelter, so we all know what that means. I convinced Johnny that if he had a good temperment and got along with the cat, that we needed him, and he agreed. I went and picked him up the next day! We renamed him Harley and he's been SUCH a joy ever since! Kitty doesn't like him all that much, but he loves her. He's very smart and quick to please, and we started teaching him flyball.

At the end of February I flew to San Francisco and met my mom. I interviewed at two graduate schools and we went sightseeing in the area. It was REALLY fun. I highly suggest taking a vacation to San Francisco. We went to a farmer's market, walked along the beach, stayed in a funky motel, rode a trolley, saw Alcatraz (from afar) and Fisherman's Wharf, went to Ghiradelli's for coffee and dessert, rode the subway, attempted to see seals (it was too windy), saw the Golden Gate Bridge, wandered through Golden Gate Park, and oh, gosh, I forget what else! It was a great vacation.

During Spring Break, Josh came to visit, and he stayed for a week. While he was here, we drove to Colorado Springs to visit our Aunt Sherry and Connor for the day. They took us to the Garden of Gods and to lunch, and we hung out at her awesomely remodeled house.

Also, at the end of the month I found out I got accepted to two awesome graduate schools, one in San Francisco and one in Seattle.

In April Johnny and I went to Cheyenne to stay at a historic mansion-turned-bed and breakfast and to see the Cheyenne Symphony play Eagles hits! It was a really fun getaway.

In April I also finally decided on going to school in Seattle after a very long and stressful debate. We decided that Seattle would be better because all our friends and close family are there, we like the city, and Johnny can start getting noticed in his field. The cost of living between the two cities certainly played into our decision, too.

Now it's May. Jason finished his courses this semester and took on a full time job at Safeway. He's got a few friends and he keeps really busy. Johnny's usually either at school or work, but now that it's nice out we can get out and about more. I haven't been up to too much, working a lot at work, sewing some projects and creating my list of 101 things to do in the next year and a half. I've also been actively planning Johnny's and my upcoming road trips: Mt. Rushmore (and more) over Memorial Day weekend, and camping in Yellowstone for a week at the end of June.

That's the update, I guess. I'll leave you all with the rest of my list of 101 things to do over the next year and a half:

101 project: you can see my list of 101 things to do on the right of this journal



well that's all!