Nothing too eventful has been going on around here. Calm weather and nothing crazy happening, I guess that's a good thing.

The gala at work is over, and now they are gearing up for their Festival of Trees event. I am helping to design and decorate the governor's tree, which is pretty exciting! I won't be working at the museum anymore when it comes time to actually decorate the trees and hold the event, but I'm going back to volunteer, so I'll post a picture of "my tree", as I'm calling it, later on! (it's not until November 29th!)

Yesterday Johnny had a day off work (his first weekend-day off work since we moved here!!! aka the first day we could hang out together!!!) and so we drove to Fort Collins and Loveland, CO. We met up with the guy who sold us the Honda Accord, and he gave us snow tires for the car, horray! We wandered around some outlet stores and I bought a few clothes for my new job. I got a pair of Nine West heels, retail $75, for $15! sweet!


I've been cracking down on studying for the GRE this past week, too. I've become more motivated since I have finally received confirmation from 3 people that they will write me letters of recommendation for graduate school. :) A lot of the studying for the GRE is brushing up on middle school math skills and memorizing some very abstract vocabulary, and but the bulk of the studying revolves around learning HOW to take the GRE, and what to look for in questions and in possible answers. I've bought a study book that is very enlightening in this area. I am a bit worried I'll be thrown off because it is a computer test, you only get scratch paper to work out problems, and once you have submitted an answer you cannot go back and change it. Also, you don't get to use a calculator! oh, the horrors!! At any rate, the test is Thursday so we'll see how it goes!

Meghan and Nick arrive in Denver this week, and we are going to see them, meet Nick's family, and see Aunt Sherry & co. (haha) for Thanksgiving!!! I'm so excited! It had BETTER not snow!!!

some photos from the past week.....

here's my little wild child


me yeseterday


a going-away present my boss at the art museum gave me (it's from the art museum's store!)


some fabrics that were used for the gala that the art museum gave me. Johnny, the expert of the two of us, says I have enough to make a quilt, so he is going to help me with that.


and........*drumroll* the inspiration for our Christmas tree. We figured, 1.) Christmas trees in Laramie are apparently very sad and defeated looking, and 2.) we have low ceilings with hot pipes running around = fire, so we've decided to do something sort of funky this year, and get a white tree and decorate it with some colorful balls. Should be fun....


well...until next time!

SNOW!!!

Johnny and I were watching the Denver news this morning and it's snowing there, so just before Johnny was about to leave for work, I decided to peek out the window and see if it was snowing, and it is!

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!

I think Wyoming has the strangest weather, because Friday it was sunny and 70. lol!

Anyways, that's my update for the morning. I made Johnny take my car just in case...although it seems like it's going to melt as the day goes on.

Yesterday my friend Lauren and I went to Fort Collins. She got a tattoo so I was her support, haha. Then we went to Chipotle, YAY! I also picked up some fabrics to make another purse (well, or a few purses haha) and two GRE study prep books and a digital photography book. We endured thunder and lightning the whole time we were there and on the way back to Laramie, it really sucked and it was quite scary. A few times the lightning struck right above or in front of us! It was difficult to see the road at times and we had to slow down considerably. Also, the roads in Fort Collins quickly flooded along the sides of the roads, it was pretty amazing!

The digital photography book is awesome! I totally want to spend all day reading it and not studying for the GRE...but I need to study for the GRE....The recommended studying time is 4-12 weeks, and my test is in 4 weeks...haha.

fabrics...





that is all!

OH! I haven't figured out how to reply to your comments yet...does anyone know how?

Yesterday we made a trip to Fort Collins to do a little shopping. And I promised pictures from our next drive to Fort Collins, and here they are!

























Wyoming and Colorado have some neat land formations. There is this really obvious and neat one where you can see where a piece of the land has been pushed up and it basically jutting out of the earth, with the layers of land exposed. It's really neat. It's a very steep incline, and it's just amazing.

This is going through it.


can you see it here??




this is looking at a break in the land








this is viewing the same formation, but on the way back to Laramie from Fort Collins






















So....I was super, beyond belief excited to find a ceramics shop here in Laramie that teaches pottery wheel classes, only to find that they recently decided not to offer the classes anymore due to not having enough employees (it was a husband and wife business and the husband got a different job). Anyways, I decided I needed a new hobby. I stopped into a quilting shop to buy some fabric to cover this ugly photo album that I bought for our wedding photos. I had to wait some time while the employee (owner?) helped some other people, and I noticed some flyers about different classes. When it was my turn, I asked about taking a quilting class. She said I needed my own sewing machine and to buy my own supplies, but that the classes were about $8 each. So of course I got all excited, and I researched buying a sewing machine. I found one that I had read good reviews about at Target and on sale, so we got it. WOO! We already made curtains and I made a purse.

here's the sewing machine


and.... my purse!!!!!






In other news, I had a few job interviews. I am supposed to hear back from a hiring person at one job this week about an interview (I did some testing first. I learned I can type 95 words per minute!) and another job is making a decision this week. I'll keep you posted....

Johnny's good. He starts school next Monday!!!

hey all -

Today we went to nearby (ok, so nearby out here means over an hour away...) Fort Collins, Colorado to do some shopping that we can't get done elsewhere, even in Cheyenne! We decided next time we go to Fort Collins we will take a camera with us because the country is really beautiful and breathtaking.

We went to Macy's to exchange a knife set we got as a wedding gift because it came with 4 steak knives missing! Luckily they had another in stock and we were able to get that one instead. Then we checked out Target (yayyyy!) and bought a kitchen cart so we have someplace to put our microwave and and other supplies.

And, best of all, we splurged on a cat tree at Petco after checking out a few pet stores and vetoing making our own. Since we moved in, we noticed Atari was looking longingly at the windows, which are near the ceiling because we have a basement apartment. We immediately knew we had to get her a cat tree, and that it had to be 5 ft tall so she could see out the window. So Petco had just what we were looking for (Johnny insisted on the cubby for her to hide in, which she loves) and the tree barely fit in the car. Once we got it home, Atari immediately took to it, wildly climbing all over it and attacking it. She loves it, horray! Money well spent.

Here is Atari enjoying her new perch:







Anyways, now Johnny and I are watching Law and Order and Flip That House while making chocolate peppermint cupcakes. Johnny starts work tomorrow and I am hoping for a callback on some jobs I applied for in the past week.