throwback thursday: week 3

no idea on date

in celebration of the weather getting a little bit warmer...we're going further back than before.  before i even existed.  this is my dad, water skiing at Lake of the Ozarks.  his family had a lake house there growing up and i would imagine that is what stemmed our family vacations to The Lake (yes, capitalized) every summer.  it was great.  i can't WAIT for summer!

update: i received this email from my dad after i posted this.

That picture you posted on your blog is from about high school maybe 1970.

Dad

TGIF. period.

it's finally friday!

i'm still at work and i'm fairly certain that the past hour or so have been the longest in my entire life. EVER! i don't have anything to do right now and to be honest, it makes me feel awful to do much of anything while i'm at work. i mean, come on, getting paid to facebook SOUNDS great, but you know you aren't supposed to be doing it. probably the same thing applies to blogging, but i have less than 30 minutes left here and plan on doing some serious garage/estate sale shopping as soon as this blessed work week gets over. note: one thing i can't stand about wichita is that all the good sales start on thursday. at like 9 am. i'm at work, people. i guess all you supermoms get to come and steal all my good stuff away from me! [that or the little old ladies. i bet that would be an interesting fight to watch!]

on the other hand, i did spend the entire morning chatting with kyle on gmail chat and planning our fall trip. it will actually be the first "real" vacation that we've gone on together without any one else tagging along! we'll be going to the cuchara valley in colorado. his grandparents have a cabin there that they let the entire family use for free, so we don't even have to pay for lodging or anything. we'll be hiking an inactive volcano, taking a dome car train ride and visiting the great dunes national forest.

i can't wait!

i just can't let it be...

sorry guys! i redid the blog again...i thought the green background with plants was more appropriate for my new "green" blog! i started one about taking the LEED exam [as mentioned in the previous post]. you can view it here: http://leedingthepack.blogspot.com/ if you are at all interested. [i haven't actually started blogging yet, but i thought i'd let everyone know in case they were interested!

i hope everyone's weekend is going well. i'm exhausted and heading to bed, i'll blog about the lake tomorrow when i return to the 'ta.

vacation = cheating on my blog

so read this instead...

20 years ago I was:
1. 4 years old
2. getting ready for my little brother's first fourth of july and his first birthday. (in august).
3. allowed to light some of my own fireworks for the first time.

10 years ago I was:
1. 14 years old. meaning i was awkward.
2. was 5'6" and weight 90 pounds. gross, i know.
3. getting ready for freshmen year of high school.

5 years ago I was:
1. at home for the summer in between freshman and sophomore year of college (the only summer i went home.)
2. missing my boyfriend. a lot.
3. dating the same man i am today. :)

3 years ago I was:
1. contemplating if i wanted to stay in school for interior design.
2. working well over 60 hours a week in order to keep myself (and my dog) fed. i was teaching summer school, lifeguarding, teaching swimming lessons and volunteering at boys & girls club.
3. living with my boyfriend and his roommate, luke. (i miss those days...)

1 year ago I was:
1. on family vacation at table rock...where i am right now.
2. entertaining kyle (my boyfriend) and ty (my guy friend) during my family vacation. long story, but ty ended up coming down with us. he loved it.
3. getting ready to go into my last year of college, WITHOUT an internship and gaining even more valuable knowledge working at the BGC than any internship could have given me. it was the best job. ever.

So far this year:
1. i have interviewed at TWELVE different firms.
2. received an offer at two of them and accepted one of them.
3. moved to wichita. who'da thunk that would have happened?!? not this chick.

Yesterday:
1. mom and i unpacked my house.
2. then we drove to the lake house.
3. i started a new book. it's a mystery and right now i can't remember the name of the author but i'll let you know if it's good or not. my mom bought it for me. if you like mary higgins clark, you're a fan of what we read. :)

Today:
1. i went antiquing with my mom. (i got an amazing dresser for only FIFTY dollars that i'm going to refinish.)
2. drooled over a hoosier cabinet that i REALLY, REALLY want to buy. but it's $250.
3. swam with my dog in our cove.

Tomorrow:
1. will probably go out in the boat....
2. and ski and wakeboard....
3. and drink beer with the parentals!

In the next year I will:
1. will start my new job.
2. and hopefully like it a lot.
3. will probably be deciding if it's time to move and be with my DO (designated other) for good. actually, he'll have to decide what he's going to do before i decide a damn thing.

And I tag: anyone who wants it. :)