revamped!

i revamped my blog today...i'm sure you noticed. i mean DUH, it's not black anymore. [okay, sorry that was mean if you didn't notice. i apologize.] have you noticed that is like cleaning house for me? i do it and i feel like i've really accomplished something. and yet, all i've done is searched through a million pre-made templates and found a pretty one. and then copy/pasted it into the blog. so sad...but so true.

:)

anyway...i'm in pretty good spirits today. i went out to my mom and dad's house tonight to help my mom and some of her chamber of commerce friends plan a 5k run/walk in goddard. i ended up staying a little later. my mom was awesome and did all my laundry that i had left there on sunday night! yay! now i only have to do a few loads of sheets and towels and i'm done! don't you just love moms? they really are the best.

then i went straight over to my friend julie's house, she made me dinner [i'm starting to sound really spoiled in this post...trust me, these are not normal occurrences.] it was delish, chicken and couscous...YUM! and then we took our pups for a walk around the park. the ghetto park in our neighborhood....we've decided that if BOTH of us go and we BOTH have our dogs, probably no one will bother us. i didn't run today, but i've started this program called the Couch to 5K program. sounds perfect for me, eh? it's a nine week program and only 8 weeks left until the FIRST ANNUAL GODDARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 5k run/walk!! jules is going to join me in my quest for 5K greatness. wish us luck!

i heart kyle...

i just wanted to take a blog break from the olympics and tell everyone how much i miss my adorable boyfriend, kyle. he's in indonesia on business for the THIRD summer in a row. last summer was much worse, he was gone for six weeks. the summer before that, it was 4 weeks. this time he's only gone for three. thank goodness!

look at what he sent me last night...it was at a botanical garden they visited and he took a picture for me!


wait...have i even told you about kyle? probably not...well, i'll do my best.

my boyfriend, kyle, and i will have been together for SIX years this november 1st. i can't believe it. that seems like such a long time, but i don't feel like i'm even old enough to have been in a relationship for that long. but, alas, i have. he's origianlly from clearwater, ks, which is about 15 minutes from my hometown of goddard. we started dating my freshman year of college, his junior year. we have known each other longer, my best friend in high school (erin) dated his best friend in high school (mike). he's a mechanical engineer for caterpillar (the yellow construction things on the side of the road...) in wamego, ks. he is the engineering team leader for the forestry group. that is a pretty amazing thing for some one who's only been working there for three years...i'm so proud! he lives outside onaga, ks in the cutest little farmhouse you've ever seen. he's a total man's man, he loves to be outdoors with his dog, sly, and is usually working on something on his three acres. he's a total motorhead and would kill me if i told you this, but an animal lover to boot! it melts my heart when i see him with animals...it's one of the few things that we actually have in common. we are pretty much the perfect example of opposites attract. we have a few things in common, but for the most part we compliment each other perfectly. liek i said, we both love animals. i have a dog named nelson and a cat (who thinks he's a dog...not. kidding.) named moe. moe walked onto kyle's land last year right before he left for indonesia. when we couldn't catch him to take him to kyle's parents' house, we thought he'd run off. i went out to mow a week later and low and behold, moe (short for mower...get it?!?) was hiding in the shed and hadn't eaten since we'd left! i took him back to my place in manhattan and it was love at first pet! in addition to those pets, i also claim kyle's....he has a dog named sly. he's a new addition to the family. kyle's first dog, named snatch, was hit by a car this winter and sly just joined us this may. kyle also has abot a million cats. not really, but he's got a fair share of barn cats and a few that we've caught and tamed a little.

well, i got a little off topic, but now you've met my kyle i feel that you might know me a little better as well!

and now...some pictures! yay!

this picture is from our first summe together....2003. sheesh, that makes me sound old!

last halloween. we're duff man and the duff cheerleader. if you don't get it watch the simpsons, you'll see him eventually!

kyle's house.

ready to run...

there is just something about the olympics that always gets me looking into myself and thinking, "when did i get out of shape?" it's ridiculous really. i mean, not very many of you knew me in high school, but i was in such great shape! i wasn't a stick by any means...but look at my athletic history, gymnastics from age 2-14, then cheering for a while, running sprints from age 10-13 and then i got hips and had to run distance in high school. :)

anyway, i digress. basically, i didn't want to say anything on here until i was doing it CONSISTENLY, but i've started running again! it really didn't have a whole lot to do with the olympics, but that's definately helped inspire me. i actually started up again because i've wanted to start doing road races again and my mom told me one of her friends wants me to help her set up a run for the chamber of commerce in goddard. so i figured if i was going to help her set it up and run it, that i had better run in it! it would be quite rude of me if i didn't.

so, wish me luck! i have a funny story to tell about my run tonight, but i'll save that for tomorrow...

and i forgot to mention that the awesome picture at the beginning of my post is actually my high school stadium. it wasn't finished until my junior year of high school, but it's AMAZING to run on. you've never heard the cheer of a crowd until you've ran in a bowl.

top three reasons i love the olympics...

3. tight uniforms.

2. tight uniforms.

3. itty bitty tight uniforms!

:)

just kidding. i actually love the olympics for other reasons...that just happens to be a plus. i mean who can resist michael phelps? i sure couldn't. i love 'em tall and lanky! [well, kyle isn't tall and lanky, but that's okay. he's special.]

i'm taking the easy road out today...

didn't do a whole lot today, but my friend leah posted this on myspace and i'm posting it both places....

have fun!



go to photobucket.com

(don't sign in.)

type in your answer to the question in the "search" box.


use only the first page.


copy the html and paste for the answer.




What is your relationship status?




What is your name?




[that was the only one that had my name on it...sad.]


What is your favorite color(s)?




Who is your celebrity crush?




[one of many...but i can't resist a dirty man's man. :) ]


Favorite Movie?




Where is your dream vacation?




[that is supposed to be bali...]


What do you love most in life?




[not exactly what i was looking for, but whatever. kks are kyle's initials!]


What's your favorite candy?




[i should tell you i eat them in ROY G BIV order. there goes my OCD again...]

Favorite shoe?




[i've never felt more powerful than when i walk into work with my highest heels on.]


Favorite animal?




Favorite drink?




Favorite food?

my new apartment

my bathroom. complete with a broken toilet seat...i probably should call maintenance, but i've been to lazy so far.

view one of the bedroom. yeah, that's scooby doo, i may be almost 25, but i'm
still 2 at heart. and that red table will move eventually, i'm going to shorten it and make it into my coffee table.

view two of the bedroom...and one of the two parts of the apartment that still need organized. whoops!

dressing room/amazingly huge closets. the main reason i rented this apartment. :)

further back from the closet so i can show you nelson's little part of the apartment. lol.

the living room. and aley, my friend anna's dog that i'm dog sitting while she moves to NYC and finds a place to stay.

the front door, the awesome entertainment center i bought on craig's list, aley's crate and for some reason i still haven't found a place for my snowboard....at least it matches my red and black living room!

the dining room and the other part of the apartment that still needs cleaned. lol. oh, and if you haven't seen him yet, that's my dog nelson with his new haircut.

kitchen. boring and pretty small.

what you see when you walk in the front door. i really wanted to buy something that made me really happy and that i could remember with the money my grandparents gave me for graduation, so i bought that antique dresser for my entry way. it still needs sanded and polyurethaned, but i love it!

and that's it! it's small [although lots bigger than my old place] but i love it!

biding some time until five...

I am... a daughter, sister, lover, fighter, explorer, jeep-driver, interior designer.

I think... i need a break.

I want... love, happiness, sushi, a diet coke, more money. :)

I have... my first paycheck in the "real world" in the bank today!

I wish... it was a full paycheck, but that's okay.

I hate... not having things to do at work. it makes me feel awful that i'm doing nothing.

I miss... kyle.

I fear... losing everything.

I hear... people typing and shutting down computers, printers going, people chatting, my computer humming and paper shuffling. basically, i hear my office.

I smell... coffee. (i sit near our nutrition lab...aka....the break room.)

I search... for good deals on shoes, for a new car that i'll probably never buy, for all the stuff that i lose!

I wonder... how long it will take me to get to topeka today. i'm anxious.

I regret... spending a lot of time on people that aren't worth it.

I love... kyle!

I care... too much about thing that shouldn't matter. and i'm more materialistic than i would like to be.

I always... check my email, like, ALL the time. it's worse with my new phone.

I am not... in the mood to go and ask for something to do at work. actually, i already DID ask if there was something i could do and there isn't.

I dance... whenever possible. kyle hates it, but secretly, i think he loves it.

I sing... all the time. and i can never get kyle to do it. it's okay though, he's not very good at it. :)

I write... at lot of boring notes at work.

I lose... EVERYTHING.

I never... listen until someone says my name. i'm kind of a space cadet.

I listen... to other people's conversations at work. it's interesting what people say when they think you are listening to music. i also listen to pandora all day at work.

I'm scared of... losing everything.

I read... as much as possible.

I am happy about... getting to see kyle tonight! and for SUSHI!!

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