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Month: June 2007

the Big Move

the Big Move

This week has been busy at work, with lots of exciting stuff going on. Last December, the president of the company announced to us that they had bought a building because we had expanded to the maximum capacity of our current place. This was exciting news for all of us, especially when they told us that they were planning to fix up the new building really nice, and turn it into an “advertising agency we can all be proud of”….

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summer 2007 wedding #1

summer 2007 wedding #1

This weekend Paul and I drove up to Indiana to witness the wedding celebration of some dear friends, Sopeak and Zay. I knew both of them separately before they started dating, and feel like I got to witness their relationship develop and grow. I remember hanging out with the two of them in Gerig lounge, after everyone else went to bed, knowing that they probably wanted ME to go to bed too, but not wanting to leave because I enjoyed…

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welcome to the grown-up world

welcome to the grown-up world

We’re back from Indiana and had an absolutely WONDERFUL trip! More about that later. :-) For now, I wanted to mention a few things. Beth wrote a post today entitled, “How to Survive on a Grad Student’s Stipend“. I thought it was excellent. Beth has been very inspiring to me recently as I look at our finances and rue how much more we have until we are out of debt. She encourages me to live simpler and thereby able to…

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10 things about Peru

10 things about Peru

Originally published on January 31st, 2007 at Onward & Upward Lydia at Renewed Day by Day has put up a meme of 10 quirky facts about your state. Beth answered it in the previous post about her adopted state of Texas. Now, I love memes so I immediately knew I wanted to be a part of this one. However, I saw that Lydia tagged Susan to do one for Georgia, and I didn’t want to take the wind out of…

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almost ready!

almost ready!

Just a few more hours before I leave work and pick up Paul, and go to INDIANA! Hooray! I’m so excited. I am also dead tired because I had to take Paul to the train station this morning. :-p Last night we took Jera over to the house where she will be staying while we’re gone. I was so sad to leave her there! This is what parents must feel like when they leave their kids at Grandma’s. :-) I…

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