This is where I live. This is what it looked like when I first moved my stuff in...it looks different now, not that different I guess, just more "put together." I will post a more updated picture when I have a digital camera in my hands...but it probably won't really look that different. How much different can 225 square feet look? Anyway, those are Jake's Chacos by the red chair.
Friday, June 24, 2005
a little bored
I have been overwhelmed with the interesting people I have discovered these past few days...overwhelmed in the sense that it is so exciting!!! I have been reading and commenting on other blogs (I think I might have needed a break from my own blog for a bit). I really have appreciated and enjoyed all the new people I have "met" this week. Thank you so much for all your kind words.
I am in a strange mood tonight...a little lazy, a little indifferent, and a little bored. It is sometimes hard living alone, not living in the same state as my partner, having friends that are all married...
Is there enough satisfaction in knowing that the people I care about are thinking about me and I thinking about them?
I am in a strange mood tonight...a little lazy, a little indifferent, and a little bored. It is sometimes hard living alone, not living in the same state as my partner, having friends that are all married...
Is there enough satisfaction in knowing that the people I care about are thinking about me and I thinking about them?
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
next blog
Right now I feel really really small. I feel alone. Not sad alone, not really lonely, just small.
I was just surfing Blogger blogs. I read posts and comments and witnessed as cyber relationships formed, people sharing their lives with individuals from another place.
The comments I receive from people make me happy. To know that someone randomly living in this world actually took the time...well, it just amazes and astounds me to no end.
Chance. Choice. Randomness. Who are we all and what are we doing?
I have tears of pure emotion. I am real.
I was just surfing Blogger blogs. I read posts and comments and witnessed as cyber relationships formed, people sharing their lives with individuals from another place.
The comments I receive from people make me happy. To know that someone randomly living in this world actually took the time...well, it just amazes and astounds me to no end.
Chance. Choice. Randomness. Who are we all and what are we doing?
I have tears of pure emotion. I am real.
kicking out heat
On Sunday the drive back from Dubuque, Iowa was really great. We started out the day wonderful with breakfast at a local cafe, Cafe Manna Java. It was delicious.
When we got home to Mankato we made brushetta and watched Six Feet Under all night! Jake and I were exhausted from the long weekend.
I got home to St. Paul last night and installed a window air conditioner in my kitchen. (It doesn't take much to cool my little place except that I realized my radiator was still kicking out heat! I called up Jon, the maintenance guy in my building and he came up to my room. By gosh it really was (and has been...) heating my apartment! whoops!). The problem was fixed and it is cooling down in here.
The picture is from this weekend...somewhere between Shullsburg, Wisconsin and Dubuque, Iowa. Aren't those rolling green pastures?!
When we got home to Mankato we made brushetta and watched Six Feet Under all night! Jake and I were exhausted from the long weekend.
I got home to St. Paul last night and installed a window air conditioner in my kitchen. (It doesn't take much to cool my little place except that I realized my radiator was still kicking out heat! I called up Jon, the maintenance guy in my building and he came up to my room. By gosh it really was (and has been...) heating my apartment! whoops!). The problem was fixed and it is cooling down in here.
The picture is from this weekend...somewhere between Shullsburg, Wisconsin and Dubuque, Iowa. Aren't those rolling green pastures?!
Sunday, June 19, 2005
shullsburg, wisconsin
Jake was in his friends Casey and Brooke's wedding this weekend. The wedding was in Shullsburg Wisconsin (population 1200) and the reception was in Dubuque, Iowa. The drive from Mankato took 6 hours.
Eastern Iowa is really beautiful. Rolling green pastures dotted with family farms. The reception was set right on the Mississippi River, which runs through Dubuque.
We ate delicious food and danced all night!
Eastern Iowa is really beautiful. Rolling green pastures dotted with family farms. The reception was set right on the Mississippi River, which runs through Dubuque.
We ate delicious food and danced all night!
Thursday, June 16, 2005
recyclables
Paige asks, "What did you throw at it?"
"My recyclables," I say.
Last night at 3:30 am I hear some rumbling from the dumpster two stories down from my west window (I think that it is the regular "divers" who collect the aluminum in the dead of the night...). I am surprised to see instead the biggest raccoon I have ever seen!
I am naturally annoyed and open my kitchen window to yell at it (remember it is 3 am and I am still half asleep). My yelling, clapping and knocking on my window does not phase this giant raccoon. I grab a pot and bowl and bang them together, still nothing.
I turn and look around my tiny kitchen...I grab a tin can from my recyclables and chuck it out my window!
I completely miss. The raccoon just looks at where it landed and then up at me and then carries on....
I shut my window and go back to sleep.
"I would have paid money to see that!" Paige says.
"My recyclables," I say.
Last night at 3:30 am I hear some rumbling from the dumpster two stories down from my west window (I think that it is the regular "divers" who collect the aluminum in the dead of the night...). I am surprised to see instead the biggest raccoon I have ever seen!
I am naturally annoyed and open my kitchen window to yell at it (remember it is 3 am and I am still half asleep). My yelling, clapping and knocking on my window does not phase this giant raccoon. I grab a pot and bowl and bang them together, still nothing.
I turn and look around my tiny kitchen...I grab a tin can from my recyclables and chuck it out my window!
I completely miss. The raccoon just looks at where it landed and then up at me and then carries on....
I shut my window and go back to sleep.
"I would have paid money to see that!" Paige says.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
high points
Jake and I have been leaving messages to eachother for three days now...never being able to actually talk. He has been to the east coast with his friends (their mission is to climb all the high points in each of the fifty states).
Anyway, I miss you Jake!
This picture was taken last summer in Alaska...and yes those clouds from the ocean are rolling in and over us on the top of this mountain.
Anyway, I miss you Jake!
This picture was taken last summer in Alaska...and yes those clouds from the ocean are rolling in and over us on the top of this mountain.
3 out of 23, 000
Last night I went to a Minnesota Twins baseball game with Miriam and Allisa. We got the cheap seats (which is actually says on the ticket) for only six bucks. Our seats were on the first base line in upper deck (I sound like I know what I am talking about, don't I?!). Allisa had on Delips' old 1987 World Series T-shirt. Miriam is a big Twins fan and goes to most of the games, it was great to be there with her.
Top of the 5th we all got hot dogs. They were delicious.
All night I watched the big TV screen...there is such simple happiness in watching others be surprised when they recognize their face on a huge TV screen! The Kiss Cam is one of my favorites. The best couple was a brother and sister...they didn't kiss but they tried to explain in two seconds that they were siblings, it was hilarious!
So finally at the very end of the game...top of the 9th let's say...I glance up and recognize Miriam's purple tank top and then I recognize Allisa and then myself!!!! We made it!!! What are the chances? There were over 23 thousand fans at this game and some camera person choose the three of us...It makes me so happy!
Oh yeah, the Twins won at exactly 10:18 pm, it was just perfect.
Top of the 5th we all got hot dogs. They were delicious.
All night I watched the big TV screen...there is such simple happiness in watching others be surprised when they recognize their face on a huge TV screen! The Kiss Cam is one of my favorites. The best couple was a brother and sister...they didn't kiss but they tried to explain in two seconds that they were siblings, it was hilarious!
So finally at the very end of the game...top of the 9th let's say...I glance up and recognize Miriam's purple tank top and then I recognize Allisa and then myself!!!! We made it!!! What are the chances? There were over 23 thousand fans at this game and some camera person choose the three of us...It makes me so happy!
Oh yeah, the Twins won at exactly 10:18 pm, it was just perfect.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
cookie cutter
I have been trying to post this entry for two days! My "free internet" has not been working! ha!
I worked all day yesterday, 10-6:30 pm. It was raining when I got done and had to bike home in the pouring rain. I was soaked to the bone when I got home, absolutely dripping wet. It was sorta fun though!
My Mom called and as we were talking the city siren went off and we were in a tornado warning or watch, I can never remember which is which. Anyway, the weather was going crazy, rain, hail, wind, black skies, etc.
When the rain cleared I got on my workout clothes and ran a few blocks to Box Office Video (didn't want to return my movies late because of a tornado!) and then headed to the Y. I had a good workout and when I ran home it was raining again. Twice in one day I got caught in the rain.
I watched the end of a PBS program last night; it was about some New England community supported farms and also about the landscape of our neighborhoods, towns and cities. It was extremely interesting. It focused on one particular New England town that was trying to pass a "development plan." Their plan involved curved streets (to slow traffic), sidewalks, parks, post offices, markets, and businesses in scale with the streets and houses surrounding them.
They said that we all know what these neighborhoods feel like, they exist and we don't want to leave them...unfortunately "developments" today do not feel the same. (More like cookie cutter monopoly rows with no sense of a real community).
Every minute two acres of farmland go to new development.
At the very end of the program this was said, "One day someone is going to ask why didn't we stop this?"
I worked all day yesterday, 10-6:30 pm. It was raining when I got done and had to bike home in the pouring rain. I was soaked to the bone when I got home, absolutely dripping wet. It was sorta fun though!
My Mom called and as we were talking the city siren went off and we were in a tornado warning or watch, I can never remember which is which. Anyway, the weather was going crazy, rain, hail, wind, black skies, etc.
When the rain cleared I got on my workout clothes and ran a few blocks to Box Office Video (didn't want to return my movies late because of a tornado!) and then headed to the Y. I had a good workout and when I ran home it was raining again. Twice in one day I got caught in the rain.
I watched the end of a PBS program last night; it was about some New England community supported farms and also about the landscape of our neighborhoods, towns and cities. It was extremely interesting. It focused on one particular New England town that was trying to pass a "development plan." Their plan involved curved streets (to slow traffic), sidewalks, parks, post offices, markets, and businesses in scale with the streets and houses surrounding them.
They said that we all know what these neighborhoods feel like, they exist and we don't want to leave them...unfortunately "developments" today do not feel the same. (More like cookie cutter monopoly rows with no sense of a real community).
Every minute two acres of farmland go to new development.
At the very end of the program this was said, "One day someone is going to ask why didn't we stop this?"
Saturday, June 11, 2005
nachos
This morning I met my friends at the Farmer's Market downtown. Amanda and Matt even came up from Northfield! They all purchased some herbs and I bought some flowers for my Grandma. We headed back to Paige and Luke's loft which is only a few blocks away. Luke had been cooking all morning! We had the most delicious breakfast, omelets with fresh vegetables, roasted potatoes, muffins, scones, and fresh squeezed grapefruit (Luke thought he was buying oranges!!). The morning was fantastic! Chit Chat Club was out in full force!
At one o'clock I met my family at the Old Country Buffet to celebrate my Grandma's 91st Birthday! After lunch we headed back to my Adeline's apartment for cheetos, cookies, and lemonade. She is the sweetest most generous woman! I got to catch up with my aunt and uncles, cousins and all their children. The kids (my Grandma's great grandchildren) always put on a "program" for us all and today was no exception. The play today involved three pigs! It was great!
I am now making some nachos and going to relax watching a little Six Feet Under.
At one o'clock I met my family at the Old Country Buffet to celebrate my Grandma's 91st Birthday! After lunch we headed back to my Adeline's apartment for cheetos, cookies, and lemonade. She is the sweetest most generous woman! I got to catch up with my aunt and uncles, cousins and all their children. The kids (my Grandma's great grandchildren) always put on a "program" for us all and today was no exception. The play today involved three pigs! It was great!
I am now making some nachos and going to relax watching a little Six Feet Under.
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