New Blog! 2 Miss Veggies

So Sharee and I started a food blog!

  Basically it's going to be all of our vegan and vegetarian recipes that we love and are going to try.  It's called 2 Miss Veggies: 2missveggies@blogspot.com.  Go check it out!  We've both posted a stir fry recipe so far; one vegetarian and one vegan, and they were both awesome!
We're posting a peanut butter granola bar type thing and super easy vegan no bake cookies soon!

 Hope you like it!

A Quick Note

I hate training new people at work.

Done

Slacker

Ok, ok, so I'm a slacker.  It's been forever since I've written on here, but, my life is crazy hectic right now!  I have school. I have work.  In between I try to do things with friends but honestly I rarely have time for that.

School for me isn't just going to classes.  This quarter I'm taking so many classes that have so much outside stuff to do.  Statistics... well it just sucks and I suck at math so...there.  ASL is all about the practice and I probably (not probably I know) don't practice as much as I should.  For one of my primate behavior classes I not only have to do homework and go to a weekly meeting but I have to work 4 hours at CHCI, Chimpanzee Human Communication Institute, every week cleaning and observing the chimps.  I have things to study, classes to go to, an apartment that never seems to stay clean for longer than an hour, co-workers who leave all their work for me to do, a dog to train and people who act like all I do is neglect them. (Some people in particular who act like I owe them everything!)

Well here are some words for you... My life does not revolve around you!  I am not your best friend, in fact some days I can't even stand to see your face and when you open your mouth I want to hit you in the face with the bottle of vodka that is in the cupboard.  I am not your mother.  I am not your maid.  I shouldn't have to follow you around and clean up after you.  You're an adult so act like it!  I shouldn't have to cater to your every desire and whim!  The whole world doesn't revolve around you and in fact, you are completely insignificant!  Now, I don't mean that in a cruel, nobody cares about you kind of way.  But the fact that you act like you are a god send to everyone, that you are so "artistic" (you probably think that even your poop is artistic) and that everyone should do things the way you want is ridiculous.  I'm sorry, but there is a reason that so many people dislike you!

I have a reason that I am at this school and one reason only.  To learn and get my degree.  I want to have fun as well but I'm a little more wise than I used to be and I don't want to waste my time playing around when I am paying for an education.  I CANNOT waste my money!  I don't have to waste my time worrying about someone else who doesn't give two $#*%$ about other people, their feelings, or their needs, but expects all of that and then some in return.

One day, and I pray that day comes soon, you will have a HUGE, GINORMOUS wake up call and it will NOT be a fun thing for you to go through but honey, you need it!

Life Lately

So this summer went by way too quickly!  BUT... I am so super excited for school! I am taking some great classes (well, I think they're great): American Sign Language, Primate Behavior, Prim 220 which is basically working at the Chimp Human Communication Institute learning observation and lab procedures as well as doing a lot of cleaning of the chimp areas, Swim Conditioning, and then my "this class is gonna suck!" Intro to Stats class.  So for the most part I think it's going to be a great quarter. (It's only been 3 days though, so we'll see.)  The stats class won't even be too horribly excruciating if I just keep up on my reading and such.  I'm already having a great time in my ASL class.  My teacher is super awkward and it's hilarious.  Although, he signs SO stinkin' fast that I can't understand anything he's saying.  It will definitely be a challenge but  hopefully a fun one.
Laura and I finally got a new roommate!!! Sharee!  She is so nice and I'm thinking we'll all get along well.  She loves Juliette, even though she is SUCH a pain sometimes.  Sharee also teaches Zumba at the SURC and Laura and I went to her first class.  I've never done Zumba before but it was super fun!  I'm going to try to go every week.  It was such a good workout and you can definitely feel it, but you're having so much fun you don't feel like you're going to die.
So that's about it.  Work and school, that will be my life for the next while! Oh and this not so little monster.

that toy didn't last long

I will start out by saying I love my dog...promise.  But having her is like having a child!!! I get no sleep!  And the sleep I do get is interrupted every hour by Juliette jumping onto my bed to cuddle (and by cuddle I mean try to completely lay on top of me) or she's already on the bed and is rolling around trying to wake me up to play.  Its exhausting.  And since I haven't officially adopted her yet, she is still not fixed which means she attracts all unfixed males like flies to poop. Yes poop.  She whines for no apparent reason, has to have someone petting her at ALL times, is as stubborn as a mule and all at the same time is just too dang cute.  I bought her a squeaky toy last week, it had 5 squeaky things in it.  The label said it was super tough and hard for dogs to rip apart.....

This is about 4 hours after she got it.... super tough my rear!!!  The only squeaky thing she has yet to pull out is the one in the butt and she keeps pulling stuffing out.  I only let her keep it because it keeps her ocupado while I'm cleaning or cooking.  

I'm taking miss Juliette with me to Oregon on Friday.  My mom's side of the family is having our annual family reunion.  We'll be somewhere near Newport camping.  I love camping at the coast.  Granted its not real camping; campsites and showers and what not.  But it's still fun seeing all the aunts, uncles, cousins and of course the many dogs that my family has: Kevin and Laurie's 2 yellow labs, Matt and Casey's  black lab, Klint's black lab that could actually be classified as a horse, Jenessa's little mutt dog whatever he is, my families poodle and pom (although they won't be there, sad face) my grandma's 4.... yes 4 little black toy poodles, Michelle's aussie shepherd, Adam and Krista's english mastiff puppy and now my Juliette.  Needless to say our family really likes animals.  I didn't even name off all the other cats and horses but trust me, there's a lot.  I'm so excited to see everyone though.  Especially my little cousins and second cousins.

Also while I'm in Oregon I'll be going to my friends Audrey and Ryan's wedding. (It's about dang time I tell ya.)  I'll get to see a bunch of my Oregonian friends, most of which I haven't seen in probably a year.  I'll be posting pictures from the Oregon trip when I get back!

Sea Shepherds, Juliette, way to go NY!!! and don't come looking for a room!

   First things first: It's a good idea if you know you're going to need a hotel room for the night to call around to make sure a hotel has rooms available!  Weekends here in Ellensburg in the summer are usually jam packed with sport camps, conventions and concerts so trying to find a hotel room on a weekend night is like trying to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... in your dreams!  Every and I mean EVERY hotel from Yakima to Moses Lake is completely full tonight and I've had person after person coming in tonight and asking for a room.  I tell them that there isn't a single room to be found in the Ellensburg and they look at me like I must be lying.  No, I'm not.  I'm not that mean I promise. (Most of the time anyway.)
   So have you ever seen the show Whale Wars or the documentary The Cove?  If not then you seriously need to get it together!  They are all apart of the group the Sea Shepherds.  Actually unless you have an extremely strong stomach, which I do but it didn't help, then don't watch The Cove.  Just read about it here.  The documentary shows the extremely gruesome things that Japanese fisherman are doing to the dolphins there.  It's really hard to watch, trust me I bawled my eyes out and almost threw up multiple times!  Whale Wars however, is much easier to stomach and in fact, I love watching it every week!  It takes animal rights activism to a whole new level.  Basically, the Sea Shepherds are trying to stop the Japanese whaling industry but the whalers say they have the law on their side, but so do the Sea Shepherds.  Technically, so many whales a year are allowed to be killed, under the law, for "research."  But whale meat is a big thing in Japan, so after the whalers have killed hundreds of whales each year for "research" they package it up and sell it.  So each year the Sea Shepherds go out with their ships and basically harass the whaling ships, trying to stop them from killing whales.  I think it is incredibly brave, especially since many of the situations they are in are dangerous.  I just think that if you believe in something, then you should do something to help.  I'm thinking about volunteering with the Sea Shepherds after I graduate.  Harassing whaling ships sounds exciting but I was also extremely moved after watching The Cove.  We'll see though.
   Shout out to NY!  Same sex marriage has been made legal!  Here's what Keith Olbermann had to say:


"Every year the margin by which this country supports this grows and within a decade or perhaps less it will be universal in this nation. Period. Ironically, it is not because there is great advocacy for it, but simply out of an inability of younger people in this country to do what older ones still can — to pretend this matters anymore. It just doesn't. It won't destroy the democracy, it doesn't destroy the family, it strengthens the institution of marriage in its principal premise of fidelity, and it increases the number of people living in stable and loving homes."


I completely agree.  Young people in this country just realize that this shouldn't even be an issue!  Some people just can't let go of it though.  Fortunately, one more state is on the right track!  Congrats!
   And one last thing for the night!  JULIETTE!!!

This beautiful girl is soon to be mine!  She's a dog I've been working with at the animal shelter for the last month and I tried and tried to talk myself out of getting her.  But alas, it didn't work.  Technically she's not mine yet.  I'm just fostering her now to make sure it works out, but how can I give this cute face back!?

I just love her one floppy ear.  She is a pit mix so obviously I'm going to have a lot of people that are afraid of her.  But the only attacking of people she does is attacking them with love.  She is an attention whore and loves to cuddle.  She still needs to learn a few manners but she listens for the most part and can sit, lay down, and understands off but doesn't always want to act like she understands it.  If she's calm enough she loves to take naps with me and she LOVES to curl up in MY spot on my  bed.

So hopefully I officially adopt her in the next week or two and get her fixed in time to take her camping with me in Oregon in July!  I just love her!
   If you're looking to adopt an animal go to your local animal shelter.  This time of year there will be tons and tons of dogs and cats and even some other types of pets at the animals shelters.  Shelters only have so much room and if you adopt from a shelter that is one less animal that has to be unnecessarily euthanized!

and then it started to bleed!

Ok I'm horrible at this blogging thing.  It's been a month.  Oh well.
So I go to  put some silverware in our dishwasher and BAM!!! Knife in my finger!!! Laura, being the absolute genius she is, decided to put a sharp knife in the silverware holdy thingy with the sharp part up.... no I'm not lying about this.  And it just so happens that this sharp knife then decided to jump out and stab me.  It felt awesome. I then had to inform Laura that putting knives in sharp side up is probably not the best idea and she offered me a band aid with antibacterial ointment already on it.  I'm completely convinced though, that it's probably going to fall off.
Anyway, so we moved into our new apartment! Yay!  It's quite lovely, fully furnished and private bedroom and bathroom, thank heavens.  The only problem is, is that its slightly expensive and I super wanted to get a dog but that would make it even more expensive.  So that is a no go.  Which sucks especially since there is this absolute GORGEOUS and sweet pit bull at the shelter named Juliette.  I love her, to death.  This is her as we picked ticks off her.  She didn't fuss AT ALL!!!  She's such a cutie.

So my birthday was earlier this month, as was my friend Becca's.  So we had a joint birthday party.  Becca and her roommate Jenna barbequed and we just chilled at their place and had fun.  There were even veggie burgers for me! (I'm trying the whole vegetarian thing.)  It was an awesome day outside and not even too windy. (Which can definitely be an issue here in good ol' Ellensburg!)

Yay for sun!

So basically it was a great time.
Right now I'm kind of in love with the Maroon 5 Hands All Over album. And I've rediscovered A Thousand Suns Linkin Park album.  I know that ones not old at all but I listened to it NON-STOP when I first got it and then had to take a break from it.  But it came on my ipod the other day when I had it on shuffle and I'm back to listening to it non-stop.  If you haven't heard the track The Messenger on that album go listen to it! It's kind of short but awesome.  I love the whole sound if that album.
K bye.

WICKED!!!!! (No one mourns the Wicked... WICKED!!!!)

2 posts in one day what?!  Haha so I realized that I just went on this super fun trip with two of my favorite girls ever and I should post some pictures about it! 

WICKED! I've seen it once in New York and it was incredible then!  But going with Nichola and Stefanie was Fan-Freakin-Tastic!  "I love those girls" would be an understatement.  We're soulmates...period.  So we planned a trip a couple months back to go see Wicked in Boise and we got a nice hotel room and couldn't wait.  We would literally text each other with the number of days left until the trip all the time!!
And then... THE TIME CAME!!!  So I left right after work at about 9 in the morning. (I worked the entire night before and only got a few hours of sleep the previous day, so yes it was a little dangerous driving while tired.)  I could NOT wait to not only see Wicked but also to see Nich and Stefy! (I haven't seen them since Nichola and Corey's wedding in December and after living with those girls for a year it is definitely no bueno being so far away from them!) 
Anyway...so I busted out of town and headed to Boise.  It was about a 7 hour drive with the quick nap I HAD to stop and take because I was getting drowsy.  I got there and soon after they met me at our hotel room door!  It was a pretty nice place I tell ya what!  So still drowsy and not having had a shower yet we went to good ol' Wally World because I needed a cheap swimsuit fast! It was either swim or I needed to get in the shower; driving always makes me feel nasty and gross!  Then we played in the pool and went and had dinner at Old Chicago, pretty good food!

Swimming-Yes please!

Nich and her water

Food!

  Then the two crazies that I was with wanted to go back and swim some more.  I was exhausted so instead of getting in I just lounged on one of the chairs.  I was also the game official:  they made me throw pennies in the pool and they would race to get them all.  (It was like playing with 6 year olds! But so much fun!) 
So day two was WICKED day!!! Me and Stefy slept until about 10 and then Nich had had enough and made us get up and get ready.  We did some shopping and went to eat at this mexican bar place.  We were so excited for yummy food but they put this odd tasting verde sauce on everything and it just ruined it all!  But we were outside and it was bright and beautiful and sunny, a little windy, but a great day to be outside.

 

See... told you I wasn't a cool kid!!!  I also bought a book at this store with the hats on spirit animals and during lunch we figured out what our spirit animals were. Nich: Dolphin (Duh!) Stef: Koala  Me: Monkey (if they had Gorilla I would have been that)

Wicked was A-Mazazing!!!  Nich and Stef were so giddy and excited and anytime a song came on that they loved they freaked out!  (The Fierro they had was totally HOT by the way.)

My Ticket!!!

Soulmates for Life!

Overall the trip was too short but a blast!  I had so much fun seeing these two and I was sad when we had to leave!  I can't wait to see them in July!!!

Guess what?! Michael Jackson died! And so did Bin Laden

So everyone is still talking about it: we killed Osama Bin Laden.  He was just hangin' out at his house in Pakistan (I'm sure you've heard that this was predicted to be the country he was hiding in on the show "Scrubs" a few years ago.  Guess we should start paying more attention to our sitcoms huh?) and we barged in and... BAM now he's gone.  Then we buried him at sea.  Right when they anounced it on TV I was just flipping through the channels trying desperately to find something uplifting and non depressing to watch, maybe a little "Family Guy" or "How I Met Your Mother" ya know?  It seems these days mother's are drowning their children, college girls are going missing all over the country and all manner of crazy stuff that is shown on the news.  And what pops up on the screen but President Obama telling us all that they found and killed Bin Laden.

Now.... Bin Laden, pretty sure that there aren't many people in the world that would argue that he wasn't a bad guy right?  He was let's be real.  He was evil as it gets in my opinion.  I was as hell bent on catching those responsible for the 9/11 attacks as anyone else so yes, I was glad that he was no longer on the earth.  However... seeing all the excitement and partying outside the White House gates and hearing about all the celebrations going on around the country really disturbed me.  I understand the excitement, the national pride, the pride everyone has for the soldiers who have been over in in the Middle East for years.  I get it all and I am in the same boat.  But, to celebrate anyone's death in that manner, to have a party over someone's death seems so wrong to me.  I had people tell me that I was unpatriotic for thinking this way.  Why?  That couldn't be further from the truth.  I have family that are in the military, who have actually gone over to the Middle East and proudly served their country.  I couldn't be more proud of them and their service.  That doesn't mean I have throw a party because we killed someone.  Did he deserve what he got? I would say yes.  But he still had a family who cared about him.  What if someone didn't like your dad for whatever reason but you believed and trusted him unwavering, he died and then then a nation celebrated your dad's death?  How would you feel?

There has been a quote curculating said to be from Martin Luther King Jr. but it has been proven not be from him.  However I believe it to be very beautiful and completely how I feel.  Here is the original from the woman named Jessica Dovey who actually said it, an American English teacher working currently in Japan:

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” MLK jr"

Dido Miss Dovey.  Well said.

Primates and Music- My 2 loves

So it's been a bit since I've posted anything.  PAW (Primate Awareness Week) went great!  I loved Daniel Beltra's talk.  Look him up on the web, he takes the most beautiful and thought provoking pictures! Another great talk was by the director of PASA, Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. He talked a lot about the work they're doing in Africa with all their sanctuaries and trying to re-introduce as many primates as they can back into the wild.  Awesome work being done! Check them out at pasaprimates.org.  So it was successful and we got some good turn outs.

This summer instead of being normal and not having school I've decided to take classes.  Lame I know!  But once I take these last 2 classes I can focus completely on my Primate and Anthropology studies!  I already have almost a third of my Anthropology classes done thank heavens.  The primate classes are hard because there are only a couple offered every quarter so you have to get into them while you can.  And they tend to conflict scheduling wise with my other classes. But PAW really got me re-motivated about classes and school.  I still have a long ways to go with my double bachelors but then I can take a small break and get some work experience, maybe at a sanctuary here in the states, and then move onto my masters.  I've been looking at Oxford-Brookes in the UK, which is the only other Primate masters program in the world, other than the one here at CWU.  I would LOVE to go there!  It seems like their program is centered a lot around primate conservation which is exactly what I want to do.  Or maybe I'll just flat out move to Africa somewhere, maybe Rwanda, and just show up at a sanctuary and say "What's up I need a job because I moved all the way here for the gorillas." That's kind of what happened with the PASA director.  He was a hollywood make-up artist and one day just moved with his wife to Africa and fell in with the sanctuary crowd.  How awesome is that?  I wonder if it'd work if I did it right now.  Just up peaced out to Rwanda... that'd be AMAZING. 

So on the music front a new great artist.../band? I've been listening to is Wakey!Wakey!!! Such a cool sound!  I love the song 1876-The Brooklyn Theatre Fire and Almost Everything and Brooklyn... man the whole "Almost Everthing I Wish I'd Said The Last Time I Saw You" album is stellar.  There some good upbeat songs that just make you want to go be outside and dance and some beautiful ballads.  Another artist I'm loving right now is Andrew Belle.  He does this duet with Erin McCarley called "In My Veins"  It's so beautiful.  His lyrics are great. I also love his song "Open Your Eyes." So look them up if you're in need of new music.

Well I'm at work and I need to start getting breakfast put together so I'm gonna peace out for now.  I'll post again soon about some other great music I'm listening to right now. 

Just words

Well work is almost done for the day.  I got some laundry folded, took two loads of laundry upstairs, got breakfast set up, and even did some homework.  In about 2 hours I'll be headed off to class and then more classes.

I'm involved in a club here at CWU called Primate Awareness Network.  Basically we try and do things that educate people about things that are going on that are causing harm to primates, their enviroments around the world, etc.  So this week is Primate Awareness Week; happens every year during the spring quarter.  All week we have different primatologists, anthropologists, and lots of other people coming to campus to talk on different things like research projects they've been involved in lately or topics that they're experts on.  We even have a wildlife conservationist photographer coming that has taken some AMAZING pictures!  (I never realized that there is a "wildlife conservation photographer" career.)  His name is Daniel Beltra.  Look up his work!  Anyway I'm super excited for all the talks and events planned for this week!  I hope we get some good turnouts for the talks.  My friends think I'm a total nerd for getting excited about stuff like this.  I mean who really gets excited to go hear a talk about chimpanzees and their imaginary play right?  Well I do!

So that's about it for now.  Here is a picture I took yesterday morning as I was leaving work.  This is what I get to look at every morning as I leave! 

My DVD won't play on my computer! Boo!

I'm sitting here at work and I'm so tired!  I had 3 nights off so I slept at night instead of during the day.  But today I only got 2 hours of sleep before I had to come to work so I'm exhausted.  I rented 127 Hours to watch while at work and my computer says I have to change the screen resolution to be able to watch it!! But I've already had problems with my screen resolution being all weird and changing on its own so I don't really want to mess with it.  So instead I'm writing this.  I guess I could be doing homework or something important like that, I'm just not in a motivated mood.  All I want to do is sleep but after I get off work I get to go straight to my English class. (Which by the way is going to be so easy it's lame.  I'm bored already and class has only met once so far.)So I have this professor from Mongolia and let me tell you, I could barely understand him at first!  But after 3 days of his class I'm getting better at understanding him.  He is so cute though!  He compared shamanism and when shamans get possessed by the some spirit to Michael Jackson in Thriller!  But it's even funnier when he says stuff like that because of his accent.  I definitely have to pay attention in his class!
Ok new favorite song!! It's call Open Arms by Gary Go.  It's just really pretty and about keeping your head up.  Look it up on youtube or something!  Here's the lyrics for just the chorus:
Gotta look myself in the eye
And say it’s gonna be alright
Maybe everything won’t be alright
All the time
I’ve gotta take these chances where they are
And it’s gonna be alright
I’ve gotta see things for what they are
At the time, at the time

LOVE IT!!!  Alright well I'm signing off to be responsible and do some homework.  Hopefully I get something accomplished! Auf wiedersehen for now!

First Day of Spring Quarter!

Ok so it's the first day of classes here at CW for Spring Quarter. First off, SPRING quarter is definitely misleading in this part of the our great big world.  Spring= flowers, sunshine, barbeques and happily skipping through fields right?  Not here it doesn't.  The weather is SO bipolar here!  One minute its bright and sunshiney outside and you think to yourself, "Spring has finally come!"  The next minute its SNOWING!!!  I'm used to the rain; I grew up in Oregon.  But snow?!  I expected it when I lived in Idaho but this is the almighty Pacific Northwest for crying out loud!!  For me that means NO snow past February and this little town is defnitely not meeting up to my expectations!

Anyway back to school.  The first few days of classes are always exciting!  What will my teacher be like?  Will it be an easy A or a class that I have to actually apply myself to get a good grade?  I love getting brand new spiral bound notebooks or any other new school supplies for that matter.  I should probably become a profession school supply shopper, I love it that much.  Then you go to buy your textbooks and WHAM!!!  You're having to spend $500 on books.  Really something should be done about the ridiculous prices of textbooks.  But other than that its great!  I only have 2 classes today:  Anthropology of Religion and Anthropology: Human Variation/Adaptive Living Populations.  Then I'm also taking and English class and a Biology class.  I suck at sciene so the Biology might be a bit of  struggle but I'm determined to do well.

I hope that come next year I will actually be able to take more of my Primate Studies classes!  My dream job would to be living in Rwanda or Uganda studying the great Mountain Gorillas in the area!  Everyone thinks I am a totally nut job and crazy person for wanting this to be my career.  But it would be so much more than a career!  It would be my life!  I want to climb the forest everyday looking for gorilla families.  I want to get to know them so well that they accept me as a part of their group and let me get up close.  I want to help conserve their territory and keep the poachers out of the forest.  Diane Fossey is my HERO because she wholey committed her life to helping these awesome animals!  When I look at them I can't help get excited.  They are huge and massive and could rip your arms right out of your sockets if they wanted to.  But they're also really similar to us.  They live in group families because they need social interaction and love just like we do.  It is so adorable to see a male gorilla whose sole job is to protect by any means necessary his family, sit and play with one of the little babies.  They are so similar to us it is amazing.  I just have to work hard and get through school and do everthing I can to make my dream a reality!


Well that's enough rambling for now.  I have class in a couple hours and I should probably clean my room before then since it looks a bunch of adolescent chimpanzees were playing in here.  I can be such a messy person!

First One

So it's currently 2:43 in the morning and I'm at work.  I work the night audit shift at a hotel here in town.  There's not a lot to do at night and since spring quarter classes don't start until Tuesday, I have no homework and thereforeI have nothing to do at work.  Hence me deciding to start writing this here blog.  'Cause what else do I have to do in the middle of the night when I'm at work and everyone else is asleep?  I guess I could get a pen pal from somewhere in Europe where people will be awake when I'm awake.  But then I'd have to talk to a stranger that really doesn't sound too fun.
So anyway, I live here in Washington, attending school.  I'm majoring in Primate Animal Behavior and Ecology with a doiuble major in Anthropology.  That's fancy for I'm going to be working/studying with primates: monkeys, apes, my little brothers, etc.  I'm pretty sure my family thinks I'm a nut job because of my chosen field but whatever.
 I have a mom and dad who are still together and happy. (Which is almost non-existent in today's world.)  I also have 2 little brothers.  Ok so not "little" but still little to me.  Tyler is almost 21 and serving a 2 year mission in England right now for the LDS church.  Tanner is 15 doing the whole high school thing.  We all grew up in good ol' Lebanon, Oregon but 2 years ago my parents moved to...Utah...ugh.  What made it better was my best friend (Stephanie), her husband and little boy and her family also moved to Utah, not far away mine.
A little about me:  I'm a weirdo, most likely.  But who's normal right?  I have a slight permanent Wisconsin accent.  2 of my closest friends are from Wisconsin and living with them for so long I tend to say some words like I grew up in Wisconsin or use words that NORMAL people from the Pacific Northwest don't know.  Just blame the Hoffman girls.    


Music is absolutely one of my most favorite things in the entire world, both playing instruments and listening.  I'm loud and outgoing.  I'm a people person but my stupid people tolerance level is extremely low.  I like to think I'm a nice person but if you get in my face or are a complete moron then I think you deserve to know that I don't appreciate it.
So in this blog I'm probably just going to post whatever happens to be on my mind, mostly in the early hours of the morning.  But that's enough for now because I have to go to newspapers around to all the "special" guests.