the best part of tonight

was watching this dance:



It just breaks my heart. Maybe because it hits close to home.

I was so happy to hear that the woman this dance was dedicated to found out her cancer was gone. Everybody deserves news like that. Maybe someday {hopefully soon} everybody will get good news.

I only hope until then that everybody can have someone brave & strong to count on . . . just like in this dance.

Enough boring thoughts for tonight -- maybe I will try falling asleep again. Hopefully that works out for me :)

10 excuses for not cleaning

• itunes
• facebook
• no plans tomorrow . . . i have to do something
  
• it's not that dirty
• no spiders/beetles for the past week! {its a record}
• errands
• checking my email obsessively to make sure i hear the second my thesis is returned from the deans office
• setting up a budget
• researching phd programs for my cody
• my last week of summer should be spent doing any/all of the above - not cleaning :)
  

if you need an excuse to not clean, feel free to plagiarize any/all of the above excuses . . . they have worked for me . . . i think that i am going to go clean my bathroom now . . . .

Top Ten

things i'm slightly addicted to at the moment
1. chips & dip

2. pizza

3. pilates

4. Oprah

5. Facebook

6. my iPod

7. trying to get rid of my ear infection

8. 10 day MBA

9. ringo

10. relaxing

31 days

It has been 31 days since I updated my blog, so I thought I would make a list of 31 things that have happened.
1. Cul-de-sac of Fire
2. A spontaneous trip to Las Vegas to watch Camille dance at Nationals -- one of her routines got 7th out of 92 :) It was so fun!!
3. Winning 2nd place at Michael Jackson Bunco.
4. Going to the Incubus concert at Usana with Cody, Dave, Jess & my dad. I don't know who was more excited to be there -- Dave or my dad!
5. Finding my dream living room furniture at a little shop in Gardner Village. Green & paisley. Sigh.
6. Visiting all of my mom's childhood homes in Elkhart, Indiana.
7. Trying to scare Camille & Roz while we were stopped for a train at a railroad crossing (see picture). I was unsuccessful :(
8. Surprising my Grandma Luke for her 90th birthday. She didn't have a heart attack, and yes, she really is that short.
9. Meeting my Indiana family who I have only heard about!
10. Staying at my mom's cousin Jill's house, which was right on a lake.

















11. Listening to the live band at the bar down the street play Sweet Home Alabama & My Sherona.
12. Visiting the Kellogg School at Northwestern. They had nice bathrooms -- the sign of a truly great program.
13. Accidentally ending up in Wisconsin due to my navigating. I needed my navigator Daver.
14. Eating dinner at a highway Oasis. They are cool.
15. Going to the 95th floor of the Hancock Tower long enough to snap a picture of Beanz. It was beautiful!
16. Meeting a Lego Darth. And C3PO.
17. Checking out a giant buffalo at the Field Museum. I love buffalo.
18. Checking out the Pirates Exhibit sponsored by the National Geographic at the Field Museum, which led to me . . .
19. Acting like a pirate at the Field Museum.
20. Purchasing a high heel shaped cookie cutter at the Field Museum.
21. Walking outside of the Field Museum to this stunning view of Soldier Field.
22. Going to the White Sox game to watch Tampa come back in the top of the 9th to win it all.
23. Going to the White Sox game the day before Burhle threw a perfect game :(
24. Ending up at the Mall of America for the second time in 9 months thanks to a sweet long layover in Minneapolis.
25. Buying anniversary presents for Cody at the Mall of America.
26. Leaving to go camping the day I got back from Chicago.
27. Buying pink basketball shorts to match my swimsuit bottoms.
28. Surviving year 2 of camping!
29. Passing my thesis defense, while I had a massive allergy cold :)
30. Taking my mom to The Pie for the first time.
31. Celebrating our 2nd anniversary. So far, I have been sick on our anniversary both years. Hopefully the trend doesn't continue forever :)

finished

with this

and this

so now i can be with

major life announcement

No, it's not the new blog design.
No, we aren't having any babies.
No, Cody didn't get a promotion.
No, we haven't found a new apartment.

But . . . .

I have my thesis defense scheduled!!!

{This really should say I almost have my thesis defense scheduled -- I just need a few signatures :)}

Thesis Subjects

This is so fitting for my 100th post :) I need subjects for my thesis. To be volunteer they must:

• Be female
• Be 18-40 years old
• Have lived in Utah since they were 18 months old
• Not lived outside of Utah for longer than 6 months (consecutively)
• Have no history of speech/language/hearing problems
  

Anybody who volunteers will come to the Taylor Building at BYU for about 30 minutes in the next few weeks. They will:

• Fill out a questionnaire & consent form
• Participate in a FREE hearing screening
• Read a list of 140 sentences
• Read a short passage
• Have a short conversation with me

Leave a comment, email me, text me, write on my Facebook wall, call Cody, do anything to get a hold of me if YOU or ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS meet the criteria & would be willing to participate. Thanks a million!