Day 926

I booked my flights to Austin today, YES!  I can't wait to visit Becca & Lance; it's been too long!

Adele fans rejoice!

Day 836

I still have a stupid grin on my face.  I told you last night was a good night. :) 

If an EPIC PHOTO ever existed, I believe the one above would qualify.  If you were there, you know the story and how unexpected this lick was.  Aweeeesome. :) 

Day 827

Sassy show tonight!  We had over 150 ladies there, ahhh!  Not a single negative word about my presentation, the food, the service, or the packets.  In fact, I heard a lot of positive compliments!  How cool is that?!

Happy Birthday to the sassiest lady I know, my grandma!  You know it's true...

Day 758

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Day 462

Today, I'm thankful for 26 years of health, happiness, great friends, and a loving family!

Going Downtown for dinner tonight, woo hoo!

Day 400!

Ryne and I had a great dinner at Bravo! tonight, followed by some tasty cookie ice cream sandwiches from Trader Joe's.  A lovely evening indeed!

Day 274

Ryne and I went to see Ingrid Michaelson in Bloomington at The Bluebird back in October.  We waited for over an hour to meet and greet with her, and it paid off!  She signed a poster for Bridget (Christmas present!!!) and I actually went back up again later to ask her to personalize it (and she did!).  We took a bunch of goofy pictures while waiting for Miss Ingrid to reappear after the concert.  :)

In case we didn't get a signature...

...and in case we did get one!

No flashes allowed, so of course it was blurry (it was really late).

Day 271

Today was "Tour de Food," and it was delicious.  Bridget, Heather, and I started off at Bub's (with a guest appearance by Stephanie M.), then proceeded to Brugge (with a guest appearance by Ryne).  After that, we went to The Flying Cupcake, and were officially in food heaven / in a food coma.  I would love to make this an annual tradition. :)

Day 266

I L-O-V-E the little reunion that happens each year when most of my friends are home! :D

Day 240

Black Friday!  Ooooh yeah, I'm one of those people. :)

I don't wanna wake before
The dream is over
I'm gonna make it mine
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Day 231.  We went out for Grandpa's birthday tonight, and ran into a familiar face!  I love when that happens.

You know what you do to me
You light up
You light up the dark and
You're all the good within me
My heart is filled
Rebuilt
Be good to me, be good to me
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Day 222.  Daylight savings time has kicked in, and now I want to go to sleep way earlier than before.  This is really only concerning since I have a TON of bulbs and plants to get in the ground before it's sub zero outside.  Might be a little problematic if it's dark outside when I get home from work!  Yikes.

It's getting dark and it's all too quiet
And I can't trust anything now
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Day 213.  I need to eat some lunch and then start getting things together for tonight's Halloween party.  We'll see if the makeup turns out the same or if I go even craaaazier, muahahaha!  I need to be a lady Dracula one year or something, just so I can run around all night and say "mu-ha-ha-ha!" Maybe next year.

We're on our way, this time around
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Day 146.  Having breakfast for dinner totally rocks.  :o)

When you find your way back down, in one piece
Then I'll just be waiting here, right here
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Day 96. Headed over to Rachel & David's new apartment in Fountain Square for a 4th of July shindig. We got to watch the fireworks from their rooftop terrace, which was great. I got to dive into my bottle of Oliver Sangria that I forgot to take with us the night before. I think I like this so much because I can put it on ice. Mmm, so good. R&D were sweet enough to ice their bottle of the same wine that they received for their wedding. Plenty for everyone! They let us use their giant balloon glasses, and that just made me feel uber cool. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! Happy Birthday, America! Oh man, how could I forget to mention the salsa?! I made salsa, from scratch. That's nothing new, but the horrible pain that came from the jalapeno pepper juice seeping into 3 of my fingers was a new experience. I had to drive with an ice pack on my lap, it was that bad. Luckily, later that night I couldn't feel it anymore, haha. I love wine.

Penny likes to get away and drown her pain in lemonade

Penny dreams of rainy days and nights up late by the fireplace

And aimless conversations about the better days

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Day 58. I find southern weddings to be quite interesting. I haven't actually attended one (yet), but I've heard about them. My friend did southern-ish wedding in Indiana. From what I understand, you adopt your maiden name as your middle name. Kind of stinks if you go by your middle name, so I'm not quite sure how that works out. Also, you get formal portraits done in your wedding dress. How cool is that?! I'm sure there are many more; if you know of any, please share.

Alright, so you think you're ready

Ok, then you say this with me go

We were born for this

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Day 55. It's hot outside and I looooove it! Bring on summer!

They played our song

We hit the floor

He held me strong

And we danced the night away

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Day 49. I'm sporting a Bugs Bunny band-aid today. It's ok to be jealous.

We are not frightened anymore

We stood up, we stood up

And there are two of us, there will be more

They'll show up, they'll show up, they'll show up

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Day 18. Mom & I did Race For the Cure this morning. It was so fun to be around such energetic people so early in the morning. Let me be more detailed...I walked with 42,000 people this morning. It was cool to walk down the middle of Washington Street (by the zoo) with a ton of people...not exactly something we can do every day.

Ladies it ain't easy bein' independent

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Day 2!

For Holy Thursday, I attended mass @ St. John's downtown. We then had dinner (pizza, chips, & brownies = win!) and loaded all 35+ of the young adults onto the big yellow school bus. We visited the alter of repose at 7 different Catholic churches: St. John, Sacred Heart, Holy Cross, Holy Rosary, St. Patrick, Ss. Peter & Paul, & St. Mary. It was SO COOL to not only finally make it to each of these beautiful churches, but to be there with little to no crowd. I was in Sacred Heart (one of the most amazing churches) with only a few lights on and almost complete silence. Talk about breathtaking. I'm so glad BK and I did this! Something to add to your bucket list, should you have one. :o)