ugh

it is finals week, or three days or in my case, two days. anyway, i have finals. i haven't really studied either and all i want to do is stuff i shouldn't. plus, i have a killer headache and it is supposed to be 60 degrees and it's not. i just want these dumb tests to be over.
on a happier note, reg and i went to boulder on sunday to see over the rhine and bodeans, who were great. it was a taping for the radio show e town. so the bands would play a few songs and then do a little interview and then an author would come out...it was really fun.
the author was doug fine, he wrote 'farewell, my subaru'. the book sounds interesting.
also, watched brother's keeper the other night and cried a lot, bit i loved it. especially john. we also watched dan in real life and i hated it, regan did too. stupid movie.
oh yeah, my birthday is coming up , what are you going to get me?

the elderly

i have been thinking about old people a lot lately. on thursday, in class, we talked about euthanasia for 2 hours, ugh. not euthanasia of the elderly, mind you, but of animals. a tiny bit depressing. but in the midst, we talked about older people losing their pets. we did an exercise where we wrote down 5 things that were important to us: regan, family, nina, friends, school. then we were asked to get rid of one: school. then our neighbor was told to get rid of one for us, my neighbor took regan, ugh. anyway, point being: sometimes, the only one left in an older persons "5" is their pet. when they lose an animal, it may have been the only thing they have. depressing. then, today it was like old people's day out. THEN regan came home and told me extremely endearing and hilarious stories of the people he is working with at the nursing home. ohmygoodness, a women tried to grab regan's privates. hahahahaha. okay, old peeps. gotta love 'em,
yay

Regan

pretty days

we are anxiously awaiting spring. today we planted about 70 gladiola bulbs and we played outside for a bit.
we wanted to go climbing outside, but nobody responded to our requests.
we had another Lyme treatment. Regan got real bad last week and I was so exhausted. I feel better now and I guess we look better, on paper. we are also taking a pill called Proteka, it's got water, grain alcohol, stone root, oregon grape root, pau d' arco bark, saw palmetto berry, wintergreen leaf, L-aspartic acid, wormseed, L-glutamic acid, wahoo root bark, male fern, wormwood, oregano, yarrow flower, motherwort, birdseye pepper pod, olive leaf, black malva flower, L-lysine and the capsules have stone root, oregon grape root, pau d' arco bark, saw palmetto berry, wintergreen leaf, L-aspartic acid, wormseed, L-glutamic acid, wahoo root bark, male fern, wormwood, oregano, yarrow flower, motherwort, birdseye pepper pod, olive leaf, cellulase, black malva flower, L-lysine. whoa.
we are planning our trip to montana, but it keeps getting pushed back.
some pictures for your spring time dreaming heart.
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our pretty compost pile. mmm, it smells so good.

it was warm!

it was warm yesterday. and today. i am so happy. though it is supposed to get cold this weekend.
we went climbing, outside, yesterday. it was really nice to not be in a gym. it was gorgeous and so fun, we were so tired we went to bed without watching lost online. pretty crazy.
we also went for lyme therapy on saturday. we spent 4 longs hours there, but i guess we both looked a lot better. then we went to the flea market, where we basically spent 10 dollars on corn and saw a lot of crap.
then we went to the du/minnesota hockey game. ohmygoodness, it was so fun!!

news

so many things going on.
first off, i am sick. it is miserable. it's not just a cold, but i think it's just a cold, if that makes sense. i was in bed all weekend and missed a class on monday and work today. ugh. i am taking a lot of hot baths with epsom salt and drinking a lot of naked juice and taking a lot of airborne. i've also been watching a lot of lost online, regan's been helping with this one!
regan's been training a ton for his race next fall. he's crazy. today he climbed and ran, yesterday he ran in a snow storm, he's been swimming. i wish i could join him, but i don't feel good and i think i would weigh him down. i am proud of him though.
he also started school on monday for his CNA. he's gotten A's on 3 quizzes.
my quarter is almost over, yay! it feels so good to get them done. i think i am going to start volunteering at DDFL . it's not my first choice, but it is so close to school and i can go in between classes. plus, it will be good experience "working" at a non-profit.
okay, on to more exciting things: we recently found out regan has Lyme Disease. it is good because now we feel like we have an answer to why he is always in so much pain and why he is always so tired. oh, and it is transmitted sexually. sweet. i was also tested and have the virus, but am asyptomatic, for now.

last but not least: a picture from school.

4 weeks in

since school started i have been busy studying, but luckily i have learned the trick of time management. i have time to do fun things too. now, i am happy.
we've been climbing and bouldering a bit and that's fun. it is in a gym, but we enjoy it anyway.
we also went to the stock show rodeo last weekend, oh my goodness, it was fun. but, it was also eerily patriotic, i don't know why i didn't expect it, but it caught me off guard.


regan has also found some time to ride his bicycle. i like his spandex.



oh, but i only have 5 weeks left of this quarter, isn't that crazy?

2008

to the left you will see a picture of regan at our white elephant, christmas, happy graduation party. people brought really cool things, like a bicycle helmet and a guitar and maracas from peru.
i made it through my first christmas with the in-laws. it was different, very busy. i am looking forward to a low-key christmas next year.
i cannot believe it is a new year and i start school in a couple days and i woke up at 540am to work this morning and i'm tired.
we are going snowshoeing tomorrow, hopefully up to a cabin, if the roads aren't closed.
i got a duvet cover for christmas, i was just admiring it. pretty.
it is amazing to me how exciting my life actually is.

winter waitingland

i used my hot glue gun today. oh boy was it fun.
today regan and i had plans to go swimming, but his friend, brian, called and told us he has reservations at a very expensive restaurant in the foothills for tonight and couldn't make them. he said that he wanted to treat us to dinner. we excepted, regan more forwardly than i, and had a wonderful dinner from a wonderful friend at a restaurant we would have never been able to afford. so nice. i hope everyone has friends like brian.
today i feel in a state of waiting. yesterday too. i am not sure if it's bad, but i think that if one is to ever be in a state of waiting this is the best time.
i am also really cold. burr.
i miss my east coast life.
i don't like denver anymore. sometimes.

merry christmas new jersey

this is crazy:
Lawmakers in the US state of New Jersey have approved a bill abolishing the death penalty.
The move would make New Jersey the first US state to abolish capital punishment since the US Supreme Court reinstated executions in 1976.
i feel like this is a huge step in the right direction. this makes me unbelievably happy. good for you peeps.

in other news:
it's supposed to get to 5 below tonight. burr. and we were going to zoo lights. maybe not anymore.

regan and i had our 1 year anniversary on tuesday. regan surprised me with tickets to disney on ice, princess wishes. it was hilarious and really fun. he didn't realize it was princess wishes until after the tickets were bought. needless to say, we both felt like princesses that night.

finals!

it is now the weekend before finals week. it is very interesting to me that i never really cared about school and now...let's just say i care. i really don't have anything to worry about as far as passing my classes. my worry is in my gpa. in order to go out of state for internship we must have a certain gpa. now, i am well above it, but in 3 quarters? we'll see. oh, i am thinking about an internship at a teaching university in oregon.
i guess i should go study.

it's done!

i am very excited that we finally are done with this process of conversion. we've been waiting for our stop sign tank for over 3 weeks. it feels good to drive to my *far away* school and not feel so guilty.



don't the controls look like james bond or something. this picture isn't great, so just trust me. regan put in an alarm so if either of us turn the car off with veggie on it will sound and help us to remember. it is really loud, so i think i'll remember just because i would be so embarrassed if it went off. nice touch reg.



now regan wants to tint the windows and put a decal on the back windshield that says something to the effect of "fueled by veggies". i laugh.

thanksgiving pictures

i am so sad that none of the pictures of the pies turned out. but here are some of me and my crazy family.

i never know what to title these things.

we just made egg nog. i am a little worried, but i think it should be okay.

on our way home from getting our egg nog supplies we stopped at a store near our house. i think it's called Tonilla. it's about 3 people who decided they wanted to open up a shop(2 blocks from our house) for independent local and national artists to sell their art. they also sell their own stuff, mostly clothes with social commentary screen printed on it. we loved the shop. they also have an art gallery and a small stage and they are wanting to open up a coffee/study space.
we liked talking to them a lot and are excited that we are so close to them.

are there any nice boys in denver that regan would like? i feel so bad for him(he would hate it if he knew i was saying that). he just doesn't have any good friends. i think it might be my fault. nobody wants to hang out with the married guy. everyone makes comments about how once you're married you never hang out, but i didn't know it was because no one wants to hang out with you anymore. it makes me more mad than anything. i know regan is so loyal to these people and they are far from worthy.

thanksgiving

merry thanksgiving.
i hope everyone felt thankful today. we spent the day with my parents and a lot of our greatest friends and it was fun. we had delicious food and dessert. i baked an apple pie, a pumpkin pie and 12 mini pumpkin pies. it was really fun. i referred to martha a great deal. yum! we'll be posting pictures soon of the pretty food.
we also put up christmas lights. i am SO excited. i don't remember ever having these as a kid, so now i get to experience them. yay! they look great and it makes me so happy.
now we're going to get warm in bed and watch the illutionist. we lead an extremely exciting life.

winter wonderland

it started snowing last night. we went on a hike in the snow and it was fun...

people who cry at movies

we watched ground truth last night. i cried a lot.

why are all my posts about niña?

niña had an allergic reaction last night to some unknown substance. her mouth is swollen and she's been vomiting a lot. here a picture, it's not too great, but you get the idea. so sad.
regan and i had a nice date last night. we had a delicious dinner and then went and saw the bourne ultimatum at the dollar theater, thank goodness for those places, huh? i really like all the bourne movies.
next week is thanksgiving. what's everyone doing?

give all your things away

except for your hiking gear...




anyone want a 4 month vacation? is it already monday?

bath time

i had to give nina a bath, because when we take her to the dog park she immediately gets on her back, so unlady-like. she was crazy dirty.
we went to warren miller's new film last night.
that was neat.
anyway, wanted to share cute pictures of ninners.