Apparently to some, the Midwestern and Swedish accent are easily confused, or at least that’s what happened to me this weekend. I was at work at the hospital in Urgent Care, and one of the employees (whom I’d met the evening before) told me that at first, he’d thought that I was from Sweden. What?!?!… Read More Apparently I Sound Swedish
Yep, we’re going on vacation 🙂 This June, we’re heading to Marco Island, FL for 8 days! Here’s a photo of the beach… I went back and forth on whether or not to take the time off. Then I thought “I have the time, Chris obviously won’t be teaching, and it’ll be a while before… Read More We’re Goin’ on Vacation (said in a sing-song voice)!
…then you’ve gotta sign up for the Daily Groupon! I signed up for the Boston one a few weeks back, and it. is. awesome! Chris and I have already purchased one of the restaurant deals and it was super-fabulous 🙂 The idea behind the Daily Groupon is this – they email the daily offer, usually… Read More If You Live in the Boston or Chicago Area…
(This post was inspired by The Company She Keeps) Laugh at me all you want, but some of my favorite wine comes from Indiana 🙂 It’s from this great winery – Oliver Winery – located on 35 acres in southern Bloomington. The grounds are gorgeous, they have bluegrass bands come in, a great big pond,… Read More Some of My Favorite Wine…
While doing some online research for our move to New Zealand, I came across this adorable commercial featuring two cute-as-a-button Kiwi kids on the playground. Chris and I both love it, and it’s supposedly a great representation of both the New Zealand mindset and accent. The best part is at the very end – I… Read More Cutest Commercial – New Zealand Kids
Only 423 days till we move to NZ!!! Not that I’m counting or anything…
I know what they say – “You’re not supposed to eat after 7pm”, or “You’re metabolism slows down in the evening”. Yeah, yeah! We allll know that. But we also all know that sometimes, you’ve just gotta have a late night snack. And in my mind, there is no doubt as to what is the… Read More The Perfect Late-Night Snack…
Hooray for Wednesdays! Wednesday means that the week is half over, and that puts me in a very happy mood 🙂 I’m also happy because I get to share some of the stuff that I’m loving on Etsy this week! Today, I was looking at all of the different pieces of jewelry, especially bracelets. I… Read More Etsy Wednesday!
Hi everyone 🙂 Thanks so much for all of your well-wishes! Now that my mind has settled down a little bit, I can share more information with all of you regarding the next few months. Because of the nature of his job in New Zealand and their flexibility in terms of his start date, Chris… Read More More Information on the Move
I have such exciting, amazing news! We are moving to New Zealand!!! Chris was offered the equivalent of an assistant professor position (they call them something else over there) at a university in Auckland, New Zealand! Yayayayayay! It’s a tenure-track job, the #1 school in New Zealand, the #4 school in Australasia, and it’s roughly… Read More WE ARE MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND!!!
Happy Friday everyone! All we have to do is survive today, and then it’s the weekend! Have a great day!
Time for another Etsy Wednesday! In these posts, I showcase some of the Etsy things I’m loving this week. They always have the best stuff, and who doesn’t like Etsy?! First off, let me tell you about BieMo Design Studio. I heard about them through a friend at work who has some of her stuff,… Read More Etsy Wednesday
I have some great news! This morning, Chris was offered a post-doc fellowship at the University of Notre Dame! Woo hoo! It’s for the 2009-2010 school year, starting in August. He’ll be paid the same as any professor, but he doesn’t have to teach any classes – he can spend all of his time doing… Read More SUPER GOOD NEWS!
This weekend I watched “Dear Frankie”. It came out in 2004, and I’m not exactly sure how I’d heard about it, but I decided to put it on hold at our local library. Well, it came in a few days ago and, since Chris indicated that he wasn’t that interested, I watched it this Saturday… Read More Not a New Release, But Still Good
Today has been a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. I won’t go into detail, other than to say that it’s work-related. But you know what they say – the sun’ll come out tomorrow! Here’s hoping that it actually does! I’ll let you know more later…
Is anyone else really saddened by the Natasha Richardson situation? According to “People”, a family friend is stating that she’s brain dead, basically alive only because of a machine. If this is really the case, then my heart just goes out to her family – her husband Liam Neeson, their 2 teenage boys, and her… Read More Natasha Richardson
Happy Anniversary to my parents! They were married 37 years ago today on St. Patrick’s Day. They’re not Irish – this just happened to be the 1st available day during my dad’s final year of medical school . My parents have known each other their entire lives. My mom’s mother went to my dad’s baby… Read More Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!
Two guys from Purdue University (my alma mater) are going to be on GMA tomorrow morning for what I think is a really nice reason. Why are they going to be on GMA? Because every Wednesday since the start of the school year, they stand outside Wetherhill from 12:30 – 2pm and yell compliments to… Read More Isn’t This Nice?
Yes, I’m a nerd who get’s excited over new scrubs 🙂 But these aren’t just any scrubs – they’re my new Purdue scrubs! Purdue University is my alma mater, and I had ordered them over 2 months ago. I had just emailed the company to figure out what the heck was taking so long, and… Read More Purdue Scrubs
Have you heard about this? The Sears Tower is going to be renamed as “Willis Tower”! The building’s London-based owner announced the change today. Somehow, it just doesn’t have the same ring…
