Which Romantic Comedy Heroine Are You?

You're Jenna Rink
(Jennifer Garner - '13 Going on 30')

You are a sparkling, fun dynamo of a person. You
enchant people with your smile, laughter and
ever infectious spunk! You are sweet and always
good-natured. Even the cranky anti-morning
people can't be mean to you.

You're creative and spontanteous. You express
yourself in like mediums, but also keep a
tangible diary.

You feel deeply and believe in fighting for what
you want.
You love music, family, and friends. You keep up
with the trends and often set the fashion
standards.

All in all, you're a doll!


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We came home from vacation, and...

Our house is starting to look like...a house!


The front of the house

The back of the house 

The kitchen 

The living room (fireplace will be in the corner) 

The family room & laundry room in the basement. 

Vacation - Day Four

Today we went to the Crazy Horse Memorial and walked and walked and walked. It seemed like we walked forever. There was a lot to see, and we even got to take home pieces of rock blasted from the mountain. Since it's still bike week, of course there was a Crazy Horse-themed bike at the memorial. One picture of that is below.

Tonight we ordered in steak from Steak-Out. I had the "Surf & Turf" (shrimp & steak tips). It was pretty good.

Vacation - Day Three

We went to Sturgis today! It was cool, though without a bike it felt a bit like visiting Disneyland and not riding any of the rides. We went out to Thunder Road and saw the guys from Orange County Choppers. When we got there, Paul Jr. and Mikey were signing autographs. The line looked really really really long (I have no idea where the end was), but most of the people in the line were holding out for Paul Sr., who was supposed to be there in about half an hour. Most of them said if we weren't picky about who we got autographs from, then to go ahead, they were waiting. So we jumped in line and were about 5th in line when Paul Sr. came out. People were screaming and cheering. So we got Paul Sr.'s and Paul Jr.'s autographs (don't know where Mikey went, but he was gone by the time I got to where I could see them again (the line was along the semi trailer they were in, so you couldn't actually see in until you got up there). Here are some of the photos.

Vacation - Day Two

We saw lots of things today and didn't even leave Rapid. This morning we went to Prairie Edge, a store downtown with oodles and oodles of Native American-themed things. I bought two Paul Goble books I've wanted for awhile and a couple postcards. The gallery was full of gorgeous artwork - I'll have to organize my notes and find the artists' websites for a later post.

When we were done there, we went next door to the Firehouse Brewing Co. It's actually in an old firehouse. The French dip was one of the best I've had in awhile. Dan and I each tried one of their beers (can't remember which ones, and I can't find my notes)

After that, we went to Rapid City's Harley-Davidson dealership, where we saw gobs and gobs of Harleys. I even got a shirt to wear to Sturgis tomorrow (if it doesn't rain all day). We left the dealership just before the rain started. After that, we went to the Civic Center and saw MORE Harleys - good thing that was inside, because it poured while were were there. I think Ashley is hooked on Harleys now - we'll realize what a monster we created when she's sixteen, I'm sure.

Vacation - Day One

We drove to Rapid City today, with a few stops along the way. Too tired to write much tonight (must blog earlier in the day!) so I'll just post a picture or two tonight. The top photo is what the road looked like most of the way here - Interstate and motorcycles, motorcycles, motorcyles going both east and west. The second photo is Ashley riding the bucking bronco at Wall Drug. Didn't mean to do the stair-step effect with the photos, but I'm too tired to figure out how to fix it tonight. More tomorrow...

We're Not Afraid

Great site! Check this out.

The basement is finished! Framing should start before long. 

What a difference a week makes! We've got blocks! 

We now have a hole in the ground! This is taken from the southwest (back) corner of the house. The houses in the background were just foundations two weeks ago. 

We had a GORGEOUS sunset tonight. Just wanted to share... 

Quote of the day...

"...the 'box' we think is so confining is not really there at all, but just a rearrangement of perception." - Charlie Fox, Editor, Library Mosaics, "Editor's Note," 2005 May-Jun; 16(3):5.

This is where our front yard will be! The house will look like the second one in the row facing the camera, but the color of the first one in the row facing away form the camera. 

This one is down the hill looking up at our backyard. The house will be done in the fall!

Are you going to the Time-Travel Convention this weekend, or are you going to wait and go back to it later?

This just tickled me. Especially the idea that you only need to have ONE convention.

NPR : MIT Student Holds Time-Travel Convention

And be sure to read the info on "getting the word out" here

I've entered the digital age!

Okay, some people would say I already had, but this feels like a big step. Last night, I borrowed an e-book from the library! It was a first and went pretty smoothly. Now we'll just have to see if I can stand to read an entire novel on my PocketPC. What novel is it? The Princess Diaries, Volume I by Meg Cabot.