I’m alive….?

Well, I might have neglected this site for the past month, but at least I got all As this semester!

So, Eric is now a college graduate! In even better news, he got a job at an actuarial consulting firm! It’s not just any job, but THE job he thought would be the best (but hardest) to get. AND it was the first one he interviewed for! Seriously, is there anything Eric can’t do?!

Speaking of jobs, I got one today! Woo! Now I’ll have money for important things like… books! Seriously though, have extra cash to spend is gonna be interesting, since my house is already bursting at the seams with books. I’m so happy that it’s summer so I actually have time to read more than 1 book a week!

More announcements to come.
I leave you with this cute picture I took of my baby/dog, Sparky:

Why I love Flagstaff, Reason #20420384

If you remember, back in November Eric and I went on one of our Flagstaff trips. In my recap I said:

“Then we went to the Lowell Observatory. Not only is on top of a mountain kind of far from the city, but the city has laws against how bright lights can be so that the astronomers don’t have ‘light pollution’ problems. So.. when we got out of the car we almost passed out because we could see SO many stars - EVEN THE MILKY WAY!!! It was absolutely amazing, I wanted to cry…”

Well, yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the first light ordinance ever enacted, which was in Flagstaff, AZ (they have a ‘dark city’ so the scientists can study the stars). This picture was taken by the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff two weeks ago (of Flagstaff, obviously) and posted on Astronomy Picture of the Day

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO GO TO SEE A MUCH BIGGER VERSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. The space ship looking thing is a cloud, over a mountain

Butterfly

 So I never actually owned any of the DDR games, but I have played it with friends and I must say…. it’s ridiculously fun. Unfortunately, it has been YEARS since I last played The best DDR song, in my opinion, is “Butterfly” by smile.dk.
Well, I found several piano covers on youtube, so I thought I’d share:

 

Also, I found two crazy Japanese guys dancing to Butterfly… it’s kind of goofy but kind of cool

Beware…

Today is the “Ides of March” - on this date in 44 B.C. Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated

Eric and I are going to mourn by celebrating… if that makes any sense. We will probably get drunk on wine and watch Rome - of course that is a typical saturday night for us lol… except this time we’ll have to dress up in togas. made from bed sheets.

Yeah, we’re cool.

Eric is Sexy

Eric is so damn hot, sometimes I feel like I’m dating a model…. I think this picture I took (at Audra & Zach’s amazing wedding) illustrates that point!

I’m not done resizing the few pictures I got from the wedding… It’s hard to take pictures when you are part of the bridal party! I’ll post those when I’m done

Spring is Here!

I really don’t think there is anything as exhilarating as finding that first sprout popping up out of the dirt …. no matter how many times I see it, it still amazes me. There is something so exciting about watering a pot of dirt day after day, and then, suddenly… life!

Crocheted Cactus

I do A LOT of crocheting (and I’m working on the knitting) so… why not start posting my projects on here? This isn’t one of my more impressive feats, but I find it adorable and I’m posting it - SO THERE!

Everyone in Arizona is pretty much required to have a little cactus in a pot… many people (myself included) have several peppered around their front and backyard. However, not many people have one made of yarn, and not many look this cute!

I didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted (my fault, not the designer’s) but I still love him! (yes, it’s a him, I didn’t add the bow) Maybe I’m just sentimental because it’s my first amigurumi? At any rate, I plan on making more!

Eric is a genie-ass!

Not surprisingly, my incredibly smart boyfriend - Eric - passed Exam P, so he is now able to be an actuary! It’s a really hard test, but he passed it with little to no studying He is a genius, I say!
Congrats baby!! I knew you could do it! <3

On the weekends, the two of us like to make dinner together. During the week one of us is usually home before the other, and who ever is home first usually makes dinner. So we like cooking together on weekends. We were extra excited this weekend because we just got a new grill, which we’ve been really realllllyyy looking forward to using. God, we sound so old LOL. Anyway, we marinated steaks all day, and grilled those babies up on our sexy new grill - and also grilled some asparagus, our favorite veggie - with a side of some delicious Hawaiian rolls. We washed it down with sparkling white wine. For desdert we had strawberries & raspberries.
A delicious meal

 

less than pretty pictures:

Mi Padre

I’ve been so busy that I didn’t even get a chance to say Happy Birthday to my dad whose birthday was 3 DAYS AGO!! So: Happy Birthday Dad. He is basically THE BEST DAD EVER, so … sorry to the rest of you stuck who doesn’t get to have my Dad

I LOVE YOU DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

His birthday - February 14th - is also the birthday of Arizona so… Yay for that too!
And no, no happy valentine’s day from me. That holiday is stupid.

Hello Teacher, tell me, what’s my lesson?

You know what makes doing your homework difficult? Having Guitar Hero II and III to play…. PLUS Rock Band!!
Eric and I weren’t planning on getting Rock Band. We were content with out Guitar Hero II & IIII, and our awesome band “Caulk.” Then our friend Chris brought over his brand new Rock Band and we created the kick ass band “Cöck” (I’m sensing a pattern…). It was so much fun that Eric and I ended up going out and buying it, despite having next to no money…. but we’ve had SO much fun with it, so I guess it’s worth it!
Our band is named “Byczy Gówno” which means “bull shit” in Polish