Engaged!

Eric and I are engaged! You probably already know, because I’ve splattered it all over every social networking type site I’m a part of … sorry about that, by the way. I’m just so excited and happy!! I’ve been smiling uncontrollably, randomly dancing, and clapping like an idiot for a week now…

Many of you have asked how he did it, but it’s kind of a long story. I’ll summarize it like this: he took time off work when I didn’t have work or school. So last friday (the 13th, haha) we spent the whole day together doing a bunch of my favorite thing, including: playing video games, watching spongebob, going to my favorite restaurant (Ah-So). Then he took me to my favorite place, a bookstore called Half Price Books, where he bought me books (the best way to a Susie’s heart). On the way home I was thinking about how it was one of the best days EVER, when Eric drove right past our house. and took me to a park right next to our house instead. He then took me to the exact spot (in the park) where he first said “I love you” to me years ago. There he gave me an amazing speech (I’ll spare you the mushy details), and asked me to marry him. The ring was my grandmother’s wedding ring (whom I am named after but never met), and my mother’s wedding ring. Now it’s mine and I love it! Not as much as I love Eric  

The ring: (as usual, click to enlarge)

 

I can’t stop daydreaming about Eric, so I constantly have this brain-dead look on my face, like so:

When I don’t have that far-off look in my eye, I have my “OMG WE’RE ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” face:

 

The wedding won’t be until next fall, because we’ve been saving up money for a house, plus I’m graduating and Eric has exams… I’m really in no rush to start planning a wedding anyway hahaha. Anyway, YAYYYYYY!!! I’M SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!

Too many books?

My all time favorite quote:

“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”- Desiderius Erasmus

and here I am with some of my books:

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Llamas

I am currently taking my fourth semester of Spanish. Sometimes (such as now) I need a break from crying over my homework to watch one of my favorite Monty Python clips: the “Llama Sketch.” I use the fact that it’s in Spanish to justify watching it instead of doing my homework hahaha….  It’s been one of my favorites for years, but now I can finally understand everything they are saying! (without the translation lol)

John Cleese: ¡Señoras, señores y señoritas! ¡Buenas noches! Esta noche presentamos con mucho gusto información interesante acerca de… ¡la llama! La llama es un cuadrúpedo y vive en los grandes ríos como el Amazonas. Tiene dos orejas, un corazón, una frente y un pico para comer miel. Pero está provista de aletas para nadar
Eric and Terry: Las llamas son más grandes que las ranas
John Cleese: Pero las llamas son peligrosas. Si usted ve una llama donde hay gente nadando, usted gritar: ¡Cuidado! ¡Llamas!
Eric and Terry: Cuidado, cuidado, cuidado, cuidado, las llamas
(a Thank You to youtube user melinachiro for typing that out)

To be a Monty Python junkie (like myself) you have to appreciate absurd/silly/random humor. This sketch is a good example of that

Jump!

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years!

One of my Christmas gifts was something I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid – go skydiving! it was the most incredible experience of my life… and I can’t wait to do it again!

To see pictures, go [[here]]

It’s been too long…

I’m alive!

Ok, a lot of things have happened the past few months. Yes, it’s been months… I fail at blogging. I never update anything interesting anyway! This semester is over, which means I actually have time to do stuff like… write random blog posts. I guess I really was working hard this semester as I got A+s. Now my cumulative GPA is a 4.03! I just found out this morning and did a happy dance at work haha

Eric is still at his dream job (which I already mentioned). He got a raise after being there for only 6 months because he’s AWESOME. He bought a brand new 2009 Honda Civic with it. That car is so sexy! We used that sexy car to drive to Las Vegas last weekend. We stayed at the Venetian (which was AMAZING) and did all kinds of fun stuff – including going to a NIN concert! BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE. I’m not even going to try to put it into words.

As far as me.. I got a new laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-AW. It’s a beast of a laptop and I can’t wait to use it to its full potential I also got a new phone – a T-Mobile G1. I was worried that it would be TOO much, seeing as I’m not a big phone person, but now… I don’t know how I could have lived without it! I post pictures from my phone to [[this]] folder on my fotki – so check it out if you want to see what I’m up to (not that interesting, actually…).

I had surgery/a procedure/whatever you want to call it a while ago for my IC. It was the first time I had to go under general anesthesia so… that was interesting! I had like 6 weeks of recovery, which was actually pretty cool because it gave me a reason to read all day. And play video games, like Fable II (which is one of the most addictive games I’ve ever played).

Anyway, I’ll wrap up this rambling. I can’t remember anything else that has happened lately.. I hope everyone is doing well!

Vote!

I VOTED TODAY, AND I HOPE YOU DID TOO!
Now it’s time to sit back and wait……. the suspense is killing me!

 

Btw, I’m wearing [[[[THIS]]]] awesome shirt. You should buy it and be cool like me!

Splish Splash

I’ve had some serious IC issues lately, due to my doctor trying out some different meds. They had the complete opposite of the intended effect, so I’ve been in a lot of pain the past month or two. Yeeaaaahh. fun times.

So what’s new with me?
Let’s see… I got myself a Zune! I’ve only had one mp3 player before, back in 2003, but I didn’t use it much and it broke rather quickly. Ever since then I had no interest, as I’m a huge CD fan (yes, still). Well I decided to get one for work and here I am with a sexy little 80 Gb 2nd Generation Zune! Eric got one too. I love it!! but I’m still a CD fan

Eric and I also got an above ground pool. Yes, I know, it’s not the classiest thing in the world, but when it’s 120 degrees outside and you don’t have the money/access for a REAL pool…. ANYTHING pool-like is a godsend! My dad and brother have had one for 2 years now and it’s actually really nice. We spent most of father’s day in pool making huge waves:
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Speaking of my brother, July 7th was his 16th birthday! We went to dinner, came back and had cake (his cake was in the shape of a girl’s ass in a thong), opened presents…. I got him a shirt that says “My sister is #4 prostitute in all Kazakhstan” (it’s from Borat, also an inside joke). Plus I convinced my parents to get him Rock Band. So the rest of the night was spent rockin’ out on Rock Band! I LOVE YOU BOO!!!!!!!

To-maters & other pics!

I sit in front of a computer all day and work and type type type type… the last thing I want to do when I get home is sit in front of MY computer and type some more! …. But here I am.

Speaking of work, Eric started his job yesterday! He’s all cool now because he has a title (Actuarial Analyst) in his e-mail signature, a kick ass work computer, and business cards. And a wardrobe full of nice work clothes that he looks extra hot in… I love my Eric

It’s summer so it’s been like 110 degrees-of-death out, and it’s only the very beginning of June! To escape the heat Eric and I went to Flagstaff for a few days – and it snowed! Only like a 2.5 hour drive from our house.. and we’re in snow. Crazy weather!

Along with summer comes the ripening of my tomatoes!
((Click on the Read More… to see more pictures of stufffffff)

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