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Faceless Self-Portrait I really wanted to do a picture of me spinning in a flowy dress, but the dress I chose to wear was not flowy. So I decided to pretend I was greeting the queen. My curtsy most defiantly needs work.

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Bokeh My camera really does not like doing bokeh, so this is the best I could get. A Pepsi can is really not my choice for subject, but with a Kodak you have to take what you can get.

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Something Orange I have lots of picture of my niece wearing orange so she was a natural choice for this picture. This was taken at her birthday party.

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Shoes I was originally not to interested in this photo. I mean its shoes how interesting of a picture can they really make. I walked into my closet and saw two of my favorite pairs of shoes, neither of which I ever wear. I thought they would make a cool contrast picture.

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Technology I really was not sure what to do for this one, so I stalled for awhile. I was walking to Pearl Street and saw this B Cycle station and was intrigued. I thought it was interesting that they put it into hibernation. Seemed like a term that would only be used in Boulder.

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Long Exposure I'm pretty proud of this picture. It took many tries to get it just how I wanted it.

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Silhouette  Jason standing on a hill watching a beautiful sunrise.

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Eyes I personally think my husbands eyes are amazing. This doesn't really do them justice, but it was the best I was able to get.

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Yourself With 13 Things As I was at my mom's house I thought it would be fun to grab 13 things from my childhood bedroom. Everything has a special memory to go with it. In the picture is my first flute, the cross I have had on my wall for a long time, a fairy, the doll I bought in Switzerland, the corsage I got from my date to Winter Ball in high school, the flowers from my step-sisters

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Sunset It took me a long time to get this picture and it is not even a sunset. It is actually a sunrise. Every time there was a really cool sunset I was on the bus to Boulder. Even though it isn't actually a sunset I think it is a pretty good representation of one here in Lyons.

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A picture I took near my new home in the town that gave me so much inspiration to do big things with my life (Lyons, CO). I have always been a goal setter and a goal failure. This year I am really determined to succeed. I am going to break down my big goals into smaller goals. Hopefully this will help me to not fail. Life - Get down to 151lbs - Write a minimum of 4 non-photo blog posts -

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I have set my goals and resolutions for 2012. I made a google doc to help me keep track of where I am and what I need to do next to accomplish them. My hope is to write a post at the beginning of each month with a few small steps to do in order to accomplish each of these larger goals. Personal - Get down to 125 lbs - Write at least one non-phot blog post a week - Finish my reading plan for the

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I went on a bike ride around town today in search of patterns to take pictures of. Below are my results.  Same as the first one except I used a wide open aperture. 

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The plan I wrote up in October: 1. I will run/bike 3 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Whether I run or bike will be determined by how my knee is feeling. If I run I will go out for 30 minutes. If I bike I will go out for at least an hour. This is something I failed on miserably. Hopefully soon I will get the motivation to get out and bike and run. 2. I will do some form of strength training on

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Probably 6 months ago I challenged myself to write my own definition of what it means to be a wife. I chose to do this for many reasons and those reasons are probably why it has taken me this long to write it. I want to write this because I believe my chosen path in life is different from the typical one and I feel I need my own definition of “wife” to continue living a fulfilling life. To

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Something Blue I had a really hard time getting my camera to focus today. This is a cool sticker I got from the First Ascent Airstream last night. I dream of the day I can buy First Ascent cloths for all of my adventures. 

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Childhood Memory The day we went to see the Warren Miller film just so happened to coincide with the childhood memory prompt. I have been going to this movie for as long as I can remember. It is considered the start to the ski season. 

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Someone You Love I chose to take a picture of Jason in a place I consider to be kind of magical, Pearl Street.

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A Bad Habit I have a very bad habit of starting something and not finishing it. Here is about 10 un-finished cleaning projects. 

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Fruit Not the best picture of fruit. I was trying to do a bokeh effect, but could not get my little camera to do it. 

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From a Low Angle This is a very old chime my mom has out front of her house. I thought it would look cool to take a picture of it laying on my back. 

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From A High Angle I stood on the fence and took a picture of my mom looking down. The full body shots make it look like her legs are facing backwards. While this makes for a humorous picture it doesn't make for a very flattering picture of her. 

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Something Green

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Clouds The clouds were too low for us to take the picture at my moms house. So we drove to the top of the hill and took some pictures at the dog park. I was talking to my sister in-law on the phone so I wasn't putting as much attention on my pictures as I usually do. This is the best one I got.

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What you wore  I decided that today was going to be a lazy day so I wore sweats. I tried to put up a good fight with the light, but in the end had to revert to using a flash. Without the flash the pictures were very orange. 

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Self Portrait My mom and I took a photography class and decided to do this challenge to practice. Day 1 was a self portrait. We both forgot our tripods and decided we still wanted to do true self portraits. It was really difficult to find places to put our camera's in the open space.

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I am going to start posting the recipe's that the husband and I come up with. Mexican Chili (The picture is dark because my moms kitchen has terrible lighting) 1 can of Rotel 1 can of Chili Beans 1 can of Pinto Beans 1/2 can  to a whole can of Enchilada Sauce 1 can of corn Chili Powder Put all ingredients in a saucepan and cook until it has the consistency of Chili. I don't have a picture

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I have decided to really work on losing my college weight. All those boxes of pasta-roni and liters of dew have added about 40 lbs to my body. I have been trying to lose the weight since i graduated about a year and a half ago with about zero luck. I have joined That Wife's second weight loss challenge. My weight goal is to lose 25% of my body weight by the end of the challenge (April 15th). I am

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I have 6 years to complete my 30 by 30. I have decided that I need to make a plan for how I am going to get each goal completed. This post will be the first of many on my plan. By the end of this year I would like to have: Read 2 classic books Volunteered for a race Climbed at least one 14ner I think that is a manageable number of goals considering my current life situations (which I plan on

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This will be my last picture a day post. I plan on doing a wordless Wednesday post with pictures I take throughout the week. We finally got the back window of the car fixed. Now we just have to figure out how to get the ductape residue off. 

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We went to Center Lake and lazed in the water. We went to target to buy tubes a few days before. The hubs choice. He got stuck in it.  My choice. Very comfy.

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Went to the last work picnic with the Hubs, car show, got over heated, and slept for about 14 hours. 

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I had a major realization toady. All those frozen strawberries that my in-laws gave me can go into a smoothie. So I made a strawberry banana smoothie. I keep reading about people putting raw oats in different things, so I decided to put some in my smoothie. At first it was weird, but by the end I really enjoyed it. 

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I am in love with Operation Beautiful. When I spent some time with a group of negative people the other day I decided to be pro-active and made a note to post in the bathroom. When I posted this note all the negative emotions went away. I felt like I could conquer the world. 

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The hubs conked out. 

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Oldy, but goody. This picture was taken after our sophmore year of college. With two friends we decided to go backpacking during finals week. It was a blast. 

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Decided to go to the school to study. First time in over a year. It felt a little weird. Cold as usual.

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I didn't take any pictures today so I decided to post a picture from my wedding. This is my mom and her sisters playing cornhole. Playing lawn games with family was one of the highlights of the day for me. 

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One of the guys getting up on slalom. 

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Spent another wonderful weekend at the lake. I got up on water ski's, but thankfully there is no evidence of it. 

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The major difference between me and the hubs is our choice in drinks. At the bar he almost always has a beer, while I prefer to drink much lighter drinks. Tonight my choice was water. MM MM good. I really do love drinking water. 

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Made iced mint green tea and drank it from my sweet new wine glass. Who does not love a fancy mason jar. 

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Amazing lunch today. I had leftover steamed collard greens, pork, and bread from last night. I threw everything in a frying pan to heat it up. I made a sandwich out of the bread and pork. Slathered the bread in MMM Sauce. It was amazing. 

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Hubs talking on the phone. 

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My plants early in the summer. Before this heat showed up. We went downtown last night and it was still 100 at 8 pm.

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I put my almond butter back in the food processor. It is much better not that it is uber smooth. 

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The stud on a too hot day of rock climbing.

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A not so yummy treat on a very hot day.

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My favorite flower ever, a bluebell.

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I had the most brilliant idea the other day. I really wanted almond butter, but I can't afford the $10 a jar cost. So I did some searching and found a tutorial on making it at home. 

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I signed up for the Southern Hills Triatholon. First day of training for the swim section. I swan 800 meters without stopping and have never felt better. 

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The pretty flowers that my in-laws bought me. 

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The boys made a fire pit. Sitting by the fire was a good way to end day 2 at the lake. 

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First day at the lake for the Fourth of July weekend. 

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From Blog Made quinoa for the first time. Really liked it. The husband liked the flavor, but wasn't sure about the texture.

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Hanging out downtown during Summer Nights. The Synthetics were playing.

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Biking through downtown on our way to look at a potential rental home.

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Today I biked downtown to do homework at a coffee shop. After a two week road trip it was really nice to bike around a familiar place.

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I am going to try to post more often on here. I figure the easiest way to get in the habit is by posting a picture and a short description. Hopefully after a few weeks I will be up to posting longer posts. Watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and did school work. 

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I know thats a terrible title, but I need to be honest. In college I gained about 40 pounds. I am now trying really hard to lose all of that weight, but am failing miserably. I feel like as soon as I start to make some progress something goes wrong and I fail again. I eat healthy and usually pay attention to my portion sizes. I workout a few times a week. I know being at home all day does not

Environmental Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707746781621296197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694254642310916429.post-9350736818137688922010-11-08T09:50:00.000-07:002010-11-08T09:50:44.650-07:00

To be nobody -- but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e.e. cummings I have been reading BlissChick's blog and learning a lot. One of the posts that struck me the most was about the internal opera. This is all those internal voices telling you

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I will nurture my connection with my personal practice I will allow myself much Grace I will rejoice in my small steps on my Journey

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 J and I spent an afternoon playing disc golf. I'm not very good, actually I am horrible, but this time I tried to work on throwing the disc right. Hopefully we will be able to go play again so that I can practice some more.

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I was looking at my jalapeños plant this morning and saw an actual jalapeños. I have been watering this plant all summer and haven't seen anything, but leafs growing. It seems weird that it is almost November and we are just getting jalapeños. We have had a slow steady stream of tomatoes growing all summer, but now that fall is here they are growing like crazy. There are cherry tomatoes

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I can't wait for my jalapenos to grow. I pretty much killed all of herbs. Not sure if the cilantro, my favorite, will come back.MMMMM cherry tomatoes. The first thing we got to eat from the garden (besides the herbs, but they don't count).My poor onions were drowned. Sad face. I was really looking forward to them.My rose bush that is making an amazing come back. Maybe next year it will

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• Bike to work and everywhere possible. I biked to work almost every day, but was usually too lazy to bike anywhere else.• Continue my hunt for a job. My internship ends August 26th and I would like to have a job to start right after the wedding. This whole starting a marriage with only one of us working scares the crap out of me. House wife anyone? I wouldn’t mind staying home and running the

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July Goals• Bike to work and everywhere possibleo I only biked to work 7 times this whole month. That is pitiful. I did bike to Safeway one time, which felt awesome.• Write at least one blog post a weeko I haven’t been very good with this. I plan to keep this on my goals for next month.• Work on my organization booko I haven’t even looked at this at all during July. I am going to put this on hold

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This last weekend J and I were planning on going to Wyoming to visit a friend and the Tetons. We went last year and fell in love with the area. We ended up not being able to go due to lack of money. J decided that he still wanted to go camping. So we packed everything up with the intention of going to our favorite campground in Custer State Park, Center Lake. As is typical with us we took longer

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I realize it is already halfway through July, but I thought I would look back at my goals for June and make my goals for July set in stone.June Goals• Bike to work and everywhere possible. I biked to work almost every day, but was usually too lazy to bike anywhere else.• Stay positive about jury duty. Every time I called in to see if I had to report I made sure I had positive thoughts. I’m pretty

Environmental Soulnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694254642310916429.post-37642946430971972132010-07-09T12:39:00.000-06:002010-07-09T12:42:13.105-06:00

I feel like a huge failure now.I bought an organization book and haven't done anything. i tryed the first week but that was it.I have been craving cupcakes for awhile and I finally got my cupcake and it was not as satisfying as I thought it would be. It was just to sweet and made my stomach upset.About the only thing that I haven't failed with os my wedding, but that is still a lot of work.I am

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GoalsGet a minimum of seven hour of sleep. This one will be easy for me. I usually am asleep by 10 and usually don't get up before 6. Start the day by jotting down a short To Do list of everything I want to do or need to do. I don't know how easy this will be for me. I am usually rushing in the morning to get to work. I am trying hard to get up on time, so I don't have to rush anymore. Start a

Environmental Soulnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694254642310916429.post-63900497395841600552010-06-08T21:09:00.000-06:002010-06-08T21:26:13.441-06:00

I bought a book called organize now! Over 52 weeks I will be doing various tasks to get my life and home organized. After 5 years of college every aspect of my life is a mess. For me this is going to be really hard. I plan to use this blog to help me on my journey. The book is broken up into seven sections: Organize Yourself, Organize Your Papers, Organize Your Things, Organize You High-Traffic

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I finally have my own telemark ski boots. Now I just need to save up some money for ski's and bindings and get in shape.

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I am graduating from college in a month and have no plans for life after college. The only thing that I seem to be sure about is where I am going to live. I am engaged to the most amazing man who has a job here in Rapid. I don't feel like I could tell him that I don't care about his career I am getting a job somewhere else. The only problem with this is that there almost no civil enineering jobs

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I am exhausted in every way possible. I am mentally and phsycologically exhausted from school, work, and AOE. I feel like I can never get ahead. As soon as I finish one thing two more things get thrown at me. I constantly feel like I'm drowning. I am physically exhausted from lack of sleep. I feel like I can never get enough sleep. I went to Mexico for a week and slept all I want and I am still

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I have been completely avoiding this blog. I keep telling myself that I am too busy to sit down and write something. In reality I think I am just afraid. I read all these other blogs and they are amazing. I am afraid that I will never be able to write a blog like them.Well today I decided that I am done being afraid. Life is getting really stressful and I need a place to write down everything

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If I knew how to embed a video I would have done that instead of just putting the link. This is a cool music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIr8-f2OWhs

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What do you wish to share? I would like to share my form of religion. I grew up in the mountains and that is where I find a connection with the spirit, I'm not sure what kind of spirit there is in the mountains, but it keeps me grounded. Anytime I go for a hike or go back country skiing, or anything in the mountains I feel a calmness wash over me. Everything bad flows out of me and is replaced

Environmental Soulnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694254642310916429.post-90568187919514141752009-09-23T09:21:00.001-06:002009-09-23T09:23:53.573-06:00

What Luxury Do You Wish For?The luxury I wish for is a really nice pair of telemark skis. I have been skiing on my Dad's old ones for four years now. It would be nice to have my own pair that were really nice and actually were short enough for me. Being that I'm in college I have not had the opportunity to get my own pair. Granted I'm getting pretty good on my long mismatched yellow skis and

Environmental Soulnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694254642310916429.post-8549409029969477932009-09-22T09:45:00.001-06:002009-09-22T09:49:56.497-06:00

What do you wish to begin?I wish to begin living. I keep telling myself someday I will do that. I have a stack of books I want to read. I wish I could read some of those. I would love to be able to finish a few of my sewing projects instead of telling myself someday I will do that. My scrapbook is another thing I would love to work on instead of just putting it off for "someday." There is a lot

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I'm going to do something completely out of character for me. I am going to do Wishcasting Wednesday. I'm not sure how it will go, but we will see.What do you wish to acknowledge yourself for?I wish to acknowlege myself for my continuing efforts to healthify (if thats a word) my life. Through-out my four years spent in college I have become a junk food eater and have gained more weight than I

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We have not come here to take prisoners,But to surrender ever more deeplyTo freedom and joy.We have not come into this exquisite worldTo hold ourselves hostage from love.Run my dear,From anythingThat may not strengthenYour precious budding wings.Run like hell my dear,From anyone likelyTo put a sharp knifeInto the sacred, tender visionOf your beautiful heart.We have a duty to befriendThose aspects

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"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."--GandhiIn no particular order here they are- Swim 1 time a week- Bike 2 times a week- Run 3 times a week- Strength train 2 times a week- Yoga at least 1 time a week- Learn to meditate- Read 1 book a month- Find a good study spot- Continue to eat healthy during school- Be a better GF- Schedule me time- Have a dinner party- "Just Start Over"-

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The other day Jason made a comment about how all my music is negative. This got me thinking. Then a little while later he said that when I'm with certain people all we do is talking negatively about everything. This really got me thinking.I've never been the type of person that talks about people behind their backs or spreads gossip. What makes me capable of doing this when I'm with people that

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On Tuesday my car decided to crap out on me on the drive home. Thankfully it happened right after I turned onto a side street and not while I was on 5th street. Saw some black smoke coming from under my hood and smelled horrible. After a look under the hood and a look at the oil dipstick (cream colored oil) I knew I was screwed.So instead of doing the smart thing and calling a tow truck and

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I have been thinking a lot lately about what I am going to do when I graduate in May. Granted its a ways off i feel the need to figure it out now so I can get everything planned out. I have been going back and forth between continuing my education (engineering or something new) and getting a job. I really want to say screw engineering go be a teacher, but 5 years spent on a degree for nothing

Environmental Soulnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694254642310916429.post-63808720206391302392009-08-06T09:00:00.000-06:002009-08-07T13:27:43.374-06:00

What is this blog all about you ask. Well your guess is as good as mine. I started this blog as way to find myself again. Through going to college in un-familiar territory, moving to a new state, and joining a sorority I have become lost. I have decided that through writing my thoughts as I take on new adventures (a triathlon maybe) I might be able to get some incite into myself. The Old (

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