Posted in Wanderings on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I received the following letter:
April 28, 2008
Dear Jennifer Amber,
Congratulations!
You have been selected as the winner of this year’s Academic Achievement Award in Contemporary Communications. This award is chosen by the department and given annually to the graduating student in each area who best exemplifies the scholarship, values and commitment to excellence for which Notre Dame [...]
Posted in Wanderings, tagged Jaci, language, made-up words, Mom, Sarah, words on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Often in conversations I’m reminded that the English language is an interesting, changeable thing. I’m referring specifically to our ability to make words up and use them to a point where we forget that they’re not, well, words. Or atleast, words that aren’t known by Meriam-Webster (except bootylicious - apparently if you’re famous enough you [...]
Posted in Wanderings, tagged dinner and a movie, Jamie, movie quotes, My Blue Heaven, Sean, Wal-Mart on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I would like to thank Sean for calling me while I was standing in the checkout line at Wal-Mart, attempting to purchase less than $100 of groceries and beauty products (because that’s all the money I had in my wallet). After a long day of oil changes, vacuuming cars and an intense gym workout, standing [...]
Posted in Animalia, Happiness, tagged Miss Kitty on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
How much is that kitty in the window?
Oh, she’s definitely not for sale…
She’s my sweet and spunky, little Miss Kitty!
Miss K is one of the main reasons I get up in the morning (if only to stop her from walking all over me, trying to convince me that it is in my best interest to get up [...]
Posted in Animalia, Wanderings, tagged cats, engineer, Paul Klusman, YouTube on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It may take an engineer to explain to the rest of the world what I knew at age 2: cats are small bundles of great, furry fun! Watch. Laugh. Learn.
Posted in Getting Fit, tagged body composition, Darryl, gym, workouts on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Last week was Session #5 with Darryl (otherwise known as, The Halfway Point of our 10 sessions), and he stuck me back on the body composition analyzer machine. I just got the ticket back from him today (Session #6) so I can show you something that I *just* noticed: I’m no longer “standard.” That’s right, [...]
