December 31, 2010

2010 - Day 362

Dana picked me up at Edlyne's house for a fun filled day in Hollywood. We started by picking up some tickets in Pasadena. Then we meet up with Josh, Dan and Heidi. We saw the stars, ran into a bunch of people that they knew from band and then found a place with $3 PBR for a break. For the New Year we watched the band play a pep rally and then got invited to the Presidential suite in the Marriott over looking the Staples Center.

December 30, 2010

2010 - Day 361

I don't know how I always get the days mixed up, obviously I have a double I will need to fix somewhere along the year, oh well. I headed to LA today for the Rose Bowl. Here is a picture of me with Edlyne. After she picked me up she took me for real thai food. Then we went to Pasadena so I would know my way around. It was fun seeing all the other badgers at the bar.

December 29, 2010

2010 - Day 360

Chelsea was headed to Minnesota for New Year's Eve. After she picked up Elsa they dropped me off in Minneapolis. Here is the 2 feet of snow piled up on Michelle and Ryan's street. I had a great time in Minneapolis and wish I could have stayed longer.

December 28, 2010

2010 - Day 359

Rrrr mattes! After our awesome lunch at Shogun we stopped to check out the snow sculptures in downtown Racine. They were a lot of fun and I enjoyed it. Elle and I spent the rest of the day running errands and catching up. It was glorious.

December 27, 2010

2010 - Day 358

Everyone has SO much to do at this time of year, as I know way too well from personal experience. Therefore, it was even more special that we got to see Larry, Amber and Ben. Then Jai and Shannon with their girls: Lauren, Kaitlyn and Megan. Also my amazing friend Elle came up as well. Here are me and my sisters doing our tough ping pong faces with the girls.

December 26, 2010

2010 - Day 357

Amber, Larry and Ben came to my parents for some games and merriment for Christmas. We got stuck playing some rock band, but it was fun. Especially when Amber and Nicki decided it takes three people to play the drums.

December 25, 2010

2010 - Day 356

We had two new Christmas traditions this year. There were group pajamas and sugar cookies. We also spent an extremely long time opening gifts, it was amazing.

December 24, 2010

2010 - Day 355

This was my Christmas gift from Clare. It started out as a kitchen supply box. However, after I told her I was moving to the Virgin Islands, she changed the idea. She made a beach scene and gave me a bottle of sunscreen. LOVE IT!

December 23, 2010

2010 - Day 354

Jeet and I went on a tour of his old neighborhood. I told him that the picture of the day would have to be him in the door of his old building. Which was actually covered in caution tape. "I can't believe I lived here," Jeet said, "I could live in Murray Hill again, but only in a high rise.

December 22, 2010

2010 - Day 353

Jeet finally made it to New York for an overdue visit. Amanda and I went to Cilantro with him for dinner and then Jen meet us for a cocktail which was great. It is so nice to have him for a visit.

December 21, 2010

2010 - Day 352

Here is Chester and I before the Christmas Party at work today. If you can believe it, everything is actually going to get cleaned out of this office in the next few days.

December 20, 2010

2010 - Day 351

Packing up everything in my apartment is getting is a little bit warring. Especially deciding what to do with books and movies. However, I have made some great progress, my book shelf is down to one row.

December 19, 2010

2010 - Day 350

Christmas Pageant number 2 for the week. I love the pageant at St. JME. The kids read the biblical story as their lines for the show. It was a lot of fun and extremely cute! After Church, Karen, Emma, Boyce and I headed to the Dram Shop which has certainly been our December after Church tradition. Andrew made an appearance as well which was a lot of fun. I can't believe Christmas is in less than a week.

December 18, 2010

2010 - Day 349

Boyce and Emma invited me over for a holiday afternoon of mulled wine and cider. I took their picture with Karen next to their tree. You have to get a picture of the day somewhere! It has been really great becoming friends with them. Their friend John even lived on Saint John for a Summer, so it was great to get his input on the next phase of my life as well.

December 17, 2010

2010 - Day 348

Going through all of my belongings and deciding what is important, what is not, and wait WHY do I still have this, has been exhausting! It will be glorious when it is done however. This was the most humorous thing that I found. It was a calendar from 2006 with a paperclip on July 3, 2006 and labeled institute begins. This calendar was never written in again! Haha, I got pretty busy that year. It brought me full circle too, because this calendar clearly spent my whole time in New York with me. Well now it is in the trash, but this picture and all of those memories remains!

December 16, 2010

2010 - Day 347

Tonight was a late night for me, working the Grammar School Christmas Pageant. Fortunately everything went like clockwork, and was really enjoyable. At the end of the pageant there is a parade of nations, where the kids carry in flags from around the world. This picture also captures the kindergartners after their song from the front of the altar, which caused quite a stir with parents taking photos.

December 15, 2010

2010 - Day 346

I meet a lot of wonderful people in my 4 team kickball career this summer/fall. I got a chance to meet Mike, Christina and Justin for dinner and a drink tonight. This is a pretty great picture of Christina and Justin. We had a fun time.

December 14, 2010

2010 - Day 345

After a great session of tutoring, I met up with Akeli to spend a little time together before she left for the holidays. We ended up at a wine bar on the super chilly night. I thought this wreath in the frosted window as a pretty great description of the night.

December 13, 2010

2010 - Day 344

Sara had asked me if I was interested in purchasing a living social deal in August. The one that we got was called Mixology and was at a place called Sanctuary T (www.santuartyt.com). It was an excellent experience. We got a great tea and appetizer to start and then made 5 drinks.

1. Shooter - Rum, Creme de Cacao, Mint
2. Hot Cocktail - Oolong, Ginger Syrup, Sake
3. Rocks - Tequila, Lemon Juice, Jasmine Infused Triple Sec
4. Martini - Spring Harvest Infused Gin, Grapes, Lemon, Sugar
5. Rocks - Jasmine Infused Vodka, Lime, Brown Sugar.

We learned how to muddle, infuse alcohol with loose tea, and generally how to drastically change the flavor of drinks by using tea. I highly recommend doing a living social deal and learning more about something you know little about.

December 12, 2010

2010 - Day 343

Happy Santa Lucia. It is a fun tradition that we have every year, where one of the girls wears candles on their head and passes out cookies. I think it is a really fun thing that we do and it makes for a hilarious picture. I do have a little bit of problem with the fact that there was wax dripping down her head, poor girl.