my (current) favorite things, media edition

Last month, I wrote about my favorite things. Since media is such a big portion of my life (good or bad . . .), I thought I'd do another "favorite things" post focusing on media.Monarch of the GlenI discovered this show, produced by BBC Scotland, when I was sick a few weeks ago. I wanted to watch something, but I didn't know what, so I started looking...

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a weekend away

I spent last weekend basically traveling to and from Indiana for my sister's college graduation. In between hotels, fast food, little sleep, and miles and miles of I-80, I managed to grab a few hours with college friends Jen and Sarah.Because Jen had the camera and already went to the effort of writing about it, I'll just point you to her blog. Enjoy the pi...

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spring cleaning

My sister is moving in with me in a week. I leave for Indiana for her graduation on Thursday night, and Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights are already packed with activity, so I decided to use this weekend to clean my apartment. I've been quite productive, actually . . . in my bedroom. It's cleaner than it has been in at least a year, and I have two giant garbage sacks full of clothes to send to Goodwill. But the rest of my apartment? While...

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keepin' it real

College roomie Jen (who I'll see in less than a week--yay!) tagged me in this photo blogging thing. Here are the rules:Take a picture of yourself right now.No primping or preparing.Just snap a picture.Load the picture onto your blog.Tag some people to play.That's it, easy as PIE!So here I am, just after walking in the door from church.You can see how...

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chemistry!

When I walked into my classroom this morning, I saw this on my bulletin board, courtesy of my speech and yearbook kids:Do you think they're trying to tell me somethi...

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