it's a holiday!

(Jordan bought me a Dunder Mifflin shirt, and Friday, of course, is Office Day, so you deserved a Office-themed Halloween card)

tuesday

tuesday jen and i drove up to Emporia State University to meet with the department heads of library science (me) and psychology (jenny).

it was awful.

jenny's person forgot about her. just forgot. and her second meeting took place fifteen minutes after it was schedule. she was fuming by the time we met back up.

after navigating the largest building on campus to an unmarked office area in the corner, i arrive to my appointment with the director.

she went over the program, assistantships, what i need to do to get in. And then spoke for about 45 minutes about how i should not apply for library school, that i should go and work at a library for a few years and then apply to library school.

awesome. just what i wanted to hear. ma'am could you please tell me when i could find a full-time library position without a library science degree? Sure, i mean, one has to exist somewhere. but not around here. and it also makes me think i'm not cut out for this.

however, at end of the day, jen and i both decided that at least we have one less place we have to apply to.

next on my list of grad schools to visit:

this weekend.

friday:
- the office with Jen.
- payday!
- learning to drive a stick shift. My 1972 VW bug (Who we have named Mr. Nelson) is up and running! And I get to drive him today! Wish me luck--and Jordan a lot of patience.

saturday:
- work from 8.30-5.30 :(
- pizza with Haley and Jen.
- HSM 3 (quiet, you know you watch it)

sunday:
- church at foursquare
- going to tulsa to exchange some jeans
- probably more lessons with Mr. Nelson


weekends=♥

just finished...

really?

I had a project due this morning.
I knew I did.
A presentation over Ralph Waldo Emerson.
So I was up until 1.30 this morning collecting all these little facts and bits about RWE.
And trying to understand Transcendentalism.
{I still don't understand it.}
Then I woke up at 6 to finish the project.
Around 8, I looked at my syllabus.

Guess what isn't due until Thursday?

it is october, after all

Donate here.

it's a sweatpants kinda day

I have so much to get done today (you know, which is why I'm blogging). It's time to clean up the ol' dorm room and get the stack of homework I had all of fall break to work on done. So I've pulled on the sweater and sweatpants, pulled out my REALLY big laundry basket and took a trash bag from the bathroom and am now ready to get this cleaning party started.

3 steps for a cleaning party

• comfy clothes
  ex:
  



• a good movie you have seen about a thousand times so it doesn't distract you (much)
  ex:
  (I really want to watch Breakfast at Tiffany's, but I think it is going to have to wait)
  



• Snacks! Saltine crackers with honey--yum!
  ex:
  

And after that?

This.



sigh.

saturdays

i hate saturdays.
seriously, who gets up to go to work on saturdays at the crack of dawn?
i need a vacation

aren't they cute?

My mum and I took Haley and Mady to the pumpkin patch today.
Here are a few pictures I took while they tried to find the perfect pumpkin.




i ♥ them.

check out this umbrella!

I wanted to like this book. Really I did. But why, oh why, did it have to be so predictable?
The best part about the book was the cover. I love the umbrella! But I would prefer this one:


{hello, my name is jayme and i am an anglophile...}

PS. It's fall break here at OWU, and I'm car-less and roommate-less, thus explaining my mulitple posting. I'M BORED.

P.S.S. If you're reading, drop a comment. I'll do the same for you.

i can hear the bells

previously i had stated that I did not like blogging about my wedding, but over the past week I've began to feel differently. Plus I've been dying to become a Bee since I've started to read weddingbee, and the only way to become one is too have a wedding blog, so you can see all on my wedding details and drama here: www.july18ohnine.blogspot.com

this woman is a genius

"I believe in pink. I believe laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing; kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles."

- Audrey Hepburn-

to mum

my christmas list you wanted:
(also, i love you very much)

1.
a picnic basket

2.
100 places to visit before you die desk calendar 2009

3.
amazon gift card!

4.
a yellow kitchenaid mixer

5.
The Office DVD game (not to be confused with the trivia game, i have that one)

6.
Any seasons of The Office (would prefer seasons 3 or 4)

7.
a gocco

8.
a keep calm and carry on poster for my future kitchen (in yellow or red)

9.
covet by sarah jessica parker.

would also take these little guys in my stocking:

vote much?

i wanna live in DC

mostly because of this book...


The main character, Pru, is adorable and I fell in love with her world. It's a great read. Buy it here.

i have pictures!

My photographer Chelsea posted some pictures from our engagement session! There are more here.
I love them!

true blood

yesterday i headed for the lake to chill out and show my grandma my Europe pictures...i ended up staying for several hours, and watching this show on hbo with my grandparents:





True Blood's basic plot? Girl meets Vampire, Girl Tries to Decide if Girl Like Vampire...and that's it at the moment because there has only been 5 episodes. I just spent the last half hour catching up on the first four, and my grandma will be recording it for me from now on. 2008 is definitely the year of the vampire.

a getaway...

Going to the lake tomorrow to visit my grandparents.

CONGRATS!

I'm going to be an aunt again (okay, really a cousin, but being 21 years older, I'm pretty sure that I will be more of an aunt.)!

My cousin Crystal goes in to the hospital around two am, and Little Miss Lilyan Marie will be here! I'm so excited for the family and I can't wait to have another little girl to spoil!

Equality?

I've been questioning this a lot today. Weddingbee, a web site I visit every day was recently sold to eHarmony. Having dated the same fella since my junior year of high school I've never been intrigued by dating websites. Today, however, I have learned a lot about one. And they aren't things that a company should be proud of.

Balancing my beliefs in my Creator and also my instilled belief in equality is something I have struggled with, even more recently as I have began to evaluate most of my beliefs which I see so preached but not practiced in the "Christian" community. I have family members in same-sex relationships that I love, and what to support, but find a small part of me holding back.

This is something I have thought about for a while, and an awful lot today, and it's something I will be thinking about for days to come.

does anyone have some lucky numbers?

because when I win the lottery I'm buying this for Jenny:


At $3, 750--it's a steal :p

but i'm le tired

1. Where is your cell phone? not sure

2. Where is your significant other? his house--i miss him

3. Your hair color? brown-ish

4. Your mother? beautiful

5. Your father? pretty cool

6. Your favorite hobby? reading

7. Your dream last night? don't recall

8. Your dream/goal? travel!

9. The room you’re in? dorm room

10. Last thing you ate? tacos w/Jenny

11. Your fear? losing someone i love

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? grad school graduate with a job

13. Where were you last night? wal-mart?

14. What you’re not? tired

15. One of your wish-list items? an iMac

16. Where you grew up? Oklahoma

17. The last thing you did? check email

18. What are you wearing? pjs

19. Your TV? watching the office

20. Your pet? i don't have one

21. Your computer? a MAC!

22. Your mood? bored

23. Missing someone? not right now

24. Your car? broken :(

25. Something you’re not wearing? socks

26. Favorite store? right now, etsy

27. Your summer? too short

28. Love someone? jordan

29. Your favorite color? pink

30. When is the last time you laughed? just now

31. Last time you cried? Sunday

a new gift!

fall

october is always the month when i believe fall is here. i walked out of my dorm yesterday to meet jordan in the parking lot and was greeted with a cold, whipping wind that just screamed fall.



i love this season.