So today is the day. Childhood, high school, early 20's, late 20's... and now 30. I've long divided up my life into sections of events - events revolving around times or ages. I guess most of us probably do this. When we're young, we may look out and think that at 25 we'll be married, have kids, a house with a yard... and then 25 comes and goes with the ...

Fiancé or Fiancée? Until this weekend, I wasn't aware there was a different spelling for the word dependent on gender... that is until I became the one with a single é. That's right - Elliott's engaged! After several weeks of planning, I pulled off a really fun proposal that went flawlessly. I had been sitting on the ring for a while, and it was horrifically difficult to have to wait, ...

Yeah, that's right. I did that. This has been the busiest summer I can remember... every weekend being almost completely filled with events. During the week, I have just enough in my tank to go to work, get home and work a little more, and then crash to start all over again. By the time Friday rolls around, I've just gathered enough energy to ...

I'm not even going to mention the lag between posts here, so back off ok? :) This weekend is the 4th of almost every booked weekend this summer. After laundry, ironing and packing tonight; tomorrow morning I head up to Eau Claire with Mandi for my good friend JoDean's wedding. Mandi will finally get to meet my Mom... probably for lunch on Saturday and then we're going ...

"Everything happens for a reason." Spoken so many times by all of us. Have we ever actually looked for proof of this? Blind faith has never been my strong suit. So, does everything really happen for a reason? So many things happen everyday, I can't imaging this is true... but wait a second. Ok, we've all been through something that's seemed like a complete waste of ...

It's been a while, so here I am. A few hours removed from the Badgers ending their season with a loss to UNLV in the second round of the big tourney. It's a shame, really. They could've had a magical year - and in many ways they did - but fell far far short of their potential. This got me thinking. How many of us are actually ...

I've thought about getting a Blackberry for a long time - but would I really use it to it's potential? It's caused me to keep putting it off... until this past week. I bought a brand new sealed Blackberry Pearl off eBay and it's already exceeding my expectations. First, what did I want it for? Well, I'm an email addict already - so I wanted to ...

Now, "the beginning" was technically when I moved in to my new place, but a week later I've still got some boxes out, waiting for a couch, and feeling disorganized. I spent last night setting up a new desk that I ordered. It wasn't exactly the one that I wanted (my cherry/silver combo was sold out) - but it fits perfect in it's spot and gives ...

Well, after a long few days, an overpriced UHaul truck, a lot of help from Kyle, and some aches and pains... I'm moved into my new place. I've got plenty of boxes left to open - mostly desk/computer stuff... and lots of stuff yet to buy, but it's coming together. Tonight will be my first night sleeping here, and I can already tell I'm going to need a ...