Sad day.  Found out this morning that the father of a highschooler from in town, and a regular camper here at Fortune Lake committed suicide last night.  I want badly to give her a hug and talk to her, but I have no clue what I would say.  Or, should I say nothing at all?  Mostly though, I want to go hug my own parents and tell them how much I love them.

Please pray for Hannah and her family.

one more video....Mumford and Sons AND The Avett Brothers AND Bob Dylan preforming at the grammys.  the video looks a bit odd cause it's flipped horizontally....so everyone looks left handed.  eh, but you still get the main image.

So sorry I haven't written in a while.  This will probably be a random post of what I've been up to in the past weeks.

I am finding it easier and easier to wake up in the mornings.  I'm not sure why this is.  It could be that it's no longer dark out when I'm waking up (I've been waking up about 6:30-7).  Or it could just be Knox being persistent and pawing at my face to wake me up.  Anyways….woke up this morning and took knox for a walk…before 8 AM!  And now I've got some time to spare before I go to work.  There's a quilting group here this weekend and they have brunch at 10 am.  So, I'll go up there to eat with them (it's baked french toast!!) and then I'm going to clean the rooms in the Adult Retreat Lodge.  I'm not sure how long that will take me, but then I have some more free time till 5:00 when the women eat dinner.

Side note:  I am typing this up in One Note on my computer because my internet is down AGAIN!!  It's super annoying.  So, probably on my way up to brunch I'll stop by the office and reset the router.  Then I'll be posting this when the internet is back.

So, in the past couple of days I've watched A BUNCH of movies.  Here is a small list…

• Life As We Know It
• Case 39
• An Education
• The Karate Kid (with Jayden Smith)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

Maybe this really isn't a bunch of movies, but it feels like it for just a few days.  I liked them all.  I watched Life As We Know It with Casey.  It was cute, pretty much what I was expecting.  Case 39 was a bit disturbing.  I was hoping for a happier ending, but I guess it was good enough.  No scary dreams afterwards, so that was good.  I LOVED AN EDUCATION!!!  It was really good.  It kind of reminded me of the show American Dreams, except it's set in England.  It's on Netflix Instant right now, so go watch it!!  I cried watching The Karate Kid.  It was a happy cry though.  Jayden Smith is super cute in the movie.  He did a good job.  Then I just edDivine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood last night.  I think the movie came out in 2002 and I've been meaning to watch it since, but never did.  So when I saw it on Netflix Instant, I thought Why Not? 

I love Netflix.

I started teaching some Zumba classes!!  I lead the classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  It's been a ton of fun.  I'm only doing it for 6 weeks right now, but it seems pretty popular I might continue doing it.  This week was my third week doing it, so I'm actually half way through with it.  I've had at least 10 people every class, so it's been a lot of fun!

One of my new favorite songs is January Wedding by the Avett Brothers.  It's so simple and I love it!  It's inspired me to grab the banjo from the Dining Hall and try to figure out how to play it (also Mumford and Sons had part in the inspiration).  I'll let you know how that goes.  In the meantime, here's a video of that song.

Also, this is Radiohead's new single Lotus Flower.  It's a pretty good song, but the video is hilarious.  Enjoy.

ewwww, i think part of knox's tooth came off.  should i put it under his pillow and maybe the tooth fairy will come?! ahhahahaha i'm funny.

i have another follower!!!  casey, two things...1) super cute layout, and 2) holy cow you have a lot of things to accomplish this year.  i didn't know you started blogging!!  welcome to the club!

i took knox for a walk earlier today.  i was on my skis.  knox did a little better this time and didn't bite so much at them.  he did however growl and bark at them.  slow progress.  anyways, during our walk i tried to go down some hills.  they were small hills, but still it was fun.  and i didn't fall!!  i really like cross country skiing.  i wish i were better at it.  i still wobble a lot and am not very fluent with my strides.  but i guess, just like knox, slow progress.  next winter i want to start skijoring with knox.  he'll get to run A LOT and he'll also be connected to me so he won't be able to run away from me.  hopefully the being connected to me will be more good than bad.  i can just see him leading me straight into a tree.  we'll do a lot of training i think.

today i finally came up with some new year's resolutions.

1. Donate to at least one charity per month.
2. Read at least one book per month.
3. Spend my money more wisely.
4. And of course, lose some weight.

That's all.  i'm not quite as ambitious as casey is.

I already found a charity for this month.  it's called Charity: Water.  I saw their add on hulu today while watching a video.  charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.  100% of public donations directly funds water projects.  to learn more about this great organization visit www.charitywater.org.  they have a pretty interesting blog.

alright, knox has finally settled down for the night.  i think i'll go find a book and snuggle up to him.  goodnight.

damnit, i hate when Dawson's Creek makes me cry.  i feel like such a loser.

anyways, been a while since my last entry...sorry.  but now since lacey left me, i have my one and only reader interested again.  i enjoyed having lacey home, and am sad now that she's gone.  but, i plan on purchasing my plane ticket tonight to visit her in March!  woohoo!!!

I had a pretty enjoyable evening tonight.  i'd like to share with some photos.

First it started with my dinner...a cup of noodles in my NEW CUP!!!  it's the perfect size!  love it

Then, I went to the grocery store to get some eggs and oil so could finally make the brownie mix in my cupboard.  I used my NEW wooden spoon!!

AND, my new cookware!

Finished brownie with some strawberries i picked up at the grocery store!!!  Yummmmy in my tummy!

Oh Knoxy Poo.  He fell asleep on the couch...love him.

Well, there you have it.  Now, I think I'll head to bed soon and watch Catfish.  Goodnight.

It was such a beautiful morning today!  I got up this morning to help Roxann in the kitchen for breakfast for the Board that's here.  Then came back to the apartment and took Knox for a little walk.  We walked on the trail that was built a year ago for cross country skiing.  I enjoyed it a lot.  It was a little close to the highway at points but overall it was great.  I really enjoyed walking the small trail with Knox, just me and my dog.  We saw a couple deer along the way, and then Knox started chasing a mole.  Now he is taking a nap.

Last night Ellen came to visit and now we're relaxing watching The Hangover.  Hopefully later today, after the Board leaves, Ellen, Jeff, and I will go to some Christmas celebrations in Iron River.  There's a parade, a tree lighting ceremony, and fireworks!!  Sounds like a good time to me!  The parade takes place at night, so everything in it is lit up and supposed to be really pretty.  I'm very excited!!

I think, now, I'm going to try and take a nap before I head back to the Kitchen to help Roxann with Lunch.

This is my dog Knox.  I wanted to start a new post with an adorable picture of him since i haven't posted in almost a year.  He is just over 3 months old now.  He was born on August 27th.  He's a lab, husky, and shepherd mix.  He is incredibly cute but chews on EVERYTHING!!  Still, I love him anyways.  Is it lame that I think of him when I hear that Taylor Swift song "you are the best thing, that's ever been mine."  Yeah, I thought so too.

I started listening to christmas music on Pandora yesterday.  Some Josh Groban songs came on and reminded me just how much I enjoy his singing.  Sooo, I then found out yesterday that he was doing a live online Ustream concert that night.  I really wanted to watch it but you could only gain access with a special code insert from his new album Illuminations.  The code wasn't available if you purchased the album through iTunes, which is the only way I buy my music these days.  So that was a bit annoying last night.

So, instead of watching that concert I put together a bookcase that I bought the other day.  It all went great, but I'm a little worried.  I put the bookcase in my bedroom, where I keep Knox during the day.  He already chewed on a book this morning while I was in the shower.  Good thing I was thinking ahead and put some books on the bottom shelf that I wouldn't mind if he chewed on (just some books from camp).  We'll see how it looks when I go feed him some lunch in a little while.

This Sunday I'll be driving down to Aunt Mia's for the night.  I'm attending some ACA (American Camping Association) training in West Bend, WI.  I'm excited for the training but not excited to take the camp's Jeep.  The radio doesn't always work and doesn't have a cd player.  Soooo, hopefully the drive won't be too miserable.

And then, next friday is the Wedding Rehearsal Dinner here at camp for my friend Amanda's brother.  I'm very excited to see her again.  She's a Outdoor Rec major at NMU and we had MANY classes together.

And then, on the following Sunday, I'm going to Green Bay TO PICK UP LACEY!!!!  I'm so pumped.  I've got a busy week coming up so hopefully it'll go by fast and Lacey will be here in no time!!  Can't wait!

I'm going to try very hard to keep this updated.  Please, if you read this, yell at me if I don't.