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So I started a new quilt project. I know quilting is for old ladies but some how my mom got me sucked into it. Anyways, this post is mostly for Nicole because she wanted to see what i was working on. But everybody else can take a peak too. I still haven't decided on a pattern yet. Sorry the pictures aren't very good. I'm not blessed with the gift of picture taking like some brothers of mine. These are my main 2 colors. This is a very dark picture of the complimentary fabrics. This is another picture of the main fabric. We got a whole bunch of it for really cheap at a quilt shop nearby. I think its Micheal Miller. This is the (almost) finished quilt that i made this summer. So yeah, that's that! Have a wonderful week. And if I don't talk to you before Saturday: Happy Birthday Nicole You're The Best Sister (in law) Ever To Walk The Planet!!!!!

The past couple weeks have been crazy. Last week we had a 3 day school week thanks to two wonderful cold days. This week we have a 3 day school week due to those wonderful things called finals. Yes my friends today was my first day of finals. Of course our school was blessed with a five day weekend to prepare and study for our finals, and of course, i left it till the last minute so naturally i went to bed at 2 am last night/this morning about ready to declare myself permanantly at war with Mitosis, Glycolysis, Hydrolysis, and anything else that ends with -sis. So what did I do with all those days of freedom if i wasm't diligently studying? Well, the answer is simple: I did nothing. And of course by nothing I mean I spent hours on facebook, youtube, blogs, watching movies and trying to work up the motivation to do something that wouldnt be a complete waste of time (this plan failed miserably). Now that you all think I am lazy, there are some wonderful things I did do this weekend....

Dear friends, I was just informed by the local radio station that Rochester Public and Private schools will be closed tomorrow due to Cold Weather. Yes my friends, it is true. The expected low tomorrow is -22 without windchill, with windchill somewhere in the -40's. So, since the little kiddies waiting for the bus might get chilly, and because i am the most spoiled child of the family, the governer of Minnesota himself decided that it would be a better idea for everyone to stay home, drink hot cocoa, and do anything that doesn't involve learning. I agree with this statement in every way. Ah the joys of living in Minnesota.

So, I'm in a class called Writer's Workshop, and basically all we do is write random stuff. Anyways i had this assignment to write 10 poems using the different poetry styles (ex: Haiku, Limerick, sonnet etc.) I ended up doing the assignment late at night, and they're all about ice cream, Anyways, i thought i would share some with you. A Limerick About Ice Cream: While writing deep poetry my ice cream, it melted And wails of great sadness and misery i belted But I guess I'll recover I'll just go get another Bowl of sweet ice cream from the freezer where it dwelted A Haiku for those who Appreciate Vanilla: Some do not enjoy Vanilla ice cream plain and white That's rediculous A quatrain about ice cream: While in deep thought I seem to have forgot The ice cream I had lied Directly by my side And when I picked it up And looked straight in the cup The ice cream it was soup melted soggy goop So I got another bowl Of chocolate dark as coal And set it by my side Where t...

Dear Friends, Today I learned that ritz crackers don't really fill you up. Unless you eat the whole sleeve. Yes thats right, the whole sleeve.

Hello all! Christmas was wonderful this year! I had the pleasure of hanging out with some of my best buddies in the whole entire world, Nathan Christian and Eric. My other brother and his wonderful wife celebrated Christmas with her family this year, but I'm not bitter... Much. Anyways, the week of Christmas was filled with inexplicable wonders and joy. Upon coming home my brothers lovingly started desintigrating every christmas cookie in the house, to document their cooking eating they started a cookie count/competition. Nathan won with a whopping 28 cookies, Eric came in a close second with 23 cookies, but to be fair, he did leave a day before Nathan. And finally Christian only counted 6 cookies, however, he destroyed the masses in his own competition: Christmas eve our family went and rang bells for Salvation Army, except we didn't just ring bells, Eric dressed up as Buddy the Elf and we played various Christmas Carols on beautiful sounding metal pipes. Then after totally r...