Wanna save $300+ ???

Saturday Mom and David were on

their way thru CO to Seattle

on their annual camping trip.

They stayed the night and

left Sunday morning.

We ate Mountain Sun burgers

(Lane: they have a place in Denver

called the Vine and it's the

same thing. But, they are taking away

Raspberry Wheat and making it

Blackberry wheat (tasty) b/c of

the rasp. crop)

Then we walked around DU

campus and sat on the porch!

David, Mom, Schnooze, Liz, Cam
On campus, near the art building,

they have these lips all over, and

during the day they talk to you.

Creepy.

on these poles are also lips. weird.

the plumber, see story on last post.
apparently we had like a million

roots all over the place

thank goodness we rent,

it woulda been $500. BAH!

we got water capabilities back at 3pm sunday.

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WANNA SAVE $300+?

drive around your 'hood and look for

free stuff on the side of the road

make a quick u-turn like someone

is chasing you.

then jump outa the car so fast, and

check out the goods.

*this was on our way to church and very much a suprise trip for us.

we found 2 rugs for the living/dining room

and they were in really great condition

so we threw them in the honda.

items needed:

2. sprinkle, then vaccuum
3. clean rug!!!!!
4. place awesome new free rugs in place

there was only like stain, and i put that part under the table so noone can see. sucka! i mean what a great find! i think these would have been at least $150 a piece. and some people are freaked out about used "free" items. but honestly, there were no fleas or weird stains, and they weren't smelly. so what the heck. until we can become rich, or get a rug for a christmas present, these will have to do :). They match really well and honestly look great!

University of Denver

The University of Denver

CAMERON GOT A PHONE CALL YESTERDAY

(keep in mind that his interview was friday)

AND HE GOT IN!!!!!!!!

it's the PhD program for Counseling Psychology

it's 4-5 years long

it's in quarters not semesters

he starts After Labor Day

it should almost completely be funded (paid for)

He loves this school

it has raquetball courts and an awesome gym with a pool

they have a hockey team, bball team, and other teams that i dont know

if we move closer there, it's still only 5 miles away from our house now

it's a fancy schmancy private school

he interviewed with 25 (that was narrowed down from 100)

and they picked 6 :)

he's smart!!!!

that's all i know so far.

today i got my glasses (pics to come soon)

and it was my 1st out of 7 days in a row :(

Interview

Can't talk long, after today, I work the next 7 out of 8 days. Bummer.

1. interview went extremely well. We should find out hopefully by friday!!! they pick 6-7 out of
25 people interviewed!
2. i get to go home to see family for 2.5 days feb 29- march 2.... so if you want to see my, ask
soon!!!
3. stitches are out and head is doing well. head broke
4. sus had her first day of Head Start, and I got a text 1/2 way thru her day and it was
going well so far
5. sus has some super cute stuff on sale for a craft show this weekend, look her up on facebook
to see the pics: (sus jones kramer)
6. new fellowship groups are starting next week, so hopefully we can get ours down to a
managable # (under 15 from 25???)
7. mom paid for my plane ticket!!!
8. i worked a bonus shift saturday (time and 1/2 PLUS a $250 bonus suckkkkkaaaaaas)!
that's all, later!

DU mixer + Interview

1. Tonight is cameron's "get to know you" thing at the bar

it's for the interviewees (is that a word?) for the interview tomorrow

also current phd students will be there

2. cameron's for the reals (shout out to susanne for that phrase) interview

is tomorrow, we don't really know what it will be like

but he might find out tonight, but i will already

be asleep when he gets home

3. i ironed his suit. did i mention the weird crotch triangle in his pants?

well the tailor kind of made it go away, but not 100%

so i tried to iron it out.... it got a little better

let's just hope no one is staring at his crotch.

or maybe that's a good thing, and it will be some dorky lady professor that

lets him in b/c she is crushing on him???

4. i might get to come to okla feb29-march2

i have 8 days off in a row and that is balltastic.

hopefully someone will buy me a ticket

5. last night at old navy they were having a sale only at my store 9the one by

my house anyways) that everything (x new stuff) was 90% off

i got 8 shirts (button up and polo) for cam, 2 sweater cardigans for me, and

3 baby sweatshirts FOR...................

$27!!!!!!!!!!!!

i saved over $160!!!!!

i am awesome!

6. what am i doing up this late, i have to work tomorrow.

good night

new years - a bit late i know

A couple of things first:

If you haven't, view Leslie in sanfran's blog on the right:

http://smallwoodenflute.blogspot.com/

She is so crafty!!!!

Second: cam got his first interview at University of Denver (set in mid feb)

It's a private fancy schmancy school in Denver, 5 minles away from our house,

the closest school he's applied to. This will be for his psyD, not phD, same thing though, but with more research based, i think.

Third: i like to organize.

This is new year's eve at our house, the second annual Cannon Ball?!?!?! that sounds cool right?

Julie, Liz, Odette, Sara
Liz and O

The boys doing car bombs
Andy, Tim, Cam, Steve

We had lots of food, but this pic is of lonely Buddy the Beagle...

I don't know what he was doing there, but it was funny :)

Liz and Bethany ( i stole her scarf)

Not drunk, just silly....

The bearded Trio

Cam, Andy, Steve

mean faces

So I like to organize as you can see below. i failed to take before pics, but it doesn't matter, but picture the closet in 27 Dresses (with katherine Heigl) or the classic overstuffed closet on tv. the after pictures are all that matter.

this is the "outdoors closet"

there is now space on the floor, since we hung the bike in the office, see below.

we've got: poles, 3 backpacks, camping stove, propane, raquetball stuff, tennis stuff, snowshoes, 2 tents, 2 sleeping bags, 2 sleeping pads, a sled, a shovel, and who knows what else.

Handy place for the shovel eh?

those hooks by the way were in the dollar bins at target

( i think 4 were $2.50 though), but so handy!

our snowshoes, and the hummingbird feeder mom and david got us :)

the $14 shelf thingy that i got at target, it's so awesome and holds 250lbs

yes in that red container there is gasoline, and there is a bottle of lighter fluid behind it, and 3 bottles of propane under it, dangerous i know, but where are we supposed to keep it?

the tents, sleeping bags, fuel, and stove

where we hung the road bike

in october we got this stand for the mountain bikes,

they were originally in our bedroom, so romantic i know.

seriously they were there since july 2006

They always say not to have a tv in your bedroom, and we didn't

we just had 2 mountain bikes?!?!?!?!

I also organized the cabinet under the sink and our bedroom closet.

I am giving away a lot of clothing and shoes.

I am proud of myself... i am like a crazy woman!!!