Ch-ch-ch-changes!

Well, here I am with another overdue post! First, I would like to thank those you have helped support my etsy shop Mitty McC! I had my first non family/non acquaintance/non friend purchase yesterday! Keep spreading the word for me. My newest addition to the shop is a friend ship bracelet set. If you have an ideas or suggestions of what you think I should sell, let me know.




I have finally made an official announcement to work that I will be going to graduate school at OSU this fall for my Master's in Social Work as a full time student. They have allowed me to stay on part time. I am very excited! School starts on August 22nd, so wish me luck...I think the academia world will be a big adjustment from Corporate America, but I am looking forward to the change of pace. I am not 100% sure what I will want to do exactly, but I would like to combine my paralegal certificate and experience with the social work field. I am meeting with an advisor on Tuesday. I just bought a book bag and am now counting down the days until the fun begins! This also means, I will probably be blogging more to help avoid doing school work... Dan and I have had a pretty laid back summer. I went Pittsburgh for a bachelorette party, and participated in a pole dancing class. Don't let anyone fool you, that is hard stuff! I took the next level of improv classes in Columbus. Dan and I have played movie trivia. We also made it back to Iowa over the 4th of July for my best friend before preschool's wedding and to see our families and friends. It was crazy hot, but a lot of fun! The wedding was beautiful as well! The theme song for our trip was Call Me Maybe! We also got free tickets to the Airborne Toxic Event last weekend. It was a blast!


 

Next weekend we are going to have a houseful of visitors from Iowa (Jamie, Katie, Derek, and Vanessa) ...I am resting up now to make sure I can keep up! We are going to go to the Heart concert, sing karaoke, go to the North Market, drink and eat like champions!

 Things we are looking forward to in the upcoming months:
-Caitlin and Zane's Wedding in Pittsburgh
 -Mumford and Son's Concert in Columbus
-School Starting
-Going to Madison for the UNI/Wisconsin Game

 Things we are enjoying at the moment:
 -HBO Go (especially Big Love and The Sopranos)
-Of Monsters and Men
-First Aid Kit
-Sweet Corn
-Blueberry Pies
 -Summer Shandy
-Weekend Coffee
-Nightly Walks in our neighborhood

27 on the 25th

Happy Birthday Danny!
I love you!
About 5 years ago, I started to make a list in of my journals of all the things I loved about Dan. The list stopped at 232 items, probably in 2007, as that is when I quit using the journal. I found the old entries this weekend and thought I would share some of the list for his birthday!

3. You can cut your own hair.
6. You have become my best friend.
14. You love your breakfast!
18. You used to meet me in between classes on the sidewalk.
26. you used to read the Babysitter Club Books.
29. You aren't the best at keeping secrets...
35. You understand why sunscreen is important.
47. You said I love you first!
53. You are nosy.
61. You hate doing the dishes.
72. Elven Raids!
80. You are in band for fun.
88. You love viral videos.
90. You think Jennifer Garner looks like a Centaur.
96. You leave your snot rags(used kleenex) all over the place...
105. You take forever to pack.
109. You are eager to offend.
118. You like to get to places early...
129. Our first conversation topic was about Captain Planet.
142. IKEA
144. I want spend all my time with you.
151. You don't dance.
159. You are going to take me to Spain someday.
177. I always cry when we have to say goodbye.
182. You are stubborn.
190. You rented Bend it Like Beckham.
197. You told me you were saving money for a ring!
198. You swear during Catch Phrase.
203. You don't like the sun.
230. You let me sleep in.

I know have a quite a few more reasons to add to the list for example, you often look creepy in the pictures I take, Your obsession with Eric Northman from Trueblood, You are a karaoke star, and I don't know what I would do without you!

I love you Dan!
Happy Birthday!

Put it in Print!

Happy New Year!
My birthday is very close to the new year, it is January 3rd. I am not sure I am a huge fan of the date, but it works. I have never been one to get overly excited about my birthday, but I had a good one this year. You see, by the time my birthday rolls around most people are tired of celebrating things (Christmas Eve, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Years). Also it usually the first day back from Christmas Break and when most holiday sales and deals end. People are usually not happy it is January 3rd. Looking back, I do remember getting a lot of re-gifted lotions and bath gels from Bath and Body Works, mostly in the scent of Country Apple...Any way my parents were always good about not combining my Christmas gifts with my birthday gifts. I even had a pool party once! I may not have had a pool party this year, but it was still fun. Dan and I went out to eat at Surly Girl. We came home and I opened some gifts! Thank you to all who sent me something or wished me a happy birthday! It means a lot, especially because deep down I know you were dreading to go back to work/school...




One of things Dan got me was the book Lotta Prints. I am super excited to try the stuff in there, I think it will be a lot of trial and error, but it will be an adventure. Maybe I will blog about it!



I have always liked prints. In fact when I was a Textile and Apparel major, I wanted to be in charge of picking out fabrics for designs. But in order to finish the major and minor I had to master sewing...


I love the aesthetic of things in nature. I like prints with leaves, birds, owls, trees and flowers.
Here are some examples of what I am trying to describe.

Right now I am in love with Orla Kiely! I just cannot bring myself to sped $50.00 or more on a wallet right now...







I am also thinking of getting a new bedspread for the guest room. I love this quilt:





A friend I went to high school with has a great Etsy page, Urban Ecology, with cute and decorative pillows:





And there is always Amy Butler:







Do you have any suggestions of anything I should check out? What is your aesthetic?

A little bit of this and a little bit of that...

We celebrated our first anniversary on September 12,2010.
Two weekends ago we stayed downtown in the Arena District. We had a pretty good time, we ate a lot of good food, watched football and went to the dueling piano bar called Big Bang. We liked it a lot! We also finally finished our wedding album.

This last weekend we went to Illinois for Dan's cousin's wedding. I am really excited we got to see everyone. It was lot of fun!I was pretty sad to be back at work today.

I am super excited for fall!! OSU has finally started classes. Dan is taking Swedish this semester. I am convinced he wants to be Eric Northman (viking vampire from True Blood), but that is a whole other story....

I love when the football season starts (because we are that much closer to basketball),
warm beverages,
boots (I may try to get a fancy pair this year!),
cardigans,
Count Chocula cereal,
fall tv premires (Weeds and Dexter? Yes please!)(What was up with the Office? and HIMYM-this week?!?),
scarves,
and
putting on sweats after work and cuddling on the couch!

My goal for this Fall/Winter is to start being crafty!
Dan got my a nice gift card to Micheal's so I can build up my craft supplies.
Let me know if there is anything you want me to make you.

I will try my best.

What's UP with that?!?

Maybe you have seen one of my favorite SNL skits , that asks the question: What's Up With That?

I have been asking this a lot lately myself.

Especially with all of this going on:

Shrimp Tacos at Taco Bell?? What's up with that?

Chuck Norris is 70???

Remember when The Office was funny?

UNI may be a 8 or 9 seed meaning they will have to play the number 1 in the 2nd Round of the tourney... What's Up with that?!?

We caught up to HIMYM on Netflix now have to wait a whole week to watch new episodes....

How does this guy have his own show on CNN? Also when did the "news" become interactive? Meaning, having people call, tweet, or facebook message in to voice their opinion on something...

Jay Leno is still on TV...

Movies like this keep happening...

THIS is the number one comedy in America...

What's Up With That??

I could probably go on, but I won't...
In other positive news, we have been selected to be a nielson ratings tv family...We filled out the intial survey and there were $5.oo in the packet =0)

The weather is gorgeous here! Bye Winter!


Also, March Madness starts Sunday!

HNY

Happy New Year!
Last night I actually had a great time, not that I was doubting I would, but I have never really liked New Years. Mostly because it is right before my birthday and everyone always was partied out and didn't feel like doing anything on the 3rd. Anyway, we went to a friends house and hung out with good friends and rung in a Happy New Year. I also slept in in past 1 this afternoon, because when we went to bed I realized I had been up for 21 hours...


We had a great time in Iowa for Christmas, catching up and visiting with our families. I think I gained about 15 pounds from all the food I inhaled! We were both sad to have to come back to Ohio, maybe someday we will be closer to home.


Here are my goals for 2010! Dan can blog about his later...
1. start working out again, and to acquire a treadmill
2. become more crafty (like sewing and making stuff)
3. master knitting, stamping and making my own stationary
4. to cut down on my sugar intake
5. read more books
6. keep in better contact with friends and family
7. limit my screen time (tv, computer, etc.)
8. purchase a washing machine and dryer
9. visit/explore other parts of Ohio
10. blog more =]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Things I would Rather be Doing than Unpacking...

Watching Dexter on instant watch on Netflix. (I knew that Xbox was a good investment)
Eating Guacamole and Chips
Drinking Wine
Snuggling with my other half
Shopping for winter clothes-I need some sweaters that fit!
Working on my Halloween costume-(feeling Weasley?!?)
Helping Dan pick out a costume (we are open for suggestions)
Looking at my wedding pictures
Sleeping
Waiting for College Basketball to start and Finding a good podcast that will help me build my bracket in March
Writing this Blog (you can tell I am really trying to distract myself, the true test will be if Dan ever blogs on here)
Ok, I guess I better get back to unpacking...