what a week. it's been busy around here and i haven't been able to blog as much as i would have liked to...it's been over a week. it's pretty sad. schools been very busy and much activity is going on with dave. he's been applying for jobs around the country and now they are starting to pour in. there was quite the dry spell for a while, and now it's getting down to decision time. he went to columbus the week before last, and then he went down to cleveland this week. yesterday he got a call from cleveland and was offered a job, which he decided to take today. so as i've been trying to deal with the big exciting news, and starting to prep myself, he got a call today from the job in columbus...another job offer! way too exciting. dave had already made his decision about moving to cleveland and when colombus was thrown in the mix he said..." it feels like sombody put my brain in a blender and put it on high." poor guy. so as he was trying to work everything out and weigh his possible options he got another phone call. this time, it was from delta! finally a local job. so as this crazy week is starting to wind down, decisions need to be made. i know everything is going to work out, but until then we can only hope for the best. we had made plans to drive down to cleveland tomorrow to go apartment shopping for him, but now i have no idea what tomorrow will bring. any ideas to do on my day off?

i have tomorrow off and then i have two more days of work before i fly out to arizona! i can not wait until i see the sunshine for a week! jenny and jordan are flying down on friday and we'll be there until wed afternoon. it's going to be nice to catch up with the grandparents and take a break from school and work...it's much needed. i think that if i step foot in target again i might explode. i recently got a new job position, which is nice, but it comes with a lot more responsibility. i'm managing the front lanes, and the people i get to deal with are even better! ( pick up on the sarcasim yet?) i'm continually surprised by the people who come to me looking for answers or questions. get this, the other day a woman left one of her bags at the checkout after she paid for it. she then called the store looking for her lost items, and i reassured her they were safetly behind the counter, waiting to be picked up. no problem right? wrong. she then asks me if she can have them delivered because she lives in howell, and it's too far to drive! seriously? do you honestly think that we deliver items to people's homes? she was pretty let down when i told her we do not offer that service, and she'll have to get her butt in the car. so that's just a bit of what i deal with. i can't wait to see what sunday brings me. wish me luck.

i'm so bad at this

I've been so bad at keeping up with the blogging. so of course i'm a few days late with these, but better late than never. i'm missing my saturday pic, but i'll find it sooner or later. the pic of us girls is from the super bowl party sunday. dave cooked awesome hamburgers, and us girls sat back and relaxed. the evening was spent eating way too much and paying attention only to the commericals. good night.

this whole picture 365 is really starting to get a little hard. i'm not sure if i should be admitting it, since it is only february. but i'll just have to keep working on. another pic is of our apartment and the massive amount of shoes that are collected at the door. it's sad to say, but almost half of these are mine. we try to have a limit of 2 shoes up at the front door, yah not being followed very well.

yesterday we had a snowday. first now day of my college experience...it only took 3 years. so i thought with my day off i could catch up on some homework... that was a well intended thought, totally didn't happen. my mom called and said she was making cupcakes, so jenny and i headed over there at 1pm and didn't leave until after 8! we spent our day in the kitchen whipping up tons of goodies. we made delicious chocolate carmel salted cupcake...to die for if i might add. cherry chip cupcakes, and my mother made a delicious blueberry coffee cake. dave came over and made us dinner too..compliments to paul and paula's homemade pizza recipe. needless to say i went home quite full. it was a fun day to spend a snowday in the kitchen with friends and family.

today, i need to spend my time doing homework. lots to do before tomorrow. hope you all have had a wonderful week.

You know those days when you get the mean reds.....? (Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's)

"You know those days where you get the mean reds? not the blues. the days where you are just sad and you don't know why? That's when i jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's..." ( Audrey Hepburn)

Today, i needed my own Tiffanys. Work started my morning off and it wasn't the best. feeling a bit icky, i hope i'm not getting sick, i didn't feel like doing much today. nothing seemed to interest me. so, it's one of those days, the mean reds. the girls and i had a girls night, watched a few movies, made dinner, and just hung out. then it was time for hockey, all went but me. i whipped up a bubble bath, found a good book, and relaxed...boy did it feel good. now i know why my mom loves her bubble baths. now i'm enjoying my movie, can you guess which one? breakfast at tiffany's. it's so weird being home alone. sharing a place with four other girls, it's very rare to find yourself home alone, and if you do, just wait a few more minutes, and somebody will be there. i enjoy living with the girls, but i've come to learn that i do like my alone time. tomorrow night, dave, justin, jess and i will be putting on our flannel shirts and white tees and heading down to the monster jam. the thought of it doesn't strike me as extreme fun, but try everything once right? so we'll see what this weekend brings. day off tomorrow, and i'm so looking forward to it. hope you all have a great weekend.

pics from tues-fri.

tuesday: emma and i attempted to make that delicious carmel corn. it didn't go as planned, but it didn't taste horrible :)

Wednesday: Emma's shoes were lying around the house. she's super lucky we don't wear the same size, other wise i'd be wearing them!

Thursday: Happy Birthday Jenny!

everyone loves a cupcake

YUM! Jenny and I took a break from studying today and drove down to ann arbor and endulged ourselves with cupcakes. When walking around town this weekend, we saw the cupcake station, and it was calling my name. a short fifteen minutes later we found ourselves inside the shop, and i fell in love. it was basically love at first sight. i had a classic cupcake, a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. there will definetly be more trips to this shop. so of cours my pic of the day will by my cupcakes.

the weekend went by way too fast. dave and i hung out as his parents house yesterday. we enjoyed paul's homemade pizza...a sunday tradition in the lassila house, and dave and i made a batch up popcorn. we tried a recipe i got from my mom. it only took us two tries, but we got it done. dave calls it mexican popcorn, but it's basically a carmel corn with spice to it. there's chili powder and pepper flakes in it. it may sound bad, but it's basically popcorn heaven.

Good Monday so far. Can't wait to see what the week brings me. :)