time wasters!

Well, friends, I am officially--as of last night--finished with my semester of class and work at Grand Valley. That puts me at one (1) full time job! woohoo! plus a small contract, but that's not as big of a deal.

So what am I going to do with all my new-found free time? well, I'm rediscovering my love for cooking and baking [just in time for Christmas, I might add]; I'm planning on starting P90X on Monday; and, of course, I'm going to return to wasting the perquisite amount of time on the internet. I have to know what's going on in the world, ya know.

Here's a list of my favorite sites in no particular order:
1. salon.com--highbrow news, of a sort. the kind you can tell your friends you read about. for example, under tech, the winning tweet of the week: "In honor of oil-soaked birds, 'tweets' are now 'gurgles.'"
2. wired.com--techie stuff, good for knowing what's going on at work. the blogs are especially fun--that's the best way to learn about new gadgets & sites like this [http://www.teachparentstech.org/] that are super useful for sending to grandparents.
3. thenest.com--shhh, guilty pleasure. lots of good pets information on the boards, though.
4. facebook.com--no description necessary.
5. dearblankpleaseblank.com--check it out, it's hilarious. e.g.

Dear Windshield Wipers,

Can't touch this.

Sincerely, That Little Triangle.

6. cuteoverload.com--the name says it all.

have fun wasting time!

blog work

Well, you're in luck, readers--working on the blog at work has reminded me that I have a rather sadly neglected one sitting right here!

Because Mia is just so darn cute [and so much cuter than me--it's the fur], let's look at the last few months through Mia's eyes:

[this took forever because my Mac's hard drive crashed over Thanksgiving nothing is set up like I want it anymore, so appreciate it!]


Mia, that's not ladylike!
Playing with Aunt Kelly
Being a biker babe
after Mommy feels about 10000x this tired--Mia goes for a brief nap.
Me? Chew on the carpet? Never.
'Cause all the fun stuff happens outside.
Women's Fall Retreat 2010! We left Mia at home. And now she's an it, so she never gets to go.
family fall photo
PLEASE play with me.

What? Food?


So now that I've completely AW'd my beautiful puppy, here's a quick update to our lives: I'm putting my MBA on hold & will probably finish it up at UM in a couple years; I've moved full time to Mavin Global and am super excited about it! and Mia [as you can see] continues to grow both in poundage and in stamina. the little monster can run forever.

Happy holidays, all, if I don't 'see' you before then!