My dear friend Emily Lunde is ready to head to the Chapel in a few months!! I'm so very happy for her and Michael. Her wedding is in Staten Island, NYC and I have been honored to be asked to be a bridesmaid. I am so very excited to head to NYC in October for this blessed occasion.
I got the invitation yesterday and it was beautiful, the colors are brown and turquoise, the bridesmaids are wearing tea length strapless dresses, 2 in brown, 2 in teal(turquoise). They are beautiful and I can't wait to be able to wear it. The wedding and reception will be beautiful. My only wish is that I was closer to her, to be able to help, or just be around her in this exciting time. We've talked about it forever, and it's happening. So excited for her and Michael!
After the wedding Morgan and I are going to stay in NYC for a few days, to have some fun in the city. I was able to take 3 days off, all of which I needed for the weekend, and that gave me 8 full days off for the two weeks. Very happy at how it worked out. I think it will be great fun to go to NYC again. It's is just about 3 times in just as many years...a pretty good record, but one that will be very hard to keep up with.
An exciting count down till October! Congrats!!
Love all!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Jury Duty
I was summons for Jury Duty this week, only catch is...it's in Buffalo County, Nebraska. That tends to be a problem, when I'm no longer a resident of Kearney. I was called a couple years ago, but I got it deferred since I was in North Carolina as a student. My guess is that this time is just when I came back up in the pile from when I was deferred, who knows. I am kinda disappointed, I think it'd be fun to be on a jury. I sent back my information. No where on the form does it say...I'm no longer a resident of this county, so I included my very own letter stating the fact. Also when you had to list your current address, there wasn't any place for a state, just city and zip code. So I had to add in Kansas. I'm sure it won't be a problem, but I just find it entertaining. I've sent the letter back and I'll stop by the courthouse when I'm home next week to make sure everything is kosher.
Being selected for Jury duty is based on your voters registration, I've been registered to vote in Kansas since February, since the Democratic Caucus. Crazy times. Maybe I'll be selected sometime in Kansas....then I can actually serve my jury duty that I've been called for twice and never been able to actually serve.
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Being selected for Jury duty is based on your voters registration, I've been registered to vote in Kansas since February, since the Democratic Caucus. Crazy times. Maybe I'll be selected sometime in Kansas....then I can actually serve my jury duty that I've been called for twice and never been able to actually serve.
Love
Friday, August 15, 2008
The Summer and The Olympics
First things first...
Happy Birthday Kristen!
And next.....
Why hello, it's been a while eh? Well life in the fast lane that was the month of June, consisted of work....more work...and driving to Nebraska. I was finally happy to have some time off at the end of the month where I didn't drive anywhere. I finally got caught up on 18 hours of So you think you can dance...good thing, it was a good season. My first season, but good!
I'm realizing that life is different in my "real" life compared to school life. I'm use to summers being the time when you actually get everything done and fall/winter (school) to be the time when life slows down and you can't get extra things done. Well life is a bit different in the heart of the Great Plains as an NWS meteorologist. With work and overtime, and my many 3 to midnight shifts...I just didn't get anything accomplished. It was 2 months before I was even able to look at my work in progress journal article. By mid July things started to slow down, and I'm finally able to work on things that aren't related to calling people to see if they've got quarter sized hail or severe wind gusts. I've been working on my journal article for the last few weeks...running new model runs. I'm just not sure where I stand. I keep hoping I can get it done sooner than it actually ends up happening. I've got a new goal, so we'll see how that works out.
I loved my first convective season in Kansas, and I can't wait until next year when I'll be radar certified and actually get to do more. I'm loving my job and I cannot believe that it's been 8 months already...life is flying fast!!!
June and July turned out to be an engagement and expecting hot spot...two of my couple friends got engaged, and another one is expecting her first baby and another is expecting her second! On top of the one wedding that I went to. What's next?
Now...08/08/08 was a day that I had been looking forward to for MONTHS!!! I first saw the date of the start of the olympics sometime back in February when they were promoting it. I counted down the days and I had an absolute blast watching the opening ceremony last friday night!!! Since then I've spent every night watching the olympics, and if I've been home during the day...then too. They just might be the death of me though, as I wanted to watch the outcomes, and when it doesn't finish up until midnight...getting to bed after 1230am or close to 1am and having to be up and getting ready for work at 5am, makes for a short night! I loved every minute of it, and I'm now back to nights for the next 2 weeks. So the end of the olympics shouldn't cut into my sleep. I love the Swimming, Gymnastics and Diving. Track and Field takes a second in my favs to watch, but that's next week, so that will do. It's been amazing! Go USA!
I'm off to bed now. Hopefully I can get back to blogging more often!
Love
Happy Birthday Kristen!
And next.....
Why hello, it's been a while eh? Well life in the fast lane that was the month of June, consisted of work....more work...and driving to Nebraska. I was finally happy to have some time off at the end of the month where I didn't drive anywhere. I finally got caught up on 18 hours of So you think you can dance...good thing, it was a good season. My first season, but good!
I'm realizing that life is different in my "real" life compared to school life. I'm use to summers being the time when you actually get everything done and fall/winter (school) to be the time when life slows down and you can't get extra things done. Well life is a bit different in the heart of the Great Plains as an NWS meteorologist. With work and overtime, and my many 3 to midnight shifts...I just didn't get anything accomplished. It was 2 months before I was even able to look at my work in progress journal article. By mid July things started to slow down, and I'm finally able to work on things that aren't related to calling people to see if they've got quarter sized hail or severe wind gusts. I've been working on my journal article for the last few weeks...running new model runs. I'm just not sure where I stand. I keep hoping I can get it done sooner than it actually ends up happening. I've got a new goal, so we'll see how that works out.
I loved my first convective season in Kansas, and I can't wait until next year when I'll be radar certified and actually get to do more. I'm loving my job and I cannot believe that it's been 8 months already...life is flying fast!!!
June and July turned out to be an engagement and expecting hot spot...two of my couple friends got engaged, and another one is expecting her first baby and another is expecting her second! On top of the one wedding that I went to. What's next?
Now...08/08/08 was a day that I had been looking forward to for MONTHS!!! I first saw the date of the start of the olympics sometime back in February when they were promoting it. I counted down the days and I had an absolute blast watching the opening ceremony last friday night!!! Since then I've spent every night watching the olympics, and if I've been home during the day...then too. They just might be the death of me though, as I wanted to watch the outcomes, and when it doesn't finish up until midnight...getting to bed after 1230am or close to 1am and having to be up and getting ready for work at 5am, makes for a short night! I loved every minute of it, and I'm now back to nights for the next 2 weeks. So the end of the olympics shouldn't cut into my sleep. I love the Swimming, Gymnastics and Diving. Track and Field takes a second in my favs to watch, but that's next week, so that will do. It's been amazing! Go USA!
I'm off to bed now. Hopefully I can get back to blogging more often!
Love
Monday, June 9, 2008
Vegas and a birthday
It's been a couple weeks, but I've hardly been on the internet at home...or at home at all. Start it off with Memorial Day weekend...
Memorial Day weekend
I started out my weekend off...by friday working 4am to 2pm after being called in early due to flooding concerns. My parents came down friday night as well, but I offered to be available for severe weather that night, so I worked another 5 hours from 9pm to 2am. That's about a 16 hour day, but a nice overtime paycheck. My parents arrived friday night and we spent the weekend busy running around. 2 exciting things for the weekend, 1. I got a new phone plan that will go with my new phone...once it's finally in stock. 2. My mom and I planted up a nice bunch of flowers for my deck...very nice to have the color out there. I then worked on memorial day and tuesday after gaining some more overtime with the hectic weekend of severe weather in Kansas and Nebraska.
Vegas
I headed out at 6am on Wednesday morning (after leaving work at midnight and then packing) for the airport. My flight leaving Wichita was delayed about 45 minutes or so (I slept through it, so I'm not sure on the time)and because of the delay I watched my connection leave without me. I was supposed to get in at 10am to Vegas, but fortunately for Standby working for me, I was able to get in around 2pm. I met Morgan, Sarah and Celia there and Jessica and Jill followed after.
Morgan and I went to Mamma Mia on Wednesday night, it was a GREAT show, I recommend it to all! Thursday we rented a car for the day, for a bargain 27 dollars including taxes and fees and headed to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. It was nice to have our own car and go around at our own pace. We also went to a outlet mall just north of the California boarder, so we drove into Cali for 5 miles and back around in to Nevada. Good times. Friday and Saturday we walked and walked and walked. Which is great for the body and heart...not so great for the feet. My feet hurt so so bad! It wasn't that I was physically tired...just that my feet hurt really bad. I got very sick of walking around. We rode the NYNY roller coaster and went up the Eiffel Tour and watched the Belliago water show, as well as a comedy show. Had a good time, but needed a vacation from my vacation. It was great seeing Morgan, Jessica, Sarah, Celia and meeting Jill.
Tornadoes
While I was driving around the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead I got a text message from Adam in NC that Kearney had a nice looking supercell heading towards it, so he kept me informed, and I called my parents about 5-6pm. They had just lost power and the sirens had been off 3 times thus far during the afternoon. My mom said she didn't have a good feeling about the day when she heard that the dewpoint was 70. I was shocked by this statement...because it's a pretty meteorological statement. She was right and Kearney was hit by 3 or so tornadoes with the strongest being an EF-2. My parents were alright, but the strongest tornado was only about 8-10 blocks away. They only lost power for 30 hours, which is a blessing for what happened elsewhere. A bit to close for my comfort. I watched videos on YouTube and it was quite an experience watching a tornado go through your home town. Not ok. I want to see it, and will in a week or so.
While Kearney got hit at the end of May, Omaha got hit a couple nights ago. Now this hit a bit close to home as well as it hit about 2 miles from my Brother, which seems like plenty far away, but really...I'm not sure if it was that far away. He said he woke up to the windows shaking and a 30 ft. tree bending so far it was going below an upstairs window. He's ok but all of these tornadoes hitting close to home is to much. There have been more than one tornadic storm going over my other siblings in North Central Kansas as well. This is a year of big tornadoes...just not in my CWA.
Birthday
I got back from Vegas and worked 7 nights in a row...3 of them with busy weather nights. However, they have been wind events in our area. I feel bad for the counties south of Wichita, a lot of 80-100 mph winds in one week can do a lot of damage. I made cookies for my birthday, but decided to take them in to work on Thursday and Friday because Thursday was a busy weather day and we had more people in the office. Friday I got a few text messages, a couple calls, a great bag from Emily and flowers from my parents which were sent to work. I also did a touch of some shopping, probably spending more money than I should have, but it's been about 6 months or more since I've bought any clothes and I needed jeans. Was nice to hear from those that texted, called and facebooked.
Weekend
My brother, sister-in-law and 2 nieces came down this weekend and I had a great time with them, even though I did have to work during part of their visit. I finally have a day off and I'm about to head to bed soon I hope for my week of days. Good times in my life. so that's an update on my life to this point in June.
Happy Birthday Emily!
Love all!
Memorial Day weekend
I started out my weekend off...by friday working 4am to 2pm after being called in early due to flooding concerns. My parents came down friday night as well, but I offered to be available for severe weather that night, so I worked another 5 hours from 9pm to 2am. That's about a 16 hour day, but a nice overtime paycheck. My parents arrived friday night and we spent the weekend busy running around. 2 exciting things for the weekend, 1. I got a new phone plan that will go with my new phone...once it's finally in stock. 2. My mom and I planted up a nice bunch of flowers for my deck...very nice to have the color out there. I then worked on memorial day and tuesday after gaining some more overtime with the hectic weekend of severe weather in Kansas and Nebraska.
Vegas
I headed out at 6am on Wednesday morning (after leaving work at midnight and then packing) for the airport. My flight leaving Wichita was delayed about 45 minutes or so (I slept through it, so I'm not sure on the time)and because of the delay I watched my connection leave without me. I was supposed to get in at 10am to Vegas, but fortunately for Standby working for me, I was able to get in around 2pm. I met Morgan, Sarah and Celia there and Jessica and Jill followed after.
Morgan and I went to Mamma Mia on Wednesday night, it was a GREAT show, I recommend it to all! Thursday we rented a car for the day, for a bargain 27 dollars including taxes and fees and headed to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. It was nice to have our own car and go around at our own pace. We also went to a outlet mall just north of the California boarder, so we drove into Cali for 5 miles and back around in to Nevada. Good times. Friday and Saturday we walked and walked and walked. Which is great for the body and heart...not so great for the feet. My feet hurt so so bad! It wasn't that I was physically tired...just that my feet hurt really bad. I got very sick of walking around. We rode the NYNY roller coaster and went up the Eiffel Tour and watched the Belliago water show, as well as a comedy show. Had a good time, but needed a vacation from my vacation. It was great seeing Morgan, Jessica, Sarah, Celia and meeting Jill.
Tornadoes
While I was driving around the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead I got a text message from Adam in NC that Kearney had a nice looking supercell heading towards it, so he kept me informed, and I called my parents about 5-6pm. They had just lost power and the sirens had been off 3 times thus far during the afternoon. My mom said she didn't have a good feeling about the day when she heard that the dewpoint was 70. I was shocked by this statement...because it's a pretty meteorological statement. She was right and Kearney was hit by 3 or so tornadoes with the strongest being an EF-2. My parents were alright, but the strongest tornado was only about 8-10 blocks away. They only lost power for 30 hours, which is a blessing for what happened elsewhere. A bit to close for my comfort. I watched videos on YouTube and it was quite an experience watching a tornado go through your home town. Not ok. I want to see it, and will in a week or so.
While Kearney got hit at the end of May, Omaha got hit a couple nights ago. Now this hit a bit close to home as well as it hit about 2 miles from my Brother, which seems like plenty far away, but really...I'm not sure if it was that far away. He said he woke up to the windows shaking and a 30 ft. tree bending so far it was going below an upstairs window. He's ok but all of these tornadoes hitting close to home is to much. There have been more than one tornadic storm going over my other siblings in North Central Kansas as well. This is a year of big tornadoes...just not in my CWA.
Birthday
I got back from Vegas and worked 7 nights in a row...3 of them with busy weather nights. However, they have been wind events in our area. I feel bad for the counties south of Wichita, a lot of 80-100 mph winds in one week can do a lot of damage. I made cookies for my birthday, but decided to take them in to work on Thursday and Friday because Thursday was a busy weather day and we had more people in the office. Friday I got a few text messages, a couple calls, a great bag from Emily and flowers from my parents which were sent to work. I also did a touch of some shopping, probably spending more money than I should have, but it's been about 6 months or more since I've bought any clothes and I needed jeans. Was nice to hear from those that texted, called and facebooked.
Weekend
My brother, sister-in-law and 2 nieces came down this weekend and I had a great time with them, even though I did have to work during part of their visit. I finally have a day off and I'm about to head to bed soon I hope for my week of days. Good times in my life. so that's an update on my life to this point in June.
Happy Birthday Emily!
Love all!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Severe Weather anyone?
If you are in the general region of KS/OK/NE/CO or there abouts you have a good chance for severe weather this weekend. The weekend kicks off tomorrow. I unfortunately am not set to be working during these events, but that does leave me open to storm chase...if the storms are near by and I decide I want to pop $3.80 gas in my car. I'm not sure about the later. It shall be exciting nonetheless. This is the first real event in Kansas this year and it only took to Memorial day weekend (usually there are at least some storms in April and early May or even earlier). I'm off to bed, as I'm crushed after 3 days at 5am and sleep at midnight the night before. Trying to get some more sleep in case there is some reason I'm called in even earlier.
YEA FOR DAVID COOK!!!! AMERICAN IDOL 2008! Rightful winner! Congrats!
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YEA FOR DAVID COOK!!!! AMERICAN IDOL 2008! Rightful winner! Congrats!
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Thank you
This week, while only two days long has been so much better than the end of last week. As I prayed for a better week, it is happening thus far. Thank you for your thoughts.
Monday started out slow, as I of course didn't get to much sleep switching around to the morning shift, but it was all good. I wasn't to terribly tired. By 10am I had finished all of the products that the interns are responsible for issuing and Janet (the hydrologist) and I headed out to south central Kansas (further south than Wichita) to check out river gages. Yes that might not seem like that much fun, but for me it was. I got to see parts of the country side that I hadn't seen before, and had a blast seeing the rivers. My favorite part, was checking the river stage with a wire weight gauge. Yes, that is crazy, but it was my favorite part. I loved it. I also got to be in the beautiful, not to windy weather we've had the past week. Tomorrow is another trip, but this time to central Kansas. I'm looking forward to it!
Today was good, in addition to a busy morning, I have been able to catch up with over 4 weeks of Ellen on my DVR. It's been insane. I've watched what I can when I can. It's been an Ellen Marathon. It started Sunday and finished tonight. I am now caught up, just in time for the end of the season. I'm now behind on some of my new tv shows and finale's, but they are being savored. One more show to watch tonight before I head to bed...American Idol. Then to bed and up early again tomorrow. Good times!!!
Love to all!
Monday started out slow, as I of course didn't get to much sleep switching around to the morning shift, but it was all good. I wasn't to terribly tired. By 10am I had finished all of the products that the interns are responsible for issuing and Janet (the hydrologist) and I headed out to south central Kansas (further south than Wichita) to check out river gages. Yes that might not seem like that much fun, but for me it was. I got to see parts of the country side that I hadn't seen before, and had a blast seeing the rivers. My favorite part, was checking the river stage with a wire weight gauge. Yes, that is crazy, but it was my favorite part. I loved it. I also got to be in the beautiful, not to windy weather we've had the past week. Tomorrow is another trip, but this time to central Kansas. I'm looking forward to it!
Today was good, in addition to a busy morning, I have been able to catch up with over 4 weeks of Ellen on my DVR. It's been insane. I've watched what I can when I can. It's been an Ellen Marathon. It started Sunday and finished tonight. I am now caught up, just in time for the end of the season. I'm now behind on some of my new tv shows and finale's, but they are being savored. One more show to watch tonight before I head to bed...American Idol. Then to bed and up early again tomorrow. Good times!!!
Love to all!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Stand Back up.
I've had a difficult week, so this is my song o' the week right now. I'm praying for a better upcoming week.
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Stand Back Up by Sugarland
Go ahead and take your best shot,
Let 'er rip, give it all you've got,
I'm laid out on the floor, but I've been here before,
I may stumble, yeah I might fall,
Only human aren't we all?
I might lose my way, but hear me when i say,
I will stand back up,
You'll know just the moment when I've have enough,
Sometimes I'm afraid, and i don't feel that tough,
But I'll stand back up,
I've been beaten up and bruised,
I've been kicked right off my shoes,
Been down on my knees more times than you'd believe,
When the darkness tries to get me,
There's a light that just wont let me,
It might take my pride, and my tears may fill my eyes,
But I'll stand back up,
I've weathered all these storms,
But i just turn them into wind, so i can fly,
What don't kill you makes you stronger,
When I take my last breath,
That's when I'll just give up,
So, go ahead to take your best shot,
Let 'er rip, give it all you've got,
You might win this round but you cant keep me down,
'Cause I'll stand back up,
And you'll know just the moment when I've had enough,
Sometimes I'm afraid and I don't feel that tough,
But I'll stand back up,
You'll know just the moment when I've had enough,
Sometimes I'm afraid and I don't feel that tough,
But I'll stand back up.
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Love all!
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Stand Back Up by Sugarland
Go ahead and take your best shot,
Let 'er rip, give it all you've got,
I'm laid out on the floor, but I've been here before,
I may stumble, yeah I might fall,
Only human aren't we all?
I might lose my way, but hear me when i say,
I will stand back up,
You'll know just the moment when I've have enough,
Sometimes I'm afraid, and i don't feel that tough,
But I'll stand back up,
I've been beaten up and bruised,
I've been kicked right off my shoes,
Been down on my knees more times than you'd believe,
When the darkness tries to get me,
There's a light that just wont let me,
It might take my pride, and my tears may fill my eyes,
But I'll stand back up,
I've weathered all these storms,
But i just turn them into wind, so i can fly,
What don't kill you makes you stronger,
When I take my last breath,
That's when I'll just give up,
So, go ahead to take your best shot,
Let 'er rip, give it all you've got,
You might win this round but you cant keep me down,
'Cause I'll stand back up,
And you'll know just the moment when I've had enough,
Sometimes I'm afraid and I don't feel that tough,
But I'll stand back up,
You'll know just the moment when I've had enough,
Sometimes I'm afraid and I don't feel that tough,
But I'll stand back up.
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Love all!