Happy New Year!

Winnie enjoys our view of LSD as much as we do. Happy New Year from downtown Chicago!

Low clouds ahead!

Weird but cool. There is a wall of clouds in front of us a we head towards Gary Indiana.

What a bounty!

Merry Christmas everyone!

tis the season

for a head cold

I am starting to feel better but I am afraid I won't be 100% by Christmas.

I am trying to not take any medication (since it only helps symptoms anyway). So I have resorted to the s'es: Sleep, Soup, and "see" (vitamin C).

I am very excited to see my family for christmas, but I don't want to get anyone sick, so let's hope I am not contagious any more.

If I don't blog again before Christmas - Merry Christmas to all. And if you don't celebrate, I hope you have a great day off.

Snow snow snow

We got a nice little snow storm this evening with 4-5 inches which is a lot for us. However, I must say that this snow makes all of the pretty Christmas lights on the street look even prettier.

Tonight one of my favorite movies was on - Beauty and the Beast- I think I want to be Belle when I grow up. She's pretty and smart - and one of the coolest Disney Princesses.

Anyway, I hope you are all ready for Christmas - it is coming up quickly.

Hi Cindy

So I went back to my old place of work this week (what isn't that what you do when you have 3 weeks off - you rub it in the faces of those working?) Cindy told me she reads this blog all the time, so I say, "hi Cindy!!"

I have now gotten two of my four grades back and am currently looking at straight b+. This isn't the best, but I would be happy with it.

Tonight we are going to go see tron. We'll see how it is.

Have a great weekend y'all.

so flippin delicious

I just made tapioca pudding tonight and it is delicious! It has been a long time since I made tapioca, and I am pretty sure I have never made it this way before - it involved making a meringue and folding it into the pudding. so the pudding is think and yet oddly fluffy.

I finished my finals and then my dad came out right after. We had a great weekend together, despite the weather and the crappy rental car.

On the car note, I finally got our car back today - new transmission and new front and back brakes. The transmission was under warranty (thank goodness!) and it was time for the brakes to be replaced.

One last thing - I will be writing Christmas cards soon. So lets say you are my cousin and you moved to a new state- or if you just want to get a nice card - please email me your new address so I can send a card to you. (sarahyoung921 at gmail dot com)

One down...

Hi everyone... halfway through Monday of finals week and I have one down and one in an hour. Then I have one tomorrow and one Wednesday.

Needless to say the past week has been a little more than just busy. but fun things I have managed to squeeze in:

Thursday was Bill's Christmas party for work. Bill works with some awesome people and it was fun hanging out with them

Friday night Bill and I went to a new bar-b-q place: upscale (kobe beef brisket, prize winning ribs, etc) it was yummy and a fun date night.

Saturday played in the snow with the neighbor kids (so cute) and then threw snow balls for winnie (endless fun) - also got to see two of my friends from high school who i hadn't seen in a very long time.

Sunday - really wasn't fun, but we did make a trek to the west burbs just so i could get a burger and mom's gift

Not so fun things:

Thursday - spent the better part of the day at the car dealer - need a new transmission (under warranty, thank goodness) and new breaks for front and back (expensive but this is the first time we have replaced them on a car bought in march 04).

Friday - spent a few hours working on a paper only to realize I had misspecified something on Sunday

Saturday - 4.5 hours of review on campus starting at 9:30 (and it was snowing on my walk to and from train)

Sunday - "oh no! 2 finals are tomorrow and I haven't started studying for them!!"

After finals are done my daddy is coming for a visit. I don't know what we have planned, but it will not involve regressions, investments, accounting or economics.

winter wonderland

Harper center today

Merry Christmas from the winter garden

They changed out the plants in our common area (called the winter garden) this week. And since I am in a holiday mood due to the snow an early Christmas wish was in order.

waiting

Today I am spending the day at the car dealership waiting for an oil changes/90k check up/ fix my broken transmission that you keep ignoring visit. some of you may have seen Bill's Facebook post, yes he was here on Saturday, and yes the thing they fixed then didn't fix the problems.

In better news, I am all done with my first quarter. no idea what I will do for my internship - I want to work for a foundation or endowment with their investments. Hopefully, I will find my dream job for the summer and, in a perfect world, they will pay me to do it.

Finals start on Monday and I am worried that I am not worried enough (if that makes sense). After that, I look forward to a visit from daddy and then the holidays. Until then, I need to stay healthy focused and study hard.

How was thanksgiving for all of you?

Wednesday night - Carnival

Ready for dinner

dinner (missing many of the sides that were in the other room)

Bill carved the turkey and plated it thusly

Maddy at her Oireactas - We were so proud of her