Happy Birthday Alli!!

Taking Alli out to the Loring Pasta Bar in Dinkytown. She's happy to be 23...or maybe she's just REALLY excited to eat lotsa pasta

In case you didn't watch last night

You must must must watch this and try not to applaud at the end. Alli and I are pretty obsessed with this show and this group in particular.

...and watch this one, too!!

I love.

He puts the 'cello' in talented

Pretty sure everyone that reads my blog, from Shawn to Mary, and everyone in between, Karley, will appreciate this video.

I'm Blessed

Thank you, God for

New friends that make for such fun nights packed to the gills with laughter and get-to-know-you stories

Recipes that turn out exactly as delicious as the pictures make them appear

Minneapolis which is 1,083,921 times more beautiful and friendly and endearing than this country girl grew up thinking it was

Getting to call this place home, if even for a short while. Although many get to reside where a mountain range is within view, very few people's driveways include a steep mountain incline. Mine did.

The adventure this career path will ensue. I wonder what kind of driveways dentistry will take me down. A seaside path, a dirt road in Nigeria, an icy trail in Alaska, a cruise liner in Norway (in which case there would be no driveway, but I could get over it), or maybe I'll be back in Big Sky helping put teeth back into the mouths of punk snowboarders.

For venison. I'm especially thankful that I love it, because otherwise it would be a long, meatless winter.

How would you react?

If someone teased you with bacon-wrapped cat treats??!!

I stopped watching Glee for this reason.

Karley and I were huge fans of the show because of the music, singing, dancing, and the overall entertainment factor. Original and funny and great. But then it got weird. There was an abundance of what we thought to be inappropriate content because a) the kids in the show were freshmen/sophomores in high school and b) it was advertised and immortalized as a great family show. I distincly remember Karley and I deciding not to set our time away to watch it anymore, and haven't kept up with it since.
It just saddens me that a good quality television show can't even go one season without the involvement of sex to keep people watching. I guess when I'm a mom I'll just have to stock up on DVDs of Family Matters, Step by Step, Full House, and PBS specials that we can enjoy together.

Belle's kind of torture.

Belle intently watching the flock of turkeys feeding in the corn 30 yards away. This is akin to you having to walk by (and resist) a Cinnabon, declining an offer to what smells to be a glorious cup of joe, or winning the dreaded stare down between you and that last piece of double chocolate brownie. This is some major self control

I'm glad I'm in the Roadhunter 360

...sitting in the lap of luxery while deer hunting. There's little to no chance that THIS would ever happen to me in here.

You're about to become a Nicki Minaj fan

I don't know how else to describe this aside from CUTE!

The invasion of...snails?

As a biology major, this issue issue near and dear to my heart. During my college education in Duluth, zebra muscles (mentioned here) were a hot topic of discussion. And the death of all our beautiful Ash trees?? Makes me cringe.

Do yourself a favor

and watch this. It might (though most definitely will) make your day.