My 50 Random Things

I got tagged this on my Facebook account (except it was only 25, but I wanted to do 50), so I thought I would put it on my blog as well:

My 50 Random Things
1. I hate the sound of most Styrofoam (like nails on a chalkboard)
2. I can’t stand having holes in my socks
3. I’m terrified to have kids
4. However, I have a goal to have at least one of my children without the epidural (call me crazy, but I call it BRAVE). :-)
5. I can’t look into a mirror in the dark
6. I never have pleasant dreams
8. I think the funniest animated movie is “Emperor’s New Groove”—I laugh so hard every time!
9. Chandler is my favorite character on Friends
10. I want to own a canoe someday (and maybe a lake to go with it)
11. I would get nothing done if I owned a bookstore (cause I would just sit and read all the books)
12. I’m counting down the days til graduation
13. I’m not sure what I’ll do with myself once I’m graduated (probably buy a bookstore and read)
14. I think “A Year Down Yonder” by Richard Peck is the funniest book in the world!
15. I’m very impatient (especially when it comes to a slow internet connection)
16. I have a fetish for soft, warm blankets
17. I love my house to smell like something yummy (so I invested in some Scentsy candle warmers)!
18. I have been bitten in the arm by a horse (and it DIDN’T feel good!)
19. I have lived in sixteen different houses
20. I had 22 different roommates in two years (but I did live in an apartment that housed 12 girls at a time—it was a blast!).
21. Listening to Enya is my personal Valiam
22. I can’t stand watching sports on TV
23. I think Ritter Sport (German) candybars are AMAZING
24. I have been trying so hard to mimic Jennifer Aniston’s hairstyle but just can’t do it (I’ll have to call her to see how she does it :-D)
25. I just finished my first scarf on a loom (I even added fringe to the ends)
26. I hate to hear water just running down the drain being wasted
27. Did anyone notice I don’t have a #7….you had to go look didn’t you?
28. I have to have a certain type of pillowcase on my pillow (and only *I* can decide if it’s a good one or not)
29. I have an outrageous habit of biting my fingernails
30. I think microorganisms are fascinating
31. I love Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy (“I hope life isn’t one big joke because I don’t get it.”)
32. I would like to own an exotic animal one day (but not a bird)
33. I think the ocean is both fascinating and frightening at the same time
34. I think it would be cool to meet Will Smith in person (hey, he seems cool to me)
35. I have to color-code my class notes (and I am very particular to whom I will lend my colored pens to)
36. I have a love/hate relationship with Spinning (the exercise)
37. I usually eat one food type at a time on my plate
38. I don’t like sweet and salty mixed together
39. I have not been outside the U.S. (but I have big plans!)
40. I have killed a bear (so now that’s crossed off my bucket list)
41. Open drawers and cupboards drive me crazy
42. I had an E. coli infection when I was 8 or 9 (I don’t recommend it!)
43. Volleyball is my absolute *favorite* sport (cause I suck at everything else)
44. I’ve never broken a bone (unless teeth count), but I have had stitches in my cheek
45. I wrestle better with my left arm than my right (even though I’m right-handed)
46. I get sick to my stomach the morning of a test, presentation, or interview
47. I have to have my milk ICE cold (sometimes I add ice to make it colder)
48. If I could wish for anything, it would be to have my feet the perfect temperature all the time (WHAT? They are always cold! World peace will come eventually!)
49. I can tell when a TV is on, even when I can’t actually hear what’s on—I can hear the high-pitched noise it makes
50. I don’t really feel like thinking of a 50th random thing—you’ve read enough already

Now that you know me a little better, I would like to get to know *you* better, so I tag Julie, Morgan, and Aunt Shelley now (you only have to do 25 if you want).

Adventures of Kenny and Jamie

As always, we stay pretty busy, but try to have a little fun in between. A few weekends ago we rented some cross-country skiis from the ISU Outdoor Center (they are so cheap, only $6 for a set of skiis, boots, and poles per day) and we went skiing. It had been many years since I had been on skiis, and it was Kenny's first time cross-country skiing. We went with some friends and took our dogs and made a day of it!

Left to right: Hunter (in backpack), Grant, Cody (the dog), Cade, Maggie and Joey (our dogs), and Kenny.

The dogs were thirsty and we forgot to bring them some bowls for them to drink out of, but as you can see they were fine just drinking straight from the bottle! :)

Our next adventure--well....to blow stuff up.

Now, it's not as it sounds.....okay, it's exactly as it sounds.

Here's one of my favorite quotes from the afternoon though (before we made our first "explosion"):

Jamie: "Soooo...about how big is the explosion supposed to be?"

Willy: "You know, Jamie, we don't really know...."

Our culprits: Kenny, Cade, Mike (I was just the photographer, I had nothing to do with it! :D )

An empty propane bottle (don't worry, this doesn't cause the explosion) and a film canister filled with Tanerite (this causes the explosion) wrapped with duct tape.

And after the *poof*, you get an extremely dented propane tank. Not really exciting to me but apparently really exciting for the guys!

Next, we set up a canister of Tanerite under a log to see how far the log would fly. This is Cade saluting to the camera for his "last shot of this lifetime" (don't worry, we were standing about 30-40 yards away)...

...but Mike and Kenny were standing farther back and covering themselves...just in case!

The Tanerite was under this log...

...that's what's left of the propane bottle they stuck under there....

....this log flew about 5 yards away from *explosion* site (can you see Kenny's big grin?)...

...and this piece of paper from the propane canister was wedged into the log!

This is what the 4-Runner looked like when we got back (actually, it's a lot cleaner in this picture than it used to be).

Our next adventure was going to Faces of Nepal night at ISU. I have a few nepalese friends in my program and they invited us to go, so I thought--why not? Eat a little food, learn a little culture, what's not to like? ISU has a lot of nepalese exchange students (I've had quite of few of them in my classes over the years) and they've started doing a Nepalese Night as of two or three years ago.

This was our dinner. I can't remember the names of everything, but we had chicken curry (which was really good), rice pilaf, some nepalese versions of potstickers, a couple of other things, and the desert was carrot pudding (NOT my favorite).

This was one of the dances they performed.

This was part of their fashion show.

This is also part of the fashion show, but these are males if you can't really tell (sorry, the pictures aren't very clear).

Other than that, we've just been working and studying as always. But I did get a chance to rearrange and redecorate some of my living room and I LOVE it.

This picture is taken from the front door (above)

This picture is taken from the hallway (below).

We put up two bookcases (my boss gave them to me cause he didn't want them anymore) and they are *nice* bookcases! They aren't completely filled with books, but someday I would like them to be! 2 1/2 of the shelves are DVDs. I have a whole shelf dedicated to my school books/notes/binders/etc. These are the books that I thought were worthwhile to keep.

My decorations on the bookcases.

One of my rearrangement of decorations.

I made these blocks at enrichment for only $2.oo! I love enrichment projects! They provided the paint, vinyl lettering, and the blocks. I didn't finish while I was there because I had to leave early, so I got out my crafty stuff at home and finished them. Didn't they turn out cute? Just a combination of rub-ons, ribbon, fake flowers, and scrapbook paper. If you're interested in making some for yourself, give me a call and I can help you out! :) And the shelves I got at Family Dollar a while back for only $5 for the pair. I love discounts! :)