Nice Doggy.

So a little while ago i went to the fair, and at the fair they have a pet building with dogs of all different breeds in it. I always had dogs growing up and always knew that when I got out on my own I was gonna get a dog (even though i am allergic to them) :( So I thought that when it came time to chose my own dog I would have to pick one that had hair instead of fur, plus I have always loved West Highland Terriers so that would not be that hard of a decision.

But at the fair there was these German Shorthaired Pointers and he was SO SOFT and so nice and so sweet i just fell in love with the breed. He was so pretty and his eyes were so happy to see everyone! Now I want one of these too!!! I have always preferred big dogs, but have always thought Westies were fun, they have big dog personalities in little bodies. But now I am torn! I have quite a while to make up my mind, and lets be honest I will probably adopt a mutt if I ever get a dog again. I love mutts:)

Fall Events

So now that I feel summer is over and fall has begun I have started to think of things that I want to do during Autumn. Here are some of the things I have come up with so far.
1.Go to the Minnesota Harvest apple orchard and gets some apples, some apple butter, oooh and some honey.
2.Go to the HUGE!!! Autumn Festival craft fair at Canterbury Park on November 12-15.
3.Find my way through Sever's Corn Maze in Shakopee.
4.Go on some hikes in the nearby area now that it will start to get cooler out.
5. Make a trip over to the "local" Betty's Pies in the fall for food and pie.
6. Go to the science museum to see the Titanic exhibit.
7. I haven't decided yet if I want to do a Halloween scare myself silly kinda of Soap Factory event or not but I will not rule it out yet.

Those are just a few of the ideas I have come up with so far that I thought would keep me busy until it gets too cold to play outdoors for extended periods of time:)

Getting Around To It.

The following is a list of books and authors that I have always meant to read but have just never picked up for one reason or another. I know one day I will read them, i have sold them to plenty of people knowing I would be interested in these books. Yet, I have never taken the time or money to invest in reading them. So I am putting it down here hoping someone will keep me accountable for at least one of them, or tell me if you think one or another would be a waste of my precious money and time:) Or let me know if there is something awesome I have overlooked.
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

September Already????

Where did the summer go. It seems like just yesterday I was celebrating the warmer weather and now it's September, the beginning of fall in my mind. Fall is my favorite time of the year, not too hot, not too cold. The changing leaves, the brisk winds and the moody skies. But a little part of me still mourns the passing of every summer, all the picnics that could have gotten planned that didn't, all the watermelon and corn on the cob that could have been passed around the picnic table from one friend to the next will have to wait for next year. It is now on to the season of sweaters, long pants, warm drinks, and soon it will be time for Thanksgiving.

Fair Season.

I am so excited. It is time for the Minnesota State Fair. Our State fair is quite large compared to some other state fairs and I have gone every year of my life except the first year. It is not just the fair itself that is so exciting to me, but what it represents for me. It has always been a part of my life as far as I can remember, something to look forward to as a family tradition. It means fun, family, togetherness, gooey tasty food, and a fun end of summer family event before school started. The fair is imprinted as a place where only good times, and happiness has occurred in my life, that is what the state fair represents to me.

It's that time again.

Tonight is my first day of school for the new fall semester. While I am not excited to be returning to class, homework, tests and studying. I am happy about my classes that I have signed up for this semester. Tonight I have Shakespeare and tomorrow night I have American Lit. After I finish this semester I will only have two more semesters...three more classes and I will be done. It doesn't seem real that I could be that close. I could possibly take all classes in one semester and kill myself:) But that is a thought for another time.


I have:
American Lit
Shakespeare
A Literary Criticism Course
My Capstone Course
and some sort of elective of choice
-then graduation.
I wish I was able to go full time I would just take them all and be done with it.

I have decided to take this semester off for personal and health reasons, I will return in the spring and most likely attend summer courses. Right now I have too many balls in the air that I am trying to juggle and one of them is going to drop and take me with it so I have opted to make the decision of taking something temporarily off the table until I can get some other pieces of the balancing act that has become my life under more permanent control.

How does a person go about getting a goat?

So when I went to the zoo we went in to pet the goats, and I made friends with this guy here.

He is SOOOOOOOOO cute!!! He followed me around and kept trying to eat my pants and bag. I want to go back and pet him again!