pretty pretty

Although there is a lot of work still to be done before the end of the semester, we got out of the house for a little while today to take pictures of pretty flowers on campus and get some fresh air. All the rain leaves everything pretty and green!



This is the chapel on campus. There are always brides and wedding parties taking pictures all over campus. I saw a bride and groom taking pictures with Sparty last weekend.




These last trees are right as you drive into our apartment complex.... The colors are so refreshing after a dark gray winter!

my computer lives!!!

I realize that nobody was probably as stressed about my computer as I was but I received it this morning and it works!! YEA!! I'm trying to decode the paperwork and it looks like the replaced the motherboard and some sort of light or something in the monitor. Regardless, it works and I actually didn't lose any documents or programs or anything.

Back to homework that I can actually finish now that I have a computer....

my sad little computer

So, I haven't been able to write a blog recently because my computer died. Very sad...

It happened on Monday after I taught (thank goodness) but as I was getting ready to write a paper that was due that afternoon. Luckily, Mikel has a laptop that I can use and I just recently backed up all my information so I have not lost any information but I just do not have access to all of it right now.

It was probably the worst possible time for this to happen, seeing as it this upcoming week is finals week and all my end of the semester papers and tests are due. The good news is that I talked to HP and I sent my computer to them and they will be able to fix it, not for free but for a reduced price at least.

As soon as I have my computer back, I will be back to normal and updating our blog! As for next week, I have two papers and one take home test due and then I'm home free for the semester! I can't wait to take a break from teaching and taking classes and start on a research project of my own. It will be a nice change of pace.

Mikel will miss his basketball class a little bit but he did hear that he got very good reviews from his students so hopefully that means they will hire him back whenever they need more teachers. He's doing really well at Sears and enjoying that a lot still. Now we're just waiting for the rain to slow down a little bit so we can go to some Lugnuts baseball games and get outside a little more!

through the years...

So there's not much new going on here (because there is so much school work to be done) but I thought I would procrastinate and share some pictures of us through the nearly 6 years we've known each other.

The biggest changes seem to be in our tans....

crosstown showdown

Michigan State's baseball team played the local minor league team the Lansing Lugnuts (go nuts!!) in the crosstown showdown. This is apparently the third year in a row that they've had the game and the Lugnuts won the last two but MSU won 12-2!

It was a fun game and there were a TON of people. Luckily, it was a really nice day and it was Thursday so the 'Thirsty Thursday' $2 beers were quite popular!

They even found a way to get coach Izzo involved... he got a standing ovation at the game as he was announced as being the 1st base coach during the 3rd inning...


We had really good seats too! We were right behind third base and only 3 rows up! Unfortunately there were a lot of lefties who sprayed foul balls our direction but, don't worry, we escaped without losing any of our teeth!


This picture is Big Lug, the Lugnut mascot. We're not really sure what he is- it's like a purple and green spotted dinosaur walrus thing...

Most people had left by the bottom of the 9th inning when we took this picture but it's a pretty nice field!