tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79198134682816498642011-07-30T19:12:38.295-06:00The Shannon River at River of ShannonShannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.comBlogger1311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-13928486766770575332009-03-03T22:04:00.003-07:002010-09-06T22:00:28.232-06:00

I decided to go back to my old blooger bloggie. Just for the heck of it. Find me over there now!Here's the link: The Shannon River

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-3447891404929837242009-02-04T01:41:00.002-07:002009-02-04T01:50:17.929-07:00

Yeah. Corn nuts are okay, if you haven't eaten them in about a decade and you're feeling really peckish... and they're all that is available.Today another student asked our professor if eating in the classroom was okay, and he said "Sure. *pause* Just don't eat corn nuts. They're way too loud and they make the room stink."LOL. I agree.I had a class on the first floor of this one building on my

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I don't know if I ever mentioned this, probably not, but I will now. It's not earth shattering, just a little something to get off my chest.In my college graduation last year there were photos taken by this one big *cough*mass monopoly*cough* company during the ceremony. They sent out my proofs and one didn't look half bad, the other was even better than that. So I ordered a copy of each

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-23042301139068664562009-01-22T13:21:00.003-07:002009-01-22T14:36:31.762-07:00

What a tease. I signed into my student portal for college and it lists me as a Senior. *sigh* I'm not really. I'm still technically a Junior.I had 6 semesters left to complete before I graduate when I transferred schools last summer, I have completed two of them. By the end of this spring semester I'll only be halfway done.This can just really suck. College is hard to complete in just 4 years,

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-27257239256475845132009-01-20T21:34:00.002-07:002009-01-20T21:38:06.519-07:00

First day of school today. Went rather well. I'm finally in classes I've wanted. Too bad I only have one year left to cram all the classes I want into my life. I hate that I had to waste my time on so many crap classes I had no interest in but was required to take. Feh.Not much to say about the day other than quickly figuring out which people in this class are going to highly grate on my nerves.

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-41147097578907906012009-01-12T23:12:00.002-07:002009-01-12T23:19:33.526-07:00

So I had logging in problems for a long time and I just felt kinda "eh" about posting. We had to put one of our birds, a cockatiel, to sleep because he had a tumor in his abdomen.Anyways. So it's a new year though it's already been crap for me in just the short 2 weeks thus far...Here's something. One year ago I bought textbooks online and it took forever for them to get here. I ordered them with

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-56388890637614605782008-12-08T12:58:00.003-07:002008-12-08T13:14:13.932-07:00

We all have our stupid moments. But I have post this one, and it's not about me so Ha Ha.We had group presentations last week in one of my classes (I just loooove those!) Anyways, in someone's power point presentation they spelled "aesthetic"... "ascetic". I could hear my professor's brain explode behind me, because his master's is in English.I hate to be one of those people but I am a bit of a

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-25709519432654799382008-12-04T20:19:00.002-07:002008-12-04T20:28:14.343-07:00

We have some snow on the ground here and I always feel for the squirrelies. We have a special wooden box secured to the house for the flickers. (I always call them Flicker-dee-dees.)Well, the squirrels and flickers always fight for the box. Actually we do have two of them, I'm not sure who is in the second box. But the squirrels have won a box for now. They are able to climb the stucco on the

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-61154967422194753802008-11-21T16:10:00.001-07:002008-11-21T16:15:11.267-07:00

I adopted two kitties about 7 years ago. One a siamese and the other a calico. I've had them since they were kittens. (The callie was saved by my vet tech friend and she convinced me to take her.)Anyhow, so they were tiny when I adopted them. Well, whenever I let the ferrets out of their very large cage the kittens would head in there! They would check out the whole place, the three levels, and

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-45430416596956782752008-11-18T23:20:00.002-07:002008-11-18T23:24:43.319-07:00

Yesterday in class we were discussing various things. The professor asked "What happened in January of 2001?"My correct answer (bush took office) was loudly overridden by this woman who shouted out "9-11!!!"Um yeah. Let's examine this, shall we? 9-11 is called that because what? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

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so just click on it to see the full image.Anywho, I find this to be super true:(especially for this one class of mine where the professor seems to be in another wacked-out dimension with his thoughts and questions.)more music charts

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-49324223761887420192008-11-16T22:11:00.003-07:002008-11-16T22:15:14.905-07:00

Today I had to go on a field trip with a classmate for a group project. She drove. We went to a hot springs because that's what our project is about.Just yesterday I increased the dosage on a medication. Today I didn't have any lunch and not much to drink either. I may have ingested just a little bit of the mineral water by accident too.On the way home I was feeling very queasy and car sick. We

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-89684369702038261282008-11-15T21:38:00.002-07:002008-11-15T21:44:00.611-07:00

Boring post about my homework. It's just one of those weeks/weekends where I'm swamped. But yet I'm happy I'm not procrastinating that badly!I wrote one paper on Thursday night. Took all of Friday off. Today it took me 5 hours to write the other paper just because I didn't want to and I had no focus. But I finally got it written. Then I did a piece for my group presentation on Monday. I need to

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-26247034188359856462008-11-11T21:59:00.002-07:002008-11-12T14:24:07.736-07:00

EDIT: Hmmm... sorry if the formatting is off for this picture.Click it to see the full view.

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Alright, that's it. We need to stand up and let our voices be heard. The time has come. I want an outright BAN ON BUTTCRACK.Dude, there is this person in one of my classes... she sits right in front of me... she's plump and yet squeezes herself into clothes that are 5 sizes too small, especially her beloved low-rise pants. And every time she stands up or sits down I'm treated to a great view of

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I got into all the classes I wanted. I just registered for my spring semester. Last time I registered I was frustrated because I was waitlisted on three courses I wanted. Not this time! :-)I'm taking all science classes, which makes me happy.In other news, I don't have much other news. Just coping along.You know, there is one thing. My dad is usually a very patient guy. Mostly easy-going and

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-26295011596795023952008-11-01T23:18:00.002-06:002008-11-02T00:04:21.070-06:00

For Tammy... (her blog) Cuteness!see more puppies

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-61655010119555448102008-10-28T00:24:00.003-06:002008-10-28T00:39:24.420-06:00

It's barely a secret... I love ferrets and otters. Very, very much. (and any other remotely related critters to them, including raccoons and skunks.) Anyways. I love all animals, but ferrets and otters are just my all time favorite.Webkinz is finally coming out with an otter! And btw, here (http://cuteotters.com/) is one of my favorite sites. Check out the adorable otters earlier on the page

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-66191698338869689242008-10-24T12:29:00.002-06:002008-10-24T12:37:01.576-06:00

Well, I have been going through some very personal hardships lately, so that's why I haven't been around.Soooo, I'm going to post another tale from the Bus Barn. Well, really, it's another amusing tale from when I drove a school bus for 3 years. It was my rookie year and I had just been switched from one route to another one. Which was actually a very stupid move and I'm still kinda peeved at the

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In continuing my minor stories from my bus driving days I'd like to share a story that I love.I was driving a bunch of rugrats to Denver and I had the misfortune to get behind someone who progressively drove slower and slower and started weaving a bit in the lane.I kinda waited for a prime opportunity to "nail" her... and when I saw her whip out her mascara wand and tend to her eyelashes in the

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-79702823967902564332008-09-29T20:11:00.002-06:002008-09-29T20:27:27.374-06:00

Random stories pop into my head from my bus driving days... one of them is really minor and puerile but I can't help share it anyway.I was designated as a field trip driver which I really loved doing. I got to travel and see places for free. Typically I would just drive people some place and then read for hours by myself or something. The only reason I bailed was to make a better life for myself

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-77661184263419874822008-09-23T17:42:00.002-06:002008-09-23T18:08:14.359-06:00

Don't you hate it when a bunch of events line up to embarrass and/or annoy you? Well, that happened to me today.I took my husband's cell phone with me to school. Long story. Anyways, I could not figure out how to get it to "silent mode". (and I'm pretty savvy with that stuff.) So, I turned it off for most of the day.Now please also note I do not get many cell calls. At all. Only from family, as I

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Alrighty then, finally something to giggle about. I'm required to read a book by Michael Pollan called The Omnivore's Dilemma. It's a very good book.(Oh sure, the book goes on sale after I had to buy it for college. Naturally.)I was pretty grumpy when I started reading it, however that changed when I got a giggle out of a passage. In mentioning America's past uses for corn cobs, he of course

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-61749211050158654532008-09-16T21:17:00.003-06:002008-09-16T21:27:15.415-06:00

Ugh. Stupid school. So much reading to do. Hate it. Can't speak in complete sentences.So I'll say what I did for fun on Sunday. We have a membership to our local zoo and I was able to pet a tarantula and a wallaby. I wanted to take both home, they were so cute.One time I drove a field trip of buttheads kids to the zoo. It was a bit of a dreary day, which is actually how I like it. But because of

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-60081299430596185772008-09-10T23:48:00.002-06:002008-09-10T23:51:59.843-06:00

(I think that's the person I should be crediting. The actress goes by that name. I don't know. What planet are we on again?)Anyways. I find these videos completely hilarious. This chicka should be on SNL stat. Or something better. Warning: they are annoying because they are supposed to be annoying.Part 1Part 2

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-28911460107001758492008-09-07T22:09:00.002-06:002008-09-07T22:16:59.722-06:00

What? you say with bated breath.I finally got a used college textbook with boogers in it. I'm so happy. I once had one with naked pictures drawn, man, bring that back.Reminds of me of the time I was book shopping with a college friend. He just grabbed one off the shelf and I said "Hey, don't you want to check for boogers?" And he replies "Nah, it'll be a midnight snack."Can't remember what karst

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-27265530314851074962008-09-05T01:58:00.001-06:002008-09-05T01:59:34.553-06:00

It is imperative that you know the following information.I was sitting in my classroom at my university when I glanced over at the wall and saw this written there:BOOBS!NADS!As you were.

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-19354101290087233782008-09-01T23:17:00.003-06:002008-09-01T23:26:20.326-06:00

I think the beginning of fall is one of my favorite times. I always feel better this time of year, knowing that cooler temperatures are on their way. I'm very much a cold-weather person.I'm very tired too. Just going through some emotional stress. And it's taking a toll on my body a bit too. So yeah. Tired seems to be the word for the weekend.Well, this is completely random but awhile ago I found

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-43697962729786867792008-08-30T00:41:00.002-06:002008-08-30T00:55:12.359-06:00

I got my first ever award! Yippee! Thanks to Jennifer!Ummm, well, let's see. I'm doing this class that is pretty much learning about wine and doing wine tasting. It's an upper division geography elective. I feel kinda silly taking it, especially when I do kinda yearn for calculus or physics or something... but it's satisfying a requirement for me. It's a much sought after class (wonder why) and I

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-10929214175222780532008-08-27T14:13:00.003-06:002008-08-27T14:19:12.608-06:00

I thought I would do my little part in helping this make the circles on the internet. This is very sad, but thankfully not tragic. The poor sweetheart doggie. Makes my heart break.I'm just going to post the main link. The update on the dog is at the top, and then you have to scroll down a couple of entries to read what had happened.The Chai Story, a dog toy poses danger to all dogs.I'm really

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-28515259336042255502008-08-26T17:35:00.002-06:002008-08-26T17:38:13.539-06:00

I am BEAT.Between walking all over campus, which no matter what direction you go in seems to always be uphill, and hustling to catch shuttle buses... I am wore out. Due to the hills we need to change our uni mascot to the Mountain Goats.

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-64362895149400980152008-08-26T00:39:00.002-06:002008-08-26T00:47:25.119-06:00

Well, I don't have much to really say about my first day of school... other than mayhem. I couldn't figure out where the shuttle would be picking me up. I held it up for about a minute. :-( But it was nice of the driver to wait for me. And unlike other bonehead people I actually hurried my ass across the parking lot to get to the bus ASAP.Then I go to the wrong classroom. Good job! The building's

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-75963932005472060222008-08-24T22:39:00.002-06:002008-08-24T22:46:30.200-06:00

I need to morph into a 6 foot 8 inch, 275 pound (all muscle) guy on Wednesdays.It bites to be a college woman. I have to get across campus late on Wednesday night, my class gets out at 8:30 pm, to catch the shuttle to my car. It's a pain to have to call campus security and wait for them to show up and then walk you across campus.It's also a pain to have to maybe try and catch the campus van, but

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-57260333571521989412008-08-24T12:14:00.002-06:002008-08-24T12:38:34.671-06:00

That title has nothing to do with the post actually. It just popped into my head because I watched a small spider walk across the floor just now. I wish I could've caught him and taken him outside, but he was motoring at a faster pace and I didn't have anything to catch him in.I haven't had much to really say because not a lot has been going on. I start school tomorrow which I'm not so excited

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-43766987486368097002008-08-14T15:47:00.003-06:002008-08-14T15:50:56.290-06:00

I'll never forget hearing my dad give my husband this piece of advice on the golf course.In regards to the time old "keep your head down" rule for hitting a golf ball... my dad helpfully passed on this pearl that his dad told him."Visualize a piece of string tied from your nose to your nuts."

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-33688961549581150532008-08-13T18:06:00.002-06:002008-08-13T18:10:54.012-06:00

Dipping Jalapeno Cheetos into pickle juice while simulaneously eating pickles with chunky peanut butter might be a great idea... but let me assure you, it's not.I need to go double check my college ID and see if I really am in an institution of higher education.(Seriously. What is up with that? You start eating some odd ball combination of food and it tastes so good you can't get enough... but

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-68189404051566673862008-08-12T21:07:00.002-06:002008-08-12T21:14:45.010-06:00

Ok. That's it. This is just a short little entry to shut my head up.I miss being a math major. What is up with that? Why can I not stop thinking and obsessing about this? So fine. I needs a plan. Or two. First I will go to an advisor and see about adding math as a minor. However. I don't think that will be do-able at all since I've already lost two semesters without any math classes. And I only

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-83896889283520353582008-08-08T10:09:00.002-06:002008-08-08T10:16:44.772-06:00

I've been away for 5 days and 4 nights this week. In a lovely hotel. With air conditioning. But it cooled off this week. Now that we're leaving, the temps will rise again. Smashing. *eyeroll*I earned an A in my geography class (weather and climate) and ... *sigh*... an A- in my Philosophical Filmmakers class. Now I definitely got a straight up A on my term paper so that minus part of the grade is

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-21032183446162292092008-08-01T12:17:00.000-06:002008-08-01T12:20:45.577-06:00

"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." - Matt Groening

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One semester is done, five more to go before I graduate again. There is something to consider... if I took more than ~12 credit hours in the fall and spring, I could finish faster. Maybe. But my grants only cover that amount. Sooooo. It's just a matter of what is most important to me. I'd rather not take out more loans than I have to, and I'd rather not overload myself. I'd better re-evaluate my

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-40712961897616873632008-07-22T17:07:00.002-06:002008-07-22T17:14:51.512-06:00

Here is another situation that annoys me greatly while in school. Edition number 791. Ha.Anyways, I hate when you get that student in your class who suggests, at every chance, "Let's do a field trip!" And they do it because they're thinking "Oh BOY! A day outside in the sun without having to do schoolwork."Ummm hello. Taking a field trip does not cancel out a day in the classroom. This isn't

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-64124777078695024682008-07-21T21:37:00.003-06:002008-07-21T21:45:08.757-06:00

Good grief. It never fails. You get a test back and students have to whine about the grades. I got a 98%, which was the highest in the class (yes, bragging) and well... I have to admit, the test was actually pretty easy, yet there were 3 C's, 1 D and 3 F's. Wow.Anywho, the prof had about 5 females at this throat about their grades. Whine, Whine, Whine. Unfortunately/fortunately he did listen to

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-3844767709397213992008-07-20T21:44:00.001-06:002008-07-20T21:46:02.413-06:00

I've been quiet because one of my beloved ferrets passed away last week. I've been really depressed all week.

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-89652568013643237452008-07-11T14:13:00.002-06:002008-07-11T14:26:52.666-06:00

I just survived my first week of my new summer class. I am loving it. I love the subject matter, even though it's review for me, and I love the professor. Turns out... the professor is one my mother had before. When she got her degree 10 years ago, she took a geology class and loved that professor. But that wasn't at this same college and all she could remember is his first name. As I sat in the

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-4295050790957674282008-07-07T12:30:00.004-06:002008-07-07T12:54:12.185-06:00

Because I changed my major from math to geography I have some freshman classes to catch up with. It is crazy to go from a junior level in college to a freshmen level. The differences in the classes are so outstanding.Not only that, but so far everything is a review for me. We talked about astronomy and geology. I've had both. The only frustrating thing is... being asked a question you once knew

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-31806263874955097392008-07-05T12:51:00.002-06:002008-07-05T13:03:53.048-06:00

The follow up to my last post about insurance is that our insurance company denied the post-op visits because the Doc stuck a scope up Ryan's nose. And they don't want to cover that. So now we have to pay the co-pays, and it's $90.Even sadder... My dad chatted with me this morning and said "Did I ever tell you there's a lot of bullshit out there?" I said "Kinda, which bullshit are we referring to

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-25924734850149049962008-07-01T13:37:00.002-06:002008-07-01T13:49:43.698-06:00

Julliet. What a pretty word and even sounds pretty. Though most of French does sound pretty unless you have to make that sound like you've got something caught in your throat.Dang. I just didn't feel like golfing today. I didn't feel like being out in the hot bright sun. However, now it's clouded over! It would be very nice outside.Lately our afternoons are reminding me of my childhood. When I

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-83591118492349183902008-06-30T19:11:00.002-06:002008-06-30T19:18:46.367-06:00

Well gosh. Tomorrow is July 1. *baffled*I did a group presentation today. I did ok, but not great. The next group has a loud mouth, long winded know-it-all (or he thinks he does) in it. Before he started talking he said "First I'll get to my points then I'll heckle the last group about what they said because I disagree with nearly everything they said."I'm going "WTH?" The rest of the class was a

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-84598500961459867322008-06-26T23:03:00.002-06:002008-06-26T23:10:43.899-06:00

I know I've complained about this before, but I'm abouts to do it again, yo.I had to take out a loan to pay for my summer semester. My total is about $1800 with books and everything. (Not including the $50 parking pass I will probably buy.)My university has a program with local colleges. For transfer students if you sign up you can either get a "scholarship" for $800 off your first tuition bill.

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-17098193930400328702008-06-25T23:07:00.003-06:002008-06-25T23:15:19.862-06:00

You know that comment I talked about in my last post? The one I made in class but biffed up my talk?Anywho, that comment was given credit to someone else in class today. NUTS. So apparently it was a pretty brilliant comment for the professor to reference it two days later. But someone else got the credit. HOW are they going to give participation points when things like this happen?*frowny face*(I

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-52763161052722959692008-06-24T00:28:00.002-06:002008-06-24T00:45:01.474-06:00

What a great term. A Hitchcock term for some "invisible driving force" in humans and films but really have no major significance in and of themselves. (quick link) Watched my second Hitch film today... I think I like him the best, but probably because he sounds so similar to my creative styles. A highly planned perfectionist. For instance, in one of his films supposedly only less than 5 seconds

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-86938256027398702962008-06-22T12:42:00.002-06:002008-06-22T13:02:32.629-06:00

The mister and I had fun yesterday. We decided, kind of spur of the moment because we are mad-cap like that, (ha) to get out of this city. We drove to a small town about an hour away.First we walked around a few antique shops. We saw a photographer taking pictures of a just-married couple. And this lady who was on a Harley with her old man offered to let them take pictures of them on the Harley.

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-57158890786230244582008-06-21T00:18:00.010-06:002008-06-21T23:33:38.027-06:00

Ok. I'm feeling a little bored and I thought I would share something with y'all. I am a trance/electronica lover. (I'll just leave it at that for now. It's late.)I discovered Gigi D'Agostino in 2002. Love him. He's a genius, underline 3 times. I have his album L'Amour Toujours and the whole thing is excellent. I used to repeatedly look for updates, but because he's Italian it's hard to find his

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-75018067832868419032008-06-19T11:55:00.002-06:002008-06-19T12:10:14.650-06:00

I'm a guest "blooger"! Go here to see my brilliance shine. Hahahahaha ;-)I have to go to school today to do my group project and it looks like it will finally thunderstorm around here. I love thunderstorms and now I may have to miss out on this one because I'll be in the lye-berry. Dammit.Sadly this is all I have to say for myself at the moment. I have to go research the movie we're doing a

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-49115478402775857692008-06-18T22:43:00.002-06:002008-06-18T22:54:59.114-06:00

*sigh*What is with people? I suppose that is the question for all time, actually. But specifically, people at my university. The shuttle bus was just about to pull out. The driver was nice enough to stop and wait... and wait... and wait... as this girl just kinda wandered her pleasant little way through the parking lot over to the bus.This is the second time that's happened. It's just annoying to

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-47598146629052714362008-06-16T20:48:00.003-06:002008-06-16T20:51:16.876-06:00

Today is my birthday. We really celebrated yesterday because I would be in school for 7 hours today. I had a nice day. Both yesterday and today actually, though class was very long. The weather is cold, damp and cloudy and that's my favorite kind of weather. So even the weather gave me a little birthday gift!

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-69140607233225377842008-06-13T23:52:00.001-06:002008-06-13T23:53:48.405-06:00

This slays me right now. more cat pictures

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-75241379322792297622008-06-12T16:42:00.002-06:002008-06-12T16:46:44.147-06:00

I've been quiet about this... we had to put our last gerbil, Teddy, to sleep on Monday. I'll tell the story later, I just haven't been in the mood to really talk about it much. The story intertwines with my first day of my new university too. But anyways.So I thought I would just update a little bit and include an adorable picture of my two boy gerbils. Teddy is the mostly black one and Storm is

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-61817826814969762312008-06-10T19:06:00.002-06:002008-06-10T19:16:51.935-06:00

I got hit by a golf ball on the links today.It was just a bad situation. There was a huge hill blocking my view of someone teeing off at the adjacent hole, hole 2. We were on hole 9. Anyways, all of the sudden this golf ball comes whizzing at me and grazed my left arm. Well, a little more than grazed, but it didn't slam straight into my left arm. "I was winged!"The dude said "Didn't you hear me

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-31457495168885860342008-06-08T21:42:00.002-06:002008-06-08T22:46:50.509-06:00

Yep. Tomorrow is the first day of school for me. *sob* I'm so sick of homework. But I'll live. Maybe.My parents got me a great new bag for an early birthday present. It's black with hot pink and it's on wheels. I already have a navy blue roller bag, but this one can store a laptop! :-D Tee hee!! It's very cute. I think my mom said they had black with light blue... wonder why they didn't pick

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-61682670835236309352008-06-07T22:00:00.002-06:002008-06-07T22:26:28.780-06:00

First I'd like to add something to my earlier entry about doctors appointments being "lost". I just wanted to add, while this receptionist wasn't a total b**** about it... she never did say "I'm sorry." They never do. It's never, ever their fault. It's always the "stupid" patients fault for actually believing they have an appointment at that time. I just hate that attitude that receptionist's

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-84885657961250059922008-06-07T13:52:00.002-06:002008-06-07T14:20:38.816-06:00

So this past Thursday we had to hit two doctor's appointments. One at 10:50 and one at 12:30. Worked out pretty well and they really weren't too far from each other. The first one went fine.Then we went to the second one, the neurologist. And as I half expected, they "lost" our appointment. I sure wish I hadn't left the card on my night table with the receptionist's handwriting on there for the

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-77112498982239534402008-06-06T18:01:00.002-06:002008-06-06T18:05:28.818-06:00

Well, oooookay. So I changed my layout again. ;-) It has been hard holding back since I found all those free layouts that look so nice. (although I hate that bar at the top, why that color darnit?)Anywho... I did change because I decided I wanted a lighter design for now, what with summer coming up and all. I love the beach, actually I love all things water related. I might end up rotating

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-70519878821444370602008-06-04T14:31:00.002-06:002008-06-04T14:42:51.995-06:00

I, hate, commas, with, a, passion.I'm always, always, sticking too many commas in my writing. Be it here or even in term papers. I don't know what it is about me. I need to go to Comma Reform School. Or Comma-holics Anonymous.I also need to very quickly break my habit of staying up until 0300 and sleeping in until noon. I will have to do that today. School starts next week. *groan* In July I'll

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-71247886992106071742008-06-04T01:29:00.002-06:002008-06-04T01:30:47.658-06:00

I would like to point out that my typing "blooger" is not technically a typo... I did that on purpose. That's what I call Blogger for fun.I'm living it up, all giggity style, huh? Awl right.

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As you can see, I discovered a site where I can get free blooger layouts. This is very exciting. I loooove changing my layouts and now I have a million point sixty-four different choices. Watch out now.I've been re-reading a few of my old posts, wow, there are a few typos in there. I probably shouldn't call them out, but I guess I just did. The perfectionist in me can be overwhelming and really,

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-69629802986402039472008-06-01T15:19:00.002-06:002008-06-01T16:12:24.065-06:00

First day of June, huh? Boy oh boy. I can't believe how fast time goes.So this month means a few things for me. First, my birthday is on the 16th. And I was born at 11:16 am, kinda cool huh? (of course, 0616 would've been really neat.)But it means the start of school once again. *sigh* I'm kinda sick of homework, ya know? And I have two years staring me in the face. 6 more semesters. But I'll get

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-17551888881811611362008-05-29T16:00:00.002-06:002008-05-29T16:11:46.436-06:00

Or not.Since I don't have much else to talk about right now, I'm going to talk about the dirty skivvies and the mattress. Wow, this is going to be a really strange post. Best if you have a hard drink.Anyways, after about 2 days of the white adult male skivvies getting run over by cars in the road, they crept closer and closer to the neighbor's house across the street. Well, on Tuesday my dad,

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-50888264167627350362008-05-26T13:16:00.003-06:002008-05-26T13:26:01.308-06:00

That is a super weird, yet almost on target, kind of subject for this post.It is Memorial Day weekend. Hence, lots of places are having sales. Our mattress is just going to complete crap. It is a Denver Mattress and I'm a little disappointed in its performance. We bought it in 2002. Now it is getting older, but really, by 2004 it wasn't comfortable anymore.We do not have the money for a new

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-56751488313440171992008-05-23T15:53:00.004-06:002008-05-23T16:40:52.456-06:00

This is nothing new to me, I've encountered this situation before and I know all about it. However, just recently it happened again and now I'm compelled to whine about it.So we buy Ryan's special super duper triple anti-biotic nose spray. His healing after the surgery is kinda slow going, but it's getting somewhere. Oy. Anyways, hence the need for this anti-biotic nose spray.It has to be mixed

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-82791760837735700672008-05-22T14:54:00.002-06:002008-05-22T15:03:13.716-06:00

In the interest of at least attempting to be entertaining, I think I will share another Bus Barn story. Tales from the Bus Barn: it was written and so it shall be.Anywho, I started my rookie route on a shaky foot. I have stories from that experience, but for now we'll skip it. After shuffling me around a bit they finally found a place for me in SPED driving - special needs.One time in May I

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-46582660037547688092008-05-19T13:33:00.002-06:002008-05-19T13:38:35.078-06:00

Every time I see spam in my email boxes I think of my astronomy/geography professor. In geography he would talk about how we could get cheaper drugs in Canada. Then he would joke something about how if his wife didn't stop signing him up for Viagra Runs for the Border... He kept getting offers to do that in his email box.My brain went on vacation. I'm starting to regain a little bit of my senses.

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-71401838112507204422008-05-15T00:58:00.002-06:002008-05-15T01:04:11.363-06:00

Each semester is like a new mini-job. You have your 2 week "breaking in" period, you're wary of the boss/professor with evaluations/tests, then once you hit your stride the semester ends! And an aside - you often don't see some cool peers you met in that class anymore which is sad. It's also amusing that sometimes the last week or two of the semester is when you all may bond together.Anywho. I am

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-38888784027072330052008-05-11T14:20:00.002-06:002008-05-11T14:46:09.923-06:00

Yay! I had a fantastic graduation yesterday. Things went 100% better than I expected them to. Except the wind... man, every special day I have it has to be windy. That drives me nuts.Anywho... the news of the hour is that I did indeed make Magna Cum Laude! I was in line for registering and receiving honor cords and I'll admit, I was just about to cry thinking that I was going to get a single

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-83214807244794677892008-05-08T22:04:00.003-06:002008-05-08T22:10:56.922-06:00

I earned straight A's this semester! :-) I am so happy and pleased.I am still quite frustrated... you see, I went to college in 1998 and I was studying for a Radio and TV Communications degree. During that time I earned a few B's and one C. Also last semester I earned one B and one C. (and one A.) That semester made my GPA tumble 10 points which royally sucked out loud. (from 3.77 to 3.67)Anywho,

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-68843540928091544812008-05-07T00:18:00.002-06:002008-05-07T00:22:28.071-06:00

Today I had to perform my French skit... it went okay.Then I had to sit through history class.Then I had to study for my geography final.Ensuite, I had to take the geography final.Our teacher brought cookies and brownies to our class. She said "Please, enjoy these cookies and these brownies with marijuana."Sweet! If only.I just have my history final on Thursday. Maybe sometime after that I'll

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-23921942665420717752008-05-05T20:45:00.002-06:002008-05-05T20:57:37.987-06:00

Well, that's a cheery title, eh?I hate stress. Who doesn't? But I have to put on a skit tomorrow in French class, which I am highly NOT looking forward to doing. Then I have a final in a geography class where the test is always oddly hard. I just did 6 hours of writing different papers that were due for that class tomorrow as well.I have my history class final on Thursday. Then I can enjoy myself

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-6492996975049719762008-05-01T22:30:00.003-06:002008-05-01T22:50:38.337-06:00

I'm in the mood to keep this mostly short and sweet. Wow, better mark this day on the calendar.First the very sad news. We lost Storm, our gerbil, on Saturday. He passed away. Probably from some kind of upper respiratory infection. We just didn't catch it in time. I don't know. I don't want to talk about it too much, I'm still very sad. We love you Storm and we miss you! You will forever be in

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-71998080489872845912008-04-25T00:34:00.003-06:002008-04-25T00:44:27.675-06:00

I'm feeling depressed. And I really would rather not get into it much, who needs a lot of whining? Yeah.So I will say I got a 91% on my history paper. Yay, good.I sure wish I had some extra money. Though I would be torn about spending it on our credit card debt, or actually doing something. And the thing I would really like to do right now is go to Glenwood Springs. I would love to be able to do

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-63904537483567149232008-04-22T23:33:00.002-06:002008-04-22T23:37:59.652-06:00

Really, just school work, school work and more school work. Feeling stressed. What else could be new? Ugh! And I have 2 more years of this. Oh well. So I will share this joyful piece. My French teacher played this for us in class. Without subtitles and without the ending at first.J'Attendrai Le Suivant.

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-67429908597575554542008-04-19T21:15:00.003-06:002008-04-19T22:26:12.304-06:00

Ok, I'll post a few pictures of one of my ferrets. I just happen to have these handy.Ferrets. They can get into a "dead sleep" that will scare the hell out of you. One of my boys did that to me today.I think, since I'm about to post a few of his pictures, I'll finally try to tell the story about Mordecai.My Mordecai is a privately bred ferret. I adopted him and his brother because it would be

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-36356170681715401562008-04-18T01:25:00.003-06:002008-04-18T03:42:24.931-06:00

I have Spring Fever, big time. I just have to admit it. With a bad case of school-itis. Bad combo.I refuse to go to bed until I do my annotated bibliography. But like a kid who is ordered to stay at the table until she finishes her brussel sprouts (one veggie I hate, along with okra), and consequently the child would rather sit at the table all night to avoid the disgusting, vile food... I think

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-35062931376242087402008-04-17T16:20:00.004-06:002008-04-17T16:36:04.218-06:00

After being blase (you know, with the accent grave or whichever accent it is) I finally succumbed to Twitter. I decided it just might be kinda nice to state short sentences here and there, because there are times I want to but it seems silly to make a whole post for it.I'm stuck here at school of course. I should be doing an annotated bibliography, but I'm choosing to ignore that right now. I

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-43987265819560810532008-04-13T16:40:00.002-06:002008-04-13T17:13:59.376-06:00

You know... I am aware that what makes a blog, or a person, interesting is what they write or share. Sometimes I wish I could share much more of my life, but I also am petrified of giving too much information away.Maybe I could start taking some pictures or something, to at least make this blog a little more interesting. I can certainly show off all my cute critters, at the very least! So maybe

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-85354325493728712902008-04-13T11:21:00.002-06:002008-04-13T11:34:25.989-06:00

Bleh. I just tried to do my state taxes... I'm sure I did them all wrong. I'll have my dad check them over. I feel so confused on them this year because of my unusual circumstances. I only made about $1000 for a work study and I closed out a retirement account (only about $4000 worth) to pay bills last year. So I'm not sure what to do exactly. *headache*But onto the more nice thing... I got my

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-9445500227863467142008-04-11T11:55:00.002-06:002008-04-11T12:01:24.057-06:00

Ring update du jour. LOL. Should be the last one, and it's quick. I found some rings I really love, for a decent price and we have them on layaway. There ya go. They really don't cost much at all, but I don't want to put them on a credit card. Anyways, moving on.I did sign up for the Philosophical Filmmaking class. At least to hold a spot for me until I make a full decision. I'll have a strange

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-81833398093503736192008-04-09T21:59:00.003-06:002008-04-09T22:04:36.997-06:00

I went to my $20 big fat waste of time and money orientation today. Lame. Totally and completely lame. I paid $20 just to make these administration workers do their salaried jobs.If you had a chance to take a class called "Philosophical Filmmakers" would you? I'm a little intrigued... but... I'll try to find out more about it, I suppose. I think it would fulfill a humanities requirement.I have to

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-48574302715266748422008-04-08T22:51:00.002-06:002008-04-08T22:56:21.683-06:00

Ok. Nobody cares... but I think I found a wedding ring set that I love. It's $540 on sale though. *cries* That's actually not too bad, given all the other inflated ring sets that I've been seeing out there... but still.So what I'm going to do is this. I'm buying a set that looks almost identical in sterling silver and CZ's. I do not mind CZ's one bit, but I would rather have 14 karat gold. Oh

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-56294702388702216692008-04-08T16:12:00.002-06:002008-04-08T16:17:15.250-06:00

Aw crud! I feel the need to share something with y'all. I went to my college's computer lab and played around online for a little while. On a very crappy "old" computer with a keyboard that seems to have acquired some mysterious sticky fluids over time. Then I came to the library to do some studying for my history test I have on Thursday.BUT! There are 2 new computers here in the library. In

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-70443237042811660442008-04-07T22:49:00.002-06:002008-04-07T23:01:26.131-06:00

My dad, my husband and I golfed again today. Colorado in the springtime is just great. We saw sun, thunder, corn snow, wind and the sun again. It got pretty miserable for a short while there with the ice cold wind blowing right in the ears.I'm really trying to think of ways to not be super boring. This blog thing is still... interesting. I mean, why read me? I attempt to be witty and entertaining

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In French class... I missed the first part of this conversation so I don't know what it was, but the professor replied "Ca. Just don't say it twice though." LOLDang, I am going to miss her, she is great. I might try and take French II with her, even though I'll have to pay for it out of pocket.She also said that she calls port-a-potties, biffies. LOL! I love that too. I so have to remember

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Aw, last day of March. I can't believe tomorrow will be April. Well, at least I only have 10 of each class left now. I should put a countdown ticker on here, lol. I've made it 2/3rds of the way through this semester, I can make it. I'm excited that it's getting close to the end.Tomorrow or Thursday I'll have to go get fitted for my graduation gown. And check on what my school allows for Phi Theta

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-10231593878463053322008-03-29T22:47:00.002-06:002008-03-29T23:04:47.883-06:00

Truly? I have nothing exciting to really talk about. Except this, which is pretty much only exciting to me. My graduation attire is coming together.My MIL gave me a bunch of clothes years ago to donate to Goodwill. I held onto a few really good pieces, thinking I might actually be able to get something for them on consignment. Never did check into that. Well, I dug through the closet and found

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-80419398623911377782008-03-26T16:34:00.002-06:002008-03-26T16:48:20.773-06:00

Ryan and I just went to our city's new Costco. And we had lunch basically. Wow, I couldn't believe how many samples that were being offered.2 different things on crackers, cheese on crackers, cheese by itself, pancakes, veggie scrambles (Morningstar veggie food, I love it), pita chips, ham, tacos, burritos, mushroom soup, carrot juice... and a FULL container of yogurt!! I had Harvest Peach. Kinda

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-58344177008482670902008-03-25T10:59:00.002-06:002008-03-25T11:48:36.657-06:00

That title has nothing to do with this post really. I just saw the words on a crafts site and now it's stuck in my head. I did go shopping yesterday for some bead making stuff though. I plan on making my own necklace, earrings, bracelet and anklet to wear for my graduation in May. We'll see how this goes.Our car was done yesterday. Yay. And slightly undercost too. First the AC work came to be

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Well, shoot. I really don't have anything spectacular to write about. I'm on "spring break" finally. Though how can we call it that when I have to do homework all week?There is an outbreak of salmonella in Alamosa CO right now. I was there 2 years ago, I'm glad it didn't happen then. I took an overnight school bus trip down there. What a story that is.I loved my job of driving the jocks and field

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-32395516872121604252008-03-21T14:53:00.003-06:002008-03-21T15:00:31.949-06:00

My history prof taught us a valuable lesson on how to survive a bear encounter while hiking. Actually two lessons, but the first one has to be a skill.#1 - Lecture about history and the bear will fall asleep.If that don't work go to plan B#2 - Bring a 22 caliber pistol. Wait, what? That won't stop an 800 pound grizzly. No. But if you shoot your spouse in the foot then you will be able make a

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-86810260881322306222008-03-19T22:31:00.002-06:002008-03-19T22:42:59.695-06:00

Yay! We finally have DSL. My husband and I were up all night last night watching crazy animal videos.School is... well, school is. *sigh* Next week is my spring break, but that doesn't really matter as I have lots of homework to do. But at least I don't have to go sit in classes all day. We'll be paying a bunch of money to get my car's AC fixed though, oh joy. Also, I am highly looking forward to

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-10118708667149337802008-03-15T21:24:00.002-06:002008-03-15T21:39:27.853-06:00

I did something stupid today. I spent money we can't afford. I really honestly hate myself. Worse? I shopped at places that give NO refunds, returns or store credits. What is wrong with me?My husband and I went to Old Colorado City, basically just shopping places. Usually high priced.I found ONE bargain. There was this ferret statue that I found last year that cost $125. Today we just happened to

Shannon Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992682500741044800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919813468281649864.post-44678393461113850112008-03-11T17:24:00.003-06:002008-03-11T17:30:20.640-06:00

The Force is not strong with this one right now.Good grief. I bought two rings just before they A) went on further sale and 2) I got a coupon for 15% off.I did get to use a 10% off coupon when I made the initial purchase, but dammit!"Luckily" I am sending one back already because I didn't like it. But now I've paid $16 more for this other ring.My timing totally sucks on this right now!

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