Day 687

6/3/12
Lawrence, KS

Finished Donald Miller's 'A million miles in a thousand years'- it's a fantastic book, I totally recommend it!

Day 686

6/2/12
Lawrence, KS

Diamond Jubilee Block Party on Mass St. with Anna, Mad Greek for lunch, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' with Kevin (great movie!), and dinner at Applebees with the fam. :)

Day 685

6/1/12
Kansas City, MO/Lawrence, KS

Tammy's last day at work :( My last day before the trip- hair cut @ Skyline, meeting at Spaces in Lenexa. Then we packed up items for auction at Grandma Lee's.

Day 684

5/31/12
Merriam, KS

Packed for the trip!

Day 683

5/30/12
Overland Park, KS/Merriam, KS

'Yoga Flow' with Danielle and dinner at Perkins- fun time!! Started packing for the trip- with a thunderstorm in the background! :)

Day 682

5/29/12
Merriam, KS

Lit pretty much all the candles I own this evening... because now my apartment smells like dead squirrel.. :(

Day 681

5/28/12
Spring Hill, KS/Olathe, KS/Lawrence, KS

Went to Spring Hill, KS to look for dad's father's parent's graves and had a really fun and interesting morning. Lunh and a new found restaurant in Olathe called the Old 56 Family Restaurant that had diner food with a 50's theme. Anna and I had our May recipe test at her (parent's) house since she's moving and her kitchen is in upheaval. We took our food to Potter's Lake on the KU campus and had a wonderful evening. Also- my first firefly sightings of the summer- and a random lightning show on the way back to my apartment! Awesome day! :)

Day 680

5/27/12
Lawrence, KS

Saw The Avengers with the fam- awesome movie!!

Day 679

5/26/12
Lawrence, KS

Kevin messing around with grandma's lamp shade, visited the Lawrence cemetery, dinner with family friends and Beans walked a rope between Kevin's arms! :)

Day 678

5/25/12
Nevada, MO/Paola, KS/Johnson County/Lawrence, KS

HUGE thunderstorms in the KC area- tried to go to Warrensburg and had to turn back the storm was so bad. I heard then on the radio that area I was in was in a flash flood warning and had gotten 3-5 inches of rain. No wonder! Super long day driving, and slept all evening!

Day 677

5/24/12
Cameron, MO/Excelsior Springs, MO/Belton, MO

Went on a long travel day for work and got a bonus thunderstorm in the evening!! :)

Day 676

5/23/12
Merriam, KS

Phillip Phillips won American Idol. He was good, but it should have been Josh!!

Day 675

5/22/12
Merriam, KS

Silence from the wall.

Got a ton of work done on my portfolio.

Day 674

5/21/12
Merriam, KS

The poor squirrel can still be heard in the wall. Stupid maintenance is basically sentencing him to death.

Day 673

5/20/12
Kansas City, MO

Sea Life Aquarium and Fritz's diner with the Laffertys and the McSweenys. Fun time! Mom and dad dropped off the kitchen table for my apartment. :)

Day 672

5/19/12
Merriam, Ks

Woke up to find a squirrel stuck in my wall. Called the apartment to get maintenance to come get him out.

Day 671

5/18/12
Merriam, KS

Spent the evening fighting with my computer to print info for the trip.

Day 670

5/17/12
Lawrence, KS

Bill Vogler gave a lesson on Revelations for the final of our Bible Study- it was awesome! Also had 4 teeth filled earlier in the day.

Day 669

5/16/12
Merriam, KS

Pet Store game on my Kindle is addicting!

Day 668

5/15/12
Lawrence, KS

Filled 2 cavities, lunch w/ Mom and Kevin at the Juice Stop.

Day 667

5/14/12
Lawrence, KS

Moved the grandfather clock from Grandma's to her fore Kev. Dentist appt. and have 6 cavities. Sad face. :(

Day 666

5/13/12
Lawrence, KS

Mother's Day lunch with the fam, cleaned up more at Grandma's house, and walked around the Freestate track and kicked around Kevin's rugby ball.

Day 665

5/12/12
Lawrence, KS

Muncher's for breakfast, and the official moving day. Uncle Scott was there to help too. Her roses smelled amazing like always!

Day 664

5/11/12
Nevada, MO/Lawrence, KS

Nevada for work, then helped move Grandma and met Kevin's rat Beans.

Day 663

5/10/12
Kansas City, MO

Witnessed a fender bender @ work- gov. vehicle meets the beat-up security guard's truck's passenger door. Hilarious. Hitting a parked car was classic.

Day 662

5/9/12
Kansas City, MO

Innocent prank at work for a co-worker who was moving into a new office- they are an Arizona Razorbacks fan and I printed out a Jayhawk/Wildcat Welcome home sign and put it in a frame for her. She didn't see it coming. :)

Happy birthday dad!! :)

Day 661

5/8/12
Merriam, KS

Went to see 'Mirror Mirror' in theatres- it wasn't very good- don't waste your $ :(

Day 660

5/7/12
Merriam, KS

Worked on my portfolio :)

Day 659

5/6/12
Lawrence, KS

Shopping for the trip at Penney's- I got all the shorts/capris I need! Big storms too! :D

Day 658

5/5/12
Kansas City, KS

KC Sporting game at the new stadium with the fam! Fun evening!! :)

Day 657

5/4/12
Lawrence, KS

Recipe test dinner with Anna! Indian tacos and homemade salsa! :)

Day 656

5/3/12
Kansas City, KS

Beautiful day! :)

Day 655

5/2/12
Merriam, KS

Downloaded German, Austrian and French classical music onto my ipod. :)

Day 654

5/1/12
Overland Park, KS

Took a cycling class with Danielle. Ouch.

Day 653

4/30/12
Overland Park, KS

Gentle yoga class with Danielle- and Winsteads for dinner after! :)

Day 652

4/29/12
Lawrence, KS/Merriam, KS

Thunder and a rainy day :)
Helped out @ Grandma Lee's again today and watched the William and Kate: One year later special

Day 651

4/28/12
Lawrence, KS

Helped Grandma Lee pack up some belongings- a beautiful day out

Day 650

4/27/12
Lawrence, KS

Thunderstorms in the area! Pizza Hut w/ mom and dad and trip info googling on the internet. Fun simple evening!

Day 649

4/26/12
Olathe, KS

MNU trip meeting with dad!!! Crash course in German... not much rubbed off. At least I can say 'meat' in German now, lol. Super fun evening!!! :D

Day 648

4/25/12
Overland Park, KS

Classic yoga class- crazy poses, but fun!!

Day 647

4/24/12
Merriam, KS

Started organizing my closets... now the hallway is also a mess.. :)

Day 646

4/23/12
Merriam, KS

Made a veggie quiche for the first time- delicious!! Also went through all of my pants/shorts to weed out those that do not fit and which I could take on our trip. Looks like I'm going shopping!! And Goodwill will soon be getting some donations!!!

Day 645

4/22/12
Merriam, KS

Uploaded zoo videos to YouTube, uploaded zoo blog to Wordpress, Uploaded zoo pictures to Facebook, Worked on Portfolio. Very technologically heavy evening!

Day 644

4/21/12
Omaha, NE

Fun day at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium with Anna, Lindsey and Chad!!! :D

Day 643

4/20/12
St. Joseph, MO

Stayed at Lindsey and Chad's to head out early in the morning. Spent the evening talking and playing games - like the pirate's cup game. :)

Day 642

4/19/12
Kansas City, MO

Long but satisfying work day- completed the finish board for our current project.

Day 641

4/18/12
Merriam, KS

Inside Pottermore :)

Day 640

4/17/12
Overland Park, KS/Olathe, KS

Pilaties class with Danielle - I'm SO sore today!!! UGGG!! Got the new Moriah Peters cd and went to my old Target in Olathe!! (They are updating and changing it, it's so strange!)

Day 639

4/16/12
Kansas City, MO/Overland Park, KS

First ice cream truck sighting of the year! Plus knocked off another item on my manifesto for this year and took a yoga class with Danielle!!

Day 638

4/15/12
Merriam, KS

Worked on my portfolio and signed up for Pottermore :)