laura's first post

it's true folks.  laura here.  breanna just gave me the run down on how to sign-in and get all the right buttons clicked...then threatened me (with the death of my firstborn) into making a post RIGHT NOW! 

i'm not much of a blogger to tell you the truth.  i like to share my adventures with the world, but this honestly just feels a bit too vulnerable.  what if nobody cares that i won a $280 lawnmower yesterday and am seriously debating starting a lawn service (think middle school entrepreneur)...or that kara and i tried about 50 samples of dutch cheese at the marketplatz today (surrounded by people over the age of 70 and japanese tourists)? 

let's face it.  you don't care. 

how did you even happen upon this blog entry anyway?  i have no idea. 

but because i don't want to lose the firstborn child (that i am determined to never have), i will continue.  and because maybe someone somewhere will think this is entertaining.

the other day, some of the ladies in our neighborhood took a personality test to help us learn what kind of jobs would best suit us.  one of my top personality traits is apparently "connectedness"...or "believing that everything happens for a reason...and being sure of it because in your soul you know that we are all connected."  basically, i'm a real live hippie, which i think is awesome. 

but i really do believe that our stories are all connected.  and that everyone's got something for me to learn.  so i will add my voice to the roomie rondezvous (or however the heck you spell that). 

i also need to take this moment (seeing as it might be my last at the rate i'm going here on this post) to say that i love my roommates!  i constantly feel uber uber lucky to have ladies in my life who will walk beside me daily...make me laugh, listen when i tell them about my day, encourage me to grow in faith and love, and put up with my drying rack all over the tiny apartment, my need for soft lighting at night, and my lack of fashion sense (along with all those times when i'm just plain mean).  if you don't have people in your life that love you unconditionally, you should get some...or just move in with us...you can share the closet with katie.



i think this post was supposed to be about kara and my tulip time adventures, so i must confess, I LOVE TULIP TIME!  and tulip time is even more enjoyable (can that be possible?) with kara.  besides sampling cheese, we've also watched selena dutch dance, gone to a vintage baseball game ("Will you please tally my ace?"), watched some mexican dancing, and taken many, many tacky pictures in the mercantile bank tulip time photo booth that we emailed to every email address we could remember.  still sad we couldn't remember scott vroon's. 

is that sufficient bre? 

V-day Party!

We decided to throw a party for Valentines day.....

We had food, 

and decorations, 












 




lots of friends.

And took plenty
 of pictures!

Hangin with Sulley and Mike Wazowski

Puzzle Time! 

A couple late nights, a few random spare moments here and there, and some good ol' fashion team work...leading to yet another puzzle finished! 

Free pancakes!

We found out it was free pancake day at Ihop, sooooo of course we had to go :)  it was delish!

Cougars on the Prowl

Today started out like any normal day for Katie and I. We both had our various work commitments, slaving the day away. Due to the unexpected weather Mother Nature had presented us with, it was particularly difficult to stay inside on such a beautiful day. Katie invited me to accompany her on a rendezvous around the neighborhood with her lovely canine companions. We were walking along, enjoying the last remaining sunbeams of January, when we encountered three polite boys. They asked, "Can we pet your dogs?" We willingly obliged. Izzy wasn't a fan of these new strangers, but Goldie gladly welcomed the attention and affection. I questioned one of the young lads about their choice of hair color, seeing as he had blue and purple streaked through out it. Apparently it was wacky hair day at Holland Heights. Oh, how I miss those carefree days. Anyways... We continued on our way and resumed our deep discussion of what the rest of the night held in store. We got about a half a bock away from where we stopped when we heard on of the boys call out, "You're cute!" We refused to turn around, faces red from giggling. We were just hit on by three 4th grade boys. Flattered, Yet. Sorry boys, we're all a little to young to start the whole cougar/cub type relationship. I would try using that charm on someone around your own age, you might just get a response.

 

So now Katie and I are sitting here in Lj's.. unwinding after an adventurous day, watching the clouds release the extra H2O they have gathered. Fortunate for Katie, she got her rain boots in the mail today! They are being put to good use already.

 

-B

 

 

Laura & Katie do late night walk

Looking past the fact that some adventure mates bailed at the last minute......Laura and I went onward with our late night walk in the woods of the greater Holland Heights area!

I ate SNS!

So we decided on an evening trip to Steak 'n Shake.....while on the way we attempted a kidnapping and then stoped a kid from breaking the law!  When we finally made it to SNS we had some great food!  A crazy claw, red bull, and fries can all be found at your local SNS.  Andrew also received a wealth of dating advice from the roommate rendezvous.  Maybe You can be our next lucky friend to join in the adventures!

bre and kara do starbucks and donutville.

you know when sometimes when you get that overwhelming urge to eat a donut [or at least i do...], nothing, absolutely nothing can get that out of your head? totally happened today. i wish i didn't feel so crummy after consuming such sinful, yummy, circular treats...

Blokus!

We played some games.

puzzling.

a lovely 999 piece [yes, one is missing] winter scene puzzle.

we finished our first ever roommate puzzle! check out our reaction...

first adventure.

with hopes of going on an outdoor adventure to van raalte, west michigan was, yet again, unpredictable. too much fogginess, too much rain, too much slush. we opted to do something indoors, so that prompted us to REARRANGE! we are all a big fan of changing things up in the apartment, so viola! inspiration.

what do y'all think?!