Quick Update.

We're alive.

Our internet went kaput.

Comcast can't be here until tomorrow evening.  [That's 3 whole days since we called to report the problem.  Great customer service, huh?!  Ugh.]

BarBri has officially started so that's fun...

We finished painting K's apartment and he is officially moved out and moved in.

We'll be back with more updates from the weekend.  It was epic.

Wishing I was still on the Mighty Birch...

Memorial Day.

Have a fabulous Memorial Day weekend!  To me, this is the official start of summer.  We'll be heading north to the cabin.  The best part - Spence and Mo will be joining us from Kansas!

  

[Pictures from Pearl Harbor, during our trip to Hawaii (January 2012)]

Let's Hangout.

Google+ Hangout is the coolest thing since sliced bread.  Seriously.

This week I was able to catch up with my best friends from college.  I couldn't stop smiling and laughing because it was just like we were all together again.  This is the perfect way to chat with friends and family who are far from home!  Minnesota, Tennessee, Mississippi, Maryland, New York, and Florida brought together without the hassle of travel.  That's not to say this is better than a real-life reunion.  But it will do until next time!

My fabulous former co-workers used Hangout also to rehash our recent escapades to Arkansas.  Here we had Minnesota, Florida, New York, Missouri, and California representing!

We had to try out the Google Effects.  Yes, we are nerds.  But we get each other and that's the most important thing.  They let you layer effects so at one point there was a cat with a beard and an eye piece.  And that's where I lost it and couldn't stop laughing!

Modern technology is just amazing.  Who would have thought we'd be able to video chat with multiple people, from all over the world, at the same time?  I can't wait to see what Google comes up with next! (Full disclosure: I'm obsessed with Google.  Gmail, Reader, Chrome, Blogger, etc.  I love it all.)

Summer Storms.

I love summer storms.  I love the lightning, the thunder, the giant raindrops.  I love it all.  But I especially love the moments before the storm.  When the sky slowly gets darker and darker.  How the wind will pick up.  The neighborhood gets quiet as people head indoors.  I love it.

Tonight we're expecting a storm.  Nothing too big, a little rain, a little thunder.  Nothing like the storms that will come later this summer.  Just a little preview.

While I was out checking out the storm rolling in, I had to check on my peonies.  Peonies are my absolute favorite!  The big one near the door is almost ready to bloom.

But over on the side, one is already bloomin'!

And my volunteer irises are looking so pretty!

Of course, I had to bring some of the loveliness inside!

 

Irises and peonies...does it get any better?!