Nothing new to report really. Just thought I would update since I am just sitting around....I find it amazing how complicated ones life can get even when ones is doing really nothing 90% of the time. lol. I keep thinking of the movie About a Boy...it is an odd little movie, but I like it. Anyway, the guy in it doesn't have a job and is rich so he just fills his time with meaningless stuff. He has a grea quote about it. I will go find it and post it below...then you too can understand what I am getting at.

"I find the key is to think of a day as units of time, each unit consisting of no more than thirty minutes. Full hours can be a little bit intimidating and most activities take about half an hour. Taking a bath: one unit, watching countdown: one unit, web-based research: two units, exercising: three units, having my hair carefully disheveled: four units. It's amazing how the day fills up, and I often wonder, to be absolutely honest, if I'd ever have time for a job; how do people cram them in?"

See a good quote for my life right now....There is another good quote that I like from that movie. I think I like it so much because of how much tv I watch....it is a sad reality. See below

"The thing is, a person's life is like a TV show. I was the star of The Will Show. And The Will Show wasn't an ensemble drama. Guests came and went, but I was the regular. It came down to me and me alone. If Marcus' mum couldn't manage her own show, if her ratings were falling, it was sad, but that was her problem."

Anyway, those are my not so deep thoughts at the moment. heh.

bleh

So much I could say...and yet so much time has passed. ho hum. I guess I am out of practice....I wish my life was more settled at the moment. Just when I think I might have it figured out it gets all crazy again. I don't know where I am supposed to be or what I am supposed to be doing. It is all very aggravating....which is probably the main reason I haven't blogged lately. It is just to annoying to try and sort out my life to myself right now let alone try to explain it to all of you. lol. Anyway, I'm still around and will no doubt pick up my blog and be faithful at it again fairly soon (although I make no promises). :)

Flamingo Postings

Greetings Everyone,
The Mrs. and I had a wonderful vacation to Yellowstone and Laura has graciously allowed us to use her blog to tell you all about it. :) We all traveled down to Yellowstone in two different cars. Luckily the Mrs. and I had packed light so there was plenty of room for everyone else's stuff. Generally speaking we spent most of our time riding in JonTon's car because it gave us a better viewpoint. Everyone was very accomidating and the Mrs. and I had a great time. There were aspects of the trip that the Mrs. and I chose not to participate in as we thought they might be a bit adventerous for us. After all, this was our first vacation. We didn't want to over do it. Still, we had a great time. We saw lots of geysers, lots of animals, and the Continental Divide (several times). It is nice to be home and resting. We are looking forward to the possiblities of future vacations. Thank you to everyone who allowed us to participate in this one. See you all soon. Please Enjoy the pictures below from our trip.

Your Friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Flamingo

The Mrs. and I take a break on a bench in Spokane.


I am not sure who took this picture of us, but at least it didn't wake us up. :)


Us and the family in front of Roosevelt Arch at the entrance to Yellowstone.


A motel we saw on the way, although we didn't stay there the Mrs. and I thought it looked delightful.


The Mrs. and I in front of a Geyser!


One of the many Continental Divide signs we passed.


The whole gang.


We love National Parks!

Dear Milton and Theo,
Since your anniversary we have enjoyed keeping you company out at your farm. However, recently we have wittnessed how busy you have become since deciding to move, and we felt that it was time for us to move on. Truthfully we were beginning to become concerned that we would be accidently taken to the dump or sold at a garage sale. Therefore, we found it necessary to vacate your lovely facilities. We hope you do not feel too bad, for we have truely loved your company.
Recently your family came out to haul wood and we felt it was the perfect opportunity for us to hitch a ride. Therefore we stowed away in their wood loaded trucks.
Since that time we have been enjoying the home of your son. While there we discovered their plans to visit Yellowstone National Park. Since the Mrs. and I have never really been outside of Washington we felt that this was just what we needed. After discussing it with the rest of the your family they have agreed to let us tag along. We are truly grateful and expect the trip to be very enjoyable.
The Mrs. and I have been busy getting ready for the trip. We went to the supermarket to stock up on whatever we might need for the trip and then we set to the task of packing.
Which was quite difficult since we have never really had to think about such things before. However, we feel we have finally successfully accomplished these tasks. We do hope that we can once again visit you once your life has become more settled. You will have to give us a tour of your new place! We will continue to keep in touch. Thank you very much for your care and hospitality. Give Mike our best.

Your Friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Flamingo

um yeah...

Enjoy the randomness...

YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandmother on your Mom's side, your favorite candy)

*Ruth Butterfinger (um...okay...)

YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first two of your middle name)

*Lci (a little odd...)

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)

*Blue Dog

YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)

*Cathleen Fayettville (this actually works...)

YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 2 letters of mom's maiden name and first 3 letters of the town you grew up in.)

*Ferlarilon (how odd...)

Terrorist Name: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled backwards)

*Neelhtac Lesedeir

SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, favorite drink)

*The Blue Shasta (heh...)

New Post!

I know everyone is wondering what has happened to me since graduation. I haven't really blogged much this summer...I have a few exscuses, but I wil leave them out. Anyway, instead of posting a huge blog full of words detailing what I have been up to I thought I would include a few pictures instead...so enjoy the ones below. :)


I of course have been spending a lot of time with my friends in town. It is nice to be back and to be able to spend more than a weekend with them. :)



Early on in the summer we celebrated my grandparent's 60th anniversary. I can't even imagine being married one year at this point...so 60 is amazing!

I also celebrated my 21 birthday in July! It was pretty great. I was able to celebrate earlier in the week with my friends and then later with my family at a great dinner. So far it has been fun being 21. :)

In mid July I was in a wedding for one of my best friends. It was a beautiful wedding and "the gang" had a great time the whole week getting ready. Bachlorette Party, Rehearsal, and wedding day prep. Plus as always "the gang" had an after party as well...

This last week I went up to see my grandparents. They are moving soon, so we were enjoying eachother's company at their house. It was really great, as always.


We sat out on the front porch and enjoyed the heat. :)





We got a big kick out of Mike. He was the center of attention as usual. :)


The sunset there was pretty amazing.


Other than all of that I have just been hanging out with family and friends. It has seemed to keep me pretty busy...now...do you feel somewhat caught up?

It is amazing how two weeks of half looking for a job can make one have all sorts of doubts. There is nothing I hate more than looking for a job. I always feel inadequate. It is annoying because I don't even really know what I want to do. It is odd the different pressures one puts on oneself. I assume everyone expects all these things of me when really I doubt anyone expects much of me at all.

Moving back to Longview has been interesting....It is the little things I guess. Like reprogramming all of my radio buttons in my car...and realizing that I have about 3 friends and if they are all busy life could get pretty dull. And living at home is not as glamourous as it once was. lol. I have virtually no space of my own and my stuff is scattered everywhere because it has no real place it should be! It could very well drive me batty by the end of the summer.

Oddly enough I hate getting up in the morning and realizing I have nothing to do that day. As much I like watching tv there is really only so much worth watching (especially without cable, heh)...All and all I am pretty annoyed with my life right now. I guess I shouldn't be because in a few months I will be wishing I could just be on the couch all day. Why is it we can never be happy with where we are? I know I am always looking to the future. It kinda sucks when you get to the future and realize it is just as annoying as the past. What is up with that?!

Anyway, this is a ridiculous blog...but you know what I say about late night blogging...besides I generally choose to use my blog as a sounding board for all my pent up feelings...so you should be used to it by now....pay me no mind...

What Laura Does After Everyone Else in the House Goes to Sleep...

You Are Austin

A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. You're totally weird and very proud of it. Artistic and freaky, you still seem to fit in... in your own strange way. Famous Austin residents: Lance Armstrong, Sandra Bullock, Andy Roddick

What American City Are You?

Your Outrageous Name is:

Anita Bath

Outrageous Name Generator

Your Blogging Type is Logical and Principled

You like to voice your well thought out opinions on your blog. And if someone doesn't what you write, you really don't care! Serious and blunt, sometimes people take your blog the wrong way. But you're a true and loyal friend to those who truly get you.

What's Your Blogging Personality?

Your 2005 Song Is

Since You've Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson "But since you've been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on" In 2005, you moved on.

What Hit Song of 2005 Are You?

In a Past Life...

You Were: A Ditzy Fortune Teller. Where You Lived: Peru. How You Died: Hung for treason.

Who Were You In a Past Life?

Your Superhero Profile

Your Superhero Name is The Sergeant Skier Your Superpower is Metahuman Your Weakness is Airsickness Your Weapon is Your Silver Belt Your Mode of Transportation is Jet Pack

What's your Superhero Name?

You Are Iceman

You tried to live a normal life, but it just wasn't possible A bit of a slacker, you rather tell jokes than cultivate your powers Powers: turning self and others into ice, making ice weapons, becoming nearly invisible

Which of the X-Men Are You?

Your Inner European is Dutch!

Open minded and tolerant. You're up for just about anything.

Who's Your Inner European?

You Are 10% Redneck

I'll slap you so hard, your clothes will be outta style. You ain't no redneck - you're all Yankee!

How Redneck Are You?

You Are 36% Addicted to Myspace

Your Myspace addiction factor is: Low You're a typical casual Myspace user... you know what it's all about, but you haven't been sucked in (yet)!

Are You Addicted to Myspace?

On Average, You Would Sell Out For

$1,118,111

At What Price Would You Sell Out?

You Are Bobby Brainy

Ultra competitive, you will do almost anything to win. From pull ups to pool sharking, you're very talented. And while everyone is aware of your victories, they still (affectionately) consider you to be a little brat!

What Brady Are You?

You Are Big Bird

Talented, smart, and friendly... you're also one of the sanest people around. You are usually feeling: Happy. From riding a unicycle to writing poetry, you have plenty of hobbies to keep you busy. You are famous for: Being a friend to everyone. Even the grumpiest person gets along with you. How you life your life: Joyfully. "Super. Duper. Flooper."

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

Laura Ferguson: College Graduate!

Hello faithful readers!
Just a quick note to let you all know that I am back at home!
Graduation was wonderful and it was great to have my family and a few friends there with me to help celebrate.
I will have more to say on the whole event in person no doubt. I hope to soon have pictures to be posted so that I can prove that I actually did graduate. lol. :)
My life is fairly unsettled at the moment. It is pretty annoying to be living out of boxes for an indefinite amount of time. All is well though. :)
Tomorrow I will start the pursuit of a job once again. You can all pray for me during this period as I decide what I am to do with myself now that I am done with SPU.
Anyway, had a good weekend! It is nice to be home and I hope to be spending a lot more time with all of you who are around town. It will nice to not have our time rushed and crammed into a weekend! :)

Saturday:

After I got back from hanging at JonTon's house my friends threw me a surprise graduation party! I thought I was just coming back to watch a movie with them, but they had planned a whole event. I was totally oblivious, despite some slip ups that they were sure I caught. :) It was great fun. See some pics below. :)


Let's get this party started! 


The girls attempting to beat me at Halo. :) 


Twister anyone? 


More exhausting twister pics 


My friends are so sweet. :) 


Awww, how cute. 

Oh my gosh, a week left!

So, it is merely a week away until I graduate! It is hard to believe. I finished up my papers on Thursday night (a lot earlier than expected!) and I felt a lot less stressed. I felt like I was done. Which at this point is not exactly true. I still have a couple of finals to live through. Although I am not really that worried about them...Which is sorta the problem. I know that I need to study for them. But I am having a very difficult time convincing myself to actually study for them. I woke up earlier today to attempt to work on them...but I didn't get very far. However, I still have Sunday and Monday. So there is still time. :)

Last night my friends and I went out to Olive Garden to celebrate the end of the year since the last day of classes was yesterday. :) It was great fun. We got their around 7 waited an hour or so for our seat and then didn't leave until 10:00! It was great fun. :) I have leftovers for today too! We stuffed ourselves last night it was pretty amazing. :)

Today I am off to JonTon's for Tonia's chick-flick day. It is sorta a continuation of her birthday celebration. It should be very relaxing and entertaining. :) Yay!

So...how 'bout that finals studying...heh.

The Rest of College Life....ugh.

I have so much to do and so little time as you can see below:

To DO:
-Finish 8 page paper by Friday
-Start/Finish 6 page paper by Friday
-Complete Group Project by Monday
-Study for Finals

Wednesday:
11:00-3:00 Classes
3:00-5:00 Group Project Meeting
5:00-6:00 Dinner
6:30-8:10 Class
8:15 - ? End of the Year Floor Party
? - ? Homework?

Thursday:
8:00-3:00 Last Day of Work
3:00-6:00 Homework
6:00-6:45 Dinner
7:00-8:00 Homework?
8:00-10:00 Bible Study
10:00-? Homework

Friday:
11:00-3:00 Last Day of Classes (turn in papers)
3:00-? Try and Relax or Study for Finals....hmmmm

Saturday:
8:00-12:00 Homework?
1:00-? Tonia's Chick-Flick Party
?-? Study for Finals?

Sunday:
8:00-4:30 Study for Finals or Relax....hmmmm
5:00-7:00 Hall Council End of The Year BBQ
9:00-? Hall Council Moyer Awards Ceremony

Monday:
9:00-? Study for Finals
6:00 Evening Class - Group Project Due

Tuesday:
10:00-12:30 Final #1
1:00-2:00 Final #2

Wendesday-Friday
Kick Back and Enjoy Life until Graduation on Saturday!

As you can see I have papers due on Friday and no time to complete them. It is a problem. However, I figure it really isn't a college career until one has had an all nighter...and well I haven't. However, I think it might happen Thursday night. Ugh.

Pray for me these last 2 weeks!

Something I should take to heart

Patient Trust
by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay.
We should like to skip the intermediate stages.
We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress
that it is made by passing through
some stages of instability--
and that it may take a very long time.

And so I think it is with you.
your ideas mature gradually--let them grow,
let them shape themselves, without undue haste.
Don't try to force them on,
as though you could be today what time
(that is to say, grace and circumstances
acting on your own good will)
will make of you tomorrow.

Only God could say what this new spirit
gradually forming within you will be.
Give our Lord the benefit of believing
that God's hand is leading you,
And accept the anxiety of feeling yourself
in suspense and incomplete.

um...yeah.

Well it is Friday. And while I should be excited that the week is over and I am one day closer to it all being over I am pretty much annoyed at life. I think I have decided that I hate transitions. Transitional stages in life generally suck. I like my life to be settled...I don't like my life to be all up in the air.

I hate that I don't know what I want to do with my life. I hate that I feel the need to live up to some unknown society standard...that when choosing a job I think to myself, "will this be good enough?"...Good enough for who exactly? I just don't want to be that girl...you know the one that finishes college, moves back home to her parents and works at Sears or some other equally lame job.

At every transitional stage in my life I continually think to myself, "if only I could skip the next 5-10 years..." Is life really going to be any better in 5-10 years? Who knows.

I am just frustrated this week I guess. Tired of counting down the ever elongating days. Ready for it all to be over and for life to be once again settled....

25 more days

I am fairly annoyed that it has been over a week since I have blogged last. I guess that goes to show you that I am fairly busy. Granted I have time to goof off, but apparently blogging hasn't been a priority this last week....well maybe it was just that I don't feel like I have much to say...

I went home this last weekend. That was really nice. I really really didn't want to come back to Seattle. :( I am ready for school to be over. I am tired of it all. Bleh! heh....Anyway, the weekend was good. I spent most of it with my friends I guess. Mom was gone so I only saw her on Sunday, which worked out well since it was Mother's Day. :) I also spent a lot of Saturday with at Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Larry's since Gloria and Deborah were down. It was a very relaxing weekend. :)

This week is moving by pretty slowly. I don't have anything major...I have a quiz on Friday, but other than that it is pretty easy. However, this weekend I have to work on a paper or two. They aren't due for a while, but I don't really have any other time to work on them...Hopefully it will go well. :)

I have been working on my resume and finally got it the way I like it. I am hoping to be able to put it to use soon. :)

I guess that is all for now...

How I spent my weekend, etc.

I thought that this weekend would be all work and no play, but it seemed to work out alright. I had 3 papers due Monday so I had to work pretty hard this weekend to get them finished...but not as hard as I thought I would have to. :) I finished one on Friday which I had started the weekend before. Then since it was Cinco de Mayo we decided to celebrate it how it was meant to be celebrated: chips, salsa, and a chick flick. hee hee. (see picture). Then on Saturday I woke up at a reasonable time and worked on my 2nd paper. I had about half of it done before lunch and then finished it by about 2:30 or 3. I was then able to go shopping with JonTon and hang out with them for the rest of the day. I was able to buy a nice pants suit that will come in handy for interviews in the near future. :) Then we chilled and played Settlers of Catan a few times...Jonathan won both. :( Then on Sunday I finished up my last paper which was really more of a question and answer session. I was able to chill a little on Sunday too. I had a Hall Council training meeting thing (for the newbies) in the evening. All and all it was a pretty good weekend. I was pretty happy with its results. :) I am looking forward to this weekend when I am coming home for a short visit. I don't know if I will be able to see anyone really, but it will be nice to be home. I will be home for a longer visit on Memorial Day weekend. :) This week is pretty busy. I have Hall Council tonight. Then tomorrow I have a late night filled with secret fun (any guesses?). Thursday will be spent with work, homework, and sleep, and Friday is Hall Council Initiation for the newbies (5 a.m. wake up call!) ugh. It should be fun though. :) I will be tired come this weekend though...it will be nice to come home....only 32 more days!

More pics

Karen and I help set up :)


Hall Council Picture


Amber, me, and Emily watch the happenings


Emily and I


Amber and I