Saturday, 14th of January, 2006

The day was wonderful and filled with much activity!! Alisha and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings with Callie and some of her friends to watch the KU vs. KSU basketball game. Saw an old friend- Swine, and we conversed for a while. It seems we were the only KU fans in the place! K-State beat KU- breaking our 31 streak loss- I am actually very happy for my university! Went to Dairy Queen and we ate our cherry dipped cones outside- it was in the 60s- in the middle of january- can you believe that?!! Then we went to a matinee showing of "Tristen and Isolde". Which I think is the new Braveheart.

hope chest

hope chest
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Dad made this for me when I turned sixteen!!

room

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This is the opposite wall. There is a map of London, then a poster Jared got me of Piazza San Marco in Venice(Venezia) adn at the far right are Alpha Xi Bid Day Pictures.

room

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this is one of my walls...there is a drawing i did of Van Gogh's- cafe terrace at night- in high school- oil pastels. then of course my world map...and then a map of venice on the right.

foyer

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Forget about my feet at the bottom!! Jared drew that picture of Grandma and Grandpa Brull- it is their wedding picture. Dad built the furniture peace below that.

kitchen

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Photo of our kitchen and you can see the table set my dad made!

living room

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This is the living room and one of my favorite quite places to relax in.

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picture of our family room during Christmas!

ktichen-Aix

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Our little kitchen! The stove is to the left and the frig is on the right.

bathroom-Aix

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Steph and my's bathroom in Aix. Hence hard to take good showers! But we enjoyed baths!

dogs on our hike-Aix

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Two lost dogs that followed us and fought with eachother sometimes. This was on our hike to Mt. St. Victoire.

living room- Aix

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View of our living room from the ladder up to the loft. I should mention, I got these photos from Steph.

wine tasting

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Steph, I, Lauren and Erin at our first wine tasting! This was on our first excursion in February.

Liverpool vs Sao Paulo

Jared and I spent the afternoon of the 18th in Willie's Bar in manhattan. It is the only bar in town that has FSC(Fox Soccer Channel)...Liverpool vs. Sao Paolo in Tokyo for a tournament. Luckily we hadn't eaten all day, so we had a reason besides soccer to go. Everyone else was watcing hockey and american football. Sao Paulo won one to nil, but it was a great game. And very enjoyable. Felt like I was back in Europe at the Bars!!!

konza praire

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we went hiking to konza praire this afternoon from 3-5pm. mostly no tree shade, but this bridge was really bouncy!!!

Oktoberfest

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This is what the time is all about!!- good beer...

Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

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So today after our great sneak last night, we headed back to Manhattan. Ate lunch at Panera Bread Co. and set down to studying in the dining room next to Olson. Then Olson, Kayla and I headed to Target and back to studying some more. Around 9:30pm Kelly and I went to wash my car and play tennis at the Rec. Weather was excellent and when we were leaving I saw Jared with Tracey and Meghan on a different court. Then I tried to teach Olson how to drive a 5 speed. We came back and played Heart and Soul on the piano in the formal room. We had a good day together and now it is winding down. But it was a good fall break:
Friday- Oktoberfest with Sherri and Grandpa, then went to the Cabaret play at FHSU. Saturday- went to the parade and watched Fiddler on the Roof and hit up Bingo after Church. Sunday- drove back to Manhattan and the Juniors went on their sneak!!

Tennis

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So today I decided to try something new at the Rec and I played tennis. They have a few half courts so that people can play on their own and practice. It was a little cloudy and just perfect weather to be out there. I plan on doing this more often. Especially because I was able to sign out a racket and tennis balls, so I won't have to get my own. I have also made plans to start playing racket ball with Alisha and Emily!

Wine!!!

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Just to give you a visual to go with our wine tasting!!!

Topeka!

So, Saturday morning Jessica, Alisha, Jill and I went to Topeka to do some shopping!!! I think you could say we all spent our money well. I know that I am excited about the new jacket I bought and a cute top to wear out for salsa dancing! Alisha purchased some new jewelry and some jeans. Jill also got some jeans and some candles at Yankee Candle Co. Jess got a new air freshner from Bath & Body and some tops. We headed back towards Manhattan and as we were discussing having a wine tasting for our Alumni event, we saw a sign for free wine tasting- next exit. So, of course we had to pull off and try some. We got carded so I tried the great fudge samples instead...and everyone else bought a bottle. Jill read us the very detailed brochure about Elderberries and how they are apparently a cure for almost anything- ranging from colds, asthma, to cancer. Good to know that the word is getting spread throughout Kansas! Also discouvered that there are 12 wineries in Kansas. Later in the evening Alisha, Jill and I indulged ourselves in a glass of wine, a movie and random points of interest on the web!