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July 25, 2008
Webkinz
Our youngest is a huge fan of Webkinz. Every time we get the kids, she asks to go on the computer so she can sign into Webkinz, and if she can, she'll spend hours online taking care of her pets. About a month ago I decided I wanted to see what the whole Webkinz thing was about, so she and I went to the nearest Hallmark to see which Webkinz animal I wanted to get as my pet. Since there isn't a Webkinz dachshund yet, I decided on the white Samoyed. As soon as we got home, we started setting up my account. When you first adopt a Webkinz pet, you get a room for them, a certain amount of Kinzcash (your currency to spend on the site), and a couple of introduction items for your pet, including an exclusive item for their house (mine was an arctic slide) and a special treat just for that particular pet type. (My pet is named Scruffy. He's a nerf herder.)
I initially dismissed Webkinz as something just for kids, a simple site with adoptable animals to keep kids occupied, but the people who came up with the idea put a lot more thought and detail into than I realized.
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July 24, 2008
Crüe Fest
I was looking forward to Crüe Fest since I bought the tickets back in April, and I was not disappointed. It was a BLAST.
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July 23, 2008
tidying up
My work is having a family-invited event on Friday. In the past I haven't been too excited about these things, but this is a pretty major one, so Mike and I are both going to be attending. I'm pretty excited because this will be the first time he'll have been in my office. I'm preparing by cleaning up like someone getting their house ready for a date to visit, which is funny since I've been with Mike for almost five years, and we've lived together for almost four years. He knows what kind of clutter I am capable of producing, so it's not like a messy desk is going to come as a surprise to him, and yet here I am, tidying up paperwork, wiping down the top of the desk, and making sure everything looks all spiffy for Friday.
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July 22, 2008
and that's a wrap!
I finished the last part of my final exam today, which makes me officially through with classes, homework, tests, and the like for a month. Life without schoolwork feels gloriously decadent thus far. I can't imagine I'll get tired of it and start longing for the fall term to start up sooner, but we'll see how the rest of the month plays out.
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July 21, 2008
lots of looking
When I'm not doing homework or laundry or taking out the trash (or playing Webkinz), I am either snuggling with my puppies or taking pictures of them. Sometimes I do both at the same time.
Maddy looking at Jordan looking at me:
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