29. Fire Ant bites hurt

Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 by mksphoto

So I havent edited any of my pictures from Florida yet but I thought I would post a quick update about the rest of our trip to Florida.

It was a really fun trip hanging out with teh g-ma and of course the sister and mother.  We mostly cleaned and sorted through my g-mas house and attic.  It rained the whole entire time.  The only time it did not rain was the 1st day when we left CO and made it to Illinois.  Everyday after that it rained, even on the way back.

We did get to the beach once and we found some pretty cool sharks teeth on the beach.  Also we got to drive my grandma’s golf cart around which was pure awesome.  The breaks in it were very touchy and if we breaked a bit too hard the passenger (usually my grandma) got thrown toward the windshield and possibly given whiplash.  Though she didnt seem to mind too much.

Because it rained so much all day everyday there was a swamp in my grandma’s back yard.  At night the frogs would come out and croak and ribbitt all night long.  Well one evening my sister and I decided to go trek through the swamp.  Well that was pretty much a bad idea because the fire ants were out (yes in the water) and climbed up to my back and with out me knowing bit a good sized patch on my back.  It looks like my skin was rubbed raw and it is highly uncomfortable, itching and hurting.  I suggest never go outside when there are fire ants around even in the rain, lake, or swamp, they will attack!

Other than that we didnt do too much hung out, ate, slept, played skip bo, cleaned, sorted, organized, and that is pretty much it.  It was pretty good!

Now I am back in sunny CO, hoping to find a job soon and getting ready to start school in the fall.

28. Welcome to Florida

Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by mksphoto

When I think of Florida I think of sun, beaches, sand, hot, humid, and brightwith some oranges spread in there somewhere…

However on this trip to Florida I have encountered 1 of those things: Humidity.  It has rained the whole entire time I have been here and by whole entire time, I mean whole entire time!  I have not seen sun once since I have been here.  I am here with my Mom and my sister visiting my grandma and we drove 27 hours or so from Colorado.  Kylie my sister drove most of the way with my mom driving a couple hours between, it took us 2 full days of driving to get to the small retirement community my grandma lives in.

We haven’t done too much I played skip-bo (an awesome card game) with my “awesome” sister last night.  nO seriously she is “awesome”.  Kylie wants this post to be all about her so lets talk about her some more:  She thinks she is pretty cool and she wants Aunt Louise to know she got your birthday card and thanks you for it.  Anyway on with more about Kylie:  She is 25, works in a child care center at a gym.  She went to St. Olaf in MN and loves long walks on the beach and watching sunrises.  She is ready for love and is up for anything.  ;)

Back to Florida, hanging with the g-ma and playing more skip-bo.  I will post pictures when I have them.  Stay tuned for the second edition of  our Florida adventures.

27. I am Really Bad at Bowling

Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 by mksphoto

So I went bowling on sunday with a bunch of my friends and everytime I bowl I come to the same conclusion:  I suck at bowling. 

On sunday I did better than I normally do and got a record high for me: 77.  Now you may think 77 isn’t too bad, but if 77 is a lifetime high, it is.  I have never broken 100, and I have never come close, but I plan to some day.  I also learned on sunday that I do fairly well if I throw the ball granny style.  However I do very bad if I try to spin the ball.  I even made it bounce once. 

If you think i am exaggerating I am not.  My all time lowest score at bowling is 3.  Thats right in a bowling game of 10 frames where you bowl a total amout of 21 balls and each time you have a chance of hitting up to 10 pins, and I got a total of 3.  Now granted this was back in high school and I have come a long way since then, but I will never forget that day.img_0208

This image is from my college days.  This I guess is how my friend Sarah would celebrate when she got a strike.  I am pretty sure this is one of my favorite images of her!

26. Fall is my favorite Season

Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 by mksphoto

So this last fall — yes I realize it has been at least 4 months since it could maybe be considered fall — I asked my sister what she wanted for Christmas.  Her response was pictures of Fall.  My thoughts went something like this ahhhh….  I don’t take too many pictures of nature and I definitely never set out to actually take pictures of nature, so I was a little wary.  I was actually pleasantly surprised when I looked through my images and found these particular images I was pretty impressed.dsc_0300dsc_0286dsc_0260

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Clearly I suck at Blogging.

Posted in Uncategorized on Monday, February 16, 2009 by mksphoto

So clearly I suck at blogging.  I guess I feel like I have nothing really to say, but that can not be true is it?  I am a talker, I talk all the time, I used to always get in trouble at school cause I would never shut up!  So now when I have an outlet to talk – I say nothing, that just does not seem right.

So I thought to I should write about my self, so here is a list of things about me:

  1. I love making lists
  2. I am planning on moving back home to CO soon and this scares the begeezes out of me.
  3. I am also planning on going back to school in CO for graphic design which also scares the begeezes out of me.
  4. I get scared of change, I get scared that I am only doing something cause I am scared, I am constantly scared, and I realize most of the time the things that scare me are usually the best for me.
  5. I love sleep.  ( I am actually really tired right now, which is why I thought of this one).
  6. I can’t imagine doing anything but art with my life.
  7. My favorite color is red, but I actually really love green right now.  Not together though, I have a hard time with color combinations because if they remind me of something like Christmas or with orange and blue the Denver Broncos or even Purple and Yellow the Minnesota Vikings, I can’t handle it.  I hate those color combos, they may not be a typical combo but I don’t know how many times I have tried to put orange and blue together, but couldn’t stand it because it reminded me so much of the Broncos.
  8. I am a horrific writer, so I apologize if these are sometimes painful to read.
  9. All I want to do is Travel.
  10. I lived in Italy for a semester and I really miss it.   I miss the food, the food was so delicious!  I miss the mozzarella, the pomodoro tomatoes, the margarita pizzas, the olive oil, the bread, ooh and especially my favorite sandwich shop/grocery store Parma. 
  11. I could go on for forever about how much I miss Italy, but I will spare you and I wont.
  12. I hate scary movies and all things related.  I am easily scared and it is no fun.
  13. My sister is one of my favorite people on earth, even when she infuriates me.
  14. I am really bad at making friends, I am awkward, shy, and weird usually when people first meet me.
  15. I am going to really miss all my friends from MN.  I can not imagine life with out them and I never want to lose touch with them, they are my BFFL (best friends for life).  I am going to get a little sappy here so watch out: they will always be dear to my heart no matter what and I will come and visit as much as possible.
  16. On a scale of 1 to garbage I would have to say my life has been a 3 so far. 
  17. My parents are the greatest parents on earth.
  18. My little brother will be starting college next year — HOLY CRAP!
  19. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
  20. Sorry, I just felt like yelling.  I miss the days when you were young and you could just yell for no reason.
  21. I love grocery shopping.
  22. I perfer being cold than hot, but I really dislike winter.
  23. Owls and emus are my favorite animals.  Ironic it is that I laugh at my mom for loving birds so much when my 2 favorite animals happen to be of that species.  I realize now I may be a horrible person.
  24. I am trying to think of something that people don’t know about me but I just can’t think of anything.  Apparently I am a sharer.
  25. I am proud of who I am today.  I have gone through ups and downs and I always have something to change about myself but overall I am proud to be Me.

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