Liz and Jenn are the cutest ever. They are taking a horticulture class together and learning all kinds of stuff about growing plants. they even brought a couple of plants home form class and had to pot them. jenn named her plant Ethel and Liz named her's Manana. so now my bamboo plant, Jeremy has new friends!

Manana and Jeremy



Liz and Jenn with their plants

Are you the outdoor type?

SO Ruthie put together a CD for all of us kids who went backpacking (she's pretty much the best i know). well this CD has all kinds of songs that were sung and talked about while we were out on the trail. the song that i find most entertaining is called "I Lied About Being the Outdoor Type" by the Lemonheads. the lyrics just crack me up! they go as follows:

Always had a roof above me,
always paid the rent,
and i never set foot inside a tent.
I can't build a fire to save my life,
I lied about being the outdoor type.

I never slept out underneath the stars.
The closest that i came to that,
was one time my car
broke down for an hour
in the suburbs at night.
i lied about being the outdoor type.

too scared to let you know.
you knew what you were looking for.
i lied until i fit the bill.
god bless the great indoors!
I lied about being the outdoor type
i never owned a sleeping bag,
let alone a mountian bike.

i cant go away with you on a rockclimbing weekend,
what if somethings on TV and its never shown again?
its just as well i'm not invited, i'm afraid of heights.
i lied about being the outdoor type.
never learned to swim,
can't grow a beard or even fight
i lied about being the outdoor type

Now i am the outdoor type and i like boys that are the outdoor type... a lot. the outdoor type is the only way to be. Don't let this song be you... get out there and enjoy the great wide world.

Ruthie sent us all this picture and i think its pretty much the best ever!

on a side note

there are new swing dancing pictures added into the Swing Dancing picture album, just click on it and scroll through the old ones. have fun!!

These are a few of my favorite things...

8 NC State students, 2 CRAZY "chaperones", high ropes course, lots of cold creeks, a sprinkling of snow, more Ramen than you could possibly imagine, some bumps blisters and bruises, Napoleon Dynamite, 30+ pounds of gear, bear-bag-hammocks, viking warlords, boys with giant logs, table rock, Jeremiah Johnson, beacon heights, the overmountain men, Grandfather Mountain, trail angels, hot tang, an infamous trowl, amazing mountains, one absurdly huge breakfast, taking super power slams of just about anything to our dome pieces...BLAD-OWW, frito burritos, foot massages and 45 miles of memories...
what is it all about... SPRING BREAK 2005!!!

if you would like to know more you can ask me about my trip but there is no way that i could come close to encomassing such a great experience in one small blogg.

P.S. you can check out pictures from my trip, just click on the link to the left