Our friend Scott, shooting himself in Iraq

Ok, maybe not really shooting himself... but we think this photo is hilarious. I'm just glad he is on the ground and not up in the air. (We love Scott, but wouldn't put it past him!)

This week Scott wrote into our community newspaper. It's hard to talk about his letter with people, because this war is such an emotional and strongly political issue. I guess what we have a hard time explaining to people is that this war isn't about politics for us anymore. It is about our best friend. We don't want to fight about who is right and what has been done wrong. We just want to support our friend. That letter wasn't about PR, or bolstering of the war for us. It was just another indication (like the photos, emails and random satelite phone calls) that our friend is still ok.

No, we don't support this war. But we do keep all of the soldiers, thier families and friends in our thoughts. Because we are now part of this, whether we like it or not.

Dramatic Life Update # 1

We haven't posted in a while. Not that there isn't a ton going on in our lives, but that we haven't really found the time.

So today, before any more time as passed, before another moment flies by, or another grain of sand falls I will update all of our 4 readers who want to know what is going on.

I am still working for the Girl Scouts... and I think I like it. Kev is still at the store... and he sometimes likes it. Olive decided to become anorexic about a month ago, dropped 4 pounds and was told by the vet that if she didn't start eating she wouldn't last much longer. Needless to say we began force feeding her three times a day and she is doing much better. This week she is back up 4 pounds and is eating mostly on her own. What is with that cat? Talk about high maintenance.

Other than that, we are talking about ripping out the bathroom floor some time in the next few months. Be sure that there will be photos.

Other than that...I have cute cousin's with mustaches. What could be better?

*p.s. Happy one year aniversary Blog! I promise to try to spend more time updating you this year!*

Thinking of You

Our dear friend Scott shipped out to somewhere in Iraq yesterday. Although I am not fond of the military, nor am I fond of this war, I am very fond of Scott. I wish him safe travels and an uneventful year of duty in Iraq. As a helicopter pilot (he flies the Chinook, or the double propellered cargo helicopter) I am sure he will see plenty of action over the next year. I ask that you keep him in your thoughts and send him positive energy to sustain him durring the next year. We love you Scott.

A proper young lady

So it has been a while since we posted a photo of our darling kitty Olive. I couldn't resist posting this photo: isn't she the cutest. Anyway, life is good and our kitty is cute. Enjoy.

Going back to my roots!

No I am not talking about my hair color. It is official, I am employed. If you can't guess from the photo, I am a Girl Scout again! (Either that or I am an animal trainer, right?)

I am a program manager for the Girl Scouts. What does that mean? I have been working there for just over 3 weeks and I am not really clear on that yet. I know that I am responsible for the planning of council programing for Daisy, Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts. (Girls ages 5-12) But there is so much to learn and I have been told the curve is a long one. I will keep ya'll updated. Hopefully a little more frequently than I have been!

p.s. Can you believe that this is one of the only photos of me in my Girl Scout uniform? There are about 80 pictures of Elliot in his Cub Scout uniform and even some of my dad in his leader uniform, but me... I guess I don't merit a photograph in my uni unless there is a cat to make it interesting. (That is Barney by the way, my family's first cat.)

This Post is 100% Vomit Free!

So it has been a while since I posted. I was trying to think of what to post and since I am still unemployed I couldn't think of a darn thing exciting going on. Then I remembered that last week we went to the first show of the Dave Mathews Band's summer tour in St. Louis! Since there was a lot of drama surrounding this one night event I thought it was blog worthy.

Kev and I are avid DMB fans. We have been to every concert in St. Louis and one in Wisconsin in the last 4 years. After last year's show which was disgusting in many, many different ways,(I would tell but I promised this blog post would be vomit free...) we decided to fork over the money for actual seats. We had hopes of leaving all of the disgustingness behind us literally, in the lawn seats. Now don't get me wrong. Not everyone on the lawn is drunk, but after last year I didn't want to take any chances.

To make a long story short after ordering seats online, getting the wrong seats and threatening to sue TicketMaster (I hate TicketMaster) we got our money back and bought tickets on eBay (I love eBay). We had a wonderful time at the concert. The band played a lot of older songs and some that they haven't played live in years. (Like Proudest Monkey and JTR)

So until I get a job, or I do something more exciting than clean out the shoes in my closet this post will have to do. And as promised, no vomit.

Graduation Day!!!

So today was the day. After two long years in Grad school I am officially a Master of Arts-Communication. Even six months ago I never thought this day would come. But here I am, in full academic dress receiving an "almost" diploma. (I get to pick the real one up on Monday.)

I want to thank my family and friends for all of the help and support they have given me in the last two years. I couldn't have done it without you.

I want to give a special thanks to Kevin too. Thank you for holding my hand through this process and never giving up on me even when I was ready to throw in the towel. I really couldn't have done this without you. I love you. -mmg

Me, Janine and Colene


Elliot, Dad, Me and Mom

Dr. Rob Anderson and I

Dr. John Pauly and I