Friday, April 29, 2005


I like this one.. his head is big, but what could I do about that, I mean he's a football player! Posted by Hello

what the pic looked like before I put in a background... nifty little green screen Posted by Hello

I don't like the pose in this one cause I didn't get his hand out, but it was kind of a candid moment, he wasn't really posing for a pic, just resting when I told him to quickly look at me. Posted by Hello

They liked this one the best because it made him look skinnier, even though it wasn't my favorite Posted by Hello

Josie was beautiful from head to toe!  Posted by Hello

The very happy husband and wife Posted by Hello

Bride and Bridesmaids Posted by Hello

Her bouquet was BEAUTIFUL! Posted by Hello

Them being cute and in love... I didn't set this up.. they act disgusting on their own. Posted by Hello

Amber (www.myfriendsandfamily.blogspot.com) on the left and Sam on the right. Sam just had a baby 7 months ago... you can't tell though! Amber was the Maid of Honor. Posted by Hello

I haven't gotten a chance to touch this up yet. Very cute pic, too bad there's that damn yellow lighting in the church... cute though! Posted by Hello

He looks cute... but don't get too close... he might kick you. Posted by Hello

Nevermind the organ that we weren't allowed to move sitting on the left..yup, 4 groomsment, 2 bridesmaids. This pose was Ambers idea! Thanks, it worked! Posted by Hello

boys will be boys Posted by Hello

very cute pic of Jose and Jayden the flowergirl. Posted by Hello

overexposed pic of the guys.. Posted by Hello

Amadon and AmaMOM. Posted by Hello

Me and the husband at the wedding... yeah, I know the top didn't fit well. I like the flower in Kevin's hair Posted by Hello

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Busy Little Bee...

I've been keeping myself pretty busy around here! I have Amadon and Josie's wedding pics to finish touching up, I have a co-worker's son's senior pics to finish up, I have to Make invites to Kevin's graduation open house, I have to make our work schedule, and I have to plan the details for that open house. Yet, I sit here blogging... can you tell where my priorities are?

My greenscreen worked okay for Logan's senior pics, there is still a faded green line around his body that, of course since I'm anal, I'm the only one that can see it. (JessicaRabbit, I know you're good with Photoshop... any suggestions?) The pics turned out okay though for it being the first time using Photoshop's background generator. I'll post lots of pics when I get enough motivation to re-install 'Hello'.

I would like to welcome my friend Jess to the blogging scene. I'm was overly joyed when I saw her commment on the last post. Jess moved to Cali... fornia that is. Her blog isn't up and running just yet, but I'll have the link when it is. I miss Jess, mostly because she's hot and an easy lay.. I mean...ah..er... because she has a interesting personality and I appreciate her.... nevermind. I love ya babe!

speaking of long-time-no-see friends, my buddy Amy came to visit this week. She moved to St. Cloud to be a manager in training for the Hot Topic there. We went out to eat with her. Her vibrant, colorful personality was very refreshing, and I miss her tons!

The new guy started at work today, my replacement. He's really nice, I like his slow, southern accent. He's from North Carolina, but he sounds more like he's from like alabama... hey I bet KSoFM and fam talk like that too... I never thought to put accents to blog posts... that sounds kinda fun... Anyway, this new guy is gonna be fine, and I think he'll get along with everyone too.

I sprained my ankle... couldn't tell you how though. All I know is that is hurts, it's bruised, and Kevin looked at it (being 2 weeks away from being a doctor of PT I think he's plenty qualified) and he thinks its sprained. damn.

all in all, I'm havin' a pretty good week. How about y'all? Oh and a side note, you know that song... I don't know the name, or who sings it... but it's something like "Live Like You were Dieing" well it sucks, and I'm sick of hearing it on EVERY station... it is a country song... keep it on the country stations! I HATE COUNTRY MUSIC! On that note.... Good Bye, and check for lotsa pictures later in the weekend :)

Friday, April 22, 2005

Goin' to the chapel

Amadon and Josie are getting married tomorrow. ABOUT TIME, geez I mean they've spent years planning and we've spend months anticipating and... no... actually they decided about 2 months (if that) ago that they were getting married, and we've spent about 2 weeks anticipating.. but I'm really happy that they pulled it off! I mean, honestly, I had my doubts. But everything came together and Josie was running full force for the past couple weeks to get everything done. I'm doing the photography so I'll have pics to show everyone come Monday. I'm glad her family decided to attend, I knew they would regret it if they didn't go. Tomorrow will be fun, we get to eat lotsa good food, party, and dance. Amadon and Josie will be husband and wife, which is gonna take some getting use to.

Well, better go pack...

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

stupid criminals

I know you have probably heard of some of these, but I wanted to share a couple stupid ciminal stories because I always love them, its hard to believe some people can be SOOOO incredibly DUMB!

When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home
parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he
bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find an
ill man curled up next to a motor home trying to steal
gasoline and plugged his hose into the motor home's
sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle
declined to press charges, saying that it was the best
laugh he'd ever had.


David Posman, 33, was arrested recently in Providence, R.I,
after allegedly knocking out an armored car driver and
stealing the closest four bags of money. It turned out
they contained $800 in PENNIES, weighed 30 pounds each,
and slowed him to a stagger during his getaway so that
police officers easily jumped him from behind.


The Belgium news agency Belga reported in November that
a man suspected of robbing a jewelry store in Liege said
he couldn't have done it because he was busy breaking into
a school at the same time. Police then arrested him for
breaking into the school.

Oklahoma City - Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed
robbery of a convenience store in a district court this
week when he fired his lawyer. Assistant district
attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a fair
job of defending himself until the store manager testified
that Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the
woman of lying and then said, "I should of blown your
[expletive] head off!" The defendant paused, then quickly
added, "- if I'd been the one that was there." The jury
took 20 minutes to convict Newton and recommend a 30-year
sentence.

R.C. Gaitlin, 21, walked up to two patrol officers who
were showing their squad car computer equipment to
children in a Detroit neighborhood. When he asked how
the system worked, the officers asked to use his I.D.
for an example. Gaitlin gave them his driver's license,
they entered it into the computer, and moments later they
arrested Gaitlin because information on the screen showed
that Gaitlin was wanted for a two-year-old armed robbery
in St. Louis, Missouri.


Drug-possession defendant Christopher Johns, on trial in March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer didn't need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's jacket could have been a gun. Nonsense, said Christopher, who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in court. He handed it over so the judge could see it. The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket and laughed so hard he required a five-minute recess to compose himself.

Police in Cottonwood(?), Idaho, were amused when they arrived to write up a burglary, and the homeowner told them that the thief got his VCR, his bong, and his stash of marijuana. Luckily, however, the thief had missed his marijuana pipe. The police ticketed the guy for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Portsmouth, R.I. Police charged Gregory Rosa, 25, with a string of vending machine robberies in January when he (1) fled from police inexplicably when they spotted him loitering around a vending machine and (2) later tried to post his $400 bail in coins.

The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 7:50am, flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

FuzzyButt's Day of Adventure

Today the Resident Manager had to enter our apartment for a fire alarm inspection. I hate living on a University Campus in Family Housing. Not only does my apartment look like a slightly larger dorm suite with ALL cheap tile flooring and panel/brick walls, but we have to have a resident advisor like a dorm building. Plus we have to follow all the University rules like the silly "no pet policy" Now come one... what is there in this apartment that a cat can damage? There is no carpet, there is no paint on the walls cause they're PANELING! So this morning I packed up Mr. Fuzz's food dish, tarter control snack bites, and catnip turtle (that resembles a WW2 bomb victim)I shoved him into his carrier (took a good 15 minutes too) Let the crying begin... I brought him to the hotel with me and he chilled in a room while I worked. We had to wait until the darkness of night to bring him home, like swift ninjas we managed to get him in and out without being caught.

I don't know why I thought of this... but some of you faithfull readers are not familiar with North Dakota... in fact you could probably care less, but I'm just curious.. how much do you REALLY know? so here's a short essay quiz... not for anyone of you who LIVES here.

What is the state capital
Did you even know there was a North Dakota on top of South Dakota or did you think we're so close to Canada we might as well be Canadians? (Winnipeg is only 3 hours from GF)
Have you EVER heard of ANY news coming out of ND?
When you think of North Dakotans... what kind of person comes to mind?
Have you ever been to or drove through ND?
Have you seen the movie Fargo (Cause if you have, I'm sorry but that really is NOT a good example of ND... except for the cold... the accents are COMPLETELY exhaggerated and make us look like stupid country hick folk. The only people I've heard talk like that may be my grandparents or my great grand parents.

So, COMMENT people I WANT TO KNOW!

Monday, April 18, 2005

A Gosh Darn Good Day :)

I don't know why I'm in such a FANTASTIC mood today. I just am... and I'll take it too because it feels GREAT to be energetic and happy! I woke up today and I was in a good mood, I went to work and everything went very well, I got home and here I am, still in a great mood!

Tonight I'm ordering a greenscreen. I have an extended version of Photoshop that has a background generator in it, which means I can now take pics of peeps in front of the greenscreen and photoshop any background I want in. HUNDREDS of backgrounds, even if it doesn't work great, at least I tried and I think It'll be fun to play around with.

It is 86 degrees outside right now, last week it was 50... I hate North Dakota. Snow snow snow snow snow freezing rain cold sprinkle.... 90 DEGREES! PERFECT weather for the lake... not-so-perfect weather to sit in your UNAIRCONDITIONED apartment (made of brick and tin) with as less clothes on as possible and a hot Fuzzybutt trying to lay on your chest and shoulders. However, we are supposed to get our first thunderstorm of the season tonight, and I hope they're right because I love the first thunderstorm, it makes the grass greener, and the trees bud faster, and the smell is the best smell in the world!

My sister left for Job Corp yesterday, last time I talked to her, we argued and I left without saying bye or I love you, and I never do that... so I feel bad, but my sister knows I love her and that I can be a major bitch sometimes and I don't mean it. I'm very proud of her to make the decision to go back to school to get her HS diploma and to get into a trade that she'll like, shows that she has initiative to get her life on track again. I didn't see her working at her McJob forever so it's good she is finally going for what she wants. My little sis is 18 and a spunky little thing, she has a comeback for every line you throw at her, and when she is right... she is right. end of story. That characteristic is good in a person though, makes them a strong buisness mind. She isn't afraid to be herself... she is who she is... anyone who doesn't like it... screw you. That is her attitude. So, Dee Dee, if you get to read this when you're gone... I LOVE YOU and GOOD LUCK!

Kevin is yelling at FuzzyButt cause "KITTENS DON'T EAT STYROFOAM!! NO NO NO, GET THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, LET GO LET GO!"

Okay, off to enjoy more of my good day!

Saturday, April 16, 2005





You Are Best Described By...









From the Lake, No. 1

by Georgia O'Keeffe







You Are 70% Normal

(Really Normal)









Otherwise known as the normal amount of normal

You're like most people most of the time

But you've got those quirks that make you endearing

You're unique, yes... but not frighteningly so!




Your Linguistic Profile:



75% General American English

15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee

0% Dixie

0% Midwestern

Friday, April 15, 2005

with threats on my life.... I post

My last couple days I've been in a icky, negative mood, that is why I have not posted. I don't want to be one of the "oh pity me... my life sucks because..." Cause my life doesn't suck, I've just had a crummy week, and I'll get over it. Just thought there is no point in brining you all down with me.

Kevin has left for the weekend to go to DL for Amadon's bachelor party which is either tonight or tomorrow night. Josie's Bachelorette party is tomorrow, and because I'm a complete moron I don't know if I can go. I always work morning shifts..VERY rarely do I work 3-11, but I scheduled myself to work the evening shift this weekend because I know Blake prefers working the AM shift and I thought I'd give myself a nice weekend to sleep in (mind you I made the schedule BEFORE the bachelorette party was planned). A co worker of mine said she can probably work for me tomorrow for a couple hours so I can go to the party.

It is my friend Jason's B-Day today so HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON. As if your parents weren't dredding tax day as it is... then you come along and make that day... I mean, a blessing, you made their tax day a wonderful event full of joy. yeah. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Our Manager at the hotel interviewed a potential replacment for me when I leave. He was really nice, and has an awesome resume and referral letters. That place can use a new mind there anyway, it's good he came along when he did. Part of me, however, is screaming "NO NO NO! I won't go, you can't make me! NO ONE can REPLACE ME! you're supposed to say "NO ONE IS AS GOOD AS YOU ARE, IT IS GOING TO BE TORTURE INTERVIEWING YOUR REPLACEMENTS!!" But then the more mature side of me realizes that someone has to take my place and soon it'll be like I wasn't even there. He'll find ways to make things better, and that is good for business. But I'm on to bigger and better things right? right.

Did you know that in 2004, the word most commonly googled AND looked up on websterdictionary.com was 'blog' weB LOG.... BLOG

So as you can tell... a whole lotta nothin' goin' on here. I think I spend too much time waiting for something interesting to happen to me, so I can post about it instead of going out and FINDING something interesting and exciting to post about.

I found out today that there are an estemated 800 people to attend Kevin's 'hooding ceremony'... I have to stand in front of 800 people and hood Kevin. Doesn't sound too bad right, then why am I scared out of my mind and I feel like I'm gonna throw up when I think about it?

I know I'm addicted to blogging because I come home and think "I wonder if Karissa posted pics of Isabella, or if JessicaRabit has any more crazy stories to tell, or if KSoFM posted new pics of their bambino... or maybe blake updated his livejournal... and so on and so on. If you are checking my blog as often as I check yours... then you all have a serious problem, because I feel like a stalker most days.

Anyway here's a cookie for making through the whole post and not skipping the middle part... just to get to the cookie

mmm yummy Posted by Hello

Thursday, April 07, 2005

Pics for you

So here are some pics from my B-day, there are more but I look like crap in them, therefore they will not be viewed by anyone else but me!

Thanks Doug and Karissa for letting me use your camera!

Since I took pics with Karissa's camera, I have some pics of Isabella too! I'll let Karissa post the rest of them, but this one was too darn cute to wait! MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY EVER! Posted by Hello

My cake! Posted by Hello

Angela, me, and Blake. Posted by Hello

Me with my Strawberry Shortcake hat, and Strawberry Shortcake cup with not so Strawberry Shortcake beverage inside.  Posted by Hello

This is for KSoFM... YOUR daily dose! I don't even know anything about Dokoman... thingy, because I lead a very shelterd, sometimes uncultured life, but I think he looks funny... so anyway, here's a bad photochop for ya! Posted by Hello

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

So a Duck, a pig, and a kangaroo walk into a porn store...

There was absolutely no punch line to that joke... sorry, you can make up your own...

I Had a GREAT birthday! Karissa gave me a strawberry Shortcake party! Fun Fun Fun! Thanks Karissa!

I drove to DL last night, thinking I was going to clean up the apartment a little (because apparently, unlike MOST renters I've rented from, this guy thinks it is the NEW renters responsibility to clean up after the OLD renter...) I was planning on cleaning the kitchen cabnets, and stove and sink and fridge.. all that jazz, but I didn't get to that. I woke up this morning to the news that my 18 year old sister lent her car to an UNlicensed 17 year old friend... who managed to drive my sisters car right into the LAKE! yup... INTO THE LAKE! No one was hurt, and alcohol was probably involved (no one really knows). But my sister's car is TOTALLED! She lost her stereo too, and her camera and some other random items. My dad was called around 5:30am and had to get up and get a tow truck guy and drive 20 miles out to the lake and have it towed back to town (not a pretty tow bill I'm sure) So now my sister doesn't have a car, and my dad is understandably very angry.

Anyway, I got to hang out with my friend Tabitha today, which was nice because i don't see her often. Then I went to the apartment thinking "okay, just a little light cleaning..." but when I got there I sat down and opened my big RubberMade container full of my pictures... pics from 15 years ago... pics from our wedding... pics from two weeks ago, it was fun looking at all of them. Then I found the tub that is full of the notes and letters I recieved when I was in high school from Kevin and all my friends. Kevin's notes have a whole portfolio folder to themselves. It was a blast reading through them. Notes like "did you hear from blah blah blah that so and so did this to him and her and now this and that..." It was funny!

On my drive home, there are pairs of ducks and geese on the side of the highway, and I saw a couple of muskrats scurring across the road (almost hit one) if you have never seen a muskrat... my god they are ugly and vicous looking! I know that isn't too exciting, but it was 60 degrees today, and I'm just happy it is warm enough to see those little critters!

Kevin is still pretty sick. He left work early yesterday and today because he was just too tired. His legs felt weak and he had no strength left to hold up patients while giving them physical therapy. He's sore and feels warm all over all the time. He went to the doctor, but of course all the doc said was to get lots of rest. hm... um... okay.

Friday, April 01, 2005

GO SHORTY IT'S MY BIRTHDAY

Yeah, I soooo went there...

SO I turn the BIG 2-4 tomorrow! What did I want for my birthday you might ask? In coming to the realization that I am now closer to 30 than I am 18, in all my mature, adult-like manner, I told my husband and my friend Angela that I was, indeed, getting a surprise Strawberry Shortcake party. As a small child, I loved Strawberry Shortcake and all her colorful friends, but I never got a SSC themed B-day party. About three months ago, Angela and I were walking through the store and I was elated to see that Ms. Shortcake was making a comeback! Kevin: "Do you REALLY want this, I mean SERIOUSLY, Dear, it's Strawberry Shortcake" However, Angela called and informed me that she may not be in town tomorrow, as she is away visiting a friend that just had a baby, so I totally understand why she can't make it, but it was her job to get together the Straberry Shortcake part of the party (or so Kevin tells me, I wouldn't know because it is a surprise B-day party) So I guess we're just gonna go to Paradiso's and maybe I'll wear the Sombraro while a pack of unenthused employees sing me Happy Birthday. Karissa said we can go to her place and have a get together there too, so it sounds like all is not lost.

Oh, and for those of you who are going to ask... YES, My real name is April, YES I was born on April Fools day, YES that is why my parents named me April, and NO my middle name is NOT May!

I started watching American History X tonight. I've seen the movie before, but in mixed up fragments. I was really getting into it, then the DVD started to skip! OH that just pissed me off, but then I turned the channel to Oxygen Network and "Beaches" was just starting. That is one of my all time FAVORITE movies. It reminds me of a time when I was like 12, I spent the night at my friend Nikki's house and she had a little weiner dog and a really hot older brother. We stayed up really late and watched that movie twice in a row.

So this friend of Angela's, we'll call her J. I kind of know her, I did her wedding pics back in September. The whole time she has been pregnant her new husband has pretty much givin' a rats ass, he's been kind of a big jerk the whole time. Well, J was a week and a half over due, the doctor told her he wants to try to induce her, and if that doesn't work, do a C-section. So, knowing this, her husband decides to KEEP a doctors appointment that he has in a town 45 minuts away for the day she is supposed to have the baby. To make a longer story short... he missed the birth of his first child, ON PURPOSE! "It's an apointment that I can't reschedule" Then, insyead of hurrying back to be with his WIFE and NEWBORN DAUGHTER, he doesn't leave for home until later that evening. he did get her a big boquet of flowers... In my opinion, that sooo does NOT make up for the fact that he missed the birth. Okay, I'm done ranting. Hopefully, he'll come around and start pulling his weight with the whole baby thing. Besides, it really isn't my business and well, I probably shouldn't be posting about it, but no one knows who I'm talking about anyway.

Kevin still has Mono. He's sleeping less, but is still feels run down. He was feeling well enough to play World of Warcraft for 2 hours though, so thats a good sign.

I got my Income taxes back, and Kevin sold the Camaro, and he also got the rest of his Financial aid, so we're payin' off the credit card. Of course we're only doing that so we can replace that debt with debt from buying much needed new things for our apartment like a washer and dryer. Not only that, but we have 2 different rents to pay for 2 months. I guess that money couldn't have come at a better time!

Well, about that time for me to take my generic brand sleep aid liquidcaps and head to bed. I don't really think those things work to GET me tired enough to go to sleep, but they help to keep me sleeping once I've fallen asleep, however, in roughly 5.5 hourse I'll be trying to over power the sleep aid with Red Bull and a mocca Frapochino in the morning. ahh... my drugs of choice,
Have a good April Fools day everyone! Keep your hyjinks (sp?) and practical jokes on a legal level, and have a good day!