Studying

Having a snow day in college during finals week is just not as awesome if it were during regularly scheduled classes. 

Yay!

How to write a 20 page paper in less than 24 hours…while getting to sleep and hang with friends a little! 

Flashing Lights

What the 15 minute closing warning is at the library.

Page 10

Writing a paper at the library with friends is the best idea I’ve had in a long time!

Parlor and Freestall

Four years passes super, super fast.

Running Late

It takes a longer than expected to fold 200 fliers, put them into the envelope, and send them through the postage machine. 

Sarcasm

12/16/12 Locking your keys in your car is a great way to start finals week. 

Wedding

12/15/12 Dancing with adorable little kids is a blast.

#bhstudyday

12/14/12 Never fail…Study Day is always the best day ever!

5 calls, 2 texts, 1 awesome brother

12/14/12 What it takes to get me up early in the morning, especially after a late night. 

Snack Time

Bananas are actually a berry. They originally had seeds, sort of like watermelons, but it has been bred out of them. 

Sleep Pattern

I really should just be nocturnal. 

AWA.CFFA.Navs.

12/11/12 Buffalo Wild Wings, Bowling, and Bible Study. An alliteration to a successful evening!

4 Hours

12/10/12 Baking cookies with your ‘sisters’ can be a lot more fun than you expected. 

Cornerstone

12/9/12 Where to put the first tile when tiling a floor.

Ironic

12/8/12 Answering phone at the WPT Membership Drive is a lot of fun.

Nav Christmas Party

12/7/12 Just how a white elephant gift exchange works.

5 Pages DONE!

Tea makes everything better and provides a boost for productivity! 

Eyesight

Given a reminder as why I don’t like wearing contacts, even though I still know how to put them in. 

Who Knew?

It is possible to break your glasses by simply trying to remove them from your face. 

Little Sister Gifts

12/3/12 How to help someone buy a Christmas present…at a gas station…in three minutes. *Note: It helps if you remember where you parked your car!

Just Another Weekend

11/30/12 How to accomplish a lot in one night…just not any homework.

12/1/12 Caramel Apple Pie for lunch…a great idea!

12/2/12 The route you shouldn't take while driving from Wendt Library back to the House. 

24 Women + Friends

Baked food in this house does not last very long. 

Distractions

11/28/12 The reaction that 7^th grade girls have when you make them give up their cellular devices and Ipods. 

His Last Lecture

"...When it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it's really simple: just ignore everything they say, and only pay attention to what they do. It's that simple. It's that easy." Randy Pausch quoting CMU secretary

Exploratorium

“Here’s a new place to waste all of your time.” – Professor B.C. 

1920

11/26/12 A cold room + Warm Blankets + Lying in bed + Reading for class = An early bedtime

Thanksgiving Break

11/21/12 Go to lecture right before a break…the professor just might give you exam answers!

11/22/12 I have so much to be thankful for!

11/23/12 There a bunch of cute little stores in Darlington.

11/24/12 Picking out the family Christmas tree is always an adventure.

11/25/12 Just what fun it is to go back to Madison and get a paper submitted in time.

Naps

In the past 4 year, I have fallen asleep in at least 10 buildings on campus.

A Late Night

11/19/12 Exit 318 is closed to the Milwaukee Airport.

Sister's Date

There are a bunch of trails near Picnic Point that are awesome to explore.

Quality College Friday Night

Having a movie festival with friends is a blast, especially if you get to roll down Bascom Hill.

Rolling down Bascom Hill = Amazingly fun + muddy jeans and coat! 

Quality Education

11/15/12 How to build a marshmallow and spaghetti noodle structure…in class!

Water. Roller Coasters. Soda.

There’s nothing like a conversation with two middle schoolers. Talk about random! 

Birthday Week!

11/9/12 There is this crazy awesome game where you “pass the bunny” and I’m really bad at playing it.

11/10/12 A trip to the library should always be scheduled when I am home.

11/11/12 How it feels to turn 22.

11/11/12 I have an absolutely ridiculous ‘roommate’ and amazing friends!

11/12/12 I really should have brought gloves back to college from home but really glad I had my hat!

7:38

Dutch Blitz + Pictionary + Brownies + Ice Cream = A way overdue Party with the Hardies! 

TGIF

You know you’re old when they are creating a Boy Meets World sequel where Cory and Topanga have a teenage daughter. 

Exam 2

No matter how hard I try not to or where I sit, I’m going to fall asleep while studying for Marriage and Family.

Lovely Weekend Home

11/2/12 There is nothing like feeding calves with Dad.

11/3/12 Don’t try to do homework on the blue chairs –they will suck you in.

11/4/12 You know you’re a farm girl when…

·         Your hands smell like silage and you are happy with that.
·         You know how to make work fun.
·        You would rather have had to feed calves by yourself than do your homework.
·         The thought of dropping out of college to feed calves sounds appealing.

11/5/12 The sun is really bright when driving back to college from home in the morning. 

Advisor Meeting

11/1/12 Going for a run is a great way to clear your mind.

Another Movie Night

Shrek is not the cleanest movie. 

CFFA Movie Night

10/30/12 Person 1: Anyone else kicking themselves for procrastination? Person 2: I usually wait for the last moment to start kicking myself. 

Crazy week!

10/24/12 “Personality Telephone” is a difficult activity, especially when you don’t know what is going on!

10/25/12 “If you gotta have a hero, make sure they’re dead…so they don’t blow it.” –Random man on video

10/26/12 The game “Signs” is confusing… but a lot of fun once you figure it out.

10/27/12 There’s nothing like finding a random recipe, substituting ingredients for it, and enjoying a meal with your roommate!

10/28/12 You know that your meal was good if it is gone by morning!

10/29/12 Siblings are great alarm clocks. 

8am Class

Sometimes you have to have an internal argument with yourself to get yourself out of bed. 

Summer Reflection

10/22/12 A summer of drought will make you appreciate rain so much. I may have been soaking wet but I WILL NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT RAIN!

The Weekender!

10/19/12 A quarter of a pumpkin pie is a nutritious breakfast/lunch…uh huh!

10/20/12 Watching Ultimate Frisbee is actually really awesome!

10/21/12 There is a reason Mom always wanted us to clean before going somewhere…coming home to a messy room is not fun!

Cooking with Joy and Julie

My friend, Joy, and I decided we wanted to cook with a fresh pumpkin after having extras from carving them. We knew it would be a learning experience...but it really went beyond expectations! I did some research and found an awesome 16 page recipe to make pumpkin pie with a fresh pumpkin. 

And here is the story of how we learned to make pumpkin pie and pumpkin bars out of REAL pumpkin and, of course, what we learned during the process!

The inside of a pumpkin looks wicked awesome!

 Cooking pumpkin in the microwave is faster than on the stove.

 Cooking with real pumpkin takes a long time.

 One large pumpkin can make a lot of treats. 

After learning this, we looked up a recipe for pumpkin bars!

How to share the kitchen. 

Warm pumpkin pie is delicious. (And so were the bars!)

 

There is a reason I shouldn't wear aprons ALL the time.

The time it takes to bake is totally worth it! 

Yum!

We had an amazing time baking together! I hope you enjoyed our Daily College Knowledge! And in the future, look for our own cooking show on national television! :)

TBT

"Soccer will unite nations and lead to world peace."

Oh Wednesdays!

How to accomplish a lot of things in one day! 

Bright

Just how incredible it is to stop under a tree and look up in Autumn. 

Coffee Shop

Adventures with my sisters are always the best…can’t wait until we can have adventures all together again!

Weekend Fun!

10/13/12 Watching a movie with your ‘roommate’ should be done more often!

Watching football with awesome people can actually be fun…learning from the whole weekend!

Campus Treasures

In Centennial Gardens, there is this tree that is like a tent! It has to be the same kind that is hiding the tower in Tangled.

How to get the music to play outside of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.   

Bedtime: 2 AM

I still get into random cleaning moods late in the night! 

1 Month Later...Almost

Check the cracks in the couch when you lose your phone…even when you don’t remember EVER sitting on it!

1m 49s

10/10/12 I leave really ridiculous voicemails when I am tired. 

Paper Due at Midnight!

10/9/12 How to rock out a Research Precis in an hour and a half!

Ma'am!

Skyping with your sister is definitely a good reason to delay doing your homework. 

Evangelism

The ‘coincidences’ that God brings to our lives are incredible. 

The Colored Shavings

10/6/12 Spending 11 hours in the Expo showring picking up manure can be a little fun! 

Mystery Sundaes: That'll Do

Bacon on ice cream actually isn't terrible. 

Sidewalks

10/4/12 Campus is crazy busy when the President of the United States is visiting.

BDC

You know you've been working in the Grilled Cheese Stand when your fingers hurt from being repeatedly burned by sandwiches!

Tired

It’s really hard for me to stay awake when I’m supposed to be studying. 

Expo Time

9/30/12 You can see the stars in Madison at 5:45am while crossing University Ave!

10/1/12 Whether it is WSF or WDE, grilled cheese always taste better when made at a grilled cheese stand.

Yellow Light

I think I’m just a really bad driver the night after FIRE is over. 

Cornucopia

How to weave.

Forms and Policies

Just trust God. 

200? 1000? Whatever!

It is hard to guess the number of post it notes you have when they are just lying on the floor. When you stack them all together, you can tell there’s a lot more!  

Bible Study

9/25/12 Caramel Apple Pie and Jesus…what more do you need?

Nonverbal Communication

9/24/12 How to perform an experimental study in about 20 minutes.

Past Couple Days

9/20/12 It’s good to take time to decorate your room!

9/21/12 Just how much I love the beds at home.

9/22/12 How to survive almost an entire week without a phone.

9/23/12 Leaving home and the calves is hard but school awaits! 

Construction in Madison

 You know you are driving slowly when: Your GPS asks if you would like to change to “Walking Mode”. 

Dead Battery

How to jump start my own car…twice! 

Little Buddy

You know the squirrels rule the city when…you can’t shut your window because they have lodged a walnut in it! 

HG Day Away

Using spray paint to “tie-dye” t-shirts is wicked awesome and so much better than using actual dye! 

Apples N Tea

You can fit a lot of apples into a bag that’s slightly larger than a grocery bag! 

The Runaway Bunny

“A crocus is a flower but not a dead flower.” –JV 

Mathematics

9/12/12 3 boys + 1 moped = My Day Made!

9/13/12 Frozen Yogurt + Your Sister = A Great Time

Productivity? Fail.

Not wanting to do one assignment leads to not wanting to do any assignments. 

Lost Freshman

A general consensus by UW-Madison students that was enforced to me today: The architects of Vilas Hall were smoking something really strong while designing the building. Its not like it even looks cool!   

Extra 15 Minutes

How to get off campus (in your car) during the Ironman. After trying multiple options! 

Qdoba

9/8/12 It is sometimes okay to yes to the random food cravings.

Boot-Camp Challenge

9/7/12 When you have the chance, go through the random bouncy-house type obstacle course you see on campus...even if it is 11:30pm. 

Nonprofit Organizations

There are actually 28 types of 501(c)’s! 501(c) 3 is, of course, the most common, being tax-exempt and tax-deductible! 

Sound Magnified

For a quick, cheap and recyclable speaker for your phone or iPod, put it in a plastic cup! 

Day One...All Done!

• “Only fools and dead people never change their minds” –My Sociology professor repeating his mother
• “You can tell if someone is Hungarian by how well they speak muga (spelling probably wrong!).” –My Hungarian Strategic Planning professor
• The best way to start the school year is by making Sonia’s Rolls.  

Summer Edition: Part 2

Summer…Randomness!

• The joys of Wisconsin State Fair Ag Staff, again…11 more days!
• How to drive a Case IH Scout.
• How to survive WSF without Dana.
• WSF is held together by zip ties. 
• How to bike to Lancaster from home!
• How much you can miss being with middle schoolers, especially after teaching kids age 10 and under!
• Whether it rains today, in a week, or next year, we are blessed!
• How to pick 40 pounds of strawberries in just a couple hours with 4 people! And how to use them all!
• How much I love calves.
• Relearned how amazing the Anne of Green Gables books are…as well as the movies!
• It’s all about the experience: From getting lost in Madison to going to Yo Mama’s near Milwaukee.
• How difficult it is to look around and see the results of drought.
• “Ego is the anesthesia of stupidity.”
• There are just too many movies out there that Dana and I want to see. I don’t know if we’ll ever get through them all!
• How much fun a picnic in the park can be!
• I was not meant to go camping or at least not be in charge of choosing a campsite!
• Books are good. I love books. Probably too much!
• If you see a bunch of people on the side of the street, especially in a small town, think about the fact that maybe there is a parade happening. Find a way out!!! Or you will just get stuck watching a rather boring and long small town parade.
• Going to fairs when you are ‘old’ is really strange and not as much fun.
• Sometimes you don’t realize how much you missed someone until you see them again.
• Back up your laptop, A LOT! But be thankful that your new one came in the mail the day before your old one crashed.
• Don’t even think you are going to leave home at the time you planned. It’s not going to happen.
• You should not wait 5 years to use a pan you had your mom buy specifically for a recipe.
• You know you are a WSF ag staffer when you get super excited about bright colored zip ties at the Dollar Tree.
• I really like Cinderella 3. Such a good movie.
• You know you are at a small town grocery store when there is almost more alcohol there than food. 
• When you run out of cloths pins...never fear! Just use chip clips!
• How to keep in decent contact with your sister in Africa!

Summer Edition: Part 1

My Wonderful Trip to Pennsylvania

• There is not enough days to fit everything that I was meant to see in Pennsylvania in one trip!
• When going to Gettysburg, spend more than a couple hours.
• Driving in downpour of rain is not fun…even when you’re not the one driving!
• There are really shiny things on the Penn State campus…shiny ducks (who think they are flamingoes), shiny floors and shiny fish (in the ‘aquarium’).
• Just how amazing my roommates’ family is!
• How to play really awesome games on the trampoline…compliments of Joshy!
• I cannot live in mountainous areas or else I’d be sick all the time!
• How to make a wicked awesome commercial…in a cabin…at a campsite…in the rain…for chocolate milk!
• It never fails…Sonia is going to win Dutch Blitz.
• Favorite quote from trip:
• Uncle Tony: “What is Julie going to do without you next year?”
• Sonia: “Oh she’ll be fine. She just won’t be able to finish her sentences.
• Something I still haven’t learned but need to: Why does almost everybody in PA have candles in EVERY window of their house???

Summer 2012

This summer has been going way too fast! Just wanted to check in and let everyone know that I'll again be posting when I return to college in the fall. I'll do my best to make a summary of what I've learned throughout the summer!

Enjoy you summer and pray for rain! God Bless!

24 Hour Trip

5/19/12 How to road trip to Kansas!

Finished 3rd Year!

5/18/12 How to eat Ramen Noodles waiting for and on the bus going to a final…without spilling!

Finals Week Party

How to truly play Pictionary.