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"Thanks, E. You're the best."

"Yes, yes. I know, daaahhhling."

;)

Thanks for teaching me how to wash dishes like a normal person. With a sponge. ;) Thanks for screwing around Walmart with me. Thanks for making me feel so pretty Wednesday night. Thanks for being my 'roadworker hottie' buddy. Thanks for kissing dating goodbye with me. ;) Thanks for rocking out to Britt Nicole with me. That might've been my favorite part. Thanks for letting me walk Leroy. Thanks for pulling the "really BIG pEn" out of your really BIG purse. Thanks calling me right after I tick you off. Thanks for being my friend. And thanks for teaching me what "BFFR" means. :)

I am going to start a fund. It will be called "Annie-needs-this-2008-Grand-Prix-with-heated-leather-seats-and-a-remote-start-so-donate-NOW!"

The End.

Oh, wait. One more thing.

I love you!

(One more. You are waaaay cuter than Britt Nicole. End of story.)

i'm not quite sure...

The Capitol

The Lincoln Memorial

"Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until...every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether.'"

I am still recovering from the sight of the Lincoln Memorial.

Wow.

yakkity-yak.

And we're off like a herd of turtles!

Well...more like a herd of sloths. (But hey? What family isn't when they're attempting a graceful exit from the homeplace for a week?!) We haven't quite left yet. But we shall soon! I straightened my hair today and I am wearing a pink hat. I'm not sure about the hair. I adore the pink hat.

I'm mega-excited (the word 'mega' always reminds me of that Incredibles quote: "If you want to tell me you're some super-ultra-mega-lightning-babe, that's alright with me!") about going to Washington D.C. An entire week of discovering historical fascinations with my three amazing sisters! "Oh the places we'll go! Oh the things we'll see!" (Dr. Seuss?)

I guess I'm in a quotey mood tonight. Earlier Merrill and I were doing that one scene from You've Got Mail where Kathleen gets in the 'cash only' line and only has a credit card. BWAHAHA!!! :) ("Orange you going us a favor by swiping this card?")

Obviously I don't have a whole major load of news to report. So I will sign off now.

(We're taking a tour of Mount Vernon that includes a bunch of National Treasure stuff and talks about how they filmed there! w00t!)

progress

Remember my friend Hastings? The stalwart figure stood for weeks in our front yard--fat and plump and healthy.

I ran out and snapped a picture of him today...

Decapitated. Armless. Emaciated.

This brings me great joy.

this!...

...is a blog post!

(And that, I do believe, is a quote from the BBC Robin Hood - only he says "rescue" instead of "blog post." Not sure though. Would one of you BBC connoisseurs care to confirm or deny this presumption?)

Anywho, I think it's time I quit posting pictures and other boring paraphernalia, and give you a real blog post. The only hitch here is that I have naught to say. My sister suggested I go into great detail about how wonderful she is, but that's almost as boring as describing to you how to assemble a turkey sandwhich - another one of her superb suggestions.

I have been reading The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. ooh! =) If The Scarlet Pimpernel is 10/10 (which it is), then its sequel is approximately 9.99999999998/10. Wow.

I have also been reading Psychology--and lots of it. Needless to say, I highly doubt I will be majoring in anything remotely resembling psychology. Giiivveee meeee ALGEBRA! And this, my friends, is the explanation for why you haven't seen a legit blog post in awhile. It's not that I haven't been thinking - it's that I've been thinking about psychology and religion and other such things one doesn't find to be suitable blog post material. Well, the religion stuff might be moderately entertaining, but that could just be me after all.

I used to think I despised Miss Blonde-ditzy-animal-rights-activist-yucky-song-producer-Carrie-Underwood. I mean, seriously? Cowboy Casanova? UGH! But! I have, of late, discovered two really great songs by her: Get Out of This Town and The More Boys I Meet. Ahhh...they are so great! =)

My sister and I took some pictures the other day. She is rather good-humoured (my Aussie friend taught me to spell it like that), so when I meandered her way with my camera she was up for a few of those shameless turn-the-camera-around-and-shoot-yourself pictures.

The result? Not half bad, as long as I vigilently proclaim to the masses that there is more to me than a head and a neck.

I went for a run today. 1.5 miles in I got hot and shed my jacket. I think, just maybe, there's hope. This just might be the beginning of the end of this unrelenting beast of a Nebraska winter. I not only have a major itch to run, but I have an even major-er itch to ride my horse.

YAY spring!


Ok. I think that's all. Happy Tuesday people!