Jennifer's 365 Project

You know, as a kid I always loved those cotton wood seeds (is that even what they are? I have no idea). They look so soft, so fluffy. Kind of always made me think of a cloud in reach.

So I noticed after my ride that these little buggers were gathering in the grass, just forming their own little group wherever they got stopped.

So here's a shot of a few mingling with grass outside of my apartment. Its a pity these guys cause such issues for some people and their allergies.

Today in my hands finally is the folding bike I ordered. I had previously ordered a different, cheaper model online only to have it ship missing parts and other things. So I set out again, this time with a brand I knew was good.

Its the Espresso, and last years model, so it was cheaper than the retail price you typically see. The bike went in for a tune up, which according to Dahon is required to activate the extended warranty. Probably just to ensure that everything is working right prior to your first ride so you dont do unnecessary damage.

Anyway, here are a couple of shots of it. I'd have liked to take them outside somewherenicer than my bathroom. But its rainy and kind of dark out there and I'm not riskin' the camera.

So as you can see from the shots, it folds up pretty nicely. Its a full size, which is why it may look larger than other folding bikes you've seen. The pedals fold up, and I'm pretty sure the wheels have quick release on them if need be.

Now I just have to time my commute to work.

Well I thought perhaps I'd have something interesting to share about the bike I bought - but I was unaware that in order to activate the extended warranty it needs to be checked by a professional prior to the first ride...so...in the shop it is for the moment having a tune up (who knew pedal bikes needed such in depth work? Apparently I'm behind the times).

So while chilling, doing homework and watching some John Candy movies I saw these bunnies out back running around playing. There were 3 total, chasing each other and looking like they were having a good time. They were pretty good sports at letting me take their photo. I sat out on the deck and took about 100 shots... So here's one of the guys basked in the setting sunlight.

Today was a pretty good day. I hung out with an old co-worker for awhile and swapped advice, acting as one anothers therapists, creating garage sale signs. Then she left to hang with some friends at the bar and I, wrapping up for the night, was going to go home and be lazy.

Instead, however, I ended up hanging out with Shelly which was good fun. We ended up going over to the bar for a bit and hanging with some people, then back to her place for some more socializing and therapy.

I guess that's what friends are for! It was good for me to get out and get some things off my chest and I hope that was the same for my friends.

Today has been a rainy day. It was raining and thundering when I woke up this morning, and the later in the afternoon, and again in the evening.

Even while enjoying my cousin's company we were interrupted by the thunder - albeit briefly and because we thought it was something Nat was doing.

All in all its been a pretty rainy day - but that's not to say it wasn't good. Got a lot of things done and taken care of and that's always a good thing.

So here's a shot from my car of the rain when it was starting back up this evening.

Today my parents came out to GR with my little brother and his girlfriend. We hiked over to Frederick Meijer Gardens to look at the flowers and sculptures.

If you're not familiar with the place you should look it up online and visit if you're in the area sometime. There are some activity areas for kids, and plenty of plants indoors and out to look at. In the outdoors is the sculpture park with large, and interesting, creations. I've only been there a few times but it seems like they're ever expanding.

All in all it was a good day - although at the beginning it was sprinkling a little bit. Here's a shot of a rose with some rain drops on it I ran across while walking around.

After class today I headed back down to the GR Festival of the Arts with Sherry and Natalie. We wandered around and listened briefly to some music.

A little after this shot was taken it started to rain. Which, so I've been told, seems to happen often during this particular weekend.

Anyway, here's a random shot of some kids painting.

This weekend is the start of Grand Rapids annual Festival of the Arts. Everyone who is from around here apparently just calls it "festival" (which is a personal peeve of mine since that's vague and could be referring to so many things in my mind but oh well).

So I was invited to hang out with Amanda and some of her friends and with nothing going on I thought sure, why not. We checked out the Art Museum and heard some music from afar.

All in all it was pretty good, considering I got there at 630ish and her friends daughters bedtime is 830 so we took off.

And tomorrow I'm going back out there with my cousin Sherry.

Today I experimented with crafting a buffalo chicken pizza. I think it turned out pretty good. I always love being able to use the bread machine and craft something tasty at home. Waay cheaper than buying it!

Anyway, I used wheat flour (hence the dark coloring) and had a little difficulty getting the dough to rise, so its a not perfect in the pan (dont have pizza pans...just cake pans :P). But the mixture of hot sauce and blue cheese dressing mixed with chicken chunks makes up for the less than perfectly even crust. Since I didnt feel like going shopping, I mixed cheddar and mozzarella cheese, hence the coloring. Next time I think I'll try to add celery to it as well.

All in all I think it was a success.

You probably are wondering what all those weird splotches on the closet doors are? Well, they're flashcards taped up in a somewhat flowchart. I've never been a huge flash cards person - hell I have horrible study habits in general cause I never really needed to. But I'm trying to put more effort into school and I thought that perhaps grouping the concepts visually (in a place where the cat cant quite attack) might help.

So here are a few groupings for my Torts II and Civil Procedure class. I'm going to have to put contracts on a completely different wall cause I'm going to run out of room....but its a start.

And yes, in that corner is an eager cat staring up at a parkeet cage.. *sigh*

I haven't owned a sheet set with comforter/skirt that matches since I was in high school and my mom got me a set for my twin. So it was high time I invested in a new set. After searching around I finally got frustrated enough to settle on something through Kohl's (<3 you Georgia). So here's a pic of it in the newly arranged bedroom. It came with a whole plethora of things - 3 decorative pillows, a few sets of sheets, pillow cases and then the fancy sham thingies which are just glorified pillow cases.

The hamper is pretty new too. Its a snazy one from World Market I picked up with a divider (wasnt necessary but maybe now I'll actually separate my clothes properly for the wash). Of course its off to the side while I'm slowly teaching the cat that it is NOT a scratching post.

And that weird cage off to the right? Yeah that's the ferret cage. I have a 2 bedroom apartment and I seem to always put the ferret in the bedroom. Habit I guess from living in more craped quarters.

Today I hung with my cousins Dan and Sherry, enjoying their company. Per usual, I forgot to snap any photos. :/ So no shots of Dan working his mojo on the Quest?On (I hope thats right! ><) deck or shots of the cute Natalie, hamming it up.

Instead here's a shot of my leftovers from eating at Noodles & Co. They're pretty tasty and I should try to teach myself some of the recipes - would be cheaper and healthier.

Also in the shot are some books Dan gave me. They're all poems, of which I'm not the biggest fan. But they're in both German and English, so thats appealing to me.