buck beer n bowling

wagners in eau claire has buck pretty-much-everything on wednesday nights. so since i had a bye for softball this week and we haven't done much with other people since the summer is so busy, al and i went for cheap bowling and beer with our friends jenny and kyle (who are getting married in october!) and what a perfect opportunity to try out some more new, cool features on my new camera. below is the pick-a-color feature where i can pick any color and it will only show that one and turn everything else black and white. so thankful kyle wore a sweet mountain dew shirt so i could play with the green.and jenny wore yellow. i think this pic is pretty cool with the yellow in the floor and tables!
jenny and i. they have buck beers, rail drinks, fries, burgers, bowling and shoes. it was awesome!
al and kyle after i told them to smile and pretend to like each other, this is what i got. goof balls ;)
and the engaged couple! so fun to hang out with them, it had been quite a while.

time after time

again, it's been a while since i blogged. my old camera died on me so i haven't had any pictures lately. but i got a new camera today which is really cool and has tons of features. al and i took our first bike ride from our new place today too so what better time to try out my some of the features on my new camera? we went discovering on some of the little roads we had never been down. it was fun! we saw some wildlife: bunnies, birds and wild turkey's (pictured below) the turkey's were actually really quite far from us so this is showing how far my new camera zooms. (it's not that clear of a shot, but it zooms way farther than my old camera!)i also have a "foliage" setting so i took some pictures of some beautiful flowers we saw. nice detail and clarity compared to my other camera!!

then on the way back, just outside our place, we saw a baby bird who must have just learned to walk cuz he was tiny! and didn't yet have functional wings. well the baby bird had gotten down the curb and couldn't get back up it. he we take a running start but just run into the curb and fall flat on his back. so al stopped and helped him up the curb (without touching him too much due to the whole you shouldn't touch a baby bird cuz then their parents won't accept them back theory) and he made it safetly back to his very noisy parents. way to go al! he saved his life! i tried to get a picture of the baby bird cuz he was so cute but my memory card was full cuz i was on the highest mega pixel setting and by the time i deleted some pics, he had run off too far. plus his mom and dad were very worried, so we left them alone.

new place

it looks as if no one's gonna come visit me anytime soon to see the new place, so here are a few pics of it.

here is the wonderfully huge kitchen and shoe closet to the right. and then perpendicular and right next to the shoe closet is the entrance door.here's our living room complete with fireplace and large shelf full of entertainment (we have a nintendo, super nintendo, ps2, atari, and wii!) to the right is another wonderfully large closet! the living room, dining room and kitchen are all pretty much one big room but the kitchen has tile flooring and the other two have carpet.
here is the dining room area which is more used for my sewing and scrapbooking area. (two things to note: the table runner, i sewed!! and in the corner is my very own shelf for just my scrapbooking stuff! so glad to have it out and easily accessible.)
here is part of the large master bedroom. the view is from the closet. the deck is off the bedroom which is a little weird, but makes for a much better view than if it were off the side (trees vs. buildings).
and here is the view from our deck, which is actually pretty decent sized. we have 5 plastic chairs and a mini table out there and they fit with room to spare. i have used the deck for working out and for tanning :) i love it! in the background of the view is a county highway so we do have highway noise but i don't mind it at all.
the blog would only let me put up 5 pictures (don't know if that's the limit-gina, some help please) but i do have a few more of different angles of the rooms. our bathroom is pretty big and the spare bedroom is decent sized for our computer room. there is a linen closet next to the bathroom, a closet in the spare bedroom and a huge utlity closet next to the entrance door which houses our laundry along with our bikes, golf clubs, and other mismatch things. so our place has tons of closet space!!!

after looking at these pictures it makes me realize how white and empty our walls look.... i'll have to see if i can't change that a bit....

it's been a while...

after packing, moving and unpacking i have been neglecting my blog lately. but we are all moved in and just about all unpacked and settled. LOVE the new place! it's so nice and out of the middle of college town. love the extra bedroom, deck, kitchen and that it has laundry in it!! i was told to put up pics of the new place but am unsure if i will as it may give said person reason not to come down and visit me... ;)

here are some pics from the predators first game on the 17th. it only rained for a little bit and there was a double rainbow behind the field, gorgeous! predators won!! they had us worried the first half, but came alive in the second! their second game is this coming weekend but it's away. al is starting back to football practice tonight and will play in all the games now. he won 4th place in the hammer at nationals!!! he got a big trophy and is now an all-american!!!

finally!!

finally, a plus size model won america's next top model!!! woo hoo!! love whitney's look and personality.

i didn't get to watch the finale...yet, but my roommate watched it for me and told me the details. i was hoping whitney would win but didn't think it would happen. i hope they didn't pick her to just have a plus size model win with the whole "weight issues" going on in modeling. hopefully they picked her cuz she was great!!!

went to a volleyball meeting tonite at fox run just outside eau claire. i love that bar!! a family run, out in the trees, reminds me of being up at the cabin bar!! i will be frequenting that place often!! ;) i'm so excited to play volleyball again! it's sand volleyball which is even more fun!! haven't played in a while so i hope i don't suck! plus meeting some more of the people at work will be awesome!! can't wait.

moving on friday! so excited. i love to pack yet don't really have that much at this house as i didn't know how long i would be in eau claire. hope it's not raining this weekend. move friday night and saturday, then the first predator game saturday night!! should be fun even tho al isn't playing... 3 day weekend next weekend!!! woot!!

missing gina like crazy!!... it's been a good month since i've seen her.... but check out her blog and book her and mitchell for all your photography needs.

check him out!!

here is the link to the chippewa valley predator's website where al is the predator of the week!! he plays offensive line for the predators although he won't start until the 2nd game due to track. he is the WIAC hammer and shot put conference champ after last weekend and is pretty much guaranteed to go to nationals. as i last heard, he tells me he is 4th in the nation in hammer. so check out the website and see the predator of the week spot at the bottom.

never enuf time

this picture is taken from my bedroom window. this view is about the only thing i like about the house i am living in right now. so excited to move on the 17th. kinda wish i was moving back to the cities, but i know that keeping my job for more than a year and getting that experience will help me in the long run. i miss my mom, my friends, my family, just getting to hang out at night if i want to, going out to dinner, stopping by to say hi, watching/playing softball on my off nights...

oh well eau claire will do for now... i found out today that i might be playing on a sand volleyball team with people at work on thursdays this summer. that would be awesome!! to get to play v-ball again and get to know more people at work.

i've been so tired this week, trying to get used to driving up and back for softball twice a week. the adjustment period is crappy but well worth it.