MN in February

As per Lex's request I am posting a bunch of the MN pictures. Ones from the mall of america, of which there aren't very many, and some of the 331 Club and the Sno-Ball. However, to not have just a bunch of pictures overtaking the blog, I'm giving you a link to my new photo site on Flickr so you can check them out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikavons/
If you want some of the photos and they can't be downloaded from there, just let me know and I'll burn them onto a CD for you and send them, or I can email them if you just want a couple.

MN was a fantastic time. It was awesome to see Noelle, Aaron, and Lex (even though it was only a few hours).

RRRR-ight, I'm here

Alright, alright. So I get it now. With the help of Noe here, I too am now a blogger. First off Minn is really freakin cold...I have to wear long-johns, sweater, down jacket, gloves and a hat, oh and mittens to feel like my homeostasis level is where it should be. But it's worth it. It's been great catching up with Noe and meeting Aaron who is the male version of our dear friend. He's easy to talk to, and obviously can't wait to be wed to Noelle. Too bad all the bridesmaids will be naked on that blessed day. Not too much luck with the dress hunting; between crazy haired sales ladies, dresses and better dresses (?), and GLITZ!, the Mall of America did us braidsmaids no justice. I did however manage to spend much mula at H&M (my true shopping guilty pleasure)...E: post those pics you took in the mall, I'd like to see them...but not the one of me with a tail...
So my life in Seattle is great. Mike and I are better than ever I'm happy to say. My job is good (reception at a chiropractor's office) and keeps me wanting to be healthy and live a balanced life. The hours are great which allows for me to do some theatre. I sent out the email about the play I'm working on, but not sure if you all got it. I'm assistant directing The Cowgirl Play, as well as stage managing it. In the future I think I'm going to pursue directing...unless I turn out to totally suck at...we'll see. I'm trying to get involved with an all female produced festival called Mae West Fest. I've also just been asked to be a part of the Company Macha Monkey (who is producing the play that I'm working on now) and couldn't be happier about it! I'm so happy to be doing theatre and making a name for myself, but it's a big pond and I'm still a little fish...
Ok, I think I win the prize for the longest blog ever. I'll post some pics when I get home to my own computadora.
Love Lex
Japanese words Noelle and Lex learned yesterday: McDonalds: macodonodo Toilet: toire (toe-ray..my fave) surfboard: sufaborodo

Beach Time

Hello Fiends! Emily is on "midwinterbreak" from student teaching 3rd grade at BF Day Elementary in Seattle. Just got in to Portland today after spending the week with Phil and Tommy cat at the Beach House. (yes he is wearing the same outfit as in the last picture, haha) I had been parted much too long from the lovely place. Feel the same way? Then after we all have a reunion at Noelle's Weddin', maybe we should all go to the beach! I am graduating my Masters in Teaching program June 17, so I will be freshly job hunting. anyhow, anyplace, where ever we be, I am looking forward to seeing everyone again. I am shamed to say, however, that I have seen Leah much more recently than Lex, and we live minutes away... this should change! and we should all reunite this summer! and galexies will collide and stars explode with joy as the Maidenhead sails oncemore! ARRR me mateys!

Noelex

hi I am writing here on behalf of Lex who is having techno-difficulty in signing on. She has access only through her library, so there may be some issue there. However, when last we spoke she wished for me to speak in her presence.
So, Lex is doing well. She is involved in graet plays and directing and doing all sorts of wonderful things. She is happy and excited to visit Noelle on Sunday at the end of this month. It had been too long away from this wonderful friend, and she just felt a longing to visit the frozen tundra.
So, that is her message, I swear no personal bias creeped in on my part! Write her an email or call.
Love you all, and miss you
Noelle/Lex

VD 2006

just wanted to wish you all a HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!
spread the love :)

k*

Well, well. I am not the last to post. Score!

Ummm... now what to say...

Leah's Life: Colorado. Coffee shop. Irish Pub. Research for Progressive Health. Family. Mojitos. Boyfriend. Grad School?

That is my life in a nutshell. The most important stuff is all in-between the lines which I will fill in as the days progress.

Oh, and I have seen some amazing live music recently. And went to Vegas for the first time. And Kansas. And hope to go to LA. And Wisconsin.

Thanks to KPod for initiating a form of contact I think we all should excel at, and thanks to you all for posting. Lex... I'm passing the Baton.

And you all should check out the band Mute Math. Just do it.

woop woop away in the escape pod i've gone

too many nanomoments of time have passed since we were all in the same place. sinking into a sofa and watching snl. making popcorn and clothes and playing dressup and not sleeping and voting for fantasia and doing art and eating zucchini bread. a lot of zuccini bread. thankyou to kasia the technology goddess who will bring us all into merry contact again. i'm in san diego and i love it and it's sunny and sandy and every few blocks there is a different language being spoken and happy blue skies. i'm even working! and it's fun! and sadly i have no pictures of boys to offer the blog (since that seems to be the theme) but i did bowl a 163 the other day. yeah. and there were boys there, and i bowled better than them. so yeah. i love love love love love you all so so so so so much. wanna come live with me?

alright for blogs!

Hi all,
yes, we've entered the world of technology, not that i am particularily adept at using it. If you have any interest i'm including a link to my pictures from my research trip to CO.
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/evonschneide/CO%20pics (you might have to copy and paste). Also, you have to click on the pictures to view them which is kind of stupid, but i don't know how to do it differently so you'll just have to deal.
also, i'm posting a different picture of todd and i b/c kash is posting crap pictures. :) This picture is actually with a very cute giant schnauzer puppy (which his brother now owns, and he is a loveable little shit of a dog, and getting huge).
and yes i realize the picture is sideways but i can't figure out how to rotate it, so you'll just have to deal for now until i can change it.

hell yeah!

Ladies!
Thank you for setting this up, I am just now getting tech-savvy enough (thanks to my husband-to-be at left with our dog Mo) to be able to use this kind of thing and actually appreciate its value! And yes, my husband-to-be, Aaron Neumann (we will be the "Neupporte's" when all is said and done) and I invite all 6 of you to our wedding on June 21st 2006. I just got all of your phone numbers from lovely big E and I can't wait to talk to you all and let you know how much I think of you and how silly I have been about staying in contact and why and what I have found out about myself and how much I just love you all. I will never forget our last year together and how you all really supported me and were true friends whenever I came a callin'. I would like to count you as friends for life. And you can count on me for that, a lifetime friend, wherever life may find you. This picture is from Aaron's run for Mpls City Council this past year, and Mo is a great pyranese/st. bernard mix. We also have a rather large balck cat (around 18 lbs) named Sumo Chan. We love our big animals! The other picture is Aaron on the Mississippi river behind our house, I was hoping for a different picture, but I couldn't find it and am not quite savvy enough to know how to delete pictures from here yet. I will get the hang of it though!
I look forward to talking with you and to reading more about cats and boys and parties and life here on this blog.
Noelle

Emily's boys: boyfriend Phil and Tommy the cat. I put him to work helping me cut out journals for my class of third graders.

The Chronic of Narnia

even if you already saw this SNL skit, you should watch it again and again and again.
One of the best skits to come out of SNL in the past 5 years!http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

The Speechalist, where wings take dreams

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushvideos/v/bushspeechalist.htm

really quite amusing...you're working hard to put food on your family

erika and her boyfriend Todd :)

(and yes, they did make/sew his shirt)

the party is waiting for all of you in Madison, WI!

the begining

like omg ladies,
what better way to start 2006 than by embarcing technology and her many virtures:
aka -the blog-!
just wanted to have a way, that however often you want to, we can keep each other updated on small and big life events...etc.

esKape POD