International Business Update

I got an 88% on my latest International Business quiz!

I have two midterms this week, one in Biological Psychology (Thursday) and one in Human Life Span Development (Friday). I also have another Intl Business quiz on Thursday. I can't wait to play some video games when all this studying is done!

Journals (& Flowers)

If you haven't started a journal yet in your life, go get one :) Besides the fact they are hilarious to read after the fact, they are good for the soul.

I wrote in my journal after 2 long months of blank pages, thanks to the urging of my sweet husband. He suggested I write about the flowers he got me last week (see photo), silly man! It was a great idea that must have worked because I now have a 6 page entry of the last 2 months of my life. By the way, Kelley wasn't "in trouble," he gets me flowers just for fun or because I am having a bad day. Unfortunately, I was having a bad day this time (which takes up its very own page in my 6 page entry!)

Back to the topic at hand, though, journals. Write in one. It is a release for all emotions whether sad, angry, or happy. It helps make me feel balanced in my life, and ready to move on through the next event. You also never know when you will have great advice to give yourself (or your posterity). We are all wise at one point and that should definitely be captured somewhere… hehe. Try it, you'll like it!

New Couch!

Joo Lin and I are excited to announce that we got rid of our ghetto couch and got a new (to us) couch. It is green and it is very comfortable. I have yet to fall asleep on it though, it will probably happen soon since I have been studying on it lately.

Thanks to Gwen, Amy, and Ed for making the new couch a reality and for letting us ditch our old couch in Halsey!

92% on International Business Quiz

I got a 92% on my first International Business quiz. I am really excited. I won't tell you what I got on the second one though. It wasn't as good. The 92%er is now on the fridge!

OSU Baseball

The wife and I went to an Oregon State baseball game on Saturday. They played the Evansville Purple Aces. Not sure why they are purple but it was comical to see them run around in purple. The Beavers, the National Champions, won 3 - 2. That was the final game in a three game series and they won all three of the games. We got to see the new additions to the stadium, new field turf in the infield, and the new scoreboard. They were both awesome to see finally in action.

I was even able to get to walk on the new infield as I participated in a student promotion during the fourth inning of the game. I got to play musical chairs and I lost when I decided to be nice and I gave up my spot after I totally took out some girl with my big booty. Luckily for her, her injuries where not life threating.

We have a few pictures of the game and I will post those shortly.

Happy Valentine's Day!

"Every day should be Valentine's Day," says Kelley. That is true - we both agree that it shouldn't be a completely abnormal day of affection. We're not into large gifts or huge celebrations... we like it low-key. We exchanged simple cards and then had heart-shaped pizza (compliments of Papa Murphy's), worked on a puzzle, and watched the movie Casablanca. Great planning by Kelley! In a busy world, quality time together is the best gift one can give or receive, I think.

Congrats to my little sister!!

My little sister made me proud the other day. She had informed me that she got an A on her midterm for her business class that she is taking this term. This is her first term at College and she was really nervous about the test. Great job Klorissa!!! Keep up the good work! We are proud of you!

Super Bowl Party!!! XLI Style

Joo Lin and I are hosting our first party at our apartment today. It's a Super Bowl XLI party. Hopefully everyone will have a great time. 42" HDTV and poker will head up the list of activities and we might even have a Janet Jackson impersonation contest too. I might not win that one. I think I am going to bust out my old 49er jersey for the occasion!

Week is Final Over!!

I did it! I made meals for a week and I didn't go crazy!!! I think Joo Lin missed out a lot during this past week because she kept commenting on how she loves cooking and preparing meals with me during the week. Part of me wants to believe her but I think she was just milking the whole "Kelley Cooking for a Week" thing. I had a fun time and I even came up with some new meals to add into our rotation. Next time I might think a little bit more before I decide to offer that again.

No Black Eye for Joo Lin

Last night Kelley was very restless. He hurt his back recently and had trouble getting comfortable enough to sleep. I woke up whenever he would move around. At one point I put my head up a little bit because he was shifting. Suddenly he had an arm spasm and popped me in the eye! It surprised me more than it hurt but I joked that I was going to have to explain my black eye to everyone. The funniest part about the whole situation was that Kelley thought it was hilarious. He jokes about me having laughing fits; this was his first and what a doozy! It was four solid minutes of nonstop, can't-catch-your-breath laughter, then a couple on and off minutes. Even now he chuckles thinking about it. What a nut!

Jasmine is Back

We got Jasmine back on Wednesday night. Freebird did a great job. Their silly commercial and hard work really paid off in making Jasmine beautiful again. Thanks Freebird!

tragedy

When we got home this evening, Kelley noticed something tragic at our apartment door. Our bikes were gone! At first I thought it was a joke, but it's very real :( We thought back to the last time someone saw them and determined they must have been stolen Tuesday sometime. We found the little piece of chain link they left behind as they committed the offense. I admit that I was devastated because I had planned on riding my bike to work as it gets lighter outside. I told Kelley (jokingly) that I had lost faith in humanity and my naiveté toward crime is gone.

Kelley did what any good husband would do. He attempted to call the police, but they said call back during the day. Then he drove us around the apartment complex looking in all the other million bike areas – why ours?! Finally he consoled me by taking me out to ColdStone to eat ice cream. I milked it and even got a waffle bowl. Yes, it did take away some of the pain.

free meals for a week + cookies!

Kelley, with all his good intentions, volunteered us to teach marrieds class this past Sunday at church. The week flew by, as usual. We had read the lesson during the week, but Saturday rolled around pretty quickly and it was crunch time. Kelley had to study so I read through the lesson again. It was a pretty short lesson so I was trying to figure out what kind of discussion could take up more time. Finally, Kelley offered to make dinner for the next week if I would take charge of the lesson. He said I had more experience because I teach Relief Society - I don't know so much about that :) However, an added bonus is that he made cookies for class... at 11 pm. As he finished the dough he woke me up (I was asleep on the couch) and reminded me it was Fast Sunday so no cookies to distract the people. Free dinner and cookies.... all for 40 minutes of lesson... what a deal!

Don't worry, Kelley did have input in the lesson, but I still get the meals... and cookies :) Lucky me!

Jasmine

Jasmine (our 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid car) is getting fixed today! She is having some body work done to her to fix the marks that were left after the accident that we were in from December. It will be great to have her looking pretty and new again. Thanks for being patient Jasmine!

The Streak is Over!

Joo Lin and I have been really good lately but the streak is finally over. We had made it TEN consecutive days without eating out for lunch or dinner. I think the longest streak before that was two days.

We ended the streak by getting dinner from Qdoba's, it's a local fresh-mex restaurant, last night. Our motivation behind this insanity is to be healthier, to lose weight, and to save money. Hopefully we can be stronger and go another ten days without eating out. Wish us luck!

Kelley and Joo Lin Rice

Christmas Pictures

I have created a website that Joo Lin and I can share photos with everyone. The first set of pictures is from Christmas 2006 at my mothers house. There will be more to come soon. Maybe even some wedding photos!

The link is Kelley and Joo Lin Photo's

ENJOY!

Kelley's talent

I wanted to share Kelley's beautiful picture with everyone. He took it on his digital camera. This is the first snow of the year in Corvallis, Oregon behind the building where we work overlooking the river. Could be a beautiful postcard, couldn't it?

Piggy Piggy

So, today I was a very bad wife. Amy brought donuts to work and of course I ate one. Later in the morning I was SO tempted to eat another. However, I held out because I knew I should be healthy and just eat the lunch I had brought. I did contemplate saving one for Kelley... I even discussed it with Amy. It was his favorite kind - regular with cinnamon and sugar coating. I decided not to put it aside, though, because I thought I'd be more tempted to eat it if I touched it. I kept close watch on it.... then after lunch it was sitting there... tempting me with its sugary goodness. So I took it and put it on the plate. Again, I thought about saving it for Kelley... and thought... then just took a nibble... and another one... and suddenly it was gone! Unfortunately, (the good wife that I am!) I was honest with Kelley about eating 2 donuts today. One thing led to another and he found out what kind and that I didn't save it for him. Good thing he's such a forgiving husband :) He even cleaned the apartment this afternoon and it would have been the perfect surprise. C'est la vie - ha!

Beaver Snowman

We received more snow in Corvallis the past two days. It has been great! I didn't get a chance to play in it as much as I wanted because OSU decided not to close down for the day but some silly kids had some fun without me and made this snow man. Go Beavs!

Back to School

Today is the first day of school for Winter Term for me. I am taking two Business classes (New Venture Finance and International Business), two Sociology classes (Juvenile Delinquency and Criminology and Penology), an Economics class (Intro to Microeconomics), and one P.A.C. class (Team Handball). It should be a fun and entertaining term. If anyone ever wants to challenge me to a game of handball after this term I will gladly accept.