not too shabby

the 2007 bonnaroo lineup was announced the other day. we went last year and there was an amazing lineup including radiohead, beck, tom petty, bela fleck, and others. this year we aren't planning on going, however i'm not going to rule it out yet. some bands i would like to see include, but are not limited to: the police, widespread panic, ben harper and the innocent criminals, wilco, the flaming lips, the white stripes, the string cheese incident, damien rice, ween, gov't mule, galactic, john butler trio, and xavier rudd. that's a pretty decent lineup and if it weren't so far away and we had unlimited funds i'd probably go fo sure. i might have to settle for gomez friday at suede.

thanks victoria

so i hate bra shopping. it is always such a pain, and i put it off for years because i don't want to do it. however, it was time for a new bra, so i went to victorias secret today and they made the experience enjoyable (or at least manageable). i walked in and told the girl that i needed a bra, and she sent me back to the next girl who measured me. that girl then sent me to the fitting room where they already had a little drawer of bras in my size to try on. i tried them all on, found the one i liked, they wrote down the size and style for me and pointed me in the right direction to pick out the color i wanted. it was painless. so thanks victorias secret for making bra shopping easier.

i do have to admit, that i walked by the store a couple of times before i got the courage to go in.

well traveled

i just got a roll of film developed. (the stuff you used to have to put in cameras to get pictures...remember?) this roll of film has been in my camera probably 4 years. here's what's on it.

• pictures from when dan and I went to cabo san lucas, mexico with my parents the year after we got married.
• my summer class when i was teaching in the intensive english language institute at utah state.
• alyssa, emily and me somewhere. i think when they came to visit me in logan for my birthday.
• dan somewhere in southern utah i think.
• a balloon ride in new york.
• joseph smith birthplace in sharon, vermont.
• dan's brother robert on one of those velcro walls with a velcro suit on.
• the temple in hermosillo, mexico. dan and i drove down one december.
• my graduation from utah state with my masters degree.
• some of my students from hillcrest elementary in logan.
• dan and i in front of the parthenon - athens, greece.
• various mosques in istanbul, turkey.
• siena in a halloween parade in clifton park, new york.
• a few pictures to finish off the roll - annie, xander, me.

48 degrees

i am looking at the thermometer right now and it says 48.5 degrees! earlier i took annie to the park because it was sooo nice and 41 degrees. annie learned how to climb up the stairs and go down the slide all by herself. anyway hooray for a beautiful day!

graduation day

a momentous day in the bolke family. today annie graduated to nursery at church. it was wonderful to be able to go to class and listen. she had fun and we had fun! it's amazing how much more you can listen when you don't have to be shoving cheerios into your kid's mouth and reading books about animals, david's stinky diapers, or the lady with the alligator purse.

he really said this

dan: "don't you love our house? If I wanted to poo in the corner I could."

yep, that's my husband. he's excited about owning our own house. so i guess if you come over, steer clear of the corners just in case.