hotness.

I have beautiful friends, it's true.

** Screaming from a Rooftop **

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Janell heads North
tomorrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!

I see some serious cupcake-ing in our not too distant future.

Congratulations Janell!!

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Today my dear friend Janell will be wearing black, accessorizing with some fringe, and walking across a very special stage to receive her undergraduate degree. It is mostly a formality since she really finished her undergrad work last year and has already begun vet school. I don't know why they made her wait a year for official documentation of her genius-ness but I couldn't be happier for her to be walking across that stage, receiving the recognition she deserves! In three short years she'll have all that she needs to start saving animals for a living and doing what she's always dreamed of! Congratulations Janell!

Sorry fellas...

...the greatest girl in the world is now *officially* (engaged to be) taken!!!!

That beaming bombshell in the photo above is one of my most favorite ladies in the universe! She and I have been friends since our freshmen year in high school - - I've loved her from the first day of class when she walked into the ag room with a tin lunch box, a funny t-shirt, and the most friendly, wonderful personality ever. And today my dear friend got engaged to who can only be a most amazing man!
CONGRATULATIONS Janell and John!!!

oh... and uh... sorry Janell for pilfering this photo but it's just perfect, you know?!

bhahhh!

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I've been really loving goats lately.
Maybe it is because a few weeks ago the philosopher and I
passed a farm with baby goats for sale on our way home from the lake.
Or maybe it is because goats remind me of my friend Janell in Texas
who used to raise goats for FFA.

My mom's banker once told us that his family has a pet goat
not for profit or anything but just "for the love".
And when I was younger my sisters had two pet goats...
though I don't remember them much.

Right now, while I'm free from all the yucky duties that go along with
farm animal management, the idea of having a big back yard
with a cool tree house and a couple of pet goats
sounds really, really good.


hmm... or maybe a cow!
ps: did you catch Janell's bluebell t-shirt?
In case you don't know, bluebell has the best vanilla icecream.