I may or may not have a love affair with sticky notes

I am seriously in love with sticky notes. I think they may be the best thing ever. 90% of my organization and planning is backed entirely by sticky notes. Even though I just made that number up. It's probably more than that. I use them for everything- bookmarking readings in my textbooks, writing down quick lists, notes to myself or to Ms. Tiffany, and to keep myself on track for finals week. But first you'll have to get through the weekend.

Friday
Friday was Titans Take on Hunger, a charity event put on by USRH's Foods Committee and Reeve Union Board (RUB).


Instead of offering the multiple choices Blackhawk Commons usually has for lunch, only soup, salad, cheese pizza, and make your own sandwiches were offered. All of the money saved by doing this was donated to a local food pantry instead.

Saturday
Best Saturday ever. Period. First, I went on a sleigh ride through a nature preserve with my Aunt Anne, Uncle Chris, and W. We saw all kinds of cool animals, like albino deer, buffalo, elk, foxes, raccoons, and a skunk.


W enjoying the sleigh ride. We learned all kinds off cool facts about the animals. Like that skunks and raccoons like cookies.


You know who else likes cookies? Everyone. Which is why we ended up baking over 100 of them Saturday afternoon. That should hold me over through finals!

Sunday
Before coming back to school on Sunday, I played a few rounds of hide and seek with W. He's truly a master of disguise.


Or, he would be if he didn't always hide in the same spot.

Monday
And here's where my love of sticky notes comes in. Keeping me on track to the final two weeks of before break. There's for each of my classes (though math and geology are combined since they require basically the same things), USRH, meetings for the next two weeks, and important dates.


Yes, I am definitely in love with them.

Weekend Fun

Saturday
Anne and Chris were lucky enough to get tickets for Saturday's Badger game, so I got to babysit W again :)


As always, he was adorable. Tired, though, since he only napped for an hour. What a little stinker!

Saturday evening, Anne and I made the Best Cake Ever. I believe she called it Texas Sheet Cake. It's super moist and delicious and bad for you (of course, everything that tastes good is bad for you).


It's just a little almondy tasting, and so so so good.

Sunday
Before taking me back to school on Sunday, Anne packed up a yummy treat bag to take with.


Most of the cake came back with me, along with some homemade salsa!


Homemade salsa! It's so good, I can't stop snacking. I made the mistake of sharing it with Jon last night after dinner, and now I'm worried he's going to try and steal it! As if it's not enough that he's after the cake!

Week W

I spent the majority of this week watching my little cousin, W. Here's how it went:

Sunday
I got there Sunday evening, so we had dinner and then W went to bed. And I kind of forgot to take a picture until after that. But once he was in bed, I started watching the BBC/A&E adaption of Pride and Prejudice.


I must say, it was VASTLY superior to the newer film version with Keira Knightly and Adrian Brody. Colin Firth was an absolutely wonderful Darcy, and the entire thing was just so much more in tune with the novel. Naturally, I loved it :)

Monday
Aunt Anne had a hair cut, so W and I got some quality time to play "Sunny Day"


Sunny Day being W-speak for Sesame Street. I was Mr. Hooper. And Elmo. Dub was anyone he wanted to be at the time. lol

Tuesday
Tuesday was a bit of a free day, since Anne didn't have any plans and therefore didn't really need a sitter. We decided to spend the day at the Milwaukee Zoo, and ended up having a blast.


A wild W in his natural habitat- anywhere he can be having fun!


We also rode the zoo train, which was pretty awesome.


However, I think we had the most fun in the petting zoo. W attracted goats like nothing else. At first they kind of overwhelmed him, but then he (kind of) got the hang of feeding them and got more used to them.

Wednesday
Wednesday, W found my giraffe, and dragged him everywhere. He even got a diaper for a little while.


Here they are sharing a delicious afternoon snack of milk and cookies.

Thursday
W was a popular little guy on Thursday- he made and received several calls from Uncle Jim, Nicky, and Sophie.


I doubt any of them are aware of this, however, as he was using a disconnected phone.

Friday
Yesterday I babysat Evan and Tyler instead of William, then drove up to school to pick up Jon for the weekend, since campus is doing weird stuff this weekend.


Attempt number two of us trying to get a picture together. I think we're getting better at it!

Hiatus

There will be a brief hiatus from regular posting this week, as I will be out of town watching W. I will, of course, continue to take a picture each day and will post them when I get back. In the meantime, my friend here will be keeping an eye on things.


That's right. Optimus Prime is watching you. Behave yourselves.

Weekend update

Found my camera cord! I left it on my desk. So here's what happened this weekend:

Saturday
I babysat my little cousin, who loves to walk around in big people shoes. He really seemed to like my black and white checked chucks. We probably spent a good 20 minutes walking around with them. Here's the little shoe thief just as he was putting my shoes on:



Sunday
Sunday I spend the morning/early afternoon at home before coming back up to school. I didn't notice when I got home Saturday night, but when I woke up Sunday morning, I saw this little guy sitting on my nightstand:


Now he's sitting on my dresser keeping an eye on my stuff while I'm at school. lol

Going home

This weekend is going to be really fun: tonight I'm staying at my Aunt and Uncle's house, and tomorrow I'm babysitting my adorable little cousin W. After babysitting, I'm going home for the night to hang out with my family. Sunday I'll come back to O to finish up the weekend hanging with my friends.


Today's picture (because I was busy and lazy today) features my backpack (computer and camera stuff, clothes for the weekend), and duffle bags (3 weeks of not doing laundry- again, I was lazy).