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Life's much better and the family is all on the mend :)...Except the cat. Maybe we'll get a new one though.

My sorority's formal was this weekend...way fun...here are a few pics! Miss all who are overseas loads! (Ashley we missed you lots:) )


Barrett and I thought this move was fly...


This is my baby diamond sister :)


Some of the seniors...and our hot burger king crowns. SHWING!


Me and Lindsey at the pink palace. <3 this house and the girls...

All of the seniors except Barnes, Zawada, Kristy and Ashley


It was a great night!

For REAL?

Well its true, when it rains it pours. Friday night Grandpa was in a car accident, and is still hospitalized for 4 broken ribs. Thank goodness he wasn't the cause of the accident, and is completely fine minus the rib situation.

Saturday mom broke her large bone in her Right arm. Could have been way worse considering osteoperosis is in the picture, but glad its wasn't.

Brother needs open heart surgery.

Dad had hand surgery today.

And the thing that made me saddest was my cat, who we've had since I was 5, died today. After we left the old house a few years ago, Maggie went a little bit crazy. However, she was still a good cuddle bug and would frequently curl up in a ball on my lap. She hated the dog until recently. She wasn't sick or anything, but probably had a heart attack. Stupid getting old. Hard to believe that a few weeks ago she stole an entire pork chop off my brother's plate, and ran away with it. She was only 5-6 pounds, so it must have been as large as her face.

Keep the Ferg family in your thoughts and prayers please...its been a long week.

Spppringggggggggg Break

Well, spring break was a blast. Last Saturday, one of my best guy friends Allen and I flew to San Diego, California to meet one of my best girl friends, Chantel. Over the course of a week, we moved Chantel out of her apartment, went up to Hollywood (a blast!!) went to three different beaches, and went to the San Diego Zoo, one of the best in the nation. The weather was perfect, except a bit chilly by the beach. Chantel has a pool outside of her patio in her apartment complex, so we got to spend a lot of time in the sunshine. AND I got to see my pal Nikki from Wales. BOMB! Brits, you should get out to the west coast if you get the chance. Pretty perfect! Here's some pics

The view from Chantel's Apartment




We made Allen into a Merman

Playing in the sand


Kareoke....

St. Patty's day

Elephant!!! They were so cute and playful.

Koalas!! Look so cuddly....

Lemers? I think? Meekrats? I don't remember, but they were very focused.

RHINOOOOOS

Giraffe...



I could be a polar bear...eat all day and lay on rocks. I could handle it.


And this is what a camel looks like.
....And his name was Creeper Seal.


Flashin the peace sign at the top of the rock at La Jolla Beach


Endangered birds...the only birds we liked. The rest were boring.



I wanted to hug him...
Chantel and me
Again, I wanted to snuggle.

Oh hi Mr. Tiger.


Umm, we matched. Precious.

Seal Colony at La Jolla


More endangered not boring birds.

Proud Daughter

:)
http://www.thisweeklive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6906&Itemid=44

This young man has gone through thick and thin, enduring more physical battles than most of us will in a lifetime. The article doesn't do him justice regarding how much his body has been put through. Makes you want to celebrate being alive every day :)

Things which make me go Hmmm #1

So...one thing I have noticed over the past 4 months, is the increase of annoying Facebook statuses. I am not quite sure what the nostalgia is among displaying your emotions allowing your best friend (from 1st grade whom you haven't talked to since 2nd grade and for SURE wouldn't acknowledge on the street but are still facebook friends with them) too see your utmost inner feelings, or if your newborn has an innie or outtie.

Among the list of things which make me go, "Hmmm..."

So and So is "SOO excited because my daughter's umbilical cord fell off and she has an innie..."
"SOOO angry because baby daddy brought son home and he is soo tired and all I
wanted was for him to be well rested for tomorrow."
"Fed up with being ignored and taken for granted"
"SOOOOOOOOOOOOoo excited cuz the BF told me he LOVED me" (for realsies?)
**The now ever so common FML- meaning F* my life.**
Your life is so bad you have to say it in a facebook status? I just don't get it.

ANNNNNNND my ever so favorite republican statuses (dude, get over it already. McCain lost)
"i cant actually finish my soc109 reading b/c i am so enraged by its factual errors and pathetic assualt on democracy that i have actually become physically ill."
" is awaiting the corrination of our new king...er. wait i mean inaguration of a president?"
*note to self...always spell check your fb status...
"millions of americans are suffering under the economy and this auguration is going to be the most expensive of all time. 150 million. nice job dems. nice job."
*Note to self...auguration isn't a word...
*Another note to self: perhaps the INauguration was expensive because of security measures taken for angry republicans such as yourself?


Be happy peeps! Facebook just perpetuates wallowing. Lamesauce. Stop using it as a means of telling the world your emotions. That's what journals, art, and poetry are for...

Skype Usernames

Yo pals,
If you have a skype username will you be a doll and please send it to me? And your addresses? Thanks dears :)

Spring Break/Thankful/Miss you All

Yo peeps
Wohoo!! I booked my flight to see one of my oldest and dearest friends over Spring Break. SO PUMPED about it. My best guy friend in the world is going too, so that should be a blast. EEEP!! We're looking into skydiving, and for sure going to the Zoo there. Yay!! So lately, as I have been hearing about the crazy amounts of jobs being lost (Macy's just cut 7000 jobs...) and about the people in the economy who are severely suffering, I have felt an immense amount of gratitude for all of you close friends and for the blessings in my life I have been granted. Good friends, a roof over my head, a steady, flexible job, the gift of school (even though student loans are killin me...) food, and the ability to feed my appetite for adventure, and an abundance of other blessings all have made me thankful for everything. My heart hurts for the members of the small community affected by the DHL closeout in Ohio, and for the masses nationwide laid off by retail and small buisnesses. Hopefully our economy will get better with the exit of He Who Shall Not Be Named...

Finally, a giant WOHOO for all of the snow falling in the UK! I can just imagine how much fun it would be to sled anywhere in the village...(Sian...perhaps the hill I fell down numerous times...?). Rachel...your snowman was LOVELY. Kudos to you! Wish I was there hiding behind the flat and pelting you all with snowballs when you leave :) Nate put up a pic of flat 63 all snowy...I see the toilet paper rolls pasted onto the window have increased...

Miss you all SO much, and wish you were here
<3<3<3
Amy


ps-Sooo, heads up peeps I'll probably be discontinuing this blog and making a private new one only a select few of you will know about because someone is really, really lurkin on this page (40 something times since the end of January...). If you are that person, please stop. This blog is for people who I can't be around while I am at school. Your IP address ends with 22, from the residence halls of the University of Iowa. I really don't want to have to change sites, as I have an established amount of friends out of state or overseas who have access to this site. I have a good idea of who ya are, so knock it off.