Coffee with a friend

I know this blog is in need of an update. The past couple of weeks have been really busy! And of course in the midst of it I continue to look for a job. Before I update you on all the fun, I thought I would share this with you.

Yesterday I got to see my good college friend Katie who is a missionary with SAM (South America Mission) in Bolivia. She has been back in upstate New York visiting her family and raising support before she heads back sometime next year. She is in Minnesota for just a few days and I’m so glad I got to see her yesterday. You can read more about her here.

Katie and I went for coffee at Coffee News Cafe, but also stopped in one of my old favorite shops, Wet Paint. While we were there we found these great journals made out of old books and each picked up a couple. I can’t wait to use one of them. They are so great. The company that makes them is called Ex Libris Anonymous.

Anyway, I am just feeling happy about a great time and good conversation spent with a good friend and good coffee, while taking home with me a couple goodies. 🙂

I don’t know why I am so bad at smiling in pictures lately! Haha.

Nice day outside

I know this summer really has been busy when I think about the fact that I haven’t scrapbooked for myself since June! I have made some cards and gifts, but haven’t added to my personal scrapbooks. I have been trying to scrap my photos and get “caught up”. The last photos I scrapped were from June 2007….so I am a bit more than two years behind. Hopefully I can get more scrapping done after this month of craziness is over. I am hoping to get at least a couple pages scrapped this month!

I am about to go out and do some weeding in my garden. I just let the dog outside and saw a monarch butterfly flying around our yard! I don’t I’ve ever seen one in our yard before! This is my first day to myself all week. Yesterday I met up with my friend Jill for lunch and we walked around the lake at Como Park. I snapped this shot:

Jill has been living in Milwaukee for a year, and before that Iowa City, so I am happy any chance I get to spend some time with her. She is such a lovely friend!

Trevor and I also attended Live on the Drive last night, which took place just a few blocks from our house on Victory Memorial.

This month it was a salsa band called Charanga Tropical. It was a nice time to hang out with neighbors and hear some fun music. Trevor knows the organizers and had asked if he could help with anything, so they told him to get an approximate count of people in attendance. There were over 500 people there. I think they were hoping for more, but I thought it was a good turnout.

Renata

I’ve been busy all week hanging out with this girl:

I met Renata in 2002 when she was here from Brazil, living in Minneapolis with her cousin and learning English. Since then she’s been back to Brazil, and also lived in Italy and Spain. She finally made it back here and I’ve had so much fun spending time with her. I hadn’t seen her since March 2003! It will be sad to say goodbye again in a little over a week, but she is such a dear friend and I am so lucky to know her. 🙂