Combining two more of my favorite things–Will Ferrell as the Phantom of the Opera.

Back from a week in Kansas. Had a great time visiting family and survived a few insanely cold and windy days there. We went to a Wichita Thunder hockey game, where a fight broke out within the first four seconds of the game. Good family entertainment, definitely. I was kind of sickly intrigued by the blood on the ice after the fight and that they had to scrape and pick at the ice to remove the blood, obviously because it was frozen by the time they cleaned it up. (I’m sure everyone already knew that but me. I thought they’d just mop it up.)

We also stopped by Hesston College to pay them some money for alumni paraphernalia at the bookstore. I am now two Hesston tshirts happier (and poorer) than I was before.

In my spare time, I immersed myself in a luxury I do not have at home…the Discovery channel. I cannot deny it–I love to watch Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs. Fortunately for me, these shows are rerun quite often.

Who would guess it was 20-some degrees outside?

If one chooses to eat fast food I think Taco Bell is usually one of the better fast food options. But this doesn’t always hold true.
I spent more than an hour in a Taco Bell this past week because they were so slow in getting peoples’ orders out. The many people waiting around the counter should have been a warning but I went ahead and ordered. Then I realized that people were sitting at tables (many people) without food because they were also waiting for their orders. Overall I ended up waiting more than 30 minutes for my food.

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Spending some time in a very windy place. Will write soon…if we don’t blow away first.

Ingrid Michaelson is my latest musical discovery. I’m not fond of this video, but close your eyes and listen to this sweet song.

Another one for your listening pleasure:
Keep Breathing