To my only reader...

SABRINA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, German

Pronounced: sa-BREEN-a (English), zahp-REE-nah (German) [key]
From the name of the Severn, a river in Wales, which was originally named Habren. In Celtic legend Sabrina was the name of a princess who was drowned in the Severn. Supposedly the river was named for her, but it is more likely that her name was actually derived from that of the river.

BFF du jour: Holly

My momsy, Hol. Pretty much the only person who I can not only blame for everything but also turn to with every problem, no matter how dramatic.

Me: “I was held too much as a baby, that is why I can’t juggle”

Hol: "Yes, I know, it's all my fault”

I heart me some Hol!

I'm a whorl

Jake & I went to the Saint Paul Police Department to be fingerprinted as part of our background check for the homestudy. We discovered that he has arched prints and I have whorl.

So true...

Congrats JD & Stephanie

Last night two good friends of ours got married in a beautiful ceremony at the Mill City Museum. In addition to great food and dancing, we got to see many old friends from Luther who have moved away. Tone & Kendra cam from South Dakota, Ross y Yesica from Peru, Brad & Sarah from Wisconsin, Ben & Erica from Arizona and Bill from Oregon. It was a fantastic night!

Best wishes to the new bride and groom who now share our anniversary!

6 years of "pure bliss"

Happy Anniversary to Us!

8/4/01

In my prayers...

...I-35W bridge collapse victims and their families

My brother's girlfriend, Hil, has a good friend who was in the accident. Here is Hil's account of what happened to her friend...


"Wen was on the bridge. She was in one of the first cars to do down. Her car was about to drive over the crack in the bridge when it all began. Her car then fell forward with various chunks from the bridge (she had to have fallen over one hundred feet at least). She landed on a cement chunk but her car was quickly sinking. The car was upside down but she had remained conscious so she was able to crawl out the window. The cement piece that she was on then began to slip into the water. She had to swim to get to a crooked metal beam and then she crawled out on that up to the street. She had surgery today – her hands and lower arms have been severely cut up. Her Cat Scans all came back good. She had no broken bones. They are worried about her hand mobility so we will see what happens in surgery. "