real people, down home cookin people

"You know the the little white speck that is on the top of chicken shit? Well, it also chicken shit." That is from one of my favorite movies, Pure Country, with George Strait.

This is a pic that i took on my way from Crookston to Bemidji.
So what happen to my vacation? i leave a week from today :( That makes me extremely sad, because that means that i have to go back to living in the stupid dorms with all of the stupid people. Sorry about that. well i thought that i would make a quick post

YYAAYY im home

I am done with my first semester of college! and now it is time to sleep. I got home monday night, and i am happy because i was extremely stressed and couldnt sleep in the dorms. Mostly because of all of the rude, loud, inconsiderate people that live in my dorm. OH well. I am just happy to be home.

Here is a picture of chucky, snuggling on the couch.
In my art class, we had to create whistles (and it was so hard to do, it took me 4 days to make it whistle and somebody made it whistle for me in like 5 minutes) and everybody said that it looked like nemo or a gold fish cracker. so i painted it like nemo but in John Deere colors. I am extremely happy with how it turned out.

I am so happy to be on break, i was in desperate need of a vacation and sleep. sorry that is is kind of a boring post i need a nap, im kind of tired.

And by the way, 2 months from today, is my 20th birthday!

"F*** me" "OH DARN"

INCASE you didnt catch the title, its from the movie speed. DONT HAVE A COW!!

I just have 2 weeks left of my first semester of college! yes!! and now i have to start preparing for my first and only final...test that is. and that is on monday the 10th. I gave a presentation today which i was told was my final. i have a final paper to write for another class (which happens to be one of my least favorite classes), and i am 95% sure that i dont have to take my math final because of my 101% in the class. my math teacher told us that if we had an A but the end of the semester, we didnt have to take the final. So with my only test final on monday, i am kind of stressing out.

I answered yes. CRAP!!!
Im sorry that this is really random, but doesnt it remind you of the melhorn family at all?

GREAT ANSWER!!! can i use this for my final? just kidding

WHERE can i find this coffee cup?!?!?!? i really like it!!!!

So i am super excited for my 2 1/2 week x-mas vacation. its the 20-6th. short huh? i know two colleges that have the 21-21 off. that sucks!! but oh well, ive been told that my summer vacation starts earlier then everyone elses so HA!!!!

Sorry that this is a really random post

HEY!!! i just realized im feeling a little bit better!! yes! well, lets see how i feel tomorrow before i get super excited

i really dislike snow

OK, so i am happy that i know work like 1/4 of a mile away from work, and that made the drive back from work today great. And i am also happy that i have 4 wheel drive. The only problems that i encountered was the stupid drive going 50+ on highway 2. He almost hit me! I pulled onto the shoulder of the road a little ways before my turn and the guy didnt even change lanes. what a dick!
OK so we all know whtat is going on in the midwest right now. and yes it does suck

Here is the state of minnesota...

A view from my dorm room....

OK, so last night, friday night, i needed to get out of my dorm room, because i was getting ticked off at my whole wing. The boys on the floor above me we playing there music loud and running around an stomping. and the girls on my floor where screaming and playing their music louder then the boys. So i decided to go and do some x-mas shopping in grand forks. And as usual, while buying somestuff for my family, i ended up buying myself a few new things, like a brand new hooded sweatshirt...
I am also battling a cold and trying not to get it. UMC offered the flu shot and it was free and i completely forgot about it. So i didnt get it. And alot of the students who got it, ended up getting the flu. So i lucked out there. But ij the early child care center on friday, i was informed that a lot of the kids there had/were getting the flu, so we had to was our hands a lot. And i am hoping that i dont get it.

Well, i will talk to you later

Im getting old

Ok so i was going to post something on thursday when i was home in bemidji, but i couldnt remember my password.

Well anyways i had a great thanksgiving at home. I left crookston as soon as i was done with my class wednesday and had a pretty interesting drive home, my truck trucked turned 100,000 miles, not bad for a 1993 dodge dakota. That happened as soon as i drove through bagley. And wouldnt you know it, but something got messed up with my speedometer (sorry about the spelling) and my mileage meter thingy got stuck. but as soon as i got home and told my dad what happened it started working again, but that usually happens. And i was only home for like 15 minutes before i left again to hang out with some of my friends that i havnt seen since august. We had a blast, but we went and saw a christmas movie and i dont care for them one bit, so i am not going to tell you anything about it. we saw fred Claus (again sorry on the spelling). Thursday i went over to my grandpa and grandma melhorns house. We spent the time watching a couple of episodes of country fried home videos (and i know what you are thinking mom, i didnt pick the channel) and had the typical melhorn dinner conversations (haha i miss those). And then had some of my grandmas cooking and it was so good everyone was uncomfortable later. My cousin Melissa cut my hair that night too, while everyone else was watching wild hogs. wow huh? Im not going to tell you what i did friday and it wasnt bad. Saturday Annie came home and i hung out with her in the morning and had lunch with her and my mom. And that evening i had to leave for crookston, because i had to work sunday.

Yeah so theres my exciting life, and i am counting down the days until my 17 day christmas break. its not very long at all, is it?

11 more days

ok, so nothing new has really happened in my life to post about. I have been trying (key word there is trying) to catch up on my sleep, and i haven't really gained much ground on that area. I have be counting down the days til thanksgiving when i can finally go home. Just 11 more days. i have a small calender that i made in my room and i have been marking off the days. Work drained me so bad this week. Friday i was back and forth between work and my dorm, all day long. and this weekend, we didnt have all that many people staying at the hotel, but they people who did, were really messy and it took forever to clean their rooms. we had a wedding there this weekend, and they had a really stange wedding. they said their vows by the pool. why? And today, nobody wanted to get up and they were getting mad at us for banging on their doors. And i dont recommend bringing your pet to our hotel. its SO much work for the housekeeper's. we have to move all the beds, tables, chairs, etc around, and that stuff isnt light. all of our backs were killing us by the end of the day. and then monday the housekeepers have to shampoo the carpit for our guest with allergies. and we had 3 rooms today where we had dogs in them. it was a long day and i would have been done early but a coworker had to leave early and i said that i could stay and help and my manager said that that would look good on my review for my raise.

So i have another exciting week head of me, NOT!!! let you know how my week went, ok?

DIAMOND RIO!!!

Yesterday, me and 3 other missys went and saw Diamond Rio at the shooting star casino. They are SSOOO good, and they put on a great show. And not to mention, they are so fun and have tons of great stories and music.

After the concert, we were kind of hungry, and there wasnt really any place to eat in Mahnomen. So we went to Erskine (sorry on the spelling) and had some REALLY good pizza at this place called Joe DiMagious (sorry spelling again, is a resterant that has a sports/baseball) theme to it). My roommate works there, so thats how i know about it.

I finally got my cowgirl boots. after how long have i been wanting to get them? oh it feels like forever. and it also took a while for them to get here, i order them about 3-4 weeks ago.

well, other then that, nothering else has really happened to me.

blah blah blah

ok so not a lot has been new with me. Except I started my new job yesterday morning. I am a cleaning lady at the Northland Inn. i dont really know how if feel about this job yet mostly because it has only been one day. but i can say this, the people that i work with are WAY more nicer, helpful, and talkative then most of the people than i worked with at kmart.

On another note. I am going to see Diamond Rio in concert at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnoman on Nov 2nd. the ticket were REALLY cheep for this concert. VIP tickets were just $20, select were $14, reserved $10, and gerneral tickets were $7. I went for the reserved ticket. I am in the very first row of the reserver in the middle, so hopefully i will have good seat. My mom thinks that i need to meet some new people with different names, because i am going with a Melissa, a Missy, and yet another Missy.

I will let you all know how the concert went.

My Weekend In Bemidji

Hey, so not a whole lot has happened to me since my last post. I quit my job at kmart in grand forks, and i am now gonna work at the northland inn here in crookston. And i also got sick of running down to the parking lot to talk on my cell phone, so i have a new one and a new number.

I went home this past weekend, and spent sometime with my mom and my cousin Melissa. Me and Melissa mostly did art stuff, i had to finish a project for my art class and she had to finish a costum.

These two pictures are from my drive from bemidji to crookston. Pretty huh?

Me and Melissa

Me and Melissa went to see Collin Raye saturday night in Walker, MN. He was REALLY good. i havent heard of him until melissa mentioned his concert to me on thursday night, and then next day i went and found some of his music. I feel in love with him at the concert. he was really good and his music was the best.

Good Luck

Good Luck Daddy!!!!!

My dad is heading off to Colorado on Tuesday to go elk hunting! I bet he is getting super excited, but really stressed, with the whole packing thing. But i know that he will have a great time

my boring life

Ok so my life is extremely boring!! whenever im not in class, im working one of my jobs, and whenever im not doing either of those things, im doing homework. But atleast i now finally have a job that i can finally enjoy, it helps. I LOVE working in the early childhood education department so much, the toddlers and infants are wonderful.

So, i got to finally go home last weekend to see my parents and my friends. On friday night i went and saw a hypnotist at bemidji state and then i went to perkins afterwords. and i bumped into a bunch of my friends. On saturday, i went and saw 3:10 to Yuma with my cousin Melissa. They havent made many westerns lately and so that movie called out to us. It was really good, a little bit bloody and there was a lot of killing. But it got to the point where me and melissa started laughing after all of the killing sences. After the movie we went to Dave and Denises house to celebrate Daves 50th birthday. OH what, sorry his $49.95 plus tax birthday. It was a lot of fun, and great that i got to spend time with everyone who was there.

Sunday was full of tons of homework before i left. But on the way home, i witnessed the most beautiful sunset ever. I stopped and took a few pics on the way home. I must take after my mom in that department (loving sunsets).

Like i said, i have a pretty boring life, and thats all that i have for now.

not much new

I had a pretty stressful week, last week. I put about 300ish miles on my truck just from saturday the 15th to sunday the 23rd. that was a lot of driving. My boss at kmart was gone, and i had to pick up some more hours. i got about 26 hours in. i worked saturday, sunday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, saturday, and sunday. it was a 100% stressful. i would love to go up to canada now. it is the one place that can truly relax me.

Ruckus is free for college students, and i have just taken advantage of it. I have been a small fan of Rhett Akins for the past few months, and i have never been able to listen to much of his stuff at home, but i was able to get most of his songs now. and i love him even more now. And i know what you must be thinking mom, "where did i go wrong?" just look what family you married into. But he is such a good singer and all of his songs are amazing.

I am really looking forward to friday because i get to go back to bemidji. to see my family and friends, and to eat a home cooked meal. the food here is not good. Annie and Alex went to bemidji this past weekend, and on there was home they made a detour to Crookston to see me and to bring me some ribs!! i love ribs they are one of my favorite meals. and they were really good.

Well i better do some homework

Holly Ann

Happy B-Day!!!

Happy Birthday Annie!!!!! My sister Annie is 22 years old today!!

hey everyone,
Well, there hasn't been a lot going on with me lately, been kindof busy lately, with school, work in the child care center here on campus, and my job at the Grand Forks kmart, and of course..Studying. Now I already gave you my school schedule, now here's my work schedule:

Sundays: 12:30-4:30 --> Grand Forks Kmart
Mondays: 3:30-4:45 --> Not sure what room I'm supposed to be working in in the Child Care center
Tuesdays: 1:15-2:00 --> Toddlers
Wednesdays: 11:00-12:00 --> Toddlers
Thursdays: 3:00-3:45 --> Toddlers
Fridays: 11:00-12:00 --> Infants
1:00-3:00 --> Infants
3:00-3:45 --> Kitchen (to help with the kids snacks)
3:45-4:45 --> Toddlers
Saturdays: 11:00-3:00 --> Grand Forks Kmart

So there you have it. I am getting 8 hours a week at kmart, and 10 hours a week in the child care center. It kind of sucks that I am working everyday, but my boss at kmart said that if i need a weekend off, i would most likely get it off without asking 2-3 months in advance.

Now to a more sadder note, i fucked up my toe last thursday evening. so everyone knows how short i am, right? well anyways, I was standing on my desk (which is right next to my closet and i have a shelf right over it) to get something out of one of my boxes that i have ontop of my shelf. and i thought that i was pretty far up on my desk and in reality i wasn't. and when i went to step down (my chair was pretty far away from me) i fell right off the edge of the desk and landed right on one of my toes. and now it really hurts and i might have to go and have it looked at monday. but i am going to see how it feels before i do that.

Well i hope everyone is feeling better then me.
Love Holly Ann

Hi Everyone

Hi everyone, i just created this so that everyone can know what im up too. I've been going to the university of minnesota crookston, and i have almost been here for a week and havn't talked to my family and friends in like a whole week.

I've been working in the early childcare center here on campus. Ive worked in the toddler room tuesday and the infant room wednesday. I had today off, mostly because of my class. but tomorrow im working there for like 3 hours. and im really excited. I love kids, their so cute.

My class are ok.

Mondays: 9-9:50 Intro to Computer Tech. 10-10:50 Algebra. 1-3:30 Elementry Art.

Tuesdays: 8-9:15 Composition 1. 10-10:50 Algebra. 12-1:15 Intro to Sociology

Wednesdays: same as mondays
Thursdays: 8-9:15 Composition 1. 10-10:50 Algebra. 11-11:50 seminar for new students. 12-1:50 Intro to sociology
Fridays: 9-9:50 intro to computer tech. 10-10:50 algebra

I don't like my compositions class, because its an 8am class. But i like my sociology class. My prof. is really nice. He has So many stories to tell everyone.

Well, i guess that i better go and do some homework now

Below are pic of my dorm room and some views from my window