Blogs from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America - page 12

hard to say goodbye to all those that we love and our city! ... read more

here are pics of our backpacks and other travel stuff. we slowly purchased all of this gear, about one item per month so we could space it all out. can you find our sporks?... read more

Before the trip - Minnesota This is the first entry for my blog. And this is my first blog. So this is really the beginning... It's Friday night before my trip and I wonder if I really know what I'm doing. I feel as inexperienced in about what I'm going to do as I am in writing a blog. Yet, here I am writing a blog, so maybe I'll figure out what I'm supposed to do when I get to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia. All I can picture is Lawrence of Arabia. And oil. Lots and lots of sand and oil. It all started when I got stopped in the hall and asked, "Say, would you be interested in doing an assessment center in Saudi Arabia?" "Say what?????" It's kind of like someone asking you ... read more

We thought we should post something before we go. If you're interested in our trip (which, at 12 weeks seems more like an odyssey...) check back here. We're going to try to update when we can. Call it an extended honeymoon, call it "studying abroad", call it "snowbirding"--but we're going to South America for 3 months. We're starting in Lima, Peru and ending in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We feel really fortunate to have this opportunity and we're going to try to soak up the most of it. We don't mean for the blog to be for one way communication; please leave comments and/or email us! We promise to write you back. Josie & John... read more

We are back in Minneapolis after a huge Halloween weekend. We spent the weekend in the little town of West Union in northern Iowa with Nancy's aunts Dee and Kay, cousins Sandy & Tom, Marci & Mark and Jane & Steve, her second cousins Carey & Nick, Jennifer & Nick (a different one) and Lindsey and third cousins Matthew, Makayla and Max. Friday night we cooked chili, went trick or treating around the neighbourhood with Matthew and Makayla and carved jack-o-lanterns from pumpkins. Saturday we had something of a 'tailgate' party, though instead of going to a football game and eating in the carpark the relatives completely took over our hotel and ate in our rooms while watching several college football games at once and spouting non-stop statistics that we had no idea about at all. ... read more