overtaken...yet again

So, needless to say, our friend Valerie doesn't have the time to update this, so me, being a great bestfriend, decided the masses neede an update.

Valerie finished her 10th semester with flying colors! Top scores in her hardest classes and she even pulled an A in her Tuesday/Thursday 8am-her most boring and dull class this semester!
make sure you congratulate her on a job well done!

In the work arena, she's finishing up the Quad and what i've seen of it has been quite phenomenal-she really has a knack for this graphic design stuff! go order one-www.corpsofcadets.org

We now finally completed the move-in and have settled in our duplex, the last of our stuff was delivered last week and we're finally getting the last of the decor hung. come see our new place, and hey-we may even feed you, call to set up a time & give directions!

props go to my roomate for cooking an amazing dish last week for dinner-turkey meatballs with (my homemade) smashed potatoes. it was so yummy. she has become quite the chef these days-earlier this week she whipped out a from-scratch tiramasu...and it was Deelissh! We try to stay on a budget and eat healthy, so we're all about the meal plans & menus; my subscription to Everyday, Rachel Ray's mag & frequenting thepioneerwoman.com really help us in coming up with yummy meals for lunch and dinner, just email us for recipes, we'd gladly share!

i think our, or rather, Valerie's, next project is to overhual my mountain bike into a single-speed roadbike...in light of the increasing gas prices & the general desire for us to be more active, we're gonna try the Clifbar "2milechallenge"-which is riding your bike to places that are within a 2-mile radius of your home.

I think Valerie is also looking forward to "Summer Fun Extravaganza" which is what some families from church are putting together: once or twice a week we'll get togehter at the park or pool to hang out, play and fellowship together to meet new peeps and get to know others better!

so theres what's going on in Valerie's neck of the woods!

maybe sometime this year she'll actually post!

peace out friends,

alisha lombardi
best friend & roomie

hijacked!

hehe..this is what happens when readers want updates and the author feels like there is nothing to write about.....

...your super cool (& sneaky!) best friend takes over to blog about life.

So alot has happened since September-some of our many adventures include Val throwing an awesome Guiter Hero 25th Bday party for me, rearranging our room 3 times!, a cross-country drive to Seattle from College Station in 3 days! you can check out pics from the trip here. treking over TX to san antonio, austin & houston!

Other events worth mentioning:

Valerie has changed jobs. She now works for the Corp of Cadets Association doing publications (& whatever else Bill & Mr. Crawford tell her to do!). And by publications, I mean producing & desigining The Guidon, a quarterly magazine about the Corp and designing the enitre Quadrangle, the corps yearbook-yeah that's right, shes so awesome while normal schools & orgs have teams to do a yearbook, and she's tackling it by herself. Valerie really likes her job & especially the people she works with. And, if I may say so myself, they really are fun!


Over Christmas break, Val stayed in good 'ol College Station and was able to spend Christmas with Nicole Holland, a friend we met through HOPE Group. She got some good hours in a work and we saw lots & lots of movies including Lars & the Real Girl, The Kite Runner, Charlie Wilson's War, Juno, The Great Debaters, I Am Legend, & Atonement.

So Val is nearing her last couple semesters of school! YEA!! This Spring she's got some pretty cool classes including Communication & Media Audiences, Political Geography, and Spatial Thinking. Her senior level History of Geography class unfortunately is at 8am! yuck--i mean come on, a 400 level class at 8 in the morning--sheesh, someone didn't plan that very well! Hopefully at the end of this semester she'll be able to order her ring!!!

Valerie is also workin' on her kid skills-every Sunday night we get to spend 2 hrs with some pretty cool k-2nd graders. She works with the 2nd graders helping them with their verses, playing with them at game time & making sure they follow the rules & know Jesus loves them! And lately, we've got to spend some quality time with the Hendrick boys-oh how we love playing at their house.

A couple of weekends ago, we ran/walked/COMPLETED the Houston 1/2 Marathon, and very soon after decided that would be our last. The Houston half was Val's 3rd half marathon and she was a trooper & great encourager to me, who basically was injured. She cheered me on and made me laugh when I was about ready to give up! Thanks Bestfriend!

I would also like to take the opportunity and let you know what an AWESOME best friend and roommate i have! For the past couple of months, Val's graciously is letting me share her car while I'm saving up to get my own (hopefully this spring!). She also makes us lunches during the week & is always on top of getting the coffee maker ready at night so we have a fresh cup o' joe in the morning! The list could go on about how Valerie is always a good friend and servant to me, our roommates & friends--but its just too long!

That's about it-while there's probably more I could've written, I think this adaquately highlights some of the happenings & on-goings in the life of Val. Now don't get your hopes up as this being the re-birth of her blog...i'm not making any promises, because well-this isn't my blog :o)

cheers!

alisha

christmas in sept.

ok so you know your life is lame when you get excited about getting a new monitor at work. but alas. on tuesday i got a new 19" flat screen dell monitor. now i really was excited about having more space on my desk, because before my monitor took up my entire workspace (i can't call it a desk because it's too small to call a desk) and the color was bad and the display was really dark. but now i have space and i don't have to sit five inches from my monitor. awesome.

but i also recieve a fifty cent pay increase. so whoop for me. it felt like christmas.

so jingle some bells for me.

a challenge...

so my friend jocelyn found a race and wants alisha and i to join her team. but we are looking for a few more good people to join in. if you are up to the challenge let me know. you can check out all of the details at

http://www.oysterracingseries.com/Austin-Home/home.aspx

new tripod...

i have replaced my tripod...whoop. ten bucks on craigslist and way better than the one i bought in china.

thank you to the inventor of the internet, al gore.