The Holidays are fast approaching....

Time for Whitney's holiday posting! No need to hold your breath any longer.

For those of you familiar with my cooking skills, I attempted to make some traditional Norwegian Christmas cookies this year: Fattigman and Rosettes.










They turned out pretty good, as evidenced by the fact that they are all gone now. Sigh. Fortunately, Brian and I are going to Minnesota for Christmas to see my family so I'm hoping that the fattigman and rosettes will be falling like rain (or snow, as the case may be).

We are also planning on seeing A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater while we're there as a birthday present to me :). That's right kids, Whitney turns 28 on December 23rd! Exciting times; I'm turning into a grownup.

Brian's final two games of 2005 are big ones, as the Bobcats take on Detroit on the 22nd and Kentucky on the 30th. The Kentucky game will be on ESPN2, so tune in and cheer on the 'Cats!

Rhode Island bound!

Hello everyone, I'm checking in from the lovely (but tiny) state of Rhode Island today. Why Rhode Island, you ask? The Bobcats are in town to play URI today, so I decided to make the trip to stand by my man.

We experienced some apocolyptic weather yesterday, having rain, snow, sunshine, rainbows, an ice storm, and just plain cold all in one day. I kept waiting for the sky to fall.

Well, I'm signing off for now, but be sure to check out the Bobcats on TV at 7:30 if you can!

The Dresses (Brian, KEEP OUT!!!)

Two postings in one day; a virtual flurry of blogging from your girl Whitney!

Now comes the interesting part: deciding on a dress. I tried some on a couple of weekends ago with Amanda (my maid of honor/only bridesmaid) and we figured out that, surprisingly, I look best in a strapless or halter style. Who knew I could hold it up. I can't actually put pictures of me in the dresses online, since most of the bridal shops have very strict rules about taking pictures. The bridal business is more cutthroat than I thought.

Please give me your input on the finalists!! Just use the "comments" option at the bottom of this posting to let me know what you think.

Dress 1
I would go with the black and white (as shown in the main picture). I didn't get to try this one on, but it will be coming in December. Check out all views.

Dress 2
LOVED this one in the store; I tried it on in navy and white, but would get it in red and white (as shown in the back photo). Be sure to look at the back; it's beautiful.

Dress 3
Again, didn't get to try this one on but I like it!

Dress 4
Sorry, there isn't a good direct link to this dress. Choose "Fall 2005" under the big BRIDAL letters; go to the second page and it is the first one on the upper left. The style name is Kiara. Again, check out the back and alternate views.

Dress 5
This one is a halter-style that looked pretty decent when I tried it on.

I'm thinking very hard about wearing some traditional Norwegian jewelry; here's an idea of what it looks like; it's not too gigantic, each piece is about 1" x 1" and come as a pendant and earrings.

Most of the dresses that I looked at had beading/designs reminiscent of the style of the jewelry. The earring on the left are close to actual size, the ones on the right are pictured much bigger than they actually are.

Looking forward to hearing from you all!!

Whitney

Wedding News (and stuff)

I apologize for my complete lack of postings this past month; I have been madly trying to plan the impending nuptuals of myself and The Man, Brian. I beg forgiveness :).

For those of you trying to plan ahead, or just curious, be sure to check out our wedding page on The Knot.

Colors will be deep red, black, and white.

I've been looking at dresses and come up with some favorites; at some point I'll post pictures here so everyone can give me input (you know I need all the help I can get looking girly!)

A lot of the wedding communication will be taking place via e-mail, so keep an eye on your inbox for updates and my frantic, panicked requests!

In other news, the Bobcats got off to a good start for their first regular-season game against St. Francis (PA). American is up this coming Saturday at 4pm.

Tuesday afternoon.....

Yep, that's pretty much how I feel about this afternoon. Try doing a Google Image Search for "blarg" and see what you get; I found it enlightening.

I'm biding my time until I head up to my alma mater, Michigan State, for the weekend. It's homecoming time, which is actually time for all of The Girls to reconvene in East Lansing and pretend we're 21 again. Then all of the real 21-year-olds can look at us and laugh :).

Meanwhile, Brian has been working a lot and I've been trying to get things in shape around the house. Let's just say the lawn hasn't been mowed in about 2 months (thank god for the dry summer!). In my defense, Brian broke the lawnmower and we just got it back, but still...our yard looks a bit overgrown...

Time to go, I must solve the library's e-problems before going home to wash the dog and make felt people for the library's Homecoming banner (more on that later...). Giorgio's, I'm looking forward to some baked potato pizza...

Today is the day!

Yes kids, NCAA basketball season officially starts tonight. For those of you who didn't spend their youth on the courts, this means that teams can being practicing. No games until mid-November usually. In my situation, this basically means that I become single again, since my man is a college basketball coach.

As he is torturing the team with suicides, tip drill, and other evil drills designed for "conditioning", I will be preparing for tomorrow's Paws Parade in Dayton. Davey and I will be repping the Athens area with one of my co-librarians Janet, who is bringing her Dane Nikki.

Of course, I'm not looking forward to leaving Athens at 6:30 am to get there at 9, but all for a good cause, right? Let me know if you're interested in sponsoring us (late notice, I know).

I saw Wallace and Gromit the other day and it was fantastic! Extremely clever and funny :). I would recommend it just because of the scene with the rabbit belching (right Amanda?).

Enough for now, must get to work! E-problems everywhere, as usual.

Wallace and Gromit etc.

Joy Joy Joy!!!

I realized today that Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit will be out soon! What's not to like about British claymation? For the rest of you W&G fans (or those who want to learn), be sure to check out the Were-Rabbit preview further down the page, or Socca-matic.

I may or may not get out to see Corpse Bride tonight, as Brian and I have another Six Feet Under date tonight. Don't worry folks, we are almost through Season 3 on DVD.

After work I'm planning on taking Davey for a walk around campus;

trying to get him used to lots of people around. He is very polite,

but sometimes gets a bit weirded out with crowds. Let's be honest, I could do with a good walk myself, seeing as how I've put on about 15 pounds since moving to Athens. Disgusting.

On that uplifting note...

Goodbye for now!!

Amazing Animal Footage

This has got to be one of the most amazing photos I've seen of the animal kingdom. When Darwinism and non-native species collide!

That picture just made my day. The rest of my day involved going to work, washing the dog, and then taking him for a walk so that he wouldn't immediately roll in the grass and get all dirty again. No, we managed to wait a whole 2 hours before doing that; a new record in Dogdom.

I still haven't managed to see Corpse Bride, but since Brian and I have a Six Feet Under date tonight I should get my daily dose of morbidity. For those who don't know, this is not just a personality quirk; it's in my DNA. My grandfather used to own a funeral home: Winberg Furniture Store and Funeral Home, in Ellsworth Wisconsin. Don't even ask; I know what you're thinking. My Grandma ran the furniture store :). More about her later, as she is an amazing woman!

Brian is arriving shortly, so I need to clean the dog hair out of the guest bathroom.

Welcome to Whitney's World

Well, here I am, one of the BlogPeople. Big thanks to Mike S. at Wayne State for getting me started with his Blogging presentation! I couldn't have done it without ya :)

So, a quick intro to me:

I'm Whitney, and as my URL implies I am a librarian. Unfortunately this does not mean I get to read books all day. No, I deal in e-resources. I know; with a title like Electronic Access Librarian I should have been blogging long before now. I am a pitiful excuse for a modern librarian.

So I live here in Southeastern Ohio with my Man Brian and our Dog Davey. We are all disproportionally large for our species. Brian & I are humans, 6'3" and 6'1" respectively; Davey is a dog who is large at 31" and 100 lbs but small for the Great Dane that he is. We love him anyway :).

If you would like to read more about Davey see his story here. There are many wonderful Danes to adopt from Harlequin Haven, which is located outside of Cincinnati. Please consider donating if you can't adopt!

Okay, enough for today, but please stay tuned for more entries, including wedding planning, basketball season, the joys and sorrows of working in a library, and maybe some good rants.