enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

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  • love kristen and katy. my girls.my loves.holler. right?

  • This year I am thankful for: unconditional love. good friends. paper and gluesticks. laughter. patience. time. Happy Thanksgiving.  So happy to be thankful.  So nice to feel blessed.

  • Wake up late this morning.  Glance at the cell phone and see that there is still no word from Kraft.  Which is suddenly more frustrating because some people from USC heard yesterday.  Try to believe that "no news is good news" but feeling more like burning my resume. Head off to the oral surgeon for…

  • I do not remember ever taking a "mental picture" of anything. Never stopping to think – "Take this in." – and then actually doing so.  Capturing it.  Like a camera. But last night, during halftime at the Coliseum, I did.  I stood under the arch and looked at 92,000 people.  I heard the band and…

  • Someday when I am old and gray, I am going to have about 6 memories.  And I hope that one of them is this moment: Because seriously. Good times last night.  Drunk times last night.  Dancing times last night. And the girls met the Paul.  And the Paul met the girls.  And it was good.

  • I need to duct tape my hands together.  That is probably the only way to avoid searching for apartments in Minneapolis.  Or looking at cute jackets and warm boots.  Or writing down all the things I need to buy for my phantom apartment.  In other words: I MUST NOT PLAN.  I MUST NOT GET WRAPPED…

  • It is 6:30 CST in Chicago right now.  I am supposed to be on a plane back to LAX.  But my flight got canceled.  Going to be a looong night. This experience – the job search, not the airport – has been such an interesting lesson in the difference between what happens and what is…

  • Chicago tomorrow for the Kraft interview. I made relocation selections today.  I dunno, dudes, I am starting to plan. But, I am riding shotgun.  Trusting God to put me where I need to be.  Pretty freeing, let me tell you.

  • "the girl we have been waiting for, she’s here to break the spell!" Dude.  I rock at impressions.  Ask my roommates.  Ask my floormates.  Ask anyone cool. They know. What else can I share at this moment? Silly string makes webs.Silly string dries.Silly string can easily be picked up with lint rollers. Billow does not…

  • Solid.  Good job Team, Pete and 92,000 fans.  We rock again.  I forgot how fun games used to be.  How we just dance and laugh and do "impressions" and sing the fight song.  How we go to get food and come back to two more touchdowns.  Oh, SC, way to represent at homecoming. Fight on.