Photo A Day & Bill Cosby

I did it! One picture every day for a year. Yes, the year officially ended 21 days ago on June 5, but this is the first chance I've had to upload the pictures on Facebook and mention it. Looking back I really like a lot of the pictures I took, although there were a lot of dull ones mixed in. Here are a few of my favorites:

Other quick updates:

• We saw Toy Story 3 last night. It was really good. I really liked it. Matt thought it was good, too, although I liked it more. I also kind of made Matt watch Dear John with me. That one was better than we both expected. I thought it would be cute and cheesy, but it really wasn't cheesy at all...and as a viewer I really did care about the characters. The drama created was pretty realistic, too.
• I won tickets to see Bill Cosby in Seattle! He is a very funny man, and the seats were incredible - we were close enough we could see his facial expressions without the screen. Look at how close we were:

I'm sure there are other updates I should share, but I better get going because I have things to do today.

Brilliant, Emily (but not really)

Last night I was brilliant. Well, not really. Pretty much the opposite of brilliant. I was cooking dinner following the instructions in my Rachael Ray cookbook, which included baking chicken a skillet placed in the oven. No problem, our skillets are oven safe. After the poultry was cooked, I pulled the skillet out and served it up, at which point I realized the handle was sticking out over the aisle as opposed to the stove. Without thinking about the fact that this stainless steel object had just come out of the 400 degree oven, I grabbed the handle to rotate it over the stove. NOT a good idea...

(my hand after soaking it in cold water)

...needless to say, I spent the rest of the evening nursing my hand. Despite my thoughtless act, my hand is actually doing amazingly well (praise God!). I woke up this morning with one small blister on one finger, and bit of tenderness in the other fingers. But no hospital visit was necessary, and I really don't think this will limit any of my day-to-day activities (beyond not rowing this morning).

Oh yeah, did I mention I'm rowing again? I started last week. I am having so much fun! We only have practice 3 days a week so - as much as I enjoy it - it doesn't take over my life in quite the same way as it did in college. Everyone seems really fun and friendly, too. It's been great getting to know them a bit over the past week, and I'm excited to get to know them even better over the next few months.