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Journal in a Jar- January 25, 2010

What are your favorite activities and hobbies?

I enjoy reading a lot. My favorite thing to do is take a nice, long bath and read a book. I usually read a paperback or a book I've read many times so that if I accidentally dropped it in the bathtub, it wouldn't be the end of the world!

I also enjoy taking weekend trips. If I had the money and the time, I would visit somewhere different every weekend. I wouldn't even need to know where I was going--just hop in the car and drive! I like to visit kitschy little towns with history, shopping, or a combination of the 2. New Glarus and Cambridge are some of my favorite destinations on weekend trips.

I'm hoping to be able to travel more in general, to further places than I've been in the past. I've never been out of North America, so anywhere outside of the continent would be the furthest I've ever been.

(Above photo: Ryan enjoys a bottle of water with a New Glarus cow.)

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Journal in a Jar- January 13, 2010

Describe your favorite uncle

This is a very difficult question. I'm not sure that I have a favorite uncle! They're all unique and different, and I like talking to them all for different reasons.

Since I can't really choose a favorite, I can talk about the uncle who gave me a job. My uncle Russell owns a produce market in my home town of Winneconne, WI. He raises many different vegetables and also strawberries when they're in season; however, he's best known for his famous "Allen's Allenville Sweetcorn." Most people probably don't think that one type of corn is better than another, but they obviously have never tried Russell's corn!

I worked the produce stand from probably around 1995 to 2000. I know this because when I get my social security statement every year, I have income reported from the time I was 12! I worked at the stand wearing a fanny-pack full of money, sitting on the edge of the truck bed full of corn. Rain or shine, there was always a constant stream of people stopping to buy corn or whatever we were selling.

For a while Sherry worked with me at the stand. We decided that we would split our wages in half and work together; at least it wouldn't be boring that way! We sat and listened to Cd's in the Discman, read books, just talked, or sometimes threw stray strawberries out in the road to see them get hit by cars. We didn't make much money splitting the money, but we had a good time.

My uncle also runs a successful greenhouse during the warmer months; my mom works there during the spring planting flower arrangements and selling plants. She also sells produce at the Allenville stand when it's in season.

(The above photo is not Russell's stand, but it looks pretty similar to what we sold.)

Journal in a Jar- January 12, 2010

Favorite Flower(s)

Honestly my favorite flowers are any that are given to me! I love receiving flowers. I know that most men are of the opinion that flowers are worthless because "they just die anyway", but I am one of those traditional women that loves to get flowers. They don't have to be expensive and they don't have to be fancy; I'd be happy with any $5.00 bouquet that can be purchased at the grocery store (although Ryan insists that he would never, under any circumstance, buy me flowers from the grocery store.)

I like all types of flowers. I really like unique roses that are different colors. Ryan has given me really cool roses before that are white with pink on the edges; those were beautiful. I also really like lilies of any variety, especially exotic-looking varieties like tiger lilies.

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