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About Me

2006 was such a busy and exciting year, passing my licensure exam, weddings of friends, trips to warm places, random boy drama, hiking the Grand Canyon, my new niece Zakara being born, buying a my first condo, and many more adventures that i know many of you have heard about or experienced with me. I am amazed at what God has done, and can't wait to see what he has planned for 2007 - I am learning to see God's perfect plan in everything - from the extraordinary to the regular everyday stuff that people have in their lives. God truly does amaze me, and continue to blow my expectations out of the water. Work keeps me plenty buys, but I've found new ways to have fun - whether that means watching Top Model or training for my second triathlon (i know - i never thought i would do another one). Life is an advenutre

My Interests

Music:

Rascall Flatts, Nickel Creek, good worship music, and good dance music.

Movies:

In Her Shoes, How to Lose a Guy in 10 days, 10 things I hate about you, and basically any romantic comedy....

Television:

Grey's Anatomy
Which Sex and the City Player Are You? Find out @ She's Crafty
Carrie quotes I love - "Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous"
"I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love. And I don't think that love is here in this expensive suite in this lovely hotel in Paris."
"Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they're supposed to run wild until they find someone -- just as wild -- to run with."
"I won't remember this night as being broken up with by a Post It...but as the night I got arrested for smoking a doobie!!"

Books:

I am reading Glass Castle right now, which is an amazing book about a girl who grows up and becomes successful, while her parents are homeless, and the dilema she faces with them choosing to live that life style and not wanting her help.

Heroes:

All the princesses - you know who you are!

The woman who I was going to donate bone marrow to, but was unable to because she passed away (I hike for you)

My Aunt Elizabeth, who has Lou Gerig's Disease - I love you!

My Blog

Goodbye to you

The video says it all - although its not 3 year, more like 3 months.
Posted by Ilse on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:06:00 PST

The final adventure for 2006

So my final adventure for 2006 is that i've started dating someone - while I will spare you the details, as we are trying not to dive head first into this, but take things one step at a time, I felt l...
Posted by Ilse on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:25:00 PST

The suspense builds

I know you are all in suspense - waiting to find out about my boy drama for the month of April, but i've taken on the new resolution (new as of today) to keep my personal life on the DL - unless ...
Posted by Ilse on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:18:00 PST

My boy drama for March has been completed - yay!

So, my boy drama for march is complete - I went speed dating with friends last night, and it was actually really fun. And a guy that i would like to go on a second date with wants to go on one with me...
Posted by Ilse on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:18:00 PST

Drama for March - come on - something has to happen

So as you may well know, my new years resolution was to have more boy drama- January and February have gone great, and i'm now almost done with march, and nothing has happened. I was hoping for someth...
Posted by Ilse on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:31:00 PST

So we are into the boy drama for march

So it's the 10th day of March, and I had boy drama for January and February, but no actual dram as of yet for March. The guy from january turned out to be a "negative" and my february drama lives...
Posted by Ilse on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:28:00 PST

The waves of life

I am coming to see that things go in waves - whether it be at work or in my personal life, it seems as if there could be lots of things going on, and then nothing. It just is fascinating to me that th...
Posted by Ilse on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:42:00 PST

Life is better in Mexico

So, I just got back from Mexico, and I've come to see that life is better there than in Seattle for numerous reasons 1. In mexico, I am not invisible to men. 2. It is sunny there, and the only work I ...
Posted by Ilse on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:47:00 PST

Clarification of "Normal"

So, I've decided (or I've been told) that i need to clarify my definition of "normal" Christian guy. Okay, I guess i'm not looking for someone normal - I don't want to settle for someone who is just "...
Posted by Ilse on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:23:00 PST

My adventure for 2006

So 2006 has begun, and this year I'm taking on a new challenge. I'm hiking the Grand Canyon - okay, not the whole Grand Canyon, but it is a big adventure. I am participating in the Leukemia & Lymp...
Posted by Ilse on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:03:00 PST