i need to...

...blog about this last weekend.
Later.
For now, you get this:

Things you have done during your lifetime:
(x) Gone on a blind date (Valentine's Day, 2005...not a good one.)
(x) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die (my grandpa :( )
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(x) Been to Florida (we went to disneyworld and saw a space shuttle launch in '97)
( ) Been to Hawaii
( )Traveled to Europe (i would kill to do this. probably.)
( ) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter (someday!)
(x) Been lost (more than once, unfortunately)
( ) Gone to Washington, DC
( ) Swam in the ocean (i've seen it, but never been in it.)
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons
(x) Sang Karaoke -
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only (the lunch lady didn't like me much in junior high)
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch (i've been in the bottom of it...mom was too scared)
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't.
(x) Made prank phone calls (this is still fun.)
(x) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans (it's been almost a year! i miss it.)
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose (mt. dew burns!)
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone (i love this.)
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating (weak ankles, ouch!)
(x) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon (i would LOVE to ride in one of these!)
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(x) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(x) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
( ) Seen the Statue of Liberty (i MUST do this before i die...)
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
( ) Been on a cruise
( ) Traveled by train
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
(x) Been horse back riding (the saddle slid off the side. i didn't get back on.)
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(x) Been to Disney World (amazing. i hope to go back.)
(x) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
(x) Ridden on an elephant (her name was connie. i was eight. she had hairy ears.)
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been scuba diving
( ) jumped off a cliff
( ) seen an active volcano
( ) slept on the beach
(x) laughed so hard you peed your pants (most recently was junior year of high school.)

Photo Shoots with Biz

(Ireland is just too much to say sometimes, so I call her Biz because her middle name is Elizabeth-Marie.)

a few more names

YOUR REAL NAME
~ Lacy Jean Howard

STAR WARS NAME:(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
~Howla (haha!)

SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born)
~ Jean Osky

FLY NAME:(first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
~ Lard (haha I hope I'm never "fly")

ROCK STAR NAME:(current pets name, current street name)
~ Nonexistent Fourth

YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)
~ Lacizzle

YOUR GOTH NAME:(black, and the name of one of your pets)
~ Black Yankee

I had a dream...

Oddly enough, about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Actually, he was just on the shirt I was wearing in my dream.
I drew it out today:

I don't know what it means, either.

Seriously???

I'm the first one to blog about this???

LACI HAD HER BABY
LACI HAD HER BABY
LACI HAD HER BABY
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zane Alexander Wickenkamp joined our world this afternoon!
I can't wait to meet him!
Not only is he my best friend's baby, but he's my new cousin, too!
So, actually, he's my Third Cousin (Once Removed)
AND my Best Friend (Once Removed)!
Haha I'm going to Iowa City in the morning with Laci's parents.
You'd better believe I'm taking lots of pictures!!!
(Can you tell I'm excited?)

Second Annual Motel 63 Awesomeness Party

My Super Bowl party was, in a word, amazing.
I don't really know how to describe it so here are some pictures!
Enjoy.

waiting for everyone to get there

the group shot

the second annual "spooning picture"
Me, Kristen, Lori, Stephanie
Tyler and Annie using their "3-D glasses"
Lori Nagel at Nagel's Grocery!
the other group shot...we weren't peeing, i promise.
L-R: Michael, Ian, Andrew, Kristen, Lori, Stephanie, Brittany, Elizabeth, Me

boo-YEAH!

So I've been addicted to this recently: http://www.sporcle.com/games/presidents.php

And tonight I finally named them all in less than a minute. (52 seconds, actually!)
So then I decided, why not learn them in order?
So I did.

My mom's response when I told her my awesome news: "Is that gonna get you a job?"
Well played, Mom.
Well played.

In other news, before my friends played their show the other night they had a song playing as background music and ever since then it had been stuck in my head. What song, you ask?
"I Want To Be A Hulkamaniac" by Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band.
You can listen to it here.
Here are the lyrics:

Chorus:
I wanna be a Hulkamaniac,
Have fun with my family and friends.
I wanna be a Hulkamaniac,
Have fun with my family and friends.

If you wanna be a Hulkamaniac,
I can sure tell you how to stay on track.
You got to train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins too.
(Especially if they're Hulk Hogan Brand Chewable Vitamins!)
These are the things that maniacs do.

Positive thoughts and postive deeds,
These are the things that make you succeed.
Always be good to your family and friends.
They're the only ones that'll be there in the end.

(CHORUS)

When you're lookin' for somethin' cool to do,
Just pick good friends to be with you.
You better watch out where you are at.
You might be judged where you hang your hat.

Can you feel the music? Can you feel the beat?
You don't need drugs to move your feet.
When the dealer tries to push on you,
Just tell him what you're gonna do!

(CHORUS 2x)

Try to do good each and every day.
Don't give `em nothing bad to say.
Always go swimmin' with a buddy.
Work real hard and always study.

If you want to be real real cool
Don't be so stupid and play the fool.
Get your education each and every day.
These are all the things that the 'maniacs say!

(CHORUS 3x)

Haha I love this song.


UPDATE: I just mastered listing the Presidents, IN ORDER, in less than a minute.
yeahya.