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My name is Steph, and I am a senior Marketing major with a Communication Studies minor. Since this is my last year at Butler, my main goal is to enjoy every moment that I have left, while doing as much as humanly possible. I am a marketing analyst at the Butler Business Accelerator, a Speakers Lab tutor, and a Butler blogger (obviously). I also am an Alpha Phi, the President of the Butler University Student Foundation, a member of Alpha Kappa Psi (a professional business fraternity), and a member of the Butler American Marketing Association. In the small amount of free time that I do have, I love crafting, watching large amounts of television, and enjoying my favorite comfort foods, like sweet tea.

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And the countdown nears it’s end … It’s wedding week!

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Stephanie

The time has finally come (even though I hoped it never would) … this week my sister is getting married.  Now don’t think that I don’t want her to get married … because I do.  I totally approve of her fiance, he is rather great, and I believe that he will make an excellent addition to our family (especially since he proofreads my internship and finance papers).  What I am not looking forward to is what will come after the wedding, or the day after to be exact.  The newly (and happily) married couple will be moving … to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Now I’m used to not living super close to my sister, because ever since she graduated from high school, we have always lived at least an hour apart.  Here is the breakdown of where we have lived … and when:

  • 2004 – She went to school at Indiana Wesleyan, while I started high school.  We lived about 3.5-4 hours apart.
  • 2005-2008 – She went to school at the University of Evansville (where she met John, her fiance) while I went to high school, making us about an hour apart.
  • 2008-2010 – She went to Grad School at St. Louis University, while I started at Butler.  We were about 4 hours apart.
  • 2010-Present – She lived in Bloomington, IL, while I went to Butler, so we were about 3.5 hours apart.

So, as you can see, we have been slowly but surely moving farther away from each other over the last 7 years or so … but now she is making the big move to New Mexico … a daunting 20 hour drive from Indiana.  Even though we don’t always get along, and we don’t see eye to eye on quite a few things, I’m going to miss her.  I’m going to miss her so much that every time I think about her leaving, I get outrageously sad, and I may or may not tear up…..or sob.  So, my goal for this week is to somehow become calloused enough that I won’t be a disgusting uncontrollable mess at the wedding and on Sunday before she leaves.  I’m thinking of just watching gory action movies all week long … in the hopes that I’ll somehow start to think and act like every super tough character that never cries.  Maybe??

My sister, Natalie, and I at her bachelorette party …

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Why I love the 4th of July: Part II

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Stephanie

Every 4th of July for the past 5 years or so, we have went to a big family party at my Aunt Cheryl & Uncle Stu’s house.  In that time, this gathering has grown from about 15-20 close family members on each side to more people that I could even count (my Dad says around 75-80 people were there).  This includes my family, my Uncle’s family, and my Aunt & Uncle’s friends, basically making for a great group of people, and the best 4th of July celebration in southern Indiana.

Even though I love all of the people that were there, what might be even better is the amazing spread of food that we had.  Everyone brings at least one covered dish, so we had homemade noodles, baked beans, homemade pesto, pulled pork, and too many other amazingly delicious things to mention.  I may or may not have made more than three trips through the lines of food…and yes…I did say lines.  There was the dessert area, the drink area (arguably the most important…thanks to the best sweet tea on the planet that is made by both my Aunt Carol and Aunt Cheryl), the appetizer area, and the regular food area.   I’m starving just thinking about all of the deliciousness…(I would have taken a photo of all of this, but I was too busy eating…my apologies.)

After we ate, we sat around and chatted like we always do.  The only thing that my family likes to more than eat is talk…and we had so much to catch up on with my sister’s wedding coming up, my internship at Vera Bradley, and since my cousin, Amy, is pregnant!  (My family loves small children as well.)  Once it got dark enough outside, we all ventured out to the backyard, where my cousins and my Uncle Stu put on the best fireworks display this side of the Mississippi.  There may or may not have been a small competition going on between their display and the neighbors across the street…but there is obviously no question as to who won that competition….Uncle Stu is a fireworks genius.

 

This photo doesn't even begin to resemble how great the fireworks were.

Why can’t the 4th of July be every day???

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Mops are fun toys…..

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Stephanie

 So the past week has been absolutely crazy for me.  In between practices, homework, and tests I feel like I haven’t been able to breathe for awhile.  Other than being crazy busy, it has been a wonderful week full of really cool stuff.  :)   For instance, the election…and of course the election results!  :)   I’m so excited that Indiana voted Democrat…and of course that Obama is our new President!  I went to the Election Night Gala in the Reilly Room, and I was there when they announced the results, but all of my friends that were there had voted for McCain, so even though there were tons of people screaming and cheering and stuff, I didn’t really have anyone to cheer with.  :(   But then I went back to my room and watched both of the canidate’s speeches from my room where I could do anything as long as I didn’t wake my sleeping roommate.  Ah, such a wonderful night……  :)

As you might have read in Blue II’s blog, Ryan from The Office, or BJ Novak, was here last week to do standup.  Sadly, I had dance practice that I couldn’t miss, so I didn’t get to go, even though I am completely obsessed with The Office.  I really wanted to meet him, because sometimes when I’m bored I watch episodes of it with the commentary on, which might sound weird, but I like it because it makes me feel like they’re my friends……which I really enjoy.  :)   But at dance that night, we were finishing up our routine that we did at Geneva Stunts, which was so much fun!!  I really enjoyed it, especially because I am also completely obsessed with SNL, and that was the theme.  I have most of the Best of DVDs…and I love watching them with people who have never been big fans of SNL, because then they get hooked pretty quickly….and then they finally understand my obsession with it, and we get to be obsessed together.  But yeah, it was a good time…  :)

This past weekend was family weekend, so my mom and my sister came up to visit.  My dad couldn’t come because he is a farmer and he is still in the fields….so he will have to come here later.  But with dad not coming, that allowed mom, Natalie, and I to go shopping all day on Saturday.  :)   If we would have had my dad with us, the shopping would have lasted for maybe one hour.  Then dad gets restless, or he runs out of stuff to read.  Whenever he does go shopping with us, which happens maybe once a year for just a really quick trip, he brings a newspaper or finds one to read while he waits in one of those little lounge areas in the middle of the mall.  So we just figure that it is best to leave him at home.  The 3 of us had a lot of fun though, when we weren’t getting annoyed by each other.  But if we would have gotten along the entire time, I would have thought that something was wrong.  We had a little too much fun with the mop that mom bought to clean my carpet with as we were walking out of Walmart and driving to their hotel…I think that she thought that she had 5 year olds in the car rather than a 19 year old and a 23 year old…  hhehe… Natalie and I are cool like that  :)

Well, I am going to go chill and enjoy not having much homework left to do….because I gave my final speech in Public Speaking on Monday….which was wonderful!!!  It was about Health Care Reform….and I practiced it so much that I think it is now permanently etched into my brain.  But giving it was so much fun…  :)   and then yesterday I had a Psych test, so now that those are over, I can rest a little bit before I have to study more…. so yeah….have a great day!

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