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Engaged

2005-12-08T10:21:00.000-05:00

Frank and I got engaged on Saturday!

I have a feeling the girl in the middle will be jealous!

Very excited, just wanted to share the good news!

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2005-10-16T23:51:00.000-04:00

So no one has posted in awhile, so I would add an entry.

A few weeks ago was Jessie's baby shower which was lots of fun!! so if you missed it, you should be sad. Steve & Jessie-we are all so excited for you!! :) I am gonna see if I can get the digital pics from my dad to post on-line. There were some cute ones with the 4-block cake (which was soooo good that I definitely overdosed on the butter cream frosting in the week following the shower while I was at my mom's :) ), and ones of jessie opening gifts, etc...

Tomorrow I am heading to St. Louis for a job interview at Washington University. The more I learn about their department, the more I like it. All the faculty seem to do interesting work, and seem to have a lot of resources for junior faculty, which is a good thing. And they seem to tenure people which is always encouraging! So wish me luck! Interview is 12 hours on Tuesday, so I'm planning a sugared, caffeinated day :)

Hope everyone is doing well!

xo
Amy

Band Camp Madness!

2005-08-22T14:24:00.000-04:00

I am back at Purdue (again) after a successful summer, and have just wrapped up the week of Band Camp. It looks like we're going to have a great season this year, and I'm really excited about it!

There is a guy who goes and takes pictures of the band during camp and other things we do like football games and such, and posts the pictures on a website: www.purduebandfan.com

Here is one picture that I specifically wanted to share: *click on me*

That's me, "leading the charge" as our section ran out for final auditions. I'm really excited about the coming year! Hail Purdue!

-BJG

it's a boy!

2005-08-08T18:36:00.000-04:00

His first picture. Everything seems to be normal, and the technician said that my due date was probably more like January 10th.

steve and jessie in the paper

2005-06-23T00:41:00.000-04:00

The Minneapolis Star Tribune interviewed me about my interviewing Steve. Confusing? A little. But they took a cute picture of us.

Jon got a cool award in Toronto

2005-06-19T12:23:00.000-04:00

from Sandy's email:

"This was the conference where J. got award for best student paper of 2004.Don't ask me even the title! But the group that actually understands what he's doing truly liked it! (Of course, he got NO $$$, only a free lunch ticket! So who says there's no such thing as a "free lunch"?)"

Congratulations, Jon!

Back Home in Indiana!

2005-06-12T10:27:00.000-04:00

Well, after a long long trip I'm finally back in good ol' Indiana. Classes start tomorrow, and I dread making the master to do list of everything that will need to get done just in the next week. But "It's all good", and I have confidence everything will work out.

I moved into my apartment yesterday. It is quite different from living in a dorm room, with big pros (larger room, and having a room to myself) and big cons (WHAT?? I HAVE TO MAKE MY OWN FOOD??)... so quite different for me. But I'm excited about it.

Lots of things to do this summer, so I better start now!

-BJG

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2005-06-01T16:26:00.000-04:00

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Hey guys! The photos from the awards banquet in Miami are on line! :) There are some pics of me accepting the award for student paper of the year (which was exciting!!). I'm in a red suit, so scroll down til you see pics with me in them. :)http://www.everettgroup.com/AAPOR/banquet05/index.htm

Parents' Perspective in the Post!

2005-05-26T18:10:00.000-04:00

Sandy and Linda were featured in a wonderful article in the Washington Post today.

Congratulations!

Greenpoint's where it's at.

2005-05-26T10:44:00.000-04:00

I am so happy living where I'm living. It takes me a shorter amount of time to get to where my work it, than if I was still living in the city. I am in union square in 15 minutes, and Greenpoint is close to averything.
I think I made a really wise choice to move to the big BK!

movin' on up

2005-05-20T17:57:00.000-04:00

Steve has just been named Chair of the English Department at Macalester. It's a big honor with big commitments to go along with it, but I'm pretty excited for him and know that he will be a terrific chair. On the down side, this means that he has to postpone his leave that was scheduled for next spring. On the upside, he gets two course releases next year, which means he'll be teaching two classes in the fall and one in the spring.

In other, less exciting news, I am now experiencing "pregnancy-related nausea," the newer, more accurate term for morning sickness. Oh the joys of the human body!

Bienvenidos a Miami

2005-05-16T22:56:00.000-04:00

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Hey everyone, I just got back from a week in Miami, and boy it was the best trip ever!! I got flown down by these pollsters because I won this award for best student paper, and they put me up in a swanky 4 star hotel suite! I presented my paper and everyone seemed to like it because I ran out of copies of the paper and got a few on-the-spot job offers. Not bad for my first time at this conference! I also got to see my grandma on my dad's side of the family, which was great, and I also partied a lot with my best friend who lives in Miami right on South Beach! And of course...the best part of the trip involved a new male acquaintance...but if you want the details on THAT, you have to email me...;)

The 2nd most embarrasing moment of the trip (for the 1st, again, you have to email me) came when my grandma, who was at the awards dinner to see me get my award, went up afterwards to the chair of the department at Penn and told him he should read my article on teaching because it would make him a better teacher. I wanted to sink into the floor! He's the CHAIR of the dept and probably one of the top 5 most famous guys in my field!! (My article "Multiple Methods, More Success" on how to teach stats just came out and I had brought a copy down to show my grandma.) That just shows you should think twice before showing published stuff to elderly relatives and also carefully monitor who grandmas speak to at social events with famous people present that you want to eventually hire you. :)

I DID IT

2005-05-16T12:03:00.000-04:00

I ran the race, I finished the Race and I did not walk once!
I can't believe it. My time was 2 hours and 22 minutes. That's like an 11 minute mile! I am so excited, but the pain is so much that I was not able to sit down for a day. And let me just say going down all of my stairs is really tricky! The pain is worth the satisfaction I got from finishing a 13.1 mile race!
Hope all is well with everyone else!

Half marathon

2005-05-09T13:24:00.000-04:00

Ok guys I am gearing up to run my half marathon on Saturday! I think I can do it but I just am putting out there in the world that I am a bit scared! I ran 10 miles this past Saturday and I did that ok so I have a feeling that I will able to do 13.5, but man on man what if I fall, or come in dead last? I think that my fear of embarrassing myself makes everything worse than it will be!

Steve in Avatar Review

2005-05-07T23:29:00.000-04:00

Five poems in Avatar Review's Spring 2005 issue.

Also, our official Estimated Date of Delivery is January 2, 2006. Miraculously, I am still not experiencing nausea. I could, however, sleep all day.

we have news

2005-05-05T23:38:00.000-04:00

We're apparently pregnant. Yes, we are excited. No, we don't have an exact due date yet, but it'll probably be around New Year's. I'm off to the doctor tomorrow, at which point we should have a lot more information.

Photos from Amy

2005-05-05T23:32:00.000-04:00

Click on any picture to see larger versions at my Flickr page.

HEY ALL

2005-04-27T13:23:00.000-04:00

Just giving a shout out to you all. I am glad to be a member of the Family Blog, How fun is this!
Just to give you all an update about what I am up to. . .
I started a new job at The Dryfus Health Foundation as an administrative assistant, I am also about to start a fab new project invlolving the web, I'll keep you posted.
Also last night I took in a foster dog last night named Precious. She was abused and starved, she is one year old and half pit bull and boxer. She is soo cute! I just don't think Pig likes her . . Yet. I mean it is his house!

Well see if I am going to keep her!

Pesach photos

2005-04-27T09:40:00.000-04:00

It was fun seeing everyone who was there, and we missed all of you who weren't.

Steve's latest endeavor

2005-04-20T21:34:00.000-04:00

Randall Jarrell on W. H. Auden, edited by Steve along with one of his students, is now available. Don't stampede each other trying to get to the bookstore. ;)

Cousins Pub Crawl in DC before Pesach?

2005-04-10T22:04:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone!

I just got back from a conference in Chicago where I enjoyed some deep-dish pizza and a comedy show with my grad school pals (oh, and I also presented my paper :) )

So what's the plan for the Cousins Night Out on the Friday before Passover? Some of us had talked about having a Cousins Pub Crawl Friday night before Passover starts on Saturday. Are folks still up for that? When are people's flights getting in, etc? I will be getting in on Thursday night and I hope that there will be someone besides me who is interested! :)

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Millard Cass Memorial

2005-04-10T16:45:00.000-04:00

I have added all of the tributes that were sent to me in the last few weeks. You may view the memorial here:http://www.accommodatingly.com/puh.html
If anyone has any other photos or thoughts to add to the site, please send them to me.

our travels

2005-04-07T13:52:00.000-04:00

We just returned from the Women's Final Four in Indianapolis, where we had tons of fun and saw some seriously good basketball. We were also pleasantly surprised at how nice Indianapolis is. There are beautiful parks and museums, and lots of good restaurants, plus our hotel (which we used Priceline to book) was lovely and convenient to everything. We also happened by accident to be staying in the hotel with the winning team.

Steve now heads off to Georgia, where he is visiting Agnes Scott College for the weekend. Jessie will stay home, keep the cats company, and try to catch up on all of her household and work related projects before heading to Connecticut on the 20th.

How's everything with you all?

Hi Everyone

2005-04-04T09:52:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone. Wanted to "shout out" and let you guys know that I got an account here and will be checking the blog out.

I also keep a personal blog on xanga at http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=LordGersh so you can visit me there if you'd like.

And I'll echo my sister: Thanks Jessie for setting this up!

-Brian

Thanks Jessie!

2005-04-01T13:54:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to say thanks to Jessie for creating this! :)
Amy

Jessie in the new Ruminator Review

2005-04-01T13:33:00.000-05:00

My only credited byline this month is a review of Maria, Full of Grace. I had my fingers in other areas as well, but anonymously.

You'll have to scroll down this page to read the review.

welcome

2005-04-01T12:42:00.000-05:00

This is a blog created for the purpose of keeping the many members of our extended family connected. The family tree includes members of the Burt, Cass, Bennett, Gershkoff, and related families.

If you would like to set up an account to post, just contact jessie.