A Lovely Day

So the weather today was fairly perfect. It was sunny and warm, but a nice breeze kept everything comfortable. Nathan and I packed up a lunch and made our way over to campus for a picnic with our friend Seoyon. We ate on "The Island", which is a lovely little island on Lake Johanna connected to campus with a bridge. There is a tiny little chapel up on a hill, which is apparently a popular makeout place, although we have yet to experience that for ourselves.








After said picnic, we signed out a canoe and spent an hour or so perusing the lake. It was lovely...and I actually ENJOYED all this time spent outdoors, which is a bit strange. And I didn't have a single sneeze or itchy eye...although I did develop a serious case of the hiccups. It gives me hope about the upcoming trip to Montana.






I apologize for poor picture quality. These were taken on my cell phone.

Love to all!!!
Lissa Hoarn

Here's to Paying Jobs I Enjoy...

Two major things since my last blog.

The first is that I interviewed for a coaching job at North St. Paul High School (Morgan's school)...and I got it!! I am officially the new coach for their 9th grade team! I had a meeting with their Varsity coach yesterday. I couldn't be more excited. The program is so well organized, and I get to do so much! Besides coaching my own team (which is actually 2 teams of 8 girls. The 9th grade team is split into "A" and "B" teams.) I get to go to several camps this summer, and a 2 day, overnight coaching clinic in St. Cloud. I'm going to learn so much!!! The sad thing is that I am going to miss the camp that I really, really want to go to...because I'm going to be in Montana. The camp is for 6th-9th graders, which would give me a good idea of what my team is going to be like this year (since it will be all 9th graders.) But don't worry, family...no thoughts of backing out. I can't wait for June 13th!!!




Not going to lie, though...the whole thing is a bit intimidating. I'm the youngest coach by far...and the only female. But everyone that I have met so far has been great, and great at answering questions. The other intimidating factor is that I'm in charge of 15 or 16 girls...and I'm on my own a lot. The 9th grade team plays opposite the JV and Varsity teams. So if they have a home game, we have an away game. And I don't have an assistant. (Sheryl, I may need some help...) But I plan to spend the summer getting to know the NSP program, and studying the game as much as possible. I'm determined to be a bad-ass coach.

It's going to make for a crazy fall schedule, though. After my two matches (A and B team), I either bus back to the school, if we played away, or drive to the school where the varsity game is. I get to sit on their bench and take stats. I'm almost as excited for that as I am to coach my own team. I think I'll learn a ton.

Go Polar Bears!



The second thing just happened this morning. Nathan's sister Caroline called to offer us a job watching her two older boys 3 days a week. It's basically the same schedule as Mom has...Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. I'm really excited for this, because we were looking for a nanny job we could do together. It's even better that it's with family, and we already know and love Jacob and Nicholas.

So it looks like that's our summer! It's going to be busy, and fun, and crazy! And I intend to accomplish several goals, such as weekly visits to the library to pick up intellect-expanding literature, learning French (we have the Rosetta Stone program...and I am dying to be bilingual), working out regularly, and eating healthy food. All in all, it should be a very productive few months!!!

Love to all!
Lissa Hoarn

I Hate Young Talent...but Really I'm Just Jealous.

Saw this link on someone's facebook wall the other day. And so I watched it. And watched it. And watched it.

Two questions come to mind.

1) Why does a 6th grader have so much talent?
2) How the heck did Justin Beiber get famous when there is talent like THIS in the world???

Copy/paste this into your browser, and enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxDlC7YV5is&sns=em

Love to all,
Lissa

The Ralph Roister Doisters

So near the end of every year, the NWC theatre department hosts a lovely part for those who have been involved in the several productions throughout the year. We car pool over to a lovely (and gigantic) boat on the Mississippi River, and they feed us oodles of good food. Then we have an awards show (The Ralphies...almost as prestigious as winning a Tony), sprinkled with several skits, puppet shows, and entertaining speeches. After all this, we go outside on the giant deck, and dance in ridiculous ways to ridiculous music. So. Much. Fun!

The dress code for this prestigious event is "Fractured Formal", which is basically formal wear, with a twist. The size and style of the twist is up to you. It was a fabulous (and very late) night, and unfortunately, we didn't charge the batteries on our camera, so pictures of the event itself are nonexistant from the Hoarn camp. We did, however, take pictures of our outfits. Which were fabulous.



My lovely outfit...the stockings don't show very well in this picture, but they were bright orange...and one leg had fishnets over it, the other didn't.




Nathan's outfit...yes, we coordinated.



My hair...Nathan actually did it. It took three bumpits and a LOT patience.





I'm madly in love with this veil...and I finally had an excuse to wear it!



And at the end of night, after removing three bumpits, five ribbons, and several packs of bobbypins, I could have passed for Aslan's twin sister.



Love to all!!
Lissa Hoarn