December 28, 2011 by Tegan.

In honor of my half-birthday- you know you’re getting old when:

1. You start going to bed before 10pm so you can get your “full 8 hours”
2. A vacuum is at the top of your Christmas list
3. You start referencing/judging the youth– “kids this days” or “it’s their generation”
4. Paying your bills and working overtime are pluses
5. You miss your parents regularly
6. You dream about time with your loved ones instead of Spring Break in Mexico
7. You actually get hangovers
8. You no longer have a place to crash when you head back to college for a football game
9. Others refer to you as “miss” or “mr.”
10. You actually care about the feng shui of your apartment

What do you have to add?

My roommate and I (24 year olds acting like 12 year olds). You have to run through a fountain every once in awhile right?

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December 6, 2011 by Tegan.

I am a huge Packers fan. Always have been and always will be. My Dad owns shares in the team and I have always envied him for this.

Hopefully at this time tomorrow, I won’t have to envy him and I will be a Packers shareholder myself! Packers stock is going on sale tomorrow at 8am!

Packers stock isn’t like regular stock. The value doesn’t go up, there are no dividends and it has virtually no resale value. Stockholders do get voting rights, along with invitations to attend annual meetings where they can meet Packers executives, tour the Packers Hall of Fame and stick around for the kickoff of training camp. For me, the reward is knowing that I own a part of the team that I love.

This is the Packers fifth-ever stock offering and they are making 250,000 shares available to the public. I’m just hoping that Christmas comes early and I can get my hands on 1 of the 250,000. Go Pack!

This is going to be me.

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November 17, 2011 by Tegan.

One of my favorite movies of all time is “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” with Audrey Hepburn. If I had to choose, one of my favorite lines from the movie is when Holly talks about her sadness:

You know those days when you’ve got the mean reds…. the blues are because you’re getting fat or maybe it’s been raining too long.  You’re sad, that’s all.  But the mean reds are horrible.  You’re afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don’t know what you’re afraid of.  Except something bad is going to happen, only you don’t know what it is. What I’ve found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany’s.  It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there, not with those kind men in their nice suits… 

If I could find a real-life place that made me feel like Tiffany’s, then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name.

Today, I have a case of the mean reds. Writing has always been my Tiffany’s, my place of calm. What’s your place?

Another thing that helps me beat the reds is listening to “Shiny Happy People” by R.E.M. It brings me back to the days of my youth when my dad used to blast the song in our Oldsmobile 442 convertible. I was only 11 or so at the time but I would sing my heart out to the song. It is one of my happiest memories.

Other things that make me happy:

Lambeau Leap. And my own version.

 
“Promise me one thing: don’t take me home until  I am very drunk. Very drunk indeed.” Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Gorgeous eyes.

Snowboarding and time with my family. My Dad really isn’t that scary.

  
My dog Rusty. And this Puppy.

Anything yellow. Yes I am a flower child and made that flower crown.

Pictures of me and my friends.

The Chicago Blackhawks.

 
Running. 

Wine. But of Course.

What gets you over a mean case of the reds?

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