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Elizabeth P.

Last Blog For Semester

by Elizabeth P. December 8, 2011

Well, we all knew it was coming! The semester is ending! Finals are here and people are leaving. This will be the last blog for the year so I hope you enjoyed it, and I look forward to seeing you next semester. I hope your holidays are filled with shopping, happiness, and family. Merry Christmas! [...]

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Christmas Time Is Here!

by Elizabeth P. December 2, 2011

Thanksgiving is done. Black Friday is long gone. It is time to throw up those Christmas decorations and start watching Christmas movies! Every year after Thanksgiving we put up my tree to some Christmas tunes and bake cookies to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” I would have to say it is my favorite time of [...]

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Let Us Give Thanks

by Elizabeth P. November 28, 2011

What am I thankful for? A lot of people just say the vague and typical things they are thankful for. Such as, family, friends, and good food. I like to be thankful for the little things, things other would see as insignificant. I am thankful that I am able to be at Fontbonne, that God [...]

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Spending Money

by Elizabeth P. November 11, 2011

I am a poor college kid, just like every other college kid in this world. However, I am an exception. I am a jobless and poor college kid. My parents and I had decided before I left for Fontbonne that I would take a leave from my job, and only work on breaks. This was [...]

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Choosing Fontbonne

by Elizabeth P. November 7, 2011

The college picking process was quite bizarre for me. I had it in my mind that I could know what college I wanted to go to by the time I was a freshman in high school. I was the kind of the person that liked to have everything planned out. That is not how it [...]

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Going Back Home

by Elizabeth P. October 26, 2011

Going back home may be just to do laundry, visit with family, or just to see something familiar. Going home for me is all of those things. Last Saturday I took a few extra guests with me. I took three of my Fontbonne friends back to O’Fallon, Mo. You may be thinking “Where is that?” [...]

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Midterms

by Elizabeth P. October 12, 2011

Midterms. The one word every college student never wants to hear. The big scary test that happens before the exam. Well, they are definitely scaring me. I have two of my midterms on the same day. I had always been lucky enough in high school to never have more than one test on the same [...]

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