Happy (belated) Birthday Sara!

Matt was supposed to have posted yesterday for Sara's birthday, but he had some kind of lapse. So, although I am a day short, I wanted to take a minute and post to wish Sara a very happy and healthy birthday with many happy returns!!! I hope that you did something fun on your birthday. With much love, Aunt Jeri

2nd Semester at U of I

Hello everyone,

I thought that I would just take a few moments to update everyone on what I have been doing for the past couple of months. To say the least, it certainly has been a busy semester so far.

On the academic side of things, I am taking 5 classes. I am just beginning to start some of my business core classes. Right now, I am taking Accountancy 1, Economic Statistics, and Microeconomics. These three classes are part of the the business core curriculum; so all business students must take these classes. These classes are not super interesting, but I do find them enjoyable and very applicable. I am also taking two general education classes in Social Psychology and World Religions. For all of my academic classes, midterms are finally over, so that is quite the relief.

Outside of the classroom, I working hard to get involved. Both this semester and next fall semester I will be the Vice President of Job Placement for Finance Club. Basically, I am responsible for handling the mock interviews and the resume critiques for the members of Finance Club. Working with Finance Club has been a great experience, and I hope to add to the club in my upcoming years at U of I. In addition to Finance Club, I have also started working on a project for Illinois Business Consulting. Right now, I am working on a team that is made up of 7 students ranging from PhD's & MBA's to undergraduates like myself. Our specific project involves helping a specialized gas company introduce a product into a new market. I am extremely excited to be gaining some experience working with real businesses in the community.

And now for the fun stuff! A few weeks back BJ, Matt, and Jakey all came down to Champaign for an Illini basketball game. We started the day by having lunch at Firehaus, and then we made it over to Assembly Hall for the game. Unfortunaltey, the Illini came up short as they were defeated by Minnesota (and thus explains why Minnesota is in the NCAA tournament, and not the Illini). Even so, we had a great time. After the basketball game, we took a tour around campus, seeing such landmarks as the Business Instructional Facility (BIF), Foellinger Auditorium (or just the Auditorium for the pre 1985 alumni), the Illini Union, and the ARC. To sum up, it was a great time, and I look forward to many more visitors in the future!

Well, last, but certainly not least, is the fact that tomorrow signals the start of my Spring Break. It is a much needed break, and I look forward to catching up with everyone over the next week or so!

I hope everyone is well,

Love, Daniel

Get Well Soon, Grandpa!

Matt

Adios Devin leaving Atlanta

Adios to Devin who left last night for Argentina! She arrived today in Buenos Aires, so far so good, she has met her host mom, and sounded very happy. Hopefully she will be posting her own messages and pictures for us all to see.

Update from NYC

Hi all,

Just thought I'd post a blog since it's been awhile. Was great seeing everyone in December!

So if you haven't heard, the biggest news is that I was laid off from my job...again. The budget for our account was cut significantly and they had to let people go. In all honestly, it was a blessing because I was beyond miserable. So now I'm back to being unemployed. I'm actually considering going back to school and changing gears completely. I've applied to NYU to enroll in their drama therapy program (something that has really peaked my interest). I'm also taking one class at the City College of New York to explore their Theatre Education program. I'm trying to create some options and explore new directions because the lifestyle of a PR professional just doesn't jive with our long-term goals.

Rob and I actually just got back from the Dominican Republic for a much needed 5 day rest. We had a great time. The weather was perfect, the beaches were gorgeous. The food...eh..not so great. But it's what you expect from an all-inclusive. I must admit though it was sort of bizarre lounging at a resort when we were only a few hundred miles away from utter destruction. I wondered if any of the left over food from the buffets were going to Haiti. But no-one in the resort wanted to discuss it....

The biggest news is probably that Rob has decided to follow in Uncle Mike and Uncle Shel's footsteps and has grown this hideous gotee. :) Maybe you'll all get the privelege of seeing it soon. We're considering coming back to Chicago for Passover. We'll keep you posted. Our next trip is to Raleigh, NC in March for Rob's cousin's bar-mitzvah.

Other news.... Despite my employment status, Rob and I are still actively on the house hunt. This has been a grueling process and we still are spending most of our weekends in Westchester. We are now widening our search to Jersey, but it's definitely not our top choice. Hopefully we'll find something soon. Love Saric's house! :)

As far as the Abbey vs. Ostoff controversy, I will first not try to be offended that the NY area was not included in the poll. :) All kidding aside, I think we need a change of pace so my vote would be for the Ostoff. Are there any other places that we haven't considered? Isn't the American Club in Kohler supposed to be nice? Is there anything to do there?

So that's that. My longest blog ever. Hope everyone is doing well. Miss you! Love, Jeni

The poll

See adjacent poll- you only get to vote once, so make it count.

Matt

We Didn't Start the Family (video)

We Didn’t Start the Family (lyrics)

We Didn't Start the Family

<30 sec. intro>

Grandma Grandpa met one day, celebrating to this day

Morton Grove, Thanksgiving, Singing Dummyline

Aunt Laurie killed the cake, B-J went to Drake

SHS, DHS, Ettlesons not on time

<break>

Barbeque, blogspot, BJ's got a sure shot

Tea-chers at the school, playing Scrabble by the pool

Camp Slaw, pok-er, Grandma's a love-stroker

Taxi Story, Leonardi, Cruise -- Slaws super-cool

Chorus:

We didn't start the family

It was always growin'

And it won't be slowin'

We didn't start the family

But we come together

Times we'll always treasure

Hell-o Beautiful, Devin's Great and Powerful

Lemon Jello, Halloween, Lake-Bluff-Golf

Pass-over Piano Benches, Mon-keys, Mitzvah Menches

B-B-Y-O, Eric likes to frolf

Dan Dan Birthday Man, tic tacs, marathon man
Volleyball, man child, Grandpa doesn't like it mild
Drought in the best hunan, Aunt Joan cookie plate
Jamie Sings, Golden Rings, water sports on the lake

Chorus:

We didn't start the family
It was always growin'
And it won't be slowin'
We didn't start the family
But we come together
Times we'll always treasure

Face-book, flag cake, Christmas Carols, skirt steak
Osthoff tubing, hawthorn lanes bowling
CCD, Grandpa's toast, Monte is the best host
Show-biz To-night, Jeni can't get a flight

<break>

Hotlanta, Dream cookies, is it a medium?
Summers at camp barney, Jeri wears a schmoti
Uncle Shel's wild ride, cubs win, Julie's pied
Fat head, tooth picks, Lake Geneva, Bulls Tix

Chorus:

We didn't start the family
It was always growin'
And it won't be slowin'
We didn't start the family
But we come together
Times we'll always treasure

Deer-field Pa-rade, Aunt Laurie's Lemon-ade

Zu-baz, a lotta lox, Simpsons, Toe socks
Gen-er-al Hos-pit-al, Slaw Invitational
Bull dogs, secret shake, tennis tourney, donut cake
Hula Hoop, Be-ology, barbeque pit, the abbey
26, to this day, what else do I have to say?

We didn't start the family

It was always growin'
And it won't be slowin'
We didn't start the family
But we come together
Times we'll always treasure

Kleen-ex, ice cream man, Scrapbooking, Braves fan

Sagaunash, birthstones, watching slides, smashed phone

Car guy, U of I, driving range, gift exchange

Email-ing gift list, oh my gosh I ordered this!

Georgia visits, pumpkin pies, m&m's, paige's prize

Chick-fil-a, switched entrée, TAS, ribs, coco cay

Climbing up a waterfall, Matt Matt slippery cat

Resting eyes, Craig's tall. That's it, we got it all.

We didn't start the family
It was always growin'
And it won't be slowin'
We didn't start the family
But we come together
Times we'll always treasure

gobble gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving!!
We are so thankful for our wonderful, loving family!
Love, the reunited Lincenbergs

Veteran's Day

They are liberators and they are enforcers.
They are warriors and they are peacekeepers.
They are attackers and they are defenders.
They are young and old. Men and women.
Sons and daughters. Parents and grandparents.
Some are with us, others are memories.
They are all heroes.

It feels like veterans are for history books and black and white videos. They exist in a different time worlds away from our lives. And yet, they do not. Rarely in our lives do men and women demonstrate such courage and ask for so little in return. Maybe that is why they are so easy to forget. That is why they are so important to remember.

So we say thanks where no words will truly suffice.
We try to imagine an experience we could never really visualize.
We promise to remember them- those that ask for nothing in return.

To our friends and family,

Have a memory-filled Veteran's Day.

Matt

New addition to the family!

I adopted a baby kitten yesterday! Her name is Bellaluna, but I'm calling her Luna. She is black with yellow eyes, 3 months old, and I love her so much already! She is the sweetest thing, but can also be a little fiesty...and right now she's giving me the sweetest kisses!

My roommate Bethany adopted a kitten as well, a little orange boy named Louis. We are one big happy family!

Here are some pictures!

Of course, now that I have my baby it doesn't seem that life can get better, haha.

Just a small update while I'm here:

Anatomy is over!!! I am in a few regular science classes now, so at least for the rest of this semester, school will seem like a breeze.

And next week, Zack is coming to visit!! He is coming in on Thursday night and staying until Monday morning, so we will get to party together for Halloween and also we can watch our biggest football game of the year together, Georgia vs. Florida, to keep up our tradition of being there together the last two years.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Love,

Kim and Luna!

You’re invited to the White Family Pumpkin Party!
When: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Time: 4:00 pm – For Carving
5:30 pm – For Dinner
Where: White House – 6 Court of Mohawk
BYOP (Bring your own Pumpkin if you’re interested in carving)
We will provide snacks, dinner, dessert, patterns and tools for carving pumpkins!
Costumes Optional!
RSVP via email (Lwhite267@comcast.net) or call 847-940-1668

A Taste of Champaign

Well, I know that this post is long overdue, as I have been at U of I for close to two months now. I just wanted to give an update as to how things are going down here in Champaign.

First off, classes are going well. I just had most of my midterms this past week, so that was a little stressful. Right now, I am taking 5 classes: Introduction to Professional Responsibility (Intro to Business), Public Speaking, Calculus 2, Macroeconomics, and Computer Science. I would have to say that my favorite class is Macroeconomics. However, my Intro to Business class is also very interesting.

Outside of classes, I am trying to get involved in some student organizations on Campus, mostly business related. I am a member of Finance Club, and I am applying to be a member of an organization called the FIRM. The FIRM is an investment banking student group on campus. I also am applying to be a part of Illinois Business Consulting, which is a student run consulting group where students analyze real business problems in the community. Most of these organizations are very competitive though and require a series of interviews before acceptance into the organization.

In my free time, I like going to the ARC (Activities and Recreation Center). I usually play basketball, volleyball, or racquetball with my friends at the ARC.

Well, once again, I am sorry for the tardiness of this post. I hope everyone is doing well at home, and I look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Love, Daniel

Pink Ribbons 2009

Pink Ribbons 2009, our 15th year was a huge success! The fashion show was fabulous, the food divine, the silent auction outstanding, the jewelry for the raffle was beautiful, the speaker was inspiring. All in all a lovely afternoon, in which we hopefully raised a lot of money and awareness. I am so proud of my husband and everyone who contributed.

On another note all is well here after the flooding. It was quite scaring watching the river approach the house. Hopefully its another 100 years before we get rain like that again! Julie

Happy Birthday Lizzy!

Happy 15th Birthday Lizzy!!! We wish you all the best! Love, Mom

kim's life in the lou

I have been living in St. Louis for 10 weeks now (WOW) and I haven't really talked about it on here yet!

My roommate, Bethany, and I get along wonderfully! She is one of my closest friends and everything in the apartment is going very well. There are very few things we have done without each other. I am so lucky to have ended up living with someone who is so much like me! I've never had such an easy going living situation.

School is going well, in general. I have made a group of great friends; we got close very quickly because we are all going through the same thing and spend all day together at school and in the library. On an average day I am at school from about 8am-6pm, but there are plenty of days that I stay until 10 or 11. I have been trying to mix up where I study, but the school library is convenient, my classmates are nearby, and there's free coffee down the hall, so I usually stick around there. My only real class right now is Anatomy. The course block is 10 weeks long, so now I only have 3 weeks left! I cannot wait. This is by far the most difficult class I have ever taken.

Once a week we also have a class called Applied Clinical Skills, which is when they teach us the non-scientific things about being a doctor: how to take a history, how to treat special issues, etc. Also, my school sponsors a student-run clinic, and I volunteered there a couple weekends ago. It was amazing because I basically got to play doctor! We had licensed doctors there as well, but I greeted the patient in the waiting room, did the initial physical exam (eye test, hearing test, blood pressure, pulse, temperature...), and took the history. I really loved doing that!

We just had our second (out of 3) anatomy exams yesterday, so I am taking this weekend completely off. This is the first official weekend of fall, and it couldn't be better timing for me to finally have time because the weather is beautiful! I live near a huge park...the biggest one in the country...so I plan on taking advantage of that at some point. I have been there a few times already- when BJ came to visit we checked out the art museum there, my mom and I went to the zoo, and I've wandered about with my friends. I haven't been able to do nearly as much St. Louis exploring as I did when BJ was here...we had such a great visit! We went to that museum, had stl-style pizza in the italian neighborhood known as the Hill, did the touristy arch thing, and went to a Cardinals game! With a group of school friends I went to a concert under the arch, I went to the Anheiser-Busch brewery, and we've done some exploring of the nightlife.

Even though school is so much work, and at times I feel like I have no life at all, I am very happy here. It's hard being so far away from my family, but I try to stay caught up on what everybody is up to. I would like to congratulate Jamie for being initiated in SDT today! And it was strange hearing about the Atlanta flooding and knowing I wouldn't experience it at all. Seriously, though, I feel like I have really found my place (not St. Louis, necessarily, but med school...) and I am looking forward to every step of this long road.

I hope everyone else is doing well and I would LOVE to have a good variety of updates to read on here...how else am I supposed to know what's going on in your lives??? Even if you think it's not worth writing about, I think most of us would disagree.

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Kim

Happy New Year!

L'shana Tova, I wish everyone a happy and healthy upcoming year!

Love, Paige

Happy Birthday, Jessie!

Hope you have a great day!

Camp Slaw 2008

Matt

Whew- ok I think we're covered on the birthdays for at least a little while...

Happy Birthday, Devin!

Hope you have a great day and a good start to the school year. Looking forward to you keeping us posted on what's going on in your life on the blog.

Matt

Happy Birthday Kim!

Happy Birthday, Kim! We hope your first birthday as a medical student has been a good one. It was great seeing you last weekend, and we can't wait to see you in December if not sooner. Have a wonderful birthday!!! Love, sara and eric