first post EVER!

laura and kate both grew up in downers grove, illinois.  aside from sounding like the desperately-in-need-of-prozac-version of grovers corners, downers grove is home to a quaint downtown area with a founders cemetery dating back to the mid 1800's, DGS high school, and a mini mall next to a white castle.

but i only wrote you that paragraph to get to this one:

hello kate this is laura and i tried to set up a blog page and make a post.  did it work? do you like the standard "dark dots" page layout? i went back and forth on it.  do i feel a sense of overwhelming accomplishment at having forged a closer friendship with the internet?  

YES.