sugar + milk = yum

I saw these at WalMart the other day, but I think BoingBoing has a better product summary than I could have come up with.

Reminds me of Catholic school, around 2nd grade, Mrs. Kinzer used to tell us to drink the milk in the bottom of our cereal bowls because there were starving children in Africa. She really did.

Bet you didn't know I could do that

While I was bloggin' about Pirate Master Ry was manning the remote and fast forwarded through a Transformers trailer. I got so excited I yelled, "RYANWHENAREWEGOINGTOGOSEEITAREWEGOINGTHISWEEEEEKENDDDD?"

Ry said I was so excited I spoke Chinese.

He was right.

Arrrrgghhh!

I'm watching Pirate Master right now with Ry & I just had to let you know that you need to start watching this show - if for no other reason than to listen to Azmyth's accent fade in & out. It would actually make for an excellent drinking game. Ever time his accent slips out of "pirate" you drink. You'd be wasted in less than 15 minutes.

Don't judge me

I love tuna salad sandwiches. And the mother of all tuna sandwiches is the tuna melt.

I got one today at lunch after debating for a while between the meatloaf sandwich & the tuna melt. I don't know what this says about me other than I have really old people taste. I was trying to explain to Carm that the tuna melt congers images of old ladies named Flo - and lo & behold but the two women sitting next to us who were at least 70 both got tuna melts.

On a different, but potentially related note, I feel like the gout might be coming back. Are these old people cravings of tuna melts brought on by my old people diseases? Probably.

Sadness

Well, Youtube is blocked at work now for good.

:(

I'm it!

I just got tagged to tell you 8 random things by Shea. I know I've already shared 100, but I'll try to pull out 8 more.

1. My high school boyfriend just told me this story that I forgot about - one time he was having a party at his house when a girl that I apparently decided I didn't like came up to me & was all excited that we had the same name, Erin!!! I told her that was where the similarities ended! Me-owwww! Hisssssss! I was fiesty!

2. A Napoleon Dynamite figure sits on my desk. And I love him. He talks. Swweeet!

3. I've never owned lipstick, only lip gloss. I'm intimidated by lipstick, but starting to think I'm adult enough to handle it.

4. One of my favorite memories of high school is driving around in Heather's huge Impala singing Mmmm Bop!

5. I'm a huge dork around Ryan - I dance ridiculous, I sing ridiculous, I'm pretty ridiculous - and somehow it hasn't scared him off - yet!

6. I got carsick this weekend in the bathroom of the Outback Steakhouse in Topeka. Pathetic. (perhaps my being hungover had a wee bit to do with it...)

7. I'm very jealous of girls with what I call pretty summer hair - it's long, sleek & not a fly away in sight. Bitches.

8. I think I'd be good on reality tv - like Real World - but ... yeah... I think that's a reason to not be on reality tv. I'd give them too much material to work with. I think the producers love people who speak quickly. Dangerous!

:)

I don't know who to tag...
I think Michelle because I would love to hear more about her and I'm sure that she'll have some interesting bits to share.

How... How did this happen!?!?

OMG - I'm so embarrassed!!!

I just went to the bathroom & was shocked to see that I was wearing two different earrings. But not just two different earrings, two insanely different earrings.

I really can't figure out how this happened! I found the green & blue ones this morning, which perfectly go w/ the green shirt I'm wearing, I kinda struggled finding the second one & pulling it down from behind other earrings, and I guess I was walking around while I put it on... but omg, seriously I must have looked like a total weirdo, especially since the other earring is not even close to going with the mossy green shirt I'm wearing... oh geesh.

Holy Pancakes Batman!

You know how people are always finding Jesus in potato chips and used Kleenex & stuff (ok, maybe I made that last one up...)? Well, now you can find Jesus in your pancakes every day! Here's a picture that makes you realize the pan kinda sucks and the guy should have made a waffle or sandwich press.

Officer Pearl

I love Pearl. Who doesn't!?!?
Anyway, I'm not going to embed the latest Pearl video here b/c Pat was too whiny about it automatically starting and busting him at work, but here's the link.

Enjoy!

Yes, the veil actually means she's getting married!

Saturday was Amanda's bachelorette party, which started at Sarah's w/ a Divine Romance party. The only comment I'm going to make...sex party + Christian based company = awkward moments.

Anywho, Amanda wore the traditional veil - which we'll talk about more later, and thankfully nothing too penis-y. I dug her badge, discreet enough, but pretty funny. Here's a horrid picture of it: "Official Penis Inspector" (best part) "Department of Erections"
Of course we had some silly tasks for Amanda. Of course this guy was the one to take off his undies. Ewwww....It gave Goodin the giggles. So cute. And some random pics...
Look how innocent Heather looks! Oh wait....She's a bad influence! Heather & I relived moments of smoking cloves (and duh, not inhaling) in high school. (sorry Mom, but at least I wasn't inhaling - ha, sadly we didn't even know we weren't!) I like to liken clove cigarettes to smoking a ham. (thanks mom, for putting cloves in our ham, mmmm, tasty!)hmmm, yup! Tastes like Easter!
I'm assuming that I'm trying to take off Melissa's shirt here. Status quo. Me, Melissa & Heatha. Love it.

Oh yeah, almost forgot - Amanda and the veil was hilarious. I couldn't believe it, but all night people were asking her if she had already gotten married or if she was getting married. Of course, like any good friend of mine, she sassed back that she was a bridesmaid. Love it. The best was walking home at 3:30a.m. with Amanda yelling at strangers what the hell was their problem and duh she was getting married why do you think she is wearing a veil? Hilarious. She scared all the people waiting for their street meat.

Ummm, what else... oh, I got leid by some Brit.
It was so funny, there were a bunch of British guys out in Westport & they were just like, "I'm BRITISH!" Clearly they thought America really is like Love Actually when the British guy is picked up after about 2 minutes in the bar just because of his cute accent. Sadly, it works on me. Not gonna lie.

My girls. :D

First day!

Look at how handsome Ry is on his first day at work! We're officially coworkers, so cute I think I just puked a little. And no, we don't work at a little kids store, we just stopped by Mady & Me to see Melinda hard at work after a celebratory dinner at the Blue Moose. Good times.

I'm so proud of him!!

High schoolin'

Saturday was my friend Amanda's bachelorette party. It was a really good time, which I'll post about later, but I started writing about friends & it went too long - I forget sometimes how fun it is to get together with all my girls from high school.

There is something very unique about high school friendships - those friends know you in a way that is very unique. They've seen you immature and probably at your most silly (lip synching and fighting for camera time), you've shared a lot of firsts together (drinks, cigarettes, boyfriends, loves & losses) and watched each other grow up a little (hopefully). It's funny to see what characteristics and roles people maintain through the years and how others might change completely. The crazy thing is, no matter how long it's been, how little contact I may have with some of my friends, it amazingly and honestly doesn't seem to matter. These relationships are so valuable - and at times vulnerable. Sometimes it's hard to move out of your high school role in a relationship and into your adult role. You have to work at it.

I've had a lot of talks with a friend of mine who struggles at times with her high school friends - the thing about high school friends is they probably do know you the best - which makes it so much easier to get hurt by them. Perhaps high school immaturity comes out more in these relationships, after all, that is when they were formed. Does that immaturity make taking these amazing relationships for granted a little bit easier and lead you to abusing them? Maybe. I know I've been guilty of it.

My theory is that relationships with college friends or coworker friends are much more confident, these relationships were formed a different parts in your life where you were most likely more sure in who you were. You can also say they are friends that you really chose - in high school you might not have had a choice. Were you a skater/nerd/sport? Maybe you weren't able to break out of that lable until after high school. Maybe that's why with high school friends there's still a part of you trying to fit it, worrying if they really like you, getting upset that you weren't invited over after school. The thing that makes these relationships so amazing, so valuable, just might be the same thing that makes them vulnerable - there is no denying your shared history.

Some people fight it. How do you reconcile your past relationships with your present if you want to deny or forget your past?

That's where I've been lucky. I think my friends and I have all gone through a ton of changes in the six years since we graduated. Those six years included some where maybe we didn't all hang out or stay in touch. I think we needed those years, each of us. It was time to look at ourselves and our past, make improvements and mature enough to recognize how invaluable we are to each other. And now, we do have a choice. And I think that makes the relationships now better than they ever were. Not to say that Melissa can get ready in less than three hours, that Goodin & I won't try to put cigarettes out in a paper box again, that Sara can climb through a window, that Heather isn't still being stalked by crazy men, that Amanda will be able to hear medulla oblungata without giggling, or that I have gotten any quieter... but we've all grown.

There is no denying your shared history and, for me, there's also no denying how fabulous it was to share it.

Distractions

Indecision 2008 is live, and a great place to spend time from now through Nov. 2008.
Here's an example of why you need to check it out:


I can't believe it's election time again. Seems like just the other day when I was in high school & GDub got elected the first time. Tragic.


(from PopCandy)

And I don't mean the after picture

I look like I'm in a Proactiv commerical today.

Broken

Let's just say I got my ass kicked by the slides yesterday. I think I'm too fat & it made me go too fast down the slides. It was scary and painful and not fun and now I'm paying for it. :(

Not your typical delivery girl

After a full day at Ocean's of Fun - which included Ryan get owned by a little girl while trying to cross a rope bridge - omg, it was so hilarious, he was holding onto the rope while straddling the floating log and she just climbed right over him. It got even better when Ry told me that the little girl had yelled at him that he was going to knock them both off and to get out of her way! Yess!

Anyway, after Oceans of Fun we were starving and headed over to Little Caesar's for a $5 pizza. I told Ry that if he paid for it I'd go in my little bikini with nothing else - for some reason I still did it when he only gave me $3. Oh. Wow. Was it hilarious. People were walking by going to other stores and nice(r) restaurants as I walked by in my bikini. The best was once I actually got into the place - it was full of people! This old guy cracked me up too - he told me that he had never seen a girl in a bikini in a pizza place and that I made him nervous. Before he left he told me he was afraid his arm was still going to be shaking tomorrow morning. Just the affect I was going for!

Ry enjoyed watching it go down while he waited in the car, especially the reactions of people walking by on the sidewalk. I should have told him to take pictures! dang!

mmmmmm... donuts...

I just went to Lamars to get the Ry Guy & I some donuts. Freakin' fabulous. I love taking the day off.

P.S. the bag weighed a good 5 lbs. Those Lamar bars will get ya!

Weeeekend!

Ry and I kinda kicked off our weekend early by going to a T-bones game. On....Wednesday. Nice part was as we were waiting for Dave & Heather at the ticket box two different people offered us sets of free tickets! Yes! So we all got in free. It was a pretty good game - what am I saying?? I didn't watch it at all, but I feel lucky that I was actually paying attention when a foul ball clipped straight off the bat and flew backwards into the ump's face! It was a pretty intense five minutes as the umpire struggled about, doubled over, etc. Wow, that sounds really sad when you write it... it was.

So I'm bumming about today with Ry, decided to take today off to hang out before Ry starts the new j-o-b on Monday. On the agenda for today - tennis & Oceans of Fun. Sounds like a winner of a day!

It's summer!

And I don't know that because it's June 21st, I know that because all the roads are torn to shit.

Another reason to be afraid of the ocean

I'm afraid of the ocean for several reasons - I feel strongly that if you didn't grow up swimming in the ocean or you aren't educated and experienced with swimming in the ocean it's probably not a good idea. Oh, and p.s., there's also all sorts of critters in there.

Anyway, just in case you needed it, here's another reason to be afraid of the ocean (and beaches).

Street art. In Tehran.

I really like street art - for many reasons. It's usually bright, vibrant, satirical, sometimes smart, random (what's that one you love in KC Ry?), and it always makes me wonder how people can create such powerful images so quickly and with such basic tools.

This site is pretty cool - a blog about Graffiti in Iran.

(Blogger)

Riverfest

I just found out about the KC Riverfest. I'm really only interested in the Brewfest Friday night (June 29th), but some of you might be interested in watching fools wakeboarding on the Missouri River. Sounds like a kamikaze mission to me. Not fun.

Anywho, the website is still missing some pretty key info - especially about their shuttles. I sent an e-mail requesting more info & I'll update you kids if I get a reply.

Make sure to stop by Flying Monkey at the Brewfest & say hi to my buddy Dave! :)

18th Street Fashion Show

Why didn't I go?!

Distraction

If you're a little bored today, see if you can tell the difference between artwork done by a 7 year old and artwork by an "artist." I got quite a few wrong, especially the first one!


(PopCandy)

So cute

I think Mom is exploring the world of text messaging. I just got this:

E how r u


I love it.

So Bored

That I prank called my own boyfriend.
That's the joy of him working (well, not until Monday) at the same company as me, when I call him from work he has to act professional even when I say this:

Ry: Hello?
Me: Hi, may I speak with Ryan?
Ry: blar blar
Me: This is Sarah with HR, I was just calling to make sure that you're familiar with our dress code before you start Monday.
Ry: Yeah. I understood it to be (I interrupt)
Me: Well, I'm calling because there was some concern that you were dressed inappropriately.

Pause.

And I bust out laughing.

This is so fun, he really can't say anything rude or call me out until I tell him it's me. This is going to make a boring week a work totally fun! And we (most of us) don't have caller ID at work, so the fun won't stop even once he starts work!
Yesss!!!

This has the potential of ruining both careers and relationships. hahaha!

Any excuse to listen to Journey is a good one

Hillary Clinton has a hilarious parody of the Sopranos finale on her website. I dug it.

Another roadblock to heaven

As released by the Vatican & reported by CNN:

'Drivers' Ten Commandments'
The "Drivers' Ten Commandments," as listed by the document, are:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

- you loved my pun too, didn't you?

Refill your cream? Ew!

Not only did I have the pleasure of hearing my coworker tell her doctor over the phone which symptoms of menopause she is and isn't experience, now I know what prescriptions she's on and that it's time for a refill of that cream!!

Sick!

Get up, walk 5 steps into the conference room, close the door, then call your doctor.

P.S. - I also know her credit card number, any problems she has had in the past with insurance, her apartment, etc. Sick of it.

So Kool

I know the Crystal Light on the go things have been popular for quite a while now, but I had a revelation today at Wal-Mart.

Kool-Aid Singles.

Best.
Idea.
Ever.

I love me some Kool-Aid. And those of you that know me also know my dislike of diet drinks - Crystal Light sucks. Kool-Aid is the shit. I bought a box of tropical punch and one of Country Time Lemonade for good measure.

Father's Day Weekend

I had a good weekend. Finally able to enjoy the summer weather without a sinus headache! Yes!!!

Ry & I went to Young's pool on Saturday. It's a pretty cool public pool with a 30 foot slide that scares the hell out of me. I had fun standing in line for the twisty slide with all the 10 year olds. It was really packed, but we still had a good time. I got a stupid suntan though - the tag on my bikini bottom was out & I have a tan line around it. I forgot to have the Ry Guy take a picture on Saturday when it was pink, and thankfully it's pretty much faded now.

Sunday I hung out with Caroline in her kiddie pool - she put on an impromptu opera that the neighbor & I got a kick out of. She started singing to herself some made up story and sang nonstop for at least 5 minutes. Hilarious.

After our little pool party I picked up Ry & we went to have dinner with most of the fam at K-daddy's house. It was a good time. I got to see Gracie - poor girl has a broken arm in summer! And she, "feels bad for her bones." She also described the pain of breaking her arm to K-dad, something along the lines of, "someone pinching you and hitting you times 10,000." Awwww! Poor kid! It really didn't seem to slow her down any.

Gracie & Caroline had a sleep over this weekend - funny story - Grace offered Caroline gum, which Caroline refused because she apparently isn't allowed to have gum after some unfortunate hair-gum incident. Grace insisted explaining to Caroline, "it's good for you, it has sugar in it!"

I feel like I really need to post a good Dad story in honor of father's day, but I don't have time now. I think I still owe everyone a Brother David story anyway.... hmmm... I'll work on it!

Nothings changed

Last night I asked Caroline if she was glad Madeline was home. This was her reply:
"Did you know that when you were tiny that you just sat there all day Erin? You just sat there and you didn't do anything and you were boring!"

Allllllrighty then!

Turns out Shell had given her this information after Caroline expressed frustration that Madeline wasn't really doing anything.

No longer!

My boy is no longer unemployed! Woot!
Yeah, that's right, I didn't really share it here because it was funny at first, but then sucked, but now it's funny again that, as Ry likes to say, he got shitcanned.

More details to come. I'm busy!

Leave me alone!

An older guy that sits next to me and drives me nuts with his ridiculously loud cell phone rings and condescending tone just came up to me & said, “There’s no phone in that conference room.”

Wha? WTF are you talking about??? I haven't helped him set up a meeting, I'm not working with him on anything, I have no clue what he's talking about.

“What conference room?”
“On the fifth floor”
“Which one?”
“The.. the… auditorium”
“it’s built into the sound system for conference calling.”
“Well, there’s no phone.”
“it’s built into the sound system for conference calling.”
“Well, there’s no phone.”
“Yes there is. There’s one in the very back of the room and one built into the sound system overhead.”
“There’s no phone in there. There’s not one on a table or anything,”
“Yes there is. There’s one in the very back of the room and one built into the sound system overhead.”
“Well, usually there is one in the back of the room too, I don’t know. What do you need a phone for, speaker phone? For a conference call?”
“I guess. Like the phones in the other rooms.”
“It’s built into the sound system. Talk to Mike. I can’t help you. He takes care of everything in the building.”
“Well, there’s no phone.”

If this was a movie there would be a dream sequence featuring someone's head blowing up. It really doesn't matter at this point if it's mine or his.

Speaking of squirting out

Umm, NSFW language

History of Rap

Yup, he's one of the doctors from Knocked Up.

(PopCandy & SillyPipeDreams)

Cousins

Last night I went to see Shell again in the hospital - but not until I went to a fabulous little story called Mady & Me that you all need to check out right now! I got Madeline a super cute outfit there - girlfriend needs some new clothes!

Anywho - I was lucky enough to be at the hospital when K-Daddy & Em brought little Miss Kate by too! She looked so tiny next to Madeline! She was so cute though - totally alert and checking everything out. She fooled me too, every time I thought she was giving me a big smile she would yell at me! Not happy with Aunt Erin! I can't believe this is the only picture I got of her alone - it accentuates her poor little head that's still a bit squeeshed from being vacuumed. Seriously. They do that. It's crazy what babies go through! Cousins!

Finally, Madeline let it be known that she had enough of the pictures!

Oh, and some random baby-bits - I watched Caroline & Maureen the other day (Madeline's big sisters) and I accidentally said Mad-ah-line. Mistake! Caroline jumped all over that, "Erin! It's Mad-ah-Lynne!" Yikes! I think it's repressed aggression from people calling her Carolyn. In the background Maureen was walking around saying in a sing-song voice, "Madeline & Mommy, Mommy & Madeline" so cute.

The girls were really good, but after a bath they started having a mini-meltdown. We gave Momma a call in the hospital so they could say goodnight - I was reminded of what a sweet, sensitive and caring person Caroline is when I heard her ask Shell, "Is everything doing ok?" What a sweet kid - so concerned about her Momma! :)

Speechless

An e-mail my coworker received this morning (after the issues were resolved) & graciously shared with me:

From: Admin. Assistant
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:29 AM
To: Entire Division-KC
Subject: RE E-mail & Intranet Connections

Currently e-mail is down. The network group is working on it and hopefully it will be up and running soon. Also MIS is working but really slow also. Thank You.

Random links

Something about having a child finally got K-daddy back into the swing of sending me links to some of the most random shiz on the net.

Here's a sampling with his descriptions of the sites.

Somebody recut a 70s softcore-porn movie into a safe-for-work lesson on the Vietnam war (supposedly for a high school class). Pretty funny stuff.

Ugly.

Internet famous (this is actually someone K-did knows from college, but she has cool shit, so I'm linking her too).

Not my sister

I just added this blog to my favorites, but I wanted to call a little more attention to it. Well Hell Michelle is great because it's mostly a collection of Michelle's (again, not my sister) adventures working in a porn store.

I always thought I had a few good stories working in a pharmacy in high school - I still know which teachers are on Viagra!! But really, a porn store just offers so much more material.

This gets a little awkward though as K-Daddy just told me that Aunt Nancy has been checking my blog regularly... hmmm, awkward! But really, any more awkward than Mom reading it? Nah!!!

Tennis

Ry & I have been talking for a while about buying tennis racquets so we could start playing (again). I'm guessing that he probably sucks as much as I do, but it's going to be fun regardless.

So we've been talking about buying racquets/putting it off for quite a while. We finally bought them on Sunday, making sure to purchase them on a day we wouldn't feel like we really had to go out & actually play. They are still in their packaging, but I'm hoping we break them out tonight for a game, or at least some swinging at balls & swearing as we miss 99% of them.

I made sure to get a cute one (recreational racquet). Ry got some hardcore one. (performance racquet) As long as I look good out there...

Now I'm on the hunt for a tennis skirt. They had some at Dick's - for $50 bucks! Yeah freakin' right, I'll probably only play like 4 times!

Hellllloooo Madeline!

Madeline Virginia.
Cutie.

FYI Update: It's pronounced Lynne, not Line.

Sorry I'm late honey

But there were animal parts all over the road.

Sick!

Better than I

A friend of mine is getting married soon. I've always known that she was incredibly selfless and giving, but when I got the wedding invite today and saw that they were "registered" at justgive.org, I realized how amazing she (and her future husband) really are. They inspire me to be a better, more giving person. They have several charities that they have selected for guests to donate to, along with an explanation of why the charity is important to them. I'm pretty sure this will inspire most people to donate as well as get them a traditional gift, just like I plan on doing.

I have really amazing friends.

shopping pictures..

As promised a week or so ago, here's the picture of the matador painting I bought.
And here is my in collection in progress of travel trays. Is that what they are called? I dunno. They're metal trays that are travel souvenirs decorated for the state they were bought in. I especially like the mini one that I got of California. I feel like I should pass it along to my pal Shea.They look a bit nuts right now, but once I get a couple of more, it will kill.

Baby-off

I've been bombarded with babies today.

And I love it.

First K-Daddy sent a link to awesome pictures of Kate. Here's one of my fav's:

Then PT had to send out pics of the newest baby - which were so cute, of course! I'll hopefully take some of my own tonight & get them up tomorrow.

To round out the day Pat sent out pics of the sonogram for babe number 3 of 2007 (November due date). The pictures were amazing. I was glad to see the baby had good sized feet. I love this one - looks like the baby is clapping!

What can make a Monday better than that?? So many babies. So cute. I love it. I'm so lucky/blessed.

Knocked Up

Keep with the whole bizaby theme of today, I remembered that I needed to share with the world the gloriousness that is Knocked Up. The Ry Guy & I went to see it Friday night and I honestly can't remember the last time I laughed that hard at a movie. It was great. I especially liked the little kids - the explanation of childbirth was fabulous, and the Google line was short, but made me laugh embarrassingly loud. Paul Rudd was hilarious as well (and totally represented for KS).

Really, just go see the movie. It was funny as hell.

Oh, and Shell & babe are doing awesome. I don't really know if the sex & all that has been announced all the way, so I'm holding off. And in typical fashion for Shell & PT, the baby has no name, and probably won't for 24-48 hours. That's how they roll.

Rabbits? Not quite.

Shell's finally having the baby today! Actually, in about 20-30 minutes. I can't wait!

Last night I stayed at their house so they could head off to the hospital early this a.m. & I stayed with Caroline & Maureen.

At about 2:30 a.m. there was a piercing scream from Caroline, and she shortly found her way into my room. She explained her nightmare to me of a dog that came running at her, a big black one. I thought it was scream worthy. Anyway, I gave her some tips on how to forget the scary stuff & get back to sleep (think of your favorite good story, what she wanted to do today). It was so funny though - she got back into her room & bed and then she yelled to me from her room:

Caroline: ERRRRIN??
Me: Yeah?
C: I THINK I KNOW WHY I HAD THAT BAD DREAM. IT WASN'T MY 'MAG-UHN-NATION.
Me: Really?
C: YEAH, IT WAS 'CAUSE I WAS THINKING OF THIS DOGGY, THIS GREY DOG AND THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY I HAD THAT NIGHTMARE. IT WASN'T 'CAUSE MY 'MAG'UHN-NATION.

This morning she came into my room again & cleared the whole thing up for me, in case there was any confusion. Apparently the dog in her dream was also wearing pants and boots. Just in case you wanted to know.

Mush was totally cute this morning after she got over the fact that Shell was gone. She helped my put on makeup & even put on some herself - she ended up with a purple mustache. At breakfast she asked if she could go to my house. "Of course," I told her.

So anyway, in case you're counting this will be niece/nephew number 6. The D asked if my family were rabbits. Not quite, just Catholic.

Say a little prayer for my sister & the bizzzaby!

Sopranos finale

Best part - Journey! And it was the best Journey song, EVER.

80's update

You can look a few (like 2! dang!) pictures from the 80's wedding on his wife's blog
(scroll down a tad). It's still a fabulous thing.

Jealous

How jealous am I that I'm not invited to this wedding/didn't think of this first?!? What do you think the invite looks like?? How happy am I that I found this blog by hitting the "next blog" button? How little work am I doing? How many rhetorical questions can you handle?

Still sick, still boring

So I'm kinda healing, but at a really slow pace from this SARS/Avian Flu/drug resistant strain of TB/common cold. It sucks. I'm super tired all the time and can't really focus at work. As a result I have had a totally lame blog lately! Unfortunately this weekend doesn't look like it will be that thrilling either - unless Shell wills the baby to come before Monday I really don't have anything going on!

I think the Ry Guy & I are going to see Knocked Up tonight, then he's going to the Royals Saturday night. I'll sit in my apartment alone blowing my nose while watching the happy people outside in the sun.

Dang. It's no fun being sick, but especially not on a weekend or in the summer! Maybe I'll throw a pity party on Saturday night!

Fear

My friend Em sent me this article about a new magnetic car sticker that I think we should all invest in.

Mondaaaaay????

I sit here silently whining about the fact that due to a ridiculous amount of babies suddenly being born, Shell has to wait until Monday to get hers cut out.

I guess you really didn't have control, Shell!

And thanks to TruthinMedia for making me get out of my laziness & post this update.

Big day!

Today is not only Shell's birthday, but also the day before she has her bizzzzaby!

Now, I'm totally excited about this baby but also bummed.

Excited to find out the hair color, sex and name. I'm hoping for black hair! That would be so awesome, red-head Caroline, blond Mush, and black-haired baby!

Bummed to be sick and not really able to get near any of the kids! :(

So send a little birthday wish and a good luck prayer off to my sista!

Pride

Saturday, before the SARS or a drug resistant strain of TB or whatever I have really set in, Ry & I went to KC Pride Festival to watch Chaka Khan. My uncle promised lots of cross-dressers & good people watching, but by the time we got there it was dark, so not much to see. It was ok, but we had to walk so far in wet/muddy grass that it pretty much killed it.

Anywho, here we are at the Gay Pride Festival -

Turns out this might be another one of those things (there are tons... trust me... or ask him) that I tell Ry will be soooo fun/funny. And isn't. Oh well!

Because I love you

Ring, Ring

My phone woke me up around 3:30 a.m. ringing with an unknown caller. I dismissed it, but then it rang again and I saw that I had other missed calls from the same caller. This made me think that I really needed to answer it, especially since I'm the person Shell would call if she went into labor. The thing that sucked was that my phone was so low on battery that I couldn't even call my voice mail to see if they left a message. I got out of bed & charged the phone - the person called once more in that time frame when the phone shut down & I plugged it in to charge. Then the called again! That's somewhere around 5 calls. So I answer:

me: Hello (sounding totally sick & pathetic)
Ass: Is this Gady Transportation?
me: No! You have the wrong number.
Ass: oh...


And I got back into bed angry, knowing that I might not even be able to fall back asleep. I was especially angry because the more I thought about it, the more I wished I said:

No you fucking idiot! You know the other 4 times you called and it went to voice mail? And it was a girl's voice saying, hi, this is Erin? That should have been your fucking clue!! And P.S., it's 3:30 in the MORNING!

It's actually getting worse

I thought the bag piper stopped.

But he didn't.

And then the mowing started.

I'm seriously in head cold hell.

Am I in a cold medicine ad?

Is this a joke?

A bloody bagpiper has showed up across the street and has been playing as loud as possible for about 15 minutes.


Bag pipping + sinus headache = Irish hell

:(

In less than 24 hours I've gone from totally healthy to deathly ill. Or at least having a crazy bad cold. The only thing that is making me feel better is drinking the o.j. Ry got me while watching Charm School on VH1. I need to take some medicine, but god love him Ry got me children's tylenol. At least it was grape flavored. Maybe I should just chug it down anyway.

Lost no more

It doesn't matter if you love Lost or have never seen it (ok, it probably does) - you should check out this site that recaps episodes. Hi-larious.

(from PopCandy)