Because I'm Bored and Trailing The Celebrity Sites

If I was proclaiming that I was a lesbian on some days, and straight on the other days (and I was a celebrity that had my picture taken all the time)....the days I decided to be gay, this WOULD NOT be my choice of girls that I would want clinging onto me. Poor Sam, seriously...cheer up.

The Older I Get

Ah, birthdays! When I turned 5 years old, my parents had my birthday party at McDonalds. When I turned 13, I had a girls night party in my basement. 5 teenage girls, a camera, and non-alcoholic champagne. (Those are some crazy pictures.) When I turned 16, my dad planned a huge event that involved traveling to important spots where I grew up, Hershey's kisses, and a police officer. (long story) When I turned 21, my parents threw a surprise party for me at Pantara's Pizza (seriously, a pizza place??) When I turned 25, I partied all night at straight clubs, gay clubs, east side clubs...until daylight. When I turned 28, we partied at home with friends. The house was decorated with snow flakes and the party was DJ'ed. Age 29, Olive Garden. Age 30, An Italian restaurant.

And 33, at home. With my boys and a good book.

I'm not sure how I feel about getting older, because that party girl is still inside of me. A little part of me wanted a party, but on a Sunday night? Not always the night people say, "PARTY!"

Plus, that party girl at the beginning of the night thinks she can go all night, like the good ole days and is tired by 9pm with an aching back and dog tired feet. Party pooper. I seriously, am not enjoying this getting older stuff.

The St. Louis Commute When It Snows

It took me 30 minutes to go 3 miles this morning. I wonder how it will be going home. On the highway, there are 2 speeds. People going turtle ass slow and people going Maurio Andretti fast. And when the normal cautious drivers (like me) try to switch lanes from behind turtle ass to another lane, an accident nearly happens. Really people. You drive me absolutely mad.

Working From Home

I am always jealous when I hear my boss say that she is working from home. Well, today it was my turn. I worked from home today because the road conditions at 5:30am prompted my son's school district to call off school for the day. I always enjoy spending more time with my son, but today I really needed to get some work done to count this as a work day. So I spent most of the morning designing and so did my son, which was cute.

Then my son got bored.

Thus prompting me to realize that working from home has a downside.

Other 5th graders to the rescue! I'm so glad my son has made friends this year.

The End Product!

How Did We Get So Many Ornaments??

When you get married, things (mostly housewares) often double. Double sets of silverware. 2 coffeemakers. 2 blenders. And these doubles, often end up in a garagesale or Goodwill's houseware department. Now, if you lived in my household you'd have a massive amount of Christmas ornaments.  My half of the ornaments were hand-me-downs. Ornaments I grew up with that my mom gave to me when I no longer lived with them. Ornaments that when pulled out of the box would get a story along with them. 

Then there are my husband's ornaments. How a straight, full time working man has this many ornaments is beyond me! But he did decorate his Christmas tree differently every year so he had to buy ornamants to coordinate with the tree that year.

So now, we have 3 trees. And enough ornaments to fill them all. Santa is truely confused when he comes to my house!!

Flu Shots Don't Work

Why? Because I am sick....this is flipping ridiculous. I have a headache, I'm cold...AND I am at work. I missed yesterday because (long story will explain later) so my boss wants me here to finish stuff because she is stressed about going on maternity leave in 2 weeks.

No time to be sick.

F*cking flu shot.

Feeling A Lot Like Christmas

....gosh I love Christmas cookies. Chocolate chocolate cookies sent from one of the printers that we use just sent me into a heavenly sugar induced orgasm. More please.

(weight watchers, what?)

I Forgot How Much I Loved The Movie Fight Club

And when I watch my utmost favorite movie, I will speak like it for the next several blogs.

"I am Kelly's bubbling stomach acid."

I can go on and on about how much I am newly addicted to the Veggie Delight (footlong cause it's $5 and I can't pass up a deal) but today I think I overdid myself. 

1st Rule of the Veggie Delight Club

- You don't talk about Veggie Delight Club.

2nd Rule of Veggie Delight Club

-Do not race yourself to the end of the sandwich. 

(you're stomach will fight back)

Ohhhh, my aching stomach.

My New Obsession

The Calm After The Storm

Ahhhhh, there is nothing like a sigh of relief after a big holiday party. And since the Thanksgiving party was here at my abode, it's even a bigger sigh of relief. I love my family, but the silence of a home and just putting my feet up is deserved.

Since my husband and I for the past several Thanksgivings, have been traveling on Black Friday....I told him we needed to get up at the crack of dawn and experience the rush. So we got up at 5:30 (I just couldn't be at Kohl's at 4am like I had said) Really, the deals at Kohl's were great. We took care of some holiday shopping as well as a few items we needed right now. (an ice scraper that is a glove I am quite stoked about, no more using my calculator) 

We finished up the day by going to a highly anticipated movie, TWILIGHT. I am officially now obsessed with everything that has to do with this series. (and OMG I have a new celebrity crush)

I Needed A Day Off

Working last Saturday for a photoshoot has me just plain worn out, so being that I have another photoshoot tomorrow...I needed to take a half day. Serenity now! So far, my half day off has been fabulous. I stopped by Schnucks on the way home and picked up a few necessities. (Wine, Wheat Thins, Spinach Dip, Taquitos, US Magazine, and STAR magazine) I got home and my doggies were VERY happy to see me. I pigged out, drank my wine and caught up on The Hills. After that, I took an hour nap and the doggies joined me. I'm up-to-date with Facebook friends and blogs that I read. AND my son just got home.

Time off has been very very good to me.

Sue me Sumi

I traveled to one of my favorite places for lunch today. San Sai Japanese Grill. I never know how to order which is then in turn a challenge for the person taking my order. "All I would like is the Sumi Salad and a Veggie Kabab." is what I told the patient attendant. He gladly gave me what I wanted and I moved on.

2726 was my order number and when it was called I walked up to the counter and as I was taking my food the asshole (obviously a manager of some sort) behind the counter informed me of this:

In a stern, you're in trouble voice he said...."Normally when you replace the rice with a veggie skewer, it's a dollar extra ma'am. Just so you know for the future. That guy (as he points to the nice attendant that took my order.) obviously wasn't aware of this rule."

Never did I say I wanted to substitue anything. I just gave my order of what I wanted. Jeez. The economy is making people very irritable. (over $1) I think I'll take ALL of my dollars elsewhere next time. That will show him!

Going Through Old Pics

And look at this little nugget I came across!!! (bread and butter.)

A Night To Myself

Every now and then the moon's aline and I get a night to myself. My husband is at a work happy hour and my son is at a friend's house (yep, the girl that is just a friend's house). So I get to sit with my glass of wine, pretzels and dill dip, and my doggies...watching House. I love this show. And now that it is on channel 28 in addition to it's regular Tuesday night slot, I am a happy girl.

Here are my TV companions. Aren't they cute?!?!

The Final Design!

Ta-Daaaaaa!

(per request of my favorite Holland resident)

Designing For The Holidays

I must just look like the "go to girl" for holiday corporate party invitations. I did it when I worked at May Company. I did it when I worked for Macy's. And now I am doing it again here at my new job. Designing the corporate holiday party invitation. The stressful part is that I have 5 million ideas of what I want it to look like....narrowing it down is tough. 

It's not even Thanksgiving....and I'm feeling festive. Might have to switch over to the peppermint coffee creamer. (oh, how I love the pumpkin spice though)

Get This Girl a Stylist...ASAP

Catching up on my celebrity news (yes, 4:30pm my ADD kicks in and I just can't work another minute) I came across a picture of Courtney Love. Poor thing, she actually pulled herself together for a little bit but it looks like....that phase is long gone.

I mean really? Walking by a mirror you don't look at yourself and think, "Hmmm, this doesn't quite grasp the look I was trying to acheive."

I'm Amazed

...at how quickly I just ate my $5 Dollar footlong. (are you singing the song in your head now?) I must have been extremely hungry.

My Conscious Got The Best Of Me

I have an aching lower back. Now this could be because a number of reasons. (I choose not to blame my brand new gorgeous king size mattress). So I am thinking of every other way my back could be hurting.

(a) I'm getting old. I have to admit it, my body just doesn't feel like it did when I was 23. (even though everyone at Schnucks thinks I'm 23 and card me when I buy wine. Thanks Schnucks. I will always love you.)

(b) My new mattress ( I said I was choosing to ignore this option, but needed to list it anyways.)

(c) My office chair. Since I sit at my desk for 8+ hours and have no lumbar (what exactly is a lumbar?) support.

This week I choose (C). So I have been complaining that my chair is enabling my brain to register, "Ouch, lower back hurts." and just bitching about it doesn't make it better. So on Tuesday I had a meeting with the head product designer, a rhinestone designer, and the owner of the company to discuss some product development. (we're going through a slow time so why not keep the art director busy with product design) The chairs in the conference room are SOOOO comfortable AND have lumbar lower back support. I love these chairs. I didn't want the meeting to end. So, of course, my non-filter mouth stated, "I want this chair. It's so much better than my chair at my desk." The owner then responded, " You should take it then, you sit at your desk most of the day."

She is the owner, so I listened to her.

And yesterday, I gave the chair back. I just felt bad about taking a conference room chair. What makes the new girl so special? (plus, still trying to make friends here, don't want to piss anyone off.)

Numbers Sum It Up

9 - the amount of adorable little girls (aspiring models with sass) I saw at a Dance Studio this weekend. (open call for the model search my work is holding)

34 - the temperature it was OUTSIDE on Saturday when I woke up

63 - the temperature it was INSIDE when I woke up Saturday morning (it was 75 degrees last week)

3 - people who I assumed stole my iPod from my desk at work

10 - On a scale of 1-10, this rates how excited I was to find out my iPod was NOT stolen. (oopps, it fell out of my purse at home.)

11 - how many pounds I have lost since the middle of October.

4 - fires I made in my fireplace this weekend

6 - baths I took just to warm up from the cold (that's 2 per day)

5 - Bags of leaves I raked from my front yard yesterday

8 - On a scale of 1-10, frustration level when leaves from neighbors yard blows into mine.

2 - blisters I have from the rake

7 - Kleenexs balled up after watching Extreme Home Makeover last night. (They were in St. Louis and the guy I get coffee from on Saturday mornings had his coffee shop made over. Yay Sam!)

I Got My Hair Did

I took this to the hair stylist...and she got it dead on. Granted, it sure was a pretty penny, but definately worth it. I needed to funk up my look. As soon as I take a picture of myself that I approve of....I'll show everyone.

It's a GIRL, that's a FRIEND

I remember when I was in high school when I had a TON of guy friends. No, not Boyfriends (believe it or not I wasn't the school slut) Guys that were friends. I would say it over and over to my parents. Somehow I didn't think that they believed me....but that is what they were. Yes, I had BOYFRIENDS too. Actual going steady not seeing anyone else come over and make out on my couch BOYFRIENDS. But then there were the one's that were just friends.

Well my son has one of those over....RIGHT NOW. A girl. That's in his class. But not a GIRLFRIEND. And now I know how my parents felt when I had one of my guy friends (boys that were just friends) over. 

This...is torture.

I'm on my 2nd glass of wine with my ear against the basement door.

Shot Through The Arm, And Your To Blame

Free Flu Shots!!

For some reason my new boss was quite excited about this and urged our department to sign up. (all 4 of us, she's not doing it because she's pregnant...excuses excuses) I guess last year a majority of the company got the flu...so free flu shots are being offered today. 

And because I travel with the herd and want to fit in, I got a flu shot. This has to be one of the stupidest things I have ever done to fit in that is for sure. There I was standing in line with my new found friends. One by one, each of them got their shot and walked past me saying..."Oh, it's really not that bad." One by one I started to become reassured that maybe it really wasn't all that bad. Telling myself, "You have 4 tattoos, this won't be bad at all."

I stepped up to the nurse and she told me I'll feel a little prick. And DAMN, my new found friends all lied to me. That kinda hurt. I would choose a tattoo over a flu shot ANYDAY!

And if I get the flu this year...I'll be mighty pissed.

A Calculator: More than just an adding machine

For some reason, the weather went from summer immediately to winter with just a little bit of fall peppered in between. I knew it was getting colder in the evenings (my ferns thank me for bringing them inside) but this morning I was not prepared. I sent my son on his way to the bus and got in my car whenI noticed....FROST. Frost! Already? Apparently sqwirting wiper fluid and going 10MPH does NOT help the situation. I had to pull over and grab whatever I found (a calculator) and scraped my window.

How's that for MacGyver tactics?

My Two Dogs

There's nothing better than coming home and rolling around on the ground with the one's who love you the most!!

Stylin' and Profilin'

Seems like I don't go shopping at actual stores anymore. Time gets away from me doing other things and I just haven't had a chance to shop. EXCEPT FOR TODAY...I received a promotional code from a friend here at work (that's right, I have a friend!) from Urban Outfitters and well, I didn't want to be rude so I used it. I'm so excited for my new items to arrive in the mail in 2-3 weeks.

I DID IT!!!

Ok, so this Weight Watchers thing really does work. I have officially been in the program a total of two weeks and have lost: 7 POUNDS!! I'm feeling good (can't fit into my skinny jeans still but that's my goal) BUT I know I can do it if I stick to it.

Familiar Faces

Facebook. My new vice. I joined back in July and it's brought me many faces I knew from the past. People I've worked with and who I truely miss. Kids I've been a counselor to at summer camp. But this week it brought back faces I knew in high school. (I hear the jaws music here in my head)

Now, high school had it's fair share of ups and downs for me. Up's being the years I spent cheerleading, designing the school yearbook, hanging out with friends, and driving all over town just because. The down's were well, what a teenager going through adolescense things are downs. A pimple on prom night, a break up because the wind was blowing north, forgetting to wear bloomers under your cheerleading outfit and realizing it when you are on the football track (thank god my coach had an extra pair just for an emergency). Some downs were far worse than others.  The death of an uncle, being bullied during lunch, boyfriend moving away to college and the break up that cut deeper than the others, a car accident on a cold slippery night, friendships that I thought were solid...weren't so solid. Some of these downs seem to have an effect on me in these later years. I have a hard time trusting people. I put up walls around myself. My outward actions don't always reflect how I am feeling inside. BUT despite all of those feelings inside....I have managed to make the most out of life and live it to it's fullest...because life is too short not to.

And all of this analyzation comes from these familiar faces on Facebook. These faces bring back the memories of high school. All of the memories, good and bad. Funny how a face can launch you right back to a place in time....like you've never left. Back when I graduated high school, I was sad and wanted to go back. And now looking back, I'm satisfied with where I am and where I'm heading with the knowledge of the past but the excitement of what's to come. All of this...because of the faces.

Deep. I know....

 

The Trials of Momhood

I remember the days that I would fall asleep and not wake up until the morning. I remember the weekends when I would sleep until 10am and mosey around in my pajamas until noon. But now, I am lucky if I sleep a consecutive two hours at a time. (and this is not because of my 10 year old, it's because of my 2 two year olds) Many have said, "You need to train your dogs not to sleep with you." But looking at their angel faces, in our household that is not an option.

Last night was different and I wasn't upset with my one dog (AJ) who is stubborn when I let him out at 11pm....only wanting to stay outside and look for rabbits. He did stay out there, but I fell asleep sitting on the floor, propped up against the wall waiting for him. But when we all got back into bed, he wouldn't stop itching and shaking his head. By 1:30am I was over it and thought a Benedrill would calm him down. By 4am, we were all fast asleep.

This morning my poor baby's ear is bright red. I think he might have caught an ear infection when he was visiting the kennel. Poor thing.....if only they could say, "Hey, my ear hurts."

We Came, We Saw, We Tired

We ventured into the city on Saturday for a couple hours

 (only a couple because grandma had chili for us for lunch)

Mind you they dropped us off at the El station at 10:30am

We saw the city in less than 4 hours and were home for chili by 2pm

I do love this city!

Token "here I am at this location" picture

The buildings on Michigan Ave.

The Bean at Millenium Park

The happiest grandparents in the world!

4:00pm

I wish the work day ended at 4:00pm. Every single day I seem to "shut down" creativity and every single day it seems to be right at 4:00pm. Now, I wonder if my work day ended at 4:00pm....would I shut down at 3:00pm?

Since 4, I have done the following to burn some time:

• Caught up on celebrity gossip (Madonna is divorcing Guy Ritchie, tramp, he's a cutie)

• Cleaned my desk with 409

• Checked the traffic report for my drive home (all clear!)

• Listened to life.fm (new awesome music site I was told to visit)

• Got scared that the IT guy will catch me listening to internet radio (I'm still fairly new and timid)

• Changed the location of my son's picture on my bulletin board.

And all of that took about 7 minutes.....now what?!?!

Points, Schmoints....Ugh. Weight Watchers.

Warning: Angry Dieting Girl Talking Here

This counting points thing is f*cking AWEFUL (speaking from the girl who just ate chicken strips and french fries for lunch...like 20 points. I said screw it today) Being that I get 21 points per day....ya, I've seriously gone over today. (really, not just today though...it's been like EVERY DAY since I started last week)

I drink wine every night. 2 glasses = 7.5 points.

Weight Watchers can kiss it right now.

I even went grocery shopping yesterday to make my house "weight watcher friendly". My husband and I were watching our favorite show last night, Dexter, and normally we watch it with a nice bowl of popcorn. BECAUSE my pantry is weight watcher friendly...no popcorn. I was dieing.

So I drank more wine to compensate.

I need more control.

Weight and Watch

When I worked downtown, I would frequent the gym everyday during my lunch break. Monday and Wednesday would be Cardio Kickboxing. Tuesday and Thursday would be Buns and Abs. And Friday I would either do the tread mill or throw in another cardio class. I thought I was pretty healthy and fit for my age. I wasn't necessarily gaining weight nor loosing it....but I was toned.

And then there is now. No gym in sight. And I know every fast food location within a 10 mile radius. BUT today I have officially made the decision to be a dedicated weight watcher member. I am going to track my points and it will keep me disciplined.

And it gives me something to take my mind off work for 15 minutes every now and then!

My Little Angels?

They look like little angels, don't they? These are my dogs. Kylie is on the left and A.J. is on the right. Asking me what kind of dog will get you nowhere in understanding them any better. When we adopted A.J., they told us he was part Beagle, part Pomeranian. Ugh, they MIGHT (using term loosely) have the beagle part correct. And Kylie is part Beagle, part Boxer maybe.

These angels are keeping me from 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep. What dog needs to go outside because he has to go to the bathroom (a.k.a. play with the rabbits in the yard) TWO TIMES A NIGHT?? That would be A.J. and Kylie goes along because well, since everyone's up...might as well. Leaving me.....completely useless here at work. I even took a Tylonol PM last night to assist me in ignoring them. I think I need something stronger.

Bye Bye Luxury

The sale price of the car if I wanted to buy it.

$52,900

The price I had to pay to drive it today.

$70

Giving it back to Enterprise and 

the sales guy having to pry my fingers off the keys

Priceless

The Clutch, Some Rain, and a Cadillac

The one thing that I am lax on is car maintenance. I guess I got SO used to my dad taking care of all my car issues when I was growing up. I am 32 years old. It's been a while since I've lived with my parents. Don't get me wrong, I get my oil changed when the little sticker tells me I am due, but anything past that....

The lesson I have learned today is that if you think that your clutch is acting funny (maybe sticking a little) GO IN IMMEDIATELY or else you'll be on a hill, in the rain, the first one in line at a stop light when your car doesn't want to get in gear. All I have to say is that at least no one honked at me. They must have seen a sad little woman crying in her front seat. I just thank the LORD I could get a hold of my husband who came to my rescue and we sat in his car for an hour waiting for the tow truck. It was actually nice to have some quality time with my man.

When the tow truck came, my husband took me to Enterprise and I got a car to tide me over until my car gets fixed. Here's what they gave me:

http://www.cadillac.com/cadillacjsp/model/gallery.jsp?model=srx

Leather seats. It even smells new! I now want a new car.

Proud Mom

My son makes me so very proud. He is in 5th grade (going on college, I swear). He came home today and asked me to read his leadership essay. I thought to myself, "Essay? Leadership?" As I was looking puzzled, he interupted my thought and puzzled look by saying, "I have decided to be on the Student Leadership Council. So I need you to read my essay."

Funny. I asked him last month if he wanted to be a part of the Student Leadership Council (I had a flyer sent home). He said no at the time. My baby's all grown up and needs to make the decision for himself.

He still lets me tuck him in at night. At least I have that.....

Things That Brighten My Day

Of course the obvious ones are a given...my son and my husband...but here is a list of things TODAY just in the last few hours that have brightened my day.

- Lady GaGa's song "Poker Face"

- Jelly Beans

- Reading my magazine at lunch during this GORGEOUS day

- An email from my Grandma

- Kanye West's song "Love Lockdown"

I'm feeling much better now. Seriously, the Kanye West song is awesome.

Just A Little Hip Check

I am heading to Lowes this evening (after I pick up my son from school) to spend $700 on a patio door. Why, you might ask? Apparently, when you attempt to close your glass patio door that has expanded over night and won't close right....with your hip.....well, it breaks. I did this about a week and a half ago and a piece of wood currently resides in the place that I broke it. Nothing like a constant reminder of what NOT to do. (Doesn't matter that the husband and I have been discussing how we need a NEW door.....guess my hip wanted to speed up the process)

My life is complete!!

This is now the 3rd instance when I have said I had wanted something outloud...AND IT HAPPENED. 

The first time was when my husband and I went to Home Depot and the older man that worked there couldn't function the computer nor comfort us when we told him that we had a patio door that was 78 1/2 inches tall (as opposed to the "norm" size of 80"). We stared back at him with a blank look expecting him to say, "We'll custom order it then." Nope. Never said that. We got in the car and I screamed, "Why can't this be easy? Seriously, why can't we walk into a store and say....we need this (pointing to a catalog) patio door and they say...certainly. Getting right on that."

15 minutes later we were in and out of Lowes with a new patio door ordered. (the reason why a new patio door is needed is a whole 'nother story. )

The second time was here at work yesterday. I won't bore you with that story, but it happened. I said somethin g outloud and an hour later...it manifested itself.

And now, with Starbucks.

I want $500 dollars to magically appear in my bank account. (I'll let you know when that happens. The universe might take longer with money.)

Oh Starbucks

I was spoiled when I worked downtown. (except the massive amount of money I threw away on parking - another story in itself) 

I digress. Starbucks on the corner. Gym across the street. Everything edible within walking distance. I even frequented an art gallery every now and then on my lunch break. But Starbucks is what I truely miss. It was like a little slice of heaven every morning (every other week when I got the news about the layoff - had to make sacrifices somewhere). So I have become accustomed to making my own coffee in the morning, which is all well and good....but I miss Starbucks.

The Starbucks (brand)Frappuccino from the gas station is as close as I could get this morning.

Oh Mr. Pumpkin Spice Latte.....we'll be together one of these days if I can find you.

I logged onto cnn.com and this was the first picture I saw. (I recommend going there and reading the entire story.) It's a story about a couple who lost a house already to hurricane Rita.....but the big bad wolf Ike apparently couldn't blow this little house down.

It's the ONLY house left standing!!

We cannot stop the wind from blowing

...but, we can set our sails,

...so it helps us on our way.

Bringin' Back The Childhood Snack

My new favorite snack is the frosted animal cracker. Why it's called a cracker is beyond me because it's frosted with yummy goodness AND has sprinkles. Really? A cracker? I bought these as a snack for my son (they have snacktime at 10:30am everyday in his 5th grade class). Apparently, he doesn't like animal crackers.

I am sure he'll change his mind when he is 32. I know I did when I found out they are frosted with sprinkles!!!

Bang! Bang! Bang... Goes The Drum

Ah yes, the sweet sound of a high school drum line practicing in the backyard. Apparently there is a drum line competition this weekend and because my neighbor's boy is in the drum corpse...they decided to have practice in their backyard.

It does bring back memories of my high school days (freshman and sophmore years) of being on the flag team. Technically not a part of the band, but kinda. I always thought of us as "enhancers". Oh the memories of band competitions, back of the bus truth or dare, parades through the middle of town, and a boyfriend who liked hanging out with my dad more than me.

Funny how the sounds of a drum can bring back so many memories.

Taking My Songs Hostage

So before I left my previous job, I gathered my 12GB of songs that I had compiled in my iTunes onto a newly purchased portable hard drive. Feeling ever so confident that I could load them onto my new laptop when I eventually purchased it, I put the drive aside. Well, here I am...trying to connect the darn thing to my new latop and it's now holding all of my music hostage because it will not appear on my desktop no matter HOW HARD I try. I am about to throw the darn thing out the window. (the hard drive, not my beautiful new laptop)

Yes, I've tried everything under the sun to get this to mount. But it seems I might have to spend a little money and get angry at a Best Buy employee in order to get this to work correctly.

Music...It's All Around Us

If you haven't seen August Rush, I highly recommend you do. It's amazing story and I have now watched it 3 times and I could watch it 5,000 more times and it would still bring a tear to my eye. Such an amazing message. Such a heartfelt story.

"You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in the universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, everywhere, even the stars."

"Music is all around us. All you have to do is listen."

Perfect Day For A Boatride

Today, B and I went boating with one of my friends from college and her family. Other than it being a 2 hour drive (what?) to get there...it was an amazing day of boating, tubing, swimming, oh...and BURNING! I am burnt to a crisp and purely exhausted....

but I am still so very awake to watch my "Hills"!

My New Favorite Lunch Location

Starting a new job has its ups and its downs. One of the downs would be is that I am eating lunch by myself. At my old job, I would go to the gym for an hour and eat a small lunch at my desk. Now, being that there is not a gym withing a 10 mile radius of my building.....I venture out to eat.

Today I found my new favorite location to dine during the lunch hour. Thankyou Japan.

My Morning

I am starting to this I need to hire someone to 

A.) grocery shop for the family

B.) clean the house

C.) pull weeds from the garden

D.) keep my sanity.

E.) all of the above.

If you answered E, you are the winner. I went to my son's 5th grade open house last night. It was from 7:45-8:30pm. I made no comment about how late it was and that my husband opted out of going because of a bloody nose incident. (a whole 'nother story in itself) Other than it being late, I did enjoy myself. 5th grade sure has changed since I was in it...and it doesn't feel like it was THAT long ago. I am showing my age because I start saying things like, "Back in my day..." OY.

We got home at 8:30 and I realized we had no breakfast for this morning. Why I thought going this morning was a good idea? being that my body doesn't like waking up, today was NOT the day to hit the snooze button 3 times. But I still did. I went took a shower, hit the store, ran a red light (please let there be no red light camera) got breakfast for my son, ate breakfast myself, and did my makeup in record speed.

My anal retentive self still made it to work on time, I do not feel like my sassy self though and the choice of outfits.... Well, I chose poorly.

Song Sung Blue

Song sung blue, weeping like a willow. Why so blue you might ask? My husband bought me 4 tickets to the Neil Diamond Concert for this coming Friday. (continue reading when you stop laughing, that's not why I'm blue) I grew up listening to Neil Diamond. My dad would play his records on Saturday mornings and make me waffles. When I heard he was touring, I couldn't hold in my excitement.

We were planning on taking my parents. Dinner. Downtown. The Jazz Singer. What a fun evening!! My dad and I were stoked...sneding eachother crypted emails using the lyrics of Mr. Diamond's songs. (gotta love our humor) BUT today an email came stating that the concert had been postponed. At least they did reschedule it, September 10th. Not a Friday, but a Wednesday.

It's not like the concert will be wild and crazy...but it still will be a late night. It will be worth it though. Like seeing a childhood memory being sung right before my eyes. 

The Name Has Been Given

There is nothing harder than coming up with a creative name for your blog. It's just about as hard as naming your first child. It's a reflection of who you are and what your blog is going to be about. I seriously sat here for a good 10 minutes before this one popped into my head. SassInTheCity. It's perfection if I do say so myself. Of course, I am no Carrie Bradshaw (I don't nearly have enough shoes), nor am I THAT comfortable in New York City. But I seem to bring some sass to my city...and most certainly hope to bring some sass to this dear blog of mine.