the kid

cole has been with us for two weeks now and it's been great! it's nice having him around. his little personality is so precious, and he really is a good boy.

pics are here.

some of my fav pics:


he has already gotten a little banged up- aaron took him to the playground and he fell on his face somehow. aaron says there was plenty of blood, real tears, and a bunch of parents standing around staring. =( he required two spongebob bandaids on his face and one on his uninjured arm.






playground pics- he goes to the playground nearly every day. i think he enjoys having two parents all to himself and not having to share with his sister... that is until she arrives next saturday.
























better enjoy it now while it lasts, cole.









































soon the two-kid craziness will set in... what will become of us?

i'm billing my time

clients don't understand how their actions affect a project, and that's frustrating sometimes...

this is about lawyers, but it works on many levels:



thanks tracy!!

week number one

cole has been here for one week and i think we're finally starting to get the hang of things.

lindsey helped us think through some rules of engagement and aaron and i have talked through our own methods and approaches.

although it's been a lot of fun, it's also been a lot of work. =) i suppose we knew it would be, eh?

we have the most trouble around eating, mainly that he takes one bite, declares he is done, and when any food is suggested to him after that point, turns his head and forcefully utters 'yuck'. but i think we've worked out a solution that works for us. if it's still working for us in a week, maybe i'll share (don't want to jinx it). tonight he ate his whole plate and asked for seconds, so that's encouraging.

we've been to the park nearly every day with him, and i think he really loves that (thanks for the park recommendations erika and lindsey).

i may be posting some pics of him soon, but he really moves so fast, it's hard to get any good ones, ya know?

i have a feeling my blog and my social life may suffer significantly in the next few weeks as i put all my energy into the kid(s). if that happens, please keep checking back. i'll be around as much as possible and i'll try not to tell too many kid stories, i promise.

let's get some shoes

tesia, this video rocks!!



thanks!

the kid

he's here.

we love him.

he is fantastic.

he makes us want to get pregno.

he is an angel.

i will post pictures when i can.

=)

michael jackson- the good days

if you're like me, you love michael jackson from the early days. billy jean, the way you make me feel...

well here's a little blast into the past for you, including a few new spins...

mj- billy jean (first moonwalk)



cute redhead- beat it


Cute Redhead Dances Like Jacko - The best video clips are right here

mj- black and white



wedding party- thriller



weird al- fat

chicago weekend with friends- pics

i'd really like to tell you about the awesome weekend i had in chicago with my good friends tesia, lindsey, kristen and heidi, but i'm exhausted, pms-ing, and i have way too much to do today before i fly to denver at 5pm for business.

instead, you'll have to just check out my cool pics on flickr and imagine what i would say about them. ;-)

i'd also like to tell you about the little boy that lives with us now, cole, but for all the reasons mentioned above, you'll have to wait until later this week, folks.

thank you for your support.

my lady lumps, my hump

lindsey shared this with me recently... a little alanis morissette spoof on the BEP's 'my hump':



it's good for a little laugh in the middle of the day, eh?

kinda makes you wonder how they write that shit...

stuff in my head

yep, just gonna ramble...

big client meeting tomorrow, all day.

tomorrow night, jules and i are getting facials together to celebrate her recent bday- it will force me to relax.

weekend- chicago with good friends (kristen, tesia k, lindsey), good times

sunday- bringing cole home (thah thump, thah thump)

wednesday- apparently i'm flying to denver to meet with a new client on a new project. goin' solo. sheesh. leaving aaron alone with the little boy.

whew, big stuff happenin'

it's been too long

ooh, you touch my tra la la.



i want to be your love toy.

(pearson- thanks for another great time)

april fools- i kidnapped bongo

so i work with this guy, edmond.

he and i both have stuffed animal friends (as do a number of people in the office, don't ask me why). my little duck is dexter, and his little 'monkey' is bongo.

for april fools day i kidnapped bongo, tied him up, took pics of him, and then hid him and sent this url demanding beer as ransom.

critical to my plan was the hope that there would be more than one suspect for the crime.

in fact there were three main suspects, including myself, as well as other theories:
1. bongo had turned into an alcoholic, run away from home, and was now demanding beer with which to quench his thirst.
2. edmond had hidden Bongo away himself in order to gain everyone's sympathy

at one point, some coworkers formed the bongo liberation front and sent nasty messages out to the kidnappers, which is why there is an extra message at the top of that webpage.

another co-worker of mine helped out, spoofed the email server, and sent an email from bongo to edmond asking him to please help.

in the end, edmond conceded and brought in beer for the captor. bongo was released without anyone knowing for sure who had kidnapped him and without any serious injury.

at this point, i am still a main suspect, and rightfully so. i'm trying to think of clever ways to reveal my identity without just admitting it openly. i'm trying to think of something that would be fun.

i thought about leaving the beer in the fridge and sending another anonymous email message to the team saying 'there's beer for everyone, from edmond'. my fear on this one is that no one will want to drink it for fear they will be implicated, or worse yet, sympathetic to the kidnappers.

so help me out- how do i let on that it was me, without just admitting it. any suggestions?

skateboarding girls

since aaron found this on friday, i think he's watched it at least 5 separate times.



it is by far his favorite thing in the whole world right now.

he loves the pictures before each segment and he's told me nikita is his favorite.

-

new links added

i added some new links to the side navigation...

check 'em out if you like --->

interesting way to make a website

my friend tracy sent me this link.

i love seeing the ways people with a little creativity (and more importantly- time) choose to create a website.

if i had a bunch of time, what sort of site would i create?

figaro at juene lune

my dear friend linda and i went to see a preview of figaro at juene lune last night at it was simply fantastic.

they are so talented and their voices are so amazing...

if you are able, you should really think of going to see this masterpiece. tickets are $30 and worth every single penny. the show opens tonight and has many dates available through june 23.

ed feline from the pulse wrote:
"It is almost embarrassing to gush so unashamedly about the beauty of the music, the brilliant conception of the piece, the masterful performances of the actors and singers, and the sure hand of the director that takes us from joy and ecstasy to a final conflagration that consumes all hope."

seriously folks, this show is a true treat!

happy birthday jules!!

today is my good dear friend julie's birthday. i love her.

frozen four- michigan state wins the championship!

aaron and i went to the frozen four hockey tournament in st louis this weekend. scott richard was not able to go =( , but we had a great time, just the two of us. here are some of the things we did (and here are all the pics we took):

- went to the first two games on thursday- super fun

- went to bissinger's (they have the best hand made chocolates, hooray!), picked out a whole slew of different kinds of chocolates and are sharing them ever so slowly to make them last.




















- froze to death- st louis had a cold spell. we didn't bring our winter coats, but we should have. weather.com said 40's and 50's. damn weather.com. with wind chill it was barely 25.



- walked past the arch about a zillion times. there was a line outside (in the cold) for about an hour for those that wanted to get in. aaron and i have been up in the arch together about 11 years ago (hard to believe it was that long ago, or how different we are from those young kids), so we skipped it this weekend. we did go sit by it for awhile, though.

- ate lunch at morgan's brewery twice, which was absolutely fantastic

- froze some more

- ate dinner at zia's (thanks for the recommendation gabe!)



- watched 'blades of glory' at the moolah temple theater. this theater near the st louis university campus reminded us a lot of the uptown theater in mnpls since it's a very old building, only shows one film, and is packed every weekend. moolah was cool for one other reason, though. it wasn't originally a theater, so it's just a huge room with a screen added in. the floor in front of the screen is filled with leather love seats for couples like us to get comfy in. oh, and you can drink beer or wine in there. it was sublime.

- drove around town to see the different types of homes / architecture / mansions / slums



















- visited the courthouse where dred scott had sued for his freedom. aaron sat in the judges chair and pounded on the 3000 year old furniture.



















- ate dinner at the drunken fish (sushi, yum)

- froze some more

- took the metro to the games (LOVE the train)

- talked to my brother during the games, which eased the sadness of his not being there.



- watched some seriously fine hockey (violent mansport, as lori likes to call it). michigan state won and that made me very happy. boston college, by the way, is a very fine team. they are super talented and their fans are super awesome!!! they stand out in my mind as a very fine group of people, and they have always been so. would have rather beat UND for the title because their fans are outrageous and deserve to lose in the last 19 seconds of a game.

here is the comment i already wrote in flickr, repurposed here for your convenience:

michigan state tied the game with six minutes left in the game, then scored a goal with 19 seconds left to ensure victory. after bc pulled their goalie to try for a tie, state got the puck and skated back for one more goal to win 3 to 1. it was a damn fine game.
























- we had an awesome weekend. THANKS ST. LOUIS!!! (you may not be as wonderful as minneapolis, but you have some good things goin' on)

hello solidad!

vicente's daughter solidad was born one week ago, on sunday, march 25th. aaron and i had the pleasure of meeting her yesterday. of course, she is so beautiful!

here are some pictures.

here is some video:



congratulations vicente and caroline!

condoms beat aids

this ad almost proves it to me...











but i need to see an arm wrestling match to be sure.

boomshine- stop with your teasing

whatever you do, don't play this game.




















just don't.

my babies (email from my sis)

stephers wrote this email to me recently, which sent me into high high spirits as I excitedly anticipate the arrival of my niece and nephew!!! i have to share it with you:

All time on here is Michigan time!!
1. They usually both usually get up around 8 am and go to bed around 9 (give or take a half hour), Cole naps around 1ish. Some days Cole will sleep in pretty late, don't worry about it. Cole gets maybe 2 oz. of water in his bottle at night and nap time (break it if you can) and Alicia likes story time before bed.

2. We try to get them a bath every other night, they both love baths. They are very messy in the tub though, water goes everywhere and I mean everywhere. Alicia will take showers, Cole despises them. They are both starting to need conditioner, Cole is getting knots in the back of his head now.

3. Usually have lunch around noon and dinner about 5:30 or 6.

4. They both like yogurt, bagels with cream cheese, most pasta's, all meats, all potatoes, all kinds of cheerios and rice krispies (they prefer no sugar). They will both drink milk and juice, they both like bacon, sausage, pizza, french toast, pancakes, chocolate donuts are a treat for them. They love corn on the cob, and all green veggies (even brussel sprouts). Cole isn't too good with sandwiches, Alicia will eat almost 2 of them. Alicia will not eat eggs, although she does like them cooked over easy so she can "dip" her bacon in the yolk (but still won't eat the egg, lol). They both like Tilapia, I am amazed at that. They both pretty much like everything, these are just some starters.

5. Alicia is usually a pig and will eat a lot, but she does like to say she is full and ask for snacks 20 minutes later. Cole goes in spurts with eating, sometimes he does really good for 3 days and then won't eat much for a week. Just remember they say that their tummies are only as big as their fists, someone gets mad if they don't eat.

6. 11/2 tsp for Alicia and 1 tsp for Cole with Motrin or Tylenol. Don't forget if you take their temp under the arm to add 1 full degree.

7. They both love art, told Alicia that Aunt Susan does too so get ready for projects!!

8. Alicia started grinding her teeth, I have to get her to the dentist, I will take care of it.

9. [a little too personal to share this one]

10. Alicia loves all cartoons and Cole loves any Sponge bob, Little Bear and all Nick Jr.

11. Neither of them has any allergies to anything that we know of yet, just in case you wondered :)

I think this is all the good info for the kids. You will get an insurance card with a letter from John so you can get them medical attention while with you. Good luck and any questions just call me!!

Love you,

Stephanie

simply unbearable

the tenth dimension? ouch

if you have a few minutes and an unrelenting desire to stretch your brain in a new direction, check out this site- imagining the tenth dimension.




















after watching this, i find myself thinking about time a little differently. pretty interesting stuff.

borrowing children

aaron and i have asked my sister and her husband, john, if we could borrow their children for a few months this spring/summer and they have (who knows why) agreed. =)

cole will be joining us on april 22nd and alicia will follow a couple of weeks later. they'll stay with us until june 16th.

we can't wait to have two little tornadoes running through the house.

of course, if you've been to our house, you know it's not big. aaron and i are going to set ourselves up a little bed area in the basement and relinquish our bedroom to them...

i know that our lives will change a lot to accommodate their visit, but i'm really looking forward to testing ourselves out as parents. i think it will be very fun for us, and i'm hoping they enjoy the stay as well. i'm already thinking of all the fun kid things to do around the twin cities. if you have any suggestions, feel free to share.

also, if you'd ever be willing to babysit... er, borrow them for yourself... let us know that too. =)

nora, nora, how you serenade me...

nora, do you practice all day...



...to be this good?

so interpretative, performed with such feeling!! your improv is the ultimate!

(my favorite is the look on her face- yeah, you wish you could play like this)

are you a coffee fool?

the accusation on this site is simple-

you've probably been drinking stale coffee and you're missing out.

the solution is also just as simple-

you need to drink the stuff that has been roasted in the last few days to taste truly great, sweet, amazing coffee.

although i'm not a full fledged coffee drinker (caramel decaf mocha's don't count as coffee), i can understand the attraction to good coffee, so i thought i should share this site with all you good coffee drinking folks.

castle smasher- time waster

it's been awhile since i posted a link to a time waster game, so i figure i can throw one out there without too much guilt...


here's castle smasher.

you catapult the castle until it's gone, and you try to fill up with more balls if you can.

of course, it's strangely addicting.

have fun!!

i love these kitties

this kitty is very interested.



i love interested kitties. they are very fun to watch.

another interested kitty...



so so much fun!

young burt reynolds

this ad is barely stomach-able, but so worth sharing with you all...

check it out in all it's glory here.

guess who...

someone i know and love sent me this update recently, amusing me to no end... I won't reveal her identity, since she was kind enough to let me post these embarrassing details, but if someone guesses, i'll give them a dollar.

and I quote:

Did I tell you about all the fun I've been having lately? I was taking a new prescription med for about 3 weeks when my body decided to let me know it was allergic. Wuhoo!! I started getting hives on Wednesday night and I was like, "Hmm, better take some benedryl." and went to bed.

Thursday morning....I had itched myself bald (okay, not quite) and I had hives so thick on my neck I could hardly turn my head...not to mention hives everywhere.

So I called the Doctor's office and saw the PA at 10:30. She sent the nurse in with a shot and went to consult the Doc. The nurse gave me the shot and left the room. Suddenly, I'm sitting on the nice, high table feeling like I'm going to pass out. I moved to the doc's stool and was sitting there with my head between my knees when the PA came back in. She was like, "How are we feeling." I said, "Would you like to tell me about the side effects from the shot you gave me?"

Seems passing out is a possible side effect.

I ended up laying on the table with a cool wash cloth and not passing out but geez. I could hear them in the hallway talking about the poor woman with the hives that they almost made unconscious.

Then I was on Prednisone and Loratadine for a week. The pred made me want to eat everything....everything... even when I was full. I swear I gained 10 pounds.

Then they taper you off that and the minute I went to the lowest dose, it started making me naseated all day....decided I'd had enough of that yesterday.

I go back Friday to make sure I'm not dead.

Plus, I have Polaroid skin right now, whenever I get warm the hives would pop out at first (which I swear the pred made me about 3 degrees warmer...my palms are sweating right now). But now it's just if I scratch my face or whatever, it turns bright red. I've been threatening to write messages on my forehead.

Yeah, I've been a happy, happy girl. Hopefully, that's behind me now though....no more better living through chemistry even if the doctor says so!

to the person i know and love: feel better soon!!

pb+j rediscovered

when i was a kid growing up, my older brother scott would make my sister and me lunch, and he would always make our pb+j sandwiches without much pb and probably too much j. i hated those sandwiches. they stuck to my mouth and really had no redeeming qualities. ick.

well, anyway, i blame my longstanding dislike of pb+j sandwiches on scott- and i think he knows that he deserves that.

i have ever since avoided pb+j's; they just don't appeal to me.

well that's all different now.

recently, i had lunch with my friend tracy at her home, and i told her that i'd love to eat whatever she wanted to make. =)

she made soup and pb+j sandwiches.

she did ask if that would be okay, but since i had just stated that i would love to eat whatever she made, i thought it better to push myself than to be picky to my super sweet generous friend. besides, it's always good to push oneself to re-evaluate food preferences (and actually, all types of preferences).

well, she made me a gloriously yummy pb+j and i have been craving them ever since.

i've made myself two since then (one of which was devoured just moments ago), and i couldn't possibly imagine living my life without eating at least one a week until forever and a day.

i've missed a lot of lovely pb+j moments because of you, scott richard. i can't forgive you for this, so don't ask. =)

aaron is an uncle, again

andrew charles was born on sunday and is already home with his mom, dad, and big brother carson.



















congratulations bridget and james!!

Need a 'break'?

I just can't get my break...

Beatbox Fame Game
Uploaded by loranger

... to turn out like his (hers?).

turns and then more turns

i love love love the photography on this site- Bill Sullivan

this guy takes pictures of people coming through the subway turnstile, and i think it's so fun.


























































i probably wouldn't think it was so funny if it was me with a stupid look on my face.

are you man enough?

i guess mitchum deodorant presumes to tell people if they are man enough, via 'nina'...








































first, i've never even heard of mitchum deodorant and this seems like a lame attempt to get on the map.

second, it's a sad state of affairs that this will probably actually get them on the map.

sigh.

flu shot, i should have never doubted you

i've always doubted that the flu shot really does any good. i remember one year that i got a flu shot and then i got strep like three times and i swore off the flu shot as an immune system weakener...

silly me.

thankfully, rmg offered free shots this year and i stopped in to get one, snickering to myself as i did: 'silly flu shot'

so saturday night i felt a little tightness in my chest and left lindsey and michael's party early to get some rest. on sunday, the tightness was still there, but not so bad. on monday, i left work to go home and get a few hours rest since i was a little tired and afraid i was getting sick. I got two hours of sleep, worked late, and since then, i've felt increasingly better, never looking back. i feel great now. at the worst of it, there was a little tightness in my chest and i felt somewhat tired. that's it.

okay, so compare that to aaron's poor story...

sunday he started with a little cough. little. monday morning, he had a roaring fever and couldn't move. it was all he could do to force down food and liquids last night in between passing out exhausted on the couch. same story all day today. though he says he's feeling better, he really has only been able to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. if i hadn't been here to force him to take ibuprofen to reduce his fever or to eat, i imagine he would have done none of those things. i'm sure it's influenza, without a doubt. i really should go check on him again.

flu shot, i thank you.

buddy, hang in there.

geni- neat family tree site

this site makes it easy to create a family tree- geni


you sign up, and enter in the family members you know. then, if you want, you can enter their email addresses and they can login and add in additional family members that they know about, but whom you might not know so well.

this way, the family shares in the fun of creating the family tree, and it's probably more accurate because of that. it's all secure and everything. i think it's a great idea!

ass slices- served up in australia

so my brother took this picture on the sly in australia. it's a little fuzzy cause he took it kinda fast, cause he didn't want someone to see him take a picture of the ass. slices...




















of course, it's short for assorted slices, but it's too funny not to snicker at anyway.




















i'm thinking $2.00 is pretty cheap for ass. slices...

also, does anyone need an 'abuse of older people' resource kit?




















i want to live in australia...

smoking kills

my sister sent me this video.



hunny go upstairs and look thoroughly...

(thanks sister)

where we had our first kiss

happy valentine's day!!

aaron and i had our first kiss on ellis road in muskegon, michigan, sometime in june 1993. i was seventeen and he was eighteen and it was an awesome kiss to lead many other awesome kisses.

i put the exact spot on the map at whereihadmyfirstkiss.com.

when we were home for christmas, we learned that the airport had taken over more land recently and that the place where we had kissed for the first time is now inside the airport perimeter.

if i were going to try to read meaning into that, what would it mean?

kitty- an update

they told me on tuesday that there's no sign of infection in kitty's 'sample'. i didn't quite trust it, since it wasn't cleared up the first time, but after a few days with her still doing well, i'm relieved to think that it's over. and so thankful.

she's sitting here with me as i blog and i really love her. i would do just about anything for her- which includes sitting on this couch longer than i wanted just so that i don't disturb her when i get up.

damn cat, you are spoiled.

pi - this gay bar seriously rocks

aaron and i met michael and lindsey at pi last night, the new "queer women's social club".

we closed the place down after taking it to the dance floor like a bunch of john travolta's.

i really just loved the place. it made me glad to live in minneapolis. there was such a fun, hanging out, having fun, being gay atmosphere. it's like no other night club / bar that i've ever been to. i predict it will be wildly successful and packed on most weekends, which is a tall order since there is a lot of room in there.

aaron and i found the back hallway / restroom area. it's quiet back there. ;-)

oh my god, it was so so much fun.

here's the star tribune article about it.

there are monkeys in my office

lori baker made window treatments for me for my birthday.















they have monkeys on them.















they also have fishies, birdies and butterflies.















when we went into the store to select the fabric together, we grabbed all sorts of samples. i liked the monkeys on this one, but never dreamed in a million years that this would be the sample that worked best in our office.

now i realize, it was always the monkeys for me.

thanks lori!!!

a few fine photos

i've updated my 'chillin' at michael and lindsey's place' photo set on flickr with new photos- slinky is included, so make sure you check them out...




















this is the cool poster lindsey made for michael to celebrate one month of not smoking:















i've uploaded all my pics from jeff and gene's annual white elephant party. my favorite gift of the evening was the 'shoe' that michael selected.















i was slightly drunk, but i seem to remember that kat and scott stole it from him in order to re-gift it at another white elephant party they were planning to attend.

oh shoe, everyone wants you.

i have both enhanced my life, and cursed it!!

i bought a featherbed on saturday.

enhanced- it is pure heaven and i look forward to going to bed all day long.

cursed- it is next to impossible to get out of in the morning. i don't know how i did it today.

the kitty loves it too, which is important.

warmest, softest scarf in the whole world

i may have mentioned the hand-spun alpaca yarn that my aunt linda gave me, and i may have even mentioned that i was making a scarf out of it...

AND i may have even shown the finished scarf to some of you...

OKAY, i may have even made some of you try it on to see how soft it really is...

BUT... have i shown it to the whole world on the internet?

Not until right now, folks.





























you guys are pretty lucky.

(thanks aunt linda!)

neat and thought-provoking stories

home page

stealth toaster =)

these are the kinds of short stories aaron writes. i told him to contribute, but i don't know if he will. very cool site.

old versus new

so i'm a few weeks into my new job and so far, i'm really enjoying it.

i promised my friends at my last job that i would post pics of my new office so they could see the new digs and dream a little. =)

here is my last office...






























and here is my new one...

also, i couldn't resist taking a little video (i'm a total geek, yes).



notice, both offices are gray- it's amazing what a little natural light does for a place, eh?

the kitty

she went in for her recheck and they said she still has an infection, so now she's on a new pill, only once a day. hopefully this clears it up soon.

aaron told me about this book he's reading where all the characters are named for their personalities. stencil for a computer geek, profane for a sailor, mafia for an italian chic.

i decided my kitty would be named drama. i've started calling her that already.

simpsons, real life?

it's scary that someone spent time to do this, but somehow strangely interesting, too.

mcdonald's- yes i think their ad is funny

if you haven't seen the new mcdonald's ad, check it out here.

i don't know why, but this ad makes me think of my friend lori. i think it's because i can actually visualize her doing this.

carpenter ants are for real, man

i've referenced this video many times with a lot of my friends, so i thought i'd post it.



i took this video when we visited the arboretum... it's a bunch of ants taking down a big green caterpillar, relentlessly.

if you turn the sound up a bit, you'll hear aaron say 'carpenter ants are for real, man.'

to explain our inside joke, which one should never do: whenever we talk about or see something that's kind of intense, we pull out this quote and snicker a little.

wikileaks.org- applause!

so i just ran across this site called wikileaks.org which i am instantly fascinated with. the purpose of the site is to be an untraceable, uncensorable place for people to leave classified documents that might reduce corruption and other non-niceties in the world.

my first thought, of course, goes to the bush administration, but when i read a little further, i'm ashamed of my provincialism. this resource could be so much more important:

"Our primary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their own governments and corporations."

they do mention our western political and corporate systems, but think of all the other more global uses of the tool!!!

i love love love this internet thing. it still amazes me: how much good (and bad) it can do for the human race.

there is an example of an article and document up there, but it looks like they are still in development.

i can't wait to see how this thing develops. i imagine there will be a flood of crap at first, but then, it's true purpose will gain momentum.

kat's surprise 30th birthday party

all kat's friends and family threw her a surprise 30th birthday party on 01.03.07.

it's taken me awhile to post the pics, but here they are.

kat was so surprised, that she had to stand in the porch for a few minutes (there were a few tears) before she was composed enough to then go stand in the kitchen for a few minutes (there were a few more tears) and at that point, she was finally able to join the party. =)


































i'm glad that we could all make her day so special for her.

hope you have a great year, kat!!

new years eve 12.31.06

i'll be the first to admit, this video will probably be funny (hopefully) for those of us that were there, and only mildly amusing (at best) for those of you that weren't.



to those of us that were there: i tried to include all the funnest activities of the night.

to those of you that weren't there: yep, we got drunk and danced like drunk people.

fox on trampolene

this just makes me laugh everytime i see it.



he kind of does what my kitty does: play, play, play, oops, someone might have seen me playing, ack, i'm caught! quick, i'd better lick my fur, that will fool them.

fun video for a monday morning.

kitty update

thanks for all of your caring questions. kitty is doing much better now that the antibiotics have kicked in and she's on some pain killers. she is getting lots of rest and doing lots of purring when i hold her now.

i can't believe how hard it was to see her in pain. but i'm feeling the opposite of that now that she's getting back to normal. so glad to have her back.

i love you, kitty.

frog review- home depot

okay, so first i'm thinking, this is kind of an interesting way to review content on the internet. lighthearted, fun, interesting, and strangely satisfying for an internet geek surfer like me.

then i'm thinking, i wonder if this is part of a larger group of reviews...

and before i even finish that thought, i get to the end of the review, and have to just laugh for the pure silliness of the brown frog. i love him.

check it out here.

then, if you want to see a couple other ones, go here.

kinda cool.

my kitty-

=(

my kitty has a urinary infection, which may actually be caused by a kidney stone (we don't know for sure, yet). she's got blood in her pee, which she keeps desperately trying to get out anywhere she can. she's having a really hard time and it's so hard for me to see her in pain.

so i'm sending the love out to the universe (internet, same thing).

i love you, baby. get well soon.

get your kitten. daily kitten! read all about it !

a daily kitten can really turn a frown upside-down.

my friend julie sent this link to me when i was having a hard day, and 'cloudy' was the kitten of the day.















i love cloudy. cloudy has a great tail.

okay, so almost as great as the pics are the comments on the site. last time i looked, cloudy had more than 140 comments, most of them some form of: aaawwwwww, he's so cute.

Hacked your Blog Dude Its My Birthday Oh yeah

Oh hey everyone this is wrong but whatever I'm hijacking susan's blog today

Cause It's my birthday I turn 32 to day ok there should be some dorky thing I can do here.

Oh hey just for my birthday check out fred rogers's homepage over at pbs if i type that in will it make a link lets see

www.pbskids.org/rogers

ok hope that works otherwise just type it in people

(hey susan could ya fix that up there so its a link and then just erase these paretheses)

alright there it is there should be like a picture to gowith with i thin. oh jesus that's not mister rogers ok whatever.

happy birthday to me

i hacked your blog dude.