They say, "You can never go home again."

One's home is like a delicious piece of pie you order in a restaurant on a country road one cozy evening - the best piece of pie you have ever eaten in your life - and can never find again. After you leave home, you may find yourself feeling homesick, even if you have a new home that has nicer wallpaper and a more efficient dishwasher than the home in which you grew up. ~Lemony Snicket

I started this post before I left for D.C. Tyler really touched my heart as we had driven by our old Madison house. Brian loved it for the garage, Tyler loved it because it was his home and I... Well, I felt no ties to that house and couldn't wait to get the hell out. The current owner has really let it go to the shits. It's trashed. The brick stoop Brian and I did - is falling to pieces, the retaining wall - all the pavers are stacked up into columns. There's junk galore in the carport - landscaping is gone. We kept the fence line clean of weeds and such - they have now grown over the top of the fence by 5 feet.

Seeing this really hurt Tyler's feelings. (I wished I hadn't waited so long to write as I have forgotten his exact words as they were really mature feelings.) If Tyler had it his way - we'd move back and he would attend Westview (his favorite school). Tyler loves that house because it was his "childhood home" he "grew up there" and "was born there". And here I thought we were doing something better for him by moving to a newer neighborhood with kids so he'd have tons of friends to play with. He "loved the way the sunshine came in his windows of the morning" and "the birds singing" and "the way the sun came in the living room in the evening". Yes, I too have fond memories but my memories lie within my heart and not those walls. To me home is with family no matter where you are.


My sister from another mister, Stacey, thinks it would be fun to have a reunion of all the kids that grew up on our block. There were tons!!! We had a great time growing up. Friday night you could catch us playing hide & seek, red light - green light, mother may I, & etc! Our parents were either outside drinking beer, smoking cigarettes and shooting the shit or inside playing cards or dominoes (in which they still do to this day!) I remember we'd bother them and they'd tell us to hit the road (in which we literally did and came back and asked, "what now"). Or it was "go fly a kite"! We'd kill June bugs whiling sitting under the street light. Or yank off the "glow" part of the firefly adhering them to our fingers with the bodily goo and make wedding rings. On the 4th of July we'd light our fireworks with cigarettes. I remember having an endless supply of drywall (our chalk) and we'd graffiti the street with drawings. We were never bored! Rode bikes, made up clubs, had yard sales, lemonade stands, played house & school. Hid in a deep freeze (you mean to tell me that was dangerous?!)

All & all, I would be afraid that if we did have a reunion, the feelings we once felt wouldn't be there. Every one is grown now and has their own family. Would those memories matter to them as much as it does to a few of us? Which leads me to believe - you can never go home.

A New Family Member?

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet. ~Edith Wharton

Remember Piper? I think she doesn't look like a bat so much anymore. Linds is right on schedule to get her, and is she ever super excited. If you remember I told you it was a mix of a Chihuahua and a Pug. My sis and I decided to name the breed Puhuahua or Chug. Which leads me to this.

This is Piper's brother - he doesn't have a home yet and I think he is adorable! I've already named him Chug! ; ) I asked Bri if we could take him and of course his answer was "No!" How can someone resist this cute little guy? My sis was even pulling for me. But Bri still refused. Really - if I brought this boy home - how is Bri going to deny him? Last night on the way home and this morning I was working on him to actually say 'yes'. In all honesty, I don't think I could bring a dog into the house against Bri's wishes. Although he did! Did I ever tell you about how dOg (thanks Dom - I like how you did that {and yes, he's a kisser}) came about? I mentioned to Brian that I wanted a puppy. PRESTO! Enter dOg. I went up to Q-Lube where Bri was managing at the time and this dog was there. One of Bri's employees comes over to me and hands me a bag of peanut butter flavored dog biscuits while saying, "He like these best. Take good care of him. And don't wash his coat or else it won't stay the way it is now." - Excuse me?!?! Not really what I was thinking - but ok. He wasn't a puppy - but he needed a home as his current owners couldn't keep him any longer. And there you have it - the story of how we obtained the best dog. At least I am giving Brian a couple weeks notice and it IS a LAP DOG - something HE wants. I think it's quite fitting for a Father's Day present. We laughed as he doesn't like his gifts I give him such as his own Bible or the inversion table. Or the few ties I've given him in the past. He said, "At least I wear the ties!" ---This aint over yet!---

National Treasure 2 - I liked it, we saw it in the theatre and then watched it again with the neighbor kids that hadn't seen it before. They too thought it was good. (ages 12 & 14) It's Indiana Jones adventure turn American history style scavenger hunt. I'm enjoying American history a little more as I age (not that I'm old, ok Dom? ;) and you are ONLY a year older than I) and it has little bits & pieces they add in the movie. I would like to see there be a NT 3 as in this movie the reference a mysterious page 47 in the president's diary (which is handed down from pres to pres by pres and for pres eyes only). It's only talk right now and nothing has come about.

I meant to tell you yesterday that I learned how to play SNAPS - "Snaps is the name of the game and the name of the game is Snaps". The game played in P.S. I Love You. The first time they played - I thought to myself, "I don't get it." Then for the short time Bri was watching they played it again and he said, "I don't get it." - which made me laugh!!! Once I figured it out - we played and it wasn't so fun. He did however try to play when telling me "NO" re: Chug! LOL!

Also, I checked on a movie that I am waiting for to come out, Nights in Rodanthe. First it was scheduled for June, then Sept, now Oct. I even seen somewhere it mentioned Dec! For Pete's Sake - pick a date and stick with it! They aren't even teasing me with a trailer yet. I suppose I shouldn't be to upset. I truly enjoyed the book. And they say, "Never judge a book by its movie." - although I have been happy with the movies that have came about from Nicholas Sparks novels. Those being, Message In A Bottle, A Walk To Remember and The Notebook. He also has another one in pre-production, Dear John. I used not to be a sucker for love stories but my hardened walls have since fell. Maybe I'll entertain you one day with my 'thugish' days.

Take care!

Real Quick...

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. ~Alfred Hitchcock

I've been super busy here at work and haven't had much time to write (or is it type?)... I'm trying to get all I can done before I head to D.C. next week. It's our annual International Telecommunications Week. I'll be entertaining the Asia Pac region.

This weekend was so-so. We attended a graduation on Sunday, started power washing the deck and fence and watch a few movies.

Deja Vu
Dan in Real Life
National Treasure 2
P.S. I Love You

They were all great. Bri and Ty couldn't like P.S. I Love You - thank goodness!!! I was able to use all six tissues in private! ; )

Catch you later...

exERcise

I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street. ~Neil Armstrong on jogging, in an interview with Walter Cronkite

I wasn't going to write today as I've been very busy trying to get all I can done before the holiday weekend - But then my momma calls! "When are you going to start exercising?" She's had a rough day and apparently felt the need to let off some steam. My mother is an avid exerciser - I'm proud of her. She longs for a workout buddy and we often wished we lived closer to one another so we could be workout buds.

LOOK MA! I'm exercising my fingers right now! ;) OK, fine - I'll exercise. Don't you love it when you make a big deal of something & soon it looses its luster. And just when your to the point of being comfortable someone comes in throws it back at ya! I'm not exactly l-a-z-y. I'm running my child all over town 3 of the 5 week days. I've taken on mowing the yard this year. (Brian says its cause my lines are straight) Damn straight I'm tired.

Most of you probably don't know that I suffer from a disease. I've had it for the last 13 years. It's not contagious but the effects are horrible. Maybe you've heard of it. It's called office ass. That's one thing I liked about working in the salon. You were always up busy doing something. Ok, I'm am committing, again, for the 15,943 time to get some type of activity in. I'll try to get some type of schedule and post it.

Back to work...

For The Love Of My Son

The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. ~John J. Plomp

Ty is good about saving his money for making a large purchase. His Christmas & birthday money was saved to buy a Wii and a basketball goal. In late March we finally found the Wii (w/ Wii Sports game). He has since purchased the Wii Play game that 'included' another controller. He now is wanting Mario Kart that includes a wheel to hold the controller. Brian has talked him out of a basketball goal because we don't have a flat drive way. So Ty now wants to use his money on an IPOD. He's wanted one for awhile and asked for one at Christmas but Santa brought him a Rip Stick instead.

Last week after getting home from work & school he wanted to go to Target and purchase Mario Kart. Due to gas prices, we have cut way back our driving. We had no where else to go and we were staying home! I offered him that I could go at lunch time the next day - he agreed.

I despise Nintendo & so much for saving gas!!! I went to 2 Targets, Sam's Club, Best Buy and Wal-Mart and came back empty handed. Ty wasn't too disappointed, apparently he knew it would be hard to come by. - and so the hunt continues...


Sunday - on the way home from girls weekend I had to pick Ty up from his grandparent's in Belton. I just wanted to get home start my mountain of laundry and chill. I also was invited over to a neighbor's house to craft. This child tells me, "His only plan for today was to go to Sam's Club and buy an IPOD." - That's nice darling - but how are you getting there? Bri was on a ride and wasn't due back till 5p. I told him - we'll talk on the way home. He gets depressed because more times than not they answer is no.

I broke - on the way home - I told him we'll go. I just need to start laundry and put everything away. I call my neighbor and let her know I'm not coming as I am taking Ty on an errand. (They postponed anyway) Over hearing my conversation Ty apologized that I couldn't make my plans because we were doing his "ONE & ONLY PLAN" We get there and all they have is pink & green (is this thing made by Nintendo?). He wanted black. Getting additional assistance, the only black was the display - No thank you. She was able to find a blue - Ty accepted. We also purchased a $50 Itune card. Ty suddenly loves me more. I asked if it was because I took him to get it or if it was cause I paid the tax. It was both! ; )

This is were I feel old - I don't know the first thing about IPODs. I told him he'll need his father's help. His father apparently got sand in his panties during his ride. He was nothing but helpful at first. It seems that we do not have all the equipment to use an IPOD. - HEY - I did my part I took him to get it - I'm chilling now. After dinner they were able to work together and figure it out.

He now has a few songs on it and is listening contently. I'm sure it won't be too much longer and he'll have all 2,000 songs loaded. Do I even know 2,000 songs?!

Girl's Weekend

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ah, our annual Girl's Weekend was a blast. We stayed at Basswood Resort and shopped in Leavenworth & Weston. I cannot spill the entire pot of beans because of the golden rule: "What happens at girl's weekend stays at girl's weekend"

What I can tell you about is an item I saw (that I wished I had purchased!) POO-POURRI - "Spritz the bowl before you go... and no one else will ever know!" In these little boutiques we shopped their bathrooms are decorated so with bathroom related merchandise you can purchase. We were early in shopping and wasn't sure if I wanted to shell out $15 for this stuff.

I would also like to tell you about a store we shopped called Bella Company - One of the girls has purchased art work from her before down in KC; with a new office to decorate she was on a mission to purchase more art. (Compliments of Mr. George) We got their early about 45 mins before they were set to open. However, they were nice enough to open and let us shop! We got to meet the artist herself and most of the dogs - Luna, Noodle and Helen. All rescue dogs. Helen is blind and bless her heart she'd bump into our shins, tables and doorways. Noodle was most lovable and Luna - well Luna was just there enjoy the atmosphere without a care in the world. Bella (who started it all) was her yellow lab who passed from cancer a few years ago. They have the most adorable back and white photograph of her on a banner above the store.

Hmmm, not much more I can spill. I feel like I'm a little more well informed of flight patterns in times at KCI! Our cabin was at the end of the run way. A lot more flights leave on Friday evening as opposed to Sat and Sun! I wonder if people that actually live up there ever get used to the sound?

See you tomorrow! Take care.

Best Dog In Our House

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. ~Agnes Sligh Turnbull



D-O-G will soon be 12 years old in July and suffers from Arthritis. I would love to think he's got another 12 years in him. He's the best ol' dog. We all have the best don't we?

At night when I tuck Ty in and say our prayers, Dog (long o) is right there by Ty's bed. Once Ty falls asleep he comes to my side of the bed and lays down. In the morning I find him laying back down beside Ty's bed peering over the toy box. (I'd like to think once I'm asleep he's back in Ty's room) Same ole routine every morning... I whisper from the hallway, "Good morning Dog." I can hear his tail thumping. He struggles to get up and we meet in the kitchen. I give him his joint medication and let him out to do his business.

We have a neighboring dog in the back of us. A Yorkie named Max. They're friends. They run the fence line together. Sniff each other out. Max will bark, Dog keeps quite. Pretty soon Dog will lift his leg and piss on the fence (and I can only imagine) hitting Max's face. : ) Cracks me up every time.

I cannot praise Dog enough. The other night, apparently he had a terrible stomach ache and he had to go now! About 1:30 am I could hear him prancing (tags on his collar) back in forth from the hallway to the kitchen. He came to wake me by licking my hand and nudging my arm with his nose. I'm up, I'm up! By the time I stood up he was already in the kitchen - I knew he meant business. I let him out and wait for him while listening to a motorcycle speeding down the highway. It took him a while and I thought about leaving him outside for the rest of the night as I wanted to go back to bed. Glad I didn't since rain fell early morning.

He's had his moments too. Like the time soon after we brought Ty home from the hospital. We stepped out for a moment to come home and find my breast pump all chewed up. Not to mention the brownie wrapped in foil was gone. Apparently he felt the need for a snack!
Or the time we borrowed a friend's PlayStation when they were first brand new. Came home to find all the wires chewed off! Feeling poor at the time - how on earth were we going to replace this?!

More so all the good memories long out weigh the bad. And even the bad we can now laugh about. : )

I'm at home today and as I write he's here at my feet - rarely leaves my side.

Baseball Among Other Stuff

Last nights game was against Missouri Heat Wave (18th in the State in 12U AA & #1 in our league). We knew our chances were slim to nil on winning this one. (One thing I’m not excited about is in this league – it’s combined of 11 & 12 yr old teams. And it shows – some teams are huge! I guess I can expect a growth spurt with Ty soon.) I was tired out from the day’s work that I truly wasn’t in it. I think the score was something of 13-2…

I’ve been trying to get my work done at work because I’ll only be there 3 days this week. We’re having a team outing to the Royals game on Thursday and I’m headed out of town on Friday for out annual Girl Weekend.

One other comment; I’ve been reading Stori Telling by Tori Spelling. I wasn’t a huge fan of hers but I was very much into Beverly Hills 90210. I heard and read enough reviews that it intrigued me to buy the book. Glad I did, it’s a page turner. Growing up rich doesn’t mean growing up happy. I thought she was the little rich girl and had everything handed to her – not so much. I have more respect for her. As for her mom – not so much; she’s a witch!

Alright back to work… Take care and have a great day.

Baseball

I just realized that Dom commented with "Kel-Koo??"
This was my nickname my grandma had for me growing up, later I gave her the nickname "Woo Woo" then shortened to "Woo". - Thanks for the well wish - I did enjoy my day!

I was excited for Friday night’s game, left the office early and headed to the fields. While the boys were warming up the common bleachers were filling up. A little boy (about 5) sat beside me and asked who I was cheering for, I told him the Bulldogs and asked if he was too (I knew he was from the other team). He told me no he’s cheering for the other team. I said, “But we’re a good team”. He though about it for a second and replied, “But we’re better.” Priceless!

We played the Blue Valley Storm and loss the coin toss so we batted first (we were visitors). 3 up 3 down. That’s ok; means were going to have a good game. That is if the boys from the other team would swing their bats. Home plate Umpire wasn’t calling strikes for NOTHING! I was getting so irate!!! 14 walks later we finished the inning. Our coach approached Blue (the ump) trying to ask were the pitcher was missing. Blue didn’t care for the approach and turned nasty. I mentioned previously our coach is competitive – but he’s also respectful.

Again our boys swung their bats. 3 up, 3 down. They took the field and again the other boys still held their bats on their shoulders waiting to be walked. I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY LOW LAME WAY TO WIN A BASEBALL GAME. SHAME ON YOU BV STORM!!! Our coach brought in his youngest son to pitch. (He wasn’t wasting our good pitchers on this game.) Oh the kid was ecstatic to pitch!!! His pitches were so erratic some not even close to the plate and way over anyone’s head! Our anger soon melted to humor; laughing it off.

Needless to say it was a somber game. We were beaten by a nasty run spread.

Saturday morning’s game at 8am was a whole other story. Our boys brought their A game and won. Our 10am was a little shakier; our boys can mentally fall out of a game as quick as they can get into it. Can a whole ball team have ADD? We were losing, then tied, then ahead! Woohoo! All we had to do was hold ‘em! Then lightening struck – ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The field was cleared until it was safe. About 5 mins later they were back. Within that 5 those boys apparently forget bases were loaded and they had to protect. Catcher let a ball get by him and 3rd stole home. Then the batter got a hold of the ball and sent it for a ride….

That’s all she wrote for that game. We lost. But the coach was pleased; he didn’t mind losing that way. Rain poured after we had packed up the equipment and headed for the cars. A long walk back, everyone was soaked by the time we got to the truck. I tried to see results of the tourney – I’m not even sure they were able to finish. I was hoping the other teams would hand BV Storm their butts. I’d be happy!

Tonight we play a league game against a pretty intense team. I hope the rain will hold off! I’ll report result tomorrow.

Mother's Day

Yesterday was a beautiful day! Cold and windy but beautiful. My day started at 5:25am, "Oh, give me just a few more minutes!!!" as I pushed the snooze till 6am. I was meeting my mom at Corporate Woods for the Mother's Day 5K (Our 2nd annual). It's KC's only "girls only" 5K! There's all sorts of daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and aunts... I enjoy seeing the different families out there. Then the men come out (coffee in hand) standing on the side lines rooting for his lady.

Yawning, I donned my famous ball cap hair w/ pigtails and set out the door leaving the boys sleeping. Ahead of schedule; I stopped at Starbucks getting my usual Skinny Hazelnut Latte and one for my momma too! We met up and sat in my truck (sipping lattes) as long as we could; staying warm until the event started. We watched all kinds of girls walk by wearing everything from short to scarves & mittens! (example of how strong the wind was – it collapsed the tents were the before & after festivities were usually held, but they moved all that to a shelter house across the way.) Brrr! (Are we sure we still want to do this? A hot breakfast sounds so much better!)

We used the facilities before we had to line up. The port-o-potties are usually a huge highlight. Groups will sponsor a privy and decorate it to their delight. Then they have a panel of judges and one will be picked to when a prize of whatever it is. But it makes using the Johnnys not so bad. The one I used was covered in roses with roses adorned all around in side. While I waited for mom - this man came up and started trying to pry the door open to the one she was using! I told him someone was in there and he said "Well they are all 'red'!" (red meant they were in use) Um, hello!!! Hence the lines of women waiting to use them!!! Must have been too early in the morning for him. I told mom about it and she just thought it was the wind. Goodness, could you imagine if he successfully opened the door and there sat mom! lol!

They lined us up, were lead in some warm up exercises, then the national anthem. The race started on time; 8 am. It wasn't long after walking a while before we were warm again. Along the trail they have "momisms". "If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times" - "I brought you into this world, I can take you out" - "No dessert before dinner" etc. Because of the wind, a lot of them were blown down.

We were just a little past the 1 mile mark when mom's bladder started calling. I waited for her while she went back to relieve herself. We lost a little bit of time but that was ok. (I wanted to beat my time from last year but thought I could keep track on my own watch) Back on track we kept trucking along. We both spotted a black glove someone had lost - we walked past it. Soon after mom started obsessing about "I should have pick it up to turn it in". Luckily, the course wound back close to it. No one else picked it up either so mom hurried over to retrieve it. In the mean time, I'm slowing down waiting on her. And a course volunteer started to encourage me. "You can finish, don't give up..." I told him - "You bet I am going to finish!" He came to me and gave me a hug! (He didn't see mom so I think he thought I was done for). Mom, back on her way over, looked puzzled as to what I was doing. So I had the old man give her a hug too. At this point, I now remember that I forgot to look to see how much time mom took to pee and pick the glove up. Oops, so much for keeping track of my time!

We soon crossed the finish line, was handed our award and headed to the shelter. People were polite to stand in line for 'breakfast'. (Bagels, donuts, cookies, bananas, oranges, yogurt, coffee, pop, etc) I for one didn't have time besides there weren't lines last year. You just crowed your way in. (As how I did it this year.) Plus if I was going to stand in line - it was going to be for a chair massage!

That was time well spent! Ahh, I needed that. I could have set in the massage chair far longer than I did. (They offer these here at work, message to self - need to look back into them) Mom and I visited to Johnnys one last time and made way to our vehicles to say out goodbyes. Poor mom was going home to do laundry and I was off to the Royals game. Of course she did just get a new washer and dryer set - front loaders. So I told her just grab a chair and watch your laundry! ; )

The rest of the day was great! Met our friends, the Medina's, and caught a Royal's game. (Moms got a pink T) Royals scored in the 7th inning so we get an additional treat - A Sheridan's hot fudge sundae. (which Ty can't stand to wait to redeem.) Royals won 4-0! We ended the day with an early dinner at Fuddrucker's.

By the time we got home I was absolutely exhausted! I was in bed and asleep by 9:15 pm.

Tomorrow I'll write up re: the Bulldog's weekend tourney...

Baseball & Mother's Day

It's a wonderful thing I enjoy baseball, it consumes most of the summer for us. Ty had a game Tues night, last night, tonight, 2 tomorrow and again possibly on Sunday. In the chance we don't make it to the championship; we'll celebrate Mother's Day with a Royals game!

I truly enjoy our baseball team, The LS Bulldogs. We have a great group of players and parents alike. We are a AA team so we can be competitive but yet still have fun.

We started comp play in 05, while it was fun it was A LOT of work. That the was the start of the LS Bulldogs, nothing can compare to that first summer - it was the best! We had a couple different players and coaches back then. At the end of the season, we saw players and parents take different directions. This would be our last year for machine pitch and there were a few boys that were young enough they could stay play for one more year. Coach T. Vance took those boys and started a younger team. At that time our coaches felt like try outs were the way to go for next seasons team. I was under the impression tryouts were only for the vacant positions - not true. Each boy had to earn his spot. To make a sad story short - Ty wasn't picked up. His heart was broken, as I was consoling him Brian was telling the head coach that was a poor choice on his part. And the coach understood and said he knew he was taking a chance. I knew the coaches were VERY competitive and wanted nothing but the best of boys. What we didn't see at the time was the big picture...

We now had the job of finding a new comp team to play on. (Once you play comp - you really don't want to turn back to rec) We went and tried out for a handful of teams. How do you know to pick the right team? In 06 we found ourselves on the Mudcats team. A new team comprised of all ages (8-11). We went with this team because they needed a pitcher and Ty was their man. Little did I know Ty had a good pitching arm. He was their main man! :) This too was a summer I'll never forget - would like to - but wont. This kids were fun but the parents were awful. And the coach, I think this was his first year and his buddies were assistant coaches (when they were there). This coach tried to be aggressive but often had a softer side. Not something we were used to on the playing field. Bri would get upset with him. Parents yelling at Ty to throw good pitches. For Heaven's sake he's only 9 years old. A couple of moms would forever voice there opinion out loud in the stands. It was awful... On the other field, I talked with the bulldog parents I knew when we'd see them at the park. They too were handed something they weren't ready for. The parents of these new players - apparently they were just as foul mouthed, rude, unfriendly as the ones on our team. Bulldogs were not having an awesome year as they expected.

Neither team lasted for a second year. The Bulldogs split yet again. They split into AAA and AA team although not all players returned. Coach Singer took the AAA and named them something new and Coach Overton took on the AA Bulldogs. We were asked if we were interesting in coming back to play. Coach explained to Bri - we're here to have fun. So here it is 07 - Ty's excited to see some old team mates and make new friends. We had a good year. Not great but good as this was the first year for the boys to play together. Here's the awesome part (in my opinion) had Ty stayed with the bulldogs, I know he would have never had the opportunity to pitch. But because Ty played with another, he had a whole season to perfect his pitch. And guess who's one of the main pitchers?! ; )

Our 08 season is fresh. We've played one tourney - came in 4th place. Our league record right now is 2-1 (and the 1 shouldn't even be that). It was a rained out game - we only finished 3 innings. But league officials decided to call is a game. (Err!!!) I've scouted out the teams we're playing this weekend. Looks like we have a good chance. Boys looked solid last night, hope they come ready to play tonight!

One last quick comment - we play a 11-12 yr old league. The boys found this out last night as we played some pretty tall 12 yr olds. We ran spread them 11-3!!! Ty thought that was sad for the other team. I just hope is doesn't go to their heads!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

My Sister's New...um, brand new, um, dog

My sister (all excited) sends me an e-mail and says "Look what I'm getting!!!! :)" I open the picture and this is what I see... Why the hell does that dog have bat ears? So jokingly I write her back and ask what the hell is it? I don't wait for a response and in turn called my mom, "Have you seen what Lindsay is getting?" She hadn't seen the picture yet so I describe it to her. "Very small... looks like you can hold it in your hand... looks about 3 days old (actually its 12 days)... very black with BAT ears" I went so far as to telling her it was a sonogram! (But I won't mention that my mom said, is it really?!) LOVE YOU MOM!

We're all 3 on the phone chatting away about her new found love. She ask for suggestions of names and wants them to be "unique but cute". I suggested Buffy as in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - Hell the dog has bat ears! Or how's Batgirl? Needless to say - she wasn't diggin the names.

Later I get an e-mail; she's named her. *Piper*

I had to write back and give my poor sissy grief...

What, shaniquajamal wasn’t cute enough?
Piper, like the insides of a smoke pipe®
So is it spoken like P-eye-per or pip (pippy longstockings w/o the ___py longstockings?)er
I like Lindsay’s Black Olive better – call her buffy for short.

(Lindsay was named after Lindsey's Olives so I thought that was quite fitting too) Oh we laughed! er - maybe this is one of those moments were you had to be there. So anyway, Linds gets her bat dog - I mean - Piper on June 9th. By the way - the dog is a mix of Chihuahua and Pug.

(I'm still calling her Buffy!) ; )

Am I a Copy Cat?

I would prefer not to think so! Every ones doing it right? On myspace, facebook, bebo, etc... And not that I am a follower - I had once set up a myspace page but found it too much to handle. As my friends were more savvy about personalizing their page than I was. I said 'furick'.

And so this is where I am lead to believe I am being a copy cat. My friend Dom has a blog and I visit it daily adding my 2 cent comments. (he asked for comments - its what keeps most of us going right?) But I also feel like I may do it obsessively as I am pretty much the only commenter. If I've got that much to say, then why not venture out and try my own??? I'm not promising anything -its trial. I am still not web knowledgeable - but I can learn right? I DO know how to run my mouth. ; ) I'd be the first one to tell you that I am an open book.

Yesterday I came across a article that said blogging is cheaper than therapy. Although - I don't attend therapy sessions as some would probably suggest I do... Not sure why I felt the urge to throw that stat in - but I did.

This concludes my first attempt at this blogging stuff and creating a personalized web page. I like my picture but I want it smaller. I don't even know how to send this to everyone to read but I'll figure it out....