Like sand in an hour glass...

...these are the days of our lives. I have not been able to blog all week. I have had no Internet at home up until last night, and work has been so crazy with the big move, that i have had no time there! The media center where i work is being remodeled for the summer, so i have been displaced to a different building. I finally have sighed a deep breath... I can finally relax! Between packing and moving to my new house and packing and moving to my new job location I have been so tired of well, packing and moving. Today I took a shower, put on makeup and jewelry and wore a skirt and nice shirt... I even shaved my legs! I just wanted to feel "pretty" for a change instead of wearing grubby clothes and being sweaty from packing\unpacking\painting\moving... dirty girl.
Although when i got to my new job location today everyone was said,
You know, you don't have to dress up here.
Well today i just needed to feel good, and not living in the pit of slobdom!
I have also had a busy week at night...
I think Monday i got my car fixed and was able to visit my family... Tuesday Heather came over and helped me unpack my kitchen, share some laughs and a bottle of wine. Wednesday I went to the Sex and the City movie with Shannon and Ellen... LOVED IT!
Last night i got cable and Internet and it was cousin Kyle's birthday (Happy birthday!) and tonight i am having Shannon, Jaime, and Cindy over. Tomorrow night i am going to a bachelorette party for a co-worker! And still this weekend i need to unpack and get out in that garden o' mine. I will post some pictures soon as i finish each room...
Housewarming party is July 19th... so mark it on your calenders... E-vite will be on the way shortly.
Great news! My BFF Rachel gets to come home from the hospital next week after a 1 month bed rest! I am so happy i could do a dance... i think i will. Love you Charlsh!

Sigh of Relief

Well the madness is over. And actually it wasn't really maddening at all. I moved Saturday, and it was a breeze. Thanks to all my wonderful friends who pitched in and got me moved out and in to my new house in under 3 hours!! Nice work! Even Nori made an appearance and boy is she strong!! I cant believe how many boxes she carried in! WOW!
So I am now in my new home... and I'm very happy. This is the first move I've made in a long time that i wasn't stressed out. It's a great feeling to own a whole house... its unbelievable actually. It's all about the timing and as I just said to someone... Some things are worth the wait. I am blessed.

Hope you get a tick out of this one...

Sometimes when you stand in line at Target you have many last minute items to pick from: Gum, smut mags, Toblerone chocolates, hairbands, batteries, and even wood ticks. Yes, wood ticks.

Standing in line at Target today a lady said, "Excuse me, could you look at something? I think i have a tick on my neck."

So she proceeds to life up her hair, and low and behold is a wood tick planted firmly in her neck.

Poor lady looked like she was going to die. So I said, No worries and I asked the checkout gal for a paper towel and then I removed the tick from the lady's neck.

She was grateful and began blubbering about how she hates ticks and she is even afraid to remove them from her dog... I was more impressed that she deemed me worthy of tick inspection\removal.

I live for moments like these, they sure do make life interesting.

Vegas re-visited.

Words to sum up the weekend in Vegas:
GINGER
DENTIST
SKEET SKEET
SABIDEAU
BS BS BS
Blank Blank in the G.A.
PAIN!!!!!
The Vegas trip was successful. Just not the weather. Booo! 100 degrees before we left. 60 degrees while we were there. Although the last day we got sun and 80s, so we took advantage of that by laying by the pool for 8 hours. Kyle couldn't make it on the trip because he was sick, real sick. So Kelly, Sarah and I had a girls only weekend. We had some laughs, lots of shopping, a Second City show (PAIN!) and some slot machines. Oh and we ate dinner at the Bellagio, one table away from Khloe Kardashian!
It went by all too quickly. This will be my last hurrah for awhile, now that i am a responsible homeowner. eeek.

To all the pretty girls in hospitals, this one goes out to you!

2 of my favortist girlies are in the hospital.
Ellen and Rachel...
Ellen because of a surgery (successful! as declared by the hot doctor while i was able to be in the room and finally see said Dr. in person!)
Heal quick Nellen we got a trip to plan!
And my BFF Rachel, on a month long hospital bed rest for her pregnancy. I Love you Charlsh!! Wish I could be there with you.... I would make you laugh all day, but not so much that you went into labor. We could watch Felicity and eat chocolate and talk about all our coyote adventures at the reservoir.
Hugs, prayers and good healing wishes to both of you! love love.

Summer 95'

I was just thinking about summer and how quickly it is approaching. I am highly anticipating a very wonderful summer. Which reminds me of the best summer of my life... Summer 95. I had just graduated from high school and found myself working at a YMCA camp. It truly was the best summer! Being outside all day running around, swimming, cook-outs, camping, road-trips, all with some of the coolest people i have ever met. I even found myself becoming best friends with a boy that later i fell in love with. We had some amazingly good times that summer. Being 18 and with high school behind me, I was free to have as much fun as i wanted to and so I did. All before having to face the "real world". I don't know if i will ever have a summer like that again, probably not in the same way, but i will and can still have some fun summers ahead of me. I love good memories, but they are also bitter sweet. I love remembering those happy moments, but the fact that i will never get them back makes me a bit sad... but not in a bad way, just in a way that reminds me that we really never can go back... only forward... hopefully with better things on the horizon and even more happy memory moments!
The boy that i mentioned early would sing me Dave Matthews Band songs (DMB was HUGE that summer!) and he would sing me this one particular one.... As I sit here listening to the lyrics, they still resonate...

The Best of What's Around

Hey my friend

It seems your eyes are troubled

Care to share your time with me

Would you say you're feeling low and so

A good idea would be to get it off your mind

See you and me

Have a better time than most can dream

Have it better than the best

So we can pull on through

Whatever tears at us

Whatever holds us down

And if nothing can be done

We'll make the best of what's around

Turns out not where but who you're with

That really matters

And hurts not much when you're around

And if you hold on tight

To what you think is your thing

You may find you're missing all the rest

Well she ran up into the light surprised

Her arms are open

Her mind's eye is

Seeing things from a

Better side than most can dream

On a clearer road I feel

Oh you could say she's safe

Whatever tears at her

Whatever holds her down

And if nothing can be done

She'll make the best of what's around.

~dmb

Who says painting is fun????

This weekend seemed to go on and on... which was good, because i got a lot done. I closed on MY house on Friday. All went well... And there really weren't that many papers to sign. Actually i was pretty zoned out when i was signing papers, pretty typical when people start talking in big words and financial matters. Nonetheless, I have a house, my very own. And I've already have had visitors! Shannon came over Friday night and Kyle and Kelly on Saturday. Yay.
I also spent Saturday morning at a very lovely baby shower for Jeanelle. I even got to see the illusive Sarah and Megan and baby Nori. Nori loves me by the way... so don't believe anything you read on Megan's blog! Sarah and Ellen threw a great baby shower and thank you for not having games!
I spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday taping, priming and painting. I really don't get it when people say they like painting. I just dont get it. But thanks to my parents help, I have a pretty yellow living room and a truly truly outrageous coral\orange\red bedroom. Za Za Zing. I'm not sure how i feel about it! I also spent time raking out in my yard and gardens. I love my yard!!! love love love it!!! It is amazing!
FYI: I have not one thing packed. Not one. I am a sad sorry state of procrastination!!! Pics to follow of the new digs.