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09:13 After a late nt @ willy d's, we're headed to the lake #
17:50 Hot Walkin' Momma, That's Me: I love animals. I know a lot of people say that, but if you doubt it.. tinyurl.com/5ancgw #
Automatically shipped by LoudTwitterWhat we didn't know was that the shoes squeak when little toddler feet are in them.
They are now Alex's favorite shoes. He will even pick them up and bring them to us to put on his feet so he can squeak around. I think it's cute. I think it gets on my FIL's and MIL's nerves :)
The last few days are sort of blurry. My family arrived yesterday and I tried so hard to be a good hostess, but that anesthesia really kicked my butt and I've spent a lot of time napping. I had wobbly legs and headaches, and I couldn't breathe through my nose. Doing much better now, however. I'm still getting some headaches, but I'm actually able to stay awake for 3-4 hours at a time before needing a nap.
Hope everyone (US side) had a great 4th of July!
Introducing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device, trade named:BOOK. BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, and no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy to use, even a child can operate it. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere even sitting in an armchair by the fire yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a CD-ROM disc. Here's how it works: BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. The pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder, which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. Unlike other display devices, BOOK never crashes or requires rebooting,and it can even be dropped on the floor or stepped on without damage. However, it can become unusable if immersed in water for a significant period of time.
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00:50 Take Your Blogger to Work Day: Todd Galloway from Fafarazzi: Happy Independence Day!Today we are c.. tinyurl.com/67bucw #
08:10 I'm watching Clean My House...OMG...how do people live like that? I understand clutter...but this stuff? #
08:10 happy 4th everyone! #
08:16 @faesutherland it makes me feel good about my clutter habit! LOL #
08:21 @faesutherland yeah. this one couple is just sad. srsly. food. eggs. trash. mold. maggots. *shudder* #
09:07 coffee so good. #
09:24 It's a blog-o-rama! 4th of July! tinyurl.com/6yr3r2 #
11:34 @faesutherland sigh. be still my slashy little heart #
Automatically shipped by LoudTwitterYes, they were in your yard (at least that's where they started out) and there were people with them.
However...
There are other people in the neighborhood (like me) who enjoy walking their own dogs (as I do) and those dogs are just this side of puppy and are still learning their manners (hence the walking, on a leash, with a very short lead for control even).
All of the above is not license to allow your very small, very cute, and obviously very untrained puppy to go charging at my (much larger) puppy. See, my (much larger) puppy sees it as an invitation to play, which results in my having to hold her back while your obviously very untrained puppy goes tearing around your yard and neighbors' yards and the (thankfully quiet) street, in frenzied exuberance. Now if you were familiar with my puppy, I might let her have a longer lead and allow to her play, as she so desperately wants to, because she is the friendliest soul on the planet and hasn't ever met a doggie or human she doesn't want to play with. However, since you're not familiar with my puppy, all you see is seventy pounds of large black dog desperately wanting to get at your (obviously untrained, since she ignores your calls and seems to think that your running towards her is some new! fun! game! that gives her permission to run ever further afield) puppy.
Thankfully, I am a rather strong individual (plus, short leash and walking harness and all that) and I've been working on my puppy's manners, so after the initial burst of excitement, she heeded the command to sit and waited patiently as you chased your small (and yes, very cute and I'd hate to see anything happen to her) puppy across three yards and the street, I'm sure hoping the entire time, that a car wouldn't round the bend.
Just a word of advice—if she's that bad about listening, keep her on a lead when you're in an unfenced front yard where any manner of cars, people, and yes, other large dogs might be passing by. Just because she's small, doesn't mean you shouldn't take the same responsibilities that those of us with large black dogs do. In the end, it makes everyone's life so much more pleasant.
No love,
Me.
- Mood:
annoyed - Music:Linkin Park- My December
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08:17 random thought: wouldn't it be awesome if whatever you did to a picture in photoshop happened in real life? #
08:29 @Funkybunny exactly. Or here, you're a jerk so let me put a mailbox on your head just for fun! #
08:47 @Funkybunny I'm thinking it might make a fun YA storyline...hmmm. let me think.. #
08:48 why is it that I never have enough coffee on the days I really need it??? #
08:59 @uniquelysteph i'm weird. I don't like iced coffee. I'm just going to have to suck it up or drink the work sludge. #
09:05 latest google searches: 'old people phrases', 'i'm so freaking excited', 'dirty dancing you tube', and 'gangsta clowns' #
09:06 srsly. for gansta clown, you need to go south on the information superhighway and take a right, not a left. Sheesh. #
09:20 @BklynWriter I have one and love it. haven't had a problem with it yet and have had it a year. #
09:26 It's a blog-o-rama! we are family! tinyurl.com/5wgrg2 #
09:42 my banana and cereal bar were not enough for breakfast this morning. #
10:34 could not resist the honey bun temptation. #
11:45 sugar rush. need to move. stuck behind desk. Aaaaaagh! #
12:20 dude. I need to get out of here. LOL #
13:11 Coolest. Job. Ever.: To date, my best summer job ever happened the summer in between my freshman a.. tinyurl.com/568s7c #
13:14 It's a blog-o-rama! salsa chicken recipe tinyurl.com/6oozsu #
15:48 @MonicaBurns mmmm cookie dough. #
15:49 the fam is going to see Hancock, but I'm going to meet a friend for drinks. #
17:04 wow. those clouds came out of nowhere. Bring it, Mother Nature! #
17:46 headed out to hang with a couple of girlfriends and have a drinky drink. bbl. #
18:09 It's a blog-o-rama! random thought: switching teams tinyurl.com/68jwyx #
Automatically shipped by LoudTwitterTaking it easy. My nose is gunky and gross, but I've been washing it out with saline.
Thanks for all the well wishes!
So go ahead, if you have some burning question about me you want answered, fire away. Now behave—if it's something I don't feel comfortable answering, I'll go all celebrity on your asses and issue a "no comment."
(Sort of like Madonna and A-Rod... tell me there's not something going on there.)
ETA: Home visit has been accomplished. We're not axe murderers, YAY! We'll probably go to meet Pisces on Sunday and if all goes well, we'll probably be bringing her back home with us.
- Mood:
anxious - Music:Pat Metheny- It's For You
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09:04 good morning tweeters. coffee gone. need more. #
09:20 It's a blog-o-rama! thanks, y'all tinyurl.com/5mh9rz #
09:40 @oliewankanobe SRSLY I can't stop staring at the awesomeness of what you sent me. my new site is gonna be rock awesome. mwah! #
09:57 i really hate it when people walk around the office with their bluetooth earpiece in. They look like tools. #
12:16 it would be twitterific if twitter wasn't going down all the time. #
12:17 got loads of errands to run and a house to clean before more company arrives. #
12:18 wish the chick at work would pick up her feet when she walks. I swear when she a doorknob, she's gonna light up like an x-ray machine. #
12:33 @lillianfeisty u drunk yet? u missing me? #
13:14 Review of MADAPPLE by Christina Meldrum: This week, I'm reviewing a novel called MADAPPLE by Chris.. tinyurl.com/5vsx8q #
13:17 It's a blog-o-rama! i wanna new drug tinyurl.com/5glgpf #
13:55 to the person who found my blog googling 'how to draw a gangsta clown' dude, you totally took a wrong turn on the information super-highway. #
14:25 Chick @ bank was named Evonne I kept seeing Eeyore. #
15:08 Its seniors day @ the grocery store #
15:25 Why do I always get in line behind '2 separate transactions for 1 buggy' chick #
15:34 It's the little things that bug me. Like people who don't reurn carts to corral. #
15:44 @jscheibe I've got a fever and the only prescription is...more cowbell! #
15:48 sigh. forgot the chicken. Of course i did...the one thing I needed for dinner tonight. #
16:14 i'm back with chicken in hand. #
17:03 dinner in the crockpot. #
17:22 need to finish cleaning living room. why am i thinking of having another beer instead? #
18:04 don't you hate it when you take your 1st drink of a bottle beer and it foams up...making you either swallow hard or lose 2 oz. #
18:11 It's a blog-o-rama! won't be long tinyurl.com/6hrds7 #
18:35 hungry. family will be here soon. Fishdog just left for soccer game so it's up to me to entertain. #
18:38 i can't get the song Pork and Beans out of my head! #
18:39 @lillianfeisty aw. I'm sad too. #
19:07 @lillianfeisty u build it and we will come. hehe. pun intended. #
23:13 Goin to bed after political discussion w/ mil & sil. Apparently I'm kidding myself. #
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07:18 mmm. coffee. seriously, if you don't get Ugly Mug coffee in your area, order it. www.uglymugcoffee.com/
09:14 @ginablack I love Saving Grace, Good Vibes, and Hardy Passion. Yum
09:15 @SouthernGrowth I just tweet.I don't really think about who is or isn't paying attn. Kinda like real life.. Hm.
10:36 fanatsy island...tell me about your fantasy hero: I’ve blogged about this before, but I feel like .. tinyurl.com/6qt4o9
10:48 just made a call to a cleaning service for a quote. Starting in August (if things work out) I'll have a clean house.
11:01 ugh. I hate it when people come back from lunch smelling like greasy french fries.
11:23 when is karma gonna pat me on the back? seriously. First the house hasn't sold, now we need ANOTHER transmission. WTF?
11:23 if we could just sell the damn house.
13:37 She works hard for the money: If you're anything like me, summers off...weren't. They were spent w.. tinyurl.com/6jgavg
14:15 lots of bachelorette traffic today on my blog. heh.
14:25 now that my pity party is over, my eyes are all swollen
15:26 pity party over: I just had a bit of a melt down. Seriously. It was ugly.What set me off? We got a.. tinyurl.com/622kqa
16:16 house should be showing this hour. fingers crossed.
16:24 note to self: learn to not eat when depressed...you'll lose weight and save money. Now that's thinking!
16:49 to the dude in London who googled 'big fannies' and found my blog: yep we got 'em here.
17:03 it is so nice outside. Not too hot at all. too bad the skeeters won't leave me alone. Fishdog says it's cuz i don't have enough beer in me.
17:04 @reginaavalos congrats!!
18:04 getting hungry. what am I gonna eat for supper?
18:21 It's a blog-o-rama! moving on tinyurl.com/66fw34
19:31 @reginaavalos i didn't have problems with twitterfox over the weekend. twitter was having issues though.
19:32 @jscheibe tell your hot wives Mel says hi. I'm pretty sad I'm not there with them.
19:52 @reginaavalos i think it stays red if your browser is inactive for a while. I just click 'get new tweets now' when that happens.
19:57 @oliewankanobe rocks my socks.
20:19 @lillianfeisty i'm on #3!!!
21:06 Know what's fun? Changing the pword on the kids computer & not telling them
21:20 Headed to the bedroom. Have a good nt y'all
21:21 @ginablack we give them a hint and then we always give them the actual password when they ask. they just don't realize it. LOL
Automatically shipped by LoudTwitterWell, i've read 2 books and I'm halfway through a third, so I bought TWO books today. Oh no, what a tragedy. Except that for the next 2-3 days I will not be able to wear glasses and so will not be able to read.
I LOSE.
In my possession I now have the new Joanna Bourne, The Spymaster and the Lady. I adored her last book so much (I still need to send that to you, bookchick), so decided to buy this one new. Then I was on my way out and got caught by Jessica Anderson's Nightkeepers. The cover, and the endorsement by Ward is what caught my attention. Blurb isn't half bad, so I made an impulsive purchase. I'll likely be disappointed, but hey... I sometimes like to try new things. I can learn, right?
Many others that I saw I'd like to have, but I'm holding off. A few can wait until they're used, and a few can wait until I've made more of a dent in my TBR. And it's not like I don't have a huge stack of borrowed books I need to get to. But I *think* most people know that when they loan me books it disappears in my house for a while before I read them and return them.
I bought my mom's birthday present today - her first real Coach purse. My brother and I split the cost of the one I got her. It's cute and I think she'll like it. If not, she can exchange it for one she likes more.
I am missing my little boy right now :( He's staying with grandma tonight so that we don't have to manage him at 4:30 a.m. when we get up to go to the hospital. Then he's coming home for a little bit in the afternoon, then going to his grandpa's overnight. Two nights without my little man. It makes me sad, but at the same time, I think it's a good idea for him to be away while I'm in drug-induced grogginess and the husband is getting the house ready for my family's arrival Friday.
Wish me luck tomorrow! Hopefully there are no bad reactions to the anesthesia and the doctor doesn't slice my nose off or anything!
- Mood:
busy - Music:Josh Groban- Un Dia Llegara
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cynthialord's request, is that we post pictures of our hometowns.It's an odd exercise for me. I was born in NYC and have lived in several places, not all of them what I would consider to be hometowns. So I'll post pictures of the ones that I claim.
First, my original hometown: ( North Miami, FL )
So, next on our tour is my current hometown, ( Jacksonville, FL )
So, where did I leave my heart? (Well, a piece of mine is always going to be in the Bay Area, but I never technically lived there-- cursed bad timing and all that). But the place that has felt most like home outside of Miami is, oddly enough, Hudson, OH. (Caro's hometown in Accent was completely based on Hudson.) Nifty town about halfway between Cleveland and Akron with more a New England vibe than a Midwest one, because of its origins as part of the original Connecticut Western Reserve. It's so picturesque, it almost doesn't feel real, but it still had an air of quirkiness that gave it a bit of a Northern Exposure sort of vibe. For me, it was about the most perfect place I've ever lived that didn't have palm trees and the scent of salt on the air.
Main Street. (Yes, it's really called Main Street.)
( More Hudson )
One road home...
And another...
- Mood:
thoughtful - Music:The Corrs- Paddy McCarthy
The Purrfect Murder by Rita Mae Brown
The Raven’s Revenge by Gina Black
Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan
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09:09 running late for the twitterverse this morning. Hello my fellow twitterers!
10:26 Fictionistas blog is up:
fictionistas.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer
10:26 and my other blog is ready. tinyurl.com/6g3oet
10:43 @uniquelysteph I use www.loudtwitter.com to post to my LJ site.
10:44 @uniquelysteph does this tell twitter when my blog is up or does it post my tweets to my blog?
10:48 @uniquelysteph i get it now! checking into it!
12:01 one hour left to go. the morning has flown by, thanks to facebook and blogging. LOL
12:16 to the person who googled 'dirty bitch' and spent 14 minutes at my blog, thank you!
15:18 just signed up with twitterfeed.com at the suggestion of @uniquelysteph
15:44 to the person from the Netherlands who googled 'hot lads' and found my blog...yes, they were.
19:04 Wooo! The Bachelorette is on!
19:06 Poo delusional Jeremy. He wants to be the 1, but he's not the 1.
19:07 Make that 'poor'. The 'r' makes all the difference there
19:09 Good lord their 1 on 1 time is painful.
19:10 @ginablack is the no job a good thing? If so, then yay you!
19:12 spammers...stay away from the twitterverse. srsly.
19:14 yeah! Now on to Jason's date. I really like him and Jesse.
19:38 I really like Jesse. It'd be great if she chooses him, but I think Jason is the man.
19:50 dude. Jesse rocks my socks.
19:56 i predict Jeremy is OUT. stay tuned...
19:58 and I was right.
19:59 poor guy. He's in love and she isn't. this is a big mirror image to last week
20:05 dude. men tell all is coming on! I can't wait. I know. that makes me really sad. Whatever.
20:12 Ron is still a prick. Good to know.
20:21 oh goody. we get graham next.
20:25 I am such a loooooooooser. But I have loved this season of Bachelorette
20:34 I don't care what anyone says, I still like graham. They just weren't rt 2gether
20:51 Funniest quote ever: do u thnk he fought in the cobra kai dojo?
21:41 goodnight my tweeties
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It was extremely snowy at Crater Lake. The visitor's center weather report said there was an average of 15" of snow on the ground today, 170% of normal for the day. So, regretfully there was little hiking. And no boat tours of the lake.
East Rim Drive was closed, as CJ demonstrates just how high the snow banks were at the turn off. Much more than 15".
West Rim Drive was open, and the view points yielded spectacular pictures of the lake, which were made better by the total lack of wind.
We did not let the lack of open hiking trails deter us. We just tromped through the snow and into the woods. Yes, there were occaisional snowball skirmishes.
Young trees do not do well in snowy conditions. Horizontal trees were a very common sight.
We did encounter this great sign. A demonstration of the National Parks Service trying to avoid lawsuits.
We explored the lower elevations where Annie's Creek had cut this gorge. This sides appear to be made out of ultra-soft, compressed volcanic ash. Would this be ignious or sedimentary rock?
After roaming around all of the park that was open, we returned to sit on the veranda and enjoy the peace and quiet (and our respective books). It was easy to find a space, as most folks collected inside. The dining room had a rough night. The risotto garnish that accompanied both my and CJ's dinners tasted like wallpaper paste. Since CJ is not used to a lot of physical activity, we again retired early.
The cousins got a chance to chat, showing off the princess motif of the party theme.
The siblings enjoyed each others company. Frank was pulled into grill master service and did an excellent job with the burgers and dogs.
The great grandfather, Gordon and sidekick, Mele made it to the party. Gordon was seen in deep conversation with the county supervisor that attended. The mayor of Santa Cruz was also there.
All three grandmothers were present, Karen, Arley and Gina.
Simon gave a lovely speech, Micol pretended to blow out the candles(it was too windy to light them). We all enjoyed the chocolate whipped cream cake from the Buttery !!
There were lots of children running about, good conversation and a bouncy house. I was excited to try the slide once most of the wee folk had left.
Thanks to Great Bird for these photos !!
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01:37 so f'd up
11:12 the lads just left and my house and my body are wrecked.
14:43 just woke up. feel much better.
14:58 uploading evidence from last night's outing. some of these pictures will not be seen by anyone else's eyes
16:13 posted pics of my night out with the lads: tinyurl.com/4t2dpj
20:41 just uploaded pics from the week to facebook . It took forever!
21:36 may have to go to bed soon...i wonder how long it will take me to recover from last night
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