You never know what you will find

Life Updates and Nonsense:

-How come my ipod only plays sad songs when you want to hear something upbeat?

-Why does my hairstylist's flat iron make my hair smell like burned hair when I wash it after I see him?

-Although, grateful for having lost so much weight that I need a new wardrobe, what do I do when one of favorite dresses no longer fits, because it is TOO BIG?  

-Hannah is talking so much- Great Examples are: "Look at the sky.  The sky is blue."  Hannah:"Is that Josh?"  Me:"No, that's Jenny."  Hannah:"Oh."  Hannah:"Is that Papa?"  Looking into my bedroom... Me:"No.  That's Suzy."  Hannah:"Oh, Shuzi is night night."  Me: "Yes."  Every time I cough she asks, "You okay?"  I always answer, "Yes."  It is just adorable.  I love how much she is growing and learning.  

-Just when you think you like the loneliness, it ends.  Then you want it back, then you can't have it.  Just then you get used to having people around, then the loneliness is there again.  It sucks.  

-Ladies night is great!  I enjoyed it.  All of it.  Megs got me to set on a date for the going away party.  That was painless...

-I don't think I will ever get used to sleeping alone.  Never.  

-I still find sharks totally interesting

-Sometimes the right decision is the hardest decision to make...

Missing you

To Jamie:

The beginning...

Jamie,

If there were to ever be a movie about us (I don't know why there would be, but I do envision weird things like this and you know I envision even weirder things) so...

This would be the opening song...



The beginning of us.

What's it like where you are?

Dear Jamie,

There is something about the apartment that is different while you are away... Every noise is just a bit, louder.  Every light is just a bit, brighter.  It is strange to be here for days without you.  Tomorrow will be day 3 and I really haven't accomplished anything.  I'm slightly bored, mostly irritated and extremely lonely.  I didn't realize how safe you made me feel, till you were away.  

Thanks goodness for friends, who are more like family... Suzy, Jenny.J., and Becky.  Becky has checked on me everyday, Suzy called both days and Jenny stayed for hours to chat it up with me.  I almost forgot that you weren't here while all of these events were taking place, but I soon realized that something was missing... YOU.

Hannah and I are anxiously awaiting your return...

Night.

I love you

A long way from home

Dear Jamie,

You have only been gone five hours and I miss you already.  So far today, we've cleaned, cleaned and cleaned.  Hannah refused to eat her jambalaya for lunch.  Needless to say, it was a huge mess.  We've both gotten over it.  She has been great about going to the potty and has asked to go several times so far today.  She is down for her nap and I'm about to take one too.  Today is a lazy day.  Not quite sure how we will spend the rest of the day, especially with the park being totally soaking wet.  Maybe we should give Cammi a call?  

I hope you have enjoyed some sleep on the plane and possibly a decent lunch???? I can't wait to hear about all of the interesting conversations that you and Patrick had while on this journey.  Remember to take tons of pictures!  I'm looking forward to girls night out with some lucky ladies.  Although, the day after isn't one I'm looking forward to.  Did I agree to go camping with Becky and Dominic on Saturday?  That is, without you and WITH Hannah?  Did I really do that?  What was I thinking?  

Well... Off for some shut eye.  

I love you 

Putting things to rest

Week recap

Monday: 

-Study my ass off

-stay up way too late studying

Tuesday:

-get up early and go and vote

-study some more

-pack 

-take test (glad this one is over)

-Pick up Suzy and head to Austin

-Stay up late again filling out paperwork

Wednesday:

-Up early for my processing session 

-GOT THE JOB!!! Start date January 26th

-Eat Kerbey Lane-the best hummus and pita in the world

-On the road again

-Drop Suzy off and come in and sleep on the sofa for 30 minutes while her Dad makes tea

-Home, pick up Hannah and eat leftover hummus and pita

-We have a visitor tonight, Josh Yeats

-Catch up on current events and life

-Bed

Thursday:

-Up early, get ready and drop Hannah off at school

-On the road with Jamie-Back to Austin for his processing session

-Drop Jamie off

-Drive around Austin-looking for houses and daycare centers

-Pick up Jamie.  He got the job too.  January 26th start date.  WE ARE MOVING!

-Head to Kerbey Lane for the second time in two days-hummus and pita AGAIN!  Yummy

-BACK on the road

-Sleep about half way

-Pick up Hannah

-Eat dinner and catch up on recorded TV shows

-Night

That is my week thus far.  It has been hellacious, surprising, exhausting and wonderful.  We will be looking for a place to live in the next couple of weeks as well as a daycare center for Hannah.  

While driving to Austin, Suzy and I tuned into NPR to catch up on the election and was surprised at what we heard.  Obama won. I had the feeling that he might win, but wasn't sure if it would ACTUALLY happen.  But, it did.   

I know people are getting totally wet over this... He IS the lesser of the two evils,I guess... I'll leave it at that.  Ralph, you had my vote!  I'm sorry.

Driving to Austin with Suzy was great.  She helped keep me awake with loud music, dancing, laughing, great conversation and great friendship.  Love you Suz!  

I'm just ecstatic right now with all that has happened in the past couple of days.  Jamie and I are thrilled to be moving.  We love Austin and all that it has to offer.  I'll report more on this later.  

I'll miss a lot of you, you know who you are...

To my great husband:

I love you.  Thanks for all of the support you've given me in the past couple of weeks with school, trips, the closing of a door and the opening of another, dinners, Hannah and countless other things.  You amaze me.  Here is to the future, IN AUSTIN!  

*MUAH*  

what can I say?

Who needs to pay for a bad haircut when you can give one to yourself?

See for yourself... I got a little "scissor crazy."

Oh what a night...

This is what I worked on last night from 10-1 and then today from 10-10:50... It is a stack of notecards or flashcards. A stack of 74 images with information on the back of the image (title of work, artist, and year) all of which I need to know or shall I say memorize. I will have to be able to recognize every single image with the information once it is placed before me. I had to cut the images out, glue them to the notecard and then write down all the pertinent imformation. IT WAS GREAT! Not really, but how do you suppose I memorize these images. I have a huge ziploc bag full of these. All from my many years of art history classes. Gotta love school.

I thought you might like this

To Jenny: Becky brought this to my attention. So, In a way this is to Becky as well.

I thought it was a kilt

Was going through my blogs while watching Frasier and found this great post from
blackeiffel.

The work is by Jessica Williams.

Check her out, I love this image:

Just fantastic!




Somebody forgot to take their crazy pills

Breaking news...

While I was at Tina Turner with Suzy Sunday night, something happened... Hannah used the potty! Yep, she actually used the potty. And I missed it. Although, it was a great show, I still missed it.

Jamie and I are very proud. Suzy was pretty excited about it as well.

Love this movie!

To Becky:

So, Friday night among one of the many things we did that evening, one of them was to watch Death Proof with Becky. Here is one of the best scenes of this movie. This made Becky proceed to want to rent a car like this and possibly try something similar. Why do I get the feeling that I would be the one on the hood of the car holding onto belts????


Another great scene, which just encouraged Becky to want to kick some ass! Needless to say, I felt like kicking some ass too!

A funny

Jamie: Hannah, let's get ready for night-night.

Hannah: NO!

Jamie: We are going to get ready for night-night! I'm going to take off your dress and tights. Come here!

Hannah: Whine...

Jamie: Alright McCain lift up your arms!

Me: chuckle

What is it?

There is something about this weather that makes me want to travel.  Don't get me wrong, I still get the urge to travel during the summer, but there is something about the Fall that makes me want to jump on a plane and leave.

I miss New York.  I love New York.  New York at Thanksgiving specifically.  I don't know if I will ever feel that New York is lame.  It might happen, but not likely.

If asked which I would rather have all the newest gadgets/electronics for my living room or a chance to travel... Travel.  No doubt.  Who needs a huge television to watch Grey's Anatomy anyway?  

Anybody know anybody with free airline tickets?  ;-)

A new day is upon us

A break is good from this thing. But, I like keeping it only a few days, not months like before...

Here in Texas the weather has changed and it is GREAT! I had the windows open in the apartment all day.

With all of this great weather we are having it is making me think about the upcoming holidays. Stores are beginning to decorate early this year. Maybe it is like this every year and I just never noticed, but I get this warm feeling in my stomach whenever I think about the approaching holidays.

I love decorating for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I just hate how fast it all happens. Between, shopping, decorating, parties, finals, traveling and baking/cooking it is over before I really had a chance to realize it was here. I miss the days of being young and the adults doing all of the "work." Jamie would just tell me, "To have a minimal Christmas and not worry about all of that shit and enjoy the moment." That seems difficult. But, maybe necessary. A minimal Christmas is in effect for us, trying to cut back on all of the, "frivolous spending" that we have done in the past years. We will set a more realistic spending amount for all family and friends. We are not even sure if we will be going to Corpus to visit the kids. It all just depends on the job situation and if we are moving or not. Blah! That right there is enough to make me feel down in the dumps about the holidays.

Although, we are in the Halloween spirit over here! We are looking forward to Hannah's school Fall Festival this Friday and then a trip to Austin, just the two of us on Saturday. Sunday brings a day of visiting Trader's Village for Halloween costume shenanigans and then to Flower Mound for a pumpkin patch. Trying to get my lovely friend Jenny to have a sort of lunch date with us while we are out in that area. It might work out, it might not.

Jamie received his passport in the mail today... The trip to Belgium is officially a reality to me. November 11th is the day. I haven't slept alone without Jamie in years! Yikes. I have a few friends that said that they would keep me company. Again, we'll see if that works out or not.

Okay, enough for today... I'm about to go to bed.

Trying to find a vegan restaurant in Austin, something different. Found one!

Buzzzzzzzzzz

I love this one

What are you saying?

That I think this is the first time EVER to write for five days in a row... Yay!

Did some updating on my blog, adding music, movies and some of the blogs that I like to check out everyday. Pretty boring.

What a great past couple of days these have been. It might just be because of the weather. Well, I'm pretty sure that is the reason why. I love this weather.

Things I'm grateful for:
-The smell of Fall
-The gorgeous weather
-Today is Friday
-The busy, yet fun upcoming weekend with the family
-Good friends
-Next weekend in Austin WITHOUT Hannah
-Not being sick for the second week in a row!
-That I have a husband that doesn't give a shit about sports
-Hannah counting to 10!
-My mom
-My great husband

Enjoy the weekend!

I know. I know.

Jamie sent me this video and I totally was not interested because it is 47 minutes long! But, it is very good and YOU, yes, YOU should watch it.

Welcome to America

A friend posted this on a message board that Jamie frequents. Pretty fuckin' scary.

Health Care Plan

Jamie sent me this article, check it out here.

I'm going to post the actual article, but you can go and check out their website.

Is Sen. Barack Obama's health reform plan affordable, I asked one of the nation's most distinguished health care economists today.

"Yes," said Uwe Reinhardt, the James Madison professor of political economy at Princeton University, who spoke with me about the presidential candidates' health care proposals. But maybe the question should be phrased differently, he suggested.

"What we should be asking is, 'Can average American households afford not to have this plan?'" Reinhardt offered.

Please explain, I requested.

The professor began with the numbers. If you add up health care costs for an average family of four, including what an employee and his employer pay for health insurance and an employee's out-of-pocket costs for medical care, the total comes to $15,600 a year currently.

Next, he asked me to think of a lower middle-class working family, people who drive cabs or work in restaurants or retail shops and who make $20,000 to $55,000 a year.

Assuming their salaries grow 3 percent a year - the average over the last decade - a family making $50,000 today will be earning $68,000 in 10 years, by Reinhardt's calculations. (That assumption itself may be generous given the economy's current state.)

Then the professor applied medical cost inflation to that family's expenses. Medical expenses have been climbing 9 percent a year; in 10 years, that means an average family's total health care costs will have soared to $36,000 - more than half of their salary, he said.

"Americans will look to their government for relief and the government will have an extremely hard time saying no after having just bailed out the bankers," Reinhardt predicted.

"Someone has to pay, and the government has the money," he said.

(Reinhardt was referring here to government funds that could be redeployed from other uses or the government's ability to raise funds by taxing citizens.)

Of the two candidates, Obama is the one who would have the government play a larger role in the health care system.

The Illinois senator has proposed that all Americans will have access to health care and that all children be guaranteed coverage. Obama would establish a new, government-sponsored health plan as an option for consumers, in addition to the existing array of private insurance options. He'd ask all employers to insure workers or pay into a fund that would help finance insurance coverage. Low income workers would get subsidies, and public programs such as Medicaid would be expanded.

Reinhardt doesn't have illusions about how expensive Obama's proposal could prove to be. While the Democratic candidate claims his reform efforts will save an average family $2,500 a year, the economist thinks it's highly unlikely those savings will materialize for years to come.

Especially questionable, he says, are the projected cost savings from innovations such as expanded use of information technologies by medical providers. That will require an enormous investment in infrastructure and the returns might not accrue for as much as 10 years, Reinhardt says.

Obama's best bet would be to have the government refuse to pay excessive bills from doctors who act "as if money grew on trees," Reinhardt says.

If all doctors practiced medicine as they do at the Mayo Clinic - which is renowned for effective, efficient care - the health care system could save as much as $200 billion to $300 billion a year. But the government has, as yet, refused to penalize doctors who practice far less efficient, less effective care. "The problem is essentially political - no one has been willing to take on the providers," the professor said.

Turning to Sen. John McCain's plan, Reinhardt explained why he thinks it will leave consumers wanting and end up undermining the current system of employer-based insurance.

The Arizona senator would for the first time tax the value of health insurance that employees get in the workplace. The health benefits would be treated as income and taxed accordingly. (This is not the case currently). At the same time, he'd offer a $5,000 refundable tax credit to families ($2,500 to individuals) to help them afford health care coverage.

Both changes will give younger, healthier workers an incentive to stop receiving medical coverage through the employers, Reinhardt believes. Instead of paying the new taxes on benefits, these workers will tell companies "no thanks" and purchase coverage in the individual market, he predicted.

That would leave an older, sicker pool of employees in employer-based insurance, which will drive up the cost of insurance, putting an increasingly heavy burden on employers. Also, the cost increases will drive up the taxes workers would pay on the value of their health insurance, eating up more of their pay checks.

At first, the McCain tax credits would exceed the new taxes employees face when health benefits are treated as income. But the value of the credit will start eroding in short order, Reinhardt said.

That's because the tax credit is slated to rise in line with the Consumer Price Index, which increases 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent a year. Meanwhile, the value of employees' health insurance policies is likely to climb 8 to 9 percent a year, in line with medical inflation.

"Over time, the added taxes people will pay will in fact exceed the tax credit," Reinhardt says. "Five, six years from now, Americans will wake up and say I'm paying a lot of extra taxes and the tax credit no longer offsets it," he suggested.

Don't try to figure all this out from looking at McCain's Web site, the professor warned.

He directed me to the section titled "Straight Talk on Health System Reform" - the primary source of information about the Arizona senator's health reform proposal. There's no mention there that McCain plans to tax health insurance benefits for the first time, Reinhardt said.

Indeed, when I checked this afternoon, he was right.

You can find a few oblique references to the new tax on health benefits in a new section titled "Get the facts behind Barack Obama's untruthful attacks about health care."

One is a heading in a chart comparing "income tax liability" to "McCain-Palin tax credit." But there's no attempt to explain what that liability refers to.

Later, there's this statement: "In addition, payroll taxes will be protected from taxes under the McCain plan." That's an attempt to argue that the value of the tax credit will exceed the new taxes on health benefits, which aren't mentioned anywhere else.

"I have told his people, 'Guys, that's not honorable, that's not straight talk, that borders on insult,'" Reinhardt said.




Can I get a poster?

I've been looking at all of these blogs that I have slowly been collecting and love this poster I found on this great website







Check it out:

I do believe it is October

It is now October.  And I can not believe it!  I realized that I have not posted since August 28th.  I really have no excuses.  Well, I could come up with a new, but they are worthless excuses.  

So, I'll just say a few things about the past month and a half...

I"ll start with the most recent stuff and go back.  Hannah's birthday party was yesterday.  Her birthday was October 2nd and YES I know we had her party 10 days after her actual birthday!  But, there was reason for that... Timing, money, a free day and on and on and on.  It was a great day.  We decided to have it at the apartment instead of at the park, it was just easier.  It was lovely.  We kept it pretty simple.  Well, Jamie probably wouldn't agree, but it really was.  We invited close friends and family and just wanted a more intimate gathering.  I would talk about what was served, but who really cares about that?  Well, the best part of it was that I made the vegan cupcakes myself.  And they were pretty good, if I do say so.  

Hannah made out like a bandit!  It was like a small Christmas for her.  She got so many books from us, my mom and Jenny.  She also got tons of clothes and a few toys.  She got some really great books, we have read like 8 of the new ones and haven't scratched the surface of what is on the shelf.  She had a decent time.  She is shy around new people, but in the end enjoyed playing with all of the kids.  We also had an owl pinata, which was a total original piece that we had made for her.  It came out really good.  I haven't uploaded pics so that will come later.  We had a good time catching up with people that we don't see that often.  Richie, Miles, Suzy, Jenny and Josh stayed awhile.  The kids played together nicely and we all chatted and caught up with one another.  It was really nice.  

That pretty much sums up that.  It was a great party, I had a good time, Hannah was happy, we are grateful for the loving friends and family that came to celebrate this special day with her and us.  And if anybody didn't have a good time, SCREW YOU!  Ha!

Before Hannah's birthday party we took an unexpected trip to Austin.  Which is the next big thing that has been going on around here... Jamie and I have applied for jobs with the IRS in Austin.  We have each gone to a fingerprinting session and will be going back for a processing session, in a couple of weeks.  We will more than likely be moving, if all goes well.  Everything is still REALLY up in the air and it could all fall apart and we could go nowhere.  But, not likely.  Honestly, I don't know what is going to happen.  We've had some time to spend in Austin since we've gone down a couple of times and we keep falling more and more in love with the city.  

So, there is that...

School is going well.  I'm pulling an A right now and we only have like two months left.  Wish me luck.  I also met with my graduation advisor on Thursday and everything is on schedule.  I'll be graduating in December.  A party will ensue.  Details later.

I don't think we have watched any good movies lately.  Been super busy lately.  Our little family suffered from 3 straight weeks of sickness and it was difficult to even function with everybody recovering or going for round two of sickness.  This past weekend was the first weekend that one of us wasn't sick.  Thank goodness.

I would talk about politics, but nah!  We did donate some money to Nader, which pretty much means that you know where we stand... Not on either one of those sides.  

We are preparing for many Halloween events coming in the next couple of weeks.  A couple of Harvest festivals, a pumpkin carving party/contest and finally Halloween!  

Then Thanksgiving!  A total vegan Thanksgiving at the Shipman household.  We might try and invite a few friends over that might be interested in joining us.  We'll see.  This will be our first Thanksgiving without Christian and Sabrina and it will be VERY different without them here.

We miss them terribly and talk to them often.  They are doing well and happy and that is the most important thing,right?

We are planning on taking a trip out to the Dallas Arboretum this weekend for some Fall pictures, which I'm really excited about.  Then in early November we will be taking pictures for our Christmas cards.  Yeah, I know... pretty boring.  It is all family stuff.  Well, that is my life.

Things are going great!  We are happy.  More later.  If I can ever actually do it.  Maybe I "broke the seal" and will write more often.  No telling with me.  

Till another time...

I said I would, so I am

Okay, so I went a couple of days without posting.  But, I've been busy...

School was great.  Dr. Vaccaro is EXACTLY the same and it is great.  The class will be a total breeze, not a paper to write or anything.  Three tests that are worth 75% and attendance  25%.  I'm ready for my A!

So, my good friend Suzy has gotten me into REALLY expensive jeans.  Every time we go shopping, I try on 2-3 pairs of new, slightly more expensive jeans.  I'm addicted!  I've purchased two pairs in the past 4 months and now I want MORE!  What do I do to stop?  Who am I kidding?  I don't want to stop.

Jamie and I are ready to move.  Our electric bills are outrageous here and it just ridiculous to pay what we are paying here with rent and electric bills, for that we could have a 3 bedroom house.  So, I think when our lease is up, we will be making another move.  To where?  I have no idea.  We want to stay in this general area, but that may not be an option.  There aren't many houses for rent in this area and if there are, they may not be around when we are ready to rent.  We'll see.  We miss this kids like crazy and need to find a place that might be better suited for long term guests.  

Hannah likes rocks.  She found one when we went for our walk at Trinity Park and kissed it this morning while sitting on the sofa with me.  It was adorable.

More to come... Keep coming back, to all my 2 possibly 3 readers!

Let me...

I stay away from this thing for way too long... I can't explain why.  I promise to be here more often.  That is until I get a job and get a life.

I've been busy with twelve straight weeks of summer school which totally kicked my ass.  I passed both of my classes.  Spanish 3 & 4, A B in 3 and a C in 4.  Foreign language is so hard for me.  Blah!  But, I'm done and I'm glad.  But, I learned that I still have one class to take.  It was heart breaking.  I was blown away, I still am.  I have registered for my last class, which actually starts tomorrow, with my old professor Dr. Vaccaro.  I'm looking forward to it, but I am not ready for the stress.  I'm currently looking for a job, just something to get me out of the house and put some cash in my pocket.  I'm ready to be around people and I think Hannah is ready to be in school.  I will miss her, but I'm not sending her off just yet, I have to find a job first.  Blah!  Looking for a job is the worst...

So, news... I got back on myspace.  Who cares!  Thought we might be invited to things more often and it has shown to be worth it.  Had a dance night out with the girls, Jamie and Sean.  It was great.  Just what the dancing doctor ordered.  I have been watching a bunch of movies.  I would talk about those, but nothing noteworthy enough, or nothing that I can recall at this moment.

Jamie and I have had some much needed time together.  It has been lovely.  I can't tell you how happy I am...

Hannah is growing like a weed.  She will be two in a little over a month.  I can't believe it.  We are working on birthday plans, but it is a slow go.  Going to meet with my good friend Robbie to help me tweak some things.  Robbie is a great party planner, she made Hannah's first birthday part invitation and it was so cute.  So, more details as we nail down some ideas.  

I'm all tuckered out now.  Going to settle in for the night.  More tomorrow and the next couple of days on vegan cooking, vegan cupcakes, Nienie, friends or shall I say shitty friends, moving, tattoos, expensive jeans, vests, fringe boots, Charlotte Gainsborough, scooters, decorating, chores, happiness, anger, and love...

I can't believe it!

I can't believe it is July already.  The year is half over.  Christmas will be here before both you and I know it.

Here is Hannah, Paislee and Jame-o on the fourth.

This is Jamie on the 4th.  I love this man.

 

New addiction...

Intervention (the show on A&E).  Kind of strange, doncha think?

I'm totally that gal...

That drives 55-60 MPH on the freeway.  ON EVERY FREEWAY!  I have large hoopty cars from the early 80's passing me.  Priests and 80-year old men pass me.  At night I drive with my windows down to save gas.  And all I can say is... IT SUCKS!  I'm saving gas though, but IT STILL SUCKS!  Going 65 is like a treat.  It's like getting the large Caramel Frappacino at the end of the week.  Which actually, I don't even get the large Caramel Frappacino anymore.  That is a treat on top of a treat.  And both of those treats aren't happening in my life.  My Spanish class starts at 8 P.M., in South Arlington (TCC Southeast campus), so I leave here at 7:10-7:15.  I get to class like 10 minutes early, so it basically takes me 40 minutes to go from Fort Worth (Rosedale and 35) to Southeast Arlington.  I used to drive from Fort Worth to Dallas in 45 minutes.  So, yeah... 

My veganess is not coming along so well.  It is CHEESE!  What am I supposed to put on my chalupa or my taco or my flauta.  It is driving me crazy.  That fake cheese shit, just isn't right.  I can't do it.  We'll see what happens.  I'll keep ya posted.

There has been so much going on around here... I don't want to blow my "load" all in one post.  So, I'll say a few tidbits that are fresh in my mind...

Hannah may be ready to start potty training.  Unfortunately, I don't know if we are ready.

Saw an old acquaintance last weekend, she lives in San Francisco and the thing we talked about most was the weather.  Needless to say, it is way better than anything Texas has to offer.  Jacket-wearing weather, pretty much everyday.  This is something to look into...

On the table for our future is ECAP, an alt. certification program to teach in Texas.  Could be teaching by the time school starts.  Still in the works.

Also, the possibility, a very large possibility that teaching English as a Foreign Language in another part of the world is what is pressing on my mind.  A lot of research to do with this one.  Working with my Spanish Professor to help direct me... More on this as things unravel.

Our 10-year (dating) Anniversary is next Friday, the 27th.  All plans are under wraps.  He'll crack.  Whatever it is, it doesn't matter.  Just us having dinner (without Hannah), a movie, ice cream (that I don't have to share), and uninterrupted conversation will be way worth it.  

Jenny and I made Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies last Friday.  They were so good. 

Ambien is oh so good.  Sleeping is good too.  Hasn't been much of that going on around here.  I think I need to relax, easier said than done.

I think that is all for now...

Happiness in dirt

Jamie sent me this link. It made me happy.

It was just one of those things

After Jamie and I spent our dinner on our "stoop" enjoying a loving meal, which consisted of Spanikopita, hummus, pita and falafel (the falafel was mostly for Jamie), we decided to watch a movie.  I let Jamie pick, it may have been his turn.  I wasn't sure, but I let him pick because I know it makes him happy.  He chose a documentary, which one was the problem.  We settled on Earthlings.  I'm not sure who recommended it, but we thought it would be good.  I vaguely remember reading about it with Jamie and we thought, "It sounded interesting."

I would almost say, "If you love animals, DON'T watch it!"  But, then when I really think about it, "If you love animals, you SHOULD watch it."  I have never seen anything more moving, eye-opening, outrageous, revolting, painful, tearful or sad.  I cried like a baby in the first fifteen minutes.  I left the room twice and was convinced that I "Couldn't watch anymore," more times than I thought possible in an hour and a half movie.  I made it through it and once it was over and we put the computer away, he said, "I'm proud that you made it through all of it."  

Here check it out.  I'm warning you, have a box of tissue near you.  You will need it.  

www.teachpeace.com/earthlings.htm

New obessions...

I can't get enough of Gardetto's and their Special Request issue of just Rye Chips!  I think the entire family feels the same way.

School is over and I'm enjoying some time off from the same ol' rigamaroll.  Although, summer school does start May 27th... The idea of this being my last two classes to graduate makes me absolutely giddy.  Hooray!

I've got a secret...

I like watching The Hills.  SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

The beginning...

Of the new beginning.

-I'm a professional student

-I like to watch soap operas

-I'm totally addicted to Grey's Anatomy, AGAIN

-I'm interested in watching Lost

-I'm turning off my cable and home phone 

-I DON'T have a myspace.  Well... not one that I use

-I have taken an interest in guns.  Plenty of shooting range hours are in my future

-I can't live without my tivo

-Music is a drug for me

-I have amazing friends

-I love animals

-I'm a vegetarian, and will be a vegan before I know it

-I'm relentless

-I don't forgive easily

-I  enjoy buying expensive make-up

-I always like to park in the same parking space at Sonic

-I have a certain row in the school parking lot that I HAVE to park in

-I'm excited about the new X-Files 2 movie that will come out this summer.  Oh and Sex and the City

-I'm excited about my husband and I celebrating our 10 yr. anniversary (of dating) in June

-I enjoy baking

-I love my life... Again