The Life O'Lynch

Sarah

2008-11-05T22:57:00.000-05:00

I can't believe it's been two years. I miss you so.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-01T01:12:00.003-04:00

Hope everyone had a great Halloween. We got a decent amount of trick-or-treaters. Some good costumes, Fat Albert was the hands down winner. I made a huge pan of lasagna & a huge pan of baked mac & cheese. Everyone ate, drank & passed out candy. The night ended with a fire in the backyard as it usually does. Thanks to everyone who came over tonight, we had a great time.

super fun weekend

2008-10-26T22:31:00.005-04:00

Gary & Tori's wedding Saturday night was a blast. We were wrong about the time of the ceremony and we missed it completely, but we more than made up for that at the reception. Everyone looked amazing, especially the bride. It was such a fun group of people, that you couldn't help but have fun. Gary & Tori are so very in love, it was great to bask in their glow.

Today was Leisa & Eric's daughter Violet's first birthday. Leisa make the greatest cake & cupcakes that paid homage to Violet's nickname (Monkers). I'm posting a picture of the monkey cake & the always fun cake covered baby shot. :)

Happy first birthday also to Max!! I can't believe it's been a year since Annie & Leisa were bumping into each other in the hospital getting ready to have Violet & Max.

Fall update

2008-10-21T07:38:00.002-04:00

The windows are done! Woo hoo!
We got back to work on house projects in September.
Every window in the house has been scraped, glazing/putty removed, re-glazed, painted, washed inside & out, and storms down for washing and back up!
Feels like just in time too, it's chilly today.
We were almost done a few weeks ago, but somehow got a crack in our big living room window. I took Friday off of work & Jeremy and I replaced that piece (about 56 x 34). It went well. :) It's now in & protected by the storm window.
We have our final wedding of the year this weekend, it's going to be a blast!
Happy Fall!

Busy

2008-07-25T07:14:00.002-04:00

July is almost over and I haven't posted once. It's been a busier than usual summer. Three weddings so far, and one more to go. Two friend weddings, I was in one. One family wedding up north. Lots of showers, bachelorette parties, graduation parties, all fun stuff, but BUSY.
This weekend is my annual camping weekend with my friends from high school. One Lansing friend will join us again this year, Jess. I can't wait to get there. A friend from that group is hurting right now over a selfish, careless boy, I need to get there and hug her. Oh and drink too much and laugh too much with her.
All else is good. I was thinking we were looking forward to an August that wouldn't be quite as busy, but I just looked at the calendar, and the weekends in August are showing me a wedding, a birthday bash, an out of town family reunion, an out of town family BBQ, and then Labor Day...maybe camping? We might not do all of the above, we'll see what works.
Anyhow, it's been a fun summer, we've done no work on our house, save for a little bit of landscaping earlier in the summer. The window work from last year has not been picked up again. Oh well, there's always September. ;)
Hope everyone is having a good summer.

Attitude Adjustment

2008-06-27T15:28:00.002-04:00

Yesterday was the worst day I've had at my office since last summer.
Everything seemed to go wrong, from computers, to customers, no one was happy.
I cried...TWICE! After staying an extra forty-five minutes at the office waiting to hear if I had to give another customer bad news, I needed to completely change my attitude.
I picked Jess up after work and we picked up beer & taco stand for everyone. Ryan & Matt met us at Eric & Leisa house. We all sat in the backyard drank a few Summer Shandies & Dos Equis, ate taco stand, and watched Leisa's kids run & crawl around in the backyard. It was just what I needed. :)

Update on the shutters...

2008-06-11T21:13:00.003-04:00

We've painted the shutters & front door, installed a new light fixture, painted the mailbox & pots.

Still to come, painting the house numbers & steps.

Two neighbors commented on the house looking good tonight when they walked by too, so that was awfully nice to hear.

Shutters

2008-06-05T22:30:00.002-04:00

Remember about a year ago when I asked for advice on what color to paint our shutters?
We're finally painting them this week. I hope to have them back up & have a picture posted by the end of the weekend. :)

I got nothin'

2008-04-28T21:43:00.002-04:00

Nothing terribly new & exciting, but I hate to have a whole month pass with no new post.
Maybe this is worse though, a post that's not really a post...

So...we rented a rototiller this weekend & I have a little plot for a garden now. I'm really excited about growing tomatoes this summer. For a few summers in our old house, our neighbor behind us grew tomatoes. He'd leave bags of them on our doorstep. It was the best.

We visited the sheep barns at MSU on Sunday. There are sooo many babies right now. It was mostly wonderful, but we did discover a tiny baby lamb who had died. He and two others were separated from the rest of the sheep in a little pen inside the barn. The two little guys in with him didn't seem to notice, one was laying down with his little head resting on the one who died. It was sad.

We had a really fun night of dinner and beer with friends at Buddies on Saturday night. Mmmm mini cheeseburgers and Oberon.

I identified a new bird in our backyard, a Hermit Thrush. There are two of them who've been hanging out this week. I'd seen a Wood Thrush before, but not this one. So that was pretty cool.

That's all. I guess it was something at least.

Nosy, nosy...

2008-03-31T20:49:00.005-04:00

Tonight I attempted to take some pictures for Pat of a helmet he's selling on Ebay.
Here's how well it started out. ;)

St.Patty's in Review

2008-03-22T10:36:00.002-04:00

Enough time has passed that we are now fully recovered from the St. Patrick's Day weekend.
Our home and cats have fully recovered from the 48 friends who came to the most heavily attended yet, 3rd Annual O'Lynch St. Patty's Day Bash.
The garage is another story. For now, I rush in & out only when absolutely necessary, holding my breath against the odor coming from the mountain of returnables (many, many Guinness). That'll be the next job. ;)
Jer & I had an absolute blast last Saturday. Thank you to all who came & brought tasty soups, wonderful desserts, and yummy snacks. It was great to see everyone who has been hibernating for the winter, not to mention the sweet new babies, and fun kidlets. Although it doesn't look like it outside today, spring is just around the corner. We'll all be hanging out in each other's backyards soon enough!
I never did get my camera out on Saturday, so the only St. Pat's picture I have to post is one sent to me of Jeremy & Patrick at The Green Door on Monday. Jeremy is in disguise, you can tell by the "finger mustache". By all accounts the Monday party-goers had a great time also. Some of us (meaning me) had to work all day!
Anyhow, just wanted to say thanks. It was great to see everyone having such a good time.

Still a blog

2008-03-20T22:34:00.000-04:00

See?

Peach pits

2008-01-31T10:06:00.000-05:00

in your drain pipe are bad news.

Facebook

2007-10-01T21:26:00.000-04:00

I joined Facebook today. :)

Well that was quick

2007-09-26T10:41:00.000-04:00

Jeremy goes back to work tomorrow. Just one day off. It's funny, but we're both a little bit disappointed. We really didn't want it to last long, but laying in bed last night, we made some big plans for stuff that we could get done while he was laid off.

good news bad news

2007-09-25T21:36:00.001-04:00

Good news first. Jess & I have planned a trip to visit my friend Julie in Wisconsin in October. We're taking the ferry from Muskegon to Milwaukee. Julie will pick us up there & take us to Madison where she lives with her fiance, John. Our hosts should be thrilled to discover what great fans Jess & I are of beer & cheese. All right Wisconsin! :)
So let's hear it for the bad news...Rah! Okay, so it's not so "rah". Jeremy was laid off today. We expected it to happen if the GM strike lasted very long. It just happened so much faster than I anticipated.
Jess & I bought our tickets this morning, Jeremy was laid off this evening. Maybe not the best timing for a trip, hopefully the strike will be short.
In related news, Jeremy has committed to working on the window re-glazing project during the layoff.
I guess it's all kind of good news, bad news, huh?

OCD

2007-09-12T16:52:00.000-04:00

Jeremy bought a new canister vacuum this morning. The excitement that I am feeling about this new vacuum is not normal. I'm sitting here at work, excited for five o'clock so that I can get home & vacuum. Honestly, there is something wrong with me. ;)

Happy Labor Day Weekend

2007-09-01T07:21:00.000-04:00

I spent last night having dinner & drinks on the patio at the Harrison Roadhouse with my good friends Ryan & Jess. There were a few times that Jess and I laughed so hard that we snorted. Yes, we snorted in public & more than once. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the three LARGE Newcastle that I drank. ;)
I'm getting picked up this morning at about nine to head to the beach. We're heading to my parent's house on Lake Michigan. Leisa (seven months pregnant/wearing a bikini) and her son Jasper (the soccer star), and our friend Kristen are picking me up & we'll head west. Two other couples are coming, one bringing their daughter & the other their dog.
It should be a really nice day on the beach. The weather is supposed to be wonderful all weekend, upper 70's to low 80's and sunny.
My friends are all coming for the day & leaving me there, so I have the night to myself until my husband drives over after he gets out of work tonight. YAY!
I think my sisters will probably end up on the beach with us at some point too.
Hope everyone has a safe & fun weekend.

Practice

2007-08-28T07:02:00.000-04:00

Last night I attended the first soccer practice of my friend's son's team. He is four years old. The team is 4's & 5's. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
I would bet that you can pretty accurately picture four year olds on a soccer team. A few of the kids were 5 & had probably played last year, but again, they're still FIVE! The four year olds however were HYSTERICAL. If you ever have the opportunity to do this, please do. It's just about the funniest damned thing to watch.

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. Work has been busy, but is slowing down & house projects are the one thing we seem to have in abundance. I'll post some pictures of our latest project soon.

Minnesota Pictures

2007-07-26T21:50:00.000-04:00

I've finally downloaded some pictures from our visit with my brother & his family in Edina.

The first is the sunset over Lake Minnetonka on the 4th of July. It was a great night, perfect weather, good tunes, great boat, sleepy kids & we were almost directly under the fireworks.
The second is Jeremy & I in front of my brother's house on our 2 year anniversary. This is just before we were treated to a fabulous Thai dinner in Minneapolis.

In other news, in less than 24 hours I'll be camping with some of my favorite girlfriends for the weekend. I'm so excited! :)

This is not the project I meant to start

2007-07-21T15:25:00.000-04:00

Today I decided to wash windows. Our house was built in the 40's, and has the original double hung windows with storm windows on the outside. I knew this would be a pretty big project with having to wash inside & outside, plus to take the storms down & wash them inside & out.
I got the storms down & decided to start with a blast from the hose on the outside of the window to get off the major grime (they were really dirty). The putty that holds the glass in began falling off in huge chunks. I now know why the previous owner didn't wash the windows.
Sooooo, I'll be doing these windows one at a time. I'll now be scraping & reglazing the windows & then washing them. Window number one is scraped & primed with linseed oil, the putty is next. Wish me luck.

Long time no post

2007-07-15T22:46:00.000-04:00

The month since my last post has been incredibly busy & supremely wonderful. It's just so great to live in town. There isn't one thing I miss about St. Johns.
In the past month we've packed, weeded out tons of stuff while we packed, moved (with the help of 13 wonderful people & an enormous truck), unpacked, weeded out tons more while we unpacked, had an all-day yard work party with my mom & sister, organized, had two overnight guests already, went to Grand Haven for my niece Hadley's high school graduation, had my 93 year old grandpa here to visit TWICE (YAY), had a few small backyard parties, flew to Minnesota to visit my brother & his family, celebrated our two year anniversary, enjoyed friends stopping by while we work (a welcome reminder to stop working & drink a beer), done what feels like a gazillion small indoor & outdoor home improvement type projects, made 9 or 10 trips to Lowe's, Home Depot, and Menards, and I was even able to have a girl's night with my Lansing girl's group!
Jeremy & I have learned (after nine years) that we can be pretty damned good at doing projects together. Now that it's OUR house, the work just seems so much more worthwhile. We've been pleasantly surprised at how well we're getting along as we put together storage racks, hang blinds, etc.
Soooooo all in all, home ownership is starting out well. There's a ton more to do, but I'm trying to tell my obsessive compulsive self to slow down, we have plenty of time. ;)

Still packing....

2007-06-11T19:21:00.000-04:00

and moving in on SATURDAY! YAY!

Closing

2007-06-08T18:01:00.000-04:00

Closing is set for Thursday at 10 am. I can't wait to get the keys!

So far so good.

2007-05-29T19:01:00.000-04:00

We applied for our mortgage today & we removed the home inspection contingency from our offer. The inspection went really well on Friday. We had already done a pre-approval on our mortgage, so it should go fairly quickly. We're shooting for a mid June closing date.
It feels like this is all happening so fast, it's overwhelming in so many ways. On the other hand, we're so excited to get into the house that it can't happen fast enough!

Home sweet home?

2007-05-23T18:44:00.000-04:00

We are well on our way to finally becoming homeowners.
The house inspection is on Friday. As long as there are no major surprises in the inspection, we should close mid June.
The house is in Lansing, just a few blocks from Ryan & Jess, and just a few more blocks more to Nick & Kelli's. We're so excited, nervous & nauseous, but excited!
Oh & hey, any suggestions for what color to paint the shutters? They're a dull gray now.

Speechless

2007-04-26T19:49:00.000-04:00

I have been unable to comment on Traci's post from Wednesday. At first it was that I couldn't figure out where to start, and then nothing I wrote seemed to be enough.
I really was speechless.
To simply say that I was touched or to say thank you in a comment seemed inadequate. Instead we've emailed back and forth about it.

Traci's generousity of spirit is amazing. Here, with her permission, is part of her reply to my thank you...

"Somedays, when you wonder why life has thrown you curve balls, you need to reflect back on what you have learned from all those thrown at you.
In seeing what an influence you had on my life, it can also reflect on the influence you have on all your friends and family.
When the guilt of living,the days when Sarah enters your mind, remember what you gave her while she was here. And cherish it. Those are the moments and things in life that we remember."

I told Jess today, "that Traci, she's a thinker".
I am not always a thinker. I mean, I reflect, but I don't really dissect things, I can be more of a guy in that regard. Mostly life is good, and as long as it stays on track, I don't mess with it. Of course doing it my way means that when life throws you a whammy, and you have to stop and examine things, it's that much harder.
I do think that's part of why my cousin Sarah's death hit me so hard. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my relationships. Sometimes I honestly can't believe how hard this is. I know it's been hard for so many people & certainly harder for some than for me, but I just can't believe how sad I am about losing her, and how much I miss her.
As I've said here before, I do treasure my friendships, and I appreciate all of the support I've been given. There are two things I say a lot, and I'll say them again. Thank you & I love you.

Sunshine!

2007-04-13T12:23:00.000-04:00

YAY Sunshine! This morning when I left for work, I could hardly see from all of the bright, happy, sun-shiney sun in my eyes.
Jeremy & I were leaving the house at the same time today. I pulled out of the driveway & then looked back at the house to yell goodbye to him, it was so sunny my eyes were watering. It's hard to adjust after so many gloomy, snowy, dismal days.
It makes me so happy, I could cry.

So...who thinks a home phone is stupid now?

2007-03-19T17:49:00.000-04:00

I was in such a rush to get out of the office today that I left my cell phone on the corner of my desk. It's a 20 - 25 minute drive back to my office in Lansing & I only realized this as I was pulling into my garage. I won't return to get it, but I hate knowing that I don't have it. Not that I generally receive soooo many calls, or that I often have calls that are of huge importance, but I feel so cut off.

Jeremy is working, which means I won't even be able to use his phone to check messages until he gets home from work. That's at about 11:30 tonight, by which time I'll be fast asleep, so I won't actually check messages until I get up tomorrow morning.

We cancelled our home phone at least two years ago & I've never done this before. So, nobody can do anything tonight that requires my immediate assistance, nobody get hurt, nobody die, nobody do nothin', all right?

Is it just me?

2007-02-28T14:17:00.000-05:00

I am just floored by some of the email that is forwarded to me.
It's partly the content of the email itself, but mostly it's that someone is reading this email & thinks, "huh, I think I'll forward this to Amy (or Jeremy)".
Yesterday we received one that we've gotten before. It's falsely attributed to Andy Rooney & it is a long, bitter, racist, sexist, and downright nasty diatribe. The subject line was 'This is Great... Forward it'. Hopefully none of you have had someone send it to you, it is absolutely ridiculous.
Others that I get are in support of prayer in school, an end to affirmative action, a call to arms for anti-abortion activists, the proud to be an American screw-you-if-you-don't-agree war rants, etc. I don't get it.
Granted, none of these are from my friends. They're usually from my co-workers in other branches in the company I work for, or from Jeremy's co-workers. Every once in a while I get one from someone that I really like though.
Am I the only one who gets these? Is it that I don't articulate my stance on issues?
I guess if you don't know someone well, maybe you don't know where they stand, but if I don't know someone well, I don't forward crap to them.

Welcome

2007-02-06T11:51:00.000-05:00

I've added a few links lately. Traci & Kelly have blogs now, so check them out. :) Can't wait to see you two chicks on Friday, I hope Abby is ready for this invasion. We will have a blast. We all really need this night together. It's awesome that Amy is coming too!
Also we have a "gurls" weekend with my Lansing friends planned in West Olive the weekend of February 23rd. We'll probably head out to the bar or downtown GH shopping, so if any of you chicks over there are free that weekend, maybe we can merge my "chicks" group with my "gurls" group!
Can you imagine?
Total chaos!

Not sure where this is going

2007-02-02T18:16:00.000-05:00

I just have not been able to get back into posting. I've decided to just make myself do it today so here goes...
I added links to two of my long time friends websites today. Traci I've known since kindergarden, so that's about thirty years. Abby moved to our hometown (in West Michigan) in 8th or 9th grade, so about twenty years? Correct me will you Abby?
There are about seven of us women (me, Kelly, Traci, Angie, Abby, Michelle, Char) from our hometown who have known each other longer than our husbands, boyfriends, coworkers, and most of our every day friends have. We try to get together once every few months for a girl's night, and we have a night planned for one week from today.
I was back home this week for Kelly's father-in-law's funeral. In the midst of such sorrow, I am amazed by how quickly we fall back into such easy laughter and joy in each other.
After the tragic death in my family this fall, I feel a deep appreciation for all of my friends and family back home and here in Lansing. I am thankful for the support everyone offered me in November and the support you continue to offer to me as I struggle with Sarah's death.
I am thankful for all of you who endure my endless stories about her, allow me to cry, and offer to help me through this in so many ways.
Thank you.

Girl's Night

2006-12-15T19:16:00.000-05:00

We had a girl's night in Lansing a few weeks ago. We met for dinner at Emil's & then crossed the street to The Green Door. Yikes, after a few pre-dinner "getting ready at Kelli's house" beers, a few glasses of wine at dinner, and then more beer at The Green Door, I was out of commission the entire next the day. I barely left Kelli's couch the entire day after. We're getting too old for this I guess, but it sure was fun! :)
Oh yeah, and check out the size of Jess's beer! It's enormous.

Northern Lights

2006-12-15T18:52:00.000-05:00

The northern lights were visible last night. If it's not too cloudy tonight, they should be visible again. At about 7:30 I drove out of town a bit to watch them & snapped a few pictures. I don't know a lot about taking night-sky pictures, so they don't really do justice to how magnificent it was.
Thank you Jess for calling & letting me know! It was an incredible show.

(In the first picture, that is a small builing on the bottom right)

Positively Posting Again!

2006-10-16T19:51:00.000-04:00

My goodness, two posts in one day. Will all three of my readers be able to handle it??

Corey & Annie were married on Saturday afternoon. It was a great time, and a beautiful wedding. The colors of the dresses & the incredible flowers were perfect and made it a gorgeous fall wedding.
Here's a picture of me & Jeremy from the reception, and one of me & Jess (who was in the wedding & looked spectacular).

Early Snow

2006-10-16T19:46:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to share some pictures of the backyard to show our very early snowfall on October 12th.
I didn't think it was going to stick, but as you can see it did. It was all gone the next day, and it was beautiful while it lasted.

A Silent War

2006-08-16T19:33:00.000-04:00

Upon our return from a week in the Outer Banks, we discovered a war being waged in our home. We knew to expect some mischief, but weren't sure what exactly had happened in our absence. It stems from the unwanted exchange of hideously fancy doll (Penelope) who has gone back & forth between our home & Nick and Kelli's as a prank.
Penelope returned this time with a "Welcome Home" note and with friends, many, many friends. Battles were being waged in almost every kitchen cupboard, in the medicine cabinet, in the piano bench, on the entertainment center, on many door & window ledges, in the car, in the garage, even in the shower.
The meticulous arrangement suggests too much time on someone's hands, but we do appreciate the effort. Kelli, your dollar-store-dollar was well spent...220 Cowboys & Indians in all?
I snapped a few pictures to share.

Thanks for taking care of the cats to Kelli & Jess. And to Jess, it's nice to know that some people can be trusted with a key to our home. ;)

OBX

2006-08-07T22:50:00.000-04:00

Sunrise in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. What could be better than 17 members of your immediate family in an enormous house on the ocean?
Everyone getting along, a pool, a hot tub, sunshine, great food, mini kegs of Oberon, kayaking, fishing, and general merriment! That's what's better!!!!!!

Surprise!

2006-07-30T08:42:00.000-04:00

We had a "surprise" party for Jeremy Friday night. The party wasn't a surprise, just that it was for his birthday. It was incredibly hot out, but everyone did just fine & cooled themselves with beer & vodka tonics. Thanks to everyone for coming. He was so happy about all of the cards & CD's. The CD's will be great for our road trip to North Carolina this weekend. Thanks to Sarah for the party favors & to Jess for the cake too. We sure have some great friends, thanks much!

5 Things

2006-07-16T13:16:00.000-04:00

Tagged by Jess:

Five things in my freezer;
Veggie burgers
Bananas
Cottage cheese containers with leftovers of unknown origin (soup? chili? cat food? who knows?)
Vodka
Many frozen glasses

Five things in my closet (spare closet guest bedroom);
Massive amounts of T.P. bought in bulk at Sams
Crock Pot
Many large salad bowls (wedding presents)
Old tax returns
Jeremy's shoes

Five things in my car (Vibe);
Bug spray
Lint roller
Flashlight
Frustration that quickly escalates to anger
Dental floss

Five Things in my backpack; (purse)
Lipstick
Granola bar
Not enough money
Cell phone
Dental floss

Isabela

2006-07-12T23:25:00.000-04:00

Isn't she lovely? My 6th Godchild, and soooooo pretty.
I talked to Michelle on the phone tonight, and I could hear Isabela laughing hysterically the entire time. I thought she must have been tickling her, but no, she was simply making funny faces at her. Such a sweet, happy baby.

Nifty new profile picture

2006-07-10T22:26:00.000-04:00

I don't have anything terribly new to add. Since we've been married a year now, I've decided it's time to take down the "newlywed" picture. This one is much more appropriate for me anyhow. It shows what I look like on a day-to-day basis. ;)

MySpace

2006-06-23T07:17:00.000-04:00

I've been working on getting a MySpace page together this month at the request of my nephews. Ta da...MySpace
It needs some more work, but so far it's been kind of fun.

Nine hours on the road for a one hour meeting?

2006-06-21T21:33:00.000-04:00

The meeting went really well, but holy shit it was a long day.

Happy Birthday Kelli!

2006-06-11T13:42:00.000-04:00

Today is Kelli's birthday!!! We celebrated last night with a fire in the backyard & tunes in the garage. Jess made a yummy cake & Kelli blew out the candles with great enthusiasm. :)
The night included piano playing, singing, dancing, blogging, moon-gazing, drinking, grilling, strange trips to the back yard, and lots of laughing.
Our last guest, left about 3:30 am. I can't remember the last time I slept in as late as today.

Fiesta

2006-05-04T12:09:00.000-04:00

Since Leisa called this morning and suggested taco-stand-tacos for dinner tonight, I've thought of little else. My thoughts have been...should I get three chicken tacos, two chicken and a chorizo, should I get a sope, just how many of the pickled jalapenos & carrots can I take without feeling embarrassed? Believe me, it's more than you'd think.
Oh, except I have thought of the Sol beer (or should I say cerveza) that Jess suggested she'll bring as an accompaniment.
And I *will* be stopping at Handy's Market for their homemade chips & salsa on the way.
Yay for us!

Here I go again.

2006-04-23T09:28:00.000-04:00

I don't know why I keep posting pictures of everyone's dogs, but I do.
Nick & Kelli came up last night & drank many beers with us. They brought Marny with them. She did really well at the house & in the yard. We had a fire outside & she loved it. So without further ado, meet Marny...

Oh, and here's a family portrait. :)

The newest addition to the family

2006-04-16T20:35:00.000-04:00

Meet Scout. He's my sister Kathy's new family dog. He came to Easter dinner & even joined in the Easter Egg hunt. He was very excited about the kids searching up & down the dune. They're teenagers, but he did still seem to want to herd in the strays when they got too far away.
He's soooo nice, and just a beautiful puppy.

Garagey Goodness

2006-04-09T10:01:00.000-04:00

Spring is here! The first impromptu spring garage party coincided nicely with Pat's return from the Dominican Republic. He said he had fun, but check out the look on his face in this picture. Hmmmm...did he drink the water?

Us chicks hung out in the garage & did lots of singing. I thought we agreed to look mean & to look out the window in this picture. I guess since I'm the only one doing either, I was wrong. Must have been the Guinness.

EDIT, 9 pm: New, more flattering picture for Jess

NOT Elroy...Sammy

2006-03-30T23:29:00.000-05:00

Okay so maybe we got a little ahead of ourselves, he has owners & they apparently want him back (why wouldn't they - he's such a good boy).
He returns to his irresponsible, non dog-tagging, non lisencing owners tomorrow. Farewell sweet Elroy, er Sammy.

Elroy?

2006-03-30T09:39:00.000-05:00

Eric & Leisa just might be the new proud owners of this sweet little boy.
He has the greatest personality & temperment, & he's so cute!
He came to visit me at the office yesterday & I fell in love. :)
It's going to be doggie heaven up at the garage this summer.

Just about recovered now...

2006-03-21T21:50:00.000-05:00

Well at least recovered enough to post. Boy-oh-boy did we have fun on Friday night! I'm posting an early evening picture because the later evening ones have a bunch of drunks in them! You know who you are! ;)

Much improved, more hateful answer for number 7

2006-03-16T11:00:00.000-05:00

Okay, I don't know what I was thinking not putting this answer down...

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
The sound of my co-worker sucking at the space where he has a molar missing. He eats his breakfast & lunch at the office & then sucks (loudly) at his teeth after he eats.
It is the most disgusting sound I hear all day.

Actors Studio Questions

2006-03-15T09:36:00.000-05:00

Ganked from Jess who ganked it from Ryan

1. What is your favorite word?
Supercilious (it's just so fun to say)

2. What is your least favorite word?
Can't

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Kindness, generosity of spirit

4. What turns you off?
A negative and/or defeatist attitude, cruelty

5. What is your favorite curse word?
I really enjoy cursing, but any variation of the word "ass", asshole, asswipe, jack-ass, ass-face, would be my favorite

6. What sound or noise do you love?
The bubbling, gurgling sound of my coffee maker on a Saturday morning

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
Mabel hissing at Hildy

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Ornithologist

9. What profession would you not like to do?
The person who has to jack-off a hog for artificial insemination purposes (or any other purposes for that matter)

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
You did good in your life

Sooooo......

2006-03-14T09:50:00.000-05:00

Soooo...Jess moved her site to blogger & if I want to comment (which I do), I need my own site. Here she is. ;)