This Week's Lessons

1) My hair stylist advised that my eyebrows are thinning. Great. I wonder if they sell Rogaine for one's eyebrows.

2) The "Gentle Leader" is the second best thing (to the Furminator) I've found for my dog. It's a magical fix to his super strength pulling capabilities on leash.

3) High 70s/Low 80s is amazing weather

Yum!

*****ATTENTION*****

Fabulous new flavor of ice cream - Dreyer's Grand "Slow Churned" S'Mores.

SOOOOOO good. Try it. It's also low fat!

Is That Allowed?

Today, I went to gym to swim - haven't been in a pool to exercise in over a year. Lovely.


As I was finishing up my oh so strenuous 1100 yards, a man and a woman headed to the steps of the pool at about the same time. The man asked if I'd mind sharing my lane, I said "Not at all, I'm almost done anyway."


Before the woman could even say a thing, the old lady in the lane next to me looks at her and says, "I'm sharing my lane with my friend. She's still in the locker room."


Excuse me?! You can't hog a lane. Just like you can't reserve a treadmill next to you for your "friend who's on the way". Standard gym rules. Learn how to circle swim.


By the way, the crazy old lady was doing laps with a snorkel mask (and breathing tube thing).

Where is my visa?

Dear Passport Visa Express,

When I pay $79.99 for you to process my Brazilian visa in 14 business days I expect you to deliver on this. I understand the Houston Brazilian Consulate "has delays" however I could have worked with them directly to obtain my visa. I chose to work through your organization because of the 14 day guarantee. Perhaps if you KNOW they have delays you should offer a cheaper service for, say, 21 business days. I don't give two shits about the delays. I paid for 14 business day turnaround. I want my money back. And my visa. And passport.

Regards,
Gina

Bye Bye Beard

Brian finally shaved his mountain man beard....but not before he spent the evening looking like he molests goats for fun. I feel like the creepmaster below belongs on "Reno 911" or starred in the movie "Super Troopers". Thankfully, he shaved this filthy 'stache off this morning and I have my baby face husband back.

This is what happens when Target is out of hand baskets and you buy spaghetti sauce, spaghetti, meat, and ice cream and talk on the phone at the same time while putting your items on the checker belt. Whoops. Clean up in aisle 9!

Happy Birthday Em!

Happy Birthday Emily!!! Hope your day was grand!

Easter in a Nutshell

Happy Easter!!!

Today was a lazy day.

We slept in.

Made French Toast for our Easter breakfast.

Watched movies on TV: Homeward Bound (I cried), Willy Wonka, Tommy Boy, Tin Cup.

Worked (booo..on Easter?!).

Dog park followed by muddy dog bath.

Baked banana bread.

Nap.

Read book.

Made Chicken Enchiladas for dinner.

Laundry, laundry and more laundry.

My Blood is Made of Gold

Bonfils Blood Center loves me; they call me three times a week begging me to donate my type A- blood. I've come to the realization that my blood must be made of gold....otherwise, why would they want it so badly?

Lay off me, Bonfils - I made an appointment to donate on April 20. That's the last you're going to get from me for at least a year....my impending Yellow Fever vaccination for the Amazon will take me off the donor list.

Happy Birthday, Brian!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BRIAN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

ENJOY THE ROCKIES GAME TONIGHT! LOVE YOU!

Opening Day

Today was opening day of softball. ServiceSource has 6 teams - our own league! We got dismissed early from work to head to the park, eat hot dogs, drink beer, play catch, etc. FUN, FUN, FUN!
Then, we had our game....."YourMomPlaysSoftball" is our team name.....here's Brian after our game in our team shirt....We won....11-5. Eat that, Team Hammered Home.

Happy Birthday, Trace!!!

Happy Birthday, Tracey!!!! Welcome back from Costa Rica, too!

Easter Baskets 2K9

Easter is almost here...which means stores are stocked with lots of Easter stuff - baskets, candy, chocolate bunnies, peeps, egg dye, etc....

I was at Target this evening and took the photo below (of course with my new iPhone) of what they are advertising as Easter baskets. WTF.

From Wikipedia: A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres, often made of willow.

None of the below pathetic excuses for baskets fit the definition of a basket. Who wants a basket shaped like Elmo? Or a baseball? What is that stupid pale with the wooden handle? The Easter Bunny does NOT fill Easter Buckets.

Target - pull it together and sell some real, traditional BASKETS. My children will NEVER have stupid "baskets" like this.

Spring Snow Weekend

This weekend we rented a HUGE house in Breckenridge with about 11 of our friends, unofficially for Brian's 27th Birthday. We had SOOOOO much fun.

The gang in the "buffet line" for dinner on Saturday night.
Cooking dinner was a group effort - so many helpers!

My personal heaven...I love dogs.

Top 6 Reasons Why I Love a Mountain House

6. Hot tubbing

5. Sweats and no makeup!

4. Cooking together

3. Beer bongs

2. Games

1. Friends

Exciting NEW Toy

FINALLY! My contract with AT&T expired and I was eligible for the discounted price on the Apple iPhone. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I love my new phone, although I do not know how to really use it yet. I have some cool apps and I love that I can search google, etc. To make things even better, since I am an AT&T contractor, I get 19% off my bill and data package!