Roller Skating is Dangerous

For real. A friend of mine had a bday last week and thus a party. Her very nice hubby threw her a retro roller skating party. Yes, this sounds fun. However, after the stress of finding just the right outfit, followed by me biting it on the rink, I was funned out. I did have a blast with my friends and would sacrifice my other knee cap to do it again.
Happy Birthday Laurasaurus!

Truth is better than fiction

So I was telling my friend today about a news story I heard a few years back. This story will always be my favorite. If you are looking for something to make you smile and feel better about yourself, please click on this link and read the story . . . http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jul/26/amputee_happy_be/

I hope it brings you as much joy as it has brought me.

Carefree kitty

The living situation with my new kitten, Sinatra, is going well. He is learning (slowly) what he is allowed to do and not do. He is 5 months old now and still really cute (pictured here). Here is a short bio about him:

Name: Sinatra

Birthday: 3/23/08

Ethnicity: Siamese Flame Point

Likes: His purple mouse (Sami Davis), feathers, hair ties, and pretty much anything he is not supposed to have.

Dislikes: Being alone, losing his toys under the dyer/fridge and having his nails trimmed.


I hope you have enjoyed this look into my exciting life :).

The NEB is the new black

For those of you who don't know, The NEB is what we call Nebraska. I have several friends from there and for some reason they are all slowly moving back. I am very sad about this. What makes the NEB so cool? No really, what?
Anyway, the bright side is I will have yet another location to promise to visit, and maybe even really travel to :).
Other places on the list of "Cities my friends live in" are:
The S.T.L (St. Louis)
The D.E.N (Denver)
Top Town (Topeka)
Springtown (Springfield, MO)

Clever, I know.

I love Gooooold. And Silver and Bronze.

Hooray for the 2008 Olympics. I won't lie, prior to this year's olympics start, I was not at all interested in watching. I didn't tune in for the opening ceremony and missed a few things saturday morning. However, once I saw men's badmitton, I was hooked. Let me run down my top 5 favorite Olympic events thus far . . .
#5: Men's Sand volleyball
#4: Men's Badmitton
#3: Team Handball
#2: Men's Water Polo
#1: Men's Swimming

I know what you must be thinking, and I truly enjoy these events for their Olympic grandure. I am not at all preoccupied with uniforms, or lack there of. Have you seen Men's water polo? It is very competitive! I can't wait to watch M. Phelps swim 6 more times!

8am . . . Central time?

So the apt complex where I live is repainting all of the buildings. Good for them, I don't mind the effort to keep things looking nice. However, the contractors that were hired are apparently form the east coast. There are large sandwich boards in all the parking lots that read, "PLEASE HAVE VEHICLES MOVED BY 8AM, PAINTING TOMORROW". Now, I have to be to work by 8am, so I really wasn't bothered by this. This morning I was about to leave my apt (at 7:35am) and when I opened the door I was almost tagged in the face by a spray gun. I feel the boards should have told me they meant 8am eastern time. The conversation that followed went something like this:
"Um, Hi?"
"Oh! Hi."
"Yeah, I need to go to work."
"OK, you going to work?"
"Yes."
(Incomprehensible yelling over the balcony as I walk down to the 1st floor where I find my car covered in a tarp)
"Hi, yeah, this is my car. I need to go to work."
"Oh, ok."
"Thanks."

I guess I should be thankful the contractors were thoughtful enough to cover my car, but then again, they wouldn't have had to cover it if they would have started at 8am central time!!

The highlight to my morning

I have never been a fan of this fashion and now someone has put a voice to all that I feel towards this subject . . . .
http://www.newsweek.com/id/150240/&GT1=43002

thank you.

Manic Monday?

Not really. It has been pretty slow today, with the exception of the ocassional flare up like a bad case of . . . nevermind. Anyway, I think Monday's suck and I realize I am not the first to say this. If we could just cut that day out of the work week things would go a lot smoother. My new proposed workweek: Tues-Thurs 8am-6:30pm, Friday 8am-12pm. Done and done.