Walking with Bugg

Steve and I went for a walk around the lake at Long Hunter State Park this afternoon. It was calm and crisp - perfect day for a walk...with Bugg.

Heart in a tree

Cats & Dogs

Had lots of animals visitors today. Ruby and Roxy came over this morning with Karissa and we went for a walk. Daisy - the neighbor dog - stopped by a few times to play with R&R and with Rufus and just generally visit with us.


Ruby

Roxy

Rufus

Daisy

Big Lots

Big Lots has lots of crap - cheap. Sometimes the crap is decent name brand crap - other times it's just plain crap. To highlight the crap-tasticness of some of the items for sale I snapped a pic of this little gem - Jeff Foxworthy's Ham Jerky.

I imagine the type of people who eat this Ham Jerky to look something like this...


This is Tori and some unidentified Halloween party guest at a Halloween party the girls went to. Tori went as a pregnant Britney Spears and the guy is "white trash".

I hate these kinds of people

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_on_re_us/abortion_threats

I'm as sweet as I can be when I'm all by myself...

Stef made me some new mix CD's while I was out in Boston and the "Sundays" one had this song on it, Picture in my Mind by Freakwater. http://www.freakwater.net/

Whiskey is not evil when it's sitting on the shelf.
I'm as sweet as I can be when I'm all by myself.

A shotgun never shot no one when it's hanging on the wall.
I got itchy fingers and you got knees to crawl.

I've got a picture in my mind.
Fighting like a mad fish on the wrong end of a line.
Just beneath the surface silver lightning flashes shine.

I've got a picture in my mind
Salt water is no danger with your feet on solid ground.
Cry yourself a river but it don't take much to drown.

Just beneath the surface I can see it clear somehow.
Don't talk to me darlin can't you see I'm gone right now.
I've got a picture in my mind.

Fat Cat

I think Rufus decided to join me in getting fatter - check out Fat Cat warming his paw by the fire.

More Tori Shower PIcs

Annoying

1. Chipping my brand new manicure trying to open caramels. Wicked is the color - it's cool.
2. The headline I keep seeing "Winfrey in tears over abuse scandal" - evidently she 'wept for a half an hour' after hearing about the abuse at her school in South Africa. I don't doubt she did and I think it's great what she's doing for these girls but it annoys me to keep reading/hearing about it.
3. The fact that all "carpenters" on TV shows like Trading Spaces and Extreme Home Makeover are 'hot'. I call BS on the whole thing. I want to see a fat bald guy with a mile long plumber's crack damn it!
4. The fact that I eat too many caramels and not only end up with a chipped manicure but also it's the reason I have to start going to the gym.
5. The allergic reaction I have to Origins facial products and the resulting sunburned, itchy, bump ridden face and neck. *sad face*
6. It should be 3:30!!! Not 2:30!! Damn you time change! And of course I love it in the morning but not during the day - I'm ready to go home!!
7. Mums that need too much watering - I'm over it. Freeze already so I can plant you in the ground and forget about you!
8. Wal-Marting - tonight. &*$^#*@*^@!&#(&(#
9. Sentry Report conference calls - zzzZZZzzz...
10. Benadryl hangovers as a result of the aforementioned allergic reaction.

Whoopee/Boo

You skinny bitches have finally motivated me to get off of my ever growing fat ass. I'm signing up to join the YMCA today. It's reasonably priced and 2 min from the house. It's also open at 5 am which is awesome and low pressure with the sign up process. I HATE gyms (the Boo in the title) but I need to do something healthy and I'm glad I made up my mind today to do it (the Whoopee in the title).

I doubt there will be status updates on here but you never know - I may have some funny gym stories to share. Come to think of it just about every time I have tried to work out something awful/funny happens.

I have on several occasions barfed my brains out after running/kickboxing so who knows what might happen :)

One time a few years ago I tried to do the Body for Life program. I was FIRED UP! I bought a weight set, gloves, stop watch, the whole nine yards - set it all up in my basement and kicked my own ass so hard the first workout that I thought I was going to have to crawl up the stairs. Not kidding - really could barely walk. I also had several people at work ask me for a week after the ass-kicking if I'd been a car wreck b/c I was walking around so stiff and slow. I just shamefully mumbled "no, I just worked out too hard" and shuffled on my way. I also wasn't able to sit down it hurt so bad - I would just fall into/onto chairs, couches, toilets and each time I landed I would land with a "UGH". Only a tad embarrassing.

There was also the time I joined a gym in Boston - against my better judgement knowing how I am with gyms - but whatever I joined it - and ended up not following through with it and I was such the procrastinator that it literally took me months to send in the paperwork to get out of the contract. I don't know how well this all bodes for my latest try to actually go to the gym if I'm too lazy to even fax over the lousy paperwork to get out of the contract...

BUT...I'm going to try and have a positive attitude (which could prove difficult without medication) and try and look forward to my morning stint on the treadmill and whatever classes I can make myself attend. I'm also going to try and overcome my extreme gym shyness and shake my money maker like nobody is watching and hopefully a slimmer/more toned shape will emerge.

Shameless Self Portraits

More Boston Pics

Make Way for Baby Fitz - the Shower

The girls - at the Make Way for Ducklings Shower

Leaving Boston

View from 1 D

New RI friend that listened to my inner dialogue for 3 hours on the plane - girls he's wicked cool I told him to look you all up when he's in Boston ;) (hope you got to see the end of the game)

Doing a Jig

Red Sox Fan!

Me & Mich

Los Locos

My ears are bleeding - make the Mad Tea Party STOP!!

Spicy Artichoke Dip - two thumbs up

Chris and Kristin

Los Diablos

Cute little lady that made a hat out of newspaper and a plastic bag

Kat, Kristin, Sara

Emma - self portrait

Had a great time this weekend! So good to see everyone!! Love all of you!!

Bugg and I will see you on St. Patty's Day!

p.s. it's good to be home with Bugg :) he got a fire going - it's cozy.

Boston Baby

Having a great time so far in Boston - duh. Saw friends I used to work with *tear*. Had dinner with the girlfriends *sniff*. Had a great lunch with the PRB gang - so good to see everyone there. Had a super dinner with the girls - lots of laughs and just so good to be here.

Think I'll go to Boston

more than a tad excited about my trip to boston.

my plane leaves in a few hours and i'm about as wound up as a jack-n-the-box.

the city, the people.

the baby momma tea, the baby shower.

the girls, the work family.

the bitter sweetness of it all.

the overly dramatic (intense is a better word) way i experience it all.

on one hand i gotta be honest i'm going to miss BUGG while i'm gone and on the other i know i'm going to cry when i see my beantown friends. and sunday will of course come too fast and i'll miss the b-town friends but be glad to see BUGG.

i'm a lucky girl though if these are my 'problems'.

i of course will be taking loads of pictures to document all of it.

i also think bittersweet would make a cool tat. no i'm not getting one - just saying...

More Pics from Kory & Andy's Visit

Even though I'm smiling I'm obviously trying to run away...

Chillin' chillin' mindin' my bidnes

Urban Cowboy

Oktoberfest Bier & the Hard Rock Cafe Guitar in the background

I practice that picture smile many hours in the mirror...