And So It Goes

Well, it's come full circle once again. After partnering for the first time with Rich, we found out the hard way that we're not nearly as threatening together as we have been in the past (on opposing teams). So once again, I'm the proud owner of the broken man. Nice.

And ironically, the one who shut me out this time was the one who I happened to shut out a little less than a year ago. So thanks, Curt. I guess we should've quit while we were ahead, huh? Er . . rather, quit while we weren't ahead. Hey Rich, why did we foos that third time again??

Amazing Catch

I'm not a big baseball fan, but after watching this video, I had to say, "You go, girl!!"

4th of July

This 4th of July was the most laid-back ever, and I LOVED it. No rushing to get a good spot for fireworks or having a ton of people over for a party. It was just a few neighbors, kicking back in the yard, drinking mojitos and watching the kids play. We eventually did do a few sparklers when it got dark enough, but for the most part, the day was all about rest and relaxation.

The guys played their usual round of backyard golf, and the kids enjoyed the sprinklers.

In fact, just watching the kids, I realized that they really know how to enjoy life. I would love to be three years old again and have the hardest part of my day involve searching for something to do that was more fun than the fun I was having right now.

As usual, I took a ton of pictures . . . which you can access from here.

Gotta love junk mail

I've had my name misspelled before, but usually it's not my last name. This is a first.

Class of 1988 - Reunited

Well, it's been 20 years since I graduated from Auburn High School. Hard to believe. But reuniting with old classmates and picking up with my BFFs was way more fun than I anticipated. I found out that quite a few of us actually live near each other and have been barely crossing paths for the last eight years.

We started the weekend off at Auburn Sky Bar, a ceiling-less beer joint and one of the most popular hangouts for Auburn's sorority and fraternity kids. (Yeah, I said it . . . kids.) One of our classmate's daughter actually showed up with her friends, reminding us all just how old we really were. It was cute, though . . they actually look more like sisters than mother and daughter. We all got there considerably early for a Friday night (7:00 pm), so we pretty much had the place to ourselves until about 11:00 pm. (Another indication that we're getting old.)

On Saturday, after a tour of our old highschool (which I incidentally slept through), we joined up again at a semi-private pool and spent the afternoon with our kids. Good times! And that night, we got all dollled up for the dinner/dance event at the Auburn Hotel and Conference Center. Tony was a trooper and tolerated my giggling and reminiscing with a ton of people he didn't know. So after about five hours of that, I just didn't have the heart to drag him to the after party. I'm sure it rocked.

Here are a few of the pictures I took at the main event. Enjoy! Now that we're all back in touch, and most of us still have family in Auburn, visiting my parents will take on a whole new flavor.

Well I'm Moving On Up

To the east side . . I finally got a piece of the PI-IIIIIIII-IIIE.

Okay, not really . . . I'm just excited that I was able to get a new "double-wide" cube at work. In March, I will celebrate five years with the company - one of the longest lasting employees to date. So, it's not really because I'm special or anything. . . I've just been here forever.

But I don't care. I'll take it. I even furnished it with some great finds from Goodwill. I'm loving my double-wide. Very Jeff Foxworthy, I know.

I don't care. I'm digging it.

Maya's Rock Band Birthday Party

Maya turned eight last week and has been begging to have a Rock Band sleepover. All I could think of was having a household of shrieking, giggling eight year olds, and I wasn't sure that's how I really wanted to spend my Friday night. But I thought about it, and realized that I, in fact, would love to have a Rock Band birthday party, too. (My birthday is in August, so I may have to just throw a party for myelf.) So her request really wasn't unreasonable, and I sucked it up and threw myself into the preparations. I made her some invitations and bought accessories for each of the girls.

They each got to adorn themselves with hairpieces, glitter hairspray, glitter wrist bands, and shimmery kid makeup. It was actually pretty fun. Especially when I got to play paparazzi during their photo shoot.

They spent the night jamming (loud as they could), eating pizza, cake and candy, watching movies and having girl talk. They actually camped out in the theater, so in all honesty, we barely heard them at all. They had a ball! In the morning, I made pancakes, bacon and smoothies, and Nadia was thrilled to join them and eat with the big girls. It was like she suddenly had 6 older sisters.

Happy Birthday, Maya!!

Update: Click here to see the pictures. And here's the final scrapbook page.