Wednesday, November 28, 2007

My Work Here is Done!


These are in no particular order. I liked some of the blurred ones so I added. They just had a cool vibe. I took a ton more but I need to review them with JC (my friend) and her fiance (the goofy looking guy! Just kidding... not really. They are very happy & she looked lovely & had lots of wardrobe changes but we had so much fun today. I'll be sad to go home (just a little) but I got to see my friends. They're all getting married & making babies! Eeek!


Monday, November 26, 2007

Me again...



The weather was beautiful & I actually decided to mess around with the timer & got two cool shots with Max. (The dog) These are my first attempts at getting on the other side of my lens.
It would have been even better if I didn't look like I was strangling Max! He's alive & well, no worries!
I looked goofy or just pissed but the yard & evergreens & even the pool cover gave me some cool backdrops. It was so unbelievably warm but then it rained & the air got a chill to it so we all bundled back up. My aunt went sleeveless throughout the whole thing (which is rare this time of year). We got to eat TG dinner outside though so that was great. These are the lucky photos where I don't look crappy & guess I'm pretty happy with how they look....they were fun! I love my Aunt's dog Max!



Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Count Down to Christmas...(aka Highway to Hell)



HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL!

Tonight officially begins my countdown to Christmas. I'll be making a ton of cheesecakes & pies since I'm in charge of dessert this year. I decided to cheat a little and went to Starbucks to purchase a tray of cranberry bliss bars because they are so delicious. I'll be making dessert until the wee hours of the morning & since my mother conveniently twisted her ankle I've been stuck running all of her errands...because I don't have my own life or anything mom. Tis' the season my ass! I've got the sneaking suspicion that she's planning on having me prepare the pate since she asked me to go purchase the ingredients. A few TG's ago, she opted to have shoulder surgery before the holidays instead of after, against the doctor's recommendation, and I was up grinding the stuff until 2 am. Then my lovely aunt decided not to do her part & I got stuck with that too, since my mom had the ingredients. This created a perfect storm when my aunt showed up Thanksgiving morning all surly and hungover and I was still busy doing her appetizers. (You couldn't wait until TG day to get loaded?) She started criticizing my cooking and though I usually wouldn't care, she kept saying how it wasn't the way she does it & that it was wrong.... HELLO, then show up and do it yourself if you're so perfect. That's about when the steam starts coming out of my ears. I tried so hard to tune her out but she kinda sounds like Dino from the Flintstones which makes it tough.
Since I'm also the only one who usually shields her from my mom and her sisters when she is being obnoxious (which is all of the time) I started to take it personally. After a good hour of nagging, I lost it and the verbal smackdown ensued and she ended up leaving. I think the only reason I didn't get in trouble for being so disrespectful & awful was because everyone was happy to have the peace and quiet. Also because the incident happened before Grandma got there & most of my family didn't witness it. (They were so disappointed not to see Auntie Linda put in her place by the least likely family member) I called and apologized but she wouldn't come back over so I packed up a ton of food and drove my little sister over to deliver it. She was happy with that. So all was well. We aren't laughing about it yet but we're close again so it's OK now. I still want to poison her occasionally but I never would because I do love her & I know she means well & where would I dump her body? Then again, the list of suspects would be quite enormous!
Nah! She's family. If your family can't drive you crazy, who can?
Well hopefully you all have a very peaceful and wonderful Thanksgiving! Be safe if you're travelling and enjoy the time off of work! I'll be on my best behavior! If I'm not, you'll be the first to hear my side of the story!

Friday, November 16, 2007

When Harry Met Sally?



Can’t men & women just be friends? I admit that it’s rare that I’ve had a male friend and not even wondered what things would be like on a different level. A couple ex-boyfriends were friends first & sometimes I was able to go back to just being friends with one of them. I have one male friend who will NEVER be anything but a friend. He’s almost 19 years older than I am, a single dad, and just an all around nice person. We don’t discuss sexual experiences or anything explicit or flirt EVER. I don’t & just don’t want to think of him that way. I know he does his thing & he knows that I do mine. He now lives two doors down from me since I moved. I even considered passing on my property when I realized it was so close since I didn’t want him to feel like I was going to expect to hang out all the time.
I picked up a bunch of storage bins from Home Depot & gave some of the extras to my friend Bill. J got all pissed b/c when I stopped over, I made plans for the following evening to watch a movie with Bill and his son providing J didn’t have anything planned that would conflict.
When I told J, he said that he didn’t like it. He basically said that it wasn’t right & I shouldn’t go, and that anyone would agree with him. We’ve been fighting since Tuesday night as a result. I may have been a cheat, but I’ve passed up on it since I’ve been with J. I don’t think of my friend that way. I prefer to go over between 9 & 10 pm so I can say hi to the kids but still have a little “grown up” time when they go to bed at 10. ( i.e. Not having to be mindful of language while talking about my day)
J won’t admit that he’s jealous & insecure and I won’t give up a friend that has been there for me through thick and thin. I don’t even hang with the one I dated because that’s a potential danger. Yesterday was T’s birthday & I didn’t even drop by his party.
I’m feeling controlled, and like a possession. I feel that he’s gotten too comfortable being joined at my hip & if it’s not a trust issue, it’s the fact that he doesn’t have 100% of my attention. I’ve let him go everywhere with me & when I don’t, it’s a fight. This is my friend and I’m at the point where I just don’t feel as if he’s entitled to come along. Bill said that he’d like us to both come over after Thanksgiving craziness is over. For now, J just has to deal with me flying solo. I already feel as though I’m going to just start doing more on my own b/c he’s too (________)??? If Bill were a straight chick it’d be fine! (J also has an issue with me hanging with one of my sales reps b/c she is gay and she’s interested in me.) Apparently I just don’t have a say in who I’m interested in & if someone likes me then it’s on! I’ve been totally faithful & I don’t want to be with anyone else physically. When did I become his property? I know how it could appear but I’ve never been one to give a shit & neither has J so for him to say that feels like an excuse. If I am wrong, I just can’t see it.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

NYC Weekend






































I had so much fun with my best friend and her two boys. She gave me permission to post photos that I took with them all around town! The NYC marathon tried to stop us but we managed to do a bunch of tourist things and still have a s-load of fun! Lady Liberty said What'up! We were Moonstruck & Wicked! The place was like a Zoo...It was such Bull!









































Friday, November 2, 2007

There's Something About Magda...










Oh so gross. I went on vacation a few years ago & while we were at the beach in Aruba, one of the men in the group kept getting followed by a woman that looked this way. I love the sunshine & have gone tanning but I also love my skin & the fact that it is not trying to escape from my body. SPF is easy to use...




So anyway I'll be going to St. Barts for a long weekend in Feb. & it reminded me of the Aruba thing. This woman must have lived on the sun for a long time & was very bony and making grunting sounds while following my friend's husband around. I'll have to see if I can get some photos & if he's cool with it being on here. The photos are all of her back so you can see the horror on his face building with each shot! That was some funny shit!




So I just got the photos from the house I rented & it rocks! I've put them up as well to try to keep the other image from burning into your mind's eye! I love it!!!!