What I am thankful for

Kisses. Massages. Peanut Butter and Jelly Sanwiches. Fall colors. Fall. Cold Floors. Crisp cotton. Dog hair. Clean lines. Garage sales. Tingles. Weddings. Fires. Wine. Sneezes. Songs. New songs. Black pens. Blue pens. College ruled paper. Dancing. Purple. Red heads. Blankets. Love. Wine. Pianos. Fabric softener. Pretzels. Corduroy. Suggly. The squish of sandals. Laugh lines. Cursive. Out of town fiends. KLOU. St. Peters in the '80's. Pizza. Chapstick. Birthdays. Rainy Days. Chocolate. Goonies. Beaches. The movie Beaches. Water. Cursive. Opportunities. Pictures. History. Smell of books. Guitars. Drums. Solos. Taste of stamps. Dessert. Sushi. Laughing. Crying. Hand written notes. Pastels. Pumpkin bread on a Saturday. Wreaths. Product. Mexican food. Not driving. Fresh cut grass. Sunshine. Magic. Laundry. Shadows. My grandparents. Seasons. Pencils. Sunburns. Eyelashes. Sisters. Brothers. Cinnamon. Home. Clouds. Dishwashers. Goodbyes. Peace. Disney. Fuzzy. Sewing machines. Lint rollers. Shiny. Fishsticks. Radiohead. Knowledge. Imperfections. Running. Bananas. Texas. Family vacations. Stripes. Goosebumps. Art museums. Tiny. Old cars. Phone books. Suckers. Shirley temples. Stamps. Swimming pools. Palm trees. Feeding chickens. Doll houses. VHS. Pies. Family. Everything on this whole big beautiful planet.

Jenny from the block

Who knew a girl from queens would grow up to work in investments and pass her 6? This J-Lo did. the lights almost went out in those ten seconds between the finish click and the pass score. Take that Mrs. Sampson. Next time you tell someone not to be friends with me, maybe you should look in your crystal ball and make sure I am not managing your investments..(disclaimer: I am not a investment advisor and pass returns are not indicative of future results). So now my life is back on. I missed out on some choice parties because of you "6" you were a worthy adversary.
So this is some Jank that has been going on...finally got Patrick to watch Blind Side and he loved it, fell asleep in Sherlock Holmes and still gave Sherlock Holmes a better rating then Blind Side..I will get him to touch and feel his touchy feely side if it is the last thing I do. Been grilling alot with the warmer weather..Hellllo grilled pineapple we love you, don't be a stranger, been working on my wedding body for the Landzaat Callahan extravaganza...have a couple of dresses in my closet which one had the lucky job of hiding my winter weight?? Ladies??? Sundance is in shedding season...a husky plus warmer weather plus scared of a brush = groomers nightmare. Sorry petsmart. Saw the Beatles Live in concert. They don't age. Watched some baseball, some treme, and some modern family, and attended one of the longest baseball games in history...22 innings...left in the 13th because of a rich nerd who never realized that having money or a young trophy wife doesn't make you engaging, charming, insightful or even considerate, it just makes you old fat and well uncomfortable. Enjoyed a couple bottles of Moscato some warm porch weather and the Morganford bridge being closed.
Bring it on Summer. So far we have a B-day for "Shorty" and Tim M.F. Williams, a Trip to Hannibal, a float trip, a niece, a grandpa bday, a 31 sil bday, a 64 wedding anniversary, a famdam trip to the cabin, a romantic weekend in Hermann and a wedding for Mel! We are taking applications for sitters for cookie and sundance.

Business time

All my birthday parties are over as of tonight, Pat just needs to get on consumer reports and research which kind of sewing machine I will be purchasing. I hope everyone is ready for lots of home made gifts in their future. Also watched some HGTV this morning and have very big plans for the backyard, i am thinking a koi pond and outdoor fire place. We wont need any outdoor speaker system, we have our neighbors ethnic music. I have been doing pretty much nothing besides studying for my securities test lately and I can promise that it is going to get intense over here. I think that my test book is sucking my will to live. But I will pass this thing. I had a professor in college tell me that if I could visualize it, it could happen. I am picturing my bed made with clean sheets...Also Pat and I just started the biggest loser for our upcoming float trip. We need to look nice and trim for all the brochure covers we are going to make it on.

Ahh. Look at that, such a sight to behold. I had never been on a float trip until I started dating Patrick. I said I would never go on one because they were just not for me, I told people that I when I was a kid during the summer we would go to our cabin in Cuba, and my Parents would curse the floaters and say they littered and they were a nuisance... And I agreed. I would like to get in my time machine, go back to 1989, and tell them to shove it as I crack a beer, light up a cig and shove off. The 80's were prime floating. Fringe suits, way short dude jorts, Mullets and Mullays galore, rockin boom boxes, meat heads, Madonna chicks, mesh shirts and top siders. I would go back to the fifties for the clothes, the sixties for the empowering change, the seventies for the cool tunes, and the 80's to float.

2012

Well we are 30 minutes in and Woody Harelson just made his first appearance as the crazy homeless woodsmen. This is going to take a while...I guess I will write a little bit. I was trying to reflect a little bit about my first 28 years on the planet. I have learned a lot about myself. I have learned that family is not always blood, it is easier to please your self than other people, life is more fun when you sing it, having friends is one of my greatest accomplishments, my life is going to be full of smiles, it is easier to stand out than fit in, and when I drink a lot I dance and fall asleep.

I was walking home from work on Friday and came across a segway tour in front of Busch Stadium.. I thought it was really funny and took a picture and showed it to Pat. I checked FB today and Kelly had posted a picture of her and Skup on vacation on a segway tour. My friends crack me up. I wonder if any Washington D.C. locals were taking pictures of them and laughing? I would have beat them up. I am glad no one on the tour I came across had besties.

I keep getting all of these dog related cards for various occasions. Am I a crazy dog person? Just because I am constantly taking pictures of my dogs does not mean I am going to have them ironed on to my t shirts. But I will share them with the world. I mean people take a million pictures of the kids and no one calls them crazy baby people.

People let me tell you 'bout my Beesst Friend!

Unhappy St. Patricks day and other calamities

Boy was it tough dropping Patrick, Mike and Avery off on Wednesday. I don't think I will be able to do that one again until it is frowned upon that I drink, but I figured since I am trying to pass my securities test that it would be smart for me to use the time studying (and watching 9-4 all day they were doing travel shows in Ireland). I will admit that I teared up at Rick Steve's travels. Rick, I think you can retire, you will never have a better audience. Took cookie to the vet that day too and had to weave in and out of a green sea of beer on legs again got depressed about not being a boozy leprechaun. But I picked Pat up from the parade went to dinner and had a couple of beers, and woke up feeling amazing on Thursday..cant say the same for O.B.C.

Also am staring to celebrate birthday '10. I request that people sing "Birthday to you, Birthday to you, Birthday dear Kate, Birthday to you". This is a tough one to swallow, I know that people on the planet are older than me, but aren't you supposed to have things accomplished by the time you are 29? I don't feel like I am ready yet, I haven't even mastered typing with out looking at my fingers. Never the less it is upon me. I will hold my head up and walk into Tuesday a brave woman...but not before i buy wrinkle cream Monday night.

Boy this Pacific is loud and did I just glance up and see an arm and a head dismembered? I don't know how people watch this. I will have nightmares tonight, I can barely watch Law and Order SVW without a shake awake. I am a ninny. I couldn't even make it through Candy Man on Channel 11. If something bad is out there, I would just rather not know about it. I live in a mystical world where I ride a unicorn to work on the rainbow turnpike. I cant handle the news, even a co worker turning a corner gives me a good b movie scream. Here is my parting questions....when actors play dead, how do they not breath? or is it wax people doubles that they film for the dead parts? I have tried pretending to look dead and it is not easy...in my opinion, whoever played Bernie in Weekend at Bernie's should have won the Oscar that year.