In Search of Myself

The face of FOUR

Just a few pics of Jake on his 4th birthday.

This makes me happy

I may be a dork, but I don't care -- I've been waiting all summer for this!  Thanks for buying it for me, Lou!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUDDY!

Four years.  That's crazy.

Finally!

Lou just let me know the Sears repair guy has left, and our fridge is once again working.

One day last week, Lou woke up to find a wet kitchen floor and everything in the freezer melted . . . 'cause you know, that's a great way to start your day.  We lost SO much food -- especially frozen dinners I bring to work for lunch.  THAT SUCKS.  There were a few times last week when I had chocolate milk and Cheeto's for lunch (and no, that is NOT an approved meal on my diet, for those of you keeping track.)

Lou bought a mini-fridge to tide us over, since Sears sucked so bad they couldn't come until today.  We had to have something for milk for Jake.  So Lou's going to keep that little fridge upstairs in his "office" (computer playroom) now, which means during football season I might not see him at all anymore.

On the plus side, the fridge has been completely emptied and cleaned.  Gotta look at the bright side here.

Lost in the 50's tonight

ha ha ha . . . couldn't think of an original title for this post.

I've been working with a lot of pictures of my grandma . . . I need to scan some more, but some I already had on my computer . . . and once again I had a kit to use for a creative team so I made a page.

You know, I'll say this for creative teams -- it FORCES me to use pictures and make pages that otherwise I might not have gotten around to.  And every time, I sit back when I'm done and I love what I'm left with.  I like the motivation and the challenge and having a semi-deadline for it all.  And what I get in return is the free kit (which I don't REALLY need, I have SO many digi-kits!) . . . but the best part is I've made a page that I love.  And that's pretty awesome.

Grey's Anatomy, YouTube

For those of you who missed the new music video last night (with Season Three sneak peeks!!!!), here it is on YouTube:

The Fray Video -- "How to Save a Life"

WOW.  that's all I can say.  Just wow.

P.S. I totally got Priscilla hooked on Grey's Anatomy -- after A LOT of telling her over and over again over the last year that she needs to start watching it.  She was totally resistant, but these past few weeks she's started to get into it.  One of the reruns last night was the first episode of Season Two, and she called me, totally freaking out and said "THIS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!"  I almost fell off the couch laughing.  We bonded four years ago over "Friends" and were heart-broken when the show ended.  We finally found our new show.  Hooray!  LOL.

A trip down memory lane

So I was given a great digi-kit for a creative team the other day, and none of the pictures I've taken recently would have worked with it . . . so I dug into the "archives" from 2002 (ha ha) and found this picture.  It's amazing the pictures that don't stand out at you until years later -- I've never really even noticed this one all that much, but I saw it today and I was like "awwwwwww!!!!!"  LOL.

For Sue

Our good friend Sue recently commented about her daughter's hair, "I have absolutely no idea what to do with that wispy, long hair :)  She usually ends up looking like a crazy professor or has a charming comb-over."  So Sue, darling, here's that answer I promised you!

Hee hee -- doggies.

We were laughing SO hard when this happened.  Jake and I had bought some Famous Amos cookies for our Labor Day picnic (seriously . . . best cookies ever . . . ) and Jake asked mom to open them for him.  Well the dogs heard that bag rustlin', and it sounded just like their Beggin' Strips bag, and they were jumping all over her.  We had to send Jake off to get the treats for the dogs just so they'd leave her alone.  Having 3 pets is crazy!

Best. Friend. Ever.

So not only did Priscilla take my kid to his first day of school, she took a bunch of great pictures AND made me a scrapbook page!  It doesn't get any better than this, people.

Priscilla, you SO rock my world.