America...I love that town

Happy 4th everyone!
I've had 5 days off in a row...doing NOTHING. It's a strange concept. I was supposed to be working for Reality Check Thursday and Friday but the event choices got changed so no workee for me! With all the changes at St. Vincents, my work schedule has changed as well. Laura was adamant that I have the weekend off since an entire weekend will shortly no longer be an option(Have I mentioned that I *AM* excited about my new boss?) and DP magically took my oncall for Sunday.
BFF wanted me to come up for the weekend (she's worried about me, bless her heart) - couldn't make it work.
HAH. I just realized again that I only have to work Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Wonder what I can get into. This month is going to FLY by. Hope I can make everything happen that I want to make happen this month.
Derby's on Saturday - WHO'S IN???

fabric on a stick!

Had family time today. Drove out to Walnut Creek, LM arranged to have Marvin bring Grandma to Saigon Bistro for lunch (I was supposed to be a surprise but Marvin accidentally blurted it out), had a fun lunch (and when isn't pho ga a good time?) with Grandma and said our goodbyes. BD, LM and I then took a detour to Frys (because EVERY day is FRY'S-day!), and had fun wandering the aisles. BD almost bought a new phone, a fancy-schmancy droid with the biggest screen possible (everyone weigh in now!) and then we wandered to a local fabric store with super cheap fabric, rolls and rolls EVERYWHERE!!!! LM got a $5 blanket and some fabric to make something. On the walk back to the car we discussed fabric on sticks and zen thought processes (up is down, in is out, etc.)

And then we went home. And if we weren't already having enough fun - I did laundry. Woot! And then I set up my mom's blog and taught her to use it. It was a little more exciting than I had hoped (love you LM!) and it got done. Even set up AND taught her to post from her cell.

Check it out folks:

http://bellofawakening.blogspot.com

If you need a little more serenity in your life - go there. Her goal is to post daily. Add her and encourage her.

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one of the awesomest things I've seen in awhile

Thanks Babalucas. As if I wasn't having enough fun at the movie you went & showed me this.

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Is this thing on?

So i just downloaded a Blogger app to my phone to aid in my quest to write SOMETHING everyday...plus i think if I can get the hang of this to the point i can blog with the ease of updating my Facebook...well, something funny might end up here. Guess we'll see!

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Catching up on November...

So Sister and Seth are home (S2 - HAH!). Went home and watched Half Blood Prince with them so they could prepare for the awesomeness that is Deathly Hallows Pt. 1. the fun came in explaining it to them AND especially to Little Mommie who has NO clue what's going on, bless her. At the end, they had questions I couldn't explain without wrecking the movies (Pt. 1 and 2). Sister simply responded "JULY? UGH." Hee hee.

So the 2 highlights of the midnight Harry Potter viewing were as follows:

1. Some random pack of kids acting something called Potter Puppeteers? didn't know what the crap was going on, but I enjoyed it all the same.
2. As Babalucas was
   

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Crips it's November already? Some random thoughts...

kinda embarassed for myself that I've not posted in awhile. Claire, you're my role model in all things bloggy - mayhaps a few tips to be more regular/consistent?

If anyone cares, I don't have regular access to a computer with internet so I'm going to have to work on the regular posting thing.

Work's about to get more exciting. Along with the usual nonsense, I have less than 2 weeks to our annual Thanksgiving Party where we invite all the kids' family. It's our opportunity to see them, for them to see us (and more importantly see we aren't the enemy) and for the kids to hopefully have some things to brag about. It's a LOT of work. I might need a vacation after that. I'll keep you posted.

Goodness, I gotta start watching Boardwalk Empire. It's pretty....WOW. I just walked into Timmay's apartment and have NO idea what's going on with the trainwreck I'm watching. YIKES.

Excited for my sister and Seth to come home for their Thanksgiving visit. Don't know how much time I'll have but I'm excited regardless.

If you're not already watching the second season of the LDX on Hulu...you're ridiculous. get with the program.

More as it occurs...

Weather Goddess, Wherefore Art Thou?

As I desert civilization, clearly the Weather Goddess has currently deserted me. Cuz as I left today with my dad and our friend Ken to hike the PCT (that'd be the Pacific Crest Trail for the uneducated. Here - http://www.trails.com/pacific-crest-trail.aspx Learn it, love it people!) it has been non-stop rain. Might even snow. This might be a little more "fun" than I originally signed up for...

So we drove all day to get to SoCal. Ended up in Warner Springs around 8-something, due to the icky weather, my mentors in all things PCT decided we were going indoors for the night (cuz let's face it, who the heck wants to pitch a tent in the rain at NIGHT if you don't have to?) and stopped at Warner Springs Ranch (http://www.warnersprings.com) for the night. THIS PLACE IS AWESOME! I might drive down here and hang out for a couple days just for the heck of it! We got our room, had a little free cheesey rice and lentils for dinner, then Daddoo and I headed to the lodge for free internet and Ken went to the Hot Springs.

Signing off now. Hopefully, there'll be more free internet in my future over the next 2 weeks so I can keep relaying my adventures!

And now my Kat is here too!

Kat got here last night. And Whistler was here for a hot minute too, he left this morning to actually get some studying done.

I went to work for a couple hours and when I got back Ubi, Kat and Whistler had gone to Love at First Bite in Albany and brought back cupcakes - YAY! Whistler left, we walked down the hill and around the neighborhood to get supplies for dinner. I also went and grabbed a slice of pizza (I thought one slice versus a stuffed burger was a better choice!). We had quiet time/reading time/Hulu time after that (caught up on Bones and Scrubs), then Kat made dinner:

• Chicken and broccoli alfredo with red chili noodles
• mushroom risotto

She also baked:

• Triple berry/white chocolate monkey bread
• funfetti cake

Good thing I'm not the fatty Ubi is when it comes to Kat's food.

Now we're watching True Blood. Bwahahahahahaha - they're both into it. And of ALL the things for Ubi to pick up on...the guy who plays Artie on Glee did a guest turn on True Blood.