if you insist

i'm not usually one for a tag but i could use the distraction. i just did the topics i liked. here's the watered down version of this.

my name:


how old i am:


where i live:


where i was born:


where i went to college:


favorite food:


a past love:


my first job:


my favorite place:


do it if you want.

fall is in the air

and we all know what that means...it's epicurean palette time! tomorrow afternoon, i will eat until i can eat no more the grounds for sculpture in hamilton. this is what i look forward to most, seeing my soul mate once again.



don't worry, i've already begun starving myself.

i'm pretty much the funnest

i just got back from a two-fold trip to california.
fold one: surprise parents for 50th birthdays. check.



they had no idea any of us were coming. i think they were more excited that the grandkids were at their house, oh well. there were 17 of us for dinner and was it ever delicious! we went back to the house for cake with the kids. good times.

fold two: play hard with the nieces and nephews. check.



we went to ship. wreck. PARK!!! (according to bryce, that's how you have to say it, screaming the word park) we tried to go on friday, but aunt becca had no idea where she was going, so she stopped at the first park she saw! we had roxie with us and it was a blast. roxie insisted on wearing her corduroy suit and cowboy boots, which fell off everytime i took her out of the swings. we agreed that maybe cowboy boots weren't the best footwear option. she'll leave them at home next time. we finally made it to the "real ship. wreck. PARK!" on Tuesday and it was also loads of fun.



thanks to kim and cortney for letting me steal their kids and crash in living rooms. good times, good times.

she thinks I'M angry

my sister, cortney, thinks i have an "angry" blog. whatever that means. so i guess i'll just go with it...

WHY, in heaven's name do people not from california insist on calling it cali? no respectable person from california would ever dream of calling it cali. it does not make you sound cool OR californian.

so there.

4 years

well, should have been. it's hard to believe and it still blows, big time.

happy anniversary, d

true story

as i was walking to my front door with a ginormous armful of groceries tonight after a visit to the gym, a bunch of little girls run up to me and say:

"hey lady. do you want to buy some ice cold lemonade? wow, you look tired. i think you really need some."

yeah. no thanks, jerks.

he always was my favorite dwarf

that's how i felt today after my 3 day conference ended. all the planning, stressing, and early morning office arrivals were totally worth it because we totally rocked it. i think people were impressed. i still like (most of) my coworkers. everything went off without a hitch and now i need to sleep...for the next week.

good night.