Happy 30th Birthday, Freddie!

Freddie you've hunted and waited so patiently

For your birthday we are headed to the Florida Keys!

September 18th is when we'll leave.

You'll have the time off of work, I already asked Steve!

I'd like to thank the academy

The lovelyMMM nominated little old me for an award. Check out this sparkler..



ain't she purty?

So, now I'll share the love. Here we go.
1. I am a Joy
2.Pop Culture Yay
3.Emily
4.OG Mommy Runs
5.Things I Bought That I Love
6.Green Magsterpie
7.All Things Kimba

So here are the rules.
1. Put the logo on your blog-done
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you-already there
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Add links to those blogs on yours-look to the right
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs-okey dokey.

So, girls, go on and share the love. Or, don't! You could also just enjoy :)

another 15 minutes of fame

I was interviewed for the news last night. A reporter came up to me while I was at my running school. Actually she came up to my group and they nominated me (I think they think I'm the spunky youngster). I told the woman I would do it if she wasn't filming me while I was stretching (which she did anyway). Anyway, when we watched last night, I thought they just showed a coach, but today I got several e-mails on my phone from people saying my mom had forwarded "my video". It turns out, they aired more at 11 and then they posted an article and the video on the internet. I'm not going to post it here, but it's out there if you look hard enough. I'll give you a hint, it's on News 14 carolinas.

I'm not too worried about what I said. As my friends have pointed out, many individuals on the news are not very, shall we say, well spoken. I think I did alright. But, man, I didn't realize my accent and facial expressions were so over the top and I could have gone without that close up on the calves.

PS-Julie from OG Runs is on there too. You can just see her water bottles and shoes, but they're pretty cute!

Navy Gravy

Old Navy has their adult sized jeans on sale for $12 tomorrow. I think kid's are $10. I went today to try on a few pairs and hide them. Yes! I was going to hide them because you know it's going to be a mad house. However, one of the nice clerks told me that I could just buy them (up to 3 pairs) and do a price adjustment tomorrow. Of course, while I was picking some out for the man, I accosted a young man who was choosing some to make sure he knew about the sale. He said, Oh I don't work here. I said, oh now I wasn't asking you if they were going to be $12 tomorrow. I was telling you. And then he was probably telling his friend that I'm crazy.

9/02

one, OH my goodness! It starts on September 2! I cannot wait!

Lots of shows start back up the first week of August. DVR you better get ready!

M5/CC

I hadn't been to a concert in forever until a couple of weeks ago. I joined some of my girlfriends for the Maroon 5/Counting Crows concert in Charlotte. It was so fun. Apparently CC decided that they wouldn't play the same song twice while on this tour, so I was really glad that we got to hear Accidentally In Love and Rain King and Maroon 5 played all their best songs. Poor old Adam Duritz had some kind of sprained ankle and had to use a cane, but he still put on a good show.

it's a family affair

My grandmother and aunt came to visit for a week last month. We had a great time. We headed down to SC for a little time on the beach and enjoyed some fun around here too. (That's when I slashed my foot playing putt putt).
Can you see the double rainbow?

Figure 8 is great

My husband's family goes to the beach together every year. Actually, last year we missed the trip because of our wedding and a cousin's high school graduation, so this year we were back with a vengeance. This year was especially important because my husband's grandmother was diagnosed with pretty serious cancer in February. We weren't sure if she'd make it to this trip and she is the matriarch of this amazing family. She's been rocking babies on the porch for 30 years.

We go to Figure 8 island. It's a private beach just north of Wilmington, NC. If you're not from NC you probably haven't heard of Wilmington, but it's actually making it to the big time...it was the filming location for Dawson's Creek and is now the filming location for One Tree Hill. Katie Holmes once described her home on Wrightsville Beach, just off of Wilmington, as a quaint little fishing village. Not so much, Katie, but thanks for trying. They originally started going when my husband's uncle owned a house there, but he lost it in a divorce, so now we rent. Good times, anyway. :)

We have quite a crowd. My husband's father is one of six children. Pretty amazing side story actually. My father in law is the oldest and had 2 little brothers when his mother died. Grandma Dot raised those three little boys and then had three more and then her husband died. She's amazing. Anyway, those 6 kids then had 15 children and those 15 have had 8 more and at some point all 29 of them are there, plus their spouses...and the pre-teen usually bring a friend. It's crazy but I love it.

I wanna play

How come everyone has gone private? I don't have a google reader yet, so I have to resort to spending hours on the computer whenever I realize that it's been a while since I caught up on my blogs. But, it seems that every time I come back, someone else has gone private. So, here is my plea to More, More, More and In The Life of Five Year Olds. May I please join the party?

Another dilemma about people going private is that if you miss the bus, you have no way of letting them know...because they're private. So if you have a link to the cool crowd, think you could score me an invite?

all together now...awwww

I work with a 6 year old little boy with something called SMS. Our primary goal is to get him functioning independently in society. He has very delayed speech and, in fact, just started talking this fall. He still speaks in short sentences and often says things like me instead of I. Just like most other kids who are just learning to speak. Anyway, today we were working on some of the finer points of grammar.

G-Look, manda, motorcycle.

Me-Yeah, buddy. Good eyes.

G-Just one peoples.

Me-Just one PERSON.

G-One person, not two persons?

Me-Nope, not two PEOPLE. That's a tricky one because it changes. What am I?

G-One person.

Me-And what are we?

G-Friends.

Me-You're exactly right.

criminal

I almost hit a little boy today. I was pulling in the back entrance of the library, the one by the police station, and a little boy darted out on his bicycle from between the police cars. Fortunately, I was going slow and I spotted him about 4 feet before we would have made contact. At first, I could see him mouthing something and his face looked mad. I thought, surely, that little boy did not pull out in front of my car and then sass me, so I rolled down my window (Dear God, who am I turning into?) Then, I heard him say I'm sorry, I'm sorry, and realized that he was really scared. I didn't know what to say and didn't want to scare him any more, so I just said, be careful.

I freak out at the possibility of hitting an animal. (The one time I actually hit, though she ran off so I don't think I killed, a deer, about ended my driving career.) I can't imagine what it would do to me to hit a child. It really shook me up. As I think back on it, I can't help but wonder where that child's parent was. He couldn't have been more than 8 or 9.

stalker

I admit it. I've been dying for the pics of little Vivienne and Knox and I got my fix on Sunday when I spotted an AOL update with the People coverage. I even convinced Freddie to let me buy it so that we could get the points toward our Harris Teeter VIC rewards stuff, but sure enough, they didn't have it! All they had were old editions. Come on HT and People, step up!

because I am up all by myself working on my resume and I am really over it and afraid it's not going to help me find a better job anyway

here are some funny pics of my little companion....okay, so I am not all by myself.

wildcats on the prowl

I'm watching High School Musical 3: Get In the Picture and the kids all have to sing in a trio. One group has to sing Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" and I keep thinking how much I love that song. good stuff. I'm also reminded that up until about a year ago I was pretty sure he was singing "And no monsters could have been in e clibert" instead of "and no message could have been any clearer." Sure, my version doesn't make a lot of sense, but Michael was pretty profound and I'm kinda dumb. :)

My friend Maggie thought Rusted Root was talking about Simeon the Whale instead of send me on my way.

Good times.

cause band aid's stuck on me

I was on the patio at Panera waiting for a friend when a man asked me if I had any children. He was holding a small baby and because I am naturally paranoid, I thought I had done something to annoy him and this was his way of reminding me that we don't do that particular thing around children, but anyway, I answered....

Me-No

Him-Oh your foot gave you away (then I realized that I was wearing three bandaids, but on a side note, did it actually give me a way if I don't actually have children?)

Me-Oh, no, I'm just whimsical (by the way, I know that was a really stupid answer, and I don't know where that came from, but again I digress). I just don't think kids are the only ones who should have fun, plus they're much cuter than those ugly brown bandaids.

So, do you think he was talking about my Hello Kitty Bandaids?

Am I the only person who doesn't have kids who hates to wear brown band aids? Even worse are the clear ones. I figure you can see them either way, so you might as well make a statement.

We currently have Hello Kitty, Princesses, and Madagascar band aids.