This October was super-great and event packed. I loved it! ("I love it, love it, love it!") It had me exhausted and crashing at 9:30 but it was so worth it.

Off the hinge, Angelina said something like, "Wouldn't it be cool if we had a party for Jake's birthday?" I actually thought it was a good  idea -plus I knew planning something like this would ( Read more... )

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I love Dr. S; he's young and good looking and washes the blood out of my hair while I'm unconscious.

On Wednesday, I went in for my routine bi-weekly checkup, and ended up getting scheduled for a semi-emergency operation for Friday. I saw all the same people at South Miami that I saw last month- and for months to come. I asked if they remembered me ( Read more... )

It’s been pretty cloudy and rainy lately, so I’ve been listening to a lot of Sublime, Liz Phair, and Michael Jackson.

Sunday morning I tried on bridesmaid dresses - along with two of my fellow bridesmaids - for Samantha’s wedding. Slam dunks throughout. It was a lot of fun. Sam is the sweetest person on planet Earth.
While we were heading out, ( Read more... )

( I’m a mommy! I think it’s a boy )

( together they are the size of two tennis balls )

If you want blood, you got it. and if you want the truth, Jan Johnson, you got that too:

Chuck Close attributes certain circumstances and interests in his childhood as to being pivotal experiences, which led him to being an artist. Thoughtfully consider anything from your own childhood, which has obviously pointed you toward your vocational goals ( Read more... )

My cousin Christy had her baby on the 15th. It’s a baby girl named Janessa.

On Valentines Day Meghan and Aaran accompanied me to a late-night viewing of the romantic/comedy When A Stranger Calls. The movie was so in theme with Valentines ! Although via phone, the stranger proclaims his love for the girl with a line of poetry, ( “I want your blood…all over me )

When Aaran and I said we were going to be following Liz Phair, it accidentally became very literal. On our drive up to Orlando, I saw a tour bus that looked like Liz’s from the night before. We drove around and then pulled up ahead and we could see Liz sitting up front with her son. Fast and frantically, I made a sign out of the paper that had our ( Read more... )

Aaran and I went to go see Liz Phair tonight. We were right up front and my neck still hurts from leaning my head back. Still, the physical pain can stay on the backburner because the show was amazing. I was surprised by how many old songs she played, because I honestly don’t know any of the new. It was a lot of fun, and both Aaran and I were in a ( Read more... )