makin' me smile...

*Reading a client’s last name (Gooden) and then saying it out loud like Jenny W.

*Learning that the weather for this weekend is going to be beautiful and not having anything planned. It’s going to be great!

*Eye candy in my photography class. *ahem*

*Looking at recent snapshots of both my niece and my nephew.

*A phone call from a friend this morning to tell me “I just called to say I love you”.

*My dad doing something incredibly nice for me and being thoughtful.

oh my, the excitement!

Tonight is the first night of my new photography class and I am super excited. Only 5 1/2 hours to go. :-)

and to some friends: thanks for letting me be myself and thanks for doing the "egg" thing. We are all so different, aren't we? I love it.

frustrated with myself

Something happened today and left me feeling seriously disappointed. I don't even know why I do this to myself. I let my thoughts/emotions run wild and then end up hurt or disappointed most of the time.

Almost doesn't even count in baseball...

It's the bottom of the eighth inning and we've been talking the entire game about how we'd like to catch a foul ball. We're in good seats for this sort of thing, right off the third base line and high enough to catch one if it has some air to it. Here we are, father and daughter, chatting about some random thing and all of a sudden and ball comes our direction but we don't even notice it until it's midway and I assume it's going for the section below us. "Go figure." (my niece's new phrase) I'm two feet from the ball, my dad is up and trying to get over me without falling to grab it and I have barely just noticed. You know the parts in some movies where everything is moving slow motion, it felt a bit like that. I couldn't think quick enough to keep up with what was actually taking place. I was still sitting on my ass when the guy two rows in front of us managed to jump over the seat and grab the ball. Now that's a serious letdown. Fifty years and my dad's never caught a foul ball and tonight was his chance and it didn't happen. It sucks. There's always hope for next season, right? Right.

Final score Reds 3, Phillies 2.

Happy Autumnal Equinox!

Let the "First Frost" parties begin. ;-)

:-) sweet.

On the cover, baby!

http://www.cinweekly.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050921/COV/509210317/1076

will someone PLEASE teach me how to link correctly. I tried it with the way that I used to do it and it apparently doesn't work any longer. GRRR.

more...

me: “Grandma’s going to Somerset this weekend, right?”
mom: “She’s supposed to.”
me: “Do you think she’ll take that Pampered Chef stuff down there?”
mom: “Yeah, probably. Beth’s coming up here tomorrow.”
me: “Why is Aunt B coming up?”
mom: “She’s going with Grandma to the doctor.”
me: “Why does Grandma have to go to the doctor?”
mom: “She has to go to the Cardiologist. She has some blockage…”
me: “MOM! Why don’t you tell me these things?” (I talk to her at least every other day if not every day and she still fails to mention stuff like this…Not the best of responses on my part, I know…)
mom: “Sorry, honey. I guess I thought I had.”

worried

These are rather scary and uncertain times for a very close friend of mine. I don't like it. I don't like not being able to make things better. I don't like not being able to see her. I don't like not knowing what is going to happen.

Plus, my mom has some strange medical things going on too. I'm sitting here, thinking about these two people that I love dearly, and that if something were to happen to either of them...I can't even imagine.

nice

This past extended weekend that began on thursday evening was spent with Tim and occcasionally a few of his friends. After a bit of a rocky start we ended up having a great time together and kept things between us the way a friendship should be. There is a lot more I'd like to say but I don't have time to go into all the details. All in all, it was really nice.

I love being an aunt!

I watched Scott for a few hours last night (it was a very late night and too early of a morning...) and had so much fun with him. I love his little giggle. :-)

Last weekend MaKayla followed me around my dad's all afternoon. It was so cute. I can hardly wait to see her again.

tick, tock

After having been yelled at by an unfriendly rep this morning over something I gave someone else to follow up on over two months ago the time cannot go fast enough. This weekend better be low stress and fun-filled.

yes, yes i can...

I CAN have a platonic relationship with a boy. Must keep saying this.

Rich, I caught the first couple of posts on your blog and thought that the little cartoon was hilarious! :-)

Class #2

Last week I signed up for my second photography class. I'm super excited! At least there is one thing to look forward to every week.

I'm in the processing of getting the second blog up and running. Once I do, I'll probably send a link via email. If you're interested and you don't receive a link in the next few weeks feel free to email me to see if blog numero dos is actually happening.

ow.

Yesterday I decided I wanted to rearrange my livng room. No big deal, I thought. Well, apparently the bookcase was, in fact, to heavy for me to carry with the shelves still intact. My arms are seriously sore today and not just the sore that you might feel after a really good workout, more like the this is gonna take a few days until it feels better kinda sore.

my crystal ball

I still have a day and a half til the weekend arrives but I get to spend some quality time with some girlfriends from high school...without their boys, just girl time. :-)

Plus, I see a visit to half price books in my future. Any sugguestions on what to pick up or anyone want to join me? It'll be fun...or your money back. wait..I mean or I'll buy ice cream.

one foot forward

I've decided that I'm tired of being stuck in this place and have decided to finally do something about it.

Also, someday in the near future I will be starting a new blog, one with a less obvious connection to my name. I've tried to type an explanation for this about 10 times and I have one, I just can't put it into words. So, if you're really interested let me know and I'll share it with you.

meow

When I came home from work the other night I saw a small cat and a little bitty kitten. The kitten was so freakin’ cute with its white and grey fluffy fur. I talked to my landlord last night and mentioned it and she said there are actually two kittens and a small Mama cat and she said I could keep one if I wanted.

I want one, I really do, but at the moment I’m having a hard enough time taking care of myself. I took the trash out last night and as I lifted the garbage can lid from the ground both of the kittens went scurrying. I didn’t think I’d be contemplating keeping a kitten but there is a very slim chance that I’ll be able to have a puppy/dog anytime soon and a cat is probably the next best choice (fish aren’t so affectionate somehow).

On the other hand, I remember my dog/cat sitting experiences from last summer and distinctly remember thinking that it was more time consuming than I anticipated. This weekend I’ll be taking care of my landlord’s two cats and the Gregory’s oh-so-loveable bulldog and it should give me a quick dose of reality.

In the meantime, does anyone want a kitten? :-)

test.

good enough for now.

so, a few updates have been made and at the moment I'm okay with it. It isn't what I want but it'll do until I have more time to play on the computer. :-)

Happy September!!

Starting off the month with a morning in court is not my idea of a pleasant time. Thankfully, it is over and turned out well. I told Ayesha that if I was a smoker I would be puffing away. If I was a drinker....(work's Happy Hour is tomorrow night-hmmm)