1 of 2: 40th Birthday Celebrations

Oh my gosh! My mom and daughters spoiled me today. First of all, I snuck downstairs and slept on the couch in our torn up basement (while my husband and dad rewired the cable line through another part of the basement wall). While I was sleeping my ham, mashed potato, corn, and crescent roll dinner was being made by them. :) I was in total HEAVEN!!

Then we watched Jeff Dunham video. He is so freaking funny!!! You have to watch this clip on Youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNse8RDSxs This video is 9 minutes long but it is worth the wait and the watch. :)

Then we had cake to celebrate my birthday. Usually I don't like cake but this is homemade cake and LOVE IT. Look how my mom did the 40

. She did it with the sprinkles. LOVE IT!!!

Then I got to open up an elegantly wrapped gift that went up to my hip. It was freakin' tall. I opened it and got a kick ass telescope. I am such a geek and am looking forward to looking at the moon and stars. You see all the moon photos I have...now I get to see it up close. Now for a clear night. :) Anyone want to join me?

The 2 of 2 birthday celebration will take place on my acutal birthday of December 3! :)

Thanksgiving Eve

I am sure most of you probably had to do some cleaning up today/tonight before cooking tomorrow. I, too, had to some cleaning. Where do I begin? Oh...the piles and piles (more like dust bunny size) of dog hairs. It is amazing how much dog hair there is on our hardwood floors and kitchen lynoleum. I had to swiffer the dog hair first, then vacuum the dirt the dogs bring in, and then mop the floors. UGH!!!

This is culprit to most of the mess. Misty LOVES the outdoors and will get wet and dirty. I even clean her paws off before she is allowed up stairs and she still manages to bring a load of dirt with her. She reminds me of Pigpen from the Peanuts Cartoon.

92.5 House Party 2007

WAHOOO!!! What a fun night. It is 6:16 p.m. the next day and am finally awake enough to begin my math homework. I went with my best-friend Tabitha with whom I also get the pleasure of working with @ Kent-Meridian High School.

I took a BUTT load of 1 to 2 minute video clips of the performers. I am going to figure out a way to compile all the videos together to make on long video. The performers were Coolio( http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=491EFABAB1664AE4 ) , Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock, Naughty by Nature with Special Guest: Toni! Tony! Tone! Candyman made an appearance. He had that one hit wonder Knockin Boots. Oh...Ty Barnette from Last Comic Standing made an appearance as well.

But here are a couple photos from the night. :)


These are 2 dudes that we got talking to outside the Paramount Theater. We all sort of just hung out together. They were sitting behind us during the concert.

New Car for 40th Birthday

With my 40th Birthday coming up (Dec. 3rd) Tom bought me a car. :) There is a long story about why I picked out a Volkwagen Jetta.

There have been 2 cars that I have wanted for a long, long, long time. They are the Honda Prelude and the Volkwagen Jetta. Both cars were first introduced to me by two of my good friends back in the late 80's.

I had wanted a Prelude for so long that nothing else mattered but the time was never right for me until recently. However, Honda is no longer making Preludes which then defaulted to my next choice for a new car. JETTA!!! I test drove a Wolvesburg Edition with manual transmission and fell in love with it but didn't buy it right away. It wasn't until the next day. LOL
The salesmen let me drive my car out of the showroom. It was so much fun to acutally drive it outside for them to fill up the tank, clean the windows, etc. :)