Everyone loves a prequel

So I was perusing one of my fav sites, when i came across a post on their blog listing 17 prequals to some broadway musicals....I love it..people are brilliant. I wish my brain worked like this.

17 Fabulous Prequels To Broadway Musicals

1. Kate, We Haven’t Been Introduced
2. Bar Mitzvah of La Mancha
3. Sand And Primer Your Wagon
4. A Chorus Dot
5. Fiddler Borrows A Ladder
6. Little Business Plan of Horrors
7. A Star's Mom Allows A Handsome Stranger To Buy Her A Drink
8. Indian Territory!
9. The Guy Who Is A Little Intense But Keeps To Himself And Isn’t Really Bothering Anyone Of The Opera
10. Annie There’s A Waiting Period
11. Kittens
12. Brand New Acquaintance Joey
13. Handshake Of The Spider Woman
14. Jesus Christ Waiter
15. Starlight Right-of-Way Allocation And Environmental Impact Study
16. Vocal Warm-ups On A Cloudy Day
17. West Side Backstory

Why am I annoyed?...

It's Friday night....

Here I sit in my new living room.....

I am entering the last week of classes of my Grad school career...

I'm sitting on the couch pounding away at 1 of 7 projects due next week.....

Emeril came on TV...

I don't really care for Emeril....

I'm putting up with it...

I'm too lazy to get up to get the remote to change it....

He just put garlic into the pan....

The audience exploded with applause, whistling and general craziness....

What did i miss?

I'm still sitting here...

He's cooking his second dish of the night...

He has mentioned garlic 4 times...

The audience exploded with excitement...

EVERY...

SINGLE...

TIME...

I don't know why i'm so annoyed by these people's reaction to the garlic....

Hold on...

Let's perform an experiement...

OREGANO!

Did you pee yourself with excitment?

Stupid remote across the room......

Early x-mas fun

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Fall!!!!!!!

YAY! FALL! i love me some fall...i'm not sure if that is clear here.

Anywho, Sarah is in from the good old Dela-where, and we did some classic fall activities. We went camping the weekend of my bird-turd, and had some classic fun. I shall walk you through the photos.....

Simba loves a good trip to the cabin

Sarah and I also love a good trip to the cabin...this is our sexy hiking pose

Dan getting fancy with the camera

Quita looking fancy in front of Dan's grama's cabin in Alleghany

Dan let Sarah and i take turns splitting fire wood, old school style...Sarah got a little attached to the wood she split....

I didn't end up with a hole in my lip don't worry....

This is my sassy slice of wood

Dan let Sarah work on some target practice

A nice night by the fire....with only ouor second class of wine

Let's skip to Dan's 965th drink and when he found the caution tape

Sarah trying to perfect her s'more and make everything melty

Skip to Katie and Sarah's 544th drink and "walk like an egyptian" came on the radio and let the dancing commence

Still egyptian-ing

My special bird-turd cake....make with Diet Coke....SOOOO GOOD!!!!!

BLOW!

We returned to b-lo with some fabulous pumpkins from pumpkinville and i was a little punchy....please hold back your surprise

Pre-carved pumpkins

Post-carved pumpkins....Sarah did the horse, I did the sea turtle and Dan has the SCARYYYYY wolf face

This was a completely sober activity....tell me he is not the cutest piggy dog you have ever seen!

Ok kids thats it...Happy Fall!!!!! Can't wait til next year!!!! Turkey day here i come!

Anything Lou can do i can do better....

So as mikey described, Lou challenged my skills, so here it is loobers i hope i can keep my lebeshian title afloat!

I can do 50....."I'M 50!!!"

I think i even beat mikey....hmmmm...not sure this is a good thing

Automotive
1. Handle a blowout
2. Drive in snow
3. Check trouble codes
4. Replace fan belt
5. Wax a car
6. Conquer an off-road obstacle
7. Use a stick welder
8. Hitch up a trailer
9. Jump start a car

Handling Emergencies
10. Perform the Heimlich
11. Reverse hypothermia
12. Perform hands-only CPR
13. Escape a sinking car

Home
14. Carve a turkey
15. Use a sewing machine
16. Put out a fire
17. Home brew beer
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric
19. Move heavy stuff
20. Grow food
21. Read an electric meter
22. Shovel the right way
23. Solder wire
24. Tape drywall
25. Split firewood
26. Replace a faucet washer
27. Mix concrete
28. Paint a straight line
29. Use a French knife
30. Prune bushes and small trees
31. Iron a shirt
32. Fix a toilet tank flapper
33. Change a single-pole switch
34. Fell a tree
35. Replace a broken windowpane
36. Set up a ladder, safely
37. Fix a faucet cartridge
38. Sweat copper tubing
39. Change a diaper
40. Grill with charcoal
41. Sew a button on a shirt
42. Fold a flag

Medical
43. Treat frostbite
44. Treat a burn
45. Help a seizure victim
46. Treat a snakebite
47. Remove a tick

Military Know-How
48. Shine shoes
49. Make a drum-tight bed
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup

Outdoors
51. Run rapids in a canoe
52. Hang food in the wild
53. Skipper a boat
54. Shoot straight
55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike
56. Escape a rip current

Primitive Skills
57. Build a fire in the wilderness
58. Build a shelter
59. Find potable water

Surviving Extremes
60. Floods
61. Tornados
62. Cold
63. Heat
64. Lightning

Teach Your Kids
65. Cast a line
66. Lend a hand
67. Change a tire
68. Throw a spiral
69. Fly a stunt kite
70. Drive a stick shift
71. Parallel park
72. Tie a bowline
73. Tie a necktie
74. Whittle
75. Ride a bike

Technology
76. Install a graphics card
77. Take the perfect portrait
78. Calibrate HDTV settings
79. Shoot a home movie
80. Ditch your hard drive

Holy-get-your-tissues-batman

What a cool video...and the song is one of my all-time favorites....

I promise to stop...right after this...:)

SOOOO i'm getting married, i'm not sure if i mentioned that yet....I'm a dork and I made one of these just to keep all 5 of you who read my blog updated, if you so choose to be updated. :) Ok i promise to get back to my entertaining and ridiculously pointless blogs ASAP. Cut a girl some slack, just started fall semester....taking 20 credits. WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Somebody's gettin' Married!!

I'm a little late on the posting of the engagment but it's a long one. I just wanted to make sure I got it right. :)

Ready.......GO!!!!

We were on vacation in Marble Head Ohio with Dan's family. On our first day there, Dan started the day off with a nice boat ride, we went and got a couples massage and were going to round out the evening with dinner at one of the local wineries. You would think after all this goodness I would have a clue. Nope...not even one.

We had dinner reservations at the winery 4pm (also should have been a clue, what are we 80 eating at 4pm?). We arrived at ten minutes to 4. Dan "decides" we should do wine tasting before dinner. Wine tasting in a matter of 10 minutes is not my idea of wine tasting but i humor him and go a long with the decision. Did i mention i was starving, because i was saving myself for a nice 4pm meal. We wine tasted in record speed. Why? #1 We had dinner reservations in 10 minutes, #2 I hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast and full blown wine tasting would have made me a stumbling moron and #3 I-was-STARVING!

I moved along the tasting and got us all wrapped up and ready to go in time for our dinner reservation. I decided i liked 3 of the wines we tasted and purchased them. The nice man behind the desk told me i couldn't take my bottles into the dining room. Merrrrrrr....fine. I moved things right a long and grabbed Dan's keys and took the wine out to the car.

Meanwhile.....Dan and John (guy who worked there) took this opportunity to run down to the wine cellar and set up the champagne and video camera for the proposal.

I return to the restaurant lobby to find Dan and John coming out from the staff only area...clue #2 i failed to pick up on. John proceeds to tell me that our table was not ready yet and if we were interested we could go on a short wine tour. Cue me looking into their dining room and seeing every...single....table....OPEN. At this point I am not thinking that this is a shady situation...i was thinking....THERE IS NO ONE IN THERE WHY CAN'T WE EAT NOW. I am one classy broad who apparently can think of nothing else but food. Awsome.

Needless to say I agreed to the tour. John led us into the kitchen past the staff bathrooms and down a sketchy set of basement stairs. Where in God's name are we GOING! John leads us into a storage room...a STORAGE room...and claims he forgot his "tour script". Again...i'm still not seeing the shadiness...i'm just annoyed we now have to wait longer to eat. (i think i need a support group) :)

Dan and I wander into the next room, which by the way is beautiful. It is a huge room with stone walls and an incredible stone ceiling. The lighting was low and romantic and guess what I still didn't get it. I wandered over to what looked to be a well in the ground with pretty lighting around it. I look down and there are amazing racks full of ancient wine bottles. Very cool. I was completely oblivious to the table 6 ft from me with champagne, candles and champagne flutes. OBLIVIOUS. Dan clearly had enough of me being oblivous and pointed out the table to me. I did not give it a second thought and assumed it was set up for an event later or was just part of the tour. Dan requests I take a closer look at the table. I humor him....and my eyes stumble upon the champagne flutes....

There it was plain as day, "Katie and Dan - August 3, 2008"

**Click**

In my confused daze i turn to Dan who is already on his knee reaching for the ring in his pocket. I remember looking at him and i remember him trying to put the ring on my finger, but i heard not a word he said....that voice in my head again. "HE'S ASKING YOU TO MARRY HIM!!!!!" The best part...Dan doesn't remember what he said either. I do remember saying yes, and i remember chugging the glass of champagne Dan handed me. I cried my face off and cursed Dan when he told me he was getting it all on film. We ventured up to the dining room and guess what....i wasn't hungry anymore. :)

Here's the video if you choose to see my obliviousness and my blubbering. WEE!!!
Feel free to fast forward the empty room from 1:45-3:40. It was a very echoy room so you can't really hear too much but there are a few choice things you can hear. Fun stuff!!!



PS....Dan has been planning this since Februrary. He may or may not be my favorite person. :)

Because i can't wait til i get home on sunday...

Dan proposed.....

and

I

SAID

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are currently on vacation and won't be back til next week...stay tuned for the full story!

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! :)

Just cause...

cause i don't think i've posted pics of us before....shame on me!

schmoo

Happy Two SCHMOOO!!!!!!

Who doesn't need it?!

Need HELP? Are you BORED?

I've got just the thing...

i don't know how i find this shit!

Working is haaaard....

We take oil spills very seriously...NO FUN!!!!! :)

It's going to be a long week

I have a long week ahead of me....this is going to be me everyday....

PS i love these guys...they are hilarious.

spelling bee champ

When i was in 8th grade i qulified to be in the school spelling bee. Wanna know what word i got out on..."monsoon". I never said i was all that bright...i again have displayed my efficiency for spelling. I paid Annie for one of our split utilities...merrrrr.


"Me fail English? That's unpossible!"

"Petaling" for a Purpose

Ok so no Dan will not be putting on a tutu and carrying a little wand but he WILL be Riding for Roswell on June 28th. He and a few of his family members will be riding for an incredible cause. AND yes i wrote "petaling", their logo is a bike with a big flowers where the spokes go with a name of someone who has fought for their life on each "petal", pretty cool. Check out his blog and his "Petaling for a Purpose" page and throw him a few bucks if you can...it will be well worth it...i promise!!!!

Summer is soooo close!

Maybe it'll get higher than 70 soon...I think it has to be in order to legally enter the month of June. :)

i spoke too soon

I finished the spring semester with a 4.0, and damn i was excited. Excited to be done with the semester from hell, excited to have done well, excited to start a much calmer summer. This summer i will only be taking 4 classes over the course of two sessions. 2 in the first session and 2 in the second which is a huge break from the 7 i took in the spring semester. I knew it was going to be a little bit of juggling with work and school but i wasn't worried..i have been through much worse.

Well.....i had my first class today. For tomorrow i have to read 100 pgs and do a 5 page paper.

Summer was nice while it lasted. :)

Happy Schmoo-ughts

Thinking of schmoo today...she is a little under the weather. She's a trooper though!!!

Mike and i are trying to teach maeve how cool it is to stick things in your nose....she's getting there but we haven't quite mastered it yet.

We started small with spoons....

We are shooting for excellence here!!

Little ones!!!

Tis the season to be pregnant apparently!! This is one of many well wishes i will be sending over the next couple of months, but i must say this one is an adorable one. Dan's sister and her husband had their first baby on saturday morning. Karah Grace is b-e-a-utiful and doing well. Check out some more adorable pics of baby and mom over on Dan's site and stay tuned for more to come for sure. There are a lot of babies on the way!!!!!!! I can't wait!! :)

Welcome Karah!

Congrats Kelly and Mike...you done good!!!!!!!

Waiting....

I'm hanging out at Millard Gates today while Dan has his surgery. Back surgery that is. I don't envy him one bit, but my stay here at the hospital has been made a little nicer when i turned on my laptop (cause why would i leave home without it) and found Gates has free wifi. God bless America i say. So here i sit. I will give a healthy update when all is said and done. Peace out kiddies. Maybe i'll take a nap since we had to be here at 6am. Merrrrrrrrrrrr.

"Happiness is Lake Erie"

I was so productive recently i can't even stand it. I live in an incredible that is ENORMOUS in size with exception of the bedrooms and i have A LOT of stuff. Needless to say i have a lot of things to fit in a little room. This past week i have had enough. I moved my bedroom furniture around to be alittle more space conscious. That helped. Then i decided i needed to also clean out my closet and dressers. I had a VERY hard time deciding what to get rid of..but i knew i HAD to get rid of something. I made up some criteria.

Throw away/give to goodwill if:

- it has not been worn in over a year

- i realisitcally will not fit into it again

- there are holes in it

- If it belonged to someone else i would make fun of them

So given those criteria, i filled 5 garbage bags to the brim and another bag with 11 pairs of shoes. 'Funnily' enough the point of this post was not to discuss the amount of crap clothes i got rid of. It was supposed to be about the incredibely hard decision i had to make today.

I was faced with getting rid of some of my favorite funny t-shirts. It was time to say goodbye to the oldies and make room for some hilarious new ones that i have aquired.

So please.....a moment of silence for:

"Ewe's not fat, ewe's fluffy"

"Happiness is Lake Erie"

"Somebirdy loves you"

"Diet Coke; because i love it, not because i need it"

And some of the newbies I have welcomed:

"in case of an emergency, breakdance"

"Sublimi'mawesomeinal"

"Haikus are easy;sometimes the don't make sense;refridgerator"

"Let's hug it out"

Soooo there you have it...change is good right? right. Tomorrow i will say my final goodbye when i drop everything off at the Goodwill. So if you see someone around with a worn green shirt that says "Happiness is Lake Erie" think of me...and if your ballsy ask them where they got it. :)

TV topics

I love TV. I love everything about TV. There are not many shows on that i cannot watch. I do not descriminate between the scripted and nonscripted varieties. They both have their ups and downs. I would keep you all here for days and days and days if i listed all of the shows that tickled my interest. There are far too many. Instead i am going to show you how my all time favorite show relates to my life. "Friends" by far is my all time favorite show. I have seen every episode at least 3 times. It is one of those shows that i may or may not know most of the dialogue for. I use annoying lines from the show often that people don't understand. I am THAT girl. See below for just a snipit of how this tv show relates to my life. If you do not know me that well you will now know something that i feel very strongly about. Enjoy!!!

See you all tomorrow for my last bopofomofosho post...WEEEEE!!!!!

All about me....as it should be!

Me me and more me....what would you like to know about me....

I....
...always need my toes painted
...drink 32oz of crystal light decaffinated icetea a day
...want more than anything in life to be a size 8
...cannot survive without my computer, it travels everywhere with me
...have really bad anxiety
...love birds...broken ones...that need help
...am an impulsive buyer
...want 900 kids and other people to take care of them
...hate gum
...wish i had more time to read
...watched the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Beverly Hills 90210
...bite my nails
...play with my nose alot
...would sing and dance all the live long day if i could
...surprisingly miss DE
...don't like to get drunk
...can say no to anything but food
...wish animals were deaf and needed me to sign to them
...love to smile
...have 26 pairs of heels that are over 3 inches
...make a mean scrambled egg and mashed potato
...will pick carrots out of ANYTHING
...hate talking to people on the phone unless it's important information or something funny
...had an indian name in highschool "growing of hair" I had eyebrows for days
...cannot wear socks to bed

Things you never wanted to know...

What is your favorite word? I've had to watch my mouth lately with all this teaching business, what frequents my mouth most these days is "Holy crap on a stick batman". yep.

What is your least favorite word? Hands down....Underpants. I can't talk about it anymore.

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? This list could be endless. In short...... Creatively: a beautiful voice. Spiritually: Faith. Emotionally: Knowing i have the most incredible support system anyone could ever ask for.

What turns you off? Stupidity

What sound or noise do you love? Turning off the light before bed.

What sound or noise do you hate? My alarmclock

What profession other than your own would you attempt? I would give my life to be a fill-time performer/singer. Dream a little dream.

What profession would you not like to do? Anything having to do with math or numbers in general.

What is your favorite curse word? Nothing quite gives the emphasis the f* word gives.

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say whn you arrived at the Pearly Gates? Did you HAVE to take your shoes off in church at Lisa's wedding...seriously?

Bufblopofo poll

I need you. Yes YOU! Here at 190 Lancaster we are at a stand still. It's about the dishwasher post i put up the other day. We all have clear views of the proper way to do the dishwasher and we figured the only way to resolve it was to open the floor and involve the people who know the most about life. And you my friends are those people. We the people of the blog world have a unique role in this world, to judge and to be judged. So please do your best and help the poor folks of 190 Lancaster...we need clean dishes and it is not going to get done until this issue has been laid to rest. Please review these questions and post answers as you see fit. I will publicize the results when all the data has been collected.


#1-Silverwear: Which way does it go in? Pointy things up or down? Or a mixture of both?

#2-Rinsing: To what extent do you rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher?

#3-Loading: Better to pack tightly or leave room for the Holy Spirit?


Please for the sake of clean dishes and lack of salmonella poisoning, please let me know what your thoughts are on this issue, as soon as you are available to do so. Thank you.


-The Management-

I'm about to be very embarrassed

I'm sorry i am a day behind in bufpobomofosho, and i could give you 900 reasons why....but i won't. So today my topic is my music. I'm going to fire up my music player and get some randomization going. Please reserve your judgement until the end. I could look totally cool or i could look like the biggest loser 27 yr old ever!

Here goes...

"It takes two" Marvin Gaye and Kim Westin (an ok start)

"One flight down" Norah Roberts (i want to be norah)

"Beautiful disaster" acoustic version Kelly Clarkson (I lied i want to be Kelly more)

"Everytime" Britney Spears (let the embarrassment begin)

"In my own eyes' Brandi Carlile (at the moment my fav artist, get her music..it's amazing)

"Glory" Pippin (i have a little thing for musicals)

"Follow if you lead" Idina Menzel (killer broadway singer...crappy ass regular music singer)

"That lonesome road" Acapella version Dixie chicks (i double puffy heart this version)

"Serious" Legally Blonde (ok maybe i like musicals a lot)

"Mr. Moon" OAR (best chill music band ever..EVER!)

"Next year baby" Jamie Cullum (michael bubble meets james blunt..i adore him)

"The reason" Hooberstank (best band name ever)

"Divas Lament" Spamalot (yes more broadway...but more so...it's sara remirez...i want to be her most....who doesn't want to be a hot othopedic surgeon on Grey's and have the most killer broadway voice EVER)

"Lovology" Regina spektor (super quirky but i love her)

"LBJ" Hair (musicalicious)

"I want to break free" Queen (there is a special place in my heart for Queen)

"In between trees" jack johnson ( Need to relax....put jack on...it's all good)

"I got life" Hair (I still like musicals...ok i love them a little)

"Oh Bless the lord my soul" Godspell (awsome...a catholic musical...i am the coolest person ever!)

and last but CERTIANLY not least.......ready?

"As long as you love me" the illustrious.....Backstreet Boys

Wow I know how to pick 'em don't I? There you have i...a little look into my crazy brain and the music that motivates me. Night kids...see y'all tommorrow..have i ever mentioned that i hate Mondays. It's a day when i go 8am to 8pm....and then i get to do homework. POOP! I'll write late tomorrow but i promise to get to it. nighty night!

Need somthing?

What is in my purse? The question should be exactly the opposite. I have everything. Seriously. I like to be prepared for all situations, i'm not a fan of being in need of something essential when i am out and about. Here are some situations that may come up in the course of the day that i can assist with:

Headache? I got you covered. Is Aleve ok?

Need to write something down? I'm on it. I even have waterproof paper to write on...don't ask.

Need a femanine hygiene product? I don't charge a quarter.

Too sunny outside? I carry an extra pair of stylish sunglasses.

Low blood sugar? Is a granola bar ok?

Something funny happen? Let's capture that on film (or digital disk space, film-shmilm).

AAA battery? I'm on it.

Allergies bothering you (or anything else for that matter)? I am a traveling Pharmacy.

Headphones crap out on you? Make sure you give them back.

Ok so looking back, i'm not sure why i have any friends. I am NUTS...who carries this shit? NOBODY!!!! Oh wait you know who might carry some of this stuff? Someone who is

C-R-A-Z-Y!!!!! I'm going to go rock in the corner now. I think i need professional help. Anyone have a suggestion?

See you tomorrow kiddos!

I knew she was too good to be true!!!!

So this post is supposed to be about my child-hood toys and how they relate to me now...Let's get this out of the way...no i did not play "Let's sign to the Deaf bird". I saw an article today that just about knocked me out of my chair. Please examine below a popular toy from this christmas season and make note of the character on it that we all know and love. I will give you a second to look this over:

HMMMMMMMMMMM....thoughts?

Anyone?

Do i need to be the one to say it. Do I?! I shit you not this IS a real toy...not only is it real but there it a Boots and Swiper version AND a serious of Spongebob characters as well. Someone was having fun in the toy design room this day. I knew there was something not right about that Dora chick. I know she is famous with the little ones, and all along i just accepted it and tried not to pass too much judgment. Well that time has passed. I am judging.

So i had trouble believing this toy was the real deal. But then i came across some pretty identifiable evidence that convinced me of it's authenticity.

In conclussion........Seriously?

I'm not going to lie...it is pretty damn funny. :)

You are wrong and I am right....

This is usually the case on all occassions. Not really but i would like to think so. Something that drives me batty but that i don't like to do in general is the dishwasher.

Thing one: It drives me nutswhen people don't maximize the space, and organize things accordingly. Throwing the dishes in haphazzardly only leads to unnecessary running of the dishwasher and a huge waste of water and time. Also please...no over loading...this causes poor washing and need for a second run...nobody likes the second run.

Thing two: I also am an avid non-rinser-off-er. In my opinion the dishwasher does the dishes for you...just my opinion. Ok the occassional crusty pan and what not require rinsing but otherwise no need..i promise it will wash the dish for you.

Thing three: Silverwear...forks, spoons and butterknives go in handle down and sharp knives go pointy side down....the reason for this...i don't know...it's just the way it should be in the Life According to Katie.

Thing four: I hate doing dishes and this includes the dishwasher. This post does not mean that i prefer to be the dishwasher do-er...it just is stating the way in which i think it is rightly done.

And the Oscar goes to........

I know Mikey said this was going to be an easy blogging topic...i didn't find it that easy. Filling my shoes is a big role...and finding that right actor is tricky.

My picks:

Lauren Graham or Megan Mullally

I adore them both and i think they would pley me brilliantly!!!

Ok i have a 5 page paper due tomorrow...i'm gonna go start that now...ok mother nature, get on that ice storm i want the day off tomorrow...WEEEEEEEEEE!

night kids!

Oh happy day...

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.........the topic at hand:

"What went right today"

I really thought i was going to have to work at this one. I have been kinda down lately...who knows why...maybe the dragged out winter...crazy schedule...lack of tv time...who knows? Anywho...I had a good day today. A noticably good day.

So here goes:

• I got up on time to get out of the house on time...and i didn't have to rush


• No coat today...it was in the 50's


• The sun was warm and shining...not a cloud in the sky


• Got to work ontime


• Had a light day at work with time get ahead a little


• Got out of work ontime


• Got to school with time to spare in order to do the homework (ino ino...slacker)


• Got out of class ontime to go get food before marathon classes


• Tutored my usually crabby impossible student and he was pleasent


• My tutoring student sneezed and he said "God Bless youme" (Hysterical)


• I got a parking spot right in front of the door at school


• Going out to my car to go home and on the ground in front of my car was a "toony"

• Lou was oh so sweet and bought me a steamer from spot...my fav!

So thanks are in order for the stars aligning today and giving me a good day. Thanks for throwing the vibe my way Mikey...i think it worked...see y'all tomorrow!

Tis a gift to be simple......

So here I am at 11:21 on day 2 of our blogging venture and i am stumped. Todays topic of choice is the best gift you ever received. Damn thats hard....REALLY hard. There have been so many gift recieving events in my life how does one choose. And it's not that i am afraid i will offend someone by not choosing a gift that they gave me at some point....i really just don't know. I could rattle off several winners some of which are a latch-hook, a burping cabbage patch doll, piano lessons, pooping pigs, and flat screen tv's...... the possiblities are endless.

So i'm going to talk about the gift giving process instead. I love getting gifts. Who doesn't? And if you are one of those people who doesn't....well then shit...you are ungrateful and should just give all of your gifts to me. I also love giving gifts. I love that whoever i am giving a gift to is possibly feeling the same excitment that i feel when i get a gift. So cool. But seriously....even though i love getting gifts...i hate opening them. Not necessarily in general but in front of people...especially those who are the actual gift givers. I am afraid then when i open the unknown package i will not give them the response of excitement that they expected and are looking for. I don't know about you but as someone opens a gift i give them the general reaction i am looking for is something like this:

Now i'm not expecting you to run into walls or anything and i don't want you to fake your excitment either.... i want natual uncontrollable happiness. So in turn i feel the pressure when i am in the hot seat and opening said gifts. And this doesn't even touch the fact that i may not like the gift. Everyone has a nice face. The face you put on when you are politely laughing at someones joke, or pretending to be interested in what they are talking about, and especially when you open a bad gift. This is the typical scenario:

Kt: (opens gift with slight look of puzzlement)

Gift giver: It's a salad shooter!!!

Kt: I KNOW!!!!!! How cool!!

Gift giver: I saw you had a salad for lunch the other day and thought you would like it.

KT: (thinking of some witty and grateful to say) I can't wait to use it!!!! I love it when my carrots are cut proportional!!!!! (ASSHOLE!!!)

Gift giver: I know!!!!

SO Now do you see why i stress? Gift recieving can be very taxing on ones mind. So the moral of this post? Buy me stuff...i love stuff, and even if i don't i PROMISE i will come up with a reason why i might like it. Need some help? No worries...i got you covered. See you tomorrow!

Readyyyyy..........GO!

Let the games begin kids! Let me just start off by saying i have VERY high hopes for myself that i am going to make it through this whole challenge and post everyday.....i said it....EVERYDAY. Wanna know why i'm a little nervous? Funnily (totally a word) enough it's not because of my ridiculous schedule (working 20+ hours and taking 8 classes a week). I usually have barely enough time to blow my nose...but that's not the reason why i'm nervous about being able to have time to post. I'm nervous because i am WAY to distracted reading everyone elses blogs. Let's do some quick math, there is a possibility that there will be 19 new blogs everyday....EVERYDAY. On an average blog i spend between 1-5 minutes reading them. Why you ask? Because shiny things distract me and I have the attention span of a sea monkey. It is also very well known that i am a blog stalker. I check all blogs daily...i do, and this is only to support my need to procrastinate as much as possible. So for the next 2 weeks roughly i could be spending up to 95 minutes a day reading blogs. 95 MINUTES! Do you know how much school work i could get done in 95 minutes. Even better.....665 minutes a week! That is music to this procrastinators ear. This was a brilliant idea Mikey i can't wait to spend the majority of my week keeping up with everyones life and trying to keep up my end of the bargin and make sure i give everyone something worth procrastinating for a few minutes of their day.

So the meat of this post is supposed to be about why i started a blog. I'm not sure if anyone knew this but i spend some time in Delaware. When i left I had entirely too many cool things to talk about and no one to tell them to. So i took the advice of many and started prettybirds. I'm also not sure if anyone knows this but i also like birds. Not in a creepy cat-lady sort of way, but in a it's cool when they break themselves and i get to fix it sort of way. :)

Ok kiddies....talk to you tommorrow...no seriously...i will...i promise...this time i mean it...ok who am i kidding i'll see you in 2 weeks when i come out of my cave from reading all your blogs.)

Because it's so damn cool...take 2

So i tried to post this the other day and it didn't work....let's try this one instead....

And please let me reiterate that i thought WE were the superior species...i'm still not sure.

tuesdays are boring....

sooooooooooooo ENJOY!!!! I took some time out of my day yesterday and made a funny..and it's pretty damn funny!

Look out Moulin Rouge here we COME!!!!

I love me some jib jab, it might be my new favorite site.

:)

Because it's so damn cool

We are the superior species....right? I don't know anymore.

Happy V-day!!!!!

I really don't have anything Valetine-y to talk about today, but i felt it very necessary to share something. I'm not sure if this happens to anyone else but i frequently wake up in the morning with a song in my head. This morning it was "The Right Stuff" a little old school NKOTB. Thats all, I have serious problems.

Have a great V-day!!!!!!!!

Do you hear what i hear?

Being in the field that i am now i heard about this commerical about 600 times before today. It played during the pre-game, and is a full 60 seconds of silence. I was REALLY excited to see it that i made Dan DVR the whole (5hr) pre-game show. He must reeeaaallly like me. :) So anywho it's a funny commercial if you understand it...apparently this is a long-time running joke in the Deaf community. I'm interested to see if people understand it. They are totally making fun of themselves and i think it's brilliant. Enjoy!!!!

What do you think?

Snow....errrr Wind day!

I'm sitting on my couch deciding how productive i actually want to be today...let's be honost i don't want to do a whole lot of anything...but my stupid anxiety bug tells me to get going on my work and lessen the hair i will loss at the end of the year when i have more work to do than i can stand.

My mother has always hated the wind...i don't usually mind it...but today is the exception. I live in what looks to be a very stable two family home. The house is not only shaking...it's swaying!!! What is that about?! So just for today mom...i also hate the wind. So there.

So for those of you who have off today due to dear mother nature...enjoy!! Try not to blow away...i don't want to have leave the safe haven of my swaying house to find any of you hangingon for dear life to a telephone pole as you are horizontally oriented from the 60 mph winds. For those of you who had to work today...i am sorry for you all. :)

Who doesn't want to do homework?!?!

I don't want to do homework so i am going to take the photobucket quiz....you answer the questions...and plug your answer into photobucket and find a picture that correlates to your answer on the first page of results....WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

1. The age you will be on your next birthday: 28

Yes this picture had the title 28...and no i have no idea what's going on here

2. A place you’d like to travel: Tahiti

Bungalows over the water!!!!

3. Your favorite object: Television

I ALWAYS watch tv with my hands at my side with my favortie bunny

5. Your favorite food: Pie

This is the first thing that came up...brilliant

6. Your favorite animal: a cuddly one

I shit you not

7. Your favorite color: pink

I like pink AND pink shoes!

8. The town in which you were born: North Buffalo

Our house is the one behind the pine tree on the left

9. The town in which you live: Downtown Buffalo

I think i missed something with this one

10. Name of Past Pet: Hairy

Anyone....anyone?

11. Relationship status: in a realtionship

12. The first name of someone you love: Dan

This is what i look like when Dan tries to eat food of my plate :)

13. Your middle name: Ann

Yup

14. Your last name: Battaglia

I think his name is Battaglia....a WILD guess

15. A bad habit of yours: i procrastinate

My procrastination has way more to do with the television...or the computer...screw the windows...thats not procrastination...thats work!

16. Your first job: ITS lab

This was EXACTLY like it!

17. Your grandmother’s name: Pat

i do!

18. Your favorite type of book: Romantic comedy

I ALWAYS look like this when i read my romantic comedy books!

19. One of your nicknames: kt

Yes it is

20. Favorite TV show: Grey's