"As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women."
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it." ~ W.C. Fields
Music
A little of this, a little of that... I'm really all over the place when it comes to music. I can rock out one minute and be crying along to a country western song the next. I follow no one particular artist or genre. Most music is crap.
Movies
Two all-time faves: When Harry Met Sally & An Officer and a Gentleman. When I'm feeling less sappy some of my faves are: Fight Club, American History X, Office Space, MIB (not the sequel!), Rounders, Mean Girls, Punch Drunk Love, Mary Poppins, Hot Fuzz, The Fifth Element, Napoleon Dynamite, American Beauty, Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium, 10 Things I Hate About You... (NOTHING with Sandra Bullock!)
Television
I really, honestly, truly can't stand television. Especially "reality shows" or these horrid excuses for game shows that are on every weeknight. That being said, I did enjoy The Sopranos series until the final episode - that pissed me off. And the Showtime series Dexter rocks. Thank goodness for Netflix.
Books
Eh, they're on the shelf...Mainly I find myself reading parenting magazines and Past Due notices from utility companies. I like the Harry Potter series but I never finished reading the fifth book.
Heroes
Childhood nutrition begins at HOME! FIGHT the childhood obesity epidemic as if your child's life depends on it... because it does!
"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much."
~Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
"You gave me life now show me how to live...!" ~Audioslave lyric
"Cleaning and scrubbing can wait 'til tomorrow... For babies grow up we've learned to our sorrow... So quiet down cobwebs Dust go to sleep... I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep!"
"I ain’t hiding in my hotel on this tour!" ~Donnie Wahlberg NKOTB 2008
"Most people are other people.
Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,
their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
-Oscar Wilde
RANDOM STUFF I LIKE: Clorox cleaning wipes. Cherry Blossom trees. Dill pickles (but only the crunchy kind from the refrigerated section). Freecycling. Fireworks. Starbucks. Rivers, oceans, lakes...and bottled water. Good stand-up comedy. Dane Cook ~ 'Licious! Family Guy. Britax Carseats. Fruity Pebbles. Beer. MST3K. Road trips. Yankee Candles. Sleeping in. Super Nanny. Chapstick. Mt. Rainier. www.dictionary.com (Bookmark it. Use it.). Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi. Foaming handsoap. Getting my hair cut short after it's been long for a while. Fuzzy, warm Stay-at-Home Socks (beacause they're named after me). Costco (if I could pick anywhere in the WORLD to go on a shopping spree...it'd be there). Robeez children's shoes. The smell of Scotch Tape. Toms of Maine toothpaste. Daisies, Daffodils & Tulips. Cinnamon. Swiffer dusting cloths. David Letterman & Craig Ferguson. Playing Candy Land with my four year old. Harry Potter. Mad About You. Mint-scented bath & body stuff. ChiaPets (but I've never actually owned one. Update: I got the hippo one for Christmas! WooHoo! Life is good). Quotable quotes. Stormy weather. A well-made Amaretto Sour. Making lists.
SPECIFIC THINGS I DON'T: Jello. Big ass speed bumps. World of Warcraft. Jay Leno. Diaper cream under my fingernails. Mini-Vans. Tea. Barney, Teletubbies & BooBah. Hooters. Cover charges and last calls. Bees (I punch them in the face). Being late. Procrastination (even when I'm the one doing it). Bobby Flay. The carts at the grocery store with the cars on the front (that I always swear I'll never push again and I always do). Drama. Energy drinks (coffee only, please). Disney. Ringtones. Litter (and the people who do it). Wal*Mart. Mushrooms. MySpace.
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown...Faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught how to fly!"
Now THIS is fkn' great...The Dan Band! For your viewing and lyrical pleasure:
"We Are The Music Makers And We Are The Dreamers Of The Dreams"
~Arthur O'Shaughnessy (Not Willy Wonka)
And Samantha Brown of Travel Channel fame. That chick's been everywhere!
"Never meddle in the affairs of dragons because you are crunchy and taste good with catsup!"
"It's better to lose a lover than to love a loser."Ha! Now that's funny...and true!
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Kiva.org is a non-profit that allows you to make a small 0% loan to low income entrepreneurs in the developing world (microfinance). Individuals like you and me can help provide affordable working capital for the poor -- money to buy a sewing machine, livestock, etc. -- and empower them to earn their way out of poverty.
Anyways, if you have a minute, please check out the site! Thanks for reading! And feel free to spread the word!!
NKOTB ~ 7.7.09 ~ Bring the FIRE!'s Friend Space (Top 36)
Thinking about you. Ed told the story how we all fell throught the door that night we were all scared and the dog got his chicken Good times!!! xoxox I miss you guys.
Hey so sorry just now getting back to you this full time job takes up all my time!!! AGGGHHH! Anyway miss you bunches. I have not put the pics up of the concert sad about that! I need too, got to get them from my friend that went! So how are you doing??
i would so love to do that too..but doubt the hubby would agree to 2 shows...lol. You would think they would do p-town, since they had to cancel last time. The hubbys don't know what they're talking about. lol.
so, woman, have we decided which city/state we're going to? whichever kind of venue they play at? I'm starting to get really excited!!! EEEEEEKKKKK! OH, and next week i think i'm going to paypal you and extra $25 just in case
he just thinks i'm "blowing all my money on a stupid ticket" I'm considering it, my 30th bday present to myself! And then he didn't understand why we had to gather the money before hand, and not the day the tix go onsale.
Hey you Bus Chaser!!! LMAO. anywhooo, be looking for an email from paypal within the next like, week or so...my hubby needs to stop being a jackass about the whole thing.
lol - i came out with $5 ahead. Lucky Eagel in June. I do want to hit the Sea Food Bueffet again. I will let you know. May be we can meet up sometime again with the girls in olympia.
