Mrs. Unfortunate Sharpie Girl

Dawn asked me last night about USG and her nuptials. I am ashamed to report that no one from the office went to the wedding.

No. One.

I am now wracked with guilt. Yes, I know that I wasn't in town and so forth, but still:

No. One. Went.

If I could find out where she is registered I would go pick her up the silver sugar cube tongs that I feel sure are on the list. More than likely she is registered at AutoZone and I am not really sure of the etiquette surrounding purchasing wedding gifts from that establishment. Do you go for the pine tree shaped auto fragrance or the pink fuzzy steering wheel cover? Are there implications tied to either of those that I am not aware of and would I be make a huge social gaffe?

Help me out here people.

Herry ThanXmas

Wow.

That trip was a fast and furious one. I felt like I didn't get to spend near enough time with anyone...although having Theo spend two nights was a hoot!

Thank you my wonderful friends and family for a great time; from dinner with Granny and Clay to belting out I Got You Babe with my sistah, it was all fabulous.

Next week is advent and I will be posting a weekly thought/meditation/video/whatever strikes my fancy. I hope that you enjoy them because I have had a lovely time gathering them together!

I love you all....

Of course I am

You Are a Yellow Crayon

Your world is colored with happy, warm, fun colors.You have a thoughtful and wise way about you. Some people might even consider you a genius.Charming and eloquent, you are able to get people to do things your way.While you seem spontaneous and free wheeling, you are calculating to the extreme. Your color wheel opposite is purple. You both are charismatic leaders, but purple people act like you have no depth.

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Just so you know

I desparately want one of these.

She's baaaaaaaaacccccccckkkkkkkkk!

Remember Unfortunate Sharpie Girl? And how she uses Sharpies for her eyeliner? Well she has decided NO MORE SHARPIES. Apparently she has been out sick with a raging eye infection (I told her that would happen) during which all of her eyelashes fell out. This put quite a damper of her plans to be married (on her Harley wearing pink chaps) on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

I offered her my Lucy lashes, but I felt that I had to warn her that they are really heavy and it is really hard to get the glue off.

Her reply was that perhaps if she used Super Glue she wouldn't have to worry about them.

Hmmm.... You have no eyelashes because you used a freakin sharpie as eyeliner and now you want to glue on fake eyelashes with Superglue.

I got nothin' for ya.

I need an explanation

There are many things that I don't understand.

For instance:

how airplanes stay up in the air
the need for an ostrich's neck to be that long
why I have not yet won the lottery (OK - other than the fact that I never buy a ticket)

But what I really don't get is this crazy fascination with O.J. WHY do we care what this nut is doing? Do I really need to be able to watch his court appearance online?

It's the same with Britney. Do I really need to watch this poor wretch self-implode?

Please explain this to me. I have a feeling that explaining the whole airplane thing might be easier.

The Plan

Here is the plan as I know it:

Tuesday - Steve and Ann arrive in Oklahoma City at approximately 8:00 p.m. CST.

Wednesday Day- Finish any last minute shopping etc. Andrea has mentioned that the zoo has free admission that day, so anyone who wants to partake of that is certainly welcome to do so.

Wednesday Evening - Dinner with Granny and Clay! At this point I think we are leaning toward somewhere in Bricktown, but I do not know that for a fact. Updates will be posted as received.

Thursday - Eat turkey until our eyeballs fall out. Put our eyeballs back in and watch football.

Friday at Noon - Christmas with the Allens and the Dads

Saturday morning - Steve and Ann leave in the morning to return to Maryland.

The end.

Some pictures to share

No Babes In Maryland - check Abby's Blog for those!



I love to take pictures at the National Cathedral. All I have is a digital camera, nothing fancy schmancy, but I like to see what I can capture. This picture was taken with full on flash



This one was taken with my finger over the flash because I couldn't figure out how to turn it off!



This is the statue of Jesus outside the Children's Chapel. I love that His hands are gold because all of the children who have held His hand as they have gone by!



Here's a close up of the right hand. Interesting that there is a dark spot in the center of the palm.

Oh me! Oh my! What a lot of funny things went by!

If Erin ever tells you that she can't sing she is fibbing. That girl can ROCK That's the Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia. The dramatic whispering on the part about the blood on the sheriff's hands was the icing on the cake. I could hardly hear her because Abby and I were screaming with laughter at that point!

Saturday we hit Alexandria, National Cathedral, Chevy Chase, Ikea, and all points in between. Steve was a trooper - and it was on HIS birthday!!

Steve did "get some of his own back," as Eliza Doolittle would say, on Sunday when he delivered the sermon and made everyone cry.

Then Abby, Erin and I went to H & M which was a complete bust. BOO H&M. but we were able to twirl on the Metro and share our fabulousness with the unwashed masses of DC.

Sunday evening after a relaxing glass of wine or three, Erin again entertained us with her musical stylings of "This Little Light of Mine." Apparently Abby had never heard the verse about Don't let Satan Blow It Out! Our musical horizons were indeed broadened. Betty, David, Sue, and Mike arrived for dinner and the fun really began. David called Steve the next day to tell him that his jaw and ribs hurt from laughing so much! And since he is the priest we are all absolved!!!

We slept in Monday morning and then off to Annapolis for lunch at Phillips! The crabcakes were YUM-O! Then, sadly, Erin and Abby had to be at the airport.

So much fun my little friends...and so many quotes to be listed by Abby!

It ain't easy bein' Lucy

I kid you not - I still have eyelash glue stuck on my eyelids. They should put the space suttle together with that stuff....

Last night we had two trick or treaters. The fact that we ducked out and went out to eat could have be a direct correlation. Just a guess.

I did manage, in spite of glued shut eyes and such, to cut out a plaid skirt. it will be made on the bias and I worked really really hard to make sure all the plaids matched at the seams. The fabric is a wool blend that is brown, tan and teal. Since it is wool, I am facing the waist band with wide grosgrain ribbon (a little trick I learned from a buddy). And yes, I will remember to hang it for a few days prior to heming it so it won't be wonky.

And since Erin and Abby get bere tomorrow, I have a feeling it will be next week before I even think about this skirt.

Pray for Steve in the hour of his need.