See Hear Speak No Evil

Here it is at 12:22 in the freaking morning and I am posting. What I really should be doing is sleeping. Duh.

Look at this picture… doesn’t it scream sleep to you. That is water splashed on my face to wake me up. Did it? Nope. /sigh.

One of my New Years Resolutions this year was to get more sleep. I am not really following this one. Maybe I’ll start tomorrow. Maybe.

Ok… this is the lames post ever. I do have an excuse though… look at that picture. Look at the bags under my eyes. I’ll post about my lovely weekend tomorrow. For now I will go right to bed.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

i think i speak for everyone in America, and i do mean everyone, when i say i was deeply, deeply saddened by the recent news about Barbaro, Horse Hero of the United States. men, women, people of all colors, wiccans, gays, trailer park residents and celebrities alike mourned the loss of this beautiful horse after his tragic story came to a close just 48 hours ago. may his Horsey Soul rest in peace.

now, on to MUCH more important news, like what dress will beyonce be wearing to the oscars? will ellen wear pants to host the show? i predict that YES, she will wear pants!

and HERE is the proof you have been waiting for. cats DO sleep on babies and they DO suffocate them. CATS ARE EVIL.

this picture just makes me LAUGH! isn’t she just the prettiest little kitty???

I want to write a long and sonorous epic about the adventures and mishaps I’ve experienced since I last accessed our blog but unfortunately I am way too tired to take on such a task.

Instead I just want to say that I am very grateful Jess came up with this idea and both she and Bridge did all this awesome work to put it together. THANKS!

Now if only I had time to think about something other than the blankness that has filled my overworked mind…not to mention the toll on my beauty sleep. Wait! Who am I kidding. I’m not sure I could ever get enough beauty sleep to undue the genetics with which I have been (blessed?) given. And NO this is not a plea for compliments, I just happen to be feeling a bit down on myself lately.

That’s what my weekend with T is for. We’re going to pretend that we just escaped from Colorado City, AZ for a night on the town in wonderful St. George, UT. It should be a hoot. I hope to come back with awesome stories, and at least one half-assed ncmo under my belt.
Oh, and a picture or two of the wonderful landscape through which I get to drive. I’ll try to spare you all the geology.

Thanks for reading!

i take things for granted. not very often, but even a little bit is probably not ok.

my daughter wanted to fall asleep next to me, then have me move her to her bed. so, after her bath, i tied her hair up in rags so it would be curly in the morning, and tucked her in. she is beautiful…and one of my greatest accomplishments, next to my son.

i have a great career, i finished my degree AFTER a crappy divorce and i am in a great relationship. none of these things matter without taking time to enjoy moments like this.

thank you, self portrait challenge for inspiring me to take this picture. otherwise, i would not have done so.

ND has been fab. They had what can only be called a heat wave while I was here. I think it got up to 30 degrees yesterday. Today it is around 20 but with the wind chill it feels more like -5. The Bismarck Airport is small, but very clean and modern. They have FREE wireless Internet! Without that, this post would NOT have happened.

I had a lovely pedicure (complete with french mani’d toes) in the mall. I bought a pair of wonderful Doc Martens sandals for very cheap. I guess people don’t buy flip-flops in the winter. HELLO! I wll be wearing the same shoe size come May!

The people here are very friendly and the clients I came to visit were super. I must also give 2 thumbs up to the 2007 Toyota Camry, which was my rental car. Now, most people may not get off on driving a rental car, but I just love it. Keep in mind I drive a 1994 Honda Accord, and while it was truly fabulous in 1994 and even in 2002, it is getting to be NOT so fabulous in 2007. The heater barely works and a giant chunk of paint is missing from the rear driver’s side door. The aesthetics I can deal with. The lack of heat: completely MISERABLE.

Another two thumbs up for the Best Western Seven Seas Inn, home of Mandan’s largest indoor waterpark. Indoor, I reckon, b/c it is way toooo cold to swim here ever. LOL. I never did find the Seven Seas. Maybe next year. The food in the restaurant was yummy and they had a cute little lounge. I would also tell you the staff delivered Miller Lite right to my room, but I don’t know if they bent the rules in doing that or not. So, I won’t tell you that I ordered beer room service style.

I miss my kids and I miss my man, but it has been very nice to be away by myself, too. This two-day jaunt is the perfect trip length I have decided.

Well, my plane is about to board, so I gots to jam. Back to real life.

One of my New Years resolutions this year is to hang out with friends more. This is something I can probably stick with. Well, I guess it depends on my friends. Who knows… maybe they do not want to spend time with me. I know I wouldn’t.

I guess you could say our possible resolutions this year would be:

Bridge: Hear No Evil
Jess: Speak No Evil
Al: See No Evil (notice she is peeking and might have a problem with this resolution… /wink)

This photo above was taken by me. Yeah, it really was. I am the girl on the left side of the picture… Mrs. Hear No Evil. I took this in my studio with my camera set on a tripod and with the timer set. I actually took 47 group shots this way. Yes, I counted. Not all of them turned out. Some of us look better in certain shots than others. Usually I am the one that looked like crap. I did have to run in there and all. These photos were taken to be posted up here on our blog. This one might actually turn out to be our banner. Let me know what you think about that.

my team lost. and i am devastated. i guess if you aren’t a football fan, then reading this will be about as important as keeping up with the latest news on barbaro. if you have to ask who barbaro is, then you are really out of the loop, as he has been a top news story for the past 9 years. well it seems like 9 years, ok??!?

so anyway, back to the chargers. i have been a chargers fan for years… utah lacks a pro football team (among many, many, MANY other things…) so i adopted the chargers in 1996 or 1997. not sure when. for most of those years, this is a team who, for lack of a better term, sucked serious football ass.

this year, they rocked a 14-2 record. LT was named the MVP. and today, they lost to the stinkin patriots. don’t these guys have some tea to dump in the harbor or something?

it is a dark dark day for me. i really want a starbucks chai…with skim milk. i am truly addicted to this stuff and wonder how i could duplicate it at home. does anyone have any ideas?? i DO have a Krups latte maker thingy and so i can steam milk. now how do i make the chai part?

i will be in warm, sunny, favorite-winter-vacation-hotspot Bismarck, North Freakin Dakota (this name change was approved by voters last november) this week. i can’t wait. no, really! i can’t WAIT. to be fair, the weatherman has projected MUCH colder temps for Logan this week than is projected for ND, but STILL. Can’t these conferences be somewhere TROPICAL??? WTF is wrong with oh, say Orange County, CA? Or perhaps Maui? I would be happy with Miami!

and speaking of weathermen…i should have been one. i can’t think of another job where you can fuck up so much on a regular basis and STILL keep your job.

my next post will probably be from fabulous ND!! i think bridgy is in charge of the SPC this week…