Spiderman, Ruby Slippers and Manicures.

I had a great weekend full of lots of fun stuff. Saturday started with a fun girls lunch at the Lynden Reserve, a golf club type restaurant with absolutely delicious food. We were there to celebrate Lili's soon coming bundle of joy. It was the best 'non shower' baby shower ever... none of the silly games, but all the good company and cute gifts. My mom and I had purchased a super cute bassinette for little baby Benjamin. It looks like this:

 
After the luncheon Mel, Lili and myself did a little shopping at a nice kids consignment store called "Little Red Wagon". I found some really great things for my adorable niece and nephew. They'll soon both have their own rooms so I thought I'd get lil Benjamin a head start on decorating with this awesome lamp:

 

This is what it does:

Maggie can't decide if she likes it or not. As Maggie & Benjamin will be sharing a room until they move in spring, I figure Spidey will most likely be adorning my brother's night stand until he's forced to share with Benjamin come moving time. :)


For Maggie I found a cute pink skirt that's perfect for twirling, and these fabulous ruby shoes:

If only they had a matching pair in my size!

After shopping, the girls and I headed to the nail salon. Mel & Lili both got pedicures and I got a manicure. It was a great afternoon and hopefully Lili enjoyed the last few days of her 'no newborn' days.

Cooooffffffffffffffffffeeeeee

On this cloudy Friday morning this (below) is very much how I feel about my coffee: 

In case you're wondering, here's the background of this Woodland Park Zoo video:

"Why coffee grounds? Since the bears have a strong sense of smell, such a pungent treat is extremely attractive and stimulating to them. The bears roll around in coffee grounds like a cat in catnip!"

 So maybe next time you're by the bear exhibit at the zoo, you might wanna skip that cup-o-joe. 

While On Hold

Being the product of the 'MTV Generation' in which idleness does not come easily, I've found that waiting on hold (on the phone) has often led to some of thee best Internet discoveries. Its the only time I have a moment to explore the various corners of the web. So I figured, why not share? 

Today's gem was introduced to me by Daniel: (you'll have to click the link below to get full effect)

http://www.gif.tv/#/giftv-327-arrestedchicken
Once at the link, click on the TV to see lots of short random & often funny clips. It's not an earth shattering find, but just see if you can stop clicking for the next video and the next, and the next... its a tiny bit addicting.

Hard(ly) working moments.

Because I don't have much to talk about today I thought I'd post a few of the topics covered by a couple co-workers and myself:

On the Russian Duchess Anastasia:

While David (er, music major) has no knowledge of this historical person (Anastasia Wiki), Daniel remains adamant that the talking bat (picture) from the animated version is historically accurate.

On extra curricular activities:

Daniel:

"Hey you guys wanna go snowboarding?"

David:

"I only ski."

Me:

"I only sled... I can just see us all going down the hill together holding a rope or something."

Upon being provided with 'thank you' cookies at work today:

David

"I just had thee most brilliant idea."

Me

'Investing in real estate?' 

David

"Uh, no. For lunch I'm going to toast my english muffin, spread on peanut butter then put my cookie in the middle!" 

Daniel

"you know what you should do, swap the english muffin for a doughnut."

I might mention the fact that we had no doughnuts.

 On blogging:
 
Me:

"I've totally commented on two of your blog posts and you deleted them both."

Daniel:

"No way. Actually, I usually go home and sit at my computer, pushing the refresh button just waiting for new comments."

Never a dull moment.

P.S. I told them both I was going to blog some of our conversations... not sure if they believed me...

Ancient Aliens, My Pa, and Me.

Last night I was hanging out with my Dad. He's been away at work so I hadn't seen him in awhile. Him and my mom were munching on dinner & watching the History Channel (clearly his choice) when I plunked down on the couch. More specifically, they were watching Ancient Aliens. I really like this show, but I usually watch it alone... thus not verbalizing my thoughts. With an active audience here is some of what transpired:

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Me:

"Why do aliens always crash in deserts? You'd think they'd be more likely to crash in densely forested areas."

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Me (watching a commercial for Planet of the Apes):

"I highly doubt that when the apes take over that not one of them names their child something like 'oooo-eeee-oooo", instead its always like 'steve'."

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Me:

"You should take mom to go see that movie."

Dad:

"I dunno, its not really a date movie." 

Me:

"Well... I guess you could go as friends."

Mom:

*snickers*

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Me:

"If they've identified that its an "unidentified flying object" then wouldn't it actually be an IUFO (identified unidentified flying object) now?"

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Me:

"Ya know, I think the bigger mystery is less about 'how can aliens travel so far through space?' and more 'why are they so interested in our orifices?'"

My poor father. 

Sax-O-Gram

Was shown this video today. Have added it to my list of birthday wishes.

"Rediculous" you say? Maybe.. but I'm betting this tune will be stuck in your head the rest of the day. You're welcome.

Proof I'm doing ok

With my 28th birthday looming in the not so distant future, I've been spending a frightening amount of time pondering my life. Of which I've come to a few satisfactory conclusions.

1) I'm still alive... so that's gotta count for something, right?

2) I may be single but haven't settled for a complete loser either

3) I'm not in jail

4) I have over a hundred facebook 'friends' (so clearly I've made it big time)

and finally...

5) I'm not this lady:

Wanna see something awesome?

Then focus your peepers on this:

and this:

Not yet impressed? Check out this video:

So simple, yet FREAKIN AWESOME. Alas, they seem to be sold out everywhere. Sigh.