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Dear Women Everywhere,

Stop buying ultra low rise jeans! Aren't we, as a culture, beyond this unflattering trend? If you are a model, they probably look good on you. If you weigh less than 100 pounds, they might look good on you. Other than that: QUIT IT. If you don't have a full length mirror, just go out in public somewhere (anywhere) and see how bad all the other girls look in them, and chances are, you look just as bad. Your stomach doesn't look any better bulging out the top of your jeans than anyone else's does (I won't even start on the rear-view). I'm not saying we need to go back to waistbands up to the rib cage (and please no pleated fronts) but can we have some moderation, please? Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Christin

Friday, 4:24 pm: Hungry and Bored

My boss and I take turns taking off early on Friday's. It's an unspoken rule and is not always kept. Today is not my turn. I love The Friday Rule when it's my turn, but it's lonely in here when she's gone and I know I'll soon see all the other people who work on this floor making their early exits and I'll be the only one whose conscience won't let them sneak out before 5 o'clock. Bankers leave early on Friday. That's just how it works. It's not a rule and it's probably frowned upon by The Man, but it always works out that way. I'll cheer up soon. I'm in the home stretch (and I'm earning overtime).

Riddle Me This:

Does anyone else find it odd that "Midsummer's Day" is only 3 days after the first day of summer?

Pictures At Last

Here are some pictures that I've been meaning to upload for a while now. The first few are from a few weeks ago at the McBrooms. The others are from the Cinco de Mayo party.





Cameron enjoying his ice cream





Emma





Good idea: feeding grass to the cow





Bad idea: feeding Will to the cow





Micah with the cool pinata that Bethany made





Me and Sophie (which Rachel already posted, I know)





Party Central (aka: our carport)





Angela, Kathryn, Jennifer, Ragan, Emily and Samson

Proof that there's a blog about pretty much everything

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About

TEN Random things about me:

10. I eat oatmeal for breakfast almost every day
9. I heart Target
8. I like roadtrips
7. I listen to pop radio more often than I should
6. I almost always know approximately how many calories I've eaten each day (for better or for worse)
5. I hate to argue
4. I wish I could blog more like I used to
3. I like to meet new people
2. I've never left a job on bad terms
1. I like to learn, but I don't like to study

NINE Places I've Visited:

9. Seaside, OR
8. Missoula, MT
7. Toronto, ON
6. Niagara Falls
5. Yellowstone Park
4. Toad Suck, AR
3. Seattle, WA
2. Paris, TX
1. New York City

EIGHT Things I Want To Do Before I Die:

8. Go to Europe
7. Learn French
6. Learn to play an instrument
5. Fall in love
4. Run a marathon
3. Buy a house
2. Own a convertible
1. Make a big donation to a worthy cause

SEVEN of My Favorite Things:

7. Coffee
6. Singing
5. Cooking
4. Shopping
3. Hanging out with friends
2. Driving
1. Laughing

SIX Things I Believe In:

6. Hope
5. Giving
4. The Church
3. My Family
2. Hard work
1. God

FIVE Things I'm Afraid Of:

5. Rodents
4. Heights
3. Not doing my job well
2. Loneliness
1. Losing someone I love

FOUR of My Favorite Items In My Bedroom:

4. My bed
3. My Pillow
2. My pictures
1. My computer

THREE Things I Do Everday:

3. Drink Coffee
2. Shower
1. Pray

TWO Things I Am Trying Not To Do Right Now:

2. Look for work to do
1. Return a phone call

ONE Person I Want To Meet Right Now:

1. I don't really care about meeting celebrities or politicians. I'm really looking forward to meeting my new neices and/or nephews this winter.

June

I was digging through my archives for something and I found this helpful information about June, which I'm now adding even more helpful holidays to. We're almost half way through the month already, but ti's still good to know:

June 2 - Amy's Birthday. Also Jerry "The Beav" Mathers' birthday
June 3 - repeat day
June 3 - repeat day
June 4 - Old Maid's Day - I celebrated by staying home most of the day cleaning house and watching a movie. (I went out later, though)
June 5 - Josh and Lacey's anniversary; Marky Mark, Kenny G and Brian McKnight all share this birthday. Creepy, huh?
June 6 - Staci Keanan's birthday (10 points for anyone who knows who Staci Keanan is without Googling it)
June 8 - Name Your Poison Day; Joan Rivers will be celebrating her 72nd birthday. Her nose will be celebrating its 5th.
June 14 - not only is it Flag Day, it's also "Pop Goes the Weasel" Day, which could get really annoying
June 18 - International Panic Day (I'm getting freaked out in anticipation)
June 19 - Father's Day and World Sauntering Day
June 21- first day of summer
June 23 - National Pink Day; Johannes Gutenberg would have been six hundred and five
June 24 - Midsummer's Day, followed immediately by Midsummer's Night
June 25 - only six more shopping months until Christmas!
June 30 - Superman's Birthday (conflicting information - some say it's June 30th, other's say it's Feb. 29th. All I know is not to step on his cape.)

June is also:
*Adopt-A-Cat Month (not that anything could ever make me adopt a cat)
*Candy Month (mmmm. Candy.)
*Dairy Month (Got milk?)
*Drive Safe Month (The cops here are celebrating this for sure. Click it or ticket, baby.)
*Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month (I have a fridge full of veggies to prove it.)
*Iced Tea Month (What month isn't iced tea month in Louisiana?)
*People Skills Month (or as I like to call it, "People Skillz Month" -- I like to stay hip with the kids, you know.)
*Rose Month (hint, hint)
*Turkey Lovers Month (You would think that would be November, wouldn't you? Well, you'd be wrong.)
*Accordian Awareness Month (Oh, I'm aware.)

Other Weekly Observances:

Week 1 -
Gay Pride Week (Isn't it always Gay Pride Week?)

Week 2 -
Little League Baseball Week (yea! baseball!)
Meet a Mate Week (Look out, boys!)

Week 3 -
Hermit Week (Talk about boring parties!)
Take Your Pet to Work Week (What?)

Week 4 -
Carpenter Ant Awareness Week (Why do they get a week?)

So if anyone wants to have a party, we've got plenty of reasons this month. Call me. I'll bring the carpenter ants.

So, there I was, about to post a blog entry (finally) when Terrablogs decides it's break time

Well, I wrote a long entry and, for some reason, I decided to "preview" before I saved it, and now it is gone into the vast expanse of the internet. Al Gore and Bill Gates are the only people who will be able to read it. It was a funny post. Really. Side splitting. I promise.

Even though it's not officially summer yet, it is undoubtably summertime in Louisiana. I can tell because my hair has stopped getting longer: now it just gets bigger. Another good indicator of Louisiana summer is air so thick you can swim in it...and we've only just begun.

I've decided to do something productive this summer: read. I mean it - actual books - not magazines or airplane books. We're talking classic American literature. Hey, if I'm feeling really ambitious, I might even conquer a Russian novel or two. So far, I've read Willa Cather's My Antonia, which I found enjoyable, though not exactly a "page turner." This week, I've begun Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and so far, so good. I picked up Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, but I just have a hard time getting into Faulkner. He's just wierd. I've read the book before, and I remember liking it once I got into it. I just have to get over the grammar that's almost as bad as the grammar on a 14 year old's Xanga. At least Faulkner does it on purpose. Anyway, I may or may not finish The Sound and the Fury. After that, I want to read The Grapes of Wrath, because I've never read any Steinbeck and I feel it's high time it do it.
As for the Russians, I've read Dostoyevsky before, so I think I'll try some Tolstoy. Anna Karenina, perhaps? It's less than 2000 pages, so maybe I can make it through. Those Russians certainly are verbose. The good thing about reading Russians is that their names are fun to say. Go ahead: say "Fyodor Dostoyevsky" and see if you don't have just a bit of fun.
I also want to read The Count of Monte Cristo because I hear good things, but Alexander Dumas is French and that can't be good. Who knows what I'll actually get through. I should probably read something in addition to a stack of novels, just for good measure. We'll see what happens.

I'm off to read a few chapters before bed.

FYI

*You know that whole Blockbuster "End of Late Fees" thing? I give it two thumbs up. I've never been one to take movies back late, but I accidentally did it recently and it all worked out just fine. You should try it sometime. *Or* you could sign up for one month of blockbuster online for the bargain-basement price of $9.99 and you would be supporting a noble cause by helping me get a free iPod shuffle! How's that for a good idea?

*As of June 1, those of us in the south are entitled to a free credit report, thanks to the FACT Act. Here's how it works: go to www.annualcreditreport.com. You get one free report per year from each of the 3 major credit bureaus. You can get them all at once (they may have different information on them), or get one at a time. With all the identity theft that goes on all the time, it's good to know what's on your report. Yes. I'm a geek. I know.

*I've been a day late and a dollar short every day this week. Busy=good, most of the time, but sometimes busy just equals busy. Deep, huh?

*I want to go on vacation. Any ideas?

*I like it here. You should come visit.