happy chicken soup with rice!

happy once...

happy twice...

happy chicken soup with rice!

i was so mad, so scared and so happy in turn this weekend that by sunday night my nerves were completely shot...

it's gonna take days to recover from the 'relaxing' weekend trip

whooosh...

but all are well and all is happy once again, thank goodness.

some people are so clueless and arrogant it is absolutely stunning.

unbelievable.

 okay, so i can't complain anymore about never getting to do anything during summer holidays.

after hanging out with boxy, nicole, tim, johnny, jackie and jackie's family at the fireworks (plus running into Matt A, Aaron, Aubry and Calista), i got to go to the game night party at the garrison's...

well, there i was... i was sitting on the wall talking to johnny and nicole... then i was in the kitchen and nicole was dancing and saying "now, we have to go now! we have to go to the movies!" then we were at the movies... all within a few minutes... nicole cracks me up hyped up on sugar... it actually seems very familiar

so nicole, me, bryan and johnny went to see Wall-E... i think we actually went to see Wanted, but i'm not sure what happened there either... lol. anyway it was really cute, i liked it... even if it didn't have any shots of angelina jolie's butt

after going back to the garrisons and finding them winding things up, we went to nick's... nick wasn't there, but his roommates were, nice guys... can't for the life of me remember their names, but i'm sure i'll figure it out...

ahhhh... and i had a chance to do something i haven't in ages, i had forgotten how long i can sit and stare into a fire... even if the smoke is killer, i love sitting next to the fire-pit and listening to everyone talk... sigh

around 4ish, it was decided that we must go to ihop, tho it took at least another half hour to get moving... i didn't realize how starved i was til we were halfway there... had the sorta eggs benedict, and thought about the last time i ended a night at ihop at dawn with eggs benedict... that was the beginning of some turbulence ... but it's been a while since i wandered out of ihop to watch the sunrise.

also got to appreciate that a month ago i would have already been at work for an hour while we were sitting there eating breakfast

rolled in the driveway about 6am and ignored some serious bitching from the girls having missed their dinner... nobody starved to death, trust me. the computer wouldn't connect so i couldn't check out my mob that somebody had strong-armed us into

ended up giving up on sleeping and went out to panera where i ran into mark and felicia jackson and their brood of little ones. they invited me to join them and we had a chance to catch up and little ian gave me many big toothy grins.

omg... 5 minutes into conversation felicia was all over me "so... are you dating anyone, have you been dating anyone? why not? we think you're cute and fun... why don't you have a man? what kind of guy do you like?" all in the same sentence... i swear to you. lol. i didn't even know what to say.

i told her they should get together with the rogers and my mom and figure it out... when they've got my personal life worked out somebody just come back and tell me.

sheesh... they looked like they were hatching plans... oh well. somebody around here should have a plan... yeah... well.

i didn't have to go to work for a while so i headed to matt & rebekah's, realized that rebekah and the boys would still be at church... had a lovely garden tour from mimi and disturbed matt's quiet sunday morning aloneness

since bekah didn't get back for ages from church, lunch and the store, matt and i watched 'Gone in Sixty Seconds' (still no shots of her butt tho) and Eddie Izzard... always had a soft spot for silly men with accents in women's clothing... too much early exposure to monty python

then it got even better when i got the call that i didn't need to come in to work after all and i could just worry about getting the invoices out tomorrow... woo

my 'no nap' plan was totally thwarted by the baby going to sleep in my lap... he killed me, i was out like a light. then once i thought we were up and the boys were playing i curled up on the couch and went back to sleep... the rogers are the best, i can't just sleep anywhere, i have never been one of those people... so even tho i was exhausted it really says something about how comfortable i am there that i could just sleep while the boys played and dinner was fixed... yumm.. crab cakes

so i went home, added to my mob... lol, i got over eager and lost some fights... bah... and slept like the dead and i felt totally happy and loved... and i had a wonderful holiday and really enjoyed spending time with everybody

 but, really, am i the only one who sees this?

duran duran - circa 1980-something...




kill hanna - right now...




i'm not criticising... i'm just wondering if i'm the only one ;)

i got invited along while the guys worked at Aubry's shop today... (yeah i made sure it wasn't some sort of male bonding ritual that my girl-ness would taint) and it was just as cool as i expected, i was really impressed.

i didn't try any metal working myself this time, but that left me free to check out all the different projects and really see all the stages. i think i learned a lot from watching and i was honestly really impressed by the guys, especially since most were trying it for the first time. There are going to be some really cool results and a lot was accomplished in one afternoon. i also really liked that the shop was just ringing with all the productivity, and with tangible results.

and i think my girly presence helped keep anyone from actually suffering testosterone poisoning... all that manliness could've reached dangerous levels.

had dinner at los dos so i've already got lunch for tomorrow, and poor ziggy was much abused... 

now i'm so sleepy i'm ready to fall asleep in the chair... but i've still got to dose everyone around here with various medicines and feed the whole crew, then i'm gonna crawl into bed. ugh i've actually got to go to work tomorrow... but not at 5am!! finally :D

Attention Doofus:
I am going to kick your kid into the lake because he's incredibly fucking annoying and he's working my last nerve. You have been warned, please take him elsewhere or don't look so suprised.
Thank You.

and i don't know what to do.