bumblepug

cruiser

today ralph surprised me a special bday line-up for the day.  best of all, my gift from him was a 7-speed cruiser with front brakes, and the awesome events that were planned!  i love it and i can't wait to get a basket in front for dog.  make that an extra-strength industrial basket so she doesn't fall out since she's a tad heavy!  what a great day it's been and dinner at seven was it's usual great self!  thanks, ralph!!!

still sick, must find more cold relief!

happy birthday connie!

hey bday sis, i hope you're day is as unique and vibrant as you!  have fun with jos and the gang and have a cocktail for me since i'm laying in bed sick for my bday!!!  thanks for the bonnie bell gloss, bonnie!

under the weather

i feel like crap today.  i woke up with my ears and throat burning like a five alarm fire!!!  i'm glad ralph filled me up with airborne, cold medicine, tissue, and water before he left to work.  i slept in a bit extra and feel better but not 100%.  i so better not be sick for my bday, tomorrow.  the plan (so far) is to go to the beach/boardwalk to celebrate and we're going to eat dinner on the beach.  cold, please pass, come bug me on another day!

on the bright side, ralph sent me some awesome tulips and my dad and aunt sent me some bday gifts!  this week feels like christmas and i'm loving it.

thank goodness for organized people

...like those at h&r block who keep my taxes in their system for years on end.  who knew you had to save taxes from 2 years ago?!  anyways, now that i'm trying to buy a condo i had to do a lot of last minute searching around for the important things that aren't so important to me (bank statements, w2s, paystubs, etc.).  i better work on this whole paper organization thing in my home life.  work has to be organized but home is another story.  i meet with tracy on my birthday so we can review numbers and pricings then i'll look at some places with jay asap and hopefully be living somewhere new very, very soon!  now, if i had only done this 5 years ago i'd be pretty rich (well, according to my standard).  somebody please send me an organization fairy for my birthday!  i'm not joking!

happy birthday dad!

i hope you have a special day and that fedex doesn't lose your gift!  ;)

news ink

i love sitting down with my free "scrapped" lunch to read my horoscope from 3 newspapers and i especially love coming across the section where newlyweds or recently engaged people are posted.  my co-worker was looking at that section (which oddly enough is near the obits- the life cycle all in one column!!) and i glanced at the photos and a name rang a bell (this kind of thing never happens!), ".... ....."  "what the heck, i know him, let me read that!"  it turns out that we went to high school together (me and the guy who was in the newspaper for a recent engagement), he was a year younger and incredibly nice and incredibly large.  apparently he's had some good things happening: he's dropped like 95 pounds (i really could barely recognize him), he graduated from law school, works at a top law firm in the city, just bought a house in the city with his fiancee, and now he's engaged!  some things just come easy when you're a year younger than me!!!  that's my hypothesis for now, anyways!   

as if we needed more proof...

...that i'm psychic(ish).  i was having baby dreams nonstop about a month ago and i couldn't figure it out.  i wasn't pregnant, i'm not pregnant.  so i started suspecting that somebody in my life was since i kept having those dreams.  i asked connie every time we talked (by email or phone) and i didn't think to ask anybody else.  silly me!  turns out, i got an email today from andrea, and she is pregnant!!!!  hmm, maybe that's where all my baby dreams were coming from.  she just announced her news now that she's heading into her second trimester.  i'm so excited for her, tyson (her husband), and picasso (their weiner dog).  life is a gift and andrea will be receiving her most wonderful gift this february.  congratulations!

p.s. should you experience morning sickness i think you should try these.  i think i'll try the ones for a queasy stomach!!!

my distaste for the american road trip

this weekend ralph and his brothers and sister road tripped it to southern california, with our ultimate destination being big bear.  i had a fun time, and it was nice to see big bear without snow (it's so similar too lake tahoe!) as well as spend time with ralph's family, but i now know that i intensely dislike road trips for a few reasons: 1.) i'm impatient (that just comes with the leo territory), 2.) i'm not the narrowest person in the world (in fact, i think i have the shoulders of a linebacker), 3.) my feet swell like balloons (so i may as well have them swell on a plane if they must!), and 4.) i feel compelled to buy snacks (usually cheez-its and some sort of hostess chocolatey thing) at each pit stop.  i'm so glad planes were invented. 

help m.e. raise $ for a good cause

m.e. is going to run the national a.i.d.s. marathon this august in honolulu.  m.e. began his training nearly six months ago, and through the many long miles he has been faithfully working to raise money for this cause.  m.e.’s interest in the national a.i.d.s. marathon stems from the inspiration he found in a community that pulled together to identify the cause of this disease and continues its efforts to stop the spread of h.i.v./a.i.d.s.  to learn more about m.e.’s commitment to this marathon, the work of the san francisco a.i.d.s. foundation, and to donate...you can visit his web page by clicking here.

i want to be that guy!

you know...the one who holds the "slow" or "stop" sign on the side of a construction site.  he gets to be outside all day, dress like a slob, and stand there holding a sign- and best of all he's getting paid!  well, i'm sure he does much more but nevertheless, i'd like to have his job!  actually, i would probably get heat stroke but i've really been in to having a constrcution-type job so i figured that would be a good place to start.  i see a reality tv idea taking shape here.

i'm so sleepy today i think i should go home right after work for a long snooze in front of 4 fans.  this inevitably messes up my sleep pattern for the week and makes me more sleepy but i think its worth it today!

last night we went to the boardwalk for 1907 nights- that means all rides, cotton candy, sodas, and hot dogs are 65 cents.  i'm not entirely sure that those prices are reflective of 1907, but it's cheap enough entertainment for me and something out of the ordinary.  i would definitely not recommend eating 2 cookies, 2- 65 cent hot hot dogs, cotton candy, and diet pepsi all in one sitting.  most of you must know this already but it takes me a while to learn these things!  my poor eating is probably a contributor to my exhausation and i'm bummed to say that i'm negative 1 ww (weekly) point and i still have 5 more days to go until they recharge.  ugh!  how did this happen?!  curse that boardwalk food and that delicious gallon of dreyer's rocky road ice cream (my favorite!).

to answer a question...ralph and i will be in las vegas for the last weekend in august: sat to mon.  will you be there during that time?