Tylenol, take me away.

Stress! I hate stress. Chaos is okay but stress is icky. House hunting for us, selling the TX house, trying to figure out what goes and what gets trashed/donated. Major headache. I am not prone to headaches. I am keeping Tylenol in business lately. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. I've been assured it is not an oncoming train.
We found our house. We close on July 1st. Sooner if we can get all our ducks in a row neatly. I am hoping for the neat ducks. The house belonged to some friends of ours that moved to Hungary. It is nice to be helping out a friend while getting what we want. Talk about having your cake and eating it too!

Rory and Lorelei have declared sibling war. He growls at her and yells "No Ma'am!". Can't imagine where he might have heard that said. Lorelei is trying to walk but finds our hard wood floors not to her liking. We took her to a friend's house that had carpet and she really showed us what she can do. I think once we get moved in she is going to take off.
Star Trek, and Drag me to Hell. Terminator 4 was much more keeping with the first two films than that train wreck Terminator 3 was. Christian Bale did a good John Connor. Kind of sounded like batman a few times though.

Star Trek was great! Cannot even talk about it for fear of spoiling. I hope they decide to do more.

Drag me to hell. Hmm, can we say scary? Yea I was a bit jumpy afterward. I went with Parker to see this. She screamed, I grabbed her leg, we held hands. We are grown women who NEVER do those things in films. It gets our seal of approval.

"WOW!"

Will work for Sushi

I love sushi. My brother in law is responsible. We were at a Shoguns of Japan Steakhouse for his 21st bday. He ordered so much sushi it was ridiculous. I did not see the check, just my part of the pot for his tab. It was very not pretty. Anyways, we all ate some. It was my first time and I was sure I wouldn't like it. I like rare steak so I am not sure why raw fish was messing with my head. I was in heaven. I tried a bit of everything. I like it all. The dilemma now is that good sushi is pricey. You either have to survive on a sampling once in a great while or brave the cheap stuff. If I have to get my fix I have found a cheap but tasty (and safe) place to get it. There is a difference though. Maybe it is a girl thing. Hershey's chocolate is great. I love it. But get me a bar of Godiva and I cherish it. We know that the more expensive stuff is a better selection. Therefore we want it over the more affordable although just as tasty stuff. Maybe I need more therapy? Same thing with shoes.

Inner Beauty is better than bad bloggers

I am going to have to weigh in on the Miss California debacle. I think it is a shame that she was penalized for giving her answer truthfully. When did saying you do not believe gay marriage become social suicide? Why was that question even asked? Does Miss America really do much lobbying in congress during her reign? From what i have heard reported she was not going to win anyway. She was behind in the swimsuit and one other category. What i find silly is how many people associated with her felt the need to contact the media to throw her under the bus. reminds me of grade school. remember when a rumor went around about one person and suddenly all his/her friends took a step back to say "we are not with that person. Don't even know 'em."
When she spoke she spoke for Carrie Prejean, the girl who scored the highest in the Miss California pageant. Not all of California, it's people, business, governments, etc. The California Pageant had to say how "disappointed" they were in Prejean. Shana Moakler spoke up about how saddened she was. Hello? Who cares? Not like USA was going to boycott California because of her answer. Chill out. I had to give her credit for giving the answer that was true to her heart in that moment. She could have lied. She knew she was gonna tank after that.
What is with Perez Hilton and his huge monster hissy fit? She didn't say what he wanted to hear so she deserves to be blasted with crude epitaphs all over the web and on TV? Equality and free speech unless you disagree with me? Have your opinion but have some class as well. No one needs to hear all the profanity and slurs to get that you are passionate about your point. Guess what? I do not believe in gay marriage. I only believe in marriage where God blesses the union. read the bible, God ain't too keen on the same sex unions. Not going to argue with any one about my opinion. The lifestyle you live is yours. My beliefs are mine. The same bible that taught me this also taught me to be kind and love all of God's children. So we might not believe the same things but I still love you as one of God's children.
As to the current events...
They have found pics of her she had taken nude. That goes against her contract and I believe she should have her crown stripped for that. As a potential role model I can get behind her being brave enough to be honest even in unfavorable conditions. I cannot condone pics in the nude.

Walk my way unless your name is Inigo; HE needs to stay in the dang yard!

Look who is off and (trying) to walk! Little Miss Lorelei! She is not so fond of the grass. The first time she felt it on her bare feet was awful. She has warmed up to it since then. As long as she is moving it is okay. Sit her down and her mood deteriorates rapidly. Rory was the same way at her age. He is all about getting in the grass now. Anything to get filthy from head to toe he is down for.
Last night as I began setting out pots and pans to cook dinner my cell phone rang. It was the Home Again pet people. "I have a lady on the phone who has your dog." I was a bit surprised. To my knowledge I had my dog. Apparently I was mistaken. Sure enough Inigo was down the road on his back getting a tummy rub in this woman's driveway. She had spotted him in her rear view mirror chasing her SUV. Pugs - all energy, no common sense. He saw me and just kind of looked like "Oh hey Mom. Where did you come from?" This is why I spent the extra $13 to get him the fancy engraved tag for his collar with his name and ID#. It has a big Home Again logo on the opposite side. To me this says, "I get around. My owner is confident I will disappear on her more than once."
This was taken about 8:45 last night. He looks bushed. Lorelei was eating cheerios out of a tupperware bowl not even a foot from him. He didn't even try to sniff them. Those neighborhood adventures take a lot out of a pooch.

Hair no more

Never, NEVER make your wife angry and then hand her a pair of electric hair clippers. All the ranting will prevent her from paying attention. she will not notice that the guard is off. The assumption that you want her to check for any uneven spots might be made. Now you have a a bald spot the approximate size of a playing card on the side of your head. This might have happened at my house.

Okay so it did happen. I swear I would never mangle a persons physical appearance on purpose. Being a woman I understand how important hair is. J's will look normal again in two weeks but right now he is bald. Completely. I tried to fix it. Just kept getting worse. I apologized profusely. J is a handsome man no matter how he wears his hair but bald is not his best style.

In other news... THE TX HOUSE SOLD!!!!
We close June 16. As soon as that is over we will talk to a loan officer about pre-approval and then find our new(bigger) home. PRAY that everything goes through!