Dirty old lady

Macaroni and I went to see this movie here last night. It wasn't at all what I expected but I loved it and so did Macaroni. Surprised I didn't get arrested for thinking about doing naughty things with Shia...who is only 3 years older than Jboy. "Dirty, dirty, dirty" she says with a smile on her face.

The theater recently (to me anyway) changed ownership and not only has Cherry Icee but they have free refills of Cherry Icees! I had three of my own, and half of Macaroni's refill. Super sugar high. It's almost soda but not quite. Shut up, it's not cheating! Anyway, the movie has me jonesing (get it? Jonesing?) for a vacation. I'd be happy to go anywhere but the Peruvian jungle looked great. Although I think it was actually filmed in Hawaii. And Hawaii is probably one of the last places I'd pick to go. Not that I don't want to go there, just that there are so many other places I'd rather go first.

Speaking of vacation, Macaroni is going to Alaska with his dad for two weeks. Jboy and I are very jealous.

Not much going on. Busy thinking about Jboy's graduation. Just thinking about it is making me crazy, can you imagine what a mess I'll be once I start actually doing stuff for his graduation? Uggh. We're going to a pseudo graduation ceremony for him tonight at GE, the business partner of his magnet. I'm still hoping for a scholarship because damn, could we ever use it!

Lazyboy injury

My weekend of extra laziness resulted in a bizarre hip injury. How do you pull a muscle in your leg by laying around?

Seriously, all I got out of bed (or the recliner) for was to make tea and pee.

I got nothing

People as boring as me probably shouldn't be allowed to have a blog. I laid around the house all day, watched a couple of movies, napped, made a to do list that I'll probably never get around to actually doing. And just now got Jboy to get off the computer so that I could email Mandy her prom photos.

Speaking of Mandy, we're going to get piercings tomorrow, if they're open.

And now I'm off to watch the coverage of the tornado that hit today...and be thankful that once again we're all safe. It was part of the same system as the F3 that hit Colorado last week, which was way too close to Shayne and KK.


Jboy's 18th Bday party & Mandy's prom:

grandpa & Ruby

Mario Kart Wii

tighty whiteys

Jboy and his friends

Mandy & her date

I'm in the wrong business

So I finally got around to calling the data recovery place that the G33k Squad referred me to when they couldn't retrieve our photos from Washington DC. All 700 of them. I got so excited when the first guy told me that it would be about $100 to attempt to restore the images. $100 for 700 photos? Many of which Macaroni took of the cherry blossoms, $100 would be so worth it. Then I was transferred to someone who knew what he was talking about. It's $100 to analyze the card and between $400 and $1,600 to actually retrieve the images, if they're salvageable. Craptacular!

It really will be cheaper to take Macaroni back to DC. I'm still very sad that those cherry blossom photos are gone. The Tidal Basin was just beautiful and I had so many close ups of blossoms for tattoo potential. Damn wi-fi card! At least Auntie Shayne has expressed an interest in going with us next time, maybe next spring?

Had fun last night at Jboy's birthday party. We went bowling with my parents, my brothers & their families and two of Jboy's friends. I think everyone had a good time although I bowled worse than ever. Still not worse than Macaroni though. My elbow and back are aching today, I can't believe I've gotten too old to bowl. Guess that's what happens when you have ADULT CHILDREN. Uggh.

Going home to sleep away my holiday weekend. Be safe everyone!

Happy 18th Birthday Jboy!

Happy birthdays to Ephous (did I spell that right Heath?) and Janell's twins too, but mostly to Jboy, because he's mine.

I wish I had more photos of him but he's usually a dick about getting his picture taken. And he'd stroke if he knew I was putting them online. Yep, I'm one of those mean mommies.

Even this first one though, look at how little he was. Braces and short hair. And a pimp hat! He might make me absolutely batshit crazy but I love that kid.

I mean man, I love that man. Nope, doesn't sound right...he'll always be my baby. How's that Jboy? Embarrassing enough?

Smells like awesome

I can't believe we have to wait until January for this.

Prepping for Prom

For some reason Holly's photos are all tiny. I forgot to bring my camera with when Mandy and I went over there to get her ready for the dance so all but one of these are from Holly's email. I still haven't seen the photos of Mandy in her dress and with her date, can't wait to see those.

Still shopping, only five hours to go!

I haven't used a curling iron since high school

Sticking on fake eyelashes

Trying not to poke her eyes out

Wow, can't believe I ever wanted to be a make up artist. I was so afraid of screwing up her eyes...I guess practice does make perfect.

I was nice enough not to spit on the Q-tip myself

Holly's fancy glitter eye shadow

Teasing the 'do

Smokin'!

It was fun, and at times funny, helping her get ready. How cute that she wanted us to help her and not one of her friends. I love that baby girl.

Learning to love Jim Carrey

Love might be too optimistic. Maybe not gag at the sight of him? My imaginary boyfriend is making a movie with Jim Carrey so I'm going to have to learn to like him. A movie where they play lovers, so I'm even gonna be jealous!

I don't know what it is about him (I know, I know, he's been really great in a few movies) but I look at him and taste vomit. Just like the lame gold lamé wearing boy in high school...Mike Somebody. Yuck!


Not much else going on. My allergies are still kicking my ass...didn't make it out of bed yesterday and didn't make it to work today. I've got tons to do too: Jboy's 18th birthday and his graduation party are the two big ones.

And I just found out that Jboy's too old to get the $300 Economic Stimulus money. Too bad I already spent it on his birthday present. I let Macaroni's dad claim him on his taxes even though he doesn't pay anywhere near 50% so I get no child bonus. So much for a new bathroom window or laundry room. I'm sure I can still squeeze in a vacation though, always money for that.

Won't bore you with any of the Dollhouse news...until we get something really exciting like the 8 minute preview they showed at upfronts last week. I am going to link to this video of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie) wrap party. Joss is famous for not hiding his disappointment in the way the movie turned out, although I'm always impressed with the way he talks about the director. It was her movie after all. And thank the gods that she went another way or Joss never would have made the tv show. The video is kind of long and boring, until the last couple of seconds. Who knew Joss was a back up dancer for New Kids on the Block? The early 90's were kind of no one. So funny, I totally recommend this one. (He comes in at about 6:55.)

Belated Mother's Day photos...

Look how heavy she makes that balloon look!

teaching Pooh to walk

Happy Birthday ShaLisa!

I tried to find an old photo from high school floating out on the interwebs...no luck. Although every Roosevelt High in the country had scary big hair in the late 80's.

Have fun on your dolly trip!

squee!

First Dollhouse promo pic

from here

But what might be the year's most anticipated drama is Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" (right). Eliza Dushku, who enlivened the final seasons of "Buffy," stars as one of an underground group who have their personalities "wiped" and replaced with new ones in order to better carry out their secret missions.

and

Someone just asked the execs how they decided whether to give "Fringe" or "Dollhouse" the fall launch. Entertainment President Kevin Reilly - I think it was him, anyway - said it was "a high-class problem to have." Whedon had seven scripts written from the get-go, but Abrams finished pilot production sooner. Whdeon welcomed the extra time, the execs said.

and

FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: BEGINNING JANUARY 2009

(All Times ET/PT)

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 PM DOLLHOUSE

9:00-10:00 PM 24

So now I HAVE to buy a new recliner before January. Joss back on tv! Life is good.

Mandy finally found a prom dress

I've looked at so many size 2 dresses in the past few days that I'm just about ready to hang myself with one of them. I think this is the one she bought...although I swear they all started to look alike to me. Her's is black and she is stunning in it. Can't wait to take photos of them on Saturday.

The ocean, without the view

My allergies are so bad that I can't sleep. Constant whooshing in my ear and I can't pop them for anything. My nose hurts from trying. It's 11:32 and unless I have some warm milk and/or try to read one of my textbooks I doubt I'll be asleep anytime soon. Jboy has an AP test tomorrow so I really should wrap this up, although I think he's out of it. Lightning could strike the house and start his bed on fire and he'd probably just sleep through it. What I wouldn't give.


So I'm still awake because of my allergies but I'm still on the computer because of this. I've been downloading these episodes since I got home from work...six hours ago! It'll be worth it though. Two that never aired and hey, anything with Nathan. Plus, as I'll have to point out to Jboy, he plays neither a captain nor a gynecologist. Unless of course that was revealed in one of those two episodes I haven't seen yet. Can you imagine putting your feet in the stirrups and having that smile back at you? Damn. How many paps do you think an HMO would pay for?

I love my Cap'n Gyno.

I'll be under a rock

We've wondered about our glass block window in the bathroom shower ever since the remodeling project was finished. You can see movement in our neighbors yard but not really make anything out, although I know the movement is their dogs. I've peeked in a couple of times while walking around the side of the house and could never really see anything. If the hallway door was open I could see the dark spot, but nothing else. Macaroni put his face right up against the window and said he could see how many fingers I was holding up, but couldn't when he stood against the fence. I kind of thought he just guessed but have pretty much showered with my back to the window anyway.

Well, wonder no more. My sweet neighbor Megan told me yesterday that she could see everything when she took the dogs out at night. Her emphasis on the everything. Which means her husband and dad can too. I suppose it's easier to see in when it's dark out.

So humiliating. We've got a garbage bag taped to the window right now. Guess I know how I'll be spending my stimulus check, huh? Sucks.