Wardrobe malfunctions

I was so crabby yesterday. All day, super crabby. If there were awards for crabbiness, I would have won hands down. I thought maybe it was because we were swamped at work and I was running out to see client's all day. Or the fact that I haven't had more than five hours of uninterrupted sleep in months. Or that Laverne is in town and she's such a pain in the ass lately. Nope, wasn't any of those things.

When I got home from work I discovered that I'd had my underwear on backwards all day. Easy way to make you the Crabby Queen.

Today I'm only mildly crabby, due to an uncomfortable sports bra and a dumb pair of pants that keep falling down. Almost makes me wish it was winter so I could just tromp around in a big fleece snowsuit. Uggh.

I'm going to blame some of the crabbies on the lack of baby K updates too.

Nothing too exciting going on. Might make it to the fair tomorrow with Heath and E and the kids. Taking Jboy and Mandy to see Superbad tomorrow night and then having a sleep over with Mandy. Which will hopefully involve lots of ice cream and pizza and toenail polish and gossip. All the girlie stuff. Oh, and Jboy is supposed to finally buy his laptop this weekend with the help of his Aunt Jenny.

And then school starts. We'll have a house full of crabbies.

Jboy has a new little brother

Cole Alexander was born on Sunday. He was tiny, under seven pounds, but thankfully all healthy.

Princess party, Nolan and more

Mandy's birthday party was last weekend. Princess theme and then some. She rented one of those huge bounce houses and a snocone machine. Very fun and look!, my boys were good sports and dressed up. Well, we all wore crowns, guess you can't really see Macaroni's. Davey and Hol in the second photo.

Bonus photos of Nolan and Ruby cause they're just so freaking cute!

Husband of the Century!

I babysat the adorable Nolan last night and was chatting with Heath and E when they dropped him off. And, much to MasterCard's delight, E actually talked Heath into going to Europe with me this winter. I take back everything I've ever said about husbands. Although E (and my other "H" friend's husband Lannie) never really fell into the "why on Earth would anyone want a husband" category. He rocks.



So now, two years after the first trip, we're planning another impulsive trip to see my imaginary boyfriend Ewan McGregor!



Now if we can just get KK's mom to join us...

Look how hot Joss is.

I think this is my all time favorite photo of him. He's on the far right, but just in the photo. Equality Now Annual Report.

10 days in

So I'm ten days into my little financial diet/self improvement experiment, aka "let's try to shrink Sunny's ulcer!", aka "another excuse to rewatch Buffy", and so far all I've managed to do is keep to my one tea from Starbucks pledge and watch all of BtVS Season One.

But I've also preordered this



because it'll look so pretty next to this

on my shelf, and invited everyone I know to go see Waitress with me this week at the Riv and I've ordered groceries, twice. Absolutely no self control.

I also took Jboy and Mandy back to school shopping yesterday. We sponsor kids every year, filling backpacks with school supplies. We managed to keep the spending in check, with the exception of a $68 hoodie that Jboy couldn't live without. Even though he has about 15 hoodies already. And I think we've eaten out almost every other day since the first. I so need a personal assistant to run my life.

Worst of all, I'm pretty sure that for every 10 calories I've burned on that stupid @$%$# exercise machine I've eaten 50 calories of chocolate pudding. Usually immediately after getting off the little torture device.

Wish me luck.

My doppleganger

Is it still a doppleganger if it's just the same name? Anyhoo...

I'd like to think I'd be this brave too, but she's amazing. All of the rescue workers are amazing. Wish my tax dollars would have been spent to repair bridges instead of going to pay for a billionaire's new stadium. Uggh.

Photos from the site.

The bestest day ever!

Happy Birthday KK!

Can't believe it's been two years

Another reason it's a bestest day ever...Mary was not on the bridge! She was up in Benson with her niece and nephew. Poor girl is going to come home to a dozen voicemail messages.

I'll do it tomorrow

So I’ve heard that when you really want to commit to a goal you’re supposed to put it in writing or tell another person. So here it is. I’m going on a diet.

Now I know what some of you are thinking. “It’s about damn time, Sunshine.” But really, it’s not that kind of diet. Although Lord knows I should lose weight too, this is a financial diet. I was pre-approved for the loan that I’ve been yapping about since I started this blog and may finally get going on the whole home improvement thing. Which scares me more than…well, something really, really scary. Like Christopher Walken scary.

So, because I really don't want to get a second job, it’s time to list shit on eBay and start painting jackets to sell. And most importantly, stop spending so much money. No more new comic book subscriptions. No more daily Starbucks. No more movies, at least until they hit the Riv.

(Thank goodness we saw The Simpson’s Movie last week! Ooh, and I've already paid for my Serenity Collector's Edition, the Office Season 3 and Veronica Mars Season 3. See, it pays to be a big enough geek to preorder everything.)

No more than two tattoos a year. And no more vacations. Except the two already on my list…and Disneyworld anytime Shayne and KK are ready. Cause I’m already saving for all of those. Gah, I’m not a budget kind of girl. But I really have to do this. This time.

So, August first is the dreaded day. And just to torture myself, I’m going to try to exercise everyday until my cruise. And by exercise I mean riding that silly glider while watching episodes of Buffy. There are 144 episodes of Buffy and 122 days until the cruise. Many, many episodes of Buffy cannot be watched alone (crossovers with Angel, part 1 & 2’s and “oh my holy crap I just can’t turn this off”) and then there’s always watching an episode over with commentary, so I'm gonna aim for 2 episodes a day.

Crap. Okay, see how quickly I ran away from the financial part of the financial diet? That I’d rather exercise than follow a budget? I’m obviously ill. Are there meds for this sort of thing?

The awesome thing is that this refinancing will pay off everything. One big fat loan instead of a mortgage; a second mortgage; a line of credit and credit card bills. The unawesome thing is that a zero balance on my credit cards is probably going to make that last minute trip to Europe or Japan or Colorado that much harder to resist. I have no spine.

So, here are my goals/things I need to accomplish in the next couple of weeks:
1. Finish the loan application
2. Get bids (I’ve already found two companies on angieslist and think one more should probably be enough)
3. Set up an appointment with the Remodeling Advisor I found out about at a local home improvement fair. It’s a program through our neighborhood association. They do an informational visit and help with the collection and evaluation of bids. So what I need, and way better than a husband.
4. Finally upload photos from Shayne and KK’s visit and new ones of Ruby. Not that this has anything to do with anything, I just haven’t been able to do it at home because we’ve got another worm or virus or some such on our computer.
5. Get the computer fixed.

Excuses

So I could claim that I've been too busy to blog, but that would be a lie. I have been busy tracking the bids at Dinner with Joss. I was outbid the first day. Actually within the first twenty minutes or so. The auction ends tonight, I'm excited to see what the final bids are. I think he's already raised over $50,000 for Equality Now.

Speaking of EN, the Can't Stop the Serenity screenings raised over $100,000! So awesome, Joss is amazing.

I've also been busy tracking my other boyfriend's charitable work, here. Ewan and Charley appear to be having an amazing trip through Africa and it's so much fun to read the updates and see photos and videos from the road this time.

Other than that I've also attended the final wedding of the summer (I hope!); made an appointment for my next tattoo; had a Veronica Mars party with Mary and had a house full of teenagers, amps, guitars and saxophones. Oh, and Macaroni and I went to see Ratatouille. Very cute.

And today KK and Shayne get here! Which is why I'm not at work. Can't wait to see them.

Randy's first Father's Day

Rachel's wedding

Out of this world (or something equally cheesey)

Check out what real, live astronauts are watching on the International Space Station. Firefly and Serenity! How cool is that?

I wish I knew how to...

... do lots of things, but right now I wish I knew how to upload a voicemail from my cell phone to this site.

Jboy called me at work while I was interviewing a client. The Wii came. His voicemail is hilarious. I can't stop laughing.

"HelllllllooooooooOOOOO! Okay it's me. The package got here. The box was not in very nice shape, cheapo on the shipping it would appear. Um, I think I'm gonna open it though, uh, or, actually, I don't know if I should open it. I don't really see any reason why I shouldn't open it but I'm not gonna open it until you call me and tell me it's okay to open it, okay, so hurry the crap up and call me and tell me it's okay to open it please. Because I'm dying with ANTICIPATION. Okay, enough Strong Bads. Byyyye."

Happy Belated Birthday to Joss

My imaginary soul mate is so cool that people all over the globe got together to celebrate his birthday last Saturday.

Something like 46 parties in all. And because he's so cool, all the money raised is going to Equality Now, which is very cool. My mommy (who is also super cool) went with me to the Minneapolis screening. We didn't stay for the whole movie but I still left with the coolest prize of all. I won the auction for a lithograph of the Buffy cover signed by uber talented artist Jo Chen. Looks like this, just not blurry.



But that's not all. Joss is so cool that he's auctioning off dinner with him at SDCC to raise even more money for EN. Check out the photos of him at that first link. Fully poseable! It hurts my head to think of how much those winning bidders will pay to eat a meal with his salty goodness. Wish I had that kind of money. *Must remember to buy lottery ticket* He talks about the dinner here. I could listen to him talk forever.

Not much else going on. Happy hour on Friday was very tame. The boys are both gone tonight, so although I should go home and clean I'll probably just sleep. Unless we have a good Netflix. Oh yeah, I almost forgot what I did last night....

Movie Review (in a real theater and everything): Oceans Thirteen
Macaroni loves these movies beyond reason. Don't get me wrong, I'll watch George and Brad and Matt and Don and OMG!-how-cute-was-Casey-in-this-one? any day, but it was a little long. Four stars, points deducted for a sore butt and no naked/make out scene for George & Brad.

Oops! I left the lens cap on

Okay, I haven't had a lens cap since I got rid of the SLR-that-was-smarter-than-me, but I did forget to put a memory card in my camera last night. Moron. I only have about five or six photos from Randy and Shannon's wedding reception and would have to tear apart my entire house to find my firewire in order to upload them here. Crap. I do have a cute one of Rubylicious passed out on her grandpa's lap. You'll have to take my word for it.

The reception was really fun. My new niece-in-law Mariah even got me out on the dance floor...where my niece Katie totally kicked Randy's ass in an air guitar competition to some old school Van Halen. So funny.

It was fun seeing all the guys my brother's graduated with, they had a tight little group of really great friends. Of course I haven't seen them in almost ten years and barely recognized anyone. My cousin Jon showed up unexpectedly so it was fun to catch up with him, still sailing. We've got another family wedding in two weeks, outside at the Renaissance Festival grounds. Hopefully it won't be quite so hot. Port-a-Potties and 90° heat don't mix. Especially when you're wearing silk.

Glad to be done with all the party favor making and running around, I'm a little too unorganized for event planning. It was all worth it though, such a fun party and everyone had a good time.



Netflix reviews:
Ma Mere
Netflix gives you recommendations based on how you review movies you've rented and returned. I'm so not sure how this ended up on my list, it was very weird. Practically porn. It wasn't horrible but I can't think of anyone I'd recommend it to. Well, maybe one person... 2 1/2 or 3 stars?
Home from boarding school, moody 17-year-old Pierre (Louis Garrel) finds himself drawn into the sordid yet arousing world of his newly widowed and sexually adventurous mother, Hélène (Isabelle Huppert). As the attraction between mother and son deepens, Hélène abruptly departs, leaving Pierre in the care of another seductive woman. When his mother returns, the teen must face troubling decisions about his sexuality -- and his forbidden desire.

Diary of a Mad Black Woman
I thought this movie was going to be an Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence type comedy based on what a women I worked with said. And it was funny, but there was a lot more to it. Unfortunately I watched it while doing a million things for the wedding and while gossiping with my friend Holly on the phone, so I probably didn't get as much out of it as I could have. Cute though. 3 stars.
Helen McCarter (Kimberly Elise) is happy and completely satisfied with her life: She has a doting husband, Charles (Steve Harris), an impressive home in their native Atlanta complete with a swimming pool and tennis courts, and anything else money can buy. But the night before her 18th anniversary, Charles kicks her out of their home and replaces her with his mistress, calling into question what Helen had long considered a solid marriage.

The Cat Returns
I knew I'd love this one before I even opened the envelope. Besides being a Studio Ghibli production this one featured Kristen Bell (aka Veronica Mars) and Kristine Sutherland (aka Joyce Summers, aka Buffy's mom) in a couple of smaller roles. Super cute, 5 stars.
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon finds it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats. And in recognition of Haru for saving his life, the cat brings her to the Kingdom of Cats … to be his bride! But Haru's feline friends Muta and the Baron hatch a plan to rescue her from this unusual fate. Think Alice in Wonderland … with kitty litter. Hiroyuki Morita directs this anime follow-up to Whisper of the Heart.

My brain has its own pulse

Cooking up a little migraine here, which is always fun. Trying to get out of work so that I can make that Target run. They haven't gotten enough of my money yet and I'd hate to hear they couldn't make payroll.

Nothing going on. NOTHING. Happy hour tomorrow, which apparently will involve photos of me from St. Patrick's Day. Of which I have absolutely no memory. And we quit drinking before dinner time. There's one of me licking a wall??? Nice.

Running errands for the wedding. I so need to find a pair of shoes. Flip flops were perfect for the beach, and I just might end up wearing them during the dance, but I'd like to have a pair of decent shoes for at least the first fifteen, maybe twenty minutes of the reception. This is the dress I'm wearing.

Shows off all the tattoos.

Netflix review: National Treasure

I really wanted to hate this movie because, hello! Nicholas Cage, but I actually liked it. Not the best movie ever and you can totally see every single thing coming, but it was good. Macaroni was jumping around all nervous for most of the movie and then out of nowhere said "I can never eat after seeing movies like this." As if we were about to sit down to dinner at 8:45.

So maybe 3 and 1/2 stars. Apparently there's a sequel in the making.

Holy beautiful hero

So I think I might have mentioned a few (thousand) times how much I love Nathan Fillion but oh holy crap! do I really love him in a not-quite-so-dirty-way now. Check out this amazing site.

Nate teased all of us who read his myspace page by mentioning a "super secret thingy" he was working on in Europe, and then refusing to say anything else. Well, this is it. I could only listen to a little bit because I'm supposed to be working (and hey, I really am working, our computers are just so freaking slow that I have time to do this too.) but my, oh my. He is truly beautiful. And not just his gorgeous face and bootieful backside either. He's all yummy goodness on the inside. I got chills when the word "hero" popped up.

I'm really interested in finding out more about the artist he worked with. Awesome public art!

My weekend

Okay, the Buffy Sing Along at the Riv was so much fun! And I don't sing in public. Or private.

Mary and Macaroni and I got there super early, which was kind of a mistake, and there was one moron who tried to ruin it by acting like an idiot. They had cute little goodie bags (vampire teeth, bubbles, kazoos and poppers for Tara's orgasm) and told us when to use everything. Macaroni really loved yelling "shut up Dawn!" every time Michelle Tranchenberg (sp?) appeared on screen. He got up and danced at one point, until he noticed that Mary and I were still sitting.

They did it all over again on Saturday night, which we originally thought we'd go to. Macaroni had whined about having to go at all, so I had a babysitter for him on Saturday. Turns out that Mary and I are too old to stay out until 2 AM two nights in a row, so we decided to skip the second show. Macaroni just about cried! He wanted to go so bad. I love the little geek in him.

Saturday afternoon my sister-in-law and I wandered around Michael's looking for stuff for the wedding reception. We've got little bottles ordered for favors. We're going to fill them with sand and seashells from our trip to Florida. I love how laid back she is about everything, even though the reception is in less than two weeks. I also got a little Rubytime, which is always good.

Instead of more Buffy, Mary and I had dinner Saturday night with Kata and her sister Kelly at PF Chang's. YUM! I love their tofu lettuce thingies. After dinner we were going to see Waitress but it was SOLD OUT! I couldn't believe it. I was mad at myself for not thinking to buy tickets in advance...I was walking around Southdale for over an hour waiting for everyone else to show up. It never occurred to me that it would sell out. But YEA! for Nathan's little movie. It's so good, we're going to try again.

And the best part of the weekend...I stayed in my pj's all day on Sunday. Laid around watching Buffy Season Sex, I mean Six. Nope, I meant Sex.

Busy today otherwise I'd do a few (dozen) Netflix reviews.

Guess what I'm doing tonight

This.

Still lazy but look what I learned how to do...

Too freaking lazy to post