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I really don't want to offend but.......this is SO funny!

So I saw the trailer for a new movie called "Hamlet 2" This morning I am getting ready for a long day of craziness with the wedding and all. This movie trailer made me laugh SO hard! I showed husband and he was quite amused. But we have done ourselves a disservice, you see we are about to spend the day in a CHURCH. We are going to have our heads bowed in prayer with this song going through our heads. I hope it enriches our day. Yours too.

Roommate...

Blake
4 hours ago
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I finally broke down and put a post on craigslist for a roommate. I received an email back from a girl I emailed a few days ago. So far it looks promising! It will probably be a good thing she seems very low key and her boyfriend is a marine so he won't be around every night or anything. Here's hoping!
Erin Devlin

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its been a while...

ive been too busy with summer and with no school and with work. boo. also busy with my new beau, jonathan. hes great. anyways,

i have not much to say.

im knitting a bunny hat for jonathan as we speak. typing and knitting at the same time. booyah.

good times.

obvious as ho

Untangling some neon orange yarn.
Practice at 7:30PM. Fat Baby after that.
Saturday is the Lazy Susan show.
Free Santogold show the day after.

I let Max cut my hair yesterday.

Friday's 13 and a full moon felt

1. Me: last night was the rehearsal dinner etc. The tensions were running high. I could feel the anxious energy very well. I have been SO anxious lately. I cannot sleep I am clenching my teeth so much my jaw is actually sore. I have to iron the brides made dress today, I am nervous about that, I do not want to be the brides made with the burned iron shape in my dress. In the line up of all the brides mades I am physically in between Mother and teen aged daughter. great, I got snide comments from in front and behind me. Really universe? Me in between? sigh... I have been fighting to not be there, let them duke it out. sigh.... enough about me.

pews

2. Church: I have a funny relationship with churches. Since I was raised a Jehovah's Witness the inside of different churches is absolutely alien to me. Whenever I find myself in one, I can feel the teeny part of me say "I am not supposed to be here" I feel like I am breaking the rules. Speaking of breaking the rules in church I accidentally dropped the F bomb inside of that holy house. I was not struck by lightening, I think God allowed me that because I am physically in between the feuding mother and daughter. God understood I was tense. Thanks God. ;-) You know, just in case God reads my blog.

hyper girl

3. the Girl: she was so hyper and sassy yesterday. It hurts my head to watch her this way. Funny enough, her mother was acting the same way. sigh.... head hurts more

nephew

4. Nephew: he wanted to ride with us to the church. We sang along with the flight of the conchords CD and laughed. It is so strange the older he gets, the more and more he looks like Uncle Lavender.

taking pictures of each other

5. Denise: She was originally going to just be a fly on the wall and snap shots of the weeding but after the other gal decided to up the price, she became the head photographer. I am happily letting her take over. This woman has more neergy than I think I have ever had. seriously! Ha! She fit in well with the rest of the group, she did not even flinch when shown a photo on SIL's phone of her own boobs. Yes, SIL keeps a photo in her phone of her own rack. and shows people. It is a huge family joke, she never wears a bra. NEVER..... and she wears thin tank tops. I will stop now.

family

6. Mr Lavender and his Mom: just after this was taken I had to get in line behind them and saw and heard the following joke. SIL (no bra) was at the front of the church and needed to get in line in front of me quickly. She ran up the aisle in front of these two. Mr. Lavender being the most witty man said "It is like watching a national geographic special" at his sisters boobs swaying all over. My MIL laughed so hard that tears were streaming down her cheeks.

the dudes

7. The Boys side: This is what I will see on Saturday. I will look over at Mr. Lavender lovingly and hear vows similar to the ones we made to each other 11 years ago to the day. Saturday is not only the wedding, but Our wedding anniversary as well. People find this strange, like I should be offended or something. I just hope that the 19th is a lucky date, and it continues to be lucky for the new couple as well as it has worked for us. Mr. Lavender looks so cute in his vintage western shirt.

practice

8. Practice Run: The happy couple. If he looks at her like this and shows any sign of emotion, I am going to cry. A Lot. I am washing 7 vintage hankies for all us gals so we can wipe away our tears.

what I will see if i fall

9. Remember to not lock my knees! I am nearvous about standing so long in those high heels. I am afraid I am going to fall or faint. If I do, this is what I will see above me. The Ceiling.

worship

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10. Worship: This is Mr. Lavender illustrating how we feel about the word worship. The word creeps me out for some reason. We both were raised with very unbalanced views of God and religion in your life. That you use everything you have for God and then whatever is left for life. I just believe I am here to live, if I really really live and be a beacon of light and positivity, God does not care if you are affiliated with any sort of church or anything. As long as you value the life you have. Still, the word worship scares me a little.

karaoke

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11. The Bar: The wedding party then went to a bar for drinks. There were shots and beer and girly foofy drinks. I had water. I do not drink, it never settles well. The music was so loud and it was top 40 type rap. I have not been at a "club" that plays this kind of music since the running man was still okay to do on the dance floor. There was also Kareoke, I spelled that wrong I just know it. Here is Mr. Lavender showing his appreciation for the singer on the stage behind him. There was also another gal who sang, she was an obvious smoker since age two. Also her pants were SOOOOO tight that is smoothed out her camel toe and made her belly button look like a butt crack about 6 inches long. Something tells me that just because you can zip (I am baffled at how this happened) a size 3 pant, does not mean you should wear said size 3 pant. She seriously had to wrestle those on, had to take hours to do! still quite baffled.

Mr. and Mrs. L

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12. Lavender and Mr. Lavender: we had a good time, we did not stay long enough to see anyone get too drunk, it is enough to know that they did. Ha!

drunken hugs "I Love You Man!"

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13. The night ended with a hug from Mr. L to the new BIL. Good Times!

Kitten Chronicles - Life With Cookie, Week 2

Kendell
Yesterday
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It's been almost 2 weeks since we brought Cookie home. There have been some adjustments, but she is a really good kitten. The first night was rough. I put her in my bathroom thinking a small room with her toys, litter box, food and water would be the best place for her, but it didn't work out that way. She cried and cried and I ended up spending part of the night lying on a quilt on the ceramic tile floor with Cookie trying to get as close to me as she possibly could. We kept her in our room for the next couple of days so that she could get used to being in a new place. She decided very quickly that she liked the idea of being a spoiled house cat. It wasn't long before she was jumping in bed with us or sleeping in my lap when I was on the couch. On Wednesday, I opened the bedroom door so she could explore the house, and a few minutes after I opened it, she came wandering out, looking around. She ran all over the place and climbed and sniffed everything she saw. She and Bart have had some very noisy encounters. He hisses and growls at her every time he sees her. Yesterday Bart discovered her food and was helping himself and she walked up and saw him at her food bowl and she fuzzed up. I think she was getting ready to hiss and growl at him, but then he

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turned around and she thought better of it.

Cookie received a clean bill of health from the vet, and several compliments on her name. She has 2 more visits and then her kitten shots are complete. Unfortunately we have to board her for 12 days when we go on our vacation in August. I hate to do that, but we were afraid if we waited until after our trip to bring her home, it would be harder for her to get used to us. I know she'll be safe, I just hate the thought of leaving her for that long.

Cookie has a couple of habits that we need to break. As I type this, she is hanging from my living room curtain. This kitten can climb vertical things like you wouldn't believe. When she gets on the couch, she doesn't jump, she climbs it. Same thing with the bed. She has made it about half way up the blinds in the living room - we call her "Spidercat." She also has bad table manners. Every time we sit down to eat a meal, she tries to join us. We've started putting her in the bedroom and shutting the door. Otherwise she is at our feet meowing or trying to get in the chairs or on the table.

When I use the computer I almost always sit on the couch. Cookie has made this a little bit challenging. She likes to

get in my lap and she has a tendency to walk across the keyboard. Yesterday I was typing an email and she managed to send it before I had it finished. She also turns on the caps lock function quite often. I will be typing away and then all of a sudden I'm typing in all caps.

I'm very proud of Kaelin and her eagerness to take care of Cookie. I have to tell her to feed Cookie and scoop the litter box, but she does it happily and without complaining. Cookie's care is a team effort - she does the feeding and the scooping, and I clean up the food and litter that Cookie gets on the floor.

Tomorrow we are meeting Mom and Dad in Brenham for a short visit and also to pick up Sebastian. Kaelin's friend, Amanda, is taking Sebastian. I'm very happy that the kitten is getting a good home, and also that we'll be able to watch him grow up. Sebastian is beautiful. Here he is:

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Isn't he sweet??

Well, now Cookie is back in my lap while I'm trying to blog. I guess that means it is time to wrap this up. There is still one more kitten needing a home. He's the solid black one - Sam. He's had his first round of shots and he's been wormed. He's very cute, too. If you want a kitten (Kelly - you know you want one) and you're in my area or my parents' area, I can hook you up!! : )

So this one time in Nam...

Halo
Yesterday
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An actual conversation:

Me: "So when I was in Nam, it was really difficult to get meat for hamburgers. So you know what we ate instead?"
Bean: "What?"
Me: "Dirty hamsters."
Bean: "Isn't that still meat?"
Me: "No. Actually it's more like a fish."
Bean: "A fish?"
Me: "And technically, it still is a HAMburger."
Me: "..... Get it? ..... a HAMburger!"

Me: *Laughs at self for 25 minutes*

QotD: Liar Liar

Halo
Yesterday
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What is the biggest lie you've told?
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That I am over him.

Looky What I'm Getting

Kendell
2 days ago
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After 13 years, Cole and I are finally getting real bedroom furniture. Yay!!

QotD: Liar Liar

What is the biggest lie you've told?
Submitted by lazywong.

well well well. I simply cannot remember all the lies I have told. A part of me feels bad about that and the fun part of me feels like that is just part of being a human (telling lots of lies). I have told several small lies...to get out of work early and whatever...but a BIG one? wow...probably a classic - telling someone you love them when you don't love them any more. Ouch. I've done it. Recently I told a woman I was asexual when she was hitting on me. It worked.

One of the most fun lies I can remember is when I was pretty young (17 maybe?) and being really dumb and got myself into a situation in an alley in San Francisco with scary people and I tried to charm my way out by asking the scariest dude when his birthday is...so he says January something and I say "WOW! that's my birthday, too" I figured if we could bond in some way he wouldn't kill me. He was giving me the high five and talking about being a Capricorn and it really worked. I gave him pats on the back and laughed at how cool that was to have the same b-day....then got the hell out of there!