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"That's really mean....but sometimes the end justifies the means." - nuggets of wisdom from Micheal Scott

2008-11-27T01:00:00.000-08:00

So, I haven't blogged for a long time, but so many people have told me I should write down what I'm going through and that it would be therapeutic for me. So, I may or may not publish what I write and it may or may not interest you, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Tara and I are staying up late watching The Family Stone and Law & Order. Amanda came over and kept us company and looked up Twilight premier pictures, awesome. So we decided that even though Sarah Jessica Parker is the crazy one in the movie the Family Stone, she definitely ends up with the better deal in the end, because she ends up with Luke and her sister gets boring Everette. Tara made homemade, from scratch, orange rolls and they are so yummy.

This is my first Thanksgiving without Kate. And It sucks. My mom says to look at the positive, like you can go for a run in the morning and you can play games and see a movie in the evening. (Capture the flag anyone?) So I'm trying to be happy and just enjoy, I did get a pedicure tonight. But the bottom line is, it's really hard to have your child taken away from you, when it's not your own choice. Even if it's just for a day or a night. I miss her when she's not here and I love holidays, and spending them without her, sort of seem pointless. Maybe it's so hard because it's so new, I mean this is the first official holiday that I haven't had her with me. And the other part of this is, she's with her dad, who she adores. So I should be happy for her. It's selfish of me, but I miss her. I hope she has a good Thanksgiving and that she at least has 'one bite' of everything on her plate. That's our new meal rule. Ha! Ha!

So I haven't blogged in a long time and it's just so happens that one of the last entries was from about 1 year ago, right after Kate turned 4. Well, she just turned 5. I'll post the picture of Kate and Izzy from this years party (Nov 8). SO CUTE!!! The best part of the party was when they were doing the pony ride at Thanksgiving POint and Kate looked around at all the kids on teh ponies and announced, "This is so cool, all my friends are riding ponies with me".

One more thing (technically it's 8 or 9 more things), I wanted to mention the things I'm grateful for this year.

1. I'm grateful I don't have to cook tomorrow (well cranberry sauce, but that's easy)
2. I'm grateful for my awesome friends at work (they take good care of me)
3. I'm grateful for my sister Tara. I love having her as a roommate (AKA Kate's older sister). I'm grateful for the homemade orange rolls she made tonight
4. I'm grateful for fresh snow
5. I'm grateful for girlfriends who help me get through tough times, you know who you are and you know why...
6. I'm thankful for the movie ELF (what?!, it helps me get in a festive mood)
7. I love my family
8. I'm grateful for my blessings from God and for my life and for the future.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Much Love!
XOXOXOX

Kate got bangs.... Yes she did

2007-12-13T19:07:00.001-08:00

My baby is growing up...

2007-11-11T21:09:00.000-08:00

Kate turned 4 yesterday. The party was exhausting, stressful(just for me), completely chaotic and so fun! The dancing and pinata were the biggest hits I think. Those kids are all so dang cute! Thanks to everyone who showed up, it was a good time! We have good friends and family. And thanks to all of Kate's cute friends and cousins for the amazing gifts! She's been playing toys non-stop.

TARA SIDE NOTE: Tara was completely embarrassed that I had my work friends' husband put together the Polly pocket "race to the mall" track. And her comments to Sally after the party were, "I'm never having kids, but if I do, they aren't having birthday parties".... LOL... it wasn't that bad. She'll eat her words, unlike she ate the cupcakes.

Love ya all! If you want to see all the pictures, just let me know and I'll send you the Costco link!

Here's some pics! The one above is with her 'boyfriend' Izzy. (He's also Kaitlin's boyfriend, you could say he's a ladies man, obviously!) SO CUTE!

More cute pics:

2007-10-03T13:58:00.000-07:00

2007-10-03T13:41:00.000-07:00

All done

2007-10-03T12:06:00.000-07:00

Old blanket

2007-10-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

Kate at the Wendy's drive-thru (in her pj's), one of the many benefits of working from home.

2007-09-28T11:46:00.000-07:00

Scrap or die

2007-09-27T22:23:00.001-07:00

The Making Memories Warehouse sale was off-the-hook, obviously.

I got an iPhone

2007-09-26T21:32:00.000-07:00

this is so fun hopefully I'll get it figured out soon

The first male-male pair team...

2007-09-04T12:05:00.000-07:00

Is a male-male pair skating team funny?
Yes.
Then YES!

Will Ferrel is so underrated, he deserves more credit for being hilarious!!

Ryan Adams - Halloweenhead: Video

2007-08-07T13:22:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-Z1zjlf8g

This is so rad.

Who knew?

2007-08-06T23:40:00.000-07:00

In the NYC subway last week, some street vendors were selling dvd copies of movies that were just released in the theaters. Naturally, not being able to pass up, well basically anything, I bought 3. The quality was terrible, of course they were video taped from a movie camera in the theater.... awesome. But here's the great part. Kate has been watching Hairspray non-stop. She loves it. She took it to daycare today and wow, what a hit! So funny... all the parents want to know how we got a copy of Hairspray already... sooo funny. My 3 year old loves a terrible version of Hairspray. She's cute.

I don't know what to say...

2007-06-05T18:59:00.000-07:00

so I'll start with the best part.
Watch this:

My sister and I have always been unofficial video critics, not that we have an credentials, it's more of a hobby I guess. When I first saw this video, I had to call her and tell her about it. She was so annoyed because she was up at 2:30 AM working on her portfolio. But I just felt strongly the NEED to share. I'd be lying if I sad I didn't LOVE the red kegger cups in the backyard party, that was amazing. And the drive thru at Taco Bell with the girls, so funny too. But then she's in this plane, all "glamorous" and by herself. So I get her fame hasn't changed her, but really it has. Anyway, not that great, right. THEN, out of no where she's in the desert with Ludacris in a Bonnie and Clyde scene. It was so damn funny. I was laughing at the confusion this video caused me. Literally, laughing. I loved it, of course. Who wouldn't? It was that bad.