Ok...one more!

I promise that this is the last post for the evening (Baby's gotta earn her keep!).  I read this touching piece on my favorite blog and after enjoying a few tears I decided it must be shared.  I hope you enjoy this touching story as much as I did.

And, because I probably would not have read it but for the small clip she posted, I will do the same for you:

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

Warm Shower Water...Delicious!

I think we discover new Chachi's quirks on a daily basis.  His latest involves showers.  Often when we are showering he will come in and 'knock' on the shower door.  The other day I opened it a crack and saw Chach's head pop into the the shower.  Little sprays of water bathed his head and ears but he seemed to enjoy it.  So, thinking like I do, I decided to hold my hand out and see what he would do with the water that ran down my arm and off my hand in little streams.  The wierdo loved it and lapped the water up gleefully.  In fact, he stopped for a moment because he was getting soaked but the second I put my hand back down he leapt back into position and began lapping away.

Sometimes when I am away from home, its all I can do to keep myself from flying 100 mph down PCH so that I can nuzzle my cat's belly.  Now who's the wierd one?

LegoMania and Jealous Wife

Joel got a job!!  Yea!  The Myers household could not be more thrilled especially because his job involves teaching kids how to play with Legos.  Had I known something like this existed, I would have thought long and hard about my career choice.  I was an avid Lego player and fan when I was younger.  I remember liking them so much that I had my mom bring home floorplans of houses for me to build out of Legos.  Obsessive and nerdy?  I think so!  Needless to say, I am so excited to hear about his first day (Friday) and maybe get some private lessons in myself.

Great Article

In the midst of a historical election and a crisis on Wall Street, I find myself turning more and more to news blogs, articles, and radio talk shows hungry for any new insights and commentaries on these scary, yet somehow exhilarating, times.

While perusing the Huffington Post, I found this great article on last week's bump-in-the-road.  Here are a few excerpts:

It's privatize the profits, socialize the losses; patriotism for the masses, socialism for the rich.

We apparently can quickly find (or borrow) the money to do the stuff the authorities deem necessary, be it war or bailout; thus, we can also find the money we need for investment in people, from health care to education to infrastructure, etc.

The point is that these are potentially transformational times.

Transformations evolve out of crises...the big social movements that have transformed our politics have often resulted from the collision of brave, visionary leaders and major upheavals: Lincoln and the Civil War, FDR and the Depression, Johnson and the Civil Rights movement. Kuttner believes the stage is set for the next transformation, this time from a broken economy that threatens American prosperity to one that works for everyone.

Jeez...watching history unfold in front of you like this is sure worth the price of admission, ain't it?

Update

If you've been to our website you know that we have been working on thank you notes.  Technically, the only work we've done on them has been to harbor feelings of guilt and shame that we have not written one single note.  That is until yesterday.  I was able to write about 17 thank you notes and boy do I feel amazing.  I also went down the list and circled a bunch for Joel to do as well which also makes me feel more accomplished cause that's one less that I have to do.  I love receiving gifts and I even enjoy writing notes...but the problem here is that there are so many that it becomes overwhelming.  Not any more!  I have complete control over the situation and I think this is also helping me in other areas of my life that desperately need attention.

So keep an eye out for yours!  

Oh...there are a few people that I need new addresses from.  If you have recently moved (aka everyone!) then please leave a comment with your new address.

joel's in the game now

My dear husband has decided its time for him to have a blog too.  And boy is he excited about it!  Its all he talks about these days - interesting topics to write about, who reads his blog, future posts (like april fools posts), and how cool our two blogs look next to each other.

I'd say he's slightly obsessed....but super cute!  How can you resist a man that daydreams about his blog and how cool it is?  Plus, i think it offers him a much needed distraction from school work (not that a lot of that is happening around here).

So, I urge you to check it out and give him some love (but I have to warn you that he's been a bit political lately, so if you don't want to read rants and raves then skip the first post).

Here it is!

Guy Love

This is the song I dedicated to Joel and Chachi's relationship. I think Chachi lets me pet him every once in awhile just to appease me. But if he had his way only Joel's hands would pet him.

budgets <-- you suck!!

i've probably made hundreds of budgets in my lifetime (k, this might be a slight exaggeration but please don't let this distract from the fact that there have been a lot) and joel and i have even made a few (by a few i mean five or six - and we've only been married 4 months).  

i think we've established that i have no problem making the budget.  unfortunately, its the following through with the budget that gets to be difficult.  i think this is a pretty basic part of my personality.  when i was younger my favorite past time was organizing my barbie's clothes.  i would divide outfits into color schemes, seasonal schemes, and schemes that i would want to wear if i was barbie's size and had barbie's figure.  nevermind the fact that normal kids actually played with their toys.  not me!  i just organized them.

hence the budget.  i like putting it together and making the columns and the pretty colors.  but then it sits on my desktop and i fail to look at it much less follow it until times like these where i start to panic cause we are quickly running out of money and resources are super slim.  although, my first thought when all this went down was, "we need to make a budget!!"  

interesting topics?

this semester i have the distinct pleasure of writing my 50-page law review paper.  don't tell this to the kids but i am actually kinda excited about it.  the problem is everytime i think of a topic i find out its already been written about.  

so i am extending this opportunity to all of you.  please leave a comment with ideas about what i should write about.  just remember, there has to be something legal somewhere in there.

apple one

joel had an interview with apple one today.  i'm not sure if you've noticed but the economy kinda sucks right now.  i believe alan greenspan summed it up nicely when he said this was a once in a century kind of deal.  excellent!  so, its not exactly the best time to be searching for a job...not when the market is flooded with phds and masters and grey-haired men with mortgages.  

joel has sent out sooo many applications and resumes and nothing is turning up for him.  so, he has resorted to temp work (which i personally think is better than living on the streets, but that's just me).  his interview with apple one went really well today and they already have a couple jobs that they think he would be great for.  since he came home from the interview he's been preparing his resume and is about to send it off to apple one to send to the jobs.  hopefully he'll be gainfully employed by next tuesday!  in the meantime we are storing up fat around our midsections for the possible no eating strike we'll be forced to engage in if this doesn't work out.

pp

time for a confessional.  about a year and a half ago (i'm not really sure on the time frame, but i know it occurred before this thing called school) joel and i became obsessive over a little game called puzzle pirates.  now, before i hear all the ughs and sighs permit me to explain to you the wonder that is puzzle pirates.  its an online multi-player game in which each person is characterized by a pirate! a PIRATE!  arg matey!  and, the way that we perform our duties as pirates is through puzzles.  PUZZLES and PIRATES!  i know what you're thinking...it doesn't get better than this, right?  well, about the time that joel and i were obsessively glued to our computers (just ask joel's roommates...i'm sure they thought we were nuts) we also became emotionally invested in the game.  i do not recommend this.  some words were said and actions done in the pirating world and yours truly got very upset.  from that moment on i vowed never to return.

only to find myself glued to my laptop once again.  as i fall asleep at night i have puzzles swirling inside my brain and eyelids and all i can think about is how i would solve that puzzle.  now i am hoping since school has started again that this obsession will shift over to school work.  its painful and slow.  painfully slow.  and for some reason has not happened as of yet.  i'm still holding my breath and crossing my fingers that sometime soon school will become more fascinating than my pirately world and law stuff will take over the swirling in my brain.

indecision '08

lately, i've been looking for the right thing to say about the election.  almost everyday i come home wanting to pull my hair out and burn the radio.  i'm trying really hard to not give up and throw my  hands in the air after coming to the realization that people do not think with their brains but with their TV sets.  by and large the electorate wants to be sold on a package and it seems that package lately comes with a pair of ovaries.  i am all for a woman president/vice president....but people - sarah palin?!?  explain this one to me cause i will never get it.  yes, you're right she has executive experience (ummm...less than 2 years as governor of alaska!), foreign policy experience (she lives next to russia), and is one step away from being a bull dog who says thanks but no thanks for bridges to nowhere (that would be after the bridges become unpopular but she'll still take the pork for her state).  

this is just an iota of what's been on my mind lately...i won't barrage you with the rant and rave that joel has to hear almost every night.  i'll just leave you with this great clip from snl (and say this, tina fey for president in 2012!!).

zaniness

chachi discovered string last night. he loved it. he loved it so much he ate the string.

well, we didn't get the very cool corner apartment with the corner windows in each of its two bedrooms.  when we walked to our landlord's office at around 11 am of the first day it was open for viewing, we were greeted with the sad news that already six other people had been there that morning for the same apartment!  ugh.

but....but, there is two bedroom opening up on october 1st and we are first on the list if we want it.  we aren't as thrilled with this one for several reasons: its on the alley, the two bedrooms do not have corners full of windows, it does not come with a spot and the patio is not as large.  but even though its not as charming as the one we were looking at, it would be nice to be in a two bedroom with a patio so looks like we might be moving after all...that is, to the aparment right next to ours.  yep....big move.

on another note, i have to say that i love our church.  joel and i have been attending a home church for about three years now (give or take a few months).  we love it!  its so nice to be involved with a church where everyone is our friend, we feel completely accepted and we can be having shitty days but our friends still love us and sit by us.  today was especially great because we broke out into small groups and were able to pray for one another in a more intimate setting.  i have some crap i am dealing with right now and it was so so so nice to be able to honestly and openly discuss what is on my heart and then to have three people pray for me.

also...some very talented friends of mine are having a boutique extravangza next weekend.  if you're local you should totally check it out (and, i will be there for the better part of the event!).  here are the details:

Saturday September 13, 2008 

11am - 7pm

3044 blueridge ave

orange, ca 92867

new apartment?!?

a new apartment opened up in our complex and i desperately want to move into it.  there are so many positives: two bedrooms, parking space, fenced in yard (well really a porch but its definitely big enough for bikes AND a bbq...heaven), and our landlords will let us move without having to break our lease.  ahhh...bliss!

now i just need to convince joel to spend the extra money each month.  i'm getting close!  tomorrow we can look at the place so we may be moving this weekend.  although, i saw a family looming around outside...they think they're going to get the place.  i don't think so!

life agogo

school started again...that's about all that i have to say about that subject.  lets see, its only been a week and a few days and i've already decided to not go.  today i woke up around 8 (when that bastardly alarm clock reared its ugly head) and i said "no alarm clock!  i will not get up right now and do my homework and then go to class!  i'm going to turn you off, roll over, and wake up when i damn well please!"  and you know what?  alarm clock listened!  

its been a lovely day...joel and i ran errands, i woke up when i wanted to, and i don't feel the least bit guilty for not going to school today.  now, i don't want an argument or you out there telling me that i should still work my hardest.  i've had enough of those lectures lately.  its as if i'm a slacker and we all have to worry that maybe one day i won't take my medicine and i'll suddenly flip out and joel will have to roam the streets looking for me huddled under some tree.  really!  come on...since when does someone need to lecture me about doing well in school?  are you serious?!?  and yet - i know, as if this would ever happen - i have had several family members recently worry about me and in their worrying they gave me the "you should work hard in school" lecture.

ugh.

you know...maybe they should show me what they are talking about.  show me how they worked hard in school and didn't slack off THEIR THIRD YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL.  wait a minute...they can't because the people that lectured me were the ones that dropped out of school and then later in life went back.  ah yes...i can see why they would worry.  i am in danger of falling out of school and might have to return in 20 years from now.

thanks for your concern, but as for today it was FANTASTIC to for once be a rebel and skip school.