going to africa

January 2007. she was still 3 here!

i don't remember this and it was like finding a treasure. and i think her baby voice is so precious. it makes me miss her then. she was so sweet....even if i couldn't come with her to africa (because it was dark...my heart! my heart! how freaking cute was she!). this was 3 months after she took scissors to her hair.....notice the chunk of bangs missing. and i love how you can hear charlie purring the whole time....he must have liked being an inside cat. now he is wild and kills birds and mice....

ok....enough of the nostalgia videos....

"lasso that rope"

this one is from June 2008

when i grow up

since i don't have a camera (have i mentioned this?) i am going to post old videos.

i don't know the exact date of this...but i think it was July of 2007. i miss riley's little 4 year old lisp. i make a cameo at the end and oh my god my hair was awful back then. why didn't anyone tell me? my head was in desperate need of bleach.




p.s. how cute is it when she says "mailer"!? she used to want to me a mailman. and when she says "bajama day".....so sweet.
oh, and....i don't really want to be a rockstar. obvs.

i'm sorry but this made me laugh....and i am actually not that sorry.

i can't wait until it is all over

i don't have much of an opinion about the VP debate. except that i think palin is a freaking whack job. and i am a little bummed that i didn't win palin bingo....i thought for sure i would win with a board that had "gee", "hockey mom", "God", and "terrorists". but my dad won. i would have won if my board had "you betcha" or "darn".

other than that....i say "meh". meh meh meh.

oh. and the fact that the republican party openly admits that they are now going to attempt to damage obama's character...with these attacks that are laughable and total baloney.....is just awesome.
they must be shaken in their boots.



so. it is windy today. i drove to trader joes but it was closed because their power was out. i think it is a perfect day to order pizza. and make cookies.

we have a new niece!!!

Kaiya-Grace Abigail Brown

scary movie month begins!

you know when you watch a scary movie and a bad part is coming up and you cover your face and peek out through your fingers? that is how i am going to watch the debate tomorrow.


speaking of scary movies...it is October! which, as we all know is the official Scary Movie Month™!!! so here is what we have on the queue so far for this years SMM:

funny games
bug
the reaping
30 days of night
prince of darkness
raw meat
innocents


also, we picked out Riley's Halloween costume already.....she is going to be a witch. i don't know if it can beat last years Tinkerbell....but i am happy she chose a witch over hannah montana.


other scary things:

• there is a bowl in my fridge with a salad i made in July.

• my favorite song right now is "sexy can I" by ray J

• i have not had my hair colored since June. a creepy old guy a the post office said he liked the "shading" in my hair. i said it was called "grow out".
  

• there is still a turtle in the guest room.

• the size of the laundry pile that needs to be folded. (it is staring at me right now)

• my limitless, unsatisfiable craving for chocolate