what a day

it's a gosh darn beautiful day out, yet i can't seem to get it together today. i think it's because i went to try on some of my summer clothes this morning and found that i looked a little bit like an over-stuffed sausage link... should i be surprised? no... was i? yes... i have been *terrible* with exercising lately and need to get back on the stick. i'm cranky, tired, anxious and hungry all at the same time and i know that getting my rump in gear will solve my woes. so if someone could kindly show up at my house each morning with a cattle prod and get me out of bed, that would be fabulous... thank you

:)

*this* is how i feel right now... a 'hungry hippo' for sure!

i'm a toys'r'us kid

... i fully admit it... i don't wanna grow up.

in a salute to the fact that summer is around the corner (which always reminds me of being a kid and drinking lemonade and sitting for hours in my parent's backyard pretending i was 'queen of the world'... so me, right?), i bring you this picture of myself and my 30 something friends... proof that you can be a grown-up, but still not be 'grown up.'

hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

I just read something stating that the Appeals Court decided the US was discriminating against blind people because they couldn't distinguish which amount of currency they were using... OK, I think we've gone a little far with our politically corrct motivations, haven't we?

Um, U2... you can't perform tonight unless you can figure out how not to discriminate against deaf people...

Um, burgeoning artist... unless you can figure out how to not discriminate against blind people in your painting, please don't even bother...

How in goodness' name did we all make it this far... just to see the world go down in flames by a bunch of ding dongs.

lazy daisy

i have been a lazy gal this past week or so... a lazy worker, a lazy exerciser, a lazy blogger...

oh... and i emailed some of my friends about this yesterday, but when deciding to look for flip-flops made out of a 'natural, cowhide material,' never type in 'leather thongs' into google and hit 'i'm feeling lucky.' just don't. i'm still waiting for the IT police to come and drag me off to the big, bad corporate detention lair in the sky...

have a good tuesday!

back to the main subject

here i sit looking at this darn blog and i've noticed that i haven't really taken the time to discuss and celebrate my small victories (no pun intended), my new girls! (and it's funny because i was talking on the phone to my mom the other day on the phone at work and i was using code word 'girls' and when i got off the phone, this guy that sits next to me was like, 'i had no idea you had twins!')

i was *going* to simply point at my perkies and say, 'Why yes i do!' ...but you know how big companies are with their darn harassment policies... can't even slap anyone's ass anymore. (I'm totally kidding... i have never slapped anyone's ass at work... on purpose... ok, maybe i have... or maybe i just thought about it... ok, maybe not a slap... more of a squeeze... a big, nice squeeze... or a daydream about a big, nice squeeze... ok, enough)

jeez buddy, if all you have to do all day is listen to my conversations, perhaps you should get a hobby. or maybe i'll just mess with his head and start being *real* explicit when i talk about them... 'oh, yes... you want me to talk about how they used a surgical grade exacto knife and carefully cut out my nipples like a diligent kindergartner?' that oughtta get him to stop listening. :)

so, a couple of weeks ago i got this wacky infection thing in my left boob. they said it stemmed from one stitch (crazy!) and i was all sick and tied and icky... they gave me some serious antibiotics and it got better. well, it also turns out that i had some sort of hematoma there too (which sounds positively, medically disgusting!)... guess i wasn't supposed to be raking the front yard or picking up my nieces after all...

so this hematoma (which is basically a big clot of pooled blood), um, exploded (ok, that's not a medical term, but i can't think of a better one) and turned my boob a bright purple...like a grimace from mcdonalds purple. n-a-s-t-y. it was scary and my darling p was making a face similar to a toddler when forced to eat brussel sprouts.

then it turned pink

then it turned yellow

and now... finally... it's back to it's former self except for one really bizarre thing. the scar, which kind of runs underneath the whole breast has retracted a bit (for 1.5 inches of my breast underneath the shape is like a frown instead of a smile...does that make any sense?) where the hematoma was. my doctor assured me that it will probably fix itself, or that we can go back in and do a *revision.* doesn't that sound scary :(

oh well... on a good, happy note... the girls have been happy and i've been hitting the gym almost every day! since i started about two weeks ago, i've lost ten whole pounds... that's two bags of potatoes... woohoo! :)

the last sentence cracks me up

from one of Kristen's favorite (and decidedly mine...it's like watching a train wreck) blogs, the Boston Police Department...

'RUNNING ONTO THE FIELD AT FENWAY NEVER A SMART MOVE
At about 9:56pm, on Saturday, May 3, 2008, officers, performing a paid detail at Fenway Park during the Boston Red Sox/Tampa Bay Rays game, were called to assist with a disturbance on the field. The suspect in this case jumped onto the playing surface after entering the field from an area near the right field box seats. The suspect jumped onto the playing surface while the game was in progress. Once on the field, suspect began running across the field. However, in short time, the wanna-be-ballplayer was run down and apprehended by Red Sox security and Boston Police detail officers. Officers arrested Greg Timmins, 37, of Tappan, New York and charged him with Disturbing the Peace. Any and all reports describing the aforementioned individual as a Yankees fan are, at this time, wholly unsubstantiated.'

The BPD has quite a snarky little blog writer, don't they...

there are no words...

well, other than i royally stink at keeping up with this blog...
but truly on a day like today? no words... just pictures of the public gardens yesterday...
take *that* stupid microsoft desktops! enjoy!