we went up to the

college today so Eric could register for his summer classes.  We parked and I saw this on the way into the school.
#138

Umm...  A rusty razor blade on the ground of the school parking lot just as the semester ends?  That doesn't sound good if you ask me.

let's try this

What I'm Digging Wednesday and Blog Hop.  I've never tried this and thought I'd give it a shot since Liz at Staying Home and Staying Sane is starting it.  This will fit right in with my photo-a-day.  So, what I'll do is let the reader know what I'm digging right now and then I'll paste some questions she posted and answer them here.  I've left a link with my blog in her blog and that's how it gets started...

First of all, a few things I'm digging right now...


"Yodel Me on My Cell" nail polish by OPI
I have worn the same color for a few years now.  It's actually a dark maroon but looks black.  It's "Midnight in Moscow" by OPI and as of Sunday, it's on hiatus.  Make room for blue.
#135

Mt. Olive Kosher Dill Sandwich Stuffers
Convenient and delicious.
#136

My coupons
Yes, I've been watching Extreme Couponing on TLC and now Mom and I have become obsessed with the craze.  It's like a game.  Like Mom said too, it's like gambling.  I know it seems lame but it really is fun.
#137

One thing I wish I was digging right now is some sort of anxiety medication.  I hate flying and I've been stressing over an upcoming flight.  Oh how I wish I was digging something really good, preferably in the form of a pill...

Now for the question and answer portion of today's program:

1.  What is your "happy place" song?  The one that makes you smile every time.
I have quite a few happy place songs, it really just depends on what's going on.  One song I've noticed is Train in Vain by The Clash.


2. Do you have a guilty pleasure?  
Like you wouldn't believe!  The top on the list would be a few Neil Diamond songs.  I can't even listen to them with earbuds in fear that something might malfunction and people would hear and I would be humiliated for life.


3.  Place that you MUST visit before you kick the bucket?
There are so many places I'd like to visit but I'm not really interested in Australia, Africa, most parts of Asia and obviously Antarctica... and Hawaii.  Everything else can go on the list but again with the flight anxiety...  Plus I don't want to jinx myself and say I want to visit then maybe something comes up to where I do.  That would almost be like saying, "Okay, now that I've gone to such-n-such..."  See where I'm coming from?


4.  Summertime is creepin'...what kind of bathing suit are you wearing?
I don't know if this is a step up or down but I'm pretty sure it's down.  I wear a tankini but I've ditched the mens swim trunks that I wear over the bottoms and just bought a skirt cover-up (that will stay on my body and ALWAYS accompany said tankini).  Also, I only wear it under extreme circumstances.


5.  Favorite vacation spot?
California or Boston

This, my friends, was my very first What I'm Digging/Blog Hop Wednesday.

i tried to get caught

up.  Well, I thought about getting caught up.  There is just a lot going on right now.  If you don't believe me, just ask Dad.  When I get really worked up I cry.  Over the weekend I got angry and frustrated with the MG situation on top of thinking of everything else I've had going on and had a crying meltdown.  (Since it's one of Dad's favorite things, I thought I'd let it all out for him.)  I can't help it, it's how I react.

Anyway, on Sunday I had to go to Pearland to exchange a few things so we figured we would stop for fajitas.  (I'm sure that's the only reason Cosme was anxious to go with me.)  We stopped at Lupe Tortilla and it was good.  I know it doesn't look like much food... it really isn't.  We get the small order of fajitas and share it because we eat so much of the beans and hot sauce we get beforehand.  Don't worry, it fills us up just fine.
#131

Why not wash it down with an Amaretto Cupcake?
#132

This is the resident snuggle buddy doing what she does best.
#133

Trying to get as much sun time as a can before having to expose my legs on our trip.  Oh, you know what's better than sipping on a Coke out in the sun?  Pouring that Coke into a cup with a straw and poking it through the chair so that when I'm trying to expose the backs of my legs there's little to no effort to take a sip.
 #134

Don't be surprised if I slack off again for the next few days.  Like I said, there's a lot going on.

let's try a little

catch up here.  I'm so far behind I don't even know where to start.  My last photo-a-day was 120 and it was two days behind.  Today should be photo-a-day 140.  Wow.  Fail.  There's no way I can find things for some of those days because there's been a lot of busy nothing going on.  I'll post as much as I can and see where that leaves me.  Maybe I can at least catch up with the photos by the end of the weekend...

Eric drove my car to school and it got tagged in the parking lot.
#121

This was May 4, 2011.  In honor of "May the fourth be with you", I did a quick, not so great photoshop job of turning Strat green with his Yoda ears.
#122

May 11 was Cosme's birthday but I have no pictures because I was a little rushed.

The next night was the PALS banquet at the high school.  Each PAL decorates their own table and our theme was A&M.
#123

There is a candle lighting ceremony.
#124

Eric hosted Sam since he was an incoming PAL.
#125

I went shopping the next day and had to stop and take a second look.  Am I the only one that thought this was a pair of briefs with one long leg at first glance?
#126

What can I say... Another day in the school parking lot.
#127

PALS had a training day to get ready for next year and to get the new PALS ready.  Each PAL had to decorate a t-shirt for themselves and the incoming PAL.  This was the design on Eric's shirt.  (The back read "PAL extraordinaire".)
#128

The training is a lot of running around.  After that Eric came home and fell asleep on the couch.  Lucille joined him but I had to get a picture because I had accidentally shut her paw in the door a little bit earlier and she looked so sweet but sad.
#129

We're taking a little vacation soon.  I've been trying to get ready by getting reacquainted with the sun and lying out.  I hate it because it's hot and boring but it beats going on vacation and getting horribly burned from lack of sun for so long.  I never had problems with the sun and tanned easily so I'm just trying to get back into the groove of it all.  It's not my favorite thing to do but I went out with a Coke and that sure made it better.
 #130

i lied and

I'm sorry.  I'm about to not be as busy but for now I am.  I do have a few things to post but I've been so preoccupied, it seems like my mind is in about 936 other places.  May hasn't been my most productive month as far as this blog is concerned but believe me when I say there are tons of other things being taken care of and I will get back on track.

i keep thinking

about all the catching up I need to do and then I get distracted.  In the next few days I will get caught up.  It probably won't happen today because I need to get dressed, run to the store, make banana pudding, get an outfit ready for tonight, run to Lake Jackson, run to West Columbia, come back to Angleton, get ready for tonight, go the the church, go back to West Columbia to set up, come back to Angleton then head to West Columbia for a banquet.

it's a good thing

I sometimes pay attention.  I almost bought salad dressing that expired a year ago yesterday.  You know I turned that mess in.
photo-a-day, day 120

(FYI, day 120 was Saturday.  I'm slowly getting there.)

i'm very jumpy

when it comes to bugs and things.  Can you imagine how I reacted when I opened the closet, turned on the light and saw this?  There was a jump and a yell involved.
photo-a-day, day 118

Eric had community service to do for PALS on Friday.  He was to walk the 6pm to 6am shift for Relay for Life. We stopped by around 9:00 to see how it was going.  He had just finished five laps and was taking a break.  We said we'd come back around midnight but we passed out.  Around 4:30 I received a text letting me know he was on his way home.  This picture is when we stopped by and he was still awake and acting goofy.
photo-a-day, day 119