The Thief.

Guess what NY has?

I hope you are as angry as I am at the injustice. I feel violated.

The Food.

On a mattress with Anderson Cooper.

The first morning I was in New York City, we had tickets to see Regis and Kelly Live. We were in the first row of the studio audience and had a blast. I'll post pics of that a bit later. Before the show started they offered that if anyone wanted to head down to The Intrepid to be apart of the group breaking the world record for people/mattress dominos. We declined, wanting to see the show. After the show ended they let us know they were taping Friday's show next if we wanted to stay. They offered again to take anyone who might still want to head to the Intrepid to leave now. We declined again, wanting to see Anderson Cooper host Friday's taped show. After they taped that segment they offered a third time, saying the producers still had to get down there and they had a couple spots still open in that shuttle. All of my group couldn't go but I was free so hopped into that shuttle. With the producers. Who happen to be very nice people, in case you were wondering.

***Now, pause for a moment and let's embrace a dream redeemed. In college I organized Greenville College Students to attempt to break the world record for longest paperclip chain. In 24 hours we made it to 11 miles long and the record was 11.9 miles. For those of you GC alums who might be curious, here's the current record. So, a little part of me got super excited to break a record having carried my failure with me all these years. (drama added to make this seem more important.)



***Back to your regularly scheduled program:

Arriving at The Intrepid, we all signed waivers, signed the official Guiness list and then went upstairs to find the prearranged mattresses. The whole night before, they measured and taped lines so that when we all stood up, we'd know exactly where to place our mattress. Then it was go time.

Waiting for the event to start!

Watching the inner zigzag fall!

My turn to fall!


Anderson getting hit!

And here's the video: (I'm at minute 4:06 and 4:07 if you're curious.)

So very very very very much more to share...

Job offer?

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Click here to see Russ' Christmas Card designs! Note the special offers for getting your info in sooner rather than later! (the images are much easier to see on his blog than mine.)

Sooooo behind!

I have a blog? Huh? I do? Weird.

I'm incredibly behind on blogging, obviously, but I had to jump in and share something.

This morning I was include on a facebook email thread between my brother and my husband over what/how to pray for my son.

And now I'm weapy. Haven't felt this blessed in a long time.

It's Friday!

Second First Day

E-beast started his school year last week! (I'm behind, sorry!) Lots of returning friends and one returning teacher made for a seamless transition. We kept with our first day traditions!






(no, that's not his backpack...)

Who knew?

(Preface: In all of the back-to-school activities around here, I've met a few parents. I've heard about them and their kiddos all year from Russ who walks E to school but never met a lot them.)

New Friend: Oh wait, you're Eliot's mom??
Me: Yep!
NF: So, hold on,...he's adopted?
Me: Yeah, he's from Guatemala.
NF: Oh wow, this whole time I thought Russ had an exotic wife.


Poor Russ, 12 years with me when he could have been with a latin lover. Sorry Dear.

Happy Holiday!

Happy 90210 Day!!! (Get it? September 2, 2010?)

How do you and yours celebrate such an occasion?