Amazing!!

Now if this isn't hot then I don't know what it.

Dark Day

LUKE
What are you talking about? - - - Fine! Do whatever you want!

MRS. THOMPSON
Well, I'm sorry you're so upset.

LUKE
Well, you're giving me a week's notice! What am I supposed to do with a week's notice?!

MRS. THOMPSON
Well, my son just called me from Florida to tell me about the condo Luke...

LUKE
Fine. Go. Enjoy Florida. I hear they have great weather there -- terrific hurricanes. Make sure you bring plenty of plywood and bottled water!

LORELAI
Hey, hi, hello!

LUKE
What are you doing here?

LORELAI
I was just driving down the street and saw you and thought I'd stop by and say "Hey, Hi, Hello". Hello, Mrs. Thompson.

MRS. THOMPSON
Hello, dear.

LORELAI
So, what's going on?

LUKE
Nothing. Nothing's going on.

MRS. THOMPSON
Luke, please understand. There's nothing I can do. I've already found someone to rent the house and they have cars.

LUKE
And you just agreed to that?

MRS. THOMPSON
Well, It seemed rather reasonable to me.

LUKE
Oh, come on!

LORELAI
Oh. ... Um.

MRS. THOMPSON
Luke's very upset with me.

LORELAI
Why?

MRS. THOMPSON
Well, his father rented the garage. He was building a boat, and he didn't have room at his place, so he paid me to do it here. And then when he died, Luke continued to pay for the garage. And now I'm moving to a nursing home, and I need him to move his boat.

LORELAI
You're mad because this little old lady is moving to a nursing home, and you have to move your boat? Is this really the story you wanna stick to?

LUKE
She called me out of the blue, and I've paid for an entire month.

MRS. THOMPSON
I can give you a partial refund if you like.

LUKE
Where am I supposed to find a space to store a boat on a moment's notice, huh? Did you think about that for even a second?

MRS. THOMPSON
Uh, could we sit down? The doctor says the screw in my hip is loose.

LORELAI
Yes, yes, let's sit. Let's sit and calmly try to figure this out.

LUKE
No No, I've got it figured out. Just haul it off! Trash it!

MRS. THOMPSON
Haul what off?

LORELAI
The boat?

LUKE
Yes, the boat. Scrap it! Find somebody to drag it away and cut it up for firewood!

LORELAI
Oh now - Luke –

MRS. THOMPSON
Who's gonna haul it off?

LUKE
Anyone. Just find a guy with a truck and a hook. He'll strap it on and drive it away and send me the bill! I'm done!
STORMS OFF

LORELAI
Luke!
to Mrs. Thompson I'll be right back.
Luke, stop. What, what, and what?

LUKE
I have been paying that woman every month for Fif-teen years.

LORELAI
Luke, she's moving to a nursing home.

LUKE
And my dad was paying her every month twenty years before that!

LORELAI
Nursing home, Luke.

LUKE
I know where she's going.

LORELAI
She's not trying to hurt you.

LUKE
Whatever.

LORELAI
Hey, where are you going?

LUKE
Back to the diner.

LORELAI
Let me drive you.

LUKE
No.

LORELAI
I can drive you back to the diner. I promise if we pass any senior citizens, I'll let you jump out and pants 'em.

LUKE
Fine.

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I know your probably all thinking... not another reference to Gilmore. I just can't help it. Part of me wishes I was a character from that Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire movie, Pleasantville something or other so I could jump into the TV and be on the Gilmore Girls show. I totally love it. Anyway that is besides the point. The scene above describes Luke, the most perfect man on television having a little spat with a senior citizen over his dad's unfinished boat that has been staying in her garage.

Lorelai is about to learn why Luke is having a meltdown; something that is so out of his character Luke tells her that the next day is the anniversary of his dad's death and that every year it puts him in a funk.

Anyway, today is my dark day. Although my father is still alive,THANK GOODNESS, today was a huge day in my life. Today is the day I let go of something I have been holding onto for way to long. The are many times in our lives when we must be stripped of everything we know so we can start fresh, start new. Its scary looking at life this naked and vulnerable but I can only hope that it will bring bigger and better things into my life.

These last few months have been rough for me but I am thankful for those of you who put up with me so that I can travel along this journey we call life learning ways to better myself.

Celebrating the holidays with friends

A couple months ago I blogged about my girlfriends who I have been friends with for years and how out lives were all moving in different ways and getting together without "our rock" Rachel was going to be more difficult. Well it was true we have been trying to get together for months and it finally just happened last week. We made gingerbread house and it was so much fun. It was so nice to see them all laughing and girl talking... it was just a good time.

The prep before the storm...

Everyone knows the key to a good gingerbread
house is the icing

The process


Mary's chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven... YUMMY!


Cassie cute little abode


My fruit house... not the vision I intended


Emily's "starter" home...


Janell's winter cottage


Mary had frosting everywhere... and apparently that's the key
because her was totally the best.




The final products.

Favorite Things Tag

7 things

I've been tagged by my friend Melissa Duran

Here are 7 random facts about me:

1. When I was 5 years old I was sledding at my best friend Matt Dahlstrom birthday party and I decided I wanted to sled down a different hill that went perpendicular to the hill we were already sledding on. Lets just say that it was not an approved sledding hill for a reason because after going down the hill I ran into electrical wire and knocked my two front teeth out and had to wear braces for 6 weeks.

2. I love to sing in the car. I bust out my best vocals and if the song is really good I will even show off my great seated dance moves. The new Britney Spear's song has got me many
looks from ongoing traffic:)

3. My new favorite restaurant is Buca di Bepo. If you haven't been there its this cute little Italian place. They make the BEST chocolate cake and have a killer Apple Gorgonzola salad. It is also really close to my work... I ate there twice last week.

4. I have a shopping addiction. I can't help that I work so close to Target and a Bed Bath and Beyond. I was watching Run's House on MTV and his daughters' realized they had a shopping addiction so there started going to a therapist. Maybe I should see if I can piggyback on their sessions.

5. I love small towns and the country. Life is so much slower and enjoyable. In a small town I get that feeling that nothing else matters. I have a shirt that says "Relish Today and Ketchup Tomorrow" and that is how it feels everyday in the country.

6. I have an love hate relationship with bread. I can eat a whole loaf of French bread all by myself, especially when its hot and fresh. Obviously that is the love part. The hate part is the muffin top I currently have where most carbs are stored. See my dilemma... love, hate. ♥

7. I love throwing parties. In fact we just had one on Thursday to celebrate mine and my room mate Mindy's birthdays. It was good time. I made 12 different types of popcorn, some were a hit and some were a miss. In the words of Brander B "Ahh, this one is awful. What is this one? That is worst taste of molasses ever." Haha, I couldn't blame the kid... that one didn't turn out so well:)

I Tag: mah... anyone who wants to play.

Thriller

Last night my room mates and I went to the Thriller show at Kingbury Hall. I do have to admit it was not what I expected. I had heard it was a great show and a great crowd pleaser but I had no idea how twisted the show really was.

As we approached the stairs in the front of Kinsbury Hall I noticed a girl dressed up like a zombie crawling down the stairs glaring and hissing at the crowd around her. I thought to myself that is was some artsy freak just being weird. Oh how wrong I was. I looked around and these zombie like girls were everywhere. I ran back to my room mates and asked what was going on. Allyson said they were actors and they were in the show.

Great! This is all I need. A couple week prior we had gone to a Haunted House and I was still recovering from that. I was instantly scared; to say the least. From that point I thought, "just get to your seat... just get to your seat" but these zombies were everywhere you couldn't escape them. Our seats were in the balcony. I left my room mates just a little bit behind me on my mission to find my seat. I realized I was probably getting too ahead of my roomies so I turned around and saw them a few feet behind me. As I turned back around to continue my mission... one of the zombies got me. She was inches from my face hissing with a look that could kill. Of course I jumped and screamed and everyone around me bust out laughing. But she did not end there, while still glaring and hissing at me she grabbed the program out of my hands and took a bite out of it. She... IT chewed the bite of paper for a few seconds and then spit it at me.


Okay lady you can have my program, it was free anyway. My room mates caught up with me and we headed toward our seats, but not without her shoving the chewed up program back in my face. Finding our seats was actually taking too long so we had to find an usher to help us find them. YEAH, and the dumb zombie still wouldn't leave. I thought we were never going to be safe in our seats.



Awhh... finally our seats. We sat down and the zombies were running all around us but at least I could see them coming at me. I wore my glasses that day... not a good idea. I had no peripheral vision so I could only see them coming if I was looking straight at them. Not to mention the whole row behind us was empty so it was easy access for them to get from one side of the theater to the other... not forgetting to scare us(ME) along the way of course.


I spent the whole show flipping my head from left to right making sure there was no one behind me... paranoid?? Yup, just a little. I am just glad getting out and to our cars was easy and free from scares. All in all the show was really good and it was a great night out as a house. The girls are already talking about going next year, but we will see if I am over it by then.

I smell snow...

Lorelai: Wait, close your eyes and breathe. I smell snow.
Rory: Ah, it's that time of year.
Lorelai: Can't you smell it?
Rory: You know, it's like dogs and high-pitched noises. I think it's something only you can smell.
(Rory sits down next to Lorelai and pulls a blanket over the both of them)
Lorelai: I love snow.
Rory: Really, I had no idea.
Lorelai: Everything's magical when it snows, everything looks pretty. The clothes are great. Coats, scarves, gloves, hats.
Rory: Thermal underwear, wool socks, ear flaps.


This morning I was laying in bed facing the window. I went to bed pretty late and I was fighting the fact that it was 7:30 and my body wanted to get up. I peeked open one eye and when all I saw was snow covering the trees outside my window the other eye shot right open. Of course we all hate the dreaded cold windy wet parts of winter but I cant help but love the first snow. Things get chilly and a coat is a must but the first few weeks even a month of the snow is so beautiful to me. It will snow a little then melt... then snow a little and melt again... I usually love the snow until Christmas hits. As soon as Christmas hits the snow seems to never end... and it is no longer pretty. But for right now I am loving it. There is nothing like sitting in the dark all curled up in a blanket sipping on hot chocolate and watching the snow fall with the fire place crackling in the background. I love the seasons first snow:)

My Quirks

Tagged by Sarah

"Every man has his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe

1. I am a Nazi in the kitchen. I love to cook, but not with other people(unless its planned and I knew we were going to cook together). I get in this routine where I want to cook the "best" meal in the most efficient way. I can juggle 7 different things in my head at once... BUT if a ball drops I freak out. Hence the freak out I had last night about the French bread... sorry Mel:)

2. I hate snot, boogers or anything to do with the nose. My throat closes off and I start to feel the flem building up in my throat. I am going to be the worst mother ever. My kid is going to be like "Mommy mommy I brought you something..." and I am gonna run for the hills.

3. I have the most meticulous shower routine. I have been known to take really long showers and here is why. First I shampoo my hair, while leaving the shampoo in I shave my legs. Then I wash out the shampoo I squeeze out as much water as possible because I read once that conditioner will take better to your hair if its not too wet. I put in the conditioner and let it sit so it can moisturize as long as possible while I loofa with body wash from head to toe. Then I wash my face with some sort of exfoliated face wash. Then I turn the heat down on the water as cold as I can stand to rinse out my conditioner; I also read once that rinsing your hair out with cooler water will help your hair retain moisture. At this point I am done just as the clock reaching 30-35 minutes. Sorry to all those water conservation activists:)

4. I will eat almost anything except mushrooms. I can't stand their texture in my mouth... its almost like eating a booger... and you know how much I like those....

5. I heart musicals. I love every part of a musical. The dancing the singing. I just want to get up to dance and sing too. I wish my own life had a soundtrack... I would love that.

6. My eyes close when I laugh. I absolutely hate it. I try hard to keep them open but I look even worse. Like I have bitter beer face.... haha!

I Tag: Jessica "Love" and Janelle

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