Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

So each year the co-workers try and find new ways to celebrate people's birthdays. Lately, since everyone has come to realize there will be a party on their birthday, the crew has started doing these sneaky surprises that are a few days ahead of your birthday. You never know when you are going to get hit so it makes it hard to take a day off to avoid what is sure to be an embarrassing birthday party. This year I told the crew that I didn't want to have a big ole party and made them promise there would be no big party. Soooooo this morning I get to my office door and there is a hula girl on it. I open the door and to my surprise they had decorated my office like Hawaii. They even flew in two leis from Hawaii and had Hawaiian music playing. I was very touched by the gesture as I have been aching to go to Hawaii. Oddly enough the leis made me feel like I was in Hawaii and for the first time in a long time I was completely relaxed. I sure play Hawaiian music in my offic...

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This is us checking out a dog park in our area. We have previously been visiting one in Pasadena. We were not sure if he would like this place because it didn't have grass. Turns out Mo prefers the no grass parks. Seems he loves getting that pretty blonde coat dirty.

Life with Moses is sure interesting. Yesterday we had the shock of our life when we learned our "kid" may have worms. But as it turned out he didn't have worms only maggots!! Can you say yuk? So Saturday I was sweeping up the kitchen floor (which I have to do all the time now since getting a shedding dog) when I saw a white worm like thing on the floor. I only saw one and didn't think much about it as I swept it out the door. Then yesterday the hub came home and said that Moses had these white worms in his poop. My poor baby!! Instant mom freak mode set in. Then I remembered the white worm in the kitchen and I showed my husband the spot where I had seen it. When I went to show him...there was a few more worms. Ewwwww! Upon seeing those creepy crawly worms I freaked out in my head. Remember the movie Bird on a Wire where Goldie Hawn screams when she sees a cockroach in the shower? Well, that is what the inside of my brain was doing...screaming like a crazy...

Oh Hawaii I ache for you!! When will I get back? Whose up for another group vacation to Hawaii? Remembering the fun times....

Happy Friday Everyone!

I was looking forward to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince like most folks but even though this one is breaking records at the box office, I didn't think it was that great of a film. I am not sure if this one has a new director but it seems that whoever made this one sucked the life out of it. Of course the books are way better than the films but somebody didn't do a very good job with this one. All the good parts were taken out of the film. There didn't seem to be a lot of action, drama or anything really. It was like okay we have to make this one to get to the next book. Overall, I was disappointed. I hope whoever directed this one or wrote it doesn't do the next one!

So today we get our new energy efficient windows! They look all shiny and new. It's very exciting. I took the day off because I didn't want my dog to get loose, what with 7 guys roaming around my house. As it turned out, the hub got the day off too. So we are spending it together. I can't wait to see what the windows look like! Apparently, the window company has sent out two crews and they are supposed to get everything done today. Here are the guys unloading all the windows.

Now that we have a dog, it seems that everyone in LA has dogs. So everywhere I go I now see dogs. LA really does seem to be big on its dogs now that I am noticing. One of the hard parts of owning a dog is leaving them at home. Eventually humans have to leave the house but LA has seemed to make a good effort in allowing people to take their dogs more places. Which is great for dog owners because it's really hard to leave Mo, who is part of our family now, behind. So this Sunday, the hub was able to find a brunch place that allowed its visitors to bring along their "fur babies." (This is a term my friend Katrina has invented in reference to my feelings on Mo.) I happened to be on Facebook when my pal, Lisa IM'd me. We talked for a little while and I asked her if she wanted to come to brunch. So she drove over to the house and the four of us headed to a place called Le Petite Boujolies in our neighborhood. Apparently it is a spinoff of a French Restaur...

Every year one of our vendors throws a margarita and taco party up in the Bel Air Hills. To give you perspective of how beautiful the view of this house is....you can see The Getty Museum and downtown LA from the backyard. The house itself is made entirely of glass and it is in the shape of a circle. The owner used to be an art dealer so there is a ton of interesting things to look at inside the house. We had been through the house before so we mostly chilled in the backyard and looked at the beautiful LA skyline. We spoke to this guy Fernando who does Spanish voice over work for the vendor. It was very interesting to talk to him. I think being a voice over artist would be a totally awesome gig if I say so myself. You get paid to read a script...how demanding could that be?? Some of my pals from work came and we hung out and drank margaritas and had tacos and tamales. We spent the whole afternoon there and then we got home to see Mo. Below is a picture of Brian trying to...

One of my old roommates, Rebe, her husband and her little daughter came over to our house Friday night. They were in town visiting from Texas. We hosted a little party at our house with some of her good friends from the LA area. It was a fun evening that went into the wee hours of the morning! We even were graced by the presence of a movie star!! Yep, DJ Qualls, that nerdy guy from ROAD TRIP and HUSTLE AND FLOW came to our house. He was a friend of one of Rebe's filmmaker friends. I was outside and the hub called me over and asked if I recognized the guy. "Recognize the guy?" I say. "I only made a movie poster of him for Road Trip" I replied. I asked my hubby if it would be rude if I pulled the movie poster out of the garage and ask him to sign it. Although he encouraged me to do so...it probably wouldn't be the best thing I later thought. It was good to visit with Rebe and meet her little daughter, Trinity which is her third child. Trini...

When was the last time you have been to a drive in? Most people probably would say "A long time ago." Well, last night the hub and i decided to go check out Mission Tiki, a four screen drive in that was remodeled a few year ago. I am always forgetting it's there until I recently signed up for their newsletter which started coming this past month and which prompted the visit. The entire drive in has been remodeled like Hawaii. It's awesome for Hawaii lovers like the hub and me. The drive in is about 27 miles from LA near Covina. Not super close but hey, how often does a person get to go to a drive in? Not very often. It was about a half hour drive and luckily traffic was good. We of course good some eats at the concession stand but had fun observing everyone. There were people with Windex wiping their window shields, making sure that they had the perfect view. There were groups with their lawn chairs set up. There were people who had stopped to get a p...

A shout out to my brother-in-law Neil, who is celebrating the big 3-0 this year! Hope you have fun on your Vegas Trip! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy BIrthday dear Neil, Happy Birthday to you!

So for over a year now the hub and I have been going to my friend's game night. The evenings are always on a Friday Night and usually occur once every other month. All of the invitees are m friend's peeps from work whom I have gotten to know over the years at various events. Since we have joined the group all of the game nights have been at the same house. They decided to shake it up a bit so I offered up our house as the July Game Night location. Typically whoever hosts the game night provides the meat and then everyone else brings a dish to pass. It's all coordinated so that we have appetizers, drinks, meal and dessert. I have to say that everyone did a good job this time around as we were all completely stuffed! So this past Friday we got the house in shape for our night. I was stressing over what game we should play but it seems I need not worry because we always end up playing the same game which is Catch Phrase. Although this time we did convince everyone to...

My first bath given to me by Mom and Dad Here is me completely soaked. I tried to ask Mom and Dad why this was necessary What I didn't shake off on Mommy was dried up using this towel Me playing with the towel This is me trying to relax and get dry. Next to me is my favorite toy. This is Mr. Frog Me taking a nap. I like being clean but I don't like taking baths!

ANGER 1. It's 5AM on a holiday and I am pissed and can't sleep. I spend my time trying to make miracles happen at work. Staying late and working overtime. Around 5PM yesterday after spending my afternoon working when I was supposed to be off to make a deadline overseas I get an email that basically cancels all the work I had been working on all week. So basically two nights staying up till midnight talking to a country who needed artwork and yesterday, my holiday from the studio were done for nothing. It friggin' pissed me off. Well, no more miracles people, this miracle worker has closed its doors. 2. Then my hubby gets home and says that the people who installed the gate at our house (for the dog) installed it in the wrong place (as in our our neighbor's property). Causing me to be even more mad. Those douche bags have to come out this morning taking up even more of my time off from work to fix the problem. MARRIAGE 3. This past Saturday, we celebrated my girl...