Girls Night Out!

We went out last night and had a blast! Two of our girlfriends couldn't come but we had fun anyways. It felt so great letting my hair down and just being a girl. A celebration to be sure. Of course Ashley and I do not need much alcohol...although.....TUBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were drinking shots of Swedish Berries in tubie/vile/test tube things all night...plus of course her double Malibu and Orange and my daquiris and long islands. I have not been drunk in years, I haven't actually drank hardly anything in years. That felt great! I was laughing at everything, and knew when to stop before the room started to spin.

I must stop my rambling now to tell you about BJ-or at least that is what I named him. He was this guy with uber long super curly back ing the day hair who rocked it out stomping his foot worse than Stompin' Tom and bobbing his head like a rock star on speed...I have never seen anything like it. That was entertainment!

Ding Ding Avon Calling

Yay my Avon order arrived yesterday! I bought my friend Cynthia-who also lives upstairs-a gift from Avon as a thank you for all her help this summer. SHe has babysat last minute, played with my kids, chatted with me when Luis has stressed me out, and been there for me when I have jsut been at the end of my rapidly fraying rope. Not to mention loaned me her precious PT Cruiser when I have needed it. So I know she loves Avon and I wanted to show her that for all she does, she is appreciated. Good friends are so hard to find these days. It sucks that she has had to go back to work, after a fun summer off thanks to 'lady surgery', and I miss are morning walks to Timmies more than I thought I would.

Work sucked

Sunday night was...hmmmm...interesting. So I made crap money. But the reason is interesting. The ceiling sprung a leak. Keep in mind this building is 3 stories, and over 100 years old. So they went up to the second floor and sure enough in the office up there, water was running down the walls. SO they went up to the third floor, but nothing. So it had to be coming from the floor of floor 3/ceiling of floor 2.
We put the buckets out and figured no biggie they can call a plumber in the morning. Wrong! Next the fire alarm goes off. But there was no fire. They reset it after half an hour of sufferage and lost customers. Two dancers left and went home-2 out of 4. The night carried on. THen the alarm goes off again. After another thorough check, I inform them it is my opinion then the leak is hitting the wiring for the alarm and it is shorting it and tripping it. YOu try telling a group of men something like that-I got blank stares and 'uh-huh'.
The night carries on. I was down to 1 dancer and noooo customers-welcome to 8pm. 6 and 1/2 more hours to go. Midnight-the alarm goes off, this time the fire department comes. Says they agree with my diagnosis, turn the damn thing off and do hourly fire checks till morning.
NO customers came back the rest of the night. The last dancer left. Michelle and I got to sit there and watch our toe nails grow!

Sweet Life in the Valley

Is an awesome blog I have come across, you have to visit it. There is a contest to win Trash Ties which were created by Heather Bailey-which I have to say look so cool. I hope I win! Check it out and enter the contest too!

Jon and Kate Plus 8

I am disgusted! While on a message board that I love today, I found a link to this woman's blog. She sits there and is 'Aunt Jodi's' sister, and goes on and on to bash Jon and Kate and their parenting in EVERY post. That is loathable. She must have a lot of time on her hands and no life of her own.
To Jodi: if you don't like them or approve of them, stop looking after their kids, stop talking about them, stop talking TO them!

To the bitch writing the blog: grow up! No parent is perfect. I would like to see YOU in their shoes! Walk a mile sister. Actually better yet, take a hike. You seem to be willing to tear some one else down, tear them apart. You are mean and bitter, you don't just sound that way, you obviously are that way. You say you care about the well being of all 8 kids...if you did care, you would not write things that will hurt them, seeing as they will read all you write one day, and their family. You 'sisters' need to leave Jon and Kate alone, go live your own lives. How pathetic are you?

Get quilting!

Am I ever excited! My ebay purchases should arrive any day now, and I have the quilting fever! As fall approaches each year I get the itch to craft. I need projects all fall and winter long, seeing as I am nothing of a ski bunny, and I hate being cold. This also means a trip to the fabric store too of course, in search of the perfect fabric for the back of my quilts, quilt batting, etc. I am going to go with solid backs, no prints, I want the focus to be on the awesome fabrics peiced together on the front. And I have never had to bind my own quilt, so this also means an afternoon at Nana's house. It is a yay day all around.

Blog, you've been neglected

Lordy I am so tired. I complain of that alot, I know. What a weekend. I worked-as usual. Luis and I went on our date!!! It was so much fun. It started at 8:30pm with cocktails and beer where I work. He wanted to see it, and meet my friends there. Then it was off to Havana Nights. We haven't been there in ages so it was so nice. There was an awesome 4 piece Cuban band, I wish they had a cd stand out, we would have bought a few, for us and family and friends, they were that good. We danced and ate and danced a bit more. It got overcrowded though so we headed home...for some extra fun (wink wink!). All in all we had a good weekend, see, you don't need to go away to have fun on a holiday weekend at all. I am looking forward to our next date. So thank god it is wesnesday, another night off for me, time with the kids, and hopefully my Nana too. She is back from Nova Scotia and I can't wait to see pictures of her trip.