This weekend is a really, really special and memorable weekend for my friend, Crooked Eyebrow. Today, she turns THIRTY and yesterday, well, you MUST go to her blog to see what happened yesterday. It’s so exciting.
And well, I love her so much, won’t you head over and send her some birthday love? Pretty please?
With pink sprinkles on top?
(you can also check out the surprise birthday look I gave her…see what happens when you give me your username and password and you don’t change it?)
It’s been way too long since I’ve been able to comb through the loveliness over at Etsy, but I’m totally in the mood to do it now and I’m in the mood to share with you.
On today’s list are great buys for Father’s Day. Say no to ties and coffee mugs! (okay, maybe not ALL coffee mugs.) (and maybe not all ties!) Either way, it’s time to shake things up and get something totally special for your husband, the special Daddy in your house, grandparents, whoever you need to buy for this Father’s Day.
I seem to gravitate towards things that can hold junk. This cute little platter holds keys and coins. It’s custom made so don’t delay in ordering! (looks like a perfect little tray for some Teddy Grahams, if you ask me.)
$19 at The Brick Kiln
These tees are pretty fun, you can choose from black, grey or red. I can remember my Dad had a bright red t-shirt and in plain white letters were the names of all six of his kids. I loved shirt.
$15 at My Personalized TShirt
Apparently, I am a fan of t-shirts, but I love this shirt. It’s so unique and so fun and it’s printed on American Apparel. This shirt has a list of animals in the shape of a circle. Love this. And it’s in Brian’s size…hmmm…
$21.50 at Xenotees Shop.
I have never heard of a shaving cube. You? But I want this…for Brian. The scents sound amazing, too.
$11.00 (cube and chrome stand) at Red Leaf’s Shop.
Love this Geek Balm, perfect for Brian who is very scared of using anything the least bit feminine. He may not be a girl, but he is a geek.
$3 at Swan Mountain Soaps.
This leather cuff, from Lisa Leonard, is so amazing and masculine and meaningful. Part of me thinks Brian would never wear something like this, but part of me thinks he would and he’d like it. I know I would. I think “courage” would be a great word for him, or maybe “remember.”
$58 at Lisa Leonard Online.
My procedure was today, I have to wonder if I’m going to dread posting to you people because I am so tired and still under the influence of some stuff, so I’m wondering if I’m making any sense at all.
I feel like I’m drunk dialing you people.
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Okay, I wrote that last night and after that sentence I fell asleep on my laptop. So, I’ll continue right now.
Everything went well, despite my blood pressure doing it’s best to ruin my life. Because my blood pressure was so high, we had to hold off on the procedure for a long time while I sat in a sheet and tissue slippers with the lights out so I could relax.
Nothing says relaxing like laying naked in a cold room.
There were many causes to my blood pressure being elevated, not just that I was nervous about a machine entering my uterus.
Yesterday morning we took my car to see how much it would cost to get the air conditioning fixed, we heard the total and decided to pass, then after picking that car up, we needed to head back over to where Brian got his tires fixed last week because his car sounds like he’s dropped plates all over the highway. (it’s the best description I can give you.)
So, before driving away from the air conditioning place, Brian came to my window and as I pushed the lever to roll the window down, the window didn’t budge. My window that worked prior to dropping off the car was no longer working. And our power locks? Not really working either.
Unfortunately, we were on a very tight schedule as I had big plans for my doctor to set up a picnic in my vagina. We did go in and tell the man boy and he did a quick test and then said “youhavetopullitinside.” (that’s how he spoke, he just mumbled, didn’t really open his mouth at all. It was interesting.)
I said “we don’t have time, but in the meantime, I’ll have fun driving around with my kids with no air conditioning and NO WINDOWS. GREAT, THANKS, BYE.”
So, off we went to drop off Brian’s car which just survived The Great Tire Massacre of 2009 last week.
All the way over to the other car shop, I’m thinking of three things 1. How did they screw up my windows and who can I punch because of it? 2. We are going to be late for my appointment. 3. I just want a new car.
But my biggest concern was who can I punch and I’m going to be late.
Brian is following me, I pull into the car shop, he pulls in behind me and a cop pulls in behind him with his lights on. Now, Brian is a known speeder, but he was following me and I know I was NOT speeding, so I walked up to the police officer and Brian and the police officer was like “um. Go away.” So, I did.
He got a ticket for taking off his seat belt to lean over to get a newspaper that was on the floor of the passenger side as the car was sitting at THE LONGEST LIGHT EVER. The police officer admitted that yesterday the cops in our area were told to only look for people who aren’t wearing seat belts and give them tickets.
AFTER THAT, we headed to Chicago and yes, my blood pressure was high. If it was too high, she could not do the procedure. But after some deep relaxation and some ativan, it lowered enough for her to be able for her to drive a Chevy into my nether regions. And she did and it hurt. She took pictures of my uterus, my fallopion tubes and other ugly areas and everything looks wonderful.
She did invite a student into the room with us, his name was Lance and he got to do one of my biopsies which only made me nervous when my doctor warned “No anterior and do you feel it?” and he was manuerving something deep inside me and he replied with “I think so.”
I have a very, very good feeling about all that took place yesterday at the doctor’s office. I’m still unbelievably tired but I can’t complain.
By July 6, 2009, we may SOMETHING and I can not wait.
So, this week’s challenge, for me, I would have to put a big fat red x in the FAIL COLUMN. My little family and I went out for a family outing on Sunday to a wonderful arboretum in the area, we wore bright colored clothing and had hot dogs before heading over. The main flaw was that I chose to wear my bangs off of my forehead which equals GIGANTIC FOREHEAD. Which equals OHMYGODDONTDOTHATEVERAGAIN.
The second flaw was that it was terribly, terribly sunny outside which is not ideal for taking photos.
The third flaw was that after placing the camera on the tripod, I never checked back to see how the layout was. It wasn’t until we got home that I saw that I was chopping Brian’s head off. Poor guy.
The final flaw happened after I had found the perfect spot for my little family to take the most perfect family photo. It was stunning. Green grass, shade, big rocks providing texture and color, birds chirping. As we were about to set up, Brian realized he left his sunglasses somewhere on the trail, so he set off to get his sunglasses. In the meantime, I let the kids run around inside the pavilion because when the kids run around, Mom gets a full night’s sleep.
I did warn them to “be careful” because I’m motherly like that. All of a sudden I saw Racecar fall backwards onto the concrete floor, I started to dart towards him when Ariel ran towards me holding her nose. Her very bloody nose. AT which point, Brian arrived. I cupped my hands underneath her nose and blood poured into my hands. I had nothing except the clothes on my back, no purse, no tissues.
We made our way to the bathrooms, at which point, both of my aching, crying children declared that they just wanted to leave.
And so with that, I turned towards my beautifully shaded area and waved a somber farewell.
And so I am left with this. Head cut off, squinty eyes, horrid posture, but man, do I love this little family of mine.
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