wall of my dreams

my sister and i totally scored at target today when we happened upon the $1 SOCK WALL! it was so bad. you'd think it was christmas morning all over again. it got to the point where we BOTH had to put back all the socks and pick one pair each withOUT picking a duplicate pair from the other. i would pick a pair, then she would pick a pair, then i would, then she would. we were laughing so hard at the ridiculousness of it. but we got four pairs of cheap SOCKS EACH! and we shant be confused on whose are whose! (see. sisters with opposite personalities CAN get along.) =D

i love them. i hate them.

i apparently have a very sick love/hate relationship with these stupid things...

my subconscious must hate them because i lose them ALL the time. JUST YESTERDAY, i was late to work 'cause i couldn't find them ANYWHERE. and i've been VERY diligent with them ever since this happened. i've been trying NOT to leave them in random places but instead, keep them in a consistent place--which oddly enough turns out to be my bed. well... more like the folds of my comforter. everyday when i come home, i head straight for my room and dump all my things on my bed. sometimes they get cleaned off, sometimes they don't. but MY KEYS ALWAYS stay in the bed. well... yesterday, i was panicking because they weren't there. i KNEW i had driven home from work and my sister drove when we went out the night before so they HAD to be in the house SOMEWHERE. nope. couldn't find them anywhere. i ended up having to catch a ride to work (LONG story). after work, i get a call from my big sister who lives in the NEXT town saying "hey, my neighbor from 2 HOUSES DOWN found your keys!" i was like "WHAT THE HECK!" i have NO CLUE, absolutely NO clue how they got there. he found them IN HIS FRONT YARD BY THE CURB! that just BLEW my mind. what are the chances!? i never went for a walk that night. i didn't drive. natalie just HAPPENED to be sitting outside in her car at the SAME time he was walking around trying to find out whose keys they were. and if she hadn't recognized them they'd still be lost. what are the ODDS!? like a gazillion to 1!

well i'm telling you, i SWEAR someone STEALS my keys JUST to make me go MAD. and its working! whoever you are, you had better STOP. (shaking fist)

ps. wanna know where my keys are right now? IN MY BED WHERE THEY BELONG.

five things: 31-35

31. i love looking into other people's open windows as i drive by their houses. i always like to see how different people decorate. we all have the same kind of rooms... living room, dinning room, kitchen, but i've NEVER seen two rooms alike. its neat.

32. i think old men are completely adorable. until they pass gas. HAHA!

33. i speak three languages!

34. i love emptying my bag, cleaning it, and re-organizing it.

35. i have to PEE. RIGHT NOW. goodbye!

a book of mom

i love my mom. she is hands down the most hilariously ridiculous person i know. and i, out of SEVEN siblings, was the only one who inherited her ridiculousness. (LIES! we ALL did. muaahahaha!)

to give you some background... my mom will hear a phrase or proverb and quote it back to you YEARS later COMPLETELY backwards. or she'd even call something so standard in the english language something WAY off. its one of the most precious things about my mom. we would laugh and laugh every time we'd hear her say one. and until just recently, my family and i have started collecting her "mom-isms" as they come across in conversation and someday, we're going to publish them. someday. =)

here are just a couple of the ones we've collected so far:

mom: "don't forget to pick up the greg foreman."

dad: "cindy? where is the heating pad?"
mom: "its under the bed on the passenger side."
me: "uhhh.... mom? which side do you sleep on?"
mom: (completely innocent and nonchalant) "the driver's side."
WE ALL DIED LAUGHING!

mom: "well that went over like a lead brick." [translation: that went over like a lead balloon.]

mom: "don't put all your chickens in one wagon." [translation: don't put all your eggs in one basket.]

mom: "you're just two corks in a bottle!" [translation: you're two peas in a pod.]

you're a RIOT mom! and we LOVE you for it. =D

toyger?

get this! there is a "new breed" of cat that looks like a TIGER! its über fascinating! these "toygers" are designer cats that look like a tiger, act like a tiger, but are as small as a domestic cat. they first were bred in the '80s to bring awareness to preserving the tiger population but now they are bred for whoever's got the kizash. 

man. who WOULDN'T want a tiny pet tiger? i'd take one!

i don't care if your a dog lover, allergic to cats, or just a plain old animal hater but THAT cat is awesome. (i SWEAR to you. i'm NOT a cat lady. hahaha.)

simply george

WOO HOO!

I'M GOING TO BE AN AUNT!!! or an UNCLE! ; )
i'm happy BOTH ways. (dancing with delight)