failure to communicate...

my sister bethany and i live together, go to church together, and yes, we even work together. needless to say, she and i have had our fair share of disagreements over the last couple of months. she and i are like black and white. everything about us is the complete opposite. its been a bit rough lately because we've been spending SO MUCH time together. so much so that our boss has picked up on it. below is a video he sent her and i. i'm the one talking and bethany is the one that GOT BEAT.

we DIED laughing!!!

deal!

five things: 36-40

36. my absolute FAVORITE class in high school was physics with mr. ulrich.

37. i LOATHE soggy cereal.

38. i'm an inch-into-the-pool-while-gasping-for-air kind of person. i do not EVER jump in full body.

39. i don't ever insert flash drives right on the first try. even when i know i'm going to put it in wrong, i flip it just to save myself the hassle of reinserting it, and its STILL wrong. (angry fist)

40. i'm super anal when it comes to sending emails. i will write, and re-write, and RE-write an email before sending it out JUST to be sure it sounds perfect. ALL punctuation and spelling MUST be correct and i HATE the long string of emails i get when people forward a joke over and over and over again.

buckle up!

when i was a little kid, i'd go spend two weeks every summer with my aunt & uncle in ohio. my aunt was hard-nosed about safety and made me promise to ALWAYS wear my seat belt. now, i was a kid then and didn't really care about seat belts or driving, but you know what? to this day, every time i get in the car, i remember the promise i made to her. for those of you who don't have hard-nosed aunts that make innocent naive kids promise things they might not ever keep, here is a BEAUTIFUL video to inspire you each time you get in the car. =)

south park yourself!

last night, my mom, little sister and i LAUGHED OUR HEADS OFF as we south park'd our family. allow me to introduce them all to you... =)

our father who LOVES to hunt and play call of duty:

our mother who LOVES to garden and text her babies:

galilee, the eldest, who LOVES living in the city and changing her hair color every day:

natalie, the second eldest, who has the most sensitive nose and can smell anything a mile away:

franklin, her husband, who LOVES his dog and his video games and FOREVER has a 5 o'clock shadow:

bethany, the third eldest, who LOVES to paint and dye her hair RED and BLACK:

jordan, the fourth eldest, who is AWESOME and HILARIOUS and QUOTES all things stellar:

jonna, his wife, who LOVES the city AND her music and COFFEE:

me, who LOVES texting and music and george and SITTING ON THE TOILET:

jonathan, the third youngest, who is FREAKING HILARIOUS and LOVES video games:

jeffrey, the second youngest, who NEVER LEAVES HIS ROOM and LOVES to play video games:

and finally allyson, THE YOUNGEST, who LOVES her animalS, well ALL animals for that matter, and music and playing video games with her brothers:

the end.

el fin.

das ende.

el final.

parental spring break

i had a WONDERFUL time with my parents these past two weeks. below are a few "photo highlights" of our times together. =)

my uncle scott and aunt kathy visited as well and we all went to the sponge docks in tarpon springs and enjoyed the board walk that had tons of neat little shops; we ate some salt water taffy--that stuff tastes so good but it ALWAYS gets stuck in my teeth and i'm forever trying to suck it out of the crevices. its a mess. we also enjoyed a fabulous greek lunch at hellas. below, my dad and i were FORCED to drink out of the same drink because the waiter only brought one glass when both of ours were empty. hahaha.

we went to sand key beach in clearwater. it was GORGEOUS! the weather was perfect, the beach wasn't too crowed, and i was with my favorite people--my family. =) (ruth, when you come down to visit, i'll take you there. you'll LOVE it! i so can't wait. =D)

my dad and i walked the beach and collected all sorts of things and made our very own "leafy collage". =)

i was HOPING to get a chance to see david hasselhoff but alas, he wasn't there. he must have been on break or something. and i didn't understand the strange look i got from the lifeguard when i asked him where david was. odd, huh.

my dad picked this... this THING up and asked me what it was. i had NO clue of course but i told him in my very informative, i've-lived-here-my-whole-life-and-know-everything-there-is-to-know-about-my-surroundings voice and told him is was a "sea turd". funny, he didn't drop it right away. instead, he held it up for a picture. hahaha!

my mom and i had the pleasure of experiencing "chase customer service" at wal-mart. HOLY CRAP! it took FOREVER for us to resolve the issue. i'm GRATEFUL for fraud protection and really shouldn't be complaining but come ON. TWO hours while standing at the wal-mart auto center? (waving finger) "ish don't sink so."

my sisters, mom, and i went to the pool. IN APRIL. it was so much fun and so relaxing. I LOVE LIVING IN FLORIDA! =D

I GOT A NEW STARBUCKS MUG! HOW long have i been living in florida and i JUST NOW got the state mug!? (shaking head) for SHAME.

and that my friends is the end of my parents "spring break"! =D

happy birthday jordan!

happy birthday jordan! i love you. =)

YOU know why!

i just finished my BLOODY 2009 taxes. i hate taxes. and on top of that hate, this year was even more challenging since i lived in two different states and had to file two different federal returns and one state return. i won't go into the gorey details about the ordeal. i'm a better person than that. NOT! but i will tell you, sometimes people just make me wanna scream. and hit them. hard. and THEY KNOW WHY!

bad eyes?

(a man on his way to see the optometrist) upon opening the door, he asked the receptionist, "i think i need my eyes checked."

"you're not kidding," she said, "this is the ladies' room!"

seriously. him?

my FAVORITE brother-in-law franklin went to a themed birthday party. he chose to go as, of all people, ghey brett michaels. it unfortunately put his standing as my favorite in jeopardy. GHEY!

he needed some help with tattoos, so i offered my expertise as a sharpie-marker-artist and boy-band-eye-makeup-applier. =)

i must say though, i think he pulled the look off quite nicely. =) oh, and i'm thinking of becoming a tattoo artist...

NOT! hahahaha.

UPDATE (04/08/10):  franklin sent this photo to me the morning after the party. baaahahahahaha! its a GOOD thing the sharpies are washable!

 

clouds illusion

ever since moving down to florida, i've been in love with clouds. and on occasion, i snap a few here and there making quite the collection. i thought i'd share a few of my favorites. don't mind the poor quality of the cell phone photos. i can't take a camera with me EVERY where i go. =)

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