'Ello!

“ ‘Ello!”

“Did you say Hello?”

“No I said ‘ello, but close enough!”

ha ha

Elena and I have been emailing back and forth today, and the subject line has been "ello". It's making me laugh to think about it, it's a reference to a movie we love, Labyrinth with David Bowie. Yes, it's from the 80's. ha ha The conversation is betweeen a little worm, and Sarah, the main character. I read somewhere on the internet that this little guy's name is "Wormrocks Eyefeather". No idea if that's true, but it's funny anyway!

something to look forward to!

My cousin Lisa has generously offered her cottage up north in Sanford Lake for Jim and I, and another couple, to go relax for the weekend of Aug. 14-17! We're going to spend the weekend with my friend Elena and her boyfriend Rick! Jim and I are going up Thursday night because we both have Friday off, then Elena and Rick are coming up Friday after work. This'll be lots of fun!

Us girls are planning the weekend, since that's what we do... Obviously, we're planning the meals and snacks -- the important stuff! If we just bring a cooler of beer for the guys, they won't care what other arrangements we make. LOL Since we go right through Frankenmuth on the way home, we're thinking we'll stop there for a late lunch/early dinner Sunday. Yummmm... Frankenmuth Chicken Dinner... yummmmm...

Sorry, I needed a moment there! ha ha

Here's a photo of the back of the cottage. That left-hand deck is off the master bedroom. Notice the hammock between the two trees on the right, that's where I'm planning to spend my time... ha ha

And here's the view from the back porch (hi Kim! ha ha). Kim is not usually part of the view...

I can't wait, I'm very due for a vacation since I was cruelly unable to visit Shelle and the fam in Georgia this summer! Darn ol' work...

I'll be taking a posse of peeps up north with me for my birthday weekend again this year, we've had a ton of fun the past three years. Hopefully it'll be warmer this year than last year, right Diana?? :-)

One pic not from my concert

I found this photo on the Police's tour website, and thought I'd post it. It's a goodie. :-)

Blatantly copied from Shelle's blog...

Okay, don't worry, I'll post a pic or two from the super-exciting Police concert on Saturday, but not right now. They're on my camera at home (200+ photos plus several videos, ha ha).

I was reading my best friend Shelle's blog this morning, and I have to copy part of her latest post:

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

just tired...
I've learned a few things the past few days...

• gel clings on windows will eventually melt right onto the window and make a gooey mess
• the fur on stuffed animals will melt when thrown into a light fixture and the light bulb is turned on (especially if mommy doesn't realize it for several hours)
• a neglected garden will eventually be overcome with weeds
• frogs like to jump into my pool...but then can't get out

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One of my favorite things about my friends with kids (besides the fact that I love their kids) is that they get to say things I never say in my life! Like "don't color on the dog!". ha ha I am grateful that my friends are finding out such useful things about how gel clings melt to windows, because this is research I'd have no idea about! :-)

I have learned the one about a neglected garden though... ha ha

My first blog... evah!

Gee, I wish I had some sort of wisdom to impart on my very first blog, to make it momentous!

I could pass along a proverb always spouted by my dad, and say "Support your local hernia!", or "don't make a mess!" (ah, what memories that one conjures up!)...

But if I had to pass along something I've learned so far in my too-short 36 years on this blue planet, it might be

"i" after "e", except after "c", or as sounded like "a" in "neighbor" and "weigh"...

Those who know me know my inordinate fondness for the English language, and those who pique my ire by bruising it! ha ha The mere sight of an "alot" can send me into spasms.

But enough about my spasms, I think I'm moving along in this, my very first blog! I don't think it's very interesting just yet, but we'll see how it turns out. ha ha I am, after all, sitting at my desk here at work, at 4:20 on a Saturday afternoon, anxious to get out of here so that I can get to the next activity on my list for today: Going to see the Police in concert at Pine Knob (sorry DTE, but it'll always be Pine Knob for me, ever since my first concert there... Sting! See a full circle there?) tonight!!

Can't wait, the Police have been my favorite group since I was in 2nd grade. I always told my mom I'd take Sting to my prom, but since that plan fizzled, this is a distant second... ha ha

Well, dear readers (if I have any)... hopefully my blogs will be entertaining, occasionally informative, and if nothing else -- full of my wacky take on life. Enjoy!