Day 215/365 (February 17, 2015)

I spent the majority of the day in New Rochelle with the cousins. I worked remotely and Penny was not pleased. She spent a great deal of time glaring at me like "get that computer off your lap and cuddle/pet me" It also snowed for a bit. Dennis made us pancakes which I ate too many of, then I finally went to Trader Joe's and made my way back into the city. As I was driving and listening to a song sung by KDM I got some sad news about the ABz reunion concert and was crushed. When I got home I turned to cookie butter. Charlie passed out in front of the space heater.

Eventually I got ready and headed out to 54 Below to see Kate Rockwell do her solo show. I loved it so much. She is so talented and pretty funny too! I think my favorite moment was when she ended up playing "diva tag" sort of with the song "And I'm Telling You" from Dreamgirls. Justin Matthew Sargent  joined her and they kept trading off (though rehearsed" and he has an insane voice so it was fierce! I also really loved a medley she had that ranged from les miz to phantom to cats. It was also nice running into some people I haven't seen in a while that were in BIO so that was fun! (Sheldon, Nikki, and Taylor).

I also met Vanessa Ray (Blue Bloods) who was there to support Kate and she was so super nice. I know she has been on Broadway but I never saw her on anything but I do love me some Blue Bloods). I tool a picture and chatted with her a bit... really just super sweet!

Day 100/365 (October 25, 2014)

Another day where i spent the majority of it feeling overwhelmed and stressed but it was all for a good reason! I spent my morning playing with Tessa and Colson, making a whole bunch of frosting, and filling/crumb coating the cakes. Then i went to Tessa's soccer game for a while. Then hurried to get my mom who doesn't know the meaning of "in a hurry." When I finally got back to Becky's I made the last bit of frosting and then did the actual frosting coating. Becky's kitchen aide is great because it is a larger capacity so I was able to make 3 batches of frosting at once, and probably could have done u to 5! However it doesn't tilt up so it was difficult to scrape the sides and was driving me batty!

Mike then came and used a toothpick to draw a tractor on the cake and I made the different colors, and was so pleased the black actually came out black! Then I traced the tractor and stacked the cakes and piped the border. Then began picking up after myself since I made a mess! Mike had to write on the cake since Sasha was too far away.

The party itself was very nice and t was good to see everyone that showed up. There were so many cute little kids there that enjoyed my cake... which I ended up having way too much of, sugar overload! I was also "surprised" with a cake of my own. I saw it before they brought it out but i acted surprised for them and it was very sweet since they never see me on my birthday. Samantha and Mike came with baby Xavier. He is such a cutie but was asleep most of the party which they didn't want. It was funny watching them try to keep him awake but that was a failure... until they went to leave and then he was wide awake!

After the party was over I stuck around for a bit and then sadly had to leave. I am always so conflicted because MA stresses and overwhelms me but when it is time to eave it is always so hard especially when I am with Becky and her kids. I had to hold back tears while driving. Luckily I made great time and when I got home i actually parallel parked the car in front of the apartment... first time ever! After everything was unloaded it took me 22 minutes to drive the car the one block to park it thanks to city traffic!

Day 99/365 (October 24, 2014)

I got a much later start than I was expecting while heading out to MA, but thankfully there was only one spot where i voided major traffic and was able to take a different road so I had smooth sailing. I love singing at the top of my lungs when alone in the car! Please note how much stuff i packed to go away for one night! In my defense a great deal of it was my baking stuff for cake making/decorating.

Let me tell you Colson is one of the most energetic 2 year old boys I have ever met. He wanted me to follow him around and sit everywhere and kept grabbing my hand and melting my heart. After a couple hours I had just enough time to say hi to Tessa before having to go take my mother speed shopping because her ride fell through. The last thing I needed to add to my day was that but I had to because she needed stuff for the party. I made us do shopping very fats and attempted to upgrade my phone but of course they were sold out for the day so I failed! I also found out my Nana was placed in a nursing home that morning since she is becoming very difficult to care for because she is getting very violent, and of course that means there is much family drama.

Then I got back to Becky's and had a sleepover with Tessa that involved her helping me bake the cakes for Colson's party and playing Life on my phone. I even had some time to chat with Becky which was nice since I do miss her lots, but it was nice having a few moments to myself before going to bed to unwind since i was extremely strssed and overwhelmed today

Day 30/365 (August 16, 2014)

Woke up in New Rochelle. Took Winnie to her friends' house and went to Trader Joe's, then came back to the house and spent time with Clare and Dennis. It is always nice spending time with them and their dog Penny. Clare has her permit so when it was time to pick Winnie up she drove.

Let me tell you I have never driven with someone who has their permit as the responsible driver before. It was a new experience. She hasn't had her permit for very long and was doing a good job. She was asking questions and did not have a problem taking direction from me the one or two times I had to say something. We even took Penny to the dog park and met a lovely woman and her cute dog Buffy.

Then we went back out and she drove us to the library.Clare was off babysitting for the night so it was just Winnie, Dennis, and I. We tried watching The Mighty Ducks but Netflix kept pausing so in the time it would take to watch the whole movie we only saw about half of it.

Day 10/365 (July 27, 2014)

It was an early start getting ready for Samantha's Baby Shower. It was a lovely brunch and so nice to share it with her. At the shower they had something I had never seen before which was diapers and sharpies so you could write a message t make Sam and/or Mike smile at as they are changing diapers at all hours of the day.

Once the shower was over I headed back on my long road trip back. There was so much traffic so it took a couple hours longer than it should have. I like driving and rocking out to my music so it wasn't so bad.

Then after I got home and unpacked I got ready to head out t celebrate Ryan and Richard's wedding. IT was a lovely evening and they also did something I had never seen before. Instead of having a traditional guest book they had everyone leave their thumbprint as leaves on a tree. I thought it was a really sweet idea, or a good way to frame someone for a crime!

Day 345/365 (July 29, 2009)

i ran a few errands using ted's car... so nice to drive sometimes. i also discovered the amazingness of WHITE balsamic vinegar... mixed with a little salt and avocados was just like a burst of sunshine in my mouth!

i went to the SPF show departed lounge and it was pretty good. It shared similar elements with another show though and i was like hmm... interesting! i had only known one person who was going to be in it (nick Blaemire) and was shocked when it began and i doscovered two other people i have seen in other shows (doug kreeger from rooms and Johnathon b. wright from spring awakening).

after it was over i met up with sasha again and picked up pip to bring him home for the puppy sitting adventure to begin. after the mishap that took place the last time pip ws here we knew that tucker and pip couldnt ee each other until the morning or we would get no sleep. our plan worked for the most part... and well pip learned how to get up on my ginourmous bed pretty quickly and i made him a cute little bed... he has his little bed at sasha's which is her dirty laundry pile and since all my laundry was clean (oh yea did laundry at paula's) i took my laundry bag and placed a big bag filled with squishy stuff in it, then put a clean towel over the top so he wasnt directly on the bag... and he likes to lie in it when he isnt cuddling up with me.

i also read more of harry potter and woke up in the morning after having a crazy dream! 

so i realize that the facts of my dream are wrong but it is a dream so basically i was in this really tall building (basic rectangular shape) on one of the top floors and something happened and the building started to tip over! well as it did it fell against the steeple of st. patricks cathedral and the top part fell off and spun slowly to the ground... it landed and every climbed out safely through the window and we saw the rest of the building propped up against the steeple and the officils decided the only way to fix the problem was to push down the steeple so the rest of the building could fall... well they didnt push it in the right direction and all of a sudden all of the buildings in manhattan were falling down like dominoes and they said every had three minutes to get off the island or else a building would fall on them, well miraculously i got to the bottom of our island (which instead of SI ferry there was a foot bridge for us to all cross) and well everyone was rushing to get off the island i looked down and saw on the beach a dead lobster so i went to go look and saw another live lobster and went to pick it up and it clung to my hand and as i was waiving to get it off i noticed a dog being chased by a shark in the water. and i was frightened for the dog but he got up on the beach safely and the shark followed trying to get him but then he got stuck on the beach and i woke up... weird huh?

Day 277/365 (May 22, 2009)

the day was good... i woke up, showered, went to TARGET!!!! i didnt spend too much time there but the time spent was glorious, even if i couldnt get the flip-flops in the size i needed. later paula and i began our project of hanging up different pictures. With the exception of these last four it was pretty simple and easy... we just had to find the right spot for them. these however required much thought and then planning... but i busted out some awesome math and logical skills and we hung these bad boys! they dont look it from the angle of this picture but they are spaced evenly and the two larger ones ended up being the same level! i was quite proud :D

i even got to drive a bit and took a little driving tour of CNR, and other parts of new rochelle, and i never needed to look up directions to get from the different places!

Day 209/365 (March 15, 2009)

I woke up, packed, and checked out of the hotel. Since I had some major time to kill before I needed to get to the airport I decided to go to visit the stockyards since I was told I should check it out. I got there in time to see the tail end of the cattle drive and roamed around a bit. The people in Texas are really quite nice! I poked in the stores and roamed the brick lined streets. I pet a horse and found my Texas magnet! I also bought a really fun necklace that is called “ a princess necklace” which is so fitting for me… but it comes with a “cage” and you could pick one stone to put in it so I chose a pretty purple one… but when I was exploring the rest of the store they had a gem bin… which I have always had a problem with since I was little because I LOVE collecting those types of semi-precious stones. I was responsible and only bought the small bag, not the big… but the fun thing was that all the stones I got I can use to change in and out of my necklace cage so I got different colors to match my different shirts and now I can always have a necklace to match since I have been liking to wear necklaces lately! AND I am not allergic to the chain since it is a rope… I am just afraid I might be allergic to the “cage.” Time will tell… When I went to the register to checkout the woman behind the counter told me that she was listening to me pick out the stone I wanted to go with the necklace and said that it had been a long time since she heard someone as excited about the stuff in the store as her.

This trip really was amazing and worth the crazy money I ended up spending on it… I made some new friends and actually explored an area I traveled to and didn’t just see a show. It was also really nice to just be able to drive.

Then I went to the airport and allowed lots of time figuring I would get lost, and it would take forever to return the car since it did to rent it, and I figured the security checkpoint… well I didn’t get lost, there was no line to return the car, the shuttle cam right away, I didn’t have to wait in line to get my ticket, and there was not one person in line at the security check point! I was three hours early for my flight that ended up taking off two hours late! I was able to take a nap and charge my ipod for a bit since I forgot to do that the whole trip. It was kind of nice because I ended up listening to all 4 of my mix CDs during the trip and at the very end the last song I listened to was Honey by J.L. sung by MKC, which made it kind of full circle.

Also there was a little girl on the plane behind me and she was so cute and pronounced her Rs like Ws and I loved when she said I love Pwincesses… and at some point she told her mom that everyone should wear undies.

At this point I am afraid I am going to miss my connecting flight… as in unless that flight got delayed I will definitely be missing it because we left so late. The flight was delayed a little bit! I landed in New York sometime well after midnight, and got on the M60 bus to go back home. Whilst on the bus someone opened the window I was right next to and my face froze from the wind. When I got to 125h st I didn’t feel like taking the subway so I walked back home at like 1:20 in the morning! It was a nice walk, and then I watched some TV and fought my lame Internet connection by giving up and stealing wifi… I am calling time warner tomorrow to complain!

I also hate newnew facebook, I don’t see how it is better, and I will try to use my phone even more so now!

I also haven’t finished writing my LJ entry at this point… I need to do that and the kitties have barely given my 5 seconds to myself, I am both in love with this and annoyed!

Day 208/365 (March 14, 2009)

I got up so very early and took a shower in one of the worst water pressure showers ever! Then I dressed and headed to get some breakfast form the hotel lobby… a blueberry muffin and orange juice. Then I went outside and found it was so very cold so I had to change into sneakers and long pants… so glad I brought my hoodie!

I have no idea how I made it to meet Hope’s sister Sara at the train station in Dallas without getting too lost. (I did have a tiny detour) and by the way the Texas highway set up is really annoying and confusing! Not all the exits have numbers and they have so many routes that collide and have weird names… like 35E… but that doesn’t mean it is 35 East… that means 35E in either north or south… it messed with my mind, and there aren’t random signs along the road that let you know if you are on the right highway still!

I waited a bit before meeting up with Sara then we went to use the dart and took it to Lover’s Lane… then we walked a bit to meet up with her friends. Let me tell you the St. Patrick’s Day parade was all sorts of fun! There were people everywhere dressed in green and having a fun time, almost all he floats that drove by threw beads into the crowd and I got really good at catching them. Other stuff was thrown too, most unusual a jalapeño and oranges.

Her friends were all really great and when the parade was over we walked to find a bar they said was great and had food. It did seem like a pretty fun place to go hang out but because the parade crowd was all there after waiting for like an hour or so we still hadn’t gotten a table and I had to leave so we walked to our cars since we were already more than half way there and I passed girl scouts selling cookies and bought a box of somas… best and worst thing I could have done. In the parking lot there was also a couple sat on top a cooer in the middle of the roadway making out and cars had to go around to avoid them and we all found it pretty funny! Another thing to note was that people were tailgating the parade and it was just a really fun environment/atmosphere. It was also fun to walk in the middle of the street to get to the bar called Ozona… since the roads were still closed off because they needed to be cleaned before cars could drive on it again.

Then I made my way back to Fort Worth so I could meet up with some people to go to dinner. On the way I found someone’s credit card in the ground… sadness for her! We went to PF Changs, which I had never been to before and got some yummy food. The shrimp dumplings were my favorite, and I got sesame chicken and then some sort of banana thing for dessert. It was an interesting dinner since the waitress just kept coming over and talking to us every chance she had, and she was really nice but I kept thinking “don’t you have other customers?” There was also a little mishap with finding glass in someone’s food… seriously glass! (good thing it wasn’t me!)

Then we finally left and this was the first moment of the trip I saw something and didn’t take a picture of it which I kind of regret… but there was this building that had windows and stuff painted on top… so it looked like there were windows, it was pretty random!

Then I passed sometime talking on the phone with mark and roaming the area. I am happy I decided I had to use the bathroom when I was in the performance hall because the stalls had music bars on them and I liked that lots!

I saw the show again and was the awkward person to start the standing ovation at the end… I mean really people the performers just worked really hard to entertain us; standing is the least you can do to show your appreciation!

Then I went to the SD one last time and said goodbye and found my way home… I didn’t get lost and towards the end I dint need my directions anymore… I was quite proud of myself!

The more fine details of this will be found in a livejournal entry if you are one of my LJ friends.