I’m back to the grindstone after being in Vegas last week. Only lost part of my luggage this time. I didn’t lose any money gambling, but I did shell out some cash to have my tarot cards read. I’m sure they just tell you what you want to hear, but my cards showed that I’m going to get married in a year and a half, and that I’ll be a millionaire. My uncle teased that I should just marry a millionaire and kill two birds with one stone. To which, my grandma gave her words of wisdom (like I’ve mentioned before), “If you marry for riches, you get sons-of-a-bitches.”
Have you seen Sarah Silverman’s “I’m F*cking Matt Damon” on Jimmy Kimmel? Funny…
I mentioned in my last post how I took commercial art classes in college. It was the last year that the University of Nebraska - Kearney was still known as Kearney State College. Six or seven years later, my brother, Mike, went to college at UNK and enrolled in the same art class with the same teacher who assigned the same projects. I had kept all of my projects, so if my brother was feeling a bit lazy, he just submitted my work. I was okay with that, until he ended up getting better grades on my work than I received!
Mike and I are headed to Viva Las Vegas tomorrow to attend Affiliate Summit. As you can see from previous pictures (2006, 2007), I’m sure we will have a good time. I am anxious to get to the warmer weather, as I am getting sick of the snow, ice and cold here! Last week I slid on the ice while driving right into the back of another vehicle. And this week, I fell on my arse on the ice and hit the back of my head. My new shoes didn’t provide much traction on the ice, and now I have an excuse for acting a bit flighty. 65 degrees in Vegas will feel like a heat wave.
Funny email of the day…
The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the government’s political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you’re actually being screwed!
I had Christmas cards made up with this pic of us, and here’s an excerpt from the Christmas letter I wrote to family and friends…
I didn’t get a letter written last year as we had just moved into our new house and everything was chaotic after living with my dad and out of boxes for awhile. But I now realize with four kids, the chaos and the unpacking never ends.
Taylor turned 16 on January 5th and I was liking that he could now drive the girls to school! But that only lasted 2 weeks before he broke his right leg playing basketball requiring surgery and two screws. He required yet another surgery mid-football season to remove the screws, but was still able to be part of the Pierce Bluejays State Championship team.
Mallory and Macy started junior high at the high-school and are now moody teenagers! Mallory tried her hand at volleyball, where Macy was too busy socializing and both are active with choir and confirmation. They claim they are the only 7th graders without cell phones. Macy is jealous that Mallory got her braces off already, and Mallory wants to now try contacts.
Tatym is still quite the ham at age nine and cracks us all up. Poor girl not only looks like me, but wants to grow up to be like me. And she’s off to a good start with her own website – Tatym.com. She and I both donated our hair to Locks of Love (6” for her, 10” for me) earlier this year.
This last year I racked up a bunch of frequent flyer miles (and only lost my luggage twice). I went to Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Phoenix, New York City and London (I finally have a passport) for business and to Denver for pleasure, to see my boyfriend, Patrick. And contrary to popular belief, we did not meet online. He grew up in Foster and graduated from Osmond the same year I did, but we only met a year and a half ago.
The pictures of us are from a photo shoot for Revenue Magazine where I was featured as “The Marketing Mama” in the Sept/Oct 2007 issue. Merry Christmas from our home to yours….
The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the government’s political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you’re actually being screwed!