"Maureen told me that Howard Stern said that if you squat, it makes the baby come out faster."

This post is to basically say:


to Isley!!!


I'm so friggin excited for you guys! I love you both
and I know that you will be blessed
beyond your wildest dreams because
of this wonderful child.
Congrats and I hope that mom and baby are doing well
and to see pictures on the Nitty Gritty very soon! :D
AND I can't wait to see my new nephew at Christmas!
I love you guys and I already miss my new boy!

"Oh, that would be the year the pumpkins arrived late."

Friday September 19, 2008
I took Connor and Drew on a VERY
New England adventure:
APPLE PICKING!
Holy crap it was SO MUCH FUN!
Connor was having such a blast picking his very own apples that he was on FANTASTIC behavior which allowed me to also have a wonderful
time! We got to pick a PECK (haha)
of apples and a carton of raspberries
and a couple of little pumpkins
(because it's too early for Halloween
size big ones!). It was perfect weather
and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Everyone--it is officially fall! :D
We had so many DELICIOUS apples
to take home that we didn't know what
to do with them all, so I thought how
wonderful would it be to make Grandma
Orme's apple pie! So I did! Officially and
completely all by myself! Homemade pie
crust and all! It was SCRUMPTIOUS, if
I do say so myself! :D just LOOK at it!!!

"For the second time. Mom, it's a pretend wedding. J.Lo has them all the time!"

**For my 100th post (finally got there!! :D), my title quote is from the 100th episode of Gilmore Girls titled (conveniently...) "Wedding Bell Blues" ...not that there was ANYTHING sad about the below information...**

























Pictures are worth a thousand words...
Ashley Wilson (now West)'s wedding
Saturday, September 20, 2008
This was a wedding that I just could NOT miss. Ash has been such a wonderful friend of mine for many many years and I am so very happy for her. She looked so beautiful and happy. David is a great guy and I'm really happy that they've found each other. Congrats ashley and david! :D
And I'm SO happy that I was trusted with the music for their wedding reception. If i do say so myself, I did a FABULOUS job. haha :D

but just to break it down for ya'll my trip home for this wonderful event:
Saturday (sept. 20):
4:30 am-on the way to Boston Logan International Airport
6:00 am-left BLIA to JFK
9:00 am-left JFK for SLC
11:50 am- LANDED in SLC for a 1:30 (start time) temple wedding
1:30-3:00-Temple pictures
3:30-5:15-hung out w/ Isley and saw curtis and deacon for a nano second!
5:30-8:30-the reception...where YES I did meet old but now new friend, KC...
8:30-midnight-hung out with KC, his cousin Devin, and a saw Isley (again :D) and Sophie and Deacon for another nano second!
Sunday (sept. 21):
2-3 AM-hung out w/ dustin and bryce
7:30 am-on the way to SLC Airport
9:00 am-left SLC for JFK
5:30 pm-left JFK for BLIA
7:20 pm-home in Reading, MA.
8:30 pm-exhausted, I fell asleep.

It was an intense day. Wow. But I am so very glad that I went. It was ABSOLUTELY worth it.

Oh and a random taste of my "playlist" for the wedding was:
Van Morrison "Have I told you Lately"
Beatles "All you Need is Love"
Nat King Cole "Unforgettable"
Paul McCartney "Maybe I'm Amazed"
Billy Joel "She's Got a Way"
Joe Cocker "You Are So Beautiful"
Edwin McCain "I'll Be"
Celine Dion "When I Fall In Love"
Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes"
Eric Clapton "Wonderful Tonight"
**the playlist was 60 songs aka 4 hrs...**

"Just once I'd like to be able to say, 'Yeah, I'm not feeling so good, my leg is haunted.' "

So basically here is what I have been up too:
1) I'm starting to get sick. Grr.
2) I'm going home for a whirlwind wedding trip (not my own of course) this weekend. :D
3) I've lost 25 lbs since being in Massachusetts.
4) I've been in Massachusetts for 6 months now. Wow.
5) I've made another significant dent in my AFI top 100 movies list (24 left to go!!)
6) I've developed a "worry" I never thought I'd have: worrying about hurricanes in LA...

Thats about it I guess...
I'm really really happy with how things are going in my life right now and I'm THRILLED to be able to say that!! I mean, I still wish that SOME things were going better but all that stuff will be taken care of in due time. I'll figure it all out. :D
Now, if only there was a magic button or switch or lever to tell me what to do next april, that would be AWESOME!...

"However, Elvis and Jim Morrison are coming and they're bringing chips."

So I am officially a full fledged 100% supporter of Barack Obama.
After watching the R.N.C. these last 2 days has just cemented my thinking that McCain/Palin are just NOT my choice at all. They just make me frustrated. And Palin is a BITCH! I was so annoyed at the end of her speech (my end not her official end) that I couldn't stand it! But that is not the point of this post. The point is to say that after some discussion about the issues (in a broad sense) that confused me with my mom, I feel proud to say that I will truly be submitting an informed vote in November and I'm thrilled to be doing so!! I am proud of myself for "researching" about it all on my own BEFORE talking to my parents about any of it-not that I don't value their opinions but I wanted to be able to honestly say that I formed my own opinions that just happen to be the same as my parents. I am glad to say that they are the same, but that doesn't matter because I found out for myself. :D
okay i'm done. oh and the title is just entertaining....
full quote:
"Not really. The government will close that day. Flags will fly at half-mast. Barbra Streisand will give her final concert…again. Now, the Pope has previous plans, but he's trying to get out of them. However, Elvis and Jim Morrison are coming and they're bringing chips."