Tongue Tacos

Holly took me to this Taqueria for my birthday and I brought Diann and Bill to eat there last week! Granted, the taco van outside of the Sears in Salt Lake City is tastier, but this place is almost as good!

I have eaten here three times and I always forget to take pictures of my food! This is my empty plate! This evening I had one taco, one beef stomach taco, and a tongue taco! Yum Yum indeed. The carrots in the upper right corner are delicious! I can't pinpoint the flavor but cloves are involved. I also am a salsa fiend and they make wonderfully pungent and spicy salsas!

This of course is Bill and Diann! Bill is my BFF and Diann is my separated twin separated by a few years! I attend all of the single events with Bill and Diann and I are Ballet Oklahoma season ticket holders! She will be going with me to Kansas City in November to see HMS Pinafore.

Mule Puke finds me again

In the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down
While the boss-man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town
And D.C.'s bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground
Yeah, while they're living it up on Wall Street in that New York City town
Here in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down

I discovered another song almost as vile as Y.B.I.A.W by John Mayer. This is atrocious. I never get the literal songs about current events! Can song writers no longer find the right allegory to convey their message? Gag me with a spoon. This is perfect specimen why I general do not enjoy mainstream country.

Still #12

I am still #12. I have changed my status back to one child. For those like my mom who do not read my side bars, my adoption was over. I reacted poorly and was hysterical for a week or so. I told my parents, Aunt J, Aunt K, my sister, and my boss! However, and there is a big however... I could not notify the agency. I tried to make myself. I tried dialing, emailing, telepathically transmitting...... well almost. Anyway, I received my supplemental payment invoice, (my agency loves supplemental fees) and I paid them. I told my mother that I got the invoice and her intake of oxygen deprived air to her cats it was so severe :)

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Lo and behold, I believe the freak outs are for the most part behind me. The crushing weight of fear have ended. I am a strong willed person and my feelings were completely normal. I am starting to breathe again and I just try to get through one day at a time. I know that if I continue to plan well and do some heavy praying I will succeed. Although I was thrilled at the chance of two beautiful children I now put all that exuberance in hoping for one. HOWEVER I HAVEN'T MOVED A SPOT IN 10 WEEKS AARRRGGG!
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It isn't the easiest path but let's face it; when have I ever done anything easy? I usually over complicated things and make a mess!

Nerdy excitement at its best!

So I get the Pottery Barn Kids Catalog and I got all excited when I saw STAR WARS SHEETS! I am buying myself Star Wars Sheets and just felt like sharing! Now I will be dreaming in a galaxy far far away!

Feed Me Seymour!

So I am excited for The Little Shop of Horrors! I love Rick Moranis in the movie and I have high hopes for the stage production. It will be here in the middle of August. I have awesome seats of course, I am a snob about seating charts. I am going alone. I didn't ask anybody. I love my "me" time! I am going to eat dinner alone and go to the show alone and LOVE IT! No talking for 4 hours at least! I might even leave my phone at home! I have been surrounded by people whether it is at church or work or dates or swimming! AARRRGGG!

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Long story short, it has been too long since I ate a meal at a place by myself. Jessica says I am crazy about this but I don't care. I am a pushover in a group, always doing what everybody else wants, so anytime I can blow everyone off and do what I want to do I jump at the opportunity! I tried to do that at the art museum but it was closed. Anyhoo, I think it's healthy to have an occassional dose of alone time. Good music, good food and no mindless chatter! :) (I fear I will make a good curmudgeon someday)

I am exploding with untold jokes!

I have no audience so I just wanted to share some words to live by:

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Expecting life to treat you well just because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge you just because you are a vegetarian :)

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Have a lovely, lovely day!

Museum Day

So I decided to go to the art museum downtown. I had the day off and I have never been there. I go and find my way downtown. It only took me two passes to get where I needed to go. (my sense of direction is appalling) I park in the lot. It is crazy to pay $8 to park but the meters are only for 2 hour parking and I planned on being their longer to view the Cezanne exhibit! So I am excited! I pay the pay box by shoving my money in the #7 slot and walk to the museum.

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The museum is closed on Mondays.

Mingling with the public

I avoid the crazies. I don't go out on New Year's and I don't go downtown for all major holidays. I must say I had a lovely time listening to the OKC Philharmonic Orchestra outside near the Coca-Cola event center. It was very low-key; sitting in lawn chairs in the parking lot, listening to good music occassionally singing with the crowd. True, it was July 3rd not the 4th but still a holiday. I haven't been downtown for the 4th since the Okies were selling glow necklaces. (circa 1994) The fireworks were impressive too. I never expected them to last as long as they did, but it was at least a 10 minute display. I must say that I get giddy when watching fireworks. It was a great evening. Very unexpected, very enjoyable, very surprising.

Joy: An Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness

A sample of my strange and unusual evening...
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I have just slid off my treadmill after another grueling 40 minutes. Usually, I might give it a little kick and pretend to spit on it but today is different..... I got of singing one of my new favorite songs. (Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova) I make my sister's salsa for her party, still singing. (Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine) I feed my dogs, again still singing. (Johanna from Sweeney Todd) I switch some laundry. (Nearer My God to Thee by Addison Kirk (Piano only)) I cleaned my kitchen. (Going to California by Led Zeppelin) I finally showered. (The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson) Obviously my iPod was on shuffle.

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For those unaware, I cannot sing. My younger cousin, B.VDB laughed at my singing in April, it's that bad. Today has been the best day and nothing special happened. I worked at both jobs, I talked to a couple aunt's on the phone. My mom and I played phone tag. Boogie got mad at me.

I am turning into a sap! I started to read about joy and it brought maybe 2 tears to my eyes. :) So I guess all I am saying is that I hope everyone has an ordinary day filled with an "Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness." I can't imagine being more full of joy.

Happy Birthday to Me! (in 31 days)

Titan begins by lifting riders up a 245 foot hill and then takes a 255 foot drop entering a 120 foot tunnel. Immediately after the tunnel, riders are taken through a large Carousel turn. Following the Carousel turn, riders encounter a large camel back. The train subsequently enters an uphill 540 degree helix which leads to the mid-course brake run. Next, trains maneuver an overbanked turn, followed by the 2nd, downhill, 540 degree helix. Afterwards, the trains navigate an over-banked turn to the left and then another to the right..........

My Birthday will be spent at Six Flags over Texas! Nancy, Karen, and Tabatha are going with me and we are gonna ride roller coasters all day!

Finally, a normal response

Well- I finally had a emotional "episode" this past Saturday. The impact on my decision to try to become a mother collided with me like someone dropped a piano on my chest. My dad didn't know what to think. I can barely look at the photo I chose to reflect my inner turmoil it's so hideous! My mom, of course, reacted in a calm fashion and tried to talk some sense into me but I couldn't stop the tears.

Fortunately I got myself pulled together. I was calm on Sunday.

So, for now, I am taking things one day at a time. I am finally slightly terrified about my choice. Who knew I could be so normal? Right now, a jack under the piano has given me a few inches to breathe but I am so scared that the tension will fracture it and bring it all back down again.

I have no words

Absolutely ridiculous!

Eagle Watch

Outside of one of the operatories, a pair of doves have nested in a tree. It has been great to see the birds during feeding time. Anyway a patient said I could watch Bald Eagle nests online! I am not a bird watching person but I was interested. Long story short, I have wasted about 12.5 percent of one day watching baby eagles and their parents. (That equals 3hours) Here are the sites I found with the best action.

http://www.wvec.com/

http://www.suttoncenter.org/

http://www.hancockwildlifechannel.org/

http://www.dukefarms.org/

I couldn't look away!

I avoid MTV. I think it is generally a waste of time. However, I did catch the Steve-O story a couple of days ago and it was real. He filmed his drug abuse and even the beginning of his intervention. It is dark but it is honest. It is amazing how many people knew about his habits. The cops even didn't arrest him.

Anyway- I don't normally champion this type of programming but I thought Steve-O was extremely sincere on Dancing With The Stars and now I know what he "bounced back" from. The dude shouldn't be alive.

Watch it!

I hope you are happy!

I have posted 4 posts for my insistent mom. Mom, I love you but leave me alone! Hopefully, she will be blog-satisfied for the next three days or I will be forced to make up stories in my boring spinster life to blog about! :)

Milestones

photo taken by Kelly no last name :)

So this year is a milestone year. I abhor years that end in "9" My father has started our downward spiral by turning 50! I will follow shortly after and turn 30. My mother ends out our year by turning 50 herself too! Gag me with a fork, a dirty dropped on the floor fork. This post is a pre-warning post to my upcoming mood July 21st. Totally Grody.

Technology is Stalking Me!

Does anyone remember this old Nokia phone? Well I used mine up until January of this year. I had backup old phones to replace this phone when it started to die. I caved into peer pressure and bought the latest computer phone with all the unnecessary features that I now can't live without!

Technology has me on it's radar now. I can't escape! I hear the electronic "whirring" beckoning me, saying my name as my brain scrambles to justify the purchase. The current impulse I am trying to withstand is the Kindle2

I would say that the shopping addiction that has the strongest hold on me is my love of reading. I will buy a book before I would buy food. I am considering purchasing a Kindle2. A patient came in with one yesterday and it is pretty sweet. It's kind of pricey but it can hold 15000 titles. My hesitancy is due to the fact that I love holding, smelling, and feeling the book in my hands! I should have been born in 1879 and I wouldn't have this dilemma! I have been stewing over the Kindle for about 5 months...... I am afraid the stalker is gonna win this one! It would be great to pass 30 hours of travelling to Africa with 15 books thinner than a pencil!

Mule Puke

This post is difficult for me, because I think I am generally an upbeat, glass half full kind of girl. Just a disclaimer........

I like all kinds of music. I listen to classical in the mornings. (Debussy is #1) I sing Masquerade with my sister we are in a silly mood. I run on my treadmill to heavy metal. I admit to liking Justin Timberlake music. (isn't he gorgeous) I even tolerate country when I ride with my sister and dad. However, I get a punch in the stomach vomit-like feeling whenever I hear John Mayer sing, Your Body is a Wonderland! This has got to be the stalker song of new millenium seriously. It is vile. It's all in the delivery because if you read the lyrics, they are not as bad as mule puke. The whispering creepiness oozes out of JM's guitar and it gives me a chill. I must be alone in this because it was and still is wildly popular.

"Discover me, discovering you".......... I am sorry but no thank you.

She's the Man

So I have a hard time reading Shakespeare. I get lost in the language and the vocabulary and most of the time, it's just boring. So this movie, "She's the Man", is based off the Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and it is marvelous! Viola is in love with Duke, who is in love with Olivia, who is in love with Sebastian who is really Viola! It is a highschool based movie, but I didn't have a hard time watching it as an adult. Amanda Bynes is hilarious and Channing Tatum is gorgeous. Each character has a secret and the timing of the reveal is spot on. The movie is so great I will try and attempt the orignal work by Mr Shakespeare.