On a different Note

So, aside from the crazy story thing, I do have another post.

So, last night, Mickayla got home from Grandma Sue's house and decided that she wanted to practice her piano. Well, she did really well. In fact she played her song mistake free after 2 tries. Well, we told Grandpa and Grandma and then had to call Sabrina. Well, I told her she could call her to tell her, but she could play it for her on Wed. Anyway, she called Sabrina and asked her to come listen to her play. Well, since the turd has just about everyone she knows wrapped around her little finger, Sabrina came in. Mickayla was soooo excited to play it for her, and she did pretty good too. But I think she may have gotten too excited, because she didn't play it as well as she did for me before Sabrina was called...oh well she's 5. There is more to this story though, Sabrina hung out for a little longer and listened to her play a couple other things...Miss Mickayla flipped ahead in her book and without any help played a song she has never practiced before nearly perfectly. The look on Sabrina's face, was priceless. It was complete and utter shock. I love it. Mickayla makes her mommy very proud. At first, I thought maybe it might have been one they had played before, then I turned and saw Sabrina with her jaw to the floor. :) Anyway, I will post some piano playing pictures soon. Till then just picture the princess doing her thing and making sweet music.

Random Story

Since I am after Sabrina going counter-clockwise according to the rules.

Topic: School Bus

The year 1990 something...The place jr high/sr high bball camp (not sure which). On our dorm hall Among us Hillsboro girls was another group of fun gals whose names I can't remember except for one, Mel *aka Bob*. I am thinking it was High School, because the song Waiting for a Bus by Violent Femmes keeps popping in my head (but that could be just because of the topic). Anyway, there were buses created out of our room chairs in the hallway and bus rides from Bob. But somewhere towards the end, a gift was received. That of a regurgitated bus. Thank you Bob. This lovely bus was made from cardboard, chewed up gummi bears, and other unrecognizable edibles. Ahh....I miss those days of hallway buses and regurgitated buses. Yummy!!

The Queen Anne

So, last night Sabrina and I started doing some finalization of plans for our trip. So far, we decided to spend two days in San Diego before we take off for Vegas. When we get there we are staying at the Monte Carlo (oh yeah) with Jake. I can't wait to gamble. I better win some freaking money. That'd be the shit. We will be there for about 1 1/2 to 2 days. Then it's on to San Francisco from there. We found the cutest little Inn to stay at. It's a mile from downtown and only about 2 or 3 miles I'd say from both Fisherman's Wharf and The Golden Gate Bridge. Two places that we can't wait to go see (I've seen both, but it's been so long...I can't wait to see them again). Also, while we are at it, we will be taking a ride on the cable cars...something man dad was supposed to take me on when we lived in CA, but never did *tear*. This hotel, once we saw it, it wasn't even worth looking for anything else. It is the coolest. It is a totally renovated Victorian from 1890. They restored it to it's original beauty and turned it into a B&B called
The Queen Anne. I can't wait!!!!

Ok, ok, I'll post!

Ok, so I know I haven't posted anything of any interest lately (or ever), but I can't stand the nagging :)

So, Sara is coming home this weekend for her grandma's 85th birthday and was hoping that some of us could get together Sat night with her here at Bob and Deb's. We understand if you can't make it, being it's such short notice, but we hope you can. So, I think I have convinced her to start her own blog, so she can just update that daily or weekly on how she and Baby Baumstark are doing, rather than emailing us. I told her I'd show her how to get started when she gets here. So yeah!!!

Mickayla is doing sooooo well with piano (yes I know you get to hear all this from Sabrina, but I'm telling you anyway). She loves loves loves it, and she's pretty good. I can't believe the difference just week by week. It's awesome. And she is loving dance. They are practicing for their recital that will be this June. I will let you all know the exact time and date soon. I can't wait. I'm gonna be a crier I think. I'm sooo proud of my little princess and think it's great that she is showing such a love for the performing arts. Maybe she'll be good/amazing at the things I could never really do all that well. I hope that you all would be able to come to her dance recital (I know she'd love it) and maybe afterward she could put on a piano recital for you too.

Speaking of The Jerk

So I'm sure most of you are asleep by now, but I'm not (way to point out the obvious). I just finished watching Cold Mountain (good flick by the way) and decided to see what else might be on. Well I was just flicking through the channel guide and low and behold....The Jerk is on AMC. So, I decided that I'm gonna at least watch a little bit of it. "These cans are defective, they've sprung a leak!" hee hee...Anyway...hope you all had a good night.

Approaching Lift Off

Ok, I can't believe it. Only About 30 days left until we're out of here and off to Sunny CA. I feel bad though, I'm starting to have these feelings of regret for not planning the trip to include my baby girl. She is all into the fact that someday in the near future we are going to Disneyland (she has actually invited her whole class to go and her teacher had to explain that she can't just invite people to go on vacation with her). Anyway, now it's like I'm going to be in the vicinity of Disneyland and I could be taking her there but I'm not. What a mean mom taking a vacation without her. Oh well, we'll both get over it. I'd rather wait one more year so that she's old enough. Anyway...I'm so excited to be going. And I know there are a couple of you who are supposed to be looking in to coming too...but yet I haven't heard anything from you in a while...so what's the deal. I hope you are coming.

On to another point...first of all my car won't start at all...as of Saturday morning. This sucks. So this morning Tammi was like come on I'll help you try to jump it. So I had to just throw on boots and run out cause she was leaving for work. So, I was outside in the frigid cold wearing snowboots, a sweatshirt and boxer shorts. HOT!!!!! Good thing no guys drove by cause I'd of had to beat them off with a stick. So, my car still won't start. It worked fine on Friday, in fact I followed mom home, cause we were having trouble with the truck. Not the car. Oh well, I'm transportationless. Which wouldn't bother me so bad, but it's freaking cold out and I'm not gonna walk in this (or make Kayla either).

My little rock star

So, it's too cute. First this summer it was her singing "Holler Back Girl", then this fall it was "Wake Me up When September Ends" and now it's "My Hump" or whatever it's called. Soooo funny. Ok, picture this. Little miss Mickayla singing "My hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps...check it out!" and sounding a whole hell of a lot like the song. And don't forget the dancing...the whole shaking her ass thing. Ok, so not shaking her ass, but sticking her hip out to the side and shaking her groove thing to the beat of her singing. TOO FREAKING CUTE!!!!!!

ICONS!!!! :P

Thank you to Sabrina for showing me how to add icons...I just spent some time and put up a few...it's cool...but you may have created an icon addict...

In Loving Memory

Lucky T. Cat Feala passed away peacefully on Wed. Feb. 8th, in his sleep. A beloved family member for 12 years, Lucky was a spunky ray of light that was always there to bring comfort and friendship to all he knew. Lucky, who lived all 9 lives to their fullest, will be greatly missed and never forgotten. He he is survived by his loving parents, Bob and Deb, sister Cassie, brothers Jake, Nate, and Rob; and other relatives and friends. Please take a moment to remember our friend, Lucky, a great son, brother, and friend.

Lucky, you will be greatly missed and always loved.

I was bored...very very bored

You Are The Sun

You represent the best of life - vitality, success, and and truth.You tend to have a strong, centered, balanced personality.Inspiration and discovery are your fortes. You are very mentally strong.A talented mind, you tend to excel at math, philosophy, and music. Your fortune: As well as you have done in the past, the future is going to be filled with more success.A new creative project is coming your way. Feed it, and it will grow into something huge.Great riches, recognition, prosperity, or happiness is coming your way.And it's possible that a fantastic vacation, or a new baby, is coming sooner than you think.

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You're an Passionate Kisser

For you, kissing is about all about following your urgesIf someone's hot, you'll go in for the kiss - end of storyYou can keep any relationship hot with your steamy kissesA total spark plug - your kisses are bound to get you in trouble

What Kind of Kisser Are You?

Your 1920's Name is:

Wilhelmina Lovie

What's" Your 1920's Name?

You Are A Margarita Martini

You are a full on partier, with a good deal of sass and spunk.You're always friendly and welcoming - and very tolerant of obnoxious drunks. You should never: Drink and dance. The pictures will be everywhere the next morning! Your ideal party: Is loud, with good music and fun drinking games. Your drinking soulmates: Those with a Dirty Martini personality Your drinking rivals: Those with a Classic Martini personality

What Flavor Martini Are You?

Your Stripper Song Is

I'm" a Slave 4 U by Britney Spears "I'm a slave for you. I cannot hold it; I cannot control it.I'm a slave for you. I won't deny it; I'm not trying to hide it." You may seem shy, but you can let your wild side out when you want to!

What Song Should You Strip To?

What Your Underwear Says About You

You like your underwear to make you feel girlish and pretty. Let's hope you're a chick. You're comfortable in your own skin - and don't care to impress anyone.

The Underwear Oracle

You Were a Giraffe

You are a high achiever - able to reach things others can't.A great communicator, you are good at getting past superficialities.

What Animal Were You In a Past Life?

What the f%#&!!!!

Ok, so I just ran to Kwik Trip, and took the truck (yes I was just that lazy). Well, when I backed up, the truck must have stuck or got caught in reverse when I went to start going foward, because the truck jumped and squeeled like a little girl before it let me go anywhere...you should have seen the looks I got, like I was some moron trying to peel out of the parking lot or something. Maybe I can have rob come by and hit it with a wrench to put it in it's place, like "who's the bitch now!?!"



oh, and I thought I would add this little piece of my horoscope for today.

Overview:
Have you been bitten by the travel bug? Don't ignore the hunch that it's time to take a trip. Your time out of town may lead to a new spiritual path or a romantic encounter that could change you.

I've had a long day and it's only 11:03am

So, it's now 11:03 in the AM, and I'm already bored. I've got most of my work done, so what the heck am I supposed to do with the rest of my day? Ok, so there may be a few things I can do out front (like finish the scrapbooking section) but I'm here until 6, plenty of time to do that stuff...I suppose I'll get a start on it in a minute.

Well, I'm actually a bit excited for this weekend's big Alumni Tournament. Even though I'll be working most of the day, I'm gonna try to make it down for part of Jake's first game, then an hour or two in the afternoon and hopefully I'll make it for most if not all of the championship game. As long as they don't start it early or anything. It's funny, I'm not really looking forward so much as to who may be coming home (except like 2 people) I'm just excited to go hang out with Sabrina. Even though I see her every dayl, she is still one my most favorite people to hang out with. :)

Anyway, I'm gonna go try and find something to work on. You all have a good day