Soundtrack of My Life

No One is to Blame by Howard Jones is one song that would have to be on my personal soundtrack.



When it comes to relationships, for one reason or another, this is my theme song. The lyrics are completely poetic. Love them. Whenever you hear it think of me.

Here they are:
You can look at the menu but you just cant eat
You can feel the cushions but you cant have a seat
You can dip your foot in the pool but you cant have a swim
You can feel the punishment but you cant commit the sin
And you want her and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame
You can build a mansion but you just cant live in it
You're the fastest runner but you're not allowed to win
Some break the rules
And live to count the cost
The insecurity is the thing that wont get lost
And you want her and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame
You can see the summit but you cant reach it
Its the last piece of the puzzle but you just cant make it fit
Doctor says you're cured but you still feel the pain
Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain
And you want her and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame
No one ever is to one ever is to blame

Darius Rucker... love him

I love that Darius Rucker is singing country music. I loved him in Hootie and the Blowfish.


I'm pretty sure he wrote this song for me and all me exes sing it and think of me.


HA!

Sidedish Friend by Rachael Yamagata

Paranoia

At work on Thursday, a coworker and I were talking about being paranoid about sounds in your home. Whenever I hear a suspicious sound in my home and I go to search out the culprit of the noise, I tell myself, "This is when she gets killed in the horror movies."

Well, then it happened. Last night I was watching TV and I heard a noise outside. It sounded like something gently (or not so gently) hit the house. Maybe a ball or something. It wasn't completely dark yet but definitely dusk. It took me a minute to get the courage up to go look outside. I cautiously turned on the outside light just in case Jason was on my porch. No Jason. Then I bravely unlocked the door and peeked outside. Nothing out of sorts there. I'll just check that my new Halloween ghost decorations are still where I left them. One step out of the door. Check them out. Yep their still there. Hmm. I didn't look any further and went back to watching tv.


When I came out this morning, this is what I saw...





Someone had hit the light post! That's looking back at my house. I am so observant! How did I miss that?

Mystery solved.

USPS Reliability Test

Check out these mad phone camera skills.

Okay HLA members, here is what I mailed! Taking all bets. Will it get to T.Shay in California?

For those of you that have no clue what I'm talking about, read this post to catch up.

The Caramel Machiato

This is the most beautiful cup of coffee I have ever seen. And it's delicious to boot!

I'm Just Asking

This is at a table I dined at for lunch yesterday.

Does anyone else see anything wrong with this picture?

Or maybe I'm just crazy.

Lauren's Wedding and More

The boys were ring bearers at their second cousins, Lauren, wedding. They were so stinking cute. The above photo was taken on my cell phone camera so not great quality. They were waiting for the rest of the wedding party to come and join them at this point. This was their first time to wear a tie and Lauren's cousin, Jonathan did a great job of getting them tied for us. Thanks Jonathan.

The boys had a great time at the reception. They guarded the cake. At one point my sister had to ask them to get out from underneath the table. ayh! That would have been just one more funny story about her wedding. Well, I hope she can look back and think that the kinks in her wedding were funny. :) I won't recap. And Lauren, it was a beautiful wedding.

September was busy over all. With school starting, soccer starting, the wedding and family visitors. My office also moved locations (it's right next door to where I was at so it's not any closer) and just let me say this is the most spectacular office building I have ever worked! And I'm very lucky. I did tap the wall behind my parking spot on the second day of business but there was no damage to the building, my care or even my pride.

And, BOOM! October is here. We don't have too much planned for October. I don't think. We're in count down mode for Drew's birthday on Halloween. He wants to go to Six Flags.

Speaking of birthdays. I am working on putting together two new blogs. The first, is about birthdays and will start on October 5th. I'm pretty sure I'm calling it "You Say It's Your Birthday" Maybe. Unless I come up with something better. Hmmm.... any suggestions in the next 3 days? The second is about road rage and how to relieve it. It's going to be a snarky blog about the drivers that get me riled up, what I do to relieve the anger and other stories about driving and parking. Not sure on what to call that one either.

And as always, you can always catch me commenting at http://www.highlowaha.com/ where the blog mascot, Ray, can be found. I'm having a great time drawing him. He's going to be busy with the holidays coming up.

You say it's your birthday!

Happy Birthday, Angie!

Happy Birthday, Katie K!

Katie, you share your birthday with one of my oldest and craziest friends!!!

For Heather

Well, the most exciting thing that has happened since our last post was that I went to Philadelphia and celebrated the Taste of USA Winner Party which was hosted by my friend, Claudia and her world famous blog, Highlowaha. But Heather, you already knew all that.


Soccer has started. Yay! After two losing seasons, the Sting are 2-0 to start the Fall 2008 Season. We have cool new jersey this year. We're gold and black. I missed the first game due to Taste of USA but took a ton of photos last week. Unfortunately, they're all still sitting on my camera waiting to be downloaded. I just have to say that Melvin, a new team member is a force to be reckoned with.


My sister, niece and cousin are due in on Friday. Safe travels to them. We're going to play Virtual Pirate Bingo on Friday. I'm pretty sure my sister thought I was crazy when I told her on the phone last night. Then, on Saturday- more soccer and then off to see my youngest first cousin on my mothers side to get married. Aw- a wedding.


Sunday- more soccer.


Work is good. On Friday, September 26th, we will be moving into our new office building. It is nothing short of spectacular, amazing, gorgeous and spectacular. I already said that. 18th and early 19th century art is featured throughout the public areas. I feel very fortunate to working in such a beautiful environment with a company that takes care of their employees. One of the new features is a workout room with a trainer (not that I'll utilize it; I mean, I have an elliptical machine right in my bedroom and it never gets used so I'm just being realistic here.) and a full kitchen that will be serving lunch some time at the end of the year. I'm excited.


So- what else...


I've started something new. Let's see, how do I describe this... Whenever someone pisses me off in traffic, I whip out my cell phone and take a picture of them. Like this guy...

First, he ran a red light while several of us were entering the intersection since our light was green. Second, at the next intersection, he was in the turning lane to turn left but when the light turned green he decided he would cut me off and go straight. Third, as I was travelling behind him, he swerved in both lanes nearly hitting the car in the right lane. I snapped this picture while at the intersection of Oak Lawn and Maple where afterwards he repeated step number three. When I bravely drove up next to him, I couldn't help but mouth the words, "Really? You call that driving?" I'm pretty sure he understood me.

But the point is, after I take these pictures of lane blockers and heinous drivers, I somehow feel better knowing that they're going to be a feature of my blog and I can safely drive on my way with no pent up road rage.

You should try it.