It's always such a lonely loom
It's sudden like a broken bone
And your luck wont always come along
So dry your tears away
Butterfly
Go ahead and fly (butterfly, dave matthews)

horray!! the family circus comic from late november is finally online, and here it is:


last weekend was totally full of fun stuff, but i seriously felt like i had no time to myself and i didn't feel fully recharged for this week!! i'm trying to lay low this weekend and relax a bit before i go on a cleaning rampage before everyone arrives for christmas. i'm hoping to be able to finish up some last minute chores and errands by this afternoon and sit by the tree with a big cup of hot chocolate, my sweats, and a book.

last saturday, michelle had her baby shower!! i can't believe how great she looks, and the cute clothes that are out now!! she's gonna be such a hot mama!! stacy threw a fun and girly tea party. it was a super adorable theme for a baby shower and it was a lot of fun. miss caitlin ruled at the clothespin game...even though i tricked her first thing. i swear i didn't mean to!! hee hee...it all evened out by the end cause she was the big winner. :)

after driving back from that, erik and i went to the sharks game. i was soooo tired from not sleeping a whole lot the night before and then going to michelle's baby shower. i kept telling erik that i was going to fall asleep...in the beginning of the second period. hee hee!! cheechoo scored two that night. i was sad he couldn't complete a hat trick, but i guess he was nervous cause i was there. totally kidding. ;)

on sunday, i was baking with the roomies!! i went to target to get some frosting and holiday cupcake wrappers. i ended up getting slightly smaller wrappers than i wanted (booooooo!!) and some holiday frosting. now i am the queen of holiday cupcakes. i buy this stuff ALL the time, and am well aware of what i need. the frosting always shows on the outside as the holiday color, but it's really white inside. for instance, the halloween holiday frosting is shown as an ugly orange/peach color on the outside, but it's really white inside!! i have the finished product, some really yummy looking halloween cuppicakes to prove it!! well, i bought the christmas frosting cause it comes with sprinkles on top, and it's light green on the outside. guess what color it actually is on the inside. yup, ugly ugly light green. i was so pissed!! hahahahahahah!!

i had a great time catching with my roomies, and it always seems like there's too much time that goes inbetween when we hang out. thank goodness we're doing dinner in the city this tuesday along with some other hot lair mamas!!

like i said, i'm trying to catch up on sleep and organize my life this weekend. i gave blood yesterday which was a bit of a fiasco. two people couldn't find my veins in EITHER arm. grrrrrrrr. the first time they went to draw blood, it hurt me so bad that tears started to form in my eyes, and it was all i could do not to start crying. that lady was jabbing and poking and ahhhhhhhh, it was so painful!! she was about to tell me it was okay to leave, and i was like, "aw hell no, we're trying the other arm. and not jabbing as much, mmmmkay??" luckily she popped the other one in. i totally got jacked up with bruises on both arms tho. i look like a junkie.

i was hoping that by donating blood, i would be able to take a really long nap yesterday. that sure as shit didn't happen!! i am like the queen of naps on the weekend, and i just couldn't get comfortable and fall asleep!! that's all right cause i did get to go out to dinner and a movie with kae yesterday. we saw "the holiday" which was a lot better than i thought it was going to be. i'm not the biggest cameron diaz fan, but she does an okay job. i was really excited with kate winslet's performance because i felt like her character was a lot like me. you'll have to see the movie to understand.

kae is the best cause she gave me a hella cute present for christmas!! i got a bunch of little candy canes, like a pound of my favorite big square marshamellows, and hot chocolate mix!! i am in heaven!! i can't wait to get a few things out of the way today and really get to enjoy that tonight. horray!!

i guess that is enough of an update for now. i love how i can use my blog to blog about what i've been up to, and a journal for what i've been feeling. it's great to not have to be emo to the world via the internet. hee hee!!