My New Baby

As of Monday at 5:30 pm I will be the proud owner of a BRAND NEW 2008 Ford Fusion!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited this is my first new car ever! It was getting to be time to trade in the old reliable Focus. Let's hope that I don't crash it before then...

Google is Mean

This is Google's Idea of a April Fool's Joke.

Google Custom Time:


I admit I was fooled! Good thing Justin reminded me it was April Fools Day.....

There is some justice in this world

Kansas church liable in Marine funeral protest - Yahoo! News

I really feel that this was the right ruling here. Josh and I have been e-mailing back and forth on this morning. It is people like this that give Christianity a bad rap. They feel that one judgment isn't enough they must act on behalf of God. Why make people's life miserable why they are alive? To make themselves feel better? To cover their discomfort? It is so frustrating, yes this is an extreme case. However there are plenty of people that you encounter in your everyday life that it is their duty to judge and punish people for being different.

I just want to get up and say "Can't we all just get along?"

Way to Go Bucky

A couple months ago site was sent around to vote for this year's inductees to the mascot hall of fame. There were several pro and college mascots on the ballot, including our very own Buckingham U. Badger. I was curious as to whatever came of that voting. Well today I went to the Mascot Hall of Fame website and found this years inductees.

Bucky will forever be a famous mascot!!

RENT

I really liked RENT! I liked it a lot! I love the rock n' roll soundtrack! I thought that it was touching and funny. I really enjoyed the performance. I am glad that I went to see it! My complaints have more to do with the Overture center. We were sitting in the second row from the top. So, not that great of seats. I don't know if it is the way the music should be or if they were having technical difficulties but you often times couldn't understand the singers or even hear them over the background music. Therefore it was hard to understand the plot at times. We got together at the end of the performance and were able to put the plot together. Now that I understand the plot I am going to see the movie and see how it compares and to fill in any things that we missed. I bought the soundtrack (could only find the movie version) from Wal-Mart this morning on the way to work. I really enjoyed the songs and thought that I should own the soundtrack. Being able to hear and understand the words I appreciate the music even more.

Off to the Theatre

I am attending my first broadway musical tonight and I am WAY excited! Some co-workers and I are going to see RENT tonight at the Overture Center. It has been a long day of waiting and working. I don't think that I can put into words. I am off to re-curl my hair and touch up my make up! I will give you a report tomorrow.

Topic-o-rama!

I have nothing in particular to write about today. First things first. Surgery! Where to start. I keep thinking that I am going to wake up and this will all be a big joke. The Dr. will say, "I am sorry, we mixed up your records with someone else's!" That is because I am scared to death! I am in so much pain I want it to go away. However, I wanted the easy fix not the hard one! I don't know if I have the strength to go through this. Like this morning I thought "Wow! I feel great! No pain, what a good day! Maybe it will all fix itself!" Even though I know that it isn't true. I want to talk about it, but I am so sick of talking about it. If that makes any sense. I talk about it because there is so much that I have to do beforehand!

In preparation of the big event, we bought this couch. We should have it by the middle of October. I have a line on a raised toilet seat and shower chair. Thanks Kimmy! After I go to my pre-op appointment I will be off buying running pants to wear during recovery. I have to wait until then because I need to know if I will have a cast or not. If so, I will be buying a larger size. I am collecting books to read. I may even pick up my One Stroke Painting stuff and learn that while I am home, bored to death.

My goal of this post was to talk about all the things happening in my life and here I go rambling about surgery!!! Ugh, see it takes over your mind!!!!!

Let's see.... Went to my friend Billee's bachelorette party this weekend, we had a blast!!!! We went out drinking and partying. We went to a strip club! It was a LOT of fun! We were all pretty much hammered that night. I didn't however need a whole day to recover. I was feeling pretty good by the time the Packer game started. Then I slept through halftime and the whole 3rd quarter!

What is up with the Packers this year? 0-2? They need to get their heads out of their asses! Thank GOD the Badgers are doing well. Otherwise this state would be on a football drought! We are used to winning, not getting beaten by one of the worst teams in the NFL!

Oh, I have officially lost 15lbs on our diet. I think that is about what Josh has lost. I am happy to say that my cloths are fitting a hell of a lot better. I am fitting VERY nicely into a lot of my clothes from last fall! The highlight? I won't have to buy all new cloths this fall. I have had to do that the past few years. My Goal is:~4 weeks to surgery to loose another 10 lbs. Hopefully that happens. All of this has been with change of diet. Since I am in so much pain I am unable to exercise. I am sure that it would be more if I were walking and stuff like that. Soon enough walking will be a HUGE chore. So I will burn twice as many calories as I do now walking. Although I will be doing less of it.

I am all set for my conference in Seattle. Al l that I have to do is go over my poster one or two more times, send it to the printer and I am READY! I am VERY excited about this! I cannot wait to see the west coast! I hope it doesn't rain the WHOLE time that I am there!!

Finally, Chase family brouhaha this weekend! I am VERY excited to see all of my Chase family! It isn't very often that we all get together!

Oh and Josh's mom's birthday is Monday, so we are going up either Saturday night or Sunday morning to spend time with them. I hope it goes well!

Oh Josh's grandma Flossie has to undergo hip replacement surgery. We will probably be going under the knife about the same time.

That is all for now!

A Little Thursday FUN!!!

C...Carbon
You scored 15 Mass, 34 Electronegativity, 46 Metal, and 0 Radioactivity!

Nobody understands you... no, not even organic chemists. The social individualist. You like your attention... but not TOO MUCH attention. You are able to form incredibly close relationships with many individuals, but you don't really get along with preexisting groups. You value equality in relationships, and don't deal well with overly submissive or demanding people. Well, whatever... thanks for making life possible... oh, and cut the global warming out.






My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:








You scored higher than 2% on Mass







You scored higher than 58% on Electroneg







You scored higher than 30% on Metal







You scored higher than 0% on Radioactivity

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Rain Rain Come and Stay

I was happy to see the rain fall on my drive to work this morning. Our grass has bounced back and isn't all hard and prickly to walk on. That is a nice change considering what our lawn looked like a month ago. Also, it is a relief to not have to water my flowers today. At the end of the season I bought 2-six packs of pansies (I think that is what they are) and put them in the shade in front of the garage. The pot on the right got morning and VERY early afternoon sun. They looked beautiful, healthy green, they flowered. The pot on the left looked worse to begin with. The flowers got morning AND afternoon sun. Not all afternoon, but definitely more than the others. They have really started to spread out and flower now. So I am happy. I brought them back from the edge of death. Which gives me a sense of accomplishment. I didn't kill them off. I think this time last summer my flowers had already dried up and died. I just didn't have the patience to water them every day.

So my hip has been pretty much in pain constantly. I have just learned to take the drugs and shut up about it. Although Monday was a pretty black day for me. I was in so much pain and the Aleve wouldn't take it away. As much as I wanted it too. The week has gotten better.

Josh and I have decided to try an e-diet. A lady at work is on one and really likes it. I don't know if she has lost much weight because she is always eating out. But we are trying it. She is printing me off menus to let us see if we like it. If so we will go from there. That way the only $$ we are out is the food money. Let's see if I can get Josh to eat things like hummus and tuna, not together. I am not going to talk about it until I am ready so please don't ask!! This is something that was VERY hard for me to come to terms with. I am just happy that Josh is being supportive and helping me through this. It is not that I don't think that I won't get support from you, it is just that I am not sure about this. I am not sure if I can do it and I don't want to let anyone down besides myself. I hope that makes sense. Maybe after trying it for a few weeks we can talk! Until then shhhhh..........

Well I should probably get to work!! I have a busy day ahead of me!!!!

Redneck Parade

These are pictures of the parade in a little town called Coleman. As you can see people came out to watch construction equipment.
Notice the hand-painted sign on the back of the trailer.
This sign reminded me that I wasn't in Madison anymore.
If you cannot read it it says:

"It's easy to be pro-"choice" when your not the one being killed."

And miles to go until I sleep...zzzzzzzzz

It feels as though I haven't slept decently for a week or two. I am awakened by one of many things, birds, the need to pee, being hot or in pain. I don't know how new parents do this. I feel like a walking zombie. I just want to lay my head down on my desk and sleep.

I am off to Milwaukee tonight to spend tomorrow with Heidi and Colin. I am not quite sure what we have planned. All that I know is that I want to be able to sleep in past 6:30. That is my only wish.

Sorry I don't have much to say!!!