Girls Night Out

So on Tuesday I went out with some of the wardroom wives for dinner and a movie. This is by no means the whole wardroom. A number couldn't attend. And they were missed.

It was Kelli and her girls, Caroline, Sarah, myself and Emma. Emma and Ellie are not completely in the picture.

We went to California Pizza Kitchen in MacArthur Mall. I had the Wild Mushroom Pizza and a Sauvignon Blanc. The pizza was wonderful and I had to take some leftovers home.

After that some of us went to see The Proposal, which was pretty good.

I didn't get home until after 9, but I had a lot of fun and am glad that we decided to get together.

My Cousin Justin (The Star)

That's right, he is! My cousin, Justin, is an aspiring actor. And he is actually in a movie that is about to come out. July 1st! He's in Public Enemies. It may be a bit part, but hey you actually see his face. And you have to start somewhere. Watch out Hollywood! It's based on the story of John Dillinger.



Pause it at 41 seconds into the preview. The young man in the brown hat, behind the larger man, is Justin. It's a brief appearance and I'm hoping it's a bit longer in the movie. So please go see this movie. And if you hear someone shout out 'That's my cousin!'. I apologize in advance.

Have You Ever Wondered...

How do squirrels nap?

Well I do. I mean do they curl up? Lay on their backs? What do they do? I don't watch documentaries on animals or anything. Unless I've got insomnia. Hm. Maybe that will help with the sleeping issue I have. I need to see if there are any documentaries on. Sorry got off topic there.

Well we have a family of squirrels in our back yard. They provide lots of entertainment for the cats. Well maybe not entertainment for the cats, but I laugh a lot at their antics.
So over the past weekend my sweet baboo spotted them up in the tree and brought it to my attention.

I tried to be as quiet as possible when I snuck outside, but as you can see from the first picture I disturbed some one's nap. The other guy just didn't care. He never even moved.

Now my only other question is..

How do they keep from falling off?

Cause that would really suck to fall off a tree limb and splat to the ground while sleeping. Ew. Hope they don't dream of falling.

Mother Nature Isn't As Sweet As Some Claim

You know how they say it's not nice to mess with Mother Nature. Well I'm declaring war on the witch! And she started it.

It all started over the Memorial Day weekend. My sweet baboo and I were working out in our yard. Mowing, raking, cleaning and pulling leaves. You know trying to keep our property healthy. On Monday I notice a rash on my neck, elbows and chest. I figured it was heat rash, due to the location of it and the fact that I had been sweating a lot. Hey it was hot that weekend.

However, it started to spread. So I know I have poison ivy,
poison oak, poison sumac or, get this one, Virginia Creeper. I didn't even know about this one until yesterday. It doesn't affect most people. Which would explain why my sweet baboo is unaffected. But can apparently present like poison ivy. At least that's what I've been told. Ugh!

So I started using Benadryl cream, calamine lotion and taking Benadryl to keep it at bay. I also started sleeping on the couch to prevent infecting anyone else in the house. Needless to say I've been miserable.

By Friday it was so bad that I couldn't use the Benadryl cream because it hurt. Brought me to tears, that's how bad it was. So I immediately made a doctor's appointment. Luckily they could get me in the next day, early. I wished it was sooner, but hey I'll take what I can get.

So now I'm on a steroid to help keep the itchiness down. And of course one of the side effects is sleeping problems. Hence the reason I'm up at two in the morning writing this. I got about 3 hours of sleep before I decided to start this rant.

So it's on Mother Nature. I will get you back for this. Not only are you making me itchy and irritable. You are messing with my sleep. No one wants to be around me when I'm crabby. Hell I don't even want to be around me. I will get you back for this. I don't know how and I don't know when, but I will.

Now I need to put more calamine lotion on and try not to wake the hubby.

The only thing keeping me sane (or somewhat sane) is the calamine lotion and the Poison Ivy soap my buddy Greta makes. BTW Greta I need more!