So, um, yeah. Sorry for being a loser....

But, do these pictures make me cool now or what??



This is my little sissy Lizzy with none other than the Tim Burton at the Blue Bayou in Disneyland.





This is me with him. He even fluffed his hair and put on those famous blue bug-eyed sunglasses for the photo. We told him were just about to go on his ride (he is the creator of Nightmare Before Christmas, among other things) to which he replied, 'It's a good one, isn't it?"
He was very nice.


He was also accompanied by the mother of his two children, the ever recognizable Helena Bonham Carter.

Earlier in the day we were walking right behind a woman with black and white striped tights and crazy hair. Liz said, 'hm, she looks like Helena.' Ms. Bonham Carter is often seen in the tabloids wearing very creative attire. Well, we actually had seen her earlier in the day and had the fortune of seeing her again.

One might ask, "Self, if I'm very famous and want to go to Disneyland, which day would I go." The answer for the Burton - Bonham Carter group is, "the busiest day of the year.' So, we figured they probably took photos all day long and would expect the bother.
I would like to point out that after looking through several other pictures of HBC, she always has that same brown bag. So, I think she might be a reasonable person and doesn't have to make her bag match her shoes.

Quick tidbits on the two: Tim Burton - is from California, was originally a Disney animator but quit because they said his animal renditions looked like road kill, directed one of my favorite movies, 'Pee Wee's Big Adventure,' a few Batman movies, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and is the sole creator of Nightmare Before Christmas.
Helena and he met while filming Planet of the Apes. She has been in tons of things including Harry Potter, Fight Club, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the upcoming live-action/animated/3-d Alice in Wonderland. She is a spokesperson for Duchesne Muscular Dystrophy, has done a domestic violence commercial reading a passage from the Bible, and has two children with Burton.

It was really fun to see them.

Here are some pictures. And I've given up on mankind.

So, as for my last post, only one person contacted me about a trade. So I'm giving up on humanity and people that I thought were my 'friends.'
This is my 12 quart Hobart mixer- it's my only friend.







This is Harry and Tim at Cold Hollow in Waterbury Vermont enjoying some delish apple cider.

This is what an expensive graduate degree program gets you.

http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/bar/870650872.html
Please visit the above link and act accordingly. More than one of you can participate, so don't be shy.
Tim - maybe this could turn into my full-time job?

Weekend update

Wow! What a weekend. My mom and I flew to St. Louis and my sister Kara picked us up at the airport. We stopped by the Golden Corral for a bite of everything and got ready for a night out with, the one and only, LIZA MINNELLI.
We pulled up to the theater, for which this performance marked the opening of, to see something kind of like this pull up.
It was blue and really really old and they valet parked.
And then, as we're sitting there thinking, who drives that kind of car (the windows were rolled down so we figure no airconditioning)....and then we see something like this


get out of the car on our side and a female version get out on the passenger's side.





We entered the building and enjoyed a nice reception with some snacks - my favorite was the pickled asparagus.
We were under the impression that we had seats front row, center stage. We were afraid that they would be obstructed view or something, we had only purchased the tickets a few days before the show.

Well, we walked in, and just kept walking! Right up to the front row, center stage! And the seats weren't even too close. It was fabulous, except we were sitting next to, none other than the troll couple (an extra seat luckily provided a buffer zone).

Liza was fabulous. Other than the fact that she was a little under the weather and coughed a lot during the first half. Despite this, you just wanted to love her and take her home with you. She even waved directly at my mom! Words can't express how exhilarating the show was.
She looked a little something like this. She wore lots of sequins and man are her legs skinny!!
I love you Liza!!!!

Mr Toad and the bathroom

Ok. I love Mr. Toad. I'm not sure what my dedication to him comes from, but I think he's a great guy. There are pry (short for probably) several reasons.
The first is a book my aunt Toots bought me called Frog and Toad All Year. I'm going to assume for illustrative purposes that it is the same Mr. Toad. One of them buys ice cream but it melts all over him and he looks like a monster on his walk home and scares the other.
Reason number two may be his wild driving. While I am not a crazy driver like him, I do enjoy going fast. We both drive 'jalopys' - old, decrepit and unreliable automobiles which have limited mechanical abilities, and at times can barely move. My beetle just hit 150,000 miles.
So I made this template out of paper for a steel Mr. Toad weathervane (as seen in Fantasyland at Disneyland). Once our welder cuts it out, it will be powder coated so it won't rust on top of the house.

Here's a picture of our party shower. To get to the shower head, walk in the arch on the left and turn left. We did 1x1 tiles on the ceiling for that psychedelic look. It might be ready for use later this week. Feel free to stop by and use it - bring your own towel!

water softener - I'm sorry my blog is so boring

I was looking at other people's blog and decided mine is kind of boring - more practical than fun. I just wanted to let you know that we're probably going to have to get a new softener. Enjoy the weekend,
k8

Hard water.....what's the problem?

This is just for your own future projects - I'm not complaining. When we had the plumbers over about a month ago, they increased the water line in the house from 1/2" to 3/4". They said they would change the pressure regulator when they came back to finish the bathroom. We knew the water pressure had significantly increased. But we didn't know by how much.
So, about 2 weeks ago, the mud bath toilet freaked out and flooded all over. So, we shut off the valve and bought new guts for the toilet. We of course never got around to putting them in the toilet.
When the water softener guy came, he determined the water started out at 18 grains of hardness and it was only getting softened to 4 grains, which is still hard. The culprit was too much pressure. So the plumbers came and put a new valve in which reduced the pressure from 140 psi (crazy!) to 60 psi. Too much pressure breaks things. (ah, that's why the toilet broke).
Tim showered this morning and there was no pressure. So they put a new shower head on the upstairs shower and may have turned the pressure up.
So, from too much pressure, the toilet broke, the water softener broke (we still don't have soft water), and the shower head got replaced.
Please make sure you have the right water pressure.
Happy Pioneer Day! I'm sure their biggest problem was hard or soft water and what to clean all of those spots off with.
For those of you who need a softener or a repair, please call my man Jake at Sharp Water Solutions 474-1333. The thing is, hard water damages fixtures and pipes and nothing can get clean (including clothes, dishes, and your body!). In the long run, it's cheaper to have soft water because you don't get the mineral buildup. Call him today!

I hate hard water. It makes me crabby.

So, it's happened before. I shouldn't be surprised or mad at anyone other than myself. A few days ago, in the shower upstairs (the master remodel isn't finished yet) I started to notice some water spots on my totally awesome Andy Warhol shower curtain. I also noticed I felt a little minerally. And then, I put two and two together and realized I had been showering in hard water. So, I asked Tim to check for salt. He said it was full. Then, I went on with life.
Sunday, I noticed my hair was like straw. Now, I did enjoy the extra volume a little calcium brought to my hair, but not the dryness on my skin. So, after showering Monday, and being very irritated at the water spots adorning Marilyn, I decided to act.
And that's when I remembered that our softner had a little trick. For some reason, it's on a circuit that is connected to a GFI outlet that likes to trip. The last time our softner quit, the electrician looked for the tripped GFI plug for over an hour. It's in our mud bath. So, I visited the mud bath (who's toilet is actually not working right now - when it rains it pours!) and sure enough, the outlet was tripped.
I went down to the softner and commanded, with the push of a button, that it regenerate RIGHT NOW! I also noticed the hardness level was only set to 25. The water in Bountiful is about as hard as it gets registering at 55 on Linette's home test kit (please let me know if you would like your water tested - it's easy and fun). So I upped the hardness level and I should be back in business tomorrow. But I will have to clean Marilyn up - I don't think soft water can wash hard water spots away.

Please submit license plate recommendations

So, I'm scheduled to purchase a white Volkswagen Jetta Diesel wagon around Christmas. I decided on white because it is easiest to keep clean. But I would like help picking out a personalized plate, up to 7 spaces.
It needs to be clever - my beetle has 'ntmology' (if you don't know, find out)
So, here is a little bio on my car

jetta - name derived from the 'jet stream' . In China it is known as the Sagitar (which is my sign).
White
TDI -turbo diesel injected. (which was invented to run on peanut oil by Rudolf Diesel). Could run on bio diesel or veggie oil with conversion. It's being marketed as clean diesel. Clean in German is rein or sauber.
Wagen - called the Variant outside of the US, Lore/wagen in german.
High torque
Made in Wolfsburg Germany, assembled in Puebla Mexico by robots.
45 mpg
Achtung means respect, esteem, regard
Low emissions - no smog,
Power is Kraft in german - people might think Mac n cheeze
It meets Tier II Bin 5 emission standards.
Thermodynamically efficient
140 horse
235 lbs of torque

Really. Really? I love Liza Minelli. Really. I do.

Really. I've always loved Liza (not Lisa with an S, LieZa with a Z!). On VHI's recap tonight, one of the decades worst weddings was this:

Really. Really? Really. Wow. As the commenter said, 'How did these four get into a church?" (Watch SNL's Seth and Amy Pouler's 'Really' segment.)



This is the Liza I prefer to admire:
This combines her simple look with Warhol's skills - love them both! I would like to see Liza in person some day, take a look at her great legs, and wear a nice black outfit to honor her and laugh that unmistakeable laugh.

ps - she may make an appearance in the alleged Arrested Development movie as Lucille Austero/Buster's mom. I mean girlfriend.

Ghostbusters!

Brewvies free Monday night movie was Ghostbusters. Never seen it before, but Loved it! And it was super fun to go to the movie with all my fam. Catch you next week for Pee Wee's Big Adventure!
k8

When you're driving across the country...

Don't miss the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, MO. It's $5 to park with free admission to the museum. They have great stuff - like this.

Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio, Italian, 1571-1610
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, 1604-1605

Oil on canvas
Unframed: 68 x 52 inches (172.72 x 132.08 cm) Purchase: Nelson Trust, 52-25

"This masterpiece, one of the Museum’s greatest treasures, is one of only a few original works by Caravaggio in American collections. Although he never took in pupils, Caravaggio’s enormous influence on other artists played a vital role in the development of the Italian Baroque. In this Saint John the Baptist, Caravaggio has traded idealism for what oftentimes became in his own time a controversial realism.

He has literally stripped the Baptist of nearly all traditional attributes (halo, lamb and banderole inscribed Ecce Agnus Dei or Behold the Lamb of God), leaving the brooding intensity of his emotional state as the subject of the painting. Saint John’s solemn pensiveness is reinforced by a Caravaggio trademark: the dramatic contrast of deep, opaque shadows, playing across the body and shrouding the sockets of the eyes, with a bright light that illuminates the Baptist from above and to his right.

This stark contrast of light and darkness, the brilliant scarlet of the saint’s cloak and Caravaggio’s placement of him in the foreground close to our own space, all contribute to the dramatic impact of the painting. Evidence of Caravaggio’s working method, in which he incised lines into the gesso ground to guide his hand while painting, can be easily seen along the sitter’s left leg in the right corner. Caravaggio most likely borrowed the Baptist’s pose from one of Michelangelo’s seated prophets and sibyls on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Rome."

So, for $5, you can see the work of this great artist right here in America. You don't have to get on a transatlantic flight sitting by smelly strangers, you don't have to pay 7.80 Euro's because of the poor exchange rate, and then you can go see an 18' tall Shuttlecock. There are four of these 'birdies' displayed on the vast greens of the museum. They look as though they fell during a game of badmitten on opposite sides of the net.

Presenting...our new look

Here is what our house is currently looking like. They are now working on grouting the brick and sealing the seems on the moulding. It doesn't help that it's rained 2 or 3 days a week for the last while. I would also like this Mr. Toad weathervane - any ironworkers out there?

What our house is going to look like

Well, it may actually be happening. Our house is nearing the end of its two month long journey. The moulding finished today, and brick tomorrow. Then, mortar by the end of the week. The painter showed up to finish today or tomorrow (rain has been a HUGE problem). I'm sorry I'm boring to read - I did sign up for facebook. I think I avoided it because I was afraid of rejection - it hasn't been too bad yet.

Does anyone know anyone who can carve a stone toad? We are on Lester Lee's (teaches at Woods Cross) list, but he's 8 months out. So, if you know anyone, let me know.

k8

My house half-way done

Well, I was trying to post a picture from Kara's blog of my house. It shows my house with brick on about 60% of the house. As of today, brick was done everywhere but the garage. We are putting some pretty heavy and fancy moulding over the garage - it's going to look like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. We're even looking for someone to carve a Mr. Toad - let me know if you know of anyone. Oh, and I joined Facebook - it's kind of like a flash from your past. The friends just keeping popping up from various times of your life, kinda creepy! But join and 'write on my wall.' k8

My house as it once was

Here was my house about April 15, 2008. I'll post some updated pictures soon.

In case you are single...here's some dating advice

This advice came from someone I go to school with. He was in his late 30's looking for a wife. He would avoid going out to dinner with people, preferring lunch - less time wasted if he knew it wasn't going to work. You can usually tell within about three minutes if it's worth a second date.
In order qualify for additional date time, the following requirements must be met:
1. Over 30 (age can be adjusted)
2. Happy
3. Cute
4. Off medication OR taking as prescribed (no 'should be' taking meds)
5. Likes her dad
6. Likes her job
7. Next guy in no way responsible for last guy.

Disneyland - the unhappiest place on Earth

So my mom and I decided to take a one-day (Monday April 28, 2008) trip to Los Angeles. We made it count - here's what we did. We started off the morning on a flight at 6:30 am to LAX. Got there, had an online (much cheaper, through orbitz) car reservation for Fox Rental - only $33 total for the mid-size convertible (that's really cheap). Went to Pierce Brother's cemetery for a quick look at Rodney Dangerfield's grave - always has a rose wreath on it.


Next we drove to Farmer's Market for a savory crepe. We got the best parking spot we've ever had there. The place was empty.








Next, we drove (very close to Farmers) to Pinks. Now, usually when you drive by, the line snakes around into the parking lot. But today, there were only about 7 people in it. Again, we got an awesome parking spot and got in line. For the first 10 minutes we waited, not one hot dog left the grill. I think they were just opening or something.
So, after about 20 minutes in line, we walked off with our chili cheeze and grilled onion hot dogs. Delish!

Next, up to Forest Lawn Cemetery where we saw several of Michaelangelo's masterpieces. We saw the David, which is outside, and noted his over-sized hand - representing the hand of God.
We stopped at McD's for a mid-size Diet Coke (this was about the 4th DC for the day). Stopped at Walmart for hats (it was near 100*!), and we were off to Disneyland. We got there at about 2:30pm. We got our passes, rode Soaring Over California, then headed on the train to the Blue Bayou. Had lunch - prime rib and filet - also delish, and ended the day on Pirates.


Disneyland was literally, the saddest we had ever seen it. We looked at 50 people who walked by us before we could find anyone that looked even slightly less than miserable. We think it was mostly heat-related. It's usually only about 75* this time of year so just about everyone was sunburned. Disney was even advertising that you could get free ice water at food stops.

We also saw several people throughout the day that we would liked to have helped.
1. We saw lots of people that should have rented the double wide wheel chair - it's about $10 to rent ($20 refundable deposit). Disney doesn't have double strollers (Legoland does) so you can put two kids in the wide wheelchairs and it lets them have a nice time, and you have a better time because you're not fighting your crying kids.
2. We saw lots of people that should have rented a regular wheelchair. Most of these are people who almost kill you on their rented Jazzy scooters - they insist on taking them in line so they are trying to maneuver through ropes, and people, and it's just a mess. We also saw a women with an above-the-knee amputation high-tailing it down Main Street on crutches. We thought she would be much more comfortable in a wheelchair.
3. Parents on the airplane on the ride home. Do people actually think it's fun to take an infant, 3 year old, and 5 year old to Disneyland? Not to mention the amount of crap they had to pack? Our advice is that you can't go to Disneyland unless you can feed yourself, change yourself, and get to the parking lot on your own. This rule applies to young and old.
4. If you have a bunch of bags at the airport, and a stroller, have your husband go get the car if you aren't getting picked up by a loved on (thanks Tim!)
5. Avoid Disneyland above 80*.
Thanks mom - the trip was great. We can't wait to go back once Kara gets here!

Murder in the Kitchen

Well, as you can see (probably not) from the picture below, the gas jets on the stove are open. Both doors are locked from the inside - how could a murdered have escaped? Miss Robin Barnes, the victim, was involved in number of domestic tasks in various stages of completion. This can be interpreted several ways. Several unfinished tasks with only the cake being complete. She seemed to be upset and unable to concentrate so she committed suicide. Or, the tasks were in the normal scope of being a housewife. it is suspicious that Robin decided to commit suicide int he middles of making dinner - suicide is not an impulsive decisions. Furthermore, why would she cook dinner if she was on the brink of suicide?
The table and tablecloth are askew in an otherwise harmonious kitchen. Knife: (on the chair), was presumably used to stuff newspaper around the door to prevent any carbon monoxide from escaping.
There is a drink at the table - had she had company? the can would be swabbed for DNA. The ice tray on the floor adjacent to her body may indicate she had been getting ice for the visitor.
The rosy hue of the body indicates carbon monoxide - murder.

Why it's important to edit your grammar

Did I spell that right? There are a few times in life when spelling something correctly counts (fortunately, on this blog isn't one of them). I recently received an email from our friend David Sauter, with an indication that there was no conclusive evidence as to a cause for his wife's, our dear friend Rebekah, death. Something like long QT was most likely the culprit.
But, the grammatical error came here - "Nutshell, death was natural causes." My mom had quickly browsed the email and immediately googled 'nutshell death'. What he had really meant, was "In a nutshell, her death was..." Well, as the Internet would provide, there is a book called the Nutshell Studies, which my mom ordered from Amazon without reading the caption. Turns out, it's a set of case studies with dolls and mini houses some woman made in the 1950's. She designed miniature crime scenes, complete with blood splatter, then deciphered how the doll was killed. Check it out online or come see our copy soon. As per David's request, we're sending it up there so he can further investigate...crime scenes.

Check back at a future date and I will reveal how this woman, 'scene' above, was murdered.

School, travel, and what I should be doing.

Well, I should be doing some payroll stuff for my mom. But it's really boring and I don't want to. So instead, I'm going to outline my travel itinerary for you. This weekend I hope to be in Disneyland. Then in about one month, me, Doug, Net, Harry, Dallas, and Bret are going to Buenas Aires and Iguacu Falls. After that, we're going to run up to Oregon for a weekend. I also have homework I could be doing, but I think I have ADD so I won't be doing that.
k8

Where my best friend is buried - Skyline Memorial, Portland OR

I visited the grave of truly, my best friend Rebekah Vance Sauter. She died on St. Patricks Day of some kind of unknown heart condition. She leaves a great husband David (24), Josh 27 months and Nicole 9 months behind.
Our hearts are heavy with grief and we miss her so much. Her service was beautiful and I was honored to be a part of it. We'll miss you until we meet again.
Her grave is in a beautiful place in Portland OR. Someone said they'll be getting a headstone that can't be missed- a large above ground stone one of some type.

Back to the grind

Well, we made it home from UAE just fine and dandy. Our flights to and from Abu Dhabi from New York were more than half empty, which was divine. Check out photos at http://sharisadventure.blogspot.com/. We had tea at the Emirates Palace and the Burj Al Arab - pretty sweet!

If you'd like to visit the UAE, I have the place to stay (our friend Shari's) and she's a tour guide extraordinaire.

Our good friend, Rebekah Sauter has passed away.

rebekahsauter.blogspot.com
We got a call from David this morning that Rebekah had died of an unknown cause in her sleep. He did CPR and the paramedics came, but she was gone. Click on the link above to stay updated.

Laser hair removal - it looks like this!

Ahhhhh screamed the girl. Ok, so about a year ago, my someone (who shall remain nameless unless they choose to identify themselves) got one gift certificate for $100 for laser hair removal. After some checking, you can get just about ...nothing for just $100. So we jumped on the bandwagon, bought a zillion dollars of gift certificates for $1/2 from the online gift certificate thing.

The point of my post: I've been through the torture this monkey has been through; zapping of a laser could be the only explanation for such a face (my face started out this hairy, but with several treatments, has been reduced to its' current state of hairiness).

They did warn me that my leg hair was quite light and may not respond well. However, my underarm hair was very average and has had nearly no change after 5 painful treatments. Lasering feels like someone's flicking a rubber band into your skin, about one inch below the surface.

My real disdain: I'm going on a desert vacation getaway to the middle east and I still have to shave my underarms and legs, not to mention the time and pain put into this...I think I'll go in for more appointments in a few months.

My new career....race car driving.

Well, ever since I've been driving (my first trip was out to Wendover with Gramps over 10 years ago), I've always thought someone should pay me for it. I'd like you all to know I've applied to be an amateur race car driver for VW in an upcoming series. It's quite safe, it's on a street track - not just an oval; it's a track with turns and all kinds of stuff.

So, this would mostly just be a fun diversion and a good launch into maybe, my sports journalism career. And, I'm ready for school to over so I can go to sunny Abu Dhabi!

Mommy? Are you my mommy? barked Caesar

Are you my mommy? No Caesar. Your mom's a nurse in dangerous and very scary place. She's coming to town in one week. But she'll only be here for 3 days and 3 nights.

Will she take me on long walks?

Well Caesar, I don't know. Maybe she will and maybe she'll just play tug of war with you instead.

Will she feed me steak?

Yes Caesar, she will feed you steak. I know you don't like ham so we'll cut back on that for you this week.

Will she let me sleep on her bed?

Yes Caesar. Now go to sleep my little pretty. We've got to get up early tomorrow cause we're sooo tired. k8

Tell her what she's won.....a new car!!

So, I haven't won anything, but this is my dream car. It's a Diesel (yeah) 4-door (bigger yeah!) WAAAAAAA ...gon (HUGE YEAH! said Tracee Morgan/Oprah Winfrey Style) Volkswagen Jetta (yes, I said VW).

I know, I know - VW has not proved it's justification with my current car, a TDI Beetle with 144,444 miles on it. It's had significant and costly repair. And, as Tim would like to point out, I could probably find a $2,000 wagon (like Nick and Kara's) somewhere on the Internet. I just really want a 4 door car, wagon for the dogs, and diesel - cause that's about the only mindful nature saving thing I do (I have lowered my intake of bottled water and increased exponentially my inhalation of Diet caffeinated beverages). So please, hope with me that the factory can crank these puppies out and that we'll see it sometime in the next 12 months. In the meantime, I am going to have my drivers side window in the beetle fixed next time I go out of town - you have to help it roll up which makes it hard to hold a big gulp, drive, shift gears, and apply makeup all at the sametime.

I hate Dinosaurs!!

No, I'm not afraid of Dinosaurs, I just simply can't stand anything to do with them. I do realize however, that research done on dinosaurs may have helped with some advances in medicine, and that's great. But, I just get agitated that people spend so much time worrying if dinosaurs did this, if dinosaurs did that, did they eat their babies, did they like to fight on water, did they get bit by mosquitoes, etc. I don't like TV shows that depict CG dinosaurs as if it's some nature show - I thought I was watching hippos on TV but it was some fake dinosaur. What really makes me feel the most disgust towards dinosaurs is when my Discover Magazine comes with a great big picture of a dinosaur on the cover. I guess I just don't personally care if they ate their neighbors, walked their dogs, or crawled or flew. Now I will ask Tim to change the channel - away from a show that would like to hatch dinosaurs from fragments of DNA. He can't change the channel - he's really enjoying the show.

Happy Birthday Thriller!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MThEoxSWURA
Watch this Lego version of thriller - it's hot!
So, I don't feel real passionate about too many things but I love Thriller. Today is it's 25th anniversary. It's the highest selling album ever EVER!!!! Over 105 million copies have sold. (on a side note, the duet with Paul McCartney was removed either due to Michael's disdain for Paul or something to do with Paul being mad at Michael for having owned the Beatles songs, which have since been sold to pay off Neverland). So, have a thrilling day, and remember - songs like Beat It and Billy Jean also appear on the album. On the rereleased album, special appearances by Akon, Fergie, and others prevail. Can someone download the new one for me?
k8

Land of Lincoln - with Spoken Four

This is me at Abe Lincoln's Crypt. So one might ask yourself, 'self, do the Smith's plan their trips around cemeteries?" And the answer would be, mostly, yes. This trip, we flew into St. Louis, picked up Kara and Nick, and headed North to Peoria IL in a brand new loaded Dodge minivan - it had some super sweet features, like middle row heated seats. Then, Friday night we went to a bar and saw our new favorite band Spoken Four. Hair gel was requested by a band member and Kara and I quickly acquired some. The whole concert was dedicated to us, including a Neil Diamond song dedicated to 'dad, out in the car.' There was even a bar fight right by us! Eventually, so I could dance without being bothered, I set up a coral of chairs that blocked me in, and more importantly, blocked a bunch of other people out. Saturday, we did the Abe Lincoln life and death tribute (he's actually from Kentucky, and we've been there). And most importantly, I got my eyebrows 'threaded' at the mall in St Louis. Wow, what an experience. An Eastern Indian woman winds some sewing thread up, puts some in her mouth, and uses the tension to roll over hairs and pull them out. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Love k8

California 1/08

Doug and Net drove down, I flew into Long Beach. We love visiting Pierce Brothers Cemetery (where Heath Ledgers LA viewing was held) and enjoyed our day at Disneyland. We had a corn dog, Blue Bayou with Monte Cristo, Crab Cakes (not for k8), Prime Rib, yummy wedge salads, great mint julip, and much needed Diet Coke. To top it off, we sat on the waters edge. I just love Disneyland.