A Sad Day...

Last summer while Nanny-ing for Meliss, she broke the news to me that Estelle Getty had died - I think indirectly from dementia (?). Anyway she was the first of the four girls to go & Meliss & I were shocked & really sad about it.

Saturday night, while in Graham, I heard the sad news about one of the Golden Girls passing away. Bea Arthur, AKA Dorothy Zbornack. What a sad, sad, piece of information to learn. She died from cancer. I had no clue she even had cancer! :(



You all know how much I love the Golden Girls. I can say I have seen every episode & I can quote from almost every episode as well. No silly, not the whole thing, but random phrases one of the girls says. Meliss is the same way. You know how it is when you watch something over & over, maybe you just feel like you know the person (never mind that they are playing a character!) better...maybe that's it. Anyway I just can't imagine having another of the girls pass! :(

I bought Meliss season 1 of the GG & that is what she watched while going through contractions, before giving birth to Alex. :)

I have a GG t-shirt that I wear sometimes! :)

Here are some of my favorite phrases from GG:
*I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
*Uh, Mr. Pfiffer..(then Mr. Pfiffer says) - "no, the P isn't silent, it's Mr. P-fiffer"
*Dorothy gets mad & then tells Mr. P-fiffer that she's going to punch him in the p-face.
*Rose: I just had a thought...
Sophia, Dorothy, Blanche: Congratulations.
*Silly Rabbi, tricks are for kids.

Ok, I could go on & on, but I digress... lol another phrase from the GG! :)

May you rest in peace, Sophia Petrillo & Dorothy Zbornack!

What I've Learned Lately

I haven't written a post lately, but have found humor in what I've learned lately so I decided to share this with my 3 readers.

The other day I was sitting in our office area, eating lunch with Mr. L & the English teacher on my team. I made the simple comment "Wow Johnny is on a terror today!" & started talking about what he was doing & saying in class. Then I noticed Mr. L & English teacher looking at me very strangely. Of course Mr. L couldn't let it slide. He had to inform me that the correct phrase is "he is on a tear". I was totally wrong. I can call a person a "terror" or I can say he is on a "tear". I had no clue. Of course after lunch we all had fun emailing each other different internet links from urbandictionary.com, etc. It was funny to see people's faces as they would come into the office on their lunch break & I'd ask them which is correct & no one was really sure, but when they had to choose, they'd choose "tear". CRAP!

The other thing is about chiclets. Have you ever heard the phrase "wow that person has some chiclet teeth on him!" When you hear this, do you picture someone with oversized teeth or undersized teeth? Well, I always pictured someone with tiny square teeth, like Ben Affleck. Over the weekend, spending time with the Wilson family in Graham, this came up. My brother was insistent that I was wrong & he was right. Well, we went to the #1 source of information, Google. Sure enough, I was wrong, AGAIN! CRAP! It's meant for people with big teeth. I had no clue.

There's so much to learn....so little time....

The Trip Has Been Planned!

Yep-it's that time of year-time to plan for the annual Wilson Sibling Vegas Vacation! The only difference this year is that Aunt Lisa is now joining us! What a fun aunt she is! The Wilson Siblings bonded with her while in Vegas 2 years ago, when we were all there for my sister's wedding. Last summer I wasn't able to go to Vegas b/c I had to go & buy a house. Talk about sacrifices that had to be made! :)

So, the plan is we will be there for July 4 weekend this year! How fun will that be?! This will be my 2nd holiday to be there (I was there for Halloween last October).

I just got off the phone with the ticket office at the Wynn (no silly we aren't staying there, only going to see La Reve). We will be staying at Planet Hollywood & will be there 4 nights.

What is it about Vegas that I love so much? You all know I don't like change & I don't like being out of my comfort zone. All that is true. But I don't know that this really has much to do with the fact I want to continue going to Vegas forever & ever...? I still am sort of touristy about it all (I like getting random pictures made in front of the different buildings, etc.) Scratch that--I like to make my brother pose for crazy pictures! & by "make", I mean I simply say, "Hey Justin, why don't you stand in front that statue & pretend to hug it?" & he says, "ok!" & does it! It's really so easy. I really don't even think alcohol is involved, he just is ok with doing these things.

Back to my infatuation with Vegas. It's not the main reason most people go: gambling. I've never spent more than $30 in gambling in 1 trip. It is just such a waste to me! I'd rather go shopping & have something to show for my money. Of course my mom says it's b/c I haven't ever won. True! Last time my sis & I were in Vegas, we so badly wanted to play roulette but were scared! We weren't sure what to do or say, etc., so we chickened out. My sis & I bought our brother a Craps set for his birthday & he started showing us how to play that. It was really fun, but we were using chips & not my real, hard-earned money! Wow can that game be confusing too-there's so many different ways to bet! Maybe my sis & I will be brave on this trip & try something.

The reason I love Vegas so, has to be b/c of all the excitement in the air. I can stop & have a drink any time I want. I'm not even a big drinker! (Hush all you people that knew me in college & my early 20's-you should see me after having ONE drink now! It's crazy ridiculous how cheap of a date I am!) Everything's always open (I can't even stay up as late or party as hard as my Aunt Lisa!) I guess it just never gets old. Usually by my last day there, I'm ready to come home, but I'd always be ready to go back after going back to 'normal' for awhile! I also love the hot weather without the humidity!

Now let's talk about what I DON'T like about Vegas: FLYING to get there (oh so scary), the sometimes long lines to get into a club, & how expensive those restaurants can be! I never got to experience the 'cheap eating' in Vegas. I think on my blog I wrote after I went for Halloween, I had mentioned that I ate in the food court at MGM & spent maybe $12 (?) for a drink, chili dog, & french fries. Oh well... :)

I haven't posted a blog in awhile, but now I have something exciting to look forward to, so now you know!

PS-on a stress note, the TAKS test is 2.5 weeks away! Yikes!! Stay tuned for that... :(

Spring Break Nanny-time

You all know I just think the world of Melissa's kids. They are, as I say, my adopted niece & nephew. I can't get enough of them! I got especially attached to them last summer, "Nannying" them 3 days a week for about 7 weeks. Well, I came back for more for my spring break this week! I'm writing this entry, mainly just about my first 30 minutes or so alone with the kidson day 1 of Nanny-time.

I got here on Monday morning around 9 a.m. Meliss & I had some breakfast & coffee together. Once she started her conference call, I took the 2 kids upstairs to play. Wouldn't you know that the 2 kids & I are at the window, looking outside & then having toys on the window sill, playing, talking, singing, etc. I'm sitting on the floor & the 2 kids are walking to get toys & coming back. Well, Matias falls& starts crying like crazy! I pick him up & he immediately hangs on to me like he's really hurt. I keep hugging & trying to soothe him & his cries get louder. I pull his head off my shoulder to look at his face & I see some blood coming down his chin! WTF?! I look around & there are no Kleenex, paper towels, etc. up here. I look to my computer, but it's not hooked up to the internet yet b/c I didn't get to ask Meliss for the code to get on her wireless. She was on a conference call. CRAP!! I was just starting to get Alex's hand so we could walk downstairs together so I could get a towel or something & Meliss meets us on the stairs. She knew her baby's cry was something real. So-Alex says she needs to 'tee tee'. I take her to the potty while Meliss takes care of Matias. Meliss brings Matias back to me with an ice cube & instructs me to have him suck on it to help w/ the swelling on his lip (he did bust his lip open, poor thing!). She goes back to her conference call & Matias is sucking on the ice & Alex is getting ready to get on the potty.

I didn't know, but she does this little kick thing with her panties on her ankle to kick them off, before sitting on the potty. Well wouldn't you know that as I'm holding the ice for Matias I look over as she does her kick-move & she falls off the stool, next to the toilet! She kind of hurt her hand & my mouth just dropped open! Her face started to crumble a bit but I quickly started talking to her & distracted her, kissed her hand, & she got on the potty & did her thing. No big deal! Whew!

THEN I go back to Matias & the ice. Wouldn't you know (I'm really liking this phrase!) he sucks the ice out of my hand & into his mouth. I freak about that, thinking he's going to choke on that & I'm just having some back luck, in so little time! :(

Anyway I got the ice out of his mouth, Alex got dressed again & we all went upstairs for a full day of playing & singing & such. Whew!

Now as I write this, I have completed day 2 of 3. Today was pretty uneventful, which is good, after the start I had yesterday! Of course I'm even more attached to these kids, if that's possible. I can't wait to hang with them 3 days a week this summer as well!

Best Club Ever!

I've been meaning to write an entry about this night for awhile - because I went to the BEST CLUB EVER 3-4 weeks ago. Yong is supposed to write her version of this night on her blog. She's just now learning how to use Facebook, so it may be awhile before she does that. ;)

So Mr. L & I go to downtown Dallas & eat at Iron Cactus, & planned to go to Obar, my favorite bar ever! (They play some dance music & have fashion shows on the TV screens). Yong & Stan met up with us for dinner-& by that time Mr. L & I found out that Obar had closed! WTF!? I was so sad. I really liked that place. Well, Mr. L had heard of a new place down the road - walking distance - called Plush. While we were waiting in line outside, I heard some remixes of 80's music. YES! That is just my style! We are waiting in the long line..waiting...& the door guy sees Yong in her gloriousness & asks how many are with her, blah blah, & lets us in. YES! Then I realize this place is more like a club than a bar. I thought I was too old for clubs, unless you are in Vegas, but whatever! Then the guest DJ, STARKILLER, comes on, & plays house music! Well, I had to hurry & drink my wine. Then I got another glass. I had to hurry & drink that b/c I didn't want to keep holding it. Then the 2 kicked in & I started dancing the night away! I had to have Mr. L hold my purse for me so I could dance more!

Yong & Stan decide to explore the new place. I was wishing she'd come back & dance with me. Once she came back with her 2nd glass of wine & asked where mine was. I made fun of her for being so slow (finally I beat someone at drinking!). Then she & Stan walk off again. I keep dancing..blah blah...then it turns to techno music apparently (Mr. L tells me this later). Maybe that's when I started dancing harder. Anyway, Mr. L & I stayed in the same basic spot all night. I was so sad Yong wasn't around me. I did get a text from her that they left. :( What a loser, leaving so early when I was having so much fun dancing by myself.

Later I speak to Yong on the phone & she & Stan had some drama which is really hilarious. I'll let her tell you all about it. I seriously can't believe we were all at the same club!

So - my story about this is boring. It's just the best club ever b/c they played DANCE music & not stupid rap music!

Now, Yong, HURRY UP & write what happened to you!

Me, Take a Sick Day?!

I'm writing this at my house, as I take a dreaded sick day. You know I HATE missing work. Maybe it's the control freak in me. Maybe it's the fact that it's more work for me to leave work than to just stay at work & do my job. Anyway-I was left no choice when I thought I could really contaminate all the innocent students at my school.

This started last Monday night, after a shower, I noticed my tummy & back were so itchy & red & sort of blotchy. The next day was the TAKS test (perhaps I'm just allergic to the test!!), & after work I bought some Dove soap, for sensitive skin. That didn't help b/c still the next 2 nights, the same thing - really itchy in the shower & so red after. As the days went on (ok, I'm only on day 3 now) the rash has moved up to my neck & is starting on the inside of my elbows. I decide to use the school nurse to my advantage & get her (free) advice. Well, when I raised my shirt for her to show her my tummy, her mouth fell open. Then I showed her my back & her mouth got even bigger! She told me to go to my Dr. She then asked for my name (she's new & I don't think I've ever spoken to her before) & wrote it on her list of kids she sees for the day, "just in case". CRAP! I don't want the fall of my school to be traced back to me & the mysterious rash!! In the meantime, I have been slathering on the Gold Bond anti-itch cream. Ohhh how nice that stuff is! Too bad I smell like a grandma b/c it's soooo 'medicine-y' smelling! :(

I woke up this morning around 1:45 scratching my neck like crazy. It was so itchy! I decided it would probably just continue spreading & I sure didn't want it all over my face, visible to everyone!

So I got a Dr. appointment for this morning. I proceeded to tell the Dr. before he saw it that, "in my professional opinion, based on my research on Google, I think I have scabies." Then I show him & he is taken aback for a second, gathers his thoughts, & says "no, that is not scabies." Ok...great...so what is it, & how did I get it, & am I contagious? He said it looked like something internal was going on in me & it's like I had an allergic reaction to a food I ate. Well, I haven't tried anything new - you know I don't like freak food, so I guess I'll never know what it really is.

Are you wanting to see a picture? I'm glad - b/c I have one to show you! Yes, I took it myself. I'm great at self-portraits! :)



Then I met up with Regina & Nicole for a lovely lunch at McAllister's. How nice to pretend to be a part of corporate America & take an hour lunch, or maybe just a bit longer, & not worry about anything! It was fun to hang with them, even if only for a short while. I did show them my tummy & they both did the gasp sound. :) Yep, I have that effect on people! ;)

So, here I am, writing about it & showing you some self portraits. I have 6 days of steroid pills to take. The Dr. assured me it wouldn't bulk me up. Too bad ;).

Let me know if you want to see more pics - I'll email them to you, lol

Weekend Trip to Austin

Our great friend from UNT, Mina, had a baby about a month ago. The girls decided to get together to take a road trip to Austin to see her & the new baby. It happened to fall on the weekend before my birthday, so it was like a party trip & see the new baby trip all in one! :) Regina, Nicole, Yong, & I met at Yong's house Saturday morning. Lucky for me, Nic made Yong make us breakfast before we made the 3.5 hour drive. If you know anything about Yong, she is the best cook ever!!!! We had bacon, sausage, biscuits, and an omelet that had potatoes & asparagus in it. Maybe other crazy things, I'm not sure, but it was definitely excellent! :) On the way to Austin nothing really exciting happened. The only crazy thing was when Yong pulled out her iphone & wanted us to watch a video on the tiny screen (Regina & I were in the backseat & Nic was driving!). Then, instead of listening to the radio, Yong asked if we wanted to hear any songs from her iphone (like it could even really get that loud). Her choices were Mariah Carey, Beyonce, & Christina Aguilera, & I think only 1 or 2 songs from each. So silly! Needless to say, we stuck with the radio.

Then Yong got on a kick of talking about Nic's feet. "Skeletor feet" she calls them. Then Yong realized how small Nic's hands/fingers are & now Nic has become a midget in Yong's eyes. I'm actually surprised Nic didn't get mad b/c I don't call her Ninja Nic for nothing! :) But Yong did all her smack talking in the nicest way possible, or it was just so funny, what she was saying, that it made it ok to say. I'm not sure but I'm glad I to witness it all b/c it was entertainment for me! Here's a pic of Yong showing Nic how to choose smaller glasses of drinks to hold while in bars, so that her midget hands can hold them better:



The first time I'm holding Mina's baby:


Once in Austin we went straight to Mina's. Her baby, Nicholas Preston, was (is) adorable!! We hung out for awhile, all taking turns holding the baby. Too bad I was with 3 other girls that like to hold babies! It's not fun at all having to share! :( Mina was planning to meet us out for dinner so after a few hours we left to go to the hotel to check in & get ready for the night out. On the way to the hotel we stop at a liquor store so Yong can get 2 bottles of champagne for us to have in the room. First, she & I walk into the wrong door - & realize we are in the convenience store & walk back out, then walk next door & go in the correct store, the liquor store. We immediately get what we want & wait & wait at the counter...all for no one to even be in the store! I think if there weren't cameras, we could have stolen the bubblies & no one would have known! Of course we aren't that way, & of course I saw myself on the TV behind the counter...but where are the people that work there? Kinda spooky if you ask me! Finally I tell Yong we need to walk next door & ask the guy in the convenience store what's going on. As we walk in, they both walk out & apologize. So we finally pay & are on our way to the hotel. We check in, find our room, & GREAT - hear we have 30 more minutes of happy hour. Yong was so pleased to know she was correct & all of us were WRONG - happy hour was FREE! So we all had a glass of our favorite drink in the lobby area of our floor. We all got a little tipsy I think...maybe b/c of the lack of food in our system.

Then we get back to the room & get ready. Nic's cousin Melissa showed up. Mina showed up. We all had a glass of bubblies before heading out. I decided we should ask the concierge guy where we can go to eat out on 6th Street. Great-he tells us about a place & says there is everything on the menu & he made a reservation for us. We get there at 9:00. It takes maybe 10 minutes before we get our first drink. We notice it's a 'fancy' place for 6th Street, but whatever. Then we finally order awhile later...& it takes OVER AN HOUR to get our food! We kept waiting & waiting...Yong asks the waitress if we can at least have some bread. "of course!" did we ever get it? Nope! Then a manager comes by & asks if he can get us anything & we ask for bread. We get it immediately. Then we wait & wait...actually I'm surprised that no one at our table said anything about the slow service. We have Nic who I call "Ninja Nicole" for a reason! We have Mina & Yong who are my 2 loudest friends...& Regina, well, she is just a nice girl, I guess! ;) Finally, at 10:20 or so, Yong & I go to the bathroom & I say "we just have to leave, & the food will come". Sure enough, we get back to the table & our food is there. Yes, it took OVER AN HOUR! Crazy. At least we could all agree that the food was GREAT! Too bad it took OVER AN HOUR! :) The manager kept checking on us. At the end we said we didn't want dessert. I think we just all wanted out of there! Well, the manager brought us a bottle of champagne to share, & also a dessert. At least we got that but geez! So, we didn't get out of the restaurant until after 11!

The fun part of all that was during dinner, Yong talked about how it would be scary to surf b/c of the sharks. She now has a plan for when this happens. Let me fill you in so you can help protect yourself the next time you hang ten. First, wear a backpack & put a live chicken in it. Then when you see a shark, simply pull out the chicken & throw to the shark. Apparently that gives you enough time to swim or surf away. Oh yeah, let's not forget that you should have a gun as well. Keep it in a Ziplock bag since guns aren't water-proof. As I mentioned to Yong that sharks can smell 1 drop of blood from a mile away (thank you, TAKS passage, for teaching me that!) she said she would also stab the chicken with a knife so that the shark would go to the chicken instead of her. She didn't realize that would attract more sharks but whatever. As I type all this I realize it's not funny at all...but at the time she really had all of us laughing so hard!!

Yong shooting a shark:



Here's a pic of Yong looking scared if she were to see a shark:



After dinner we went to a couple different places on 6th Street to hang out & have some drinks. There was nothing really exciting that happened that night. I think we were all so full from a late dinner. Too bad Yong & I tried to keep tradition & bought a slice of pizza to share on the walk back to the hotel. Nope, it was cold & we were still too full from dinner. oh well.

The next morning we enjoyed our free continental breakfast, making a few trips from the room to the lobby area since all the tables were taken (& there were only about 5 of them!). After checking out we went back to Mina's to see her & the baby one last time. Then came the long drive home. Doesn't it always seem longer when you are driving home...tired from the night before & just wanting to be home??? On the way home Yong came up with a game where she rated the 4 of us in the car. She rated us on everything from jewelry to cooking to jeans to tv watching (I needed a category where I was #1!).

(Our 2nd trip to see the baby, on the way back home):




When we stopped for lunch we all were trying to agree upon a place to eat. Regina didn't want Taco Bell. Chick-Fil-A was closed, Nic didn't like Arby's, so we agreed to eat at Wendy's (I personally don't really like Wendy's, but didn't want to seem picky-haha!). We all go to the bathroom first & come out. I ordered first & as I'm getting my change back, Yong looks scared & says she saw the "biggest cricket ever" & used her fingers to show me a width of about 4" long. I pictured that & said "no way - a cricket that big?!" Of course I peeked down the hallway by the bathrooms & it was a dang cockroach! Yuck! I even hate typing that word! Well, as I'm being handed my food, I notice that NONE of the other 3 girls bothered to even order! The bam girls decided they didn't want to eat there. What the buck!? I walk out & decide to let them know "I don't even like Wendy's & I'm the only one with food from here!" I will admit that they offered to buy my lunch at the next place we stop, but I declined. I decided to tough it out & I know all restaurants are bound to have them. "Yes," Yong says, "but not all are out in the open, in the hallway by the bathrooms/kitchen!" Crap. So they all stop at Whataburger & get food & I just eat my kids meal from Wendy's. Oh well.

Back on the road...Nic & I try to convince Yong to make us wontons once we get back to her apartment. Yong was having no part of that. Too bad. Those are the best wontons I've ever had! Wait-they are the ONLY wontons I've ever had! :)

So, we make it back safe & sound & that's it! As I said, there wasn't too much craziness, but I had so much fun with the girls!!! :)
(I'm sure I left out something...but maybe Yong will post a blog & add in anything I missed!)