Our Favorite Leap Year Boy

Doesn't it seem strange to think that some individuals cannot celebrate their birthday every year on the day of their birth? Instead, they choose either February 28th or March 1st as a substitute. Today my brother-in-law, Keith, officially turns 6...in true Leap Year fashion. Happy Birthday Keith! ;) Here he is pictured with his daughter Hailey (my favorite "little turtle", as I affectionately call this beautiful niece!)

La Nouvelle Voiture

Soooo, after two weeks of intense car searching, and thanks to the help of my "we factor" (Scott), I signed on a 2005 Honda Accord...black with tan leather, heated seats, driver/passenger climate control, sun roof, the works. Quite happy with the outcome! Conveniently, I drove it off the lot on February 13th....Happy Valentine's to me!

Ode to my "WE"
I am so grateful for Scott and his friendship!...and quite lucky that he moved to DC (and currently has day-club status while he finds the right job) just in the nick of time to help me look at and test drive cars. There is something completely settling about having a guy by your side as you go through the process of making such a big decision...I could have easily been "taken for a ride1" No pun intended! Scott asked all the right questions, so that I didn't have to and helped me think through various aspects of the process. Thanks, Scott for being so supportive! I'm a big fan of this "We!" ;)

Embarassment Like No Other...

Warning: This entry may be WAY too much information for you...and if it is, you are hereby sworn to NON-judgement!

Ok, just this past weekend something completely humiliating occurred not only to me, but just hours later to a friend. We laughed so hard about it that we cried! Perhaps you can relate to embarassment of like or similar nature...

So, we all know that the human body is a pretty amazing system of organs. But who knew that it had a mind of its own?...and I'm not talking about that cranial mass that dictates your preference of cereal, tooth paste, or umpteen other things. For whatever reason...and some say it has everything to do with aging, which I refuse to believe ;)...I'm learning that I don't have the control over my body that I used to. Let me illustrate: I'm with a guy one night this weekend and we are leaving my house to walk to his, where we are gathering to play cards. I walk down the steps off my front porch, just a step behind him, and without warning I completely let one...and sadly, a really loud one! I was mortified! and my mind is racing because I have no idea where it came from...girls don't do this! "do I acknowledge what just happened and excuse myself?" "do I blame it on my shoes and say something funny to lighten "the blow"?" "Do I ignore it all together and pretend it didn't happen?" Well, I chose the latter of the three and it didn't seem to phase him, so maybe he didn't hear it. But, really, who couldn't hear it?! SOOO embarassing! What's more is that it reduced me to -10,000 on the dignity scale, and inevitably total loss of sexy points.

So, after a few hours of playing games, one of my girl friends gets up from the table to use the restroom and as she takes her first step, I hear a little squeal. So i think, "must be her shoes", but then a few steps later I hear several more loud noises that are unmistakably....farts, toots, fluffers, whatever you prefer to call those obscene bodily functions! Of course, we all ignore the noises coming from her. What a strange response...my brothers would have been laughing their heads off! The two of us girls walk out that night together and bring up the events of the night. Like I said, we were crying, it was so funny! Seriously though, I thought those types of bodily mishaps only happen to older people! Ahh, the aspects of life that demand humility. I know, TMI!...don't judge!

Eulogy of the Late 2000 Altima

Crime Scene, January 30, 2008

JBG1329 was declared totaled on February 4th at 9:13am after having sustained injuries and damages from an accident that occurred on January 30th at 8:05am on Highway 495 in Fairfax, VA., when a corolla lost control and created (what seemed to be) two minor accidents. JBG's death came as a surprise to her owner, as she was expecting full recovery of JBG under the care of Geico. However, Jeff, of the Geico Total Loss Unit, performed the inspection and found her to be beyond repair, having experienced significant loss of monetary value and in need of repairs in excess of current value. For pain and suffering...and replacement of JBG, Geico offered the owner a settlement to exceed trade-in value.

JBG was a reliable friend and transporter. She was recently paid off (arrgghhh!) and expected to live another 4 years and then some. She will be missed. The hunt for a replacement is on and proving to be a fun endeavor...but a time consuming and tiresome one as well. To be continued...