My Ongoing Pet Peeves List

Ok...so work was so busy today that I spent half the day going back and forth with my "cube-mate" about our pet peeves. So....I thought this may be a good opportunity to start a list of things that just get under my skin. If you fall under one of the following items, I am sorry...I can't help it and try not to be offended.

1. Men who wear white socks w/ black shoes
2. People who stop their cars on the crosswalk at a red light...you are just asking for my purse to be dragged across your hood
3. Wearing sandles with "ungroomed" toe nails
4. Dark roots...the reason I never dye my hair
5. Men who wear their pants past their waists...you know who you are
6. People who can't put their cell phones down
7. Wearing socks with sandles
8. People who say "Hey, how are you?" and don't even listen to your answer
9. Being interrupted
10. Liars
11. People who go outside in their PJ's.
12. People who talk so loud on their cell phones that you feel like you are part of their conversation

Addie Update

Ms. Addie went for her 15 month appointment on Friday and OH boy is my little getting big...and giving me plenty of "Addietude" as I like to call it.

For her height and weight she is in the 50th percentile. The surprising thing is that she is in the 90th percentile for her height! I wondered why she was reaching everything so easily now a days :-)

I can't believe how quickly she is changing. We have to be very cautious about what we say because she is in full-on mimic mode. I told her the other day "Not for Addie, that is Kasie's book" and she said Kasie. What is even more suprising is that she is using words in the right context. Uh Oh and Hi have become a few of her favorites. She can say Thank you now, but is being VERY stubborn with please...this kid is definetly not my daugher....lol!

She can go up and down the stairs all by herself, runs and can spin when you tell her to. Although mostly everything is great, she is picking up some bad habits that we are trying to break...hitting and pinching (my favorite). She definetly knows how to push your buttons

She is VERY VERY smart...probably too smart (she will be sneaking out of the house in no time)

More updates to come!

Democratic National Convention

Oh boy, what a week it was :-) Working downtown, I had the unique experience of participating in EVERYDAY of DNC 2008. It wasn't nearly as crowded as I thought it was going to be, but I saw plenty of exciting stuff. NO CELEBRITIES...just their blacked out vehicles and the HUMONGOUS crowds that gathered outside restaurants where they were eatting (you should have seen the crowd for J LO and Oprah eating at Earl's).

Everyday I went out on break and lunches to walk around and check out the sites. The thing that I was most suprised by was the amount of security there was. Secret service, FBI, CIA, police, and Swat team were EVERYWHERE. Military helicopters were constantly buzzing the buildings. It was great!

Although I didn't see anyone important, I was truly excited to be part of such a monumental week in history...we could be on the road to our first African-American president and a much needed change. GO OBAMA!!!

Protestors--you can probably get the jist of what they are protesting from the signs

Swat Team Members

Starting out....finally!

I have never considered myself good with the written word, but since my sister Keely and my best friend Laura have both started blogs, I thought I should get on the bandwagon (because it is the cool place to be). Also, because we have recently relocated back to Colorado (YEAH!!!) from Michigan, I thought it would be a good way for our Michigander friends and family to keep up to date with our not-so-exciting lives :-) So here goes nothing!!!!

Shannnon