Category: BlahBlahBabble

Last night was the big Tiara Happy Hour celebration to bring in Emily’s birthday today. As a very special treat, Mac came all the way to Houston to see Sarah and to celebrate with us in our shiny, sparkly tiaras.

It wasn’t as large of a turnout as we have had in the past, but I’m the type that likes that – I had more quality time to visit with everyone. It was a simply fabulous good time, and now it’s Emily’s birthday – we even had a countdown for her at midnight!

I’m still giddy about finally getting to meet Mac in person. Way, way giddy. And now I get to head to Austin for Julie’s wedding, which will be wonderful! I can’t wait!

We all have words that trip us up every time we go to use them. For me, it is definitely. I have to stop and think about it every time – it always seems like it should be “definately”. But I work hard to remember to spell it correctly.

That is the driving force behind my need to clear this up. Ridiculous. The word is not spelled “rediculous” – it is ridiculous. This drives me batty every time I see it, and I see it spelled incorrectly a lot.

Ridiculous.

You may turn red when you feel ridiculous, but there is no “red” in the word.

Thank you. That concludes this public service announcement.

Natalie will forever be my hero. My own personal rock star. My … oh, whatever. I can’t even gush adequately enough. She knew I was having so much fun moving that she was crazy kind enough to offer to help. Never one to pass up a good deal, and knowing that she has a minivan with a ton-o-room, I took her up on it. She came over twice yesterday to help. Twice! Once while the kids were at school, and later last night after she put them to bed. I thought Mike was going to cry when he saw how large the van was and how easy it was to load it up! If she ever needs anything, I am *SO* there!

So now the apartment is almost empty. There is trash to haul to the dumpster and a few items left in the fridge that I need to clear out. (Maybe two shopping bags worth, nothing major.) I need to give a good Windex shine to everything before I turn in the keys.

Then it’s over.

I feel like I am finishing the process of closing one chapter of my life and moving on to better things. It’s a good feeling…

I just reread the hang tag the cable guy so kindly left on my door yesterday while I was home. It says right there on the last line:

“Calls received before 3 p.m. may be rescheduled for the same day.”

What?!? Ok, so why couldn’t they get him back out here yesterday? They thought I was mad then… just wait until they hear me now! (Ok, ok, I’ll try not to flip out on them.) But I am calling. If you say you can do it, then do it! I called at 1:45 – well before 3:00!

Last night, while moving some bags full of stuff out of my apartment, I noticed that my neighbor walking past me had a smirk on his face. I was amused because I’m sure I looked odd carrying no less than six bags at one time.

Then I got in the car and looked in my rearview mirror. I had placed my tiara on my head because I wanted to leave it in the car so it wouldn’t get lost before Friday’s Tiara Happy Hour, plus I didn’t want to risk smooshing it by packing it in a bag.

No wonder the guy was smirking. I guess you don’t see tiara-wearing women just any day of the week normally. Oops.

However, it did make moving more fun. I think that I will wear it as I finish cleaning the place out. Wearing a tiara always makes life better. Try it someday – you’ll know what I mean!