I feel like an abused wife continuing to apologize to you. When in reality, I haven't had much to write. I'm a pretty boring girl despite the rumors. I will quickly recap January, February and March to get you up to speed.
January:
Las Vegas wedding baby! LV was so much fun. Having never been there before I went in with high expectations and they were met! Dirty, trashy, drinking, people, crazy...I don't know what else to say about it. I ended up going as Buddy the Elf from Elf (Will Ferrell movie). Which is funny because my mom ended up going as Mugatu from Zoolander (also a Will Ferrell movie and her favorite). On our way to the wedding, leaving the hotel some random guy wanted to go with us to "the Will Ferrell convention". We had a good chuckle.
The ceremony was nice, held in the smallest chapel I've ever been in. In fact it might be the smallest room I've ever been in...held all 40 of us like packed sardines.
Other costumed guests included: the Blues Brothers (my dad and his bro), the Dude, the Queen of Hearts and the Madhatter, Mary Poppins, Jack Sparrow, Lucille Ball and many more. Everyone went all out - no one slacked with this theme at all. Which made it hilarious. People wanted to take pictures of us while we were walking through Vegas - we were that good!
I mean - hello?! Totally unstable. That thing is coming down soon. So if you're headed to Vegas, don't book there.
We did the typical stuff - drank, gambled, drank, ate, watched the fountains, drank, walked around and stared at people, drank and ate. It was a blast!
I'll try to get some more pictures to show you. I was a stupid tourist and got one of those Eifel Tower drinks filled with a Pina Colada. I got gut rot and a freeze headache within seconds. I got drunk within minutes. It was awesome and bad at the same time...a great combination!
February:
Nothing to report for me specifically, but my brother's house was finally done! This whole situation has thrown my family out of control at times. He was hit in June of 2006 and finally has a decent place to live in February of 2011. Their new house is freakishly huge! There is plenty of room for Porter (5 yrs old) to run around like a banshee. There's also plenty of room for my brother to manuever easily in his chair. AND it has an elevator. Totally pimp. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures for you to look at, but you can follow my sister-in-law's blog documenting the whole thing. She hasn't updated in a long time (must run in the family), but you can get a pretty good idea of what things look like.
The Gruman Project
March:
Winifred, March Extraordinary Chicken of the Month. Oh yea, I have a calendar of Extraordinary Chickens. It's awesome. However, people think I am totally weird for having it up in my cube. Too bad, it makes me laugh. Especially this one. This picture doesn't do her justice.
And no, I really don't want to pet her.
Other activities in March include a themed-CD party. Not sure I've told you about this Reader, but a group of friends and I have started a themed CD club. We pick a theme and create a 5 song album. Past themes include: Top 10 songs that changed your life, top 5 songs for a summer roadtrip, top 5 songs that remind you of college. March's theme was top 5 songs by dead people. Our group has a lot of similar music choices, but also a few eye openers. It's a ton of fun and a great way to learn about new artists (or dead artists but new to you).
My album:
Everyday by Buddy Holly
It's Gonna Take a Miracle by Laura Nyro
Blue and Green by Miles Davis
Try a Little Tenderness by Otis Redding
Somebody to Love by Queen
It was hard to come up with only 5, my entire playlist was originally 25 songs, spread across genres. BUT all of my 5 songs were from dead people. We had two particpants who put Al Green and Meatloaf on their albums. For the record - they are still alive and kicking.
What's on your top 5 songs by dead people?
I think I've recapped the last three months pretty well. I will leave you with the cutest thing on the planet: Chester
