My awesome sister on a new Lifetime tv show called “The Balancing Act.”

I’ve been lagging on this site so let’s get you up to date shall we?

My Mother’s Day present was a hit. I put together a slideshow of photos of my sister and I starting from infancy until now. I set the whole thing to music using the Barry Manilow song “I Am Your Child.” Now that I look at that title it kind of sounds like something telling you that I’m the child you gave up for adoption years ago, but it’s nothing like that. It’s a really, really sweet song and it just basically tells your parent that everything that’s good about you came from them.

The tears started to flow the minute it started. Mission Accomplished! I can’t wait for my sister and my aunt and my grandma to see it. I expect full on crying sessions while watching this sucker. I cry every time I look at it.

The one really cool extra about this whole thing is that I scanned all these photos so now I have digital copies of photos of me as a baby and a child. I was adorable if I do say so myself. There’s one great photo of me when I was 4-years-old with my grandpa. I’m going to upload it and get it framed. Good stuff.

After looking through the site that pulls your Flickr photos and them frames them for you, I think I might get even more of those photos done like that. I could have a whole wall of framed photos in my new apartment.

Ah yes, my new apartment. Yep I’m moving out for the third and final time! I’ll be living in the luxury apartments in Concord, just across from BART, in the bigger one bedroom floor plan. I’m really excited about the place, it’s veddy nice and I’m so glad it’s not an 80’s flashback like that place in Walnut Creek.

I’m moving next Thursday and I’ll post photos when everything is all set up. My boss is allowing me to work from home two days a week which will be great.

Obviously the benefits of living with my mom rent-free were great but now that she has a significant other three’s a crowd. There was no way I could stay and it’s better for everyone this way. I will say that at first it threw my plans for one race a month into upheaval, but it’s not that big a deal.

Everything is going to work itself out. Plus I’m not sad about this at all, I’m glad to have my own place again with my own things.

I took Spencer to the dog park (a week ago?) and as a reward I decided we should stop at Starbucks on our way home. It was a particularly warm day and a Coffee Frappuccino with Whip Cream was in order. I decided Spencer didn’t need the caffeine and opted for a nice (free!) cup of ice water.

Spencer is getting neutered on Thursday, so send some happy thoughts his way in the morning. Hopefully this will stop his need for licking other dogs’ nether regions at the dog park.

I’m putting together the greatest Mother’s Day present ever for my mom and I had to write something about it. Obviously I’m not going to say what it is because my mom does read my blog, but I will say this, it’s awesome. Everytime I think about it I get all teary-eyed.

It’s so good (and brilliant if I do say so myself) that I want to give it to her now! Grr. Oh well, Mother’s Day isn’t that far off (May 11th) so I think I can make it. I’ll post it photos of it here when it’s all said and done.

I have been looking around for this skit from The State, a short lived comedy sketch show that was on MTV back in the 90s or so, and thanks to the great people at BestWeekEver.tv I’ve finally got clip of it!

The characters are Barry & Levon and they love to put their butts in pudding. It sounds silly but it’s hilarious. I love it!