Blog Libs- Woo hoo it's Friday!

It's taken awhile, but here's the blog libs that most of you contributed to a couple of weeks ago!
This one is really interesting and downright weird.
But I still chuckled at the ending.

Have a fabulous long weekend!

GIRL BAND

After school this year, my friends and I decided that we should start an insane all girl band. I have a piano, Julia Roberts plays the lotion, Condoleeza Rice plays the stuninng drums, and Christine has been taking lessons on the paper shredder since she was seven years old! Our first rehearsal was a toilet. We couldn't believe how ruggedly we played! But we all went home and practiced excitedly all week. When we met up the following week, we sounded much more pretty. We decided to name ourselves The Tires, and we practiced two times a week, even on the weekends. By June, we were really good, so we asked if we could play at the school dance. Mr. Defenestrate, our principle, paid us 42 dollars. We were the smarmy part of the whole dance!

Mid Week Mama Bailey- When a dog lurves a ball.

So Bailey's got this ball.
It's kind of like a mini basketball that squeaks.
My old roommate (now Mrs. Ari), originally bought her this said ball at the grocery store probably a few months after we adopted her in 2005. Since then it has become her ultimate toy. She loves playing with it more than any other toy that she owns.
Now I know what you're asking. You've had the same squeaky plastic ball since 2005.
Haha. If you thought that then you obviously don't own a dog.
Let's see mini- basketball #1- got lost behind the fridge at my aunts house, while Tim and my cousin were playing keep away from Bailey.
Mini-basketball #2 lost its squeak, so Bailey would try to play and then become very sad.

So now we are on #3 and #4...since well I bought two the last time I saw them...just in case.
Anyway- Bailey likes to pounce like a cat on her toys while she plays with them, so she often loses them under furniture. For instance Tim was reaching under the bed about two weeks ago and found one of these balls. Who knows how long it had been under there, but Bailey was so excited to see it she just didn't care.

We recently got a new coffee/TV table for our living room and it is just high enough off of the ground for Bailey to get the ball stuck underneath. Bailey will stop at nothing to get the ball back.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

And then there are sometimes when it is just too far for her to grab... so she looks up at me like this:

A little help, Mom.

I fall for it every time.

Go say hi to - Smalls, Ben, Kaya, Ted, Rufus, Gus and Zapp.

Not Sure What the Title Should Be*

After a long talk with a good friend, I have decided after 4 years to quit working part time at the Gap.

Part of me is very sad.
Very very sad.
But the store that I have worked at for all of those 4 years has changed a ton.
It's not the same environment that I loved for so long.
So it's time to pack it in.

But part of me feels liberated.
No more calling on Thursday to find out if I have to work all weekend.
No more working weekends.


It took me a really long time to make this decision. But I feel it was exactly the right time for me to do so. This summer is really busy and since I only work on weekends anyway, I won't be around much.

The discount will be missed.
Tremendously.
However, there is nothing that says I can never work for the company again.
Just maybe at another store.
So there's always that.

Sad though, huh?

*So now that you've read it, what should the title of this post be??

Oh and I joined Mission Put Together... so look for me on the Flickr pool now.
:)

Mid Week Mama Bailey- Special First Edition

Every single night, Bailey sleeps on the floor next to my side of the bed. This is both very cute and very dangerous. Mostly because when my alarm goes off in the morning, I wake up extremely groggy and disoriented. Can you see where I am going here? Bailey gets stepped on, a lot.
I am pretty sure I step on her about three times a week. You would think that this would deter her from sleeping on my side, right?
No way. Each and every night. There she is again.
Anyway- That's not what I wanted to write about....

Most mornings while I am getting ready for work, Bailey follows me wherever I go.
I brush my teeth, she's there.
I open my closet door, she's there.
I take a shower, shes there..... okay just kidding on that one.

But this week my shadow has not followed me around.
What has she been doing you ask...
This is Bailey being a little sneak.
She has made the futon in the spare bedroom hers.
I have found her there every morning when I get out of the shower and every evening when I come home from work. Even when Tim goes to work at 4pm, she plops herself right there on the futon and takes a nap until I get home.

How very sneaky sneaky of her (name the movie that is from and you get 100 Julie points).

Thank you to Ben for sharing Wednesdays with Bailey!
Head on over and give a sloppy wet kiss to Ben, Kaya, Rufus, Ted, Gus, Zapp and Smalls.
I am sure they will return the favor.

Three Years.

Dudes.
Today marks the 3rd anniversary of WTF Have I Done.
Seriously, WTF!
I started this blog on a whim because, well everyone was talking about their blogs, and "you know Julie you should really start a blog"... blah blah blah. So I gave into the pressures and started writing.

It was shaky in the beginning. I just took a little look back to 2005.
I think I posted in May and then didn't post again until July.
Boy how far I have come! ::cough cough::

I started this blog so that I could have a place to chronicle all of the ridiculous conversations and silly silly events that were happening in my life. Well that and it became a place where I could just vent.

So to keep you busy today, here are some of my favorite posts from days of yore.
(Notice that there are NO comments on many of these... What gems they are!)

Starbucks Insanity
Things that make me Happy
Birds Bees and Barbie
The Very First Tuesdays with Ari
I love him
I miss my Best Friend
Why Do I Even Bother
My Fake NYT Wedding Announcement
17th Century- But Everyone has Ipods
Happy 5 years Timmy!
Bailey Monday Tuesday

Hey Remember Me?

Hey Everyone.
It's me Bailey. I know it's been awhile since I've been around these parts, but something serious is happening and I just can't hold my tongue any longer. All of these other friends of mine are famous... even this one, who I haven't seen in a while. Like really totally world famous. And they have normally rational and intelligent people, like my mom, drooling over them. Rightfully so, because they are pretty darn cute.
But I can be cute too.
Look.

Here I am laying down next to my mom's side of the bed. That's my favorite place to sleep.

And this is me cuddling with one of my favorite friends.

I am even pretty cute whilst chewing on little woodland creatures.

I guess what I am basically trying to say here is, I would really like to be in the spotlight every once in a while. So does anyone feel like sharing the action with me??

I promise to be good, cute and funny.
PLLLLLLLEAAAAASE????
(Did that sound too desperate?)

Lurve,
Bailey