"I'm your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate." - Spaceballs

I SWORE I would not live in a house with three girls ever again......especially not a house with three girls and three dogs....been there, done that....it SUCKED!

However, albeit temporarily, I once again find myself in a seemingly similar situation....but this time...



Me and Sarah....technically she is the girlfriend of my roommate Tim who is in Alaska for the summer....but she is living in his room for the time being....with her dog Spencer.



When you get REALLY bored one sunny summer day....and the estrogen is flowing....in our house, the wigs fly.....


Me channeling Betty Boop.....



Whoa...black hair really brings out my darker side....



Me "Boop-Oop-A-Doop"-in....with Brin and her LONG brown hair piece (it's there...trust me)....she is my girl roommate that is permanent (along with the boys in Alaska).



My black wig....Brin's brown hair piece....and Sarah's Blond wig!



Vogue!



Then the dogs got in on the fun....


Chloe as Betty....




Rasta as Veronica....



This time around....we are having MUCH more fun!

"Dock that chink a day's pay for napping on the job!" - Blazing Saddles

This summer is proving to be rather interesting....

The plan was NO school, but to work, pay off some stuff that gets neglected when my focus is on biology and not bills.

However.....sparing you the details....wait....when do I do that?

Ok....first my "school year" job that was supposed to end at the end of May got moved out to the middle of June....and then it was going to go to the end of June.....but that fell through.

So a week into June, I started looking for a summer job. That took about a week and I got a job as an "on-call" nannie. I told them BEFORE the interview that I couldn't work past August 15th (leaving for Alaska...and then school starts along with my school job). I was assured that was no problem....went to the interview and and was offered the job.

DAYS later I am told that they need someone who can work through the fall....so NO job.....so now here it is the end of June.....I STILL don't have a job and now I get to interview and say "Yes, I am the perfect candidate....since as soon as you finish training me, I WILL quit!"

AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

So now I have no job....no money.....and not even McDonalds would hire me....

College has REALLY paid off so far!

The plus side....I have an AMAZING tan...since sun bathing is all I can afford!

"You aint fooling me girly girl. I know who you are!" - Fried Green Tomatoes

You'll have to excuse the new colors....I am having a girly moment and I wanted my blog to match my toe nails....

Doesn't it just say..."YAY Summer!!!!"

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops!" - Arsenic and Old Lace

Summer is here....my job is over (I tutor and the demand for that slows down quite drastically when there is no school).....and there is a stream of endless possibilities as to how I should spend my summer....unfortunately they all seem to be working a mindless job for minimum wage and minimum enjoyment....

Summer really is not all it's cracked up to be sometimes :(

I am, however, somewhat making the most of this time....I am working on the family cookbook and memory book.

Basically it is just a random compilations of stories and traditions tied together with the one thing we all love....food!

However, I do feel incredibly honored to be the one to be able to do this! I am getting stories, notes, and historical data about my family that I never knew....

As I get to know this family more and more, I become immersed in a feeling of awe that stems from the knowledge that I am come from people that not only did extraordinary thing that changed the course of this country, they also did small things on a daily basis that carried into the lives of all those around them!

It is daunting at times, and feels rather intimidating....but at least I know from them....the potential is there to make things happen! (and I know the secret to a seafood gumbo that will make you slap your mammy)

"He's a dirty trashcan full of poop." - Surf's Up

I don't know how many of you notice, but for a while now, the title of all my blogs are a quote from a movie pertaining to subject of the blog....today I had FAR too many to choose from....so here they are.....

"It's me you old poop!" - On Golden Pond

"Wanna go get a grape soda? Not with a man covered in pig poop. No, sir, Ah don't!" - Big Business

"I won't eat dog poop!" - 3 Ninjas

"I'm the party pooper." - Kindergarten Cop

"I like poop!" - The Big Lebowski

"I ain't pooping in that thing I got my standards." - Look Who's Talking Too

"Every party has a pooper that's why we invited you...party pooper George BAAAANKS." - Father of the Bride Part II

"He called the shit "poop"." - Billy Madison

and last one....even though I have MANY more....

"When you're sliding into home and your pants are full of foam, Diarrhea - " - Parenthood

now for the blog........

Our upstairs toilet is not working....it hasn't for about a week....it won't drain....someone used it...and I mean USED it....and it decided at that point to stop working......however, when the boys left for Alaska, they managed to hide the information for the landlord.

So for the past week, we have been unable to get a plumber out and our whole upstairs smells like shit!

It is sooooo gross....thank GOD we have the downstairs bathroom....(thanks Logan).....I mean ewww....

Anyway...the plumber comes tomorrow :)

I know this is not uproariously funny...I really just needed an excuse for all the poop quotes!

"I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit." - Anne of Green Gables

For the third time this week I have had someone tell me that what they love about me is that I am real. You get what you see. I don't hold anything back.

Well, boys and girls....that is just a whole bunch of horse pucky....manure....BULL SHIT!

I hold A LOT back....if you only knew the things that were swirling around in my mind! Some of you (Mindy) would say, "figures....I kinda already knew that", most of you would be shocked and/or offended, and Mom....you would probably faint!

For example part of the reason there has been such a drought of blogs from me lately is because I write them and then never post them to keep mom from getting a knot on her head from hitting the floor.

Well I was ok with everyone seeing me that way...I mean no use putting your REAL self out there and risk getting hurt right.....

That would have been fine.....but something else happened this week....I got called on my bull....

Someone that I can honestly say I thought saw Surface Amy very clearly....I mean I really thought he knew that Amy backwards and forwards....(I swear I will stop with the third person shortly)....but I thought that was all he saw.....

Then he stripped me to the core.....maybe it was the fact we are CONSTANTLY together or maybe it was the serious lack of sleep during finals and the NO sleep during the mirage of "going away" get-togethers for him....but he pretty much hit the nail on the head.

SOOOOOOOOO.....where all this is going is....I am done.....at least as far as this blog goes, no more holding anything back.

I truly believe there is a very thin line between honest and brutally honest, so everyone will forever have things they hold back. I have already bordered on the brutal this week.....so in my everyday life I will continue to be THAT girl....and that is ok....

But again as far as this blog goes....no more Mrs. Nice Girl.....

I apologize in advance....but don't think this is going the be a pedestal I stand on and shout insults from....this is VERY MUCH a double headed sword.....so in all fairness I am going to start with myself!

I have extremely low self esteem.....I am FAT and have no idea if that will ever change because I come no where close to doing what I need to do to fix it.....I am very lazy....I am messy.....I am horrible at money management and am very close to that biting me in my ass....I love my friends and family more than life itself but I sometimes avoid them to keep them from calling me on everything I have already listed.....I am smart enough to do wonderful things in this life, but not the drive....I am destined to be mediocre....I fall in love with men who I KNOW will never love me back....doing it right now in fact....I have never told someone I was actually in love with that I loved them....I save those words for men that I don't love....it's safer for me but incredibly cruel....so basically I am a coward.....I have excuses for everything wrong in my life, and while some of them are true, I know them to be exactly that....excuses....

ok....enough masochism for now.....

Jim Morrison told me the purpose of my life was to put on a concert. - Wayne's World

Summer is here and that means SUN and MUSIC!!!!

Here are some pics from the shows I have already been to!

LONE STAR MUSIC JAM!!!

God Bless Texas.....

The group layin' in the sun....listening to some good 'ol Texas Country.....

Mindy and Clay....

Jenny and Jared......

Me and Mindy.....

Me, Jenny, Logan and Jared.....can you tell Jared is my brother.....see the resemblance....

Jared lifting Logan over his head.....boys....

Me and Logan.....we were DANCIN'.....

Me and Logan....

WIDESPREAD PANIC SHOW!!!!!

Logan and Mike....

Me and Logan.....that boy LOVES his Widespread Panic.....