One way or another

I had some of my favorite work friends over last night for a sleepover/crafting party.

We ate pizza and Easter candy and had way too much.... caffeine?? 

Or something.

Anyway, 

We had face paint, crocheting, friendship bracelets, and adding goals to my friend Sandy's bucket list.

 ( pictured below)

It was pretty festive.

 We didn't really go to sleep until 5 am.
 (and all of us are in our thirties)

Anyway, she must have gotten really tired because when we woke up and looked in Sandy's bucket list book, the following goals had been added. 

HUG A MIDGET 

 SMACK THAT

LEARN TO USE UM CHUCKS? 

BELIEVE IN THE LEPRECHAUN 

 DANCE WITH HOPE

RUN WITH RAINBOWS 

 RAH

LISTEN TO THE OCEAN

My favorite one is "rah".

 Not sure what that goal is all about.

I think this is the first sleepover I've had in about 15 years.

It was completely epic.

 I will be featuring my craft creations in the next post. Don't be jealous!

Lori Ann

No se

Ok, so for the last couple of years I haven't really gone out in the sun during summer.

 One, because North Carolina was hotter than Hades. 

Two, because I'm a vampire.

 Just kidding.

 But not really.

Anyway, then my doctor told me that I was Vitamin D deficient. 

Every day (without rain) since I have made it a point to get out in the sun for at least 30 minutes. 

Which leads me to my point.

 I've always been jealous of my mom and both my sister's skin.

 They all have radiant, clear amazing skin.

 And Erin and my mom have really cute freckles.

 Which I've never had before in my life. 

Until now. 

These are freckles, right?

I took like 12 pictures today

(I believe that's the official narcissism threshold!)

 Trying to figure out if they were freckles

Or not.

As you can see, my life is consumed by important matters of self reflection. 

Lori Ann

61

I love this picture. It makes me look both evil and emo. It's a win-win. 

Oh yes,

For all of you doubters out there and all of you who say "eat responsibly and exercise" is the way to go..

I just lost 9 lbs on my 48 hour juice fast.

Bringing my total weight loss since December of 2011 to 61 lbs. 

61 lbs, baby! 

Vegetarianism and the occasional extreme dieting technique have been amazing! 

Yours truly,

An even more sexy

Lori Ann

For my Frenemies

Word has it that recently there has been some unrest amongst the 10 and under set.

They claim my blog is "boring". 

cough ..Cannon..cough

Well, there is a lot of things this blog is. It is: awkward, poorly written, self obsessed, not socially relevant, lacking in pictures of me in cotton dresses, a tedious chronicle of the minuate of my bizarrely uninteresting life, a tribute to my emotionally unbalanced cat, a scrapbook of weird photos of my sister's offspring...oh yes, it is all of those things and more...but the one thing it isn't is boring. 

I guarantee you that almost everyone that reads this blog is either laughing hysterically, crying bitterly, shrieking in either joy or pain, sobbing as their heart breaks, or perhaps slowly giving in to the inevitable rage that jealousy of my life inspires in others. 

No, but no one, should be reading my blog and saying "eh". 

So, instead of my usual 'blah, blah, blah', today I am going to be talking about a few topics that all kids love. Here we go..

Topic # 1- Eating healthy!

I have been a vegetarian for 100 days! Yay for me. I only miss barbecued ribs and chicken nuggets. Also, I am doing a 48 hour juice fast today and tomorrow. Today was intense.

Topic # 2- Investments

I am thinking of saving up for a nice camera. My iphone is great but I want to take weird artsy photos and make my eyes much bluer than they really are. 

Topic # 3- Crafting

My subway art continues to be abysmal. I don't think I have even one hint of artistic sensibility in me. Que tristeza.

Ok, well I hope you like all the new excitement, children. Buckle up for tomorrow when we will discuss mental illness and the costs of pet care. 

Lori Ann 

My favorite Easter Pictures

 Sugar

 She makes me nap with her when I am supposed to be cleaning.

Gosh, that girl needs to get her priorities in order.

 Mom, the girls, and the traditional Easter bunny cakes.

 I love this one.

My mom is such a crazy grand mom and the kids love her.

 Mom and Katy were singing "Nick knack patty whack give your cat a fish"

My dad redid Danielle's kitchen floor.

 And it looks AMAZING.

Stuff like this always makes me remember what awesome parents I do have.

 Even if they don't read my blog to hear the accolades. 

Today is my 100th day as a vegetarian.

 You know I'll be blogging about it tomorrow.

 Try to rein in your excitement!

Lori Ann

And the sky is gray

You guys, I just had the best dream ever!

And you know how much we all love listening to the rambling details of another person's dream.

So..tell me what Freud would think of this.

1. It was set in the future..I think.

We were all in some fancy high rise office building.

2. We were at war with each other and I think we were on the "good side" but George Washington was bombing us.

 No one wanted to believe he would do it, but he did.

 He also sent a lot of people in jet suits to surround the building with guns.
(they were hovering right outside our windows on the 50th floor)

3. Thomas Jefferson was on our side.

I had a lengthy conversation with him while he was in the bath.

He told me to run into his private bathroom to grab the Constitution, which we needed for our battle plans.
 (he looked like Ben Franklin..but clearly identified himself as Thomas Jefferson)

4. Right after the bombing started we all sat down to Christmas dinner with Chuck Norris.

 He gave us the gifts that were meant for the soldiers outside in the jet suits.

 I was kind of mad because all I got was a dollar store empty tin and copy of the second season of Little House on the Prairie.

5. My dad showed up and was kind of offended that Chuck had gone ahead and carved the Christmas turkey.

Chuck let him hang up a lighted wreathe and that seemed to make him feel better.

6. We finally started fighting back against the jet suit people.

Well, first we stole all the hidden money in the building but then we
(and by "we" I mean everyone else..I was hiding with Thomas Jefferson- who was still in a bathtub, but this one was filled with mud)

 started doing this coordinated shuffle dance which threw them off and gave us a chance to shoot them out of the sky.

Like I said...best dream ever.

So interesting, right? 

I solemnly swear never to blog in the middle of the night again!

Lori Ann

p.s.- Why doesn't google images have anything for "Thomas Jefferson in a bathtub" ?

Your daily Sugar

Hummus is the new black

I am feeling fairly incoherent these days.

 Which is why I am doing ANOTHER random post. 

Don't act like it's getting old..you know you love it!

 As promised I had hummus for lunch today!!!

 It was AMAZING.

Sweet, sweet hummus- where have you been all my life?

 Sugar, Sugar..'

.I got her some catnip today and she keeps racing across the room, stopping, and then pouncing on nothing.

At least one of us gets to get high.

 The infamous rainbow pancakes I made with the kids.

 It was a wonderful celebration of gay..umm, Irish pride.
 (you know, the leprechaun and the pot of gold and all that?)

 Danielle and I saw this old mill when we were driving through the back hills.

There are so many things like this where we live.

 After seeing the Colosseum and Notre Dame and everything else,

 I still find American history to be the most fascinating and beautiful.

Lori Ann