FLASH BACK october 2008

"bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah..."
i wake up one saturday and start cleaning house. i step out to the trash can. rufus doesn't come running. i get worried. i start calling his name. i start looking everywhere. i find him on an old couch in the garage. he's wagging his tail but not trying to come get his morning loving. i am very worried and decide i should take him to the vet. then i notice something. solo cups...lots of solo cups. all on their sides on top of the pool table. they reek of beer. they are left overs from a game of beer pong. rufus is hungover. he spends the rest of the day, recovering, with his head in my lap. my boys are grounded for a month. i don't even care that they are all adults. 
FLASH FORWARD today

september is akc responsible dog ownership month. what does that mean, exactly? it means don't adopt a dog if you can't be in it for the long haul. spay or neuter your pet. keep your dog's shots up to date and keep your dog healthy. make time for you dog, he/she looks at you as a parent. train your dog (there are no bad dogs, just bad dog owners). and, and by far the most important, don't let your dog play beer pong!!

               

 

 

       

 

                    

 

               

if you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. this is the principal difference between a dog and man~mark twain

FLASHBACK 1972

"today i don't feel like doin' anything...i just wanna lay in my bed..."
lana has never been lazy. she went straight to work when we moved to california, helping support our family while my dad finished chiropractic school. she started as a bookkeeper in a bank. then, when we moved back to lebanon, she went straight to work at lebanon citizens national bank. she will never leave that bank. she runs that institution with a firm hand. from being the first voice you hear when you call (thank you for calling lcnb) to guarding the employee bathrooms from unwanted patrons who leave a mess. not to mention our house growing up. it was always spotless. well, except for my room which was only slightly cleaner than my brother's. it still is, although she will tell you it's a mess. 
FLASH FORWARD today
today is national lazy mom's day. i am giving my mom permission to give it a rest. take a nap. make someone else do the dusting (too late...she's dusting as i type) or the vacuuming. if you're a busy mom...i invite you to give it a rest, too. you have my permission.

                                   

FLASHBACK 1980's

"summer time summer time sum-sum-summer time..."
it's summer and we are in our favorite place. pawley's island, sc. we will spend a couple of great family vacations here with friends we have chosen to call family. a few weeks of sun, sand, body surfing, shrimp boils, roman candle wars (yes. i said roman candle wars). these trips always mark the end of the season.
FLASH FORWARD september 3, 2012
the official end of summer. time to put up the swimsuits and tanning lotion. time to put away those white shoes and slacks. okay. seriously? who wears that stuff anyway? it's time for football. and cool evenings around fires. it's time for pumpkin ales and apple cider. best of all...only 54 shopping days til halloween!!!

                     

 

                        

 

FLASHBACK 1966

"i'm late, i'm late for a very important date...no time to say hello, good-bye, i'm late, i'm late, i'm late"

for as long as i can remember, my family was always in a rush to get out the door and get to the grandparent's house. maybe it's easter. maybe it's thanksgiving or christmas. maybe it's just somebody's birthday. but we could NOT be late. it almost made me crazy. just once i would've loved to bust up in grandma's house 5, 10, even 15 minutes late. but, then, i'm reminded that i have good manners. and it's good manners to be on time. it's rude to keep people waiting.

FLASH FORWARD april 1986

i move out. i am now left to my own devices. i am late. all the time. all. the. time. i'm late to parties. i'm late to movies. i get a job 30 seconds from my doorstep. i am 5 minutes late everyday. every. single. day. 

FLASH FORWARD today

jamie is never late. for anything. going to a movie? we are there 20 minutes early. going to a party? we are right on time. going to work? i am there a few minutes early. i have discovered benefits to all these things. did you know if you get to the movies early that #1~you get a great seat; #2~you have time to get a treat from the concessions; #3~you get to see the previews and see what great movies are coming up; and #4 (and far more important)~you don't have to see "shark night 3D".  if you are on time to parties, you might actually get a few minutes alone with your hosts, AND you can help them set up. turns out they appreciate that help. if you are early for work, your boss might actually take notice and promote you over that other girl. you know? the one that is late every. single. day.

 today is national be late for something day. if you want, you could celebrate by being late for something. or you can be a rebel like me. i plan on being on time. for everything.

^what happens when friends help set up for a party^

^i loved my job^

^an example of a trailer that excites me^

FLASHBACK november 1968

"paul is a dead man...miss him, miss him, miss him..."
i'm 3 years old so no. i do not remember when the beatles released "i'm so tired". but as i got older, i do remember hearing about the subliminal messages in the white album. and, if you play this song backwards, on a record player (does anyone remember what that is?), you do, in fact, hear the words "paul is a dead man...". he's not. he's alive and well. and 70.
FLASH FORWARD october 1986
kevin nealon appears on saturday night live as "mr. subliminal". an example of his editorial "...the boy admitted to spray painting cars but he's only eighteen and young people often do stupid and impulsive things they later regret (Shannen Doherty). I happen to think [pause] that everyone's entitled to one mistake (Euro Disney). And I'm not saying there aren't [pause] those who I'd love to see get a good flogging (Urkel), it's just that [pause] I'm afraid we've become so insensitive that we've learned to accept the idea of a man's beating in public (Pee Wee Herman)."

september is subliminal communications month. celebrate the beauty of mixed messages. think about what you are expressing without saying a word. better yet, think about what people are saying to you without even opening their mouths. 

FLASHBACK september 5, 2009

"this is the shoe and these are our people..."
i've just moved in with jamie. we get up early and go watch his middle son play a jv football game. now we stop at udf. why? he tells me his friend's birthday was a couple of days ago, and since we are going to her house, he has to get her a present. he buys her 1 smiley~face cookie and 1 red bull? what? is she 12? she wasn't. we went to the wysong's for the first (for me) of many ohio state football games. bridgette is the hostess with the mostest. she spends the entire day cooking the greatest football food in the history of ever. danny spends every commercial break playing OSU game day songs. i love these people. i have just made some awesome new friends and CANNOT wait to spend every saturday (and more!) with them!!
FLASH FORWARD september 1, 2012
opening day for our buckeyes. the eve of the 10th anniversary of bridgey's 21st birthday. lots of friends. lots of laughter. lots of cheers. lots of freeze~frame high fives. lots of food and beer. skyline chili dip.

 sausage and cheese dip. and soft pretzels (for details check out the "bird food" page).  this is the life.