New Music...

I updated the playlist on the right of the screen....for your listening pleasure. I do realize that I have a lot of different readers, so I apologize if some of the tracks don't tickle your fancy. You can manage the playlist, if you'd like - just click on the right arrow and the next song will play. You can also double click on a song if you would like to hear it.

I am certainly up for taking requests. If you'd like me to add a song to my playlist, just let me know.

Happy reading and listening!!
Lindy

June in Indiana

Did anybody know that it's really freaking HOT during the month of June in Indiana?! What the hell am I doing home?! HAHAHA.... This is when I should be visiting Northern Canada - not in the dead of Winter!! For those of you who don't know - it was about 96 degrees and HUMID last night at like 8pm. UGH.

I absolutely LOVE this picture of Tonja.... She is Katie's sister-in-law, and just an awesome lady.

I realized last night, that I didn't blog about part of the giant bag story!! Okay - so Ellen, the lady in the pictures (below) in the red and black shirt is one of my favorite people. She is Katie's Step Mother-in-Law, but we both kind of think of her as our hero...mentor...yoda.

During the "Giant Bag Gift Giving Segment" of Katie's baby shower - Ellen was ON THE FLOOR, she was laughing SO HARD!!

Here's Ellen asking, "Hey!! Can I carry this on the plane?!"

OH MAN!! That was so much fun! I love hanging out with those ladies!

Moving on.... SO - I've been home all week, working from about 9-5 (with a few naps everyday in between). But - that's kind of fun because not only do I get to sleep in my own bed (which is the only possession I have with me, other than the clothing on my back and in my suitcase), but I get to hang out with my roommates and my friends around town. One of my roommies, Allen, and I went golfing a few nights ago. I AM HORRIBLE, we know this. BUT - he was patient enough to deal with my sucky-ness and actually taught me a few things. I think I sort of got better throughout the evening, but that could've just been my imagination. We went in the evening and basically played until it got dark. It was nice. PLUS - Allen found six golf balls on the course, so he got something out of it!!

Allen also plays a lot of Tiger Woods Golf on the Nintendo Wii. Here's his impression of his player! This WAS a really good shot, so it was well warranted!

A milestone, a baby shower and a vacation...

Okay - so the milestone was kind of exciting, but will probably not be that exciting to my audience. I did a project entirely by myself...I was the only one there. Additionally, without saying too much, it was kind of a hard one!! And - I sort of kicked butt at it!! YAY!! That's enough - the last thing I'm going to do on this blog is talk about work and people at work...I know how the world works!!

In more exciting news - one of my very favorite-est people in the world is going to have a baby any day now (actually, she's due over a month from now....but she's gonna pop soon!). Her baby shower was last weekend and it was GREAT!! Here are some pictures....

Along with my gift - I gave Katie the post card from Virginia. She gets a postcard from every place I visit. She's kind of special!!


A very pregnant Katie showing us all how to do yoga!!

Okay - this was hilarious!! So - Tonja (Katie's sister-in-law) - got Katie this HUGE bag. It was a great gift, it was just a little funny when the box it came in was small, the packaging was small and it just kept GROWING!!

This is Tonja inside the bag. I'm SO glad she did that - it took me an hour to talk her into it. What a sport!!

On top of that - the day after the baby shower, I went on vacation. Yes, our family went on our very first family vacation. WELL - this wasn't the very first, but it's probably the first that everyone else will recognize. When I was like 7 or 8, our family went to Disney Orlando. I managed to make that trip HELL for everyone....no kidding. It was bad. I'll never live that down. All I wanted to do was ride the people-mover and swim in the pool. If I didn't "get" to do those things, I would just pitch a fit and cry the entire time. It was awful. My mother swore that we would never take another family vacation, and we didn't while she was around.

SO - my stepmother planned a family vacation in Virginia Beach this year. Interesting, but fun! I don't think I managed to ruin this trip for anyone.....

We had TONS of fun - both Brody (Charlie's 4 year old son) and Emily (Mitch's 7 month old daughter) were there, along with Charlie's girlfriend's boys (Jake, 10 and Levi, 14). Jake turned 10 while we were there, and I think he had a pretty good birthday!! We had so much fun playing in the ocean, the pool, go-karting, and playing Mario Kart constantly!! Here are some pictures....

This video cracks me up every time.... Actually - they both do. Both above and below. Brody is SO funny without meaning to be. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we laugh at him a lot!

I would have crapped my pants. Levi and Jake are SO brave!!!

I'm done playing catch up....

These are in no particular order. I am just sick of having to catch up on these blogs.... So - here is a little picture tour of what's been going on this month, basically! After this - we won't have to live in the past anymore!!


For those of you, who don't know my father... this will be a great introduction!! Above, and below, are pictures of my dad, Terry. He's the local veterinarian in the Parker City/Farmland, Indiana area. A friend of mine called me one day to tell me that her father bought (I think he bought it) a cow hairball, yes - a hairball that a cow hacked up, from either a flea market, or a buddy or something. ANYWAY - her dad thought it would be a great idea to stop by the Vet's office to show it off. Well, my dad HAD to have that thing and bought it off of him! He's so proud! The picture below is Dad posing with the two-headed pigs, one head-two-bodies-pigs, the baby ostrich that's still in the egg (is that what that is, Dad?), and the ostrich penis.


On another trip home - I got to hang out with my nephew Brody. This is Charlie's kid... he's AWESOME. He and dad were making pudding, so I snuck the bowl on top of his head!


This one was taken on the 31 minute plane trip from Chicago. Can't remember now which place I was traveling back from...I think Palm Springs.

This one is recent - like last week. This is Chicago's O'Hare, in the K Concourse. I'm there a lot, waiting to go home. BUT - it's a possibility for the Winter Olympics in 2012(?). They decorated it all nice and neat like.

Quick trip around I-70 on my way downtown to buy some new work shoes. I was only home about 12 hours when I took this one. Lucas Oil Stadium looked pretty awesome that day.

OH - how I love Ozzie!! This is my roommates' dog. He's pretty awesome!! He gets excited when I come home!!

Now this one - I think is hilarious!! This was Ozzie after his bath. I got such a kick out of it!