Clark Girls

Conner and Stephanie spent yesterday at Hic's house. Stephanie was babysitting Jayce and Conner tagged along. Mike stopped in to drop off Kyndrick.Conner and Jayce were playing downstairs in the bedroom. Mike went downstairs to say howdy.He was standing at the bottom of the stairs and could hear the boys talking.But they didn't know Mike was there. Conner said something to Jayce, like' "Yeah, those swords are cool but you only have a couple and they are probably your favorites so I'll just look for something over here to use." And jayce said, "No, Conner, you can use any of these you want to, it's alright, here look, take what you want." Don't you just love it? Mike poked his head around the corner and said, "Hi guys." How you doin?" And Jayce said, "Oh, we're doing good and Conner and said "Hey Dad." It's not much of a story but I just love it. Cousins.

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but my old friend Whitney King has been in a serious car accident. It happened yesterday morning in Bloomington and she was lifelined to Methodist. Will call a call yesterday afternoon and went to the hospital to be with her bro, his friend, Tyler. Whitney and I are were best friends in middle school. Crazy, beautiful and had this outrageous curly hair. So far, things are critical, but things are changing every minute. Just say a quick prayer if you can.

We are getting ready to go to the cabin today!! So I will be sure to write you guys on Monday to fill you in!

so a comment on the Christian Bale loosing like a hundred pounds and then having to get it all back! that would seriously seriously suck. and wouldnt that be really really hard on your body? i think so i do think so. poor kid. i do love him he is wonderful. but it is sad sad sad. bodies are not ment to be used like that. no they are not.

presented BJC with idea of a garage sale and she put me right to work (Believe that?)
1 clean closet, 2 clean dresser drawers. She needs to raise approx $600.00 or whatever we can get. Thought it might be fun to grill dogs and maybe sell drinks One big party day. I will try to come up with a date here soon. Gentleman start your engines and donate some of your junk to help BJC to become a mobile momma.

Last night for dinner we had garden fresh cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes and cucumbers. It was so incredibly delicious. And Conner said a prayer before our meal that was so beautiful. First he started out by thanking god for each vegetable, by name and description and ending with a blessing for the whole world. It was pretty sweet. We are taking him to Buckaroo Boot Company to get him a pair of Wranglers and Cowboy boots on Saturday. When we were there last Saturday there were three young Chicas there buying new boots to wear to the Kenny Chesney concert. So cute! I wish they sold Country Music concert tees there. Or maybe vintage Country Music tees or posters. Anyway, He tried on hats too and they were so nice on his big ole' head. He's a white hat kinda cowboy. They also have these hand made decorative saddles that are works of art! I watched some Gilmore Girls last night. One scene in particular is brilliant. Its season six and Rory & Loralie go to dinner at Roger?(that's not it!) and Emily's house and they get in a big fight over Rory's college tuition and it goes on all night but the flash forward through the evening and they are either laughing, crying or fighting about something different in each scene. I think in one scene Emily & R are fighting about the DAR and who is more connected hahahah. Any scene with Emily is good she's such a PRO! Totes brill, Tori do you remember this scene? And after all these years I am actually starting to like that Hunsinger boy, What's his name? I don't like Lukes daughter ex/girlfriend though. Sorry. Lorelia's wedding plans being canceled is just too disapointing because the wedding she planned would have been so creative and fun. They could of at least done a dream sequence for me or something. geeeeez. Hollywood! This is your big chance to swoop in and save the day! SAVE THE DAY! *chanting now* save the day!Now this is funny because Emily and L have a great bit about the save the date cards for the wedding (June 3rd.) so good.

got up early and finished my book, drank coffee ate 4 fudge sticks and a piece of pot roast. Perfect morning. John is working at Crooked Stick for the Sr. golf championship (galley control) and Jayce is sleeping in my bed. Mom can't afford the type od scooter that she wants so I think we should make her have a garage sale to make money for the scooter. She will need to get rid of some of her furniture so she will be able to move. I cleaned out her blue room closet yesterday anf I know there is alot of stuff to get rid of. What do you all think, we could take stuff of ours over there to sell and let her have the money to help pay for the skooter

1.smile,smile,smile
2.wear sunscreen, though I never do.
3.wear sunglasses, I do this.
4.don't buy a lot of stuff because then you have to wash it, dust it, move it.
5.remember how much you don't know.
6.thinking things through before speaking or acting can save you time and trouble.
7.people watching never gets old
8.selfishness & pride can really kick your ass.
9.we are all in this together
10.My family & my friends keep me going

I've been wanting to see this since the trailer came out a long time ago. How cute does it look. As much as I love my babies, I really love me some old people. And these guys are rocking!

Hey! How is everyone? How bout everyone write a post? Just for a little re group, sign in. Might be fun! I'm just getting ready to leave work for the day. I just wanted to say hello to all, send my love. Tori, I am sooo excited to see your house in my favorite neighborhood in Indianapolis or anywhere besides Noblesville that doesn't end in Harbour. Now THAT was confusing. And, well, I'm gonna go home now. Did everyone hear BeBe is prolly getting a moto scootah? We may need to do some fung shui(fong sho) Welpsie delpsie, I really need to go, go,go,go ,go ,go ,go ,go. (That was in tempo of that old cheer.)jump forward swing arms up shake pompons jump back shake poms down. Member that? *I heeeeeer crickets* I love you I love you I love you(ELF STYLE)

lead singer of The Flaming Lips, surfs the crowd inside of a giant bubble at the Splendour in the Grass festival at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, Australia on Sunday. [Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images]

Christian Bale went skinny for his new role as a drug dealer.  I do not think I will be able to see this movie because I love him so and he looks SCARYY.  This just shows how great of an actor though but this isnt his first time to day this.  However, I still have him pictured in my mind as the stud he was in Newsies.  I love that movie!! Maybe I will watch that today since it is a rainy day.  

So today was my first weekend shift at my new job! It really wasn't too bad. It is nice because everything is slower on the weekends and I really didn't really feel like it was Sunday once I got there, it just felt like any other day. I had two of my very own patients today and I got to practice putting in an itty-bitty IV. All in all not too bad. Jake left for an air show in Osh Kosh today with a friend from Nashville. He probably won't be back until wednesday or thursday. I have tomorrow off and I cannot wait. I have an appt in the morning and then me, stevie, my mom and ann are going to lunch and to check out Ann's wedding dress. I cannot wait to see it. She showed me a pic on her camera, but it will be undoubtedly amazing in real life. Makes me just want to slip mine on for the occassion! Then we are going to hit up the Fashion Mall and probably have to make a trip to Delaney's!

Saturday Jake and I had a home inspection on the house we are buying in Eagle Nest. The inspector said the house was in a really great condition and we didn't find anything major so that is great! At this point, we are looking at closing on August 28th. It was nice to get to go and see the house again and not be rushed. I'm definitely making some plans. I also went to Starbucks from their on Saturday and it was literally like a 10 minute trip there and back! It was so close I was amazed. It really is super close to Castleton, but still secluded which I love.

I hope everyone had an amazing weekend!

I am really on this time. It is official. Thank You Tori!!!!

OK...So I think I am officially signed on!! Jeeze About Time.

tori, julie wants to get on clark girls and i don't know how to tell her how..in your spare time will you email her with instructions dolcemom2220@yahoo.com thanks hic

HOLLAH! How the heck is everyone? I'm doin' gooooood! It's 4:41 on friday! WOOT! I can go home and chill wit my homies! Or, George Strait the FAMOUS Country & Western Music Star is playing just down the street~practically. Don't know if it's sold out but PROBS wont go. Although I've heard He's GREAT!
So, anyway after last weekend a quiet weekend is in order fo sho. I'm planning on going to the Farmers Market tomorrow morning. Haven't been yet this year so, I am making Mike go with Me. But he really wants to anyway. (right) I have to make him do stuff with me, my life is so sad.
And then we are going to the Street Dance in the P.M. Everything I need is right here in Noblesville!
After church on Sunday we are having a lunch to celebrate,commerate, congratulate all of the New Members which includes all us Haemmerle's. I am going to take a zucchini pineapple cake with cream cheese icing. It's a Pioneer Woman recipe. Shocking, I know. Coconut is optional and I think I will leave it out. Although, My friend Emily made a strawberry spice cake that was delish that I may make too. hmmmmmm. I do have lots of strawberries. Oh, We will probably make smoothies tonight or maybe tomorrow afternoon. It's just a thing we like to do for summer fun sometimes at our house. *so quaint* Well, it's 4:55 now my sweetnessess. Can you believe school will be starting up again so soon? I for one cannot. A Junior, a Freshman and a Second Grader. Maybe I'll see ya around town! XO S.T.

Also, what did you think of Katie on So You Think You Can Dance? I thought she did a pretty good job, and I can't resist anything Judy Garland. I mean, considering she isn't a dancer, she did well. And I think she was pretty proud of herself as well. Plus, she loooks so good when she is done up, but she never has makeup on when faced with the paparazzi, which doesn't make any sense to me!

Also, their was a bunch of New Moon (the second installment to the twilight saga, to those not in the know--which you should be) stuff released yesterday at Comic-con. Two clips. But I was unable to find them last night, but it was late and i was tired so my search wasn't endless. Plus it may take awhile for them to pop up. But until then, we can relish in all of the R-Pats pics and read the interviews. K-Stew showed up with her joan jett hair and was rocking some pretty fierce eye makeup.

I got my first paycheck today and I like what I am seeing! Today I am in class from 8-430 which is a nice change from working on the unit. I get to just sit there and get paid. Plus, they usually bring us breakfast. Can you believe that the Taco Bell Chihuahua died? I can't, poor bb. It was so nice yesterday before the rain. We went to Tom and Amy's to round up the chickens for the night and it was quite the spectacle. All the chickens in the front field have to go in this cage at night and I think it took us a good twenty minutes of running around like chickens with our heads cut off (no pun intended) to get those little stinkers in their cage. Just ask my mom, who happily watched from the sidelines. I am sure she will be happy to add a little more detail to the story. Then we got DQ as our reward and it was absolutely deliciousness. It's really hard to beat a good ol' fashioned DQ vanilla cone!!

Tomorrow we have a home inspection on the house! I cannot wait to see it again. I hope everyone has a fabosh weekend!

I watched this last night and I liked it. Clint Eastwood is PRETTY AMAZING. Hic & Boo, I remember you both saw it but didn't remember the reviews you gave. You have to stick with this movie, 2nd half is better than first. Cannot take my eyes off Clint when he's on camera, same as always.

Carved from a Walnut Shell.

HEX POUCH BY STEVEN LALIOFF

This pouch is not a reproduction of an original but was inspired by a profusely hex decorated Pennsylvanian powder horn that I saw many years ago. The stamps I used are all based upon original decorative elements I have found on original pieces.

The leather I used to create this pouch has a "colorful" past. It was tanned in Japan during the late 1930's or early 1940's. It was purchased with occupation dollars by a serviceman stationed in Tokyo. Word came that the occupation dollars were to be phased out and soon to be worthless, so the serviceman went on a buying spree throughout Tokyo and bought the most valuable commodities he could find with all the currency he had. Luckily for me, he purchased a quantity of vegetable tanned calf skins and shipped them back home in a large, airtight, aluminum tube...and there within they sat for 60 years until he gifted them to me. I have tried to be very judicious with what I make of these skins, (I've only cut into one so far). Some of the skins still have Japanese military tannery labels on the back. I intend to preserve those labeled skins whole. I'm not positive how the military utilized these skins but they are of the very highest quality of leather I have ever seen and are a pleasure to work with.... after 60+ years are still perfectly preserved.

The horn is an original, I am not certain of it's origin. Judging by it's size and style I would say it's circa 1830's. It was carried so much that it is almost worn through on the backside. The plug is walnut and the strap knob is a circa 1800 brass furniture pull. I have dubbed the dot design, "punktated".....as in punctuated. S.L.

God is most evident in the love that we show our fellow man. Many who doubt the existence of our Heavenly Father ask believers where to look in order to find God. They believe that finding God in our world is a difficult, complicated process. But the doubter who thinks that a man's search for God is a practice in futility needs only to look at the love that emanates from his or her own self - for this love is God. This love is not a shadow of God; this love does not relate to God; this love is the essence of God, for the words love and God are not separate but equal parts of one larger whole, but one and the same thing- love is the essence of God and God is the essence of love. God's love is a fundamental element of your being - it is an inherent part of being human - and as scripture says, God's love is perfected in us; our very existence is the ultimate result of God's unconditional love for his creation. So when a person asks you to prove God's existence, you need not quote a bible verse, or point to the signs of intelligent design. You need only to show them the love that lies inherently in your heart, your soul, and your mind - for this is not only the love of God, but it is God himself. God is love.

Well! What a wonderful weekend! And how fast it went! So much going on! Yes, the party on Saturday was super fun. It was a glorious evening full of laughter and tears. I loved the painting idea Kim came up with! So creative! I loved Tiff's idea to print out Boo's list. It was a super colorful party wasn't it? The cupcakes were delicious by the way. Well, must work now. Not much of a post, but I'll be back later if I can. Tori, thanks for posting those pics on Facebook! You are awesome.

Well, if I do say so myself, I think Saturday's party is one of the best party's we've had here in quite awhile. Which is saying a lot considering how many parties we have and how great they usually are. So, I want to know, what was everyone's most favorite part??

ps- check facebook for all the awesome pics!

12:30 am.. just got home from a great day at Indiana Beach. Ty, Jayce , Johnny, Hillary and me.
Everyone needs to go. It is better than Kings Island, no waits for rides small and clean. John And I had our picture taken in a picture booth June 1970 and going there reminded me of that day. I still have the picture, but I don't know how to download crap to put on our blog. Jayce rode all the wild coasters while Ty and I rode all the weeney rides.

EATING CHICKEN CHOW MEIN FOR BREAKFAST...SO YUMMY
WHY DON'T I LIKE BREAKFAST FOOD? I WAKE UP CRAVING MOSTLY CHINESE FOR ITALIAN FOOD
MOST MORNINGS I EAT SPAGHETTIOS, RAVIOLI, CHICKEN POT PIE OE CHINESE FOOD
I'M A LITTLE OFF BALANCE
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BREAKFAST

It is so confusing when you have Monday off and you start work on a Tuesday. It has just completely thrown my week off. So I guess today is Wednesday! I am in a computer training class the rest of today and a little tomorrow morning and then I get to start on my unit. I will still have classes a couple days a week, but I will also get to actually be working on the unit as well, which is much better than sitting through lectures. I hope everyone likes me ;) and I'm not the dumb new nurse. SCARY!

I read on popsugar today that David Beckham got 10 roses tattooed around his arm in commemoration of his and Victoria's 10th wedding anniversary. How cool is that? Apparently his sons are already asking when they can get tats like their dear old dad! I would want a tattoo that means something like that. Like VBecks has her five stars tattoo (not like a regular star, but like the morning star like you see in a picture Bible) which symbolizes her, david, cruz, romeo and brooklyn. I also recently discovered that their son Cruz, is really named after their buddy Tom Cruise. Crizazy. Anyway enough with the Becks although I love them.

I also read on popsugar that we should have no problems getting our daily dose of robert pattinson. He is filming a movie right now, then he has to hit up comic-con and the teen choice awards and then he begins filming Eclipse very soon. The best news is that the Reelz channel is coming out with a weekly primetime television show solely dedicated to all the stuff surrounding the filming of the Twilight Saga. Best news ever!!

My rents are still visiting Washington DC but I sure would love the see some pics uploaded so we can all be jealous of their educational vacation. I think megs is coming over to eat tonite and maybe kevin too so I will have to find something delicious to whip up. I spent a few hours on Monday cleaning out my mom's fridge (--if you are reading this mom-- Surprise! I cleaned your fridge). Let's just say it was slightly gross, which most fridges are when you clean them, because it is like one of the worst jobs ever, so I am guessing whenever someone finally gets around to it it is was past gross and just truly awful. Anyway, that little chore did leave me with a good idea of what is actually in there, it is so hard to see in there sometimes! I also get to make some frozen ice shot glasses tonite for the partay, should be quite the adventure!

I cannot deny Zooey Deschanel. I am so stoked that she is going to be in the next issue of InStyle. This is just a little teaser! She is stunning and has an amazing voice.

and a better actress.....

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She was logged on as ME by mistake

this morning i wake up at 6:22 ( i went to bed at 11 because i had to finish my book) i take a shower get dressed and i think hard about what to wear because i have look nice for work right? because no one wants a secretary person in Pj's. so i try to look nice i get some coffee i think about where my keys are because i cant seem to find them. i try to find shoes that will dress up my outfit. Kelly and i get in the car and drive to work. i drop her off then head to Image Dental. i buckle my shoes while in the parking lot. i walk through the parking lot. i open the first door. i walk a few feet. i open the second door. walk a few feet. open the third door. walk a few feet. i get to the computer Hi Joy! joy replies i did not no you were coming in today. i reply well no one told me not to so i thought i would show up anyway. she did not seem happy to see me. so i go ask Maddy how her vacation was. and i ask her if i was supposed to show up today. she has no clue and tells me to ask doctor (they never call Amy by name they call her doctor or she it is confusing it makes me feel odd calling her Amy) so i go to find Doctor and she is with a patient. so i wait patiently while pacing the hall. Joy passes me a few times (unhappily if i do say so myself, it is not my fault she did not tell me not to come) so finally i get to talk to Amy who tells me to ask Maddy or Joy if they have anything for me to do and that she needs me to babysit on Friday. isn't that wonderful Maddy and joy tell me to ask Amy and Amy tells me to ask Maddy and joy. whatever. so i ask Maddy and she tells me she has no clue what is going on because she has not been here. so i wait for joy who is not at her chair. she finally gets there. Joy, Amy told me to ask you if you have anything you need me to do. she tells me she does not. so i get up and i walk a few feet to the first door. i walk a few feet to the second door. then i walk a few feet to the third door. i walk through the parking lot unlock my car door get in and drive away.

I watched this one on Saturday night.....disturbing

I watched this movie last night.....thought provoking

will something like this go with my cute new heels???

Will you cut my hair like this???

So I had an amazing weekend! So happy to be back, I have been super busy! Let's see. Friday I had work and then my awesome cousin Stevie took me and jake to see Paramore and No Doubt at Verizon! It was soo awesome. Gwen was totally rockin, her abs were solid even after 2 babies. grr. Anyway, the weather was great, and she had two outfit changes to top it off. Saturday was rainy and sad because I had high hopes of going to the farmer's market. Instead we slept in and Jake and I went to White Castle for lunch. yum. he was craving it after the concert, but i wouldn't let him go so we settled for lunch the following day. We also picked up some dog food and zyrtec, the essentials. Then it finally cleared up and my mom and I went to Wolfie's with Bobbi and some girls, while the boys hung out at home, ate chili and watched Gran Torino. Jake and I were watching Ty and Abby overnight so we picked them up from A+ Gymnastics at 10. Sunday the rents left for Washington DC, we made waffles and went out on the boat with ty, abby and conner. It was quite fun. We tubed and tubed and tubed. I also got some much needed sun so I was a happy camper. We went in for lunch and then apparently that's when everyone else decided to go out on the lake because when Tiff and Bryan got there after lunch we went out and it was super choppy. There were millions of boats every and I was reminded of why I don't usually go out on the weekends, it is pure crazy! Jake and I spent the rest of the day relaxing, doing laundry, cleaning, readings mags, playing guitar, eating leftovers, watching the discovery channel and ate some popcorn. all in all not too shabby! Jake's first day of work at Light-Crete is tomorrow! Hopefully he doesn't get fired. Then we are getting spoiled with dinner at Tom and Amys farm. Can't wait.

My cousin stevie is freaking awesome! I was so happy to help her prepare for her magazine photoshoot last night! First we bra shoppped which was quite and adventure in itself and we tried to leave Kohls three times, but kept getting called back to look at something else. phew. then we worked on her bedroom so it would help show off her inner self. although i am assuming she knows more about her inner self than i do, but i was trying to interpret her inner self and did my best. it may need a little more work tonight. i told her i was just going to do whatever and if she didn't like then speak up, otherwise we could be tehre all night without any progress. and i think we got a good start on it! I get tons of discounts for working at clarian! 25% movie tickets and stuff!! so awesome. today i am so excited because i have another best cousin in the world, aka tiffani, who is going to hilite my hair for me. i just have not felt like myself with these gawd awful roots. bleh. so excited. what a rainy day huh!

leats do lunch at one! at maccorini!? and invite emily? do you want me to meet you there????? i want mushroom ravoli again!

so there i was sittin in moms cubical when my phone rang with the number 317-111-1111 i mean really what a number! i was about to not answer... but then i did. and good thing!!!!! it was the indianapolis monthly. the magazine that interviewed me because i was in high school. they interviewed me as a fashionista. how nice. well anyway i was sitting here helping mom do her job and my phone rang. it was Emily telling me she was coming to my bedroom with Tony to take pictures. on friday. how glorious! not. i am sort of kidding. she asked mo if that was okay and she let me pick the day. but still. my bed room. good thing i cleaned it. now i have to make it prettyful. and what am i supposed to wear? make up or no make up? natural looking or ...not? hair up or down? straight or my natural crazyness? pretty dress or jeans? i mean really. ughh so much to think about and SOOOO little time.

This looks gooD!

i am not at mothers work after a long day at the office (that was fun to say)it was interesting i did not do much today. for lunch i ate yobaby apple yogurt with gronala in it with a plastic spoon and went to sub way and bought a double choco chip cookie for $00.49. i answered phones and made conformation calls. i listened to pandora radio all day. i am eating peanut butter crackers right now... i hope mom brings me a dr. pepper! hehe... i am EXTREMLY excited for BooBoos party. i am thinking about wearing my new bcbgirls heels... oh guess what kelly did not being me dr. pepper how sad for mee. more later it is almost time to leave and i gotta go borrow a dr. pepper to go with my already eaten crackers!

Why can't everything in my life stay perfect? Is that just too much to ask? sigh. Oh well. Anyway, our buyer for the Nashville house backed out, 4 days before our closing. Soooo ridiculous. So she basically left us high and dry after all the drama she already put us through. We have an FHA loan and you can only have one at a time so we can't get a new house until we get rid of the Nashville one. Sooo... fingers crossed our house in Nashville will sell and we can work something out up here in Indy. We'll see. Good thing I have years of practice from my dad, not getting too excited until the keys are in my hand!

I had my first day today! It was actually quite boring because it was just all of the stuff about benefits and payroll and what not. But I did learn a few things like Clarian is the second largest employer in the state of Indiana with 13000+ employees. They also get about 12000 apps a month! Crazy! Tomorrow should better though because I don't have to wear business casual, I can wear scrubs! It is also all nursing orientation so it should be a little more specific. We'll see. It is also Noah's Birthday so we will probably be going out after work to celebrate!

After all the bad news about our house today, I was at a very high risk for being in a bad mood after work, especially because I got lost trying to find the place for the parking permit, then when I did get there, there was a super long line that I just did not have the patience to wait in, so I left. I hate one-way streets, btw. But I recognized my temper and decided it would probably be remedied with a quick jetski ride. It was even better because I convinced Jake to go with me, we had a laughing good time. We same some too, although the water was quite refreshing. I guess the good news about not having a closing on Friday is that now Jake can come to the Paramore, No Doubt concert with me and Stevie! I'm totes stoked. I have the best cousin.

Anyway, I am quite desausted and I am going to bed early tonight. Too bad if I want to sleep when it is dark I have to wait until 10!

we are in florida and it is gorgeous. johnny, jayce ,me and joh. went out on the boat for 4th of july, anchored right next to the barge that was letting off the fireworks Fab!!! Jayce wants to do this every year. Spent the day on our boat today, Snook Inn for lunch, beach, fishing and floating on a raft. I even got to read while we coasted back home. A perfect day in paridise, we need a Clark girl trip to Marco!!!!!!

http://bringbacksincerity.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html
At 12:40 AM, Regina Spektor, a doe-eyed Russian-born pianist/songwriter, returned to the Bowery Ballroom stage for her encore. With a genuine look of surprise, Spektor had finally noticed that half of her audience had already left the venue. But it was understood why they had; after all, not everyone can handle a two-and-a-half hour show and Spektor, the consummate performer, had begun her performance at 10:15.

"Why didn't you tell me I was playing for two and a half hours?!?" Spektor both genuinely and rhetorically asked the remaining crowd. "I can't believe you let me play that long!"

Playing for her largest audience yet, Spektor reveled in her captive audience by playing a majority of the songs in her catalogue, which, unbeknownst to me, is pretty significant. Some would consider that prospect a threat but I found Regina captivating and enchanting, a practiced entertainer who never felt predictable . [It should be noted that Regina had previously played much larger venues but they were opening for the Strokes and Kings of Leon and during those sets, she was frequently booed and also asked to take her shirt off] Maintaining the consistent and haunting stage presence that felt like a mixture of a rhapsody singer from the Depression era crossed with a naive and curious child that had just discovered the wonders of music (each word is sung with either a seductive pant or an astonished pronouncement),Spektor "performed" each tune as if they were mini-plays, absorbing the essence of the song's true narrator. It didn't matter that she was only accompanied by a cello and bass (for the first half of the show)--her voice, a Tori Amos-Joni Mitchell bastardization, engulfed the room with a candlelit fullness.

As my girlfriend Shana had astutely pointed out, Spektor is a unique musician because she places an emphasis on her creativity, acting out lyrics from her songs,(i.e., repeating the word "drip" in staccato like it was an actual droplet of water dripping from a sink), ending the dubious trend of the hipster musician's bland and lifeless delivery. Granted Regina Spektor's performance takes a small amount of cynicism-suspension. Flipping her thick, red curls from side-to-side like a nervous schoolgirl, giggling in near-silence as if it were inappropriate to laugh, Regina comes very close to feeling shticky but ultimately, she stirred with her eloquent piano-playing that sometimes sounded classical, sometimes klezmer, sometimes jazz, all the while confessional.

Regina Spektor
Love,Love,Love

Kelly, did you ever dye your hair? We want to know the results, pics if possible!

ps- there is a new people mag with mj all over it! very interesting!

oh my lord! I have been going through blog withdrawals! eek! I have such a busy bee I have hardly had time to write! But! I have officially moved back to Indiana (cheer!). we're hanging in my old room, but it has been quite fun. Logie is here and Jake I have been super busy. We went house shopping today and found something we loved in.... drum roll please.... eagle's nest! Can you believe it? It is like just a street or two over from bebe's house. We are going to look at it again tomorrow, as well as another place in the neighborhood. So we'll see how it goes. If I have learned anything, you don't have the house until the closing so I don't want to get too excited, but it would be great to get it. Let's see.... I also saw Stevie at work! it was quite a sight, but she was very good and very professional. Such the little worker. What are everyone's plans for the 4th? I don't know if I will be hitting up geist or morse, but I def want to watch fireworks on the boat! Is that so much to ask? Right now everyone is chillin' in the family room eating brownies and ice cream. We went on a boat ride tonight too, with mike and bobbi (surprised?). We also had delicious salmon for dinner. it was yummy. I start my job on Monday! I cannot believe it. But the first two weeks, will be orientation and learning the computers and stuff, so I won't have patients for a few more weeks. But I will be earning that money! Hopefully, I will have more time to blog in the future. Until then good night dolls!

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Spinach Casserole: 2 large bags of frozen spinach (Thaw) 1 carton cottage cheese, onions, 2 bags cheddar cheese (or whatever cheese you like) you could also add water chestnuts

Meatloaf: ground beef, onions, garlic powder, applesauce(1/2 cup) ketsup, eggs, milk (1/4 cup), oatmeal(1 cup)

Potato Soup: save about 1 cup of the water you boil the taters in, mix water with butter, cream, parsley, 1 can celery soup, celery, onions, bacon and taters of course

enjoy, yummy in your tummy