Wizard of Oz Costume Party

For my mother's 49th birthday party she decided to have a Wizard of Oz costume party. She is obsessed with the movie so it was fitting. Here are some good pictures of the event.

Me as Glenda the good witch of the North

Everyone did such a great job with their costumes


My mom the only Dorothy and I!

Is that homeless guy wearing my coat?

Last week I went to San Francisco for work and Esther kept bugging my to bring a jacket because it would most likely rain. So I brought my white rain coat I've had since I was in high school. On the plane I realized that my "white" coat was so dirt it was an off white or brown color. I constantly wash it but it got to a point were the jacket was so old it could be helped. So I walked over to The North Face about a block away from my hotel and but a simple black rain jacket and while walking back to my hotel I gave me coat to a homeless. He seemed pleased but kind of looked at my new jacket like I should give him that one.

What did I learn from this?
1. Don't buy a white jacket
2. If you still have something you bought in high school as you approach your ten year reunion buy a new one

Diet Coke Attack

Everyone that knows me knows I have an addiction to Diet Coke. Well I usually try to take the last Diet Coke of a six pack so that I can coke the plastic into little pieces so fish and other animals don't get stuck in it. Like that Penguin on Surf's Up. I had a teacher in first grade that told us animals die if you don't cut them up so apparently it stuck :)

All that to say today I was carrying my diet coke to my desk but I was holding it by the plastic so that I wasn't actually holding the can. I stopped by the lovely Esther and somehow ended up flinging my diet coke at her. This is the dent her ankle made in my now fizzy diet coke.

Ear Surgery

I haven't been posting lately because of two major factors: Ear Surgery and the Christmas Play. Those two things consumed my life for about two weeks.

Those of you who know me know that I have a lot of ear problems well hopefully I just fixed one ear. I had a hole in my ear drum and I went in to have it repaired a week ago. They grafted muscle from my scalp see below:

(yes those are four or five stiches, I love stiches!)

So now I've been walking around for a week deaf in one ear because I have it packed with bloody sick stuff so that the grafted skin has time to heal over the hole. I get the packing out tomorrow and I couldn't be happier.

Just thought I'd share this fun adventure with you :) There were a lot of pain killers, vomiting, bleeding out the ear and sleeping involved in the recovery. There is something disturbing about blood coming out your ear. That is just a place blood doesn't belong...

Anyways I'm fine now and just waiting to get this crap out of my ear so I can hear again...

Best Pizza on the Planet

La Bellezza Pizza
145 East 49th Street
New York, NY 10017

YUMMY!!!!!!

The NeverEnding Story

Today my bus driver look exactly like the book store owner in The NeverEnding Story. You know the one who gave Batian the actual book! He looked EXACTLY like him it tripped me out, I think I actually made sure I was stepping into a bus and not onto Falkor you know that cool white dragon thing.

It Is Noon Somewhere

I ride the bus to and from work everyday. Some days are normal and other can get very interesting. But I love riding the bus you can listen to your Ipod and not have to worry about the road. Everyone that knows me knows that I'm a carpooling freak!

Anyways this morning was one of those interesting mornings. I get on at the Park and Ride in Kenmore and we stop at the first stop to pick a few people up. This particular stop is right in from of a Pub and Taco Time. I noticed this lady right away who was sitting down kind of far away from the actual bus stop. When we stopped she got up and started to walk towards the bus, now the angle I had wasn't good so I didn't actually see her walking. When she was trying to get on the bus I assumed she was very old because it seemed to be taking her a long time to get up the three steps. The bus steps are large so elderly people sometimes have a hard time getting up them. I see her set her backpack on the top step and she is kind of wobbling back and forth. My first thought was she isn't that old maybe 55 I guess she must be handicapped. She is now just standing there on the bus at this point on the second step and the bus driver is telling her to get off the bus. At this point I've turned off my Ipod of course to listen in. I hear the bus driver say "you are to drunk to ride the bus, get off!" Now this is on the way to work so we are talking 7:30AM. The lady keeps saying after a long pause "no I'm not" as she clings to the hand rail. I'm thinking what if this bus driver is wrong and she actually has something wrong with her. Then I hear him say "you are so drunk I can smell it from here." Well now I'm out of excuses and I just want her off the bus so I can get to work. She finally stops fighting it and when I say fighting I mean saying "no I'm not" over and over again.

Finally she gets off the bus and we are on our way. I'm think first off if she is drunk at least she isn't driving why can't she ride the bus you would think that would be a wise decision. Then my second thought is if you are still drunk at 7:30AM you must have been power drinking for along time to not have sobered up by then...got to love the bus.

Martian Child

Have you ever seen the movie Martian Child? Well the kid in that movie wears a belt with weights in it so he doesn't fly away. The reason I bring this up is because there always seems to be at least one of "those" kinds of kids whenever I'm at the playground with the Lopez's or some other random persons child...

Well this weekend one of those "special" kids was actually travelling with me. Sweet little Marcos Lopez wears these goggles everywhere because according to him they keep the rain out of his eyes. I thought it was pretty clever.



*of course I'm not making fun of handicapped kids so I don't want you to send me hate mail. When I say "those" kids I mean kids who have an extraordinary imagination and usually dress themselves :)

Election

Its nice to know that there are celebrities out there supporting John McCain

Check them Out!

I am always looking for new Christian artist that don't sound like every other Christian artist out there. Something new and inspiring...

Well I've found them and the band is called Enation and I've been half heartedly stalking them for about a year now. I saw them play in LA and I drove to Battleground, Washington to see them play as well. If you are into more of a heavy metal sound check out there first CD "Identity Theft". If you are into U2 or Delirious that kind of music check out there latest "Where the Fire Starts". They are available at itunes so you can sample them before you purchase. I always love meeting bands that are geniune and unashamed of their relationship with God.

They also have a new album coming out in a couple of weeks and I'm really excited about it. Check them out and let me know what you think!

My Favorite Song is:
Dark Room from Where the Fire Starts

Probably their most popular song is:
Feel This

Whether you like her or not...

You want pictures? You want Jen!

If you are looking for Senior Pictures or Family Pictures and everything in between you should call on Jen Staab. Two reasons: She is cheap and she is excellent! My brother and I bought my dad a session with Jen for his birthday and here are a few highlights.

I've become a cat lady

You know those people that talk about there cats all the time? And you are thinking to yourself "this person needs to get a life." Well I have become one of those people...

These two little kittens have captured my attention and I get nothing done while I'm at home, NOTHING. They are so cute and they snuggle so well I can't keep my eyes off of them.

The striped one is Iggy and the solid grey one is Ruth. Yes like Fried Green Tomatoes my favorite movie...

Its been a long time since I've had kittens and these two didn't have a mom because she got ran over so I found myself researching things on the internet, I need a man FAST!

Crap

Recently Esther was hired at my work, Revenue Science. Shortly after her first day I got really sick and she wanted to cheer me up with a card and this perfect gift. These folders are very appropriate they say "Total Crap" "More Crap" and "Other Crap" that's perfect for me. I think I'm going to need more though because they are already full it seems everything that I get here at work ends up in one of these folders...

Thank you Esther for the wonderful and perfect gift. Don't I look cute in this picture! :)

Kate Voegele

About a week ago I attended the Kate Voegele concert with my cousin Alex. Alex recently graduated from Puyallup High School so this was my gift to her. Kate is just starting to rise in popularity so we took advantage of the fact that this is probably the only time we will get to see her in a more intimate venue. Those of you that have attended concerts with me know that God has this weird blessing over my life that I run into or get the opportunity to meet most of the artists. Don't ask me how or for tips because it has nothing to do with me. So after the concert Alex and I got to meet her. She is very humble and sweet though we couldn't get a picture taken with her because of time. I introduced Alex to her because I was trying to avoid her Tyler Hilton/Gavin DeGraw incident. A few years back we got to meet Tyler and Gavin and when one of them looked in our direction (barely) Alex let a little girl scream out followed by a little dance. Then once she actually got close enough to talk to them she choked and couldn't even remember her name. So this time we worked on what she was going to say ahead of time and I introduced her so she wouldn't have to remember who she was.

It was an excellent concert and Alex didn't make a fool of herself!

Oh and now my blog is more up to date then Esther's, HA!

College Graduate!

Yesterday was my little brothers last day of college. That's right little Joely Moly is a college gradute. Can you believe it!!! Next week he moves home and into my spare room to work at Applebee's in Bothell until he starts his student teaching in the winter. Roommate this should be interesting...

I wanted to pick the worst pictures possible, what are sisters for :)

Accepting Applications!

With Jen taken off the market I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce Esther to you! So if you don't mind spending hours in Barnes and Noble this just might be the girl for you! She is an awesome lady so please send in your applications and we will weed through them and most likely decide you aren't good enough, lol.

Sorry Boys!

Some of you might remember a previous blog a year ago about my friend Jen being available...

Well someone swept her up off her feet and she is officially off the market. Try not to be to upset Mark is a really great guy so no one else really had a chance...

Los Angeles

Jonathan Jackson - lead singer


Me with Jonathan



Me and Michael and Daniel



Katie riding a bike in a dress, I told her it wasn't a good idea

I went to LA a week or so ago with Katie King for an Enations concert at the Whiskey a go go. I must say I really enjoyed myself. I finally got to meet Anita face to face, so that was fun! I'm sure I will be seeing more of her...

The concert was great and I've attached some pictures. Katie and I rented bikes in Santa Monica where I completely fried one side of my face. How you ask? I have no idea...We saw Ty Pennington in the Puma store where I bought a stunning new Puma jacket to add to the rotation for "Puma Friday's." We also found ourselves caught in the Kung Fu Panda priemer where we say Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman. Along with dinner at Katie's sisters in Redondo Beach and later I got to sit with Asher for a few hours and just catch up on things. It was really fun and much needed, I love that guy.

One Tree Hill

I am not ashamed to say that I am addicted to One Tree Hill. I think saying addicted is being nice its more along the lines of Obsessed. Anyways why is it that TV shows never give you what you want. Lucas and Peyton need to be together like Ross and Rachel on Friends. It would make my life a whole lot easier...instead for the next four month I have to think about either Lucas is calling Peyton, Brooke or Lindsey. If its Lindsey I will consider not watching the show anymore!

I know real life is more important but it sure is nice to get lost in TV land for awhile. If you have never watched the show check it out on cwtv.com you will fall in love. My friend Esther watched one episode and is now watching my DVD sets to try and catch up she is already on season 3! I also got my mother addicted to it, I caught her watch an episode by herself, but don't tell her I told you...