No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

Taco Bell ran a promotion during the World Series called " Steal a base, steal a taco ". If someone happened to steal a base during the WS then TB would give out one free taco today between 2pm and 5pm at participating locations.
Seeing as today was free taco day I packed up three of my clients in my car and drove off to our nearest TB.
We were sitting out at a stop light waiting to turn into the TB parking lot when I looked over and saw about 40 cars lined up for the drive thru and a line of people out the door and into the TB parking lot.
Wow. All for a free taco.......
I guess America loves free shit.

How disgruntled do you think the taco maker was this afternoon ?

We did not get free tacos, btw.


XXOO
Bunny

Good To Be A New Englander.

The Sox won the Series.
The Pats and 8 and 0.
The BC Eagles are 2nd in the NCAA.
and....
The Bruins are playing like they've got a pair. ( they're 6 and 3, btw )


Does life get any better ? Seriously.

I was jazzed beyond belief that my man Mike Lowell got the World Series MVP. I was for sure it would have gone to Beckett. They both had equally spectacular performances during the series.

Of course like true Boston fans Brock and I were trash talking A-Rod last night after the game.
Not sure if any of you heard this, but Slappy McBlueLips announced through his agent during the 6th inning of the game that he was opting out of his contract with the Spanks. I mean come on, can't he hang on to that for like, three more days ?
Does every Sox win have to be rained on by the Spanks in some fashion ? Ugh - totally classless.


After the sox win last night one of the news channels was interviewing Theo Epstein and in the background the fans were chanting " Don't sign A-Rod ! "
I can tell you this though......if Theo decides to go after Slappy McBlueLips and not re-sign Lowell Brock and I will personally egg Theo's car and let all the air out of the tires.




So now we settle in to watch the rest of the Pats season.




See ya at the Super Bowl !
XO
Bunny

P.S. Big Thanks to Jacoby Ellsbury for the free taco !!!!!

Random Stuff.

This* is hysterical.

* Ok, this link is apparently gone now, however, 1800 Muffins had a muffin they were selling
called "The Britney Muffin - The Nutty Drunk". It was a rum raisin muffin with nuts on top.

This is just nasty.

This looks delicious.

This makes me happy.

This worries me.

This is quite interesting.

These are funny...and apparently I'm the only one who thinks so.


XO
Bunny

Ignorance Abounds.

OK, so remember a few posts ago when I wrote that there was a lot of misinformation and lack of education regarding adoption ?

Check out this assclown !
And then here he goes for round two !



Brock and I both felt, and still feel, that adoption is the right thing for us. We have seemingly gone to the ends of the earth to make this happen. Nothing has fazed us to this point.


Not the individual meeting with the social worker.
Not the home visit.
Not the getting finger printed by CIS.
Not going to the Chinese Consulate in NYC.
Not the endless amount of paperwork.
Nothing.


However....what we fear the most is running into people like this on the street.


Feel free to write a response to him.
I'm still working on mine.





XO

Bunny.

Visions Of Sheet Cakes Dance In My Head.

The cake saga is finished. Thank God. My boss very nicely told " D " that her cake " had gone bad " and she's have to " buy a new one ".
My boss said that, by and large, she took the news very well. She understood that these things happen and was OK with buying a new cake with me today.
We found a lovely 1/4 sheet cake at the bakery today that fit the bill just fine.

By no means is this story over.......

My client " D " is married to another client, also named " D ".
" D " the husband wanted to order 24 pizzas for the birthday party.
( "D" and his sister's birthdays are only 2 days apart and they have a joint party every year. )
There are 11 people coming to this party, and they are all bringing food.
So, including D & D, there will be 13 people at this party.
My boss tried to convince the husband " D " that 24 pizzas was a little excessive for 13 people.
So " D " then told my boss that he would only order 11 pizzas, one for each guest.
My boss felt that this was still too much and tried to talk him down.
She got him down to 5 pizzas and tried to convince him that, with all the other food, 5 pizzas would be plenty.
The husband " D " is still not convinced, so his case manager called the pizza shop and asked them to only deliver 5 pizzas to them.
She also called his sister and warned her in advance to keep "D" from ordering enough pizza to feed a third world country.
The lengths we go to save people from themselves.

You think I'm finished with this story......fat chance !

Me and my client "D" ran into spouse "D" and his case manager at the supermarket this afternoon.
I had to laugh because "D" the husband's case manager was in an aisle trying to convince "D" the husband that oh..perhaps.. 25 bags of salad was too much for 13 people.
Seriously, he had about 3/4 of his shopping cart filled with bags of salad.

It gets better.......

I caught up with the other case manager back at D&D's apartment. We had plans to meet up and help our respective clients clean out their fridge. Which wasn't as bad as we thought, btw.
Guess what we found..........YOU GUESSED IT...ANOTHER FLIPPIN' SHEET CAKE !
( Are they trying to eat their way into a diabetic coma ? )



The cake read " Happy 42nd Birthday D.."

D was born in 1962.

You do the math.





XO
Bunny

Somebody Stop Me.

My baby clothing shopping seems to go in peaks and valleys. I am sometimes able to stay away from buying anything baby related for months at a time. Then I have weeks when I seem to go crazy, like this week.
Sometimes, when I am out with The Mister I'll pick up something and say " Gee hon, isn't this cute ?" To which he usually responds with " PUT THE ONSIE / DRESS/ PJs DOWN AND STEP AWAY WITH YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR !!! "
God love him, he really does try to keep me in check. Really. And it is not an easy job.
I never plan on these little peaks, they just seem to happen. I'm not sure whats going to happen if some of my purchases don't fit the wee one, or if they fit but are the wrong season. You may be seeing Bunny's big beautiful E-bay store one of these days.
At any rate, here are my latest purchases.

Lilly Pulitzer dress. I love the little palm tree on it.

I think this dress could have easily been $60 at the Lilly store, but I

got it at the Children's Orchard for $6.50.

Sticking with the tropical theme....little cropped pants

with a polo shirt. The polo has a pink flamingo on it.

Closer look at the flamingo.

Carter's footie PJs.

Lands End two piece outfit. I liked the frog on the top

and the little lady bugs on the bottoms.
Lands End stuff for kids is cute and seems well made.

However,I am not impressed with their clothing for

adults. I bought a sweater last year and after about 12 trips through the

washer it was faded, shrunk and was pilly.

I gave it to Goodwill.

Side note: I'm not impressed with Vera Wang for Kohl's either.

Vera does some really beautiful wedding dresses, but her

line for Kohl's is ill-fitting, shapeless and boring.

Shoes and handbags are cute though.

You may or may not know that I am obsessed with bowls. A wierd obsession, I know. I can't help it, I love bowls. Maybe I was a potter in a past life, who knows. I bought these from Crate & Barrel this week. They sort of match the Kate Spade dishes I have, which it the only reason I bought them. I'll post pics later.

I'm home from work today. I woke up not feeling too well this morning. Still having issues with the stomach and I also seem to be running a very low temp. I have this general feeling of Blah that I can't quite put my finger on.

So this means no Sheet Cake Sequel post for today. Perhaps I'll have more to the story tomorrow.

Game One of World Series is tonight at Fenway ! See you there, 8pm on FOX.

So CLAP CLAP CLAP !!! LETS GO SOX !!!! WOOO HOOO !!!!!

XXOO

Bunny

Don't Mess With My Cake.

So you remember the post from a few days ago about my client " D " and her massive sheet cake ? We all on the same page ?
OK, moving on.
The sheet cake was taken to a group residence on last Friday to be put in there freezer. Another case manager drove the cake to this house only to find that it did not fit in their freezer. I told you it was a big cake.....
What to do you ask ?
My boss told the case manager with custody of said cake to hack it up and give it away. She was tired of dealing with it. ( I don't work on Fridays, otherwise this would have been squarely my problem. ) So this particular residence got a nice little treat for the weekend.
Now Sunday when I went back to work I got two messages on my voice mail from " D " telling me that her cake had been " stolen ".

Fast forward to today. The residence called our office to say that they still had 1/3 of this cake left and no longer wished to keep it. So yet another case manager drove out to this residence to pick up the remaining cake ( this is one well traveled cake I tell ya ! ) and drove it to pizza night, when it was again hacked up and given out.

Turns out yet again that this party she was planning is not even this weekend, it is next weekend. Yeah, so the cake would have been super nasty by then.

" D " has no idea that her cake is now gone. My boss is planning on a little conference with " D " tomorrow to explain to her what happens when you go out and order cakes without help from staff. My boss is also going to tell " D " that she's going to have to buy a new cake under my supervision.

We're all about tough love in my office. There are no free roles of the dice just because they happen to be disabled.

This is not going to go well.
I may have another cake post tomorrow.
Stay tuned.


XXOO
Bunny

Did You Really Think We'd Lose To The Cleveland Indians ?

Colorado here we come !

XO

Bunny

You Say Good Bye, I Say Hello.

Good bye month six, Hello month seven.

Today marks seven months since our log in date

at the China Center of Adoption Affairs.

I am including the previously promised educational

portion of these posts.

Do you remember when I said that when it comes

to adoption there are people who

get it and people who don't ?

Here is a link to an article in Adoptive Families

magazine that highlights what I am talking about.

Looking forward to month eight,

XO

Bunny

More Baby Stuff.

Yesterday I met another adoptive mom at the outlet mall for shopping and lunch. Melissa, if you are reading this, it was a pleasure to meet you. I hope we can do it again sometime.



The Children's place was having a sale and I picked up a few things.

You guys know I love cats..so I could not resist the kitties on this shirt.

Teddy bear onesie.

It reminded me of Grandma - lover of all things bear.

And of course I had to get pants to go with the two shirts.

I like the butterfly on this shirt.

I have a pair of size 12 mo. flare cut baby Levis that I think will look super

cute with this shirt.


And then.....I hit the 2nd hand shops here in town.

Baby Gap denim jumper.

I think this will look cute with some colorful leggings.

A little button down shirt

Another little button down shirt.

Lime green cardigan. Too cute !

Now, I know I've said that I really don't like small kids wearing

black. However, I thought this coat was very classically designed.

I especially liked the mandarin collar and toggles.

Molly brought baby Thomas over for a visit yesterday. Thomas and I watched Singing In The Rain on YouTube. I think he enjoyed the singing and dancing. Although Elmo seems to be his favorite. What is it about Elmo that is like crack for kids ? I have not met one kid ever who does not like Elmo.

I was also curious as to how the cats would do with a baby in the house. Thomas LOVED the cats and attempted to crawl after them wherever they went. He really like our white cat. Can't say the love was mutual though. The cat was curious, but was not interested in being grabbed or followed too closely. Our other cat hid under the bed the entire time they were here.

Their days are numbered.......been too cushy for too long for them.

I remember when Emmsie was born....my aunt's cat( Mittens- R.I.P) wanted NOTHING to do with her. She would sit outside her bedroom door and howl and meow and carry on if she cried.

I always thought that if the cat could have spoken she would have said " MAKE THAT KID SHUT UP NOW !!! "

Funny thing is that Emma is the youngest of three and the cat never had any problem with the two older kids. Perhaps it was something about the pitch of Emmsie's crying. Who knows.

I'm staring to stock up on Halloween candy. I don't know if I've told you this before, but we get TONS of kids for Halloween. It averages between 75 and 140 kids. I never know what to expect.

I usually get about 8 to 10 bags of candy and go until I run out.

I bought candy at W@l-M@rt this year...I know I know...I HATE W@l-M@rt. I avoid it at all costs. I know others avoid because for moral reasons ( unfair business practices, etc. ). I avoid it because, by and large, I find W@l-M@rt to be very, very dirty. And I can't stand that their stores are always a mess. I much prefer T@rget.

Hey Steph, I know Thanksgiving is your thing. I've been meaning to send you my stuffing recipe, but here it is. I hope you enjoy it. Everyone loves this stuffing. I sort of think of myself as the stuffing maven. hahahah.

Enjoy.

XO

Bunny

B.P.D Blue

Yes folks, I finally relented and watch The Departed.

Both Brock and Molly ( Hi Molls !) have been on me for months to watch it.

I was on the fence about seeing it as I tend to not enjoy seeing

people get shot in the head.

Really, it does nothing for me.

I'm still not sure if I liked it.

Brock LOVES this movie and was 100 % confident that I

would like it too.

Mmmmm....I still have to think about this.

I am a little perturbed that Leo bit it in the end.

He was starting to grow on me.

I guess he won't be in the sequel.

XO

Bunny

Sheet Cakes, Felons and Intestines Aflame.

As you have probably gathered from the title of the post, my day has not been pretty.
Although my day did not start out horrendously. It was actually pretty good until about 4:30 this afternoon.

Here we go, bullet style;


* I have a client " D " who ordered a birthday cake from the grocery store bakery for her sister-in-law. No Biggie, right ?
WRONG.
" D " ordered A FULL SHEET CAKE ! Do you know how big A FULL SHEET CAKE is ? It's flippin' huge ! Its enough cake for at least 75 people. I asked " D" how many people are coming over to her house for this party and she said " 30 ". I do not believe this for one minute, not one. In fact, it is right up there with someone trying to sell me some magic beans.
This gets even better......I found out way after the fact that THE PARTY ISN'T UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND !!!!! ( they were just planning ahead )
Are y'all thinking what I'm thinking.....Mmmm Hmmm...the cake will surely be bad by next weekend. I, and the other case manager involved, had to find a temporary home for the cake until next weekend.
So here I am, sitting in a parking lot, calling group homes to find out who has a deep freezer.
I did find a home for it and it is going there tomorrow.

* I have another client " H " who has found herself in quite a pickle. Quite a few pickles actually.
An ex boyfriend bought a $6000 plasma TV under her name and she's been getting called by collection agencies.
Her jail bird boyfriend is getting paroled on Monday and is coming to STAY AT HER HOUSE !
And....
She has a stalker at her new job. Yep, she's been at her job for three weeks and some creep has attached himself to her. She told me that he brings her roses every day and wants to marry her.
Oy Vey.

* I have been having some gastro-intestinal issues for about 5 days or so. It has really been causing me quite a bit of discomfort.......I will spare you the details.
I finally got to see the Dr. today. She thinks I may have picked up some sort of intestinal bug that is causing my intestines and...ahem...colon to become inflamed. I have to be on a bland diet for the next few days in order to let my poor intestines heal. If it does not take care of itself I may need to go in for more tests. Again, I will spare you the details.
I always found it to be a little pretentious when other bloggers request prayer for different things. I mean, who are they to presume on their readers ? I always thought that I would never do that...but....I am requesting prayer for my intestines. Please pray that they heal quickly so I won't have to go for more tests.

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In other news; Joe Torre told the Yankees to bite him.
Good for you Joe ! Despite my complete and total hatred for the Yankees, Joe Torre is not a bad coach. He can only do so much with the over paid pretty boys that seem to be populating the Yankee locker room these days.
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The Sox are Do Or Die tonight in Cleveland. I hope they can bail out this sinking ship.
So CLAP CLAP CLAP !!! LETS GO SOX !!!! WOOO HOOO !!!!!!



XO
Bunny

Whadda You Guys Think ?

Can I pull this off ?

Not date Ryan Gossling, thats not what I'm talking about.

(Besides, if I were going to date anyone it would be George Clooney. )

I have been entertaining the idea of putting some bold colored streaks in my hair.

Perhaps an eggplant-y shade of purple ?

The Mister says no.

He thinks I am perhaps getting a bit too old for such foolishness.

I think it would speak to the my inner funk.

Drop me a line.

XO

Bunny

Deep Thoughts With Darrell.

Ok, so you guys remember this post...this is sort of a continuation or perhaps an addendum to that post.

Last week I told Darrell ( y'all remember Darrell right ? bliss / zen, blah blah yeah ok moving on ) that he, unbeknownst to him, helped me work though some of the feelings that I was unsure what to do with. Although he said that he really did nothing, it was just me utilizing a higher form of consciousness.
We did not have the opportunity to discuss too much in depth last week. However, we did manage to catch up this week and we ended up talking for over an hour.
Seriously, we were so engrossed in conversation that time just slipped away.
But anyway, we covered some major points about enlightenment. Way too much for me to try to summarize here.



I was really trying very hard to absorb what he was saying. I tend to be a very concrete thinker and Darrell, we lets just say that he is not a very concrete thinker. I had to work very hard to put my brain in a place to get what he was laying down. It was some deep stuff man.
Basically, in a nutshell, I have to be more willing to let stuff go and quiet the mind.
Not an easy feat for me by any means. But I am willing to give it a try.
More to come. Stay tuned.


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In other news, as I said in the previous post I was diggin' on some Eric Clapton. I decided to dig a little deeper and get some background on Mr. Clapton. Guess what ? Dude has some major issues. Talk about not being able to maintain a relationship.
I hope he's worked through his issues.
At any rate, aren't the most talented people a little damaged in some way ?
Click here for more info.


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Lastly, I am adding onto my list of pet peeves. I HATE buttheads who don't stop for the people in the crosswalk. WTF ??!! I nearly got ran over going into CVS this afternoon by some middle-aged dude in a Camry.
I did the big what-the-hell-is-your-problem arm gesture then I gave him the bird. I totally felt like whipping my purse at him........jerk.
Not very zen-like of me, but then again I'm only human.






Luvs Ya !
XO
Bunny

I Can't Believe We Lost To A Guy Named Fausto. / Why Can't We Just Clone Josh Beckett ?

Fausto sounds like the name of a gay Cuban houseboy living in Miami. Not a major league baseball pitcher.
Although technically Fausto Carmona was not the winning pitcher, is sucks just the same.

I am putting this loss squarely on Curt Schilling. He was giving it up like a drunk girl on prom night. The Schill just does not have his stuff anymore. Really. I mean, it looked like he was just hobbing meatballs up there.
I fell asleep in the 6th inning and it was tied at that point. I watched the lowlights this morning.
I'm beginning to think that Eric Gag-me has some dirt on Tito. Why does Tito keep putting his sorry excuse for a middle reliever in the game ? Why ? Whhhhhyyyy ?????? Gag-Me loads up the bases every stinking time he's up there.
I am quite frankly shocked that some fans didn't just jump over the dug out and run onto the field and do bodily injury to this guy. Clearly he sucks.

And then to wrap this game up with a nice little bow, former Red Sox Trot Nixon knocked in the winning run. Ugh.

A bit of trivia for y'all; Trot Nixon was the only MLB player ever, EVER to be ejected from a game while on the disabled list. Dude is nuts.

So I will leave y'all with a hope and a prayer that Monday night's game will be exponentially better than last night's game.

XO
Bunny

P.S. I hope you've all enjoyed The Who. I've decided to change things up and have a little homage to Eric Clapton. He and I share a birthday. I've picked a few of my favorite Clapton songs, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
To learn more about Eric Clapton, CLICK HERE.

Give 'Em A Deal And Make 'Em Squeal.

Let me introduce you to Dollar Bill. Dollar Bill owns and operates his own discount retail store in the fine community of Derry, New Hampshire.

We have the distinct pleasure of having a New Hampshire TV station as a part of our cable package, ( more on that later ) so therefore we get to enjoy Dollar Bill's show every Saturday morning. I will say that he is quite entertaining. He actually humped a display of power tools once. No joke.

Click Here to see what I'm taking about.

This guy is absolutely flippin' mental. Dude needs some prescription narcotics BAD.

There are all kinds of whack-a-doos in New Hampshire. ( Not you Jess, don't worry )

For more proof of the whack-a-doo phenomenon that is The Granite State, click here.

The only way I can explain it is that Rhode Island is your wacky Aunt who drives the TransAM,wears blue eyeshadow and collects Hummels. New Hampshire is your really weird, reclusive Uncle who only shows up for Thanksgiving every three years or so, and then he only sits on the back porch and drinks beer.

I hope that was helpful.

Not too much else to report, only that the Sox won the first game of the ALCS against the Cleveland Indians. They pretty much walked away with this game. Although I was HORRIFIED when Tito put Gag-Me in the game and he proceed to load up the bases.

WHY THEO, WHHHHYYYYY ??????!!!!!!!

Game 2 t'nite, 8:30 pm on Fox. See you there.

SO CLAP CLAP CLAP !! LETS GO SOX !!!! WOOO HOOOO!!!!

XXOO

Bunny

Brock's Thoughts On What Not To Wear.

Brock and I were watching What Not To Wear this afternoon ( we need a kid bad ) when about half way through the show he gave his thoughts on the folks whose wardrobes get trashed. More specifically he was commenting on the folks whose wardrobes get trashed and then they proceed to cry about it.

I'm not sure if he was addressing me specifically as I was not in the room.

I think he was just pontificating.

It went a little something like this;

There is a reason people like me aren't on this show.

I friggin' yank the damn $5000 out of their hands.

I'd buy one flipping Armani suit and be done with it.

I'd be like, dudes tell me where the damn stores are.

I'd have that damn $5000 spent so fast they'd have to do a damn double

episode about me.

People'd be like....who is that sexy thing ?

And I'd be like...mmmm hmmm..you like what you see ?

( insert whiny voice here..)

Mnnn...shopping is sooo hard.....

I'm a big wuss and I'm gonna cry about it......

Waaahhhh.....

Gimme a break.

Idiots.

So there you have it, Brock's thoughts on What Not To Wear.

XO

Bunny

For All You CSI: Miami Fans Out There.

The sunglasses kill me...really.

Do you guys watch C.S.I Miami ? I do sometimes. I am oddly drawn to, yet also repulsed by, David Caruso's ( dude should have never left NYPD Blue ) completely over the top intensity with which portrays Horatio Caine. Its sort of like a train wreck. You don't want to look, but you can't help it. I think that the original C.S.I is still the best. I can also appreciate Gary " but you ain't got no legs Lt. Dan " Sinese on C.S.I New York.

But still, I keep coming back to Horatio..........

But I digress......

I was looking online for a synopsis of Monday's nights episode ( ' cause I fell asleep and missed most of the episode ) when I came across this little gem.

The Mister and I killed ourselves laughing. It was absolutely flippin' hilarious.

Of course I was up at 4:30 am yesterday and was going on about 20 hours awake, so most anything was hysterical to me by this time.

Enjoy.

XXOO

Bunny

P.S.

I've gotten some comments regarding Halloween Bunny's cleavage. What do you guys think ?

Should I take it in a little bit ? Please let me know.

The Wedding, Part 1.

Dad and The Bride ( a.k.a Alyssa )
The first kiss......

After the ceremony.

LETS PARTY !!!

Me and Emmsie in the gazebo.

The Family.

Nate & Emmsie

Me and Emmsie dancing.

Mr. & Mrs Hot Stuff.

The wedding was quite lovely and everyone had a wonderful time.

The End.

XXOO

Bunny

The Most Wretched Smell On Earth.

This, my friends, is a Durian fruit. It is referred to as " the king of fruits " You can read about it here.
The Mister and I have seen segments on TV about this. Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern had proclaimed it to be the most foul smelling thing on earth. A more complete description of its unique odor can be found below. This picture is a deceiving as a durian fruit is about the size of a football.

... its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia.

The Mister and I went on a field trip to the Super 88 market this afternoon and saw these..... ( BTW, I love the fact that the Super 88's slogan is " Eat The World " )

Take a closer look......yep.....that says Durian Fruit.

We purchased these cookies.

(Are we nuts ? Ummm..probably so. )

We took these cookies home and opened the package.

We both gagged after we opened the packed.

Then we had our own little episode of Bizarre Foods with Brock and Erica Rafferty.

I held both my nose and The Mister's nose shut as he ate a piece of one of these cookies.

He said the taste not nearly as offensive as the smell.

His exact words were " Cow shit I can get used to, but that's just nasty. "

We elected not to keep them as the God-awful smell far outweighed the tastiness of them.

The only thing I can really think of that comes close to this smell was a bag of Uncle Ben's microwave rice I bought a long time ago that had gone bad...it did not smell until I opened the bag. Wooooh....was that nas-ty.

They are now in the garbage. More specifically, tied up in the garbage, outside. It was a total waste of .99 cents...but totally worth it for this entertaining blog post.

I bought the same brand of cookie in coconut flavor. Those were quite tasty and are not in the garbage.

We also bought lychee and strawberry flavored gummy candies....( not lychee and strawberry together, they were in two different bags ) they were also quite tasty.

Oh yeah, my sister got married yesterday. I will have pics after 10/21 and will post them after that.

GO CLEVELAND !!!!!

XO

Bunny.

You're A Bad Man Manny !

I'm going to bet that none of you saw this last night.

Let me paint a picture for y'all......

ADLS Game 2 @ Fenway Park....

L.A. Angels vs. Red Sox......

1 Out, 2 on, tie score, bottom of the 9th.
Manny takes a couple of pitches....

and finally....

finally...

finally...

Manny gets a fast ball straight down the middle.

( Big mistake Angels.....big mistake )

Manny lofted a shot...no....make that a

BOMB

over the Coke bottles,

over the Green Monster seats,

and out onto Landsdowne St.

A BOMB I TELL YA !!!!!

You can watch video of it here....

The best part of that was after Manny hit the ball,

he knew it was going out of the park.

He dropped his bat and stood,

arms raised,

and watched it sail out of the park.

Even better than that was Manny post game interview

and I'm paraphrasing ( phonetically )here.........

" Jew know, when jew hurt and jew can still hit hummers....jew a bad man. "

And still even better than that was the fact that the Spanks have dropped 2 games to

the Cleveland Indians.

They lost last night in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the ninth.

Mad love for Travis Haffener for knocking in the winning run !!!!

So CLAP CLAP CLAP !!!! LETS GO SOX !!!! WOOOO HOOOO !!!!!!

XXOO

Bunny

Paging Dr. Phil.

I've resisted the urge to blog about the downfall of one Ms. Spears-Federline all week. I wanted to summarize my this post in my head before I put it out there in the universe......I do not know Brit personally ( duh ), these are just my personal observations.

So here goes, bullet style;

* This poor girl never stood a chance at having any sort of normal life. Her parents pimped her out from the age of 9 or so on the Mickey Mouse club for mad $$. She's had to make a living ( for herself and countless others ) using her looks and ( minimal ) talent. I imagine she must have a massive inferiority complex, not to mention self esteem issues.

* Although Brit is 25 or so chronologically, she is really only a 12 year old girl on the inside. Imagine a 12 year old trying to navigate an adult a life. In that context her behavior is not at all odd.

* She has what I like to call Michael Jackson Syndrome. Unfortunately she ( most likely ) surrounds herself with people who refuse to tell her the truth. That her behavior is not normal or acceptable. The folks she surrounds herself with only serve to keep her on this path of self destruction because, again, she is a meal ticket.

* Most likely poor Brit is bipolar. Manic moods, highs and lows, erratic behavior, etc. Fits the bill, no ?

* It scares me to think about what kind of world we live in where K-Fed is the better option as a parent. Yikes ! These poor kids are an E True Hollywood story waiting to happen.

I feel badly for Brit and her kids. There are no winners in this situation.

XO

Bunny

You Know You're Getting Old When......

* You come to the sad realization that you have to wear dark wash jeans.


* You hear Phil Collins on the radio and don't change the station.


* You say stuff like " Damn Kids......"


and


* You start to think that the damn kids should be in school all year long.


* A late night out is 10 PM.


* Watching America's Test Kitchen on PBS is one bitchin' Saturday afternoon.

You heard it from me first kids !

XO

Bunny.

P.S. WTF !! and About Fucking Time !!!

Surrender.

As you may or may not know by now, my BIL & SIL were matched with another birth mother. This birth mother is due Nov. 1st. I am happy for them as the last time they were matched with birth parents it ended poorly for them.
Now, same as before they chose not to tell us over the phone, we had to read about it on their blog. Which sort of makes us feel like a couple of lepers, but I digress.

However, this info was met with mixed emotion at our house. I chose to put my head down my desk and sob uncontrollably. Brock merely stated that he was frustrated, but beyond that did not want to discuss anything. So last night he ignored my occasional sobbing, and I did not discuss anything with him. Totally healthy way to deal with it, I know.

Beyond the occasional sobbing, I had a roller coaster of emotions.
I cried because I too was frustrated as we'd been chasing the baby rainbow for 2.5 years now and have nothing to show for it.
Then.....
I felt like an ass for sobbing and having a pity party when I know I should be happy for the two of them.
Which.....
made me feel like an even bigger ass.
And then....
I felt horrendously guilty.

I tossed an turned for a while in the middle of the night last night. As I lay awake last night I wondered to myself what would Darrell do ? ( remember Darrell ? the bliss / zen-ness that I so envy. ) And I thought about what Darrell would do if he were me, or if I asked his advice.
Darrell would probably tell me that;

1. Sobbing, guilt and pity parties are not useful emotions and will not make the situation any better.
because....
2. The universe is doing exactly what it should be doing. ( i.e. our baby will get here when she is ready )
so...
3. I should surrender all of these useless emotions and believe that there are larger forces at work here.

Big D has a way of making me look at the larger picture and for some reason it makes me feel better.
So, I didn't even have to ask him because I already knew what he was going to say.
Now that is a guru !

Now this does not mean that I didn't fight back the tears in the car today. I felt like I was being held together with gum and scotch tape today...........

::::::sigh::::::::

Do you guys remember in a previous post that I had stated that I felt that the entire world was geared toward dairy ? ( I was asked to take my Starbucks out of our fav breakfast place this weekend. Which meant that I had to have diet coke for breakfast 'cause assholes don't have soy milk for my damn coffee. another rant for another time. )

I am beginning to feel like the whole world is geared toward those who can give birth. Those of us who cannot and choose to adopt are sort of stranded on a desert island. Don't misunderstand me, I am so grateful for all of the love and support we've gotten from everyone. It means the world to us.
But unless you've adopted you just don't get it. I know people want to get it. I know they try to get it. I've had some folks say some very well meaning but misguided things to me. I know what they mean, I do. I know that they want to see us with a baby as badly as we want to have a baby.
But......
I think that well meaning but misguided comments come from a lack of education. Think about it, if you want to find out about the issues of adopters and adoptees, their stories and what not, you really have to go on a scavenger hunt. Not that adoption doesn't have a societal acceptance, it just doesn't get discussed everyday.
Barnes & Noble have a very small section in there stores regarding adoption. ( to their credit there is a larger selection online )
Want a card for the new parents? Hallmark has more than I care to think about.
They have 3 ( if you're lucky ) for adoptive parents.

And because adoption is not discussed at the same rate as pregnancy and childbirth there are still a lot of misconceptions. For example, people thinking that it must be so easy to adopt, just go out and get a baby. How hard can it be ? Adoption is by no means the easy route. Adoptive parents suffer, and we suffer for a long time.

So I think that now, along with my little 'nother month bites the dust sesame street posts I am going to attach info regarding adoption so we can all be educated together.

That is all I have for today.
I love all y'all, but dudes I am tapped out.


XXOO
Bunny