CYNDIBLOCK TALK

Minnie is an ugly cat

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:01:34 GMT

Since Minnie won us the $40 gift certificate from Pet smart, we got her a gift from there. We ended up getting her a new fish to stare at. Ever since Harry Potter 2, the betta died she has been bummed out. She loved to watch him and scare the crap out of him. So we got a new little bowl, a tree and a beautiful lavender betta and we named it Herman after Jeff’s grandfather. Plus Alyssa really digs that name. Minnie was beside herself with glee. I am just kidding on that. Minnie shows absolully no emotion except for hate and anger. But she eyeballed that fish all night. This morning I found a puddle on the ground and the plastic tree on the floor. I checked the fish and he was obviously frightened since he pooped himself and was too scared to take it off. I picked up the little wet tree and put it on the counter. By the time Jeff woke up the little tree was in front of our bed on the floor. Jeff was impressed by how Minnie lifted the tree out since it was embedded under aquarium rocks. I told him anger and hatred makes you strong.

What the heck have I been up to?

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:34:05 GMT

I have been really busy. I know, right? Well I will give you a Cliff's Notes version of the past few weeks.

1. July 4th. Hooray. At 8:30, after watching the 5000 flowers twirl on the ground, the girls asked to go back in the house because they were "bored" PICTURES

2. July 7th. This is where I work. It was filmed on June 26th. ABC came in and they were originally supposed to film just the training but they got wind of the finance dept's pinewood derby we were having and filmed it. Then they caught another wind of the toga awards Finance was having later that night and filmed that too. We ended up being in it more than we thought. for the record.

(A) The school bus was mine. I painted it. It was awesome.

(B) I am in the part where Tony offers everyone $2000 to quit. I am leaning against the wall wearing a white t shirt.

3. July 12th Jeff and my 15th anniversary of our first date. 15 years! We went to a Perry Ferrell and Dave Navarro concert where they were two hours late and showed up drunk where I heard (we left) they only sang two songs. The tickets were free from work so I didn't really care. We went out after and had a few drinks and oysters.

4. I entered Minnie in a ugliest pet contest at work and I won first place! I won because of the caption I wrote.

Caption:

"This is Minnie and she looks like a burn victim. She is really mean and
nasty. We have had her for three years and she hates our entire family.
She is ungrateful even though we rescued her from the animal shelter
where they took her from the streets where she was undoubtedly whoring
herself for vittles and catnip. She only lets us pet her on her terms.
She only stays in the master bedroom even though the door is open and
she can come and go as she pleases. She is also super fat. When she
jumps from the dresser to the floor the ceiling light over the dining
room table sways a little. Minnie is ugly on the inside and out" I won a $40 gift card from Petsmart.

5. I got my cholesterol checked and it is not good. My score is 224 (normal is 100-199) and my LDL is 149. (normal is 0-99) so it is diet and oatmeal for me for a while.

6. Jeff starts work again in two weeks!!!

Pretty nifty

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:38 GMT

If you have On Demand, please do this:

Go to Free Zone, then comedies, then Comedy Net. There you will see two movies my brother made from his Barry series. Pretty cool. The weird part is, I did not know they were on there. Jeff and I were browsing for something to watch when we came across his art. I freaked and said that it looked just like my brothers art. Jeff said it looked pretty damned close. (actual saying) Turned out that it was his clips. Warning* If you are unfamiliar with my brothers stuff then be prepared not to understand it. I don't get it either.

D-uh

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:20:51 GMT

Yesterday I told Alyssa to make sure that she and her sister put on suntan lotion on their face before they went to camp so they don't get a sunburn. She didn't know what i was talking about. Why? Because it isn't called suntan lotion anymore. It is SUNBLOCK. How friggin old am I? She read me the riot act on how getting a tan isn't good for you and how they need SPF 5000 because she is practically albino. Then she whipped out her tube of Clinique Sunblock lotion that each kid in her class was given during field day. Retail value? $18.50.

Outlook

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:45 GMT

I am scheduling my outlook to remind me to write at least twice a week.

I am working, yo- i am busy, boo. I had to plan a toga party, organize a move, and make a car for a pinewood derby. Give me a break. I had to do this so I would be nominated for Employee of the week. And I was. After two months. And this is with several hundred employees, yo. I likeeeeee my jobeeeee. Yo.

fingers!!!

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:29:15 GMT

This is my nephew. Apparently hailing a cab since he lives in New York. Actually, he lives in my Sister in law's womb at the current time but He will be renting an apartment on 34th and Broadway around September.

When I asked my sister in law about this picture she thought it looked like the car scene from Titanic when Rose and Jack were getting in on in the back seat.

Happy Fathers Day

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:53:15 GMT

A mild day at home. We had my parents over for dinner and basically just chilled out for the rest of the day. Jeff got some Oakley Boots, a pair of shorts and a tooth tunes toothbrush that plays a KISS song when you brush your teeth. It was a very nice relaxing day. I have been so tired lately that it is hard to get up to do anything. I should be used to working by now. It has been almost two months.

Happy Birthday Pumpkin head!!

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:23:57 GMT

Alyssa is 11 years old today.

Dear Alyssa,

We love you so much and we are so proud of how beautiful, smart, and amazing you have turned out to be. We can only hope that you love us a quarter of how much we love you.

Love Daddy, Mommy, and Emma.

P.S. Your letter from Hogwarts arrived by owl. It is on the counter in the kitchen.

Alyssa's 1st birthday

10 years later

a wowser weekend!

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:21:27 GMT

I had a cool beans weekend. Abbe's nephew, Joe is the Maitre' De at Red Square at Mandalay Bay. He is a real doll and he hooked Abbe up with a wonderful dinner at some of the restaurants there. She had friends from Florida in town and he hooked us up big time! We started the evening at China Grill. We had lychee shots and an amuse bouche of tuna tar tar on a cucumber with a mandarin orange. We left there to go to Rum Jungle and had a grave digger shot and an amuse bouche of this crazy good shrimp, tostada, seaweed thing that was my favorite of the whole evening. From there we went to our dinner reservations at Red Square. The only word I can think about is decadent! The chefs kept sending dishes out for us to try. We also took a tour in the Vodka Vault. It is kept at 5 - 7 degrees for customers to store their personal vodka bottles in at $5000 a year!!!! I felt like royalty. It was truly magical. Check out the AMAZING pictures here.

It was also Alyssa's 11th birthday party. She had 5 friends over for a sleep over. Plus Gage and Damen because they haven't been to any of the girls' parties because they have been all girl so it was a treat to have them with us. And to have everyone sleep over well, that was a first for me. It was very loud and screechy/ Everyone conked out at midnight and woke up again at 7. We took everyone who could go to IHOP for breakfast. Alyssa had a blast. My baby, she is eleven. Well, she will be tomorrow at 4:16 PM. Pictures of her party are here!

Sex and the Cyndi

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:07:25 GMT

You cannot possibly understand the passion I have for Sex and The City TV series. I watch it continuously (Not the TBS versions) and have read the book about 5 times. So when I heard about the movie I was very happy to say the least. I was NOT disappointed AT ALL!!!! It is fabulous and perfect and amazing and Abbe and I cannot stop talking about it. She went with her nephew and sister and I went with my mom and her friend, Harriet. That's right folks, I went to see SEX and the City with my mommy. Fortunately there were only a few scenes that I had to hide under my seat for. I don't watch that show because it has crazy sex stories, I watch it because it is an extremely powerful show about friendships with women. It is that what draws me too it.

The movie was fab and I plan on seeing it again many times over.

I will not however go again and sit between my mom and her friend, Harriet because they would not stop squawking before the movie started. At one time I asked them if my breasts were getting in the way of their conversation and if they wanted me to move so they could sit together. They told me to shut up. No really, they did. I understand that finding the perfect gift for their gay hairstylists birthday was very important but I didn't need to hear all about it while I was shoveling popcorn in my mouth.

Alyssa is having her 11th birthday party this Saturday. My baby is 11 and all I can think about is that she could get into Hogwarts now. I have a really bad problem.