Dog The Bounty Hunter. I love his show! Crush on, jen!

My randoms...

I had the sauciest dream about Carey Hart.

I've gained weight and don't have any *nice* clothes that actually fit.

I break dance in my kitchen.

I really need my bangs trimmed they are driving me nuts.

This week is flying by for me.

My new favorite song is Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. I heard it in an episode of CSI.

I am totally jazzed about the CSI season premiere tonite (yeah, I love tv) so that I may continue my crush on Eric Szmanda, who plays Greg Saunders... aaahhhh.

Smooches...

- the coffee doesn't seem to be enough this morning
- i dreamt of a person wearing a wolf (as in "The Big Bad") mask and sliding down a fireman's pole
- my nail polish is chipping
- i have a crush on someone i work with
- yoga is saving my life
- jen's blog is a daily inspiration

randoms:

i woke up yesterday morning really excited about grey's anatomy premiere tonight.

i can't stop listening to Old Crowe Medicine Show cds.

i have internet on my cell phone.

i cuddled in bed with my cat this morning.

i moved a few months ago and now i can't find my fall/winter clothes.

i'm excited about getting orange/red mums today.

i fell asleep last night with my windows open so i could smell someone burning leaves at a house nearby.

perfume makes me sneeze.

i put on socks this morning for the first time since last winter.

i love wearing flip flops and bright nail polish on my toes.

Hi Jen,
I love, love. love your blog and try to visit it almost everyday. I showed it to my friend this weekend while away together on a trip and she cried while reading it.

My randoms for today:
I'm glad that the black spot on my toe is just a black spot--and not something more (foot doctor figured that out yesterday).
And I'm really enjoying John Mayer's new CD--continuum.

I worry too much.

I love going out to eat.

I love helping people.

I love listening to music.

I need a manicure.

I need to learn to love exercise.

Graceful Passages is soothing to listen to for me.

I have a pile of clothes I have to put away.

I love talking to my friends.

My animals and kids make me smile daily.

Finding prayer makes me centered.

Love your site Jen.

I'm sick. I'm going back to bed.

I've worn Christmas themed socks for the last 3 days to try and cheer me up.

Today I have on Halloween socks instead.

I'd love to make you a sweater to keep you warm.

My house is very quiet with my baby babbling and knocking things around.

I don't like it. (he's at the inlaws so I can rest)

my stepson has decided sleeping in his car is a better option than getting a job and taking care of himself. Trying to make his family feel guilty is seems to be his main goal in life.

on the downside of a three day migraine. whew!

melatonin giving me some very interesting and "fun" dreams.

leaving for the races shortly. having to pack warm and water proof because Wisconsin is tricky this time of year.

driving the back roads to get there.

hope my nephews (who are coming) are not in their pre-teen angst mode.

time off and away from the office.

hoping to bump in to Paul Neuman at the hotel (he should be there this weekend!)

celebrating my 2 year old grand daughter who appears to be a budding artist!

will absolutely check out the Girls and Shawn!

Love ya Jen.
M.

Why are multiple moose called moose and multiple mouse are mice?

I am rebelling against the cold and still not wearing socks to work.

I like waking up in the winter in the dark. I like feeling as if I am up before others. Not the case, I know, it is just dark.

I am reminding this time every year that I love the fall. Winter isn't bad except when it invades the space of Spring.

I especially like the Indigo Girls new CD!

I long to be a farmer...

good day

Being the pinnacle of high style that I am, It wasn't until I saw the "scrunchy" eppy of Sex in the City (um, TWO years after it originally aired)that I realized, they were not all that sheik anymore.

I say, with my ONE remaining light blue scrunchy goodness holding up my unruly locks. RIGHT THIS SECOND.

I was bummed that Project Runway was a rerun last night.

My mom cut at least four inches of my hair off for me yesterday - SO FREEING!!

I am in love for the first time in my life and find both wonderful and scary - I want so badly for this relationship to last.

I just ate some Hostess chocolate cupcakes MMMMM!

I wish I was in Hawaii.

I'm psyched the Inidgo Girls have a new CD out - I had no idea! Now I'll have to check it out.

Ray Lamontagne's new CD is beautiful but very different from his first - takes some getting used to.

I love my neatly trimmed, painted toenails!

I secretly love that my cat and my boyfriend compete for a spot next to me in bed.

I want to quit smoking but still keep buying packs of cigarettes.

I wonder how people find careeers they love? How do they know when it's right?

Today is my 4 year anniversary with my husband, and I'm happier than I've ever been.

I'm going on a date with my husband tonight, but I'm already missing my baby girl.

Flowers were delivered to my office today..........for me!

The season premiers of ER and Grey's are BOTH on at the same time tonight and I've chosen to watch Greys.

My stepmom is my best friend.

Fall is coming soon (yeah!).

My daughter is growing up too quickly.

My brother can't seem to grow up at all.

This website makes me feel.

great photograph!

computer techey stuff totally frustrates me

i miss Sadie

im anxious for doctors appointment this afternoon

i am celebrating the cooler temps finally gracing our desert

i hope your head feels better

if its hairballs- give kitty butter or margerine several times a week-no more pukies =)

Namaste,
mb

I love dog the bounty hunter too.

I am escaping my role as mom this weekend.

You - my dear - are tiny and I would love to send some way to small sweaters your way.

I ate grapes right off the vine this weekend - so if this is a picture of me thanks for the "moose" disguise.

You are a beautiful and inspiring lady.

I just had an uplifting conversation with 2 people - connection and heart mean a lot. One told me about how to be a man the other (she) just allowed me to be 1!

I asked one of my students today, "Would you like to live with your grandparents?" He said, "Nah, it'd be boring. All grandparents do is play bingo and clip coupons" (He's 7 years old.)

I have a great random. My friends and I all read your blog. It's wonderful how your wonderful, creative group of friends all have blogs. So we've started blogs too. We were inspired by you!

I am loving my new laptop computer.

I am also loving my new suede loafers (what a preppie I've become)

I need to take my contacts out.

Reading "The Art of Abundance" by Candy Paull

Wrote a thank you note to my best friend for being amazing.

Broke the wooden blinds in my bedroom.

I baked three squash in the oven that my friend and I grew from seeds in her garden.

My 5 yr old niece helped me scoop the seeds out when the squash were done baking. We mashed the rest of the yummy guts up with some maple syrup, salt, pepper and butter, then put them back into the oven to bake a little more.

My house smells like Autumn and for several hours in a row today, my heart felt so full.

a random food combination for you! peanut butter, granola (minus the raisins..they get weird when they're cold), and soft serve vanilla ice cream...mix it up...and enjoy!

oh and i'm one of the many that've been inspired by you to create a blog of their own. some of my friends have done the same! you're amazing.

I was almost scared at how much I could relate to this post. except it's not kitty puke here, it's dog puke.

...money worries keep me awake at night.

...i have a hard time reaching out to new friends, in this new place even though I want to. i think sometimes i'm just being lazy but I secretly worry that i talk too much.

...i had missed the smell of leaves in the fall.

...i got some great advice from a seventy year old jazz musician wearing clothing from africa, who 'grew up in the belly of jazz'. he said, 'you got to breathe life into everything. you got to learn how to breathe.'

i feel really alive this morning and instead of really trying to figure out why i'm just goint to live it

seeing the pelicans today i realized that they might not be the same 3 every day...that made me sad

wanting to experience the tiki bar in my neighborhood but having no one to go with...might just have to be a girl alone at the bar

when kadison cried out for her daddy last night..it made me cry that it wasn't me she wanted

the cool/warmth of today reminds me of home

this is a wild picture. really fun. glad to read you got a full nights sleep, i understand what a challenge it can be when one doesn't. i love your writing and pictures, i look for them almost everyday. somehow you make me see life in a better light. thanks for that.

I've been thinking a lot about this friend from when I was in college, someone I lost track of years ago and figured I'd never hear from again. We always got along great, but a couple of his friends fell out with a couple of my friends, and that was it; just didn't see him anymore.

But he's one of those people who is linked to so many good memories from this certain time in my life, and I've thought of him a lot throughout the years.

Two weeks ago, a guy started working on my floor who looks just like this old friend. It's made me wonder so much about what ever happened to him...

Then today I got this email from someone who rarely emails...all to tell me he'd randomly run into my friend just a couple days ago! And he'd especially wanted to tell me hello, that he still thinks of me...

It's been 10 years since I even heard this friend's name! And it never occurred to me that he might think of me, too... :)

mate, dog the bounty hunter??

we need an intervention.....

Martine

8-) i visit jen's blog almost everyday and it's the first site i go to. it is my all-time favorite first bloglove.

8-) i have a cold

8-) i was craving chocolate cake all-day and finally had one bought and they got the wrong one. i wanted to cry. :-p

8-) i enjoy homeschooling my eldest boy so much i have decided to go for it all the way with my other two younger kids.

8-) i bought nine photo albums in a span of one-month with the intention of filling them up with prints while i'm here on vacation.

8-) prints are cheaper here in manila. heck, everything is cheaper here in manila.

8-) i miss my husband already. we've been separated for two months now. i took that long for me to miss him. ha!

8-) i owe jen a couple of promised-photos and am angsty about not being prompt with my mail.

8-) i owe two other friends pictures and i really should get to it already. it's eating me up bit by bite.

8-) the kids are bugging me right now for their narnia installment. it's bedtime. that's my cue!

lovejoypeace,
Kat

Hello jengray.com. I met your father at Marlowes awhile ago and he told us about your blog. I finally went to it and am awed by its' beauty. I had to go back to Dec. 19, 2004 before i was sure it was you - it made me cry. I too miss those "camelot" days when everyone was healthy and alive and it seemed - happy. I will continue to visit your site now - it is a wonderful way to connect with all the beauty - feelings - that you have. Thank you. Lynn

Tonight I have to perform piano solos for 1 1/2 hours at a school dinner. I've never done that before, so I'm basically going to wing it...

Tomorrow is Fish Amnesty Day.

I love your moose. It took me a minute to figure what exactly I was looking at, without reading the caption.

you're right, teenagers do still get excited when it's their birthday.

Last night, I dreamt I was in love with a vampire.

Naked Raygun...
Nimmi Hair...
Hot Lava!
RX-7
Jart on roof...
Fat Cat...

hiya!

surfing through some old favorites, been a while since i've been here (that's pretty random, in & of itself...)

just one of those sleepless nights trying to whittle down the workpile, whilst letting my netflix & recent amazon purchases run in the background (in order: dolores claiborne, bedknobs & broomsticks and man on the moon...now that's really random!)

to close this bit of randomblings, check out charlie the unicorn on youtube if you haven't already...enjoy! :)

blessed week,
brad

p.s. bummer about the spammer that keeps hitting your blog posts...regardless, it's still quality

i love getting a deal.
i have rediscoverd "dog" with my roomates recently.
i love choolate chip sunbelt chewy granola bars.
i love duatone pictures.
i love facial expressions of all kind.
i love simple drawings.
i love walking down the street with a redickulus smile on my face.