A mermaid and whale's love story

"With all due respect,that idea aint worth a velvet painting of a whale and a dolphin gettin' it on." ~Talladega Nights

Katey and I were in TJ Maxx on Thursday, and saw this beautiful painting. We both almost died because really, who paints a picture like this? There are so many things that come to your mind when you see a piece of art like this, such as...

* Who thinks of this?
* Was it love at first sight for the mermaid and the whale?
* Do the other fish feel awkward being present during this special moment?

What thoughts came to your mind when you saw this? Please post them as comments!

~If you need to enlarge it, to really grasp the beauty of this art, just click on the image.~

Some more pictures of Rae

Here are some more pictures of beautiful Kaiten Rae. It's been so special to be here with Matt and Katey, and share the experience with them. They are great parents, and I love watching them love on her. Baby, mom, and dad are adjusting really well to their new life. Sweet little hands
One of her first photos

Pretty little girl

My Horn Can Pierce The Sky

I should have posted this as soon as the episode aired, but I forgot. This is from The Office, season 5. If you're an Office fan, you'll love this link.

www.princessunicorndoll.com

Welcome Kaiten Rae

My best friend Katey had her baby yesterday. Kaiten Rae Toller was born at 1:49pm, 7 lbs. 4 oz. 20 inches long, and just perfect! Katey is such a tropper! By the time she got to the hospital, she had the baby in 25 minutes. Can you believe it?! Both ladies are doing great. Here's a picture of the pretty ladies.

Johnny and June

I heard a song on the radio today, and fell in love with it. Just hearing this one line, I had a smile ear to ear...'I wanna love like Johnny and June'. It's called Johnny and June, by Heidi Newfield.

There are so many things I love about this song, but mainly it's the desire for this woman to love like Johnny Cash, and June Carter Cash did. You don't have to have seen the movie Walk The Line to know that they were deeply in love. They had their struggles I'm sure, and maybe their relationship didn't start out ideally, but it was genuine.

I'm such a huge Johnny Cash fan, and have been for a while. John (my hubby) grew up listening to him, and introduced me to him when we started dating. I know I'm behind compared to him, but better late than never. let me know what you think of it...

And if you don't like it, well...I don't really care :)

Johnny and June

by Heidi Newfield

Oh there's something 'bout a man in black,
Makes me want to buy a cadillac,
Throw the top back,
And roll down to Jackson town,
I wanna be there on the stage with you,
You and I could be the next rage to,
Hear the crowd roar,
Make 'em one more,
I'll kick the footlights out,

I wanna love like Johnny and June,
Rings of fire burnin' with you,
I wanna walk the line,
Walk the line,
'Till the end of time,
I wanna love,
Love ya that much,
Cash it all in,
Give it all up,
When you're gone,
I wanna go too,
Like Johnny and June,

I wanna hold you baby right or wrong,
Build a world around a country song,
Pray a sweet prayer,
Follow you there,
Down in history,

I wanna love like Johnny and June,
Rings of fire burnin' with you,
I wanna walk the line,
Walk the line,
'Till the end of time,
I wanna love,
Love ya that much,
Cash it all in,
Give it all up,
When you're gone,
I wanna go too,
Like Johnny and June,

Like Johnny and June,
More than life itself,
No-one else,
This here is promise,
They don't make love like that anymore,
Is that too much to be askin' for,

I wanna love like Johnny and June,
Rings of fire burnin' with you,
I wanna walk the line,
Walk the line,
'Till the end of time,
I wanna love,
Love ya that much,
Cash it all in,
Give it all up,
When you're gone,
I wanna go too,
Like Johnny and June,

Like Johnny and June,
And when we're gone,
There'll be no tears to cry,
Only memories of our lives,
They'll remember, remember,
A love like that.

Nice homecoming...NOT!

We got home from VA Beach last night around 8:30ish. We brought all our things from the car into the house, and began to unpack. I walked past the downstairs bathroom and noticed there was about 2 inches of standing water in the floor, and the sink was running! I freaked out! The first thing I thought of was, 'Oh my gosh...what if this is my fault! John is going to kill me! Did I leave the water runnning??!!' I called John to the bathroom to show him our lovely flooded bathroom. We both came to the conclusion that neither of us let the water running, and that the pipes must have burst over the weekend while we gone. That wasn't a good thing, but at least neither of us were responsible. John went down to the basement to turn the water off, and part of the basement was flooded too! Thankfully nothing was ruined! Two of my teacher boxes full of files, and books got really wet, but I moved quickly, and was able to get everything out of the boxes.

We called our friends, Heidi and Colin, and Colin came over to help John. Colin's father-in-law came over too to help, which was so great!! They helped us get all the standing water off the floor, and fifure out the problem some more. Jay told us that his pipes had burst over the weekend too because it had gotten down to -21 degrees over the weekend!!

Anyway, now wer are without a toilet, and a shower. We'll be showering at the Y until we can get all of this figured out. What a way to come home from a great weekend.

Great weekend in VA Beach

We had a great time visiting friends over the weekend in VA Beach! The plan was for just me to go this weekend, but then John came along too, which was great! We got to see a lot of people we hadn't seen since we moved the beginning of November. John and some guys went surfing Saturday morning, and Sunday night. He caught some waves, which was cool. I got to hang out with Katey a lot, and some other girlfriends. Katey is due in about two weeks, so it was great to see her before baby Kaiten Rae came. Here are some pictures of the guys surfing Saturday morning. Brrrrrr....it was cold!!

The guys surfing Saturday morning. It was about 35 degrees out...brrr!

Yup, that's ice on the beach!

My little surfer boy

Getting ready to tackle the cold!