LOTS of stuff!

I spent 4 days and 4 nights drowning in sales training at the World Financial Center in NYC. My training room overlooked Ground Zero; it was very sobering and interesting to hear the stories that everyone had to tell.

The woman next to me in the photo has a husband who did not get out of bed for ten days after he made it home...he works on floor 24 next to Ground Zero and did that day as well.

SIDE NOTE: pick out the former NBA player in the photo. Jeff Howard got hired for my team just days before we went to training.

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Before I left I packed in as much fun as possible with Boo Boo La La, she like the sharks at the zoo...I love the zoo.



After I returned...three hours later than I planned...thanks NWA! I spent my Saturday totally boring my friend Faux-Martha sleeping on her couch...the only excitement she and I had were the girls flinging things from the top of the stairs, Boo Boo La La throwing up, and a nice glass, or two or three, of wine. God BLESS Martha-becks! See ya Saturday for Atonement chicka!

And now I return home and had quite the week already...WITH NO NEW EPISODE OF PROJECT RUNWAY!?!! Is Tim Gunn trying to KILL me?

At least my husband found this in his pocket...a "gift" from a co-worker.




Last, but not least, I was reviewing my YouTube videos, I am BoogerPizzabuns there...and found this CLASSIC. Auntie Burb loves to play with the Boo Boo...she is the baby and before her there were FOUR BOYS! Enjoy Burb, she will grow up too fast for us not to play chase!

Oy!

So I fall victim to the late night press. Saw this morning it MAY not have been suicide, but some medical condition or something. If that is the case I still feel AWFUL that he is gone and his daughter has lost her daddy before she will be able to really remember him.

Heath Ledger, dead in NYC

Okay, I LOVE Heath Ledger, he has a child about the same age as Boo Boo La La...his movies rock!!!, and then tonight as I sit in the shadow of Lady Liberty I log on to my comcast account to see,

"Heath Ledger, Dead in NYC"

Why would someone so talented and with a small child to love and care for do this? I feel bad and wish that I could have stumbled on him somewhere in the city before this happend...stupid, right? What could I have done?

Since I had a child my greatest fear has become that I would not live to see her have a child of her own. Why would anyone else feel differently?

Of course they do; and no amount of celebrity diminishes that there are people who need help, but I just keep asking anyway.

Why?

FemBot? Stepford? Alien???

Doesn't she look like bullets might fly out of her jumblies? Or something is weird?

I saw Katie Holmes on Letterman the other night and I was really taken back by her "stiffness". She does not even seem like the same person in the previews for her new movie with Queen and Diane Keaton.

What really got me was how she talks about her daughter. How she is so smart and talkative... umm, right. Is that because she is from thawed out alien sperm? You heard the L.Ron rumour, right? What I heard is that Suri is either Chris Klien(her former fiance)'s baby, or was born from thawed out sperm of L.Ron Hubbard.

Not that I be-lieve any of that or anything. Ahem.

Also, lest we condemn poor Suri for being seemingly born beautiful---take a look at this example:

That was then, and this is now:

OK so maybe celebrity fit club took off a few pounds. Who is to say what you will look like when you age...think of the Olson twins!!! They were two goofy looking babies!!!

Well, off to shop with my new stepford-friend and fellow mommy.

So, where to? Burburry, Prada, or LeBoutin?

Have you ever slept in your contacts?

My PRK went great! I could see VERY well out of my right eye on Friday afternoon --- bottom line of the eye chart baby! And pretty good out of my left, what they expect on day one with PRK.

NO PAIN. In fact it was the oddest feeling and weirdest kalidascope of color imaginable when they were doing the laser. YES, you are awake and can see it all. Like I said, totally bizarre!

I have had to wear this contact lens over each eye though until tomorrow; because they removed the top layer of cells to do the laser, unlike typical Lasik where they cut the flap---in PRK they remove the top layer of cells.

It is pretty crunchy around my eyes---no rubbing---and a bit hazy on the edges of my vision because they are not totally clear from just putting in drops.

To sum up. Very odd, but I would do it again. I can SEE the clock on the VCR from my bed. Need there be any other explanation?

Under the laser

So, tomorrow I am having PRK so I do not have to wear glasses, or get RX sunglasses anymore.

I have to say that despite the fact hundreds of thousands of people have done it and had no issues, I am a bit nervous.

Happy Birthday to Marin!!! We went and got second birthday pics today at Kiddie Kandids, had appointment with Dr. Bennett---she is PERFECT, as he always says, and in the 25% for height and weight, then had lunch with Daddy! Chef Tom made a yummy-ier cake than last year with whipped frosting and TONS of strawberries.

Off the blog for a few days. Will report back when I can see to type.

Let's Play Dress Up

I am going to admit that I did not have my camera---until we went downstairs---but Marin and I played in her dress up box last night.

She had on a pirate vest, fairy wings, pink sandals and sunglasses. Look out Captain Hook!

I wore the pirate hat and a purple skirt around my neck. She wanted me to put on more, but...Mommy don't fit. DUH!

She has gotten quite the little personality lately and is begining to call herself "Maaa-rin"! As in, "That is Marin's!" "No touch Marin!" I had no idea I was raising a celebrity who refers to herself in the third person. CALL SEINFELD! Tell him not to sue because she "stole his idea".

Oh, and Happy New Year.