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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 THE END OF SUMMER RENFESTWell, it’s the official signaling to the end of summer. We went to the Renfest on Sunday and had a fabulous time. The weather was great, the people were great (and if you know me at all that takes a lot for me to say), the food was great, entertainment was great, even the kids were great (they did try their best not to complain about walking around aimlessly in the sun and heat). Zoe and I dressed in our best belly dancing outfits and wandered the grounds trying to out-do each other’s 3/4 shimmy. Unfortunately my camera battery died and there are not photographs of us in our garb…. {{{sigh}}} oh well. I did however manage to capture a few of my more favorite moments of the day AND John belly dancing before the battery died. Yeah me!!! It's an "UNDULATION" It starts here...  And ends HERE!  Dang, things are getting HOT!  Well, we'll just hide the rest of this  Some of my other favorite pics before the battery died... BELLY DANCERS  STICK MAN  DED BOB  honestly she had less boobs than me, which is hard to do! Maybe next year we should attend at the end of the Renfest season. Drag summer out some…. posted by me | 10:17 PM | 3 comments Tuesday, August 21, 2007 TOUT FAIT It's been a very long summer of bustin ass, but here's the final results.Virtual Tour We're having a "House warming, House selling, Happy Birthday John" Party. Email me and I'll send you an invite. posted by me | 9:06 AM | 2 comments Monday, August 20, 2007 'EXCUSE ME PLEASE' IS MN NICE FOR 'GET THE F**K OUT OF MY WAY!' I discovered today that the Mall of America is NOT the place to go on the third day in a row of dreary rain at the end of the summer tourist season. Nope, not the place to be.Besides the fact that everyone’s heads all seem to be as muddled and gray as the weather, people are very cranky because they’ve been cooped up with the kids and aren’t enjoying the end of their vacation a whole lot. So the fabulous idea of heading out to an over crowded shopping mall seemed to be the perfect solution for the vacationing world of Minnesota. Personally the only reason I was there at all is the extended care on my computer is about to expire and I wanted all the little things that seemed as if they might become an issue after said expiration fixed. And I never pass up an opportunity to visit the Apple Store. So these are the dunderheads I had to deal with today. I was ran into more times than I could count, kicked and smacked by little feet and arms running a muck all over the place, forced to endure loud cell phone conversations by obnoxious teenage girls that I really wasn’t interested in being a party to and robbed of my lunch napkins by someone who mistook me as a napkin dispenser. But the best encounter today was when I approached the escalators: The scene: Two women conversing loudly, oblivious to the rude and completely insane behavior of their children, six loud rude and completely insane children (one throwing a tantrum) and two strollers heading towards the same escalator as myself. Foreseeing a potential nightmare, I tried to make a dash for it; prior to what I am sure in finality was a circus act of people getting onto the escalator. Somehow the children, sensing my eminent budging managed to spread out, form a circle and block every possible opening to mount the moving stairs and then stopped dead in front of it. Two of the children decided to play with the moving hand rail, two were stepping on and off the bottom step, one child was still throwing a tantrum and the other decided to throw one because he didn’t like the tantrum the other one was throwing, all the while the women stood behind all of them as if waiting for the doors to open. “Excuse me.” I said probably louder than I needed too I thought. But I guess not loud enough because I was completely ignored. Playtime continued. “Um. Excuse me.” I repeated, a little louder this time. Nothing. “EXCUSE ME PLEASE!” I literally screamed. Nothing. Finally I just shoved my way past all of them. To the rants of one of the mothers “Give them a break! They’re just kids!” at which point I lost control. “Apparently you do not realize that ‘Excuse me please’ is Minnesota nice for ‘Get the f**k out of my way!” I shouted back. Manners… They’re completely lost on society. posted by me | 3:32 PM | 0 comments Monday, August 13, 2007 IT'S RENFEST TIME AGAIN I love this time of year! The air, the smell, the leaves changing, the cool morning breeze during my runs, the fact that the kids go back to school in 3 weeks.... WAHOOOOOOOO! And to top it all off it's Renfest time again.This year should be especially fun. The troupe from my belly dancing class is dancing (as they have for many years) this very weekend at the Renfest. Now, I am not part of "the Troupe" because I fall over standing still, so I am a tad scared to actually perform. However, I will be there this Sunday, in costume, to support the Troupe, participate in the belly dancing contest and just plane make a complete arse of myself. So if you're in the neighborhood and thinking you were going to go to the Renfest anyways this years, come by on Sunday. If nothing else you can have a good laugh at my expense. Update, for anyone who knew I was in a motorcycle accident, I'm up and running agian! But I still can't spell worth a bean. UPDATE! It seems that Sundays' weather is going to be cold and wet. Not good weather for trapesing around Renfest in belly dancing garb. So if you'd planned to go tomorrow for the sole purpose of watching me make a fool of myself, we've postponed it for a less soggy sort of day. posted by me | 8:57 PM | 0 comments |
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