Backyard Beauty

Just because. This beauty and its friends are growing, pretty much without any effort from me, in our backyard in Columbus. Nay, winter, nay!

Cute Kids Without Cavities!

This is the American Dream, folks. Enjoy! :)

A Tale of Two Limos

This tragic tale begins back in May of '09, on the night my little sister Kristin's wedding. Late in the evening of their wedding day, the smart, young groom had properly planned for transportation to escort them to their home. As the newly minted couple was readying to leave for their first night as man and wife, an unfortunate thing occured: the arrival of a Limo Bus (GASP!) rather than the sumptuous stretch limo requested...

Unhappily, this sent the new young bride into what can be best described as "hysterics." Despite the happy, happy day, the bride was inconsolable about the arrival of the "Limo Bus" (It was like the vehicle that brings you from the airport parking lot to the airport. Klassy.). Me thinks it was just "a long day" for the bride. 

Flash forward six months....the smart groom secured a COMPLIMENTARY limousine as a result of the wedding night car-tastrophe...and was romantic and thoughtful enought to surprise his wife with a stretch HUMMER limousine, all of her sisters in it, and a great dinner at Mancy's in Toledo, Ohio.

The bride was ecstatic. And surprised. 

We had food...

...and drink....

...and pointy heels...

...and big, big smiles...

Too bad the sweet stretch Hummer never even left the parking lot. 

BATTERY TROUBLE. It wouldn't even start!

Foiled again. (WAH - WAH - WAAAAAAH)

But, this time, the limo company sent a back up stretch limo (not a Hummer, but lovely nonetheless...) and we all made it to Mancy's anyway. (I guess this is a tale of three limos, now that I think about it!) And no one cried at all. In fact, quite the opposite!

Mancy's was one of the best meals of my whole life!! Thanks, Mr. Miller, for including us in all the fun. We are the luckiest.

Cheers!

Mark and Kelly! And Baby #3 on the way!

Birthday girl with birthday cosmo!

Really, this was one of the most special nights ever...hanging out with my sisters and their cool husbands, my cool husband...in a limo! AWESOME

Fun Fall!

Okay, so the Buckeyes lost today...but they won last week!! And Jeremy and I got to see the game firsthand, with our buddies, Meredith and David.

We started out the day with a little tailgating at Riverwatch, which featured the band the "Naked Karate Girls." They were...um...ornery! But really great to watch and hear -- they played a lot of my favorites: "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys, "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey, and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler. And interesting combination, I know, but this was a pretty interesting band. 

Look at the enormous beers at Riverwatch!

Self portrait later on at the game...very very sunny!

The Best Band in the Land:

The Friday before the game, Meredith and I attended the 3rd International Symposium on the Oral-Systemic Health Connection in Children (OSHCC), my favorite CE of the year! Its like a reunion for all the past residents of Nationwide Children's Hospital pediatric dental program...here are some of the first years, studying hard! Yes, the CE is very good, too! 

More past residency pals!

And then....Friday was Bosses' Day! My fanatastic office manager/therapist/HR department/in-house EMT, Jessi, sent me a surprise fruit basket while I was at work at Children's. *So lucky!*


I have already eaten three of the bananas! Bananas! Just like Rachel Zoe!