Guys, I ruined Christmas

Everyone wanted to make a domino train

and I was jokingly pretending to be Cousin It





Mom kept saying, 'You're going to ruin everything! You can't see it!'


I assured her I wouldn't





then I did

Have you met my monkey sister?

I found out that she calls me her 'Trained Monkey' to her friends!

Me!

Anyway, there's one thing you should know about her








She's funny as #*!!

This is what Christmas looks like at the Griners

Don't worry - we were all wasted.

Guys, did I tell you about Thanksgiving? . . .

. . . The part of Thanksgiving where my niece AV came to visit us?


Didn't think so.


I mean there were many great moments & since I'm in CA & not at my compy & only have access to mom's photos - you get to see mom's memories.



First of all, which one of us was born in the 90s?

No?
Can't pull it off. . .
OK
Moving on,



There was Museum Day



This is my lovely mom and lovely neice, AV



Then mom wanted to get an 'Aunties Shot'

I tried to hide my bag which was a big failure.
But guess what I couldn't hide . . .look at those ears!!!

That's what I get for making fun of Kate Hudson.
(I told you, Di, that I had big ears!)


AV was a good sport about what pieces of art I made her stand by



And I was a good sport about what art mom wanted me to stand by

those ears are just begging to pop out



Did you know I hate parades?
But when I heard you could watch the balloons get blown up for the famous NY Balloon Day Parade I was IN.

We went with my favorite Familia - and since there are 4 boys in the family I decided to go for the Oliver! look to fit in.


It was a 'crazy-stupid' (my dad's favorite phrase that means 'really memorable') weekend





Doesn't it look like my mom is holding me like a giant baby?

Guys, see what happens when you ask me to post more?

Gosh - these last posts have been so laden with info I can hardly type after I post (happy, @lisa?)



Remember when I showed Mich this photo and told her I found my dream hat and she said, 'but won't people make fun of you? and you can't go to Battery Park in it.'

I pointed at the one I meant b/c her comment made no sense and she said, 'you can't! people will think you're the statue of liberty if you wear it.'

Then all her comments made sense.
I happily reassured her it was NOT the blue one! duh!




it was the gold one and i can't wait to wear it one day.

don't worry family, i didn't buy it . . . yet




Well, actually I can't get it now b/c Mich sent me this

And I can't wear the same hat as a man!

Guys, there are a few things you should know about me

Everything you need to know about me you can learn from
my trip to Historic Williamsburg, VA.



As you can see it was a working trip

I 'worked' a lot but you knew that



You should know Room Service and I are best friends.




I love cross dressers and Siegfried & Roy




I am attracted to good posture

Esp when they are stiff & uptight like a robot or a statue



I love when people are honest and not afraid of mediocrity





I love old maps

more than people



I usually like the idea of castles more than actually going inside them - or maybe I like the outside of castles the best?

Not that I'm complaining about castles - they're fine.




I love love love unicorns and lions . . .& when they're together?!

Forget it!


I love museum gift shops more than the actual museum

Don't freak out (Ash) - just shows you how much i LOVE/ LERVE museum shops


I love when things are named after my friends


(or almost)


I have a red-headed Southern Grandma who will charm the pants off anyone
(like me in this shot)

Best Story: she sat on a plane next to a famous baseball player and got his autograph for my dad and it said, "I thought your mom would never stop talking."



I used to play in this room when I was little

I used to pretend I was on conference calls with 'clients'



I like women with dignified accents




I like it when animals are put in uncomfortable positions.




& I love fat animals

you know I don't really like animals


I love sleeping in a hotel

I saw a blog once where a person took a photo of themselves in all the hotel rooms they stayed in and I want to do this too - I guess for this to be more effective I should have started this about 27 years ago...



I love when work trip coincide with the premiere episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

(3rd yr in a row)



I love to scare myself with art but Not scary movies

(Di! stop making me try to watch The Shining - because I'll do it and I don't want to)




Can you tell I'm avoiding work?
Oh you can't read that last question b/c you fell asleep?



UPDATE: Di just told me the last photo isn't just an awesome sign warning people that in order for me to like you as a friend you must dance. Instead, acc. to Di it's from a song that I've never heard of but of course she knows all the words to it - b/c she's forced to listen to them at her place of 'employment'

That's IT I'm taking a break

"Hi, I'm 12"

That's funny b/c I'm really Old.



Guys, remember my old job?





Where I pretended to be a bride a lot....




I can't post all of the times up b/c you'd fall asleep



Always the bride never the bridesmaid



Probably b/c the one time I got to be a bridesmaid I fainted



...I was a party guest once...




And I was paid to live in chaos






And the Boxes





And I was always carrying a million bags

(how do you think these things got to where they are?)



And I got cool presents





And met the best ladies ever





And I got to go to work sans pants


And went to parties


(hey he went to work sans pants too)


And put my friends in the magazine


Or asked my friends to help me with the magazine

(they found it invigorating)

And the Cake


I ate so much cake


I don't even like wedding cake (except Mich+Niall's)

(right after I took this photo the blue wall fell on the cake - I sort of saved it but not enough)
(Once I almost fell and died)



I even got perks I didn't appreciate






Actually, I think I got married






Ah, the days when I played dress up and pretended to work.





Then there's today.

And my current job.

Where b/c I am an idiot, I had to press ONE button over 9,000 Times.

But at least I can go to 'work' sans pants.




ct


OK OK Back to Work