Guys, did I mention we did yoga?

So we'd be strong like this:

Looks like it worked

Guys, I went to San Fran once

Have you met Jer?

(no! it's Not Michael Showalter)

He's a saint.

Why?

He went to SF with Bek and I and put up with this:

I don't even know why I made him do this but I did

He had to put up with my constant Fonzie impersonation

Guys, I need to confess something

New photos have surfaced from a wedding in Fall of 2010

with Me as a complete drunkard:

Apparently if you take me to a wedding with the Persian Princess, feed me loads of sugar and turn the music up really loud, madness ensues where I do ridiculous things that I have no recollection of the next morning

I won't even tell you what I was dancing to - let's just say it was the Black Eyed Peas - and somehow at some point I even did air sitar which I'm not proud of. Never mind putting those chemical (glow) sticks in my mouth. . .

Guys, I didn't even tell you about the other awesome things in Wales . . .

. . .Coffee mugs for smart people

. . . Perfect wedding presents

. . . Helter skelters

. . . Niall riding his first Ferris Wheel

(now all we have to go is get him in a car & he'll be complete)

. . . Giving Niall the best birthday gift ever

Which Kitten had to get a good look at before approving it

She finally OKed it & was happy to be next to her Uncle Bob

(doesn't everyone need an Uncle named Bob?

esp. if you're from the UK)

OK, I admit Kitten was the most awesome part

Ugh! I hate being so predictable

Unlike Mich who decided to learn how to change a diaper using an instructional video online -- she's always full of surprises, that girl

Guys, Remember Caerdydd?

Oh, you don't speak Welsh?

So sad.

So I went to Cardiff (or Caerdydd, of course) to visit my Little Kitten. And to celebrate Thanksgiving (I went back to our roots for a truly authentic feel).

We spent time with the [fairy] Godfather

And had a grown up meal where we insisted Kitten sit like a proper person

It was an amazing vacation where I got to dress Kitten like a Matador and no one stopped me

Guys, when is it going to be Shark week already?

Cause I'm ready!

I'm also ready to wear makeup as part of my New Year's Resolution.

Guys, did you know I love trees?

Joyce Kilmer had it right - Trees are awesome (thanks mom for making us memorize a poem every summer).
So I used to walk every morning with my sis and awesome BFF Carolyn and we'd see all these crazy trees.

Doesn't @lisa look glamourous when she walks?

This tree needed some discipline - it was doing just whatever it wanted

This rabies-infested thing lived in a tree and wasn't even scared of us

(he better watch out - I'll give it a piece of gum --

there are no camp counselors around anymore)

I love trees that are so wild they need to be tethered

(or maybe it needs ties because it's too lazy to stand up straight?)

This tree was tired of being hit constantly

This tree was being used as a scrapbook, which borders on abuse to me,

but that's just me

I guess this trip was really important for us to know about

Then of course there was Mr. Tree Man

No? You don't know about him yet?

He's my magical boyfriend who I'm actually just friends with

Guys, let's go back to what I do best . . .

...Talk about ME

OK, Did you know I had 1 month of parties when I turned really old?

1.

The parents surprised me

With dinner at Mama D's, Jeremy and milk chocolate honeycomb

in that order

2.

Then this lady threw me a party in my home town of Yorba Linda

she had a fancy cake which I liked cause I always dress fancy.

Fancy or homeless -- one of the two.

I had to share it with this guy:

But i didn't mind cause he promised to braid my hair

3.

Then this couple threw me a day-long party in Wales 'cause that's where I celebrated the actual blessed day -- and by blessed I mean cursed

They tricked me into telling them my favorite breakfast food and then surprised me with breakfast in bed

why yes they did get my Crunchies for breakfast (AKA milk chocolate honeycomb)

And my gift was I got to dress this little Kitten anyway I wanted

And Mich made homemade passion fruit macarons as my cake

4.

My friend Lucie

threw me a surprise pizza - pink cake party in NY

And she invited my favorite NY people

Lucie was a dream about not frosting the pink cake -- just the way I like ('cause pink frosting is just taking my sophisticated cake too far).

So this is what happens when you try to avoid your birthday.