Salty Mommy

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i went to the zoo today and i saw somw really cute baby tamarinds. they were born on 9.9 and they are twins (the info sign said the mom always has twins and the dad carries them on his back for the first 3 months of thier lives and then they are on thier own) the were like 2 inches long soo cute. another cool thing was the lemurs were getting treats when we went by them and they love grapes. also got to see the lion who was roaring like crazy and the camels who were very very stinky. somehow the tiger evaded us but we did get to see a volunteer sleeping at the drink stand by the tiger cage. the best part of the zoo is it is FREE - well a donation. the second best part is they need volunteers. so i am going to contact them and maybe spend some of my free time helping at the zoo. they also need ink cartridges that they recycle and get $$ for the zoo. so if you have any send them my way. thanks!

i am watching the tony danza show and he has john mcginley(from scrubs) who has a son with downsyndrome and yesterday was the NY City Buddywalk and Tony Danza went to the walk and it is all featured on his talk show this morning. So cool.

so i still cant believe how dead it is around here. summer seems to be long gone. i am still busy busy trying to put together some fall events for art & soul. other then that nothing new is going on this week. our friend jeff is coming to visit tomorrow so we are going to NY to pick him up tomorrow.

so today i had a lot of work to do so i headed over to big daves and got to hang out with jesse the cute dog while i worked. he is very needy and i finally decided to take him outside because i couldn't stand his whining for one more minute. well jesse doesnt like the hose there is a spray nozzle on it and it sprays in a straight stream and he goes crazy trying to attack the water. so we both got wet and i think jesse had a good time. he also got very muddy from rolling around in the dirt wet and then i had to spray him off and dry him off and take him inside. crazy dog.

maybe it is just the time of year but i feel like today i have been going going going. i have crossed almost everything off of my to do list. i still need to write thank you letters and create a couple of orders for art & soul and a few more things that will be put off until tomorrow. i got 2 bottles of bath wash from my mom from bath & body works. yum!! now all i want to do is go home and take a shower so i can smell like coconut lime verbeena (what is a verbeena) or warm vanilla suger. thanks mom. ok gotta pay bills and glue a picture frame then i can check 2 more things off of my to do list. man i love to make lists.

i watched the movie Carolina with Julia Stiles last night it was really cute. it made me think about my grandma and that i want to ask my dad to tell me all of her stories again because i dont know that much about her. what i do know is that i have the same moles on my chin that my grandma had and that she was a model when she was young and that she dies of alzheimers and i remember she smelled like cigarettes and wrigleys green gum. i am going to find out more for sure.

i love my fish mine is the red and white one. david's is the blue & purple one. so any ideas for a name are appreciated...and once i choose i will let you know. right now i just call them fishy fishy. i know i am a dork. oh well.

the clouds are taken from going over the bridge into the philly airport the others are from wildwood. our new friends alex & joanna from poland and amanduh of course from ca. i didnt get any pictures of winning my new fish. david won me 2 beta fishes by throwing a ping pong ball into a fish bowl they are still alive but remain nameless. david is probably going to name his reemus dude. but i dont know what i want to name mine. i will post pictures and then maybe my friends can help me. we are going to go shopping in atlantic city tomorrow tonight we have a fun time planned for dollar general and going over to visit davids mom and then dad or vice versa.

wildwood was fun i will post pictures tomorrow. we are closing up art & soul to go to play pool somewhere i have never been before. we ate chicken cheesesteaks for dinner. yum!

so my friend amanda is here and today we went to delaware shopping which means a ferry ride. she got to honk the horn. i got a cute dress and she got socks and a sweatshirt. then we came to art & soul and she painted a bowl while i boxed up stuff for shipping. now we are going to wildwood with a couple of girls from poland. it should be fun!

so today i was reading on msn about what is going on in New Orleans and it makes me sad. i dont have tv so i sit here and read about what is happening and today i have had a hard time focusing trying to see what updates have been posted to msn. so i am thankful for my connection with the outside world through the internet but it doesnt make it any easier to see the images and read the stories. american red cross relief

so ernie is helping me out tomorrow and i pretty much will have the day off. i have to go down before i open and unload the kiln because some people needed their pottery in a rush. but then i have big plans to work in my garden and clean out my shed and just organize and maybe even scrapbook. i am excited!

looking forward to a few more summers with Art & Soul...hip hip hooray! I am so thankful for my business and for God being able to use it for His purpose and the fact that my landlord agreed to my terms is a huge testimony to who is on my TEAM!

today started with sleeping in i set my alarm for 8:30 and turned it off and then set it for 10 and i got up at 10 to see if my hair experiment worked...it failed miserably. you see i want to look cute but i want to put in the least amount of effort possible. so i saw this girl with curly hair at wawa and her hair looked so good...nice and curly so i asked what she does to her hair and she said all she puts in is a little mousse and hair spray then goes. so since i shower at night i decided to try my luck and put it in before bed. well it didnt work instead my hair looks sorta dirty and i didnt leave enough time for a shower...so here i am at work with semi dirty looking hair that was really washed last night. so then to art & soul to work and i had a yummy muffin from avalon. i got here early to do all my behind the scenes work and i got it done really fast so i went for a walk and sat on a bench to read for a little while. a very nice way to relax before opening. i am so thankful...

i cant believe it is friday. what have i done this week? well i worked a lot. i went to the beach twice and i enjoyed the summer. yesterday i got my first "lesson" in surfing and the first wave i stood up on i fell (ofcourse) and the board came around and my hand hit the skegg. i have a very sore hand all bruised up. but it was so much fun. i hope to get out again before it gets too cold. i also have enjoyed some good food. My signature hot dog from "hot dog tommy's" is a LW (leaner wiener) with mashed potatoes, sour cream & cheddar cheese. the usually have chili on them too but i dont like the chili. they sell frozen coke's too which a great for a hot summer day.

so looking at my friends tim & jamie new house and all the cool stuff i decided to surf the web and see what kind of stuff is out there that i like. so here is some of the stuff that i found for when i grow up. i have a coca-cola kitchen and i always dreamed of having a real life diner booth..i know it isnt very practical but who cares. i also loved my friends jon & karyn's old couch that was a big comfy sectional this one has a chaise too...great for lounging. the underbed drawers have always been my favorite it just makes sense to use that space rather then have it empty or worse yet filled with stuff that shouldnt be there. the headboard was something i came across while searching...i have had it in my mind to do a trading spaces style covering of our current headboard using batting and fabric...maybe i will do this instead. enjoy.

david cooperfield made 15 people disappear and then reappear into the audience from a raised platform while shinning flash lights? and it wasnt like it took a long time it was with in a matter of seconds. that guy is amazing at what he does!

so cool! i enjoyed every minute of the show! i would have to say my favorite part was his joking, he was really funny. i had no idea what the night would be like and i was blown away by every thing that he did. i am glad i brought a sweater and wore pants because it was sooo cold in the theater but i did order a hot chocolate to warm me up. after the show we went to get dessert at johnny rockets then we saw a street illusionist doing a routine with a cigarette...he stuck it up his nose.

do you ever see someone that you think has to be someone else? Well living in cape may I often see someone who looks just like someone else from far away or from the side then when you see them straight on they dont look that much like the other person. Then there are times like saturday i saw a couple walking across the street and they looked just like my parents from the back...so wierd. i think it has to do with living in california my whole life then moving here. or maybe i am just cuckoo!