Quotes Vol. 22

"No one ever listens to me. When the package is this pretty, no one cares what's inside." ~ Friends

"I thought this was going to be the most difficult thing I ever had to do. But when I saw you walking down that aisle I realized how simple it was. I love you. Any surprises that come our way, it's okay, because I will always love you. You are the person I was meant to spend the rest of my life with." ~ Friends

"I found everything that I'd ever been looking for my whole life. And now...here we are...with our future before us...and I only want to spend it with you, my prince, my soul mate, my friend." ~ Friends

"It can't be any harder than this...I mean, if I had known the last time I saw you would be the last time, I...I would have stopped to memorize your face, the way you move, everything about you. If I had known the last time I kissed you would have been the last time...I never would have stopped." ~ Friends

"He could be anywhere in the world but he chooses to be with her because life is better with her by his side." ~ The Perfect Man

"It's like all the bad stuff that you went through that you hated along the way: the people who disappointed you, the things that didn't go the way you wanted, suddenly, you feel grateful for them, because those are the things that got you to here, to this." ~ The Perfect Man

"Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer." ~ Ed Cunningham

"I believe that sometimes you have to look reality in the eye and deny it."

"The less said the better." ~ Jane Austen

"There are no little events in life. Those we think of no consequence might be full of fate." ~ Amelia Barr

"Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed." ~ Samuel Johnson

"The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them, and others you don't, but in the end they're the people you always come home to. Sometimes it's the family you're born into and sometimes it's the one you make for yourself." ~ Sex and the City

"Let's be honest. Sometimes there is nothing harder in life than being happy for somebody else. Like lottery winners. Or extremely successful people who are 27. And then there's that hell on earth that only your closest friends can inflict on you--the baby shower." ~ Sex and the City

"Puberty is a phase. Fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle." ~ Sex and the City

"I'm nice. I'm pretty, and smart! I'm a catch! I've been dating since I was fifteen! I'm exhausted! Where is he?" ~ Sex and the City

"I have a date with a dildo." ~ Sex and the City

"My vagina's depressed." ~ Sex and the City

"You pull me off my unicorn, you tear away my gossamer petticoat, and you put your schooner deep inside my Rebecca." ~ Sex and the City

"You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy? Honey, they don't call it a job for nothin'" ~ Sex and the City

"I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it." ~ Sex and the City

"Why do we clutch at this baggage, even when we're desperate to move on? Because we all know there's a chance we might let go too soon." ~ Desperate Housewives

"Look in your heart, because I'm in there, just like you're inside mine." ~ Desperate Housewives

"Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies." ~ Gore Vidal

"After a while, you just want to be with the one who makes you laugh." ~ Sex and the City

"Wise men never say what they think of women." ~ Samuel Butler

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it has to be lived forwards." ~ Soren Kierkegaard

"I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember." ~ Elizabethtown

"Have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you're still smiling." ~ Elizabethtown

"We were complete opposites and it worked. And something happened between us that was not part of the plan...we were in love." ~ Elizabethtown

"I was still waiting for everything to start, and now it's over." ~ Elizabethtown

The Beatles, the zoo, and three cheese stuffed meatballs.

The zoo has a summer concert series called Jungle Boogie Friday nights. When I was preparing to take my clients to the zoo last month, I saw that a band called Ticket to the Beatles would be there. I figured it would be a Beatles cover band, so I decided to check it out. I went to the zoo by myself, figuring if it sucked I could just leave at any time. I parked on the street and the zoo is free so I didn't have to spend a dime. I arrived about 20 minutes before the concert and found one of the last bench seats before the swarms of people came in. The stage was set up right in front of the lake and by the cafe and Build-a-Bear workshop. I wasn't expecting a lot of people, but everyone came prepared with lawn chairs and coolers with wine and beer.
The band was awesome. They actually knew how to play their instruments. They played only Beatles songs which made it so much better. At first nobody was dancing except for this crazy guy....

I wish I had gotten video of him, but I'm attempting to upload a video from the concert now. He danced very Eileen from Seinfeld-esque. During the break in the middle of the concert he had to change his shirt because he sweated through the first one.

I took a walk around the area towards the end of the concert and we were right by the sea lions, who seemed to have all gone into a coma from the music. Here's a side view of the stage with more people dancing. All of the kids were basically running around in circles in front of the stage.

Here's an up-close shot of the group. They play all over the St. Louis area and I just went to another one of their concerts last night. Their website is http://www.tickettothebeatles.com/ . I would recommend going and taking the kids.

And best part of all....they have George Harrison!!!! (AKA George Smith) He is my favorite Beatle and looks just like George from the Let It Be album cover. He plays the same guitar as George, and holds it up high like he did. I'll have more video soon of him playing While My Guitar Gently Weeps from last night soon. I had to resist the urge to ask him to take a picture with me.

Last shot before leaving the zoo after hours, the lake behind the stage.

Next up, three cheese stuffed meatballs.

Lots of meat, seasoning, and ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese!!!

They looked so good...

Add some spaghetti and this is one of my favorite new recipes so far. Not sure if I'll make the meatballs so big next time.

Video from the concert!!! All the middle-aged women dancing LOL.

Mexican layer bake and oatmeal cookies

I got this recipe for a Mexican layer bake. It had layered tortillas, black beans, tomatoes, and green pepper.

Finally found my recipe for oatmeal cookies, which turned out to be my mom's recipe.

After getting rolled in sugar and cinnamon...

Lasagna Roll Ups and Vanilla Confetti Bars

Made a new recipe of lasagna roll ups. They were really good and it gave me some ideas of how to make actual lasagna easier.
After baking.

Made Vanilla Confetti bars from a recipe from a magazine. There are 2 other types of bars also which I will get around to making eventually.

Batter with pink and red sprinkles inside.

After baking.

With the Susan G. Komen pink ribbons on top. We ate it after walking at the Susan G. Komen walk downtown.