Hornet Funeral and Other Adventures

There was a hornet funeral on our porch this morning. Here's the story:

So, a few weeks ago, a hornet died on our porch. He was stuck in the screen window when he died, and he remained there until this morning, when I finally took him off. It took me a while because:

1. I was scared to go near him in case he had really been in deep sleep mode these past few weeks

2. I realized that he had died stuck in the screen, right in the sunlight, and I thought there was something beautiful about that.

So, I grabbed a paper towel, took him off the screen and said,

JULIE: Hope you're having a good afterlife, buddy. (to Kara) Did you want to say a few words?
KARA: NOOO GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!!!!!

And that was the end of the hornet funeral.



So. Remember how a few nights ago I blogged about being obsessed with the mango pineapple smoothie from McDonald's?!!?! WELL, my dear friend Emily commented in the blog saying she did some more smoothie research after reading my post (awesome), and found a coupon for BUY ONE GET ONE FREE on the McDonald's website.

BOGO SMOOTHIE COUPON!!!!!

("BOGO" is retail speak for "buy one get one." This is something I learned recently from working in retail, and now I'm passing this information on to you.)

Now, this coupon presents quite the internal debate for myself. Because I could use this coupon for two purposes..

1. Scope out a cutie and say, "Hey, can I buy you a free smoothie?!"

Yep. That's me, always scoping out the cuties.

OR

2. Go by myself and stock up on TWO smoothies. One for now, one for immediately after finishing the first one.


I'm leaning towards the second option, just because I don't run into many cuties on my daily activities. Although, sometimes I do. Either way, since I learned of this coupon, I have been debating this in my head. And I figured, why not debate it out in the blog??

Also! If you head to the smoothie page on the McDonald's website, you'll see information on this spin art game they have on the site. Ya know, because spin art is cool and hip and so are smoothies! Clearly they go together!!!










Did I mention that today is my day off and so I have nothing to do but play the spin art game on the McDonald's website??? I like the first one. I call it, "Detonation: Cucumber."

I highly recommend that you go play the spin art game and then send me your creations!!! If you do, I'll post them in the blog!!!! PROMISE!!!

Send me your spin art creations: captainjulie225@gmail.com

Then we'll have a blog gallery show with all your beautiful spin art explosions!! That actually sounds really fun. PLEASE DO IT!!


Okay, so, this is my horoscope for today:
Now is the time to step up to that hottie and tell them what's up. Don't be too aggressive, though -- just say enough to overcome the initial tension. Things will warm up quite a bit after that.

HEY HOTTIE, WHAT'S UP?!?!?!?! No wait, that would be me asking the hottie what's up. I need to tell them what's up.

HEY HOTTIE, I'm gonna buy you a free smoothie. That's what's up.

Wordddd....

So many hotties, so little time. That should be the new title of this blog.

OOhhhhhh man, good times. Good times..




Ruby Tuesday is sleeping like this right now. We're on the porch together, enjoying the summer. That orange thing next to her is a straw she was playing with. She's so cute and sweet.

she looked sleepy as she sat in the sun
then she started to cry

That's some Coconut Records lyrics that always remind me of Ruby Tuesday. She's the best.


Kara, my mom and I are going to the drive-in tonight. I'm pretty excited. It should be awesome. You need a good GNO every now and then. (Don't judge me for that link.)


I'm in a great mood today.


OK. I think that's it for now. I'd call this entry, A+. Remember to play the spin art game when you have a chance and send me your creation!!! ALL are welcome to participate! Whether you're a frequent reader, or someone just stumbling upon this blog for the first time! Just send it to me with your name. Think of what a beautiful entry the Spin Art Gallery Show would be?!?!

I hope you're having a great day too. We'll talk again soon!


Now go enjoy everything there is!!!

listening for the angels just like me

late night blog post - GO!!!!

it's not even that late of a night... it's like, ten minutes to 1am. geeze. i'm so old. and wake up so early for work. it's terrible. and waking up early for work means 8:45am. that's still middle of the night territory.

so, the past few days have been rough for me. as you all know, i am NOT a fireworks person. so, hearing loud explosions randomly throughout the day has not been enjoyable. but, we've managed to get through. and by "we," i mean myself. and Ruby Tuesday. she mainly sleeps.

i met up with Jo last night in dover!!! that's right - Jo!! i hadn't seen her since we met up in Hamden, CT for River City Extension back in February. one of her favorite bands, Locksley, was playing the fourth of july celebrations. so Jo was there, along with her friend Jess, Jess's fiance (they're getting married on Saturday!!!), and then later on Sarah joined us! Fun times!!

(i'm not really focused on capitalizing since my left shift key is broken... i'm still adjusting to having to right-hand shift. it's not going so well.... apologies...)

so! Locksley was so fun!!! they are a bunch of really tall super cuties that play really good pop music. they were all rocking with their fancy shoes and nice button-up shirts. lots of good musician sweat happening.

and their drummer was just like, this BEAST! i loved him. kind of a lot. he looked like a hipster lumberjack, or something. and he was just back there, cranking out the beats. loved it.

and their songs were all like, "i love you! i love you! i love you!" it was really sweet. i had first heard of Locksley because they were on tour with Rooney once a few years back, and i didn't make it to a show, and had never listened to their music, until the other night! but if you're also looking for some good pop music, go listen to Rooney. i bet the two bands playing together on tour was killer.

also, i feel like i'm having a hard time forming sentences right now. is any of this making sense? maybe i'm tired...? idk! let's just keep rolling.

oh!!! remember my new friend ANDREW, who i met through THIS BLOG?!?!! he was at Locksley too!!! i just learned that via his awesome blog (linked above), which you should all check out and read. isn't that crazy? we've been commenting in each other blog's for a few weeks and then we end up at the same place and have no idea. funny. it's a big, small world.

i feel like without this blog, a lot more people would be strangers to me. maybe you don't know what that means, but i know what it means. and it makes me happy.

speaking of blogs.... i'm still thinking of changing this one. you know how i like to revamp the blog? make color changes? picture changes? layout changes? yeah. me too. well, i'm thinking of doing that. it would be a totally new blog. new address and everything. NEW NAME. i know, right?! i've had this name forever. let me know what you think. would you still read if things weren't so misty green and blue??

oooo if i got a new blog then i could plan a new blog unveiling ribbon cutting ceremony. i do love a good ribbon cutting ceremony.

OK, WE'LL SEE. but, keep on the lookout. it looks like a pretty good future to me.

today kara and i drove down to exeter, nh to wait at Gary Blake Saab for like, two hours while they told her what was wrong and charged her $100. crap deal. but, kara bought me an iced coffee, so that was delish. my new coffee at Dunkin Donuts is an iced turbo raspberry mocha coffee with milk and sugar. this morning it seriously took the lady like, five minutes to figure out how to write that on the cup. don't hate me because i love artificial flavoring.

afterwards we had to go buy cat litter. and i deposited $6 in cash into my bank account. this is officially the smallest amount of money i have deposited. i'm not sure which is worse.... having to deposit six one dollar bills today..... or the time back in the fall when i deposited all that rolled change that was counted out wrong..... that was pretty embarrassing.

but hey, you do what you gotta do. i may be totally broke, but i'm generally in a great mood. and that's priceless!!! AND - tonight i put nice clean sheets on my bed, so there's that. tomorrow i'm working 11 hours, but then i have a day off!!!! so there's that!!! and i vacuumed my bedroom today!!!!! so there's that!!!!!!! there are a lot better things in life to be excited about rather than to not be excited about the lack of money.

what???? again, i don't know if that made sense.

really, the point of this entry is to tell you to check out LOCKSLEY. because they are cool.

ALSO - this is the song i'm really into right now. it's by Young the Giant and it's called 'Cough Syrup.' it's kind of beautiful and easy going. and we really love this guy's voice. "we" meaning myself and kara. and maybe Ruby Tuesday. it's hard to tell what kind of music she likes. we know she likes listening to birds chirping. but really, who doesn't?

OH OH OH!!!!! ALSO ALSO ALSO. the new thing i'm obsessed with???????

MANGO PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE. YES, THE ONE FROM MCDONALD'S. today i said to kara,

JULIE: I really hate that McDonald's can produce such a delicious product.

and i may or may not have had mango pineapple smoothies the past two days. MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE. you should try one. i hiiiiiighly recommend them. and if you don't like it - give it to me and i'll drink it!!!!!!!

last night i got a mango pineapple smoothie after the Locksley concert and i put on 'Young Blood,' and it was like the totes perf summer experience!!!!! those two things are making for a great summer.

i don't usually enjoy summertime. but this one is pretty good so far. and i keep having this idea like, "LET'S MAKE IT A GREAT SUMMER!!!!" but like, why wouldn't it be a great summer??? why don't people ever say, "LET'S MAKE IT A GREAT WINTER???!!?" it's always a great winter, duh!!!!

i don't know. i hope this summer is as perfect as i'm imagining.


because that would be, well, perfect. and awesome. and really really really awesome.

okkkk!!!!! it's quite late night. like, 1:30am. i have to be at work in 8.5 hours!!!!! NOOO! ugh that sounds terrible when you say it like that. instead how about, "i'm going to go sleep for the next 7.25 hours!!!!!!!" YES. spin it into a positive, i love it!

ok i feel a bit crazy tonight. i was kind of in this weird funky mood all day, and now i feel super enthusiastic and great. hopefully that'll make for some great dreams....

GOODNIGHT FRIENDS!!!!! have a great wednesday :)




so i run to the things they said could restore me
restore life the way it should be