...back in April, we opened another restaurant.

Apparently Joe thought that someone had added more hours to the day.

We discovered after a month of getting the restaurant ready to open, while still running an existing restaurant and managing a baby, that the earth's rotation on its own axis was still, yes, sadly only 24 hours.

I know. I too was quite disappointed.

So yeah, the Grill across the river from our hamburger joint had closed earlier and the chance came up for us to take it over and take it over we did. We changed the name from the grill to the diner and voila!

A new headache and all-consuming money pit.

Actually, it wasn't a money pit. A pit assumes there's a bottom. This was a friggin' black hole.

Sorry to say, the economy is such that a venture like this was not the smartest thing to do (especially since most of my vendors have agreed this has been the worst year for restaurants in 20 years) and we closed the place at the end of December.

Yeah, we took a risk and it didn't pan out. What are you gonna do? We still have Small Fryes so that's good.

I also have more time again. Joe made some comment about how I used to love posting to my journal and thought I should get back to that again.

So here we are!

*dons Ed Norton's Fight Club voice* I am Joe's guilt-ridden conscience.

I don't know about writing fanfic anymore, but there is so much else to write about: newsworthy stories, reality tv, movies, kids, those wacky Kardashians...

Wait, I won't go there. They get enough press already as it is.

(For what I have no idea).

So I was wondering, does anybody here watch Face Off, the SyFy channel's answer to all those elimination challenge shows (e.i. American Idol, The Next Great Baker)?

I love this show!! But seriously, what does Megan have on the judges?

She should have been eliminated back during the Horror Movie Villain challenge.

And Tate?

Very talented. I hope he wins.

Plus, he's a real cutie. :)

What do you think? Who would you like to win? Who do you miss? Was the zombie dance number just plain stupid? Did Megan's bride look like Wesley Snipes or Ru Paul? Is Tate really cute or am I just blind?

Okay, I know I hadn't since I had not updated my journal since July. So before I begin to relay the story, here's a pic of Piper:



Why? Because I want to.

( Read if you want to know about the bear we encountered back in October )

I'm still getting through all your wonderful wishes. Thank you so much.

I forgot how many friends I have here. :)

I've been breast feeding since Piper was born, and before that I was sometimes confined to the couch and the television, so I've had a lot of time with the Comcast remote.

I have discovered a treasure trove of reality tv since then.

Yeah, I know...what was i thinking?!?! But please, indulge me if you will, what are some of your favorite reali9ty shows.

For me, I seem to be a TLC junkie - Cake Boss, What Not to Wear and even the Duggars have caught me in their, at one time I called 'never to go the route,' net.

Any takers on this discussion?

So...

I sort of had a baby in November. Yeah. Well, no sort of about it.

I did.

I know. 47 and pregnant. I should get my own TLC show. But in July, when I was getting a bit rounder in the middle section and I thought I felt movement even though I couldn't possibly be pregnant because I had gone through menopause since I hadn't gotten my period for a really long time, I went to the doctor and lo and behold! I was pregnant.

So much better news, let me tell you. :) I cried when I saw her on the ultrasound.

She's perfect and her name is Piper. The little bundle of joy weighed in at a whopping 10 lbs 4 oz which is funny since I gained a total of 9 pounds during the whole pregnancy. Yeah I know. Go figure.

She's 3 months now. This is her.


I can tell you more about the pregnancy and birth and the joys of Piper later but for now, here are some pics behind the cut:


( Introducing Baby Piper )

Talk about a 'What did you do over the summer?' theme, huh?

This is for vlredreign to put a smile on her face.

It's a clip from Season 5 of Supernatural. If you haven't seen the episode yet and don't want to be spoiled, don't watch and don't read on.

If you have it, you'll know what its about and the cuteness of it all.

If you don't plan to ever watch the show, you should still check it out. The boys are in a nut houseinsane asylum to uncover a spirit that's going around killing the inmates. Dean and Sam get caught here snooping so Dean fakes being crazy.

It really works:



Okay, what's that friggin flapping sound?

Suggestions?

Hi!

Here's what's been going on.

I fucked up.

( Read to find out about the state of my WIPs and what's been going on )

So I was talking to vlredreign about Supernatural and our boy Dean Winchester.

She brought up Eye of the Tiger and I of course, being the dutiful fangirl that I am, gushed.

Or maybe it was a squee.

Anywho, even if you don't watch the show, you should check out this youtube vid:


Dean (Jensen Ackles) doing eye of the Tiger.

Youtube disabled all the embed codes for this particular vid so I can't just post it here, but here's the link to the HD quality vid.

It's right after an episode in the 4th season, after the end credits, and you can hear Jared and the cameraman laughing in the background.

This is why I love Jensen Ackles. He has such a great sense of humor and the boys get along so well on the show.

Also, me and my family went to the wedding of our niece in Oregon a couple of weeks ago.

( pics under the cut )

If I get anymore (Joe hasn't downloaded anything yet) and they're worth a peek, I'll post those.

Yep, here I am!

Sorry I scared everyone.

Seriously, I am sorry.

I just didn't know what to do at the time.

Anywho, this is what happened in a nutshell:

( A kinda big, long-winded nutshell )

So that's why I'm explaining this. If you don't want your lj compromised, watch what you type anywhere else because someone could google that and find your lj.

Not that that happened this time.

Whew!

So sorry for the scare.

Hope all is well with everyone out there.

I'm on season 4 of SPN and loving it (but not as much as 2 or 3).

Okay, so I finally gave in and have started to watch Supernatural.

I don't know...

I mean the guys are cute and I do like me some X-Files type TV, but the writing hasn't grabbed me yet. The brothers are good together and this so far is my favorite bit:


Sam: "When I told Dad I was scared of the thing in my closet, he gave me a .45."
Dean: "What was he supposed to do?"
Sam: "I was nine years old. He was supposed to say, "Don't be afraid of the dark!"


Well, I'm only 4 episodes in so I'll see how it goes but I've heard from some other sources that Lost might have been a better route to go...

And look!


( Pic under cut because it's a bit large )