Party in the USA

Happy Housewarming Patrick and Mary Ann!

With the work boys--Resty, Patrick and Rio

Meanwhile, back at the Ranch...

Guess where I'm headed this weekend?
Yep, a little baseball, a little time with my favorite cousins and
maybe even a Margarita or two...
Life is (so) good

Nicknames

Different people call me different names. Nicknames.
It's a "term of endearment" and a very special gift, for someone to like you enough--to KNOW you enough--to bestow you with such a name...
Some of mine:
1. Jooper-this is what my parents call me. Always have. Variations include Joop, Joops and, my Uncle Jimmy called me Joopondilay...
2. Julie-Poo-my Grandpa John always called me this.
3. Ju Ju-All of my sisters, nieces and nephews call me Ju Ju. Variations include "jooj" (Sunny and Thatcher ALWAYS call me JOOJ!)
4. Hooly-I worked at my dad's office when I was in high school and the guys who worked with him called me "hooly"...I ran into one of them a few months back and he addressed me this way immediately!
5. Jewels-friends from high school call me Jewels. Variations include Jools, Juls, Jules...I LOVE being called Jewels. Brent and Jana always call me Jewels.
7. Mama-Allison has always called me Mama. I really love that.
8. Seems like a LOT of people call me "Kiddo"...my friend Sarah always does. I like that one a lot too.
We have nicknames for most of the people in my family...Weenie, Cockadoodler, Leese, Sassy, Sun Bun, T-T, Taylor, Thatch, Nosilla, Zackers, Pops and Bumarino.
I really do think it's a very touching way to show you care for someone.
(But, yeah, they sure do sound silly when you write them out.)
What's YOUR nickname?

...and enjoy it!

You have to ask yourself, do I feel lucky?

Today, I feel like the luckiest girl on the face of the earth.

Two tickets to Paradise!

Just got tickets to the Dodgers/Angels game at Anaheim.
(Happy Birthday Dad!)

Hello darkness my old friend...

Spring Forward is no friend to those of us who go to work at 6am.