danellephant never forgets: let's all celebrate and have a good time

Saturday, May 23, 2009

let's all celebrate and have a good time

last night my sister hosted a celebration bbq at her house. it was her husband's birthday and their middle daughter's 5th grade graduation. in my own head, we were also there to celebrate my acceptance into ota school. no one gave me any presents, though, so i'm pretty sure i'm the only one who was thinking this thought.

it was raining harder than i've ever seen it rain here, so the bbq was sort of just a dinner. only the birthday boy braved the rain. he shielded himself and the bbq grill with a handy-dandy umbrella and grilled us all up some tasty burgers. it was a real treat.

anyway, i did manage to get some photos of myself so that it looked like it was a party for me.

oh, and just to prove that i wasn't actually celebrating all by myself, i snapped a few photos of some of the other party chicks.

here is my oldest niece. she seemed to want to play along with my blogging, but she's still my sister's daughter, so i can't technically show her on my blog. which is really too bad, because she's so beautiful. even more so than me, but you can still tell we're related, because our cheerleading styles are almost identical.

after we ate and the other two honorees of the evening opened their gifts, we watched paul blart: mall cop. half of us had seen it before, but it's funny enough to watch twice. besides, my sisters always say that if ricki lake didn't get the part, i could have played kevin james' sister on the king of queens. (even though i don't watch that show because it stresses me out how dumb and mean they are and that nothing ever goes right for them.) what do you think?

oh, this has nothing to do with this post, but i totally burned my shoulder with a curling iron yesterday morning. it was because i got scared when my house almost blew up. the transformer (the thing on top of the utility pole, not a giant robot from cybertron) at the foot of my driveway EXPLODED! my house shook and it scared me half to death. i swear, the strangest things happen in my neighborhood.

8 comments:

Lyndsey said...: you crack me up, there really is nothing more to say but yes odd things happen in all neighborhoods where you live... ;) and yes, i think i am growing out lilys bangs..just so i don't have to cut them...but it is driving me crazy so i may give in; May 23, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Trisha said...: Yes you look like Kevin's sister.Crazy. You are funny to make up a party for yourself...you know, in a manner of speaking.

Awesome job for getting into your program! I am super excited for you!

Check this out, there is a lady in my ward who looks JUST like you. She seriously could be your sister. The only difference really is that she is black, but seriously, your twin otherwise. LOL; May 23, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Christin said...: I'm glad you cleared up the transformer thing because I would have thought you had some wild and crazy phobia of Megatron or something. By the way, did you know they're coming out with the second Transformers movie. It looks about as stupid as the first one but Luke is totally digging it.

Christin; May 23, 2009 at 12:26 PM
andrea said...: We're happy that you made your program! Thanks for sharing pictures of your family again.; May 23, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Autumn said...: Congratulations on getting into your program! I knew you would! I'm glad you celebrated even though you were the only one who knew that you were! :)
I totally think you should have played Doug's sister on KOQ...you would have been so much better than Ricki Lake! LOL!
P.S. I have the same exact blue shirt as you do in those pics!; May 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Autumn said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; May 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Unknown said...: Hey this is Jenny Purcell Nielson I read your blog all the time and you make me laugh so hard, you always brighten my day. Just had to let you know :); May 26, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Rebecca Pierce said...: i'll have to read your whole archive, because you are so fun to read!; June 1, 2009 at 11:02 AM

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some quotes i find amusing

In a world full of Cheerios, be a Froot Loop!

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

i hope your eco-friendly status symbol doesn't smash into a poor, innocent tree.

a good workplace safety rule is to keep employees apart if their weight differs by 11,850 pounds and the heavier one has two prior murders.

women are angels and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly. . .on broomsticks. we're flexible like that.

advice is a lot like deodorant, the people you most want to give it to are probably not going to use it anyway.

There is great need for a sarcasm font.

How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

"when you use the word 'like' in inappropriate places all the time, it makes you sound like you don't know nothin'!"

"the happiest people aren't necessarily those who have everything, but those who make the most of everything they have."

"you were meant for me. perhaps as a punishment."

"the only consistent feature in all of your dissatisfying relationships is you."

"if you think the problems the government creates are bad, just wait until you see their solutions."

"genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99% perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad."

"with focus, dedication and steroids, men can achieve impossible dreams. like breaking a world record. or growing their own breasts."

"the downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious."

"quitters never win, and winners never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots."

"when you wish upon a falling star, your dreams can come true. unless it's really a meteorite hurtling to the earth which will destroy all life. then you're pretty much hosed no matter what you wish for. unless it's death by meteor."

"since i can't be a good example to others, the least i can do is serve as a terrible warning."

"i can't wait for annie to get her first facelift. . .she's going to need 2 doctors." joan rivers about two-faced annie duke.

"clint black is a one man band. . .he'd give himself a hickie." -joan rivers about the annoying clint black

"no one feels as helpless as someone with a sick goldfish." -so true

"why doesn't he try to kick our ass at being a good person?" -jesse james to dennis rodman with love

“once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.” -einstein (thanks trina!)

"it may be true that the early bird gets the worm, but have you ever stopped to consider that the early worm gets eaten?"

"there are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory."

"rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. nobody wants to read the small print in dreams."

"intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

"i've always wanted to be somebody, but i see now i should have been more specific."

"the first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left."

"how old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?"

"when i was younger, i could remember anything, whether it had happened or not."

"some folks never exaggerate--they just remember big."

"if you're yearning for the good old days, just turn off the air conditioning."

"i don't want everyone to like me; i should think less of myself if some people did."

"don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."

"it's no fun doing nothing when you've got nothing to do."

"some people are a lot like slinkies. they don't really do much, but it puts a smile on your face when you see them tumble down a flight of stairs."

"tact is for people who aren’t witty enough to be sarcastic."

"scars are tattoos with better stories."

"i’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous."

"the trouble with life is there’s no background music."

"light travels faster than sound, that’s why some people appear bright until they speak."

"people are seldom too busy to stop and tell you how busy they are."

"the sooner you fall behind, the more time you’ll have to catch up."

"deep down I’m a very shallow person."

"before you insult somebody you should walk a mile in their shoes. that way when you insult them you'll be a mile away and have their shoes!"

"dance, even if you have to warn others to get out of the way first."

"by the time you read this you've already read it."

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danellephant never forgets

Saturday, May 23, 2009

let's all celebrate and have a good time

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