Beer IQ

Let's see if Bob can get a perfect score on this...

The one where I explain what's been going on and why I drank all the wine

• The Boy had his last day of class and preparations began for his graduation ceremony next week. I will not believe he actually graduated until it's all over and I'm holding his high school diploma in my hand. Don't ask what his plans are after graduation. We have no idea.
• The Paperweight (with 3 Hole Punch) will be visiting our new house for the first time ever so that he can attend The Boy's graduation ceremony with us. I have thereby cleaned, scrubbed, painted, planted, mowed, mulched, dusted and/or remodeled anything that sat still long enough to allow me to do so. That man must be green with envy when he leaves and have no doubt in his mind that The Girl will forever and always be better off with me.
• I've learned that I still have a lot of growing to do.
• I've also discovered that the only thing more adorable than a beautiful blond-haired blue-eyed six year old little girl is a beautiful blond-haired blue-eyed six year old little girl who has lost her two front teeth a day apart. Seriously, you could eat her right up.
• At least you can right after we find out what's causing her UTIs. She's had three in 2 1/2 months and are now dealing with things like urologists and sonograms. I'm too old for this.
• I found a new mole and am headed to the doctor's. Again. I'm too young for this.
• At the beginning of a 4 day heat wave (temperatures of 90 & above), we discoverd our air conditioner was broke.
• My laptop decided it had had enough and could no longer live with it's motherboard thereby forcing me to call Dell Tech Support.
• I had to call Dell Tech Support. Enough said.
• And last, but certainly not least, after 6 weeks of wait and wonder, this is the week I find out if I'm one of the 10-15 employees being let go from my office.

I need more wine.

3 1/2 minutes

So if you've been a regular reader for the last couple years you know that The Thing and I are engaged. If you haven't been, surprise!
I realize I don't talk about it much (ie. ever since it happened) but that's because there isn't a whole lot to talk about. We knew we wanted to get married, we just weren't in an all fire rush to do it. It was never a question of if we'd get married someday, just when.

But we've recently decided when the when would be. While planning our summer vacation, which consists of stops throughout the Midwest & west coast, we planned a stop in Vegas.
Wedding rings have been bought.
However, we suck at the whole secret part of the eloping thing and pretty much everyone will know we are getting married before we go.

The Thing, of course, wanted to tell his parents personally before it got back to them from someone else. So yesterday, while we were there visiting, he made the big announcement.

I think we set a new record. It took exactly 3 1/2 minutes between the words "Fauve and I are getting married" to leave The Thing's mouth and when his dad started talking about us having kids.
Oy vey

You would think computer nerds would know better

So have you seen the new feature of the Google Toolbar? The one in which when you open a new tab it shows your top 6 most visited websites?

For my convenience...

So, who in their right fucking mind thought this was a good thing to do? Just because certain websites are my "Favorites" doesn't mean I want anyone standing behind me, or who borrows my laptop, to know these are the websites I go visit everyday....
And to make matters worse, clearing your 'History' does not change what shows up on this Toolbar. It seems that the only way I may be able to get rid of it is to uninstall Google toolbar all together. Which I hesitate to do, since I like all of it's other features.
Seriously, what fucktards.

And yes, as a matter of fact when this feature was first added 4 of my 6 most visited that showed up were porn.
What's it to you?
Shuttup.

How can you be a smokin' 25 year old with an 18 year old son? :) *‏

The Boy turned 18 over the weekend. I'm not as sad or melancholy about it as I thought I would be though. Probably because he doesn't act any more like an adult than he did before. I don't think graduation next month will bother me a whole lot either. I figure I'll be too busy celebrating that he actually made it through with a diploma that I won't have time to bawl.
The Boy has been suffering from a bad case of Senior-itis. I think I found the cure though. I pointed out to him that while it's true that, legally, he doesn't have to listen to me anymore, that it's also true that, legally, I don't have to feed him any more.

He studied a lot this weekend.

* Courtesy of Lemming, who just cracks my shit up.

Ding Dong April is dead!

April, here forth known as the suck-ass month, is officially over so I think it's safe for me to come out of hiding. Keep your fingers crossed though.

Thing and I had a wonderful time on our get-away-weekend. I highly recommend both the city and the hotel. However, I would suggest that before you go, you check to see if any conventions, especially ones where they are having costume contests, are being held at said romantic hotel.
I've never been in a hotel with that many virgins before.
(doh!)

In other news, The Girl, despite all of my uncoordinated genes, has shown an aptitude for soccer, The Boy received his cap & gown for graduation in June and last night I taught the Thing the phrase Tramp Stamp, much to his delight.
Yes, as a matter of fact, we are still watching Dark Angel.