Cutest things at or outside of work

"The Scoop." Cutest thing ever. 20 months old and speaking in full sentences. "Lady, I just need one more hot chocolate." Priceless.
Day old bison baby in front of the school. Cutest thing ever.

Last year's goals

Just a reminder of what we had tried to do last year. Like I said in the last post, we haven't gotten a list for this year yet, but I hope that people are thinking about it.

1. Plan at least 10 parties


2. Attend the Roosevelt cookout


3. Snorkel in the Yellowstone


4. Snorkel in the Firehole


5. Have a House marathon, complete with martinis


6. Wii tournament


7. Get drunk on the Fourth of July


8. 3rd annual Chocolate party


1. make sure to put it in the newsletter
9. Make a plan to BBQ with the boys in Tower
10. Go see "Sex in the City"
11. Float the Yellowstone in innertubes
12. Plan a weekend to float the Madison River and go to Virginia City and maybe go to Lewis and Clark Caverns
13. Attend an art walk in Livingston
14. Find a new summer drink

First Planned BBQ of the season

And it wasn't at my house! After the 12 (or was it 13? I'll have to go back and look) BBQs of last summer, I decided that this year I would rot in hell before not be planning quite so many parties this year. We haven't officially made up a list of goals for the summer, but my goal for '09 is to only throw theme parties. Examples could include: Wii (self-explanatory), Big Lebowski (a backyard screening and lots of that drink that Carrie used to drink a lot of with the Kahlua and the milk that I can't think of...WHITE RUSSIANS! They're White Russians!), Clue (everyone wears blue, green, white, red, etc. with a screening), Leaping off the Wagon (Lots of booze and fattening foods), the Orphan Liquor Party we've been trying to have for three years and finally, finally, I'd like to finally throw my pie party (everybody brings a pie and a friend. The friend can not bring pie. Personally, I can't eat a whole pie (well, I could, but I'd rather not) and I really don't want the leftovers so the friend can bring beer or milk or anything else, but not pie.)

So, the BBQ last night. It fit in with my theme night plans! Mostly because they let me write up the invitation so I made it a theme. The Gunthers thoughtfully hosted an Indoor/Outdoor, Hello/Goodbye, Potluck Party at their house. Their house, by the way, is totally awesome. It's located in the park but away from most of the rest of what passes for civilization. In the fall, they get bears. Seriously.
Indoor/Outdoor-The weather was nice enough to cooperate and stop snowing around 3, but even with two fires, it was a little chilly after the sun went over the mountains.
Hello/Goodbye-It's that time of year when a lot of people are completing seasonal and term positions and a lot more are joining the madding fray. So this was a hello for everyone
Potluck-Okay, I don't know about most places, and I don't know if I've discussed this before, but people in Gardiner make the best potluck. Most people make, from scratch, their offerings. And it's always good (oops, except for my chocolate-covered bacon experiment (darn you Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me) but I did discover this morning that it actually becomes good when frozen). Even when people bring store bought food, it's the good stuff. Only the newbies bring things like chips. Unless it's a really, really good excuse.

Oh, and, we get the most interesting people in town. Last night, it was a slide show by two Germans who have been biking around the world since 2003. Awesome pictures. Great people. Thanks to Christie for bringing them!

Easter Brunch

For Easter, I got to go to my friend Anna's. We've had brunch there the past two years. It's been awesome every time. Actually, anytime we have a potluck get together in Gardiner, it's a good time. Both intellectually and the food. Here are some pictures of brunching it Gardiner-style.

At least it's not a month late

In our building, Andrew is generally the person who plays pranks. Like, not just on April Fool's, but always. So Jackie found a great joke online and we decided to pull it. Wednesday afternoon, the rest of the work group went to lunch. We went to work, stuffing the legs into the boots and leaving it in the men's stall. We took great pains to make sure that you couldn't see that the legs had no torso, made sure that the feet were just so and locking the door so no one could get in, putting a sign on the inside of the stall door so he would know it was us, alerting everyone else in the building to our prank. And he didn't even notice. Not on Wednesday afternoon. Not on Thursday morning. Finally on Thursday afternoon, the maintenance staff took pity on us and helped out by putting "Out of Order" on everything except that stall. Still didn't get Andrew. Got a fireman and two tourists, but not Andrew. Finally, finally on Friday, he walks in and says, "Um, Jessi, do you know anything about a pair of legs in the men's bathroom?"

I almost fell out of my seat laughing.

Revisiting my childhood

So, I've recently been re-reading the Nancy Drew series. I had thought to go in order, but the library doesn't always have the next book in line. So far, I have been enjoying the series. I've read the first five and hope to make it through all 51? 53? before the end of the year. I have also been getting old tv shows and movies from Netflix. Right now, I'm all about the Brisco County, Jr. I used to watch this show every Saturday morning. This show had everything. EVERYTHING. and it only lasted a season. Western? Check. Science Fiction? Check. Romance? Check. Cheesy? You betcha. Bruising action? Every week. Bruce Campbell at the height of his hotness? Yowsers.
Does it stand the test of time? I'm pretty damn sure it does. Of course, I'm biased. Because I LURV it.

Blergh

What is my life? Today, it was brunch, sitting on a lawn futon drinking mimosas, sweeping the street (Carrie and I kick ASS!) and then climbing on my roof while Carrie tried to convince me not to have a panic attack.

Generally speaking, I like to think that doing things that terrify you is good for the soul. At least once in your life, you should lick a frozen flag pole, or go rock climbing, or hold a tarantula, or bare your soul to another person. Every time I do one of these things, I don't do another for awhile because they scare me a LOT. I don't like heights, why would I go on my roof? Well, above and beyond the fact that I think I should do things that I'm scared of, as a home owner, I think I should know what's up there. Well, I know now, and I am never, never, never, never going up there again.

That's what she said

Just another Thursday night in Gardiner.

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