This Weekend

Started off Friday with the Art Walk in Livingston. The art stores all stay open late and offer food and wine. Went with Ally, Ally, Holly, Heidi and Lauren. It was pretty fun and we went out to Mexican's afterward. It was definitely great to get out of Gardiner and hang with some new people for awhile. Doesn't the picture look totally five girls in the big City? I have some gorgeous friends. It makes me feel pretty too ;-)
Saturday was very slow and wonderfully boring. Worked at the K-Bar on Sunday. Made 40 pizzas. Considering my average is around 26, it was pretty amazing. And I made good tips. Loving this week as well.

Softball

I just have to post this, in case I don't remember at the end of the year. Best-softball-season-EVER! At least for me. I've made it home four times in the three games that I've played. I've hit some kick-ass balls over second base, just dropping them between the in- and out fields. If I had been braver, I could have had a double. And I played second base tonight (Monday I played outfield and hitter (in this league, you can bat 12 as long as one of the two extra is a girl) and then tonight I was catcher and second) and Got Someone Out. True, I bobbled the ball, but they were out! I rule! I rule! Admittedly, I also missed some balls and had some stinky hits but I was able to shake the mistakes off and keep playing.
Last night was rugby and I'm also improving at that. Or... I'm caring less how badly I do so it makes the game more enjoyable. Either way. Hopefully this attitude carries over into game night tomorrow....

Podcasts

I get made fun of a lot 'cause I like to listen to my iPod. Usually it's different podcasts. I'm like to call them my "stories." They range from the PNSexplosion (three gay guys from Chicago, HIL-AR-I-OUS) to old Perry Mason radio shows. But you know what? They make me happy. Often, laugh-out-loud happy. So... just like the housewives of yore, I'm going to keep listening to my stories and they're going to keep me entertained. So there.

BBQs Galore

So, two more barbecues at my place this week. Thursday I hosted a shindig for my building. I just think it's nice for work people to have time to meet outside of... well, work. There were almost, um, 20 people there. I even had two babies and a dog. Nice, huh? The included picture is of Carrie, Cooper and Bridgette. How cute is this kid!?!
Then, Friday, had another BBQ for the friends. It was a goodbye Laura/Luca/Kay/Spring and a Happy Birthday Lucy BBQ. 30 people. I am so popular. Or, Co-host is. Either way, it was AWESOME. I had told people to come at 6, so the first person showed up around 6:20. 10 minutes before I expected! I was scrambling a little bit to get the palm tree and tikki pole blown up but it was fine.
Of course, no party is complete without a board game so we broke out the Settlers of Cattan. Lis, Lauren, Carrie and Andrew were pretty seriously into this game for a long, LONG time. I think the game ended up being almost two or three hours long. I lost track for awhile. There were other people there, quite a few of them actually, including some Italians. Gardiner is such an international hub. Plus, there's finally a rumor about me! Five years, I've waited for a rumor about me! Apparently, I am the girl who wants to have a hundred parties before the summer is over. Which, in Gardiner, pretty much means I would have to have something on the order of three parties a day. Um, just three parties in the last week have kicked my ass. Although, I am, indeed the hostess-with-the-mostest. Just notice behind the board gamers my neatly labeled recycling, garbage and dirty dishes bins. We had candles, copious amounts of food and even a white-trash backyard fire (Previous homeowner (Hi, Eric!) had set up a washtub on two cinder blocks. I consider buying/making a real pit every once in awhile, but this is so kitschy-cute!). I even had penis straws available for those who asked.

Just like my profile says, I kick ass!

Summer Plans

Spring is officially winding down. Even the weather in Montana seems like it may be giving in to the inevitable. I think that any more snow this season is doubtful (fingers crossed). By now, we've had several days of good to beautiful weather. Thank god this week was finally good. I had begun to despair that we would ever have sun or even warmth again.
A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with Heidi and Trudy and made up our goals for the Summer of 2008:

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

We haven't really done any of these yet. Except the parties. We're working on the summer drinks. I'm confident we'll get most of these done. We'll see at the end of the season whether they were.

Questionable Content

Why do I like this comic so much? It's just so darn Quirky! The strangest things seem to happen to these characters. I always get so disappointed when it's Friday and I don't get to see Faye, Marten and Dora for the until Sunday. sigh. I just wish we saw more of Penny (aka Pizza Girl?). I think because I identify with her so much.

Ha!

CC linked to me on her page... calling mine "Jessi's sad little blog :-(" Which, is admittedly true. But I now have more posts than she does. So... Ha!