Wednesday, August 29, 2007

FINALLY!!!

(sorry that it took so long to make good on this tag linda-loo)


PLACES I've WORKED:
1- claire's boutique (i pierced ears)
2- century 21 all-west real estate agency (i answered phones)
3- novell, inc. (i sold computer software to tech nerds)
4- hale centre theatre (i blew up my face)


MOVIES I CAN WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1-the muppet movie
2- clue
3- garfield's christmas special
4- tommy boy


PLACES I've LIVED:
1- so jo utah
2- provo utah
3- somerville mass
4- roslindale mass


MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS:
1- project runway
2- house
3- i love the _(insert any one of them)_ on vh1
4- the price is right (i'll miss you bob)


PLACES I've BEEN:
1- target
2- the post office
3- the state prison
4- star market


FAVORITE FOODS:
1- 7 layer bean dip
2- pizza
3- ben and jerry's karmel sutra
4- steak and baked potato


MAJOR's I'VE CONSIDERED:
1- history
2- broadcast journalism
3- psychology
4- the M.R.S. degree-- oh ouch, my side aches from laughing at my joke-- get it? MRS? married? oh man- {she wipes a tear from her face as her chortle continues}



PLACES I'd RATHER BE:
1- on the beach
2- bar harbor, me
3- driving in my car to somewhere adventurous
4- disneyland


WEIRD THINGS ABOUT ME:
1- i can make the sound of a dog whistle with my throat
2- my texture eating habits
3- the reasons why i can't drink flavored water
4- i had a stick in my ankle for a year before surgery removed it!


PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO TAG:
1- mary
2- seth (so he'll freaking post more than a paragraph)
3- aimee
5- annie










Friday, August 24, 2007

A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES


many of you have heard me tell of my beautiful older sister whitney- AKA the cripply! (good cripply story HERE)if you are offended by this use of verbiage please be directed to the following post HERE, so that you do not indulge in too much sympathy.


but today is my cripply's birthday and so this post is dedicated to her!!!


can i just tell you, that growing up with a wheelchair at your disposal is like way awesome? ahhh, the many ways we turned that big hunk of metal into a toy. the older model was heavier and folded up in half, lengthwise. sometimes we would lay it on its side, lock the bottom wheel and take turns sitting on the top wheel and get spun around until we got sick. this activity was often done while being locked in the back of the wood paneled station wagon while my mom frequented many a fabric store.


there were also those very long days of plugging into the TV to watch our favorite shows and yet still have a need to be entertained... yeah i don't get it either. so we would engage in hours of pop-a-wheelie contests to see who could stay up the longest. the only problem was, that by the time i was 6 i could stay in PAW mode for hours on end-- (a talent i can still do to this day) and so could all the rest of my siblings, so the game was short lived and got tedious after the first person made it through PERFECT STRANGERS and FAMILY MATTERS without even breaking a sweat!

so finding these games a bit on the boring side- whit created a game that was far superior to that of the previously mentioned mediocre sports.

EXHIBIT A: the chair

so whit's legs are pretty atrophied, obviously from not being in use all these years and thus endured the nickname BEANS (from the appearance of her string bean legs) whilst growing up in our very inappropriate family. and yet it is because of these small legs that she had the ability to fold her legs under her and fit nicely into the lower cavern of her chair (see exhibit a, and include a nylon net under it to create a "cubby" to store things in) and with arms outstretched she would use her hands to pull the chair along, much like a horse pulling a cart-- yes, i know you can picture this and some of you are probably horrified at the thought and if so- stop reading now, because it gets much better from here.


lucky us-- we would take turns sitting in the chair's seat and get pulled all over the house in such a way as to convince the passenger that they were royalty... royalty? yeahhhhhh..... royalty.


she must have been 11, which would have made me 8. the plan was hatched and BRILLIANT! halloween was just around the corner and in the deming household, costumes were just thrown together at the last minute and were pretty lame. but this year- we actually came up with something that would WOW them all!!!


i, of course, would be cinderella. after all, i was blond and already had the perfect fancy dress... duh! and whitney... oh my gosh did i mention how brilliant our plan was? yes, whitney would be-- MY PUMPKIN CARRIAGE!!! oh it was just too perfect. the plan was for me to carry both candy sacks, sit perched in my royal ride and be pulled from house to house by my paraplegic older sister dressed up like a horse! YEAH??? DID YOU CATCH THE VISION???? AMAZING RIGHT??? oh how brilliant we were.


so of course we ran straight to our mother who didn't even bother to hide the mortified expression that covered her entire face. but wait, mom-- you don't get it-- she'll wait curbside while i run up and get candy for the both of us. what? why are you looking at us like that-- it's perfect! no, but she really wants to do it... did we mention how brilliant we are for coming up with this amazing costume plan? how come? come on mooooooooom!!!! FINE- i'll just have to be a hobo for the 6th year in a row!


so whit- we never did get to do it.. however, halloween is almost upon us... how about i come out there and we can re-hatch this plan? i'll bring a princess dress and some fake buck teeth and a carrot. mom can't stop us this time!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SISTER!

Thursday, August 23, 2007

8/5/2007 through 8/23/2007



i am too brain dead to come up with a snazzier title, so bear with me.
as like all of my augusts do, they come and go fast
so i give to you THE GREAT CATCH UP post and pray you will forgive its lameness.
BAR HARBOR has stolen my heart-- for good. this is where i want my ashes spread when i die, it's where i want to purchase a summer home and hide away for months on end, where i share so many amazing memories with my best buddies.

russ and i made it to the top of MT PENOBSCOTT
hiking MT CADILLAC in the rain was... so... ummm... fun?
russ and i relax on sand beach

expert climber
BAR HARBOR proper
photo shoot with banana! we laughed so hard at some of our ugly pics!





UTARD!!! this trip was so much fun! i love my family so much and had a rocktastic time seeing everyone and meeting ISAAC and seeing my parents new house and taking my mom for a spin in her new "other car" and having a co-princess birthday party with FRHITNEY and playing BS with my family and going to a movie with my girls and swimming with my babies and finally shipping my bike out to beanie and dancing with my brother in his kitchen to HAIRSPRAY and going on a date with my poo poo. dude- so much FUN!!! thank you so much my family.


how bout a little JORDAN POND HOUSE breakfast all the way from maine!
if you ever wonder where i get my "cheesy"-- look no further.
mommy took me shopping and i got this new red dress!

mom's new toy!
vanna shows us her new house.
3 hours in the car with dad!!!
my new prince charming, we make such a cute couple.
happy maddy.
gabe took me swimming!

whit made us princess books.
okay whit- you be ariel the girl who can't walk and i'll be aurora the one with the hottest prince!






BIRTHDAY BOWLING! my friends rock. that really is all i can say to sum up how lucky i am. my dudes know how much i love PIZZAPALOOZA (dumb name... EXTRAORDINARY sicilian style pizza)- so they got some for me! then they took me CANDLE PIN BOWLING where we pretty much all sucked and had a PEGGY QUIZ with prizes. i laughed hard all night, did a few cheerleader moves and can't think of any other people i would rather have been with than my people. THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU GUYS!

my birthday pizza!



my birthday boys.

yes, it is as fun as it looks- right ben?

mooney and his signature move.

the peggy quiz

rach knows all the answers with such enthusiasm

julie knows the way right to my heart-- TEXAS SHEET CAKE!

BOWL HEAVEN!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

A GIRL JUST COULDN'T BE MORE BLESSED!


i had a fantastic birthday today-

filled with great memories of my party with my family just a few days ago

with a birthday song from the primary on sunday

with special gifts from good friends (including a "wilson" carved for me by jamie)

a million phone calls and text messages and emails telling me that i am loved

a sassy new red birthday dress (courtesy of a great shopping trip with my mom)

dinner at one of my favorite trans-fats donators with my "sister"

AND still more to come

my dearest friends on this planet are feeding me my favorite pizza and taking me candlestick bowling tomorrow.

thank you so much- i KNOW how much i am loved by the way you have all made me feel like a million dollars today. i am so lucky to be cared for like this.

i love you guys!!!

Saturday, August 04, 2007

THIS CRAZY THING CALLED LIFE!


C to the A to the M to the P!!!

so i survived yet one more summer of children's theater camp. this year we explored the planets by using my most favorite of symphonies- the planets by gustov holst, i showed them what kabuki theater is and we actually got them to make their own (it was so awesome), we made puppets, wrote fairy tales, pantomimed, became "wild things," and dabbled in some melodrama, and i only stepped bare footed into a child's pee once! (that's one too many if you ask me)





B to the A to the R to the HARBOR!!!

well kids, this is it! i'm off once again to the luscious of northern maine, to wake up every morning with the sunshine playfully skipping off the ocean right outside my window. and my days filled with hiking, biking, beach playing, ice cream and popover eating, cool as a moose shopping and that cool ocean breeze every night to lull me to sleep! also time to sit and read a book, no social obligations and snuggled up watching movies with the kids every night.





U to the T to the A to the H!!!

hi family, i'm coming! i miss you! dearest issac douglas sivill, who was born just 3 weeks ago- i cannot wait to meet you, snuggle and give you kisses all the day long. dearest other neicees and nephews, when can we play? i want to go to at least one park, maybe we can go to seven peaks? my sisters, i have waited to watch the jane austin movie so we can go as sisters. mom and dad, can't wait to see the new house and can't wait to drive your new golf cart, i'll take mom on a ride that will for sure make her pee her pants! and to all my friends, i want to play too- hopefully some lunches and stuff, but don't expect much mi familia is oober imporante this vacationito! just one more week peeps!





2 to the 8!!!

on the 21st i turn 28! what a weird age to be. it's just two more years til 30 and let me tell you, when i was younger, 30 was OLD!!! i remember saying a silent prayer that i wouldn't ever get to be 28 and not married. well obviously that prayer did not make it all the way to heaven... but the good news is, i look at 28 as an adventure! 2007 has been filled to the brim with fun things, and i plan on making my 28th year of being here on this earth as one that i won't forget!





J to the O to the B!!!

so i quite my job working for the family. this was hard to do, very very hard. but they have now hired someone else and i am officially done at the end of the month. so peg, whatcha gonna do now? oh, funny that you ask me that- well- it should be interesting! i got offered a job at wheelock family theater. i would be part of a program that teaches public school teachers how to incorporate more theater play and creative drama into their curriculum. wicked awesome. the catch is, as john the director put it-- it's not going to pay all of my bills and take all of my time (for right now anyway). so what's a girl to do with all of that free time and no money? for the time being, i'm going to try to get into a show. yep you heard that right, i want to do another play. they pay pretty well out here to do that stuff, so this is what i am doing. and to fill in the gaps, i am also teaching on saturdays, have some part time work lined up and well for the rest-- it should be very ADVENTUROUS! wish me luck.