Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

It's either a fetus (according to the pro-abortion side, thus having no rights or status) or a baby (a living being with all those inalienable right thingies.) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070625/ap_on_re_us/pregnant_woman_dead If you're going to insist on calling it a fetus, then please, PLEASE don't report that the man is being charged with 2 counts of murder. (Since the term murder is specifically the killing of another human being.) I know we're nowhere near a solution on the abortion debate, but this seems to me to be a legal conundrum...

We'll start with family... The event of the season! Lisa and Tom's wedding was this past weekend and I'm exhausted, but in a good way. My family (God bless 'em) can be so tiring... :) The wedding itself though was a phenomenal success. We got everything set up in time, the key players all showed up for the ceremony (though my parents were almost late because Colby threw a massive temper tantrum about putting on his suit), and the weather was perfect. They did a tropical/bbq type theme at an old estate (Joanna Furnace) with an accordian playing DJ. He was actually pretty good :) Saturday morning we girls went to get our hair/makeup/lives done, and Shakes was nice enough to accompany us and take pictures. Link is on the top left :) We made it to the church about a half hour before the ceremony to change and hang out, only to realize that by putting our dresses in the dryer to de-wrinkle, they had been almost ruined by a wayward dryer sheet. Other women would have panicked...

Just uploaded some more pics to my yahoo account... baby julie rock climbing buffalo broad st run memorial day Some of the albums are pretty sparse, but I'll try to fill them up a little later :)

First, pics have been posted. Vegas, Shakes’ bday hash, even some wayward New Years pics… Check out the links on the top left. Second, countdown to wedding bells (Lisa and Tom’s, of course!) is now 6 days. 6 DAYS! I’m amazed. I’m astonished. I’m spell-bound. Really I’m just very excited. I pick up my sassy little bridesmaid dress tomorrow, some day this week I’ll find shoes, and tonight Naomi is coming over to help me highlight my hair. This, of course, could either be the best or the worst idea I’ve ever had. The best because it’ll cost me a box of dye and $15 worth of Chinese food. The worst because it could go horribly wrong and cost me the $130 the salon wants, plus the $25 I’ve already spent. Either way, I think it’s a great time for some girlie bonding over tasty food and chick flicks. I fly back home on Wednesday night to a house more stressed out than Paris Hilton in maximum security, and I can’t wait! Thursday the girls are taking Lisa out for a night in Philly, F...

This Friday could not be any better. Paris Hilton went back to jail after trying to wheedle her way out of it after 3 days. This time for the full sentence. Justice, sweet glorious justice... :) http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/08/paris.hilton.ap/index.html

There is just no possible way I can keep up with blogging, MySpace, posting pics, fiddle, running/swimming/biking, and life too. I’m overwhelmed. But I’ll keep trying. Just got back from Vegas at 4 am this morning, and I have to say, it was a blast. But not the blast you're probably envisioning. The past couple times I have been to Vegas I have either been passing through or at a bachelorette party. Passing through - well, that's mostly pretty lights and not a lot of sleep. Bachelorette parties - well, that's mostly alcohol, pretty lights, and not a lot of sleep. And a constant urge to one-up any other random story I’ve heard about Vegas, true or not. But this trip was less binge-drinking and much more vacation. mmmmm vacation. I actually feel refreshed, which I think is counter-intuitive since I still only slept a few hours each night... Shakes and I arrived Thursday evening and grabbed some sushi (I managed to talk our landlord down to raising our rent only $200 instead o...