Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

So...apparently calling my parents isn't enough. I have to add it to the written record that I wish my parents a happy anniversary.

It is actually a running joke that I should not call my parents until I have read their blog. I ask "how are you?" And they say "haven't you read the blog?" "No! I thought it would be more personal and call you!" I guess they just think I come unprepared :)

Well joke is on you mom and dad! I am posting this and I still haven't read your latest blog post because i spoke to you and heard it first hand instead!!

Anyway, happy 41st anniversay! (I knew that without seeing your blog too)

That's Not Fog

Another dust storm came through the valley this evening. Although I am hesitant to call it a haboob because there was no force behind it. I got caught in this storm but it wasn't very windy. In fact it just looked like fog and I didn't feel like I was in a dust storm until after about five minutes outside when my phone had a very fine film of dust on it.

Harry Potter and My Last Crusade

So...tonight is the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two which means...I am totally in the theater right now (it is 7pm) for the midnight showing.

Why you ask? Or you actually know me you don't ask?! Because I am at the Double Dose showing which means we get to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows PART ONE at 9pm and then PART TWO in 3D at midnight! Oh, and of course the 3D glasses are Harry Potter style!

I am here with a couple of my friends from work and they said they were making shirts. Now I have never been that brand of crazed fan before, but I am totally willing to succumb to peer pressure ESPECIALLY since it is the last Potter movie. So I have attached photos of my shirt :)

It should be a fun night!!! (PS most of the people in this theater are my age or older, Haha)

11:30pm update Deathly Haloes part one just ended...only 30 minutes until Part Two! Enough time for a bathroom break and some stretches "looking at the cracks in the sidewalk."

2:30am update it can't be over!!!! Parts one and two are possibly the best of the Harry Potter movies because they follow the book sometimes verbatim. I loved it!

No Ghosts

So I dont know if I posted on here that my water heater broke...but it did. Actually it worked just fine but it rusted a hole through the bottom and water leaked out of it (I still had hot water to use) I had noticed for a couple weeks that the laminate wood flooring in my kitchen was starting to warp and buckle, but there was never any water. The floor wasn't wet, my sink and appliances didn't seem to be leaking so I didn't rush into action.

So of course that means that last week when I was catsitting for Michaela (the cat had to live with me because she was on vacation and getting all new flooring in her house) I got out of my shower one night (still had hot water) and walked into the kitchen and heard and saw the squish of water.

The next morning I locked the cat in the bedroom and called the apt management. They said it sounded like the water heater and would have it replaced that day. Apparently my water heater is in my kitchen in the dead cupboard space between the sink and stove - I had no clue. I had been thinking my AC intake duct in the hall closet was my water heater ( I didn't really look at it that closely).

True to their word it was fixed within the day with only the dirty path of destruction in its wake...maintenance men don't clean even when the vacuum is left out :).

Then I had to sign a release of entry form so the flooring company could come in while I was gone to replace my floor. They said it would be 3-4 days before they came. I figured they would call me.

Yeah...they didn't. LUCKILY I was done catsitting before they came!

Last night was office trivia night so I didn't get home until 9pm. I watched a little TV then went to bed. I have a small apartment so I don't really feel thr need to look around...because I figure I can see everything. Not the case.

This morning I woke up to see this barricade of my stuff in front of my kitchen. It took me a minute to figure out why it was there (of course my first thought a single woman was that someone came in my house as I slept or it was a ghost) and luckily I wasn't too sleepy to put two and two together and realize the floor was replaced while I was at work yesterday. Only for a second did I think they did it while I slept :).

So now I have lovely new floors and no ghosts!

Haboob!!!!

Dust storm came rolling in this evening and blanketed Phoenix and Casa Grande. I have added a picture from outside my house now (although it is nighttime), it feels like we are in an ash cloud.

Also, here is a slideshow of other people's better photos (I hope that works)
http://www.azcentral.com/photo/News/Other/858?collectionID=858&prevNext=next&next_limit=0&total=278&sel=

It's getting hot in here!

Yeah, the weathr gods heard about the summer solstice and finally realized we are supposed to be hot. We had a very mild April, May and first half of June and then came the solstice and since then it has been well over 100° and this last week especially has been over 110°! On saturday it was at least 117°.

So that means I had to chop off all my hair. I hadn't cut it since January so it was well past my shoulders and heavy. I haven't worn it down in 3 weeks. Yesterday I used some gift cards I received and went to a local fancy salon and I think I have found my new stylist! Only took 7 years of living in Phoenix to find someone better than my Tucson stylist :)

(I don't know why it uploads sideways from my phone)