Happy Birthday America!

A few days ago I had this conversation with Cisco, my brother-in-law.

Me: So, what are we doing for Fourth of July?

Cisco: I don't know. Your sister asked me the same thing.

Me: Why is she asking you? She is the planner.

Cisco: That's what I said... I don't know. Maybe we'll just go for a ride.

The Fourth comes and we packed the family in the minivan, dog included, and we go for a ride. After a coffee stop and a couple of hours driving someone asked "So where are we going?" Cisco answers "We are going to see the Chesapeake Bay Bridge". Awhile ago we had seen a TV show on bridges and they had shown the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as one of the longest bridges in the world. It is 17 miles long. So we keep driving and keep driving, and keep driving.

Seven hours later we arrive at the bridge.

We asked Cisco if he knew how long it was going to take and he said "It looked close on the map."



The dog needed to go for a walk.

After our long adventure we drove back home which interestingly only took four hours and we stopped for and all-American dinner at Sonic while listening to fireworks in the distance..

Moral of the story: Don't let Cisco plan our trips.

Our Father's Day

This Father's Day the family spent the day at Harper's Ferry.

We had a good time and gave Kiara (8-year-old) the job of reading the signs to tell us what we were looking at. We learned that Harper's Ferry was a place where some war happened a long time ago but she forgot the name of the war.

I felt at home.


These people were showing visitors how muskets work while I was peacefully walking by without paying attention. All of a sudden the guy fired the gun and I yelled very loudly "Oh Sh#t!" I want to publicly apologize to everybody that was present.

My sister never has her Blackberry too far away.

But one of the best things about the day was Kiara's card to her dad.


It says

I love you! The times I hate was when you yell at me. But I'm over it. Oh, well happy father's day.

Isn't she lovely...

My niece.

What I do when I'm supposed to be doing something else.

Logo Design

I just finished designing a logo for the blog Frederick Maryland Online. And I am running a contest there for couples getting married in Frederick. If you are, go there...

Kandinsky Sunday Returns

Yes, Yes. I had to appease the readers that keep bombarding my inbox asking me about my weekly column. I took a break from it for awhile because I have too many other obligations in my cat life. I have to lay in every corner of the house to find out where is it more comfortable to take a nap. I have to tease the dog when he is in his crate and show him who is the boss. I have to hide close to the door for hours and wait until someone comes in or out so I can escape to the outside world.

But now that I have taken one of my duties of my to-do list, I can return to my very much anticipated weekly column, Kandinsky Sunday. What is that duty I crossed off, you ask? I ended the war against one of the felines in the household. Yes, I ended the war after finding out Luna is not that bad. We are friends now.



Now there is those other two pests... I mean pets that are so annoying.

Spring Grades

Here are the grades I got this semester

You see... I am not a nerd. I'm am just an art nerd. I'll show you how much of a non-nerd I really am next semester when I have to take a science. Ugh!

What I learned...

I just got home after 2 weeks in Paducah and this is what I learned from my trip. I apologize in advance from all the inside jokes that only a few people are going to get.

1. I have the best most fun BFF.

2. I have a new BFF and they are related.

3. I can't stay up late like before.

4. Going to a dark movie theater after 3 glasses of wine is not a good idea, no matter how good the movie is.

5. A keg full of Cosmos makes a festival more fun.

6. Not all dogs are stinky annoying fuzzy things (but most are).

7. Speed dating is fun (most of the time).

8. I hate hot humid weather.

9. Everything is better with wine.

10. Everything is better with chocolate.

11. Everything is better with friends.

12. Sushi tastes better when a cute guy feeds it to you.

13. There is way too much drinking in Paducah.

14. I don't like to have long hair.

15. Paducah is where I belong and I should get back there at some point.