this land is My land...

I love where I live. Correction, I love where WE live. (sorry I've been getting some slack lately for referring to "my house" and "my dogs" and "my wife" what?! ok just kidding on that last one).

Anyway, there is something magical about being able to see 7 states and living so close to a national historic mechanical engineering landmark that really warms my hart.

I love the view, I love the seasons, I love the proximity to ATL and Nashville (Knoxville is really just a small thorn in my side since my experience there has more to do with long lines of traffic and getting lost and cold when rendezvous-ing with the Badley Cousin).

Chattanooga....mmmm.....good.


Really the only things I don't like about our (see I used "our" instead of "my") town is its proximity to Florida, Virginia, North Carolina and Italy. However once I finish my teleporter (yes, "my" you think Trevor helped build this highly complex, modern-day-miracle of mechanical engineering science?!--right) all our problems will just melt away. Melt away like butter or chapstick that's gone through the dryer.

The only thing left to do is the renewing of the passport ritual. As soon as I can come up with a clever disguise I will be re-taking that passport photo and then following due course to passporting freedom.

However, at the end of the day (see i can do all these things in one day with my teleporter) there is no place like home.

naked baby time

here's a shot that Tim took of Izzy that I am deeming 'worlds cutest naked baby in a puddle' picture. ever.

Tuesday is Ladies Day

Sunday may have been girls night out but Tuesday is Ladies Day.

I'm assuming that there are many of you out there like me who had no idea that Tuesday was Ladies Day. I myself was living unaware up until yesterday. I stopped my the dealership for Mya's 10k tuneup, and was greeted with a rose and a warm greeting of "Happy Ladies Day" followed by an explanation of..."Tuesday is Ladies Day "(which, to my surprise was accompanied by a facial expression that can only be described as "duh".)
I had no idea this was common knowledge, but after serious reflection I have decided to embrace this new custom. Apparently this holiday is celebrated by being referred to as a Lady (this is a very special occasion) and the presentation of a rose. Trevor was not to excited about the rose part of the custom, but i told him not to worry, i would also accept orchids so he wasn't tied down.

Now that you are aware of this new custom please spread the word. I am also researching holidays for the other 6 days of the week if you have any suggestions.

here are some pics i stole from B and H's blogs...i'm a pilferer of pictures.

Waikiki, My Kiki

Waikiki, the first stop on our tour o' Hawaii. This was one of the first and most frequent sights we saw on our trip...



Here is the view from our hotel room balcony....sa-weet!


our view looking straight out...


this is the view from the other side of the hotel, looking back towards the island (duh, no actually this is the ocean--uh huh)


Thus concludes the first of the Hawaiian posts. I had to split them up so that you aren't overcome with jealous rage and secretly harbor ill-wishes towards me and my kins folk. Also i'm lazy and have a short attention span.

Briana out.

Badley Cousins

Most Badley Cousin reunions start out like this..

pretty soon they start heading in this direction...

which leads to about here...

at which point there is no recovering...

so this lasts for a while...

and finally wraps up about here...

My JG Legacy...

--This is the email that was sent out to commemorate my 4 years at The Johnson Group....



Briana is leaving us after 960 days or 7680 hours or 460800 minutes working at JG

Briana Facts –

Job Titles: 4 years of- Project Manager, Broadcast Producer, Traffic Manager, on a “three person scheduling team” whatever that was circa 2004, TV talent, photo shoot talent, Alysse’s bouncer
Number of Pedestrians she has assisted in accident/hit and run situations: 1
Ramekins of butter eaten on a dare from fellow employees: 1
Money won: $30
Number of bosses that she’s ‘broken’: 1
Marketing Degree’s: 1
Art of Walking Minors: 1
Animal she resembles most: Panda (I think so), Wild Horse (that one’s Alysse)
Number of times she’s won ‘Biggest Oxymoron’ on Halloween: 2 – which, consequently, is the number of times that category has been awarded

Favorite Food: Bison Burger with Blue Cheese and a side of beer chips
Favorite color: brown
Number of haircuts that all live within a 4 inch range of the same length: 8,622
Favorite Living Celebrity: Hugh Heffner (this is obviously a joke)
Favorite Deceased Celebrity: Hugh Heffner (ditto)
Who She Secretly Wishes She Was: Amy Grant
Most Scary Thing She Does: ear deafening sneezes
Favorite Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
My Goodbye Card to Briana:

(it’s really just a chance to call dibs to all you people):
Location of her going away Fiesta: Las Margarita
Time: right after work
Date: This Thursday! 7.18.08----Her last day here is Friday

Also see her famous Memorial Spot –

Timeline Recap

Well, ok, i know, i know...WAY behind on picutres, WAY behind on updates, WAY behind on returning phone calls...what else is new? Well a lot actually so in the mean time while you all are waiting patiently for my picture posts, here is a timeline of recent events.

6/27- Flew to Honolulu Hawaii
6/27-6/30 - Enjoyed Oahu, Waikiki Beach
6/30- Flew to Kauai
6/30-7/6 - Enjoyed Kauai
7/6- Left Kaui to fly home
7/7- Got home
7/8 - Went back to work and quit my job, what? yea, that's another story too
7/9-7/10 - Readjusted to eastern time
7/11- Company holiday (boat day), rode jet skis, boats, picnic, threw my boss off a jet ski and broke his rib, had BarBQ, what was that last one? oh yea, broke my boss's rib 3 days after i quit. Yea. Good times. I actually threw off about 5 different people a total of about 13 different times that day (oh wow this is sounding violent...) and nobody else got hurt. Actually if you look at my track record over the last 15 years I've probably thrown about 35 people about 50 times (Becky is mumbling something to herself right about now) and no one has ever gottten hurt. Whatever, the point is, i broke his rib and i feel really bad about it. Sigh.
7/14 - Back at work where everyone is unhappy i'm leaving and now really scared of me.
7/18 - My last day at JG. Bittersweet.

sigh.