Second Verse, Same as the First...

Well,the summer is upon us and, once again, Ben is gone for the summer taking a 7 week class in Austin that prepares him for the bar. So you know what that means. That's right. Chick Flicks. When Ben is gone for an extended period of time I watch all the movies I would otherwise never watch out of pure embarrassment. For example, last summer when he was in Texas and I was in Georgia, I Netflixed "Traveling Pants" (Ok, I can't for the life of me think of the full name of that movie but you know what I mean) and I actually really enjoyed it; which is embarrassing. So, when Traveling Pants 2 came out I wanted to see it but never could get the nerve to actually go to the theater, dragging Ben, request 2 tickets to Traveling Pants and than afterwards have to tell Ben that yes, I did enjoy the movie. So the better solution is to Netflix these movies in the privacy of my home so if they suck, yet I still enjoyed it Ben will never know. 1. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (I just remembered the full name): Good movie. That chick from Gossip Girl had a really boring story line. The chick from Gilmore Girls liked some black dude with a snaggle tooth which was kind of weird. The big Hispanic girl actually got some action in this one which I am sure she enjoyed. Overall, not as good as the first but still good. 2. Margot at the Wedding: Some indy movie with Nichole Kidman and Jack Black. Weird movie. I don't recommend it. I think I came to this conclusion when Nichole Kidman's character's pre-teen son told her he masturbated in the bathroom the night before. Too weird. Mom doesn't need to know these things and Holly doesn't need to watch a mom being told these things. Moving on... Ben had a graduation party thrown in his honor in Austin by his dad and Cheri. Since we could not be in Georgia on the day he was to actually walk, his parents threw a party on the same night which was very cool. There was a good turnout and Ben did his graduation walk around the pool which a bunch of idiots blowing the graduation song on kazoos while his dad read bad lawyer jokes. He wasn't missing much. It was basically the same as his graduation ceremony at Mercer University...
Amanda, Eleanor, and Me David, Daniel, and Ben Me, Ben and his cake Sam and Me Blake, Cal, and Hayden. Despite the looks on their faces, it really was a fun party I know what you're thinking, "Are they smoking joints?" Actually,those are little kazoo's which is very appropriate since the kazoo was invented in Macon. I have been meaning to take pictures of our house but I just haven't found the time to do it. I was very busy today going to church, eating Chinese food, sleeping, watching DVR'd "The Big Bang Theory" and now my blog... I will get those taken so you can all see our house! Which reminds me, let me tell you a little story which leads to the below pictures of our new front loading LG washers. One night, Ben and I came home to find my granny's dining room set, which I had just gotten into my house 2 days earlier, covered with water. Ben had gotten me some flowers and had put them in a vase on the table and Penelope had knocked it over. Not surprising knowing Penelope but still very upsetting. This dining room table is beautiful and was in my dad's home when he was a kid. It is in imaculate condition and after having it 2 days, I am thinking this thing is freakin ruined. So, Ben gets on the internet and reads that if you put vaseline on the table, it will help the water spots (the water spots were these HUGE white puddles all over the table). We worked on this table for over an hour and finally decided to put it in the garage since it had vaseline all over it and Penelope kept jumping on the table and sliding all over it because of the grease. We then walk into our bedroom tired from the table and find Eleanor sitting on our bed, ears back, with a big yellow pee stain right next to her. We run over and I pull up the sheet so it isn't sitting on the foam mattress top while Ben pulled the sheets off the bed. I then put the sheets in the washing machine and after a few minutes I go into the laundry and find the washing machine pouring water out the bottom. I start yelling for Ben and he says "GO GET TOWELS!" For some reason, I come back with a little mop and he just stands there looking at me. He then says "A MOP!!!??? Seriously? WE NEED TOWELS! LOOK AT ALL THIS WATER!" So we wipe up all we can but then realize we can't move the washing machine because it is FULL of water. So, we get a bucket and a cup and manually drain the washing machine that way. The only positive thing to happen from that night is seen below. This is the vase and flowers that were on the dining room table. I moved them to the bar in the kitchen and the little brat knocked them over again and shattered my vase. After killing birds and bringing them in the house, knocking over vases of flowers and cups of water, picking on Fitzgerald and somehow getting mud all over my walls, little Penelope is a tired little girl.