Awesome sari

My sister, Becky, is getting married in August. I know, it's great. And she is going to wear a sari - a very pretty lavender silk - and she wants me to wear a sari too! So I ordered one a few days ago online from a business in Jaipur, India. Which is cool, because I've been to Jaipur. (Nice town; kind of poluted, but lots of old palaces.) Isn't it gorgeous?? I really like the embroidery.



I probably will not look quite that hot, but it will still be fun to wear. The company is custom-making the blouse and underskirt. So it's been fun to exchange emails with people whose first language isn't English! ("Thanking you very much for the respond quickly.")


Mom is wearing a sari, too. And Dad, Joe (my brother), and John (Beck's fiance) are all wearing Punjabi shirts. It will be one really, really, really cool wedding! Joe and I are going to be Becky's bridal people, so I think we're going to walk in together, since John is having all guys on his side. Got to love nontraditional weddings!

Funny Quote of the Day

"Sorry, we're all out of crackers."

- Waitress at Cracker Barrel setting our food on the table.

It's Good to Own Land

We have our house!!!!! We are now officially homeowners!

That's so nuts. Only grown-up people have houses. What am I doing?!

It's lots of fun! We went over last night briefly (we actually move on the 5th) and while Steve was tinkering around with the network jacks, I just laid on the floor, and hugged as much of the floor that I could, saying, "My house! My house!"

We totally need to name it. I checked out this website called We Can Think of a Name, and my favorite was "Hippo Pools". I also liked "Lindisfarne Manor " and "Sha Tanze" and "Two Hoots."

Enter Chai and Lady

The cats were giving me some sweet photo ops yesterday. Yes, I dearly love my cats, and if I were allowed to, I would probably have about 30. I'm pathetic like that.

WANT.

Chai tends to be a little dumber than Lady. But at least she doesn't hiss at everyone who comes over. Maybe being a black cat gives Lady a little more edge on being evil.

Belly kitteh sez MORE FUD PLEEZ

"Honor, virtue, and courage mean everything."

I was sick yesterday, so I stayed home and watched the movie Secondhand Lions. Even though Haley Joel Osment is as annoying as Michael Caine and Robert Duvall are awesome, I still love the movie. And - spoiler alert! - I cry every time the lion dies. Two great lines stood out to me. 1) "She died with her boots on." and 2)

"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things that a man needs to believe in the most: that people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love, true love, never dies... No matter if they're true or not, a man should believe in those things because those are the things worth believing in."

I like the idea of living with honor, courage, and virtue being the hallmark of who I am, and of course, the goal of going out with a bang. (Steve and I joke about hiring a plane when we're 90 and crashing into a mountain - not unlike how the two old uncles kick it in the movie.) But it's hard to imagine being courageous when I spend about 40% of my day sitting in front of a computer. I did protect Steve from a stick-snake once, and one time I killed a bee that was about to dive-bomb a friend. I'm hardcore.

Sometimes I wonder when my moment will come, when I will find out if I really am courageous, honorable, etc. Maybe that's the point of BEING all that - you don't have to wait for your moment.

I always wanted a pet tiger, but I'd take a lion, too.