Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
A SOAPBOX GONE WRONG....
(first i would like to say i am not pregnant and this story has nothing to do with such things)
So....I, Vanessa have a philosophy on what you should not name your baby daughter when you the mom are 5'8 and over and your husband is over 6' tall. Maybe it's just my years of growing up tall, so for you untall people--this means your daughter is going to be tall and probably play sports. The names to stay away from are names overly girly & petite or butchy names.....you can't name her lilly or daisy...those are delicate names and just don't fit the body if you know what i mean. Then, you can't name her Helga, Scout, Joanne....you can only imagine someone from the sidelines screaming 'Go get em Jo!'....NOOOO....That is wrong. Hopefully you get the picture. Well...thinking that everyone knows these rules, here are a few stories of how me speaking my mind has gotten me in a little trouble....
1) There is a girl and guy a bearly knew and they are totally way over 6 footers...she knew she was going to have a girl and i went into my whole philosophy about wrong names for tall girls...everyone looked at me like i was crazy. Almost immediately after I was done, she said, well we decided to name her...(ok i can't remember the name, but it was butchy.) I was so embarrased...but then i thought some day this girl is going to hate her name and she'll be glad to know someone tried to fix it.
2) Tonight I met the cutest 6 month old...she had a smile so big. I met her without meeting the 8 people standing around with her. Her name: Lilly! I said to my friend, 'I love the name lilly, but i will never get to name my kid that cause she's gunna be tall and big and lilly doesn't go." I then get introduced to her parents who say, 'well, she's going to be really tall.' oh great!
So....I, Vanessa have a philosophy on what you should not name your baby daughter when you the mom are 5'8 and over and your husband is over 6' tall. Maybe it's just my years of growing up tall, so for you untall people--this means your daughter is going to be tall and probably play sports. The names to stay away from are names overly girly & petite or butchy names.....you can't name her lilly or daisy...those are delicate names and just don't fit the body if you know what i mean. Then, you can't name her Helga, Scout, Joanne....you can only imagine someone from the sidelines screaming 'Go get em Jo!'....NOOOO....That is wrong. Hopefully you get the picture. Well...thinking that everyone knows these rules, here are a few stories of how me speaking my mind has gotten me in a little trouble....
1) There is a girl and guy a bearly knew and they are totally way over 6 footers...she knew she was going to have a girl and i went into my whole philosophy about wrong names for tall girls...everyone looked at me like i was crazy. Almost immediately after I was done, she said, well we decided to name her...(ok i can't remember the name, but it was butchy.) I was so embarrased...but then i thought some day this girl is going to hate her name and she'll be glad to know someone tried to fix it.
2) Tonight I met the cutest 6 month old...she had a smile so big. I met her without meeting the 8 people standing around with her. Her name: Lilly! I said to my friend, 'I love the name lilly, but i will never get to name my kid that cause she's gunna be tall and big and lilly doesn't go." I then get introduced to her parents who say, 'well, she's going to be really tall.' oh great!
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Friday, August 18, 2006
HONK KONG...the city of hand sanitizer
I went to Hong Kong recently for business. I had never been there before and had no idea what to expect. Let me just say that it is not like Chiner at all...I felt like NYC to me (eventhough I have never been there)...but that's what a lot of people compare it to. I was a HUGE change from where I live. One night we took this tram to the top of the city to an overlook point, it was beautiful at night...not necessarily nature beautiful, but a beautiful skyline. So, there was one thing that I thought was so crazy about HK, but that I loved...they had these hand sanitizer dispensers everywhere...in the malls, food courts, hotel lobbies...I have seen this kind of love for sanitation in a long time.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
In honor of my last day at the ritz
so, in my last hour working working at the RCBG...a lady comes in telling me they are looking for a place in the area to buy a home. When i asked her if they had any luck...she said well, i'm trying to get my husband to quit his job so we can live here full time and play...and if that is the case we should just buy a 50 acre property that we found. ok, so this lady is saying they have enough mula for him to not work anymore and a 50 acre property in the vail area is still totally affordable. To give you a reference to just how much mula that is...Ross and I won't even look at houses b/c below is a sample from today's classifieds.....
Avon Just Listed Rare 1-bedroom condo located in the heart of Avon with excellent proximity to the new gondola, restaurants and shopping. This condo features one of the most desirable building locations.
$435,000
Jake Roberts Slifer Smith & Frampton (970)845-9400 jroberts@slifer.net www.vailrealestate.com
that's for a 1 bedroom....so, we'll just take 50acres please...you could end world hunger people! Oh....the other side.
Avon Just Listed Rare 1-bedroom condo located in the heart of Avon with excellent proximity to the new gondola, restaurants and shopping. This condo features one of the most desirable building locations.
$435,000
Jake Roberts Slifer Smith & Frampton (970)845-9400 jroberts@slifer.net www.vailrealestate.com
that's for a 1 bedroom....so, we'll just take 50acres please...you could end world hunger people! Oh....the other side.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
MiniME
I realize that some of you may think that I fell off the face of the earth...but that is not the case at all...I have been traveling a lot though. This past week I went out to the grasslands with some friends for a huge festival and performance. There are some major components of this festival...horse racing, archery and most importantly, WRESTLING. The festival took place in the grasslands, in the middle of nowhere...farmers, herdsman, all kinds of people come out for this festival that happens each summer. One day my friends and I went into the nearby town to by some stuff and we saw this little boy dressed up as a wrestler...isn't he cute? The wrestling here is like nothing you will ever see in the States.
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