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November 21, 2005

Four days of happy.

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Best-guy-friend houseguests: 1
Near-death experiences: 2
Television interviews: 1
Television interviews in which I appear: 0
Times I told inappropriate secrets while intoxicated: 8
Number of wine bottles emptied: 7
In-n-Out burgers consumed: 2
Number of wireless internet routers correctly hooked up by yours truly: 0
Hours spent on phone with tech support: 2.5
Emotional breakdowns: 37
Number of secret gardens visited: 1
Rows of knitting completed: 0
Times I insist Drew must move here: 312
Times I resort to begging: 299
Hours spent on the freeway: 46.8
Yarn shops visited: 4
Times we talked about monkeys: 27
Turkey-shaped potholders purchased: 1
Cats sleeping on Drew: 4
Secret self-portraits I took using Drew's camera: 7
Tour Guides: 1, an excellent and patient Faith drove us from here to there and every awesome place in between, never once minding that me and Drew talked about cat poop
Time spent sleeping in the back of Faith's car: 2.75 hours
Times Ellen Bloom said "vibrator" at the party: 2!!! HA! Even the uber-classy Ellen has been tainted by you-know-who!!!
Extra-strength Tylenol consumed: 8
Times we blamed everything on the wine: 77
Times I pulled over and cried on the side of the road after dropping off houseguests at the airport: 1
Days I wish I could write more but AAA is on the way over here to tow my broken Jeep (again) and Jennifer is coming to the Valley to pick me up and bring me home so we can take a sick Roy The Cat to the vet (again): today
More about the weekend: later


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Posted by laurie at November 21, 2005 09:21 AM

Comments

Sounds like a fun time! ;)

Posted by: ~drew armando emborsky~ at November 21, 2005 09:24 AM

Sounds fab, looks cool. Who could ask for more?

Posted by: Anmiryam at November 21, 2005 09:24 AM

Your forgot average sleep per night: 3

Posted by: ~drew armando emborsky~ at November 21, 2005 09:25 AM

Drew: "I have never slept so little in a four day period."

Laurie: "Huh? I haven't slept this much in MONTHS!"

Posted by: laurie at November 21, 2005 09:31 AM

Nice to see 2 VERY happy people!

and NO Laurie, you can't have Drew. Houston needs all the "cool" we have and we can't spare no more. I mean.. we're very generous here in Houston, but enough is enough!!

Posted by: Nancy France at November 21, 2005 09:32 AM

Did you buy any yarn at the 4 yarn shops visited? Or just the turkey-shaped potholder?

Posted by: Neyners at November 21, 2005 09:39 AM

Looks like you had a great time and I hope that Roy is better soon!

Posted by: Bethe at November 21, 2005 09:42 AM

What a fun weekend! It's nice to see you looking so happy.

Posted by: Amy at November 21, 2005 09:46 AM

i'm glad you has such a good time

Posted by: maryse at November 21, 2005 09:56 AM

Hooray for fun friend visits -- hope the post-visit glow lasts for several weeks! (despite the home from the airport tears)

Knew you were having a good time since there was no blogging over the weekend = you are out and about and living out loud with Drew.

Posted by: cant_talk_knitting at November 21, 2005 10:05 AM

That last photo says it all! Happy for you! :-)

Posted by: donni at November 21, 2005 10:10 AM

Laurie, this is the first time I have posted on your blog. I LOVe reading your blog every day and was desolate this morning to find you hadn't posted over the weekend (as I'm in Ireland,your post comes thru in the afternoon)so raced home to see if you had, and here you are! Sounds like you had a blast over the weekend.Look forward to next installment :)
Anytime you want to come visit Ireland.....!

Posted by: Sweensie at November 21, 2005 10:11 AM

You were talking about monkeys?! I'm HONORED! :) Sounds like you guys really had a great time, although it breaks my heart to think of you having to pull over and cry. I *hope* you are embellishing. You guys look like you are having the swellest time; I'm glad. You deserve it.

Posted by: MonkeyGurrrrl at November 21, 2005 10:14 AM

Sounds like you had a great time and you look really happy in the photos. Glad the visit went well.

Posted by: Kris at November 21, 2005 10:16 AM

Poor Roy. I hope he feels better soon.

Posted by: Debbie at November 21, 2005 10:24 AM

You guys look so happy. Can't wait to hear more :)

Posted by: ck at November 21, 2005 10:28 AM

Looks like you had a great time! It’s so hard to see good friends go after a visit. Looking forward to details.

Posted by: shananigans at November 21, 2005 10:28 AM

He is so cute. You are a lucky girl to have a friend like that. (Not the cute part, the "nice guy" part.)

Posted by: Libby at November 21, 2005 10:30 AM

I'm sooooooo glad that we ALL had a great time! Laurie Dear, you are an excellent hostess! Drew is the perfect guest. I felt honored to be included in some of the festivities. I'll have photos later today on my blog!!!

Posted by: Ellen Bloom at November 21, 2005 10:31 AM

Sounds like fun was had by all. Wish I had been there.

Posted by: Dagny at November 21, 2005 10:35 AM

Thanks for sharing your fun times!!!!!

Posted by: Tori at November 21, 2005 10:40 AM

Ooh, dig the crochet hat :)

Posted by: Ayelet at November 21, 2005 10:41 AM

Aww, hope Roy gets well soon. I am love with him and his lone fang.

AND I'm so glad you had a great weekend. :)

Posted by: christine at November 21, 2005 10:44 AM

Number of jealous blog-stalkers: 1 (me) plus-so-many-others-I'm-sure!!

Sounds like a blast. 'Cept for the crying by the side of the road part. :*( Poop.

Posted by: Reenie at November 21, 2005 10:48 AM

Looks like you guys had a great time! :)
Hope Roy feels better soon!

Posted by: Amy at November 21, 2005 10:52 AM

You guys are SO the coolest kids in school! Jealous me over here! XO

Posted by: marissa at November 21, 2005 11:00 AM

Oooo, love Drew's hat, spiffy! Add this on though -
Number of blog stalkers worried that you didn't post all weekend and who are happy you had a wonderful time - 18,000 (give or take 2 or 3, they were off drinking what was left of the wine!)

Posted by: Dagny at November 21, 2005 11:51 AM

I hope the kitty is romping happily soon, and that if we run into strangers in Kerrville, they're as nice as your friend. 4 yarn shops. Wow.

Posted by: PainterWoman at November 21, 2005 12:16 PM

I CANNOT BELIEVE I SKIPPED YOUR PARTY TO GO TO SANDIEGO FOR MY ALLEGED FRIEND WHO BLEW ME OFF TO HANG OUT WITH MARINES AT HOOTERS.

*weep*

Posted by: miss kendra at November 21, 2005 12:20 PM

so, um, monkeys? 27 times? really?

It's really great to see you looking so happy in those photos. Good for you.

but monkeys 27 times??

Posted by: Rachel H at November 21, 2005 01:26 PM

Apparently there is this wise person (CAP) that believes that everyone thinks of a monkey at least once a day. If one tells one's theory to about eight people a day, then one ends up actually saying the word "monkey" 27 times. She left off a zero though, I think monkeys were talked about 270 times.

Posted by: ~drew emborsky~ at November 21, 2005 01:45 PM

What a fun weekend! I'm jealous. ;)

Posted by: kim at November 21, 2005 01:58 PM

I love the last picture...the two of you are adorable!!!

Posted by: Cheryl at November 21, 2005 02:10 PM

ABOUT DREW'S HAT!!! It's mine. I made it, I own it. Drew was only kind enough to model it for his Hollywood photoshoot at the WeHo SnB. It's a Newsboy cap made from Noro Kureyon! Harumph.

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Posted by: Ellen B. at November 21, 2005 02:17 PM

I'm not exactly sure why...but that post made me cry.....

I think it was that pulling off the side of the road after dropping friends off at the airport...

Posted by: shari at November 21, 2005 03:08 PM

shari. I think I'm depressed. the kind that seeps through even a little list of very very good things.

having drew here was like happy... then he was gone. brought up a lot of stuff. ya'll know. Plus maybe justtired and with cat sick, car broken, things seem harder than I want?

maybe.

Posted by: laurie at November 21, 2005 03:16 PM

Laurie and Drew, looks like you had a great time this weekend. I'm glad I got to meet you at the WeHo SnB. It was fun talking with you. And I do have to give props to Ellen for the cool hat, as I modeled her other fuzzy green one, which I love, adore and dare I say covet! Monkeys rule!

Posted by: Erin at November 21, 2005 04:08 PM

You guys are so cute! Glad to hear it was such a super weekend.

Miss Spicy Kitty sends a hi-five paw to Roy and hopes he's feeling better soon. Me-ow!

Posted by: Jenn at November 21, 2005 04:25 PM

Poor Roy! He's my fav! Don't tell Soba. Sending lots of healing hugs to him.

I'm so glad you had such an awesome time! You and Drew just have the best smiles!

Thank you for reminding me to think about monkeys today...I almost forgot.


Posted by: taral at November 21, 2005 05:02 PM

WHEW I'm tired just reading this. You're gonna have to sleep the rest of this week just to re-cooperate......

Posted by: haji-o-matic at November 21, 2005 07:40 PM