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Anniversary’s are really fun and I’m glad we have an extra excuse to treat ourselves. As everyone knows, the first anniversary is the tattoo anniversary. Yesterday Chris and I went out and got sort of matching tattoos. Both are capricorn symbols. We aren’t too big into astrology, but we are both capricorn. I’m not sure if that makes us astrologically compatible or not. If anyone is considering tattooing their foot, I am here to tell you that is by far the most painful tattoo I have ever gotten. Here are the tattoos…

Are we romantic or what?:)

Ever since Gary and Alexis recommended “Six Feet Under” to me I’ve been hooked. On the show, someone gave David, a character, a book called Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach. I got too curious at the library and decided I wanted to know about the lives of human cadavers. The book focuses on mostly scientific uses for corpses and some of them surprised me. Crash test dummies–it is really quite noble, because someone donated their body to science we can hit a wall in our auto going 60 mph and live. Ballistics testing–more brave young men and women come back from war than ever before because less lethal bullets have been developed. I highly recommend reading it to anyone considering donating their body to science. (I also recommend it to anyone considering injecting their wrinkles or penis enlargement…unless you just don’t want to know.)

We went to Alabama weekend before last to see our new little neice, Shelby. One of the greatest things about marriage thus far is 1st, Chris has a really nice family and I am truly blessed to have them. 2nd, I instantly gained 4 neices and one nephew. And now, as of June 10th, add one more neice!!

So, here is Chris and baby Shelby:

I’m pretty silly with these pictures. Why is this one so big?? At least the people in it are easy on the eyes:)
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There’s a hurricane in the gulf that has those of us in its path watching the weather more than usual. I have observed an interesting sociological phenonmenon among the locals. If you were born in Louisiana, you either leave for a storm, or you stay for a storm. There is no wait and see, there is no change in plans depending on size of storm. People made their hotel reservations days ago in order to evacuate to Texas or Mississippi. Others have stocked up on water and batteries and will soon hunker down behind their boarded up windows. Most of those who stay are pretty die hard and have seen some horrible storms. I think it’s the captain’s sink with your ship mentality ingrained deep into their psyches.

Chris and I are ready to stay or go. We, not being from here, don’t have any predetermined hurricane plan and will react to the situation according to how it unfolds. We did however have to postpone a trip to visit his family, wait- my family too now: the in-laws, but we’ll take the trip if we evacuate.