Okay I am sorry I couldn't decide which one was worse. The top I was about 9 the bottom 14. Both are bad. So I had to do the post below which features many of my cute photos. I think one of these days I may have to do a photo blog.
P.S. I am going AWOL until Thursday so I wont find out who wins until then.
Trying to evade the camera!
look at me helping out in the yard. My mom was convinced I was a boy so she never even had a name for me!!!!! She never considered the option of me being a girl. You'd think as a OBGYN she'd known there were no guarantees back then, its not like they had DNA tests. 
As you can see she still dressed me as a boy and I always had short hair and 
was mistaken as a boy quiet often which pissed me off. Mhh looking at these pictures now I can see how they could have thought that.
I miss snow. There is no snow in Virgina
Okay so in this one I actually look like a girl. You have to admit cute as a button!
Yes that's me inside the bear cage. My mom was well known in the community and i grew up playing and feeding the bear cubs at the local zoo. 
They didn't used to have the enclose until after my "attack" See one day I went where the bear cubs where. It was warm and I was wearing my lederhosen.
One of the cubs came up behind me wanting to play and put his paws on my butt. Well he slipped and his claws left marks on my naked legs. For the rest of the day people were talking about how a bear attacked a kid. Which wasn't true and he did not get me bad just enough to draw blood but no scars. Anyhow since then all the cubs had to be in the enclose and I had to feed them through the fence.
hey look I am wearing a skirt.
well I am a wild child and this must have been where I developed my liking for sour apple snaps and apfel korn.
The twins!!! They were there when I got drunk for the first time. It was actually their fault. They switched the adult punch out with the kids punch. We watched Planet of the Apes and I had hallucinations for the rest of the night. My mom thought it was funny. The picture above may actually be from that night since I was 6 at the time.
here are my Mom and I goofing off outside. We would go out to the lake every weekend I loved it there.
check it out we always had some type of small pet.
my 16th birthday. God I can't believe how skinny I was.
My first time in the US. This was taken a month after my 16th birthday. My mom, sister and best friend came along with some German athletes to NYC for the marathon. My mom and sister went on to Florida and my friend and I stayed in NYC for a couple of days before heading back to Germany since it was in the middle of the semester.
I was 20 in this picture. This is at the hotel in Austria where I worked after my year here as an au pair. Can you believe that I thought I was fat????
After getting of work yesterday I had to drive to Virginia Beach and then from there to Williamsburg. The pictures above are from my drive. I drove over 130 miles and after grabbing dinner and a drink with my friend from England I finally got home after 10pm. I was exhausted and did not get a chance to find the hidden goodies. (However I will look for them tonight after working at the restaurant.!!!!!!!)
So I was trying to make sure I finish everything I have to by tomorrow and made a list.
Office:
1. finish charts
2. send out lab work
3. get pt chart ready for Monday
4. get pt charts ready for Thursday
5. check emails
6. respond and do what emails request
7. clean desks
8. file (at least organize paper by study
9. get to be signed stuff ready
10. empty fridge
Home:
1. Find Jin's sweetbox
2. go pet store get long leashes/chains/toys/snacks for pups
3. do laundary & doggie blankies
4. clean downstairs
5. make potato salad
6. make meatballs
7. make bruschetta
8. get french bread from Panera
9. pack foods and soda in coolers
10. pack waffle iron and mixer
11. pack clothes
12. pack doggie stuff
13. pack entertainment stuff
14. watch taped shows
15. clean up front porch
16. pack up truck
17. set vacation response on email
18. find grade school picture, scan and post for contest
19. call host families for monthly contact
20. fax au pair reports
Okay most of you know from reading comments in Jins and my blog that my b-day is coming up and that Miss Jin promised me a goodie box. Well IT CAME TODAY!!!!!!!
Knowing that not all my readers are as fortunate as me to have such a good friend I went ahead and picture chronicled the arrival. So this way you can open the box with me.
I had asked Jin last minute to ship it to my work knowing there would be someone to sign for it and it would not sit on the steps outside the house - where the bunny may have thought it got lucky (or Grumpy for that matter). Look at the cool label it has the Shops name and address in the top part and mine in the bottom part. To cool.
I didn't realize the box would come today or as early as it did (our mail has been coming later in the day) so I was eating breakfast (Garlic bread and dressing for dipping) when the mail man came. Darn now I have to go and buy a toothbrush so I can try the goodies. Darn Garlic bread!!!!
Thoughtful as always Miss Jin placed a b-day card in with all the sweets. It had a kitty and a bunny sticker on it :). And Mr. Jin signed it too I am so touched! *yes I am glad we met too:)* .
She also labeled all the goodies with what's in it so I am going to take some close ups for you all.
Caramel Apple Crowns
Vanilla Sugar Bliss
Nutty Chocolate Chunks
Peanut Butter Chunks
(I think these are meant for Grumpy but they are not labeled "Grumpy" so they are fair game right?)
... and the infamous Mint Brownies
Now If you are wondering why there no actual picture of the sweets - well I am afraid I will eat it all if I unpack it. See I was planning on taking these with me when Grumpy and I go out of town. I am starting to think that having them delivered to the office was a bad idea. I can hear them calling out from next to my desk *Katy - eat us, just try us, just one bite* But I am trying to be strong because I know once I have given in than I will be over taken by the yummyness and wont be able to stop. See when I went to see Miss Jin she served me this cake (among many other yummy goodies)
and I was full and told her just a small piece as I can not eat anymore. But then I tasted it and all of a sudden I had eaten it all (check out Jins July 13 archive for more pictures of the visit). Its like an addiction once you try it you can't stop. Ask Real and Leslie or Jewels they'll confirm this.
Thank you Miss Jin
puppy love
All these dishes are strictly vegetarian. I love the peas and cheese in the milder curry sauce (right) and the veggies with potatoes in spicy curry. Yuummmm!!!! Friday night was uneventfull, we were not to busy but all my tables were nice. We had a rehearsal dinner out on the patio and they had orders Sangria. Since there was lots of it left we sat around and had a few glasses. I think I got home around midnight. Saturday I had to do a repeat family interview. The family picked that day so I would have to take the au pair with me to the meeting. They picked 11:30am as the time which would have been fine since the meeting was not until 1pm. So I am driving up the road near their house when my cell rang. The Host mom is like "where are you?" (it's 11:20am) I said right down the street from you. And she is like oh boy I forgot J. had his camp today we will be about 10 min late. I am thinking great now lets hope that is true. So there happens to be a Target right there and yours truly decides to go and get a magazine or something. Well to get to the magazines I had to walk past the shelves with the purses and since my b-day is almost here I decided to get myself a little present. 
Isn't it cute? It looks more adult like than my other one and I can still fit my book in it which is very important. 
Most of the girls where there. The police officer told the girls about do's and don'ts and then went to let them pose in his car. 
I am pretty sure he had more fun in this than the girls. One of the host moms was there and she noticed several squad cars circling the area. She was sure that the dispatch alerted all the units to the presence of the au pairs. Most of the girls want to do the ride along where you accompany a officer for their shift. I have a feeling there will be no shortage of volunteers.
Here is my lunch, vegetable Pakora - I call them crispies. Some cabbage dish with peas and curry and then mixed veggies with potatoes and cheese. I can actually make a meal out of the crispies. I miss the spinach I hope all that gets sorted out soon.
After lunch it was off home for some exercise :) (got to work of those crispies) and then Busch Gardens called. There I was bored out of my mind for 6hours.
Monday started on a sad note. One of my former patients died Sunday. So my first call of the day was to his partner to tell him how sorry I was for his loss. They both where quiet the pair with his partner being what you can only describe as a character. I told him I'd stop by the celebration of life on Wednesday. He was telling me that his partner inadvertently ended up catering his own funeral. They had a AIDS benefit a few days ago that he had made the spaghetti sauce for and there where left overs which will now be served at the celebration. His partner thought at least that way he knew it was prepared right.
So I am sure you recognized the photo. Yes it is Tony Bennett. He did a show at the Ferguson Center for the Arts here in Newport News. The restaurant gets super busy every time they have a show there as we are only 5 min away and there are really no other good and nice restaurants close by. We knew with Tony coming it would be the same and added a waitress and bussboy to the normal schedule as well as the day time manager came in to help out. I broke $100 before it was 7:30pm (with my first table being at 5:30pm. While we were in the midst of the rush of people waiting for their dinner, getting antsy as the curtain call got closer, we got a big (13 meals) to go order. For who you ask? Well for non other than Tony and his band. Yes my dear readers His truly ordered dinner from Al Fresco Ristorante. Can you blame him after all the yummy food porn I have shown you????? The girl that came to pick it up also let slip the when Andrea Bocelli had his only US concert here at out center. She was out when he asked about where to get dinner from and asked the light technicians who told them Anna's Pizza. He hated it, well he should have come to us - the girl said had she been there she would have told him to eat at Al Fresco!
Anyhow last night was pretty good. I had nice tables and even the once that got antsy didn't take it out of my tip ensuring a nice paycheck next week. Which is good as I will be missing some days of work while up in the mountains. I had to stay and vacuum but still didn't get out to terribly late. I surfed you.tube a bit to find you all a nice Tony Bennett song.
