If you don’t know anyone like this then you are lucky because these kind of people just make the situation worse. And actually I bet you do know someone like this - Dee is just like this! Of course she does swell up a bit when stung so I can’t blame her!

It is no secret...I am a Taylor Swift Fan! Not a crazy nut fan - but I like her and I just discovered this from the CMT awards a few weeks ago! Don't know how I missed it - she is too funny! And below is her new music video...

It seems like Hollywood is on death row…first Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and now Billy Mays. It is a sad thing that Oxiclean will now have to sell itself.

All kidding aside - thoughts and prayers go to all families that lose loved ones, famous or not.

Back from my ‘vacation.’ I did manage to squeeze in a few days at the hills this weekend to give myself a vacation! We took the Harley out to the Hills and it was spectacular. I have never seen the Hills from a bike and it is something to do if you ever get the chance. It is just a different and great view! And the photographer that I claim to be I got no pictures! But on the bike with no saddle bags - a camera is not easy to transport. I lost my cell phone in Custer…thought I lost it off the bike but I ended up just leaving it at a restaraunt - so I recovered that!

We also got pulled over on the bike because the Hy-po thought it was too loud and wanted to make sure we weren’t running straight pipes! And we were NOT so he let us go…said they are cracking down on loud bikes in the hill - people are sick of them. Well then I ask, “Are they sick of all the money the bikers spend there too?” Because if they are…then complain about the bikes - if not…then shut up!

Ok…I am done ranting and probably should actually do some work today! Hope you had a great weekend and will talk to you more this afternoon during Drivetime! ~ erin

…I must be having one of those days because I dropped the cake! I was in charge of one thing today - make Jon’s Birthday cake! I made it - maybe someone else should have been in charge of transporting it to the party.

It did land frosting down…but it landed on the lid (mostly) and I had just swept the stairs AND I did remove all the cake that was touching the floor. Not enough time to make another and no more cake mix. Shh - if you don’t say anything - I won’t….AND I will just cut the cake before anyone realizes it looks like this. Just letting you know that you probably don’t want me having anything to do with your birthday cake!

I am on VACATION - technically! But today I am in the office. I only came to go out for lunch with Dee and pick up a few things - but while I am here I got roped into doing some website work, e-mail some information and I decided that I could let you know I am working again!

Acutallly - I have been working most of the day. I pulled weeds all morning in my flower beds and then I moved to the garden (which I am growing more weeds than food). The bugs are awful at my place though. I covered myself head to toe in 45% deet bug spray and still got eatedn alive. I could not bring myself to putting on long pants and a long sleeve shirt in this heat to continue - so I am going to do laundry now instead and try to weed the garden a little later tonight when I am able to put on more clothes!

I am leaving work now - so have a good day and THANK YOU to all of you who have to work in this kind of heat every day! I could not do it with out a mild case of heat stroke. You guys are AWSOME! ~ erin

Today Crawford interupted my Tea time at the Playhouse to fix some major website issue! I mean really - tea time at the playhouse is not to be interupted! Today we had raspberry tea with lemon and special mint leaves (which may have been poison ivy - I am kind of itchy now). Alayna was the tea master making tea for Megan & me. Brayden was cooking up some of his famous Sour Punch Soup for our main course.

The Playhouse is at Grandma Hopi’s and the kids play the same way we did when I was little enough to be in the playhouse. Everything is made from dirt, grass, rocks and sticks…but of course there are special rocks for soup, and others for tea and so on. I would have to say today’s menu was exceptional and the nap that I missed out on would have just been the icing on the cake - but not for me…back to work.

If you ever get the chance to stop at the Playhouse and Alayna & Brayden are cooking that day (they are from Texas so it is a real treat to have them in the kitchen) stop by because it will be the best dirt tea and rock soup you will ever pretend to eat!

I am technically supposed to be on vacation - but I am talking to Dee on the phone right now and Crawford is e-mailing me work to do. He is so going to owe me when I get back. Hope all is well and you are not cooking too much in this heat! I am at the photo studio working on my stuff there - in AC comfort thankfully! Tomorrow I will be tearing down some old sheds - I think it is supposed to be 95 degrees! I will be sun burnt! Talk to you all soon! ~ erin

It is my blog…so I can push my agenda - TABOR CZECH DAYS. I will be there this weekend - will you? Find out more about the Czech festival by going to the website - www.taborczechdays.com

And just so you know how cool it really is - here I am with the President of the Czech Republic in 2005 Vaclav Klaus

I got to meet the President all because of Czech Days! One more of me in my Czech Kroje (costume) after I won the national Miss Czech-Slovak USA title in 2004!

I don’t remember any of this being offered in those high priced Chicago restaraunts!