This is how much I love my friends

I am a member of the Sacramento Zoo. I like to take the babies there and stroll around. We have seen some pretty cool things at the zoo, in fact, I was once lucky enough to catch a Geoffrey's Cat pooping on video tape. Amazing, I know. But I digress...

As a member of the Zoo I am the recipient of a monthly newsletter. In this newsletter I learned about something wonderful... Zoovies. That's right, kids movies shown right in the zoo for all to see. Good times. But wait, there is more... on July 20th they are showing Charlotte's Web. This is not the cartoon version mind you. We are talking live action, real people and, most importantly, talking animals. A talking pig on the big screen. If that doesn't scream "Oscar" I don't know what does.

I was so excited I responded out loud... in my house... alone. I quickly opened a new window for my Google Calendar. And then, it hit me. July 20th is day numero uno of Ropsheyer Vaca. For those of you who don't know this is the inaggural trip for the Ropsheyer family. What is a girl to do? Do I let them down? Do I come up with an excuse... typhoid, dysentery... anything! But no, I love my little Ropsheyers. I cannot miss a vacation with them... even if it is speaking four legged creatures that I will leave behind. To Charlotte and her friends I say, "We'll have to do it some other time. For even though I feel as close to you as a connoisseur of fine film can, my family is more important." Au revoir mon amies.

Blogging Frustration

I blog. I enjoy it. But I also enjoy reading other people's blogs (and also reading my own--we all have a little self-indulgent side don't we?). Sometimes I even read my husband's blog. I know, as if I don't know enough about him already, right? Anyway, Ryan and I recently had a little disagreement. It went something like this:

B: I looked at your blog today. What happened to it?
R: I deleted everything.
B: I got that. Why did you delete everything?
R: I just thought I would start fresh
B: You aren't supposed to do that.
R: Says who?
B: Says everyone. A blog is an online log of your life. It's not like you run out of space. You should just keep going so that, later, you can go back and look at past entries.
R: I don't want to do it that way. I like it my way.

Um.... excuse me? He likes it his way? Let's put aside the fact that my way is always the best way and focus on this: He deleted everything and has added nothing new! I link to his page and there is nothing but white to stare at... not to mention the fact that the cute picture of me in Hawaii is gone. Ridiculous.

Personally, I think that he did it because his boss started a blog and Ryan didn't want him reading all of the stuff on his. What, like there were some big life secrets on there? If pictures of your puppy and a review of a Russian River Chardonnay count as big life secrets then I guess so. Umm...not. News flash, big life secrets would be like telling people you drink cosmopolitans and shave your bootie to cut down on irritation while riding your bike... what? Anyway, I know all of you reading this totally agree that deleting your blog is totally ridic.. there isn't even a need to affirm my belief with comments. Just saying.