is that johnny knoxville?

we watched dancing with the stars last night and steve-o is a contestant so his friend johnny knoxville was in the audience for support and the camera showed him for a few seconds and it reminded me of the time i was new york with jenny and holly in may of 2005. We had just walked through central park and were heading somewhere. we noticed a really pretty wedding party exiting this great builidng just across from the park and jenny snapped a couple of pics--we loved the dresses and flowers. it was only when we were flipping through the pics later that night at the hotel when we noticed johnny knoxville just walking down the street. get out of the way johnny--you're blocking our view...

Meet Minnie!

i love her! obviously, i would have rathered kept murray and never been in an accident, but this turned out pretty good. she's identical in every way except the color which i'm told is glacier pearl. who thinks up this stuff?

no news is good news...but this is definitely bad news

so i realize i've been a blog slacker lately-i've even had stuff to blog about. i mean i haven't even ranted about the bachelor outcome or told you how much i love anoop on american idol. i'll eventually get to all of it but for now, i have to share some really sad news...murray didn't make it. marilyn and i were unfortunately in a pretty bad car accident over the weekend and while both of us are okay, my murray wasn't so lucky.  he was a great car and will be missed but he served me well and, most likely, saved both mom and me from serious injury and for that, i thank him. In all seriousness, we were all very blessed to have walked out of the hospital that night. I truly believe we were being watched over and tender mercies can still be found even in the midst of chaos and confusion.  And, as cliche as it sounds, seatbelts and airbags save lives so please buckle up...everytime. i could write paragraphs about the whole ordeal but i'll spare you the details.  it was awful and scary and i'd like not to do it ever again.  

RIP Murray.  December 26, 2008- March 7, 2009.

murray before

murray after