intentionally cruel post on how good my husband is at, well, everything :

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for our anniversary this year,

tim cheated.

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he's had this on a "layaway" plan for months,

and gave it to me this week, remotely,

because he believes art commemorates the big moments in our lives,

and attaching a memory to art makes it personal.

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this is "ethan green" by brandon herman.

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like most grand gestures,

this one is huge.

literally.  it will take a whole wall.

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which is appropriate for the eighteen years it took to get here.

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intentionally cruel post intended to make you jealous : sweet holy hell what is this "dutch apple pancake with candied pecans" you speak of?

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did i mention sometimes tim just decides to whip up breakfast?

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the dogs almost wet themselves.

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POOL PARTY. EYE CANDY. FRIED CHICKEN. MARGARITAS. DSQUARED. MODELS. BFFS. MIRRORED SUNGLASSES. it's saturday.

let's just say a friend of a friend 

generously offers you the use of their pool on saturday.

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and you think, nice, we can all go lounge, 

celebrate the end of "landis week", 

and catch some rays.

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let's just say friend of friend 

didn't mention the house looked like THIS:

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i know, right?

perfect!

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thank god jim and lyle remembered to bring hats:

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and blow up toys.

no pool party is complete without blow up toys.

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monkeys in the pool.

all kinds of monkeys in the pool.

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from the top:

clump o' monkeys,

drunky monkeys,

drowny monkeys,

pre-teen monkey,

hunky monkey,

funky monkey.

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tim's food was outrageous.

the theme was "a judd family picnic",

so, popeye's fried chicken and chicken sausage gravy,

assorted foo foo salads (that's the ashley judd part),

margaritas, and cheesecake.

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you should have seen those gay boys eat fried chicken.

it was like the eagle on a school night.

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brandon and i felt our sunglasses were outrageous, as well:

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you can see a damn story in the lenses.

can you spot the jim and lyle?

can you spot the moldavian manse?

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it was a dreamy, long, sunny, day.

and in the end, there's nothing much better than your buddies,

an insane pool,

and the time to enjoy them both

to wrap up a week of celebration.

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intentionally cruel post about dinner on a tuesday last week or so -

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avec wakes from her nap.

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grr leads the way.

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tim preps the burgers.

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the sun sets over west hollywood.

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dinner is this simple.

intentionally cruel post intended to make you jealous, 2 -

so there i was,

minding my own business,

waiting for the phone to ring with boundless amounts of new business

(IT WILL HAPPEN!)

and i heard a truck pull up out front:

and yes, it was like christmas.

a BIG RED TRUCK THAT I GOT TO OPEN!!

seriously, how cool is that little door?

it's like some kind of sick advent calendar.

unwrapping was soooo coool!

and oh yes.

it gets topless.

maybe NOW some of you will come visit l.a.

huh?