Pub Crawl 2005 

Jeni's 21st Birthday

Getting ready to go out on the town for Jeni's 21st birthday.
We rented a limo to take us around town. Jeni rode a mechanical bull at Kickers in Pontiac; then we went to 5th Ave. in Novi; and ended the evening at Lu and Rubys in Milford with a 1:30 visit to Taco Bell in a limo!

Alex, Melissa, Jeni, and Jessi

Bobby, Rachel, Jeni, Jason, and Jess caught on film spanking Jeni. 

Scott doing his brotherly duty and making Jeni take an unknown shot.

Taco Bell in the Limo

Online Photo Album

Check out my online photo album at http://shennan.bebo.com

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

Shannon

So I know I am a dork, cause I am on this huge Star Wars kick currently.

I just wanted to say that I will never see Darth Vader as evil again. To me he will forever be a Jedi lost in the dark.

We have been watching Episode IV the last few days and I totally see Darth Vader in an entirely new light. Yes he does kill Obwaon, but his dialog makes total sense now. He appears to me to still be a Jedi at heart; just a Jedi that has been seduced by the darkside. And since the Sith Lord and his power is all he has in life, he now has to pay the consequences of his actions and be Darth Vader instead of Anakin Skywalker.

Episode III

We went to the midnight showing of Star Wars last night.

IT
WAS
AWESOME!!!!!!

but.... it broke my heart; and I cried the last 30 minutes of the movie.

I know Aniken turns, we all know that, but it still broke my heart. The scenes between him and Padamine were so awesome, you could see it in his eyes how much he loved her. I am still getting misty just thinking out it this morning.

I won't go any further until the rest of you see it; or until you tell me it is OK if I keep telling you about it.

May the force be with you....

So I have spent the last week staring at my friend's blogs waiting for any sign of change, and it dawned on my today that maybe they do the same thing to my blog. Go to it every day waiting to find out what stupid thing I have done next. So here I am posting...

Nothing much is going on at the moment. I did my first wedding last weekend here at Genoa Woods and we have another one this weekend. These two weddings will be a nice break in for wedding season. I have had a million calls for weddings for next year so far, but only one has booked and two have serious holds on them. So I did a calendar of all the weekends that I have to fill in 2006; 5 down, 47 to go...

Since it is wedding season I have been on a mini kick regarding my own. Since I don’t think I will ever be able to afford my Rock-Star Wedding, I think I have to come to reasoning with the honeymoon escape and come back and celebrate with an intimate dinner with the family. Still a $5,000 dinner, even with 80 people! Curses to tax and gratuity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also started up my fat blog again (no signs of anyone mean). Just me writing about my weight loss. I did find a cool web site: http://www.3fatchicks.com that seems to have 1,000's of members just like myself - all sorts of women struggling with their weight, having craving issues, and lack of motivation. I dig it. If you are like me and want to loose some weight sign up there and then let me know and we can all support each other through our own thread somewhere - maybe we will be "The Rock-Chicks"!!!!

STAR WARS!!! Comes out tonight at midnight!!! Scott and I will be going to see it Thursday night after work, cause he thinks we are to old to see it at midnight - wanker....

Well I think that is it. We are doing Relay for Life this weekend, a wedding, shower, etc... so we will be pretty busy, and my two grad classes start on Monday!!!

WOO HOO!!!

Nap Time

Hmmmm.... someone likes to feel secure when they nap!

Afternoon Delight

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you to
Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go
Jamaica...

Off the Florida Keys
There’s a place called Kokomo
That’s where you wanna go to get away from it all (do do do do do do do do)
Bodies in the sand
Tropical drink melting in your hand
We’ll be falling in love
To the rhythm of a steel drum band...
Down in Kokomo

Afternoon delight
Cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look in your eye
Give me a tropical contact high
Way down in Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you to
Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don’t we go

Down to kokomo
We'll get their faster and we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go...
Way down to Kokomo


(click title-Afternoon Delight)

Name Debate

Fiona (Shannon's Pick)
or Daisy (Scott's Pick)

Fiona's Stats

Fiona is 4 weeks old and weighs 0.15 lbs.

Duke - Our 2 yr old

This is Duke. He is 2 years old.

Two-Weeks Notice

I just noticed that it has been almost two weeks since my last post.
(then I realised that a post I did last week was actually saved instead of posted - so check out "Shannon-a work in progress" below)

Not much to write about these last few days I guess. I think I have chosen a name for my kitty... well actually my sister did, which means I can kiss my own name goodbye... We have decided on "Princess Fiona" for the new kitty. I will post a picture as soon as I can. Duke, of course, is still an allergic mess. We are trying food therapy now and if this doesnt work, I may just have to give the Cat Allergist my first born to find out what is wrong with him.

My buddy Pete turned the big 3-0 this last week. We all had a blast hanging out at our favorite local establishment. It was a suprise party! As much as he didn't want to turn 30, he sure enjoyed all the attention we lavished upon him ;o)

Scott turns 31 this year, I am thinking about throwing him a suprise party since he didn't let me throw him one last year.

Jeni turns 21 May 28. We are looking into renting a limo for the evening to take us around to the local bars and maybe Pontiac. If you are interested in going, let me know :o)

Ben's Blog has had some interesting post's on it latley.
Chack it out! http://bentrb4.blogspot.com/

That is all I can really update on. Class is going well. Only like 3 more weeks I think! Then I will start summer classes (hopefully more financial aid). I have also been reading "The idiots Guide to Weight-loss". Not a total waste of money. Has some interesting ideas in it that I had not read before.

Shannon Marshall – a work in progress

The Executive Director that I work for thought it would be fun for each of us to come up with a personal mission statement. It was suppose to reflect on our personality and how that translates into the workplace. Well, I waited till the last minute; GOOGLED "personal mission statement" and found a pretty cool link at www.franklincovey.com that assists you with building a personal missions statement. After 20 minutes of reflection, here is what I came up with:

I will…
- be a reliable source of energy. In the home and in the workplace.
- always remember that my core values come from my mother.
- strive to be a steady person who takes time to look at all the details before moving on.
- be a dependable employee, sister, and friend to all who need my assistance.
- try to remember that the world does not revolve around Shannon.
- continue to express my individuality and celebrate my liberty.
- be a good and true companion to myself and others.
- continue to bring enthusiasm to work and home and support the ideas that are formed
around me.
- strive to always uphold my composure in all situations.
- remember it is ok to rely on the strengths of others and that it is ok
- always approach a client and my co-workers with sincerity and enthusiasm

I will be a reliable and steady source of enthusiasm and sincerity to those around me. I will celebrate the individuality of my team and be a dependable companion that they can rely on. I will remember to own my decisions and position and that it is ok to lean on the strengths of my fellow teammates.

I am a dependable companion that provides a strong, reliable, steady force backed with enthusiasm and sincerity.

Manicure + Sex = Heaven

I have found my new version of Heaven.

Getting a manicure while watching "Sex in the City"!

I could have died right there and been content with my life. I couldn't believe the joy I was experiencing! Getting my nails done and watching the best women centered show of all time in a nail salon where the same women gather every two weeks to talk about their lives and share some personal "paper-me" time together. I felt a certain type of euphoria surround me as we watched Season 1 - Bay of the Married Pigs.

Then my happiness was sucked out of me, when one of the nail techs came up and TURNED IT OFF! My manicurist saw the look of shock and sadness on my face as I sat wide-eyed in disbelief! WHY GOD WHHHHHYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why were they turning it off!!! Why where they ruining my one hour of happiness that I experience every two weeks! WHY!!!!!

As my nail tech read my mind and was experiencing the same horror at the same time, he leaned over and said "There are kids here now."

WHAT!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!! WHO THE HELL BROUGHT THEIR KIDS INTO NAIL SALON!!! This is OUR time! Our time to get away from kids and husbands and boyfriends! Our time to be pampered, enjoy good conversation, and this weekend we were being blessed with episodes of "Sex in the City"! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I turned to the right to look where my nail tech was pointing, and in the corner were two pre-teens (about 9 and 11 I thought) watching the TV wide eyed at the naked Butt that had just been there for about 45 seconds.

I sat there defeated in my chair, wising people weren't so uptight about what their kids saw on television. I mean I saw "Porkey's" when I was 4!

So now I sit there watching Comedy Central, which happens to be playing "Mo-Money" and I cant decide which is worse? Frank conversations about sex, or violence, drugs, and people stealing money? Then the mother sat next to me and I about died! Total trailer trash! Long bleached out blond she-mullet hair, tattoos all up and down her arms, and she was getting a full set! An hour commitment! And me just in for a fill... Oh Holy Lord! This is the woman that sucked away my happiness! I wanted to claw her eyes out with my freshly filled nails!!!

40 minutes later, I am sitting at the UV table drying my nails and she leaves! HALAHULA!!!! and my nail tech quickly puts back on "Sex in the City" so that we may finish watching our episode. The remaining women in the salon all relax and sit back to enjoy our version of Heaven.

Name my new Kitty

... for real this time

I went to the Vet's last night and picked out a new kitty to take home in 4 weeks. A stray was found and gave birth to a litter, and I have been conned into taking a new kitty home - they tried to get me to take two! but I said one was enough!

She is a grey striped female. And I am looking for a name for her. She will be living with my other cat Duke - a black and white male. I of course think Duchess would be cute, but Scott isn't soo keen on it....

So I open the floors!
Name my kitty!

Jeni's Blog

My sister has a blog now. Sheck it out.

It is cute!

I still like Blogger better though :o)