Nakedness (or is it Nudity?)

My mom is the best. She reminds me so much of Raymond's mom (from the beloved TV sitcom). She'll see something on a sensationalist TV news broadcast and then calls me in a panic. Typically these calls have to do with Ellie. Like the time she insisted I stopped using baby wipes because of a report she saw. Or like the time she called someone a prick, because she saw it on a show. Things like that. Her most recent panic call went something like this (oh, and this all happens in Spanish):
"Hello"
"Are you spending so much time on your blog that your are neglecting Ellie?"
"...no... if I were spending time on my blog you'd know about it."
"How?"
"Because it would be updated all the time."
"Oh, that's right. Don't neglect Ellie."
Hang up.

I wish I got to spend time on my blog. If anything for my own amusement. So here is a story to make it up to my faithful bleaders (the ones in my imagination, I mean).

Brandon often makes fun of me. Not news. But he often makes fun of me for listening to A Prairie Home Companion. I don't know why, it's a great radio show with comedy, awesome music and cool old-timey ads. What's not to love? But Brandon says that it's dorky that I get the podcast.

On Prairie Home (as us fans call it) there is a section of the show where Garrison Keiller (or GK as us fans call him), the host, talks about his imaginary home town named Lake Wobegon, MI. He usually weaves a really funny story about the town's residents (who are all of Swedish decent and Lutheran) and there is usually a moral at the end such as, "don't mess with other people's rhubarb."

Anyhoo, there is one such story that I made Brandon listen to because I always crack up when I listen to it. It's about a lady that felt that Lake Wobegon was too stifling so she went out to Northern California to find herself, except that she was in charge of an event at the church. This event is approaching and no one knows what is going on so they call her and she answers the phone while she's naked (she had joined a nudist colony). According to GK she gets really nervous because people can always tell when you're talking on the phone naked. There is a mixture of giddiness and nervousness to your voice.

This is where Brandon comes in. A few weeks ago Brandon had called someone inquiring about an internship. This person was busy so they asked if they could call Brandon back in 15 minutes. For some reason Brandon thought that those 15 minutes would be the perfect time to take a shower. So he undresses and right as we he about to hop in the phone rings.

"BRANDON!!! YOUR PHONE IS RINGING!!! IT'S THAT GUY!!!"
Brandon comes running out of the bathroom.
"You answer!"
"You answer, it's your internship!"
And for reasons known only to himself he starts hopping up and down.
"But he'll know I'm naked!"

And so the make-funner has become the make-funee.

The Haps

Insane is not a strong enough word to describe the last month. It's all over though and though I love everyone that came to visit, I'm so glad to wear anything I please around the house.

Sad, however, that I lost my camera for part of it so the following is a very small sampling of the hilarity that ensued. Included is Ellie's 1st birthday, Brandon's family visit, some cool hikes, the waterfalls after a day of rain and... at day at the park. Hilarity.