I gotta go! I gotta go!

Every single day I used to find myself distressed and anxious, much like the cat above. That is of course, until I paid a recent visit to my doctor for a routine check-up.

During my visit, I confessed that I always held my pee. I was thinking that we could just share a laugh and move on. Not so much. Here's how the conversation went:

Me: Yeah, I always hold my pee. (nervous laughter)

Doc: Brenda, why do you hold your urine, or "pee" as you like to call it.

Me: Well, I don't know. Cus I'm at work?

Doc: I'm assuming they have bathrooms at your work.

Me: Of course they do, when I'm at work I just get into the zone you know...can't get up. (At this point I'm still trying to make light of the situtation, more nervous laughter)

Doc: ...(silence)...

Doc: Well, let's see...how do I explain this. Brenda, when your body has the sensation to urinate, it's because your body needs to release certain fluids. Do you understand what I'm saying here?

Me: Yes.

Doc: Ok, can you promise me that you won't hold it in anymore?

Me: Promise.

Doc: (at this point he just stared at me for a good 10 seconds with a puzzled look)

The best part of this story is that later on that day I visited my parents and they were trying to convince my sister that holding in her pee was not good for her. Did I mention my sister is only 5? Sigh.

Aaronisms

I keep telling Aaron to blog, but all he'll write about are urinals and pastafarianism. So...its up to me to tell you a couple real things that you wouldn't know about about Aaron.

# 1- He has a thumb cove.

I call Aaron's hand a "thumb cove" because that's where his thumb hides in all day. It is the cutest thing ever..."that's just how my hands naturally fall!" or so he says. I'm always snapping pictures of it to prove that he does it, but he's in denial.

# 2- His body is 97% sodium.

So here he is at the movies. You can see that he has a large thing of buttery popcorn and a cup in his hand. What's the cup full of you ask...Soda? Water? Nah. It's full of BUTTER SALT!

This kills me. He will order his popcorn, but only have them fill it up half way, so he can pour his salt over the first half and then repeats the same thing when its completely full.

Gross, huh? But it's not over yet.

He then asks for a plastic cup and fills it halfway with these granules of death. Then, while we're watching the movie he will pour more on every other handful. Of course he feels like crap after he's done eating the entire thing. I need help convincing him this is not good for his body! :)

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Aaron, I'm sorry I laugh at you because of your high sodium intake and thumb cove. And I'm sorry I told everyone about it. And I'm sorry for repeating it now.

Aaron "Neti" Janmohamed

Twas 5:30am and I laid there in my comfy bed in peaceful slumber. Then out of nowhere, I was awakened by the loudest and most horrendous nose-blowing I have ever witnessed. My poor Aaron, he has some serious sinus problems when the weather starts to change. Lucky me, I get to bust out my boots and scarves...but Aaron, he just gets to bust out the Kleenex.

Well, I'll have you know that I just received a phone call from Aaron. He told me he was at Wal-greens and then says, "I'm buying a Neti Pot! You know...like on Oprah!"

I love the fact that I will enjoy watching Aaron attempt to use a Neti Pot...something I don't think I could ever do...freaky, it's just not normal to have running water drip out of your nose like that!

And...I also love the fact that my husband cited Oprah.

Little Brendita & Aaroncito

So it seems like every single friend I have already has kids or is pregnant. Yeah, well...besides the few scares we've had...no kiddos on the way yet.

But just because there's currently no bun in my oven, doesn't mean I can't think about my future little ones.

I want these two! When my kids are this age I will buy them the exact same clothes and recreate this photograph. I'm not even kidding you. :)

Updated...

...the good ole portfolio! Click on the Advertising + Graphic Design link on the left if you're curious.

Oh Sasha Fierce...You're Funny

I'm officially obsessed with this. Keep looping Sasha!

*By the way, this is my first time ever creating an animated gif...thank you Jeff Lew for the troubleshooting.

The King of Pop

Michael Jackson was and will always be the most amazing artist of this era. Thanks for all the incredible music and videos! You will be missed!!!

This is an old picture of me and my life-size Michael Jackson poster in my office. We jam out together when I have to work late! :)

Extra Extra!

This is something that we created for our client, Wrigley's Extra.

These first ones took alotta Photoshoppin'! Cutting water out sucks.

The actual print ads are for the two new Smoothie flavors and they have copy on them...they'll be coming out soon. I'll post them when they're out. :)

Welcome back to the blogging world, Aaroncito!

Aaron is back to blogging. Let's help him feel the blogging-love. 

Click here to visit his blog!

Double-Stuffed Brenda

When I got home and laid eyes on the Double Stuf Oreos that Aaron had purchased I screamed. Literally. 

I begged Aaron to take them away, saying "You don't truly know me. You don't know what I'm capable of." He shrugged it off telling me to just control myself...control myself??? adjshfajdsfkjasdf.

Aaron went to get one the next day and there were only two cookies left. 

(In case you're curious, I consumed 2,520 calories and 234 grams of fat of Oreos.)

Of course Aaron took it straight to his facebook status...

And according to Stephanie Hirschi, I also have a weakness for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Help!

Extra Smoothie Gum Print

We had a lot of back and forth with the client on this one...but finally this print is out for the world to see! Well...world meaning people in the US who read magazines...

Victims of Cholation

When our debit card was stolen in the airport in Peru, we felt exactly like this:
Because they managed to steal over $1,300! 

They took out $900 from the same ATM and then proceeded to spend the rest at a place called "Tequila Rock." (Of all the places...haha) When it came time to prove to the bank that it wasn't us...we relied on our airplane tickets that placed us in the air at the time of the heinous  crimes...

And if that wouldn't have worked, we had a solid back up plan: "We're mormons. We don't drink tequila."

Update: The bank gave us back the full amount.