NEW EVERYTHING

So after today I should officially be E*** J****** on everything! Hurray! FINALLY. See I had to change my social security card and driver's license before I could change my home loan, apply for auto withdrawal on my student loan, and everything else that goes along with the ugly business. They should just have all of this stuff on a computer and when you get married, the marriage license people click a button that changes your name on everything all at once! :)

I know you guys are still waiting for photos of our home... I actually remembered and then forgot last night. I'll see if I can remember to do it this weekend. I'm excited to show you!

PS, I have emailed some of you about posting my etsy shop Erin Imaging to your blogs. If you don't mind, it'd be great! You can see to the left what it would look like ---->

Hopefully that'll help me make some sales! If you're interested in setting up your own etsy shop email me so I can invite you. I get points if I invite people and they join. Check back to my shop often as I will be adding new things, even some of my paintings! :)

The Wicked Witch of the West didn't have them because they could fly...BEWARE OF MONKEYS

By CLEMENTE LISI- NEW YORK POST

Last updated: 8:36 am
February 18, 2009
Posted: 10:33 am
February 17, 2009

The Connecticut woman viciously attacked by a 200-pound chimp who inexplicably went bananas remains in critical condition this afternoon and faces "life-changing, if not life-threatening injuries" to her face and hands, officials said.

Hear the 911 Call (Warning: Graphic Content)

The chimpanzee, named Travis, was shot dead by police in Stamford after the violent rampage Monday left a friend of its owner badly mauled.

Sandra Herold, who owned the 15-year-old chimp, wrestled with the animal after it attacked her friend, Charla Nash, 55.

Nash had gone to Herold's home to help her coax the himp back into the house after he got out, authorities said.

After the animal - who had appeared in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola when he was younger - lunged at Nash when she got out of her car, Herold ran inside to call 911 and returned armed with a knife and shovel.

Nash remains in critical condition after suffering what Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy called this morning "life-changing, if not life-threatening" injuries to her face and hands.

Her sister-in-law, Kate Nash, said that Nash underwent surgery Monday night and came out of it "OK."

"It was a very brutal attack," said Stamford police Cpt. Richard Conklin, adding that the woman's "hands were mangled."

Conklin said the chimp was in a frenzy earlier in the day and that Herold had given him the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in some tea.

He also said the animal may have attacked Nash because she was wearing her hair differently and had failed to recognize her.

"There was no provocation that we know of," said Conklin. "One thing that we're looking into is that we understand the chimpanzee has Lyme disease and has been ill from that, so maybe from the medications he was out of sorts. We really don't know."

After the 3:30 p.m. attack, Travis ran away and started roaming Herold's property until police arrived - setting up security so medics could reach the critically injured woman.

But the chimpanzee returned and went after several of the officers, who retreated into their cars.

Travis knocked the mirror off a cruiser before opening its door and starting to get in, trapping the cop.

That officer shot the chimpanzee several times.

"The animal had cornered him," Conklin said. "He had no other recourse."

The wounded chimpanzee fled the scene, but Conklin said police were able to follow the trail of his blood down a driveway, into the open door of the home, through the house and to his living quarters, where he died of his wounds.

Herold and two officers also suffered minor injuries.

Cops had dealt with the chimp in the past - including an incident in 2003 when he escaped from his owners' car in downtown Stamford for two hours.

At the time, officers used cookies, macadamia nuts and ice cream in an attempt to lure him, but subdued him only after he became too tired to resist.

At the time of the 2003 incident, police said the Herold assured them that the chimpanzee - who was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a glass - was not a threat to others.

Colleen McCann, a primatologist at the Bronx Zoo, said chimps are unpredictable and dangerous even after living among humans for years.

"They are unpredictable, and in instances like this you cannot control that behavior or prevent it from happening if it is in a private home," she said.

And then a relaxing ahhhh...

Ok, so I know I've still got pictures to post and I'm truly and deeply sorry about that :) Bu-Ut- We're in our house! Our room is all painted- it still needs crown molding and a nice squooshy reading chair/ottoman but all of our clothes are put away in our awesome closet that we painted this weekend and my kitchen is organized and clean- BOOOYA Baby! Now we just need to do the living room, art room, finish Evan's office- YES WE FIT IN THE DESK!! AGH! What a dreaded experience!... purchase some furniture... and I would love to paint the kitchen/living room area but I also don't want to kill myself SO :) Today I'm going to my mom's house to pick up the rest of my furniture and art stuff. I'm so excited! It's been interesting butI love being a home owner! As soon as I can find all of my camera stuff I will post photos.

Ps- School is going great! We're doing to UBSCT's which are awful but it gives me time to catch up on some much needed reading! Not that I really needed that time, since Evan and I have been married I have read... are you ready?

Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra
Pillage
The Fairy Path
The Lost Queen

and at least three other books I can't remember the titles of. I love books! I wish the library had a record of all the books you check out. Anywho- I'm alway on the lookout for more good reads. I love fantasy (not really sci fi, more just fantasy) and historical fiction. The next items on my book list are:

The Sorcerer King
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
The Fairy Rebel (loved this book as a kid and can't wait to read it again)
The Purple Emporer

etc... :)

I'm a nerd... oh well.