Your Pain is my Friend

Photo: After several nerve-wracking weeks, Lourdie finally arrived in the US from Haiti. We spent the first... tumblr.com/xls61jpwx #

W got Lourdie late last night. She slept al evening. She woke us up at 6 am and has been going at 100 MPH ever since. #

RT: @JimmyLe1: DOnt tell me this is a KFC promo...is that colonel sanders playing the piano?? #grammys #

Did something happen to Michael Jackson? #mjdeaderthanadoornail #

Photos of us getting Lourdie last night and then taking her to Miami Beach -- tinyurl.com/y87gqtq #

Is that Stephanie Strowbridge on the Grammy's? #

Photo: I took Qiqi for a spaghetti dinner at Mangiamo’s Restaurant, where she drew on the chalkboard. tumblr.com/xls5y4dzt #

the online @apple store sold me a case for my ipod touch that doesn't fit #

Lourdie is heading to the airport in Haiti. Let's see what happens next. #

Qiqi was playing naughty hangman with me last night at Mangiamo's #

My new ipod touch is in Shanghai, China #

providing career coaching to my step-daughter Tiffany #

back in #grandrapids, no Laurdie yet, she's still in #haiti #

going to GVSU's MLK breakfast downtown #

Every door that closes is an invitation to get the chainsaw #

Tried talking to high school kids today about Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles and Hip Hopper Music. They were not impressed #

Watch Channel 8 News tonight -- we're interviewed about our efforts to get our daughter evacuated from the orphanage in Haiti #

Lourdie Update: Today, the UN, Red Cross, and Salvation Army arrived to care for the children. They're going to be evacuated to the US soon. #

Photo: We are adopting a little girl from Haiti. After the earthquake, we decided to support Rays of Hope for... tumblr.com/xls5mfzyh #

Lourdie's Maison des Enfants de Dieu Orphanage is on Geraldo on Fox News right now! #

Dropping off rice, beans, and medicine to the warehouse of Rays of Hope for Haiti 446 Grandville Ave. SW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 #

#GRneeds dragon boat races in the Grand River #

@kiumkibby buy/rent my house! #

I earned the Lurker sticker on #GetGlue! bit.ly/4DeSGd #

I am the May of Judging You #

#GRNeeds a Geo Cities Page #

Has anyone ever gone to Spirit Dreams? They are mad I didn't include them in my column in Revue. #

If I was a 59-ear-old cat lady, I would have written about Spirit Dreams. Or a pagan half-elf druid ear-candling yogini on food stamps. #

Downtown #GRneeds a place to get fresh donuts, grocery store, pharmacy, movie theater, Indian restaurant, deli to get lox bagel with coffee #

Can @cnnbrk check on the orphans at Maison des Enfants de Dieu, in Port-au-Prince, #Haiti ? Worried adoptive parents looking for information #

Read about our how my family is trying to get information on Lourdie the girl we are adopting in #Haiti -- tinyurl.com/ygdyuh8 #

#GRneeds to dye the Grand River green for St. Patrick's Day #

I just did this -- Donate $10 to the Red Cross to be charged to your cell phone bill by texting "HAITI" to "90999." #

just bought a t-shirt about knitting and gold and silver earrings for a birthday gift. Shh! #

RT @xenijardin: RT @AnnCurry: As of 7 pm total donations for Haiti relief through the SMS campaign (texting 90999) is $5.9 Million. Amazing #

RT @thebeadgirl: in my shop now... Double Drop Disk Earrings in Sterling Silver and 14k Gold Vermeil: $48. bit.ly/4USbt3 #etsy #

RT @benmarvin: Using Twitter (Please RT) #

RT @bedrickk: There used to be like 7 marshmallow shapes in Lucky Charms. Now there's 4? They're swirled to make up for the lack of shapes! #

I hope Pat Robertson's junk shrivels up more and falls off #

I have 25 whuffies, gimme more whf.me/stevendepolo #whuffiebank #

I just gave 1 whuffies to @wealthytheatre for Erin's soul patch #

conan o'brien is talking about porn #

Photo: I took Qiqi to the public library in East Grand Rapids so she could get some books while on vacation. tumblr.com/xls5jlv6n #

You can support orphans in Haiti through paypal here: www.forhisgloryoutreach.org/earthquake_relief #

free photos at @grsocialdiary! #

How comes it then that this her cold so great is not dissolved through my so hot desire #

I was just interviewed by @detnews about adopting in #Haiti after the earthquake #

I would swear a pact with the devil to be free from the French #

B&H photo is mailing my Holga 120N for my trip to Haiti. Sweet! #

My friend @LSecord25 needs the Jonas Brothers and more followers #

Enterprise Car rental tried to sel me $0 a day car insurance Ha! #

My ears were plugged up. so the nurse practitioner told me to irrigate them. Now they are full of water. EAR FAIL #

Liked Alan Beaulieu's talk today, but can't say I have a crush on him #

Those SWimmer's Ear drops are awesome. My ears popped during the Econ Club lunch #

"It's just... the hipsters." Indeed. #

RT @lisarosestarner #GRHas Urban, innovative elem school (Reggio Emelia) 4 creatives- GRPS/Aquinas Charter, Child Discovery Center #

I earned the Addon Adhesive sticker on #GetGlue! bit.ly/82j6cM #

#GRneeds more visionary and invested performance venues such as @wealthytheatre #

If the Coca-Cola company was run like apple, a can of Coke would cost $10 and you would have to buy it from the bottling facility #

Photo: We went to Chicago the first weekend of January. It was a great trip. We saw Avatar-3D, the Blue Man... tumblr.com/xls5crvli #

Trader Joe's is not local by the way #

Avis, Hertz, and National Rent a Car employees hating on Enterprise -- tinyurl.com/yfdewm5 #

Thanks! @lisarosestarner @madcapcoffee @JeffHillGR @creister @stevendepolo @janiehill @TommyGSync #FF of #GRHas #

#GRneeds Whole Foods for the dating #

#GRneeds a tabloid newspaper #

#GRneeds more weird people #

#GRneeds Irish police officers #

#GRneeds more fraud and waste and then more people who know how to get around the fraud and waste #

#GRNeeds a Banana Republic in Eastown #

#GRneeds Italian fruit and vegetable stands #

#GR needs a decent vegetarian restaurant #

#GRNeeds a mountain and an ocean #

#GRneeds to be on Lake Michigan or Lake St. Claire #

#GRneeds more sunshine in the winter #

#GRneeds the Guardian Angels! #

I am not an idealist #GRneeds #

#GRNeeds pumpkin chunkin' #

YES! Taco Trucks and Chinese Food Trucks #GRNeeds #

#GRNeeds 100,000 more college graduates #

#GRneeds more drum circles #

#Grneeds more leaders like @bclarkwhitney #

#GRneeds a Hot Sam restaurant #

You guys who #Grneeds more small businesses and less chain retailers have joined @localfirst right? #

#GRneeds decent bagels #

#GRhas the best burlesque theatre in the Midwest #

I can #GRhas poptarts #

#GRneeds canals and gondolas #

#GRNeeds to start calling itself Chicago East and see if anyone notices #

Support Make Poverty History, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - bit.ly/HYpCB #

#GRneeds robots and androids fighting with laser swords #

#GRneeds its banks to readjust the values of mortgages to the current market rates #

I nominate @shitmydadsays for a Shorty Award in #humor because...it is too funny and to real bit.ly/shorty #

I nominate @benmarvin for a Shorty Award in #weird because he is weird and foul and annoying and funny. And tacos bit.ly/shorty #

RT @TheWhimsyGirl: #GRneeds a Sephora! #