Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:42 a.m.
Saw this on someone's live journal and couldn't resist:
[01] My uncle once: makes some of the best chow fun I’ve ever eaten
[02] Never in my life: will I eat sea urchin, get a nose job, but my hair super, super short (again), will I forget to vote, will I deliberately harm my child
[03] When I was five: my favorite outfit was red jeans and a pink metallic, belted tunic top with these little 70’s platform sandals
[04] High School was: mostly okay, my grades were good enough to put me on the “principles/deans list”
[05] I will never forget: that time at the Eiffel Tower *wink*
[06] I once met: Moon Zappa and chatted about Boston Terriers and realized she was just as nutty about their smooshed faces as I am.
[07] There's this person I know who: who knows someone who had sex with AC Slater from Saved By The Bell.
[08] Once, at a bar: My friend and I were kicked out because we were drunk taking in semi-topless photos in the photo booth.
[09] By noon I'm usually: STARVING .
[10] Last night: I watched the season finaly of lost but fell asleep in the last half hour.
[11] If I only had: more money I could get myself out of debt and do some major home improvement projects. .
[12] Next time I go to church/temple: Will be years from now, if someone I know gets married or something. .
[13] Terri Schiavo: Enough Already! .
[14] I like: Smarties, Sweettarts, Coke, Veggie Bologna sandwiches, Popsicles, designer jeans, Tiffanys, big dark glasses and Louis Vuitton purses.
[15] When I turn my head left, I see: Jimmy
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[16] When I turn my head right, I see: two empty desks .
[17] You know I'm lying when: my lies are to good you would never know! .
[18] In grade school: I cut my hair shorter then most of the boys in my class.
[19] If I was a character written by Shakespeare, I'd be an extra. .
[20] By this time next year: I will be a few sizes smaller, debt free and probably working in Burbank.
[21] A better name for me would be: No Comment.
[22] I have a hard time understanding: why the English language would do things like having a single spelling of a word mean different things like: “read” and “live.” .
[23] If I ever go back to school I'll: I’ll get a Masters in Art History.
[24] You know I like you if: I program your phone number in my cell phone .
[25] If I won an award, the first person I'd thank would be: Tela.
[26] I hope that: I locked the backdoor before I left home this morning, gave the dogs enough water and that I remember to mail my mortgage on time. .
[27] Take my advice: don’t drink spoiled milk, don’t shit where you sleep, listen to your mom, don’t pop your zits it will leave scars, shave your legs if you’re going to where a skirt and don’t hold your pee until the last minute, its not worth it. .
[28] My ideal breakfast is: eggs benedict with regular bacon instead of ham and lots of hallondaise sauce, coffee, thin buttery pancakes with various toppings on the side and lots of fresh fruit. .
[29] A song I love, but would never tell anyone is: okay love is a strong word but I’ll fess up here…”This Love” by Maroon 5. Its just to damn catchy! .
[30] If you visit my hometown, I suggest: you go to Lanikai beach its so beautiful, grab a shave ice from Island Snow and visit the okazuya by Hungry Ear for some yummy food. .
[31] Tulips, character flaws, microchips, & track stars: What? .
[32] Why won't anyone: just buy me a new car. .
[33] If you spend the night at my house: be prepared to have my doggies snuggle up to you under the covers. .
[34] I'd stop my wedding for: Nothing.
[35] The world could do without: another season of The Bachelor, Fear Factor and Chaotic. Another britney, n’sync pop sensation. Another starbucks springing up. Oh god, there is so much more! .
[36] I'd rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: eat bull balls. .
[37] My favorite blonde is: Reese Witherspoon in Freeway.
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[38] Paper clips are more useful than: a safety pin at cleaning the gunk out of the crevices of your cell phone. .
[39] If I do anything well, it's: organizing and multi-tasking, thank god my OCD is good for something. .
[40] And by the way: Rootbeer gives me major gas. .
[41] The last time I was drunk, I: vowed to block it out of my mind.
[42] My grandmother always: had the best junk. She was a flea market, garage sale junkie and always had the best tchokes for me. .
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Thursday, May 26, 2005 08:34 a.m.
As I was leaving the house this morning I did a quick swoop to my CDs to pick out a few discs for the car. I've had the same 6 CDs or so in my car for about 3-months. And frankly, I'm so sick of them!!! They aren't even CDs I would normally listen to on a regular basis. I grabbed The Rezillos and Stiff Little Fingers for the road. Didn't have much of a chance to listen to the Rezillos this morning but I did and am still listening to my Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material disc. I think of Top 3 bands, SLF, is definetly one of them. When I listen to any of their albums you can hear all the bands that have been so influenced by them. The did it and are still doing it the best. While living in Chicago SLF, who are from Ireland, toured quite frequently. I believe in one year or a year and a half I saw them three times and each time was great. I would definetly see them again and again and again.
Today was the first day that I dropped Kai off at the sitters and he started to cry a bit. Oh, oh this may be the beginning of his parental attachment phase. Yesterday and this morning he was in such a kissy mood. He kept kissing me over and over. Well, let me clarify, he doesn’t really know how to kiss but he does this thing where he leans in real close to your mouth and he opens his mouth just a little and plants it on you. I guess its his way of puckering and its truly adorable. He was doing it all the way to the sitters front door, it was super cute. I need to make a run this weekend to his manager’s office. I need to drop off about 40-headshots and 40 bio cards. I should have done it last weekend when I picked up the pictures but as usual I was unprepared. Yesterday Kai was so playful. He was super giggly. Don’t know if I already mentioned this but he is able to stand and balance on his own without any assistance. I mean he can’t get up into a standing position on his own I have to actually stand him up but then he takes it from there. He did however crawl to his little push/walker toy stood up and walked the length of the room all on his own. He had never ever done that before and it was amazing. About 20-30 minutes later he did it again. Is this the beginning of the end? I’m looking forward to him learning how to walk, everyone says it’s all over when he can walk, but I’m finding it crazy with the crawling, is it that much tiring?
The weather here has been perfect. Cool and foggy in the morning and pretty moderate in the afternoon. I love the feeling of walking into a freezer in the morning, seriously, I do. That icy cool that just hits you. I find it really refreshing and it sure beats a muggy, warm morning. I really hate sweating in the morning it is so gross and just makes me want to go home and shower and change my clothes. Getting dressed was easy this morning. You know another day, another blazer. Today I picked out my True Religion jeans, black long tube top (it hits just below the hip, buttery yellow blazer and black flip flops. So comfy. Jewelry wise, I made a deliberate faux pas mixing gold and silver but I wanted to do it. So we have my gold trophy mom (mother’s day gift) necklace mixed with a longer silver necklace with a horseshoe on it. Looks a bit funky but I don’t care I like it. Sometimes, I feel like such a ‘tard talking about clothes and jewelry but in my personal life I somewhat obsess over it, especially designer jeans, and I feel compelled to bring it up every so often. So I apologize to everyone I may bore with this portion of my entry, its just something I have to do.
T vacuumed the house like a maniac yesterday. So much so that I know I have to take my vacuum in for repair cause he sucked up one of my scarves and it slightly overheated the engine. Oh, well, at least the house is clean, but not to clean to skip steam cleaning this weekend. Although the regular vacuuming job did highlight all the discolorations in the carpet caused by the doggies, well one doggie specifically.
Today I logged into my MySpace account and found a friend request from a girl I went to high school with. Strange. You see in high school I didn’t have a lot friends, like good friends. I had my core group of friends that I hung out with and I was friendly with all my other classmates, like if we were paired together for a project we did fine, I got invited to their parties and what not but I wouldn’t go out of my way to make plans with them. This particular girl was not someone I hung out with, she attended the football games, and organized pep rallies stuff like that. That was not me. Nonetheless that was over 10-years ago, we’re adults now and can probably reminisce about high school and have other things to talk about. I did accept her friend request, in case you are wondering.
Amber in case you are reading this, T is still talking about that piece of property. He's become a monster!
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005 08:01 a.m.
I was listening to the radio this morning and the news/traffic/weather came on. The news person tried their hardest to report on pipe bomb scare on a Florida freeway. The story went somehting like this. Drivers on Interstate 75 in Florida called in a suspicious looking package on the side of the freeway. The caller said they were afraid because the package looked like a pipe bomb. Within minutes police, SWAT team and bomb squad were on hand. They picked up the package and carefully unwrapped its contents only to find that it wasn't a pipe bomb but rather a PROSTHETIC PENIS! Can you believe that???? I nearly pee'd my pants right there on the 134.
Every Monday thru Friday, Dicky Barret from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones has a radioshow on Indie 103.1. It's awesome. At this moment I am streaming his show since I only caught the first half hour in the car. He is playing a great cover of Outkast's Hey Ya performed by the Supersuckers. You know, they didn't change a thing, the singing and guitars are more rock then the original. Its good. I had know idea that the Supersuckers even covered this song. I would have never guessed Dicky for a radio DJ, but his 3-hour Mighty Morning Show is pretty darn good. This morning he was a little bummed because he found out that his morning concert ticket giveaway was for the Average White Band. You could hear the let down in his voice, to get the contest kicked off and to top AWB callers had to call in to identify the singer of the next song, comically it was Olivia Newton John.
Looking forward to the 3-day weekend. Hopefully we're going to get some major cleaning completed. We're going to DIY steam clean our carpets. The carpet just feels dirty and because Oscar has become a royal pain in the ass, and singly handly stuck up the joint, we have no choice now BUT to steam clean. After this weekend Oscar is going back to spending his days in his palace-sized kennel. He'll be let out again when he can be trusted. Other then some major cleaning, which I hope we can take care of in one day, I don't know what else we'll be doing over the weekend. I should be receiving three movies from Netflix over the next few days so maybe we'll be able to watch these in a more timely fashion then the last bunch.
I have this very tailored black blazer and its work day number three and i've already worn the jacket twice this week. That is so sad. It's been to warm to wear sweaters, and even though I am indoors most of the time my body temperature is so screwed up and I'm always hot so a sweater is a no-can-do. I should probably invest in another black jacket, maybe with a slightly different cut that I can alternate with this one. I mean I wear it so frequently I hardly get a chance to wash it, I know, I know TMI but that's just the way it is.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005 09:24 a.m.
On the way to work after dropping the menchy off at the sitters I noticed a store and couldn't stop laughing. It was called Super Big Discount Furniture. Obviously the person who named the store does not speak English as their first language. If they did I'm sure they would have found the phrase Super Big Discount just plain awkward. This gave me a good laugh, I past this store everyday but this was the first time I noticed the actual name. Whoa!
Update on the mench. His eyes were not crusted shut this morning but were a little watery, i'll take watery over crusty any day. His doctor prescribed him some preventative eye drops, albuterol and suggested I buy some Pediacare decongestant and cough. The Pediacare was awesome, really helped him sleep. Today was the first day of the eyedrops and since its a five day series I hope by the end of the weekend he's back to his normal old crazy self. I wonder if he keeps getting these colds from the babysitters? If so, what can I do really. I can't stay home with him, I have to work, one and two days sure but I can't stay home all the time. And I can't tell the sitter don't watch sick kids. I've already told her if any of the kids are really sick to please call and tell us so we can come get him. Her grandkids were there yesterday when I picked up Kai and nobody looked sick so who knows, maybe he got sick by some random kid in a store or something. Who knows, just as long as he gets better that's all I really care about.
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Monday, May 23, 2005 07:50 a.m.
The little mench is sick. I need to call his doctor today and try to get him in for an appointment. He has a major cold and his left eye was sealed shut with eye gunk and his right eye just looked gunky. His nose is really runny and he has an ugly cough. I gave him a little bit of albuterol this morning for his chest but I need a refill.
Today is T's first day in his new office in Glendale, just mere blocks from our home. He rode his bike this morning and I woke up at my normal time as I needed to straighten my hair, paint my toenails and I wanted some time to just chill. It was kind of nice. Normally i'm rushing around the house getting myself together and the babies stuff and packing my and t's lunch. Not today though. In the future I would like to sleep in. So what I need to do is prepare everything the night before so I can take my time in the morning and not worry about a thing. Ahhhh....i'll get to expereince sleeping in, hopefully.
Yesterday the mench and I were up at 7am. We played and watched some tv. At about 8.30 am we went to Target. It was awesome we were out the door and back home in an hour. I love getting errands completed first thing in the mornings. By the time we got home T was awake and cleaning the garage out. We do a garage cleaning about twice a year and everytime we do it we find junk to get rid of. I have a bunch of old clothes and stuff I need to sort through and give to my babysitter. Hopefully it won't be to hot this eve and I can do my sorting and drop it off tomorrow.
We went to Costco yesterday, what a mistake. Costco on the weekneds is NEVER a good thing!! It was beyond corwded and it was hot as hell outside. So we're in there trying to be smart about the shopping strategy. As you all probably know, if you're going to go to Costco on a busy day YOU NEED A STRATEGY. We enter and head to the leftest out side peremeter and head straight for the bread/bakery items. We get there in record time. No browsing allowed. Grab the 2-pack of wheat bread and the 2-pack of bagels. Quickly check out the pies, which turned out to be cheesecake, rats! Next to the meats, any steaks? Nope, we don't need 10 only 2. T watches the cart as I swoop into the produce section, grab some fruits and a rotisserie chicken and I'm out of there. We b-line it for the diapers which is conveniently located near the refrigerated aisles. We don't need to walk up every aisle. I grab some freezer items while I send T for eggs. We are quick! Canned and boxed items are left. Again no browsing we know what we want, where its at and go get it. Our Costco escapade is over in the blink of an eye. But the last obstacle is exiting, as people move as slow as cattle to that exit door. The wagons are so big you can't weave in and out. But trust me I tried. T was carrying Kai so I was free to do some creative steering I was good. I got to be second in line, but was side lined by some amateurs who only bought a pie. They didn't know how to work the no wagon moves at all. Total Amateurs! When they tried to make a play for the small space between me and someone else and jacked it all up I said something. I was fiesty! But they weren't really worth my time. The did have the cahones to try and cut in front of that exit line but the receipt checker person was not going to have it and grabbed the wagoned person who was there first, and they deliberately took their time going through the receipt. LOSERS WITH THE PIE!!!! Ha ha haha......We were out of there. The three of us were desperate to get to our car and crank up the A/C.
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Friday, May 20, 2005 07:51 a.m.
Okay i'm a little miffed. I'm sitting here rockin' out to my launchcast, first NOFX then rancid then Lindsay Lohan! WTF? How? What? Okay I had to find out why this Lindsay Lohan was being played....because its popular on Launch. Who's launch? Not my launch? Don't play that again. Bad, launchcast, bad.
I've eaten so much food for breakfast that I have given myself a stomach ache. First some scrambled eggs and toast and now some cottage cheese and grapefruit. Much to much! But the cottage cheese and grapefruit is so damn yummy!
Alright, you know how I love lists and I saw a list on Liz's site which I will borrow from her, even though its not Tuesday as the list would require. This is the Top Ten Products You Can't Live Without:
1. Rosebud Salve
2. True Religion Dark was Joey jeans
3. Arrowhead Bottled Water
4. Samsung Cell Phone
5. My Toshiba Satellite laptop
6. Plain old Dove Soap
7. Chi Flat Iron
8. Chanel Compact with SPF 10
9. Aveeno Lotion
10. Oral-B battery operated toothbrush
I feel cleansed now. I love lists. I think lists may play a big part in my day to day life. So sick....but I think its my part of my OCD tendencies.
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Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:39 a.m.
We looked at this beautiful Craftsman house yesterday. It was super cute but the location was just horrible! It was about two blocks in from Sunset and the primary street was hella busy. That alone supercedes the beauty of the home. To bad.
This Saturday we're going to a Covenant House funderaiser. They're raising money by having a Non-Pro Dog Show. We're thiking about entering Oscar, since he's easier to control. It's all in fun, so who cares if he loses or not. The funniest part is AC Slater form Saved By the Bell will be hosting the event. It gives us something to do and gets me off the couch and away from the boob tube. Hopefully, we can pack a lunch and snacks and just make a day of it.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 09:40 a.m.
You know what I love? When I come to work and realize i'm on top of all my shit. No stress, no worries. I just make little piles of stuff to grab for each of my meetngs. So awesome. Today is definetly one of those days. I spent a few minutes this morning looking through some real estate listings and we found an adorable craftsman for sale. Four bedroom 2 bathrooms. So cute and totally rehabbed. I'm going to call to get the lockbox combo so we can swing by after picking the mench up this afternoon. We'll see how it goes.
And for those of you who care, the Transplants have leaked their new video for Gangstas and Thugs. The album won't be released for another month.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 07:19 a.m.
I was crusing (can't believe i'm saying cruising)My Space yesterday and I found an entire group of people that I knew in a previous life. I was a bit freaked out. That was four years of drama I would rather not realive. The scariest part is, one of those people is one degree away from me. And if she snoops around like me its only a matter of time. Yikes! It was one thing, figuring they were on there but not having to really see their profile its an entirely different ballgame seeing their profile. Yeah, I know this is totally stupid but it goes a little deeper. Totally people I don't feel the need to ever see or speak to ever again. Immediately after work I had to call my friend Amber and let her know of my discovery. It was funny that I had so much pent up anxiousness that I needed to spread it to my friend. But, she totally understood where I was coming from. I knew I could count on her! Thanks, Amber. And yes, my friend and I have the same name.
One thing I did find out while snooping around on My Space. One of the girls I was friends with, I think she was just a couple years older then me, well, she is now dead. My suspicions lead me to believe that she probably committed suicide. The poor girl had a lot of issues one of which her son at 2 or 3 years old passing away due to cancer. It's a very sad thing to find out. Most of my friends from that time in my life are seriously either dead or in jail. So sad.
On a separate note, my Launchcast is playing a lot of Generation X. Billy Idol must have been 18 or 19 when he was in that band. Such a great band. However, next time it plays I need to check the rating because it is coming up very frequently. If you listen to Launchcast don't you hate when it plays some crap just because its popular on Launch. That isn't a good reason to play it for an entire audience. At least check the genre and if its a genre i've selected, ok then play it and leave me to check never play again but if its some crap that I don't have an interest in spare me the anguish and don't play it. You would think the system would learn by your ratings, but obviously not.
I'm a dehydrated mess and I brought my big water bottle back to work. I think I need to get a cup everytime I take a swig from my bottle I find my self staring at the opening and slowly getting cross eyed as I lift it to my mouth and begin to pour the satisfying cold liquid into my mouth. So if I feel like I'm getting cross-eyed I most likely am. And I don't think my co-workers need to see that.
I dressed a little more warmly then yesterday and I'm already freezing. I wore a skirt yesterday and the entire time I was at my desk I had to keep my fleece jacket on my lap covering my legs. i was starting to shiver. Today pants and a jacket and i'm a little chili.
I'm starting to see commercials for this movie, Lords of Dogtown. Okay, this movie was already made, in spectacular documentary form, Dogtown and Z Boys. And now sony is trying to cash in twice for the same movie by basically turning the exact story of the documentary into a feature. It might be good but c'mon! Honestly, I don't think i'll see it i'm to much in love with the documentary. Last night, I started watching Saw and I'm enjoying it. Hopefully i'll finish it up tonight. In a strange way it's reminding me of Silence of the Lambs.
Probably once I week I window shop at Sanrio.com. Do all little girls, and big girls for that matter, love Hello Kitty? I have the Deery Lou character as the wallpaper on my laptop. That little Deery Lous is such an adorable little creature! I wish there were more Deery Lou products, stuff I could truly OD on. Currently there are only pens and stickers. I want colored pens, calculators, clear plastic bags, mugs, junk in the vain that would allow me to clutter my desk and make my neighbor want to puke. I really want a clear plastic tote bag. I would prefer Deery Lou but will opt for Hello Kitty in its abscense. I didn't see anything on the site and will need to hit the sanrio store at the mall. I think a cute little clear tote would be perfect for work. I'll be able to find all my purse junk so much more easily. I've been using my LV pappillion which is great, cause it doesn't allow me to stuff it with junk, just necessities but my G hobo is so big that sometimes on Mondays when i'm digging through it for my wallet or cell i find Kai's socks, toys, sometimes a diaper or a bottle. Its a great purse but I tend to leave stuff in there cause its sooooo big. Oh the pains of being a girl.
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Monday, May 16, 2005 07:24 a.m.
It's been another uneventful week. I've been lazy and have completely fallen in love with doing nothing on the weekends. Boring but relaxing. Saturday TV sucks and I'll spend hours watching nothing but the Food Network! I'm hooked on the show Everyday Italian. Can't get enough of watching it. It's strange how I don't get hungry watching these cooking shows, however, I do get anxious and really want to cook.
It's really starting to get warm here. I'm slightly worried as I hate the heat, but my poor little guy is going to be so uncomfortable. T is wanting to insulate the attic which I may give in and let him do. If its going to keep the house cool then it may be the best alternative we have. The swamp cooler is now out of the garage and working full force in the house and it is fabulous.
I'll need to cut this extra short. My stomach is mumbling. Time for some food.
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Thursday, May 12, 2005 02:25 p.m.
Not much happening in my life today. But here are some fun links:
Dance Baby Dance
Dance Some More
Sing Loud, Sing Proud
Access Super Mario Bros
special Fantastic 4 features. Click US and once the pop-up appears hold the F4 button to access the Dr.Doom's data bank. Pretty Nifty.
I'm falling behind on my Netflix viewing. I used to have a very quick turnaround time now I'm keeping these darn things for a week each. I would like to watch Saw tonight but T is coming home late and I don't know if I can watch it alone. It might be A Sharks Tale kind of night for me.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 02:18 p.m.
I had to stay home today as a result of my sitter's last minute planning for a funeral. See yesterday's entry. It wasn't to bad. I got some work emails out and should be returning tomorrow on top of it, like I didn't even miss a day. Kai on the other hand seemed happy to be home with his mommy all day. He's been fun, took his nap, played most of the day and barely ate. His appetite severly decreases when he has a tooth on the verge of busting out. You can see his second top tooth and feel a corner of of it. It should be any day now. How exciting. I love the way it looks with little babies with two big front teeth.
I need to get T to call TMobile today. he lost his phone two weeks ago and hasn't made much of an effort to look for it but between his and mine poking around we turned up empty handed. I'm convinced he left it in San Diego but he swears he didn't take it to San Diego with him. Where could it be???
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Tuesday, May 10, 2005 07:48 a.m.
I'm kind of annoyed at my babysitter again. We dropped of Kai this morning and T took him into the house when he came back he said that our sitter told him she needs tomorrow off. Hmmmm, thank's for the notice lady! Of course she added if you can't I understand but the funeral is in Barstow and its an all day thing. Well, you are NOT taking Kai to Barstow! I've already paid her for the month and I expect this day to be credited towards next month. We gave her two days off in March and didn't even ask for those two days to be credited to April which is our mistake but this time no freebie here, we don't pay per month we pay per day so if you want a day off lady fine, I'll miss a day of work which is worth more then your one day of pay that you will be crediting to me next month! Now I need to talk to my boss about working from home tomorrow.
I packed myself a whole bunch of food today. Yogurt, granola, berries, apples, risotto, stomboli, white chedder popcorn, dried cranberries. See what I mean, a lot. Normally I don't eat it all in one day I spread it over the week. It is to prevent me from buying food or snacks throughout the day. Since Saturday I had been on a quest for arborio rice. I finally found it yesterday at Trader Joes. Not normally a hard thing to find but of course, when I needed it I couldn't find it. So I bought it and made some fantastic mushroom risotto for dinner. That was my first time attempting to make risotto and it turned out yummy. Another Rachael Ray recipe. I didn't make the entire 30-minute meal, just the risotto and for your information it took me longer then 30-minutes to make it. I wasn't keeping track of time but T was. Regardless of the time it took it tasted so good and creamy and cheesy. I would definetly make it again and try adding some other ingredients to the mix.
This whole freezing in the morning is really starting to bore me! The office is so freakin' cold in the morning. Maybe its becasue I sit near a window but this is seriously ridiculous! Today I decided to wear jeans, tank and a heavy sweater and i'm still cold. I've resorted to wearing my "office" jacket over my sweater and its only slightly making a difference. Okay about the "office" jacket or sweater, does every one do this? When I was in highschool and would go to my mom's office I would notice that her co-worker always had the same sweater slung over the back of her chair and I would notice this at other offices as well. I thought it was strange and didn't understand the need and look at me now. I have a blue fleece jacket that I leave at work. In fact many of my co-workers do the same thing as well. I honestly don't know exactly why I do it but I do like having a jacket here on days I'm freezing or forget to bring a jacket. The one gross thing though is I don't take it home as often as I should for a nice laundering. I took it home when my mom came to visit and just brought it back yesterday. Having my office jacket at home was sort of a treat, I wore it everynight while curled up watching TV. But, it doesn't belong at home it belongs on the back of my chair. So much to my chagrin I brought it back yesterday, brought it back to its proper home. The back of my Aeron chair.
My yogurt has given me a stomach ache. To much dairy in the morning, maybe. It sure was yummy but now that my tummy is acheing, not so much. How can I deny myself yogurt and granola its soooooooo good!
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Monday, May 9, 2005 07:33 a.m.
Yesterday was my very first Mother's Day. I got a great little prezzie from T and Kai. Besides a beautiful bouquet I got a cute necklace from White Trash Charms. I love it! I mentioned to T that it was something that I would like and he actually remembered and bought it and in case you're wondering he bought it in the vermeil which I'm totally excited about as I've been wanting to enhance my gold tone jewelry collection. My mom sent me a sweet book from Mallika Chopra which I am looking forward to reading. Other then speaking with my mom and dad on the phone I avoided my cell all day and was given the luxury of lounging around in my PJs all day. I honestly didn't want to do anything. No restaurants, no park, no movies, no nothing! Just me, my remote, my PJs and my T and Kai and that's it. It was perfect!
On Friday I did receive some lovely photos of Lawbyrd's beautiful children. I can't believe how big they are getting and little Jacy is an angel. Her big brothers must just adore her.
I have a handful of friends who celebrated their first Mother's Day this year. Unfortunately I was a bad friend and didnt' call any of them. Qutie honestly, and two paragraphs up, I did not want to be on the phone at all. I'm sure they all had a wonderful day and I will catch up with them during the week.
My nasty cough and weeze combo is starting to subside. My chest is only slightly congested and as long as i'm able to, ah you know, hock a loogey every now and again i'm more then good. I have some sinus pressure in my face but that isn't from being sick thats my normal allergies I get this time of year. Spring is kind of an awful month for me. With all the pollen whirling around in the air nothing but sinus pain and the occasional sneeze. Dammit!
Viva La Revolution is on my Launchcast now. Love it. Well since Y! rebranded Launch to Y! Music was launchcast rebranded as well? You would think that since I work for Y! I would know this but I really don't. My messenger window still calls it Launchcast, I would think that maybe it would be called Y!Cast, maybe it is and my IM is out of date. I guess it really doesn't matter as long as it works, right?
I'm really starting to Dig those Danon yogurt smoothies. They are scrumpdittiliuptious! In other foodie news, go here for a rebate for trying a new Sargento cheese blend. Remember when i said i wanted to make some Rachael Ray 30-min meals. Well, I did. Nothing fancy but just quick and easy. I made turkey sloppy joes, she used beef i subbed for turkey. I've never made sloppy joes from scratch, that's usually something T cooks, anyway it turned out so yummy! I think it was from the brown sugar that's added to the recipe. Sweet but not to sweet, scooped over whole wheat hamburger buns, and I made some mustard potato salad and rootbear floats. It was all so yummy. I wasn't going to make rootbeer floats but since it was the last thing on that particular menu I went for it and it was all so good! Tonight is lasagne unless I can stop and pick up some arborio rice for some mushroom risotto. Oddly we're having the darndest time finding the arborio rice. Which it to bad cause risotto sounds so good!
Overall my weekend was uneventful but relaxing and there are many, many times that I prefer relaxing to exciting.
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Friday, May 6, 2005 03:16 p.m.
I've decided to start setting some goals. It's far from complete and some are simple, some are dumb, some are dreams but they are all mine. Found a cool site that allows me to do this and to check them off when I'm done. View it here.
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Friday, May 6, 2005 12:39 p.m.
I'm so passive when it comes to purchasing items online. I think I window shop about 10 times before i actually place an order. I'm such an online shopping wimp! I need to buy a pet barrier thing for the back of my car. It's relatively cheap at Amazon and I've been planning on buying one forever. Now I just need it, I dont' really like the idea of the dogs roaming free in the backseat with Kai. They would end up in his lap or on his head or something crazy like that. My goal for the weekend, actually order the darn thing and be done with it. One thing I did finally accomplish after about 6-months of procrastination is ordering a new water stand. You see I had been renting one of the ice water dispensers from Arrowhead for two years only to realize we use the room temperature more then the iced. I window shopped and window shopped till I could no longer window shop for a ceramic crock and stand. Okay 6-months of window shopping is ridiculous. The amount I paid in rent for the color more then covered the cost of the ceramic crock. Today I purchased the croock and stand from Arrowhead. I'm happy with my purchase! Not only was arrowhead cheaper then any other store on the web but because I use them for water delivery there is no shipping charges and they will deliver the new stand/crock and pick up the old cooler all at once. Sweet!
After a week of buying lunches I finally brought lunch today. Shouldn't it have been reversed? Bring lunch during the week and buy lunch on Friday? Whatever, i'll do that next week. Although I've been feeling super crappy, I will muster the energy and make a handful of dinners for the work week. Oh tonight I will flip through my Rachael Ray cookbooks and find 3 to 4 recipes to make. Gotta love 30-minute meals! One thing I want to make for sure just cuase it sounds easy and scrumtious was actually listed in a recent issue of Parents or Parenting. Honey chicken strips. Yum! I think I want to get a little wilde with the recipe and crush up some corn flakes into the breading for extra crunch. I'll let you know how that turns out.
I think tonight T and I will be heading down to fun fun fun Los Feliz to pick out my Mother's Day prezzie. I kind of don't want to go into the store then it will be a little more of a surprise, even though I know what it is. One thing for certain I don't know if he is going the silver or vermiel path, that will be a surprise for me.
My bangs are starting to grow out a little. They aren't horrific looking or anything like growing out bangs normally look. I'm debating if I should trim them or let them get longer. What to do?
I put in a limit order to sell some stock today and I wanted to update it but it looks like my stock may have sold. I'm confused. The transaction has yet to be posted but, hmmm? I better take a closer look at this.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 01:46 p.m.
I ended up leaving a few hours early yesterday. I went straight home and slept for a couple of hours before picking T up from work. The sleep helped a lot. Today I dont feel as congested in my face but I do hear it in my chest. It's kind of gross. It makes me feel like an animal.
I had a meeting/recap session with my boss yeasterday. It went really well. I got some feedback that I was looking for and am happy to hear that I am doing a good job. Everyone likes hearing that don't they?
On the way to a meeting this afternoon I got a call from Kai's management firm. I had to get a number for a call back as my phone was cutting in and out. T called back while I was in my meeting and we have to meet with his manager and the firm's CEO on Wednesday. Uh-oh. I thought maybe we were getting fired already, but T said if that was the case they wouldn't waste their time with a face to face meeting but would just send us a letter of termination. T thinks that they distributed Kai's photos, before ordering headshots and maybe they want to send him straight to network without ever working. So we shall see what happens. Wish us luck. As i've said before, i'll be a happy camper if we only make back our money for the cost of the photoshoot.
I've been so boring lately cause i haven't led much of an exciting life being sick and all. Let's see, tomorrow is my and T's fourth weddding anniversay, yep we were married on Cinco De Mayo. We don't do anniversary gifts for each other maybe we'll get something for our house like some adirandack chairs. But Mother's Day is around the corner, T is so excited about buying a mother's day gift. It's not a surprise though. We may buy it today or tomorrow. When I get it I'll post that pic, but not ahead of time. Sorry.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005 12:39 p.m.
Back at work and I'm sick. Cough. Congestion. Wheezing. Shortness of breath. Yuck! I think I'm going to go home in an hour and take a nap. Just wrapping things up here and eating some chicken noodle soup. It sucks to be on vacation and then get sick and having to show up sick and then go home early.
Mom left for Hawaii today. I tried to convince her to stay for Mother's Day but to no avail. That's okay. We had a nice, relaxing peaceful visit and I'm sure she'll be heading back soon enough.
Honestly I don't have much to write about. I'm super tired and just want to go home.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005 08:00 p.m.
May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii! this time of year in grade school through high school we had a big show. Kind of like a pep rally but not. Every grade did their own little act, which usually took place in the gym, with friends and family in attendance. There was a Royal Court and most acts consisted hula, singing or some other musical hooray. I was never to much into it but it wasn't something I could volunteer to do. It was mandatory and it sucked. It was one of the few times per school year I had to wear a stinkin' muu muu. Which normally meant I borrowed my moms, aunts or cousin's. Well, in honor of May Day we were planning to have lunch in the South Bay at Back Home in Lahaina, but plans didn't pan out that way. Instead we had lunch at Casa Vega and damn it was good! I had my usual, burrito empanada, mmm mmm mmm. Before lunch we went to the shoe store as I wanted to buy myself some cute spring summer sandals. I picked up a cute pair of espedrille (sp?) wedges, sling back style with peep toe. Instead of leatehr or what not I bought it in a super cute black and white gingham and at the heels there are cute little bows. I love them and they aren't to high and they are pretty comfy, or as comfy as wedges can be.
Tomorrow will be our wrap up day of shopping. I want to buy a new wallet for me and for T. Good thing he's coming with me, he is so picky about that stuff. Tomorrow is also mom's last day. I want to get some yummy take out since T and I have decided no more restaurants until Kai gets his excitement contained. He is at that stage that he gets overly excited and loves to screem in amusement. Strangely, but not surprisingly, he only likes to do this in public. I used to be one of those people that would roll their eyes at couples with kids and their kids would, scream, yell or throw things. Now I am one of those kids. I don't really care as I pick my restaurants carefully but I would much rather keep things in check and limit my restaurants. this means two things, first I need to start cooking more and second I need to take advantage of my Dinners on Delivery menu.
Wrapping this up, I'm half listening to Charmed and I don't want to miss anything.
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