Thoughts from Barbara_in_WA

truths for mature people.....

2011-02-15T14:48:00.000-08:00

a friend sent me these....and you know what? i'm pretty sure they are all true :-)

Truths For Mature Adults

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your
computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize
you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was
younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure
I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the
person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work
when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the
rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray ? I don't
want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if
I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I
did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to
answer when they call.

15. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or
Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

16. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

17. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

18. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and
smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

19. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to
prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and
sisters!

20. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,
and you can wear them forever.

21. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not
know what time it is.

23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys
in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey -
but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away,
in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!

24. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and
the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men
to realize that their brain is also important.

it is, after all, extra money.....

2011-02-13T10:05:00.000-08:00

if you are not on facebook, then you probably dont know that i have been working weekends this month. all month. and at least saturday the 5th of may, maybe even the 6th. not sure yet. but i do know for sure that regardless, that will be the last weekend. we have katie's open house to go to at fairgate on the 12th of march, and i refuse to miss that. we will be there to sample all of the food options, select table settings and linens, maybe see florists and bakeries. and hopefully there will be a list of officiants for her and tim to check out. and i will get to meet tim's mom. i have briefly met his dad, but have yet to meet his mom. and katie and tim have only been together for 6-1/2 years! its ok. we will have plenty of time to get to know them. k & t may have already decided on a bakery though. divine bites downtown. i had orginally thought of them, but then we tried cupcakes at a different place downtown, and those were really good too. we had them at our work staff party for christmas, and i took one home to give to katie. she really like it. it was a snickerdoodle cupcake. we stopped in to buy some, but she was out of cupcakes. in the middle of the afternoon. all she had was a couple brownies. as my mom said, you budget in your waste. who runs a bakery that runs out of food? she said something about it being "winter" and that she doesn't make as much because sales are low, but you know what? you donate to a shelter or sell things day old like the other bakery was doing. but to not have anything in your case at all???? then she told katie that she would be at the local bridal show and to stop by there and she would have samples. so katie went that weekend. guess who was not there? nope. the woman did not go to the show. so katie decided that she didn't feel like she could trust her to do the work. the other bakery was there though, with samples. k & t both liked the cupcakes, so looks like they may be using them. there is also a new cupcake place out in battle ground, but not sure that i want to drive all the way out there. kinda hoping they will be at the open house, but since they are new, not sure that they will be. she does like divine bites though. and she said the ladies were very nice. other than that, katie has picked out save the dates and invitations. we are ordering the save the dates next week. should have done this last month, but we're still within the 6 months before the day of the wedding :-)
did i tell you that we bought her dress? back in november. its beautiful! cant wait until its done and we can go to the fitting! i would upload a picture of her in the sample dress, but tim might see. dont want that to happen :-)
**but i will email pictures if you want to see!**

Oscar Time

2011-02-01T11:52:00.000-08:00

Time to make my predictions for Oscars.
Admittedly, I still have not seen True Grit.
But I don't think I need too to make my predictions.
I am going to see it by myself Thursday though.
Can't get anyone else to go with me.

So here I go......

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
“The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
“True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

“Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
“Inception” Wally Pfister
“The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
“The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest” Sandy Powell
“True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” David O. Russell
“The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” David Fincher
“True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)

“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
“Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
“Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

“Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
“Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter” Pamela Martin
“The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours” Jon Harris
“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
“In a Better World” Denmark
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
“The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
“Inception” Hans Zimmer
“The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

“Day & Night” Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

“Inception” Richard King
“Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

“Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini(would like to pick this one though)

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg(would like to pick this one too)
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

So there it is. Most are just guesses after reading bio's online. It's hard to pick things like documentaries when we never get to see these. I really think that the Academy needs to let a group from the general public vote on these too. People who actually pay to go see a movie. They will tell you the truth. My favorite movies this year were Black Swan, Winter's Bone and Hereafter. But they are not going to win many awards. The King's Speech will. I hope Social Network doesn't. It was OK, but not as great as it was made out to be. I did like King's Speech, and I'm totally OK with the awards it will win. 127 Hours was really good too. But I don't think it is an Academy type of movie. King's Speech is.
But then again.....
I could be totally wrong :-)
My bet on correct picks: 14/24

fast food no more.....

2011-01-25T09:33:00.000-08:00

(note to self: come here more so that it won't take you 3 tries to remember your password)

i have given up fast food.
and diet soda.
i have not had either since january 1st.
funny thing too...it was taco bell.
the bell is being sued for saying their products include "beef" when in fact it only contains 35%.
bleck.
i'm trying to eat healthier.
i go home for lunch.
make a sandwich or something.
well i was pretty much always going home for lunch, but now i don't stop at wendy's first.
if there was nothing in the house to make for lunch, then i would grab fast food.
now i make sure that there is something there to eat.
i still need to make changes though.
i want to go organic.
i want to buy only organic meat.
i had been buying organic hamburger for some time, but i don't think my store is carrying it any more.
i will have to look again.
the last few times i bought hamburger i couldn't find it.
another change i made was i am eating breakfast every morning.
i skipped breakfast a lot.
all month i have been eating cereal.
special k or cheerios.
and so far the milk has not been hurting my stomach like it used too.
i used to cramp up whenever i had milk.
but so far i seem to be doing ok :-)
i also started drinking a glass of blueberry juice.
another thing i am going to try is taking hydrochloric acid.
i just bought the newest book from suzanne summers called sexy forever.
i bought it for the title :-)
all kidding aside, she talks about the changes that women over 40 go through.
i have been exercising with my sister terri for a year now, and neither of us were losing any weight.
since giving up the diet soda and fast food, i have lost 8 pounds.
now i was not eating and drinking that stuff every day, but sometimes it was 2-3 times a week.
that was too much.
anyway, in the book she talks about how when you reach 40 you stop producing enough acid in your stomach to digest your food properly so it turns to toxins stored in fat, making you fatter.
since my gallbladder was removed i don't even have acid going into my stomach to help in digestion.
so i think this is something that is important for me to give a try.
i am going online today and order some.
i will let you know how i feel after taking these for a while.
and if i am losing any more weight :-)

wow. the year is done. and i have not been here.

2010-12-26T17:01:00.000-08:00

i have one more week until this year is over.
i have not even been here for a month.
i will be out for the next week and unavailable to blog.
so i will try....try....to come back full time starting in january.
but not the first.
or the second.
maybe the second.
:-)
HAVE A FUN AND SAFE NEW YEAR!

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.....

2010-11-03T11:38:00.001-07:00

It's GORGEOUS out today :-)

Hope your day will be as nice as mine!

Halloween Fright......Late at Night......

2010-11-01T09:25:00.000-07:00

Had the crap scared out of me last night.
Robert and I were sound asleep, when we were both woke up by the doorbell.
It was 12:36am.
We both sat up and he said "Was that the doorbell?"
"Yes."
We jumped out of bed. The cats, I think, were already in a panic and were hiding.
I immediately freak out thinking its cops.
Because at our house, we know first hand that doorbells in the middle of the night do not bring good news.
But then I calmed down.
I remembered that it was Halloween night and figured that it was kids playing Ding Dong Ditch.
Robert went to the front door to look out the window.
I went into Katie's old room to look out her window.
I should have seen a flaming bag-o-poo.
But instead......
I saw a cop.
Standing at the front door.
Flashlight in hand.
Not just any old cop, but a huge one.
I freaked and yelled to Robert "IT'S A COP!"
I turned around to head out to the living room when I noticed that the light from a flashlight shone into the room, but I kept going.
Robert opened the door and I stopped in the hall to listen.
Just like I did when they came 12 years ago.
I didn't know what he was going to say.
I wasn't even sure I wanted to hear it.
But there I stood.
Frozen in the hall, frozen in my memories.
He said something like this....
"Sir, I'm sorry to have woken you up, but I saw a young man come from your backyard and I wanted to make sure that you do not have a teen living here, or in one of your neighboring houses."
**exhale**
I was so relieved to hear that was why he was at the door.
But then, of course, I panicked thinking that someone had been trying to break into the house.
The cop was telling Robert that he thinks the guy was car prowling, and asked if the truck was locked, which it was.
The cop went over and checked the truck.
That is when I noticed the second cop, on the sidewalk, all in dark clothes, with a K9.
A big dark German Sheppard.
I went around back to see if there were wet footprints by the kitchen door and the sliding glass door.
Nope.
So that means the guy didn't come up on the deck.
Thank god for that.
Robert talked to the cop a little longer.
Apparently the officer was sitting in his parked car, somewhere either on our road or very near, when he saw a guy dressed in a dark hoodie, dark pants, with a backpack, come out of either our backyard, driveway, or the neighbors yard or driveway.
They were looking for him, and wanted to make sure that he did not in fact belong to our house.
He did not.
So they spent an hour or so in our neighborhood looking for him.
I have no idea if they found him.
I ended up awake for a few hours.
durrr.....
The one kinda funny thing about this....
Robert opened the door and stood there talking to the cop wearing only a pair of tie-dyed jammie bottoms :-)
What a hippie :-)

Today I Will Wear PURPLE......

2010-10-20T10:28:00.000-07:00

And this is why.....

What is Spirit Day?

The idea behind Spirit Day, first created by teenager Brittany McMillan earlier this month, is a simple one, not dissimilar to the idea of "Spirit Week" held in many high schools, and can be summed up in three words: Everyone Rally Together.

Spirit Day honors the teenagers who had taken their own lives in recent weeks. But just as importantly, it's also a way to show the hundreds of thousands of LGBT youth who face the same pressures and bullying, that there is a vast community of people who support them.

Purple symbolizes 'spirit' on the rainbow flag,

a symbol for LGBT Pride that was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978.

As one of the event's Facebook pages says: "This event is not a seminar nor is it a rally. There is NO meeting place. All you have to do is wear purple."

Wearing purple on October 20 is a simple way to show the world that you stand by these courageous young people and a simple way to stand UP to the bullies. Remember those lives we've tragically lost, and show your solidarity with those who are still fighting. 'Go Purple' today!

http://glaad.org/spiritday

So today I wear Purple.
Here are a few "purple" pictures that I have taken.
And a special one with a message from me.....

Today I am wearing purple.
Be kind...
Peace

Fall is Here....

2010-10-12T10:29:00.000-07:00

It's a beautiful day!

A little cold this morning, but the sun is out.

I had to stop and take a picture of these trees.

So beautiful :-)

SO.......On the first weekend of October, my sister and I took our mom to Leavenworth for her 70th Birthday. We asked her what she would like to do, and that is what she chose. It's a long drive, 5-1/2 hours, but worth it. Leavenworth is such a fun Bavarian themed town. We had a really nice weekend. Stayed at a hotel that has a "special" room. They bought an old church and moved it to their lot and turned it into a private room.

We only had someone try to come in twice! Once when the door was locked and then when we were preparing to leave on Sunday, someone walked up and looked in the door. When they saw us in there, the hurried and left. I can't believe that people were actually trying to open the door when it was closed. There is a sign right there on the door that says that it is a private room and to go to the front desk to inquire about staying there. But no....people still have to try to come in. On the way out of town, we stopped at a really nice orchard and took all kinds of pictures and shopped in their store. I bought some really tasty vegi chips. The drive home was long, but we were making good time. We stopped at the replica of Stonehenge in Goldendale in the gorge and took some pictures. We decided to cross the river at Biggs and go home via I-84 in Oregon instead of the longer drive along SR14 in Washington. Good thing. The truck broke down. We were so lucky that it broke down where it did. We were in Portland and right at the split where you either go south on I-84 or merge onto I-205 north to head back to Washington. I was driving along in the center lane watching for the split to 205 when I felt something in the steering wheel. It felt tight all of a sudden. I tested it a little in the lane, trying to move it slightly, but it wouldn't. I had no steering. I was thinking that I needed an exit and that I had to call Katie, who was driving in her car in front of me. But how was I going to call her and keep my hands on the steering wheel? I was afraid to let go of it. Just then my cell phone rang. I grabbed it without even looking to see who it was and handed it to my sister in the back seat and told her "It's Katie. Tell her I need to take the next exit." It was Katie. She was calling to tell me that I was dragging something. Unfortunately, there was no exit at that portion of the freeway, so I had to just pull over to the side of the road. Which was pretty difficult. I had no steering and brakes. I had to push really hard on the steering wheel to be able to switch lanes, and press down hard on the brakes. I think the cars behind me knew something was wrong because they all slowed down and backed off. Katie and I got out to look at the truck. Water was pouring out and something was hanging down underneath the engine. It was a belt.

So I wasn't dragging anything, the belt had fallen off and was hanging there. (Robert thinks the cars behind me could see the water pouring out and that's why they backed off) I called Robert and he started researching where the closest Dodge dealer was. We decided to take it to the one in Gresham. I didn't want everyone else staying on the side of the freeway with me. It's so unsafe. I will risk my own life being there, but not everyone elses. So Katie loaded everything that she could into her car, and took mom, Terri and Missy with her. Robert headed out to come get me. I called AAA and asked for a tow, and then sat there and waited. And tried not to panic because of the cars and semi's whizzing past me. I had things going through my head like "Where is the best place to be in the truck in case someone rear ends me going 60 mph?" I decided to stay in the drivers seat with my seat belt on, but moved the seat back away from the steering wheel and the air bag. I didn't want the whole force of the airbag to hit me square in the face! I was sitting there, waiting for my tow, going over my conversation with AAA in my mind, when I suddenly realized that I told them I was sitting on the freeway EAST bound on I-84, when I was actually WEST bound! Oooooopsies..... I called them back and told them about my mistake. She said that they would call a different truck to come assist me since the other one was headed the wrong way. My bad. Robert showed up about then and we loaded all that we could into the Miata. Only had to leave the cooler and 2 bags of board games in the truck. The tow truck arrived and he told told us that it looked like the water pump went out and that caused the belt to fall off.

Now this truck in only 4 years old, and this is the second water pump to go out! WTS? Something is definitely wrong with the pumps they are using. Fortunately it was covered under the warranty, and the truck was repaired at no cost. We only had it in the shop for 2 days. Good thing, because we were going camping that next weekend. There are so many things that could have been really horrible with this breakdown.

1. It could have happened in some podunk Eastern Washington town with no cell coverage.

2. It could have happened hours away from home.

3. It could have happened on the hills in Eastern Washington between Ellensburg and Yakima. HUGE HILLS!!!!! That was the only time I got choked up over this. Saying something to Robert about "What if this had happened on the hills? I wouldn't have been able to stop or steer the truck from going over the side of the cliff."

4. It could have happened on SR14 if we had not made the decision to go I-84. SR-14 has a section of very narrow lanes near cliffs overlooking the Columbia River Gorge.

5. It could have happened the next weekend when we were pulling the trailer.

I know you should never play the "What If...." game. But I did. I don't know if that is my way of preparing myself for the "What If's..." the next time something like this happens or what. But I will go through all the other scenarios of what could have happened and what I would have done in those cases.

Lets just hope that it won't come to that :-)

well....ok...i can handle this....

2010-09-08T09:15:00.000-07:00

the miata got hit.
again.
this is the third time.
do people not look around when they are driving?
what is up with that.
its like once they got their drivers license, all common sense went out the window.
here is a tip for driving....
DRIVE DEFENSIVELY!
you should always pay attention to your surroundings.
last friday i decided to go get a burger for lunch. i have not been eating crap like that for a while, and it sounded good. and i was hungry. and there was nothing in the house. how convenient :-)
burgerville is close, so i went there. for those of you not from our area, burgerville is nationally ranked for their burgers because they use local, fresh products. they are kinda spendy for fast food. growing up we called their burgers *shit burgers*. not because they were shit, but because they used a special sauce that made the burgers kinda sloppy. but oh so yummy! these are just the regular ol little burgers, not their newer big ones like the tillamook cheeseburger. i skip those. way too big. they do have a yummy turkey/bacon sandwich on a wheat roll that is really good too. anyway.....i pulled into the drive thru and it was backed up. there were about 5 cars still to place their orders. i was sitting there for only about 2 minutes or so, when i see the big bronco in front of me start backing up. backing up fast! all i could see were his tail lights! i honked but too late. he smacked into me. who the hell backs up in a drive thru? if you pull into the drive thru you are committed to go through! we got out of our vehicles, saw that his big steel bumper put a dent in the front of the car, so we pulled over into the lot. i got his info, shook his hand and told him that it was alright and we would get everything taken care of. he half jokingly said "its not alright. i just insured this truck this morning now i gotta pay to fix that." well dumbass....guess you shouldn't have backed up in the drive thru! i called his insurance and now i just need to get the quote.
we have been hit so many times.
in different cars that we have owned.
the first time was the ford escort. robert was at work and someone didn't set their break. their unoccupied vehicle rolled and crashed into our car.
#2 - ford probe. i was in the car and there was a long line of cars sitting at the light. i was going to turn left. i was driving slowly in the turn lane past the stopped cars when a guy decided to pull out the the line of stopped cars. he crashed into the back right side of the my car. idiot.
#3 - nissan pathfinder. this one was a 50/50 fault. me again. i was on my way home and got to an intersection that has a no stop right hand turn, into your own lane. then you would need to merge over. an old lady was in a station wagon in front of me. we were taking the turn slow. i turned my head to look to the left to see if anyone was coming so that i could merge left, when bam. i hit her. she had made her turn and then stopped instead of continuing in her lane. we were both covered by the same insurance company, so we were found 50/50 at fault. her for stopping when she didn't need to, me for following to close and not paying attention to her. ooopsie.
#4 - nissan pathfinder again. it was roberts 30th birthday. we were headed to portland to pick up food for his party. traffic was stopped on the freeway, so we had to stop. all of a sudden robert goes "HOLD ON!" . BAM! we got hit. i think it was a woman. don't remember. she was not paying attention to the traffic. she must have started to break because the damage was just a dent in the bumper. we didn't even get it fixed. we bought new tires. needed those more.
#5 - miata - this was the first time the miata was hit. robert and someone from work, ken or someone, were sitting at a stoplight when they were rearended. big booboo. kid was insured on his parents policy. car was fixed up nice.
#6 - miata again. i was in the downtown parking garage because i went to a movie with mom. when we came out, some had turned into the parking spot next to me, hit the car, put a huge dent in the rear side panel, and took off. jerks. since they left the scene we had to pay our deductible as if we had been hit by an uninsured motorist. not fair. but we got it fixed.
#7 - dodge ram truck. this was a scary one. robert was leaving his office in portland. i think it was dark and raining, or at least it was dark. some woman tried to beat the traffic in the intersection and turned in front of robert who was going through. she was going super fast. her car was totaled and the truck was damaged quite a bit on the front left side. if he had been in the miata instead of the truck that night, he may not have walked away from that crash. where she hit the truck, that would have been the driverside door of the miata. she would have gone right into him. that one scared me.
#8 - back to friday and the miata.
eight times we have been hit. 7 were somewhat minor. one bad. but in all of them, no one was hurt other than a stiff back from a couple of them.
guess you can say that we are lucky in that sense!

happenings since the last time....

2010-09-07T09:28:00.000-07:00

lets see.....

last i was here was aug 18.

since then lets see what has happened.....

nothing on the 19th.

the 20th was my 27th anniversary! we celebrated w/friends and fake journey.

since the real journey is in the studio, we went with beth & les, tim & sandy and katie & mara to see a journey tribute band. what a fiasco. the doors opened at 7pm. we got there about that time, and almost all of the tables were taken. mostly by one person holding the entire table for 12 for other people. we were getting a little pissed. have your whole party there, or most of them. not one stinking person. we finally found a table with only 4 people at it that was NOT being held for more! so we sat with them. the music didn't even start until something like 9. maybe later. i don't remember now. but mara and katie both had to leave before the journey tribute band came on. and that was the only reason we went. they finally came on at 10:30 and played until midnight. they were ok. it was just nice to hear the songs.

on the 21st, robert and i went to see american idol. i have to admit it, but they were not good. at all. boring song selections. boring performances. we only went because it was free. i sat there the entire show waiting for crystal bowersox and lee dewyze. crystal was the only one who was good. lee.....sucked. i was so disappointed. maybe his voice was off because of the long tour. but he was not good. at all. so sad.

on the 22nd we went to a classic car show that was being held down here on officers row. really fun! some of the cars were very cool. there was a car here worth $600,000 and one that was worth $2,000,000! it was a hemi cuda. not my favorite car. it was orange and kind of like a muscle type car. i think it was a 1970. it was a very rare car though, so that is why it was worth so much. my favorites are the british cars....the mg's and the austin healey's. love love love those!

my favorite austin healey

had a massage on the 26th. have to skip next month though....ummmm..that would be THIS month :-) we need to make the catering deposit for katie's wedding this month, so no massage.

went camping in the cascades on the 27th, 28th and 29th with scott and jody. fun times! got a few laughs in at robert's expense, which is usually how it goes. this time it involved fire, melted marshmallow, a napkin and both hands. i think you get the picture :-)

kite surfing in stevenson, wa

and now we are at this past weekend. spent saturday making cards while robert was out doing yard work with our rent-a-son colton. they got so much done, including removing many blackberry vines and an approx 10 year old fir tree growing between the fence and some bushes. it was crazy huge. you don't realize how big something is until you get in there and take a good look. it was big. on sunday, katie and tim brought over salmon and we cooked that on a cedar plank. i'm not a big fan of salmon, but it was good.

rent-a-son colton

that's a big tree

grilled salmon on a cedar plank

and here we are at today.

consider yourself caught up :-)

someone left their heart in San Francisco.......

2010-08-18T15:42:00.000-07:00

Robert, Bryan and I took Celina down to San Francisco this past weekend. She will be there for 8 months to a year going to Grad School. Smarty pants. We drove her down along with the few belongings she took with her. Poor Bryan kept getting disappointed the more she pulled stuff out of boxes...."You took Lord of the Rings?" "You took Harry Potter?" He was more concerned about the movies then her living away from him! He was just kidding with her. He would say something and she would get upset and say "You said I could take it!" It was funny. We unloaded all of her stuff from the truck Friday and she and Bryan put together the futon bed that night. Then we walked around her neighborhood trying to find a place to eat. Saturday we went back to her apartment and they put together her dresser and bookcase. After that we decided to go down to the pier for lunch. They figured out where to wait for a cable car, and we walked a couple blocks and waited. And waited. And waited. Finally one came. And it was full. He said there was another one right behind him. So we waited. And waited. And waited. And then it came. And it was full. So we decided to take the bus. We crossed the street to wait for the bus. Now while we were waiting for the cable car, 3 or 4 buses had come by. Now we were waiting for a bus. And a cable car came. But it was full. Still no bus. Lots of taxi's though. Robert wanted to take a cab. I hate cabs. We decided to walk down. I suggested that we just follow the cable car tracks. So we did. There were a lot of hills. Not very many were up hill though, so it was not a bad walk. We got down to the pier, had chowder and sour dough bread for lunch, then walked down to the Boudin bread store and then back over to Ghirardelli for chocolate. The plan was to take the cable car back up to Celina's neighborhood. But it was going to be a 2 hour wait. Robert and Bryan got in line and Celina and I sat in the park. After several minutes, I thought that we should have bought the tickets to ride the cable car already, so I asked Celina to say something to the boys. They both decided they didn't want to wait 2 hours, so Bryan called a cab. Bleck. But it was actually a great idea. The cab showed up within minutes, took all four of us back to Celina's super fast and it was only $6.00. The cable car was $5.00 per person. I insisted on buying Celina groceries before we left. I was not going to leave without her having food and cleaning supplies. Good thing we did it when we were all there because she would have had to walk a couple blocks up hill with all that stuff by herself. We left early evening so that Bryan and Celina could spend some time together. Then Sunday morning we went back to get the empty suitcases and large cardboard that we told her we would take back for her...and Bryan. Robert stayed with the truck to load stuff in back that Bryan and I brought down. Then I went up to hug her and say goodbye and quickly left before I started to cry. I sent Robert up to say goodbye and he came back down a few minutes later and said "Thanks for sending me up there when she is bawling her eyes out." Which is what I was trying to avoid myself, but didn't even think he would have to see. I felt so bad leaving her there, but I know it is the best thing for her to do to finish school. It will all be good. Hopefully for Bryan and Celina it will go fast. They already have plans for when she is going to Seattle and for when Bryan is going back down there.
And they always have text messaging.

come on stephenie meyer....make this happen!

2010-08-11T10:42:00.000-07:00

i was reading an interview on eonline with jackson rathbone (jasper in twilight) and he was saying that he wants to do a twighlight origins type movie showing how jasper came to be a vampire and what he did until he hooked up with the cullens. i would love for stephenie meyer to write books about all of the cullens and their lives up until they became a cullen. i know she touched on all of their stories in the original books, but i want an entire book devoted to each of the characters telling their stories before they became a vampire and what happened afterwards. i'm just not ready to give this story line up yet. i love the movies, even though i think most of the acting is horribly cheesy. but i really really love the books. i need to read them all over again.
would you want to read the backgrounds of all of the cullens?

august randomness......

2010-08-10T11:40:00.000-07:00

have not blogged in a week.
guess you will just have to forgive me :-)
the cool weather we have been having lately is perfect.
trying to get some friends to join us for a night of journey tribute music on our 27th anniversary on the 20th.
wanna go???
i'm hungry.
kinda want chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.
someone at work was talking about her drive through the rockies last week.
makes me want to go.
i have been sitting here for several minutes trying to figure out what to say next.
i got a weird message on facebook from some beef cake saying he wanted to meet/talk to me because he was looking for a husband.
wts?
do i look like a guy?
now i really want some of that cake.
not beef cake.
the choco cake w/pb frosting.
that one.
not the weirdo who thinks i would make a great husband.
i wouldn't.
i gots the wrong parts.
someone just gave me a peach.
it smells yummy.
will eat it for lunch.
i'm still hungry.
are you bored yet?

good thing i'm walking tonight.....

2010-08-03T14:42:00.001-07:00

when i came back from lunch this afternoon

this was waiting for me on my desk.....

hmmmmm....wonder what could be inside.....

O.M.G!!!!!!!!

a chocolate cup with mousse and berries!

YUMMMMMMM.......

one of the agents, kalani, asked me on her way out to lunch if she could bring me back anything. I told her no thank you, and she said "I will bring you back some dessert!" and promptly went out the door! she is the sweetest ever :-) this is not the first time she has brought us back goodies. she has given us cookies and gift certificates before.

good thing i'm walking tonight......

keeping my art to myself.....

2010-08-02T15:01:00.000-07:00

we have decided to not enter the fair this year.
i was so ticked at them last year for using a judge who was not even familiar with the different card making techniques, that i have decided to take a break this year.
as for photos, neither of us have taken a picture of anything that we feel was unique enough to enter.
so we will go friday and look at the photos my sister and niece entered.
and i will go look at the cards and say to myself "i make better cards than THAT!"
which is totally catty, but i will do anyway :-)
friday nights free show will be medieval jousting!
i'm so excited to see that!
knights from the round table riding horses and knocking each other off into the dirt.....
my kind of entertainment!
will have robert take pictures :-)

dreaming of weddings......

2010-07-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

oiy....
it has started.
i dreamed about katie's wedding last night.
i actually think this is the second time i have dreamed about the wedding.
last night the dream was about her dress.
and the reception.
i'm pretty sure i dreamed about the dress because at lunch yesterday, katie brought her printouts of the dresses she wants to look at.
a lot of dresses!
i told her it was like when robert and i were looking at trailers.
after a while they all start to look the same, and you can't remember which one you liked.
so in my dream we were at the wedding and katie went to put her dress on.
she came out in this gold dress with burgundy colored beads on it.
on one shoulder were fabric flowers that came down the shoulder and then across to the front of the dress.
but the best part was there was burgundy colored material draped from the other shoulder and it wrapped around the full length of the dress all the way to the bottom.
and the very bottom of the dress ballooned out.
at one point she opened the burgundy material and had it draped over her shoulder like a cape.
it was uggglyyy.
i have been trying really hard not to influence katie on her dress choice.
it's her wedding, her dress.
oh i will give her my opinion you can be sure of that....
but the final choice is hers.
i just hope it doesn't look like that one!
back to the dream....
one of the agents here at work was in the dream, and she looked at me and said "what was she thinking?" to which i answered "i have no idea".
then i started panicking about the number of people there for the reception.
i was only counting 30 people.
we are paying for a minimum 125.
and i didn't recognize most of the people.
i was looking around for my friend jenny, and she was not there.
i was thinking i should start calling people and asking if they were still coming, but felt like i shouldn't do that.
it seemed like if i did that it would be like begging.
i don't remember any more.
i wonder how many more of these dreams i can look forward to in the next year?

it was a jeremiah johnson weekend.....

2010-07-26T10:08:00.001-07:00

Went camping this weekend with some of the same people from the February beach campout.

This time though, we went to Eastern Washington and camped below Mt Adams.

Robert took this photo from behind the campsites at the back of the park. So if you have one of the back spaces, this is your view from your trailer. Is that gorgeous or what?! I can't even begin to describe how close you are to that mountain. It really feels like you are camping at the foot of it. It's huge!

We couldn't see the mountain from our space because of all of the trees, but all we had to do was walk a couple spaces down and there it was. There is a really good trail that you can take down to Trout Lake. Or what is left of Trout Lake. They are letting it stay natural, so the sediment from the mountain and the grasses are closing it in. There is still a stream and some lake, but I think it was quite a bit bigger many years ago.

We took the trail all the way towards town, and then followed the road in. There was a cute country store there and the Community Hall was having a Saturday Market. I never did make it over. Cheryl and Jill did though. They said there were some quilts, but other than that, it was kinda small.

Then we went back to the campsite and had Art & Crafts Day thanks to Charlie and Cheryl!

That kept us busy for a couple of hours :-)

Some of us made dream catchers, and others made feathers and beads to hang from....well whatever they decided to hang them from! Robert, Kevin, and Charlie all had them hanging from their glasses. Then Robert moved his to his hat. Jill hung hers from her hair. Jody made one to hang from Scott's walking stick, and Scott made a little one for Travel Bear. Bet you want to know who Travel Bear is! Scott and Jody have a Build-A-Bear that they made. He wears hiking boots, a fishing hat, and has a backpack. They have filled the hat with pins from all the places they have gone with the trailer. Now he has a feather w/beads from Mt Adams :-)

After Arts & Crafts were over, Scott & Jody made Ponderosa Poppers. Yummmmm! Scott first made these for us last year when we camped in Idaho at the Ponderosa State Park. Jalapeno peppers filled with Mediterranean feta cheese with shrimp wrapped in bacon then grilled on the bbq. So freaking good! Poor Robert and Jody both ended up with one that had a seed still in there and fried their mouths. Glad it wasn't me :-)

And then since we were FAMISHED because of the LACK of FOOD (inside joke. we do nothing but eat on these trips) Charlie & Cheryl made Buffalo Roast w/potatoes and carrots, corn-on-the-cob, rolls and salad.

Here it is starting to cook.

I love buffalo! It's really quite tasty! Robert didn't get a picture of that nights dessert. Jill had made super yummy cherry cake. Friday night though, Scott & Jody made pineapple upside down cake over the grill in a dutch oven. So gooood :-)
We ended Saturday night with Movie Night at the campfire. It was a special showing of.......

JEREMIAH JOHNSON!

When we last camped with this group, we had an hours long conversation about the movie Jeremiah Johnson. Turns out that Kevin & Jill and Robert & I were the ones to have never seen this movie. Scott & Jody and Charlie & Cheryl watch it ever year. Several times a year! And I think Jerry & Debra (who couldn't make this trip) had also seen the movie. By the time we went on this trip, Kevin & Jill watched the movie. So now it was just down to Robert & I being the JJ virgins. So we all sat in our chairs around the campfire, drinks in hand, and watched Robert Redford shoot elk and deer and skin bears and trap beavers and fight wolves and indians and talk to guys buried up to their necks with their horse buried beneath them. It was funny just because Charlie, Scott and Jody knew every word....EVERY WORD....of this movie!

All in all.....it was another success campout :-)

and so it has begun......

2010-07-20T08:56:00.000-07:00

dresses.
wedding dresses.
katie and i have sipped from the kool-aid filled champagne flutes.
she tried on some dresses last week.
and i loved every minute of it.
looking through the garment bags filled with satin, lace, taffeta and organza.
the many oooooooo's, ahhhhhhhh's, hrmmmmm's and ack-what-were-they-thinking's.
it was all spur of the moment.
katie showed up at the house right after i had gotten home from seeing an early movie.
i had found out that the local wedding venue also had a dress shop, and they carried her favorite designer.
i asked her if she wanted to swing by and scout out the prices.
of course she had just come from work and was not "dressed" properly, in her opinion.
so we stopped by kohls and spent a little money.
and then she went out to the truck in the parking lot and prompted changed her top right there.
whipped that shirt right off.
kids.
we headed on over to the dress shop with the idea that we were just going to take a look at the maggie sottero dresses and see what the prices were like.
when we arrived we were asked if there was anything we could be helped with and i said we were there to look at the maggie sottero dresses.
a very nice lady asked us if we knew which style and i remembered the name of one, the megan. she pointed us in the direction of the sizes for katie to look at, and she said she would see if they had that dress.
next thing we know she is unzipping a bag and pulling the dress out asking us if she could start a room.
katie looked at me all wide-eyed....TRY ON??? I GET TO TRY ON????
**yes katie you did look like that**
we were all excited and looked around for a few others to try on.
we found 2 that were on katie's list of dresses that she had seen on the website and wanted to try on.
and then we picked out a couple other ones.
she tried on the megan first, then the ellen and the karina royale.
the first time she came out...it just kinda takes your breath away.
i thought she looked amazing in all of them.
i think she tried on a total of five dresses.
but the one that day that really stood out was the karina royale.
all lace, champagne colored, gorgeous.
we both spent the weekend looking online at dresses.
i sent her an email with dresses for her to look at.
she told me that she had printed up 30 dresses that she liked!
she said she needed to weed through those.
i said to wait until she saw them in person.
you just never know!
soon, soon we will go again.
and i can't wait :-)

another week has come....and gone....

2010-07-19T15:42:00.000-07:00

and here i am, still not blogging.
my friend at work asked me this morning why i have not been blogging.
just not feeling it i guess.
i have things to say, but honestly, i keep forgetting to come here.
how sad is that?
i think because i got out of the habit of coming every day, that i forget now.
so i will make myself notes.
because that is what we do when we are old and forgetful.
we make notes.
and leave them all over the place.
i have notes on 4 different calendars.
notes on top of the calendars.
on specific days in the calendars.
i have notes on my desk.
on papers on my desk.
just looking around on my desk right now....
i have 7 notes.
i even have a note on top of a note because apparently i needed a note to remind me that i wrote a note.
i leave myself notes on the counter at home.
i will write myself a note at work, and take it home and put it on the counter.
i have a sticky note app on my computer at home.
so on my computer desk top, there are a dozen or so sticky notes that pop up when i log onto the computer.
the family teases me about those.
whatever.
i'm old.
i need to remind myself to remind myself or i forget.
because i'm old.
so i will leave myself a note that i need to blog.
now i have 8 notes on my desk......

"My cat slapped me around a little bit."

2010-07-07T15:35:00.000-07:00

It's already the 7th.
Where did June go?
I was so busy getting ready for our camping trip that I let the entire month get away from me.
That and I'm kinda tired of writing to myself.
I know I have friends who come here.
They have pointed out to me that I did not blog last month.
They never comment, so I don't know that they have been here.
But now they are letting me know that they are coming to see what I have been up too, and I have not blogged.
So here I am~
With nothing to say.
I could tell you about my cat giving me a black eye.
Last Friday I made a monumental error in judgement.
I decided it would be a good idea to take my kitty outside.
Outside where all the scary noises are.
He had been freaked out all week over the fireworks.
(next year he gets drugs)
So in a moment of brilliance, I thought I would carry him outside for a few minutes and walk around the yard.
I had him in my arms and we walked to the back of the yard where the bird feeders are.
He likes to smell the feeders, because, you know, they smell like birdies.
I leaned in and for some unknown reason, I touched the battery operated squirrel flipper offer feeder and it made a jerk and a noise.
Stupid me.
Stupid.
Did I say that I was stupid for doing it?
That cat couldn't get out of my arms quick enough.
He twisted around, crawled over my head via my face, and ran as fast as he could with his tail all puffed up.
It hurt like hell.
At this point I was doubled over with my hand pressed to the left side of my face, trying to see where the cat had gone, which to my complete surprise and relief, was straight to the back door.
He was clawing and pushing at the door to get in, and thankfully Robert was standing in the kitchen talking to Katie on the phone.
I was just about in the house when Robert caught sight of me.
"I have to go. Your mother is gushing blood."
And then he hung up on Katie.
I have no idea what she was thinking at this point.
Even though I had not taken my hand away from my face, the blood was dripping down some.
Kodiak had put a nasty scratch on my right arm, a scratch above my eyebrow, and poked several holes into my cheek, nose and one nasty one next to my eye.
The forehead scratch was the one that bled the most.
But the deep claw poke next to my eye did the most damage.
It has been 5 days and it still hurts.
It's barely even noticeable now, but it gave me a black eye.
My eye and cheek swelled up pretty good Friday night, and when I got up Saturday morning I had a black eye.
I still have the red bruise under my eye, but the rest of the area under there is a lovely shade of greenish yellow.
Funny thing, the only people at work to even say anything were Carol yesterday and Karen today. No one else has asked me what happened.
WTS?
If one of them had come to the office with a black eye, I would have been all over that!
"What the heck did you do?"
I would have to know.
I think it's worse to not ask.
Makes me feel like people think I was beat up or something so they don't want to bring it up.
IT WAS MY CAT PEOPLE!
So funny.

back from vacation

2010-06-30T16:45:00.001-07:00

we were gone last week on vacation.
went to port townsend, victoria, friday harbor, hurricane ridge in the olympic national park and to the lavender farms in sequim.
we saw many eagles and orcas in the puget sound.
had a wonderful time with our friends.
and we had quite the reputation around the campground at fort worden!
not because of ME that is for sure :-)
we had spotty internet coverage, so i didn't even bother trying to blog.
i would have been completely frustrated if i had even tried.
i will try to get a couple pictures in here from the trip.
they will be hubby's though.
i took my camera, but i ended up taking zero pictures.
i really want a new camera.
nothing is wrong with mine.
i just want a new one.
but it will have to wait.
need to pay for katie's wedding dress first :-)
priorities people.....

Go Away......

2010-06-15T16:36:00.000-07:00

I have been getting weird ass comments on here.
So from now on I will approve all comments first before posting.
So there....

F OFF!

OK....done venting.

I have been preoccupied with other things and have not been to the blog in days.
If you have stopped by, sorry I wasted your time.

I spend several hours a night just getting caught up on FB, but that really is no reason to not take a few minutes and come here to let you know whats what.

So here is whats what....

We started planning Katie & Tim's Wedding!
Can I get a WOO HOO?!
WOO HOO!!!!

Last week Katie, my mom and I went to a venue to check it out.
I love it.
I'm pretty dang sure Katie does too.
I think she is going to check out another one too though, just because she had already had her eye on it before I found this one.
But I'm pretty sure we are going to book it.
It's a beautifully decorated Bed & Breakfast.
I wish the grounds were larger, but the house makes up for that.
We will get the place from 3-10pm for the wedding.
Then we get all 8 rooms for the rest of the night for a post wedding party, relaxation, deep sigh of relief.
And more food :-)
Having the wedding at this venue includes the wedding planner to take care of EVERYTHING, parking attendants, catering, catering staff, some flowers, booze (that was the clincher) a room for the night for the bride & groom, a butlers pantry full of food for the after party, full table settings with centerpieces and chair covers, a harpist or pianist for the ceremony, champagne toast for all guests, snacks and champagne for the wedding party before the ceremony....and many other things that I can't think of!
It's just fabulous!
I will be talking about this for the next year!
LOL!
Because this EVENT is going to take that long to plan....and pay for!

I'm in LOOOOOOVE!!!!

2010-06-04T08:00:00.000-07:00

You need to check out this site.
I'm so in love :-)
wantwantwantwantwantwant......

snow leopard

YAY! I finally got a hyper link to work!

SATC2

2010-06-03T17:28:00.000-07:00

Don't bother going to see Sex and The City 2.
Didn't care for it.
It had a few moments, but very few.
And honestly, I found it to be offensive.
The girls went to Abu Dhabi.
And now that I have seen that place, it's not somewhere I have a desire to go.
Ever.
But, to get back to the movie, I thought they made the girls look like sloppy Americans.
I don't like it when Americans go to a foreign country and feel like they have the right to do and say whatever they want.
Because they are Americans and have the freedom to do such.
Well not in other countries you don't.
I believe that when you go to another country, you respect their customs, their way of life.
And to think that just because you would act that way at home, you don't go somewhere else, where they find that behavior to be offensive, and act like that.
It's not OK.
We may live in a country where we treat women as equals and with respect, but that doesn't mean that you can go to another country and basically spit in the face of their customs.
If you don't like their customs, then don't go there.
There is a big world out there, with plenty of beautiful places to travel too.
If you can't go to a country and show respect to their way of life, whether you agree with it or not, then you should not go there.
I know this was just a movie, but I think it speaks volumes as to how some, if not most, Americans act when they travel abroad.
Show some respect people.
end of rant.....

EEEEEEK!!!!!!!

2010-06-02T12:08:00.000-07:00

this scares the crap out of me.

i can not even image what this looks like in person.

they don't even know what all fell into the hole.

as far as i have been able to find out, they can't even see the bottom of it!

so freaky.

my life is boring.....

2010-05-31T16:01:00.000-07:00

im just so bored lately.
i think thats why i have not been here daily.
its not that i dont have things to do, i do, i just dont care about doing them right now.
and that my friends is me having a shitty attitude.
i need time off.
its been great being back to working mon-tue-wed.
but i think i need a vacation.
like for a month.
but that will never happen.
crap...
i shouldn't put it like that.
i'll end up breaking my leg or something.

so hubby went and had acupuncture for his back.
he was very impressed by the whole thing.
he spent more time with the acupuncturist talking over every aspect of his life before the guy even put one needle in.
he had needles in his ears, hands, feet and ankles....for back pain!
crazy huh?
but it worked.
that night the pain in the middle of his back was gone.
all he had left was some tightness in his neck and shoulder, and a little pain still in his elbow.
and a headache....but he was told that he could get one as a side effect.
it has been since friday, and he still only has the tightness and his elbow is bugging him, but other than that he feels so much better.
he goes again in a week.
its really amazing how well it worked for him.
after 6 months of pain he was ready to try anything.
he had several massages, a few chiropractor appts, many doctor visits for muscle relaxers and pain pills, and finally ended up with a home electric pulse/shock machine.
and none of it was curing it.
it helped to ease symptoms....but they were not going away.
it finally took, as he puts it, a 4,000 year old treatment!
obviously it works or it would not have been around this long~

weeeee.....i get to go AGAIN!

2010-05-26T14:08:00.001-07:00

Last Thursday I went to the dentist to get my crown put on.
I get to go again tomorrow.
SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
I'm so excited!
**insert MAJOR sarcasm**
His assisstant ruined it.
She was shaving off some of the sides to get it to fit, and she took too much off one side.
I don't think he was very happy with her.
So I get to go back tomorrow and do it all over again.
Blargh.....

Randomness follows.....

I was happy with the outcome of Dancing with the Stars. I loved Nicole and Derek's dancing. Geeze....some people are throwing absolute fits over it. They are claiming she was a pro dancer already. Please....just because someone can dance Hip Hop doesn't mean they know how to dance a waltz, jive, paso, tango quick step or any of the other dances. Those people have no clue how difficult those are. They all have different requirements. Body position, foot placement, heel first, ball of foot first, not to mention the hip action! It's all different. That is why there are pros who specialize in only one dance. They have been saying this for years. Pop-Stars who sing and dance on stage are "street" dancers, not ballroom dancers. They worked their butts off and deserved to win. I didn't hear this many people complain with Drew Latchey won. He dances on stage too! What about Donny Osmond? How long has he been singing and dancing on stage? A long freaking time! I think a lot of it is women jealous of Nicole. She is a beautiful woman who can move. I loved watching her. So congrats from me!

Idol.....

Honestly....I didn't think either of them performed that great last night. And I love both of them. Lee sounded like he forgot some words at one point and so did Crystal during Black Velvet. Which I thought she screamed most of. Bad song choice. That song needs to be all sexy low and smokey and smooth sounding. Not screamed. So I was not that thrilled with the show. Either can win.

GLEE.....

OK....I admit it. I am a GLEEk. I didn't watch this show at all the first half or so last season, but was recording it for hubby. He loves his Journey, and any show that starts off with Journey is worth watching in his book. So he liked the show, thought it was funny and asked me to set a series recording. I started watching it when he would have it on....and I started to like it. Then they had on Kristin Chenoweth. Then I started to love it. Now I watch each episode twice. The night it airs, and then the recorded show when hubby watches.
Love it.
Love it.
Love it.
I have embraced my inner GLEEk.
:-D

of spiders and banana bread.....

2010-05-25T09:24:00.000-07:00

yesterday i stopped to get my mocha and i bought some banana bread. i ate some of it in the morning and then later in the afternoon i started to snack on the rest of it. i ate a couple bites, then broke off another piece and i looked at it and something was in it. i took a closer look and i could see spider legs. there was a big spider cooked in the bread. the body was mushed and cooked and the legs were sticking up all around it. it was so gross. i spit out what was in my mouth and threw it away. i was sick to my stomach the rest of the afternoon. it was so nasty. i should have taken a picture when i first saw it. i tried to later, but once the air hit the legs they shriveled up. ok...i'm queasy just talking about it!
so this morning i stopped by to get a mocha and girl at the coffee stand asked if i wanted anything to eat. i said "well i dont want any banana bread thats for sure!" her and the other gal were all "why? what happened?" i told them and they freaked out. omg we're so sorry. omg thats so gross. she told me she was giving me my drink for free. i told her no, it wasn't their fault and it really wasn't the bakers either. things like that happen. she insisted on giving me the drink for free. she brought it to me and said "i made you a large one. i'm so sorry. you're being so nice about this." we were laughing it off, but i think they felt really bad about it.
not their fault, but i will never eat banana bread unless i cook it again!

hold on to your butts.......

2010-05-19T16:28:00.000-07:00

we are suppose to have a little storm tonight.

they are calling for highish winds and rain.

kinda typical spring weather here.

here it is....

i will take that waaaaay over this......

i can not even imagine what people in the midwest have to go through every spring and summer when it comes to these monsters.

i would love to go on a tornado chase, but i want the tornado to be out in the middle of no where.

running across a field of corn or something.

the tornado...not me....i would not be running anywhere....i would be cowering in a car probably peeing my pants.....

but i would still go and do it.

i have wanted to see one ever since i was a kid.

wonder if it has anything to do with my favorite childhood movie....

the wizard of oz....

hmmmmm.......

hahahaha! look at that....i didnt come here alllll weekend!

2010-05-17T15:42:00.000-07:00

and i totally enjoyed it!

i thought about it a couple times...

but then i just did not care.

i had nothing to say

i was busy doing the things i wanted to do

and i had a great time doing them!

well except when i was folding the laundry.

that was not so fun...

i did see 3 movies this weekend though.

thursday was iron man 2.....blargh...

friday was letters to juliet.....loved it....

and sunday was robin hood.....ok...not fantastic....but ok none the less.

we saw the last movie at cinetopia in the living room theater.

that theater is for 21 and over only.

we had beer and wine and some spinach artichoke dip w/chips!

yummo!

they also have a wine tasting room where you purchase a card or something and they have a huge wall of wine bottles and you put the card in a slot above whatever wine you want to taste, and it pours out a sample of the wine into your glass.

looks fantastic!

i want to go back to at least do that before a movie sometime.

maybe get a little tipsy before a comedy!

might make the movie funnier :-)

enjoying some me time

2010-05-14T10:38:00.000-07:00

went to see iron man with mom yesterday.
boring.
didn't like it at all.
stupid ending.
today we are going to go see letters to juliet.
katie is coming today too.
i think we will like this one a lot better.
gotta love a chick flick :-)

more thoughts on Yesterday....

2010-05-12T12:05:00.000-07:00

I had a little chat with the agent who had an experience Monday night.
She was telling me that she was upstairs in her office and no one else was in the building.
She heard pots and pans banging together like someone was in the kitchen cooking.
So she came downstairs and could hear this coming from Linda's office.
She went in there and it stopped.
She went back upstairs and it started again.
So she went back down to Linda's office and it again stopped.
She decided to leave.
At some point during all of this or before, she saw a shadow of a figure standing in her office. She could see it move and then it disappeared.
She gathered up her stuff and went out to her car. She knew the doors were locked, so she unlocked it so she could get back in to get the rest of her stuff. When she got back, the door was locked. She went in, grabbed her stuff, and left.
I asked her if when she went into Linda's office if she noticed the chair in the middle of the room.
She said it was NOT in the middle of the room when she was in there. She would have noticed that. There is no way someone would not have noticed that because it was right in the middle of the room totally out of place.
I may have already mentioned this yesterday, but another agent showed up about an hour later, and she was next to Linda's office making copies, and she too said the chair was not in the middle of the room.
While we were talking about this, the office manager came down and told us that she has had many experiences with our ghost.
She told us one time, years ago, she was in the building really late doing the books, and she felt a very cold air around her and then someone took their hand and pulled it across the back of her shoulders. She said it was a very gentle, comforting touch.
I know there are a lot of other people who have had things happen here.
It's all very strange......
And exciting!

hmmmmm.....our ghost seems to be active...or do we have a "new" one???

2010-05-11T15:13:00.000-07:00

We seem to be having some weirdness going on here at the office again.
Here is the latest.
When I leave at night, I always check the side doors to make sure they are locked.
One of these doors is to the office of our agent Linda who we lost a couple weeks ago to breast cancer. We all miss her so much. So when I go to her office to check the door it makes me sad, but I look around at her empty desk, check the door, and leave with a sadness in my heart. Cue the sad music.....I kinda laid it on a little thick there, but it's true. We are very sad.
Anyway....the door was locked, I checked the other doors, and left. There were a couple people still upstairs when I left, but no one downstairs. This morning when I came in, I went to turn on the copy machine next to Linda's office, and one of her straight back chairs was positioned in the middle of her office a few feet in front of the door that I had checked the night before. Obviously it was not there last night or I would not have been able to check the door! I was telling the broker a few minutes ago about this and she got all excited and told me that just before lunch one of the agents came to her office and told her that the house was haunted. They kinda laughed at her and said "Well yes. It has been for a long time." Apparantly no one told her when she started here a couple years ago that the office was haunted. She told the broker that she was here late last night and she saw someone standing in her office. Then she heard dishes being moved around downstairs, so she came down and heard it in ..... Linda's office. She went to that office to see if anyone was in there, and there was no one. She went back upstairs and again heard the sound of dishes downstairs in Linda's office. I just found out that that office used to be a kitchen when the house was originally built over 100 years ago. So that happened and then I come in this morning and the chair has been moved. We got a good laugh at the fact that nothing would have made Linda happier than to play a trick on us with Mary, our resident ghost. Sounds like we may have 2 ghosts now!
Welcome Back Linda!

♡HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY♡

2010-05-09T10:24:00.000-07:00

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

LOVE YOU MOMMY
♡

not the kind of crown i deserve.....

2010-05-08T09:41:00.000-07:00

went to the dentist yesterday.
i made the mistake of telling them 6 months ago at a cleaning that i was having a little pain every once in a while on one side when i bit down.
my dentist did those bite tests where you have to bite down on that hard plastic medieval torture devise to see if you have a cracked tooth.
i passed with not only flying colors but with a few swear words flying about too.
ok...it wasn't that bad, i have a high tolerance for pain.
he said that i had a cracked tooth that needed to be crowned.
that was 6 months ago.
they called around december to say that the crown was pre-approved and to call and make an appointment.
i didn't.
i was more willing to take the occasional stab of pain then to go and have a crown put on.
been there...done that....twice.
so i let it go.
then i worked full time for several months.
and before i knew it, it was time for my 6 month cleaning.
ugh...i knew they were going to bring up the crown.
and they did.
"Let's make that appointment for your crown. You don't want it to get to where the tooth breaks."
ack....
so i made the appointment.
and it was yesterday.
well the first half was yesterday.
all 3 hours of it.
my jaw is still sore.
he had to remove the old filling and put in a new one, shape the tooth and the surrounding ones to accommodate the new crown.
then put on the temporary one.
i have to go back the 20th for the brand new sparkly gold crown!
oh joy!
i wanted a porcelain one like the smaller one that i have, but he said that he did not recommend them for the back tooth.
too many chances of it chipping back there since you do most of your biting and chewing with those teeth.
so now i will have a bright shiny gold one.
like flava flav!
i'm so excited!
last night i decided that i should make something "soft" for dinner.
so i bought stuff to make beef fajitas.
made my fajita, sat down and took a big bite...
holey mother of god.....
i forgot about being careful because i had basically had a root canal earlier....
hurt like a mofo...
oh man that was painful.
not so much biting down on the temp crown....no, it was my jaw.
hurt from being basically held wide open for 3 hours, having been pushed on and pulled on...and the shots....oiy...
i do have to give props to my dentist though in regards to his technique for giving shots.
you do not feel them. seriously.
he knows how to give a pain free shot.
the only time i feel anything is when he has to go deeper with the needle, but by that time you are already getting a little numb, so its just a slight cramping feeling.
not bad at all.
he really is the best dentist.
i just really really did not want another crown.....
well...at least not the mouth kind :-)

new color

2010-05-06T21:31:00.001-07:00

its not as short as it looks in the pic. but it is super dark again :-)

an area of conflict

2010-05-05T14:50:00.000-07:00

These were brought into the office yesterday

by an agent's client.

I have really enjoyed having them

on my desk.

They smell wonderful!

I love lilacs!

:-)

These were brought into the office today.

I am NOT enjoying having these

on my desk.

:-(

THEY SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!

2010-05-04T17:12:00.000-07:00

sorry, i should have done this earlier in the morning...but....

HAPPY BIG 5-0 BIRTHDAY SIS!

luv ya :-)

my brain is tired.....

2010-05-03T14:54:00.000-07:00

i did not sleep last night.
at all.
i was up all night.
i tried to go to bed at 10ish and got back up an hour or so later.
got on the computer for a while.
curled up in the chair.
and ended up laying on the couch watching the wind storm.
aly was up all night too.
she would sit on the ottoman.
then find something to play with.
then eat.
then sit in front of the slider.
i think she was watching the wind storm too.
i finally got a half hour of sleep between about 6:20am and 6:50am.
i have a dark circle around my left eye that looks like a really old bruise.
i'm pathetic......

A project for Donna

2010-05-02T16:55:00.000-07:00

This weekend I worked on two sign in books for my online buddy Donna. She is planning a very large Band Alumni Reunion and was having trouble finding registry books that were not wedding themed. She lives in a small town, and was not sure what she wanted, or where to look on line. SO she asked if I knew where she could look, or if I would be willing to make her something. I told her I would make something. She doesn't need them until June, but I told her I would get them done in April so that she could have them. I actually wanted to get them to her in case she didn't like them and needed time to find something else :-) Yep...I freak out over stuff I make. I may like it, but that doesn't mean someone else is going too! I have sent her pictures, and she has approved. Hopefully when she gets them in her hand she will still feel the same!
Here are a couple pics.....

one of our bunnies :-)

2010-05-01T14:34:00.001-07:00

this is one of the bunnies that has been hanging out in our yard. isn't it cute?!
the other night there were 4 of them running around. there is a larger gray one that kinda chases the others. it seems playful but you never know.
it may be something more.....like in a couple months i may have 20 bunnies running around the yard ;-)

kitties & lilacs

2010-04-30T14:40:00.000-07:00

Kodiak at the back window.

Alyeska looking out her window to the front yard.

omg...my kitties are the biggest babies.
they freak out if someone knocks on the door or rings the doorbell.
kodi is afraid of my cell phone when robert calls.
it plays journey's lovin touchin squeezin pretty loud.
i tried to lower the volume but it is still loud.
kodi does not like!
and just now, there was a big crash in the living room and the cats tore off to far corners of the house.
one of them pulled the blinds off the window and it crashed onto the hardwood floor.
it was really loud!
kodi was cowering in my bedroom and aly ran to their room and was cowering on the tower.
it was so funny.
their tails were all poofed out.
big babies.
i calmed them down, and they are out here with me, but neither of them have gone into the living room.

i finally remembered to go out back and pick some lilacs.
they smell so good.
most of the blooms on the bushes were turning brown, but i found some blooms farther up that were still pretty.
now the house smells like lilacs!
love them!

hello again.....

2010-04-29T16:21:00.000-07:00

heh heh heh....
i missed again.
i'm not even going to worry about it anymore.
i either blog....or i don't.
this is just me talking anyway....
today i feel like being random.
idol: i was worried that casey was going to go home last night. i'm so glad he didn't. i think he is my favorite. i do like lee and crystal too. but i'm not ready for casey to be done yet. aaron and mike need to go before he does.
survivor: oh...so loving this season! can't wait to see if russell is so pissed at parvati that he sends her home tonight, or if he waits it out and continues to pick off the leftover heroes. will be interesting to see! if he is smart, tonight should be amanda, then colby, candice and rupert. or maybe candice before colby. i think she may be a smarter and more competitive player than colby. then start picking off the villains. he should take jerri to the end because she won't win. or danielle. but for sure not sandra or parvati. such a great season!
movies: went to see ghost writer with mom today. good mystery movie. she fell asleep. a little too slow to keep her attention. i liked it though. and you got to see ewan mcgregor's butt. bonus! i think i want to see the joneses too. it's about a fake family that moves into a neighborhood and they have all the best stuff. all the newest gadgets. and since they are "beautiful" people who seem to have everything, then everyone wants to be like the "joneses" so they go out and buy whatever the joneses have. but they are actually a fake family put together by a marketing firm to get people to buy their products. looks interesting!
guess that is it for now.
gonna stay home tomorrow and work on some guest books for a friend. may need to go to the craft store again. not sure. still trying o figure out exactly what i want to do with these. i have a pretty good idea, just need some finishing touches.
hope you have had a good day too :-)

It's Raining....no actually IT'S POURING!

2010-04-27T15:28:00.000-07:00

It has been pouring off and on all day.

It's refreshing....but I have also been cold all day.

But then again....look how green the grass is!

fast day.....

2010-04-26T22:28:00.000-07:00

today went fast.
i didn't go to the celebration of life tonight for linda.
i don't like to go to those.
i don't know if it is a phobia, or if i just don't like to be around all that sadness.
i know it was not a "funeral", it was a celebration.
but i still couldn't go.
i went to the gathering for norma when she passed.
not sure why i was able to go to that.
because it was at their house?
it was norma, and maybe she meant more to me?
because robert was going and a lot of other people i knew?
i don't know.
i cried.
i held it back a lot.
but them couldn't anymore.
i know i am typically a big freaking baby.
i cry so easy.
but around a lot of people like that, i don't want to.
and it makes me feel ill to hold it in.
i get a pounding headache, and it messes with my stomach.
kinda like how i felt last wednesday when we found out that linda had passed.
i held it and held it, but at one point the tears just quietly came.
and the meeting was going on....right there where i sit.
so i held it in and held it in.
and had the worst headache the rest of the day.
i don't think i can handle death very well.
who can?

Good Times @ the Auction

2010-04-25T11:54:00.001-07:00

Had a good night at the auction. It was nice to spend time with Scott and Jody in a "normal" setting. I usually only see them at a campground! There were not as many items this year for the silent auction. Lots of wine and weekend getaways. Very few baskets. We ended up winning a Bowling, Brews & BBQ event and a lapis necklace and earrings set. I bid on that in the last half hour. I looked at it, but was not that interested at first. I think it was because I have been sick all week, and was still not 100% last night. I was just not that into what was being offered. I barely even drank! The horror!! But I kept going back, and no one was bidding on it. Towards the end, there ended up being only 2 or 3 bids. I was talking to Robert about how I had planned on spending $100 on a basket, but there wasn't anything. He asked why I had not bid on the jewelry. I told him I was thinking about it and the next bid would be $77. He told me to quit being a cheapskate and go bid on it. So I did. Then I told him I was not going to hover around it to keep upping the bid. With 5 minutes left I told him that I was going to go and see if anyone had outbid me. Nope. So I stood there and watched the last few minutes. I thought for sure someone was going to outbid me at the last second because there were 6 woman all standing right in front of it as they were counting down the time. With 30 seconds to go, they all turned around walked off! Weird. I have no idea why they were standing there. When they said the auction was closed, I walked over, crossed off the next amount and wrote closed on it. Last year Scott & Jody had won something, but when they walked away, someone wrote another bid on it. They were not happy.
So I am now the proud owner of this.....

It's a really pretty dark blue. And surprisingly light weight. I may just wear it to work tomorrow ;-)

Dinner & Auction Night

2010-04-24T13:27:00.000-07:00

Tonight is the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Dinner & Auction.
We usually try to buy something every year.
I think we ended up with 2 baskets and a watch last year.
I love that watch....and I have yet to wear it.
I kept forgetting to take it to a jeweler to have the band adjusted.
I finally did that a few months ago....
only to find out when I got home that the battery was dead.
I have no idea why the jeweler did not notice that.
Unless it died after I got home.
So now I need to take it back and have them put in a new battery.
Still have not done that.
I would have liked to have worn that tonight.
Oh well.....
I went to Kohl's to buy a new top to wear tonight.
Ended up buying 3 tops, a jacket, shoes, nylons, and a small evening bag.
I had a coupon for 15% off everything, and a $50 gift card from my sister for my b-day.
I ended up spending $42.
And I saved $150!!!!!
Do I know how to shop or what?!
Will let you now tomorrow if we win any baskets.

still feel poopy

2010-04-23T20:34:00.000-07:00

nothing to say today.
i still feel poopy.
need to get rid of this.
have a dinner tomorrow night......

ps....
i was so sick yesterday and today that i didnt come back and see that lois, dreama and KB stopped by. thanks guys. your words today make me feel better....

Happy Birthday Baby Brother.....

2010-04-22T10:38:00.000-07:00

Today would have been my baby brother Rick's 40th Birthday. 40. I still can't believe that. He was 27 when he was taken from us, and now, he would be 40. He will forever be young. Here are some pictures of him, and by him. Obviously he did not take the baby picture :-)
But the others were taken by him.
Happy Birthday Rick.

Baby Rick. I could not find the same setting
but with the beautiful persian cat.

This is either momma kitty or Cally, not sure.

Nephew Kris. I have no idea how old he is here.

Momma Kitty.

Self Portrait.
This was before he cut his hair really short and grew a beard!

Cirque du Soleil

2010-04-21T10:59:00.000-07:00

I went to Cirque du Soleil - Kooza last night with Katie, Mara and Angie. Had a really good time. I just wish I didn't have this cold/allergy whatever that I have going on. But it was still fun. The Wheel of Death part of the show scared the you-know-what out of me!
(thanks for finding the video katie! saved me a ton of time!)

**on a sad note.....our agent Linda passed away last night. having a sad today**

oooooofffff.....good thing i went home for lunch today!

2010-04-20T14:45:00.001-07:00

Someone decided that they didn't know how to drive.
I went home for lunch and when I came back someone had crashed right near where I park.
Not sure if the car would have been hit at all, but it would have been pretty dang close.
I was parked in that first spot right next to the planter area, where the firetruck is.
I heard that the guy came in the PUD lot using the Exit.
He had to swerve to avoid a car or a person.
Not sure.
But he smashed into the phone pole.
He had to have been going pretty damn fast because his airbag went off and his truck is totaled.
They took him to the hospital, but he was saying he was OK.
But you never know when the airbag goes off.
I panicked when I first came around the corner coming back from lunch because there was a firetruck and ambulance at the office. So of course I freak thinking someone here had a heart attack, or fell down the stairs. You know how things start running through your mind. But then I saw the crash, and then I had to figure out if that was one of the agents vehicles. But I did not recognize it, so I knew it wasn't. So freaky though.....

gonna be a tough week i think.....

2010-04-19T16:27:00.000-07:00

so much is going on this week.
i have things planned for 3 nights this week.
tomorrow....cirque de solei with katie and mara.
wednesday night....wine tasting for junior achievement.
saturday afternoon is the vancouver junior achievement bowl-a-thon and then that night is the juvenile diabetes dinner/auction.
but then there are 2 sad things weighing on my head.
one of our agents here at work has been fighting cancer for a couple years, and it looks like she is losing the fight.
she is in the hospital, and they are moving her to hospice.
this is hard.
she is such a great lady.
and to top off my week....not that the last thing was not bad enough....
but thursday would have been my brother rick's 40th birthday.
40.
i just can't even imagine it.
he would have been 40.
he was taken from us at the age of 27.
and now he would have been 40.
i will have to get something extra special for the yard this year for him.
ok.....pity party for one is over.....
i need to get out of this funk.
the first 1/4 of 2010 has sucked big time....

yeh...i know....

2010-04-18T15:31:00.000-07:00

i forgot again.
i was busy all day with my friend beth making cards.
what i wanted to do was upload photos of the scrapbooks that i finished, but i need camera batteries.
i tried just putting regular AA batteries in there and it won't work.
bummer.
so i will just have to upload another day.
as soon as i feel up to going to the store and getting some.
i feel poopy.
i'm catching a cold or something.
bleck.
my sinuses are buggin me and that causes my ears to plug up.
so fun.
bet you enjoying hearing about that too huh??
oh well.....
i will get my camera working and upload some photos.
but not today.
probably not tomorrow either....
:-)

oh for crying out loud.....

2010-04-16T18:58:00.000-07:00

i missed another blog.
i think i'm trying to tell myself something.
like...
you are tired of blogging.
oh well...
i guess if i had something to say, i would have remembered to blog.
i was busy yesterday.
dentist, massage, movie with mom and katie,
walked with terri and missy.
today i left early and went to the oregon symphony's rehearsal for their program this weekend.
fabulous forties.
it was fantastic.
i so want to go to the main showing, and there are plenty of tickets, but the range is from 95 to 48 dollars for seats i want. and i just saw the entire program for free.
well kinda the entire program.
there were lots of stops, re-dos and lets just play a part of this.
and the singers and dancers were not in costume.
the dancers were also just going through the steps and not really performing, so i wanted to go and see what they actually did.
but i am too cheap to pay the 48 bucks for the seats i want.
oh well.
i really enjoyed what i did see today.
going to busy this weekend too.
hope i don't forget to blog again......

Doggy run around ballfield...then...well....leaves a present

2010-04-14T13:41:00.000-07:00

a new blog to share....

2010-04-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

on my way to work
this morning
i was listening to rosie
she was talking
with a blogger
who has a new born
baby girl
with down syndrome
it was so sad
so touching
so loving
to hear this mother
talk about her
precious baby girl
if you have a chance
go to her blog
and read what she has to say
and view her beautiful
pictures

http://www.kellehampton.com/

sigh

2010-04-12T17:15:00.001-07:00

this is me
and the blog today
i came here so many times
only to leave
not having written a thing
sometimes you just don't have
a thing to say

take me out to the ball game....

2010-04-11T17:38:00.000-07:00

We just got home from our first baseball game in something like 2 years.
We didn't go to any games at all last year.
I wanted to go, but before we knew it, baseball season was over and the playoffs were starting.
I will be sure to have hubby get some tickets to Mariners this year.
I know Katie and Timmy want to take the train up to a game.
Not sure that I want to do that though.
Means you are stuck taking it back too.
I think I would rather go and stay the night and then drive back the next day.
I am not a fan of the train or buses.
Well....tour buses are fun, public transportation ones.....not so much.
The game was good.
They won.
Except one thing.
Why oh why do guys who have obviously been playing ball for a loooong time get themselves into a pickle?
They had a runner on first and third, no outs or maybe one out.
The guy on first tried to steal and the second and first basemen started to chase him down.
And the guy on third just stood there and watched.
It was at the beginning of the game, go for it!
Run home!
Your teammate is sacrificing himself to advance you and your standing there watching!
I would have at least made the attempt to score!
The inning ended with the guy still on third.
Other than that.....Good Win!

cards cards and more cards

2010-04-10T16:19:00.000-07:00

I was very productive today.
I made all cards for the rest of April and May.
So unless something comes up, I don't have to make cards until late in May for June B-days.
Which is a good thing, because I have 3 scrapbooks to finish the fronts and backs to, 3 NEW scrapbooks to make before the end of June, and some special address books for a friends who needs them for a class reunion project.
I will want to do those first.
Just in case they are not what she as wanting.
She already told me that whatever I come up with will be fine, but you know me...I will freak and think that they are not good enough!
Here are a couple pics of the cards I did today....

Koko and a kitteh

2010-04-09T10:17:00.000-07:00

I will try to remember to get an update since at the end they leave you questioning whether she gets to keep Tigger.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

2010-04-08T16:33:00.000-07:00

It's Barbika!
So far my day has been so great.
I was greeted on Facebook with a ton of b-day wishes.
And I spent the afternoon with Katie, Mom and my niece Missy.
We went to lunch then went to the movies.
Tonight will be Mexican dinner!
Yummy~

caaaaraaaaap!!!!!!!

2010-04-07T11:21:00.000-07:00

I forgot to blog yesterday :-(
I remembered last night when I got home...and then got sidetracked.
Oh well....
FarmVille has started a new feature in their game.
You can Co-Op Farm with others.
I was not so much into it, until this morning when I saw that if you get the Gold Ribbon(or whatever gold level it is) you can get a special prize.
One of my friends reached the gold on theirs and got the cutest light lavender sheep with grapes in it's mouth.
Now I want it!
I have to wait a couple days though.
I'm out of flowers to put around my garden, so I planted 2 day crop flowers on all of the farms.
But when those are done.....
I'm Co-Op planting some grapes!!!
**i embrace my inner dork**

a day late and many eggs short.....

2010-04-05T07:21:00.000-07:00

The Easter Bunny was at my house this morning.
We have had wild bunnies, but this one had to have escaped his pen, or I hope not, let loose by his owners.
He was pretty.
And fast.
An orange tabby caught sight of him and wanted to get a closer look, so the bunny took off up here to the house.
When I went out to take a cell pic, I got a quick one, and then when I tried to get closer he ran.
Poor thing.
Guess I will have to do some research to see if anyone is missing a bunny......

HAPPY EASTER

2010-04-04T21:10:00.000-07:00

I know I'm a little late to wish you a Happy Easter, but it's been a long day.
4 hour drive home.
Then trying to get caught up on all of the Facebook stuff.
We didn't do anything special for Easter.
Just roasted a chicken and called it good.
Which it was :-)

Here's to a good week!

Sequim & Port Angeles

2010-04-03T17:01:00.000-07:00

Took a nice drive to check out Sequim and to see where the ferries are in Port Angeles.
Needed to know where they were for when we go to Victoria in June.
We wanted to drive up to Hurricane Ridge, but it was closed because of snow.
That's OK.
It will be nice to see it for the first time with everyone else when we come back in June.
I did spy a couple scrapbook stores that I will want to visit when we come back.
Both Sequim and Port Townsend have some fun looking shops that we girls can go to.
The boys could care less, but we girls like to shop!
Then we came back and played a game of Progressive Rummy.
Took about 2 hours.
I lost.
We never play cards at home.
Only in the trailer.
And "someone" always complains about having to play only to proceed to kick my ass.
Jerk.
It's been a good, relaxing couple of days.
Tomorrow is Easter though, so I want to get home, even though we are not planning a special dinner or anything.
Maybe if we get home soon enough we will.

Port Townsend

2010-04-02T20:00:00.000-07:00

We drove around Port Townsend today, exploring the area for when we come back here in June.
The town puts out a map of historical homes that you can drive around and look at.
Enjoyed that a lot.
It's a very cute town.
Some of the houses were built in the 1860's.
One house had the original ironwork on the the roof still.
I really liked that house.
And there are deer all over the place.
There a four here in the park, and then when we were driving through the old neighborhoods to come back to the campsite, there were 8 more just hanging out in someones yard!
So cute!
It was a bit stormy today.
Rained quite a bit in the morning and it has been windy....really windy most of the day.
Tomorrow we are going to take a drive to Sequim.
Will upload some photos when we get home.

ahhhhhhhh....My first Thursday

2010-04-01T08:17:00.000-07:00

I felt so good last night knowing that my week was over.
Don't get me wrong....
I love love love LOVE my job!
But I love even more that I only have to work 3 days!
I also know that Karen is reading this **waving at karen**, and she knows I love it there!

I am really excited though to get to have a nice 4 day weekend.
It will be good to decompress.
I have only had regular weekends off since New Years Day.
I'm due for some down time....

And maybe even a glass or 2 of wine......

:-)

Wednesday is Friday in my world.....again!

2010-03-31T15:11:00.000-07:00

ahhhhhhhhh......
Today is my Friday.
From now on.....again!
I am so so so happy that I get to have my 4 day weekends back.
It was not only a long 3 months of working full time, but a long extended year of working on Friday.
It was OK.
I did like having Tuesday off.
But I have said this before and I am saying it again.....
I do not like to work on Friday!
I'm so freaking spoiled and I don't care.
We are going to be able to go out camping a lot more now.
We hardly went out last year at all.
I don't think Robert and I went out in the trailer for a weekend alone all year.
Not that I can remember.
We were always camping with other people.
Nothing wrong with that.
But sometimes you just need to get away for weekend by yourself.
I'm really looking forward to it :-)

Been thinking of Mary today.
I hope everything went well and she is home safe recovering.

Happy (Wednesday) FRIDAY!

as mary said....sucky sucky!

2010-03-30T19:04:00.001-07:00

My friend Mary is having some lipo done tomorrow.
I would love do it, but I don't want to spend the money on it.
I could really go for a tummy tuck and lipo, among other things.
But I know I won't do it.
To chicken.
And cheap.
Can't wait to hear how it goes for her.

Back to my old schedule....

2010-03-29T14:30:00.001-07:00

Today is the beginning of me going back to my old schedule.
For 4 years I worked Mon-Tue-Wed.
Then in Dec of 08 they asked if I would work Mon-Wed-Fri.
I did that for a year.
In January I asked if I could go back to the original schedule, and I was told that I could.
The next day the admin person quit, so I have been full time since.
But now I'm back to my old schedule!
**exhale**
I'm so glad.
I really didn't mind the MWF because I liked having Tue off.
But I hated....HATED.....working Friday.
Bleck.
I really like my 4 day weekends, and now I have them back!
YAY!
I feel so much relief knowing that I am going to get my 4 days in a row off again.
I can get so much more done.
And still have a day to myself.
Soooooo HAPPY!!!!!!!

had a niiiice relaxing day....

2010-03-28T18:49:00.000-07:00

watched a couple movies
farmed on facebook
looked at my hair a bazillion times :-)
now i am ready for a short week
hope your weekend ended on a great note too!

everything new is old again.....

2010-03-27T13:00:00.000-07:00

I did it.
I colored my hair back to what it was before.
Kinda.
Robert said it is still lighter than when we got married.
He said it was almost black then.
I think it just seems so dark to me because I have been a blond for about 8 years.
I'm very happy with it!
Of course, I think it looks way better in person.
I am not photographic at all.....
But I still wanted you to see the new old me :-)

I can't believe that I'm showing you what
I let my hair get to.
Look at that gray!

And here is the new old me :-)

yep....

2010-03-26T11:25:00.001-07:00

leave it to lolcat for understanding "some" of my pain.....

so many thoughts....so not able to share....

2010-03-25T17:02:00.000-07:00

i have been dealing with some "issues" lately.
i will be fine.
i will deal.
but i dont want to talk.
and i really dont feel like blogging.
and i dont want questions.
from anyone.
just send your positive thoughts my way.
and i will get back to my happy place.

old monitors never die.....

2010-03-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

I brought my old computer monitor here to the office so that we can have a nice one to use. The one we were using was the second one in five years, but it was still one of those huge old dinosaur types. It was too dark, you couldn't see anything that was dark, or in the shade. I would look at a lolcat and not get the joke until I looked at it at home and saw the black cat or something. This will make such a huge difference! But I do see though that the font is weird, and the screen is a little too light, so I need to make some adjustments. Once that is done....WOO HOO! Watch out!

sorry

2010-03-23T20:24:00.000-07:00

no blog again today. sorry...i just dont have anything i want to talk about. im going through some tough stuff, and just dont care to talk right now.....
sorry....

no blog

2010-03-22T15:04:00.000-07:00

i do not feel up to it...

iMAC'n

2010-03-21T11:32:00.000-07:00

I bought myself an iMAC yesterday. Oh my gawd...it's so much faster than the dinosaur I was using. I just have to get used to the smaller keyboard and the mouse. So far I have not been having any problems. When farming though, it tends to not accept the click and I have to do it again. Or it wants to move over when I'm trying to do something. I think it's just touchy and I will get used to it. I love it though! Huge beautiful screen, lots of fun stuff to do with it. Can't wait to really get in it and start messing around with photos and stuff. The mouse and keyboard are bluetooth, so there are no cords getting in the way. Did I say how HUGE the screen is?!?!?! I decided that I didn't need the 27" screen, but I did get the 21". I love it! I could have gone smaller, but why? I wanted something nice that I would have for a really long time. I think this is it. And I'm so happy that I bought it :-)

Happy Birthday Kitties

2010-03-20T10:50:00.000-07:00

Today would have been Cammy's 20th Birthday. She made it pretty close.....19 years 9 months 27 days. She lived a good long life. Here are some pictures of her and her brothers and sisters. And her momma :-)

Baby Kitties

Leo, Momma and Callie

Baby
March 20, 1990-June 2004

Leo
March 20, 1990-May 2005

Cleo
March 20, 1990-November 2005

Cammy
March 20, 1990-January 16, 2010

Happy Birthday Kitties
Miss You All
:-(

A Childhood Poem

2010-03-19T15:03:00.000-07:00

This was my favorite poem as a child.
It is such a beautiful day today that it brought it to mind!

The Swing
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson - 1850-1894

How do you like to go up in a swing?
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside--
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown -
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

Sandra....Leave the lying cheating JERK!

2010-03-18T14:39:00.000-07:00

"Sandy can't you see
I'm in misery (poor baby)
We made a start
now were apart (because you are a lying cheating bastard)
There's nothing left for me (damn right!)
Love has flown
all alone I sit and wonder why-yi-yi-yi
Why, you left me
oh Sandy (ummm news flash...she left because you CHEATED with a SKANK!)

Sandy my darling
you hurt me real bad (excuse me? the only thing that should be hurting is your nuts that she kicked!)
You know it's true
but baby you gotta believe me (she will NEVER believe another thing that comes out of your lying cheating mouth)
When I say I'm helpless without you (maybe you should have thought of that before you thought with just your dick)
Love has flown
all alone I sit, I wonder why-yi-yi-yi
Why, you left me
oh Sandy" (do i really need to point out again to you why she left?)

I have had these words to Sandy from Grease in my head ever since I heard about Jesse James making THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF HIS PATHETIC LIFE!
I'm just sick over it. Like it really should be affecting me, but when you think that someone is truly in love, and then you find out that they were cheated on, it just makes me feel sick. Maybe it all stems from my dad having cheated on my mom. To anyone who knew them, you thought they were completely in love. My parents were always kissing and hugging in the kitchen, and then all of a sudden he acted like he hated her all along. It was a confusing time for not only my mom, but us kids too. So when I think that there is a rare Hollywood couple who are really in love, and then he cheats, it just makes me feel sick.
And sad.
And confused.
I just check on imdb to see how many Sandra Bullock movies I have seen. It's a lot. 25. Here they are....
The Blind Side *
All About Steve
The Proposal *
Premonition *
The Lake House *
Miss Congeniality 2
Crash
Two Weeks Notice *
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Siterhood *
Murder by Numbers *
Miss Congeniality *
28 Days
Forces of Nature
Practical Magic *
Hope Floats
Speed 2
In Love and War *
A Time to Kill
The Net
While You Were Sleeping *
Speed
Demolition Man
The Thing Called Love
The Vanishing
Love Potion #9
I think you can say that I like her work....
* my favorites *

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY TO YA!

2010-03-17T12:28:00.001-07:00

EAT SOMETHING GREEN....LIKE LETTUCE OR BROCCOLI....HOW ABOUT SOME CABBAGE OR SOME PEAS....OR MAYBE CELERY OR MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP ICE CREAM....MAYBE GRAPES OR HONEYDEW MELON IS MORE TO YOUR LIKING...OR HOW ABOUT A GRANNY SMITH APPLE OR KEY LIME PIE....WHATEVER YOUR GREEN CHOICE IS.... I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!!!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY~

A walk on the beach will never be the same.....

2010-03-16T14:49:00.000-07:00

I was reading on Yahoo News this morning about a man who was jogging on the beach and was hit and killed by a plane.
Who would have ever thought that something like that would happen?
It's not like an airplane has a horn that you can honk at someone to get out of the way.
The guy was probably just running along, enjoying the sound of the ocean or maybe listening to his favorite tunes on his iPod...
and then never even knew what was about to happen.
Can you even imagine what the poor pilot went through? I don't know what else they could have done.
Gone down in the water instead?
I guess losing your plane is better than killing someone.
But we don't know what was going on with the pilot.
We don't know if he had already done everything he could have.
It's just so very sad.....

MY SON RAN IN A MARATHON.....and other stuff....

2010-03-15T10:07:00.000-07:00

Bryan wants me to let everyone know that HE RAN IN A MARATHON YESTERDAY!
But that is all I can tell you about it.
He did not bother to call his mother and let her know how it went.
I had to stalk him on Facebook to even find out that he had even survived it!
Sounds like he had a good time.
Sounds like he will do another one.
Sounds like he drank a ton of beer afterwards in celebration.
I could never understand that.
Why does someone do something very athletic, burn a ton of calories, and then celebrate that accomplishment by putting it all back on drinking booze.
Something for you to ponder....
Sorry Bubba....I was not directing that last line at you.
It happens all the time.
People play a softball game and then go out and drink afterwards.
Or people who smoke DURING a game.
Gee....you might be able to run the bases without getting out of breath if you had not just smoked a cigarette!
Something for them to ponder...
**Bryan....I'm very proud of you for running in a Marathon! I think that's incredible!**
Changing channels on you.
I mentioned this on Facebook Friday, but did not here.
I stop at a drive-up coffee stand on my way to work. I used to just stop twice a week, sometimes three times, but since I have been working full time, I have been stopping almost every day. Not good for me, but oh well. I turned into the lot to get in line, and I was watching the cars that were already in line that I was going to be crossing in front of to make sure they did not pull out, and then I turned into the lane I was going to wait in. That is when I saw another car coming from the other direction doing the same thing. I felt bad that I kinda cut her off. I say "kinda" because I really don't know if I did, or if she was just coming in behind me. But I felt bad because she would have been in the lot before me to get to where she was, and I had just turned into it. So I felt bad. When it was my turn to order, I asked Renee the barista if she knew what the car behind me usually orders. She looked and said that yes she did know. I told Renee that I wanted to pay for their drink. She smiled and asked if I knew her. I told her that I did not know her. Renee said "That is so sweet!" I handed Renee my card, and then forgot to have her add the $1 tip. She said to me "It's alright. You've done enough." Well this morning I stopped at the coffee stand to get my mocha and Renee was all excited to see me. She said "You started quite the morning for us Friday!" I said "Really?" Renee then told me that after I bought that woman her drink, she was so happy that she bought the drink for the person behind her, they bought for the person behind them...and so on and so on! She said it went on for something like 5 cars or more before it ended! That is so cool that people kept it going! I like to think that the only reason it ended was because there was no car for the last person to buy for :-)
I am going to keep thinking about that all day.
It makes me feel good.
And that will help me to have a really good day :-)

took the day off

2010-03-14T20:35:00.000-07:00

and really enjoyed it :-)
hope you had as relaxing a day as i did!

Go ask Alice......

2010-03-13T18:07:00.000-08:00

Went to see Alice in Wonderland today.
It was good.
I didn't think the 3D was as good as Avatar. Could have been my glasses.
Things that I thought were suppose to be floating in front of me weren't.
They ended up kinda blurry instead.
Other than that.....it was a creepy, and yet humorous, Tim Burton movie.
I'm a little tired of Johnny Depp always acting the same though.
I need to see him in something besides Pirates.
This was almost the same as that.
Funny....but tiring.
Helena Bonham Carter was super funny as the Queen of Hearts.
And I thought Anne Hathaway was funny too as the over-the-top-sweetness White Queen.
It was funny how she was faking her floaty overtly feminineness.
I found that quite funny.
And also when the Mad Hatter would be rambling and then just say "Fez"
Had to be there I guess.
It was good.
Creepy.
Like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Oiy....Creepyness.
They looked like little mini fat bald Napoleon Dynamites.
But in a funny way...
I guess....

I am now the proud owner of a Castle!

2010-03-12T16:12:00.000-08:00

OK....it's a FarmVille castle...but it's still mine!
Very cool too.
I put my white houses in storage and sold a couple barns to get the other ones.
I think the graphics on some of the newer items are so much better.
I really like the French style barn with the ivy around it.
Gawd....
I'm such a geek.
I noticed the other day that you could buy FarmVille game cards and redeem them for FV cash or coin.
Why anyone would BUY FV coins is beyond me. I have over 3 million just sitting there.
I only seem to use that on the crops.
Everything that I want to buy seems to be only available with the FV cash.
That my friends is how they sucker you into putting REAL money into the game.
But I'm having fun with it.
So who cares.
Anyway.....
I saw those FV game cards the other day.
They are like gift cards.
Today I got an email from them saying where you can buy them.
So I forwarded the email to Katie, Bryan and Robert and said that would be an easy b-day gift for me.
So far Katie and Bryan said that they are not going to support my addiction.
Damn kids......
Guess I will just have to look for them myself....

i not feel well

2010-03-11T13:57:00.000-08:00

im not feeling very well right now.
i met my jenny for lunch today at one of our fav places downtown.
its not sitting very well in my tummy.
i seriously feel like if i just went and puked i would feel better.
but im at work and i really dont feel like putting my face over a toilet that guys im not married to use also.
understand?
i need a rolaid.
and some 7-up.
and a hug.....

ps:mary....you are welcome for the flowers yesterday :-)

thhhpppp....

2010-03-10T16:41:00.000-08:00

Yep.
That's how I feel.
It's late on a Wednesday.
I want it to be late on a Friday.
I can't think either.
So instead....
I will give you this.....

I hope you like it, and that you enjoy the rest of your day :-)

Seriously? You think you are known by just your first name?

2010-03-09T15:32:00.000-08:00

Lindsey Lohan is sueing E-Trade for one of their hilarious baby commercials for the Super Bowl. The one where the boy baby is webcam talking with his girlfriend baby and she wants to know why he didn't call her. Then she asks if that "milkaholic Lindsey" was there. And a baby girl pokes her head in the screen and says "Milka-wha???" Yeh, that ad. I had no idea that was about Lindsey Lohan. I didn't know she known by only her first name? Or that she was a milkaholic. Did you know Lindsey Lohan was a milkaholic? News to me. It's also news to me that she thinks everyone knows her by her first name only. Guess that means that everyone is always confused when you are talking about Jennifer. You know...Jennifer. I love her! Don't you! And Jessica! She is so talented. But do you know who I really don't care for? Kathy. **shiver** She gives me the creeps. Don't you agree? Oh...but I love me some Matt, Brad, John and Dave!

I was 17 of 24 for my Oscar picks!

2010-03-08T14:39:00.000-08:00

Not too bad. I guess it will easier to say which ones I missed :-)

Documentary Feature: Winner - The Cove
Editing: Winner - The Hurt Locker
Foreign Film: Winner - The Secret In Their Eyes
Animated Short: Winner - Logorama
Live Action Short: Winner - The New Tenants
Sound Editing: Winner - The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing: Winner - The Hurt Locker

The rest I got right.
I was all in all pleased with the show and the winners. I really didn't want Avatar to win best picture. It won the awards it should have.
I cried for Sandra Bullock. She has been a favorite of mine for years. I love her romantic comedies. I was very happy that she won. And while Gabby was really great in Precious, I have a hard time with giving Oscars to one hit wonders. Do you really feel like she has a career in movies ahead of her? I'm not so sure. I find her quite annoying other than her performance in Precious. I know...she is just an excited teenager, but that is also why I can't stand Miley Cyrus. If Gabby makes a few more movies and gives that same kind of raw intense performance, then I will most likely change my mind.
A few other thoughts regarding last night....
I love Meryl Streep.
Helen Mirren looked stunning.
Ben Stiller was kind of annoying after a while.
YAY for The Hurt Locker!
Sandra's dress was gorgeous.
So were many others....Cruz, Diaz (for once) Lopez, McAdams.
Hiliary Swank was not at the Oscars, but was at the Vanity Fair Party. I want her body.
I'm still undecided about SJParkers dress.
HATED Charlize Theron's dress. The only thing missing was a Viking helmet.
Gerard Butler and Bradley Cooper. Nuff said.
George needs a haircut and his squeeze needs a smile.
Martin and Baldwin were funny.
Mo'Nique tried too hard to maintain her cool and came across as a deserving bitch.
The woman who won for Best Costume was a deserving bitch unfortunately.
What was with that kook who pulled a Kanye???

I could keep going...
but will instead end this with a big Congrats to all of the winners!

My Oscar Predictions

2010-03-07T11:06:00.000-08:00

Here we go.....
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock (could be Meryl Streep)
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Art Direction: Avatar
Best Cinematography: Avator
Best Costume: The Young Victoria
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Documentary Feature: Which Way Home
Best Documentary Short: Music by Prudence
Editing: Avator
Foreign Film: The White Ribbon
Makeup: Star Trek
Best Song: The Weary Kind
Original Score: Up
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker (could be Avatar)
Animated Short: A Matter of loaf & Death
Live action Short: The Door
Sound Editing: Star Trek
Sound Mixing: Star Trek
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Adapted Screenplay: Precious
Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker (could be Inglorious Basterds)

I'll let you know how I do :-)

Happy Saturday :-)

2010-03-06T10:57:00.000-08:00

I don't want to do anything today.
I had intended on making cards today.
But I'm just not feeling it.
And I have a butt-load to do.
**deep sigh**
I seriously just took in a deep breath and sighed.
I don't want to make cards.
But I should.
ugh.....
I just want to be lazy today.
I at least put my clothes away.
I have been so good lately, but when we came back from the beach last weekend I just laid my clean clothes that I didn't wear at the end of my bed on the trunk. Woo Hoo! That was a run on sentence! And I'm not gonna change it! OK...I changed it. I took out about 3 words that were repeats.
Because you know how goodly my grammar be!
As the week went on, I would take off my work clothes and then pile them on top of the others on the trunk. It was pretty high.
So I put those away.
And now I am washing clothes.
Bleck.
That means I will have to put away more clothes.
Double bleck.
Fine.....
I will go get out my card stuff.
It feels like work though.
Usually its fun.
Today it feels like work.
But I'll do it.
Whatever.....
If you happen to stop by today...
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
** updated - I got all nine cards done! **

TGIto the freakingF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-03-05T16:42:00.000-08:00

Can I just say how freaking happy I am that it is Friday? Can I???
I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY THAT IT IS FRIDAY!
I have been so busy.
I know that's a good thing.
It makes my days go by faster.
But....
I have noticed that I am getting grumpy.
I used to get this way when I worked full time before.
It's because I'm tired.
Yes...
I stay up late.
Yes....
I eat poorly.
Yes....
I am not exercising.
Yes....
My back is freaking tight.
Another reason why I don't like to work full time.
(Karen if you are reading this...ignore ignore!!!!)
See....I'm a Grump-Butt.
I'm OK with this. I'm just tired and venting. It's only for one more month, and I actually volunteered to do this, so I really can't complain. And I'm loving the extra money.
I'm just tired.
And....
grumpy.

My Review.....

2010-03-04T09:00:00.000-08:00

So....
I went to see Avatar last night.
Finally.
And just what did I think of it????
Meh.
It was OK....but certainly not the best movie of the year.
I thought parts of it were really amazing. I think the way it was made was so much fun. I really enjoyed that aspect of it. But the dialog.....freaking cheese. Horrible actually. I mean come on James Cameron...really? That was all the better you could do with a script? It was fun though because it was like being on a big Disney ride or the ET ride at Universal, but without all the bumping and bouncing around. I kept wanting to look down at the back of my hand to see if the days re-entry stamp was Dopey or Tigger. OOOO....What if it had been Pooh???? Actually...seeing pooh on the back of my hand in the theater might not have been that enjoyable. Some of the "scenery" was right out of the ET ride. And the glow in the dark body paint???? Yeh....don't know what to think about that. And at one point I swear I heard Mel Gibson yell..."They may take our lands! But they will never take...OUR....FREEDOM!!!" And when Sully held up the book about Pandora, I thought..."Put that in your book!" Although I'm pretty sure no one farted in that scene.
OK....I know I'm being a little mean to poor Mr Cameron, but I think he missed the mark with this one. It had the potential to be so much more. It could have been so much more "fantastical" without looking so cheap. Not all of it mind you.....but more than it should have.

Tired.....

2010-03-03T22:19:00.000-08:00

Was super busy at work today. Yay!
And then afterwards I went to see Avatar.
Will give my review tomorrow.
But for now...
Sweet Dreams.....

Well....Now I just don't feel like it....

2010-03-02T16:12:00.000-08:00

I was going to try to get in a bunch of movies before the Oscars on Sunday. The ones that have been nominated for awards. But now I just don't feel like doing as many as I was going to. OK...I'm only skipping one. Tonight I am going to go see The Young Victoria. It's not up for any major category awards, such as Best Movie of any of the acting ones, but it is up for 3 awards....Art Direction, Costume and Makeup. I was going to go and see Up in the Air after that, but now I don't feel like it. I will wait until that one is on cable. Tomorrow I will go and see Avatar. I have to see that one in the theater in 3D. And then Friday night I am going to watch The Hurt Locker onDemand. The rest of the other movies where major people are nominated are not even playing here. Oh well. I don't think they will win, so not a big deal. Will just have to catch those on cable too.
So I will let you know how The Young Victoria is. I love period films!

oiy....Monday's are gonna be busy....

2010-03-01T17:16:00.000-08:00

Which is actually a good thing. Monday's fly by so fast now. With the addition of some extra stuff to do, and the fact that the paper changed the way I turn in Open House ads, I pretty much stay busy all day. I like it! But unfortunately, I end up neglecting the blog. I will have to start preparing one on Sunday nights. I don't really like to do that though, because I like to just ramble on about whatever comes to mind. This blog has ended up being so much more like a journal. Which is fine with me, but I'm sure "boring" for anyone who stops by to read it. So I will try to do better with Monday's by preparing the night before.
We had a great time this weekend camping. We went to Nahalem State Park. It's just south of Manzanita, OR. Or Canon Beach. Or Seaside. What ever your preference is for Oregon Coast beach towns! There are only a couple shops in Manzanita, but one of our favorites is a Free Trade or Fair Trade shop. It's such a fun place to check out. I bought a hippo carved out of soap stone. It was made in Kenya. The men of the tribe carve the animals and the women paint them. At least that is what the shop keeper told us! I believe her because I want to believe that my cute blue hippo was made in Kenya! I don't have it with me, so when I get home I will take a picture and upload it. I bought it because I couldn't put it down. Do you do that? See something that catches your eye and you just can't seem to let it go? I have absolutely no need for a carved blue hippo, but hey....it was only $6.95!
And cute!

Nehalem St Park Feb-25-28

2010-02-28T17:28:00.000-08:00

Oh man....
I have not laughed that hard in ages.
Last night around the campfire was full of laughter so hard that we were in tears.
So much fun.
Can't wait until the next time :-)