Got any plans for the weekend? it's up in the air for us. tonight is planned out, but the end destination is unknown as of yet. We may end up on this cruise thingy that a radio station is putting on, but who knows. Tomorrow is homebody type day. I have some friends whose dryer has gone out, so they're coming over to do laundry.
I found this video and thought it hilarious enough to add. Enjoy!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Perpetual Student
When I started college, I didn't have a focus. I went because I thought I should. I think many kids are like that. Like sheep, they apply for and go because they feel they have to. Everyone else is so why not? What do I want to be? *shrug* dk. I think back and wonder how life would be if things were different. How would life be if I had begun college with a clear plan in mind. If I hadn't gotten pregnant while losing my virginity. (yup...no lie!) If I didn't feel a constant need for acceptance growing up. Would my path be different in life?
Recently, I was reading a blog. Stacy Julian's All Together Too Happy. Let me preface this by saying that I *love* her. Her philosophy and speech makes everything sound so simple and clear. I first came across her when I started scrapbooking. I found this book on Amazon that I have since passed to my sister whom is a new scrapbooker herself. But I digress. Stacy was recently in Missoula at a benefit scrap event and her newest post did it again. Reminded me of what's important. What you do is important. Read it. it's inspirational.
As such I decided to take my first scrap class. Jessica Sprague is offering a free online class. You should join me.
Recently, I was reading a blog. Stacy Julian's All Together Too Happy. Let me preface this by saying that I *love* her. Her philosophy and speech makes everything sound so simple and clear. I first came across her when I started scrapbooking. I found this book on Amazon that I have since passed to my sister whom is a new scrapbooker herself. But I digress. Stacy was recently in Missoula at a benefit scrap event and her newest post did it again. Reminded me of what's important. What you do is important. Read it. it's inspirational.
As such I decided to take my first scrap class. Jessica Sprague is offering a free online class. You should join me.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Pumpkin Fun Day
We took my nephew Makana to the Pumpkin Patch this weekend for the annual fun day. It's probably the ONLY yearly tradition DH and I have. Since we started, i've always taken a picture of the two of them with the wheelbarrow because nephew was small enough to carry in it at the time. I think though, at almost 9 years of age, he's getting a little big for it. Guess we'll REALLY see next year. Here's a hint though. Don't go to a plant nursery and expect the same thing.
We've traditionally taken him to Spooner Farms in Orting. Lots of fun. I was actually more worried that they'd still be there given the trend of farmers selling out the past few years. But I had emails from this nursery in Puyallup that was going to do a festival type thing so I thought we'd go there. BIG mistake. Nephew not only told me how lame the place was in terms of Kid Fun-ness, but he told me I sucked as he ran away laughing. We realized the folly of our ways, grabbed a hot dog from the rotary people and went back to tradition.
Spooner farms was rather crowded this year. But regardless, the weather was nice (enough that people were there in SHORTS!). We all had fun and at the end, Jack helped Makana carve the first pumpkin. In the end, he was sad to see us go.
We've traditionally taken him to Spooner Farms in Orting. Lots of fun. I was actually more worried that they'd still be there given the trend of farmers selling out the past few years. But I had emails from this nursery in Puyallup that was going to do a festival type thing so I thought we'd go there. BIG mistake. Nephew not only told me how lame the place was in terms of Kid Fun-ness, but he told me I sucked as he ran away laughing. We realized the folly of our ways, grabbed a hot dog from the rotary people and went back to tradition.
Spooner farms was rather crowded this year. But regardless, the weather was nice (enough that people were there in SHORTS!). We all had fun and at the end, Jack helped Makana carve the first pumpkin. In the end, he was sad to see us go.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
It's not worth running from anymore
I get bored at work and tend to read all my blogs there and then catch up on the rest when I get home, but I found this meme on one before I left and thought it was PERFECT for filling in dead time at my desk...
1. What time did you get up this morning? The alarm on my cell phone is set for 515am PST, but I went right back to bed until 540ish.
2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls. Diamonds send me into a panic because I want to dress up...
3. Last movie you saw at a cinema?Tropic Thunder with DH and his BFF.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Right now is Heroes. I love the twists and turns they've put in the story. Oh! and Supernatural.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? err breakfast? I've forced myself to remember to always have mini croissants on hand. I tried doing the yogurt thing but kept forgetting to take it with me and if I remembered, I'd forget to eat it!
6. What is your middle name? Are you ready? Tounge loose? Waimakaokalani It's hawaiian for Water from the eyes of heaven. prononuced Why-mahkuh-oak-uh-lani
7. What food do you dislike? not much. that I can think of. But I'm sure if you put it in front of me, I'll tell you straight out!
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? a hawaiian artist named Raiatea Helm and her newest CD. Very Bluesy.
9. What kind of car do you drive? just got my brand spanking new first driver's license. I'm looking to own a CR-V though.
10. Favorite sandwich? BLT with shredded lettuce. Or a toasted Chicken Salad Sandwich
11. What characteristic do you despise? People who flaunt their money/possessions/fabulously-expensive-new-boots etc. Amy I'd agree with you, but there's so much of it where I live, I just started letting it go. What I despise the most are two faced people.
12. Favorite item of clothing? DH's sweatpants and a hoodie. He doesn't realize that I snagged them from the wash again.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? a cruise. warm places with lots of history, but not necesarrily the carribean or mexico. Just places steeped in history.
14. Are you an organized person? I try but don't always succeed. There is definitely a method to my madness though.
15. Where would you retire to? I like where I'm at.
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? hmmmm don't know that I have any...
17. What are you going to do when you finish this? twiddle my thumbs some more as I wait for the phone to ring here at work. Browse some more crafty message boards and get my customer list ready to call tonight for my Partylite Open House.
18. Farthest place you are sending this? The internet has far reaching tendrils. ;) I have a friend in Iraq right now just itching for something to do though....
19. Person you expect to send it back first? aime definitely...
20. When is your birthday? Sept 16th
21 . Morning person or a night person? Both.
22. What is your shoe size? 8
23. Pets? I used to have fishies, but DH killed them when we moved into my new place a year ago. now we only have bungie the blue betta. Aptly named bc he jumped out of his tank one day and it was a full half hour before I noticed and found him.
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I have customers! I'm a partylite consultant selling high quality candles (no joke) and I recently took a hiatus. I wasn't sure I was able to get back into the swing of things once I got back in but there you go!
plus? I bought an Expedit bookcase/desk and *heart* it very much!
25. What did you want to be when you were little? an astronaut, a gymnast, a teacher and rich.
26. How are you today? tired and bored. I suspect I'm tired BECAUSE I'm bored.
27. What is your favorite flower? Stargazer Lily's
28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Every single Thursday. I am always grateful for Thursdays. I like thursdays too, but I look forward to Wednesdays now bc it's my new scrapbooking get together with a new friend.
29. What are you listening to right now? Boys to men - "It's so hard"
30. What was the last thing you ate? yogurt I forgot to eat this Am when I got to work...not the best thing to eat with Mtn Dew.
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Orange. it's so bright and shiny!
33. How is the weather right now? cold, but sunny
34. Last person you spoke to on the phone? customer.
35. Favorite soft drink? Fresca.
36. Favorite restaurant? It really depends on my mood. usually Sushiland though
37. Hair color? black-brown like my desk.
38. What was your favorite toy as a child? barbie!
39. Summer or Winter? Summer hands down.
41. Chocolate or Vanilla? both.
42. Coffee or tea? tea.
43. Do you want your friends to email you back? Absolutely, even though I sometimes flake on emailing them back.
44. When was the last time you cried? lst night. parts of a book I read were real tear jerkers.
45. What is under your bed? dust, 3 pairs of house slippers, 4 pairs of shoes (at end of bed), a surge protector, foot massager and probably 9 pairs of DH's socks.
46. What did you do last night? finished a good book, cooked dinner, surfed the web, moderated a message board, made a card box for cards I have yet to make, moved some junk around in office, browsed some mag's and slept.
47. What are you afraid of? lots. What my credit report says about me, marital things, money issues....suxors to be a grown up sometimes!
48. Salty or sweet? depends on mood.
49. How many keys on your key ring? I had to look at the key ring. Three...
50. How many years at your current job? Technically just over two years, however I only became an employee at end of Jan. I was a contractor until then.
51. Favorite day of the week? Running out of questions? Wed and Thursday.
52. Do you make friends easily? No. I wish I did, though.
53. How many people will you send this to? Whomever reads my blog.
54. How many people will reply? Not sure.
55. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? I love finding out things about ppl. even stangers.
1. What time did you get up this morning? The alarm on my cell phone is set for 515am PST, but I went right back to bed until 540ish.
2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls. Diamonds send me into a panic because I want to dress up...
3. Last movie you saw at a cinema?Tropic Thunder with DH and his BFF.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Right now is Heroes. I love the twists and turns they've put in the story. Oh! and Supernatural.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? err breakfast? I've forced myself to remember to always have mini croissants on hand. I tried doing the yogurt thing but kept forgetting to take it with me and if I remembered, I'd forget to eat it!
6. What is your middle name? Are you ready? Tounge loose? Waimakaokalani It's hawaiian for Water from the eyes of heaven. prononuced Why-mahkuh-oak-uh-lani
7. What food do you dislike? not much. that I can think of. But I'm sure if you put it in front of me, I'll tell you straight out!
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? a hawaiian artist named Raiatea Helm and her newest CD. Very Bluesy.
9. What kind of car do you drive? just got my brand spanking new first driver's license. I'm looking to own a CR-V though.
10. Favorite sandwich? BLT with shredded lettuce. Or a toasted Chicken Salad Sandwich
11. What characteristic do you despise? People who flaunt their money/possessions/fabulously-expensive-new-boots etc. Amy I'd agree with you, but there's so much of it where I live, I just started letting it go. What I despise the most are two faced people.
12. Favorite item of clothing? DH's sweatpants and a hoodie. He doesn't realize that I snagged them from the wash again.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? a cruise. warm places with lots of history, but not necesarrily the carribean or mexico. Just places steeped in history.
14. Are you an organized person? I try but don't always succeed. There is definitely a method to my madness though.
15. Where would you retire to? I like where I'm at.
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? hmmmm don't know that I have any...
17. What are you going to do when you finish this? twiddle my thumbs some more as I wait for the phone to ring here at work. Browse some more crafty message boards and get my customer list ready to call tonight for my Partylite Open House.
18. Farthest place you are sending this? The internet has far reaching tendrils. ;) I have a friend in Iraq right now just itching for something to do though....
19. Person you expect to send it back first? aime definitely...
20. When is your birthday? Sept 16th
21 . Morning person or a night person? Both.
22. What is your shoe size? 8
23. Pets? I used to have fishies, but DH killed them when we moved into my new place a year ago. now we only have bungie the blue betta. Aptly named bc he jumped out of his tank one day and it was a full half hour before I noticed and found him.
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I have customers! I'm a partylite consultant selling high quality candles (no joke) and I recently took a hiatus. I wasn't sure I was able to get back into the swing of things once I got back in but there you go!
plus? I bought an Expedit bookcase/desk and *heart* it very much!
25. What did you want to be when you were little? an astronaut, a gymnast, a teacher and rich.
26. How are you today? tired and bored. I suspect I'm tired BECAUSE I'm bored.
27. What is your favorite flower? Stargazer Lily's
28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Every single Thursday. I am always grateful for Thursdays. I like thursdays too, but I look forward to Wednesdays now bc it's my new scrapbooking get together with a new friend.
29. What are you listening to right now? Boys to men - "It's so hard"
30. What was the last thing you ate? yogurt I forgot to eat this Am when I got to work...not the best thing to eat with Mtn Dew.
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Orange. it's so bright and shiny!
33. How is the weather right now? cold, but sunny
34. Last person you spoke to on the phone? customer.
35. Favorite soft drink? Fresca.
36. Favorite restaurant? It really depends on my mood. usually Sushiland though
37. Hair color? black-brown like my desk.
38. What was your favorite toy as a child? barbie!
39. Summer or Winter? Summer hands down.
41. Chocolate or Vanilla? both.
42. Coffee or tea? tea.
43. Do you want your friends to email you back? Absolutely, even though I sometimes flake on emailing them back.
44. When was the last time you cried? lst night. parts of a book I read were real tear jerkers.
45. What is under your bed? dust, 3 pairs of house slippers, 4 pairs of shoes (at end of bed), a surge protector, foot massager and probably 9 pairs of DH's socks.
46. What did you do last night? finished a good book, cooked dinner, surfed the web, moderated a message board, made a card box for cards I have yet to make, moved some junk around in office, browsed some mag's and slept.
47. What are you afraid of? lots. What my credit report says about me, marital things, money issues....suxors to be a grown up sometimes!
48. Salty or sweet? depends on mood.
49. How many keys on your key ring? I had to look at the key ring. Three...
50. How many years at your current job? Technically just over two years, however I only became an employee at end of Jan. I was a contractor until then.
51. Favorite day of the week? Running out of questions? Wed and Thursday.
52. Do you make friends easily? No. I wish I did, though.
53. How many people will you send this to? Whomever reads my blog.
54. How many people will reply? Not sure.
55. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? I love finding out things about ppl. even stangers.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Getting back to the basics...
Normally, my morning routine includes checking blogs in the am. But I awoke this first day of October a little beat. I hit that snooze button and discovered that I had not only turned it off, but DH had not set his alarm. We didn't oversleep TOO far, but far enough that I didn't do any blog reading until early afternoon. Imagine my dismay that I missed a chance at some cool blogcandy from Stacy Julian! Auwe! She's one of my scrap-idols. plus, I love the way she talks (She does guest appearances on a TV show called Scrapbook Memories).
But as the day progressed, I discovered a few other people who I follow presenting similar challenges! I'm excited! PLUS ~ I'm doing Ali Edwards Week in the Life project, so I have TONS of photos to use!
Even though I should still be riding that birthday high, we've had so many high stress things going on that it's nice to focus on some happiness. (That's another reason I love Stacy's blog...she's All Together Too Happy! ;)
Now if I could just get the Expedit to fit together correctly! Tomorrow is another afternoon rush~I have pool league, so I have to rush from work to run & meet my pool buddies for carpool AND still stop by Ikea to figure out why my dowels are too small and too long. *sigh* I was hoping to have it together already and to be busy VACUMING underneath it! ah well. Hopefully, it will be finished by this weekend. (Jack's suggestion of shaving the dowels down the the appropriate size was immediately VETOED as I don't think alterations should be necessary. I didn't spend $300 on this for nothing!)
BTW, photo credit goes to Tia Bennett.
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