February 06, 2005
sort of. i guess it's not spring yet technically, but it was about 70 degrees today making it feel like spring. i got the rest of the stuff in the garage organized and the trash pile outside around the garbage cans is very large. i may not be able to put it all out tomorrow night since there is so much of it. i know we have a limit, but i am not sure how much is too much.
trash aside, i got all my laundry done and put away, got my mattress flipped and linens changed and i am so looking forward to going to sleep tonight.
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breakfast:
today it's back out into the garage and back room for more cleaning and organizing festivities.
a glass of diet coke and a slice of leftover pepperoni stuffed crust pizza.
and i am now having a cup of coffee.
also, since i realized that she set a "kitty tower" on its side next to her bed so cody, of the perpetually short legs, could jump up there worked, i am going to make a similar carpeted box for him. right now i have a dining room chair in at the foot of my bed for that same purpose and i am sick of looking at it. i have all the stuff to make one out in the garage so i don't even have to spend any $$.
i may have to make a run to either lowe's or home depot today anyway, just because a lot of the superbowl festivities start on TV at 2PM and i am thinking that those stores will be empty...hehehe.
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February 05, 2005
the last entry, while cleaning out the garage today, i found some albums. actual records. a lot of stuff from the 80s and guess what was in that stack? oh yeah, and pizza is on the way!
an original pressing of motley crue's first album "too fast for love". the one where all the songs just run together, with about a nanosecond between tracks. it was later remixed and more space was put in between the songs. i have quite a stack of albums that i will sell at the garage sale i am planning in about 3 weeks.
i have all of my stuff organized and all i have to do is make sure it's all clean and priced before the big day. getting rid of all that stuff will give me even more room in the garage. if i don't sell it all in a weekend, whatever is left is going to the thrift store that sunday afternoon. i don't want anything hanging around.
i am a pack rat and i have a hard time getting rid of stuff as it is, so this is a real ordeal for me.
we also moved a bunch of heavy furniture out of the back room and into the newly made space in the garage so now my muscles and back are really tired.
i guess the rest of the night will consist of TV and computer stuff.
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February 02, 2005
i had a great day at work. we got a lot done and i had the best crew. and now, since i am in definite sleep defecit for the week, i am sitting here nodding off. i guess i should get myself to bed. yes, at 7:35 PM i am ready for bed.
those are the kind of days that make you think you could stay for a few more hours. ok well maybe not that good...hehehe
on the downside, i also found out that we won't be getting raises again for a very long time. actually, i will be surprised if all of us still have a job here in six month's time. it's that bad.
oh well, nothing that i can do about it, so why worry?
that's just sad.
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February 01, 2005
strange day indeed. to make a long story really short, oh, i almost forgot, i paid for my dragon*con membership tonight too.
it started out weird on the way to work.
i saw a guy on a bike, (a crotch rocket), who i thought might be someone i worked with, (in the goood way), thought to myself "no way" and it turned out it was someone else from my work, (also in the goood way), that i never suspected. he looked right at me but because of his dark helmet i didn't see his face...until i pulled up into the parking lot about 5 minutes after he did. awkward and strange.
there were a couple more awkward moments today and to make matters even worse, we had a hot job, (as in a job they wanted to get done fast), and a part on the machine broke 20 minutes into the day. everything came to a screeching halt until about noon, when the offending piece was welded within inches of its life and put back in, all at about 200 degrees. glad it wasn't me with my hand and arm in there.
after lunch everything smoothed out and we had a really great rest of the day.
i was going to stop by besy buy today to pick up the new motley crue CD. it came out today and is on sale there for $13.99 and i have a $5 off coupon at that store. bonus!
i never made it but i have to stop by the not-on-my-way-home mall on thursday to pick up something i ordered so i will go into the best buy there.
i am now off to bed and hopefully i will go to sleep instead of reading more of my new magazines. the shower will have to wait till the morning.
had to do that before i forgot and the 15th rolled around. that's when the price goes up.
the con is 7 months away and i am already SO excited!
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January 29, 2005
roomie and i went to international plaza to shop this afternoon and i tell you, i love that place. i am not a mall fan at all but this place rocks. they have many different stores than your average mall.
we also went to the apple store and looked at all the pretty iPods. after we got home i decided to actually clean off my desk and fire up the old PC. amazingly enough, it all still works and i am sitting here with candles going and a glass of wine. i also finally got more vitamins. i used up the last of my old ones when i was in mexico and never got around to getting more. thanks to roomie, i got the really good ones and i am looking forward to them kicking in and getting me back on track.
we even went into tiffany's to look at all the diamond jewelry.
when we walked up to it i actually asked "are we going in there?"
i did get some really cool stuff from the bath and body works aromatherapy line and also some burt's bees stuff too.
now that i love the aromatherapy lotion i got, i will have to get everything else that goes with it. that's for the next trip.
i really want one of those.
yes, you heard right. i am drinking wine. there is only one kind of wine i can drink without breaking out into big red splotches everywhere and/or throwing up. it's probably the cheapest wine out there. figures that i can drink it. i get the "sangria" and it's quite tasty.
i have been trying to eat a lot healthier in the last few weeks. i've been taking salad to work for lunch almost every day and have really been making an effort to eat a good, balanced dinner each night, but i know the vitamins will help me stay healthier since sometimes i slip and just eat junk because it tastes good.
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January 28, 2005
i had to go to petsmart after work today and since it's right near borders bookstore i figured i would stop in to get the latest issue of LivingEtc magazine, a really cool, really well done decorating magazine from england. it's one of my favorite magazines ever but it's not always in stock. they "get it when they get it", or so the girl at the counter told me. apparently they have no shipping schedule on it. i would just subscribe, but according to their website they don't ship to the US.
in place of the LivingEtc that i didn't get, i instead bought three others. do it yourself, ready made and metropolitan home. i managed to escape borders after spending $14 and i am now in magazine bliss. since it's cold and rainy outside, i am content to spend my friday night curled up on the sofa with some new stuff to read!
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January 16, 2005
well i can do some things that involve cars. changing oil and filter and spark plugs, changing flat tires, etc... i am off now to look for the target that i had no idea existed. it's really close to me and i never knew it was there.
but i can't for the life of me figure out how to get the $%#@! lights out of my car.
it seems like it would be easy, but i don't know how to actually get the screws out. i am sure there is a simple way to do it, but the screws look like they are put in from the front. i know that's not possible since the whole thing is sealed. hmph.
i will ask my friend at work who has a 5.0, different year, and see if he has any ideas.
i should have gotten the fog lights instead. i can see how those come out. at least i know i can do that job myself.
worst case scenario: when i take it to the shop this week for a check up and oil change, (i never said i had the ambition to actually do the work!), i will see how much my guy will charge to do the job.
it amazes me. i run and repair machines at work that are bigger than my car and yet i can't take a single headlight casing out.
also panera bread is right nearby that i had no idea was there and also the new pier 1 is open. rock on!
the nice thing is, it's a nice day, well cool but sunny, and there are actual cow pastures out that way so i know the ride will be pretty.
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January 14, 2005
i am working overtime tomorrow. the first since, i don't know, september or something. we're not that busy, just fixing a job we did last year and the customer just got around to finding out that the CDs are bad. as in "don't work". wonderful. the job is huge, like ten thousand or more huge and they want it by monday afternoon. this is for a huge educational company and since we've lost a couple of really big accounts this year, we need to bend over backwards for the big guys i guess. i also got my new headlight/parking light/trun signal assemblies in the mail today. tomorrow after work i will attempt to put them in mysef. each side is in three sections so that might make it easier. it will be so nice to see better going down the road.
when i got home from work and getting groceries today, i made a pot ful of spaghetti sauce with dad's recipe. i think it is the best batch of sauce i have made ever. i don't know if it's because i have been just adding browned beef to classico's "basil marinara" jarred sauce as of late or if it was just extra special because i added a little more fresh rosemary than i usually do. whatever it was, the sauce came out great. this has been an unusually stressful week for me. no one reason, just random stuff. i quit drinking coffee a few days ago, although since i will be leaving for work tomorrow morning at 5:10, i fixed enough to fill my "to go" cup. only a third of what i was drinking daily.
for me it will mean a big paycheck next week. i am also going in 2 hours early on monday morning which means 2 hours OT for next week or one day where they will tell me to go home early. not a problem there at all!
i am now feeling lethargic due to the fact that i ate a lot and that i am so tired after such a long week.
there is also a lot of stupid stuff going on in my head right now that has been nibbling at me and this morning on my way to work i had an actual anxiety attack. well i think that's what it was. it was extra dark, very rainy and i was listening to a godsmack CD and all of a sudden out of nowhere i started thinking about my dad and about when he passed away and a bunch of other stuff and generally just feeling really "alone". by the time i got to work, my heart was pounding a little and i was breathing shallow and i was in tears.
anyone who knows me knows that's not like me at all. it was very weird and i had to sit in my car to decompress for a few minutes before going in. good thing i got there a little early so i could take my time getting out of the car. hopefully it was just an isolated incident.
similar stuff happened to me last year right after i lost my dad but hasn't happened in a very long time. maybe it's just because i have been taking care of some loose ends dealing with him and he's been on my mind even more frequently the past few weeks.
maybe i should stop trying to self analyze and just dry my hair and go to bed. i have to be up by 4:30 and that just sucks.
at least since i haven't been drinking so much coffee i am getting to sleep a little easier.
conjured at 09:09 PM | Comments (0)
hahahahahaha! can't stop laughing over this one! i'll take 25 any day ;)
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
i saw it here first.
too too funny!
only one question: does that make me young at heart or just way immature?
You Are 25 Years Old
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
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January 12, 2005
geez i am tired.
i have only gotten about 4 hours of sleep every night this week and i think it has finally caught up with me. last night i was kicking it on the xbox and didn't realize the time until i was way past my bedtime. i haven't been able to get to sleep before 1 AM since sunday night.
it's now 8:30 and i am sitting here watching "lost". i just noticed that during the commercials i was dozing.
i guess i will go to bed and watch alias. hopefully i can stay awake.
must find a flat place to lie down.
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January 09, 2005
i finally sucked it up and decided that since i am always at the computer, well almost always, that i should try to use the free bill pay thingie on my bank's website.
i am such a slacker when it comes to paying bills. even when i have plenty of money in the bank to take care of it all, they will just sit there nagging at me daily until some of them are a day or two late.
and for no good reason.
i got my checkbook balanced tonight, set up the bill pay thingie for most of my bills, (some i just had to mail), and got everything paid.
amazing.
i figure if i have it all on the computer, i am more likely to actually pay them. on time.
we'll see how this goes.
i am off now to hit the xbox for a bit and then to bed.
after the laundry is done that is.
conjured at 08:59 PM | Comments (0)
January 06, 2005
i am supposed to be doing stuff. have i done any of this? no. i have been up for two hours and all i have accomplished is making and eating breakfast and text messaging with a friend of mine at work (she's supposed to be working, not texting...hehehe). i was just wondering what was going on there because our supervisor got canned yesterday at the end of the day. of all days, why did i have to take these two off? i guess i am just nosey is all. update--
**i know it's a mustang and if that light doesn't ever come on it should make you wonder, but still. mustangs, especially older ones, are like the harleys of the car world. there is always something to fix on them.
making phone calls to get fence estimates.
calling the a/c people to come fix my heat pump.
balancing my checkbook and paying bills.
cleaning the inside of my car.
calling my mechanic to make an appointment for him to check out why the "check engine" light keeps coming on**.
or maybe i work so much that i just miss the place? nah!
i'll vote for nosey.
have i started anything yet? no. i went outside with the doggie and while out there picked a grapefruit off my neighbors' (the nice ones),
tree. after picking out about 100 pits, weird i know, i ate half. wow. the cold weather a few weeks ago made them very sweet. of course i sprinkled on a little splenda to make it even sweeter but it was so good!
i was seriously thinking of going for a test drive in a 2005. but even with half the price put down in cash, the payments would still be close to $200 a month. not to mention the full coverage insurance.
someone else i need to call today, the agent that does my insurance for my home. he said he can do better than what i have now.
but i digress...
i have a friend who has a 2003 mustang and she has almost the same kinds of problems with her car that i do with mine, so i am guessing newer isn't always better. guess i will stick with the one i have, fix her up all brandy-new-like and revel in the thought that i don't have a car payment every month!
there. i feel better. think i will go get some stuff done now.
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December 27, 2004
when i was leaving for work at 6:45 this morning i looked at the thermometer. 31 degrees. brrrr. and there was ice on my windshield! as if i have an ice scraper. a cassette tape works well but i didn't have one of those handy either. i wonder how a CD would do. maybe i will get one out of the recycle bin at work and see if it does the trick. (no sense in ruining a good CD)
it's supposed to warm up a litte more each day this week until by new year's eve the high will be in the 70s.
that said, i love the snuggling up at night with my doggie in the down comforter and my hair is really loving the low humidity with the cooler weather so i really shouldn't be complaining at all!
i am off to bed early tonight since i have another long workday ahead of me tomorrow.
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December 26, 2004
finally. the holiday bruhaha is done with...well all but new year's eve, but that's not a prepare-gifts-cook-and-do-dishes-till-you-drop holiday.
i plan on doing all my laundry and to clean my room. i want to put on the black and dark purple duvet cover instead of the white one, and that also needs to be laundered before i can use it. ugh. i slept horrible again last night thanks partly to my brain working overtime and between the strange dreams and the waking thoughts, my head feels scrambled this morning. the other part of sleeping badly was the fact that it was windy and the "love thy neighbor holy rollers" next door have a banging porch door and a whining dog that shouldn't be out at night this time of year.
roomie went to visit her dad and i had plans to go to target to see if they had any of the cool ornaments i wanted on sale for cheap.
it's 48 degrees outside with wind chill of 42, (yes, i am a baby), and the winds are going at about 20 mph. i don't feel like going anywhere but if i don't at least go out to get laundry detergent, i won't do anything around here today.
oh, how i can't wait to get that privacy fence up.
i know it won't block all the sound, but at least it may help muffle it.
if i could only build a giant bubble over the whole house...
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December 22, 2004
i guess i am going to live with the color of my hair for now.
after the first washing, the excess color washed away leaving the cool color it was supposed to start out as and no more red stripe at the roots.
hopefully the color will stay looking good until i color again at the end of feb.
at that time i may either get it done by my awesome stylist or just do the regular color i use.
there was a lesson here: stick with what you know works best when it comes to your hair.
and if i want any more red stripes, i will put them there myself. on purpose.
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December 21, 2004
one of the fish in my tank is a female. not sure which one, but i think i might know who it is. **update**
when i got home today i decided to sit on the sofa and look at the pretty fishies and all of a sudden i noticed a baby fish swimming along.
right before the red swordtail gulped it down.
i so did not need or want to see that.
ever.
i know that's what happens in the wild but still.
in my own tank?
ICK!
i am now off to do some research to see which fish it might be.
(i am thinking it might be the lighter, larger, no-sword-having swordtail.
i asked for two boys when i picked them out. ugh.
hopefully the next time it happens, one of us will notice before it's too late!
i was right, one of the red swordtails is female and that little fish was gulped down by its own dad....YECH!
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happy Yule and Winter Solstice!
as i was on my way to work this morning and going over the bridge at about 7:16 the huge bright orange sun popped out of the water and slipped behind some cool looking clouds, lighting the whole sky up in oranges, yellows and lavenders with bright beams shooting out through all the clear spots where there were no clouds. such a spectacular sight on this shortest day of the year. what a perfect way to start my day!
thanks to roomie, i found this. enjoy!
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December 20, 2004
roomie was making homemade cookies when i got home from work today.
lots of homemade cookies.
some are chocolate chip and some are chocolate and peanut butter chip.
man they rock.
they rock so much that i ate way too many of them and it almost made me sick...
but they're SO gooooood!
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i am. really. i will now put on my parka and set off for work. yes, even though i live in FL i have a parka. remember...NJ in february.
i just went outside to let cody back in for the umpteenth time this morning, (he has a fur coat, i don't), and it feels like it's freezing out there.
it's 47 degrees and weatherbug says that the winds are at 15 mph, making the wind chill 41 degrees. it feels like it's in the 20s to me out there!
not too scary seeing as how it was in the teens for my friends up north last night.
living in FL for more than half my life has really made the cold seem colder. i swear i was never this wimpy.
i am always the one who waits for the cold weather every year.
i love snow.
i am the idiot that goes to NJ in february.
i feel so ashamed *hangs head*
for the first time in a long time i actually have a car that has a heater that works. yippee!!
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December 19, 2004
roomie and i went to petsmart yesterday. she got two fishies to put in the big tank, a fancy guppy and a tequila sunrise guppy. both boys since i don't want any more guppies...hehehe.
this afternoon i am off to target to get a firebowl for the yard (they're on sale) and to do the rest of my holiday shopping (if it's the last thing i do). somewhere in there will be a quick run to home depot...ack!
i also got two red swordtails and 3 more blue neons.the tank is looking quite colorful now.
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December 16, 2004
today my neck and shoulder are feeling a little better.
i still have to get a few holiday gifts and run by target and the pet store (i am getting two powder blue gouramis) and then some stuff to do around the house. if my neck and shoulder were totally healthy i could do more, but i need to make sure it all heals up properly. i don't want any recurring problems with that.
i ran a crew at work which meant sitting down for me, (it's good to be the crew leader), and then we had our company luncheon and recognition ceremony which took up a little over 2 hours. all that equalled a lot of relaxing for me. the day went fast and i am now very glad to be home. one more work day this week and then a much needed couple of days off.
i could lie down right now and take a serious nap, but alas, i have to go to publix and then eat something for dinner. it's getting late and if i eat too late like i did last night, i will feel bad and won't be able to sleep.
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December 14, 2004
i went to work today but probably should have stayed home. as it is i am almost ready for bed and i have to check out the heat to make sure i can get it to work the right way. it's supposed to go down into the low 30s here tonight and i know it will be freezing in here in the morning if i don't get it working right.
i did get to sit down all day but i had to keep moving around because i would get uncomfortable quickly in every position. i tried to stand but that was even more uncomfortable.
i am feeling better but i am still pretty stiff and my head is hurting in the back right where my neck starts.
when i got home from work, which took forever with horrible traffic, i had to take roomie up to the tax collector's office to take care of some car stuff and then she reminded me that we needed to go to best buy to get the extended version of "return of the king" and while at the mall i had to pick up a gift for our gift exchange on thursday.
and to think, all i really needed to do was rest.
it's already 47 degrees and with the wind chill, it feels like 40.
tomorrow i have a meeting after work and a few errands to run afterward, but my back and neck may be hurting way too bad to even make it to 4, so we'll see about that meeting...hehehe.
in reality though, i hope i am feeling better than i was today. so far this has been the worst day for me. hopefully all this won't last much longer.
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December 13, 2004
i was feeling really achy this morning so i called in sick.
i got lots done today despite not being up to par. computer wise, i got a bunch more pics scanned for my gallery and added 2 new albums.
everyone was freaked out when i told them what was wrong.
i kept myself dosed up on ibuprofen all day but let it lapse after dinner, figuring i would take some as i went to bed. i thought i was feeling pretty good anyway so i figured it wouldn't make too much of a difference.
after i got up on the ladder to get some xmas stuff out of the attic and then took a really hot shower i started to ache and stiffen up.
i finally took more ibuprofen and am now having a cocktail to help me get sleepy, (and more numb) but so far, neither is working that well.
i have to work tomorrow so i am hoping i am feeling OK. i will dose up every 4 hours with ibuprofen and hope for the best.
i took care of some paperwork having to do with stuff left over from my dad's estate and managed to get all the legwork done online and on the phone. i still have a little bit more to take care of but i am waiting for some paperwork in the mail before i can finish the rest up.
i also added the "window blinds" program and got a bunch of neat skins. it's almost like the "themes" that come with earlier versions of windows but cooler. right now my skin is red/grey/black based and i have a "jack and sally nightmare before christmas" wallpaper. it looks cool and i can't wait to get more skins.
at least if i couldn't work i still had a pretty productive day and now that my attic is partially cleaned out, i can get some other stuff stored up there.
tomorrow after work i will hang the lights out front and put the poinsettias in the urns out there and i will get my xmas cards written out.
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December 12, 2004
today when roomie and i were on our way to the lunch/shopping excursion, 2 people in front of us slammed their brakes on causing roomie to do the same and the car behind us slammed into us.
oh i forgot the part about the "soccer mom save" where as we were jolting forward, roomie snapped her arm out in front of me to stop me from hitting anything. awwwww. my hero!
good thing we weren't all going fast, traffic was pretty congested. we both jerked forward pretty hard and it was a good thing we were wearing our seatbelts or we might both be missing a few teeth...or worse. it was also a good thing that we missed the car in front of us too. by inches i might add.
the worst part my shoulder was already hurting and now it's even worse and all the muscles between my shoulder blades are really sore and i am starting to get a headache. it really just kinda feels more like a stiff neck than anything. i hope it's just muscle strain.
the strange part is the girl who hit us wasn't wearing a seat belt and wasn't hurt. the front of her car looked like it was totaled. she couldn't drive it at all. we were all very lucky that we weren't hurt, but roomie was even luckier because her car is still driveable and aside from the back bumper sticking out a little, it almost doesn't even look like anything happened to it.
so much for the shopping.
we did finally go back out to eat and then stopped at CVS where i got an extra bottle of ibuprofen. i have a feeling i am gonna need that.
we've been joking about this all evening...hehehe
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December 08, 2004
i am going to get some chinese takeout.
nyah!
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December 07, 2004
that pretty much sums up my day.
the bright spot was lunchtime when the friends i sit with and i all brought food in and we feasted. all that in our 20 minute lunch break. *update*
i am tired and cranky and had an irritating day at work.
my jobs went well and my crew, (1 person), was fine, i just kept dropping stuff and things were in my way, (including me), and traffic this morning was horrible.
i know it's bad when at 2 in the afternoon i was thinking about what kind of cocktail i should make when i got home.
i made baked beans, (my mom's recipe. she would have been proud), and we had tons of other food, (there are 6 of us).
all i could manage for dinner a while ago was a ham sammich...hehehe.
all that was nothing a little ben & jerry's peanut butter cup ice cream couldn't cure!
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November 28, 2004
i should be rearranging and cleaning my bedroom. guess i am off to start that cleaning.
i also have a hangover. ugh.
i think i used up all my energy going to the hardware store and to publix for groceries this morning.
at publix i saw a boy that was about 11 or so walking through the main aisle air guitaring with one of those cinnamon brooms. he was even making guitar sounds with his mouth. hilarious.
the sad thing is that i am in there so much that the cashier asked me if she knew me from somewhere. we couldn't figure out anything else in common so we both figured that i just go there so much the cashiers are starting to remember me. geez.
i will never learn to not have more than three drinks made by our special bartender who makes them with just enough soda to color the drink.
i had 4.
i am an idiot.
the whole time, i knew i would pay for that, but did it stop me?
no.
conjured at 04:12 PM | Comments (0)
November 26, 2004
roomie and i have decided to go shopping. i know it's late by day-after-thanksgiving standards but we were up late last night watching movies and doing website stuff, as you can see here. it's beautiful outside, sweater weather, and i am gonna get out and enjoy the day even if it does mean braving shopping crowds. happy friday!
speaking of web stuff, if you go here there are some cool new pics of gODHEAD up.
i even have an Xmas-y zonk board hehehe.
enjoy!
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November 24, 2004
to avoid doing any work of any kind around here, i am sitting at the computer instead.
and so far today, i am medicine free!
i did, however, look for my cool autumn-like tablecloth (unsuccessfully so far, i might add) and some taper candles for the table tomorrow (those i found).
he sent me another very cool article. enjoy!
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November 20, 2004
i can't believe i just uttered these words aloud:
"i am so lazy. it's beautiful outside and all i want to do is go out and cut the grass, then i want to come in and take a shower becuase it is a good hair day."
i need help.
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November 19, 2004
picture if you will... the fun part comes in when here we are, driving in my mustang listening to motley crue's "dr. feelgood" CD cranked up, her singing, me air guitaring. what a sight we were.
roomie and i just decided on the spur of the moment to drive to best buy...at 9:30PM so i could pick up a copy of "chronicles of riddick".
i wanted the director's cut and the one with the best buy special disc inside. good thing she was with me or i would have screwed up.
i actually got the last copy of the widescreen unrated director's cut with the best buy bonus disc. they had a bunch of all the other versions too. weird.
conjured at 10:25 PM | Comments (0)
November 14, 2004
it's so nice out today. a little overcast, but breezy and the temp is in the 70s.
after a small temper tantrum because i couldn't find them, cody's clippers were located and i am now just about ready to take him outside for his haircut and bath. he smells so gross that my nose tingles when he gets near me. YECH!
i have some laundry in, i plan on cutting the grass and then i will vegitate until it's time to get ready for the show tonight.
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November 13, 2004
last night, while i was getting ready to go out, i realized that it was so much easier to put on my eyeliner. today roomie and i are going shopping!
the last few times i wore it, i was on a ship and my eyelids were moving targets.
anything to avoid doing stuff around the house.
maybe we will even get to have eggs benedict, something she has been craving for a week now and darn if i don't want some now too. i had that while i was on the ship and it was soooo good.
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November 10, 2004
ok. i realize that owning a mustang is like owning the harley davidson of the car world. especially if it is an older one. they are always in the garage.
i also bought a new microwave today. the little one i have had for a while was getting to the point that when you pushed the button, the door wouldn't open right. target had a really cool stainless steel one on sale for $39...that's THIRTY NINE dollars!
last week the almost new alternator that was put in several months ago died and was replaced. now today, my "check engine" light came on two times while accelerating. i understand that in mustangs, this can happen if the gas cap is not tightened down enough, but it's still annoying. i got gas on the way home today. i cranked down on the gas cap when i put it back on, so i know that won't be the reason if it comes on again. i guess if it does happen again, i will take it into its favorite mechanic for a check saturday. i swear my car misses that guy sometimes.
it's beautiful and i can't wait to cook something in it.
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November 09, 2004
back to the normality of real life.
i took cody to the vet this morning and the little idiot busted something on his belly open while he was in the car acting like a total maniac. it is very fall-like out today and i have something similar to spring fever, only it is fall. i don't want to go back to work. ever.
i just happened to read one of the posts i wrote last night and ralized it was not very coherent. i was exhausted and ready to pass out while writing. i read through everything and made a few corrections, especially the link that didn't show up. d'oh!
so if i left you scratching your head, sorry, it's all fixed now.
they had to stitch him up and i go to pick him up at 4. geez, this will never end. i bet he will have to have that stupid cone on for another 10 days, and that will suck for everyone. i have bruises from that thing hitting me in the legs because he feels the need to be practically up my butt.
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November 03, 2004
not what i should be, that's for sure.
i should be packed and ready to go.
i'm not.
i am still doing laundry and i have clothes all over my bed.
some stuff won't be dry till tomorrow right before i leave since i can't put a few things in the dryer.
but i am making progress.
at least i found my camera!
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November 02, 2004
let's see... amazing. all this after an incredibly irritating day at work. at least tomorrow is my "friday" and on thursday at 4PM i sail for mexico. wow that sounds romantic. i am definitely getting a massage while on board on one of the "fun days at sea". i can't wait.
--cody is doing really well. my first day at work with him at home and auntie said he did very well.
--got my pony back from the shop. had the nearly new alternator replaced and the oil changed. my bill? $20. he even put air in the tires of my other car, since i seem to be retarded when it comes to putting the air in them. turns out, he removed the wheel covers to do it. no wonder he's a machanic and i am not.
--on the way home from the shop i decided to swing into the voting place in my community's civic center to see how bad the lines were. no lines. i was in there and out in 10 min!! i had my "cheat sheet" with me, (my sample ballot), and i just checked everything off. it was easy.
--went to CVS and got all the toiletries i need for my trip, 5 rolls of film and hair color and am now sitting here waiting for hair to be done as i type this.
--after CVS, i won an ebay auction for my non-blogging friend pattie.
imagine if my day had started out on a good note.
conjured at 09:03 PM | Comments (0)
November 01, 2004
i was telling roomie earlier that i think i am going to just close out my bank account and start giving my money away.
as i was crossing the bridge on my way home, my "check engine" light blinked. weird, yes, but i just thought maybe my air cleaner was getting dirty or something. since i am due for an oil change in another 300 miles, i figured i would get that replaced too. in other news:
now that cody is doing good, i guess the cosmos thinks i need to spend my money on other stuff. i swear it's payback for getting out of debt.
i got almost to the vet's to get cody and stopped for gas so i didn't have to do it in the morning. i heard this horrible noise that i thought belonged to someone else's car.
when i started back up i realized it was my car. it was horrible. since i was about 5 miles away from the mechanic i decided to try to make it there. i did and he listened to it and said it was the alternator i had put in not too long ago. i will have to pay for the labor i am sure but not for a new alternator since it is under warranty.
at least i was smart enough to just get the oil change done while it is in the shop. that way it will just be one trip.
i swear i am destined to be poor and in debt for the rest of my life.
cody is getting back to normal. he did great at the vet today (and no charge...yay!) he got some dead skin scraped off and then got a few stitches but nothing major. this was a scheduled visit.
he ate all of his dinner, and is begging for my dessert now. no whining, just the most pitiful face i have ever seen...hehehe.
while i had him outside earlier, he even barked at two of the neighbors!
now if i could just figure out this week's winning lottery numbers, i would be all set.
conjured at 08:56 PM | Comments (0)
you may be wondering why i am posting stuff this early on a monday morning. i have to leave late to take cody to the vet and leave him there all day. his belly thing got a little nasty over the weekend but i can't really bathe him. he looks uncomfortable and his appetite is a little off since yesterday. i knew the belly thing would do this, but he is kinda squirmy when i try to do anything to him. who runs this house anyway? ok i am off to work.
he will be OK, i think they are just going to take the dead skin off today. sounds like fun, no?
they might even keep him overnight. not sure. right now he is laying at my feet snoring and dreaming. at least he won't be getting carried into the place this time! he's been doing his "business" pretty good and walking around mostly normal except for his "lampshade" but i think he's even getting used to that.
what must he be thinking?
tonight i must start getting things ready for my trip. i can't believe i am leaving on thursday !!
conjured at 06:31 AM | Comments (0)
October 26, 2004
if i don't get sick it's a minor miracle...
first, two leftover-from-sunday pieces of hot and spicy chicken tenders from publix.
then out to wash car (finished in the dark).
cut back to kitchen, where i then complain that i don't feel like cooking while grazing in the fridge...read, eating cottage cheese out of the container...
after that, some chips and salsa.
and just now, a small bowl of cascadian farms' "honey nut Os"...after all, they are organic...hehehe.
*burp*
conjured at 08:48 PM | Comments (0)
October 17, 2004
my aching head.
on a good note: the phone guy got here about 10:30 and the phone is now fixed! it actually rings now and there is no more static. woo hoo! when i called the other day the woman said it might not be till the 21st but they got here way sooner. it was a good thing he did come early and when i was home because he had to get into the phone box on the side of the house and it's locked. i didin't even know what that box was for.
i tell you, i am a cheap date. 3 drinks and i was down for the count.
ok so they were "castle drinks" but still. the drinks there are pretty cheap, i drink bourbon and coke and they are 4 bucks, but they are super-duper strong and my last one seemed stronger than the first two. i think it was because it was the end of the bottle he just poured the rest in my glass.
we got home around 3 after having some taco bell and i am thinking i just passed out. i woke up way too early. i want to clean my room and bathroom today but i am so lazy, i don't even want to get up off the sofa.
the guy asked me for the key and i was at a loss. i remembered that my dad had all kinds of keys in the hall closet and i used to tease him about labeling them all. it's a darn good thing he did because i actually found one marked "phone box". amazing. thanks dad!
conjured at 10:44 AM | Comments (0)
October 15, 2004
just so you know, there is nothing i have to do this weekend. nada. roomie and i might do a little shopping tomorrow, and i have a skirt i can make, but i have plenty of clothes for going to the castle tomorrow night, so no biggie if i don't make it. the weather is gorgeous, under 70 degrees already and will be into the 50s maybe late tonight. i have enough velvet to keep siberia warm, so i am sure i can find something to wear.
i love this time of year, have i mentioned that?
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October 14, 2004
today after work i finally remembered to call the phone company. since hurricane jeanne the phone has had a LOT of static and for the past few days has been beeping a little and then the answering machine will pick up.
which reminds me to send a few emails that i have been forgetting to send.
i called once, went through this 15 minute thing they have where it's all voice activated and just as i got connected to a real person, the phone died.
i was hungry so i ate my dinner then called repair again. i decided that i was so not going to deal with that voice activated thingy again so i just dialed 0 when the call got connected and voila! i got a real person in about 30 seconds. the nice lady on the other end did a line test and determined it was outside so no one has to come inside to work on anything. the bad part is that it could be repaired anytime between tomorrow and the 21st.
i guess with all the storms i am lucky to have a partially working phone when other people still don't even have their electric working.
for that, i can be patient. besides, roomie and i both have cell phones so it's no big deal.
at least i remembered to call.
conjured at 06:17 PM | Comments (0)
October 11, 2004
after all that yard work yesterday, one would think that i would have crashed as soon as my head hit the pillow. not so. i was up kinda late doing laundry butwas in bed by 11 or so. i was still kind of awake at midnight.
somewhere between that time and 1:30 i got a little bit of sleep. then a very small kitty started trying to pull my bedroom door open. she figured out that it doesn't pull and it wasn't totally latched i guess, so she just pushed it open. i like the kitties that share the house, but i certainly can't sleep with any of them since i am allergic. anyhow, after jolting out of bed to close the door, i got the small herd of kitties into roomie's bedroom like she told me to do if they bothered me too much during the night.
my mistake was turning on the tv. i started to get interested in a movie instead of closing my eyes and going to sleep and before i knew it, it was 3:30 and i had to be up in 90 min.
i fell asleep a bit after that and then the alarm clock jolted me awake once again. i have been going ever since and i am exhausted. i bet i still have a hard time getting to sleep tonight.
conjured at 06:39 PM | Comments (0)
October 07, 2004
i think my "evil eye" is becoming not so evil.
update:
there is still a little swelling but the pain is lessening. now it's just itching. i mean ITCHING. for the next two days i will continue to do the teabag treatment with "sleepytime" tea. that is the most soothing and the camomile and lavender in it smell wonderful.
at least now i don't look like one of those funny goldfish in the tank at the chinese restaurant anymore. both eyes almost match.
by the time roomie gets back next week, my eye will be ready for makeup and going out. that will be the second part of her birthday celebration. now go visit her and wish her a happy birthday!
almost all the swelling is gone and now my upper lid has several flabby wrinkles because the skin was stretched so much. i hope these go away. it's now watering a little and even more itchy. time for some tea. for the eyelid of course.
conjured at 06:21 PM | Comments (0)
October 06, 2004
i woke up this morning looking like the right side of my face was smacked with a 2X4. the whole area around my eye, top and bottom, was swollen almost completely shut. i got a break at work today and got to sit down and work on someone else's crew so that helped me rest my face...hehehe. sometime late this afternoon, the swelling started to go down quite a bit and i can see a lot better now. it still hurts, but not as bad. there is still hope. i may not have to poke my own eye out with a spork after all.
a friend at work recommended their own doctor to me and i will call sometime this week and make sure they are accepting new patients and all that crap. he even said that when you call, you can get in that very day or at least the next day if need be. i have already been sick and needed a doctor and been told that i could be fit in a week from the day i called. the medical system we are forced to deal with in this country is pathetic. i am amazed that anyone survives when there is a serious health issue. meanwhile, if i have a problem, i will have to go to a walk in clinic that takes my insurance or the emergency room. as long as i get my change in by the 15th of this month, the new doctor can be available to my on 11/1. this has been one bad couple of months for insurance issues with me.
i was gonna try the doctor thing today, but when i called this morning i found out that my doctor, the one who was listed as my doctor on my health insurance that was renewed this past january, hasn't even practiced medicine for 2 years. two. years. did the insurance company ever check this out?
absolutely not. could i have put myself down as my own doctor? probably. they would never know.
conjured at 09:17 PM | Comments (0)
October 05, 2004
ok this officially sucks. my poor eye is about to close up shop and bite the dust. it's been half closed all day and is hurting bad. so bad that i actually stopped by the doctor's office on the way home but the office was already closed. i am now trying some home remedies which seem to be helping a little. a friend of mine had a bad one and her doctor told her to use hot compresses and it worked.
i guess i will try that since as i was walking towards the door to the doctor's office, i didn't see my doctor's name on it anymore. just 3 names that i couldn't pronounce. granted, i have never been to this doctor, but as a registered patient, i deserve to know if that doctor has moved. i swear, this insurance has jacked me around with doctors so much that i am just sick of paying out all the money i do for it.
i had a doctor i really liked a few years ago and all of a sudden i was notified that i had a new doctor. no reason was given as to why my doctor didn't practice at that office anymore. they wouldn't tell me when i asked. i visited that office one more time, hated the doctor they replaced mine with and then i found a new doctor. that is the one i have now and like i said i haven't been to see her yet. i am not one to run to the doctor for every ache and pain and it seems that every time i do visit a doctor's office, i get sick. i am hardly ever sick and don't want to unnecessarily bring it on.
maybe this is a sign that i should try something else before spending more money on a doctor. i guess if this gets bad enough i will go to a walk in clinic or the emergency room.
conjured at 07:23 PM | Comments (0)
October 04, 2004
bah! the eye thing is really bugging me. it hurts even worse now than it did this morning and my sight is kinda blurry. to add to the hurting, it's now itching too. if it doesn't get any beter by this time tomorrow, i guess i will go to the emergency room.
on a happier note, i just found out from roomie that the cruxshadows aren't playing at the masquerade in ybor on 11/7 when i will be in mexico, they are playing there on the 14th! i will get to see them on the 12th in atlanta and then here on the 14th. WOO HOO!! in other news, i got my d'argo action figure in the mail today...the collection grows!
that almost even makes my eye feel better!
conjured at 09:18 PM | Comments (0)
ack! when i woke this morning my right eye was swollen half shut. i remember what a co-worker did once; hot water soaked face cloth held over the eye. it worked a little. my eye hurts terrily and is still swollen, but at least i can see out of it now. if it gets much worse, i will probably have to go to the doctor or emergency room since a person could die before getting an appointment with a doctor anymore. maybe it was all the eye candy from saturday night...hehehe...i have been blinded from looking at HGB too long!
roomie summed the night up here quite well.
conjured at 05:59 AM | Comments (0)
October 03, 2004
*sigh* i have something wrong with my eye. it's been really sore all day and getting worse. not sure if it's coincidence or what. i have used the makeup i used last night a lot so i don't think that was it. unless i got some of the glitter from it in my eye. anyhow, i am a baby about stuff like this so now i will complain. waaaa...
conjured at 08:48 PM | Comments (0)
September 29, 2004
ok. either i am having one heck of an allergy attack or i am getting a head cold. since i never really get sick i am a real baby when it comes to this kind of stuff.
i took some benadryl which usually makes me sleepy (it hasn't yet) and it isn't really helping my stuffed up head, running nose, sneezing, hacking, coughing, wheezing...wow i sould like a nyquil commercial...did i mention the incessant nose blowing?
yech! i hope i am not feeling like this when i wake up tomorrow (at 4 AM again i might add). at least i am off friday. yay!
as for now, i am sending myself to bed.
conjured at 09:07 PM | Comments (0)
September 28, 2004
when you talk and start sounding like one of your favorite xbox game's characters...
dude, that's just wrong.
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September 18, 2004
really i am.
roomie and i got started adjusting yet more things on my page here and later on after i come back inside...cauf cauf... we are gonna do a revamp, create a stylesheet, and maybe even a halloween design.
i added a "monthly archives" section and then realized that all of my earliest entries were not categorized. not a big deal really, but they would be easily accessed under the "entry categories" this way. i went way back into the depths of my blog and started to assign categories to each post. after doing a LOT of them i realized that this is gonna take a while since i don't remember what each post is about exactly. i was going back and reading some of them. weird stuff...hehehe
but. i do need to get outside so that stuff will have to wait till later today. i am gonna fire up the PC and work in the office with roomie instead of in the livingroom on this computer. that just makes the whole exchange of ideas and changeover thingy a whole lot easier.
now i am off. really i am.
conjured at 01:18 PM | Comments (1)
September 11, 2004
after cody's haircut and bath i had big plans to cut the grass and do some laundry and cleaning around here. i took a shower instead and then napped on the sofa for the second time today. i think it had a lot to do with staying up kind of late last night and all the sleep i didn't get last weekend in atlanta and during the work week. i woke at about 8:30 this morning and that all equalled me still being sleepy. of course now i am pretty much awake and won't want to go to sleep anytime soon even though i should.
conjured at 11:44 PM | Comments (0)
September 10, 2004
i had my mortgage closing today! finally!!
the best part of all this? i don't have to make a mortgage payment till nov. 1...YAY!
the last 11 months has been a real challenge for me, but it's all finally done with. of course i am now insured up to my earlobes so if hurricane ivan decides to hit us, at least that will help.
of course, now that i have all that, it will probably make ivan turn away, which is a good thing.
i have lived in FL since 1981 and i have never felt this threatened by storms in all the previous years put together!
hopefully, if the storm comes close to us it won't be bad enough to evacuate. i really hate that part. especially unsureness of it all right up to the last hours.
that gives me a little time to save up some extra cash for my mexico trip the first weekend of november. not that i will need a lot of money for it, but i am sure i will want to get some cool mexican silver jewelry and the trip to the mayan ruins is also extra. not much though. i am SO looking forward to that trip. by then, hurricane season will be over and i will truly be able to relax. i need relaxing right now.
conjured at 06:54 PM | Comments (1)
August 30, 2004
wow. just ate dinner. pasta with hunt's sauce, which always gives me heartburn and to that i added some hot italian sausage that i have had frozen. man was that stuff hot. good but hot. i
oh, and those really weird looking "spaghetti claws", the things that kind of look like a ladle with claws for getting spaghetti out of the pot...i want one after borrowing roomie's. it rules!think know i will have to sleep with the tums by the side of the bed.
burp.
conjured at 06:52 PM | Comments (3)
August 23, 2004
what a day. i worked really hard today, not getting to sit down once, but it's over. i am now off to home depot. i would have done this on the way home but i left my list at home and just knew i wouldn't remember something important. after i get back from there i will start the lawn *grumble*. i will have enough daylight left to at least get it all cut. i will do the trimming tomorrow. i want to have some time left to come in and relax and play a few xbox games and answer some email.
i also have the new storm/screen door for the front picked out and a new light for over the dining room table. woo hoo. those i have to get at lowe's and it will probably be next weekend. that's ok because i won't have time to do it all this week.
also on the list of things to do is getting my list ready for dragon con, (yes, making a list is on my list), and instructions for the house/pet sitter. it's good to know someone will be here for a good part of each day while we are gone and maybe i won't be so freaked about leaving all the "kids".
conjured at 05:25 PM | Comments (0)
August 22, 2004
our internet connection has been down all day and it's amazing what you will do to keep yourself occupied. it was almost like the power was out or something the way we were griping about it.
i also dug out a lot of my VHS tapes while cleaning the entertainment center today and found one of some old friends of ours doing an acoustic show at a club we used to frequent. a lot. we were watching a little bit of it earlier and wow, was that different...hehehe.
roomie and i cleaned this place like the white tornado and rearranged the living room. you should have seen the gleam in her eyes when i said the word "rearrange" hehehe. i mean this whole place is spotlesss. and the new living room deal looks really cool. i am gonna make this short and post it while the internet connection is still up because i don't think this will last long.
and laura, i know that you know exactly which tape i am talking about ;)
i also found one of my old band. i am not brave enough to watch that yet. maybe tomorrow.
conjured at 09:54 PM | Comments (0)
August 17, 2004
in the mail today i got my copy of the court order that basically says that i am not responsible for any of my dad's debts and that the house is indeed mine. perfect timing since i took tomorrow afternoon off to go to the bank and try to get everything sorted out. by now all of this should be recorded with the county and a new deed should be on it's way to me any day now. i am hoping that i don't have too many more obstacles in my way with this thing. i just want to get past this and get on with my home improvements and my life basically.
today while i was at work, roomie was kind enough to drop my mustang off at the shop for an oil change and i picked it up after work. that was painless, and now i can drive to work and not worry that i really need an oil change. i was only about 100 miles over the 3000 limit so that wasn't so bad. i just didn't have the time to do it last weekend with all the hurricane "festivities", and since the back seat folds down, that was the car i needed to drive since cody rides a lot better in that than the back seat of the other car.
everything has been on hold for me pretty much since last october as far as all of the financial stuff is concerned but i think i might be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. hopefully it's not an amtrak train heading my way...hehehe.
i need a new inner tie rod on the other car and need to get the windows tinted before my trip to NJ next april. i'm glad i have a little time before all that has to get done. i am still debating on whether to sell it next summer. i will have to really do some thinking on that.
ok, it's off to sleep for me since i have to get up at 4 again tomorrow. wish me luck at the bank!
conjured at 08:58 PM | Comments (0)
August 16, 2004
wow. today went by so fast. it was quite hectic when i got to work due to everything having to be plugged back in and machines needing to be uncovered. all our materials had to be brought back out to each area from when everything had been secured because of the hurricane.
i also listened to the new soil CD about 3 times in the car today to and from work. i just can't get enough of it. it's cool that i actually really like a newer CD by a metal band. most of what i have been listening to is industrial and goth but this CD is great. we just got back from eating and then going to publix and i am really beat. i have to get to bed soon since i have to get up at 4 tomorrow. i am going in early the next two mornings so i can make up the 4 hours i am taking off wednesday afternoon to try to get the house loan and insurance issues straightened out. oh yeah, and i know she will kill me for writing about this, but this afternoon i got to see roomie pour diet coke in her bowl of cheerios. it was one of those moments where you see it happening and can't say something fast enough.
i got to work by myself for a time today too so that was cool.
what was so strange though, was that it seemed all of a sudden it was lunch, then break and then time to leave. it all went so fast. i wish every day went by that quickly.
conjured at 09:47 PM | Comments (0)
August 15, 2004
as if having to evacuate and "re-vacuate" weren't enough of an ordeal, we decided to go to the castle last night to have a few drinks, listen to good, loud music and watch cute guys in skirts. after several clothing decisions we got there a little late (well late for us) and had a hard time finding a free place to park. since there are plenty of lots that charge to park and cars still get broken into, we like to find the free spaces and usually have no problems. as we walked back to the car roomie noticed that we had gotten a ticket. bad deal as it is, it's always a chance because the "parking nazis" (not the actual police) seem to just look for things to give tickets out for. as we got closer, she unlocked the doors and as i walked up to the passenger side of the car i realized that the window was gone and there was glass all over the seat. we called the cops and after an hour of standing in a creepy area where most people had left and gone home from, several shouts from passing cars getting off the interstate and a few unsavory looking characters passing by, a cop finally arrived. he was really cool, dusted for prints (hehe) found none and then let us go on our own recognizance. we got home around 6am, tired, hungry and cranky. oh yeah by the way...nothing was stolen out of the car. nothing. even though the car was in neutral and the emergency brake was off (roomie never leaves the car like this) they couldn't even take the car because she has one of these. i thnk i will order one for myself. she got it after her last vehicle was stolen. they are relatively inexpensive considering the alternative. at least we had a car to drive home in, even if it was missing a window.
i slept till 10 and since more storms were coming i got myself out of bed and to home depot and publix before the rain started. oh yeah, and i had "breakfast" at taco bell...yum yum
by the way, it still hasn't rained, *grumble*. i bet i can get it to rain if i get that lawn mower out...hehehe. i think i will install the closet door i bought instead. anyhow, the lawn is soggy and it can wait.
then again, maybe i will just nap.
conjured at 02:42 PM | Comments (0)
August 13, 2004
i started to cheat off her since she is sitting here right next to me.
yes we both brought our computers and the router so we could have internet hookups until the power is turned off.
we are holed up in north tampa at fadi's place, 5 cats, 1 dog, 2 birds and 3 people so far with another person and 2 more dogs to follow soon.
so far everyone, (pets that is), is doing fine and coping. i am not sure how cody will react to other dogs, since he's never been around dogs.
i guess a short time after we left home our area was put under mandatory evacuation.
now the storm has shifted a little and has also become a caregory 4 storm, and possibly getting stronger as it sits out there waiting to strike. what a pain, i just wish it was all over with.
conjured at 11:46 AM | Comments (0)
August 08, 2004
i worked yesterday and although it's not bad to work on the weekend, i was still there and not at home doing anything. i am trying to save up some extra cash for bills and for dragon con so i may work the next three saturdays. they were asking for us to go in 2 hours early for this monday morning and i already passed so i don't know how much ambition i will have in the overtime dept.
speaking of money, i got a letter in the mail yesterday from a *big corporate credit card giant* letting me know they finally closed the case of the credit card debt that i inherited from my dad. (all his other credit debts were closed with absolutely no problem requiring only a phone call and me sending them a death certificate). they were making it sound like they were doing this out of the kindness of their hearts. uh huh.
i was all set to do 8 extra hours last week besides saturday but they never called for the OT so i lost a little of my enthusiasm.
i do need the money though.
not only has this issue dragged my fianacial stuff out an extra 5 months, but it has taken my lawyer a lot of extra work (which i just know i will have to pay extra for) and papers signed by a judge to get them to do this. not to mention the wait on the home equity loan to straighten out the rest of the finances and do some home improvements and holding up getting everything in my name. now it will probably be the end of october before i get the loan settled and get everything in gear. that will mean it has taken exactly one year to get a *3 month* will probate settled.
don't ever die, it's a pain in the neck for your family.
conjured at 10:16 AM | Comments (0)
August 03, 2004
wow, what a long day at work. i did a lot of different stuff so that made my 10 hour day go by a little quicker than usual though.
the grass should be mowed by then since i will be starting it when i get home from work tomorrow. i am just slacking and i need to kick myself and get out there.
i stopped on the way home to get a few things and found a little plastic pool for cody too. there isn't any water in it yet but he jumped in anyhow. it was even funnier watching him jump back out. it's not deep but it was slippery with no water in it. he gets in the laundry basket just fine. when he was a tiny puppy, yes he weighed 5 pounds when we got him, his little home was an old laundry basket with a poufy blanket in it so he's partial to them...hehehe.
i might wait till the weekend to fill it. i am working overtime on saturday, but i should be home by 2:30 so we can have some yard fun when i get here. it is also good for my feet when i am sitting outside.
since i got only 4 hours sleep last night, i am now off to bed and will put *pirates of the caribbean* in the DVD player.
ahhhh my poufy bed.
good. night.
conjured at 09:27 PM | Comments (0)
August 02, 2004
plenty of things going on, most of them in my head mind you.
i have also decided that i am going to try to work as much overtime as i can between now and dragon*con so i will have lots of extra spending money for that weekend.
i got a lot of stuff done yesterday including the monumental task of balancing my checkbook and paying all my bills. each month i promise myself that i won't let it go again and at the end of each month i find myself in the same position. i dread the finances, but soon they will all be over and it will all be straightened out.
i am actually in the mood for organizing too. that might have something to do with company coming at the beginning of september. even though it's a construction zone around here, there is no excuse for all the clutter. i got rid of a lot of that this weekend and plan to do more next weekend too.
we have also been tossing around the idea of going to orlando the wednesday after the con to see the cruxshadows and butterfly messiah but i am thinking that might not be a good idea due to finances and, since it is a 2 hour drive. i do have to work the next day. i guess i could always be dropped off at work on the way home...ha! after all, we will get to see the cruxshadows at dragon*con and that might just have to do.
the weekend after that is company weekend so my calendar for september is already filling up. a few months later, i am off on a cruise to mexico the first week of november. no more major traveling after that until april when i drive to new jersey to visit family and friends. early next summer i am also going to try to get to the keys but who knows, maybe i will do another mexico trip.
anyhow, i have been sitting here enjoying brownies and letting the water in my hair soak up in the towel for long enough. i am beat and i have to get up at 4:30.
let the overtime begin!
conjured at 10:30 PM | Comments (0)
August 01, 2004
i was planning on getting up a little early this morning...HA!...to cut the grass. it has been pouring just about since i woke up. i am guessing it stopped long enough for me to go out and fetch the newspaper. i was inside just a few minutes and it sarted pouring again.
we *castled* last night and the place was pretty full. even with the club being on the goth side, i was still surprised to see quite a few people draped in long leather or leather-like coats(!) and long velvet in florida in JULY!
i am hoping to at least get the front cut so that the future ex lawn guy doesn't think he can cut the grass. i figure it this way. this time of year the lawn needs to be cut once a week...at least... he wouldn't show up for 3 weeks sometimes which is not good for my "curb appeal" nor for my grass. i figured since he took his time getting here regularly, i will take my time to tell him he's fired. he must be thinking that i put something on my lawn to keep it from growing because for the past 3 times he's come by to cut the neighbor's grass mine has been perfectly manicured. and since he's not all that bright, he might actually think something like that.
i was wearing a long rubbery skirt and a short sleeved top and i was so hot i thought i would spontaneously combust right where i stood.
my new shoes did well except that i got a blister on the back of my left ankle. something i can easily remedy and my feet don't hurt or anything today.
now i am off to do something around this house since i am forced to stay indoors today.
conjured at 01:28 PM | Comments (0)
July 30, 2004
i'ts been a busy week at work and i am extremely glad it's over with.
tomorrow will consist of house cleaning and laundry and trying to start the lawn extravganza again. oh yeah, and both cars need a good washing.
after waking up a little late this morning and almost being late for work (had to be in at 6 this morning) all was going well until i almost had to get into an argument with someone who had no business even butting into what i was doing. that gave me an attitude for a few hours but then i realized that it wasn't worth getting all drained about so i just let it go. luckily i ignored the person and the situation. well lucky for the person involved that i was in a fairly good mood and my tact was, well, intact so to speak. normally i would have railed into the person for showing me such disrespect but getting into it would have put me right at the same level. for once, my mind kicked in before my mouth did.
to make a long day short, since i was running late this morning i figured i would put gas in the car after work since there was enough gas to get there. i am not used to that car since i don't drive it a lot and i didn't know that when the needle hits the red, (it looked to be at about 1/8th of a tank), you aren't low on gas...you are almost out. well i forgot to get gas right away and finally remembered when i was part of the way home, in the left lane of a really busy road and no gas station in sight. the car jerking and almost stalling out reminded me that i had to get gas like 5 minutes ago.
anyhow, i made it to a gas pump in time and all was well. i would have been really mad if i ran out even though it would have been my fault.
after that part, the rest of my day has been pretty mellow.
after all that, we will go to the the castle. as roomie says, she won't believe it until we are walking from the car to the club. i say i have new shoes and we are going!
conjured at 10:36 PM | Comments (0)
July 28, 2004
i worked extra hard today and i am tired but not really sleepy.
i also finally remembered to trim my bangs before showering tonight. this means i will be able to see again. yay.
a while after getting home i noticed one of roomie's kitties yakked all over my comforter cover.
ewwwwwwwwww. i know it was *gift* from him and i should be thankful.
did i mention ewwwwwwww?
the cover is out on the clothesline where i sprayed the offending yuk with laundry soap and then it rained on it. tomorrow afternoon i will wash it in bleach. one of the only good things about having a white cover.
i am also finally feeling better and i am thinking the tummy episode is over for now. i was actually hungry this morning and made bacon, eggs and toast.
those of you who know me well know i am not an egg person, but real breakfast sounded yummy and since i barely ate anything yesterday, i was starving when i woke up this morning. i didn't eat much for lunch but had a killer dinner of chicken tenders and salad and there's enough left over for tomorrow night's dinner.
everything is aching and just screaming for my bed so i think i will go dry my hair and be done with this day.
conjured at 10:14 PM | Comments (0)
July 27, 2004
i fell like writing something but there isn't anything really exciting going on around here today. for some reason i keep thinking it is monday.
oh i just remembered, i have to take all my silver earrings out tonight and polish them. i have been sweating a lot with all the yard work i have been doing and my sweat tarnishes the silver.
i have been feeling kinda crummy all day and i woke up feeling like last night's dinner never digested. i managed to eat a banana-nut muffin around 8 when i got to work and that made me feel a little better buti am still not great. i figured a pb&j sammich was pretty harmless so that's what i had for dinner. even cody has a tummy ache too. awwww. hopefully i will be feeling better by tomorrow.
i have actually had to have parts replaced on the floyd rose on one of my guitars because the sweat that runs off my hand had taken the chrome plating off. yuk.
that reminds me, one of these days i should get my guitars lined up and post a pic here. i guess because i don't play that much anymore i never think about putting up pics.
today roomie and i were discussing the list of things we need for dragon*con in just 38 mere days. oooh the excitement.
there are lots of cool things going on along with a lot of crappy things but roomie has volunteered us for a few of the cool ones, one of which includes us being able to be in the parade saturday morning! last year i took some cool pics during the parade and it will be fun to be in it this time.
ok guess that's enough rambling for now. glad i didn't really have anything to say!
conjured at 08:21 PM | Comments (1)
July 18, 2004
or...."could i put any more links in one post"....
i did, however, color my hair finally and even though it is a little more burgundy than black, i am thoroughly pleased. it feels great too. i did cheat a little and used a product called "glossy" by the "got2b" haircare line before drying. (i was gonna put a link to them but their site isn't working...hehe) i will shut up now and write the recipe: 1 box velveeta shells and cheese cook pasta. add cheese sauce, the cream of mushroom soup and the tuna. stir it all together and devour. oh yeah, and i drank coffee *gasp* this morning with breakfast. and now i hear more thunder......
it's been raining all morning with a few breaks in between. this is unusual but welcomed. everything, including me, has needed a break from the heat. what a pleasure it was working outside yesterday without practically getting heat stroke.
we never did go to the castle last night. by the time i came inside and made dinner with roomie's recipe, (i call it "lazy tuna casserole"...recipe follows), it was after 8PM and roomie had already decided to rearrange the office so we both decided the castle wasn't a priority. i swear we will be going soon. besides we have the last dance at the masquerade on wednesday night so that might get us in the mood to drive to ybor over the weekend. i have thoroughly been enjoying my weekends off and have been so lazy that i don't really want to leave the house. my overtime is on a short hiatus and i will take advantage of that while i can.
it is a clear, great smelling gel-like substance that smoothes and glosses your hair. (you can use it on dry hair too) it also doesn't contain alcohol and has conditioners in it. i have been using another product that i get at the salon that costs a lot more ($11) than i paid for this stuff ($4.50) an my local grocery store. i might have to try more of their products. at least all the products i checked out smelled good.
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can tuna (i use solid white in water) drained
how lazy easy is that?
conjured at 10:53 AM | Comments (1)
July 17, 2004
i got up early this morning thinking i would get a good start on my day that includes getting groceries, hitting a few thrift stores and some yard work (and maybe the castle tonight). i even cleaned up the kitchen like i had planned since i was too lazy to do it last night.
i am also eagerly awaiting today's mail since i think my newest aquisition may arrive today. it's an awesome vinyl and purple fur, (laura you would love this), reversible purse made by tripp. it reverses to all purple fur with a black vinyl star. i love their stuff. anyhow, here's a pic of just the bottom part (to keep it small) so you can see how cool it is. i think so anyway.
well it's raining. not a big storm but just enough to be a pain. i will get out of my jammies soon and get in my newly fixed (running a little quieter and different) beast and get some food. i hope the rain stops later so i can get the freshly painted clothesline poles moved and set so they can be used tomorrow.
i have 2 hampers full of laundry that i have been neglecting now since last week. i am now happy that i have a lot of clothes (usually it's a big complaint of mine) that way i haven't run out of anything.
conjured at 09:39 AM | Comments (0)
July 15, 2004
this is amazing.
in this day and age of crappy business practices and what seems as if everyone is out for your money and time, something amazing just happened.
i called my insurance company to find out that yes, the bill i recieved in the mail last week is in fact the first payment on my renewed policy. also the big envelope i thought contained numerous forms to fill out to return to renew said insurance was in fact my new policy with new insurance cards inclided!
when i told the agent that i wanted to add my other car i asked when i should come down to the office to do so. she just asked for the VIN number on the car and said she would add the car and they would bill me. BILL me. imagine that. i was stunned. maybe it's just me. i never have dealt with an insurance company like that. when i remew the three insurance policies on my house, i will gladly go through them (i get a discount too) kudos to brooke insurance for being so nice and so easy to deal with!
now off to auto zone, where a very nice man helped me over the phone and put a battery on hold for me. i think this is going to be a good day.
of course that could all be ruined once i hit the tax collecor's office to get the registration renewed.
just dawned on me, i can do that online. even tho it is a week overdue, i will get the sticker in 3 days in the mail and if i get pulled over for any reason, i will have a printed record of the transaction with me saying it is paid for and i am just waiting for the sticker....woo hoooo! *does happy dance*
conjured at 11:18 AM | Comments (2)
roomie and i went to the thrift store last evening because every other wednesday all their clothing is 50% off. i got 2 shirts and paid only $4!
in other news:
she got a bag of clothes for like $5 or something. oh the excitement.
i am home from work today because my car is in the shop...again....
my mechanic has got to be one of the most understanding people. i hear weird noises and he actually listens for them.
it all started when:
the other day i drove almost all the way home from work and stopped by publix to grab a few things, i got back out to my car in like ten minutes and it wouldn't start. it sounded like the battery was going dead. it does start a little hard when the car is hot but i have never been unable to start it.
i drove it right to the shop and of course, it wouldn't make the noises it has been making and he turned it off and it did start. bah!
he told me to drive straight there after work the next day and he would get in and we would go for a ride.
he was ready when i got there and we took off. in about 5 min. the car was doing its thing and finally someone else besides me heard the noises.
he told me that my car has been modified to go faster (geez, just what i need) and that the timing has been messed with, so today he will try to undo some of those things and get my car a little back to normal. he loves my car. he has a 1960s mustnag convertible and when i found his out, i knew i was taking my car to the right place. i love my car and i think it's one of the coolest cars on earth, but it's really just my main way to work and such and i don't need a race car. (it really annoys me that everywhere i drive, punks in their little rice burners with their fake tv antenna-like spoilers feel the need to show their manliness by trying to race me. and that is usually about 7AM when i am on my way to work...ugh) anyway, i just want something to drive that i like.
utilizing my day off today, i will get my other car (dad's car) all legal and stuff and drive it to work a few times a week. it's a 1987 taurus and while it's not the car of my choice, it is in great shape and drives really nice. i think i can afford to insure both vehicles, etc...so we'll see. i plan on taking a trip to NJ next spring and would like to take that car. i think after that trip i will probably sell it. then again, i don't know what the status of my mustang will be. maybe that will be my main car. who knows.
go granny go granny go granny go...hehehe
conjured at 10:22 AM | Comments (0)
July 08, 2004
after 11 pm and yes, awake again. i worked 12 hours today and got home about 8:45 tonight. the people on the night shift are starting to think i am part of their shift. but...4 hours overtime isn't hard to take and i got to work with one of my favorite people so that made it better.
i don't really want to do any overtime on saturday because i am getting a lawnmower and will start doing my own yard this weekend. i will also be taking down the part of my chain link fence that is up against the nice wood fence the neighbors behind me put in. plus i still have that "*to do* list to take a few more hacks at.
once i get the mortgage, the rest of the privacy fence is going up and i have had my eye on a really cool looking piece of wrought iron that would make an excellent gate to cover the big (only) arch on my front porch that isn't covered with a piece of it. i am hoping to make a nice gate to keep people off the porch and also so cody can go out there without running off. he's such a little escape artist and he runs out into the street because he doesn't know any better. he just wants to get out so he can pee on everyone's mailbox post. gee.
i probably won't be posting much again till the new design is complete, hopefully by sunday.
hope everyone has a great weekend!
conjured at 11:14 PM | Comments (0)
July 07, 2004
it's almost 11 pm and i am still awake. got home from target and publix a little bit ago and remembered that i forgot to throw some laundry in. the good part is that even though i had to shower, showering at night instead of in the morning lets me get up an hour later. it's not like i am staying up just for the shower part...i would still be up anyhow. it's been a rough couple of days for me since yesterday would have been my dad's birthday and he was on my mind more than usual all day so i was just generally feeling pretty down. to make matters worse, i came into work to a big surprise. i had to run a machine i am not too good at and i really hate runing it because of that. when i saw the schedule i just about cried. like i said, i was already in a mood. the day literally dragged and i was so tensed up all day that my back is still sore. all in all, we did really well so at least my day was productive. i still had a bit of mood carryover this morning but my day got better and we had a great day. on a happier note, even though i got a lot crossed off the *to do* list this weekend, i added even more stuff to it tonight. i would have gotten some of it done this evening after work but it was raining when i got home and then i ended up going to target. it's all cool stuff, so it will probably all get done. nothing would make me happier! also slated for this weekend is the design change for this site. man, ther eis a lot to get done this weekend. hopefully i won't have to work saturday even though i need the $$.
whatever happens happens i guess.
conjured at 11:09 PM | Comments (0)
July 03, 2004
my car seems to be fixed and the repair only relieved me of $120. the mechanic and i both thought it was the water pump. turns out it was just a few hoses that were old and leaky. so far everything seems to be right with it and it ran well when i went to michael's (crafts store) this afternoon. we'll see.
i am always paranoid when i get my car fixed. like it's gonna break again.
i have a great mechanic, and it's not like i don't trust him, but i am just always worried about my car.
conjured at 06:07 PM | Comments (0)
June 29, 2004
i stopped drinking coffee this weekend. i have had none since last friday morning and i am still alive. in fact, the only thing have had with caffeine in it was a pepsi i had sunday evening and some in the chocolate of the milky way i ate yesterday. i have been feeling really shaky and edgy the past few weeks and i am thinking the coffee had something to do with that. who knows. i do feel better though.
instead of coffee in the morning i have substituted with orange juice, v-8 (this morning), and water.
work has already kicked my butt this week and it's only tuesday! i am aching all over for some reason tonight, might be that i worked almost 10 hours today. i also got shocked by my machine, which i blew up 2 different parts of the die and 3 trays...geeez...i imagine it is just a continuation of last week's machinery and computer nightmare.
cool thing is that tomorrow we are having a going away party for our manager and that means pizza and an hour lunch (and a new manager). woo hoo.
i am looking forward to the 3 day weekend even though they have started working on me to get me in there on monday, which is a paid holiday for us. i would make double time and a half if i worked that day. really enticing, but i have a lot i need/want to get done around the house and some work on this site too.
ok. enough jibber jabber. i am off to dry my hair and then to bed. i am beat.
conjured at 10:03 PM | Comments (0)
June 26, 2004
after an awesome breakfast of home fries, eggs and ham i finally sat down and got all my bills paid. my reward was a shopping spree and dinner at olive garden.
after the ATM and the post office we stopped at the thrift store and i got a pair of overalls, (for working in the yard and basically just lounging around), are you ready for this? for $2.49!! if i waited till wednesday, all the clothing there is 50% off but i figured that i could afford to pay *full price* today and besides they probably wouldn't be there if i did wait. the ugly red plaid pants that i have seen there before were still there but anything i wanted but didn't get wouldn't be i am sure.
after that it was about 4PM and we were getting hungry so we went to olive garden. i had a $10 gift card from my points. i got the zuppa toscana (soup) instead of salad and then had the three meat ravioli with marinara sauce. wow. what a great dinner. i am still full. well not so full that i didn't have room for a piece of cake from publix.
after dinner we walked some of our food off at target, (where miraculously, i didn't buy anything), and pier 1 where i got more of the clove scented tealights, 2 smaller pillar candles and a long basket to put my pens and nail files and stuff in that will be kept under my coffee table. then onward to home depot where all i got was a roll of duct tape and then on for some groceries at publix. after all that i was pooped and ready to get home.
now all my stuff is done and i am relaxing on the sofa, watching HGTV and listening to the rain (finally) outside. oh yeah, and my new candles smell wonderful!
pretty soon i will be ready for bed.
conjured at 10:47 PM | Comments (0)
ugh. i have put off writing out my bills for a week now, some of which are late undoubtedly. not because i don't have the $$, because i am LAZY!
too involved in doing nothing to get anything else done.
i have been working a lot and the overkill of too much work/not enough sleep has caused me to be a lazy procrastinator in any spare time i may have.
for instance: i got up around 8:30, made coffee and then got all my bills together (most were on my desk, some were on the coffee table and some were on the kitchen table. organized, huh?) i then proceeded to sit down at coffee table...ok the computer is there but still...and cleaned it off then started reading my email and some other sites i read daily. it is now almost 9:45 and i still sit here, bills piled up on the sofa next to me and i am going to make breakfast since my roomie just woke up. guess the bills will have to wait a bit longer. once i sit back down and look through the list of sites i wanted to check out that were advertised in the latest issue of gothic beauty, i may get something productive done....HA!
conjured at 09:44 AM | Comments (0)
June 25, 2004
last night we went to sweet tomatoes for dinner. yumm. i ate till i could hardly move, but it was mostly salad or salad type things. ok, i did have a small bowl of chili and then some apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream on it. did i mention yum? hope everyone has a great weekend and i hope you laugh as much as i did at dinner last night.
on to the finger. you probably won't find this as hilarious as we did just because most of the time when one of us (me) makes the other of us (her) snarf food or drink it is usually something so silly that no one else finds it funny.
but...we were letting our food settle a bit before leaving and just chatting and i was talking about my finger, (which is a little better today fortunately), she said if it gets worse to "run", and before i could let her finish her sentence with "to the emergency room", i almost spit out my root beer at the thought of trying to run away from my own finger, or perhaps cutting it off and running before it could catch me. i am still chuckling at the thought.
ok.
anyway.
she also told me about something she saw in a recent email that went something like... i wonder what the first person to decide to try to eat an egg said..."wow, i'm gonna eat the next thing that comes out of that chicken's butt"
conjured at 05:57 PM | Comments (0)
June 23, 2004
a couple weeks ago at work i got a small sliver of aluminum in my left index finger. this happens sometimes and the sliver usualy works itself out.
not this time. what's even worse is that i can't really see anything in it, there's just a lump and then the first 2/3 of the finger is hard and swollen and hurting. a friend at work said he used to get metal in his hands a lot at his last job and that if i soak it in rubbing alcohol it should disinfect it and once it gets pruny like when soaking in the bathtub, i should be able to see the little offender and then yank it out with some tweezers. if i can't get it and the finger gets worse, i guess i will have to go to the emergency room and have it removed there.
i am now headed for the bottle (bottle of rubbing alcohol that is), i hope it works!
conjured at 07:04 PM | Comments (0)
June 20, 2004
finally sitting down to post, since some people have been wondering where i've been. i also just realized that the date of each post is missing off this page. not sure how that happened, but i am sure it is due to a malfunction on my part. will be looking into that in a few minutes. after that i am off to prepare feta cheese stuffed burgers, corn on the cob and baked potatoes for dinner. burp.
not much of anything going on really other than lots of work and legal stuff that i am trying to get wrapped up.
finally, the other day my very own copy of voltaire's *boo hoo* got here. voltaire definitely has a great sense of humor and i am looking forward to meeting him at dragon*con this september, (i didn't know it but we have a mutual friend), so it looks like i will get my CD signed for sure!
conjured at 04:5