Soooo....
 

What are you doing right now?

Posting.

Actually, just finished dinner, and avoiding cleaning the kitchen.

Swanking off.

Thinking about dinner, recovering from bleach sniffing and eating peanutbutter pretzles while folding laundry, cleaning the bedroom and reading 3 different boards.

It's commercial on West Wing..so of course I'm checking the boards!

Trying to warm up my frozen feet! I ran around today with shoes and no socks. The sun was shining, but it was like really chilly outside, man. My dogs are like popsicles and I don't dig it!

Bwahahah:D

Me? I'm (not) working.

Reading three different boards, trying to stay awake and now thinking of peanut butter pretzels, thanks NA.

Hey at least I'm lost in the lusting over my Coach Bag(on sale :eek: )anymore

Working. Multi-tasking. Reviewing a talk I have to give this weekend. Overseeing a class. Drinking coffee. Posting.

EDIT: I'd probably be writing a paper too, but I accidentally left my bag with my reading & assignment at home today. Probably subconsciously on purpose, since today has been the busy day from hell.

multi tasking....reading several boards, hanging out in a chat room with some other moms, on yahoo with a couple people.. my usual evening routine.

Stealing a moment at work to check the boards...shhhhhh

It's taking all my self control not to yell "oooohhh CP's postin' at work" :D yeah I'm a dork, at least I admit it.

Trying to get the kids ready for bed. So there is a general theme of chaos surrounding me at the moment.

I'm digesting my dinner.

Watching The Daily Show.

Haven't seen that in a while. Is Jon still cute?

Not really. Was he ever?

Going to bed.

Watching Lost. Can't believe they did what they just did. Just got home from baseball signups and going through all of the apps to see what we are going to do about teams. Checking the boards. I'm multitasking. :D

(Finger poised to strike the neg mojo tab....Damn! Can't do it- he's too nice! Must try to reason with him...)

Yes.
:D

Learning Perl, playing in Illustrator.
Watching Mythbusters

Searching the web for a new job.

Eating breakfast (granola and coffee) while checking out last night's happenings in LoT.

Getting ready for work. YUCK!!!

Enjoying my coffee, catching up on the LoT..thinking I need to go get the Wonder Kids out of bed...remembering that Kat didn't have a shower last night before bed...so she'll have to do it this morning...ugh!

Thinking that it is the 13th -- Baillykat's B-day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Baileykat!! :D

Waking up, checking out the day outside, it's cold and smells like skunk. I have to get my garbage cans out by the curb, collection day.

Attempting to get conscious before work.

Getting B ready for school.

Need to make her lunch.

Suppressing any guilt I have that I'm not doing my work.

This is my future... I work 1-8 today.
CP, I wish on you NO drunk folks in the library today (because that was my yesterday!)

Restoring a few gigs of data from tape over fibre channel, then verifying the data integrity.

Drinking very bitter coffee and reading posts on this swanky place :cool:

Reading and posting on too many boards instead of making phone calls for Chloe's preschool auction. Procrastination, basically. I'm also drinking black chai tea (black teeth tea) and not feeling a buzz because I'm only on my third cup and I need at least 2 more to wake up.....at 11 am.

And IMing. :D

Tell your friends to quit visiting you at work! :D

I'm going to make some hot cocoa with mini marshmallows on top. Like Tina said in another thread, it's really cold today!

Mmmmm, Chloe and I made some this morning....we put marshmallow creme and cinnamon on mine and marshmallows and cake sprinkes on hers. I love hot chocolate.

It's so freaking cold today. :(

How did you know?!?!? :eek:

Demonstrating restraint.

I'm doing NOTHING! Zip..zada..zilch!

(well actually I'm posting here..but that's beside the point)

I'm thinking of taking a bubble bath, then doing my nails, then perhaps having Starbucks for lunch...but who knows...

Reading stuff I both do and do not want to read.
Drinking coffee
Making my to do list

Eating a cinnamon rasin bagel (breakfast) & thinking about work...

Finishing lunch (Trader Joe's Fiesta Chicken and Vegetable salad), and relaxing.

Avoiding work.

Just finished booking a cottage to stay in over Wellington Anniversary Weekend.

Grrrrrrrr.Can't. Post. Link.

Technically. Challenged. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.:mad:

Pretending to work on the computer. Thinking about what I have to turn in at class tonight.

I'm assembling nametags. Of course, I'd probably be done assembling nametags if I was just assembling them, not assembling them and posting/lurking at the same time, but whatever.

Continuing to laugh about MickeyD's jeans.

Eating lunch (paella):)

Being incredibly jealous of UvaGirl's paella.

Yeah, that paella doesn't know it's made, being eaten by me...:D

Pssst...it's good, too:D

Worrying about a friend's dog.

Coughing.

Since before Christmas.

Mayhaps I have romantic consumption.

Perhaps I should get me to a doctor.

Yawning uncontrollably. This has been the longest.afternoon.ever! Where for art thou 4:30?

Losing things on eBay because I am overly consumed with the LoT. Damn, I guess NA's virtual shopping thread is helping me to save money. :)

Don't worry, you've got about 5 and a half hours left to lay claim to this.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting for an OS image to ghost, then I'll be configuring Netbackup to run some recurring backups overnight.

I'm now counting the minutes until my massage...:D

Playing Texas Hold 'Em online.

For the last hour, I was watching Oprah and then checking LoT during the commercials.
Have you ever noticed that she has 500 commercial breaks during the last half hour?
:D

I just finished being the designated victim in civil procedure. There is no deeper circle of hell. An hour of grilling on "Teamsters Local N. 391 v. Terry." Based on the number of "ums" uttered, you'd never know I did well on the exam. I want to crawl into a corner and die. Or eat lots of chocolate.
I'm currently pretending I'm invisible.

Just finished dinner/dishes, time to catch up on all the message boards before the Thursday line up starts.

I am playing with avatars and having a pity party.

Eating a bowl of cereal for dinner -- shredded wheat. Waiting for the kettle to boil. The good life.


... and the kettle is whistling. Ahh, how I do love that sound. I even love it when, early in the morning, I hear that beloved call to water coming from other apartments. Someone, somewhere is making themselves some coffee. 0r, perhaps its tea? I would like to think its gonna be some instant oatmeal, but then I'm a romantic.

Trying to figure out what to eat for dinner, and hoping her friend Kevin gets off the plane soon. Yeah.

Getting ready to go to the gym (Pump class tonight)

Just got home from work a bit ago, and am still trying to warm up. My fingers are so cold I can hardly type. The Girl just came in and excitedly said "Mom! It's gonna be 5 degrees naked tonight!" I assume she meant negative.

I'm eating haystacks, catching up and having 4 too many one line conversations at once. I'm so busy I can't seem to put socks on my freezing feet!

I am waiting for my bf to call me. His show should be over by now. :rolleyes:

Posting and IMing.
It's an addiction
A monkey on my back
Can't stop Clowns Will Eat Me

Recovring from watching a terrible movie, and slogging through DNS details.

right now I'm shopping at Sephora.com

Thanks to dsnylndmom ;)

OMG...I'm watching a story on Primetime Live. It's one of those scary stories about germs that they find from samples taken from any given place. They are focusing on gyms tonight. They just described a deadly germ found on a medicine ball at a swanky gym in NYC. They said swanky -- yikes! Deadly germs in a swanky gym. What will we do?

Frightening story! :eek: It's beyond me why people don't wash their hands after they use the bathroom???? Very un-swanky....

Glad to have been of service!!

Sephora Sales are THE BEST!

Wondering when I will ever get some sleep

Shopping online for new jeans.

Ummmm, NOW. God to BED! Zombies are NOT swanky!

I found some cute styles at gap.com yesterday. $39.99 on sale. :)

Noticing the time!

Admiring a certain groovy bree's handywork with those previously unswank buttons. Some of them seem to have lost their white aura of forboding (hint hint).

Oh I don't know about that:

I could definitely be a member of the Swanky Zombie Clique. :D

Ummmm....let's see, today. Just finished eating my oatmeal with blueberries and soymilk. 9:17 am already? Sheesh! Need to get in the shower then put together a swanky outfit for the day. :cool:

Contemplating what to have for lunch.

I'm feeling a bit zombie-ish this morning as well. Worked an 11 hour day yesterday, and now I'm getting a cold. Luckily, my shop called to say my first appointment had to cancel, so I get extra p.j. time. It's a blistering 7 degrees outside, so I'm thinking of breaking out the shorts.:rolleyes:

On a tea caffeine high. Can't wait to get home and tackle laundry, the messy kitchen, and the dead ants, as well as packing for a trip to Seattle, plus perhaps more photoshop service for swank's sake.

I'm also wishing I could be on a caffeine high everyday, but it totally screws with my system. I guess I'll be less productive most days. Sigh.

Just got back from walking 4 miles in Sabino Canyon National Park..it's so beautiful there! Makes you forget you live in the desert!

Re-Fluffing the load of laundry in the dryer (I think this is like the 4th time! :rolleyes: )
Then I'm gonna think about lunch and clean my 8 year old teenager's room! :(

Finally reading this thread. Looking at my bed over there, with my covers turned down, my electric blanket turned up to 5. Cursing my Obsessive Computer Disorder that keeps me so very far away from electric blanketland.

Suffering from insommnia. :mad: :mad: :mad: Have to be awake in 4.5 hours for a full day's work. :mad: :mad: :mad: Too late to take sleeping pills. :mad: :mad: :mad: Fvck, I am so screwed.

I know the feeling. I have a job interview tomorrow and I just can't seem to sleep. Instead, I've been pouring over the company's website all night, trying to learn little tidbits about them and appear knowledgeable.

I'm going to go try but I can tell I'm going to just lay there. Not tired in the least. :(

Waking up far too early for my own tastes.

... wondering why the 3 days I've just had off seem shorter than this one 9 hour day I've got ahead of me.

Drinking tea after my three hour sleep. I swear, I started hallucinating bugs on my face at one point. :eek:

Wondering if I'll sneak in a 45 min nap on my break between jobs.

I'm thinking about how I need to be super productive today. I don't drink them very often, but this might be the day for a double latte. I need a good dose of some "get up and go!!". :eek:

Kicking myself for thinking it's Monday, not Tuesday, and therefore skipping breakfast expecting the usual monday donuts at the office. Looking forward to department lunch to welcome new employee that will make up for missing breakfast.

Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with Elaine and the cakes!


I'm basically doing nothing when I need to be doing something ...like laundry or cleaning house. :rolleyes:

... just started eating breakfast (cheese & onion bagel, toasted w/ butter. A bowl of oatmeal, cup of green Superfood drink and coffee). Its my day off and I have nothing to do and all day to do it. The good life.

...putting off picking up The Boy for as long as possible. He knows I am off today so he will be peeved.

Thinking about lunch...today it's thai chicken & brown rice salad (leftovers;) ). It's such a nice day outside...why am I at work again???

Now that the Big Thaw is on (hopefully), we are going to try doing that movie thing again. It's very foggy out, though. Having a slow-mo kind of day- still in jammies.:D

In sweats and about to change Himachi's water.

I would rather be reading magazines than doing ANYTHING I am supposed to be doing.

Changed into flannel pants(it's coollllldddd)finish organizing Shawn's room, yay, and about to do dishes and then............nothing :D

I'm a surfing the web and waiting for my bf to come over.

Enjoying the need for only 1 shirt.

I'm now looking forward to hometime...4 more hours to go....

Himachi is happy. The dishes are happy. Can I stop now????????

Thinking of dalmations

Yes you can!! I personally give you permission! :D

Wheeee!


I actually did pretty good today.

Soooooooo, now, I am sitting here being content......except.....

I'm thinking about Heroin Chicken~

I'm preparing to watch the first episode of American Idol. Yes, it's lame, but I like it. All the bad people will be on tonight.

I am waiting for the last episode of High School Reunion 3 to air @ 9pm on the WB.

I haven't seen the show yet. But that Honey is quite a hottie, isn't she?

I'm in EMT class till 10 PM. Trying to stimulate my Vagus Nerve.

but it's hard cause peeps are watching...

I thought you were into the whole exhibition thing....

Or is that my other boyfriend?

;)

Right now, I'm advocating to my two younger sisters the virtues of cleaning up the last mess before making the next. Or at least cleaning up the mess from two messes ago... :rolleyes:

Drinking peppermint tea:)

I am IMing with my husband, he's out of town. I'm also enjoying the silence...ahhhh....silence. :)

I'm eating my dinner (it's so unhealthy, I'm not going to say what it is), trying not to cry because I'm feeling really overwhelmed at work, and praying that the presenter for tonights class is still showing up, even though I've left her four messages to double check and she hasn't returned my call.

Eating lunch - I'm about to go on Lite N Easy delivered food program, so it's kind of like a last supper - sausage tortillas with BBQ sauce & jalapenos.

...oh and checking the boards. :D

Had to get a tooth drilled- owie!!! Didn't hurt so much at the time, but now my jaw is killing me. So far, no root canal, so I am counting my blessings. Had to take Tori to speech after, where I learned that a friend of her's from speech and the deaf pre-school is seriously ill. She's been in the hospital for six weeks in a drug-induced coma, because of uncontrollable seizures that just started out of the blue. They had to remove her Cochlear implant, and they were hoping she was getting better, but now they have to put her back into the coma for several more weeks. She's the same age as the Girl, and just a little go-getter. They can't figure out what is wrong, and no one knows if she'll pull through or have residual impaiments if she does. Ughh. I feel so badly for her parents! Anyway, now that I've bummed everyone out.... (sorry!)
Now, I am in the process of burning dinner and putting pink (temporary) stripes in the Girl's hair. :rolleyes:

Wendybeth: Oil of Cloves, or a large Gin & Tonic ought to do it ! :D

I'm hoping some white wine will work. (Say that three times fast-lol!) Fresh outa gin, Lash.;)

(Actually, can't stand the stuff. I do, of course, have some tequila- hmmmm.....)

Oooh! WB, I know what I've been meaning to tell you! We got given a big bottle of tequila overseas - Don Julio, I think it is. It's really nice - I think I've got the tequila bug:D

Heh heh...My work here is done.;)

WB~ That's very sad about the little girl. I really feel for her family. Give T an extra big hug tonight. Sounds like you're ready for some tequila.

I'm vacuuming family room sofa thoroughly -- down comforter blankets and brushed corduroy seem to like each other. These little feathers are everywhere and they don't want to come up. Vacuuming floor and swiffing. Ahhh now the lampshades...

Swiffing ? Do you mean Sniffing ?

Right now I am searching the web for a catering company, who makes/serves tropical type foods

Nope, swiffering

No, not sniffing. I'm swiffing or maybe it's called swiffering. :D I'm using a Swiffer to clean the wood floors.

Here it is: http://www.homemadesimple.com/swiffe...sh/index.shtml

Right now I'm making room on my hard drive and deleting pictures that became duplicated somehow...
Urrgh.
:(

Trying to read the script for "Angels in America." It's so overwhelming and upsetting, I've put it off for far too long. The production I'm stage managing opens mid-February, and it would probably be a good idea for me to get as much crying out of the way beforehand as possible.

Sitting here sipping Frangelico and listening to Rickie Lee Jones

Melancholy? Maybe, just a little

Ahhhhhhhhh! I remember when that album came out and, even in my punk rock angst, I was loving it.

Remember when she accepted her grammy?

Homegirl had that better buzz going, I'm thinking :)

Oh yeah!

Join the club, S McS.

Looking for a job, getting 2nd interviews just to be turned down, Monterey is gloomy grey & overcast... Bleh.
;)

Dude, I'm freezing my ass off in Upstate NY. It's supposed to be like -20 F with wind chill on Friday. Get a lamp or something. :p

Right there with you, wendybeth! I had a tooth drilled last Wednesday and now it HURTS. Dentist adjusted the bite today and we're hoping that's it and it's not my FOURTH root canal. (And I'm only just 30.)

Yeah, I've just decided to roll with it. Weepy music and alcohol, that's what I say!!!

All the while realizing I always get like this in the dead of winter... down, introspective, picky about everything, as you said, bleh. I'm doing my best Scarlett, as I am after all a Southern girl. I'll deal with it tomorrow. Because, after all, tomorrow is another day {sniff sniff}

As for you, young cricket, at least you're in Monterey :)

And the job search? Ugh Best of luck to you there. It can be trying.

I would rather have the -20 F winter with the possibility of having a hot summer than just having fog and 50 F all year round.

Yes, a friend of mine pointed out that I get like this every winter. She's right. Monterey's okay, now Hawai'i... that's better! :)

There doesn't seem to be a job opening anywhere in Monterey. I've been to 2nd interviews for jobs that barely need a first interview! They just need to pick a monkey and that's it. No, but someone who thinks their job is more important than it is has to scrutinize everything. And then, like BarTopDancer was saying, have a meeting about me and then say, 'No thanks.'

I think even my dog Frodo is depressed. I'm rubbing off on him. Wow, it must be bad! :D

Yep, tomorrow. Scarlett was right. But at the same time, she was loaded and didn't need to find a job. She just needed a new husband from time to time. :D

Yeah

Well

:D

{hic}

And what art thou drinking?

For me it's red wine.
;)

That reminds me...brb.
:)

Ever since I saw 'Sideways' I've been craving red wine.
:)

I've officially "crossed over", as a friend would say.

Wild Turkey

Oooooo I wish I had some wine. I could go for a nice chewy merlot right about now.

Not really a burboun girl myself.
I had some good Scotch the other night. Glenfiditch, Oban etc.
:)

Gosh that's a sad song. I just... uh... acquired it. I like it, though.
:) :2cool:

A buddy was telling me recently about a single malt club he'd heard of. I must check that out.

Potent stuff, it'll burn your tastebuds off.
:(

I've loved her for years. Her second album, Pirates, is as near perfect a collection as I've every heard. I liked her first album even more after hearing her second.

Plus she gets huge snaps for living in Paris, getting fat and still being cool.

I LOVE my Swiffer!!!!!! I have the Wet Jet and the dusters. I need to get the duster with telescopic handle.

Whenever I am online durnig the day I am avoiding a massive project that we've been having meetings to plan meetings for.

Actually, the first time I heard of her was in the Orb song "Little Fluffy Clouds". She doesn't even sing in it. She's talking.
Then found out all about her and was diggin on her.
:)

That's RLJ? I never made the connection!

Yep. She sounds like she has a cold in it, too. :D

Did I come too late to the melencholy and drinking party? Damn, I'm always late.

Join me in my not so melencholoy, more relaxing and appreciating life drinking party. :cheers:

Alright, I'll drink to that. :cheers:



Actually, since I'm Irish Catholic, I'll drink to anything. :cheers:

I've been feeling down, too. Although, with me it could be because I haven't had my prozac in the last few days :blush: .

*sigh*

I have to go back to work tomorrow...I need sleep.

Good thing Friday night is just around the corner!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :D

I should be going to bed...but I'm updating some auction crap on the database, so I'm playing here while printing.

After two days of work and two evenings of play, I'm really exhausted!!! :p

I'm sitting here playing on the computer and drinking a noice glass of Berri Estates Claret. *yum* :cheers: :D :cheers:

Going to bed way too late. My forays into the Daily Grind are causing Commodore Swank to lose some of his jolly demeanor.
Tootles darlings.

Aye aye

Sleep well, Commodore

Scrooge is up WAYYYYY too early this morning.

Not me, it's only.... er, 1:08am here :rolleyes:

Rise and shine on a Sat. morn....6:00 am. I'm waiting for the house to heat up a bit. Maybe I should do a load of wash. Good morning lashbear....errrrr....goodnight lashbear, either way. :)

Merryprankster (all chipper): "Mornin' Sam."
Lashbear (all woozy and tired): "Mornin' Ralph"

They punch their timecards and go their separate ways with a nod.


PS: Girl, you just GOTTA get some mojo for the ANgie Dickenson thing....

Waking up, having some :coffee:

ouibng to be right now. pleasant dfremas -


Hisfand see hyouinhe moerning.[put the c-pap machine on]zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Getting ready for work. (sigh)

Thanks for the :coffee:, Uber and all- big :snap:to you!

(Hey, we should start a Rebus thread).
:D

Sitting on 42nd street, waiting for a bus

Drinking coffee. Reading what I missesd while I slept. Feeling lucky.

Drinking coffee while waiting for my laundry to finish drying. Then do a load of dishes so I don't feel super-guilty for having fun the rest of the day....

(There's nothing more depressing than coming home from a fun day out and seeing a load of dirty dishes in the sink.)

NOW I'm drinking :coffee:

'Morning, Mrs. Premise.

"ello Mrs. Conclusion

Trying to have a Python -free home - DAMN YOU ALL!

Damn you eyes!

Waitress: Whaddya mean, "Tryin' to 'ave a Python free home?"

NA: I DON'T LIKE PYTHON!

E: Shh dear, don't cause a fuss, I'll have your Python. I love it. I'm having Python, Python, Python, Python, Python, Python, Python, baked beans, Python, Python, Python, Python.

Oh dear. Gotta go see a movie.

No, don't even ask, it won't be abything close!

I'm suddenly craving Spam.

How about Blazing Saddles?

You're gonna have to watch it some day!!!

NA has not seen Blazing Saddles?

WB, I haven't seen it either :blush:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Yeah, but when was the last time it was screened on your living room ceiling?

Hehehehe. And even then..........

I'll have some strawberry tart without so much rat in it.

'Well if we took out the bones it wouldn't be crunchy frog surprise, now, would it ? "

:blank faced smilie:

Anyone else have an actual stuffed penguin with an explosive device ?
Anyone?

:D

I don't even have a rabbit with sharp, pointy teeth!

Sheila

Sitting on top of my television set.
P'raps it belongs to the zoo.

It's just a flesh wound.

Bring out yer dead.

Penguins don't come form the zoo! They come from the Antarctic!

Is it dead?

Well... it was coughing up blood last night.

Come back here! I'll bite your leg off!

I've always loved that the Black Knight is guarding a bridge over a river which could easily be crossed elsewhere without a bridge. The scene might've been just as good if Arthur just walked around him and splashed across.

Yeah, but then we would have missed out on the "But I'm invincible!" exchange.:D

<officer walks in>
Now then, this is getting much too silly, you'll have to stop now.

Thank GOD!

And now for something completely different...

Damn You!

HAHA!

OK I'm contemplating the Meaning of Life. And no... That really wasn't the meaning of life I was contemplating...

He's not the Messiah, he's just a very naughty boy !

.... I'm waking up.... Trying to make my way into work.... Dreading that I know we have a big open space in our scheduling and I'm in need of a crown!!! Working in a dental office... Well, it makes the whole getting dental work thing done more of a reality, and I've never had anything really ever done. I only have sealants... :eek:

UGH!

I'll have to get anesthetized!

Who wants to come to NYC and go see Spamalot with me?

Thanks to repeated listenings of Monty Python's Instant Record Collection in high school, I can STILL to this day recite, from memory, the entire Constitutional Peasant scene. Complete with funny voices. If only that were a useful talent in my on-going quest for a job that doesn't suck.

Now, where did I put that copy of "Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying"?

Feeling motivated....to do chores. I'm still at work though, so I'm not doing much here. :D Perhaps I'll actually get something done today? Or maybe I'll just go to DL. :p

I've got a slightly last-season tiara you could borrow.

LOL! Urban Outfiters were selling a plush version of this last December. I wish I'd bought it.

Right now I'm back at work after a long weekend, which is always hard. I need more coffee. And I'm ringing round all my credit card companies/banks/etc, because yesterday some *insert bad word here* broke into our car, vandalised it and stole my bag. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

:(

Right now, I'm eating lunch, listening to my iPod*, updating an address database, making an attendance sheet & browsing the board.

(you can really hear yourself chew when you eat lunch wearing earbuds!)

Cleaning my house and dreading the fact that I have company coming over tonight :rolleyes: company I'm not looking forward to, checking the boards & sending email. I have to start thinking about what to make for dinner too, :( because aforementioned company didn't say what time they would be here. Yay again :rolleyes:

I was so glad we had a couple of emergency patients come in and no crown on my teeth. They've been feeling remarkably better, so I never had the crown.

Right now, I'm trying to decompress before my friend Mike comes by.
:coffee:

You know, I always feel motivated to do chores when I'm at work. I love planning.

Then I get on the bus and it's complete crash time. By the time I'm home I'm ready to do anything but chores.

Trying to make some decisions about the house. I need to get some plans down on paper before going to the architect. My mom may need to live here in the next few years so I better get cracking.

But am I? Nooooooo

I've been using Punch Super Home Suite and loving it if anybody's looking for a good cheap plans program.

You're a good son, McSam. I always have the thought in the back of my mind that one of my parents or in-laws might have to live with us one day. Only one at a time, please! :rolleyes:

Me? Right now I'm procrastinating. I took a break from the task at hand and I don't feel like going back to it right now.

<blush> Thanks, MP

I'd by lying if I said I wasn't concerned about us living semi-together. We're both very much our own people. But I figure if I can remodel/add on enough to get a seperate 1bed/1bath flat, she can have her own place to go and come as she pleases. We'll see. And even if it doesn't happen, I'll have a small rental to add to the monthly cash flow.

Hey, we share a home with my MIL, and it (so far) is working nicely. We've all had to make adjustments, but it works fine. Families used to do this all the time, and I think the fact that the Girl gets to be so close to her grandma is very cool.

:snap:For you, Scrooge!:cheers:

I'm thinking about what Steph said.

I'm also thinking about how much I hate NYC.

I'm trying to find a going away present for a work buddy going overseas.

Thinking about this

That's very cool, Scrooge! Great gift!

Sitting at my desk, gazing at the beautiful day outside. Key word here: outside. Why is it always nice weather when you have to work?

I'm rapidly losing enthusiasm for work now...it's 2:30pm and I want to go home!:birdy:

It is 8:55pm and I am in my office. My second class of the evening was cancelled, but my husband doesn't get out of his class until 9:30. Just enough time for me to drive home and turn around and drive back. So I'm here, using state resources for entertainment purposes. And listening to El Bando En Fuego because there's no one here to stop me.

Just finished watching CNBC report on the Disney/shareholders case (Thank you, Tivo!!) and I'm more curious than ever.

I am watching the Real World on MTV.

OMG...if my dad lived with my brother -- someone would not make it out alive. I have a feeling it would be my dad, I'm never going to let that happen! :eek:

I'm sitting here freezing -- don't want to give PG & E too much money! I got home from a huge Costco shopping expedition a little while ago. My pantry and fridge are overflowing. Mmmmm...now I must decide what I want to eat. :D

Damn my eyes (a reference NA won't get because she has never seen a Mel Brooks movie).

I grow increasingly alarmed at the sheltered world of NA- no Python, no Brooks....What's next? The Zucker brothers? The Cohen brothers?

(sigh)

I'm sitting here trying desperately to keep my eyes open long enough to read all the threads I haven't read since the last time I logged in, which was several days ago so there are a lot of unread threads and I don't want to miss anything good even though chances are that I WILL miss something which will make me feel very left out and unloved, something which I have had too much of in my life and work very hard to not let happen again so I do everything in my power to prevent it while at the same time realizing that not everything in life is controllable; in fact most things are out of my control and I should just let them happen and not wory about it but then I lose all control and things just get all screwy so then I have to unscrew them which reminds me that you can't unscrew a pregnant woman but I digress with that old joke and should just get back to what I was originally talking about which was what I am doing which appears to be just rambling on nonsensically which some people would argue is about all I do anyways and most peple have probably stopped reading by now since this is one big ol' honkin run-on sentence and I pretty much have run out of things to say.

For now.

Sooooo...

Howya doing, KB?

You should get yourself a Live Journal

Clammy

You need to lay off the DMHO, dude.

Cohen Brothers = cool. I've loved them forever - or since I laid eyes on Blood Simple.

Zucker Brothers? ? and again ?

I am also clueless about most TV shows and cooresponding commercials, sports - unless it is the Tour de France - Muppets, Pop Music, The Simpsons and their animated kin, Pop Idols, Boy Bands, Billboard Music Charts, Jim Carrey, Reality TV and generally all Pop Culture. Oh, and I also hate most comedy.

I do know Ab Fab, The Avengers, James Bond, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodolvar, Hitchcock, and other odd and wonderful things that people either have never heard of or think I'm strange for liking.

But, then, you all knew the "strange" part! :p

Don't be alarmed, Wendy. I am uneducatable to the ways of Pop Culture.

I think I need to start a support group for the "differently cultured" or maybe just one for their friends. ;)

I feel a little better- at least you like the Cohens. And AB Fab. Okay, I'll try not to worry about you so much.


(Jim Carrey??)

Ugh, Jim Carrey! He is among the most despised at the moment. I have a hard time with over-acting anyways, and he is the most annoying.

Lol! Teach me to read too fast....I thought that was a list of things you liked! Okay- I definitely won't worry about you anymore. I'm clueless about a lot of current pop culture, unless it's on Nickelodeon or Toon Disney. Never watch TV anymore- bores the hell out of me.

Hey, I've based my whole life's philosophy on Mel Brooks films...
Grown man running from pooping pigeons? Nothing better! :)

I'd run too, if they pooped that much. :)

I can't imagine my young life without Spaceballs and Airplane.

I am sitting in my den listening to the rain pour down on the roof. It's really soothing actually. I'm getting over a cold I acquired in Anaheim and am anxious about a new job I'm starting on Monday. I have laundry to attend to and dishes to put away. Bleh.
I am also in the middle of watching 'The Lion in Winter' remake which stars Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close. It's going to be a long 167 minutes because I have become accustomed to the way Katharine Hepburn delivered all those juicy lines.
:)

I might normally agree with you, though I was quite moved by his performance in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I think everybody in that gem of a film was delightful to watch. Even Dunst, who I haven't liked much, at least not since her lovely performance in The Virgin Suicides.

I'm getting ready to take my mom to a movie, she picked Million Dollar Baby. I wanted to see Sideways, but I guess we'll see that one next. Oh yeah, it's pouring rain outside.

GC~ I love your sig pic! Hope you feel better soon. Congrats on the new job! :)

Wondering how many boxes of girl scout cookies will fit in my pantry.

I am sitting here in my jammies, drinking :coffee: and celebrating the fact that I do not have to go in to work today! I normally have wednesdays off, but I was going to go in and do three h/c's for some friends.... I shouldn't be happy, because they cancelled due to illness, but I am glad I don't have to go in! The Girl still has her regular speech therapy appt. this afternoon, but until then I plan on just hanging out, relaxing.

hehe. You sound like me. I decided that 4 boxes (two thin mints and two samoas) are the perfect number for my pantry.

I swear the GSCoA would make so much more money if they lowered the prices.

I am waiting for about 28k peices of data to load. Our server is in LA and the T1 line is crawling. dooo dooo doo........

Anticipating housework during my long lunch. I WILL clean the bedroom today, I WILL!

Drinking coffee, finishing to do lisT, having a Buster love fest. PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Thinking of rude comments...

Buster sez :p

Friday night and Saturday morning I should be rearranging my living room and bedroom to accomoditate my new couch. I should also be dusting and cleaning my bedroom and bathroom this weekend as well as reading for my Oceanography class and looking for a decent laptop for school.

Way to go, my man!

Last I talked to you the job search was beginning to get you down. I hope it all works out for you.

It's a good thing they come in those handy single-serving boxes, huh?

Heehee! :snap: Especially those tagalongs, I could eat them all in one sitting.

Wishing I could get at those cookies now...

It's so nice of the Girl Scouts to package the Thin Mints in handy dandy single serving tubes. It's so nice knowing just how many to eat. :D

Why can't I have Samoas for breakfast NOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW?

Because you ate all your Samoas from last year. Now you just haveta wait until the cookies are delivered. I think Samoa ice cream is out in the stores now though....

May I present to you...

GIRL SCOUT COOKIE ICE CREAM!!!! Available in Thin Mint, Samoa and Tagalong.

What? They make Girl Scout Cookie ice cream? Yum!!!

Listening to some kick back music... Pondering a voyage into slumber so sweet...

Holding a sick dragon

:(

Thinking about how many dragons Kevy has cared for

Am working. Slacking. Working. Slacking. Thinking about Gounod's Faust. Wondering if I'll want to vampire away the youths that surround me when I'm old and full of regret.

Muttering under my breath at some mystery scsi command error that's preventing me from getting anything done.

Doing an analysis of procurements over the last quarter for 4 of our offices.

(You want to be me, don't you? I get that a lot)

Wondering if I were to gather the proper ingredients, would I be able to make my own Tref Oil.

Absolutely nothing.

NOTHING!

That is my plan for today. I even had to call people this morning just to exclaim with pure joy that today is the day of NOTHING! Ry was a little, um, well, let's just say he wasn't as ecstatic as I when he woke up to laughter and me exclaiming "I HAVE NOTHING TO DO TODAY!" as he came to the realization he had a ton of crap to do and was already late to a photo shoot all the way in LA.

I declare today a holiday for myself. The Nothing Holiday. Kind of like Festivus and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Think of it like a birthday. Tonight I'll even have cake AND eat it too! But until then, NOTHING!

Well, wait, I do plan to meet Mamabot for lunch at Bakers. Other than that, until later tonight, nothing. Sitting at the PC, listening to music or watching Usher's Rhythm City on Tivo over and over and over, maybe watch a movie, possibly Tombstone, maybe take a nap... NOTHING.

Nothing.

Ever have random thoughts or songs hit you for no reason? The other day, when there was a space in conversation at the park, I kept singing a rift from Astrud Gilberto's "So Nice".

Today, I don't know why, but I have the urge to sing 'clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee' when I walk around the house. I must have Carly on the brain or that I'm just vain...
:)

You're so vain, you think this song is about you.

I'm wondering whether Tref's sig is another gravestone from TSI or if he made it up. And either way, whether he likes Eliza and is hitting on her via sig line.

Tref and Eliza sitting in a tree....

Thanks. I hope it'll be a cool job. I gotta be making money so I can get me a Tivo and a desktop PC.
:D

H.I.S.S.I.N.G.

UGH! Worst JC joke ever!

I am doing all sort of menial crap today. Insurance quotes, replacing shower curtain, cleaning fish tank, organizing my jumble of shoes, cleaning floors, organizing the bathroom cupboard, loooking for estimates for new water heater..........

I'd rather be in someone procurement department. ;)

Yep.
:D
It was so bad, it made me laugh.

[clueless] JC Joke? [/clueless]

Jungle Cruise joke.
Boa Constrictor sitting in a tree H.I.S.S.I.N.G.
:eek: Really, really bad joke...

Sitting at work, not working. Sipping a white mocha. Wondering why the rest of my office never came back from their lunch break. :confused: Preparing to look busy for when they do.

Woke up, Gotta outta bed, pulled a comb across my head...
 

Best intentions department:

Got up early and got out my tennies in preparation for hitting the treadmill, when Mr. Evil Flu-ey Aches and Fever hit me out of nowhere! :mad:

It's all because Saturday is quitting-smoking-again day...my body has apparently decided to start battling toxins early...

Let's see.....I cleaned up barf at 6:30 am and went back to bed, cuddling Chloe while my husband got the girls ready and off to school. I got up around 9:30, let my sick baby sleep and watched Strangers With Candy Season 2 until I went to wake her up to give her some water.

She got up for an hour and we watched Silly Symphonies while she ate dry cheerios and drank more water, then she went back to sleep. We both have a fever, and I have a major headache. I even turned down the offer of a delivered latte. I must be sick!!! :(

Telecommuting - sort of. Going to a meeting in the OC but missing the offramp while I daydream. Cruise neighborhoods I never knew existed, labyrinths without minotaurs. Get there late, but the speaker's just above me in the sign in - looks like perfect timing to me. Finish my coffee, still feel like snoozing. My brain travels to other places, chatting with other people who I wish were there. Box lunch and dodge a committee assignment. Nice ride home were fuzzy water rewards.

I have reorganized the bathroom cabinets. I feel victorious! I wish € cared. He doesn't. This is my own little obsession. But, it's the bad part of being The Housewife in this situation. He is not an organized person. I'm not much better, but when I try, I expect a parade - or at least a shopping reward at BR. :wheres my evil smilie?: hehehehe. I must be PMSing. I actually WANT to clean!

Today I took my sis to the dentist to get her wisdom teeth taken out. Her mouth is all puffy, and my mom has the flu.

Ugh. Not fun. I have to do the same thing soon. Bleh.
Tell her to hang in there...
:) :cheers:

Frozen peas (in the package) make the best ice packs for after having wisdom teeth out. Seriously.

I'm currently sitting in civil procedure class. I should be paying attention because we're talking about motions for new trial and I don't really get it, but I got called on last week so I know I'm safe for awhile and I'm slacking off. (The case in the book involves a member of the band Boston, which is insufficient to gain my enthusiasm.)

Discovering ancient secrets as I tidy up my bedroom closet.

Ancient Chinese secret, huh?

It totally sucks, I got 4 wisdom teeth and 2 other teeth taken out 10 years. And 2 weeks later I got Braces.

Is that what language it is? All I know is I found some strange coded message.

STFU

I have correctly celebrated the Holiday of Nothing in all of it's majesty and glory. Right down to having a microwaved dinner... which I think I will go eat.... NOW!

Life is guuuuud.

Run for cover!
:eek:

I think I did everything I was supposed to do today....

Oh wait, that was at work. I don't think I posted today, if I did I don't remember. If I'm on at work I am avoiding the project that was postponed to Monday. QA testing is oh so yippee fun. 2 million peices of data went in today and the hopes none of them messed up what was already fixed have been crushed within the first 20 minutes.

Tomorrow night will be filled with the excitement of rearranging my living room and bedroom for my new arrival.... a full size couch. YAY couch! I may read a chapter or two in my Oceanography book... eh who am I kidding. Rearranging and bumming... Oh and probably dinner with the elusive J. I bet I can get him to help me rearrange the furnature... oooo look, random thoughts in type. Probably so I will remember them tomororw.



Saturday is filled with Chipotle dreams.

SCSI is still in use? I thought that was long gone.

SCSI termination can drive you crazy.

Sooo... Did anyone watch the Ashlee Simpson show last night on MTV? or was I the only one? :rolleyes:

SCSI is very much in use in the mainframe/open systems server world. It's still the standard of data movement, and natively, that's what OS's still speak. I deal, however, in fibre channel which is a high speed porting of SCSI commands across optical (or copper in some older versions) cable.

dont forget to clear out the freezer to make room for thin mints

Yum, frozen thin mints :drool:

Well, now that the Holiday of Nothing is nearly over.... the boyfriend will be home soon.

That means I have approx. one hour to make it look like I did something today, only to have him say "Sweetlin, you should have taken it easy today. C'mon babelin, get rest." for me to say "Oh, it's not too much. I didn't let myself strain."

:Insert evil laugh:

Ok, off to shower, straighten, throw a load in the wash, put dishes in the sink (but not wash) all in an hour! Woohoo! I love procrastination. Nothing motivates me quite like it!

Went to Disneyland.
Saw the Incredibles.
Had a Corndog.

Yum...

I am currently spinning my wheels after far too little sleep.

I was shocked out of slumber by a phone call, and am exhausted and worked up at the same time.

I have too much to take care of today. Where's that crazed looking exhausted smiley? OK -- he wouldn't be too swank, and neither am I.

Soooo.... I guess what I'm doing right now, is heading back to bed. To give it another try.

Hmmm...

Now I'm curious what the phone call was about. :D

I was awakened out of my slumber by the exterminators who are tenting the house next door and our shared garage. I was hoping that, from the backyard, they couldn't see the lump in the bed who was trying to ignore them. Sadly, they needed my help, the doorbell rang, and I was forced to face the cold reality of morning.

What? 10:00 isn't morning? When you go to sleep at 3:00, it is morning - in a big way. Vampires don't like mornings.

Today, I'm going to clean my closet - namely my shoes. Emelda would be proud. But first, coffee. Mmmmmmm.

Friday friday friday
my mind so isn't at work
I'm already home and cleaning
or dropping donations at Goodwill
or stopping at the market
today's a busy one
but not here at work
my day starts at noon
until then I'm asleep.

Today is all about getting ready for my kids to arrive tomorrow! :D Just getting all their toys out of the closet, beds ready, stuff like that.

I think tonight the boyfriend and I are going out. Don't know the details though. I just nod my head and say "uh huh" and pretend I'm paying attention. Stupid A.D.H.D.!

Today, dark, rainy, cold.
The one consolation was an offsite meeting
But then the fires came - angry managers, defensive clerks
Everyone taking things personal when they didn't have to
Phone calls, status updates, and an annoying cough that isn't yet a real cold
Tonight though, UCLA and Random Dance
And after that, Le Weekend...

2 more shelves of shoes to put away, but I HAD to stop and make cookies. Now, Dexter is on my lap and I can't get up. PRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Almost done with this project.

QAing data for the rool out on Monday. Am I doing it? Sorta... Not really...

But the Ortega Highway is now open...

Waiting for the TheraFlu to kick in

It sounds like you got past the hardest part, tough. The taste. Bleh.
Get better, Sick Sam.



I just vacuumed with a bagless vacuum cleaner and I am amazed at how much hair my dog sheds. We just vacuumed four days ago...

Wow.

Is it enough hair for a puppy?

I'm trying to convince my parents to get a Dyson... They claim their 20 y/o bagged vacuum is still the best thing on the planet, still top of the line, still industrial strength. I think I need to find one to borrow to show them the amount of kittens that could be formed from the cat hair in the carpet. Oh that sounds gross. But with 3 cats who shed and a vacuum thats 20 years old...

Dunno. I hear Corgies (Corgis?) shed a lot.
But it's cold right now, you'd think he'd want to keep a few thousand hairs to keep warm outside...
:D

I am sooo mad. Instead of taking the normal way to LA(I-5 south). My bf wants to take this route--

I-5 South- 46 East- 99 South- 58 east- 14 South!!!

I think it will take longer to get down there than the normal 6 hours on I-5.

Has anybody here who lives in NorCal taken this route before?

BTD, your parents are probably right. The last time my mom brought her relic of a vacuum in for service, she mumbled about ditching it for an upright or something. The repair guy told her that she was crazy and would never find anything today that matched the power of the beast she has.

Right now, I'm basking in my first successful test setup this freaking week. It's just been one of those weeks, nothing went right. Today's been a little better. For the first half, nothing went right, but in the good, "I'm testing for problems and found one" sort of way, not the bad, "Things are going wrong even before I get to the point where I'm supposed to see if things go wrong" kind of way. And now things are finally starting to work as planned. I guess the gremlins called it an early day, this being Friday.

Never ever. 101 to the 46 to the 5, but never the way described.
Take the wheel b5!
:D

Cookies?

I'm heading home!

Whew! All of the shoes are put away and I took out 6 pair to get rid of. Tada! I wish I knew someone with a size 7 1/2-8 foot that needed shoes.

Now, I'd better make more cookies before Chris gets home.

I wear a size 7 1/2 shoe, but I don't need anymore shoes(I have tons). I should get rid of some too!

Frodo's GodDogmother is coming over tonight. She turned us on to the idea of getting a Welsh Corgi. (And this will tie in nicely to our vacuum discussion.) Judy owned three Corgies: Kirby, Regina and Hoover. You gotta love those names. Corgies do walk around and eat things off of the floor quickly like a little vacuum.
:D

Ugh -- That's my size shoe... And I need to get rid of a bunch, like Belleh5. Curses!

Oh, yeah.. I'm clearing out my closet for a new shoe organizer that's going in tonight!!!!

I wish I had time to clean out my closet. There's so much junk in there. I have so many old clothes, shoes and purses. When I get back on Sunday, I will clean it out. The more room I have in my closet, the more new stuff I can buy. :D

Gosh, this doesn't mean the end of the official Look At My New Shoes double hand wave, does it? ;)

Right now, I'm madly imputting software issues into the database system so I can leave work early with a somewhat clean conscience. Only 14 more to go... :groan:

Mmmmmmmmmm

Cookies....

There's always room fro shoes. S.H.O.E.S!:p

Thinking I should really start posting more...you guys always make me smile! :snap:

Actually just fixed homemade pizza for the kids with pre-made pizza dough and sauce from Trader Joes...just sauce and parmesean and fontina (cause I forgot to buy mozzarella! :rolleyes: )..listening to them watch Mummy part 2 - trying not to drool on my pizza at Arnold Vosloo (I'd raise him from the dead anyday! :cheers: ).

Drinking a trim latte and looking back on the weekend. I hate Mondays:rolleyes:

debating wether or not I should take a nap.

Just coming in for a bit, doing a little stress testing on the boards, about to do some destressing on the couch... OH YEAH!

Fighting a headache and holding Eileen (or Legoless)

So a nap would be good and probably help my massive headache... if my "quiet"* neighbors quit blasting their opera music or whatever crap it is their blasting. (And no, asking them to turn it down isn't an option).

*according to the guy who owns this place I shouldn't even know they are home. :(

Waiting on the enchiladas to get done...(Yummm!), watching The Village again with Kat...trying to find the mailbox key! :rolleyes:

Finally saw "Bourne Identity", very cool.

In super-relaxed mode. I love normal weekends that feel like long weekends. It's all about the right planning mixed with the right spontenaity.

Just finished slaughtering some folks on Halo 2 and ate a baclava that POP brought over.... now im posting on lounge of tomorrow and i just realized that that hum in the room is coming from my tv which is on but because my xbox is not on its got no feed so its making that noise....should i be more specific?

Wondering why and how I got sick again. Hoping Lisa doesn't worse and I didn't spread this thing any further. Thinking that ice cream still sounds good even if nothing else does. Contemplating future movies nights - 60's spy features - alternate realities - swank. Maybe we'll watch some tonight before going to bed where hopefully our health will be restored by daybreak.

Feel better, €uro and NA!


Slowish day around here- did a hilight this morning, and then grocery shopping this afternoon. Now I'm cooking a roast for dinner, and wishing it would hurry up because I am hungry....

Yikes...trying to do numerous household tasks and pack at the same time. I always get the urge to clean and organize right before I leave on a trip. I'm being pulled in many different directions so now I'm taking a little break here!

The shuttle for SFO is picking us up at 8 am tomorrow. Our plane leaves at 11.30 am, 11 hours nonstop to Japan. Why do I always need one more day to get ready for things? :rolleyes:

I thought 'Bourne Supremacy' was just as good.


Going to watch 'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow' tonight. (Ralphie's pick... not to be confused with Ralph Wiggum's pic which is picking his nose...)
:D

Which reminds me, better bump "Supremecy" up on the Netflix queue now.

Right now, I'm settling in to watch my brand new Jackie Brown DVD. Yay. We'd watch the new Peter Pan that we watched yesterday, but I left it in the car...that would mean having to get dressed, so forget it :p

I just "woke up" after having a sort of nap in which I was more in a dazed state than a sleep state, peppered byt bits of coughing. Why must coughing be a part of every cold?

I'm ready for ice cream and chocolate and bad food. Nothing healthy for my unhealthy body. I feel like a car wreck but, boy are those tabbies who napped with me cute!

I'm the same way...I call it "Deadly Clean"..meaning...if I'm away on a trip and something happens to me and my mother has to come to my house, it better be clean! :eek:


Just sitting here..surfing the lounge...watching hubby help Kat make her Valentines Day box for school. (What happened to making those together in class?) Of course, she goes all out...wants her in the shape of an actual mailbox.. :rolleyes:

So why am I sitting here reading LoT when I should be doing my homework?!?






Oh yeah... procrastination

Make sure you watch for me in the movie!!
:cool:

Are you really in it? When? We own the DVD. :)

Im in the Mall. I'm in the scene where Robert Forester is watching the JB transaction and figures out the swith. You see him walk through the tables and such. I'm right behind him with my arm on the railing in a blue shirt. When he walks up to that spot and when he walks away to follow the "other" lady out, is the best place to spot me.

I wish I knew how to get a jpg of that! ;)

Eating the lunch that my husband prepared for me. (Complete with fruit and calcium chews so I don't get all hunchbacked!) Wondering when the monotony will end.

Wondering why time seems to be crawling today:rolleyes:

I'm pretty sure we could get a screen capture of that for you...GD can play DVDs in his laptop....hmm. I'll play with that today...

Lol- at work again?

Besides being scared that there were 306 posts made on THESE BOARDS ALONE (and I frequent several others) in the last 22 hours since I visited...

Um, I have a small hangover from a birthday dinner last night (I rarely drink wine, and the host was Mr. top-off-your-glass-so-HOW-much-have-we-had???-guy), and I quit smoking a couple of days ago...so it's just me, raw nerves, coffee, and the internet.

Be afraid...be very afraid... :eek:

Hey, I quit smoking last August, after smoking for decades...(Not saying how many). I'm now addicted to the damn Nicorette gum, though. I feel for you- hang in there!

How did you guess?:D Nearly lunchtime now...mmmmmmmmm...lunchtime....:coffee:

Due to humongous pics to get the best quality possible, I'm not doing inline images. Click below to see Bornieo in Jackie Brown! :cheers:

First
Second, rubbing his eyes
Third, best shot of his face

How freakin' awesome is that?!! :cheers: :snap:

Just out of Bed
with a resonent head
Chest tight from coughing
My brains just stopping

Talking to Puerto Rican girls about green eyeshadow that they picked up from a theatrical shop.
Goths a long way fron Disneyland.

when will this end?

Very cool, Borneo!
Thanks, CP!:snap:

Sitting in contracts. Hoping my cone of invisibility is working.

Watching and episode of the Simpons I've seen a hundred times, yet still laughing at all the jokes. That's good writing.

Not watching 24.

I also heard a commercial from the next room, and am appalled that "Munuh munuh" (sp.?) is being used on a Diet Cherry Soda something-er-other ad.

Anticipating the scalp massage at my hair appointment tonight:)

I'm in class, sneaking onto the boards...

Oh, I'm evil.. Hehehehe.. Where's my devil smiley? :D

We needs a devil smiley!

I'm catching up on the LoT boards, It's been a whole 2 days since I was on last. And there is 615 new posts since my last visit.

Smiling at the fact that I know what "munuh munuh" is. I don't know how to spell it either. I'm rather sad to hear that news, MF.

WAIT! BIZARO WORLD HERE!!!

Munah munah (do do de do do) is a Muppets thing that Animal sings.

Now, What's wrong with this picture?

EVERYTHING!

:coffee:

(Actually, I'd like to replace that with a water bottle. I'm dehydrated from all the coffee I've been downing!!)

I'm having a staring contest with my cat and trying to ignore the book in front of me for the paper I should be writing right now.

You will lose.
;)

Close. Animal doesn't sing it. I'm not sure whether the character that sings it has a name, but his voice is similar to Rowlf's (which is actually pretty close to Henson's natural voice).

Back to the grind with me. Go to bed early, get up early, go to work, work, lunch, work, punch out, drive home, watch Antiques Roadshow, surf net, go to bed...

Munah Munah indeed.
;)

I just spent the last half-hour excavating our desk, and I even filed crap away! Now, I'm enjoying a glass of white wine and wondering how long before entropy takes over again.

Gemini Cricket = Chernabog?

Hehehehe...

Pissed that I forgot to exercise today. Gotta start building up my endurance for MA.

I'm in the middle of baking cookies for my bf.

Very, very cool. Thanks for doing that!

Oh, I remember that day well. Nothing burns into ones memory like bad food!

:snap: :snap:

Almost 2:00 and just finished my first coffee of the day. Sleeping, coughing, wheezing, and still wondering when it will end.

Lol- just got this e-mail from my sis:

"A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words
as possible.
The instructions were, the short story had to contain the following three elements:

(1) Religion
(2) Sexuality
(3) Mystery.

There was only one A+ paper in the entire class. Below is the story.


Good God, I'm pregnant, I wonder who did it!"

Our project went live last night. I should be preparing more stuff to go live. Am I?

I'm flirting with danger as I browse the board with my manager's manager sitting right next to me. :D He's wrapped up in what he's doing, my job is to sit here and stare at this monitor anyway, so he has no idea. Plus he's a laid back guy who really wouldn't care too much. But still...

Today I had not only one of our tech support guys, but also one of my higher ups sat at my computer to do some stuff, and I had not only LoT open, but also the bubble popping site.... I love my level of apathy this time of year. :D

I'm currently sipping a trim latte and flicking through the new Naked Chef recipe book I just bought:cool:

Y'ever have one of those days when you're convinced that humanity is essentially evil? That every single person around you would, given the opportunity, gladly stab you in the back and trample your still-warm corpse underfoot if it meant they'd progress even a millimeter up the socio-economic ladder? That life is nasty, brutish, and short and nothing more? That life is one big Sisyphean struggle with any progress promptly stomped down -- even punished?

Some days I just want to live in a self-sustaining bunker in the wilderness.

I hate Mondays, too.

It's Tuesday, though- isn't it? Lol.

I'm the only one awake in my house...which is weird for this time of night.
The kids acutally went to bed on time tonight with no hassle..and hubby has to be in Phoenix early tomorrow so he went to bed early. I'm not sure what I'm doing up... :rolleyes:

It was a long week at work today

Man, it really was Monday for some, wasn't it?

How ya doing, KB? Did you hear- I'm going to be down for the Birthday! I'm only saying this because odds are I'm hitting you and Gus up for a ride or something...:D

Hit away. We are at your disposal.

(Keeping messages short tonight. I have a dragon asleep on one hand, so I can only type with one hand.)

Babe, you have got to get some art! Watch a really high quality film, read an enthralling novel, listen to music that moves you, or just look at paintings that impress you. I love good architecture too - if there isn't any in the area, get architecture books from the library's oversize section and plop them on your coffee table for a while. Or even better, get historical art/writings/music/architecture. Experiencing something beautiful that was created hundreds of years ago will teach you that life may be short, but it is also filled with joy and light and intelligence and wonder. :)

Yeah, sure...sleeping dragon. We'll buy that.

Which one? I really would love to meet your dragons- I have to admit I have an entirely new appreciation of them since I've met you. If the Girl wanted one, I think I'd say yes, but don't tell her!

If I was doing *that*, I wouldn't be on LoT!

I've thought about sneaking one to the park for everyone (from here) to see, but I have this paranoia of getting discovered and them taking him away from me.

Pondering where 10 years went!

Bailey turns 10 today! Double digits....OUCH!

Where did the time go...it was just yesterday that I spent the most painful 36 hours of my life in labor with him, pushing for 4 hours, no epidural, Evil Demerol for pain, Nazi labor and delivery nurse who yelled at me the whole time.....

all for the most precious little baby boy in the world!

Wahhhh! :( :)

Happy Birthday to the Boy!

We have the double digits looming as well- Tori turns 10 in late June.

Eating an apple. I had oatmeal for breakfast. Let's see if I can actually pick up a healthy lunch too. That'd be one hell of a health-food streak for me. :eek:

Listening to Bobby Darin and drawing plans for a huge industrial park.

Planning the "What's for lunch?" daily routine.

Checking my pulse, seeing if I still have one.

Sipping coffee. making the tetative assessment of my health. Am I feeling better? Still emerging from the cold med haze. Crap, I've got so much to do. Time for another cup.

I'm thinking that the last few entries from (I'm on a PC, and don't know the code for it, so...) EuroMonkey start with some form of "sipping coffee"

I think I might go on the coffee today, because I had to take a day off yesterday. I really have no clue how much I drank but I was loopy as all get out, and that night.. or should I say, next morning... I woke up with one charley horse, and ended up getting a second one in the other leg that was FAR worse than the first. I'm still feeling it today! Wow, was I ever dehydrated!

Anyhow, right now, I'm at school, catching up on some internet, doing some "necessary research" (or at least that's what I've told the Lab Assistant)... Trying to get myself to go to the Exercise Science Lab. Must exercise.. must exercise...

OY!

I'm enjoying the lunchtime quiet in my office, listening to my iPod, sipping coffee, ignoring the pile of paperwork on my desk that I have to wade through....

Three days without sleep and even the Mona Lisa looks like a devious slut.

However, I decided to stay home from work today and take a sleeping pill so, now that I've had some sleep the world looks slightly more humane. I just have to make it to Friday when our singing group meets again. This is what we're currently working on and this is what it might sort of sound like someday.

And now today's debate -- do I go into work this afternoon? Do I go to class this evening? Or do I just stay home and enjoy the small pleasures of getting housework done?

OK -- I'm heading to the "Excercise Science" place.

Wish me well.

Did you know there's a way (or at least used to be a way) that if you have a gym membership going to that gym would count towards your exercise science class?

::::running away fast for not telling you that earlier::::::::

Checking in on the board, then taking a nap since everyone was sent home after the power in all 3 buildings stayed out for 90 minutes. Yay (but damn I'm not looking forward to the recovery effort it's going to take to get a 50,000 sq. foot test lab back up and running after a full, unplanned shutdown).

I am home from work (2nd day) with major headache and tummy trauma. Twitch and I just picked up The Boy from school. It is hard to drive with a rat on your shoulder (even harder to type with a rat on the keyboard). Right now she is trying to scam me out of peanuts and a Nutrigrain bar.

*sigh* I just wish my head would stpo throbbing.

I am planning on accomplishing at least some of my after work to-do list.

I've actually gotten a lot of work done at the workplace, today. So maybe my motivation is increasing.

Oy! May the computer gods be with you.

Netflix = Kill Bill Vol. 1
Pondering whether or not to go to DL tomorrow...

Welllll.....technically I'm working on a paper.....but it's going something like this:

Step 1: read a page from a book

Step 2: write a sentence, or a fragment of a sentence

Step 3: order CD's from BMG

Step 4: check LoT

Step 5: read another page in a book

Step 6: start to write a sentence

Step 7: look something up in MLA handbook

Step 8: stare at computer & try to remember what I was doing

Step 9: check LoT again

Step 10: download MicrosoftAntiSpyware

Step 11: check LoT again

Repeat.


Whew. a paragraph and a half done......4 & 7/8ths pages to go.

Work.
I have a job right now as a switchboard coordinator, I answer about 700 calls a day. When the phone is not ringing I surf the net.

Soooo.....

I'm getting ready for work.

:rolleyes:

Lamenting the fact that they got the power back on over night. Powering all my equipment back on. And then waiting until all the rest of the equipment that I need to resume working to be powered on an reconfigured. That should kill a morning nicely.

I have a drinking song stuck in my head. A French drinking song. From the 1500s (first half). Let us sing and drink and make war on this bottle!

Grading papers.

Yes, but be careful which end you're drinking it from, eh?

I'm trying to try to figure out what things off my to-do list need to be done. So, it's To Do list triage, first, then it's figuring out if I have the energy to do any of it.

I may just go back to bed and read about hermaphrodites.

It HURTS to breath through my nose. Abused nasal passages + dry winds = PAIN.

Ahhh...To Doing the To Do List! One of my favorite hobbies!

I'm trying to decide if I want to do the two loads of laundry sitting in the hall..or wait til they multiple! Hmmm...the ultimate dilemma!

I'm also snacking on prunes..I sadly like them! I know, they're an old people food...Blame my Granny! She got me started when I was little! Is it good to eat like 20 of them in a sitting...isn't that basically like eating 20 plums...I would never eat 20 plums! Weird huh? :eek:

Habe you noticed that prunes are not called prunes any longer, but "Dried Plums"? I prunes has a bad connotation. (I like them too.)

I think Dried Plums sound less appetising than Prunes...

NA, I hope you're feeling better soon.

I'm at work, marvelling at how quickly Friday has come around again. Miraculous, really. I love Fridays:)

We get raisins and prunes, but no cute name for dried apricots or apples? Where's the justice?

Dried Plums does sound a bit swankier than Prunes ...but your right...why is a "Dried Plum" a "Prune" and a "Dried Grape" a "Raisin"...but a "Dried Apricot" is still just a "Dried Apricot"..hmm...

Maybe we can come up with swanky names for dried fruits...we could start a Dried Fruit Revolution....

Power to the Fruit! :cool:

To the delight of the toilet paper industry. ;)

"snork" :D

"Ultimate Kylie" the Kylie Minogue greatest hits album came out this week! Awesome. Can't wait to get it.
:)

can't get you out of my head blah blah blah blah blah blah think about blah blah blah can't get you out of my head blah blah blah I think about...

Is now stuck in my head. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

There's a special live version of this song I have that she mixes 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' with 'Blue Monday'. It's terrific.
:)

I need an iPod. Just to put all my swanky new music on it.

They're so much fun to play with. :)

I'm loading mine with Kylie, JJ Fad, Leslie Gore, Kriss Kross, Martika, Tiffany, Debbie Gison and Mott the Hoople right now.

Fun times! :birdy:

Can't get you out of my how does it feel blah blah blah to treat me like you do all I do is think about to lay your hands upon me can't get you out of my head and tell me who you are...

Earworm remover.

So.... avoiding dried fruit and songs that get stuck in your head - I actually went to work again today. Of course, my boss was out, but I managed to get caught up on a few things, avoid a few others, and prep for next weeks Chicago trip. Still a bit wonky, but otherwise feeling okay.

I had the day off today. Back to work tomorrow and then off Sat, Sun and Mon. Not too bad, I guess.
I was supposed to do a thousand things today, but I played on LoT and MC all day. I watched 'Ray' and that's it. Lazy lazy lazy.


But there was good news today, my sweet baboo donated $1 million smackers to charity today.

We need a smilie with hearts surrounding it, like Sally from Charlie Brown when she talks about Linus.
:)

Have I told you lately that I love you.....?;)

:blush: :blush: :blush: :)

Jump, jump!
The Mac Dad'll make ya
Jump, jump!
The Daddy Mac'll make ya
Jump, jump!
Kriss Kross'll make ya
Jump, jump!
Uh-huh, Uh-huh...

That's already on my iPod. :blush:

Just finished watching the Happy Days Reunion with Kat...She's into whatever I was into when I was her age right now...(Grease, Gymnastics, Smurfs, Old Movies) It's kinda fun!

So she watched the reunion show with me and giggled when I told her that I used to have the largest crush on Fonzie! Sadly, I rememberd every episode they showed...I had forgotten how much I loved that show!


Sit On It! :D

I just watched part of the Happy Day's reunion and I tried to clean my room. Everytime my bf comes over he throws everything on the floor or on my bed!

I forgot about the Happy Days reunion! And I should be sleeping.

I'm petting Jack after taking more drugs. I still feel like crap and my lungs are filled with phlegm. Wheeee!

:( I hope you feel better soon!!!

Blech! NA...that sucks! I hate having phlegm...as I can never cough it up...I'm just not a good cougher...I puke when coughing too much...It's lovely! :(

Have you tried that new Musinex (which I think is a horrid sounding name for a medicine! It just sounds icky!)

:coffee: have some Hot Tea and get lots of rest!





On a side note...I thought the coffee smilie was a piece of birthday cake for the past couple of weeks....just today I figure out it's coffee when I scrolled over it and it said "COFFEE"...I was like..Why does the cake smilie say coffee?

I think I need to start wearing my glasses when posting! :rolleyes:

OMG Baileykat! I remember seeing an ad for that stuff and saying "I should remember this". Obviously, I didn't. It is OTC, isn't it?

I'm just taking Delsym (the scrubbing bubbles of cough meds) and Nyquil/Dayquil caps. But, I could use more help. Thanks for the reminder!

Trying to get some work done, while not daydreaming (Well... not very much anyway) about heading to New Orleans for the last weekend of Mardi Gras

Listening to Alison Moyet's "Voice" :snap: :snap:

That started happening to me the last time I was sick. So not fun.



Right now I'm focusing all my energy into not making the 60 or so phone calls I need to make right now. :rolleyes:

Trying to figure out how to look busy for another 2 hours until I get out of here.

I'm pondering how I can invent a way to reach through phones and strangle the entirety that is my insurance company. Hmmm...

Well, first I'll need...

.... Realizing "Now back to your regularly scheduled ____" and "_____ amuses me" is becoming a regular part of our lexicon.

I'm suddenly seeing dirt residues everywhere. I'm cleaning keyboards, phone cords, doorways...it's weird. It's happened to me before, a kind of an Extra Sensory Dirt Perception, and it sticks around until everything's clean and then goes away again. My spidey sense is tingling! Get the 409! My God, have you seen the crap in the keyboard?! I'm touching this?? :eek:

Yes it's OTC! You can be our test subject~ :D I've seen it at Walgreens and such...haven't heard of anyone who's tried it though!

Again...phlegm sucks!

Finally got online- my stupid computer locked up while trying to open stupid MSN Messenger (Which I hate and always turn off) and I finally just had to turn the whole damn stupid thing off and re-boot. Stupid computers. (Certainly couldn't be operator error).

Was up too late last night feeding the livestock and thinking that perhaps we have too many critters. Came home tonight to two more!!!:rolleyes: Eric picked up a couple more Zebra finchies and now all four of them are having a party. Well, they're probably arguing about who is sleeping where and with whom, but I can't tell for sure. Their names are Harry and Ginny, and the old ones are Ron and Oliver. I tried to point out that we already have a Beta fish named Harry, and Eric said it's unlikely we'll get them confused. Allright, but the first time I find birdseed floating in the fish tank....

I'm drilling holes for putting up a few more pictures, trying to figure out a different place to hang my giant decorative spiders, and measuring for new draperies.

Hey, CM! About bloody time you got your ass posting in here. Good to see you! The spiders, however, have to go.....(Decorative?)

Trying to muster up the energy to get of my lazy butt and start the day.

Heading out to my college roomate's birthday party which starts here (which I am really glad is far away as I would probably spend WAY too much money there).

Yes, does every rock and roll love shack have at least two giant plush mutant spiders hanging from the ceiling?

They look marvy as a sort of frame to Mr. Spooky Head screaming his way out of my workspace wall...

I am making all these statements without any alcohol (unless somebody tampered with my enema)

Doing laundry...trying to get the smell of incense out of everything...

We took the kids to the Ren Fest in Phoenix yesterday...It was a blast!

I had never been to one and I think my husband was kinda just going along cause the kids were excited...til we got there..He loved it too!

The kids had a wonderful time...I had lots of mead! (I love mead!)

I don't know...



...what...



...might...



...have...



...caught...



...his attention



(And those were the safe ones!)

I'm in my long boring programming class... zzzzz

Kevy...

Yep...there were some very scary people there...My husband remarked that it had to be the only place that if you dressed weird normally, you fit right in there!

Several women we saw put those women to shame! I seriously didn't know how many of them kept themselves "intact". It left little to the imagination! :rolleyes: :eek:

So... I am finally getting some "me" time after spending the day with 3 boys (2 are 8, 1 is 9).

Why must Edwards Theaters not update their times? We went to go see the 11:45 showing of Racing Stripes. We got there and the first showing wasn't until 2:15. We went out to lunch instead and then caught it at a different theater at 1:20. After they came over here and I had to finally evict them @ 5.

Just finished the very satisfying task of throwing out two bags of clothes into the trash can for tomorrow's trash pick-up. I finally realized I'll never swing by a Goodwill so out they go now.

Tonight's decluttering project was supposed to be cleaning out the kitchen "junk" drawer, but I found I couldn't put my laundry away in the closet because it was too full! :eek: How did this happen? So, in the course of 20 minutes (woo-hoo!), I threw out almost 40 pieces of clothing. That's kind of scary that it was so easy for me to identify the stuff that had to go....

Okay, onto the junk drawer which contains at least seven pairs of sunglasses, extra key chains, trinkets and other useless stuff that I can't bear to part with. I both love and hate decluttering, but my acquisitive ways have forced me to it.... :sigh:

Using work time to look for new jobs. Writing emails about how much I hate my current job. Posting this note about how much I hate my current job. (Although this posting is technically on my lunch break and therefore permitted.)

Drinking water, thinking about breakfast. The move to London is looking more and more likely, so I really should be thinking about things like job searching and applying for a visa, but it's all a bit too much work, really...:rolleyes:

Sitting in my Hotel room, should be working - but hey LoT is up and I've missed out the past couple days. Supposed to get an inch or three of snow tonight, you know it's bad when the locals are complaining about the cold. Gotta find a swank dinning spot in walking distance - scoping out spots for future springtime swankings.

Putting Kat's hair in a ponytail...getting her dressed...then driving her to cheerleading practice...where I will sit for 2 hours watching her be thrown around in the air by other girls her age! These girls can't lift a peanut..but they manage to hurl my daughter above their heads with ease.... :eek: this is usually what I look like during most of the practice!

I am procrastinating getting this goddamn legal project done for this attorney who made me do hours and hours of writing and research, only to get mad at me when I presented it to him because it wasn't what he wanted. THEN he goes... oh wait, I guess I didn't tell you about this VERY IMPORTANT FACT that completely changes the nature of the project. Oopsie! GRRRRRRR. OK nuff bitchin.

Tori suggests this place .:D

(The Tic-Tac-Toe pizza sounds intriguing).