Thursday, November 30, 2000
So, about 2ish, I started getting a headache. It turned into an evil migraine, and I didn't get to go to Longview with Dad. I wish I knew what triggered it... I haven't had caffine all week because of my cold, and so if I was having caffine withdrawals, it would have been earlier this week. I did eat lunch - a little late, but I did eat. I didn't do much different today except being very into my work because I was trying accomplish two peoples work... but I did take short breaks from staring at the screen. I don't understand.... This one wasn't as bad as the last one (went to look it up for my own reference), but it lasted for several hours until I finally decided to go home and I sat in the quiet, and I know that helped. <.sigh.> I'm documenting this more for my own knowledge later on if this happens again, because it worries me when these things happen. My doctor told me when I went to visit her in April that most people don't have adult onset migraines - apparently most people have them from childhood on.... has anybody heard anything about this? I'm gonna have to do some research.
But I'm starting to feel more coherent and alive now - my muscles always get really sore after a migraine, so I'll need a backrub from my favorite boy <.giggle.> Poor guy!
Cheryl said:
Can someone please explain to me why grown men are incapable of peeing in the toilet? And furthermore, why, when they miss the toilet, they do not have the courtesy to clean up their mess? Disgusting, I tell you.Not only that, but why can't they put the frickin' toilet seat down when they are done? There is one guy that uses the bathroom every day before he leaves, and then I go in there quite frequently before I leave, and the seat is ALWAYS up. BAH!
This was what I said I was putting together for the Weekend Theme yesterday. Wet 107 introduction If you would like to read more info on WET and how you could participate, go over to WET's FAQ :-) its lots of fun, I've participated in a lot of weeks and made some very intersting and unique pictures just by playing with a set of given objects.... it really helps you be creative in your use of filters and layers and everything graphics-program-related :-)
I'll have to post what I make out of these. I have some great ideas :-)
If I wasn't seriously considering Greymatter, I would want to start using BLOGVOICES as an add onto Blogger. Brownyn of Sidebar uses it, and I thought it was Greymatter because of the comment-like-idea :-) That's a cool addition, and definately something I'm looking forward to having :) (since I have started liberally commenting on my friends blogs with comment options LOL!)
During my rushed lunch at my desk today (no secretary=no lunch break!) I surfed a few of my not-as-frequent blogs, and found that Spitfire! has a redesign - its really nice and monochromatic :-)
I might be getting a car this weekend!!
My dad found one that has had regular service checks and is very well taken care of in Longview (about an hour away, where he goes for his service checks). Its an 87 Honda Accord LXi with 190,000 miles on it, and its silver. The Kelly Blue Book on it is just over 4000 and she wants about 2500. The main thing about it is that its a manual transmission and I wanted an automatic because <.blush.> I have never gotten my license. I passed drivers ed the summer I was 17, but no one would let me drive after that, and I didn't push to drive because I wasn't super excited about the prospect of hitting something or someone. (Yes, I'm a huge scaredy cat here!) So I'm 24, and I'm hoping that I can learn to drive this in the next month on old roads where cops won't find me practising w/o a permit (last time I went to get one, they said they wouldn't give me another one because it had been so long in between <.sigh.>) so then I can go in and get my license with my own car. And then, I'll be able to drive to work, and the whole moving thing will be much easier :-) So please cross your fingers for me that this is the right one or that we'll find the right one soon :-) I get to drive up with him and see it this evening probably, and then I can come back and think about it, and if I think this is the right one, we'll go back with a licensed driver to help me take it home
Who here watched Sunday's X-Files ep?? I thought it was extraordinarily disgusting, and actually was unable to watch some scenes, but liked it overall. LOL What I like even more, though, is The Slug Cultist's Hymnal. There are so many creative people out there. <.g>
oooh, Jill, what nice thoughts the "Dove Promises" gave you! I especially like "To accomplish great things, one must not only act, but dream." :-)
Kristin, I can't wait to see your pictures - just hearing you talk about them makes me excited for your art :-)
Oh, Dara, candles are a wonderful thing! They are calming and most of them give off such a wonderful scent :-) Whenever I walk into my wedding bedroom (all of the stuff for the wedding was stored in my extra room, and now all of the stuff left over from the wedding is stored there LOL!), I get this delicious scent of Vineyard and Sugar Cookie - from the leftover purple and yellow candles used on the tables :-) Such a beautiful smell :-)
{{{{{My dear friends}}}}}
Thanks you all for your sweet posts and thoughts I received after my sadder than normal post last night. I am feeling much happier this morning, like I am a stronger writer and artist, and I am more content about where I am in life and how I manage my time. Thank you for sharing your strength with me. :-)
Wednesday, November 29, 2000
Well, it's done. Stupid paper. It's really, really bad, but it's done. <.g> I can only hope I ace the final, or I'm completely screwed in this class. I think the high point of it was when I got to cite our dear Mrs. Beeson. LOL
I guess I've been in a bit of a melancholy mood today, too. Oh, who are we kidding? I spent over an hour staring at absolutely nothing, just thinking sad thoughts. I just joined this new XF list, and it's full of really great, intelligent people. (Krissy, remember Brynna from Ingo's Angels? She's on it, and we've been chatting. LOL) Anyway, talk turned to soap operas and this one bitca completely bashed all soaps. I took offense, and wrote a rebuttal. I meant to send it only to her, but messed up and sent it to the list. I immediately sent an apology. Later, she responds to the apology, and it was fine. Then she sent this really really mean to me e-mail to the list, and followed it up with an apology that it was meant for me only. Yeah. That's why her opening line was that since I had sent that dressing down to the list, we were even now. So that made me really, really sad, even though I know it shouldn't matter to me what she says.
Okay, now I'm really going to cry. My beautiful bracelet that my little sister gave me a few years ago snagged on something when I was wrestling with my stupid printer and broke. I just noticed that it wasn't on my wrist, and found it by the printer. I think it can be fixed, but not while I'm at school. <.sigh> I had been going to blog about something else, but it's going to have to wait until I'm not crying. I hate that everything's so bad right now, and I don't know how to fix it.
I'm still in a meloncholy/melodramatic mood, but I'm going to go and cuddle with my man, and when I wake up, things will be brighter, I'm sure :-) Sleeping is a good thing :-) And my bed is soft, and its all warm. And that makes me have more happy warm thoughts :-)
Now that I'm done with the below post, I can't wait to share with you all the pictures I'm using as the WET picker for the week :-) WET is the Weekend Theme on a graphics newsgroup I read and post to. I got asked to pick images for people to use for the week :-) <.happy grin.> So later on tonight, or tomorrow, I'll share the images so you can see :-) And maybe even what I end up using them for, too :-)
Melodramatic post to follow.....
Sometimes, I wish I was someone else.
Sometimes I wish that I was a writer. Carol questions her writing to be a talent or a curse. I say talent. I don't feel like I have the same gift as some people do to say things that others really enjoy reading. Yeah, I'm a hellishly wonderful proofreader, and I can create filler that teachers always love, but in the real world, I don't know if I could ever write an article for a magazine or even an online review site and actually attract attention for it.
Sometimes I wish that I was an artist. Ann has the problem of people using her graphics without permission. She's super talented. I practically have to turn over backwards to get people to use mine. And when they come out of my head, the same sparkle that they had inside isn't there, and its frustrating. Makes me wish for more natural artistic talent.
Sometimes, I wish that I was having a baby. Cheryl and Carrie may be having lots of morning sickness, but come July 5th and whenever Carrie is due, they'll be happy and proud mommies. But the main reason why I wish this is because it would be a good reason for me to stay at home instead of working. I know I'm not ready to be a mommy right now, and won't be for a while, but it would bring a very different life for me.
Sometimes, I wish I was a better manager of my time. Belle and Gillian and Jill changed their blogs over to greymatter, and they are really nice... Gina and Tina and Melyssa changed their blogs to have a winter theme, and they all look great. But without time, I can't switch over to the new layout and possibly blogging technique that I want. Where does my time go?
Sometimes, I'm glad to be me. But it isn't always easy to anticpate the turns life throws at you.... and it makes it easier to want to place yourself in someone else shoes, no matter how much harder their life might be!
...I don't always feel this melodramatic. But as I read my blogs tonight, this came out! Sorry!!!
Uh oh, now I'm sharing my cold with Jill - so sorry!!!
Grrrr. That pretty much sums up my current mood. LOL This week has not been a pretty one. <.g> I'm stressed over my grandfather having all the tests done to see what can be done for his cancer, I'm stressed about the fact that my dad might lose his job tomorrow, I'm stressed that I'm still writing that damned paper I was last weekend and it's due tomorrow, I'm stressed that this paper sucks (I'm on page 7 of 8 and just now kinda got to the point of what the paper should be), and to top it all off, my one big side effect to my new med is nausea. (There are others, but this is the almost constant one.) At least I'm getting some exercise running to the bathroom. LOL
Please make this semester be over. I need a fresh start.
Let's hope that this isn't true - Is Your Nail Polish Poisonous? I have been a huge nail polish fan through much of my high school and beyond years!
I didn't feel like doing anything last night. I read blogs, and saw things I wanted to post, but I was feeling a little down. This cold is playing tricks on my brain. I just sat here all evening, Eric made me dinner, I watched Buffy, but my head hurt a lot, and I was restless, even while watching Buffy. I hate it when I feel this way. Especially when I know I have so many things to accomplish... there are still suitcases all over the house from our trip. Blah.
Carol had a link to mash!... the classic elementary school game on her blog, and I couldn't help but giggle and play. I still have some mash papers in little boxes that me and my best friend at the time Tammy did. Lots of fun memories. And yes, I got a fun result yesterday, but I forgot to blog it then LOL!
Way to go, Khara!! Every once in a while, procrastinating pays off <.giggle.>
I tend to procrastinate way too frequently to have it pay off!
Tuesday, November 28, 2000
When I was walking home from work last night, I had the song "Somewhere Out There" from American Tail stuck in my head. So I finally broke down and found the song so I could listen to it LOL! Then, that reminded me of how much I love the songs from Disney (and other animated) movies and had to find the Once Upon a December song from Anastasia <.giggle.> I can't wait to think of more of these that I want to hear :-)
Morning friends! I'm awake, but not very alive! My cold is focusing its energy on making my head feel like it will blow up! But there is WAY too much to do to whine and stay home! It sucks when you feel like sick days are impossible. Then you hold on and hold on, and make the cold much worse by waiting until the weekend to deal with it, and then you spend the entire weekend sleeping and trying to make yourself feel better, but by then, the cold has taken hold and its impossible to get anything that you didn't get done because of it during the week done.... that was a big blah! to colds <.g>
Monday, November 27, 2000
Kayley's room looks great, Laura!!! I really like how the cloudy effect on the walls turned out :-) So, when I get a house, will you teach me how to do that? <.giggle.>
It so nice to hear yet another good review of Greymatter - thanks Jill!! Yeah for good reviews!!! :-) Maybe I'll change one of my journals into Greymatter's format and test it out very soon so I can see if I'm smart enough to figure it out. Now it would be perfect if I could get my entire site redone in the new format and make the change to Greymatter then, now, wouldn't it? <.g>
Well, my cold hasn't gone away yet. It has stuck around since the beginning of the week before last, and now my head is getting all stuffy feeling again <.pout.> The sucky thing is that last december, I spent a good portion of the month feeling just like crap because I was so sick.
And I hated it.... I didn't get to do anything fun for E's bday (the 17th), I didn't get to spend the time and care I wanted to on Christmas shopping or wrapping, I didn't get to make Christmas cookies barely at all, I didn't get to go to our company party, and I didn't even have a Christmas tree. So I don't want that to happen again. I must be well!
But I have to tell ya, walking home in the cold isn't helping that!!
So, send happy vibes my way that no more sick bugs fly onto me!!! I must be well and happy for the Christmas season!!!!!
I got lots done this morning, and tried to blog about it at the same time as making a large to do list, but my computer locked up on me... grrrrrrrrr...... So now I have to try again on my to do list later. And you didn't want to hear my boring morning stuff anyhow LOL!
I must agree with you, Gillian - college freebies are lifesavers even after college <.giggle>I still have quite a few little things around here from them!!!
I do like the holiday picture that Carol has up in the corner at :: p u r e s u g a r :: :-) Did you take that?? Its the same beautiful quality and even seems to be the same perfect style for your page as the dress in the window one :-)
Oh, and your wedding invitations look beautiful!!!!
While I didn't watch it last night on TV, I did watch Titanic this weekend :-) (well, part of it - we started on it too late on saturday night!!) That's just such a good movie :-) It always makes me cry, but its so good..... :-)
(feel free to read my comments to Belle's post <.giggle.>)
Sunday, November 26, 2000
I'm sorry your morning sickness has been so bad, Cheryl - I'll be sending up prayers that this phase goes away soon...
The tagline on Futurama tonight....
"Touch Eyeballs to Screen for Cheap Laser Surgary"
<.verybiggiggle.>
I would really love to spend the morning working on implementing my new webpage design. But I also need to go to work for a while - must reinstall the OS on one computer, and reformat the other and install an OS on it.... I'm so lucky to be married to such a smart boy <.giggle.>
And we have no food. So we need to go shopping. And unpack the crap we brought back from CA. Sounds like fun, huh? <.g>
But what am I doing? listening to music and blogging LOL! Silly Kristine!!!!!
I came back to several of my favorite blogs this morning - Inkspill (yes, Belle, I already almost had the right name!!!) and SoapSuds - and found that they had not only had new very nice designs, but they are powered by Greymatter now. That is definately an interesting idea. I downloaded it to check it out. I'm interested to see how it compares to Blogger. The only thing I'm really liking over what I've heard of Greymatter is that I do enjoy searching for blogs that say specific things on Bloggers search engine, but its been down for so long that who knows when it will come back. And their adding of new blogs lately sucks because TheKitchen has been open for over 25 days and its still not listed as a new blog. So I'm gonna check this new option out.
I made some changes to the links on my sidebar - re-added CrewsClues because I got a super sweet note and it looks like they are back to more blogging then they were the first time I had them on my list :) Added a few others that looked good when I went thru my stats yesterday :-)
Morning :-)
I'm downloading a few mp3s this morning - I'll have to share some of the songs that I love when I'm done <.g> I know some of them will be from Bounce's Soundtrack because since I haven't been to the store to buy it yet, I want to listen LOL!
Saturday, November 25, 2000
Speaking of NYC, Dara got to go to the Macy's Parade - that would be SOOO cool :-) (and it sounds like cold, too <.g>) I always try to watch it on tv, but this year, I only got to see a teeny bit of it.
Now I'm watching Travel Channel Presents: Empire States Building
Thanks to a handful of visionaries and legions of workers, the Empire State Building rose as a striking testament to human excellence. Though no longer the world's tallest building, the Empire State remains the most glamorous skyscraperI love this building :-) New York City is my favorite place out of anywhere I've visited, and I've had the incredible luck to have been twice in my lifetime :-) I went once my junior year because a friend in a fan club was getting married and me and my best friend took that as a sign that we should go and experience NYC while we had the chance :-) It was so much fun, but we didn't have enough time. The 2nd time, my friend Karen (who loves the city more than anyone I know!) really wanted to go again, and I got to go with her. Both trips were great :-) I got to see just about everything that I wanted to between the two trips :)
I'm back from my thanksgiving trip to California :-) Eric is sleeping in the other room because he didn't sleep last night (we had to get up at 3, and so he decided to just stay up)... and I'm watching Emeril cook Angel Food Cake with Lemon Curd, Coffee Macaroons, and coming up - Floating Islands while getting hungrier by the minute <.giggle> He has my mixer (Green Kitchenaid!). I should be unpacking or doing something productive, but I'm reading my email and checking my newsgroups and reading blogs.
The trip turned out really good. It was stuffed full of things E's parents had planned for us - every time we turned around, we were eating again! Most of it was good food, too :-) All vegetarian except for the small turkey dish she did for me for Thanksgiving. Many of E's family members were there - and I had met most of them before now. I got to meet E's brother Craig's girlfriend Dahlia - she was really nice :-) Eric's friends came and hang out all last evening with us, and it was loads of fun to see them again. They even conned me into playing Apples to Apples (fun group game! and Hmmmmm.... the expansion pack would make a nice Christmas present for the group) with them.... I'm not usually a big participator in the games, but have fun watching, and they got tired of that <.g>
It was warmer down there (its 39 here now!), and our flights were all good. It was nice to go away, but I'm glad to be home, too :-)
More later!
Friday, November 24, 2000
Those last two posts o' mine sounded vaguely pathetic, so here's a fun (yet linkless because this computer sucks) blog. LOL Today, I got 6 new thing: Beatles "1," NSync's "No Stings Attached," (I hear that laughter. Stop it!), BSB's "Black and Blue," (So I lied, there is a link here), "Another Rosie Christmas," and the "Bounce" soundtrack. It has Dido's Here With Me, Leigh Nash's Need to be next to you, and the new cool Sarah McLachlan song, Silence. Way awesome. And the last thing? New glasses! They're fun cute black DKNY wire frames. I fell in love with Gillian Anderson's pair, and had to get my own. Only mine are ovals instead of square-ish frames, and I think hers are plastic. LOL But still, I love the style. One story described them as making her look "half school marm, half dominatrix." (Uh-oh, what kind of referents are we gonna get now?! LOL) I think I may hit schoolmarm, but that's about all I'm good for. <.g>
So there. I do know how to make a post without begging for contact with people. LOL
A lot of people would probably call me a loner. I'm mostly an indoors person, quite content to spend my days at home, book, movie or computer in hand.
Uh-uh. I'm gonna disagree. There is NO ONE on my buddy list and I am going insane! Hell, I'd talk to Psycho Bitch if she was on. I'd think about it, anyway. <.g> I'm stuck in my parent's room, no TV or music, no one to talk to, trying to work on my ADA paper. I need voices! I need sounds! I need the 5 new CDs I got today playing in the background. I hate silence.
Um, I also hate my paper. <.g> Can you tell I'm procrastinating? LOL But seriously, I'm craving human/cyber contact here. Without it, I don't have motivation for writing this damn thing. Guess I'm a people person in my own, unique way. <.g> So, who wants to IM me? That's Emrald511, just tell me you found me here. LOL
Grrr. We have company coming over. My cousin Rachel and her live-in Logan. My cousin Nicky and her parter Karen. My parents will, of course, also be there.
I NEED A BOYFRIEND! <.g>
So, if you're a male who's 18_+ in the Urbana, IL general area, drop me an e-mail! LOL
Wednesday, November 22, 2000
This article goes right along with the poll I had a few months ago on this page :-) Coping With Information Overload
Its the day! I must finish my packing, but I have 3 hours until I leave the house, so I am okay for time. I just went thru my morning reads, and I wanted to give thanks for Kaycee's recovery from the last ordeal. While I'm giving thanks, I want to wish all of my wonderful friends a wonderful thanksgiving weekend :-)
Now I must go sort the clothes I folded in the corner and actually put them in my suitcase
Tuesday, November 21, 2000
I posted a great list of Thanksgiving links over at The Kitchen - go and enjoy! :-)
Wow, I was looking to see what Jessica Biel of 7th Heaven was gonna do now that she's not on 7th Heaven, and found this movie that's in Post-Production.... Summer Catch (2001) Not only is she on it, but Marc Blucas (Riley of Buffy fame), Christian Kane (Wick of Rescue 77 and Lindsay of Angel), Matthew Lillard (Scream, Wing Commander, She's All That, and other stuff!), Freddie Prinze, Jr (everything!), and Wilmer Valderrama (Fez of That 70s Show)
Lotsa people that are cool :-)
I really want this top picture :-) I've wanted it ever since I saw it, but haven't decided if I can spend 18.95 on something that is just for pretty.....
Nice long Tuesday morning post :-)
Its so nice to have Blogger trying to get back to normal :-) I still miss the search feature!
I have a pinched nerve or something. The inside of my right-hand ring finger is tingling again (it did this yesterday) Its very odd.
It's Tuesday. That means that tomorrow, I am jetting off to my in-laws in So. California until Saturday. That is making me nervous!!! I don't even have clothes set out for packing yet, and that's making me nervous, too
(Its gonna be 48 here today, and 70 in Loma Linda today <.giggle> does that mean I can wear sandles?!!)
Oh, last night, my brother was such a jerk to my mom. She called me crying because he had been so rude and just swore up a storm to her because she wouldn't go back to work to get his paycheck for him (he slept thru the afternoon and missed getting it). So while she was on the phone with me telling me how upset she was, he came and knocked on my door! I was totally freaked and didn't want to answer it, so I just ignored it - I'll tell him that I was napping if he asks, I guess. He needs to not be at my parents house anymore. He's just such an ass.
I got so much done at work yesterday; lets hope I can do the same today since I'm not working tomorrow!!!
My stomach is really upset. It has been for quite some time - I can tell that some of it is the stress pains in my side. I don't know what the rest of it is <.sigh> Blah, I hate this feeling!
Okay, I checked my intinerary again (like I will 750 times more before we leave <.g>) It doesn't give us assigned seats, so we'll have to get there pleanty early so we can sit together!!!
Now I must go send Angelquotes - later, friends!
Monday, November 20, 2000
Wow, Laura, what a fun Christmas tree idea - did you spray paint all of the fun things you found around the house?? I know my friend Annette and her Caley would love making one of these :-)
And beautiful design, too :-) I have always loved the font that you used at the top for the LaLaBlog words (and have it in a project I'm working on, too )
I found several people linking to me when I went over stats this morning :-) Thanks!!!!
..::Bloggin' On The Bayou::..
scatterbrained
serendipity
Sunday, November 19, 2000
I'm reading my Sunday paper and we have an Access Magazine in it. The feature for this week is tips and tricks to purchase gifts online. It has nice listings of the shipping times and amts, the service info, and return policies. Totally what I want to use for my Christmas shopping list ;-) We visited the mall yesterday, and it was already so crowded that the thought of going back there any closer to Christmas was terrifying!!! It took us a good 15 minutes to get down the teeny tiny stretch of road between the mall entrance and the highway LOL!
Maybe I'll have to share some of my fav stores as I go through it :)
I'm smiling reading todays post on Periwinkle Haze
:-)
Check and see what rating you get - Santa Claus Naughty or Nice
Mine said : Much more nice than naughty. Can be very thoughtful. Has improved cleanliness, which I like. Could take better care of toys. Says "thank you" often, but still not as much as I would like. Good mood often spreads to others. Hopefully, will keep up the good work!
<.vbg>
found via Bindi
I was telling E the story of how Carol is cursed as Dara told it <.giggle> He mentioned furniture.com would have been a good place to look for furniture if it hadn't gone out of business, and I explained that it was my friend Carol's fault He laughed, and then I want on to explain how much fun it is to have Dara and Carol blogging because the two of them actually get to see each other on a daily basis :-> Lucky girls!!!
Oh, I got to visit the updated version of Carol's Wedding Site this morning, and it looks beautimus!!!!
Sounds like a plan, Belle - we'll go shopping, and send our men to a man-movie and we'll go see Bounce :-)
Phew! I made it through yesterday :-) Now, to make it throught today - I know I have to go to work. . . If I had no other responsibilities, I'd work on my website :-) I have the design done, but haven't found the time to put it all together yet!
We did find a monitor and CD-RW drive, as well as the new Manheim Steamroller Live Christmas Album that Eric found and wanted (he has ever other Christmas Album that they do, I believe :-) )... and we picked up a new cordless phone with an answering machine attached. Its the same brand as mine (which desperately needs a new battery), but it will be so nice to not have to use the answering machine that I bought my freshman year of college LOL! Its been a long time since 94 <.g>
We started our furniture looking, and visited a few places in the mall, including a futon store - I totally hadn't thought of this as an option, but it really ended up being a good idea. Definately something to keep thinking about. We also visited Wickes, but by this time, I was getting tired and my ankle was killing me, so I wasn't super enthusiastic about anything we got, so we went home and I crashed :) Sat in front of the TV and watched South Park from last week - totally hilarious! I can't believe how they got such current stuff in it!!! And then Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was on, and so we watched part of that again.... such a odd and funny movie! Watched the beginning of Twister, but I was falling asleep, so I went to bed :-)
I woke up in the middle of the night, stressing about money. I don't know why I'm so worried, we talked about all these furniture purchases and how we don't need to make them all at once... I guess the reality must have set in for me after we turned in the credit app for the apartment. I need to just let go, and worry about the things that are going on *right now* instead of the ones that are going to happen in a few months :-)
So I have a few blogs to visit, some emails I want to make, and a house i should clean before I go to work. :)
Saturday, November 18, 2000
Today's schedule: It could possibly be as busy as last Saturday!!
Our main goal is to find a Monitor and CD-RW drive for the new computer for me at work. I'd like to find something that's a good quality but not a huge price like the name brand ones are. I'm using Eric's ViewSonic 17GS on my desk at home and I really like that. But unfortunately, area stores don't carry many series of ViewSonics that are high enough quality to not flicker and resize when you minimize and maximize the windows. And that really bothers me! As for a CD-RW, I either will get the HP one that looks good for under 200 or if I can find a cheaper one like the Creative Labs one on sale at Office Depot.
We also need to start pricing and looking at Washer/Dryers, and maybe some other furniture for our new apartment (and go turn in the credit app for that as well :-) ).
We are mainly gonna need a nice long couch to match our current love seat (maybe a hid-a-bed?), a diningroom table and chairs, and a TV and VCR and something to set it on for downstairs. We also might want some little pantry closets and shelfs for the garage. Nice big list, huh? <.G> (btw, love the new O'Sullivan site!)
I'd love some new clothes, but I don't have actual things in my head, so dragging E to the mall would just make him sad, so I'll probably skip that for now. I kinda really like these velvet drawstring pants and this thermal crewneck and I kinda like this red pea coat, but I don't know if I'm cute enough for being a pea-coat-kinda-girl!! <.g> This is a really nice Red long sleeved t-shirt :-) I like it :-) I'd really like a new cute sweater set, but Lerners has nothing I want right now <.sigh>
I did go to Garden Botanika last night with Megan on our way to her Senior Recognition (which went beautifullly!), and treated myself to some new eyeshadow. Its a beautiful green color called Green Tea that I've been lusting over since I saw it in the catelog. I have green eyes, and sometimes its nice to be able to add green accents to make them stand out <.g>
By the way, the class of 2001 at Columbia's motto is "To Infinity, And Beyond!" courtesy of yours truly. I suggested it this summer, because if you think about it, it really does have deeper meanings :-) And so all night, everyone used it in their talks at vespers, and Megan kept grinning at me :-> And plus, if you put the 0's together in the middle of their year, they get the infinity symbol (sideways 8?) They thought that was cool :-)
All right, its time to stop blogging for the moment :-) These long posts are definately becoming more of a trend for me :-) Its lots of fun to ramble :-)
I woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise. If I lift my head up from my bed and get up at the perfect time, I can see the most glorious colors right from my bed :-) Now the chances that I have to sleep in until when the sun was coming up are few and far between, but what a wonderful way to start a day :-) I hope that our next apartment has some sort of a view, as well :-)
I want to see both of these, too, Belle! Both Bound and The Grinch look wonderful! The flash intro on Bounce's webpage is actually really cool, and the soundtrack looks so neato! And The Grinch cartoon has always been a fav, so seeing the real movie sounds like loads of fun :-)
BTW, I have been having lots of problems with Blogger, too... I'm tired of it!!!
Friday, November 17, 2000
I hate it when people get me flustered. It makes me all nervous and shakey. Its even worse when they tell me I'm lying because then I get defensive, and when they keep pushing, I get more defensive and usually raise my voice. I don't like it when I do that. Blah.
It appears that things only are publishing on blogger if I do a BlogThis bookmark instead of typing directly in blogger.... how odd!!!!
Do you know what I woke up to today???
SNOW!!!!!!!
OMG, I was SO excited! I walk to class with my friend Lauren, and she was ready to smack me. I was peppy, hyper, perky, loud, chatty, HAPPY! LOL Of course, I crashed soon after, but I think I'm coming back up to a more medium, yet still happy, level. Why?
I'M GOING HOME TODAY!!!!!
Krissy's gonna kill me with all these big, bolded words. <.giggle> Sorry, Krissy. I am just soooo happy! Home, home home. I miss my mommy. LOL
on Becky and Dara's suggestion, I donated some free food today, too. You can do it - visit TheHungerSite
I hope that Cheryl and Khara are feeling better today... I am feeling quite a bit better today... tired, but better :-)
All of Kandee's pages are beautiful, and this one is no different!!! Gorgeous page for a wonderful reason!! Kandee's Pregnancy Journal
Its Friday, Its Friday!!!!!!!
That means I don't have to work tomorrow Yea!!!
(Now, I know I have to work Sunday already, but I suppose if I prepare for that its not as bad as just thinking I *might* have to)
Today is my sisters Senior Recognition. I think I'm gonna try to go because its really important to her :-) It'll depend on whether or not I have a ride because E wouldn't make it in time if he had to stop and get me. Guess I'll talk to Mom. We talked about it the other day, and she didn't remember going to my Senior Rec. That's why it seems important to me to try and go for Meg because I remember feeling bad being recognized and having no one there to be proud for me.
Sorry, that was a sad thought!!
I have lots to accomplish today :-) The new computer for my desk is scheduled to be delivered today!! I'm so excited! Its a Athlon 800 Mhz, with a 30GB hard drive (fast one - 7200RPM), 128 MB of RAM,
I feel really good about this, even though its not a name brand that I know as well. It was given a VERY high rating on C|net We are going to get a CD-RW drive for it and a monitor this weekend. I've already got a mouse and a keyboard and E has an extra network card. And then the computer on my desk will move into Annette's office so that she will be able to run the new software needed.
We are getting so much done on our information gathering - quite a way through the steps needed to know everything about our inventory items :) So we'll keep going (fueled by cupcakes <.g>) as fast as we can to get as much done today as humanly possible w/o letting normal responsiblities slide!
So that's my little big blog for the moment.... have a good day, chicas! :-)
Thursday, November 16, 2000
I just made and ate Cupcakes. Its all Dara's fault <.giggle> They were delicious!!!!
My good friend Jasmin sent me a link here - Painter - its a java kalidescope drawer and its kinda addictive :-)
Blogger hates me this morning! If there are errors on the page, I'll try to fix later on at work.... sorry! Its publishing some of what I said, but I was changing the template and I don't know what its doing!!!
When I wake up eariler than I really should on a cold-medicine induced sleep, my heartbeat goes funny for a while! I think the meds want me to still be sleeping! Luckily, I'm not feeling any worse this morning, and I'm gonna make it through another day *crossing fingers*.... I'd enjoy being home, but I don't think its necessary... too bad!!!!
There goes my systems toolbar time again. My computer is slowing down cuz I have too many things running, and it says 5:48, and the clock says 6:05....
Even before reading that Kaycee is in critical condition, I was crying at her truck story. Sending my thoughts and prayers up for her today.....
Dara, this makes me want to get up from my desk and make cupcakes before work! It especially reminds me of open house my senior year of college. I was the resident assistant for our hall, and had a very unparticipatory hall that year. So when it came time to make cupcakes for the open house when the guys could come in for the evening, me and one other girl made like 400 of them!!!! I ended up putting the hall's coffee table in my room and they covered the whole thing LOL! But they tasted so good... The frosting was perfect, and we even used whip creame and a cake decorating tube to fill some of them <.giggle>
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
I meant to blog about this before - my dad came down this weekend to visit me. He bought me this, and this! I totally love it - great songs, and I never knew that he could sing so well!! Lots o' fun. <.g>
So in Astronomy lately, we've been learning about nebulae and supernovas. I'm sure anyone with kids and the Disney channel knows what I've been singing this week!!
zoom zoom zoom
zoom zoom zoom
star gazing mega flash
you hit me like a cosmic blast
you've given me a technicolor world
putting me in overdrive
speed of light i'm so alive
could you be my supernova girl
interplanetary mega stella hydro static
there's no gravity between us
our love is automatic
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
visions of your pretty face
send me into hyperspace
caught up in a planetary whirl
breathing in you give me air
i'm living off your solar flare
could you be my supernova girl
interplanetary mega stella hydro static
there's no gravity between us
our love is automatic
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
one two three four five six seven eight
interplanetary mega stella hydro static
there's no gravity between us
our love is automatic
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
zoom zoom zoom
make my heart go boom boom
my supernova girl
Kristian Rex - Supernova Girl
<.giggle> I wanna get the CD...
More info about Money Magazines Best Places to Live: money.com | real estate | best places to live Its lotsa fun to look at this stuff :-)
This morning, we are solving the mysteries of the world in the office :-)
Annette shared the poem for how many days are in the months. I knew the beginning, but not what was after February.
Rina told mom and Annette what the last section of the kookaburra song said. Now everyone is happy!
Wanna see the answers? <.g>
30 days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31. Except for February, one in four - then it has one day more.I think there's something more in here - about 29 days, but the one in my memory doesn't look like this one at Introduction to Calenders
Kookaburra Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree Merry merry king of the bush is he Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra Gay your life must beAnd now, while I was trying to find the correct spelling for Kookaburra, I found the whole thing and the tune! Kookaburra Song :-) Hope you enjoyed this breaktime session of fun :-) Got more of lifes mysteries in songs and stuff? Send 'em my way and I'll try to find you an answer <.giggle> :-)
Morning.... :-)
I've definately decided that I'm getting sick, but the cold meds are making it be either postponed or calmed down from what it would be. When the Dayquil wore off last night, I felt pretty tired and achy and stuffy again. Contact made me sleep for the night w/o sniffling, but my throat is sore this morning again. I can feel the tinglies from the Contact still <.giggle> Some cold meds totally do that - you can feel them working! So I guess I'll take more Dayquil before work and hope that it works for the whole day since its Wednesday, which is my secretary's early day to go home (our school systems around here have early release on Wednesdays), so that means I'm in charge of the office myself! AHHH!! Sometimes, its scary, and sometimes, its just quiet... I'll pray for quiet today <.g>
So now, I have to finish the Angelquotes theme because I just couldn't sit at the computer last night to do it :)
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
I woke up feeling like I might be coming down with the cold that has gone around work once again (I swear, I hate working at a place with people who can't afford to stay home when they are sneezing and wheezing and sharing their germs!), so I took some dayquill and aleve for my headache and went anyhow. By the middle of the morning, the dayquil kicked in and I felt so much better!
I got SO much done today. I am W-A-Y deep into the information that I'm putting together for our computer program change at work, and I feel like we are making a dent in the information we need, f-i-n-a-l-l-y!!!! I am still meeting so much resistance from the people I need to work with on the project, but there's not much I can do to change that at the moment, so I'm just working as hard as I can on the info that I have :->
I had to go and find these lyrics :-) I like this song :-)
Tonight and the Rest of My Life
Nina Gordon Down to the earth I fell With dripping wings Heavy things won't fly And the sky might catch on fire And burn the axis of the world That’s why I prefer a sunless sky To the glittering and stinging in my eyes I feel so light This is all I want to feel tonight I feel so light Tonight and the rest of my life Gleaming in the dark sea I’m as light as air Floating there breathlessly When the dream dissolves I open up my eyes I realize that Everything is shoreless sea A weightlessness is passing over me I feel so light This is all I want to feel tonight I feel so light Tonight and the rest of my life Everything is waves and stars The universe is resting in my arms I feel so light This is all I want to feel tonight I feel so light Tonight and the rest of my life Beautiful words, and even more beautiful harmonies :-)
What an awesome story about my favorite aread of the world :-) Portland is tops "Money Magazine calls Oregon city America's best place to live" :-) Ya know what's even better than living in Portland? Living on the Washington side of the river, within driving distance to Portland - WA residents don't have property taxes like Oregonians, and Oregon stores don't charge sales tax. So if you live on the WA side of the river, don't pay the huge property taxes, and shop on the OR side of the river, its great! :-) I have yet to see what will happen to taxes when one member of a family works in Oregon and the other in Washington, but come April, I'll find out <.g>
Monday, November 13, 2000
Yea!!! Gaile is blogging lots <.giggle>
I'm cautiously excited for Kandee :-) And LUCK as you work hard to keep Jacobs weight up :-)
I really like Ann's idea of rotating backgrounds :-) I love seamless backgrounds - they are just such a neato thing.... I wonder what program she uses? PSP doesn't have a great way of rendering seamless bkgs, but I have several programs that I like playing in to see what kind of fun things i can make.... one is Harm'sTile and I've had others, but I can't think of them off the top of my head :) I made some great stuff with that program this weekend, and know that eventually, I'll get around to put them on my webpage :-)
<.giggle> to Carol.... I laughed out loud when I heard your idea about using the carnivorous plant stamps on your invitations <.g> I'm sure you'd get some people to wonder :-) It would be just perfect if they had cute bee stamps, huh?! I actually love the love stamps that they have had lately, with the nice pretty heart on it? That's what I used for my wedding invites :-) (and for everything.... love stamps/love-productions? I'm a love-heart freak!) But the new ones that you blogged about are also wonderful because the love story of Abigail Smith and John Adams is one of the first biographies that I loved as a child :-) So thanks for pointing this out to make me smile :-)
As for tubes, they are a Paint Shop Pro feature. They are kinda like rubber stamps; you download a tube which has an image or a set of images that are alike and then you use the tube tool to place them in an image or a collage or something. You can download some of PSP's basic ones at the Tube Page The largest tube site (where I always start my search) is at Diana's Free Tube Site.
If you want to see an image I made with tons of tubes, here's one for a challenge on one of my artist newsgroups. Seasons uses quite a few leaf tubes, cloud tubes, raindrop tubes, etc., etc :-)
So tubes are cool :)
Oh, how fun! I love making my own cards :-) I must come back and finish reading this later :-) Victoria: Handmade Holiday Cards
I love weekends where you can watch movies on tv .... I flipped between Die Hard 2 (1990) and Addicted to Love, which are both favs of mine!
When watching Die Hard, I knew that there was some people on here that I hadn't identified as being on here before, but now they looked familiar . . . one was William Sadler, who played Colonel Stuart. I *couldn't* figure out why he looked so familiar. Duh, he's the Sheriff on Roswell <.g> And I coulda sworn that I saw John Leguizamo as a terrorist. Yup!
LOL Belle!! Sounds like the things that you did instead of the planned ones were still all good worthwhile things :-) I thought about making cookies this weekend, too, but never ended up doing that.
I, like Khara, stayed in my PJs all weekend, but not cuz I was sick. Well, maybe a little sad, but I'm feeling better today. I did try out the Crepes with Apples idea, and they turned out good :-) And I worked on <.blush> thank you notes for quite a while w/E. I even took a nap, which was interupted by the call I didn't want to get - my dad asking me work questions (this *can't* keep happening on the weekend, it is what got my depressed thoughts going again)
So I balanced out the productive Saturday with a leisure Sunday.
Our apartment is looking so much cleaner for the staying home, and that makes me happy :)
Oh, they just showed previews on NBC for Titanic for its first time on network tv. Just watching the previews gives me goosebumps, its just totally one of my fav movies.... I guess that means its time to pull the tapes out again and watch them, huh?! :-)
Sunday, November 12, 2000
I turned on tv just now, and the show is Cleopatra 2525... I had never heard of it, but the main actress is Jennifer Sky, who most notibly in my mind played Sarah Webber on General Hospital for several years. She was a straight-laced character on the show, and now on this series, she's very different!!
I hadn't been to Web Spinner lately, but the blue is really pretty :-) I need to go to my others more frequently because there is some great people on that list that I miss regularly!!
Bronwyn says: i want to paint our bedroom a dark lavender. i think it'd look great.
Oh, that sounds so nice :) Someday, I can't wait to have a house where I can paint and decorate how I like instead of an apartment :-) I have such wonderful ideas :-)
Did you get it all done, Belle? That sounds like a pretty big list of stuff to work on!! :-)
(long linky blog to follow!)
Yesterday, I did the same kinda thing - left the house and spent the day with my husband :-) I had a major craving for Spaghetti Factory's managers favorite with half mizinthra and half meat sauce, salad with creamy pesto, ice tea, and spunmoni :-) Yummmmm!!!!
So we went there and hung out at Barnes and Noble for a while - I looked at Dori's Javascript book (list mom on my wise women list :-) ), and a fun rubber stamp book, and I looked for a while for the book Khara was reading, but couldn't remember the title.
From there, we went to CompUSA to search for a few things our business needs - CD-RW drive, Monitor, CD-RWs, a mouse for Annette, and a cheap modem for my family since theirs died. I think we found good options for the CD-RW - either a HP (8x4x32 - $199.99) or a Teac (4x4x32 - $149.99). We didn't find a monitor that was too cool, though. Why do all the them have edges that blink and change so badly when you minimize and maximize things? Blah. We did get a 10 pack of CD-RWs so that when my new computer (specially configured) gets here, I'll be able to start burning things so I can reformat my old computer, which is *accidently* hiding directories on me, and not giving me extra space when it looses them!
So then, we went over to Staples since CompUSA had no label makers. I found a Brother PT-65 that seems like it would be great for our needs and got some tape and batteries for it :-)
We priced Quicken 2001 Basic and Quicken 2001 Deluxe for my mom, and then decided to write down the price for Money 2001 Standard as well, since she's probably using at least Quicken 2.0 on her computer right now for her personal finances.
Then, we went to visit a few more apartments that we didn't make it to last weekend :-) We didn't actually get to go in any of them, but found out prices and we think we may have tenatively decided which is the best. The Springs has a great layout, and 1261 square feet (we currently have 1000). The garage is included in the price (and attached to the house), and the bedrooms are really nice sized. The kitchen isn't as big as I'd like, and there isn't an extra bedroom for guests, but we'll be able to fit our office in the extra bedroom without a worry, and we'll just get a hide-a-bed for the living room and then if we have guests, they can stay there :-) The rent is MUCH lower than any of our other favorites, and it was built as a condo, so the walls are thicker and more soundproof. It doesn't include a Washer/Dryer, so we'll have to buy that, but that would have to happen eventually when we got a house anyhow. We'll have lots more furniture to purchase as well, but we knew that would be the case w/any of them :-) Plus, the location is better than most we looked at - its right near the highway, so it won't be a long drive for me, and it'll be about 5-10 miles closer for E (not a huge difference, but a teeny bit)
Here's the layout:
Poor Dara! Running that far sure sounds like it would definately cause blisters <.pout> But oh, the joy of being that close to NYC for the shows and the amazing atmosphere. Just thinking about my two trips there makes me happy :-)
These ornaments would be *perfect* for our Christmas tree!!! Actually, I just really want the little Alien Dude because he's special :-) I got a plush one for E last year, and he hangs from the rear view mirror in his car :-) He's adorable and smiles at us :-) Uh oh, now I'm at ebay. That's a dangerous thing :-) I actually spent quite a while here looking for a nativity scene a few months back and I still don't have one - I'm gonna want one sooner or later!
I was visiting Khara's husband's page and found a Car Matchmaker, and since I'm a sucker for tests like this, I had to take it. It suggested a Mercedes-Benz C-Class <.giggle.> which is not something I've ever looked at for my own personal purchase :-)
I'm more a Honda girl :-) Maybe something like a 1995 Civic Coupe or a 1995 Civic Sedan or if I was being super extravagent, a Mustang :-)
Anyhow, now I'm all sidetracked! I really wanted to post that I *love* Khara's chcolate covered strawberry permalinks!! I hope you are feeling better today! :-)
Saturday, November 11, 2000
Okay, so I got a hit from someone who searched for for vegetarian doc martens this morning LOLOL! That's one of the more bizarre ones :-) My blog does get me a lot of weird referrals, though!
Friday, November 10, 2000
Come back soon, Gina - I'll miss ya, hon!
Oh, Christie!!! I'm so excited for you - your house looks awesome!! I'm particularly excited about your diningroom sponging - it looks beautiful, and I love the shelf around the ceiling, too :-)
Congrads on getting so much done!! {{hugs}}
according to beebo.org: lately
I am 8347 days old <.g> No wonder I have so much grey hair! (found via Sugar+Brine)
Good Morning - It's Friday!!!
Thursday, November 09, 2000
The newest web design project I was working on is now open (as some people already noticed!) - The Kitchen is a team blog based on a great idea by Cheryl to share recipes in a team setting. After tons of brainstorming (we both made some fun things!), this design came to me, and I'm really happy how it turned out :-) So watch The Kitchen for great stuff in the days and weeks and months to come :-) I think it'll be lots of fun, even though I'm not the gourmet chief that my co-cooks are!!!!
Sure, Belle! Let's get our husbands together <.giggle.> They can share sinful stress relief techniques <.g>
BTW, how does my systems clock get off by 15 minutes? I think that yesterday my systems toolbar locked up, because I was like 15 minutes later getting in the shower than I wanted, and this morning, its still off LOL! Its not like the clock is far away, I just glance at the systems toolbar clock while I'm surfing to make sure I'm not late yet LOL!
I still haven't gotten rid of the overwhelming feeling at work. Now that I've finished the graphic site I was working on last week, it helped with the overwhelming feeling at home, but I'm still trying to catch up on stuff. I wish, that just for once, I could not feel overwhelmed. I work so hard and so intensly at work that I put my entire mind into what I'm doing, and its really hard to shut off those thoughts when I go home, and then I get so into the stuff I'm working on here that its hard to turn off those thoughts when I go to work. Its a vicious cycle, and sometimes it really makes me down. If it weren't for Eric and his stress relieving techniques :-), I might just turn into a little stress bundle and never leave my apartment!!
It sure doesn't help that my dad gives me SO much to do all at once. And then when I spend hours thinking of a solution to one of the many issues I'm working on for this new program integration, he totally cuts down my idea, and without a good reason! So that brings me lots of frustration and gives me lots of reason to think that I am TOTALLY not getting enough money for the amount of work I am doing.
So now I don't know if I feel better for releasing this into my journal or if it is just getting me worked up about my stress again!!! Well, its Thursday. The week is getting closer to being over :-) And tomorrow, I am baking cookies for the employees during break time :-) Yea for cookies!!
Gina blogged about this new blog she found: If we met - I love the sunset/rise picture in the corner :) I love making lavender skies and sunsets with the terrain program I have - Terragen :-)
Wednesday, November 08, 2000
Oh look!! A new blog to read!! Eyeblog is Ann-S-Thesia's journal, and she has a beautiful graphics/dingbat site that I've visited MANY times in the past :-) Great design for her blog too!!
Thanks Carol! Now I know that my who-name is Kettledrum kristine Bippity-boo-Who <.giggle.>
Is your evening being as productive as you thought? I got as far as one load of laundry and the rest sorted yea!!! :-) I have a pile of books to read before I can install Peachtree tomorrow, but I'm reading blog posts and making pretty graphics instead. Oops!!
I'm drinking Mountain Dew® because I ran out of Cherry Coke, and it reminds me of Slurm. Feel free to sing along with the Grunka Lunka's in this episode of Futurama.
Grunka Lunka Dunkity Doo We've got a friendly warning for you Grunka Lunka Dunkity Dasis The secret to Slurm's on a need-to-know basis Asking questions in school is a great way to learn If you try that stuff here you might get your legs broke We once found a dead guy face-down in the Slurm It could easily happen again to you folks So keep your head down and keep your mouth shut Grunka Lunka Lunka Dunkity Dutt<.giggle.> Just thought I'd share because I needed a break from typing this proposal :-)
I'm kinda surprised that a decision about the president hadn't been made when I got up this morning. I'm not sure who will win. I'm also not sure who I like less; but I won't go off about my political thoughts!
Tuesday, November 07, 2000
This is a cool reference to Qsent in Personal Time/Your Technology: In Brief --PAGE 1-- NOVEMBER 13, 2000
ALL HAIL In North by Northwest, Cary Grant is stranded at a country crossroads with enemies hot on his trail. He should have had iQtaxi www.iqtaxi.com), a service for wireless Palms and by December, Web-enabled cell phones. No matter where you are in the U.S., you can order a taxi, sedan or limousine to pick you up. It's great for travelers who want a car waiting at the airport. You can even set up preferred addresses to save typing. Too bad it won't let you specify how fast the cabby should drive.Thanks to the super-sweet Eric for pointing it out :-)
I watched Murder at 1600 this weekend. All but the last 5 minutes because it was on TBS and Futurama was starting!!! But it was a good one. I'd watch it again! :-)
I also was flipping thru other channels during this, and saw Wesley Snipes on two other movies - One was White Men Can't Jump, and the other was (I think) Rising Sun with Sean Connery. It was funny to see him on all 3 channels!!!
I'm curious about the book that Khara's reading. It sounds like it could be an interesting one.... Maybe I need a trip to B&N this weekend....
Congrads on a whole year, Dara! What an exciting event :-) Next Monday will be 3 months since E and I got married :-) wow!!
Monday, November 06, 2000
5 freaking hours I spent defragging this computer. It better love me now. I sacrificed winning a David Boreanaz auto pic from eBay for it. <.sniffle> I really wanted that picture. I found a new one to bid on (and 7 others to watch!), but I wanted that first one.
Hear me, computer? LOVE ME.
I just enjoy reading Earthmovers and Sandcastles so much. Carrie has such a nice writing format, and it really makes me excited for her and her baby :-) I can't wait to keep reading :-)
I love the weather today. It's almost Gothic out there. The skies are dark and grey, the wind is blowing furiously, and the rain is coming down in sheets. The trees only have a few stubborn leaves clinging to the branches, making everything look desolate and dead. To add to the atmospere, my roommate has on Songs in the Key of X, which is quite dark and moody.
When she leaves for work, I'm going to turn off all the lights, leaving on only the blue and heart strands, put on flannel pjs, make some of my famous Mexican hot chocolate, and curl up in bed with a modern Edgar Allen Poe murder mystery.
<.sadstory>
I'm not happy about how my yesterday went. I woke up TOTALLY sore all over - but especially my right leg.... it does this to me every once in a while, my calf feels like it either has a huge knot in it or its been hit by a basketball repeatedly! Then I got a TERRIBLE headache.... it was making my face tingly on the right side because that was the side where the headache was focused. It took forever for it to go away, which made E think it might have been a migrane. In the middle of the headache, my dad called and told me for the first time that he needed a pile of stuff printed from work to take with him on this sales run - why couldn't he have asked on friday? It took me over an hour to do that, and then he asked us to take them over to his house, so we went over there and then E spent several hours trying to fix their computer (modem is confirmedly dead). So we didn't get home until 4ish - what a big waste the whole day was? I didn't get ANYTHING done at all besides work/family crap. I don't even like calling over there on the weekends anymore because I'm stressed every time I talk to them <.sigh.> But I did get to see my sisters, which was nice, but I'm sad that nothing got accomplished
<./sadstory>
Oh, what an ADORABLE picture of G-Man!! He's just to cutest little thing! And that's so cool, Christie, that you got a neato new toy :-)
Sunday, November 05, 2000
Okay, if I deleted ICQ in my great deleting rush of '00, why do I still have that damned flower in my icon tray?
Meanwhile, AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I found know what's going to happen on Tuesday's Buffy and I'm going CRAZY!!!! I don't want to wait! It's going to be so amazingly great!!!! Willow/Tara, SPIKE AND BUFFY, it's all wonderful!
Also on the wonderful scale, 7 hours until X-Files!!
I'm passing the time listening to my new MP3s - 3 Doors Down's Kryptonite, and Tony Head's Free Bird and Behind Blue Eyes. Fun stuff!
Scared Rina! Every since about 3 am, my computer has been constantly rebooting itself. I've been on for about 30 minutes this time, so I feel safe, but for about 45 minutes, I couldn't have it turned on for more than a minute without it rebooting itself. I managed to delete about 15 MB of stuff off my harddrive in about 12 times of trying to keep my computer on, and so I can only hope I deleted whatever was causing the problem. <.sigh> Anyone else go through this? How did you fix it?
Yesterday afternoon, E and I went looking at apartments :-) We had lots of fun - last weekend, we had done some reseach to figure out which ones we wanted to look at, and so we drove around for a while, and hit 4 of them. We found that some don't have a large enough 2nd bedroom for what we want - It would be super cool if we could put both of our desks, our current entertainment center and tv and game systems and our big couch all in a 2nd bedroom and then get some nicer stuff for our living room and this would give us a better place for entertaining. (Not that we do much of that! I'd like to be able to at least have my family over and that kinda stuff, though!) E would really like the idea of a garage, so that's something we are going for. I'd show you some links, but most of the apartment sites don't have very good systems for getting to the sites - every link is relative rather than permanent, and that doesn't help me <.g>
It was lots of fun to look, and we have a few more places to see before we make a decision, but I can see this being a cool change for us at the beginning of the year :-)
Yea!!! I can't wait to see what Carol's wedding site ends up looking like!! I'm sure it will be beautiful, just like her wedding ideas!! :-)
And the crockpot idea sounds really yummy.... sometimes, I wish that E wasn't a vegetarian! I'd make a roast and just leave it to cook for the day and have food ready when I got home. I'd probably even put the breadmaker on ;-)
Saturday, November 04, 2000
Oh, look, some news about Qsent that I didn't blog about before : Vendors showcase latest wireless wares I have a cute little iQtaxi keychain <.giggle.> More info, straight from the source.... Qsent News :-)
Very interesting - New brands from Coke (more info is available from Coca-Cola plans changes via Zannah) :-)
I agree, Tina... I'm getting very tired of the constant ads on tv and the pile of ads in my mailbox. I'm glad its almost done! I know its important, but I'm tired of it being EVERYWHERE!! :-)
Friday, November 03, 2000
I'm watching James Marsters on Politically Incorrect. It's oddly disconcerting, yet quite pleasant, to hear his real voice. You know, minus the fake English accent? It's a very lovely voice. LOL And he's in leather. Now if he only had his hair more natural instead of Spikey, it would be perfect. <.g>
He's so cute and quiet! LOL I'm in love.
Oh, Carol, I hate those evil wedding dreams! My worst came AFTER the wedding, and I woke myself up totally worried that my wedding day was destroyed!!!
But all was good for me, and I'm sure that with all the planning you are doing, it'll be spectacular!!! :-) Need any help, feel free to drop me a line!
wow. I'm just totally flabbergasted.
My sister just told me that my dad had taken up smoking again. He started when he was young (I'd guess 14-15ish) and then quit when I was 8. So he's been very proud to be smoke free for so long.... but the other day when I was in his car, it smelled smokey. I didn't think much of it except that maybe he had driven my brother home (he smokes), but now Meg just told me that she saw him w/a cigarette. That makes me feel bad for him. I'm just not sure what triggered this, but his health is so bad at the moment that this isn't going to help it. <.sigh.> It would be really easy for me to blame my brother for this... always smoking around dad and stuff even when dad craves the nicotine and has said that he'd never get over that craving. But its probably not Leonard's fault. <.sigh.> I'm not sure what to make of these feelings right now, but wanted to write them down.
(just a disclaimer - I'm not against smokers, I just feel bad that my father gave in to something he was so proud for giving up)
This is a very interesting article.... I hadn't thought of the idea of designing for the colorblind.... Adjusting for the Colorblind
I confessed some sad thoughts of mine to Eric last night. I don't like feeling sad, and I like even less when I have to share them because I want people around me to be happy and not have to deal with things that are inside of me. Overwhelming feelings just don't go away until the stress does, and I see that it sure could be a long time until that happens <.sigh.> I have like 13 things to do before work, and a half hour until I have to start getting ready.... so I'm off to my stress..............
Thursday, November 02, 2000
Cheryl, my thoughts are with you - If and when I change jobs, I am going to be terrified. I've only had a few jobs besides the one I'm in right now, and its going to be very scary for me if I change because I am so attached to the stability of being in the job that I created and know inside and out. Even though its SUCH a stressful job and isn't exactly what I want to do forever, it'd be so hard to loose the stability and try something new.
So I can see how you could be not happy about the prospect of a new job. I hope that once you get into it, it makes you happier about it than you are now :-) {{{hugs}}}
I was starting to worry about you, too, Carol.... I'm glad you are back {{hugs}}
This has been such a lovely day! I had no classes. My roommate was gone most of the day. My roommate will be gone most of tonight at the Eminem concert. I can walk without pain. And it's been so cloudy and overcast and gloomy, that I was able to turn on my strings of lights (blue globes and Valentines day hearts). It seems so nice and Christmassy! I want Christmas. Now. <.g>
I have a good friend (and my secretary) who is going in for her first preliminary appointment for the info on lasik eye surgery. She's really nervous - but also tired of wearing her glasses and not being able to swim and do fun things because she can't see stuff w/o them. She was encouraged by Corey Greenberg's surgery on The Today Show.... And the desire to find out more even push her in the right direction to get on the internet so she could research even though she was scared of it! :-) I'm really excited for her, because its something she wants to do so much. So if you have any feedback or good info on Lasik, drop me a line.
Wow, it was lots of fun surfing my dailies this morning :-) Lots of fun things in all of my friends lifes :-) I love mornings like this! Now, if I can get my popups to work right on the new page I'm working on before work, I'll be a happy camper!!!!
(you'll notice how early I am up again - I've had so much to do lately that I get up and get right to everything I'm supposed to be doing the moment I wake up... and as soon as I get in the door in the evening, I start on it again. Craziness!)
Another nice redesign and some nice halloween pictures from Laura - I'm sorry you are so sick, hon! Get well soon!
What wonderful news, Kellea!!! I'm so excited that such a *you* job :-) {{{hugs}}}}
I really like the nice colors and design on Belle's blog - simply wonderful redesign :-)
Katie posted two really good things this morning. The first is the WebABLE Home Page - it is a company that is helping make the WWW accessible to people with disabilities; which is cool because they do validating of designs, and I'm always looking for more ways to check my work :-)
Second link is Research-It! Wow, this is so cool! I'm always researching for one kid or another, and new places to look give me more searching power!!! Thanks, Katie!
Wednesday, November 01, 2000
Oh, I'm glad to hear that you likethe CD, Dara :-) I like Goo Goo Dolls, and like Kryptonite, so those are both good reasons to purchase 3 Doors Down, right? :-)
New Ice Hotel to Open Doors -- This makes me cold just thinking about it. Can you imagine sleeping in an ice room? Wouldn't you be super cold and freeze to death?! Thanks, Gina, for the entertainment!!!
Oh Khara has a blog! Chocolate Covered I love her wedding site (particularly her bridal bouquet and her cake!)- and she gave my wedding site one of her awards (hmm, so did Cheryl for that matter LOL!). I look forward to reading her journal :-)
Oh, I remember what I was going to blog last night when I brought up the blogthis link <.giggle.>
One of my mailing lists made a comment about this link - that someone should have thought of the different ways people could sound out the URL :-)
www.whorepresents.com
;-)
Wow, look at the desktop that Melyssa has right now - that's really pretty :-) I haven't change my desktop on either of my computers lately - that's so sad!! I used to do that all the time!
I like the kitty ears, Gillian! Did you get your caramel apple?! :-)
Wow, look at Gina's face - very cool!!!!!
