I really love my job, but I'm gonna have to start picking up more shifts! I get so bored now on my days off that I'm almost wishing I'd gone to look in to that job at BR. Speaking of which, I got a really cute shirt there on our Black Friday excursion that looks something like this, but the neck is a little higher, there are cute buttons on the shoulder, and it's a darker more marine blue. I'll take a picture when I get it back from the dry cleaners as I spilled bruschetta on it when I took Jeremy to dinner. The day I bought it. I still got it.
The news is boring, mostly people complaining about airport delays, but don't want to leave earlier in the day or not fly on a holiday weekend. Our friend Amanda sent a text on Thanksgiving to all us airline folks who are no longer working there (so, all of us that were friends lol) that we were all thankful for not having to spend a holiday weekend at the airport dealing with those people!!
I think I'm going to go buy stuff to send out after the first of the year so that I can go ahead and fill them out and have them ready to drop in the mail when I'm allowed to not keep secrets anymore :P Jeremy's much cuter than his mom (and, admittedly, me, too) gives him credit for-- I was pleasantly surprised at his response!
Now I'm back to watching HGTV and eating some PBJs. This girl on Property Virgins is ridiculous-- she wants everything in the world for under $110k which is silly. I also just noticed that the host has buckteeth... whoops. Nothing else interesting for the day, so I'm out. Ciao!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Trendfollower
Valerie's been getting these cute little blog backgrounds, so I decided it was time for a change and set myself up with one! I kinda like this one since it's all snowy, but may change it.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
The Rundown
And no, it doesn't involve The Rock.
Last week ended up being pretty great. Jeremy decided he was going to drive up and surprise me! So Thanksgiving day, he showed up and spent a couple days here with me, which was really great. He drove back down yesterday and made it back alive (his crazy self rode the motorcycle) so needless to say I'm thankful for that as well.
Since Mon went so well at work, I was able to send off something for Val, Matt, and Ana for Christmas; even though it wasn't exactly what I wanted, it'll work just fine. I'm just picky about when I get something in particular in my head.
I have a lot to do over the next couple of days... I've been tasked not only with cleaning out the fridge (god help me) but getting my brother in the GED program at GPC... blargh. At least I have work tomorrow, which will be great because not only will it mean more money, but it will mean less time just sitting here doing nothing (kinda like I am now). I'm also looking for a place to possibly have a big party next New Year's-- there's nothing official yet, but since dates usually indicate things like that... I guess it's official. Judging by the way things went with the rest of the family, I'm doing really well to get that out of it! I'll have to talk to him some more tonight and see if we can't nail down something that involves spreading the word. And yes, I'm being intentionally vague.
That's about all for now. I'm going to go eat something small to tide me over until Lex calls for lunch, and see if I can't start on the short story I've wanted to write for a while now.
Last week ended up being pretty great. Jeremy decided he was going to drive up and surprise me! So Thanksgiving day, he showed up and spent a couple days here with me, which was really great. He drove back down yesterday and made it back alive (his crazy self rode the motorcycle) so needless to say I'm thankful for that as well.
Since Mon went so well at work, I was able to send off something for Val, Matt, and Ana for Christmas; even though it wasn't exactly what I wanted, it'll work just fine. I'm just picky about when I get something in particular in my head.
I have a lot to do over the next couple of days... I've been tasked not only with cleaning out the fridge (god help me) but getting my brother in the GED program at GPC... blargh. At least I have work tomorrow, which will be great because not only will it mean more money, but it will mean less time just sitting here doing nothing (kinda like I am now). I'm also looking for a place to possibly have a big party next New Year's-- there's nothing official yet, but since dates usually indicate things like that... I guess it's official. Judging by the way things went with the rest of the family, I'm doing really well to get that out of it! I'll have to talk to him some more tonight and see if we can't nail down something that involves spreading the word. And yes, I'm being intentionally vague.
That's about all for now. I'm going to go eat something small to tide me over until Lex calls for lunch, and see if I can't start on the short story I've wanted to write for a while now.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
I know it's a few days away, but this week is going to be busy so I'll go ahead and say it.
Tonight was fantastic-- India invited me to the AOII Thanksgiving at EA's house which was a lot of fun. They serve by Alpha order, which means that being old pays off because you get to go first! Oct '03, baby! There was ham, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and Leslie made TWO turkeys that I got to carve with a butcher knife because nobody knew how to carve a turkey. It was great to get to know the girls better, and they were all so very sweet for me-- I'm definitely thankful for my wonderful new group of sisters! There was also a strange strawberry pretzel concoction that was wonderful, and chocolate cake with frosting and red hots on top. Yum!
I'm going to Emily's for Thanksgiving since I won't be able to go down and see Jeremy (sad) and we're doing a mini Thanksgiving and getting up (staying up?) to hit the outlet malls at midnight where Banana Republic and J Crew are having BIG sales on clearance stuff. It probably won't be as bad because nobody really has money, but I'm sure it'll still be crazy since it IS the outlet malls. I'm hoping to make some cash this week so I can get the Eiler's Christmas off to Marc and Jan and get some pants at either J Crew or Banana.
There's not much else otherwise. I'm so jealous Matt, Val, and Ana are off to Hong Kong this week! Talk about exciting. I should have asked Valerie to pick me up a postcard since I'm a major geek and don't have any from outside Japan as far as Asia goes. I'm absolutely exhausted from Casey staying up late all week, so I'm going to drink my bedtime tea and go to bed!
Again, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you can take the time to think of a few wonderful things for which you're thankful no matter how bad things are looking-- it will make you feel a little more calm inside. :)
Tonight was fantastic-- India invited me to the AOII Thanksgiving at EA's house which was a lot of fun. They serve by Alpha order, which means that being old pays off because you get to go first! Oct '03, baby! There was ham, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and Leslie made TWO turkeys that I got to carve with a butcher knife because nobody knew how to carve a turkey. It was great to get to know the girls better, and they were all so very sweet for me-- I'm definitely thankful for my wonderful new group of sisters! There was also a strange strawberry pretzel concoction that was wonderful, and chocolate cake with frosting and red hots on top. Yum!
I'm going to Emily's for Thanksgiving since I won't be able to go down and see Jeremy (sad) and we're doing a mini Thanksgiving and getting up (staying up?) to hit the outlet malls at midnight where Banana Republic and J Crew are having BIG sales on clearance stuff. It probably won't be as bad because nobody really has money, but I'm sure it'll still be crazy since it IS the outlet malls. I'm hoping to make some cash this week so I can get the Eiler's Christmas off to Marc and Jan and get some pants at either J Crew or Banana.
There's not much else otherwise. I'm so jealous Matt, Val, and Ana are off to Hong Kong this week! Talk about exciting. I should have asked Valerie to pick me up a postcard since I'm a major geek and don't have any from outside Japan as far as Asia goes. I'm absolutely exhausted from Casey staying up late all week, so I'm going to drink my bedtime tea and go to bed!
Again, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you can take the time to think of a few wonderful things for which you're thankful no matter how bad things are looking-- it will make you feel a little more calm inside. :)
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Gabrrrrrr
An exhausting and frustrating week here, but I've heard that from people all over the world. We can all hope that next week will be a good one for all-- and why shouldn't it be? It's Thanksgiving!
I finally found my glasses (and my BlackBerry holster), just in time for my AAC meeting, but that was about the only non-frustrating thing for this week! I got lost in the country that God forgot (aka Cobb County) and almost rammed someone (figure of speech, I'm not really the ramming type, though I did almost cry) but dinner with AAC was great. Viki is hilarious, she's about my mother's age and has kids a little younger than me, and Becky is a few years older and reminds me a lot of my neighbor Genece. Lizzy is my age, she just got married a couple of weeks ago and has been dealing with trying to change her last name... herk. That's the one thing I am NOT looking forward to (though at least I'll finally be rid of the Sizemore name... blargh), it just seems to take so much time and energy.
Last night was Palate's 4th Anniversary and mom, her friend(?) David, and I went up and had a glass of wine and some of the bruschetta and the hummus plate. It was nice, and David's pretty cool and had some good pointers about fixing up the car and getting a new spare tire-- apparently he's done a lot of DIY with his car and rebuilt something like 5 engines!
I got home and called Jeremy, then kind of felt like I was going to go to bed since a glass of red wine will do that to a girl, so I put something silly on TV and started dozing off. All of the sudden, this car horn starts blaring and jolts me awake because in this neighborhood, horn honking like that generally means something is wrong. I throw on my coat and run out the back door and Juliet (the girl who lives in the guest house behind our place) is yelling down the driveway to her dad who has hit some kind of button or hit the button and then opened the door, causing the car to spaz out and honk. After that, I couldn't get to sleep, told Casey to go to sleep and he didn't which kept me up even later... today wasn't much better.
I did go to Figo with Emily and Joanna (who owns the cute bunny Bruno of Halloween post fame) and had some delicious ravioli-- Tuscan sausage and apple! I decided why not-- I had a Caesar salad if I didn't really like the ravioli, but the pasta was awesome. We went back to Joanna's and just hung out and played with the bunny (who tried to eat me) and had an amaretto sour.
Anyway, that's about all, nothing terribly interesting. If you are so inclined and not easily put out, my friend Jimmy has started a blog entitled "Crossroads: An Intersection of Faith, (Homo)Sexuality, & Culture" about his journey through his faith and his homosexuality. I find it very interesting, and I think it's wonderful Jimmy is finally comfortable enough to talk about these things. For those of you who don't know, I'm more of an Old Testament kind of gal-- not officially Jewish, but that is where my beliefs most closely lie, and between Jimmy and his friends who are contributing and discussing, I think that we're all learning something about how our faiths and personalities interact with an ever-changing society.
I finally found my glasses (and my BlackBerry holster), just in time for my AAC meeting, but that was about the only non-frustrating thing for this week! I got lost in the country that God forgot (aka Cobb County) and almost rammed someone (figure of speech, I'm not really the ramming type, though I did almost cry) but dinner with AAC was great. Viki is hilarious, she's about my mother's age and has kids a little younger than me, and Becky is a few years older and reminds me a lot of my neighbor Genece. Lizzy is my age, she just got married a couple of weeks ago and has been dealing with trying to change her last name... herk. That's the one thing I am NOT looking forward to (though at least I'll finally be rid of the Sizemore name... blargh), it just seems to take so much time and energy.
Last night was Palate's 4th Anniversary and mom, her friend(?) David, and I went up and had a glass of wine and some of the bruschetta and the hummus plate. It was nice, and David's pretty cool and had some good pointers about fixing up the car and getting a new spare tire-- apparently he's done a lot of DIY with his car and rebuilt something like 5 engines!
I got home and called Jeremy, then kind of felt like I was going to go to bed since a glass of red wine will do that to a girl, so I put something silly on TV and started dozing off. All of the sudden, this car horn starts blaring and jolts me awake because in this neighborhood, horn honking like that generally means something is wrong. I throw on my coat and run out the back door and Juliet (the girl who lives in the guest house behind our place) is yelling down the driveway to her dad who has hit some kind of button or hit the button and then opened the door, causing the car to spaz out and honk. After that, I couldn't get to sleep, told Casey to go to sleep and he didn't which kept me up even later... today wasn't much better.
I did go to Figo with Emily and Joanna (who owns the cute bunny Bruno of Halloween post fame) and had some delicious ravioli-- Tuscan sausage and apple! I decided why not-- I had a Caesar salad if I didn't really like the ravioli, but the pasta was awesome. We went back to Joanna's and just hung out and played with the bunny (who tried to eat me) and had an amaretto sour.
Anyway, that's about all, nothing terribly interesting. If you are so inclined and not easily put out, my friend Jimmy has started a blog entitled "Crossroads: An Intersection of Faith, (Homo)Sexuality, & Culture" about his journey through his faith and his homosexuality. I find it very interesting, and I think it's wonderful Jimmy is finally comfortable enough to talk about these things. For those of you who don't know, I'm more of an Old Testament kind of gal-- not officially Jewish, but that is where my beliefs most closely lie, and between Jimmy and his friends who are contributing and discussing, I think that we're all learning something about how our faiths and personalities interact with an ever-changing society.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The world is getting smaller my Foot!
So last night I'm foolin' around on Borders and Amazon and even Build-a-Bear to find presents from Jeremy and I to Valerie, Matt, and Ana. I had wanted to get a few books or a movie or something, things that might last a while since they don't have much space for frivolous things living in an apartment in Singapore. I know that DVDs have different regions, so I'm trying to find the region that will play in Singapore or (thank you, Joe!) region-free DVDs and funny thing-- nobody sells the Asian region DVDs! And, none of the movies I had on my list for them are available region-free! Talk about a scam!
I see that Amazon has a China site, which would be great to buy and ship from there because the shipping would be less, but of course the site is in Chinese so when the Amazon support desk gets back to me and tells me to just use that site, I get a little irritated because they're either ignorant or working under the assumption that I can speak/read Chinese. Maybe I can call Dustin...
Borders has stores in Singapore, and I'd rather buy from Borders anyway, so I'm like, "Awesome, I can get them a gift card and they can just pop over and pick up whatever they want which is equally as good as my generally on the nose guesses." (yes, I actually said that, because I'm usually great at picking out books and movies for people) I ask the Borders help desk, and... you can't use Borders gift certificates anywhere but the US, which is the same problem with Amazon.
Do we really have such a poor relationship with Asia that we can't make it easy to get things to loved ones over there? I mean, geez! I'll have to get everything together and shipped to Memphis so that Marc and Jan can put it in their big box to Singapore and hope that my gift for Ana doesn't get crushed (not that I don't trust them to pack it on top, but I'm paranoid about things breaking). So, Jeremy probably won't get to sign the card. But, on the upside, I'll probably get Marc and Jan's presents at the same time, so maybe I'll get enough for free shipping ;)
Anyway, that was my adventure in Christmas shopping... I need to e-mail Jan and check on when they're sending that thing anyway. Blargh. People make things entirely too complicated in a world that's supposed to be simple!
I see that Amazon has a China site, which would be great to buy and ship from there because the shipping would be less, but of course the site is in Chinese so when the Amazon support desk gets back to me and tells me to just use that site, I get a little irritated because they're either ignorant or working under the assumption that I can speak/read Chinese. Maybe I can call Dustin...
Borders has stores in Singapore, and I'd rather buy from Borders anyway, so I'm like, "Awesome, I can get them a gift card and they can just pop over and pick up whatever they want which is equally as good as my generally on the nose guesses." (yes, I actually said that, because I'm usually great at picking out books and movies for people) I ask the Borders help desk, and... you can't use Borders gift certificates anywhere but the US, which is the same problem with Amazon.
Do we really have such a poor relationship with Asia that we can't make it easy to get things to loved ones over there? I mean, geez! I'll have to get everything together and shipped to Memphis so that Marc and Jan can put it in their big box to Singapore and hope that my gift for Ana doesn't get crushed (not that I don't trust them to pack it on top, but I'm paranoid about things breaking). So, Jeremy probably won't get to sign the card. But, on the upside, I'll probably get Marc and Jan's presents at the same time, so maybe I'll get enough for free shipping ;)
Anyway, that was my adventure in Christmas shopping... I need to e-mail Jan and check on when they're sending that thing anyway. Blargh. People make things entirely too complicated in a world that's supposed to be simple!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Blind as a bat without sonar
Soooo, I can't find my glasses. And this is a problem. I can't see anything after like 5p most days because of the light and it's really distressing. I'm starving because I can't go in the kitchen (I'm the only one who can smell and my brother let a whole bunch of milk spoil) and apparently my mother will only buy dinner if I go and get it... which I can't... BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES!
They went missing election night, so I don't know if Karl Rove took them or maybe Mike Huckabee, but I'd really like them back. We keep it dark at work, so I'm worried I'm going to trip over something because I can't see it!
It would appear my mother is now going to go to the Farmer's Market, so-- oh but wait no. No, we're not going to do that.
I just made some pasta with sauce and we'll see if I can stand to eat it. I know they think I'm being dramatic, but the smell really is making me physically ill. I do'nt know how they can't smell it!
They went missing election night, so I don't know if Karl Rove took them or maybe Mike Huckabee, but I'd really like them back. We keep it dark at work, so I'm worried I'm going to trip over something because I can't see it!
It would appear my mother is now going to go to the Farmer's Market, so-- oh but wait no. No, we're not going to do that.
I just made some pasta with sauce and we'll see if I can stand to eat it. I know they think I'm being dramatic, but the smell really is making me physically ill. I do'nt know how they can't smell it!
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