The road of life

Twilight Cake Pops

2010-03-08T14:19:00.002-07:00

Ok, as some of you know, I like to make yummy cakes, but I am not a cake decorator. I've also tried my hand at making cake pops, and NEVER AGAIN. They were very tasty, but they were ulgy and a PITA to make!

So, imagine my delight when I cam across this blog with the opportunity to WIN Twilight Cake Pops! Wouldn't that be perfect for my party??

Tara's Twilight Party - Cake Pops

Because I never blog

2010-02-24T14:51:00.002-07:00

Here is a survey from Leslie:

1. What would you like to appear in your hands right now?
A million dollars

2. What was the last thing you ate?
Lunch - Leftover veggie burger with left over veggies.

3. What is your favorite episode of a tv show?
Something of ER for sure...can't decide if it's when Ross & Carol come back or when she goes to Seattle to live with him.

4. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
Yes, Jessica's bachelorette party

5. Which is better, your cursive or your printing?
Both are ok

6. What photos are living on your camera right now, waiting to be downloaded? And why are they still there?
Some of my photos of the day, but only a few days worth. I download pretty frequently.

7. How many pregnant women do you know?
None that I can think of.

8. Three things you did this past weekend:
Hung out with Brady, scrapbooked, watched the Olympics

9. If you could only visit three websites for the next month, which would you choose?
Gmail, facebook, SJ

10. What did your family do for vacations when you were a child?
Mostly went to the Lake or camping.

11. Law & Order or Boston Legal?
L&O

12. Do you mind if guests show up uninvited?
Yes

13. When will you next travel by plane?
July or August probably

14. What did the last text message you received say?
Down 3.9 and I have to go to one meal in 2 weeks (thanks Kim!)

15. When was the last time you got dressed up?
WOW, Katy's wedding probably?

16. The perfect sign of affection is:
a hug.

17. Do you use your real name online or do you go by a screen name?
Both

18. What do you miss when you’re away from home?
My bed

19. What are you completely & totally over hearing about, reading about, discussing ad nauseum?
Tiger Woods...AGREED!!

20. Do you reply to comments on your blog?
I don't get comments on my blog, cause I never blog!

21. What are three things that you are looking forward to?
San Diego if it happens, New Moon party and two trips (HOPEFULLY) this summer.

22. What is your favorite kind of tree?
Redwoods

23. What is the newest thing you own?
Groceries? Besides that...um...I bought some Disney scrap stuff a few weeks ago.

24. If I do anything well, it’s:
Organize

25. What is your favorite dessert?
Cake

26. Do you use a planner?
Kinda, but not really. I use it more to keep track of what I did that what I am going to do.

27. What is your all-time favorite tv comedy?
Friends or The Office

28. What is your current obsession?
Facebook

29. Three signs Spring is here:
This question makes me bitter...can you really have spring if you didn't have a winter?!?

30. Do you balance your checkbook or wing it?
Balance it within an inch of it's life.

31. What kind of grapes do you prefer?
Green

32. What is your favorite store-bought cookie?
Otis Spunkmeyer cookies are da-bomb...AGREED!

33. What was your fifth grade teacher’s name?
Mrs. Hair

34. High school was:
Lots of fun

35. Describe your dream kitchen.
SPACE SPACE SPACE. A dishwasher. Gas stovetop. WINDOWS.

36. What would you really like to purchase?
A new car

37. How many of your friendships have lasted more than a decade?
I have a group of five friends that I've known and kept in contact with for more than 10 years.

38. Are there times when you still feel like a kid?
No

39. What teacher from high school comes to mind first?
Mr Jennings :( RIP

40. What magazines do you read?
Entertainment Weekly is all I get anymore. But I love People if someone else has it.

New year, blogging?

2010-01-03T21:30:00.002-07:00

Well, I hate HATE making resolutions, because I can never keep them. 1. Because I'm too lazy and 2. because I just don't care enough. But hey, I'll try to updated this more than, what, every 9 months?

NYE was fun. Hung out with the family, made drinks with Dad, had lots of tasty food.

New Year's day was horrible. Since I didn't sleep well that night, I was cranky, tired and still sick. So my Mom made me angry and I yelled at her. I hung out there a few more hours, just letting it fester and finally I was so upset and feeling badly that I just couldn't stop crying and finally just had to get out of there. I'm sure they all thought I was insane, running out of there with tears streaming down my face. I'm not a drama queen much, but I guess I got my moment out of the way early in the year.

Spent the 2nd going to the movies with Mom & Dad. I don't know why I ever thing we can get anywhere on time with Mom. Told her I'd be there around 1:30, we didn't leave the house till after 2, for a 2:30 movie that was more than 20 minutes away. Couldn't find a parking spot ANYWHERE. By the time we got into the movie, it had already started. Not sure how much we missed. Had to sit in the second row. Wasn't too bad after my eyes adjusted to the screen being there, but did have a sore neck the rest of the night. THEN my mom's cell phone goes off. AND SHE ANSWERS THE PHONE IN THE THEATER. I about died! She actually had a mini conversation with my sister. After the movie she said she didn't know the etiquette. WOW. Only my Mom. lol

We saw 2012 which was amazing. I LOVE disaster movies. I love seeing the special effects and the disasters. It was so good. And yes, I cried. I always do!!

Went back to my sister's house and stayed there till around 11. Had a frying party with their new fryer. Fried Twinkies, Oreos, PB&J, onion rings, mushrooms, hot dogs, potatoes. They were all so good! Thank goodness we did it outside, there was grease everywhere!

Parents left to go back home today. I'm sad to see them go, but it was time. I'm SO tired of driving over there every day. I need to kick this cold for my company this week! So today I did some house work, but mostly rested. It felt SO good!!!

Photo a day - Day 50 - 55 (02/19/09 - 02/24/09)

2009-05-03T13:32:00.004-07:00

Well, I obviously gave up on this project :( I just couldn't keep up. My life is way too boring for something like this!! But I did have some more photos to post that I did. So here goes!

Thurs, Feb 19, 2009 - About to go to bed and I hear the commotion outsite. There was a minor kitchen fire in the apartments accross the street. There were like five fire trucks and just as many cops!

Fri, Feb 20, 2009 - Goofing off at work. My first pic of my new haircut done curly. You like?? lol

Sat, Feb 21, 2009 - Grease movie party. Jason & I singing away!

Sun, Feb 22, 2009 - Shopping day! This is from right outside of Ulta. Beautiful day.

Mon, Feb 23, 2009 - SUPER BORING DAY. So you get to see my purse. EXCITING I KNOW. Team Jacob baby!

Tues, Feb 24, 2009 - Is there really any wonder why I am unhappy here?!? It's Feburay, and 85 in the SHADE. At four in the afternoon. Ugh.

Photo a day - Day 46 - 49 (02/15/09 - 02/18/09)

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Sun, Feb 15. - Ah, I love a clean closet! I purged a few pairs of shoes and now at least I can see all the ones I have!

Mon, Feb 16. - I've been wanting to put up a wall quote, but all the pre made ones are not good for me. So they had just the letters on clearence at BB&B. 75% off! SWEET!

Tues, Feb 17. - Beautiful clouds in the sky today!!

Wed, Feb 18. - President Obama was at the local high school today. Only a couple miles from my house. I wish I could have went. How exciting!

Just because Leslie did it!

2009-03-06T08:39:00.001-07:00

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Photo a day - Day 42 - 45 (02/11/09 - 02/14/09)

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I'M BACK!!

Still taking my pictures. I guess the blogging thing is what I've got to get use to!

Wed, Feb 11. - The rain of the last couple of days is now done. This is the "lake" that forms outside of work every time we get any kind of rain!

Thurs, Feb 12. - Little treats I made for the people at work. Yellow cake with cream cheese frosting in little heart shaped pans. Cute huh?

Fri, Feb 13. - So much wine, so little time *sigh* The cold case at Frys.

Sat, Feb 14. - So, how did I spend my Valentine's Day?? Cleaning my closet of course!! And my dresser. Four bags of stuff that I donated.

Photo a day - Day 38 - 41 (02/07/09 - 02/10/09)

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Sat, Feb 7. - Thought I'd try to make these treats from Hungry-Girl.com. Eh, they were ok. For as much chocolate that went into them, they weren't really that chocolatey. They'd be good with a bit of ice cream or whipped cream, but that defeates the good for you purpose ;)

Sun, Feb 8. - RAIN RAIN RAIN! YAYYYYYYYYYY. Rain was so great, it gets TWO pics. In the second pic you can kinda see the hail. Just a little bit, it didn't stick. But it's SO rare to see it here, I had to try!

Mon, Feb 9. - MORE rain! This was on my way home from work. I love it! The coldest spell we've had all year.

Tues, Feb 10. - A Valentine's gift from my Momma!! It's those gel window clings. Isn't it cute?!? I put it up in our window at work.

Photo a day - Day 34 - 37 (02/03/09 - 02/06/09)

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Tues, Feb 3. - Mmmm...tried a new recipe this night. Chicken with grape tomoatoes, basil and caper. It was so easy and really tasty. I think I'll make it again tonight.

Wed. Feb 4. - Just a joke shot. The typical MySpace pic. I never even posted it.

Thurs, Feb 5. - YAY! Another Sex and the City movie!!!!

Fri, Feb 6. - Costco is offereing collages now, so I thought I'd order one. I picked it up on Friday. Not back for $2.99! It's 11x14.

Photo a day - Day 30 - 33 (01/30/09 - 02/02/09)

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Fri, Jan 31. - Got my hair cut. I got about 8 inches cut off. I LOVE it. So nice and light. What do you think??

Sat, Jan 31. - Photo from my morning walk. The palm trees line the college a few blocks away.

Sun, Feb 1. - Super Bowl Sunday! All the people at our party, minus me. As usual, never in the picture! Tara, Yvonne, Chris, Nicole, Jason and Sarai. Fun times, even though the Cardinals lost. Not that I really care about the Cardinals. I did win $5 of my $10 back from the pool.

Mon, Feb 2. - Some RAK goodies from Michelle. Bo-Bunny stuff. SOOOOOOOO pretty! Thanks Michelle!!

Photo a day - Day 26 - 29 (01/26/09 - 01/29/09)

2009-02-06T17:25:00.006-07:00

I know, I know!! SO BAD ABOUT POSTING! But really, I think i've only missed one day of taking photos! I'm going to try to post four a day till I catch up!

Mon, Jan 26. & Tues, Jan 27 - My shot glass collection! My parents collected shot glasses when I was growing up, and it's something my sister and I have both continuted with. I get them everywhere I go and I get them from friends also. I even have some that are hand made. I currently have more than 70. You can send me some if you want ;)

Wed, Jan 28. - On my way home frow work. I feel like I spend half my live in traffice, even though it's not nearly as bad as it used to be for my commute. But I do feel like my car is always dwarfed by these big monsters!!

Thurs, Jan 29. - I FINALLY finished this book! Gah, it took me over a month. It never takes me that long! It was very good, but a little drawn out. Only read if you have the time to dedicate to it!

Photo a day - Day 17 - 25 (01/17/09 - 01/25/09)

2009-01-25T18:17:00.004-07:00

Okay, so I've obviously been bad about blogging, but I'd been good about taking photos! So you get 9 days of photos in one post!

Saturday, Jan 17. - Spent most of Saturday scrapping. I had this magnetic board put up in my room. I decided to put my cards up on here. Cards from: Kim, Stephanie, Linda, Lesle, Mary & Leslie. I love them!

Sunday, Jan 18. - I usually spend Sundays cleaning something. This Sunday it was my bedroom. This is about as clean as it gets. I don't usually bother folding my blankets. Cause I'm lazy like that.

Monday, Jan 19. - I finally took down my Christmas lights today. I wanted to take a pic of them first, since my Dad put them up so nicely for me. I had the camera on the wrong setting, but I thought it turned out cool!

Tuesday, Jan 20. - HORRIBLE day at work. I do payroll and we had direct deposit issues and NO ONE got paid. Ugh. It had already been planed for Laura and I to go out after work, but I ended up getting really drunk. Her husband had to come get us. It was fun!

Wednesday, Jan 21. - I came home to a package in the mail! Coffee syrup from Kim! THANKS KIM! It's pretty tasty. In milk, NOT on ice cream!

Thursday, Jan 22. - Clouds rolled in last night and we got the first rain in a while. This is what was left late in the afternoon.

Friday, Jan 23. - Been on the lookout for Tofu Shirataki noodles, which were no where to be found. So I went to the new Asian market and I found them. They are odd. They have a strange texture that throws me off. I tried them in a black bean and garlic dish. I'll have to try them with a cream sauce or tomato and see how that is. Anyway, the Asian store was interesting. First, I don't think I've seen that many Asian people total the almost four years I've lived in AZ. Second,the smell. Just ick. And the check out lady was not nice. She didn't say anything to me the entire time she was ringing me up. Here is a pic of the refridgerator section.

Saturday, Jan 24. - Cleaned out the fridge. This is my sink full of meat. Seriously??? I don't even eat that much meat!! Gross!

Sunday, Jan 25. - Cleaned my kitchen today! WOOT. I love a clean kitchen. I just need to put the pots away.

Food changes

2009-01-17T10:36:00.005-07:00

WOW. Two posts in one day!

Anyway, I'm really trying to get back on the weight loss train. I was really good this week, at least with the eating out. I'm going back to the only one day a week eating out. Friday is usually the day, but it was Monday this week. I cooked and brought my lunch the rest of the week. It wasn't a really great week though, because there were still so many sweets left over from my bday. But that's ok, slow and steady right?

I got the Hungry Girl book with one of my bday gift cards. It seems fun. I made my first recipe, Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge. It's different, for sure. But pretty good! I took it to work and my boss even liked it. So score there! I also went to the store and picked up a lot of stuff that was in her book. Low fat bread, turkey hot dogs, 100 calorie English muffins.

Yesterday for breakfast I made a healthy breakfast sandwich. Egg beaters, 2% cheese, Canadian bacon and the English muffin. It was pretty good! I also ate a banana. I've also made English muffin pizzas with turkey pepperoni, which is VERY tasty stuff. I made scrambled eggs with veggies this morning (mushrooms, onions, three colors of peppers). I had a turkey hot dog last night for the first time. It was good. I have to admit, I had to look up how to cook a hot dog on the Internet. I have never made one!! Crazy, I know.

I'm still on the lookout for the shirataki noodles that she talks about on her site. I've been to three stores with no luck so far. Maybe I'll have luck at the Asian market.

I took a big step and am trying to work more Splenda into and more sugar out of my diet. I took my sugar container and mixed it half and half, Splenda and sugar. I can't handle the flavor of pure Splenda, so I thought this was a good compromise.

I worked out three days this week. I'm going to go out in a bit for a walk to Target. It's about a 30 minute walk round trip, so that's perfect to throw in on the weekends. I'm going to try to get in at least 5 days a week. I need tobe better at work. My girlfriend at work has started working out with me after work, so hopefully we will be able to push each other.

I weighed myself this week for the first time since the beginning of December. At my lowest point, I had lost 40 lbs. I've gained 23 of that back. I'm so angry at myself. I know the first big part of it was medication, but still. The last bit is ALL crappy eating over the holidays and no exercise. UGH!

Photo a day - Day 16 (01/16/09)

2009-01-17T08:36:00.005-07:00

Friday, Jan 16. - I'm SUCH a party girl. NOT. These pics are a typical Friday night at my house. Enjoying the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly and watching TV (this night, the premier of Friday Night Lights, WOOT!). I'm very excited that Kyle Chandler is back on my TV. I worked late, almost till 5. Then I went to two grocery stores looking for two things that I never found. Got home sometime after 6. Watched soaps, made dinner (a turkey dog and a salad), surfed the net, watched Private Practice, part of The Office (again), FNL. Went to bed about 9:30, read a bit (I'm never going to finish this book!!). Feel asleep before 10. Then I slept 10 GLORIOUS hours!!! I hope I can get that many again tonight, I need it so bad.

Photo a day - Day 13 - 15 (01/13/09 - 01/15/09)

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Slight delay...I forgot to put my memory card into my camera, so I took pics on the internal memory. Then I had to find the cord for that. Easier said than done. Back to our regularly scheduled photoing!

Tuesday, Jan 13. - Monday was my last day of being bad. Went to Panda Express and picked up a few fortune cookies. This was my fortune. I'm waiting for it to come true. Or maybe it already is?? I am still employeed! THANK YOU GOD for that.

Wednesday, Jan 14. - Every morning when I get to work, two of my first visited websites are People.come and Celebritybabies.com. I'm always thrilled when my day starts out with a George Clooney sighting. In case you didn't know, he's my future lover!

Thursday, Jan 15. - Got off work early today, so that tomorrow I won't have any overtime. So I went shopping. Walmart, nothing. Michaels, not much I really needed, despite the $25 gift card I have. Walmart #2, score! Graphically Speaking and Storybook! I picked up both, not sure that I'll keep them both. We'll see.

Photo a day - Day 10 - 12 (01/10/09 - 01/12/09)

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Saturday, Jan 10. - A busy day for me! Saturday I went to see Bride Wars with my friend Nachelle. Then we went to Chilis. I miss spending time with her. But since we don't work together, live on opposites sides of the valley and she is a single mom to two kids, it makes her time limited!!! I was over there till about 4:30, then went to Target and Bed, Bath & Beyond. Got a few things. Came home and checked the mail. I got an AWESOME photo calendar from Edie with great pics of both of our families in it. It's so cute. I love it. When I got home, the following was my project for the night. Tara & Chris were coming over the next day to hang a bunch of frames and shelves for me. So I needed to actually put pictures in the frames! My floor was a mess!

Sunday, Jan 11. - Happy birthday to me!! Tara & Chris came over at noonish. We made mojitos, hung up picture frames and shelves and my new Making Memories Embellishment Center (thanks MOM!). Then we went to Oreganos for a late lunch. I had the pesto pasta bake. They serve it baked in a bread bowl and I got it with sausage. And a bellini. Then cause it was my bday we got a cookie desert, half chocolate chip, half peanut butter covered with ice cream. DIVINE! We came back to my house and did presents and cake. SWEET!! So here are pics of my new pictures hanging, my shelf with things added quickly and a pic of the three of us at lunch.

Monday, Jan 12. - Today is when I start working out again! It was my last day of eating bad. So we went to Panda Express for lunch, and I had cake. Lots of cake. But I worked out! So it's a start. I had lost 40lbs at my lowest and I've gained back 24 of that. So horrible. I can't believe I let that happen. But back on the waggon!!! I HAVE to do something.

Anyway, here are some of my presents! These are what I got from Tara & Chris. I got two books (The Time Traveler's Wife & Tales of Beedle the Bard) and two CDs (OneRepublic and the Twilight Soundtrack).

Photo a day - Day 8 - 9 (01/08/09 - 01/09/09)

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Thursday, Jan 8. - Got my kit today from Scrap-room.com. I LOVE my kits. Really, what I mean to say is that I love hoarding my kits. I have 14 of them now that I've never used. Yep, sad! But they are all so PRETTY. They really do an amazing job.

Friday, Jan 9. - My pre birthday birthday pic! Laura brought me this tiarra today. It was a loaner from her daughters birthday...who turned 1 in September. Thanks Jenna! I wore it for about 20 minutes before it made my head ache! This may be the pic I use for my 32 year old layout. We'll see what happens in the next two days. I can see in my face how much weight I have gained back. Ugh. Monday I get back on the waggon!!

Photo a day - Day 5 - 7 (01/05/09 - 01/07/09)

2009-01-07T16:52:00.006-07:00

WOW. As if I didn't already know how boring my life is! Now I have pictures to prove it.

I shelved all the books I bought over the weekend. Well. Not only did I have some of those books already, I had TWO COPIES already of some of those books! So I did a bood cleaning of my book shelf and now I'm pretty sure I only have one of each book. I took a huge bag of books to work for the community book shelf. I also cataloged all the books I have, so that this won't happy again. Yeah, good luck that I'll keep up with that!

Four days till my birthday. And what do I have planed?? Not a damn thing. That makes me sad :( I love my birthday. No one else does apparently. I miss my friends back home, this would never happen.

I've been (pretty) good about taking the photos, but the blogging, no so much!

Monday, Jan 5th. Yep, a good repesentation of my day. I sat at my work computer and waited for payroll to come. Yes, I know. FACINATING!

Tuesday, Jan 6. Meet my SEXY new cell phone! Nokia 5310. It's got a music player, it plays the radio, IT HAS GUITAR HERO ON IT. Yes, it pretty much rocks. And it's red, my favorite color. I haven't had a red phone since my first phone, many moons ago!

Wednesday, Jan 7. Just another 70 degree Arizona winter day. Sigh. I know, some of you are jealous, but I'd rather it be in the 40's.

Photo a day - Day 3 (01/03/09) & Day 4 (01/04/09)

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DAY 3 - Jan 3, 2009

I actually DID take this yesterday, but I forgot that I needed to post it until I had already turned off my computer!

I did some shopping yesterday. So here is my haul from Michael's and Joanns. I used my Michaels gift card plus most of my Visa gift card as well. Oh well. I'm not sure yet that I'll keep all of it. We'll see!

This next pic is just to show the difference in weather from the first to the third. It was overcast yesterday. But no cold. The park that I drove by was PACKED!

DAY 4 - Jan 4, 2009

MMMM...new books! Half price day at Goodwill, so I got each book for a buck. I know I already have some of these, but for a dollar I can't resist. I'll donate to the library the ones I already have. There are a few authors I collect. I want all of their books: Patricia Cornwell, Michael Crichton, Robin Cook, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman, Tess Gerritsen, Iris Johansen. Well, I guess that's more than a few! So when ever I see them cheap, I pick them up. Do you collect books? I need a new bookshelf, mine is so full!!

Photo a day - Day 2 (01/02/09)

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I really did take this pic yesterday, I was just having internet issues. Which is all too common lately. I hate when my internet does that!

I got off work late yesterday because it was payroll day. I had some books to return to the library, but when I swung by, it was already closed :( But I saw these Christmas trees instead. They made me sad because Christmas is over.

I slept until 10 am this morning! That is unheard of for me! And no only that, I don't have the too much sleep hangover either. Oh joy! My room was the perfect temperature and I was all snuggled into my bed. It was great.

I think I'm going to go to Goodwill today. It's half off day and I want to see if I can get some books. Yes, I know, just what I need, more books!! But I'm trying to replace some of my hardbacks with softcovers. The hardbacks just take up too much space.

Photo a day - Day 1 (01/01/09)

2009-01-01T15:05:00.003-07:00

Alright, I'm really going to give this a go! I might not post every day, but I'm really going to give it a try to take (at least) a photo a day. Now that I have a cell phone that takes OK pics, this should be a bit easier!

So here are my Jan 1st, 2009 photos. I just took these. Gives you a taste of what New Year's Day is like in AZ. The temp reading is in the shade as well!

Guilted into it!

2008-12-10T08:33:00.002-07:00

Yes, I'm really only posting here because Cheri guilted me into it! Good job Cheri, I'm not usually the guilty type ;)

Started some Christmas baking last night. One of my GMs brought me one of those cookie mixes in a jar, so I had to make it. Even though I'm going to be doing ginormous amounts of baking in the next four days, I had to do it! They are pretty tasty. Not that I've eaten 10 of them or anything *hangs head in shame.*

So my baking list:
No bake cookies (thanks Heather)
Oreo truffles
Nutter Butter truffles
Pumpkin bread
Chocolate chip cookies
Peanut butter kiss cookies
Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
Peppermint bark

I think that is all. I'm throwing a Christmas pajama party on Saturday. So far only three people are coming. I hope more do, since I'll have enough goodies for about 35 people. Anyone else want to come??? ;)

Because of this, I have given up hope on ANY kind of healthy stuff in the month of December. I have eaten out more in the last two weeks that I probably did in the two months combined before that. But January, I'm going to start again, I need to so something, my pants are getting tight again. All that hard work, down the drain. Ugh.

I'm ALIVE!

2008-10-27T14:57:00.000-07:00

I'm horrible at this blogging thing! I know, I know. I really want to make a real post, but in the mean time I'm going to steal this off of Mindy's blog as I try to make it through the end of the day at work! I can barely keep my eyes open.

8 favorite TV shows:
1. General HOspital
2. The Office
3. Gossip Girl
4. 24
5. The Biggest Loser
6. The Amazing Race
7. ER
8. Supernatural

8 things I did yesterday:
1. Cleaned my bedroom
2. Cleaned my bathroom
3. Did laundry
4. Did dishes
5. Watched Smallville on DVD
6. Labled photos
7. Scrapped a bit
8. Made dinner for tonight in the crock pot

8 things I look forward to:
1. Going home for Thanksgiving!
2. Seeing all my friends and family
3. Christmas
4. Cool weather
5. Wearing sweaters
6. My birthday
7. The elections being over
8. My new medications working

8 favorite resteraunts:
1. On The Border
2. Panda Express
3. TGI Fridays
4. Sweet Tomatoes/Fresh Choice/Souper Salad
5. Rubios
6. Chinese place back home
7. Buttercup Kitchen
8. Bud's Burgers

8 things on my wishlist:
1. For my family to stay healthy
2. To be happy
3. To lose weight
4. To find love
5. To not worry about money
6. Get my debts paid off
7. Move back to California
8. A new car

4+4=8 Pick the 4th photo from the fourth folder in your My Pictures:
I'm at work, so this is what I've got! It's my co-workers baby at her first bday a couple weeks ago. Such a sweetie!

California here I come!

2008-07-16T19:57:00.000-07:00

A week from tomorrow I'll be in California. I'm so excited. It's girls weekend. I'm not sure what is all planned. I know we are going to some wineries. Maybe white water rafting. I know we are going to Pluto's which is a GREAT place to eat. It's the only request I had for the weekend. We'll have our usual M&M cake. LOTS of drinks. LOTS OF DRINKS. I can't wait to see the baby either. Quinn is awesome. Love that baby. He's got such personality and such a happy baby.

I'm just so ready to be OUT of Arizona. Even if only for a few days. I miss the comfort of back. Having people I can call to have dinner with all the time. People are SO far away here. Even the closest people here are 25 minutes away. I hate it. I feel like such a hermit. I have started scrapping with some ladies from work a couple of Saturdays a month. They are very nice and it's fun, but they are all very much older than me and in different parts of their life. I don't know, I'm so conflicted on where I want to go from here. I want to save up some money, pay off some debts. I know I need to do that before I can do anything. I think it's time for a second job.

4th of July

2008-07-09T13:15:00.000-07:00

I love that it was on a Friday :) The week before was payroll and not a good one. So it was great that it was only a 4 day week. By the time Friday came, I needed it bad!!

It is Arizona and it is July so of course it was hot! I went over to my sister's for the day. We had a good time. There were 13 of us there. We made our party punch (lots of juice, fruit and alcohol), bbq'd hot dogs & hamburgers, had chili, pizza dip, bean dip, pudding, jello, potato salad, fruit salad, just all good summer stuff! It was a lot of fun. I think I ate enough I wanted to pop! THEN we had brownies for Jordan's birthday (which was the day before) because he doesn't like cake.

We spent a lot of the day out in the pool. The water is so warm at this point in the year it's not even really refreshing. They need a cooled pool instead of a heated one! But it's still better than being outside without a pool.

Nachelle brought her kids over and they are so funny. They were there in May and we got Jordan (4) to jump off the shallow side, but not Mayah (7). Well, this time they were both all about jumping in all over the place. And EVERY TIME: Jen, watch me. GOOD LORD. That gets old really fast. But they were good and had a blast in the pool. I'll put some pics in below.

I went home before the fireworks started. By their house and by my house they put them off. If you don't get off the streets early enough they get so backed up and I didn't want to sit in that. I usually watch the fireworks from my back porch. I have a perfect view of the college that puts them off a few blocks away. But it's SO hot to stand out there because there is no air circulation. So, I realized that if I sit at my new scrap desk and open the blinds, I have a perfect view! YAY!

Photos:

1. Mayah & Jordan jumping in the pool

2. Me & Nachelle

3. Jordan, the birthday boy!

4. View of the fireworks from my house.

My summer DVD project

2008-06-21T21:11:00.000-07:00

I decided that once all my regular shows ended this summer that I was going to start watching some of the DVDs I own. I have a million (well, not quite) TV on DVD seasons that I have bought that I've never watched. I'm feeling really stupid about that, so I picked a series and I'm going to watch all of it.

I picked Smallville. At that point I owned four seasons on DVD and hadn't opened any of them. I thought I had watched at least a couple of seasons fullying on TV, but when I started watching the DVDs I realized I've hardly seen any of them really. I figuered if I watched them at a good clip I could get though it all this summer. I started when I was staying at my sister's after the wedding and watched one whole season the week I was there. Then I didn't watch it for about a week. Today I started season 4. I think I'm going to get though it a LOT faster than I thought! I went on Amazon a couple weeks ago and bought seasons 5 & 6.

I'm trying to decide what I want to watch when I finish this, since I'll have a LOT of time when I finish it before regular TV season starts. My choices: Gilmore Girls, Dawson's Creek, Angel, Buffy, Roswell or The Simpsons. Now, I've seen pretty much every episode of DC, Angel & Roswell. I've seen the last few seasons of Buffy completely. I might tackle GG, becuase I think that's the one I haven't seen most of. Should fill up my summer!!

Back on the workout waggon!

2008-06-11T08:35:00.001-07:00

I was pushing myself too much with all the prep for my sister's wedding and getting my house ready for guests, so I stopped working out in the couple weeks leading up to the wedding. Then I was housesitting, then I was sick, then I went out of town. So I haven't worked out at all in at least 5 weeks. So I told myslef now that I am feeling (a bit) better, I would get back on the waggon this week and be strong. I would be working out 4 days a week again and watching my eating.

I didn't do badly in that time. I'm up only 1 lb in that time when I am thrilled about considering I was not working out at ALL and wasn't really watching what I was eating. But I'm trying to watch the calories again. I go to California in 7 weeks and I'd like to drop 15 lbs before then. I know that is ambitious, but I'm going to try. 10 lbs would make me happy and the 15 would make me thrilled.

I've worked out on Monday and Tuesday so far this week. Today will be my errand day then I will work out Thursday and Friday. It's too hot anymore for me to go for walks outside. Maybe if I wake up early enough on the weekends I can. But this morning when I left for work at 6:30 it was already 74 degrees. It's only going to get worse. We are supposed to be at 109 this weekend. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. Why did I move here again? Ugh.

I HATE house sitting!

2008-05-22T07:26:00.000-07:00

I'm on day 4 of my 8 days house sitting. I HATE IT. Let me list the ways!

- First off, it's so far away. My normal drive is 7 miles from work, their house is 20 miles. That's a big difference when gas is this high.

- I hate dogs. Well, I love their dogs of course, but I don't like being around dogs. Especially their dogs because they are so babied. They can't stay outside, I have to go RIGHT from work to let them out. And I think I'm slightly allergic. Laying it bed last night it was all I could do to not itch myself to death. Ugh.

- I miss my house :( Because I have to go right over after work I don't get to go to my own house. And since their house is like 20 miles from mine, it's just too far to go all the way to their house and then back to mine. I miss my bed, my computer, my scrap stuff. I haven't been alone in my own house in 7 days.

- Their computer is so virus infected it's ridiculous! You can't do anything without a million pop ups. And it delays everything. I was trying to load and look though photos and some folders take up to 10 minutes to open! I tried to fix it when I was there at Christmas, but it made the internet stop working so I'm not allowed to do anything any more.

- I've had to do 6 loads of towels, chase garbage around the backyard that was blowing everywhere and I'VE HAD TO CLEAN UP DOG POOP IN THE HOUSE THREE TIMES.

Woe is me. Yes, this is about as bad as the drama gets in my life. It's all I've got, which is a good thing. But I never get to whine, especially lately with everything being about the wedding. I just feel very dumped on and taken advantage of and I HATE it. My friends were here too and really I don't feel I got to spend quality time with them.

Might as well document this

2008-05-04T20:49:00.000-07:00

Finished painting my scrap room today. My wrists are KILLING me. Ugh. After all the painting, I think I should have made the trim white. Oh well, I DO like the color, of both the trim and the walls. It's a ton darker that I had started out wanting. I was having a hard time getting a proper photo, but my big camera did it. I should have used that one from the start. I also finally put together the storage cube thing I got at Target like four months ago. It's just been sitting in the box. It's white, so it will fit right in with all my other stuff.

I have this nasty old dresser that I need to so something with. I picked it up two houses ago. Who ever lived there before me left it and I kept it and drug it alone. It's ugly, cheap and is only good for hiding crap in. It would be better if I could paint it, but it would need big time sanding and I'm not good and that and I don't have anywhere to do it. I'm sure I could replace it at Ikea for $60. Or I could just go though the crap in it an throw it away/organize it.

Speaking of organization, I went though a box of crap that had been collecting for a while. I divided into smaller piles: recipes, clippings for scrapping, scrapping stuff, coupons, magazines, cards. I am trying to get all of my random recipes into a binder and organized. I also finally cleared some space in my cabinets to put my cook books and recipe cards. And they all fit, even with my odd sized cabinets!

I also went though my closet right next to my front door. I threw away some boxes. I don't know why I feel the need to keep boxes of things that 1. Are a million years old and I can't possibly return; 2. I don't own anymore; 3. Are broken already. I made a lot of room in there and put my card organzier in there (with all my blank cards that had been in a different box). I'll be putting more stuff in there once I get the rest organized.

I also need to decide on what camera I want to keep. I recently bought two smaller ones, since I broke my little one at the bachelorette party. I found a Fuji FinePix Z5fd on clearence at Target for $90. It's great, except it doesn't take SD cards, which is all I own. But it got great reviews at Amazon, and that was a great price. Even if I spend $40 on getting a memory card (or two). The other one I got was on clearence at Sears. It's a Casio Exilim Ex-V8. It's a seriously awesome camera and the same brand as my old one which I LOVED. But it was $170, even on clearence. And the warrenty was way more at Sears than at Target. So I need to make the decision if the Casio is worth more than twice as much as the Fuji. I had making camera choices :(