hello, lovely

I suck at blogging. Seriously. I wish I could get away with blogging at work… that seems to be the only time I think of blogging anything REMOTELY interesting. So, here’s a random assortment of things….

Things have been fairly boring around here. Joe’s been working like crazy, making up for all the times he got to leave work early, and I’ve just been… well, surviving, I guess. I’m still waiting for the other shoe to drop, work-wise. Then again, I’m pretty sure I’m the least paid person in the office, so I’m probably a deal. lol.

After our visit to Dallas, I started using a new shampoo: Garnier Fructis. I almost always hate the shampoos they give at hotels. My hair never feels right when I use them, and I don’t want to deal with taking out the “Plastic Baggy of Items that Used to Maybe Be Used to Blow Up A Plane But Aren’t Anymore Provided You Only Have 2-3 oz. of Them” at security, so I just go to a Walmart or a drugstore when we get where we’re going and get my own. Normally, my old stand buy is Pantene, but I’ve been unhappy with them for a while (it turns out the shampoos at the hotel we were at were actually Pantene, so it wouldn’t have been the end of the world if I would’ve used them). I was going to get Dove, because it’s okay, but they didn’t have any. All they had was the Garnier Fructis, so I decided to try it. My hair was AWESOME! When we got home, I went and bought full-sized versions, and I LOVE it! My hair is shiny again,and it’s not dandruffy like when I use Pantene (maybe it’s the wax flaking off or something). It has some body to it, even after it’s been in a pony tail all day! I LOVE this stuff! I’m still having other hair issues, but if I go back to taking vitamins, that should help.

I officially started Christmas Shopping last week. Some of the places nearby were having decent deals on some DVDs, so we bought some for our own library, and I went shopping for family members. We’re big on the DVDs, so it’s easy to buy (most of the time), and it’s not too awful to ship things back home. So far I have something for my mom and my stepdad. I still need to figure out what I’m doing for my sister and Joe. I’m doing a bit of knitting, too, but nothing too crazy. Mom, Charles, and Megan are going to get knitted gifts, provided I finish them in time, and I think I’m going to knit for Joe’s parents & sister, and maybe for a couple of other people. Provided I finish everything in time. No knitting related stress this holiday season. We’re off Thursday, obviously, and Friday/Sat/Sun, so I’m hoping that I’ll get lots of knitting done next weekend… maybe even finish, or get very close to finishing the major gifts.

I saw Twilight last night, but I’m still kind of… meh… about it. It was okay, but I didn’t like it nearly as much as I was hoping I would. That’s all I really want to say, because I don’t want to spoil it for everyone. I think I need to see it again after it’s been out a little while so I can hopefully see it without the entire theater screaming and squealing when it starts or whenever Edward comes on screen. There was a group of teeny boppers in front of us who kept giggling anytime an important line was said, but we were sitting next to a dad and his two sons (figure that one out), so thankfully, I wasn’t sitting NEXT to a crazy teenager in LURVE. OH, and I WILL say this… for the parts that were cast with BLONDE HAIRED PEOPLE - it would have been MUCH BETTER if they cast .. oh, I don’t know, NATURALLY BLONDE-HAIRED PEOPLE. The chick who plays Rosalie is STUNNING…. in her natural BROWN hair… not so much as a blonde. Or at least making their hair much more convincing. It was like, spray-paint blonde hair.. cuz you could almost TELL that their real color was trying to come through. I did like it though. I think I’d have enjoyed it much more if I’d gone by myself, or with someone who actually had read the books and was excited about it, too. Joe went with me, but I still don’t really know why, because he would have rather been ANYWHERE but in that theater. lol All that said, I can’t wait until the next one. lol.

Do you think I could get away with wearing my pjs to work? I really don’t feel like getting dressed today.

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations, President Elect Obama!!

Unfortunately due to travel and family events, I missed the October 2008 challenge, which was PIZZA! Yum! I hope to eventually try that recipe out, but it just didn’t happen in October. Check out the Daring Baker’s Blogroll, though, for other participants entries into the challenge. I’m looking forward to the November Challenge!

Thanks for an awesome birthday, guys!!

xoxoxo

happy birthday to me,
happy birthday, dear meeeeeeeeee…
happy birthday to me!

I love birthdays, but especially my own. Cold from hell or not, this day is going to RULE.

If Joe gets his ass out of bed, we’ll be having lunch with my sister, then going to Hobby Lobby and the Woolie Ewe, then going to dinner with my friends, and then I’ll come back to drop Joe off & go knitting!!

I am so excited!

How did the first day go???

OMG, I totally am hating it here right now. What I thought was just kitty allergies has morphed into this stupid ass cold thing, and I am DYING.

So far, I’ve seen my parents and my sister a couple of times, and Teresa, Alex, Gabby, April and John. I am hopefully seeing Stacy and Jenny tomorrow.

Ugh… colds definitely suck. I hope it’s just that I’m allergic to Texas and I’m 100% better when I get to Cali. LOL.

Tomorrow, I am going yarn shopping & and hang out with some knitters after dinner tomorrow. Should be fun! Wednesday morning, we leave. We’ve had issues with our rental car, so I’m going to sic Joe on them, and hopefully we’ll get a free rental out of it. Add that to the fact that we still have a few Marriott points, and Joe says if they give people the option to bump flights, we totally SHOULD if they give us the option for a free flight, because, hello - another vacation!

Anyway.. feeling like crap. I am going to go lie down. ANd charge my phone… because I don’t charge it enough and it keeps dying (totally my fault. lol).

** We also visited the new kick ass Walmart on NW Hwy & Saturn, and you know what I found there? A WII FIT!! OMG, I bought it (Joe was going to, but he said if he bought it, then I’d have to give up my real birthday present. I found out what my real present was, and i’m like.. no way, i’m buying it. So I got a Wii Fit AND I get to go to a hockey game. LOL YAY!), and we shipped it, plus some clothes back to CA. I can’t find any flannel pj pants at any of the Walmarts I’ve been to in CA, so I have to stock up when I come to down apparently. LOL.

… snore …

I’m in Denver right now wishing I could go hang out with Dina.
I have gotten about an hour, maybe an hour and a half of sleep since I woke upat 7am yesterday. Needless to say, I am exhausted.

y’all.

Joe and I were at the store today after work. We bought NyQuil because he’s been a little sick, and I got myself some Drumsticks because they sounded tasty. We went to self check-out because there was no line there, and DUDE. You guys, I got CARDED. FOR BUYING NYQUIL.

I didn’t even know what was happening!! The guy came up to the register, and I just showed him what I was buying, and I thought I heard him say something about me not looking that old, and then I’m like, so what do I need to do? And he goes “Oh, that’s for me.” So I’m looking at him like “okay, so do something about it.” and he goes, “it’s for 30 or older.” And then it clicked that hello, show him your driver’s license. HE COULD HAVE SAID, “Can I please see your ID?” The screen doesn’t say “SHOW THE CASHIER YOUR ID.” It says “APPROVAL NEEDED.”

Honestly, typing this up is sort of pissing me off. I don’t care that I got carded. The guy’s just doing his job by checking IDs (since when did you need an ID to buy NyQuil? lol). Been there, done that, but at least say “HEY, Can I see your ID, please?” Don’t sidle up to the register all creepy-like and stand there like an IDIOT and hover until I realize that I need to READ YOUR MIND to figure out what the hell you want. I SO want to talk to somebody’s manager now, even though I know it won’t make a difference (because, ha, I worked in a grocery store. I know how it works!).