a journey of frantic inactivity

happy once, happy twice...

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:50:49 GMT

happy chicken soup with rice!

millipuppy is...

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:45:55 GMT

happy once...

happy twice...

happy chicken soup with rice!

camping is stressful

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:59:24 GMT

i was so mad, so scared and so happy in turn this weekend that by sunday night my nerves were completely shot...

it's gonna take days to recover from the 'relaxing' weekend trip

whooosh...

but all are well and all is happy once again, thank goodness.

o.m.f.g.

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:24:48 GMT

some people are so clueless and arrogant it is absolutely stunning.

unbelievable.

the Kitten Motto

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:49:30 GMT

~"If you don't know what something is... bite it.
If it doesn't bite back... it's yours... pee on it."~

my holiday weekend rocked after all :D

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:34:45 GMT

okay, so i can't complain anymore about never getting to do anything during summer holidays.

after hanging out with boxy, nicole, tim, johnny, jackie and jackie's family at the fireworks (plus running into Matt A, Aaron, Aubry and Calista), i got to go to the game night party at the garrison's...

well, there i was... i was sitting on the wall talking to johnny and nicole... then i was in the kitchen and nicole was dancing and saying "now, we have to go now! we have to go to the movies!" then we were at the movies... all within a few minutes... nicole cracks me up hyped up on sugar... it actually seems very familiar

so nicole, me, bryan and johnny went to see Wall-E... i think we actually went to see Wanted, but i'm not sure what happened there either... lol. anyway it was really cute, i liked it... even if it didn't have any shots of angelina jolie's butt

after going back to the garrisons and finding them winding things up, we went to nick's... nick wasn't there, but his roommates were, nice guys... can't for the life of me remember their names, but i'm sure i'll figure it out...

ahhhh... and i had a chance to do something i haven't in ages, i had forgotten how long i can sit and stare into a fire... even if the smoke is killer, i love sitting next to the fire-pit and listening to everyone talk... sigh

around 4ish, it was decided that we must go to ihop, tho it took at least another half hour to get moving... i didn't realize how starved i was til we were halfway there... had the sorta eggs benedict, and thought about the last time i ended a night at ihop at dawn with eggs benedict... that was the beginning of some turbulence ... but it's been a while since i wandered out of ihop to watch the sunrise.

also got to appreciate that a month ago i would have already been at work for an hour while we were sitting there eating breakfast

rolled in the driveway about 6am and ignored some serious bitching from the girls having missed their dinner... nobody starved to death, trust me. the computer wouldn't connect so i couldn't check out my mob that somebody had strong-armed us into

ended up giving up on sleeping and went out to panera where i ran into mark and felicia jackson and their brood of little ones. they invited me to join them and we had a chance to catch up and little ian gave me many big toothy grins.

omg... 5 minutes into conversation felicia was all over me "so... are you dating anyone, have you been dating anyone? why not? we think you're cute and fun... why don't you have a man? what kind of guy do you like?" all in the same sentence... i swear to you. lol. i didn't even know what to say.

i told her they should get together with the rogers and my mom and figure it out... when they've got my personal life worked out somebody just come back and tell me.

sheesh... they looked like they were hatching plans... oh well. somebody around here should have a plan... yeah... well.

i didn't have to go to work for a while so i headed to matt & rebekah's, realized that rebekah and the boys would still be at church... had a lovely garden tour from mimi and disturbed matt's quiet sunday morning aloneness

since bekah didn't get back for ages from church, lunch and the store, matt and i watched 'Gone in Sixty Seconds' (still no shots of her butt tho) and Eddie Izzard... always had a soft spot for silly men with accents in women's clothing... too much early exposure to monty python

then it got even better when i got the call that i didn't need to come in to work after all and i could just worry about getting the invoices out tomorrow... woo

my 'no nap' plan was totally thwarted by the baby going to sleep in my lap... he killed me, i was out like a light. then once i thought we were up and the boys were playing i curled up on the couch and went back to sleep... the rogers are the best, i can't just sleep anywhere, i have never been one of those people... so even tho i was exhausted it really says something about how comfortable i am there that i could just sleep while the boys played and dinner was fixed... yumm.. crab cakes

so i went home, added to my mob... lol, i got over eager and lost some fights... bah... and slept like the dead and i felt totally happy and loved... and i had a wonderful holiday and really enjoyed spending time with everybody

okay so it is an 'old fogey' moment...

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:20:24 GMT

but, really, am i the only one who sees this?

duran duran - circa 1980-something...

kill hanna - right now...

i'm not criticising... i'm just wondering if i'm the only one ;)

because it's extra manly

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:47:17 GMT

i got invited along while the guys worked at Aubry's shop today... (yeah i made sure it wasn't some sort of male bonding ritual that my girl-ness would taint) and it was just as cool as i expected, i was really impressed.

i didn't try any metal working myself this time, but that left me free to check out all the different projects and really see all the stages. i think i learned a lot from watching and i was honestly really impressed by the guys, especially since most were trying it for the first time. There are going to be some really cool results and a lot was accomplished in one afternoon. i also really liked that the shop was just ringing with all the productivity, and with tangible results.

and i think my girly presence helped keep anyone from actually suffering testosterone poisoning... all that manliness could've reached dangerous levels.

had dinner at los dos so i've already got lunch for tomorrow, and poor ziggy was much abused...

now i'm so sleepy i'm ready to fall asleep in the chair... but i've still got to dose everyone around here with various medicines and feed the whole crew, then i'm gonna crawl into bed. ugh i've actually got to go to work tomorrow... but not at 5am!! finally :D

grr...

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:25:04 GMT

Attention Doofus:
I am going to kick your kid into the lake because he's incredibly fucking annoying and he's working my last nerve. You have been warned, please take him elsewhere or don't look so suprised.
Thank You.

my milli is dead

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:47:28 GMT

and i don't know what to do.

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:03:37 GMT

millipuppy at 3 years old

aaron would have been my best buddy ;)

sounds about right

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:24:25 GMT

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch:		12
Quality Time:		7
Words of Affirmation:		5
Acts of Service:		4
Receiving Gifts:		2

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

it's a good thing my friends are such a huggy bunch ;)

Public Service Announcement

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:33:22 GMT

I have the flu...
the flu flu or the stomach flu or the bubonic plague
i am unsure...
it is not good and i am not happy
i came home from work because i was declared a biohazard.

i am now going to crawl back under the electric blanket on my parent's couch and stay there for the forseeable future.

so... work went unfinished, i have not finished hemming mabry's overdress (i take full responsibility and throw myself on the mercy of the costume mistress... if she doesn't accept it, i'll lick her) and i will not be doing the lucet thing tomorrow or rehearsal at all, and work sunday may well not happen either tho that will cause lance to be screwed...

i haven't got the time or energy to be sick.

sigh

well, fine...

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:59:18 GMT

I'm not sure how to feel about this...

Movie Reviews

but it sounds about right.

i deserve a cookie...

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:30:24 GMT

because i did still go to work.

the great and powerful god of guilt dragged me out of bed and drove me to the mall after two hours of not sleep.

yup.

so tired.

but i deserved it.

;)

turkey-lurkey holiday time

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:39:18 GMT

so how is the holiday weekend when you work retail?

lord help us.

in a nutshell, my weekend...

get up 3am- dark
work (security... oddly enough, not even a stick to whack the black friday crazies)
say "no i'm sorry, we don't have a video game department, our store is too small" 10,000 times an hour
home
sleep

get up 2:30- dark, see a bunny
work
trip to ER
didn't die after all
home
sleep

get up 3:30 - still dark...
work
hastings
nap
go to see my Rogers-es!!!
home
sleep

yep.
tis the season.

whew

and today i goofed the hell off

what are you thankful for?

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:45:16 GMT

i'm thankful for my many loves and well-extended family!

they bring me presents!

when sirmac came home from san fransisco I got a cutie bear that has "<3 san fransisco" on it's belly and a black t-shirt that says "kiss me I'm a pirate" it was suggested that we should wear our new shirts the next time we see the Bilge Pumps. Forgetting for a minute that whenever we are around the Pumps we are in garb working a faire, In my experience they don't need any more encouragement. So I've been wearing it to sleep in. ;)

now no so happy, if anyone needs to find me for the next few days you'll have to summon up your courage, arm yourselves, come to the mall and fight your way through the teeming mass of crazed humanity that is after thanksgiving x-mas shopping. I will literally be doing nothing for at least three days but go to work insanely early, work ridiculously long hours, come home and go straight to bed to get ready to do it again. :(

auditions

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:58:35 GMT

It was a lovely day in the park and such fun to see everyone

also very happy didn't need to audition and really going to enjoy rehearsals without rehearsing ;)

yeppers

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:37:17 GMT

my new favorite, via happynoodlehead

"but if i don't eat him, he'll get me!"

ahem

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:22:29 GMT

I have discovered that inspiration feels a lot like indigestion,

and

that both your homemaking and provider skills are being seriously impugned when a cat poops on your broom.

ooooOOOoooOoOoooooo

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:09:49 GMT

oh you have to see it...

em, we've gotta go.

Mom and I went to Yarn & Loops L & B Yarn Co. just now.

They have a great classroom and cool place to hang out and stitch, and the first thing the girl did was offer us a drink :)

All I could do was wander around and around the store feeling the yarn in awe of all the colors.

Absolute heaven for the tactile, color loving, yarn junkie.

looookie

woo hoo!!! it's back!

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:03:37 GMT

sirmacncheese healed the lappy!

ewww.

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:31:22 GMT

my laptop has the digital syphilis... apparently it picked it up from some loose wifi network.

it's pretty far along, insanity has already started to set in...

sirmacncheese says we'll just have to wipe it's little mind clean and start all over.

:(

maybe it'll feel like a young lappy again, a whole new fresh start.

the final straw

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:05:06 GMT

it finally happened.
I finally couldn't take it anymore.
that dreadful woman.
in a split second I went from "geeze what a dumb-ass" to so outrageously angry I couldn't breathe.
i realized i was going to go off on her... so I walked over to my manager and said "that's it. that woman has pushed my patience past the breaking point, i can't take one more minute."
I'm glad i held it in that much, i was so angry my hands were still shaking five minutes later.
most people i know now have never seen me really blow up.

it would have been a shit-fit of biblical proportions.

i try to never let it happen, but when it does it isn't pretty.
The screaming, the obscenities, the huge number of cruel and hateful things, plus the very real possibility of my grabbing a blunt object and bludgeoning her would have brought sears to a standstill, people would have come in from the mall to see what was happening.

our manager told the guy that leads our team to send her home or she would. he took her out and told her, basically, that nobody was going to take her crap anymore and sent her home and told her not to come back tomorrow so we could get some work done.

it was a very long 10hr shift today, and it was a pretty bleak outlook for 10hrs tomorrow. but maybe it will at least be peaceful tomorrow.

I used to think she was harmless, stupid but harmless, now i think she might be evil. I still don't want her to get fired, though she has done damn near everything to get herself fired. I know she needs the job, but she just can't do it, she can't do the work and she's horrible to work with.

anyway i am just exhausted... apparently i can only bite back my irritation for so long. i am a temperamental person, i like to call it "artistic temperament" but i think that's probably just a euphemism for 'being a bitch'

but dammit, i'm just fucking tired.

well, fine...

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:13:09 GMT

if you're trying to get ahold of me, you can't...
I broke my phone, completely.
It's now several pieces of essentially useless plastic.
Hopefully, it'll be replaced soon.

email me, or comment here if you need me :P