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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
me me me!

It's official I'm going to start a new blog. I just can't help it. I've decided to design it myself so it might be a while, I'll let you all know what's up though. It seems underhanded, but I need my outlet and I hate wasting space on Divas talking about me. Just remind me not to blog at home.

posted by Ms. Adventures at 11:29 AM     4 tasty tidbits


Saturday, January 28, 2006
A new obsession!

I came across This after perusing some of Kimberlina's links. Oh. My. God! Antique fabrics!

Droooool.

posted by Bee at 7:56 PM     0 tasty tidbits


Friday, January 27, 2006
Still a Diva...

Oh My God. I have the office all to myself. Today is gonna ROCK.

Tonight is Maximum Estrogen Overdrive night, where Tara (and hopefully WW and CP) plan on ingesting much pasta, drinking some wine, watching Moulin Rouge, tissues in hand, and "singing" Come What May at top decibal. Anyone who has ever heard Tara and I drunk-sing knows how much fun that is. It's like the warble of two alley cats on steriods. The last time we did this we watched 'She's having a Baby', but not because it's a chick flick. Because Kevin Bacon...in his undies? Yeah!!!
Anyway, that night we murdered Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work", and I don't think I've yet recovered from the attempt at a High C. I've since had to stick with the more sultry version by Maxwell. Which I still murder.

Seriously? There will be so much estrogen being pumped from my house it'll render every man in a 3-mile radius sterile.

Like I said...Today is gonna ROCK!

posted by Bee at 12:05 PM     2 tasty tidbits


Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Random thoughts again

I wonder why:
- after roughly 3 years of living in my house my husband still doesn't know where our dishes go when he puts them away. I guess I should be glad he does it at all.

- I'm the only one who cleans the bathrooms, floors, and laundry. He says he does the yard so that's the exchange, but what about the winter? He doesn't start helping with those things when it's winter and he doesn't have yard work.

It's interesting to me that people only see what they want to see. I'm positive I'm included in that, cause I'm not so receptive to hearing the truth myself all the time. But it's funny how people prioritize their lives whether they do it subconsciously or not. For instance a certain co-worker of mine is always making comments about being broke but everytime we go to the thrift stores to shop for clothes, furniture, etc. She spends $30-$50 a pop. She was saying the other day how disappointed she was that she couldn't visit her elderly grandmother (who lives overseas). I said well you should try to save like $25 a paycheck, at the end of the year that's roughly $500. She says, save it from where? If I don't have it to save in the first place then I can't save anything. I said (cause it annoyed me and my immune system's low since I've been sick. The worse I feel the less patient I am) Well if you saved that money you spent last week on that coat, and the week before that on a cabinet for your house, and the week before that the set of chairs, it would all add up. I know for a fact she has TONS of clothes and TONS of furniture. She even said a few weeks ago she might have to put some of her furniture in her attic cause she had bought too much. Anyhow, after I said that to her she quieted up really quick and has been a little cold lately. See I told you guys I piss people off. I didn't mean to in this situation but for goodness sake! :Shrug: I guess she got over it though cause we're going to the thrift store today.
On other fronts I'm sore as shit right about now. I took my regular kickboxing class Monday night, but it had been 3 weeks since I'd been there. I was sick last week and the two previous weeks they were closed for the holidays. Anyhow, I'm going to another kickboxing class tonight, it should help me get over this soreness.

posted by Ms. Adventures at 9:55 AM     3 tasty tidbits


Monday, January 23, 2006
I've been blocked

I'm not quite sure why but one of the blogs that I go to and randomly comment on has blocked me (I think). Just last week I was able to comment, now this week when I comment, it still says "no comments." I thought well maybe there's a time delay, so I checked back the next day, no comments. I wonder if I'm jumping to conclusions, I do that sometimes. It's an odd feeling. I would ask the moderator of the blog if I had the nuts to do it, but that would be rather embarrasing within itself. I hate to stop going there because if they really did block me then they don't really want me there, but if it's a mistake then that would be stupid on my part.

Ok I went ahead and sucked it up and asked. We'll see what the answer is.

posted by Ms. Adventures at 9:30 AM     3 tasty tidbits


Thursday, January 19, 2006
Guilty pleasures

If you know me, you know I like rap/hip/hop etc., not to mention I love dancing to it. It's ridiculous the amount of misogynistic crap that spews from their mouths, but you know what? It doesn't keep me from shakin' my rump to it! I dunno, it's like I zone it out cause I like the beat. I hate to admit it but I really like Lil' John and Usher, Bow wow ain't bad either. Yin Yang twins, you name um. Except for like Ice Cube, can't hang with that, I'm mostly an East coast type.

Another music deal I'm not necessarily proud of is my love for the Violent Femmes, the Pixies, and Madonna. I LOVE Madonna's new CD. I'm such a sucker for marketing but at least I know it.

On another note you know how yesterday I said I piss people off easily? WELLLLLLL today I did just that.

The psyco crack head (aka Julie Donkey Dick Sucker) that we work with was having technical issues as usual. She always has these issues cause she's always trying to use all the obsolete/never used options, on our different systems, and besides we're not that high tech here, so if you might normally be able to use a feature, not here you can't. ANYHOW, the tech guy was asking me all these questions about her issue because 1. He's scared to talk to her since she made a pass at him and 2. It's hard to talk to people on crack. So I go over there, and she's trying to read that gay error message that Microsoft gives you that asks you do you want to send the error to them for review (that they don't pay any attention to even if you do). So I'm over there trying to get what's going on with her PC to translate to the tech (he calls me babe. I think he digs me if he doesn't dig guys. Not too sure about that, totally irrelevant anyway). So she goes to click on the link that takes you to the web to " find out more about error messages" meaning we want to tell you meaningless crap just to justify the stupid pop up. So I say kinda slowly and confused sounding," You.. want to ... um find out more..... about the error messages??" She POPS up out of her chair and says," DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE I'M STUPID!" I just looked at her dumbfounded and walked back to my desk. I didn't say a single word!!! Can you believe that!! I've thought of like a bazillion things I "should" have said. DAMMIT. It was too wide open anyway, I would have said something cruel anyway.



posted by Ms. Adventures at 1:23 PM     3 tasty tidbits


Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Ala' macaroniandcheese

Isn't that what the "Count" used to say?

Ok actually Ala' Michaela I have some random thoughts....

I've found it's very easy for people to talk to me, in turn it's very easy for them to hate me too. Lots of people do, I'm fine with it.

I wonder why I feel energetic for no reason? I wish there was a way to figure out why and then keep it that way. I get so much more done.

I want to buy some property and flip it, but I'm concerned about the tax ramifications. I need to look into it further, but the actual flipping I could totally do.

I am really fighting the urge to start my own blog again. It wouldn't be right to start something with the intention of keeping it from my husband, but I really liked having one! Curses.

I really want my career to get going here. I'm tired of being in school. Ok so it's only been a little over a year but it's still tedious.

I have a tendency to piss people off very quickly. It's not usually intentional.

posted by Ms. Adventures at 8:27 AM     6 tasty tidbits


Wednesday, January 11, 2006
And I hate speeding bulletts!

I always get rather reflective on my birthday week. I like to sit back and really observe my life, what I've done (or rather, not done) with it. Any other week of the year I get very flippant about my goals and my future. I'm very much an "in the Now" person so at times it's difficult for me to look as far as the next week ahead. This is something I plan to work on, but to quote my favorite movie "Well what you plan and what takes place aint exactly ever been similar".

I have accomplished some thing I'm proud of in my 'adult' life, however. Just to name a few...

I won a poetry award 3 years ago. Not a cash award (dammit) but I did win a shiny medal.
I've managed to take care of Buddy & Mollie so that they've not only stayed alive, but have grown at an alarming rate.
I kept my mother in the world when no one else could handle her (though it almost cost me my everloving sanity).
I've managed so far to keep my house all to myself, and was suprised to discover that I love living alone.
I've learned What Not To Wear. At Last!
I finally got over that crush I had on my Asian Civ professor.
I gave up The Sims, once and for all (though I occasionally do suffer from withdrawls).
I stood up to someone who hurt one of my friends, and scared the living shit out of him.
No Arrest Record!
I've learned about that whole "everything in moderation" thing, but ignore it from time to time.
I got Crystal to go to a bar.
I'm making an army of Buffy fans by locking the doors, tying whatever friend might be visiting to the couch and making them watch "Restless" and "Once More, With Feeling". Or perchance they're already stoned in which case "Yes, We'll take some Buffy, thanks!"
Most importantly, I've made friends who I absolutely love, Crystal and Wonder Woman at the top of that list.

I realize that list would have been better with photos to accompany it, but I'm going to be late for work so It will have to wait.
We're doing Birthday Bowling this weekend. I'm going to try to get through the evening without anyone throwing down some Lebowski, but we'll have to see how that goes.

Ta!

posted by Bee at 6:44 AM     0 tasty tidbits


Friday, January 06, 2006
When did I suddenly get old?

Last night as I was got out of the shower, I heard a sort of howling/wind type noise. I was fairly concerned, was it a tornado? A hurricane? (or whatever it is they have around these parts) ... hope not. I paused and listened then quickly realized it was just the wind whipping around outside. I stood there trying to dry off and suddenly remembered how I used to feel about wind like that when I was maybe 14 or 15...it was exhilarating to me. I would stand in it just feeling the vibrancy and hold my hands out to touch it. Now-a-days I just get concerned, worried that it may be a natural disaster coming on or something! What happened!..... I say to myself. When did it change from adoration to concern? I can't remember!Which is even worse cause that definitely means I'm getting older though I've never had a good memory anyways. Nevermind all that.... back to my point. Since when did I get old? I can think of a slew of thing I used to find total exhilaration from that I just don't like so much anymore. The Dukes of Hazard or climbing trees for instance. I used to love to climb trees, nevermind the fact I was like 7 years old, I still loved it. Now I'm like, oh no, I might fall! And Daisy Duke needless to say is no longer a role model. SEE!.......... OLD! Woe is me........

Another thing. How can you love and hate the same person to both extremes. Honestly sometimes I want my husband to drop off the face of the earth and then other times I don't think I could stand for him to be anywhere but glued to my side! How is this? You know in Sociology I learned (yes I actually learned something in college, weird right?) that most murders are committed by family members! I can SO see that. Really.

Anyway I leave you with a picture of my drapes I've been working on. The two panels in the picture are done, I just need to make more for the other windows. It may be hard to tell but they're striped with green, blue, and yellow and it's on a silk blend fabric that has a kind of sheen to it.


posted by Ms. Adventures at 8:11 AM     3 tasty tidbits


Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Diva's Delightful New Year

I adore the new year! Everybody with their "fresh start" the word adore...... I adore it all. I try not to make fruitless resolutions, so I will call them "goals".

Ten Fabulous goals of mine for 2006:

1. Be a better wife and mother- (we all have room for improvement)
a. stop threatening to leave my husband- be firm in my commitment
b. be more patient with my children- allow them to be children (it's hard because they're very aggravating sometimes)
c. play with them more

2. Do something constructive (high yeild CD or something) with my money as to have a college savings acount for the boys.

3. Remember more- especially birthdays

4. Be more satisfied with my life and myself

5. Be more giving and go to church at least 1-2 times a month, cause I love my church I just never go.

6. Get major home renovations done - if possible

7. Make it to Texas on vacation sometime this year and visit my grandma.

8. Drink more water.

9. Become as healty as possible which would include losing the last 10 lbs I want to.

10. Increase shoe, handbag and jewlery collection to a suitable status.

Whew! Well that's all I'm sure I'll think of more. Last but definitely not least, here's a holiday picture of moi. Crystal said she likes this one.





posted by Ms. Adventures at 9:20 AM     6 tasty tidbits


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