I got to work today and it was going to be a great day... I didn't wear my watch today and I wore it yesterday and yesterday was a great day. I thought to myself, stupidly, "Today's gonna suck cause I didn't wear my watch..."...
...I get a call from a co worker that just so happened to be later than usual this morning, the LAST person to get in the parking lot until people started lunch hours around 11am...
CW: Hey you probably know this already but your RR Tire is FLAT...
ME: What?!? What do you mean FLAT?!?!
CW: OH! Sorry, I mean, F-L-A-T... Hanging off the rim, no bueno flat. You might want to come down here.
ME: (looking at the piles and piles of work on my desk and NOW worrying about my car resting on the rim and the fact that I just bought new tires 6 months ago and the CFO is leaving and I'm doing checks today instead of tomorrow and he's leaving in 30 minutes...29 minutes...28 minutes and oh my god OH MY GOD!!) Uhm, yeah, I can't... I'll be down soon...
I powered through two days worth of work in 2 hours this morning so the CFO could leave early and be out tomorrow, which is generally the day I run the vendor checks. I got it DONE... BOOM!!!
I ask my co-worker if she could watch the phones for a sec while I mosey on down to my car...
It was totally fucked off, and I wanted to cry, and vomit, and hug my Purple People Eater all at once... I go into the warehouse, I have a friend out there. It's DEAD out there today (actually NOT a good thing but good for ME at the time)... Ask mi amigo if he can help me out a second... "Of course!" Take him to my car and show him the tire, we get the jack and the tire iron out of the car, I was initially going to take the tire off the car, leave it jacked, go with SOMEONE and get the tire fixed and bring the tire back to put on the car... I didn't have a donut on my car. My car didn't come with one...and My father in law got me one that was used and it went bad real fast and it never got replaced.
Mi Amigo finds a donut spare in my trunk...??????
...The last time something happened to my tires and I didn't handle it 100% myself, we were staying with my in-laws... I was working, Choni was working and there was only Thing 1... I took Choni's car, he took his dad's car, and Felipe kept MY car...he had Fridays off and wasn't working anyways... He put that there. He put that donut spare there for me, cause he knew I wouldn't do it and he knew his son wouldn't do it and he knew I would need it...he knew WE would need it... He put that there for me.. a present to be had a later date, lest we knew he wouldn't be able to linger and help with these little chores any longer...
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I couldn't even handle that. I completely broke down at work...
I got my shit together, I took and "early" lunch to get my car business handled cause Amigo checked my spare, it was low. He took it over to the RV place behind us and had it blown up some so I could go 2 miles to the tire chain in town where I got my tires... same chain, different store. A patch job later, and I'm good to go. AFTER the dude at the counter told me that hey would be replacing the tire cause there were razor blades wedged into it and it would cost me 10 bucks because I already had a warranty on the tires... this would replace the warranty with a new warranty on the new tire and there is a disposal fee...so I say, 10.
I decided to venture and I went to JBox for breakfast... like I used to when me n Choni was in college n stuffs...
It was kinda nice... ish... spent most of the time doing a play by play on my morning with Choni, JJ, and eating my sausage croissant combo... NOT really how I wanted to spend my lunch hour but I got in a walk so I guess it sort of washes out...riiiight?!? Right! Okay... I get back to the place, just as I was about to make a dent in my book that I am neglecting because I'm all grown up 'n shit I get called up to take care of my business... No charge, just a patch.. Jesus-pleasus... I got my final paperwork and got the HELL outta there...
Came back to work to find out some stupid shit popped off while I was gone, but no biggie, it's all fine. Also, found out a guy isn't here, that is detrimental to be getting a certain spreadsheet done in 45 minutes instead of 4-5hours... and no one knew he'd be gone starting YESTERDAY and will be back Monday... Uhm.. okay...
The Piles on my desk that I got rid of this morning were replaced with new piles.. but I couldn't get mad... cause how lucky I am really.
I am lucky, cause I work for a place that let me up and leave and take care of personal business in the middle of the damn morning...
I work for a place with cool people that help out a chick who is SWAMPED and doesn't have TIME to change the tire (let alone the will)...
I didn't have to pay for a new tire, or a deductible on a new tire...
That shit went sideways AFTER I parked at work and NOT while I had my family in the car...
...And I had a Father In Law who, even now, is STILL watching over us...
And it's because of all that, I just ate my spaghetti lunch for "dinner" cause I am also going to get our taxed done after work and I won't be home in time to sit down to dinner with my hunnies... but I get to have some later, so there's that...
...And speaking of cake, anybody else come home to a freshly baked cake yesterday? Hands? Anyone? No?? Just me?... Ok then...
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer...
I have no idea what to do with this...
She's doing exactly what you think she is doing...
Plié...using Noni's end table as a Barre...
I got a girlie girl supreme... Tutus and dresses and barrettes that cover her entire head like a crown are my life for the FIRST time in my whole life. Thing 1 was not this way. She patronized her grandmother with the fufu dresses, the gloves, the ruffle socks, the ribbons in the hair with every color in them coordinating with her exact ensemble...
But YOU had to do it... YOU had to ask her if she wanted it, if she wanted to wear the fufu... and usually she said no..It became one of those things where she would say, "But that's what I wear at grandma's, that's not for home."
Damn...
That doesn't mean, though, that this Tomboy doesn't have a few tricks up her sleeves... I have a way that we can have our cake and eat it too... Thing 2 likes frilly dresses and grabs them with gusto to get dressed in the morning...Like this...
Oy vey...how was I supposed to leave this today? It's not easy, I tell ya.
I can't believe I actually found a cute little ruffly tutu legging combo thing in the clearance rack at Target for $6... HAD to get that for my girlie girl... Thing 1... well, she's 8 1/2 going on 30... so she's fine with her Kindle books.
My baby is not a baby, I have a toddler. NO matter how we slice it, she's a big girl now... She has her specificities with things, she's not much for words, but that doesn't mean she's not paying attention to everything you're doing at any given time. Because SHE IS! I have slowly started the move from silicone sippy cups to hard plastic sippy and with everything else so far she is making the change like a trooper...maybe I"M not the one ready for her to leave the crib behind, but I love the replacement crib I got her and she loves it, too. There are some things that will need to go on in the not too distant future as far as making a large bedroom fit for two girls of such different ages... but not right this very second. I'm enjoying this stage, drinking in the last drink before I quit cold turkey in the morning, so to speak.
Last baby, and we're done... No mas bebes... and it's sad. It is, even the mister said it was sad...but then he gets all logical on me and rational about how there are so many firsts we have to look forward to and that's what she be focusing on...damn him... and his perfectly reasonable logic.
We are still toting a stroller everywhere, because I would rather push a stroller than pull a toddler. She gets plenty of running around time in the backyard these days. Especially with this bullshit, crazy ass weather... I'm already considering bathing suits for these two.
We'll be dusting off and pulling out the ol' potty trainer soon too...but I think we'll wait a little while longer before that trauma begins... Not gonna lie... I'll probably bawl my eyes out when I pull the last diaper out of the diaper box... good thing those bad boys are so absorbent...
Plié...using Noni's end table as a Barre...
I got a girlie girl supreme... Tutus and dresses and barrettes that cover her entire head like a crown are my life for the FIRST time in my whole life. Thing 1 was not this way. She patronized her grandmother with the fufu dresses, the gloves, the ruffle socks, the ribbons in the hair with every color in them coordinating with her exact ensemble...
But YOU had to do it... YOU had to ask her if she wanted it, if she wanted to wear the fufu... and usually she said no..It became one of those things where she would say, "But that's what I wear at grandma's, that's not for home."
Damn...
That doesn't mean, though, that this Tomboy doesn't have a few tricks up her sleeves... I have a way that we can have our cake and eat it too... Thing 2 likes frilly dresses and grabs them with gusto to get dressed in the morning...Like this...
I can't believe I actually found a cute little ruffly tutu legging combo thing in the clearance rack at Target for $6... HAD to get that for my girlie girl... Thing 1... well, she's 8 1/2 going on 30... so she's fine with her Kindle books.
My baby is not a baby, I have a toddler. NO matter how we slice it, she's a big girl now... She has her specificities with things, she's not much for words, but that doesn't mean she's not paying attention to everything you're doing at any given time. Because SHE IS! I have slowly started the move from silicone sippy cups to hard plastic sippy and with everything else so far she is making the change like a trooper...maybe I"M not the one ready for her to leave the crib behind, but I love the replacement crib I got her and she loves it, too. There are some things that will need to go on in the not too distant future as far as making a large bedroom fit for two girls of such different ages... but not right this very second. I'm enjoying this stage, drinking in the last drink before I quit cold turkey in the morning, so to speak.
Last baby, and we're done... No mas bebes... and it's sad. It is, even the mister said it was sad...but then he gets all logical on me and rational about how there are so many firsts we have to look forward to and that's what she be focusing on...damn him... and his perfectly reasonable logic.
We are still toting a stroller everywhere, because I would rather push a stroller than pull a toddler. She gets plenty of running around time in the backyard these days. Especially with this bullshit, crazy ass weather... I'm already considering bathing suits for these two.
We'll be dusting off and pulling out the ol' potty trainer soon too...but I think we'll wait a little while longer before that trauma begins... Not gonna lie... I'll probably bawl my eyes out when I pull the last diaper out of the diaper box... good thing those bad boys are so absorbent...
You Can't Take It With You...
It's a new year and with that, a new budget, and with that, new worry and stress...
But one of my new mantra's for this year is "You Can't Take It With You"...
That can be a dangerous line of thinking for some people, but the way that I keep the belts tight around my house...THAT can be just as dangerous...
I love my best friends, they're exactly the people that a person needs to keep their head on straight. They BOTH asked me"Why are you being SUCH a tight wad? What are you saving for?"
And they're both right, nothing really. Retirement, but now I have a 401k and after one year of rolling on it, I'm ready to bump up my percentage and the fact that I was able to save what I was able to save last year speaks volumes for our spending habits and our ability to save money while still entertaining ourselves and feeding and clothing...
That being said, I am very excited about our upcoming vacation... weekend off really, but for us it'll be a full blown vacation. We don't do this, ever... It takes me back to the days when we were together, not married, but living together...and it's been stronger lately due SOLELY to the fact that we recently repainted our bathroom. You may or may not know, but you know when you get into a new apartment and they repaint and there's the new paint smell, covering the OLD apartment smell, but there's that new paint smell for awhile? And it takes forever for the scents in your future to kill it? Yeah, it smells like that in my bedroom right now. And it's pretty wonderful. Takes me back to a place that was wonderful...when everything was SO NEW and SO EXCITING... our first cable bill was something to dine out on, seriously... getting our first decorations for our first holidays together... so exciting...and that spring clean air is back with a vengeance. It also doesn't help that we are experiencing more like a spring with the weather. Winter is no more, and our brains are fried due to it. Because seriously, we are NOT happy with the warm. We want rain, we want cold... there's a drought a looming..and it's really ominous for us right now...
We are so not there anymore, though...w e are not apartment hopping, we are home owners... we are not car shopping...we are car bought and paid for... so really, what ARE we saving for if nothing more than just things for our house and things for the cars and what not? so I am trying not to be so down on myself when I need to make a 100 dollar trip to walmart because in reality it's been a while since I had gone and everything just so happened to run out at the same time. Or like this weekend, when I realized I am in fact getting older and getting on my hands and knees and cleaning the bathroom floor is no longer a realistic way to clean. Sponge mop time, time to go to walmart... or tartget... or wherehaveyou... so there's that... and ma's bday and then it's our anniversary and then it's mothers day, and father's day and his bday and thing 1's bday...and on and on and on...so I'm not trying to freak out too much because I keep forgetting we did the thing we were planning to do with our money and we're really good at keeping it in the bank...so when I go to get my hair trimmed this Saturday, I shouldn't feel bad about spending that money... I'm not taking food off the table, or clothes off the backs. We left the heater on for a full 24 hours and where I would usually be FTFO, I literally didn't give not TWO shits... and I was pretty happy about that. I was happy I was able to NOT give TWO shits...that mop I bought? it broke, as me if I care right now? Not really, I'm going to put in for a manufacturer return and all that dumb shit, but I'm still not bummed that I won't see a red cent for 6-8 weeks if they decide to refund me... It's inconvenient, but no one's gonna miss that $8.48 right this second.
Weird to be here at this point in life, though. Not gonna lie...
I took my mum to breakfast for her bday... and I paid the bill...and I walked away... cause you can't take it with you...and I had to go to the store for peppers, and I got her flowers...from the super market... cause you can't take it with you...And those 10 Tulips made her SO happy... and that was worth every penny. I'm going to get my hair cut, go to Target and get a better mop and I'm getting Marysu a tutu in every color cause she's a twirler...and we'll still be eating and saving and driving on gas we'll be able to buy...
Did you ever know anyone from the Depression? Old people, grandparents, whatever they are to you that lived through it and never got over it? Never got over the need to hoard because they knew in a way that no one else knew that at any second you could lose the opportunity to buy more or have more? I had that type of upbringing, so to speak, so I'm a McScrooger as a result...but we live within our means and that allows us certain liberties... But people have no idea that absolute MindFuck that happens to me everytime I have to get something for the house and I didn't "plan" on it... dumb, I know this. I didn't say I was sane... EVER... so there...
And I can't wait for our vacation ;) And so expels the crazy...
But one of my new mantra's for this year is "You Can't Take It With You"...
That can be a dangerous line of thinking for some people, but the way that I keep the belts tight around my house...THAT can be just as dangerous...
I love my best friends, they're exactly the people that a person needs to keep their head on straight. They BOTH asked me"Why are you being SUCH a tight wad? What are you saving for?"
And they're both right, nothing really. Retirement, but now I have a 401k and after one year of rolling on it, I'm ready to bump up my percentage and the fact that I was able to save what I was able to save last year speaks volumes for our spending habits and our ability to save money while still entertaining ourselves and feeding and clothing...
That being said, I am very excited about our upcoming vacation... weekend off really, but for us it'll be a full blown vacation. We don't do this, ever... It takes me back to the days when we were together, not married, but living together...and it's been stronger lately due SOLELY to the fact that we recently repainted our bathroom. You may or may not know, but you know when you get into a new apartment and they repaint and there's the new paint smell, covering the OLD apartment smell, but there's that new paint smell for awhile? And it takes forever for the scents in your future to kill it? Yeah, it smells like that in my bedroom right now. And it's pretty wonderful. Takes me back to a place that was wonderful...when everything was SO NEW and SO EXCITING... our first cable bill was something to dine out on, seriously... getting our first decorations for our first holidays together... so exciting...and that spring clean air is back with a vengeance. It also doesn't help that we are experiencing more like a spring with the weather. Winter is no more, and our brains are fried due to it. Because seriously, we are NOT happy with the warm. We want rain, we want cold... there's a drought a looming..and it's really ominous for us right now...
We are so not there anymore, though...w e are not apartment hopping, we are home owners... we are not car shopping...we are car bought and paid for... so really, what ARE we saving for if nothing more than just things for our house and things for the cars and what not? so I am trying not to be so down on myself when I need to make a 100 dollar trip to walmart because in reality it's been a while since I had gone and everything just so happened to run out at the same time. Or like this weekend, when I realized I am in fact getting older and getting on my hands and knees and cleaning the bathroom floor is no longer a realistic way to clean. Sponge mop time, time to go to walmart... or tartget... or wherehaveyou... so there's that... and ma's bday and then it's our anniversary and then it's mothers day, and father's day and his bday and thing 1's bday...and on and on and on...so I'm not trying to freak out too much because I keep forgetting we did the thing we were planning to do with our money and we're really good at keeping it in the bank...so when I go to get my hair trimmed this Saturday, I shouldn't feel bad about spending that money... I'm not taking food off the table, or clothes off the backs. We left the heater on for a full 24 hours and where I would usually be FTFO, I literally didn't give not TWO shits... and I was pretty happy about that. I was happy I was able to NOT give TWO shits...that mop I bought? it broke, as me if I care right now? Not really, I'm going to put in for a manufacturer return and all that dumb shit, but I'm still not bummed that I won't see a red cent for 6-8 weeks if they decide to refund me... It's inconvenient, but no one's gonna miss that $8.48 right this second.
Weird to be here at this point in life, though. Not gonna lie...
I took my mum to breakfast for her bday... and I paid the bill...and I walked away... cause you can't take it with you...and I had to go to the store for peppers, and I got her flowers...from the super market... cause you can't take it with you...And those 10 Tulips made her SO happy... and that was worth every penny. I'm going to get my hair cut, go to Target and get a better mop and I'm getting Marysu a tutu in every color cause she's a twirler...and we'll still be eating and saving and driving on gas we'll be able to buy...
Did you ever know anyone from the Depression? Old people, grandparents, whatever they are to you that lived through it and never got over it? Never got over the need to hoard because they knew in a way that no one else knew that at any second you could lose the opportunity to buy more or have more? I had that type of upbringing, so to speak, so I'm a McScrooger as a result...but we live within our means and that allows us certain liberties... But people have no idea that absolute MindFuck that happens to me everytime I have to get something for the house and I didn't "plan" on it... dumb, I know this. I didn't say I was sane... EVER... so there...
And I can't wait for our vacation ;) And so expels the crazy...
The Kennedy Chronicles: The Golden Era of MTV Through Rose Colored Glasses
Generally as a rule of thumb I do not ask for books for presents... usually it gets screwed up somehow and I don't like to be disappointed and I make another general rule to not be...so I don't set myself up for it by telling people to get me books...or music.. Even with a list people somehow get it wrong... And the mister KNOWS this... He has the same rules. Christmas can be a pain the ass, gift giving in general that is. Mostly it's to do with wanting to get someone EXACTLY what they want, EXACTLY how they want it because you love them and want to make them happy. Therefore, shopping with PICTURES of shit on my phone so as to get the right gift takes the piss out of gift giving, surprises, and the occasion in general.
I am so happy to be with someone that feels the confidence in throwing that caution to the wind and get me books... It's pretty amazing looking at yourself through someone else's eyes.. I loved opening those books, realizing what they were, and realizing that based on the person he sees when he sees me, he thought that these were great choices...He was absolutely right! So right in fact, I have to tell you bout how good the Kennedy book was...and no... Not JFK Kennedy... Lisa Kennedy Montgomery of MTV.
One day, in 1997 I turned on MTV, saw Carson Daly's mugging poser face...and I turned the channel for once and for all. I was done. I felt it, I felt a disturbance in the force. I wasn't one of these drooling, mindless, MTV-ites that only ever watched what was channel 34 on my parents JC Penney console special. My older sister had it on, I preferred movie channels. But that doesn't mean I didn't caught up in some of the hoopla. I remember where I was when I first saw certain videos and what I was doing when m y sister and her best friends (who were irish-twins) were playing phone tag.
"Oh my gawd, call me when you see the video come on!"
"Ok, but YOU call ME if YOU see the video come on!"
"Like totally!"
"Totally, ok!"
...this happened summer of '90 when Bryan Adams was burning up the airwaves with his hot and steamy Robin Hood song... And Christian Slater was in the movie, and he had one scene that made it into the video...and THAT was enough for the above conversation to take place. Plus it was THE skating rink couples song of the summer.
Anyways, so that was my exposure and that was why I had it. When I got to 8th grade, I had curly, kinky, frizzy, Irish Gypsy hair...and thanks to FUCKING ALICIA SILVERSTONE it was so not "in" that year... bitch.
I also had a realization that I would forever been entombed in 4 eyes mode so I started to have the fun with the glasses that big sis was having since our Ma worked at an eye dr's office and got KILLER deals on frames... like, Free.99 and shit.
Hence, the Kennedy look started and I didn't even realize I was doing it, and sis looked the same... so when I got the High School I was her mini-me...and the Kennedy moniker was passed down to include me.
That all being said: I have always felt a weird connection to Kennedy. I mentioned ONCE or TWICE that people called me and sis Kennedy in HS, and my hubby took that and ran with it to get me this book that rocked my world. It was everything I wanted to know about what I also believe to be the Hay Day of MTV and just the way I wanted to know it! People were reviewing this book and bitching about the grammar... dude, really? This isn't an English Paper and it's written in the way that she speaks, I felt more like she was speaking to me than I was reading some paper. Structure for sure has a time and place. I get it... but still, I am not sitting there and making notes, I'm sorry. I was more interested in the non-penetrative steamy session she had with Dave Navarro... Jesus pleasus... it was a great book and what I really enjoyed the most was how I came around to it, through Choni... just made me love him more, like I couldn't anyways, you know? What really makes it MORE awesome, is that he doesn't read... He reads articles, and he reads the internets... he's not a book reader. I feel like that helps us fit better because I'm not as avid a magazine reader as he is...Fangoria and Spin used to be my bread and butter and then I got a Rolling Stone subscription and we were hooked on that for a spell..but between us the one that read the MOST and remembered it was him. Good thing too, there were some good articles I all but forgot. Now I'm about to start Empire of the Sun because there is something bout that movie that makes him think of me and my dad's family when he watches it...and I get it too... I really do...and I used to watch that movie when it was on Showtime ALL summer long with my sis... Now it's found new life and new reason and I'm about to dive into the book!!
I've read SO MANY books that were movies later, I know what to expect, I know not to disappoint myself, I know that JG Ballard was working on the film with Spielburg and that sometimes things aren't aesthetically pleasing and that's what filmmaking is all about, artistic liberties. I'm ready, bring me to WWII Shanghai, Jim...
I am so happy to be with someone that feels the confidence in throwing that caution to the wind and get me books... It's pretty amazing looking at yourself through someone else's eyes.. I loved opening those books, realizing what they were, and realizing that based on the person he sees when he sees me, he thought that these were great choices...He was absolutely right! So right in fact, I have to tell you bout how good the Kennedy book was...and no... Not JFK Kennedy... Lisa Kennedy Montgomery of MTV.
One day, in 1997 I turned on MTV, saw Carson Daly's mugging poser face...and I turned the channel for once and for all. I was done. I felt it, I felt a disturbance in the force. I wasn't one of these drooling, mindless, MTV-ites that only ever watched what was channel 34 on my parents JC Penney console special. My older sister had it on, I preferred movie channels. But that doesn't mean I didn't caught up in some of the hoopla. I remember where I was when I first saw certain videos and what I was doing when m y sister and her best friends (who were irish-twins) were playing phone tag.
"Oh my gawd, call me when you see the video come on!"
"Ok, but YOU call ME if YOU see the video come on!"
"Like totally!"
"Totally, ok!"
...this happened summer of '90 when Bryan Adams was burning up the airwaves with his hot and steamy Robin Hood song... And Christian Slater was in the movie, and he had one scene that made it into the video...and THAT was enough for the above conversation to take place. Plus it was THE skating rink couples song of the summer.
Anyways, so that was my exposure and that was why I had it. When I got to 8th grade, I had curly, kinky, frizzy, Irish Gypsy hair...and thanks to FUCKING ALICIA SILVERSTONE it was so not "in" that year... bitch.
I also had a realization that I would forever been entombed in 4 eyes mode so I started to have the fun with the glasses that big sis was having since our Ma worked at an eye dr's office and got KILLER deals on frames... like, Free.99 and shit.
Hence, the Kennedy look started and I didn't even realize I was doing it, and sis looked the same... so when I got the High School I was her mini-me...and the Kennedy moniker was passed down to include me.
That all being said: I have always felt a weird connection to Kennedy. I mentioned ONCE or TWICE that people called me and sis Kennedy in HS, and my hubby took that and ran with it to get me this book that rocked my world. It was everything I wanted to know about what I also believe to be the Hay Day of MTV and just the way I wanted to know it! People were reviewing this book and bitching about the grammar... dude, really? This isn't an English Paper and it's written in the way that she speaks, I felt more like she was speaking to me than I was reading some paper. Structure for sure has a time and place. I get it... but still, I am not sitting there and making notes, I'm sorry. I was more interested in the non-penetrative steamy session she had with Dave Navarro... Jesus pleasus... it was a great book and what I really enjoyed the most was how I came around to it, through Choni... just made me love him more, like I couldn't anyways, you know? What really makes it MORE awesome, is that he doesn't read... He reads articles, and he reads the internets... he's not a book reader. I feel like that helps us fit better because I'm not as avid a magazine reader as he is...Fangoria and Spin used to be my bread and butter and then I got a Rolling Stone subscription and we were hooked on that for a spell..but between us the one that read the MOST and remembered it was him. Good thing too, there were some good articles I all but forgot. Now I'm about to start Empire of the Sun because there is something bout that movie that makes him think of me and my dad's family when he watches it...and I get it too... I really do...and I used to watch that movie when it was on Showtime ALL summer long with my sis... Now it's found new life and new reason and I'm about to dive into the book!!
I've read SO MANY books that were movies later, I know what to expect, I know not to disappoint myself, I know that JG Ballard was working on the film with Spielburg and that sometimes things aren't aesthetically pleasing and that's what filmmaking is all about, artistic liberties. I'm ready, bring me to WWII Shanghai, Jim...
Dream Casting: Highlander
Now now now...don't get me WRONG... there is NOTHING the matter with the Highlander as it stands. In my humble opinion that film has ONE home and that's the 80's...the cheesey, over the top, Queen is the soundtrack, 80's. But if you're me and my mister, you can't watch the movie without wondering... could you make this today?
Not too far back I heard an absurd rumor that "They" were looking at Ryan Reynolds to rehash the Christopher Lambert role...I'm BREATHING okay, I like me some Ryan Reynolds, but as The Highlander?! Can I be a little cheesey myself here for a second and say, "There can be only one..."
However, that doesn't mean that a discussion didn't get had, and a list didn't get made... so I present you with Dream Casting: Highlander Edition.
Connor MacLeod: Paul Bettany
Roxanne Hart: Olivia Wilde
The Kurgan: Tom Hardy (or Manu Bennett)
Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez: Liam Neeson
Heather MacLeod: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
...and so on and so forth... and now you want to watch that don't you?
Not too far back I heard an absurd rumor that "They" were looking at Ryan Reynolds to rehash the Christopher Lambert role...I'm BREATHING okay, I like me some Ryan Reynolds, but as The Highlander?! Can I be a little cheesey myself here for a second and say, "There can be only one..."
However, that doesn't mean that a discussion didn't get had, and a list didn't get made... so I present you with Dream Casting: Highlander Edition.
Connor MacLeod: Paul Bettany
Roxanne Hart: Olivia Wilde
The Kurgan: Tom Hardy (or Manu Bennett)
Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez: Liam Neeson
Heather MacLeod: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
...and so on and so forth... and now you want to watch that don't you?
Monday, January 13, 2014
And On The 13th Day...
Good Monday... Good Morning... however you prefer... I prefer whichever way works the best!
We have had quite a beginning of the year...And all in good ways! One of my cousins on my dad's side, which is a very small side, they're the Rhode Island of families, recently moved two towns away from me if you're counting from my house. SAME town if you're counting from work. Yay!! I get to see her more! She moved in with her mum, my Pop's little sister, and I might get to see her more too. She's a Hermit Crab. Not just a Hermit, a Hermit CRAB... She's rad and we love her, but she can be a bit of a crabapple. 4 years in the same town as my work and I have yet to see her due to that fact. Saw her twice, once at a wedding in Pismo Beach of all places and once at my baby shower for Thing 2. That was a surprise!!! It was the best surprise of the day, really. She took Pop's death really hard and she's one of those people that doesn't want to be reminded of the negative, even if it means staying away from the negative's children. Hopefully a trend to be changing in the not too distant future... I'm leaning towards Saturday!
I am still rolling with the changes, REO Speedwagon style, as to having a child born in January... Atleast it's at the polar end of Christmas and New Years, but still...January. I have decided to make it less stress and I am now not including the month of January in my yearly budget. January is a free for all...The "year" will start with my January 31st check, not with my December 31st check as previous years sans Thing 2. Once I decided on that, my whole outlook on this month was A-Number 1-100%-OK. Yay! Nothing extravagant for her bday this year. Just an intimate family party with some cake, some pizza. You know, health food. I'm excited though just the same because it means we have managed to keep the tiny human safe and sound for two whole years. It's as much a celebration of the day of her birth as it is of every day since... I am a proud mama of this little one and of our family as a whole! Yay us!
We got our W-2's at work today...You know what that means...the tax man waits for no one... I get to start my orange tri-cut folder of 2013 tax info. My tax lady loves me for this, by the way... she LOVES me for this. I have two more W-2's, the mortgage company info for the house, the bank statement year ends and my 401k stuff to throw in and we're getting our taxes done! YAY! I know, shut up, I like YAY... it works for me right now.
I have the taxes all tangled up already and I'm fine with the outcome so far. I am VERY fine with the fact that the lens that was suggested to me by my lil cuz is coming down in price as we speak. I love the Amazon Wish List, it's one of my favourite things. Then there's the whole Flash debacle. I have been putting off getting a flash for my DSLR since I bought my very FIRST one. I have a flash for a SLR, and I LOVE it... nothing special, but it's fancy enough for me. I am not a true dyed in the wool photog, though... so I am not comfortable using the 35mm that was once my gpa's anymore...So it's time to walk away from the past and make the push into the new millennia...14 years after it started, but still...shut up. I am DYING to get the lens and flash because now that the prices have dropped SO significantly I feel super justified in the purchases. Then there's the struts for our civic, still need to do that... we are getting our new phones, and now there is a new deal through TMobile that I am wondering if we should check out. Getting these phones is going to be just as if not more harrowing than getting our house. But that's how I roll and that is one of the reasons my hunny loves me!
Wednesday I have taken a personal day to stay within the vicinity of my home and await the arrival of my Pop's elder sister to come into town from several states away with my Uncle and their RV... I LOVE that I get to see them too! I have gotten to see her a lot I'd say... for someone that lives STATES away. I LOVE seeing the side of the family that completes my puzzle. That's what Choners says. He kinda gets where I fit in with Ma's family...but when we're around Pop's family it's like a game show buzzer going off in his head and it's lovely.
Another reason for us to write off January as a loss, other than Thing 2's bday, this year my favorite bookstore in town is closing it's doors. They couldn't brave the slow paced sMall that they reside in and have to make a decision. I have been a patron of the store since day one and will miss them so. They had GREAT discounts when there were discounts, and it's even better with 75% off the lowest price. I got THREE bags of books for $24. And there's something in there for ALL of us! It was so bittersweet... So many empty stores in our sMall. Atleast during Halloween they put one of those atrocious Costume City things in there and it beefs up the traffic something wonderful... I loved how artificially busy it was Saturday with the closing sale. People came out of the woodwork. Aaahh, small towns...
We still don't know what we're doing for the Big 10... and we also made another financial decision. To cancel our New York trip next year so I can get LASIK... I am just about Legally Blind and I am a candidate and Ma works in Optometry and can get me a deal...but with the things we have going on this year, I would really like to get my eyes done next year. I almost bit the bullet and did it this year, but it would cut too heavily into our, lets say, profit margin...Still not sure how to incorporate photos into the blog to make it interesting... so I'm considering that heavily and hopefully that will improve with the new upgrades to ol' Betsy. Other than that, everything's good. Rolling along at work... I need to get in for a trim, keeping the short 'do...
We have had quite a beginning of the year...And all in good ways! One of my cousins on my dad's side, which is a very small side, they're the Rhode Island of families, recently moved two towns away from me if you're counting from my house. SAME town if you're counting from work. Yay!! I get to see her more! She moved in with her mum, my Pop's little sister, and I might get to see her more too. She's a Hermit Crab. Not just a Hermit, a Hermit CRAB... She's rad and we love her, but she can be a bit of a crabapple. 4 years in the same town as my work and I have yet to see her due to that fact. Saw her twice, once at a wedding in Pismo Beach of all places and once at my baby shower for Thing 2. That was a surprise!!! It was the best surprise of the day, really. She took Pop's death really hard and she's one of those people that doesn't want to be reminded of the negative, even if it means staying away from the negative's children. Hopefully a trend to be changing in the not too distant future... I'm leaning towards Saturday!
I am still rolling with the changes, REO Speedwagon style, as to having a child born in January... Atleast it's at the polar end of Christmas and New Years, but still...January. I have decided to make it less stress and I am now not including the month of January in my yearly budget. January is a free for all...The "year" will start with my January 31st check, not with my December 31st check as previous years sans Thing 2. Once I decided on that, my whole outlook on this month was A-Number 1-100%-OK. Yay! Nothing extravagant for her bday this year. Just an intimate family party with some cake, some pizza. You know, health food. I'm excited though just the same because it means we have managed to keep the tiny human safe and sound for two whole years. It's as much a celebration of the day of her birth as it is of every day since... I am a proud mama of this little one and of our family as a whole! Yay us!
We got our W-2's at work today...You know what that means...the tax man waits for no one... I get to start my orange tri-cut folder of 2013 tax info. My tax lady loves me for this, by the way... she LOVES me for this. I have two more W-2's, the mortgage company info for the house, the bank statement year ends and my 401k stuff to throw in and we're getting our taxes done! YAY! I know, shut up, I like YAY... it works for me right now.
I have the taxes all tangled up already and I'm fine with the outcome so far. I am VERY fine with the fact that the lens that was suggested to me by my lil cuz is coming down in price as we speak. I love the Amazon Wish List, it's one of my favourite things. Then there's the whole Flash debacle. I have been putting off getting a flash for my DSLR since I bought my very FIRST one. I have a flash for a SLR, and I LOVE it... nothing special, but it's fancy enough for me. I am not a true dyed in the wool photog, though... so I am not comfortable using the 35mm that was once my gpa's anymore...So it's time to walk away from the past and make the push into the new millennia...14 years after it started, but still...shut up. I am DYING to get the lens and flash because now that the prices have dropped SO significantly I feel super justified in the purchases. Then there's the struts for our civic, still need to do that... we are getting our new phones, and now there is a new deal through TMobile that I am wondering if we should check out. Getting these phones is going to be just as if not more harrowing than getting our house. But that's how I roll and that is one of the reasons my hunny loves me!
Wednesday I have taken a personal day to stay within the vicinity of my home and await the arrival of my Pop's elder sister to come into town from several states away with my Uncle and their RV... I LOVE that I get to see them too! I have gotten to see her a lot I'd say... for someone that lives STATES away. I LOVE seeing the side of the family that completes my puzzle. That's what Choners says. He kinda gets where I fit in with Ma's family...but when we're around Pop's family it's like a game show buzzer going off in his head and it's lovely.
Another reason for us to write off January as a loss, other than Thing 2's bday, this year my favorite bookstore in town is closing it's doors. They couldn't brave the slow paced sMall that they reside in and have to make a decision. I have been a patron of the store since day one and will miss them so. They had GREAT discounts when there were discounts, and it's even better with 75% off the lowest price. I got THREE bags of books for $24. And there's something in there for ALL of us! It was so bittersweet... So many empty stores in our sMall. Atleast during Halloween they put one of those atrocious Costume City things in there and it beefs up the traffic something wonderful... I loved how artificially busy it was Saturday with the closing sale. People came out of the woodwork. Aaahh, small towns...
We still don't know what we're doing for the Big 10... and we also made another financial decision. To cancel our New York trip next year so I can get LASIK... I am just about Legally Blind and I am a candidate and Ma works in Optometry and can get me a deal...but with the things we have going on this year, I would really like to get my eyes done next year. I almost bit the bullet and did it this year, but it would cut too heavily into our, lets say, profit margin...Still not sure how to incorporate photos into the blog to make it interesting... so I'm considering that heavily and hopefully that will improve with the new upgrades to ol' Betsy. Other than that, everything's good. Rolling along at work... I need to get in for a trim, keeping the short 'do...
First Pic...
Having fun with the 'do...
These are my wascally wabbits...
And one of them will be two :*(
Two days....
Two Years!!!
and always with the squishy face!!
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
On The 6th Day...
Not only would I NEVER believe it was January, I would never believe it was winter, I would never believe that 2013 was only 6 days away...
I would swear that it was, in itself, a WHOLE YEAR away.
Recap:
Christmas was wonderful... minus the SICK... the ungodly sick that we all experienced... starting with the Wee One and working it's horrid way up... Daddy took the longest to recover, but alas, it happened and we were staring The New Year straight in the face. We had our usual NYE. Kids in bed early because the big one tries to stay up and can't, Martinelli's chillin until the ball drops and BOOM... a good time for all :)
***took a break and came back the next morning, started the post at 4:30pm on 1/6/14... wrapping it up morning of 1/07***
It was a modest Christmas this year, and I think it was better for it. Thing 1 got games and Hello Kitty stuff and Thing 2 got her first trike. I got some bad ass books that I can't WAIT to read, because I gotta say... as much as I wanted to go back to the Stephen King Library at home and re-read, I AM refreshed that after 13 years together, the Mister is still providing new and exciting literature! I can't be upset at that... like, at all. I had some nice time off with the family, even though we were sick up to our eyeballs and I still have a lingering cold/allergy thing going on... but hey, it didn't stop us from the important thing; spending time together.
My lil sis's 13th birthday celebration extraordinaire was just a dinner at her favorite (right now) restaurant, yummy food and I got to spend a whole HALF of the dinner with her because Thing 2 didn't get her naps in and that was the end of that.
Speaking of sleepy Thing 2... she got a new bed. Courtesy of a recall and that she BROKE her bed due to the problem of the recall before I could address the issue... plus that crib is SUPER old anyways. I promised I would order the new one after the New Year... January 2nd, I ordered that bad ass bitch and it already came to the house!! It came to the house yesterday and when I got home last night daddy had it all put together! Then he spouted off about extra pieces...those would be for the Toddler bed conversion. I can't believe the deal I got, I was so excited... I felt awesome about the purchase because we were UP on our budget this year!!! WTF?!?! I know !!! It was exactly the amount of the bed and well, who can have a new bed without new bedding?? Nobody!! That's HOO! Hehe... yep, owl bedding.. it happened... It's super cute, it's girly without drowning in pink and I LOVE it, and I found a good deal on the set...so the bedding + the bed = our "profit" from our budget. I was so excited. I couldn't believe it. Nothing like starting the year on a total up note right?
Other than the plans I made for our tax return, there really aren't any HUGE decisions on the horizon, which means something unexpected is probably going to happen. So super saving McScrooger time is back in effect immediately. I might need a hair trim, other than that though, not really planning on anything for myself. I can't WAIT to get that tax return though. Not gonna lie. I have my lens to look forward to, the car needs struts (that's a duh with the miles on it and how old it is and that I haven't done them before), we're getting new phones!!!, and we are doing something super extra special for our 10 year wedding anniversary!!! I wanted to do something special and surprise the mister, I feel he really deserves a surprise...but then I started thinking and the thinking got out of hand and then there was a WHOLE list of things to choose from!! I didn't know which one would be best, I wouldn't want to get back from the trip and say," Oh you liked that? Yeah, well, it was between this, and this...and this and this and this and this..." and I wouldn't want him to sit there and think that there was a better possibility out there and I picked whatever it was I picked and why did I do that and OMG OMGOMG!!!... so I brought him in on it...and it was so freaking cute too... so now we are mulling over three major possibilities, but I DO believe it's swinging one way.. A weekend Disneyland Resort getaway with a two park hopper :) We haven't done Disneyland in FOREVER!!! And NO...we are not taking the kids...and NO ... I do NOT feel badly about that decision... AT ALL. We already promised ourselves we would take them when Thing 2 is older. That makes the most sense... We took Thing 1 when she was 2 and some months...it was magical. Thing 2...is not magical. So, I say... we wait to take the kiddos... But then again, I don't know that we're doing that... we'll see. We have... uhm... three months or something like that to figure it out.. Less than that actually... two months to cell phones, three months to anniversary.
Also, the first time we'll be away from both kids for time to ourselves EVER... We've not done this before. We've been there for the kids...and I think that this particular event calls for some Mommy/Daddy time, don't you? Me too!!
There's THAT....
It doesn't feel like the 7th day of January today... Yesterday didn't feel like the 6th day... and today doesn't feel like the 7th... It.just.doesn't. It's SUPER hot here. The rest of the country is experiencing this Polar Vortex thingy... Not here... Not us... Of course. I wanted it to be damned COLD! I wanted the cold, I wanted to see snow this year and we were well on our way with the coldest autumn in our history and record breaking lows in November...but alas... no... dammit. And it doesn't look like we're going to see any cold ever... I don't see where we are... Unless the Spring stays cold... which would be nice.
My tape player in my car died again, which brings the question...do you replace the radio on a 12 year old car with 217k on it? Even if it runs like new? Yeah, we'll be pondering that for sure.
Crafting a lot already... getting down the list of Christmas gifts... uhm..yeah...
I feel this is the catch up necessary to bring us to the New Year. I am excited about this year, last year wasn't great. It by far was not the worst... but...it was... underwhelming. New year, new rules... new rules to have a great year! Thing 2 turns 2 and I think it's going to be a small affair due to the fact that I don't want to start the year off with no saving ;) And she's 2.. come on... she still wasn't all that into Christmas... we had to open her gifts for her, mostly and then she just wanted us to get on with the opening of the actual gift itself. She had no concept that there was MORE... so... with her bday... we're going small this year. Maybe something next year, but even so, probably NOT. And you know what sucks, this year would be great for us to finally host a party at our house even in the winter... it's NOT COLD! Oh well... Still loving my short-ass hair cut... LOVE.IT. Ok, well, I think that's all the damage I can do for now. Also, we now have Netflix... we have internet and we have Netflix. We are no longer cavemen... write that down...
I would swear that it was, in itself, a WHOLE YEAR away.
Recap:
Christmas was wonderful... minus the SICK... the ungodly sick that we all experienced... starting with the Wee One and working it's horrid way up... Daddy took the longest to recover, but alas, it happened and we were staring The New Year straight in the face. We had our usual NYE. Kids in bed early because the big one tries to stay up and can't, Martinelli's chillin until the ball drops and BOOM... a good time for all :)
***took a break and came back the next morning, started the post at 4:30pm on 1/6/14... wrapping it up morning of 1/07***
It was a modest Christmas this year, and I think it was better for it. Thing 1 got games and Hello Kitty stuff and Thing 2 got her first trike. I got some bad ass books that I can't WAIT to read, because I gotta say... as much as I wanted to go back to the Stephen King Library at home and re-read, I AM refreshed that after 13 years together, the Mister is still providing new and exciting literature! I can't be upset at that... like, at all. I had some nice time off with the family, even though we were sick up to our eyeballs and I still have a lingering cold/allergy thing going on... but hey, it didn't stop us from the important thing; spending time together.
My lil sis's 13th birthday celebration extraordinaire was just a dinner at her favorite (right now) restaurant, yummy food and I got to spend a whole HALF of the dinner with her because Thing 2 didn't get her naps in and that was the end of that.
Speaking of sleepy Thing 2... she got a new bed. Courtesy of a recall and that she BROKE her bed due to the problem of the recall before I could address the issue... plus that crib is SUPER old anyways. I promised I would order the new one after the New Year... January 2nd, I ordered that bad ass bitch and it already came to the house!! It came to the house yesterday and when I got home last night daddy had it all put together! Then he spouted off about extra pieces...those would be for the Toddler bed conversion. I can't believe the deal I got, I was so excited... I felt awesome about the purchase because we were UP on our budget this year!!! WTF?!?! I know !!! It was exactly the amount of the bed and well, who can have a new bed without new bedding?? Nobody!! That's HOO! Hehe... yep, owl bedding.. it happened... It's super cute, it's girly without drowning in pink and I LOVE it, and I found a good deal on the set...so the bedding + the bed = our "profit" from our budget. I was so excited. I couldn't believe it. Nothing like starting the year on a total up note right?
Other than the plans I made for our tax return, there really aren't any HUGE decisions on the horizon, which means something unexpected is probably going to happen. So super saving McScrooger time is back in effect immediately. I might need a hair trim, other than that though, not really planning on anything for myself. I can't WAIT to get that tax return though. Not gonna lie. I have my lens to look forward to, the car needs struts (that's a duh with the miles on it and how old it is and that I haven't done them before), we're getting new phones!!!, and we are doing something super extra special for our 10 year wedding anniversary!!! I wanted to do something special and surprise the mister, I feel he really deserves a surprise...but then I started thinking and the thinking got out of hand and then there was a WHOLE list of things to choose from!! I didn't know which one would be best, I wouldn't want to get back from the trip and say," Oh you liked that? Yeah, well, it was between this, and this...and this and this and this and this..." and I wouldn't want him to sit there and think that there was a better possibility out there and I picked whatever it was I picked and why did I do that and OMG OMGOMG!!!... so I brought him in on it...and it was so freaking cute too... so now we are mulling over three major possibilities, but I DO believe it's swinging one way.. A weekend Disneyland Resort getaway with a two park hopper :) We haven't done Disneyland in FOREVER!!! And NO...we are not taking the kids...and NO ... I do NOT feel badly about that decision... AT ALL. We already promised ourselves we would take them when Thing 2 is older. That makes the most sense... We took Thing 1 when she was 2 and some months...it was magical. Thing 2...is not magical. So, I say... we wait to take the kiddos... But then again, I don't know that we're doing that... we'll see. We have... uhm... three months or something like that to figure it out.. Less than that actually... two months to cell phones, three months to anniversary.
Also, the first time we'll be away from both kids for time to ourselves EVER... We've not done this before. We've been there for the kids...and I think that this particular event calls for some Mommy/Daddy time, don't you? Me too!!
There's THAT....
It doesn't feel like the 7th day of January today... Yesterday didn't feel like the 6th day... and today doesn't feel like the 7th... It.just.doesn't. It's SUPER hot here. The rest of the country is experiencing this Polar Vortex thingy... Not here... Not us... Of course. I wanted it to be damned COLD! I wanted the cold, I wanted to see snow this year and we were well on our way with the coldest autumn in our history and record breaking lows in November...but alas... no... dammit. And it doesn't look like we're going to see any cold ever... I don't see where we are... Unless the Spring stays cold... which would be nice.
My tape player in my car died again, which brings the question...do you replace the radio on a 12 year old car with 217k on it? Even if it runs like new? Yeah, we'll be pondering that for sure.
Crafting a lot already... getting down the list of Christmas gifts... uhm..yeah...
I feel this is the catch up necessary to bring us to the New Year. I am excited about this year, last year wasn't great. It by far was not the worst... but...it was... underwhelming. New year, new rules... new rules to have a great year! Thing 2 turns 2 and I think it's going to be a small affair due to the fact that I don't want to start the year off with no saving ;) And she's 2.. come on... she still wasn't all that into Christmas... we had to open her gifts for her, mostly and then she just wanted us to get on with the opening of the actual gift itself. She had no concept that there was MORE... so... with her bday... we're going small this year. Maybe something next year, but even so, probably NOT. And you know what sucks, this year would be great for us to finally host a party at our house even in the winter... it's NOT COLD! Oh well... Still loving my short-ass hair cut... LOVE.IT. Ok, well, I think that's all the damage I can do for now. Also, we now have Netflix... we have internet and we have Netflix. We are no longer cavemen... write that down...
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