Mountain Dews' New Energy in a Bottle.

It tastes like poo. Sugar free was not the way to go. There's $2.49 I can't get back. With the "Best Taste" date on the bottle saying drink by Feb. 2006. Makes me think how much worse can it get?

Cell phones, the cold and hot cocoa.

So we had class last night at B.C. and the temperature has dramatically dropped here in Bako. I personally enjoy it, I can wear a sweatshirt and shorts or pants and a t-shirt.

Entering class, most people were bundled up and jabbering about the weather. As usual the professor asked for cell phones to be turned off or to vibrate. Well you know there is always one in the bunch. About mid-way through the review, about as loud as a ringer could be, it went off and the person answered it and walked out of class. I love how the professor handlded it; long drawn out pause while starring at the person all the way out the door. Priceless. I mean have some common sense and courtesy, geez.

The temp dropping to the lower 40's upper 30's at night is allowing my body to cool down. I bought some French Vanilla/Hot Cocoa at the Shell Station by the college. It was wonderful! I love hot drinks, it's just not possible for me to enjoy them since I'm so warm on the inside already. Then steam starts coming out from my head. It's not pretty.

I came in the office and it was 67 in here, warm to me. My boss came in in a sweatshirt and warm up pants. He was cold and turned up the heat. Good thing I want to lose weight, it's like a damn sauna in here!

Shopping, Sleeping and Laughing

So the alarm went off at 3:25am. Three snooze hits later and I rolled out of bed. Thank goodness I laid my clothes out the night before because there is no way I could have picked out something that matched. I pulled my hoodie over my head, brushed my teeth and slowly made my way toward the garage. Erin was about in good a good shape as I was. We silently drove to Best Buy.

When we got there, we were 2 whole buildings down. We waited for about an hour, it wasn't too bad. People are entertaining to say the least. Best Buy was on the ball, they had people handing out tags for the bigger items and you could apply for credit while standing in line. We were there to get some cheap cd's and dvd's. When we walked in, there was no line. We kept checking it because that is what slowed us down last year, we stood in line for well over an hour. We walked around and looking up, a line was forming, I ran for it. I was about 30 people back. Not too bad, Erin kept wandering around and we were out of there by 5:30am and on our way to Target since they opened at 6:00am.

We got the dvd player and some other stuff and we were out of there by 6:30am and ready for breakfast before heading to Toys R Us and the mall (or hell as it is now known).

Toys R Us was surprisingly fast but KB Toy store took about an hour and a half. They handed you a bag at the front of the store. I was tempted to hop in it and hop around the store, yes it was that big. So basically you had to walk the whole store to shop, that was the line. We got lots and lots of presents there. We easily filled that bag and walked out with 3 large bags and surprisingly we only spent $90.

We plopped our butts in the car at 9:15am. We were done *hooray*! Time to head home and go to sleep. I remember putting Friends Season 10 on and laughing a little, it was 10:30 when I laid down, when I looked up, it was 3:30pm. Great nap. Time to get ready for George Lopez!

We went to pick up the dogs, they had a slumber party at my mom's house. Came back home to get ready and then headed to Tailgaters before the show. Holy shit! It was wall to wall people. Thankfully, Erin's brother was there at the bar so we had a spot to stand. We ordered some beer, hot wings and chili fries. Damn good hot wings, I've wanted some the rest of the weekend. Great flavor, mmmm. George Lopez was sooo hilarious. He was on for 2 hours and we had great seats. Root beer and popcorn to accompany the show made it that much better.

So Friday was a fun day, similar to last year, except the comedian was Seinfeld. Can't wait till next year!!! Hope everyone's Turkey day was Gobble-tastic!

I give thanks to Texas Hold 'Em, Ham, Family, Homemade Tortillas and Ads.

I woke up around 10:00am to find Erin watching a HUGE Texas Hold 'Em tournament on TV. Turns out they were showing it from start to finish, it was on for about 7 hours. I watched about 4 of those hours. I had to leave at 2:00pm to take a pot to my mom to make the stuffing. There were 5600 people at the start and when I left it was down to 20 people (2 tables). I never got to see who won but wow is that pretty sweet... $10,000.00 entry fee at a chance to win $7,000,000.00.

I love Thanksgiving. I am particularly fond of the Ham. I love ham in between bread, in a tortilla, picking at it as I walk by the dish... it's so yummy. I also love being around family, watching movies all day and having an excuse to take a nap and blaming it on the turkey.

I was walking into the house with the pot to hear my mom and her sister freaking out because the mashed potatoes were liquid. I had just set the pot down and my mom looked at me and said, "go to the store and get potato buds now and hurry." I spun on my heel and walked right back out the door. Having a Mexican mother who knows what she needs, you never question, you just do it. It's taken me 28 years but I have it down now. I sped down the road to Albertsons, expecting a huge line. I walked in, grabbed 2 boxes of Hungry Jack instant potatoes and headed to self check out. LUCK! No line, I scanned my 2 items and jogged out of the store. It took me 12 minutes total. My uncle asked what I was doing in my car, he didn't even know I had left. I'm fast!

After sitting around all day, evening had set in, some of the family had left. The alcohol came out as did the poker cards. After about an hour of laughing at that. My mom started bringing out food for round 2. I simply asked my mom to make some homemade tortillas, she said no and that I was nuts. DAMN! They would have been so good with mashed potatoes in them (before you wince, try it first, I have a white girl approval from Erin). So I went to the fridge to get the store bought ones and they didn't have any, geez o peez. At this moment, my mom felt bad and said, "fine at least get out the ingredients." I ran to the cupboard before she changed her mind. :) MMmmm, good tortillas and mashed potatoes.

Erin and I then sat around and planned our 4:30am attack for Holiday Shopping! At first, we were circling everything we wanted... oops, time for giving not receiving. We decided it would be best to finish all the kids. Lots and lots of toys on sale. Wish me luck with all the crazies!

In choosing #23:

All there is, is the ever-moving, changing content, arising presently in awareness. It's only when there is immersion in the stream of thought that time seems real. In presence there is the knowing that what is appearing, presently, as a life apparently extended in time is the play of life.

Day 8 with no hope in sight...

Okay, so I went to the doctor because this horrific cough is winning and that does not bode well with me. I want to be able to game this weekend so I'm breaking down and using my medical insurance.

They were able to get me in @ 10:45am, I called at 8:50am. Not bad. I was out of the docs' office at 11:00am to be told that I do not have: bronchitis, laryngitis or anything else serious. I have an irritation in my throat. How irritating...

The Charm of Vegas

"Massages"
Alcohol
Slots
Topless
Utopia
Re-buy
BlackJack
Aces
Temptation
Euphoria

The Package has been received!

The games are in, the games are in, oh happy day the games are in! *Me doing a happy dance in my office*

Nothing like receiving a nice 2ft box because the main game inside is so big and has so many pieces! Woohoo!

You know what? The Nacho Incident box cracks me up everytime I read it:

You're three miles into Alberta, a sack of warm, spicy burritos your only companion. To be caught north of the border with salsa would be the end of you. Wait-- what's that noise???

LMAO!!! Call me a sucker for a cheesy line.

45 minutes till I'm off work. Too bad I have to go to the bank, wrap the bunco gifts, eat dinner, go to bunco, take the dogs to their grandma's house, drop the dog stuff off at the petsitters and pack for Vegas!!! No playing with my new games for me :(

Maybe I want to stay at work? Eeek...

Foggy mind has distracted me from my new arrival today!

I have 2 little bundles of joy arriving today. I can't believe I forgot about them! How awful am I? Last night all I wanted to do was lay around. I moved from my chair, to my couch, back to the chair and then to bed. Being sick sucks! I can't think of anything else but laying around and sleeping.

Anyway, back to the important packages. Last Friday an order was placed for: Descent: A journey into the dark and The Nacho Incident. Descent is a dream if you love oodles and oodles of bits and pieces. I can't wait to open the box. I know it won't get here till after 4:00pm, the UPS guy always seems to pull that off on game deliveries but if it's work samples, he's here by noon :p The nacho incident has intrigued me since I read about smuggling burritos across the border. I can't pass up a fun card game.

The bum deal is, I won't be able to play these till next week at best. Tomorrow I'm off to the desert of bright lights and hookers, did I say hookers? I meant slot machines. Silly Advil groggy-ness. I will take the booklet and try to read through Descent, I'm sure it will be an easy read with a few whiskey sours in me *wink*

Well my soup is getting cold... later.

Ode to my Cold:

You Blow. The End.

Did you?

Fudge mint oreos will be my demise.

Lesson of the Day:

A YOUNG MAN CALLED ALAN INVITED HIS MOTHER FOR DINNER.
DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEAL, HIS MOTHER COULDN'T HELP BUT
NOTICE HOW HANDSOME ALAN'S FLATMATE WAS.

SHE HAD LONG BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
TWO, AND THIS ONLY MADE HER MORE CURIOUS. OVER THE COURSE OF
THE EVENING, WHILE WATCHING THE TWO INTERACT, SHE STARTED TO
WONDER IF THERE WAS MORE BETWEEN ALAN AND HIS FLATMATE THAN
MET THE EYE.

READING HIS MUM'S THOUGHTS, ALAN VOLUNTEERED, "I KNOW WHAT YOU
MUST BE THINKING, BUT I ASSURE YOU, SIMON & I ARE JUST FLATMATES".

ABOUT A WEEK LATER, SIMON CAME TO ALAN SAYING, "EVER SINCE YOUR MOTHER CAME
TO DINNER, I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE FRYING PAN, YOU DON'T SUPPOSE SHE TOOK IT DO YOU?"
"WELL, I DOUBT IT, BUT I'LL E-MAIL HER JUST TO BE SURE," SAID ALAN, SO HE SAT DOWN AND WROTE:

DEAR MOTHER, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU "DID" TAKE THE FRYING
PAN FROM MY HOUSE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU "DID NOT" TAKE THE FRYING
PAN, BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT IT HAS BEEN MISSING EVER SINCE YOU WERE
HERE FOR DINNER.
LOVE ALAN

SEVERAL DAYS LATER, ALAN RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM HIS MOTHER
WHICH READ:

DEAR SON,
I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU "DO" SLEEP WITH SIMON, AND I'M NOT
SAYING THAT YOU "DO NOT" SLEEP WITH SIMON, BUT THE FACT
REMAINS THAT IF HE WAS SLEEPING IN HIS OWN BED, HE WOULD HAVE
FOUND THE FRYING PAN BY NOW.
LOVE MUM

LESSON OF THE DAY:
DON'T EVER LIE TO YOUR MOTHER (SHE ALWAYS, ALWAYS FINDS OUT!)

Your Birthdate: February 27

You are a spiritual soul - a person who tries to find meaning in everything. You spend a good amount of time meditating, trying to figure out life. Helping others is also important to you. You enjoy social activities with that goal. You are very generous and giving. Yet you expect very little in return. Your strength: Getting along with anyone and everyone Your weakness: Needing a good amount of downtime to recharge Your power color: Cobalt blue Your power symbol: Dove Your power month: September

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Steak Flavored Corn

Can't pass up an opportunity to buy a NY Steak for $3.74. They were big and tasty looking. We got 2 and planned to toss them on the grill with some peppercorn seasoning. With a baked potato and some organic sweet corn on the side, this was a meal for Queens. Peppercorn seasoning looks like dirt out of the packet, well who knew dirt could taste so good!

The corn cooked right above the steaks on the 3 tier grill, that way they wouldn't turn into popcorn. I don't know why but the corn tasted extra yummy last night. I figured it had something to do with the smoke/steam from the fat drippings of the steak. Whatever it was, that was the best damn corn!

Kev to the Dizzle, Fed in the hizzie
.... as lame as I sound, this one beats me by a long shot.


Normally, I wouldn't bother posting on something as lame as Kevin Federline but Jamie, Jack & Stench (JJS) drove me to this.

They felt the need to play this song "K-Fed" has rapped and is said to come out next year, called Y'all ain't ready. <-- Really, no shit?

Moving along, the husband of Britney Spears has brought out some really revealing lyrics *insert sarcasm here* such as "Back then, they called me K-Fed, but you can call me Daddy instead." *crickets chirping* *Blank Stare* I really can't even make fun of this, its overloaded my ability to make fun of him.

JJS said it reminded them of New Kids on the Block. Jamie told Jack to compare the two side by side. Stench said it had to be hard core NKOTB to be a fair comparison "like Hangin' Tough, not that sissy Please Don't Go Girl ballad." Note: the fact that Stench knew these titles is a laugh within itself. So they started with Hangin' Tough, then moved to Y'all ain't ready and back and forth from there. Jamie said "No, he is no New Kids, they really deliever." All this while they are singing along with Hangin' Tough and some other comment about that being "the special man dance." All very funny indeed.

I'm not a fan of the Spears but I feel sorry for her. She paid money for this "music" to be made. "K-Fed" has anticipated a backlash to occur from the public to which he replied: "My prediction is that y'all gonna hate on the style we create, straight 2008." *Blank Stare, Blink Blink*

A shot of these combined will allow you to utter this phrase:

"I can see through time"

Sometimes these 3 words say it perfectly.

All Hallows Eve and the children I made fear for their lives' *eh hem* I mean tactfully scared.

To all who do not know, I LOVE HALLOWEEN! This by far is my favorite holiday. I take great care and pride in my decorations and primping of spiders and ghosts. Everyone and everything must be placed, just right. As a last minute venture, I went to Party City and found some great items on clearance. One in particular was a "trap door" on a mechanisim that moved the doors up and down, making a light creaking sound and had a bone hand reaching out of it. It was regularly $40 and I grabbed it for $10. It was one of the most commented attractions in the yard. :) I also got a mask to hide behind and some make-up items.

Sitting at work with my legs about shaking off my body was fun, waiting to get off work. The afternoon flew by though, lots of end of the month work. I finished at 1 minute till 4:00pm so that worked great. I arrived home with a list of things I needed to grab before we left for my parents house. I also got out of the car to find Napolean Dynamite standing before me, snowboots and all. I love this day!

So we headed down the road and walking down the street we saw a nun with some groceries heading home.... priceless. We pulled around the corner to find my parents placing crosses in the front yard with fake mounds where the deceased have been recently buried and my aunt and uncle placing the 16 pumpkins we carved, throughout the yard. Yes, I said 16 pumpkins. My dad had placed my 5 ft skeleton in a noose from a wooden prop he made and attached it to a tree. Looked great. I got out and set out to work, setting up my lab table and fog machine. This involved covering the table in black table cloths and setting mason jars with water and glow sticks and misc. bugs. A mini coffin with a skeleton sitting up in it. A cauldron with lights in it, so it would properly glow and a lot of bats, spiders and rats spread around. I hid the fog machine under the table and grabbed a chair. I placed a hologram machine that projected witches on the side of the house. There were curtains set up in front of the doors to walk through and spider webs all the way up the walk way. Along with some chalk outlines on the sidewalk. Then the floating head was set up in one of the windows, screaming in the background.

I went inside, put on my mask and my cloak. My dogs walked right up and licked my hands. My cousins dog barked and ran away... poor girl. Probably didn't help I was chasing her but it's rare you see a pit bull so scared. I walked outside and got settled in my chair and positioned myself to look as fake as possible. Slumped over and happy as can be, victims, I mean kids started coming in packs. All of them staring and pointing and "ooohing" and "awwing" I couldn't be any happier unless I had some whiskey and hot wings in front of me.

It was fun to see them stare through me as hard as they could. Trying to decide if I was real or not was hilarious. I would tilt my head or raise my arm quickly to some of the older ones just to see them jump a little. I was very sweet to the little ones. They would be very hesitant to walk up to the door and I would quietly speak "it's okay, just walk up to the door, no one will scare you." They would walk really slow, just watching to make sure I wouldn't get them. Even a mom who was staring at my table, saw my eyes shift and said, "hey there's someone in there." I lifted my head and spoke, which made her jump a little and then she laughed. Then as the kids walked away from the house I would turn on the fog machine, which some would run or scream or dance in it. Well the mom screamed and jumped.... oops. Good thing she had a good sense of humor about it.

Kids came and went, all staring and admiring the pumpkins and decorations. I got to hear some of the best comments, which made how tired I was worth it all.
"This house right here, is the reason I still love to come trick or treating."

A mom said, he (referring to her son) almost ran to your house, he looks forward to coming here every year and wanted to skip all the other houses to come here first.

Another family that comes by every year, always takes pictures in front of our pumpkins and hay bails. That is one of their traditions. :)

"This is always the bestest house."

"Hold on, I'm trick or treating." Said a fairy on her cell phone. That was pretty funny.

I saw pirates, a Napolean, princesses, a bumble bee, spiderman, Jack Skelington, "Black-u-la" and lots of others. Most of the people had no idea I was there, so I got to hear first hand what everyone really thought. Lots of parents that loved the pumpkins, it was so awesome to see families enjoying our work together. It was the greatest spiritual boost to know I was contributing to such great kid memories. I'm still on a little high today...

I'll post pics as soon as I get them developed...

"I may dance with the devil but its only because he has the best music."