Rainbow Cake Extrava-gay-za

So yesterday June 17th, marks the 1 year anniversary that Gay & Lesbian couples were allowed to legally marry in California. Well that is no longer but it's inevitable so fight as you will you crazy right wing bible beaters, you're wasting your money on hate... shameful. Anyway, don't want to ruin such an awesome day with people who promote hate.

A community wide event was had by the LGBTQ. Alix and I like to help out with stuff sometimes and the universe knows I love to bake. They needed cakes and asked me if I'd be interested. HECK YES. So Alix and I invaded our very sweet friend Patty's house and made cakes... lots and lots of cakes. Here are cakes and decorating process.

Montage of what I starred at for 3 hours.

Cakes starring at me and one about to be frosted. Oh and my water.

Ooh ooh 1/2 way done.

Pretty blue cake.

YAY all done!

And then it happened... As I set that last cake on the counter, I felt itchie. I ran to the bathroom... yep. Hives. Took a pill, cleaned up, people arrived and I had to go home. I was sad sad and wanted to cry but that makes it worse. A few hours later I was fine. Alix came home from work and drove me over there and the cakes looked super cool cut open... I'll post those later. Happy Homo Anniversary!!!

Widget is chillin' on his rainbow blanket I made him for work.

"I finished my dinner so now I'm going outside to play."

That is what I said yesterday when I finished dinner at my parents house. The more I think about it, the funnier it is. I mean, I'm 32 why in the world would I need to announce such a thing. My mom and dad just laughed, they are used to my antics at this point in our lives.

My cousin has a mini helicopter and I've wanted one for a long time but have yet to spend the coins. He had crashed his many times and never played with it so he was cool with letting me use his. I hopped off my chair, threw my plate away, put my glass in the sink, grabbed the helicopter and got some quick instructions and headed out the front door. I thought moms grass would be the best place to crash...er...fly it. I was right I crashed it a lot, in the bushes, in the rocks, the side of the house, it bounced off the roof... impressive right? He warned me that is didn't turn very well and any wind would take it. Seeing as how it was windy outside I never got very good at flying it. The grass was very gentle with it though, it bounced nicely here and there. I wasn't very good with lift off from the ground so I made a launching pad on top of one of mom's bushes that was a perfect height. At least I didn't crash into cars. Then it died and I was sad. I walked back in, put it on the charger again and waited for an hour.

My cousin told me it's easier to fly it in the house. I told him he was crazy with my dad's 65" TV sitting right there. Proof be told, later when I took it home and flew it in my bedroom, the wing tip snapped off on the door... I should stick with grass. :p

Clean Sleep

So we got some fun stuff at the outlets in Tulare, had a nice dinner at Chilis to round out the night then headed home. I woke up around 8ish, then around 10:30ish then Noon. Guess I missed the farmers market :o I felt so super lazy. We got up, heated up our left overs, watched some TV then Lexi had to go to work :( I decided at some point it was time to clean and basically did the whole room. It took me about 5 hours. There are still a few things to go through and I have to tackle the bathroom but it feels very roomy and we like it.

Off to pick up the girl from work and grab some dinner.

What a Week

So we're kinda settled and my intentions are to come home every day and organize for an hour. The past 2 days, I get home and fall a sleep. It's not because I don't sleep well at night, quite the opposite. I sleep better than ever. No more loud people next door, no more racers on White Ln. It's FANTASTIC! I just like to stay up late and I'm still catching up from being sick. My sore throat is still coming and going but whatever, at least I'm functional now.

This weekend I'll get us all settled in. Tonight we're off to Tulare Outlets and then tomorrow sweet sleep... oh lovely heavenly sleep. I am so welcoming thee. I do want to go to the Farmers Market in the morning but I'll just have to see how late I stay up. I miss the Wii A LOT!

To make up for a missed comment (stupid MySpace). I miss you too Courtney... lots and lots and lots!

Moving Out Sucks

So we moved for like a week. Then this past Saturday, my parents and some family helped moved the rest of our stuff to storage. My mom did the cleaning (dad too). 5 hours later and she finished and I felt like it was cleaner than when we moved in.

A phone call Monday afternoon disagreed. Here was the list of complaints and they want to hold almost $300 of our deposit... bullshit.

-both bathtubs needed cleaning (are you kidding? my mom rocks at tubs. Upon a later inspection, that was wear and not our fault) ***the funnier part about the extra bath tub, it was used like 3 times when we had guests, that shower was never used and she said the doors were stained and needed heavy cleaning, liar***
-blinds (they were cleaned, they are sun damaged, how does one clean that?)
-spiderwebs in the water heater (that thing was covered in spiderwebs when we moved in, it was disgusting, there was 2 in there now btw, bite me)
-the plastic light panels, okay I'll give her that one but I didn't even think of those.
-light bulbs mysteriously blew out even though we went and bought 5 on Saturday when my parents were cleaning... whatever.

A few other things but geezus that sucked. So I went back in there after work yesterday and spent about 2 hours doing all the shit she insisted was clean before we moved in plus a few other things to make sure it was all covered.

So all I can do is hope for the best because I put my sweat into that one. I'm not telling my mom, even at 32 I would fear for that woman's life since she insisted "the cleaning wasn't very well done." It was done better than I would have done it, there are just tricks my mom knows (after cleaning for 25 years) that I do not.

I'm glad to be done with that place, that hag is way to full of herself and I'm tired of her. I'd never recommend moving into that place. It's a hole at best.

This is Widget not letting me do my work...

Quickie

Alright, so I've been busting my ass at work so I can have tomorrow off. So far, so good, I have 3 runs left and it's 10:45 am, just have to finish typing them and then do a lot of billing but since I reset quickbooks to fit my needs, that should be easy breezy.

So yeah, just had to get that out there. Go figure Widget would be extra needy today and doesn't seem to want to be more than 1 inch from my hand and he keeps blocking my 10 key. Kinda makes it hard to finish.

Time to get back to the grind...

By Widgets calculations, this report is .35% off on C6+

California Justices... you disappoint me.

So this should be one of the highly political blogs that discusses the "ramifications" of this and the "unjust" decision of that and the "ignorance of a people." However, that's not how this girl "rolls yo." It's sad that something like this, 1st of all even got on the ballot, then passed and is now being upheld. Hmm, it must be nice to sleep on your golden pillows in your house of glass.

Look out kids, you're in for the fight of your life... think Atomic Wedgie, so far up your ass no one can see your underwear. You think that's gross? I think your morals and ideals are twice as disgusting... puts it all in perspective doesn't it?

*~*For myself when I read this in future years, have a good laugh... you'll see that none of this stays around as long as those pencil neck right winger religious freaks would have liked. Hopefully when you catch sight of this particular blog, you'll just be getting in from walking with your wife along the beach somewhere...

The Past Comes Back to Play Pool

So back in the day I used to frequent a local pool hall every weekend. One particular weekend right after I graduated high school (told you it was awhile ago) I met a boy. Needless to say this was pre-Lesbian tag. Well we didn't have the worst split in the world but it wasn't one that allowed us to mail Christmas cards either. Fast Forward to last summer on myspace. I received a message... from him. He just wanted to get back in touch and it was really nice.

So we've been talking ever so often online and he and his g/f came out here this past weekend to pick up their daughter. We decided to meet up for drinks and just catch up a little. Okay, holy shit. Had anyone told me I'd be doing that 10 years later, I would have laughed in their face... really really hard.

Saturday night at Lengthwise didn't work out which left the window open for said pool hall the next night. Around 9:pm we walked in... in so many ways it was the same but not even close to how I remember it. Walked up, gave a hug and it just felt like 2 old friends found each other after too long apart, just as it always should have been.

It was nice and I hated that we had to cut it short to pack but at least we're back to good. I miss that boy and his antics and I'm glad I can call him my friend again.

~*~*~*~

I was asked today if I named Widget after this character from Wow Wow Wubbzy. Seeing as how I had no idea what Kelly was talking about, I googled it. Looks cute but no I did not name him based on this pink bunny.

Green Art - The Oz Table

So there was a call for artists to take a piece of furniture and recycle it. I took this little end table, it was pretty beaten and full of spider webs, yummy.













I just sanded it down, painted it black and cut up a Wizard of Oz comic book to make this cute little table. Enjoy.

2.5 hrs of sleep

I'd like to rejoice that it was because of adult extracurricular type activities but alas, no. Since I can't mix OTC cold meds with all my Rx meds, my nose is kinda runny which apparently makes me cough. A LOT. I lay down and start coughing, it's fabulous. If, of course, fabulous means smack me in the head with an anvil.

Luckily, we have these wonderful IKEA chairs and I chose to camp in one of those. Being the sweet girl that she is, she laid sideways on the bed to hold my hand as I slept in the chair so I didn't feel so alone.

At one point I thought I was okay to go back to bed, I was sadly mistaken. Climbed back out of bed and back into my chair with my stuffed turtle Peanut and fell back a sleep till my alarm went off.

So tonight, I'm just going to sleep in the chair and hope for the best. I need some sleep badly, I'm never going to get well if I can't get some good rest.

Wish me luck.

My Urgent Care Adventure

So I've been pretty quiet lately, I've been sick. I got this dry throat feeling last Monday, Tuesday felt the sore throat coming on, went home early and didn't go to work the rest of the week.

Thursday I went to the doctor to be told I have a "viral" infection and there was nothing they could give me for it and to take ibuprofen for the pain. So that kinda helped... not really at all. I had trouble sleeping and decided to take Friday off too. Saturday came around and I thought it was getting better. Alright, this was a fucking joke. Woke up Sunday around 11:am and headed right for the doctor, again.

Ever have a metal splinter? Multiply that feeling by about a 100 every time you swallow and that's what my throat felt like. Walked in and it was fairly busy, some lady was saying she had been there 5 hours. Now what I didn't realize till now was that it was just about noon at this point and they opened at 9:am... add the 3? No subtract the 2? Hmm... anyway I think she was full of shit basically. I get old people get cranky but sheesh. I'll admit they were kinda slow but after 1.5 hrs I was out with the diagnosis of an infection. I got some throat numbing stuff, some amoxicillan and big mg of ibuprofen. Jerks. Had the doctor on Thursday taken a little more time she could have saved me the second trip and a lot of gawd damn pain! Within a few hours I was able to swallow and eat and it was wonderful.

Now granted as I sit here I'm back to about the same pain level as this morning but it's going to take a few rounds before the meds take full affect, at least I have something to help me in the right direction though. *chalks a point to western medicine*

Let's move a little backwards to the wet pant wearing, seed crackin', cow chewing lady in the corner. She had these sweats on that looked like she walked hip high in water and bright bright pink. *blinks* Yep, you read that right. She also felt the need to sit there and crack/crunch sunflower seeds about as annoying as one person could sitting in the silent waiting area of Kaiser. Then proceeds to smack the seeds as well. OH yummy.

The high school girls... they take that "go everywhere together" thing too damn literally. I don't know why one of them was there and I really don't care. She is only note worthy because as she went into the nurses area to get weighed, she fell off the scale.

There's also the ever popular older lady who is sitting there coughing quietly then rips a big burp like a high school boy. Nice.

This guy came in and as he was about to sit down, realized he knew a guy. As polite people do they greeted one another and asked why the other was there. The guy in the business shirt that had just walked in said, "well we were on a cruise and something bit me and I got this." He then proceeds to pull up his sleeve and the guy made a face like a bone was protruding through his skin and literally back away. Alright, if you can make people back out of your personal space like that, you need to be at the doctor. A little while later after the triage nurse had done her 'one over' on him he came back out with his mother? and said, if that doctor tries to cut this off, "I'll smack him in his head." I don't know why that was so funny but it was.

So yeah, people. They make the world go 'round.

I will control the things I can and keep hope and positive thoughts for the things I can not.

Widget tested positive for FeLV (feline leukemia). I was completely devastated because as a previous owner of a FeLV cat, I've seen the road and pain this leads to, not just for the human but for the humans counterpart, the cat itself.

The odd twist of it all? He may not actually have it. Kittens that test positive can get it from mom but somewhere around month 5 their bodies either say, "eh, we're over it" and 'grow' out of it with it completely being gone or they 'do' have it and then you deal from there.

I've got some big things coming up in life. We're moving which is always a huge pain in the ass, I want to buy Lex and I a house and then we start making plans for travel and creative growth and such. I figure the Universe has a plan.

Perspective. While moving and buying a house CAN be stressful, it is an exciting part of life. Everyone does it and it's as positive as one makes it. Evil virus from your new little bestie friend named Widget... much more real and traumatic but when it's all said and done, a part of life and as long as you love with all your heart and give it your all + a little more you didn't even know was there. You can sleep a little easier at night and know you did all you could.

So for now, I can control getting all that organizing and packing done. For the things I can not, I will enjoy bringing Widget to work every day, watching him and Polly run around like wild banshees and staying as positive as one can without looking like the Joker smiling all the time.

And now... I can work. *in deep breath...1.2.3... exhale....1.2.3...*

Widget is waiting for his doctor...

Captain's Log 050809

I'm freakin' tired. The kitten waking up at 5ish to play is sucking. He's taking about 1.5hrs of sleep away and for a person who stays up late, this doesn't work so well in my favor. Polly seems to enjoy his company, she beats the crap out of him and then when he and I leave for work, she sleeps.

He does pretty good at work but when he's ready to nap, he wants me to hold him. This makes it a tad difficult to do my work effectively. Not impossible but definitely harder. He's also discovered that anything I drink, he would like a taste. I do not find this amusing, so caps are a must. Straws, he says, just give him a challenge.

So yeah, it's Friday and I'm ready to go home and kick back with my girl.

Oh this Widget...


This is my lab area, well part of it. Explanation below.


Widget "OH... hi mom... I was just sleeping for a minute."

We're moving...???

So our plan was to find a place for around $800 to offset the cost of PG&E, be able to play World Tour without pissing off people below us and being able to entertain friends. What has happened in the past week is we've found places have stupid layouts... are full... or the same price we pay now.

*sigh* What the Fuck.

While searching street names/areas for rentals, I've come across foreclosures that when broke down by a mortgage, would be less or the same as renting. I've been hesitant about buying, the last venture didn't go too smoothly, not dwelling just explaining my qualms. Lexi has reassured that she wants to own a home with me and is all for the idea. So I thought what the hell, I'll see how the credit is doing and what/if I qualify. Turns out it's better than I thought.

Well we gave our 30 days and need to save $4000K. Some very sweet Framily offered to house us if we ever needed it... well this could work. We're in the preliminary stages at this point but I think this could work out and would really help us and we'd be very appreciative for the opportunity for the chance to catch up on some things.

I, of course, have been discussing things with my dad. He's always very helpful and I know he has life experience and will guide me the right way. He's 100% behind this, I think he likes the idea of me owning a house and even offered to gift some money to help. *smiles* I really really am lucky. He was cute, he said "well if you find a house you really like, I'd hate to see you lose it because of a little money."

I remember when I moved back home and he was having cable modem installed for me (they do not own computers) and the guy asked my dad... is that all you need? He looked at me like dads often do with daughters and replied, "as long as she is happy, that's all that matters." I knew that statement went much deeper but I'll never forget it. It made me smile really big.

So now we're packing and looking for a place to call home. *smiles* mmhmm

Widget

So Saturday night I had it narrowed down to Widget or Sprocket. Widget kept winning in my head so by Sunday morning we deemed him "Widget" which evolved to "The Incredible Mister Widget" but we wouldn't be us if he didn't have some kind of silly full name.

I like taking him everywhere. I enjoyed bringing Polly places, she does very well in the bag. I can take her to the store and she won't make a peep. She just likes to watch. When I bring her to work she just hides under my desk which is a bummer. I've always wanted a shop cat, someone to keep me company. So in getting a new kitten, we also said this one could be more mine since Polly is so very much Alix's and like her as well.

Widget has adapted very well to life as a lab cat. He runs around sliding all over the floor and attacks EVERYTHING on my desk, even himself. His tail taunts him and it must be stopped. He's thrown my cards in my Rolodex all over the damn place and the envelopes... don't get me started on those.

He's figured out how to climb the 3-tier cart that holds my bombs, he likes to lay on the bombs, I guess because they're cool. There is also this wooden plank/beam that was built under the counters to run the wires for the helium lines (it keeps them off the ground). Basically it's a fun cat ramp and he likes to walk in it. He naps and eats on my desk. That will change as he gets older. His jumping legs are still new and even though he is way more adventurous than Polly he still needs help getting up on the desk sometimes. On occasion when I get up to change out samples and come back to my desk, he's sitting in my chair "meewing" at me. He doesn't like when I go out of sight, so he follows me everywhere.

I think we're a very good fit. I really really like that.

Sometimes it's hard being at work.

Tycoon Series

Most anyone who games has come across the Tycoon series, Zoo Tycoon, Roller Coaster Tycoon... etc. Basically you get to design said "Zoo/Roller Coaster" any way you like and your goal is to make it successful. Enough food, employee's, bathrooms, exhibits... the list is really long. I can't believe this one exists... and there are actually 4 of them. They don't make these unless there is a demand for them, I don't even think Roller Coaster Tycoon got past 3...

Cri-kee...

Hanging Out

Tuesday night we got to hang out with the Courtney at her little house. I like going over there, I love her dogs. As I am of course partial to Goonie because she reminds me so much of Zoey. I do enjoy Mako. He really is turning into a cool dog.

We sat around eating Jack in the box and if you ever want to see 2 dogs act their bestest, give them curly fries... they turn into freakin' angels :) Watching the puppy antics and just sitting around chatting with Courtney reminds me of how lucky I am to be where I am in life.

I miss sitting around with the Framily but I'll take any moments I can with them together or apart.

DisneyLand!

My parents gave me a cool present this year... a trip for Lex and I to go to Disneyland. The small problem was she got sick around my birthday then I got sick, then she got sick again. :| So we got an I.O.U. and as soon as she had a day off and I had some down time at work, we were going to do it. So last Friday was the day!

I hauled it down there in 1hr and 45 minutes! woohoo Yay for the flow of traffic. I was so excited that I forgot to stop beforehand and buy us lunch... oops. Lex had oodles of luck and we decided she would make the decisions for the day. While we were in line a lady bug landed on her shoulder, we got through the ticket line fast and headed right over to Space Mountain. We walked almost all the way up to the top, moved a little, moved a little... stopped. Talking talking talking... still hadn't moved. DudeDisney comes out... says it's "broke down" but should be running in 15-20 minutes. *hold up buttercup* You want me to get on a ride that broke down? Lex then made the decision to move on... so we hopped out of line and headed to the next fierce ride: Alice in Wonderland :) About 5 minutes in we here "oh my God Lesbians!" Turn around and 2 gays were standing next to us. I giggled and said "yay family." One of them proceeded to show us his matching belt and wallet. He got them from Spencers, I'd like the wallet, it was cool. So we kept running into them in line and then saw them again next on Mr. Toads wild ride... then they gave us fast passes to space mountain but we opted to grab some food. Pizza and a hot dog later and we were off to Indiana Jones. I love this ride. At one point, I look over at Lex and she has the biggest kid smile on her face ever. We started to walk off and she said, "that is my favorite ride!" It was so cute, she really liked it and wanted to get on it again. We then trucked over the the Jungle Cruise, Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Snow Whites scary adventure. I'm gonna pause here.

Snow White's Scary adventure is dumb. I'm sorry if you like it but WTH? I had never been on it and on our way back to the storybook cruise it had like zero line so we decided to go for it. It's all here's Snow White, here's the dwarfs, here's the queen... then gets creepier and scarier and then the witch is trying to give me a poison apple *chants* doom and gloom - doom and gloom... then the door open... and a big story book is in front of you and says "and they lived happily ever after." WHAT? A witch tries to give me a poison apple and then they live happlily ever after... did I miss a turn or two on the cart? Fix it Disney, fix it now.

Alright, *sits up straight* so then it gets fuzzy but we got a shit ton of rides; Storybook Cruise, Small World, Star Tours, Buzz Light Year (I highly recommend this one - I want all the framily to go and we have a contest for high scores), back to Pirates (while grabbing a fast pass to Indiana Jones), to Haunted Mansion, finishing with Indiana Jones and then shopping :)

I got some cool pins and we had lots of fun. I might have missed some rides? So we got in the park around noon and left at Midnight! My foot was killing me but it was so worth it.

Polly had my arm pinned down, so I was forced to lay there and play animal crossing a little longer. :)

WOOHOO!

For chu!

This is my new frog friend. He's keeping me company at work. Oh yeah. I'm that tired. *pops a skittle in my mouth*

Earth's Sense of Humor

Happy Earth Day.

"Take it and make it your own."

Bunnies Down a Hole and Commissions

So I have some FANTASTIC COOKBOOKS, more dessert than not. I wanted to take on the Easter dessert, enter Bunnies Down a Hole. These were wicked fun and simple.

Plain Cupcakes, the dark ones have whipped chocolate frosting and then rolled in oreos.

Close up of the grass, 2 tone green grass :)

Finished product. Eggs in the grass and the bunnies going down the rabbit holes.

Close up of each type of cupcake. Pretty nifty.

So after posting these, a friend asked if I would do her daughters 1st birthday cake... whoa! How exciting, we're still discussing and it's not definite but just to be asked is pretty cool in my head.
Then, while playing with some new AC friends in NH, also big Red Sox Fans, they want to pay for a copy of my b&w brick wall photo I took at Fenway Park. He also wants to pay me to design a tattoo... um OKAY! I had a pretty rockin' day yesterday to say the least :)

Sometimes friends roll over...

So in a previous blog you might remember reading about Courtney's mid-life crisis? Her super cool jeep that we got to liberate bouncy balls in... yeah that one. Well jokingly her girlfriend, the Patty, had a new saying "I have a roll bar and I know how to use it." I now believe that Courtney took this too literally.

Poor friend... but as you look at these pics, just know that she is fine. Sore as all hell and a cut on her wrist but okay thankfully.

Looking toward the new East...


When I used to look toward the East I thought of Las Vegas. It's hard not to. I've been there so many times... for so many things. A lot of major life events for me have occurred in Vegas. *scratches head* in fact the more I think about it, the MORE that place holds some serious memories. Now when I look that way my mind wanders as fast as my eyes blink to the East coast and the waters that touch Boston, Mass. I don't know why but I have a longing for that place. No it's not just for Fenway Park. Something about that place feels like I have this uncontrollable pull. Alix is here now so I really can't pinpoint it... yet. I'll get there, I always do. I'm just slower some days then others.

Polly nuzzles in my blanket... she's a little chilly.

*waves* Here I am...

Alright, so I took 2 months off the blog. Why you ask? My answer: I have no idea. I've had SOOO many things to write about. There was make your own pizza and Repo! night, Valentines day, Alix got sick, my birthday, then I got sick, rugrat softball, big kid softball, a lot of video gaming, work is slowed down, upcoming artsy stuff, Courtney gets a Mid Life Crisis er... I mean Jeep, Bouncy Ball Liberation, Alix is sick again and a whole lot of other stuff. So here we go.

Well I'm sitting here at work with nothing to do, day 7. Oh yeah, you read that right, I've had no work for 7 days. I know people like these low gas prices but truth be told, that's my job. I'm not saying I want it at $3.65. Not even a little, all I ask is $2.49 that's enough to keep steady work and not so hard on the consumer. I'll also be the first to say that oil companies are doing fine, the problem there is they aren't skyrocketing like they got adjusted to. So instead of $3.5 billion in excess, they may only pull in $1.7 million. Oh damn, how ever will they make it?

I can ramble oil for awhile but that's not what I really want to talk about. I've been in a weird kind of funk too. I guess I didn't want to sit at this screen and write because I was afraid of what I'd write or how it would come out. I don't want a pitty party but this is MY way of getting things out and I don't necessarily need a "fix" per say just somewhere to get my feelings out. So I decided to keep them in and that hasn't gone so well. Not at all. So I'm back.

We're getting more creative with food. I'm in the process of making it a little more healthy. This may take some time, as I do know a good amount of dishes that are well rounded, I really need to expand my selection. We do enjoy making pizza's with whole wheat dough. Although the night Courtney came to hang out we used store bought, ready made crusts. That was a fun night, we watched Repo! The Genetic Opera. LOVE IT! It's weird, it's different, it's a lot of singing and it makes you want to sing instead of talk. Definitely not one for the kiddies, it's crass, very bloody but still funny. You'd have to watch it to know what I'm talking about.

On the Happy Heart Day. It was kinda funny, we thought we'd be funny and slick and go for a late lunch instead of trying to fight the masses for dinner. We pulled in around 3:30pm and it was full but we didn't think it was that bad. Basically, our late lunch turned into dinner. We were seated a little before 5:pm. It was super good though. YAY FOR US :) and Olive Garden, mmm breadsticks.

With it being only 2 weeks till my birthday my parents offered to pay for Alix to get into Disneyland, a hotel and such for my birthday present. YAY!!! I've been wanting to go for awhile and Alix has never been to Disney California. Small problem, Alix got sick. Guess it was bound to happen, everyone is sick and she works in retail. If people would just stay home when they were sick, it would really keep the epidemics of colds down to a minimum. So it took her a few weeks and a nasty cough but she got all better.

The nice thing about having all that time off, my body thought it was my turn to get sick. I just got a little head cold for 2 days and took a long weekend to get all better. I stayed on the couch and played a lot of Animal Crossing. Then... as I was better, Alix caught it again... she's still recovering but it's definitely not as bad as the last one. I think someone needs some vitamins.

My birthday was pretty low key. We went out to dinner and our very good friend Patty was able to join us at Outback after dropping off some meds for her job. :) Patty is an amazing and sweet girl. She is the Reapers Right Hand Girl and that may sound dark but she helps put the dying at ease and that takes a remarkable kind of person... this is our Patty.

Another friend of ours has decided to take on the task of coaching. Now my idea of coaching is much different than most. I put my heart and soul in it. I still breath it, there is no denying that. She is taking on a new beast... 8 year olds lol If you've never coached little ones, do it. You'll know really fast if you were truly ever suppose to be a coach or not. Kids keep it real, they keep it simple and above all, they are honest. The best part? They L-I-S-T-E-N. After coaching high school girls, that is a huge deal. I enjoy the rugrats, especially the twins. They don't have a lick of talent but they are learning (getting better) and they give it their all and I love that!

Since Lex has moved here, she has been adjusting slowly and quite well. She dives right in with me with whatever venture I have ahead of me. She talks about how she misses softball and wishes she could play. An opportunity arrose and she got on a team :) I'm glad she likes it so much and for the first time ever, I'm sitting on the sidelines rooting for her. No competition, just good ol' "for the love of the game" softball. It's great :)

Animal Crossing is a HUGE staple in our lives. Who knew one could get so obsessed with such a simple (but not really) game. I can kill 5 hours on that game just rearraning flowers and making patterns alone. We keep meeting more and more cool ass people. On an interesting sidebar: the amount of liberal Animal Crossing people out there is amazing and very comforting. This is more a kid/family type game and "sometimes" people can be... well, not so liberal. 'nuff said.

So I've upped the antie on my art. I got really lazy... about everything, not just art. I grabbed some pieces to recycle into art for a Green Arts Show. I've recruited my HB and we've got a booth at a show called Divine Fusion this weekend and I want to enter some pieces in a "Roots" show in 2 weeks. Alright, that may seem a little ambitious but it's completely doable. I'll actually post pics as I finish pieces and in process shots. Actually I can do that later, I have some befores of the spider web infested table for the green arts show. Yummy.

Courtney. I love her dearly. She is awesome! And apparently is having a Mid-Lesbian Crisis. It's cute really. Her silver jeep. It has the big chuncky tires and is simply great. The Patty even loves it and apparently likes to steal it on occasion :) A couple Fridays okay, my HB asked if we could borrow said Jeep for a little bouncy ball liberation. What is that you ask? WHAT?! You don't know the joy of bouncy ball liberation? Well you get x amount of people (more is better), grab a huge ass bag or two of bouncy balls and head out. Well with an open top jeep or sun roof is best. Drive down the road and launch away. Targets are fun, you have to figure out wind and speed but it all goes with the challenge. I enjoy aiming for hotel pools personally. Or the back of trucks with open beds. Lex & Denise enjoyed patios full of people drinking but everyone has something :) So after about 2 hours of that around midnight, we called it a night. Oddly enough, 2 days later is when Lex got sick again :(

So that's the super condenesed soup version. I know I left out some other cool stuff but you get the idea. I WILL keep up this time. Sorry readers :)

Animal Crossing: Puppy Folk Day 2

Hmm, well I'd like to say this day went all easy peazy but it didn't. We got home from work, took the dogs out back, they went potty, ran around and then G-dog went inside... came out, with a piece of ball. I was told by Mortimer that they shouldn't be allowed to have toys together because they will fight... she was right. I had Alix run in the house and get me a kid gate, I threw it right on top of them and hard... they stopped. G-dog is terribly afraid them and thank goodness. We thought they were cool but there was blood on the patio. Sharkbaby's pad was cut, he had a little chunk taken out of his shoulder, a little hole on his face but was fine overall. G-dog had a few little cuts but they were cool... just not with each other. We seperated them, got Sharkbaby's bleeding under control, it took all of 2 minutes, put him in his kennel and they chilled while we got ready to go to dinner with my parents.

We came home and they were quiet. Took Sharkbaby out and he went potty and he was a little limpy at first, probably a little sore but walked it off and was fine. I let them run around the living room and you could tell they were still agitated, I was on the phone and they had a little spat so I decided to crate Sharkbaby all eve :( They ate fine but he was not interested in his bone at all. They both just slept the whole time. When we went to bed there was minimal whining. So what looked kinda bad is probably normal in Mortimers eyes?

As of this A.M. he walked out fine this morning to pee and G-dog looks kosher too. *phew* :) He was all whiney as usual when my alarm went off. :)

Animal Crossing in the Real World: Puppy Folk

Wednesday through Friday we are house/puppy sitting for Mortimer. We have Goonie and Mako, or as I call them, G-dog and Sharkbaby. This will serve as a report for Morti since she's freaking out instead of concentrating on her girl and ocean in front of her. *eh hem*

Day 1 - Captain's Puppy Log

We arrive to Morti's to find an excited G-dog and whiney Sharkbaby. We opted to set Polly up before letting him out. Then we walked out back and let them run around for about 20 minutes, they went Potty then we all went inside. We sat down, they played, laid around, Sharkbaby even nodded off on me a few times but G-dog would bark to wake him up and get him off the couch. She's trouble.

We got hungry and I decided to take Lexi to Carla's, one of my fav places when I lived in the 'dale 12 yrs ago. I showed her some bars I used to "work" at on occasion to fill in for friends. I got my classic Pnut butter & chocolate shake, we got burgers and shared some fries. GOOD STUFF! We got home, fed the pups and fed ourselves. Since the doggies were so good, we gave them one big fry each when we were finished. Then we watched a lot of NCIS :)

I took my shower and was entertained by Morti's choices of shampoos and conditioners, anytime I can laugh at bottles in the shower, I'm having a good time. I got in my PJ's and we went into the bedroom around 10:ish after locking up and putting the pups to bed. Sharkbaby happily ate his bone but G-dog was crying to come in, it took us awhile to figure that out. She finally got tired of whining and we played AC long enough to check in and then watched some tv as we went to sleep.

They whined here and there throughout the night but it wasn't bad, the wind was worse than anything, it kept scaring Polly and sounded like things were banging all over the house.

End Day 1 Report

Update on the Fasting

So wow was I wrong about this fasting thing. You don't lose 20-30 in a month... it's a WEEK! Here's how it works, you take 2 shots in the morning of this juice and a protein drink. Same for lunch, with snacks of celery, cucumbers or raw almonds. Dinner is boiled chicken and plain steamed veggies with another shot and protein drink before bed.

Okay, these guys have will power of steel.

* I type this as I eat my 1/2 sandywich of ham & cheese with a 1/2 bag of flamin' hot chips and water.*

Here is Sally, supposedly she'll grow hair. Let's see if I have as good a green thumb as I do in Animal Crossing.

Here is Sally 6 days later! Yay she has hair :)

Uncluttering Makes A Huge Mess

So after staying at my parents house for a week, I realized I like how comfy and spacious their house feels even though it isn't the biggest house in the world. Our place is basically the same idea. It's not the biggest but has the potential to be set up nicely.

I'm just starting spring cleaning a little early :) So far, we've given away about 35ish shirts to goodwill, thrown out loads of empty boxes and misc. trash. It's impressive how much stuff you hold on to for no reason. The living room and dining area look a little too vacant now, they need some pics hung up. I'm working on that next.

So I tore apart the entertainment center and ended up having to call Lexi in to help me set it up since she knew better what wires could reach where or be moved at all. Looking around in the midst of this made me realize what a big mess I was making. It's funny because no matter how messy you think something is, you always have to make a bigger mess to get it cleaned up.

I'm pretty excited to go home tonight and sit in the living room and look around. I made a plan to start from the front (check) and work my way to the back. Tonight I will tackle the hall closest, our geocaching stuff is a little scattered and we have geo-stuff everywhere!

My Boss is fasting, so I'll lose 10lbs

So my boss and family aren't the best with sticking to eating for the better but really who is now-a-days with so many fast food, pre-made, hot n ready, drive-thru eateries it's no wonder Americans are at their biggest ever. The fast paced world we live in leaves much of us at a loss for cooking at home anymore and cooking healthy is put even further on the back burner.

I have good intentions of doing better but free food placed in front of you daily does prove challenging. Some days I'll make runs, not only to Taco Bell and Carl's Jr but to Shell to get ice creams and candy bars... free is hard to say no to, I don't care who you are.

My boss has opted to go through this fasting thingie that his dad did last year and lost 30ish lbs in about a month, month and a half (yes he has gained some of it back). This means no fast food is brought into the shop for... well how ever long this lasts so this is my chance to get back ahead of the game.

I also spoke with the hiking girls today, well one party and we want to get back to hiking, biking and/or camping with them. We have plenty of tools to make the Epic Hike happen next year. This involves, carrying our own tent, clothes, sleeping bag, food, basically everything we need for 4 days on our backs while we hike for 12 miles through the sand to which I am told by mile 3 I will be cussing out said party for talking me into such an adventure. With all this information, I WANT TO DO IT. For now we are in the process of planning a biking trip which I am very excited for. We live in one of the most outdoor friendly states and I'd like to get back to taking advantage of that.

Back to my cucumber and apple plum white tea.

I feel like someone is watching me...

Here is another origami that I like (there are a lot that are dumb: deep pockets? <- lame) it's a Pelican :)

Alix the Great

I wonder sometimes how I got so lucky and blessed with such a wonderful girl. At the same time, I realize it's partly because I took a chance. I looked out into the abyss of unknowing and I ran toward it. I didn't look back, no regrets, no reservations and now I realize, nothing to lose. If I had been truly happy from the soul, no such "proposition" would have ever come before me. Yes, I had a good life and I learned a lot and those experiences taught me things. You can't take kudos from life lessons.

I enjoy us. I so very much appreciate how she drags her little butt out of bed every morning to make me breakfast and pack my lunch. I love that she supports all my kitchen creations.

Last night made the "super sweetie" list. I was trying to figure out what to make for dinner (she was working till 8:pm) and she kept putting me off in txts which I thought meant what I suggested didn't sound good or she wasn't hungry. It was about 8:pm and the front door flies open and I peek around the corner. I couldn't figure out why she was home already and I didn't get a txt. She kept saying "SURPRISE!" but I was too shocked she was home already lol
As she yelled Surprise at me for the 3rd and loudest time, I saw she had a big bag of food and some drinks. She brought me surprise dinner!

She was lucky enough to find $20 on the ground and opted to buy us dinner since it was free money anyway :) Since they were so slow at work, they let her go home at 7:30pm so she had some time to work out her MokeyCat secret agent plan. She picked the place and all the food. It was Wing stop! mmmmmmmmmm okay so did I mention how GREAT it was!?!?! I love their hot wings! Yay for the chicken of the buffalo and hickory bbq something or another and the tangy little hawiians :) And those fries! Just go try them, they are sweet but salty... ohhh getting a little hungry thinking about it lol

I love how we surprise and take care of one another. I can't express how much I appreciate all these little things, it just means the world to me and well... um... YAY!

Lexi Jones and Raiders of the Lost Animal Crossing

So little miss girlfriend of mine decided she was going to start a new town on the Nintendo DS version of Animal Crossing. Since AC is a 1 player game we share the Wii-mote a lot but when the villages of our online games are set and there is nothing else to do it can be a little boring for the other person. Well she was having so much fun in her new town of Roseart that I wanted to start a game too instead of just transferring our Wii game back and forth. AND we can play with each other when we travel and what not. So now we needed another copy of the game.

We had some cash monies at Best Buy so she went after work to get it. Out of stock. Off to Walmart... again, zippo. Okay, let's settle for Game Stop... they are out! Holy Schmutzfa! She decides to ask just in case... AND... they have one in... USED! So it's the same price we would have paid at Best Buy! YAY!!!

Thanks BABY!

Y txtin can mess wit u

I was about to send an email to one of the lead people for Thums Long Beach Oil, whom we do a lot of sampling for. It was a simple email but I always triple check them, just in case:

Kathye,

Did u receive the scanned copy of the invoice from Scott 4 the work done on 12/29/08?



Umm... shit, really I typed 'u' and '4'? Thank goodness my eyes and brain were working together today and not fighting like Red Sox and Yankee fans as usual.

One of those days...

So I finally got up on time, even though I stayed up in bed playing AC till midnight. :) I walk out to my girl finishing the dishes and my lunch bag with crustless toast. This spawns from last night we loaded up my car with all the Christmas tubs and I needed to put some gas. She goes to sit in the passenger seat but in all its glory is my paper towel with all the toast crusts from the morning lol *busted*

Just one of those days when I can't express how lucky I am in so many ways... loved unconditionally, blessed, happy, floatie, spectacular, in awe... the list could go on till I make it so that Blogger puts a word limit on their blogs. Thank you Lexi for being you and loving me.

Fifi

Here is my 3rd attempt at Origami. An elephant. It's pretty cute and hanging on my wall at work. The folds and the symbols are WAY more difficult to remember than I thought but just like anything else you learn/teach yourself, it takes time. My 2nd attempt, a sailboat, not so cute. Tomorrow's is the body for the elephant. :)

Resolutions

Okay so we all have these, in some way or another, just admit it. Here are mine:

Healthier living

Not just eating and exercising but mental health and happiness. I did really good with my inner growth this past year and I'd like that to stay on the rise and include the physical aspect to help match up a little more.

Origami

I like to learn new things. I also like being a student from the "self taught" academy so I decided about 1/2 way through last year I would learn origami and add it as one of my resolutions for 2009. In the wonderful spirit that is my girlfriend, Alix bought me a 365 days of origami. I just wanted to learn about 25 really well so I have plenty to choose from. Below is day one: A paper cup. This was harder then I thought but the nice thing is, they are very encouraging.

Time- Being On

I have a horrible sense of projecting what I can accomplish in a certain amount of time. I apparently think that I can get the list of 3 people done in 2.5 hours. When it's actually like 6 hours and that's if I cut some stuff out. I've always been notorious for overextending myself, I fixed one huge part of that last year. I no longer have the year calendar memorized to heart so if someone says "oh we should plan a beach trip in June" and it's only January, I could 'before' tell you the dates of each weekend and which ones I had open. I had long days planned out and constantly adding more stuff in vs. trying to take stuff out. It's not something you can just stop, you have to ease out of that way of life. I feel much more like myself then a robot of a person. So far I'm 3 for 4 with the timeliness (sorry you had to eat so many chips alone Patty).

Published

I have so many stories lying around, not just on paper or on a thumb drive but even in my head. I got really close to actually submitting one, then decided nah and instead of just shelving it I threw it away. Okay so I'm a bit of chickenbaby :p Rejection sucks.

So there I am for all to see. Happy 2009

The One with a Simple New Years Eve


So when it came down to it, we decided to just celebrate together since we didn't get to spend Christmas together. Last year found us up at our friends' Kate & Shay's alone so why not do it again this year? Our plan was this: appetizers, pizza and video games and maybe a board game.

And what would New Years be without some of these?

I forgot how much I enjoyed mimosas! mmm We had a really nice time together and I love that. We even have a bunch of Animal Crossing New Years pics... are you really surprised? LOL

Here I am in front of Town Hall blowing bubbles as the town clock counts down. Mayor Tortimor is standing behind me, he's handing out party poppers.

Here I am visiting my friend Jen over in Penguin Town, we're popping the poppers, it's fun!

I'm standing on the bridge enjoying the fireworks after New Years.