Always the Freak

2010-08-01T08:27:00.000-07:00

I guess if I don't post, it goes away? HA! I'll fix them!

2007-05-15T12:58:00.000-07:00

I know, I know... I totally suck. I haven't posted in SIX MONTHS! That is just crazy and wrong. I should at least update monthly or something. I've been doing all of my writing over at Gather. They actually PAY me to write. How cool is that? I write a travel column about Road Trips and I also write a weight loss column.To tell you the truth, not a lot has changed in six months. I'm

2006-11-13T17:16:00.000-08:00

Go Jimmie... Go!In case anyone out there does NOT know this. There is only one race left of this year's Nascar season. Jimmie Johnson is in 1st place in points with a 63 point lead. Apparently as long as he comes in 12th or better at Homestead, Miami next Sunday, he will finally get his championship. He could come in furhter back and still win it, but it would depend on what the other chasers

2006-11-12T19:12:00.000-08:00

CONCERT WEEKENDI saw Motley Crue and Aerosmith twice this week. ONce with overpriced ticekts and pretty decent seats down in Chula Vista and once for free on the lawn up in San Bernardino. The best part was that we were really late on Thursday ngith in San Diego, so I missed the first two Motley Crue songs... that's a bummer because I was there to see Motley Crue, not so much Aerosmith. We

2006-11-10T18:13:00.000-08:00

Blog-o-ramaWhen I'm not actually logged onto the Internet, I think of the many things I want to blog about. But once I log in, my brain sort of goes blank. But, here I am tonight hanging out with myself. WEIRD. Mr. San Diego has flown the coop for a weekend with the "guys". He's on his way to Phoenix to spend Saturday with a friend and Sunday at the Cowboys game. I'm pretty sure that this

2006-11-07T21:21:00.000-08:00

While I've found them here and there, it is a rare book that can truly get me to reconsider my beliefs. The Innocent Man by John Grisham was one of those books. I do believe in the death penalty. That has not wavered in the aftermath of reading this book, but what has wavered is the idea that our judicial system is fair and just and carried out by professionals who are committed to finding the

2006-10-27T14:56:00.000-07:00

JOYCE:Where is your blog, woman!?! I was just thinking about you and wanted to go visit you via your blog and I can't find it. =( Hope things are fantabulastic. Can't wait to hear about the cruise!!! HUGS!!!

2006-10-26T21:24:00.000-07:00

POOPSo, I'm going to have a challenging 6-9 months on my hands. I must get 15 upper division college credits by September of next year. Wish me luck and recommendations of online accredited schools are very welcome.

2006-10-24T09:26:00.000-07:00

In August, my boss asked me about New Mexico - if I knew what was there and if there was anything interesting to see and do there. He was considering a long weekend trip with his girls and figured he could drive there. He didn't end up going, but maybe that was what planted the seen in my brain. At the end of August, my friend Susan called me and we chatted about everything and I mentioned we

2006-10-20T22:46:00.000-07:00

In My ThoughtsIn my thoughts, I have a million things to write. I want to write about the fantastic time we had in New Mexico and the relaxing time at the Hot Wheels Convention and I want to write about going back to work after being off on vacation. I want to write about how I can't figure out what the hell we're dressing up as for Halloween and I want to write about my insane television

2006-10-10T12:44:00.000-07:00

The Road We TravelWe've just returned from another road trip. This time we headed to Northwest New Mexico and it was fantastic. We flew into Albuquerque, rented a car, and headed west on Interestate 40. We visited five National Parks: El Morro National Monument, El Malpais National Monument, Chaco Culture National Historic Park, Aztec Ruins National Monument, and Petroglyph National Mounument.

2006-10-01T09:57:00.000-07:00

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeeboldWell, it's been a while since I've done my audiobooks review over here. I admit it, I've been spending a lot of time on Gather, but I recently finished listening to The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It was narrated by Alyssa Bresnehan. I had been hearing about The Lovely Bones for some time, but I knew that the story was about a dead girl telling the story of

2006-09-13T22:50:00.000-07:00

My Birthday!In my usual fashion, I have already begun celebrating my birthday. Especially TONIGHT! Mr. SD bought us tickets to the Taste of Downtown (San Diego) which we attended last year and enjoyed and I was totally wanting to go to again. Poor guy, he was planning on surprising me, but I jumped the gun and begged him to go so he was forced to tell me he had already go us tickets to go. So

2006-08-30T10:15:00.000-07:00

Reflections On My LifeThe other day I was musing on my life and the changes I've gone through, but not really noticed over the years. It seems like when looking back over my life, I note that it has been played out in little blocks. I didn't even notice that I went from one place to another, but every few years it seems like everything in my life completely changes. I have been married for just

2006-08-22T20:22:00.000-07:00

Pinball on Gather!Okay, I know we are psycho, but Mr. SD and I are totally into the Gather thing. To be honest on my part, I joined as a part of this other program I belong to and through that program I am gaining points for a contest that I WANT TO WIN!!!Tonight, I'm talking about Mr. SD's shtuff. He has created a Pinball Group for posting everything pinball and he's invited a lot of pinball

2006-08-21T09:51:00.000-07:00

Gather.comSome of you may have received emails from me about this gather.com thing. I have joined this site called Gather.com and it's sort of trying to sell itself as the myspace for thinking adults. Pretty much it's a place to create groups with people who have similar interests and post articles, etc. Anyway, if you'd like to check it out and want to sign up, I'd appreciate it if you would

2006-08-14T09:41:00.000-07:00

Dude.I am sooo frigging grumpy this week. Pretty sure it's a hormone thing. Maybe it's the whole overdoing it thing, though... or a combo. THIS week, we went to see bowling for Soup Thursday night (amazing dinner of shrimp and rosemary cornbread at House of Blues... yumalicious, wish it was bigger), then we saw a musical production of Wizard of Oz down in Balboa Park that Mr. San Diego's niece

2006-08-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

SummertimeMan has it been a busy summer! I feel like I am constantly on the go. This week is Street Scene and we just got back from Vegas! Crazy baby. AND, we're finally gonna see Wicked this Sunday! YEA!I'm ecstatic that it cooled down some. Our house was like what I imagine hell to be. It wasn't even livable it was so freaking hot. We want to put in AC, but it is another one of those

2006-07-18T11:25:00.000-07:00

STUFFJimmie's hanging on to the lead, but it's tight... hope he can keep it going - WE NEED A WIN!!!Owning stocks is really stressful because every day you have to go see how they are doing and when they are up you're like "WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO! I made $800 today!" but when they are down, it's "Crap, I'm in the hole $19!!!" S-C-A-R-Y!This week is Comic-Con once again! Time for me to hang out

2006-07-04T22:14:00.000-07:00

It's My Favorite Holiday!HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!!!

2006-06-22T12:59:00.000-07:00

Audio UpdateWow, it has been SOOOOOOOOOOO long since I have made any comments about the books I've been listening to... looks like over a YEAR! What a shame, because I've listened to some really good ones.Most recently I listened to The Kite Runner. I can't even describe to you how good this book is. I really didn't have much interest in it from reading the description, but I knew that it was

2006-06-17T17:08:00.000-07:00

I'm AliveI just haven't had much to say. We've been so busy the last couple of months. I guess that should give me lots to say, huh? haha Today we went down to the Gaslamp to participate in the Taste of the Gaslamp, where we walked around getting food samples for different restaurants in the Gaslamp quarter. It was delish and we are stuffed. We couldn't even get samples at all of the

2006-05-24T09:31:00.001-07:00

Picture-a-ramaBelieve it or not, I actually posted pictures from our trip on the PHOTOBLOG page! Whooooooo! It's a miracle! So for those who want to see my dorky self, go on over to the pictures and take a look.I also posted some old pictures from last year. I'm going to try to get caught up on picture posting. How many times have I said that? Hm.But, to get you in the mood, here's one I

2006-05-10T13:25:00.000-07:00

Alright, Alright, Alright!!!I have been SOOOOO busy, you wouldn't believe. Work has been so crazy, I don't get home until late and I've just been wiped out! But, I'm taking a little break for a moment to post this! Luckily, I do have a new secretary starting on the 30th so that should help me out so I'm not sop beaten down by the job.Anyway... the vacation! Yea! We started off with Cozumel,

2006-05-06T10:21:00.000-07:00

Hiya! Apparently there have been some blogger issues since every time I've tried to post I haven't been able to access it! I am back from vacation, back to the grind, and finally back to posting!Cancun was awesome and I'll do a good post about it a little later. I have some friends on their way over and we're celebrating one of my friend's 40th birthday today with lunch, pedicures, a day in

2006-04-03T16:20:00.000-07:00

Yea! Yea! Yea!Jimmie is back leading the points again, so I'm chipper about that. I gotta say though, I'd be much more cheerful about the whole thing if he could have just beet ol' Tony Stewart. But, Tony was a better driver and/or had a better car than us obviously. Although it was pretty nerve-wracking when the two of them were bumpin' and bobbling there for a while. Nail Biting Time!It

2006-03-31T13:43:00.000-08:00

Hola Paco! Que Tal?Have I mentioned that in like 11 days I'll be heading for Cancun??? I'm so excited I can't stand it. Work has really been a bear ever since it became 2006 and i am soooooooooo ready for a vacation! I LOVE Cancun! Even though it is the location where I fell down a cliff and ended up with a big ugly scar. I like it there and I'm excited about going with Mr. San Diego and

2006-03-26T13:33:00.000-08:00

ARGH!How did I know today was NOT going to be Jimmie Johnson's day... There is still time to make up a few places but he'll definitely be falling out of the top spot. I am soooooooo bummed. =(So, I'm going to tape the race and head down to the post office's special passport day event. Nothing like waiting until 2 weeks before I'm leaving the country to get my new passport. I'm sooooooooooo

2006-03-25T13:28:00.000-08:00

WOW!I never saw a race get a snow delay! The Busch race is under a snow delay right now. hehe Pretty funny to watch everyone playing in the snow. Looks like it's clearing up. Cross your fingers taht tomorrow won't be snowed out!!!I've really become obsessed with Nascar. Who would have thought?

2006-03-19T20:20:00.000-08:00

I Did It!I just finished our taxes and they are in queue for e-filing. God, I'm glad that's over, but equally glad to do it myself. We're getting lots of dough back, but we already spent half of it on the new TV and the new Wall Unit. Did I mention the wall unit? It's GORGEOUS and looks perfect in our living room. I put just the right amount of pictures, books and "knick-knacks" on it so

2006-03-18T11:44:00.000-08:00

GrrrI hate when you post a comment on someone's site and forget to change your name to the short common form so that now when people you know search for your full name they can easily find your once private, now extremely public, blog. *SIGH*Ah anonymity... you're but a faded memory.

2006-03-17T09:06:00.000-08:00

It's That Time of YearYeah, I know it's St. Patrick's Day and I'm wearing green, but no, that's not the time of year I mean. Not the rain, not the snow, not spring... it's THAT time of year again. You know when the big bad grown ups pimp out our little girls so that some lucky folks at the top of the pyramid can bring home 6-figure salaries. Yup, long before I got on my WalMart high horse, I

2006-03-15T13:00:00.000-08:00

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Okay, how exciting was THAT finish!?!?! huh? huh? huh? Okay, so he only led like 35 yards, but they were the yards that counted, baby! I have to say that it is really exciting to root for a driver who truly is a good driver and has a good team. I think I would be bummed all the time if I was rooting for someone who just didn't have a shot. I had no idea it would

2006-03-07T13:13:00.000-08:00

I wanna talk about my weekend - my niece and nephew spent the whole weekend with us and we had lots of fun. Did the building of stuffed animals at Teddy Crafters, spent a day at the Wild Animal Park, and went to see a play of Cinderella that Mr. San Diego's nieces were in. But that's about as much energy as I can muster to write about it because I am SICK... and wiped out. Mr. SD is sick, too.

2006-02-22T11:53:00.000-08:00

VrooooooomWell, Nascar has started with a bang, huh? Jimmie won Daytona, but it's clouded by his crew chief pushing the envelope (read: cheating) and getting suspended, etc. The thing that sucks the most when the teams go too far and get caught doing something that is illegal is that the fans (like me) have to be disappointed. Screw the sponsors and the owners and the rest of them. All of

2006-02-14T09:23:00.000-08:00

<3So the tv works. Mr. San Diego gets what he wants again. Lucky him.I'm at work... need to be working, but had to fix a typo here. heh Something I forgot to mention: Naascar starts this Sunday! Yea! Of course, there go my Sundays, but I enjoy watching it and rooting for Jimmie. Mr. San Diego rooted for Rusty Wallace who retired, so we'll see what happens next. I mean, you have to have

2006-02-13T20:52:00.000-08:00

Be Vewwy Vewwy Quiet...Mr. San Diego is attempting to get his new plasma tv up and running and it's not exactly going as planned. Yup, this means no comments from the peanut gallery (me)! hehe Okay, to be fair, HE is the patient one who doesn't freak out all that easily although I'm sure he's pretty annoyed at the moment...but he hasn't been at it all that long yet. ME, on the other hand, I'd

2006-01-30T20:32:00.000-08:00

My Busy LifeI've been pretty busy! We had a cool weekend and we went Whale Watching (one of my Christmas Presents!). We had a really good time doing that together. But, we're also really stressing out. We refinanced our house last summer to get the money that we need to build our garage and we're finding out that it still isn't enough. It's really stressful and we're trying to come up with

2006-01-19T10:48:00.000-08:00

The TubeDid you know that I'm a TV junkie? I tried to sort of escape that some years ago, but over time what with the whole being married and commuting a zillion hours per day, I've become a total TV junkie. I mean I even have my fake tivo which FREAKING ROCKS. One thing that sucks majorly, though is ALL of my regular shows are on Thursdays!!! BLAH! Oh, and when nothing good is on the tube,

2006-01-19T10:22:00.000-08:00

ARGH-O-RAMAWho comes up withthese efficiency ideas, anyway? How many trees will we kill to run double payroll reports every two months? Hmmmmmmmmmmm? I know you don't know what I'm writing about, but trust me.... IT'S STUPID!I really love my dumb job.

2006-01-06T09:31:00.000-08:00

PDAJoyce, it's a little handheld computer. =)What Annoys MeRemember when you used to be able to get on the internet and do things like search for people and FIND THEM!?!?! You cannot do this anymore. The only way to track down people anymore is to PAY and that just ticks me off. Why did this happen and more importantly, HOW!?!?! How did people bottle up contact information and make it

2006-01-04T16:03:00.000-08:00

Hm.I forgot what I came here to post because I noticed that my Photos! page showed it was updated yesterday. Except I didn't update even this page yesterday, so it's freaking me out. Why is it showing updated? I didn't see anything unusual on it or changed.... oh well, it looks okay, I guess.So now that I have this PDA I guess I gotta figure out how to use it! heh I already synched up with

2006-01-02T20:18:00.000-08:00

So e had a talk on Friday night that went well and erased my sadness. I don't know why I let myself get psycho. Mr. San Diego really loves me and is sooooo sweet to me in so many ways. At midnight on New Years Eve at the party he played my favorite song! I didn't even ask him to and it's so not even like a song that everybody else likes! It was so nice of him. We had a really good weekend

2005-12-30T10:57:00.000-08:00

I got my PDA, but didn't plug it in to charge last night for some reason. Retarded, I guess. Actually depressed was more like it. I'm pretty unhappy with my husband right now,in case you haven't figured that out. Last night I thought everything was going to be all better but he just ended up being himself again and I lost it and cried all night. Well, if he couldn't figure out before that

2005-12-29T10:55:00.000-08:00

Why can't everyone be open minded and a good listener. Those who aren't should just wear a tattoo on their forhead that says "DON'T BOTHER". Then when we see the tattoo we can just keep on going instead of wasting precious time and breath.It's another joyous day at work (aka the hellhole).

2005-12-28T15:23:00.000-08:00

Argh-o-ramaI wanna bitch and moan....Instead I'll mention that I met my friend for lunch today and got a Christmas gift from her. Let me just say that this is one of those people who know how to give a gift! People like... well, like ME! Some of my best gifts have come from this particular friend - although to be honest we used to be super-duper close - read old story about ex back in the

2005-12-27T05:06:00.000-08:00

I wonder if I don't post because I don't feel like I can say the things I want to. When life is anonymous you can say what you want. Once people know who you are, things... shift. Like now. I could use an outlet to "express myself" (read: whine), but I just don't feel like I can do it here. One, Mr. SD could always read it although I doubt he'd bother. Two, too many people I know in real

2005-12-25T21:32:00.000-08:00

Christmas Present to MyselfI just went online and bought myself a new PDA... it'll be here in 3-5 days. I'm excited!

2005-12-23T08:49:00.000-08:00

You know those fake contests where you enter a poem or send in a photo and then, WOW, AMAZING - YOU WIN!!! ANd, to see your winning entry, just send some dough for a book showing your work published?Yeah, I know about these because I submitted a photo to one once. It was a great photo and I got points. Well, today, I submitted a poem... same reason. Points on freeride.com. It was reminiscent

2005-11-13T20:01:00.000-08:00

As promised, here are teh candybars! As you can see, Mr. SD has the nuts in the family =) hee hee Okay, now no telling me how geeky we are... I worked HARD on those costumes and we won, so that's all good, right?I cannot believe it has been that long since I've posted pics. I'm going to try to post some more on the pics page soon. I'll give a heads up when I do it.

2005-11-07T08:21:00.000-08:00

Another Halloween has passedSo, at work... I got beat by a witch! UNBELIEVEABLE!But, at the big bash on Saturday, I won best costume and Mr. San Diego and I won the couples contest. No big prizes - just toys and t-shirts, but you know - VALIDATION! My niece won the best kid costume - she was a 50s girl and also the only kid therer dressed up when the prize was determined! heh We had a good

2005-10-31T10:49:00.000-08:00

Wow. Where did it go?So much for a post every week... from the first to the 31st? Geez. You know, October sort of past me by in a haze of Robitussin and Nyquil. What hell. Today is Halloween and I actually MADE our costumes for this year! We're doing a Halloween party NEXT Saturday, but I also dressed up for work today. I know you're dying to know... I'm a Mounds bar!!!! Mr. San Diego,

2005-10-01T23:45:00.000-07:00

*cough*Mr. San Diego and I have both been sick all week. I've been miserable and you'd think I'd get lots of sleep being wiped out, but no, it somehow manages to KEEP me from sleeping. My gosh, I've gotten about a total of ten hours of sleep in the last week! Gr.The Mr. is off having a bachelor party night tonight with his buddies, even though he's still sick, too. The weird part for me isn't

2005-09-25T14:35:00.000-07:00

Birthday Week!So, mom and I had a blast this past week. Here's the rundown:Monday, we went to La Jolla and I showed her the Children's Pool which has been taken over by the Harbor Seals, we walked around and visited some shops and then went down into the La Jolla "Sunny Jim" cave. We headed north and had lunch in Encinitas, then headed to the Quail Botanical Gardens, where we spent the rest of

2005-09-19T08:26:00.000-07:00

The Price of BeautySo, I'm wearing a sleevless dress to a Luau on Saturday night. I think to myself days ahead... "My shoulders are just not all that nice looking... I need a tan!" I finally decide, after some research, that I'm giong to go ahead and give the "spray on" tanning a try. Basically, you stand in a booth either in a bathing suit or naked andyou are sprayed for 6 seconds with a

2005-09-16T22:08:00.000-07:00

JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOTIt's my birthday month... it's my birthday month... WHOOOOOOOOO 6 more days to my BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And my post from last year, repeated, because I am fully lazy:"Why September RULES. The thing about September is like ALL the cool people were born in September. Besides me on the 22nd, along with Joan Jett, Johnette, and a friend of mine, a lot of other cool

2005-09-13T05:47:00.000-07:00

My busy lifeI feel sooooo busy right now. My weekend which consisted of THREE days flew by so fast I can't believe it. I purchased a couple of tickets to the Chargers/Dallas game which opened the Chargers' season on Sunday for my darling Mr. San Diego. He is a big Dallas fan and it's been years since they've been in California. How could I not buy these tickets even though I got raked on ebay

2005-09-06T14:17:00.000-07:00

Time Flies!Here it is. Time to go back to work again. I guess I'm mostly all healed up. I have an itchy belly and some pains on my side still, but for the most part, I'm all good. So, it's back to the grind. Of course, I'll only be working Wednesday and most of Thursday, then off on Friday, so I'm EASING back into it. I'm NERVOUS about getting back to my desk after two weeks away... it's

2005-08-25T18:50:00.000-07:00

All is WellSo, just an update. The surgery went really well and I was home by 1pm on Monday. Just been recuperating the last couple of days and feeling pretty good except for the discomfort that would be normal with the removal of an ORGAN. heh It's not so bad. I have four holes in my belly that are now itching like crazy... this is good... I'm healing. Tomorrow I guess I can take a shower

Update

2005-08-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

What's Going On? Mr. SD and I had a nice weekend camping at Doheny State Beach. It was great getting to camp right there on the beach, but unfortunately, Doheny is just not that great of a beach. It is REALLY rocky and reminds me of the east coast beaches I have been to where the waves crash just in one spot. I know that's due to the contour of the land, but it isn't very fun. This beach

A Milestone

2005-08-10T12:27:00.000-07:00

A Milestone It always feels good when you hit a "milestone". Even if you hit it and aren't exactly catching your "goal" yet. Today marks the day where I have lost 20 pounds. Next Week will be three months. Technically, I should have lost between 24-30 pounds if I had done everything I was supposed to, but you and I both know that I blow it now and then. But, it's a good start and I feel

2005-08-06T22:04:00.000-07:00

The WeekendAnd, isn't it a joy!?! We spent the day with our families. In the early day we headed up to my mommy's to visit with my niece, nephew, and sister-in-law. We hadn't seen them since October, so it was great to get to play with the kids. My niece appears to have taken a liking to Mr. San Diego - more so than ME! HMPH! She designed a "race" between me and Mr. SD, which he won so the

2005-08-03T10:58:00.000-07:00

DatingI mean, I have a date. For my surgery. I'm going to get chopped open on August 22. If everything goes well it will be a laparoscopy and I'll go home the same day. There is a 10% chance that I have to stay the night in the hospital and a smaller chance that they will actually have to cut me wide open and then spend a couple of days in the hospital and much longer recovering. I'm hoping

2005-07-29T21:54:00.000-07:00

WOWMy picture finally went away! I can't believe that it stayed up there for two years after we closed the account that it was hosted on. I guess I'll have to take some time and get a new pic up there one of these days. Not now, though... way too lazy.What's new!?! I'm going to make a concerted effort here that I must post at least once per week. I'd like it to be more, but time seems to get

2005-07-16T21:46:00.000-07:00

What's New?Well, we've been attending ComicCon all week... I'm a little tired, but had an amazing meal tonight at the Gaslamp Strip Club... ever heard of BBQ your own steak at a restaurant? Heh It's an interesting concept and another awesome Cohn Restaurant.Work has been hell... I'm handing out disciplinary action left and right... some of that dealing with Internet abuse so I've really got to

2005-06-26T21:52:00.000-07:00

Dancing QueenWe had our first dance lesson on Friday night. I suck majorly, but I'm willing to give it a shot!!! We had a really good time... even though we had to switch partners it was still cool. The funny thing was that Mr. San Diego was more unhappy with the idea of having to switch before and once we were doing it, I was bummed not to be dancing with him and he was having fun getting to

New Post

2005-06-24T15:58:00.000-07:00

I'm email bloggin! Yea!So, what's new out there? Wow, life has been pretty crazy lately. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. We did the Disneyland thing last week and had a blast except for the rathole that we stayed in in Anaheim... oops, sorry ROACH hole. It was totally infested with roaches. NASTY! Do not stay in the Best Value Inn & Suites in Anaheim. Trust me. I even called the Health

2005-06-14T14:57:00.000-07:00

This is a TEST!Does email blogging work? We'll see.

2005-06-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

InvitesThe thing about invitations... you know, the ones that you request the recipient RSVP... is that once you send them, the waiting on the RSVPs is maddening! We went through that the most with the wedding last year. For that it was a big deal because you have to have counts and all that fun stuff. But even with inviting people to a simple barbecue, well a barbecue that you sent 60

2005-06-13T08:26:00.000-07:00

My Salty Piece of LandBack in April I mentioned that I had a grand plan to move to Cancun, right? So, surprisingly Mr. San Diego was not against it, but since then we have discovered that in order for him to transfer to the Cancun location, he would have to take a huge pay cut. Part of me is bummed. I see this as another sign that I'm stuck in this place in life. You know the place... the one

2005-06-07T15:41:00.000-07:00

Time FliesI had to stop and take a moment to come here and say hello to everyone out there who I have been ignoring! haha I can't believe how fast the time has been flying. It's insane. I'm so busy at work and at home we're working every weekend to get our house semi-ready for my 3rd of July party that we're having. My house and yard are a LOT of work. The nice thing about June though, is

2005-05-31T20:23:00.000-07:00

Soooo WeirdI had a half a second to browse some blogs tonight and it just feels so weird! I hit my faves and found some moved, some have new layouts. It's so strange. I feel so out of the loop not having time to surf. Bleh. This time thing is making me a little nuts. I feel overwhelmed by everything I need to do and there isn't enough time to get to everything. Oh well... I guess that's

2005-05-31T05:46:00.000-07:00

A Good StartI rarely get online in the mornings. It was unusual to do it today, since I am up a little late after last night's Nine Inch Nails concert (which was great by the way!). But, after checking the weather I decided to do a quick check of my email and got a hate letter from an Amazon member!!! hahaha I've gotten a couple of emails from people who have LIKED my reviews, but never a

2005-05-25T12:11:00.000-07:00

Wishes wishes...I wish I had the time to make real posts. Really. But, I thought I'd at least pop in and say hello. I'm doing great on my Weight Watchers and have lost 4 pounds since last Monday. I'm very happy with that, although I'm hungry at the moment! haha But I have some yummy home made pasta in the fridge for lunch. Anyway, I'm working on my company's budget this week, so more busy

2005-05-23T21:13:00.000-07:00

I'm alive! I know I haven't been able to post much lately. It's a bummer, but again, I gotta find the time to do it at home and there just ISN'T any time!SO, we went to Laughlin to celebrate our first anniversary. Can you believe it's been a YEAR!?! I have a little trouble with that, it's gone by so fast! But we had a fantastic time. Better than the BIG vacation! I think that was because

2005-05-17T20:55:00.000-07:00

Honey, I'm Home!It is sooo hard to get online time. We got home late Friday night and I would have blogged this weekend, but was so busy. The vacation was mostly good. We did a road trip up California, hitting 7 National Parks, Monuments, and Historic Sites as usual. Our National Parks Pass expires the end of this month, so we wanted to get some use out of it! We spent a couple of days in

2005-05-02T13:59:00.000-07:00

Dang Dang DangI have so many things that I want to write about and I have been so overwhelmed both at work and at home that I haven't had the time. We're also leaving on vacation on Thursday and I'm trying to prepare for that.One of the main things I wanted to talk about (which I still don't have the time to REALLY go over) is the book called State of Fear by Michael Crichton. Has anyone out

2005-04-26T14:34:00.000-07:00

Random ThingsSooooo... in case you care. I put up pictures from November on my picture page. Not much there, though. I'm going to put up December soon. It's uploaded, I just want to give November a week or so before hiding it with December!I decided to go cold turkey on my Tylenol with Codeine addiction. It sucks, but I left my bottle at home today... along with my cll phone. I'm more

2005-04-26T13:15:00.000-07:00

Guess the GoogleOh, you've probalby already heard of it, but I found Guess the Google over at Bacon & Eh's today and it is FUN!!! I dare you to play and not get addicted. I think you have to have a really fast computer and net connection in order to get a really high score. My high score is 359. Go play. It's fun..

2005-04-24T18:06:00.000-07:00

A Few AnswersTo a few questions. The painting technique is from a kit that you can buy at Home Depot that has a roller with two sides to it that is dipped into a paint tray with a divider in the middle. This allows you to paint with two colors at the same time. I used one from TexMaster and the kit looked like thisAs you can see the rollers were actually sponges. The whole point was to do a

2005-04-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

My Bedroom I'm going to try a test here using thumbnails to show you my very cool bedroom project. We'll see if it works! It was a hell of a three days to get it all done. I felt like i was in one of those TV shows where you have a deadline and my feet are KILLING me, but it was worth it. I'm really happy with the outcome. All that's left is to have our floor to

2005-04-20T21:23:00.000-07:00

Finally PostingI've been keeping my plan for today quiet for a while. Mr. San Diego has headed out of town on business today and won't be back until Friday. SO... I decided to take advantage of him being gone and re-painted my bedroom finally. He didn't want me to do it and I think it was more about having to deal with the smell, sleep in the living room and deal with me being a bitch while

2005-04-19T11:44:00.000-07:00

The diet thingyOkay, so day two. I weighed myself and was 1.5 lbs less today than yesterday... even after two 16 oz bottles of water. This is a good sign! But, I'm REALLY hungry now, so I will have to get some lunch soon!So, two new folks are joining the challenge:Jes at Bohner TimeandLaura at FattybooIn some ways I feel sort of ripped off because my original (and still) plan was to go back to

2005-04-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

Day OneSo, today begins the Blogger Weight Loss Challenge. I guess the part I'm liking is there ends up being only five of us (unless someone else decides to join in today!) so now my chances are better than I expected! Except, I suck at dieting. Plus it just occurred to me that Im going on vacation right in the middle of this thing. Actually right at the end. 30 days is NOT enough... SIGH.

2005-04-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

A Whole New Life in the WorksI've decided I want to move to Cancun. I was simply driving south on the 215 Freeway on my way home from work, listening to A Salty Piece of Land when it hit me. Here I am stuck in one place. The thing I never wanted. But, as I thought about it, it occurred to me that there are ways if you want something. So, I have formulated a plan. I would like to move to

2005-04-14T10:43:00.000-07:00

WTF???I was wondering if anyone out there could explain to me the function of a store, or more exact WHY someone would HAVE a store in the first place. See, I always thought that the purpose of opening a store was to make money, but alas, I must be wrong.Did you know that you could go into a store and head up to the cash register with a shopping cart full of Hot Wheels and be told there is a

2005-04-14T10:35:00.000-07:00

Another One?Okay, the scale said another pound, but to be fair, I'm wearing Doc Martens today. They are BOUND to be at least a pound, right?.

2005-04-13T09:37:00.000-07:00

That Went WellSo, I'd say the first day of my diet was a flaming success! I only gained like a pound (okay, a pound and one half)! The day started out well, but I guess the downhill slide began about the point in the afternoon where I started eating PEEPS. It continued through dinner, which consisted of a salad (orange-ginger chinese chicken salad), but also a baked potato with butter and sour

2005-04-12T10:06:00.000-07:00

New Author in my lifeSo, I recently listened to The Crush by Sandra Brown and I REALLY enjoyed it. It had suspense and romance, bad guys and good guys, comedy and tragedy... you know, all the stuff ya need for a good story. It was about a hired killer who did not get convicted due to lack of evidence and he becomes obsessed with one of the jurors. An "ex" cop has a settle to score with the

2005-04-12T09:37:00.000-07:00

Bloggers Weight Loss ChallengeThe below post is word for word from OuthouseRag.com. I'm joining this, but I'm workin' out a deal with Bruce so that I can send him my weight and not post it here, because, damn it! I'm too embarassed to do that!!!! But, I'll post the plus or negative result each Monday (god, hopefully negative!!!) And that li'l picture up there is going to be my "face picture".

2005-04-11T11:42:00.000-07:00

Monday AM1. I am sick... puked this morning way too early after not sleeping.2. I'm up now, but obviously not at work.3. While Blogging, I discovered a new site that I LIKE!4. It is OuthouseRag.com5. Go there. Read it.6. I'm not in a blogging mood at the moment. If I change my mind, I'll be back..

2005-04-09T10:10:00.000-07:00

UpdatesI was in a class Thursday - it was pretty good, "Dealing with Unacceptable Employee Behavior". All of our sups were at it.Then yesterday I was off. A day off was very good, except I had to get my car repaired and that was $350!!! Yikes! Well, a repair and some much needed maintenance on it. The guy at the dealer seemed to REALLY like me. It actually started feeling a little creepy

2005-04-06T14:29:00.000-07:00

How I Change from Day to DaySometimes I have a whole head full of ideas and thoughts and just STUFF that I can't wait to write down here. Other days, my brain is like a fresh, white, blank sheet of paper just wishing there was something I could think of to write. Weird. Strange. Bizarre. Yeah.I guess this could be a good time for an audiobook review. I recently listened to a Jonathan

2005-04-05T08:20:00.000-07:00

When We Were DorksThinking about he song referenced below reminded me of when my brother and I were young'uns. We were DEFINITELY dorks. Seriously. I'm not trying to say that now we AREN'T dorks, but back then? Oh yeah.The particular memory I was conjouring was of when many moons ago our family would go up to the mountains, where we have a little piece of property, and camp for a weekend.

2005-04-03T19:11:00.000-07:00

Secret LinksThis is a pretty cool website that my friend sent me the link to. Apparently the writer asked peopel to send postcards (anonymously) with their deepest secret on them and they are posted on this site. Check out POSTSECRET..

2005-04-03T18:43:00.000-07:00

Peep PeepAs some know, I have an obsession with Peeps... the little marshamllow chickies that come out every easter. So, I have bought an assload of Peep merchandise during the target after-holiday markdown extravaganza. I now have PLENTY of Peep baskets and Peep paraphenalia. I also just discovered this little contest that I missed out on! DARN IT!.

2005-04-01T10:49:00.000-08:00

Being on TopI'm going to tell you why I know that my new assistant and I are going to get along fine. Besides the fact that she hums the same do-bee-do-bee-do tune that I hum, yesterday when I hadned her a stack of paperwork, instructing her to intersort it with the things I've already given to her to handle later, she replied, "I'm right on top of that, Rose." If you don't know where that's

2005-03-31T14:54:00.000-08:00

What's a Tajar?Interestingly enough... what with my current fond camp memories, another one popped up last night! I was spending my usual Wednesday night at mommy's house and she brought out a book of mine that she had found with her "stuff". The book? Tajar Tales. "The whimsical Tajar is "something like a tiger, something like a jaguar, and something like a badger." He loves to dance in the

2005-03-30T12:36:00.000-08:00

Music, Ale, & Faire?Here's a song I found on the Campfire Song website (of course, edited to my memory).The Song That Never Ends This is the song that never ends, It just goes on and on my friends, Someone started singing, not knowing what it was And they’ll just keep singing it because, This is the song that never ends.... (repeat, and repeat, and repeat...)The thing is that I never sang that

2005-03-29T15:45:00.000-08:00

Sing... Sing a Song...So, here's the thing. I found this extremely cool website that has a TON of Campfire song lyrics on it. See, this is cool because I am a CAMP ADDICT. Okay, it's true, it has been many years since I spend a week every summer at Summer Camp, but those were some of the best weeks of my life and when I was young, I had my whole life planned out around summer camp. Once, I