I Am Easily Make Believe, Just Dress Me Up In What You Want Me To Be

Renee gave me three bananas yesterday, so on Thursday I am going to make Banana Bread!!! Yay!!! I love banana bread... Look at the word banana... Just look at it for a second... Say it a couple times.... Ba-Na-Na... Maybe this is a throw back to earlier times in my life, but it is just one of those words that gets me. Another word like that is particular. Par-Tic-U-Lar.... Seriously...

Today was Tuesday. And Tuesday sucked balls. At one point I was so extremely infuriated at work I almost cry, and I NEVER cry at work. Unless something really REALLY sad happens. Luckily I have great people to talk to about it. Renee made me feel better but at the same time we were both pissed off at the situation (we work at the same office, obviously) and wanted to scream. Thank god we have each other to talk to, or I know I would have snapped by now. Oh, and apparently I am "management" now, or one breath away from it.... If only my pay reflected that, maybe I would be a little more content in my job and all the unexpected responsibilities that get placed in my lap. Oh well. I am also extremely happy to have my hubby to come home to. And he listens to me when I need to vent. And, of course, I have K. Even if she's not here, I know if I really needed her I can text her, or call her, or email her (so in a way she is right at my fingertips).

2009 will be better. 2008 had it's ups and downs, and I am thankful that I can say I (we) achieved some of our big goals for the year. Collin got an awesome paying job with a great company he can grow with. We moved out of his parents and moved into our little cottage in Salem. We paid our debts down more, and I paid off my last account that was in collections. I have a nice little list of goals for 2009 going. I will try to remember to share when these goals are achieved as the year progresses.

I'm going to watch some Family Guy and news before bed...

Good night! And in case I don't post tomorrow (you never know what crazy crap might happen) Happy New Year!!!

I Think I Am Gonna Puke, But Keep Talking

I am here at work feeling like poo on a hot tin roof, that then gets cold, and then gets hot. Basically I have a headache (trying to downplay it, it feels more like a freight train slamming repeatedly into my head. So I guess you'd call it a migraine...) chills, and a slight feeling of nauseousness. But that is all beside the point. Myspace actually gave me quite a laugh today. I had never noticed this before, but on my "home" page (you know, where you see all your friend's status' and you apps, and shit) there is a section in the left hand gutter down at the bottom called "People You May Know". They apparently cross reference friends of your friends and match you up with your friend's friends that they think you may know. I imagine it is based off of how many of your friends are friends with these people. One of the people that popped up made me laugh to the point I almost peed. I was thinking to myself, "Myspace... If you only knew the half of it..." It was a nice moment of laughter in an otherwise shitastic Monday. Now back to the grindstone... Just need to last three.... more.... hours.... I can do it!

I'll Take Back What I've Been Saying For Quite Some Time

I feel dirty, it's been almost two weeks since I have posted on here. Everytime I thought about it and would look at my laptop I would remember how I also need to edit a bunch of photos and post them. And I haven't had the energy for that. I have tons of pictures of the snow, and some pictures from when our power went out on the 21st because of the ice breaking tree branches. Yeah, fun times.

My Holiday plans this year were not as I had planned, but that can be blamed on the weather. We didn't go to Portland on Christmas Eve, but instead went on Saturday. It was fun. We got a couple of really nice gifts from my in laws and from Auntie Carol. The roads were just still way too icy on Christmas Eve, and weren't a whole heck of a lot better Christmas Day so we had to skip dinner at my Grandma's. Hopefully I will be going to see my family on New Years Day. Within a matter of two days all the ice and snow just disappeared now it's back to good old wet, green and brown Oregon.

So, on Christmas Day Collin and I just did nothing. We did go to the movies. I broke down and went to see Twilight, and it was good. I am very proud that they kept it as close to the book as they could, given the style the book was written in. I am even happier to say that since seeing the movie my wonderful, amazing, extraordinary hubby has decided to start reading the books. (part of this is also due to the fact that I won't tell him what happens next, I told him to wait for the movies or to read the books and I will discuss them as he goes.) Now I just need the next movie to be done.

With 2009 fastly approaching, instead of creating pain in the ass resolutions I have decided to make some goals for the new year. Some of the goals are to get in contact with the friends that I keep losing touch with, and maintain contact with them (I just seem to lose track of people); another goal is to grow my hair out another inch or two and then donate it to Locks of Love, an awesome charity that makes wigs for children with medical conditions that result in hair loss; pay back my in laws for the money they loaned us to buy the Blazer; and learn to make a bunch of new recipes. I also want to try some new things in 2009. Renee and I also want to "collect" toys and stuff throughout the year to donate to charity when the holidays roll around again.

Well, I need to get to work now. I hope to actually edit and post all those photos in the next couple days... We'll see. Au revoir!

She's My Favorite Non Human Person

In life we, as people, try to surround ourselves with people we believe to have like or similar mind sets as ourselves. It's always hard to find out that someone you are close to is not the type of person you thought they were.

What's worse is when these people are people you have the utmost respect for.

Due to past experience I have become a person who hates to see people treated poorly by people who "really care about them." It's just so frustrating. I have never particularly cared for selfish, self-centered people. And to have people I really truly respect turn out to be this way disappoints me, and makes me extremely sad. I really don't know how to explain this without going into detail (which is something I really can't do). To put it simply I am so done with dealing with "fake" people, and if you try to pull that kind of crap with me I will call you on it. If you really don't give a shit about people other than yourself, have the mother effing balls to say so. I am more likely to respect you and not look at you like some nasty two-faced piece of monkey poo.... *sigh*

I think that's as much "venting" on that topic that I can safely get away with without this post turning into a never ending stream of profanity.

Onto another frustrating issue: This messed up weather! If things don't warm up and/or de-ice by the 24th, we won't be going anywhere for Christmas. We are supposed to be at Collin's aunt's house (she lives in Portland) for Swedish Christmas on the 24th, and then on Christmas day we are supposed to go pick my brother in Corvallis and go to my grandma's for dinner in Sheridan. BTW, Swedish Christmas is when we eat Swedish meatballs with white sauce, palt (which is potato dumplings with crumble bacon in the middle), and other interesting dishes. One of these interesting dishes is lutefisk which is this nasty gray gelatenous thing that was once cod. Check out this link to wikipedia if you want more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk All I know is that it has to taste nasty if the only way it is enjoyable is when it is doused in white sauce and butter... Just... Eww...

And in case you were curious, it's Spaz. She is my favorite non human person. She's also an awesome space heater.

Now to read more about how men are rubberbands. This book is very interesting (still reading Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus).

Au Revoir!

On Swallowing A Tootsie Pop Whole

Without the stick, of course. The conclusion is that it would hurt and you would still crap out a wad of undigested tootsie roll.

So, today was a blast. Collin, sweet wonderful man of mine, stayed home today and was able to get to Schwabs and get us both new sets of chains. And he came to my work and put them on my truck. What a sweetie. I think the high here today was twenty seven... It was effing freezing. Work was an exhausting trial, but I made it through the day, and honestly it really wasn't that bad. Hopefully everyone can make it in to the office tomorrow.

For the past few days our cable has been very choppy and keeps cutting out (we have a digital cable box) and it has been driving me CAHrazy. Finally, I had my in house tech (Collin) unplug it and plug it back in to reset it. That didn't work. To see if it was the line and not the box, I had Collin disconnect the cable from the box and plug it into the TV. Now the picture is fine, so I have the wonderful privilege of calling Comcast tomorrow and setting an appointment for a tech to come out and swap the box out for a good one. Yay me!

Checking the weather forecast and the rest of this week looks awesome.... Yea... Awesome like a rectal infection and burning diarrhea...

Snow pictures up on myspace and more to come depending on the weather....

I spent all weekend baking. The office loves me for it. I made two batches of fudge (one with nuts and one without), snickerdoodles, peanut butter cookies, oatmeal white chocolate craisin cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, chocolate chip cookies, rice krispy treats, and no bake oatmeal cookies. Saturday night I broke my favorite spoonula while doing the snickerdoodles... It sucked hard. We ran to Walmart and got another one, this one has a stainless steel handle so it shouldn't break (the other one had a plastic handle).

I am tired.

Toodles.

I Thought I Lived In Oregon

But it never snows or freezes in Oregon... UNTIL NOW! It is about twenty five degrees outside and they say that's as warm as it will be today... and all week. There is about two inches of snow on the ground from last night, frozen into a hard ice pack. It's ridiculous. There will be pictures on Myspace later. K, I know that you have like a foot of snow out there in Michigan, but you're from here so you know what I mean when I say this is highly abnormal weather for Oregon. Back to work for me! Peace Out!

We Are Overcoming The Objections!!

That is something the head of my company has been repeatedly saying lately. "We need to overcome the objections." I hate that phrase. I hear it and I think of those stupid word math problems we had to solve in elementary school.

"Paul is two years older than Jeff who is four years younger than Eric. Eric is three years older than Susan who is dating Timmy. Timmy is fifteen. How long will it take to get to the park?

Totally stupid right?

So we just got done watching The Dark Knight. It was awesomeness wrapped up in chocolate... and I am gonna leave the metaphor at that.... I could have taken that above and beyond the level I left it at...

I am going to bed, to sleep, and have disturbing dreams... About me having babies.... Ewww.... They are more like nightmares, terrifying messed up nightmares....

Peace Out.

Choking The Monkey and Spanking The Chicken

This year has gone by way too fast. It has had it's ups and downs. Sadly there will be no Holiday cards from me this year, time got away from me and the really awesome idea I recently had for a card takes too much time to get done right and mailed in time. So my peoples, you will have to wait until next year. It'll be worth the wait though.

My hair is driving me crazy again. I am thinking when I go in this month I will have some of it cut off... I just have to make it until after winter has come and gone and then I can cut it short if I want.... I can make it... It's just lately (like yesterday and this morning) it has seriously been giving me headaches. It's just so effing thick, and the longest layer is down past my shoulder blades. Ugh... I could cut it short now, but then my head and neck will be cold all winter. Grrr....

Spaz was sitting on the table here by my laptop while I was checking email and on Myspace, and she kept trying to bite the cursor on the screen... She's weird...

I had a thought today (shocking I know, Alicia thinking.... What is this world coming to?), if, in these tight economic times, we were to allow consumers to work off their debt in the office doing collection calls and what not, would that not be indentured servitude? I think technically yes. Not that we would nor are we doing so, it's just one of the multitude of random thoughts that flit through my brain.

Oh, Vikki let me borrow the book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. She said it was really interesting and remarkably dead on, so I am very intrigued to read it. I will keep you posted as I read it as to how accurate I find it. I am also reading a book Joshua (or was it technically dad, the books being passed through the family) lent me called Uncle Mike's Guide To The Real Oregon Coast. Any one who is a coast native should read this, it's freaking hilarious. I am finding it to be all too true (in a dark twisted native way). And of course no reading regimen wouldn't be complete with a good dose of romantic fiction so I am finishing up re-reading Breaking Dawn.

Well, I am out like a pregnant woman's belly button! Speaking of, one of the girls who used to work with me just found out she is expecting not one but two babies!! (not that she'd read this but...) CONGRATS TO HER!!!

Peace Out Homies!! (I almost spelled that HIMOES....) Hmmm...

'Night!

P.S. (this really is a postscript, I forgot to say this!) The weather forecast here is saying that it is going to snow on Saturday! Now anyone from Oregon knows that the forecast changes every five minutes but still, snow? BEFORE Christmas!? IN OREGON!?!?! Yeah... K knows what I mean. Peace.

Let The Chips Fall Where They May

It is once again the beginning of the month, and one of the most stressful times for me at work (as the beginning of the month is each month). I am tired of letting shit at work stress me out. Last night, by the time I got off work and got home I was so unbelievably mad that I was just angry almost all night. The thing is, I have no control over the factors at work that make me mad and stress me out. This morning, while I was getting ready (and dreading the minute when I would have to walk out the door to go to that office) I made a decision. And this is funny because it's something I am constantly telling others (maybe I should practice that which I preach). I am no longer going to let work stress me out or upset me to the point where I come home mad at night. I cannot change that which I cannot control. I may have said this in months past, but I really need to do it now. I am not going to let work depress me anymore, OR stress me out to the point that my psoraisis flares up (like it has in the past couple months, after clearing up greatly when we moved out of the in laws'). That is how it is. Though my job is part of my life, I am not going to let it disrupt the rest of my life.

Now on to happy, sun-shiny, puppies'n'kitties type thoughts.

We had an awesome, relaxing weekend. We watched seasons one and two of The Venture Bros. Funny ass cartoon from Adult Swim, my brother loaned them to us when we took him home after Thanksgiving dinner.

Speaking of, Thanksgiving was the BEST Thanksgiving of my adult life. I loved it. Jordan was a handful, but that was to be expected. I loved having my dad and siblings and husband and nephew all there. It made me feel so accomplished that they all loved dinner. Seriously, there was just enough left overs for our lunches on Friday (we both had to work), and for turkey sandwiches on Saturday. Granted, I didn't do a whole turkey, I just did a full breast (which in my mind was technically two turkey boobs, it was like the whole chest) and all of the fixings of course. When Dad and Jenn and Jordan got there, Jenn was helping me set everything out and kept looking around the kitchen forlornly. Finally she asked me if I had made yams, I said of course I had and opened the oven to show her where they were keeping warm. She was like good, and then I told her that I had put marshmallows on them (like our mom used to) and I thought she was gonna pee herself she was so happy. And before Jenn and company got here, Collin had picked Joshua up earlier in the morning so we could hang out for a bit. I am sure I have mentioned that my cat does not like new people, and most times not even people she has met before. So, Joshua gets here and walks in with Collin. Spaz just sits on the back of the love seat staring at him, watching him as he makes his way through the living room to sit down on the big couch. After he sits down, she continues to stare at him as we are talking, then she hops down from her perch and walks across the couches to where he is, and dammit all if the little attention whore didn't curl up in his lap. Every time he spoke she'd just look up at him, like she was listening!! Then he'd try to pet her and she'd put her paw on top of his hand like, "Ummm... I never said you could touch me." (in a really snobby voice) It was a great day.

Back to this weekend.

We got the tree up and decorated. It looks gorgeous (as always there are pictures on Myspace). Then we did our gingerbread house. It was my first ever time making one. We got this awesome kit at Costco. And, naturally my husband and I thought the exact same thing as we assembled it. It would have been awesome if we had some little gingerbread people to make a family. Then at almost the exact same moment we thought how awesome it would be to use some little gingerbread people to make it a murder scene... Seriously! It would have been AWESOME!! Well, there is always next year... Tehehehe...

Well, I think this is long enough for now. I had a lot to say, more than I expected...

Peace