Outrageous Outfit

While walking through the Tulip Festival in March, we saw this woman...and I can't resist posting this picture. Where would one actually buy a floral denim outfit like this??? Yikes!

Some graphic designer is getting a laugh...

or is just clueless. Look at the banner from evite. Check out the second figure on the left. Looks like he is "happy" to be at that party :) (click on the image below to make it larger).

Home Alone

And no, I don't mean that silly movie...I am actually home alone.  Well, Beauty is here, but no hubby.  He is having a sleep test tonight, so he gets to spend the night at the sleep clinic.  He was so whiny about it today, but having had 3 sleep tests myself, I wasn't overly sympathetic :)  

I had all of these grand ideas about how I would spend my "free time" but I find myself sitting her watching TV and blogging :)  I thought that I would clean and do a bit of crafting...but I guess that isn't in the cards for me today.  Oh well, it is nice to have some downtime.  I need it more often!

Happy Post

Okay, I am tired of debbie downer posts...so here is a random happy post!!

A few of my favorite things...

1)  I love white bed linens...not sure what it is, but all I want is white!  We have tried different colors, but I keep going back.  So, on my shopping list is a white duvet color and some sort of bright pillows for a bit of "punch."  I would love a room like this one from Domino.  

2)  I listen to all sorts of music. One of my guilty pleasures is hip-hop music and old school R&B.  Don't judge me.  It is fun :)

Image from Wiki.

3) I love to be creative.  I feel at peace when I am painting or writing or making something. I am not very good at any of it, but it is very good for my soul.

4)  Chocolate.  What more is there to say?

Okay...now I feel better :)

Slacker

I have certainly been a blogging slacker lately...I really have just been trying to keep my head above water.  Life has been rough, but I feel like I am coming back around.  This past weekend we went to Yakima to visit my family, which is generally very difficult for me.  I did extremely well under the circumstances.  I even made it through the entire weekend without crying--which has to be some type of record for me--seriously!  It was very nice to come home on Sunday and I feel like I have been pretty productive over the past couple days, which has been good for me.  So, I will keep going, working each day, and hoping the I wake up one morning and feel like me again!

By Michael Monteiro

Goodbye 2008

Actually, I won't!  2008 has been one heck of a year!  Gess was pretty sick, I got sick and had my gallbladder removed, and Beauty was diagnosed with cancer! And that was only in the first 3 months!!  I has been a hard year all around and I must say that I am happy to be starting a new one.  

To be fair, it hasn't been all bad.  I have met some great people, took a great vacation to Belize, started an MBA program, and have made some good personal gains.  So, I am thankful for those things and am going to put those on my list of what happened in 2008 instead of those crappy things!

Image from Media Wire Daily.

Sleep or Taste?

My new sleep medication leaves a gross taste in my mouth.  My old sleep med makes me forgetful.  No sleep medication means I am exhausted all of the time.  What a group of choices!  

I am starting sleep classes in January, so there could be a chance of no sleeping pills....but until then, I guess the taste is hear.  Hey, who knows, maybe it will make chocolate and french fries taste gross so I won't even want to eat them!  That might work :)

8 Things

Eight Shows I watch:
1. Project Runway
2. Top Chef
3. Greys Anatomy
4.  House

5.  The New Adventures of Old Christine

6.  Desperate Housewives

7.  Law & Order

8.  Private Practice

Eight Favorite Restaurants:
1. Tulio (Italian restaurant in downtown Seattle)

2. Dahlia Lounge (one of Tom Douglas's restaurants)

3.  Wild Mountain Cafe (in Ballard--yummy brunch)

4.  Chef Liao (Chinese delivery)

5.  Stacia's (local pizza delivery)

6.  Pasta Bella (just down the street from where I live)

7.  Red Robin (but the hubby hates it so we never go)

8.  Fisherman's (for the crab feast!)

Eight Things that Happened to Me Today: Sunday
1. Slept it
2. Had breakfast at IHop
3. Went to JoAnn's
4. Baked cookies
5. Cleaned the kitchen

6. Took a nap
7. Thought about work tomorrow
8. Worked on a website for my trainer

Eight Things I Look Forward to:
1. Finishing a marathon!
2. The end of 2008!

3. Going to the spa

4.  Giving Gess his anniversary gifts

5.  Having portraits taken

6.  Getting better sleep

7.  Spending more time sewing

8.  Learning to snowboard

Eight Things I am Thankful for:
1. My health
2. My husband

3.  My sweet dog
4.  My education

5.  A stable job

6.  Good friends

7.  Chocolate

8.  Coffee :)

Eight Things I Wish:
1.  That CF was cured

2.  A new house or condo

3.  A closet full of cute shoes

4.  A family that wasn't such a nightmare

5.  More time to do things that I like

6.  More time with my husband

7.  That chocolate didn't have calories :)

8.  Happiness all around

P.S. I Love You

I can't sleep, so I am up at 2:27 am watching P.S. I Love You, for the 2nd time this week.  I made the mistake of watching this movie the first time at the theater alone and I cried the entire time.  The people around me must have thought that I was a blubbering idiot, but the movie just hits home with me. 

The first scene with the fight reminds me so much of me and my husband.  We have had the discussion about the size of our house, etc., so many times.  And I have thought so many times how I can't wait for our life to start.  But this is it.  This is life.  And you know what, it scares the crap out of me.

Of course, the dying husband part is not good for me to watch either.  It makes me sad and worry about that day, and what I am going to do.  Will I lock myself at home and not come out?  And probably more importantly, will there be people that are there to come and lure me out?  I think that is what I am most afraid of, of being alone and no one even noticing.  

Man, this is the reason that I don't blog in the middle of the night!

Mission Aborted

So I have been stuck at home for what seems like an eternity!  Gess left on Friday and the snow has buried my car.  I walked to the bakery and store on Saturday, but besides that I have been in my house with only the dog.  And normally I would welcome this sort of opportunity for quiet and time alone...but I am going stir crazy!   

My grand plan was to go to work today.  I can't drive because my car is on the steep "hill" that is my driveway, but the buses are semi-running.  So...I get up, shower, dress, and head out to the bus.  I wait there in the cold for an hour and there is no bus in sight!  If it took that long before a bus even appeared, I was worried about getting into work and then getting stuck there.  So...I decided to just forget it and came back home!

Ughhhhh....so.....it's just me and Beauty again.  I need to get out my crafts!

I couldn't resist

After posting about all of the neato calendars out there...I of course had to start making my own.  I did January using photoshop.  Nothing too fancy, but a start.

Hotel for $5 a night?

The hubby is on a road trip with a friend and on their way to Reno today they called to see if I could get them a cheap hotel in Reno.  They said, "You should be able to find something for $30."  Well...I topped that!  I found one for $4.87!!  Can you believe it?  And it is right there in the middle of town and a hotel I have heard of (The Sands).  I had to book it because I couldn't believe it.  The guys say that it is fine...I hope that they take pictures because I need to see what $5 can get you in Reno.  $5, seriously.  If I hadn't made the reservations myself I wouldn't believe it.  

I **heart** Shazam

I was watching TV and a song came on that I like, but I couldn't remember the name.  So, I grab my iPhone, hit the Shazam button and voila! the song artist and title!  I wasn't sure it would work since the actors were talking during the song, but it did--I love this application!

Me and Santa...

Go way back!

This picture was actually taken a couple of years ago.  Gess surprised me with a night at our favorite Seattle hotel, the W.  We were in their great lobby having a drink when he saw Santa come in.  Gess excused himself and went up to the Santa offering him $20 if he would go up to me and ask me what I wanted for Christmas.  Gess bought a disposable camera from the front desk and watched as I was completely surprised to have Santa approach me and make me sit on his lap!  It was pretty funny.  And we had a great rest of our stay at the W!

6 Random Things About Me

1)  I dance around the house when no one is home (except Beauty, and then I dance with her)

2)  I like to sleep alone (sorry Gess!) and stretch waaaaaay out on the bed

3)  I loooooove hockey

4)  I have a creative streak---I always have a million ideas brewing in my head

5)  I don't like to sit in the dark, I like to have the lamp on

6)  I hate to fold laundry (as evidenced by 3 weeks worth of laundry on the ping pong table)

Boot Camp

Kicked my bootie today!  Man, I am going to be sore tomorrow!  But in a good way ;)

Mail Goggles

The folks at Google think of everything!!  Stop emailing after you have been drinking.

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret

I hate these commercials...

I really hate the Electrolux commercials with Kelly Ripa. The tag line is "Be even more amazing" because you can get even more stuff done. Why do we have such an emphasis on doing more and more?? Busy people are seen as successful and there is so much pressure to take on more and more. Enough all ready!!! Take a breath, take a break (I am talking to myself by the way). I am amazing even if I don't cook dinner every night or iron clothes damn it!  Okay, end of rant.

6 Quirky Things About Me!

I was ambushed by reading Amy's blog...so I guess I am tagged :)

So here it goes....

but I must start with a definition:

quirky: given to quirks (gosh I hate definitions like that!)

quirk: an idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone

Here are 6 of mine:

1. I don't like to wear shoes inside--they come off as soon as I walk in the door! (But ironically I am obsessed with cute shoes and if my budget allowed I would be buying them like crazy right now!)
2. I am an obsessive list-maker (so I guess this blog is right up my alley!)
3. I don't like to talk on the phone--I will even pay an online ordering fee so that I don't have to call the pizza delivery place!
4. I put my PJs on as soon as I walk in the door...even if I am going out again in an hour.
5. I sleep with one foot outside of the covers--always, even when it is cold.
6. I hate talk radio.

Okay...so if you read this, you a tagged and must blog 6 of your quirky traits. Go!