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Soap Box Thursday, June 30, 2005 Woohoo! The Gold Box is back on Amazon.com! Go check out what specials are in your box! :)
Wednesday, June 29, 2005 Amazingly Accurate!
(feefed from Laura) Smoke On The Water Due to prescribed burns and forest fires in Arizona, Albuquerque looks like it's fogged in. We have a rare grey sky and I can't see downtown from my house, which never happens. Yeah, it's kind of depressing. The worst part is that it's close to 100 degrees today and I couldn't turn on the swamp cooler since that would bring the smoke from outdoors into the house. Ugh! What's a New Mexican to to? I blame Arizona for my grouchiness. Tuesday, June 28, 2005 Question of the Day I'm working at the VA Hospital this summer. Today my patient asked me, "Why would a pretty girl like you get tattooed?" Wow! I'm almost 40 and still get called a pretty girl? The funny thing is I thought this Vietnam vet would be used to tattooed people but I guess he still doesn't like ink on "pretty girls." I've had tattoos for at least 11 years now and I give various answers to they why-am-I-tattooed question depending on my mood. Today's answer was, "In case I'm ever kidnapped, they can identify my body." Friday, June 24, 2005 "Ten years!" "I freaked out, joined
the Army, went into business for myself. I'm a professional killer." I cannot get over the fact that as of tomorrow, I will have been married to the love of my life for ten years. Ten Years! This is such a milestone in my mind as we both came from marriages that didn't work. For me, the 3 years I was with my first husband crawled, just crawled, but the last ten years went by in the blink of an eye. What a huge difference it makes to be with someone who supports you in every aspect. I couldn't have gone back to school full time without Nick's love and encouragement. When I think of all the things we've been through...illnesses, depression, a stalker, unemployment, miscarriages, the list is long...it seems like there would have been plenty of reasons why we didn't stay together but all of those things seemed trivial when we faced them together. I know that all of the obstacles were easier for me to overcome with Nick by my side. I hope he feels the same. Nick, I love you more than words can say. Thank you so much for being in my life.You are truly my soul mate and my wish for the future is to grow old with you. All I need is you by my side. The rest will take care of itself. Happy anniversary! Thursday, June 23, 2005 Less Than 24 Hours That's how long it took one of our cats to pee on the freshly scrubbed bathroom floor from INSIDE the litter box. Talented little boogers, aren't they? Wednesday, June 22, 2005 How To Make Me Crazy Part 2 To Whomever Keeps Showing Up On My Caller ID as Unknown Name, Unknown Number: You have three choices. Either:
Hanging up when I answer the phone is so fucking rude. Why call at all if you aren't going to say anything? Are you that much of a loser that you somehow get enjoyment out of calling people then hanging up? Well, if you were trying to train me to not answer the phone when you call, job well done. Bite me. Jen Monday, June 20, 2005 How To Make Me Crazy Part 1 OK, admittedly, there are many ways to make me crazy. I'm only going to detail one at this time. I really hate it when I ask a question and I either get another question in response or an answer to a completely different question. It REALLY makes me insane. The conversation below happened at the local Walgreens as I was trying to get some pictures developed:
OK, so what's up with NOT answering the actual question I asked? I really do try to be precise in my language and actually do ask the question I want answered. Don't try to second guess me or answer the questions in your own head, thankyouverymuch! Sunday, June 19, 2005 Quote of the Day This quote came to mind yesterday as I sat through a Catholic mass/wedding...
Cousins truly is an underrated film. Many funny bits. Check it out some weekend when you're bored. Plus it has Isabella Rossellini in it. She's always easy on the eyes. Thursday, June 16, 2005 Slave To The iPod I've never owned a gizmo that demanded, yes demanded, cool accessories. (I do own a TiVO which doesn't demand accessories but does demand a connection to the phone line and makes phone calls daily all by itself. Kinda creepy!) However, my latest and greatest iPod Mini is a tough master (or mistress. I'm too modest to look up its skirt). I've already bought it this:
And this:
(iPod Mini Armband) and one of these:
and some of these:
(Altec Lansing inMotion Speakers for iPod) Now, you'd think that would be enough! I mean all of those accessories cost more than the iPod itself! However, each time my little Mini finds out about more cool gadgets made just for him/her, he/she gets very demanding! Mini now wants one of these:
(iTrip Mini Wireless FM Transmitter) and one of these:
Granted, both items are very cool but I gotta draw the line somewhere, don't I? On the other hand, my mini is sooo cute, I hate to disappoint it...and wouldn't the solar charger be saving the planet in some way? How'd That Happen? I've owned some sort of POS car for the last 20 years. OK, they weren't all POSes. The 1989 Mazda Miata and the car I have now aren't POSes. Anyway, in those 20 years, I have NEVER had a cracked windshield, until today. I drove my car last night...no crack. Got in my car this afternoon to go to work and there was a HUGE crack! It's around 2 feet long! Where the hell did it come from? It wasn't there when I parked my car in my driveway last night, I'm sure of it! And I don't live in a shady part of town either so it's not like some kids were throwing rocks at my car in the driveway. Stupid me called the insurance company. That was a mistake. Now they know I have a crack in my windshield that happened in my driveway but as my deductible is $500 they aren't gonna help me pay for a new windshield anyway. Crap! Driving around with a cracked windshield is soooo white trash in my mind. I've gotta get it fixed tomorrow before it makes me truly insane. I'm still baffled how the damn thing happened in the first place. Anyone have any idea how a windshield can crack on its own? Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Evil, Pure Evil Because of this damn site, I am now itching for a new kitten...which is so what I don't need right now. The people who created this site are pure evil. Monday, June 13, 2005 Not Guilty On All Ten Counts I'm shocked...SHOCKED. Sunday, June 12, 2005 When I'm Queen of the World Part 1 When I rule the world, all marriages will be contractual. Each contract will run for 10 years. At the end of the 10 years, the couple can choose, if they want, to "re-up" for another 10 years or dissolve the union and part ways. Next Generation I realized last night that at the impromptu dinner we had after by brother died, we had 4 generations at the table, spanning 57 years. My mom, me, my sister's kid, and my sister's kid's kid. Does that make it sound like I come from a total white trash family? Does it make it better or worse if I tell you that I'm the youngest of 7? And that my mom is the step-mom of my sister and was only 16 when the oldest child was born to my father? Shit, I can't tell if I'm making it better or worse... Friday, June 10, 2005 Pennies From Heaven Ok, maybe not from heaven exactly. I collected the change from around my 1st floor and my car. The car alone had over 300 pennies in it! 300 PENNIES! I wonder if that was the reason my gas mileage has been lower than normal. All told, I cashed in over 1330 pennies, not to mention various nickels and dimes. (Quarters are kept for parking meters.) Also found amongst the change were 2 guitar picks, a game token from a local movie theater and various coinage from Mexico, England, Canada and Denmark. Neither Nick or I can tell how we got a coin from Denmark as neither of us have been there. Hmmm... With All Due Respect to Kevin Smith... ...Revenge of the Sith was NOT fucking awesome. Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Hmmm... I just remembered I have a chiropractic appointment sometime soon but have NO IDEA when it is. Anyone know? Ridiculous It seems that Lindsay Lohan's large breasts upset parents in a test screening of Herbie:Fully Loaded so Disney went back and digitally reduced her breasts in certain shots especially when she was jumping up and down. OMG! What a wonderful use of the movie's budget. You can read more about it here. Tuesday, June 7, 2005 The Mighty Hunters While I was sick, my cats were very concerned about me. Each one of them brought me a present in one 24 hour period. Damien brought me a live lizard which I then had to catch and release back out in the jungle of our backyard. Suzie caught a live bird and brought it all the way upstairs into my bedroom where I was napping before she let it go. Thoughtful, huh? And Calliope tried to bring me a dead baby bird but I caught her with it before she got inside so I closed the door really quick. She didn't seem upset. She just sat down and ate the bird herself. Yum! It's Nice To Be Missed Now and Again I got the following e-mail from someone else who is working on the same research project as me. She's a very sweet, but usually very reserved young woman. However, when she heard I was back and would be back to work 2 days earlier than expected, she said:
Awww, I was missed! Monday, June 6, 2005 What I Did (and Didn't Do) On My Summer Vacation So, the truth is that Nick and I were supposed to leave for a wonderful exotic vacation in Tahiti on the day of my last entry to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.We planned and saved for 2 years to go to Tahiti. However, I got violently sick 16 hours before we were supposed to leave. How violently sick you ask? I lost 4 lbs in 24 hours, that's how sick. (And I didn't even know that was humanly possible!) So I watched my dream vacation of Tahiti fly out the window as I suffered with a nasty stomach bug. Talk about depressing. With the help of my Doctor of Oriental Medicine, I got back on my feet by Tuesday night and we jetted off to Napa Valley for a few days. It was very nice and relaxing but I could use a few more days of pampering. Anyway, I'm back and will return to posting regularly. :) |
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