whoa nelly

{ February 8, 2010 @ 8:29 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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Today was super busy at work! It was the first day of sign-ups for the Spring Lil’ Lambs Consignment Sale, which means my phone rang off the HOOK – and that is not off the hook hehe.

I don’t have a clue how many phone calls I made today, but what I do know is that I was on my phone all day long with no breaks except for lunch, and we currently have 118 sellers on the list. Most sellers get on the list after a minimum of 2 phone calls, and many of them create 3 phone calls. They call me and leave a message, I call them back to schedule and miss them so I have to leave a message, then they call me back and leave a message with their answers. I think tomorrow, we’ll meet our max number of sellers, so I won’t have many more days on the phone. I’ll still have some work to do, but I will be able to do other things at the same time. The best part is that my day went by really quickly!

Tonight, we had salmon, pasta and green peas for dinner. It was so yummy! We deserved it because we went running after work with the dog! Brian wants me to start running with him. Since he hasn’t been running nearly as much as he did before the holidays, he’s kind of starting over with the whole walk some, run some schedule, so I am going to do it with him. Today was really easy because we ran for a minute, then walked two minutes over and over until we got home. I think we were out for like 30 minutes, so that wasn’t a big deal. It’s pretty fun to run as a family unit!

That monkey on Family Guy weirds me out sometimes.

Church was good Sunday! We met to talk about the upcoming mission trips, and Dave’s sermon was really good in my opinion. I knew the story about when Jesus made the disciples “fishers of men,” but Dave pointed out that particular story was a good example of how God works his way into our lives. It was pretty sweet.

Today, I dusted as soon as I got home from work because I am so tired of seeing our TV stand so dusty. I have no idea how everything gets dusty so fast. I also cleaned all the kitchen counters tonight after dinner because I was extra grossed out after making fish. I swept the whole house this weekend, and I am always shocked at how much dirt and dust hide around every room. Now, if someone would come clean the rest of the house! I need about 2 more closets and a bathroom cleaning fairy.

I also scored over $200 worth of work clothes Sunday for $67! I got 2 new pair of dress pants, a cashmere cardigan/sweater and 2 sleeveless dress shirts. I needed some work clothes – especially pants, so that was awesome. It will be my Valentine’s Day present from Brian, probs.

I can’t wait to go to Bolivia!

GOOD THING: got a lot done today
BAD THING: need something for dessert…

excitement

{ February 2, 2010 @ 10:26 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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I absolutely cannot believe how excited Choxie gets when we say, “You wanna go for a walk?!” She goes crazy! Brian has been walking her a lot lately, and that is awesome since I’ve been feeling bad and busy in the evenings. They just left, so I’m going to watch some more TV! Tuesday is ghost show night. Sweet!

Today was really busy at work, but I don’t feel bad about the amount of work I wasn’t able to finish. I can easily finish tomorrow and on time. We also took a time out to go downtown to the recycling center and clean out the office. I’m sure everyone is happy about that, and Jeanne and I enjoyed the chance to get out for a while.

Sometimes I wonder what makes people so different. Brian has a friend (who is now also my friend) that seems to have a super interesting, fun, and adventurous life. I always feel so boring and lame when I hear about the stuff he does, and I just wonder what the difference is that makes him okay with all that’s involved with traveling the globe to do awesome things and not have the typical life. I feel like most people like to think they’re not typical and want to be different, but most people don’t really deviate far enough from the norm for it to be so noticeable. Basically, I’m super jealous of his lack of fear and need for adventure, and I feel really boring.

I think I have high blood pressure because the last two times I was in a doctor’s office, they said it was a little high, and then I checked it at my grandparents’ house this past weekend, and it was the same, so that rules out the possibility of me just being nervous or whatever in the doctor’s office.

Lauren did a great job speaking at Circle tonight! Her stuff was really interesting.

GOOD THING: today is over except for relaxing
BAD THING: headache

tv tonight

{ February 1, 2010 @ 9:41 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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I decided to give a TV show a shot that I knew I wouldn’t like, but people at work watch it, so I figured it was time to check it out. I watched almost half of Two and a Half Men, and it sucked. Big time.

Also concerning TV tonight, Intervention is showing a lame episode that is about the dangers of huffing/inhalants, and it isn’t documenting anyone’s addiction problems. Oh well. Tosh.0 was funny – at least the part I saw. They had little David from David After Dentist (Youtube), and he was cute.

GOOD THING: Choxie is sleeping lots.
BAD THING: Casey is RUDE.

family guy

{ February 1, 2010 @ 8:31 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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The episode I’m watching is so funny! It’s about gay marriage and stereotypes republicans.

Choxie is goofy tonight! She keeps pressing up against me and is all but laying over my head while licking on a toy. She is finally down on her bed with Brian chewing on a bone. He took her for a run tonight, so she was tired for about an hour, but she’s getting over it. She also found an empty parmesan cheese container in the recycling bin, so she keeps sneaking to try and like all the leftovers out. Well, actually, she seems really tired again now, which is awesome.

I got my new passport today! I’m sure I would’ve been fine not paying for it to be expedited, but I never want to be the person holding a group up. I’ve also had my shots already, so everything’s done except going! My arms hurt pretty bad for a couple of days enough that I couldn’t sleep on my sides very easily, but they’re fine now. I just have a bruise leftover that didn’t make an appearance until the pain was gone. Maybe it’s unrelated.

Brian is dancing to one of the terrible freecreditreport.com commercial songs, and Choxie is staring at him like he’s an alien.

Regions is awesome! Someone apparently tried to buy something with Brian’s card number, and we did not know. Brian tried to use his debit card last Thursday, and it wouldn’t work, so he finally called Regions today to see what was going on, which is when they told him about the purchase. Apparently, it was made either on the phone or online, and the buyer wasn’t required to put any verification in, so the bank red flagged it. Now, Brian can get a new card, and they won’t have his new number! The purchase was for less than $2, so they think they were checking to see if it would work, and if it did, then they’d go crazy with it. The bank even made sure that Brian really cancelled his card instead of talking to some fake office that said they would cancel it. Apparently, that’s been happening, too.

GOOD THING: Choxie is sleeping right now.
BAD THING: plans for the next 3 nights

horse feathers

{ January 28, 2010 @ 2:00 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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So, today is Thursday! I am debating whether or not to go get my vaccinations today. It mostly boils down to whether or not I want to take the time away from this afternoon and simultaneously miss Oprah, which happens to be an interview with Jay Leno. Since I’m boycotting him, I can’t determine whether or not that would include other shows he’s appearing on.

Today at work has been good so far. I’m a little too antsy to sit at a desk all day, but that happens a lot. Other than that, the day is good. I finished the one thing that totally had to be done today earlier this morning, so I have a light load for the rest of the day. Actually, we’ve started a women’s Bible study group around here that is voluntary and meets on Thursday afternoons, so I have that to do in about 30 minutes.

Yesterday, Choxie caught a chipmunk! It’s only the second one she’s ever cought, and the other one she caught was due to some help from Brian. This time, we just saw a dead chipmunk out in the yard, and there’s a giant hole dug up by our big tree where she likes to dig and sniff at times. Before I knew about the kill, I was wondering why she had dots of dried mud all over her face and mostly on her eyelids. Now I know! It’s funny because she doesn’t really want to do anything with it after she kills it, but she loves the whole chasing/hunting part, which makes sense since she’s a hound dog. She has carried it around the yard a little, but she doesn’t try to eat it or rip it up or really even do anything with it. She’ll pick it up and run with it for a few feet, then drop it and just forget about it.

I just made copies of my 2 Manchester Orchestra CDs for a friend that happens to work downstairs. I hope she loves them!

Before lunch, I was stretching/yawning in the hallway, and before I quit, I somehow ran my elbow directly into the door jamb of my office. It hurt pretty bad, but it was alright. Now that it’s been about 30 minutes or an hour, it’s killing me! I probably bruised it good.

GOOD THING: Thursday, and after lunch!
BAD THING: politics talk at work again!

happy birthday

{ January 27, 2010 @ 12:07 am } · { Uncategorized }
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Today is my dad’s birthday!

It is also Brian’s dad’s birthday!

Does anyone really care about the Jonas brothers? They are all over the news lately because people are afraid they’re over.

I decided to get back into my old exercise routine, so I did 1/3 of it last night, or maybe even less than that. I could tell my legs weren’t ready for any more than that while I was doing it, and boy was I right! Today, they were sore, but by this evening, they’re killing me! But that is good. I normally would do that routine every other day, but I don’t think I need to do it again by tomorrow.

We are going to visit my parents this coming weekend because of my dad’s birthday. Plus, we haven’t been there since Christmas, and we can’t go any during February because of church meetings. I think we’re going to hang out at my friend’s house for a while on Saturday, and I’ve never been there before! I’ve known her since kindergarten. Maybe we’ll take pictures! I doubt it.

Speaking of pictures, Brian got some funny pictures of Choxie running around with Lanie, Dan & Carrie’s dog this past weekend at the lake. Maybe I will get around to posting them at some point – at least on Facebook. I’m super slow about that.

Do you like gum? Do you want to help the world’s hunger crisis? Then you should buy this gum!

the company is Project 7, and they apparently sell gum, mints, bottled water (seems counterproductive) and clothing. I haven’t browsed their website yet, but it looks really cool at first glance. Check it out! www.project7.com.
I got some of this gum at Whole Foods, and I like it. The flavor I got was peppermint vanilla, and it’s really good. The best part is that it really doesn’t cost much more (if any more) than other gum, and they give over 50% of proceeds towards fighting the world hunger problem. I’m sure all their other products are similar in benefits, so check them out if you feel like it.

GOOD THING: I am totally over the sickness except for a lingering cough.
BAD THING: ?

exercise

{ January 25, 2010 @ 10:54 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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I just did a small portion of my old exercise routine that I USED to do every other day. I seriously only did stuff for about 5 minutes, and my legs aren’t very happy. I guess I need to get back in the swing of exercising!

GOOD THING: today is almost over because it kind of sucked
BAD THING: headache, but nothing that bad

give me a break

{ January 22, 2010 @ 3:01 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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The US Postal Service is SO LAME. They don’t post accurate hours and aren’t clear about their services. Also, they apparently don’t show up on time, either.

Oh, and my passport is going to cost literally double what it should.

I also tried to buy new sheets for our bed since the elastic broke in our fitted sheet, which makes it not fit or stay at all, and I couldn’t find a 20% coupon on my car, so I wasted that trip (that I wouldn’t have made if the PO would’ve posted correct hours, but I was trying to kill time).

awesome book

{ January 21, 2010 @ 11:52 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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You NEED to read this!

cute

{ January 20, 2010 @ 3:48 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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