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It's so cold in the house right now that I want to turn the heater on.
90 degrees one day, 50 degrees the next.
I would be very happy if it stayed this cold for awhile.

We finally hired a

We finally hired a helper in accounting and she actually seems like she may have half a brain.
Well, I won't work with her until tomorrow, so we'll know more then.
But so far, so good.

I almost forgot that

I almost forgot that tonight is Survivor!!!
How could that be?
Maybe cuz it's the first good Thursday I've had in awhile.
Just didn't click in my head, heh.

Nine more days and

Nine more days and I turn 37...
WhoooOOOoooo.....
Now *that's* scary...

I will NOT do

I will NOT do this, Absolutely NOT:

You Should Dress Up As a Little Bo Peep!

Innocent yet sultry,
You're a bad girl trapped in a good girl's body.
Unlike Little Bo Peep, you like some creepy crawly things!
What Should You Be For Halloween?
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Perhaps I *am* an Evil Floss Stealer,
But I am *not* an Evil DIRTY Floss Stealer.
Nyaah!
:-)

Okay Nanowrimo, I'm going

Okay Nanowrimo, I'm going to try it again!
Who's with me?

Ran 1.6 miles, in

Ran 1.6 miles, in about 17 minutes.
Feel GREAT.

Time to make some

Time to make some changes in my life again.
Screw Curves.
I'm going running right now.

Okay, the Survivors will

Okay, the Survivors will be announced October 31. They do know who they are however, and it is a really great bunch.
On the other hand, there were quite a few who *almost* made it, and hopefully the apply again next year as they would do really well.

Diary Survivor 5 is about to start, we're only waiting for one more contestant to accept.
You all will be so surprised at the contestants!
It's going to be really great.

I saw that Cat In the Hat trailer the other day and felt like I'd gotten a needle injected sugar high.
But seeing that goldfish reminded me of a story our Office Manager had just told me.

She has a 5 year old son and had recently bought a goldfish for her fish tank.
She had noticed it was often wet around the tank but she couldn't find a leak anywhere and just didn't really think about it that hard.

Until a neighbor kid came to play with her son one day.
Neighbor Kid came back to ask the mom "Is Kyle allowed to play with the goldfish?"
No....
"Well he is."

She went to Kyle's room and he had the goldfish out ON THE DESK,
playing with it.

The fish died the next day.

Can you imagine that poor fish's last month of life?
Swim-swim-swim-swim...
AAAAGH The Giant Hand is coming back! NOOOOOO!!!!
GASP! *help* GAAAASP *Help!* gaaaaaAAAAASP*
*Splash!*
Swim-swim-swim-swim...

I Wanna Put My

I Wanna Put My Cat (In Your Hat)

So today I was

So today I was driving home in a good mood cuz everything had gone my way AND I was appreciated at work today
But some crappy song was playing on the radio so I shut it off and called RaevynLunatic.
A man answered.
Me: Thinking - "Uh oh, What's her NAME? Her real name???"
Me: Saying - "Hi... Is..... Rae home?"
Man: "HELLOO???"
I asked for Rae again and he gave her the phone (Luckily that's her real name, hah!)
"Hi, it's Pischina!"
What followed was a scream the likes you hear when Bob Barker tells you to "Come on DOWWWN!"
Anyway, we had a very nice conversation and the drive home flew by.
Rae fed her family hot dogs for dinner.
I fed mine cereal. Hey, that's what they wanted!
Anyway, don't believe what they say,
I do NOT giggle.
And Rae was very very nice and friendly, she seemed like a very fun person!

I'm sorry, but a

I'm sorry, but a Jesus Jackolantern is just plain SCARY,
NOT uplifting.

Today at work everything

Today at work everything was all better.
Boss and Boss finally admited that
*I*
was right
Completely
All along.
They changed their "Stupid Idea" Rule
right back to MY way.
And even kept saying
"We need to just let Pischina use her experience and knowledge to get this done."
Yeah,
Like I TOLD you.

Anyway,
Pischina gets her way = Happy Pischina

We had a good day.
Got up late, nixed church and went off to Aptos.
First stop, the health food store where Buffy got to buy her Koala Krispies,
Then the coffee shop.
While drinking our juice and coffee we looked through one of those Homes magazines (where they show homes for sale) and Spike and Buffy went nuts shopping for a house in Aptos for us to buy.
At one point Buffy says "No not that one, it's not quite in our budget."
"Um... what exactly IS our budget?" I asked.
"I would say... under $400,000."
Yeah, I would say WAAAAAAAY under $400,000.
Then we went to Aptos High School and walked around the huge graffitti-free campus.
Finally, Scott's house. We took him back off to the coffee shop where we had ham&cheese croissants (Buffy), raspberrie smoothie (Spike), potatoe & pesto quiche (me) and a breakfast burrito (Scott).
And off to the pumpkin patch.
We each picked one out,
Buffy got a teeny tiny pumpkin,
I got a fat squashed down reddish orange pumpkin,
Scott got a normal round pumpkin
And Spike got a long tall pumpkin.
On the way back home Scott wanted to look at the high school himself
(it's only 1/2 mile from his house)
And he thougt it was lovely (it is).
Went back to Scott's house and carved them together with wood carving tools, haha.
Spike carved the Scream ghost,
Buffy carved a toothy monster
Scott carved a very stylistic... himself, heh,
And I carved a pretty lady pumpkin complete with eyelashes.
I'll take a picture of our three tomorrow in the light
But Scott still has his at home.
On the way home we checked out Aptos Junior High and then hit the road.
Anyway, School and Work tomorrow.
Rats.

So it appears that

So it appears that Phillip Iverson is still harrassing families with young children who have webcams.
He's the reason I shut mine down in the first place,
Though I'd still like to put it back up one day for private viewing.
That page may take a second to load, but be patient and then read down through what this father has to say.

What kind of genius

What kind of genius thought up a S'Mores Maker?

Thanks so much to Itsy for reminding us about Daylight Savings Time.
That's right, it's TONIGHT.

New entry with Pictures

New entry with Pictures Pictures Pictures!
And quite a few before that too.

This is QUITE funny.

This is QUITE funny.
"Two surgeries" my ass.
Found over at LaughingFrog.

Cool picture, I think.

Cool picture, I think.

We tried to rent

We tried to rent The Birds today cuz the kids have never seen it, but Blockbuster doesn't carry it!
That's just really stupid.

The kids were SO

The kids were SO excited because I just allowed them to rent Halloween,
And now they're watching it and complaining,
"This is BO-ring."
I told them to give it a few minutes.
Personally, I LOVE the music.

I just wanted to

I just wanted to alert you all that my birthday is coming up and this is my Wish List.
Even better than Hit Whore Saturday
Is Birthday Wish List Whore!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

A Police Officer trainee

A Police Officer trainee in Santa Cruz makes $4,257 per month.
Almost twice what I make.
Could I fire a real gun?
Hmmmm......

Okay, it's going to

Okay, it's going to be another Hit-Whore Saturday!
Clixx Me!!!!

Aw man, this quiz doesn't give you html to show your answer.
The Starbucks Oracle

Pretty funny,
I entered Grande Hot Chai:
Personality type: Pseudo-intellectual
You're liberal and consider yourself to be laid back and open minded. Everyone else just thinks you're clueless. Your friends hate you because you always email them virus warnings and chain letters "just in case it's true." All people who drink venti hot chai are potheads.
Also drinks: Sparkling water
Can also be found at: Designer grocery stores

I just want to

I just want to blow this picture up and print it out and post it on my wall at work.

you are the "I hate you so bad" happy
bunny. You hate everyone and eveything and your
not ashamed of it.

which happy bunny are you?
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Mocksie's Friday Five again:

Mocksie's Friday Five again:

1. Where were you born (city or state or just country)? Oxnard, California

2. What is your favorite number? 4 and 13

3. Vanilla or chocolate? Almost always chocolate, but sometimes a really good vanilla ice cream is nice.

4. What section of a bookstore would I find you in? I am usually all over the place, sometimes humor, sometimes collectibles, religion, New-Age, travel... Lots of times the Art section. I like to learn things I don't already know.

5. What kind of mattress do you have on your bed? A King size very nice pretty much brand new mattress donated to me after the fire. My previous one was 10 years old, so I really appreciated that gift.

How appropriate, that below,

How appropriate, that below, heh, as NotJustAMom just referred to me as a phoenix, haha.

You are Form 0,

You are Form 0, Phoenix: The Eternal.

"And The Phoenix's cycle had reached
zenith, so he consumed himself in fire. He
emerged from his own ashes, to be forever
immortal."

Some examples of the Phoenix Form are Quetzalcoatl
(Aztec), Shiva (Indian), and Ra-Atum
(Egyptian).
The Phoenix is associated with the concept of life,
the number 0, and the element of fire.
His sign is the eclipsed sun.

As a member of Form 0, you are a determined
individual. You tend to keep your sense of
optomism, even through tough times and have a
positive outlook on most situations. You have
a way of looking at going through life as a
journey that you can constantly learn from.
Phoenixes are the best friends to have because
they cheer people up easily.

Which Mythological Form Are You?
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One year ago today

One year ago today I woke up in my bedroom for the last time,
Took a last shower,
Made a pot of coffee in my kitchen,
And went to work to live the last day of my life as I knew it then,
Without knowing it.

16 hours later I was watching my house burn down.

Life Update for Today:
My hair is no longer purple, but very dark reddish brown.
I love Scott.
I love my son and my daughter.
I STILL need to get my car up for sale.
I HATE my job and wish the job market was better.
I really really hate my job this week.
But I really really love Scott.
Good Night.

So So So So

So So So So glad it's Survivor night.
I had ANOTHER awful day at work,
It seems every Thursday has been terrible lately,
Making me look all the more towards Survivor.
But this week has been 3 horrid days in a row.
Period should be here soon,
Please tell me the new PMS is not going to start lasting a whole week now...

Are you Addicted to

Are you Addicted to the Internet?

62%

Hardcore Junkie (61% - 80%)
While you do get a bit of sleep every night and sometimes leave the house, you spend as much time as you can online. You usually have a browser, chat clients, server consoles, and your email on auto check open at all times. Phone? What's that? You plan your social events by contacting your friends online. Just be careful you don't get a repetitive wrist injury...

The Are you Addicted to the Internet? Quiz at Quiz Me!

Boobah Every moon you

Boobah
Every moon you click on takes you to a different time-waster.
Sadly, it's addicting.

"Didn't you think the cartoon part of Kill Bill was kind of sad?" I asked Buffy.
"Heck no!" she replied, "It was just like an am-in-ated pokemon, only BAD."

Spike and I asked her if she noticed any am-in-ated platymapuses in it, hahaha.

She didn't get it, heh.

Oh, one caveat... Uma

Oh, one caveat...
Uma Thurman has some UUUGLAY toes.
Man!

Saw Kill Bill, Again,

Saw Kill Bill,
Again,
LOVED IT.
Spike loved it too,
But Buffy probably loved it best.
I think she took it more in the spirit it was meant to be than anyone,
She was just cracking up through the whole movie.
We all three love the music.
Just a Super-Cool movie.
If you don't mind a little blood, heh.
THANK YOU KIM!!!!

I am off to

I am off to see Kill Bill
Again
Taking the kids this time,
They are tough, they know Fantasy when they see it
And it's all thanks to some movie tickets from
Kim.
Thank you Kim!!!!

Scott is here, so I am off - - -

Hey, did you read

Hey, did you read in my diary about Charlene trying to buy her husband's uncle's house and then 3 weeks before they were to move in they found out the IRS was seizing it from the uncle?
Turns out he owes 2 million dollars.
Yup.
He's in big trouble.

Something's up at the

Something's up at the ole diary.
300 - 500 hits a day this week.
That is a bit much and quite a jump all of a sudden.

Oh yeah, and I don't hate everyone now.
Plus, my belly is full of pork chops and raviolis and raspberrie ice cream.
There is no more room for hate.
:-)

I am mad at

I am mad at everyone today so everyone leave me alone.
Except Scott, I'm not mad at him.

I am very sad that Faith Fancher died yesterday.
She was such a wonderful intelligent woman.
We could all learn a lot from her.

I went to work

I went to work today and everybody loved my purple hair.
Of course, most of them are nasty lieing bitches, heh, but I'll pretend for now that they really do love my hair.
And I realized that it may not be Clairol's fault - I was blaming them because there is NO color even close to purple on the box.
But the dye is actually for brown hair, and while my hair is mostly brown, it also streaks very very blonde in the summer.
And that's where it's purple, right where those streaks were.
So if you have blonde or very light brown hair,
Stay away from "Rosewood" Natural Instincts.
Unless, of course, you WANT purple streaked hair.
Buffy, now that she's stopped laughing, wants her own hair dyed that color.
Now, do I do it before she takes school pictures or after?
Yeah, I am that kind of Mom.
We'll probaby do it this weekend.

I bought some Oxy-Clean

I bought some Oxy-Clean today for the first time.
I should have gotten some long ago, I am just too messy to live without some special cleaner.
A little over a year ago most of my white shirts/blouses (and most of them ARE white) were turned dark pink at the laundromat.
Then the fire burned up the laundry room while I was washing, yes, my white shirts and blouses.
Then today, wearing one of my only 2 white shirts I have left,
I spilled my Togo's BBQ Beef sandwich all over my shirt and pants
(It was SO worth it, I didn't even care, what's a little mess at work when your belly's full of BBQ Beef?)
And then at dinner I spilled more spaghetti noodles all over myself - but I'm only wearing my work out clothes, so that's okay.
I'm just saying, Me and Oxy-Clean should have met up a long time ago.

OH! I forgot! Today

OH! I forgot!
Today Princess Missy was wearing a silver headband with pink foil tiara and a little heart cut out the middle.
AND,
A T-Shirt that said "Madonna in Training" on the back,
"Like a Virgin" in front,
A construction paper sign she pinned on her shirt saying in black marker "Like a Virgin"
(Why we have to repeat this twice on one side of her shirt, I don't know)
AND
A blinking lighted star pinned RIGHT ON HER NIPPLE.

So yeah, that's Princess Missy.

Oh how I love

Oh how I love Joe Millionaire.
These skanky broads are even more pathetic than last years.

I'm going to go practice my tai chi and go to bed.
Good Night.

Tampons or Boats? You

Tampons or Boats?
You decide.

I went to say

I went to say goodnight to Buffy and starting chewing her out for her messy room.
While I'm nagging and nagging I notice she's not looking me in the eyes, but right ABOVE my eyes,
Also, she seemed to be biting her lip to keep from laughing.
"Look, I know you think it's funny that I have purple hair, but I'm serious, You Need to Clean Your Room!!!!"
Buffy: "HAHAHAHHAHAAAAHAAAAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!"

Also, one step closer

Also, one step closer to buying Wedding Announcements:

We were driving around Open Studios and Scott was wishing that he too could quit his day job and just get paid for making beautiful furniture.
"Maybe one day I'll have a famous writer for a wife and she'll support me so I could work in my shop," he said wistfully.
"Well maybe one day you will," I said.
(WAIT a minute, I thought, Did he say WIFE? WIFE? He said WIFE not Girlfriend, right? He said the Code Word, WIFE)
"Of course," I added, "First you have to decide you want to get married again."
He looked at me and I gave him my innocent look back.
He started laughing nervously.
I started laughing with an innocent smirk on my face.
He saw the smirk and started laughing harder.
I laughed harder too, still with an "I caught you" grin.
Finally I said "Okay, you can stop laughing now."
And he started joking about how when I was a famous writer then I wouldn't WANT to marry him, but I'd probably still send him to his shop to make me a jewelry box, and he better use the GOOD wood, and not the wood from the scrap heap...
*****
It was a step closer. And it was funny.

This weekend was mostly

This weekend was mostly spent (after I dyed my hair purple and we saw Kill Bill) going to Open Studios. This is where you look at a huge map of the Santa Cruz area where hundreds of artists live and the artists open their homes to you so you can come see their work.
Literally hundreds, so since Scott has a woodshop and is very into that sort of thing, we picked out all the wood and furniture artists. All the artists were really nice, and some were very interesting. Some even served wine and cheese and crackers, apples fresh from the farm next door, m&m's, fresh garden tomatoes, etc.
We saw everything from a man who was charging $1200 for a little jewelry box to a lady who pounded layers of copper onto garage sale furniture, to a guy who had a barn filled with industrial size woodworking tools yet all he made was $200 FISHING NETS ("Well I haven't sold any yet, quit my day job last year and pretty much used up my life savings.")
Then we saw Matthew Werner's furniture which was very beautiful, waaaaaaaaaaay more beautiful than the pictures can show, yet again, $175 for a napkin holder, and his music stands, though absolutely gorgeous, were $1200 and up.
But our highlight of the weekend was meeting Mr. Vern Bowie who made the most gorgeous furniture I've ever seen. I can't find a better link to him which is really too bad cuz this guy was amazing. And just such a great guy! His wife is a painter too (scroll down in that link for a painting she did of him, and her photo). He's 73 and looks about 50. African American with the most delicious chocolate colored skin, his wife and he ran their own business PLUS 3 restaurants during their life, then made enough to retire and they make enough doing what they love to live a very nice life. Beautiful house, beautiful furniture and artwork too of course.
We left that house just in love with the couple, I swear Scott wants to invite them to dinner and make them our friends.
I wouldn't mind a bit either.

And yeah, my hair

And yeah, my hair IS purple.

My new favorite Girl

My new favorite Girl
If I could find a good picture of her wearing that yellow jumpsuit I'd even change my diary layout.

Oh.
My.
God.

My hair is purple.
Well, it's pretty darn exactly magenta.
My daughter is going to be so jealous
And so mad that I didn't dye HER hair purple
But dammit why did I do this to MY hair?

At least it's Natural Instincts, it will wash out in a couple months.
Scott is going to laugh and laugh.

Wondering if RiteAid has

Wondering if RiteAid has curling irons for maybe five bucks...

And the day gets

And the day gets even better.
I forgot my curling iron too.
I have very fine, straight hair that just hangs in my face if I don't curl it out of my eyes.
Even more fun,
As my hair dries it's starting to glow a very magenta looking color.
Scott's going to have a freakin heart attack when he comes back from school.
Heee.

omelet, omelot, how the

omelet, omelot, how the heck do you spell that word?

I just remembered I

I just remembered I have a leftover breakfast sandwich from Happy Smile deli
(wheat toast, egg omelet with onions and peppers with a hashbrown in the middle)
sitting in the fridge upstairs.
And since it's going to take frikken forever for my newly "Rosewood" hair to dry
I think I'll go upstairs and warm it up and eat it.
Yum.

Raging Pistachio designs Free

Raging Pistachio designs
Free Diaryland templates
And they're pretty nice.

Oh Gosh! I forgot

Oh Gosh!
I forgot my hairdryer!!!
It's going to be one of those days, huh.

Does AOL not show

Does AOL not show blogrolling links?
Cuz Scott here has aol and my buddy list has disappared AGAIN.
Double pooh.

Also I had planned

Also I had planned to do one of those picture every hour things today
But wouldn't you know it,
I forgot my camera.
Pooh.
But that's okay, cuz we're going to see Kill Bill today.
Whether Scott wants to or not.
Hee.
He'll be happy I made him go once he's seen it,
Right?
Right.

I am dyeing my

I am dyeing my hair as I type this,
Clairol Natural Instincts
"Rosewood"
And now that I look on the internet I see that's the darkest of their red colors
That's not exactly what I was looking for,
I know, "Rosewood" kinda means probably red
But it didn't look that red at the store
And now that my hair is all full of the dark purple goop
I guess I'm kinda commited to the results.
Heh.

Starting Monday Spike will get his turns on the computer again,
Which is a good thing, cuz it's making me cranky.
All I do is sit here in front of the screen
I don't do anything else
And I won't do anything else.
I need to get back into life again.

Tell me these two

Tell me these two weren't seperated at birth:
Prince Herbert from Monty Python
Jon from Survivor 7

Every time Jon starts flailing his arms all around I think of Prince Herbert.

The ABC's Of Me.

The ABC's Of Me.
A - Act your age - Most of the time - and yeah I'm 36 years 11 months 1 week and one day old - Start buying presents!
B – Boyfriend - El Scotto, aka The Power
C - Chore you hate - Mopping
D - Dad's name - Ron
E - Essential make up item - Lipstick
F - Favorite actress -
G - Gold or silver - Silver
H – Hometown - San Jose, California
I - Instruments you play - Flute, Piccolo, Alto & Tenor Sax, Oboe
J - Job title - When I'm nice "Accounts Receivable" When I'm not nice "Collection Officer"
K – Kids - 13 year old son, 11-1/2 old daughter
L - Living arrangements - Rent a 3 bedroom house with the kids, just us three
M - Mom's name - Too unusual, cannot put it here
N - Number of people you've slept with - No, Not answering
O - Overnight hospital stays - 2, both after giving birth
P – Phobia - Fires and Failing
Q - Quote you like -
R - Religious affiliation - Methodist
S – Siblings - One younger sister who I haven't talked to in years and wouldn't miss if I never saw her again.
T - Time you wake up - 5:45am
U - Unique habit - My nose twitches, like Bewitched? All the time, but especially when I'm nervous or upset
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat - brussel sprouts
W - Worst habit- picking at my nose - oh like you don't
X - X-rays you've had - Except for the dentist, only once at the chiropracters after a very bad car accident when I was 18, actually that was the day after I got engaged - A sign of things to come!
Y - Yummy food you make - Spaghetti, pork chops, fried potatoes in teryaki sauce, little meatloafs... I make all kind of yummy foods
Z - Zodiac Sign - Absolutely, positively, a Scorpio
***
borrowed from Monica

My email has been

My email has been throwing many many good emails into my bulk and trash folder.
I know Yahoo has been much better at filtering Spam, but all my Notifies and other things are disappearing.
If you have Yahoo email you may want to keep an eye on your Bulk box.

Turqoise. Yeah, I knew

Turqoise.
Yeah, I knew that.
My mind was just blank as I pictured Princess Missy's head while describing her tiara.
Turquoise.
But, you know, all Fakish and stuff.

Scott wants to get

Scott wants to get me this exersize machine for my birthday.
He has a machine very similar in his school and it is REALLY great.
Yeah, almost the same thing Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley sell on their infomercials,
But this machine is really fantastic!

Happy Survivor Day!!!

Happy Survivor Day!!!

We smell smoke again. I can't be sure if it's the computer or maybe the neighbor has their fireplace going on.
I HATE this.

Me: What did you

Me: What did you have for dinner?
Lanie: Pork chops and rice and gravy
Me: MMMMmmmm sounds good!
Lanie: It wasn't as good as it sounds.
Me: We're having ground turkey and corn.
Lanie: Well, I think I'll take my dinner
****
It went something like that, haha. But actually I ended up with a really great dinner.
I mixed the turkey all up like a meat loaf, with garlic teryaki sauce, eggs, herb & garlic seasonings, bread crumbs and wheat germ.
Then I filled the muffin pan with them!!!
With barbecue sauce on top!
I made little muffin meat loafs and they were SOOOOOO good!
We called them "Meat Muffins", hee hee heeeeee
Then we had rice, and corn bread, and a corn & black bean mixture.
And Scott brought salad and of course we had a little tiny bit of wine too.
:-)
I had such a good leftover lunch today.

Now that I can

Now that I can think AND type,
At the same time even...
I did speak with Lanie yesterday
And like I said, she sounds soooooooooooooooo sweet.
My gosh, certainly nothing like the cranky* lady that posts on her blog sometimes.
It was almost too sweet sounding to believe it was her.
She thinks she has no accent - HAH!
She sounds like a little Southern Belle (Sorry Lanie, tis true)
Like the most sweetest, dainty, proper Southern Belle who drinks Mint Juleps on the porch and often swoons.
I'm not kidding.
*****
P.S. Being cranky is not a bad thing!

Old Vine Zinfandel Pretty

Old Vine Zinfandel
Pretty good stuff, heh.

drank lots of wine.
talke d to lanie
ltos of wine
go see scott
love him
bye

Did I mention my bean and cheese burritos have more onions in them than anything else?
Yummmmmm
Obviously it is not Tuesday and Scott is not here.
I'm going to bed with my onion breath now.
G'Night.

"Outgoing California Gov. Gray

"Outgoing California Gov. Gray Davis signed landmark legislation mandating that any company doing business with the state offer domestic partner benefits to its employees."

I got one new

I got one new phone number for my stuck-in-traffic calls so far.
Anyone else?

I didn't go to

I didn't go to the gym cuz I promised myself I'd just go running at 7pm instead
But I'm still sitting here in front of MY computer
So now I guess I have to make myself get up at 5:30am to run.
:-(
Don't WANNA.

My bean and cheese

My bean and cheese burritos are WAAAAAAY better than Taco Bell's.

More great cards! Click

More great cards!
Click on Cards
Click on the top sample picture
Soon as I have money I'm buying those cards.

Still getting my Wedding Announcements from CatieCake.

Buffy is reading Small

Buffy is reading Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio and she loves it so much I thought I would share it with you guys.
According to Amazon, it sounds like an incredible book.

I got bored today

I got bored today on the way home and called every internet person that I have a phone number for and
NOT ONE PERSON WAS HOME.
Anyone want me to call them on a future bored day, email me your number.
I'm basically antisocial and hate talking on the phone,
But sometimes I just get in the mood.
So ya know, I won't call you right NOW,
But I may call you in the FUTURE.

I still have postcards sitting on my desk, all addressed but *still* waiting for stamps,
That should give you an idea when I'll call you, heh.

Okay, we woke up

Okay, we woke up and our house is NOT burned down.
Never heard any sirens.
Computer is now working fine.
Phew!

K-Lo just (jokingly) cursed my house to burn down again, and after I threatened to move the whole family in with her if it did...
Now we're smelling smoke.
I've gone through the whole house, couldn't find anything and thought maybe it was a neighbor's house...
But no, it seems to be coming from the COMPUTER.
So I'll be signing out now.
Hopefully it will cool down by morning, heh.

Heh.

Okay I actually turned

Okay I actually turned the dryer on to fluff up some towels, that counts for something, right?

My kitchen smells like barbecue sauce right now.

Well obviously I get

Well obviously I get a lot more done at home when the kids are NOT grounded.
Since the computer is MINE ALL MINE I have not budged from this chair all weekend except to go to church.
And I didn't even want to do that.
It's much easier to get up and clean the kitchen or do laundry when someone is next to me begging to play the Sims.
Speaking of which, I need to clean the kitchen and do laundry.
But...
Maybe I'll play Sims for awhile.

What San-X Character Are

What San-X Character Are You?
I have no idea what that means, none at all.
But they are cute,
And I found it over at Angeline's page.

Okay, there's not much

Okay, there's not much funnier than watching Breakfast Club in spanish.

"Dear Cluster of Cells

"Dear Cluster of Cells Currently in My Good Friend's Uterus:"

I have a few

I have a few sore muscles today, I know it was from running last night.
We're going running again tonigh, Yayyy!

I just got this

I just got this offline message from my son:

"SPIKE" (10/10/2003 5:16:56 PM): hi every body... i just wanted to say bye for the week since im grounded bcause of my grades.cya in a week.Bye"

Well, the Copy/Paste thing didn't show all the little Sobbing Smilies that he had put in too. AWWWWW Poor Baby!!!
HAH!
Like I said,
Much more fun being a Mom than being a Kid.
Especially a Grounded Kid, bwahahahaaaaaa

Don't forget, October 19 is the deadline...

"Carrie" Pumpkin, Complete with

"Carrie" Pumpkin,
Complete with pumping blood.
Found through Murphy's lovely wife, Shan.

Buffy finally dragged me

Buffy finally dragged me out the door to go running.
We did one .8 mile loop,
And added another block to it,
So I'm not sure how far, but it was close to 1.5 miles total.
Took us about 15 minutes and we had a great time,
Buffy ran right out to the back yard and started jumping rope.
I, of course, ran straight to the computer and sat down, haha.
So today that makes 20 minutes gym, 15 minutes running.
A week from Monday is my next weigh and measure day,
I can't wait!

I am lost without

I am lost without mly BlogRolling links.
I need them back, right away!!!

Does anyone know how

Does anyone know how to make avatars?
Could someone show me how to make one with the yin-yang symbol on it?
Thanks...

You guys are boring.

You guys are boring.
I finally get full custody of my own computer and ya'll decide not to post, comment, write entries,
You've ALL ABANDONED me!!!
So we're going to do chores.
Spike is pretending to be dead on the floor right now, he's going to get some ice water on his head in a minute.
My chores are:
Laundry
Dishes
Pull up summer flowers
Sweep kitchen and dining room
Clean back patio
Dig up 1/2 the vegetable garden.
You guys haven't commented on anything today and NO ONE (???) knows who Kilgore Trout is,
So off I go to do my stuff.

I went to Curves,

I went to Curves, Princess Missy was NOT THERE, Hurray! A whole week without seeing her little tiara!
"Queen Christie" was there instead, kid you not.
I guess she's the actual owner of this Curves.
She didn't bug me as much, even though she wore a headband with pink fuzzy antennaes on it,
But then again, I've learned to lie and yell "YELLOW" when we take our pulse.

Oh wow, how do

Oh wow, how do I read my comments when people mark them private?
I went to the BackBlog place but don't know my password and it's taking forever for them to send it to me.
WAAAAHHH!!!

I want to see

I want to see Kill Bill today.
We have two free tickets, plus Spike also has a free pass.
Hopefully we can fit that in today.
And then the kids have to clean their rooms,
bwahahahahaaaaa

I really don't feel

I really don't feel like going to Curves this morning.
But I guess I should.
I haven't seen Princess Missy herself in a week.
Oh yay.

Well I can't see

Well I can't see anything happening with this square, I don't know if it's not working or if my computer just won't see it. Can anyone else see something besides a blue box here?

50 points to anyone

50 points to anyone who can tell me who Kilgore Trout is,
WITHOUT looking it up.

Okay, he's there. Good

Okay, he's there.
Good little Boy Scout.

Spike just told me he needs to be at a boyscout pancake breakfast at 7am.
In full boyscout uniform.
The uniform is his problem (he doesn't even know where it is, HAH!)
But the waking up will be my problem.
So I am going to bed now.
G'Night.

"And for our Muslim

"And for our Muslim friends -- oh, I forgot we're not allowed to have Muslim friends any more. Sorry, Office of Homeland Security, it won't happen again!"

This toy cracks me

This toy cracks me up!!!
Found through MagPie.

WooHOOOO I finally got

WooHOOOO I finally got the button right!

I just barely today

I just barely today realized that due to the lack of crazy jealous paranoid crackhead boyfriend, I could actually go to JournalCon this year, I've never been and have ALWAYS wanted to go.
So I just asked my friend Keli (mentioned down below) about where to find it, then I found the site all by myself and what do you know, it's October 17 in Texas.
Evil boyfriend or no, I can't get to Texas in two weeks.
Drat.
But all that means is...
I get to go next year!
Hurray!!!!!

My friend Keli just

My friend Keli just got these boots from her fiance.
I am jealous.

I LOVE this picture.

I LOVE this picture.

Skippy the Goth Kangaroo

Skippy the Goth Kangaroo
Found at Smacktalk.org.

I only had a

I only had a bit of contact with Chromemm, but I was looking back through his site, and realized we (Diary Survivor 4 Judges) had issued an IC (Immunity Challenge) about death and I thought I would re-share this entry with those who did know him.
Chrome's IC #3
"Tell us the story of how you die."
I did enjoy the few times I was able to talk to him, and his death is a sad loss to the world.

You all who have not been leaving me comments have been busy working on your Diary Survivor applications, right?
Sinnamon tells you more about it.

Look who's coming back...

Look who's coming back...

I usually hate saying

I usually hate saying stuff like this,
But Osten is just the biggest Pussy I've EVER seen.
They should have kept Skinny Ryan or Lill, they would have done better with either of them!!!

I am LOVING this

I am LOVING this new cooler weather.
Foggy mornings, sunny breezy afternoons.
It's the BEST weather for driving the convertible.
But the ad goes in the paper next week to sell it.
:-(

Oh, and I would just like to say how PROUD I am to be a Californian today, as we have the biggest, baddest Governor in the United States right now, He is going to PUMP us UP, and TERMINATE our debt, and he has ALL the answers and you all are just out of luck because you can't have him for YOUR governor.
Of course, he hasn't exactly said what it is he's going to do, but I'm sure someone will write a script real soon and then he'll figure it out.
I am just so so thrilled, and...
At a loss for words.

"I'm not just a

"I'm not just a mommy, I'm a woman too. I wasn't born a mommy. I forget that sometimes. "
That's from her profile, and I liked it, so I started reading her.

Okay, I am going to close my mouth and go to bed now.
Tomorrow is not only Election Day, but it's Tuesday,
Which means
SCOTT COMES OVER!!!!
Good night!

While I'm ranting, might

While I'm ranting, might I add that I'm not afraid to admit I laughed when I heard about the tiger attacking Roy.
Then I was horrified,
And then again I chuckled and thought "About time".
I don't value animals over people, but I don't think wild animals such as lions and tigers have any place in these circus acts.
No, it doesn't save their lives, there are plenty of sanctuaries they can be released to.
I think it's horrible that Roy got hurt...
But it was only a matter of time and a small part of my heart thinks he deserves it.
It makes me feel bad that I think that, but that doesn't change what I think.

For those who don't

For those who don't want to read my political rant, but would rather read a very funny account of a reporter going undercover into Arnold's campaign headquarters, read this article from the Santa Cruz Metro.
It's really very funny.

Well, I was asked,

Well, I was asked, so here's my version, "in a nutshell", why we are having a recall election:
Please excuse errors like name spellings.
First, some guy by the name of Clark(?) I think, decided Governor Gray Davis was responsible for a lot of the bad things happening in California, so he started the recall. It wasn't going anywhere though, so a Republican named Darrell Issa stepped in and donated $20Million of his own cash to get the recall rolling. He also decided he might like to run for governor himself. If not for him, it wouldn't have happened. So the recall was on, Issa was running and the frontrunner, and then Schwartzenblatz joined the race, the press went mad, Issa cried and dropped out, California is now a laughing stock.
That's the nutshell version.
There are a lot of really sad issues here.
Gray Davis isn't even to blame for most of the things wrong here, he inherited them from previous governors. The energy crisis is the result of stupid Californian voters who thought deregulation would bring them better prices - WHICH IT NEVER HAS FOR ANY INDUSTRY YET. Schools have suffered since Prop 13 and will continue to do so. Nothing will change unless taxes are raised. The main reason we're suffering here is the main reason all of America is suffering - we're going through a recession brought on by 9/11. It may *seem* worse for us living in California because we were quite a wealthy state due to the dot com industry previous to 9/11. That industry crashed and now we're left picking up the pieces. Not Gray Davis' fault - just the way life rolled the dice.
I will say Governor Davis probably could have reacted a bit sooner to some of these crises, or been more vocal about trying to help out instead of seeming to hide his head in the sand.
But there is no way anyone else elected will be able to fix the problems we have in this short of a time. And the very possibility that we will be voting this muscle-bound not-very-good ACTOR to be governor just infuriates me.
And really, it's now the fault of the press. Since the moment he declared his candidacy he's been on the front page. Why? Because he's a name that draws attention and SELLS PAPERS. Then his name is more well known, and it's a vicious circle of more papers sold = more publicity for Ahnold = more papers sold.
What really makes me mad is how quickly the election is being held. There has been NO TIME to sort out potential candidates, no time to weed out the bad from the good. Tomorrow we will very likely elect Arnold as our Governor.
That's my personal view as a Liberal Santa Cruz Hippie Democrat. Republicans I'm sure have their own opinion. My biggest gripe is with the entire voting public, NATIONALLY. No one thinks for themselves, no one reads up on their own, no one tries to educate themselves, everyone WATCHES TV AND VOTES WHAT THE TV SAYS TO. People need to START USING THEIR HEADS and then actually GO VOTE.
*****
Sorry, but I was asked.
And really, it does make SO MUCH sense to spend so many MILLIONS OF DOLLARS on this recall when California has SO MUCH extra money in the bank.
Maria Shriver, you should be ashamed of yourself.

I finally got my

I finally got my new voting papers in the mail,
JUST IN TIME.
Now I don't have to sit around and let everyone else vote Schwartzennebbler for governor.
I get to have some say.
Dear God don't let Schwartzenubbly win.

Breakfast Club is on

Breakfast Club is on VH1 right now.
Love that movie.
Hate it with every little swear word dubbed out.

I really need to

I really need to stop going for afternoon coffee with Scott before I leave Aptos on Sundays.
I have a terrible time going to sleep those nights.
And here I am again.
I better go lay in bed and stare at the ceiling for awhile.

I'm doing the Friday

I'm doing the Friday Five right now
Even though it's late
Because it's my blog and I can if I want to.

1. What vehicle do you drive?
A 1990 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible and a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD.
Both are white.
2. How long have you had it?
Convertible since New Years Day
The Jeep for a couple weeks.
3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle?
The Chrysler: It's a Convertible!!!!
The Jeep: a windshield wiper for the back window
4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle?
The Chrysler: Sometimes it dies while driving it.
The Jeep: Sometimes it beeps and flashes that I have low windshield wiper fluid - a) the fluid is FULL, b) is it that important that it has to BEEP at me and scare me to death???
5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now?
A convertible Jaguar, or a brand new convertible VW bug.

I don't want to go to work tomorrow.
I want to go back to Aptos.
Back to kung fu school, even.
Owwwwieeeeee,
No, my legs say no more kung fu for a few days.

Okay, Trading Spaces $100,000:

Okay, Trading Spaces $100,000:
Doug's living room looked exactly like any other $1000 room they do,
However all the new kitchen stuff makes up for it.
Laurie's room, well, the 70's look is still the 70's look,
And though I liked the room overall
(WHO THE HECK NEEDS $1000 worth of DVDs???)
The curtains look dated and that GAWDAWFUL mirror has to go,
I don't care if it was from the 1800's.
Made me cringe every time I saw it.

My Weekend.

My Weekend.

The kids want to have a party on the anniversary of the fire (October 24).
I told them we're NOT having a "party"
But we can have some sort of remembrance.
Any ideas what we could do?
Besides Spike's suggestion:
We make a house of popsicle sticks and light it on fire in the fireplace.
We are NOT doing that.

In 12 hours I

In 12 hours I will be snuggled in bed next to Scott.
Or maybe we'll climb the side of the hill to the hot tub and soak first.
I can't wait.

Oh yeah, GO DRAKE

Oh yeah,
GO DRAKE TRIBE!!!!

That Morgan tribe gives new meaning to the term LOOOOOSER,
Don't they?

Awwwww....

Awwwww....

Hey, maybe someone could

Hey, maybe someone could feed Mira Sorvina a cookie?
Or an extra lettuce leaf at least?
Just a thought.

My NotifyList won't work

My NotifyList won't work at the moment,
So for now,
Go here to see if I got my Travel Card for Curves.

One hour until Survivor!

One hour until Survivor!
Hurray!

I am off to

I am off to Curves now.
I wonder if I have been good enough to get my Travel Card today?
Then I can go to the Aptos Curves and tell you all how really wonderful it is.
:-)

A couple weeks ago

A couple weeks ago (when I thought I had money, ha) I won the New York Ballet workout and I paid right away
But I still haven't received my prize.
I am sad.
I want my Ballet Workout Tape!

You have until October

You have until October 12 to get your applications in so Get Started!!!

Guess what folks:

It's time for DIARY SURVIVOR 5!!!!!!!

Get your applications in!!!

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