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I found out I can use my Borders gift card over at Amazon.com, meaning I actually save money cuz there's no tax, and no shipping either. So I just bought:

The most recent Robert Jordan book
The Complete Illustrated Kama Sutra
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
and
Feng Shui for Dummies
I can't seem to get enough Feng Shui books, I really love them.
And I still have $7 left over! I think I'll get a Pilates book next.

The Da Vinci Code

I'm reading the Da Vinci Code and it's really a great book. Dan Brown does some excellent research for his stories, and I think I like them more for what I learn than anything else.

Ewww

Someone please tell my kitty it is not polite to get up here and snuggle in my lap and then let a whopping bubble of gas out.
Stinkyyyyyy

Finally...

My Christmas Vacation.

NOOOOOOOO

I am totally coming down with the flu right now and I am blaming this whole thing on Itsy.
Ohhh, I am freakin miserable.
And I HAVE to go to work tomorrow because it's a short week.
Blah.

Ummm

Okay, Roger Ebert totally got a facelift, didn't he. Gross.

HI HI HI!!!

I'm back from Aptos and NO I'm not engaged yet!
Just wanted to cut that off NOW since I've been bombarded by the question in Real Life already.
But I am still very very happy.

Oops

Darn! I just realized it's my ex-husband's birthday today and I totally missed it.
As if.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

I was at work today and Corina gave me $50 so I could buy Scott a laser level. "Go buy your man a good gift," she said.
I love her.
So I did, I got him the level.

Happy Christmas Eve!!!!

Happy Christmas Eve!!!!

Ah, 'tis true Anna, your comments are not working! Bring comments back! We want to send love to you!

Bad again

The quote from the Jeep came back.
Transmission: $2867.

I don't know *why* I don't trust this mechanic.
We're going to tow it back home and have Corina's buddies check it out later.

I have a car to drive, that's all that matters now, I'll worry about the Jeep after Christmas.

UncleBob told me he was going to recap The Surreal Life again in January so I just checked out who the "celebrities" were going to be.
I have GOT to watch the show this time.
Tammy Fay Bakker?
Erik Estrada?
Ron Jeremy?
Trishelle!!
Oh this is going to be WAY better than those rotten girls in Simple Life.
Trishelle's going to be sleeping with one (or more) of those guys, guaranteed.
My kids will NOT be watching this show, heh.
Ohhhhhhh, I cannot wait.

Taken from Mocksie's page,
Turn your sound on and watch:
The Donuts

Good Day!!!

Sue picked me up and we went Christmas shopping, then we went to get my car, it started up just fine, I bought a full tank of gas and off we drove home.

The car drove beautifully.

$1000, Baby. If I had had $1000 I would have paid that mechanic to do Nothing.
Otherwise, I was getting ready to have that car towed back home where it would have sat in the driveway until I could sell it to someone for way Under Price.

I am a happy happy girl, I have my convertible back!!!

Disgusting

Trista and whathisname have sold their honeymoon pictures to the Star.
Looks like nothing is sacred or private to them.
I guess Trista better get herself knocked up pronto or pretty soon the cameras will be gone and it will be back to the normal life.

I cannot WAIT to see a Where are they now? show starring them, which will at least mean that we've been wondering.

Time to get Ready

Just got off the phone with Scott, he's sooooo happy for me that the car is okay. He said it didn't make sense to him that it was suddenly broken and he thinks Corina's cousin is probably right. It was nice to have both of us laughing again instead of me being SO bummed and him feeling helpless.

Now it's time for me to take a shower and get ready for SHOPPING! And picking up the Convertible!!! It will be fun spending time with Eliza today.

The kids don't know it but I bought them a bunch of colored cookie dough, you just shape it into whatever and cook it and Wa-LAH! Cookies! I am going to wrap the box, then let them open it today and they can cook while I am gone shopping.

I think this may be a Good Day.

This is what happened in the last two days with the cars.

The Friday Five

1. List your five favorite beverages. Coffee, Chai Tea, Lemonade, Water, Cranberry Juice
2. List your five favorite websites. Television Without Pity, Amazon, Diaryland, eBay, IMDB.
3. List your five favorite snack foods. Chocolate, Bagels, Crackers & Cheese, Garlic Noodles, Power Bars. Yes, Garlic Noodles are a snack, especially cold and left-over.
4. List your five favorite board and/or card games. Pictionary, Chess, Scrabble, Solitaire, Cranium.
5. List your five favorite computer and/or game system games. The Sims on PC, TombRaider 1 & 2 on PlayStation. Also Crash Bandicoot on PS... that's about it.

Better...

The Jeep won't be looked at until Monday or Tuesday. So I thought I was going to be without a car for quite awhile...

But Corina just called me, she had her boyfriend the mechanic look at the convertible (because neither of us like or trust the mechanic by my work) and he says there is NOTHING wrong with the car. The car has been sitting for two months, and he thinks the oil had just settled to the bottom and needed time to go through the engine, which is what I kind of thought too. Now it's not making any noises, and yesterday it made a HORRIBLE rattle.

Eliza is going to drive me back to it tomorrow, then we're going shopping together to finish Christmas! And the kids and I get to go to church Sunday!!!

Hurray!

Very Bad

The first quote is in.

Convertible: $1000

Still waiting to hear about the Jeep.

Hey, remember how excited I was that I paid all my bills yesterday?

Today, the Jeep broke down.

Parked it on the side of the road, got a ride to work, tried to start the convertible.

Rattle-Rattle-Rattle

Needs new lifters.

Two vehicles, neither work.

Bah.

I added TWO entries today.
The Diary.

Hahahahaaa

"I wish I had someone to help me get this house clean!"
"Like a maid or something?" my brilliant husband asked.
"No," I answered, "Like a family."
HAAR!

Grrr...

It just bugs the crap out of me every time I go to read Veruca Amish and see his blah purple Diaryland template. It's just not right! He needs a pretty layout with Veruca Salt and Amish Oompa Loompas running around... or something...

Borrowed from Courtney:

I AM: Nice
I WANT: to have enough money
I HAVE: two wonderful kids
I WISH: I could pay my own bills
I HATE: mean and/or stupid people
I MISS: being a stay at home mom to two little kids
I FEAR: losing one of them.
I HEAR: Jay Leno
I SMELL: cleaner on my hands
I SEARCH: for pens
I WONDER: how many years of my life I will get to spend with Scott
I REGRET: hugging Tom in front of Joe many years ago
I LOVE: Scott
I ALWAYS: kiss my kids good night and tell them I love them.
I AM NOT: an unhappy person
I DANCE: while driving
I SING: in the car only
I CRY: when Scott does nice things
I WRITE: all the time
I WIN: OOH! I know! THE LEGACY AWARD!!!
I LOSE: sleep when I drink coffee in the evening
I CONFUSE: a lot of people I talk to, heh
I NEED: peace
I SHOULD: not spend so much time on the computer and maybe clean house a bit more.

I liked that, that was fun.

Stupid Jessica, Again

Ya know, I really liked The Newlyweds, Jessica Simpson's show.
It's possible she's just been sheltered all her life, and because she's pretty and talented no one's going to care if she sleeps through school and turns out dumb as a board,
And because she is beautiful, and somewhat talented, we forgive her and laugh and giggle as she bumbles through life.
But,
Recently she's been trying to parlay this new dumb-blonde reputation into some kind of Chrissy Snow act. On some horrid Christmas special the kids forced me to watch tonight she told the camera "Happy Easter!"
Oh Ho! That's funny! Jessica thinks it's EASTER, HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Not.
Not funny.
Being stupid on purpose isn't funny.
She's just going to be acting dumb on her show for Season Two and it's not going to be as silly and entertaining as it was for Season One, it's just going to be dumb.
I really dislike her right now.

Stupid. Just Stupid.

Woman faces misdemeanor charge for selling sex toys.

blah

I need to stop drinking coffee at 8pm.
I'm never going to get to sleep.

Love youuu

Aw Mocksie, I knew what you meant. I love you, I love ALL of you. Thank you so much for voting. You guys are just the very very very best people in the whole wide world.

Falalalas

My friend Keli has organized a Christmas Song collaboration, where you write about your favorite Christmas song and what it means to you.
If you want to participate, go here for more info.

Luck

It's a really good feeling to finally get the guts to check your bank balance and hope hope hope everything is okay and then to see your balance is $76 dollars!!!! And then I put my pay check in! And we took out all kinds of money and bought tons of food and bought gas and still have a hundred bucks to go Christmas Shopping!!!!
I love having actual dollars in the bank!
It's SO much better than little red negative numbers.

Merry Christmas!

I got my first Christmas card today and it was from Kim! Yayyy!!!!
I love you Kim!

*sniff*

Guys, I'm going to cry, seriously.
Diarist.net Winners

I'll try to write an entry tonight.
*sniff*

I'm back!
Had a great weekend, wonderful Christmas Party, tai chi, chocolate & coffee, shopping, movies...
I'll write about it tomorrow.

So what are Trista and whatshisname going to do now?
Get jobs I guess.

I can't believe she's so excited at the helicopters at her wedding.

Oh, so his name is Ryan. I feel sorry for you, Ryan.

Trista's Wedding

There IS such a thing as too much pink.
And too many flowers.
And that was TOO many flowers.
Just a media circus, really, yeah that's what I call a sacred union of two souls forever and ever, right.
MOCKERY, ladies and gentlemen, that's what that was.

Nicole Richie

According to The Smoking Gun, Nicole Richie not only was busted for heroin possession and driving with a suspended/revoked license, but she's 5'2" and 90 lbs.
90 lbs?
I kinda doubt that.
Paris, maybe.
I think Nicole weighs a bit more.

Also, Shania Twain? You could afford to eat a cookie or two.

Beyoring

Beyonce wins the award for poorest use of 100 Beyonce look-alikes.

What the hell was that??

For those of you not watching, you are NOT missing much.

Ms.Hilton

Ah, that's nice, I see Paris and Nicole have finally woken up, I'm sure Crack had nothing to do with it. And hey, Paris can READ!
Also, I want her dress.

Also, Ryan Seacrest is an Ass.

Jessica Simpson

I will never watch another show hosted by Jessica Simpson again.
I do NOT need to hear any more about her having sex,
PLEASE,
This girl shouldn't be having sex in the first place.
STOP THE SEX REFERENCES PLEASE!

BillBoard Awards

Forget Brit Spears, Pink has the BADDEST body ever. I would LOVE to have that body.
And what could Pink have possibly been doing to have the FOX NETWORK completely black out the screen 3 times? The FOX network???
Or was it only the Bay Area station? Did ya'll get to see the whole thing?

Plus, Triumph the Insult Dog is just waaaaaaay over.

OH! And Jessica Simpson? Done. No more, Please.

Distracted

I really want to write about my son and how me makes me crazy, also how work makes me crazy, but I'm still hungry and Spike is sitting right here so I think instead I'll go get something to eat and then write an entry later.
I know, I am sooooo entertaining.

From Catie Cake:

I thought this was just so funny:
"Secondly, I am sick and tired of women who keep their maiden names. Sue me. I hate it. It makes addressing envelopes a huge pain in the ass and also I think it’s just strange. I had a hard time changing my name when I got married, but I got over it. I really have no idea what the point is. My theory is that these women are a pain in the ass. They’ve got issues surrounding being married and the horrible old fashionedness of the whole thing and so they keep their name because they think it makes them more independent or better in a crisis or taller or something. Mostly it just makes them a pain in the ass at Christmas card envelopes addressing time."

I'll be right back...

I'm going running with Buffy right now, then I'll be back at the computer and I get to stay here all evening because my son is grounded AGAIN.
I think he's working on some kind of record.
Or he's very persistent in trying to make me certifiably crazy.
The computers Mine Mine Mine again!!!

I just saw the FUNNIEST commercial for Crescent Jewelers, this girl is standing outside on the ground with a megaphone yelling up at a balcony,
"JESSIE! ASK ME TO MARRY YOU! NOW!!!"
I don't know, it was cracking me up.

This one is a quiz for YOU all to take.

When you have "White baby smell" and "Potted Meat" both in one entry, including pictures, you have a hit on your hands.
This is a really good diary.

Entertain me!!!!

I'm bored, and ya'll are not updating.
Snoooooozzzze...

KIDS!!!

OhMiGosh, THIS is a scene taken directly out of my life with these kids. I think I'm going to read it to my kids later today just to see their reactions to it. WORD for WORD the same argument that happens here!!! It was too too funny.

Hmmm...

Are souffles strong? I'm thinking not so much, haha.
But thanks anyway, Trinity.
(Private joke, heee)

Oops, I Did It Again...

Five miles in 63 minutes, People.
Five miles for the second time in a week.
The 2 miles I need to do tomorrow sounds SOOO much nicer now, haha.
Next Sunday I do SIX.

Feel Better

Yesterday we changed the TV room around and moved the desk, giving the room a lot more space. AND I cleaned up my desk, and it makes me so much happier to sit here now without staring at that huge unruly pile of papers.
I think I need a plant for my desk now.
:-)

Today...

We're going to church, then the kids will go Christmas shopping with their friend while I run 5 miles at the gym. Then we'll come home and eat more white chocolate/cranberrie fudge.
Hopefully it will be another good day!

This quiz was actually pretty fun and interesting, and the results are RIGHT ON.

StoneFriend

I am very very happy and excited that I was able to get my friend StoneFriend a new layout for her diary. (Just a special template, you know I had nothing to do with creating it, haha) She's really nice but just starting with her diary, so maybe you could go and leave her a Note (under Lovin's).

Speaking of...

My little kitten's poopies stink sooooooo bad, I don't know what to do. We have the litter box in the dining room closet and have NEVER had a problem with smell, but this cat's poopies stink so bad we have to change it a couple times a day.
I think I'm going to vomit right now.

Poopies

Found this at StumbleBee, and it's so funny I have to show you too in case you didn't see it over there.
Poopies

Aargh

I just realized that we are out of toilet paper, completely out.
Thanks in part to a certain little kitty who thought it would be fun to unroll a whole entire roll and drag it around the bathroom and behind the toilet.
I have paper towels ready for the kids when they wake up and then we're off to the store, heh.

Survivor

I already cannot wait for the final Survivor. You know Rupert's going to give an awesome speech. Sandra's gonna kick Jon's ass. Christa will kick Sandra's ass. Madness and Mayhem... I gotta go start planning the party right now...

From Television Without Pity (My Favorite):
"I can hope to win this and get some more information," Jon blubbers. Darrah looks teary. Lill clutches Jon's hand. Sandra looks at him, thinking precisely the following:
"Like hell your grandmother died, you creepy little lowlife toad."

hee hee heeeee
(I Love Sandra too, she's probably my favorite)

SAAAAAD!!!!

Rae just lost her job, I guess due to her company going out of business.
I am SO distraught for her, what a terrible time for this to happen!

Life Expectancy

My life expectancy is 96.4.
Dang quiz, I've told you all before I'm living to 109!!!

Margarita

Scott surprised me with a date at Aqui's for dinner again, but this time I was able to *finish* my margarita, and now I'm sitting here at my desk feeling like taking a nap.
At 7:30pm.
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzz.......

Survivor

It's starting to worry me that I'm beginning to really like Jonny Fairplay. I dunno, his deviousness just really appeals to me. And last night I was getting grossed out because after his shower - I thought he wasn't that bad looking!
I wanted to smack myself!
("No Pischina! *smack* Grody! Don't Look!")

WHOOOOOO

It's FRIDAY!!!!!

I ran five miles at the gym today and I am very very very proud of myself!!!

I need to adopt that little boy that lives on the Farm. And Tinkerbell is coming with us too.

My Inner Child

My inner child is sixteen years old!

Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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Quiz

Quiet Girl


What kind of little girl were YOU?
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Hmm... Very very true, except that I had a lot of friends when I was a child. I just chose to hang out with only a few.

My Firsts and Lasts

Borrowed from TechDragon who borrowed it from a bunch of other people:

First kiss: Anthony T. He grew up to be a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles.
First real kiss: Mike - Loser, heh.
First job: Worked at Petries, a girl's clothing store in Eastridge Mall. Sucked.
First screen name: Pischina, it's always been Pischina
First self purchased album: The White Album by the Beatles. No, it wasn't a new release, I'm not THAT old, I just always loved the Beatles.
First funeral: My music director from high school, Mr.Fred Lang.
First pets: Tina, a maltese dog
First piercing: My ears when I was ten, come on, do people start with their tongue?
true love: First true love? I guess that was Sherwin Embucado when I was 16.
First big trip: I grew up in the Navy, every few months was a big trip. Moving to Alaska was big. Disneyland was always big and we went there often.
First musician you remember hearing in your house: Probably Barbra Streisand, my mom loved her.
Last big car ride: It's been a very long time. Since I've been divorced I'd say the only one is to maybe Spike's church camp which was up past Santa Rosa.
Last kiss: Last night as I said goodbye to Scott.
Last good cry: Probably when Erlenweg's son died.
Last movie seen: The Missing last Friday
Last beverage drunk: Coffee right now. Coffee last night.
Last food consumed: We had a fabulous root bake last night - mixed chopped potatoes, onions, garlic cloves, turnips, beets and a parsnip with olive oil, salt/pepper and BACON, baked it up for a hour. SOOOOO good. With a salad.
Last phone call: To my kids on the way home last night, my daily "You better have those chores done before I get home!" phone call.
Last TV show watched: Oh, The Simple Life. Of course. We won't be missing that show.
Last shoes worn: My black felt pumps.
Last CD played: Alanis Unplugged
Last item bought: A Chef's salad at Happy Smile Deli yesterday
Last disappointment: No running on Sunday
Last soda drunk: a diet coke Monday
Last ice cream eaten: Wow, I don't even remember. I should go get some!
Last shirt worn: last night I wore an old free radio station t-shirt to run in, the station is no longer in business.

I'm going to bed now but I wanted to ask if any of you could help a friend of mine.
VerucaAmish is one of the best writers in Diaryland and it's a dang shame that he's using that purple Diaryland template. He's too good of a writer.
So anyway, does anyone have any layouts handy? When I talked to him about it he mentioned this: "I've had dreams of having a layout with Veruca Salt chasing a bunch of Amish people and having oompa loompas be the buttons to get people to the guestbook/older entries etc." I'm not sure if he was joking or not, hee heee.
Anyone feeling creative at the moment?
Thanks very much.

My funeral

What to do when I'm dead.

Moodstruck

She only has a couple blog entries, but this girl can write.
She's REALLY funny, and you all should go read her right now.

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