October 22

I think it is no coincidence that Nordstrom Rack and Windows 7 are coming on the same day. Let this be a GOOD sign!!

Random

Since I have nothing else to blog about ... I just thought I'd share some of my daily judgemental thoughts :-) I'm apparently in a grumpy and mean mood today! This is me over reacting to every day things:

I didn't know there was an intelligence requirement for being a cart gatherer at HEB. However, I'd say that this guy is likely not a good candidate for the job: He was pulling the stack of carts from the front, instead of pushing them from the back. He'd get 4 feet and look back to realize the baskets were sliding out of place and drifting in the parking lot. He'd go put them back in the stack, go back to the front of the baskets, and start pulling again. Repeat. This went on several times, all while he's blocking the lane and multiple cars are in line trying to get by. He never did figure it out ... he waved down another employee to help him.

Who on earth abbreviates the word "please" with "psss" ?? Seriously? I'm a terrible speller, but even I can tell you that makes no sense for multiple reasons. Maybe if you took the time to pay attention to things like that, you wouldn't be working that dead end job. Yes, this person shall remain anonymous.
ETA: I just did a spell check on this blog and the only word it found that wasn't a word was "psss." I'm very pleased with myself :-)

I made roast beef ... for the dogs.

Seriously.


I made the babies a pot roast for Bandit's birthday. He loved it.


Then I tried to make him wear a birthday hat. He didn't love it.

Also, Kimber gets jealous when I put things on Bandit's head, and she tries to take them off.

That last one is from Christmas 2 years ago. About 2 seconds after that picture, she snatched up the reindeer ears and ran upstairs. To this day, I have no idea what happened to them.

Happy birthday, Bandit! You're the most beautiful boy in the world, and your Mommy loves you very much.

You Know You're Married When ...

You tell your husband over the phone that you are flossing, and it doesn't even put a pause in the conversation.

**Ring Ring**
Wife: Hello?
Husband: Good morning, what are you doing?
Wife: Flossing
Husband: Cool. So listen, I'm going to be home around ...

Sheesh. Not even a, "Oh I'm not important enough to stop flossing for?" or nothin!

Wordless Wednesday

Life As I Know It...

...is over. Chris has demanded some space in the closet. This is bad, seriously bad.

Just for Fun

Ingredients:
1 Marci
1 Drag Queen (dressed like a man, oddly enough)
1 Sara
1 Intoxicated Crystal (taking pictures via camera phone)
7 Chopsticks
and ...
Sake bombs to taste

Updates, Schmupdates

So ...

Family, Friends & Pets #3: Find Chris a dentist. CHECK! We found him a wonderful dentist that he actually likes. Dr Candy Rodriguez has been wonderful and we are finally getting the daunting task of "fixing" Chris's teeth behind us.
Also, Health #2 is about me finding and going to a new dentist - I'll be seeing her as well! So that step is half way done, right?!

Soo I'm going to put "Finish wedding thank you cards" on the uncompleteable list. I'm a terrible person, I know. I was really, really thankful for everything we received. I even got about 3/4 of the way through writing my page long thank yous, and I printed wedding pictures for everyone. I think I just tried to shoot to high to show my thanks and ended up showing none. I'm so emberassed!

House #13: Power wash the house. CHECK! It's so bright and clean now :-)

House #24 is 1/3 done ;-) I hung the blinds in the downstairs bathroom. Now Kat will pee at my house.

And Just For Me # 31: See an IMAX movie!! Ohmygosh, this was so much fun. Mostly just the whole experience was great. We took Mom for Mother's Day to see Star Trek at the IMAX (a wonderful gift idea from a friend :-). The whole entire freakin' family went and we had a blast. However ... the IMAX gave me major motion sickness. The movie, though, was great!

And I leave you with even more pictures of my tormented dogs.

(This picture above just describes Bandit's personality so well!)

I think that's the "leave me alone, I'm sleeping and that flash is annoying" face.

On to Kimber! Enjoying her nightlight "Checkup"

Finally!

(I'm starting this post with the warning that my husband is out of town and doesn't know yet that I've done this. So don't tell him. I plan on just surprising him when he gets home on Friday. I think he may hate my surprises, but I'll do anything to get rid of that THING below!)

When my dear, dear husband moved into his first apartment, he purchased this entertainment center:

...which has been taking over my bedroom and causing me nightmares for over 6 years.

I, um, made some changes last night with my recent Craigslist score!

From this:

To this:

Total cost? $40, a birthday gift (the lamp from Four Hands), and a quick drive to Dripping Springs. I prefer armoires, but I read recently that in 2009 TVs are an accepted part of a room and to hide them in an armoire is outdated and a waste of space. Whatever, I disagree, but this is cheaper and I have the okay from an MSN designer ;-)

However, this corner still looks weird. The dog bed can go (Bandit sleeps in the closet and Kimber sleeps on her back leaned up against my side of the bed). I'm also thinking that is too much curtain. I'm going to take it back to just one panel, since there is a parallel window on the other side of the room - they'd still open "correctly" (i.e. aways from each other). I know I need some kind of art work for the walls. I found this picture in a closet:

But then I realized this picture was on the adjoining wall:

(For the record, that is a queen sized bed, we don't sleep on a twin like it looks. That is just a really big picture and 2 really big dogs!) Anywho, those pictures are too much alike and the first one is much smaller and gots to go. I can't decide if I should move the lamp to the corner where the dog bed is, or if I should put a plant there. And what on earth am I going to put on the wall above the TV?! Decisions, decisions.

I do know for sure that the small, matching TV stand is a huge improvement over the big-black Walmart (that he swears he bought at Sears) monstrosity!

My First Ma'am

Obviously, people who encounter me in a professional situation call me ma'am occasionally, especially when I'm the customer and they are the servicer (Chris, that's not that funny). However, I've never been called "Ma'am" by a random stranger ... until last night.

Somehow I got talked into going to Midnight Rodeo (a mistake I won't make again), and as usual it was filled with people just a few years younger than me ;-) This kid bumped into me, as happens in crowded bars, and turned around to say, "I'm so sorry, Ma'am - are you okay?"

:::I will not cry - Sara, be nice, he doesn't have a clue what he just did and is just trying to be polite::: "Yes thank you, I'm fine" ... walk away, burst into tears.

Last weekend we went to Prauge. The door guy spent much time examining the girls' IDs in front of us and seriously didn't even look at mine - just waved me by like, "Oh you are an old hag, I don't need to see that." Then a kid calls me Ma'am?!?!?!?!

Back to my normally scheduled anti-wrinkle-cream-applications.



One way out is all you're ever gonna get
From those who'll hand it out don't never let it upset you
Cos they'll put words into our mouths they're making us feel so ashamed

Making us take the blame
Making us cold in the night
Making us question my heart and soul
And I think that it's not quite right

Hey! stay young and invincible
Cos we know just what we are
And come what may we're unstoppable
Cos we know just what we are

Feed your head with all the things you need
When you're hungry
Stay in bed and sleep all day as long as it's Sunday
Cos they'll put words into your mouth they're making you feel so ashamed