Broken Gnome

I love this little guy. Today, after another exhausting day of work (yesterday I worked until 10pm, only taking 45 minutes to run home to feed & walk Lulu) I came home to find this. Apparently, there is a new maintenance man at my apartment complex and he got a bit carried away with the power washer. The management has offer to replace my gnome--yes, I did complain mainly because water also got under the front door--but he came from Ikea years ago and was like $2. Hopefully I can find that tube of superglue that I saw when I was unpacking.



Also, my gnome is a tough little dude. How hard do you have to be flinging that power washer around?! I hope this will not be the same guy that comes in to exterminate the giant spiders next week.

Even funnier

Maybe only if you work in cubicle land. Or with geeks. Or are a geek. Or maybe all three. Personally, I am neither. Hey. Stop laughing. At me.

This is so familiar

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The Poster List

Cool site with lots of neat posters with which to decorate. The one above caught my eye because that is something my dad used to say to me when I would leave for school every morning. You could always count on hearing:

Do your best.
Slay those dragons
Simper ubi sub ubi!

Taste off!

Tonight I thought I was going to D.I.E if I didn't get some ice cream right away. So even though I was already in my comfy in for the night clothes (who am I kidding, those are my every night after 5pm clothes) I went to the grocery. Yes, I might run into Orlando Bloom or Colin Firth at the store (they're in town shooting a film) but so what. Orlando is scrawny. Anyway, back to my story.

My good buddies, Ben and Jerry, were on sale again. 2 for $6. I sought out my favorite, mint chocolate cookie, but then spied mint chocolate chunk. Inspiration struck. A taste off!

First of all, let me say that I still think these ice creams should be green. But they are not so I must get past it. Mint chocolate cookie is basically mint flavored cookies and cream. Good stuff. But I think the mint chocolate chunk is my new favorite.

You have GOT to be kidding me

So a couple of weeks ago my manager was behind me on the drive in to work. She told me that one of my tail lights was out. Today I finally get around to buying the bulb. Now, I really wanted to just go to the mechanic shop and have them do it but I thought "I'm a big girl, I can do this".

Only, I can't get the damn plastic panel open to even put the bulbs in. I think there must be some trick so off to my trusty pal Google I go. This is what I find:

Inside the trunk/hatch area, directly behind the tail light assembly, are two cover plates. Remove these with a flat tool (screwdriver will work) by prying in the small slit. They pop off. Inside one you will see a nut. This is a 10mm socket. NOTE: This nut is very easy to lose once loosened! If at all possible use a magnetic socket.

Other quotes include saying to just take the car into the Nissan dealer. @#!$@ I don't have time for this. Do you think I own a 10mm socket? Much less one that is magnetized? Honestly, I'm not even sure I could tell you what a socket looks like at this point I am so enraged.

I knew I should have just gone mechanic shop to start with.

Relaxing

Lulu enjoying the spring morning on the patio



She was not relaxed by the time I took this photo. She gets annoyed when I keep calling her name and telling her to look at me. Also, I think the sound of the shutter bugs her. She's such a princess.

Black and White

Fresh from the farm

Every day, on my way home from work, I drive by a little farm. Recently they opened up as a pick your own strawberry patch. I've been dying to go. My coworkers went during lunch today and were kind enough to get some for me (I was away at a meeting). They are so delicious that I might just eat the whole container tonight if I'm not careful!

Now I'm hungry

So happy so sad

Happy because I ordered my Wienerdog Millionaire shirt.



Sad because the lineup for ACL came out today and there are so many awesome bands I want to see but I will not be attending. Beastie Boys! Kings of Leon!! Lily Allen! Girl Talk! Citizen Cope!!! Toadies! It is to weep that I won't be there.

Something I miss about Austin

The Buda Wiener dog races! The theme this year cracks me up. I wonder if I can get a t-shirt of that? Check out this dogumentary (get it?!) about the crazy world of wiener dog racing.

For Mom & Dad

because they said I don't post enough photos of Lulu

That ain't right

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but it sure did make me laugh (or should I say LOL?).

What I did last night

I spent the night in the company of two hot men.










































It was teh awesome. But movies like that make me want to drive fast, swear loudly and listen to ghetto rap/regattone. Only, I'm a fat, white, 35 yr old woman driving a fuel efficient car in a town with crappy radio stations (and my ipod, which is filled with just exactly the kind of music I needed, was at home). So I only drove recklessly home until the first exit. And really, it wasn't my fault. People here do not drive friendly. Let me change lanes people!

The one in which Lulu misses her yard

So it's a beautiful day outside. Sunny, not a cloud in the sky, 75 degrees. On this type of day, in Austin, you could usually find Lulu sunning herself in the back yard. Now that we're apartment dwellers that is not so easy. We just went on a walk and at first I thought she was sick again because she kept getting slower and slower. Next thing I know she's lounging in the grass! It took us forever to get back inside.

I am going to set up my camping chair outside and take Lulu out there and see if that will work for her. I really want to take a nap, and it can be done in that chair, but the sacrifices I make for my baby....

yes, I did just call Lulu my baby

Vomitorium

Does anyone know a good way to get the scent of dog vomit out of my car? Because it's been rainy here for the last two days so I can't roll the car windows down and tonight when I got in the car to go home from work I nearly threw up myself. *gak* I drove straight to the grocery store with all 4 windows down in search of something to absorb the scent. As far as I can tell, everything has been cleaned up. I mean my mother was out there with q-tips, for goodness sakes! So now it's just lingering. On and on and on. Maybe I'll just walk to work tomorrow.

Did you know...

that koalas can get STDs? I am not even kidding. Who knew! They sure don't teach you that in 8th grade health class.

White kids can dance?

I wonder where this kid learned his movies.

Want

This poster

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had a good Easter. Mine was very nice. My parents came to visit and we had a good time. Lulu especially enjoyed seeing them and loved the bag of chocolate that was accidentally left where she could reach it.

In case you want to know....chocolate and activated charcoal scented dog vomit does not smell so good. I think I could be a mom because I totally tried to catch the puke in my hand as I was driving down the dark, winding, wet road on the way home from the emergency vet. Unfortunately, Lulu's aim was not so good. Thank goodness my car upholstery is dark and my commute to work tomorrow is short!

Spooky

This is daily occurrence at my office.

As if I don't watch enough tv already...

I really want this Roku digital video player. It lets you watch videos from Netflix directly on your tv. That would be teh awesome since as much as I love my Zody chair, I do not dig sitting in front of my computer to watch movies. Apparently, if you have an X-box you can already do this so you don't have to go out and buy another device. But I don't have any video game thingys (but if the Wii fairy stopped by my house I would not be sad at all).

Flea Market Find

Today was a beautiful day. A bit windy, but the sun was shining and there was not a rain drop anywhere! So I made sure to get out and enjoy it. I went to the flea market that is held every weekend at the NC state fairgrounds. It was pretty awesome. Kind of like a mini-First Monday at Canton.

After that I wanted to go to the yarn store. The only way I know how to get there is from one highway. My sister did give me a GPS for Christmas but it doesn't do you much good if you can't remember the name of the road the shop is on OR the name of the shop. So I meandered around for about 50 miles, give or take, before I finally got to the highway. I didn't mind too much since it was such a pretty day. But really, I have got to figure out these roads! Although, I see a GPS in just about every car on the road so obviously I'm not the only one getting lost.

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Spring!

Lulu strikes again

I don't know what her problem was today, but Lulu went nuts while I was at work and got into the trash. She moved the trash can from one end of the kitchen to the other, pulled out all the trash (including several magazines and catalogs) and then spread it all over the apartment. She tried to do the same thing with my shredder, which you can barely see in the corner, but thankfully it was too heavy. She did tear up the edges of the exposed plastic bag though.

Was it because I tried to blow dry her this morning? It was pouring down rain and she got completely soaked. I didn't want her to be cold! Was she mad because I wouldn't share any sandwich meat when I was making my lunch? Or was she just plain bored?

I hate it when this happens

Art courtesy of MyLifeInaCube.com

So far, at my new office, I don't think anyone has actually worn the exact same shirt yet but there have been days where 2 or 3 of us are all dressed alike. Completely by accident, of course.

If only I had a cat

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I'm a wiener!

A few months ago I stumbled upon a blog called Doxiementary. It is about Franny, a smooth red doxie, and her life. She recently had a contest and I won! My prize is a package of Frontline Plus, which of course will come in very handy for Lulu. Here is Franny modeling the prize:

Flying can be fun

OMGIamsoexcited

I have tickets to hear Frank from the PostSecret site give a lecture at Duke University on Wednesday night. I'm totally excited. Tickets went on "sale" (they're free, although there was a $3 handling fee) at 10am this morning but I didn't remember until 1pm so I was sure I missed my chance. Thankfully, I did not.

Rockin' the Cables

Saturday, early evening:


Sunday, 5pm:


Do not ask how many hours of television I watched while doing this. Let me just put it this way. The DVR was 85% full, now it is only at 25% AND I watched a movie (Henry Poole Was Here) from Netflix, AND part of the Duke basketball game today (basketball is religion here, I figure I ought to see what all the fuss is about). All that was in between walking Lulu and going to church this morning too.

Oh yeah, I'm a knitting rock star.

Play ball!

My parents are driving up to visit me (and Lulu, of course) for Easter. One of the things we are going to do while they are here is go to a Durham Bulls baseball game. I didn't realize it when I was planning but that happens to be opening weekend as well. There will be fireworks. Awesome! I hope the weather cooperates. The seats aren't as good as I'd like but here's the view from the section we'll be sitting in:

Get the soap

Do you think his mom laughed or cried? I think I would have laughed, because I'm bad like that.

Bubbles!

I'm only posting this because I cleaned my toilet this morning. But those aren't my bubbles in there. No, that is what happens when my upstairs neighbor cleans hers. I'm pretty sure something isn't plumbed right but I've already complained to the management and they said everything is fine. Yeah right. That's why my toilet won't flush when the people upstairs do their laundry and that's why you can hear the toilet bubbling. Glub glub glub. Very freaky. Especially if the toilet is in use at the time. If you know what I mean and I think you do.

Dogs R awesome

Do some good

Help send a bunch of Austin 6th graders on a field trip to the San Antonio zoo. I know everyone is stretched thin these days, believe me I know, but even $5 or $10 would help.

I have words

Today. About the Bachelor. He's an ass. I do not buy his lame excuse that he wasn't allowed to "see" Melissa before the reunion show. He could have broken up with her over the phone. That sucks but it's better than on national television.

Also, he is a whiny whiny baby. Sensitive guys are nice but there is just way too much crying. Even _I_ don't cry that much! And I cried at the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall this weekend.

And Melissa needs to shut about about being single at 25. That kind of sad woe is me talk does not need to start now. Her forehead doesn't even had wrinkles! Puleeeze. Get to therapy and fix yourself so you won't be a doormat. Plus, you should have kept the ring. Think how much you could have gotten on eBay for it!


okay. Words are over.

The Bachelor

Have you been watching?!

I have no words.

March Madness

More snow! On March 2nd! At 6:35 in the freaking morning!

Most excellent

Today was an excellent hair day. So much so that I had to take a photo. Could I be any more vain? Probably but this is quite enough.

PostSecret

How much do I love PostSecret? A whole bunch. Every Sunday I can't wait to check the page for new post cards. There is always one that touches me. This morning it's this one that brings tears to my eyes. I don't know why.

A wise man once said

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My dad has been known to say this phrase a time or two so when I saw this LOLdog it made me think of him.

I has a scanner

so I've been scanning photos from college & high school and putting them on Facebook. But I just have to share this one with ya'll. It was taken in 1963. That's my mom on, on the back row, wearing the head scarf.



All my life people have said I look just like my dad and I really do. I'll scan in our baby photos eventually. But I look so much like my mom's cousin in the letter sweater (far right hand side) that is it just freaky.

So it seems I inherited my five-head from both sides of the family!

I really wish...

that my neighbors would pick up after their dogs. They all have big dogs and big dogs mean big poop. So far I have not stepped in any but surely my day will come. I pick up Lulu's poop every.damn.time. Yeah, it's not the highlight of my day but it is what it is.


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Behold!

I knitted a hat, ya'll. And it didn't take me months and months. The pattern, which can be found on Ravelry, is The Republic hat. This yarn was awesome to work with. Sooo soft and after only knitting with Noro, which can be rough and slubby, it felt so good in my hands.



and because I hate my glasses, here's another shot.



The good thing about finishing the hat so quickly is that it will still get put to use this year. The early mornings and late evenings are pretty chilly when I walk Lulu and I always wear a hat. But the one I have is not near as warm.

Here piggie piggie

Sunday night I had a thing to attend and needed to take an appetizer. So I made Pigs in a Blanket. They were pretty tasty.



Take some Lil Smokie sausages, a can of biscuits from the refridgerator section (in my family those are called "whop" biscuits because you have to whop them against the counter so they'll pop open). Cut the biscuits into fourths and wrap a fourth around each little sausage. Bake at 400 degrees for about 13 minutes.







Good warm or cold, just let them cool down enough so you don't burn the roof of your mouth as you cram them in.

Bad Lulu

As I walked up to my front door this afternoon, after having been gone for several hours, a thought came to me. It was "oh shit, I left the trash out." Normally, Lulu doesn't bother the trash but today I am cooking chicken in the crockpot so all the chicken wrapper and things are in the the bag.

When I walked in the front door, I found Lulu waiting for me. Which she NEVER does. (Usually she is under the covers of my bed and it takes her a good two minutes to realize I'm home.) And this mess, which actually extended past the kitchen into the carpeted area. She ate some onion scraps. I hope this does not mean there will be middle of the night puking.

Because it makes me laff

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