spd hat switching

this is a photo of lil bit, sk-ian, and myself at the annual anesthesiologists' crawfish boil. a crawfish boil that was (un)officially mine and HM's first date.

we were invited by dr. "i save lives". yes, he said that. the first time i met the doc, i asked him what he did and that was his response. i'm thinking the guy's some kinda neurosurgeon or something. when he tells me he's an anesthesiologist, i ask him, "well, technically, aren't you the one that's putting them under, like, keeping them within inches of losing their lives???" he didn't talk to me the rest of the nite. later on, we became friends and he remembered the conversation and brought it up. he told me that his point was that he "brought them back" from that unconscious state. hence, the "i save lives". uh, yeah... whatever.

anyways, after a full day of crawfish and jello shots from giant plastic syringes, i gotta say, it was a really fun day! it was the beginning of something beautiful with me and HM. i also got video of sk-ian dancing to THRILLER. ew. i'll have to use that against him one day.

follow the yellow brick road

a couple of weeks ago, i had the opportunity to see shaggy "graduate" from pre-k. now, this is his first year of pre-k so he didn't actually "graduate". he got a certificate.

i don't remember having a kindergarten graduation, much less a ceremony for a pre-k certificate! maybe i did. who knows. the thing is, i think all these idiotic graduations are just a waste of parents' money and time! why the hell do you need a graduation for 5th grade and graduation for 8th grade AND your senior graduation? as far as i'm concerned, there should be two. TWO graduations. one for kindergarten and one for senior year. if you don't make it to your senior graduation, at least you had one in kindergarten. that's it. no more.

enough of my rant. i also have one about junior/senior prom, but i'm saving that for later.

so, S2 was really looking forward to buying him a little shirt and tie for his ceremony. wouldn't that have looked cute? but no... the school he goes to does themes every year. this year's theme was the Wizard of Oz. yes... the gayest theme you can dream up for any ceremony, ever, in which they all had to wear gay rainbow t-shirts that they will never wear again (except for the girls maybe) because S2 is not about to put my shaggy in that shirt again.

back to the ceremony. he was so cute. and so proud. he shook hands with the principal when he received his certificate and he kept his cool during the musical numbers they performed. i have video of it but some big head girl was right in front of him. it didn't come out so good.

given my disagreeance (is that a word?) for these ceremonies, i will be going to more. i will be there for his pre-k graduation and again for his kindergarten graduation. i have to draw the line at 5th and 8th but i will be there for his high school graduation. hopefully, his college one as well. 

weekend update/recap

addie, thanks for coming to visit. FINALLY! i had a really good time with you and i hope i can come see you next month. with the way the schedule is looking so far, not likely. the only open weekend to come see you is the weekend i will probably drag S1 to Beauty Queens-R-Us so she can gawk at the amazement that is moi, in a wedding dress. the weekend after that is just crazy-busy with family stuff and the CHICAGO\HUEY LEWIS show!! YAY!!

love ya,

~Zilla

this weekend started off slowly enough with me and HM, of course, not doing any of the house cleaning we had set out to do in the first place. when i got home, he was moving stuff around in the game room and i immediately jumped on the laptop to setup the wireless router.... much to my dismay. as HM was hooking up the tv, and the projector, and the stereo, and the vcr, and the dvd player and the turntable (yes, not only do we still have a turntable, but we have TWO!) he had to listen to a series of four-letter words and mis-directed frustration towards my Lappy and the router. you see, it was only last week that a family member of HM's came to stay with us one nite. and on that fateful nite, said member was bored so he downloaded some games to MY LAPPY! games like internet backgammon and poker and what-not. innocently so. innocent or not, it started a series of internet pop-ups and retarded-ass links that lead to screensavers.com (the devil!). it took THREE days and addie's help to clean it and i STILL don't think it's all cleared up. OH, and did i mention i had to go into the REGISTRY??? i HATE doing that! ...so, you can see how the house didn't get cleaned up at all on friday.

saturday - we started out by meeting addie at HM's store. from there, we went for a late breakfast then headed towards THE GALLERIA (can you see the heavens open up and hear the angels singing?). side note: if you know me, you know i'm not one much for shopping. i was always the kid who wanted to stay home and didn't care if i got a "present" if i went. i hated the mall! S1 LOVED the mall. she was one of those kids that every time she went to the mall she got something new to wear and, of course, threw it in my face when she got home. "i got a new shirt", "i got some new jeans", etc. that being said, i was not all too excited to be spending a day trying things on over and over and over and over again. i was more looking forward to making addie try on every tacky bridesmaid dress i could find. i think she had the same thing in mind, only geared towards me.

we found ONE, count it...ONE wedding shop in the whole frikkin' GALLERIA! and that would be Beauty Queens-R-Us (or as addie put it: Loud Dresses Are Kool, or Pageants-To-Go). they had everything from lime green to bright orange to hot fuschia pink to elek-tric blue! almost reminiscent of what the princess wants her room to look like. i was hesitant, but addie insisted. they actually did have some okay things in there. i'll have to drag S1 back to check it out with me.

saturday nite - after dragging around the galleria all day, we went home to chill. pollie and manny dropped by and eli came over to hang out. we all went to the red lantern to get our fill of greasy-cheezy and dollar-fitty beers. called it a nite shortly after.

sunday - S1 and BIL1 brought the brood & company over for some grillin'. thie kids finally got use of the motorbike billy made. it's something like a lawnmower motor on a bike. it's actually pretty damn cool! booger, BIL1, his brother, and HM all took a ride on it. video to come soon.

sunday nite - DANCE OFF! the princess, jazzy j, and the child who eats nothing we cook all had little routines they made up for the big recital. of the THREE songs they play on the 50 record jukebox, they made up routines for us to watch at the end of the nite. it was very cute. also, video to come soon.

monday - DAMN LAZY. DID NUTTIN'. oh, except some laundry. i did that.

tuesday - addie and i went back to some more dress shops (tho, not before the hour and a half long search for the megaphone). ;0) we found another dress that we both liked. still nothing for her. if i wasn't so damn radioactive in white we could have probably found something for her on the first day. but because i have to wear an off white or ivory or whatever, then everybody else has to wear it, too!

after that, i took my baby boy to his new vet. he was very good only he pee-pee'd in the vet's office! GASP! he NEVER does that! anywhere! he has held his pee-pee in all the way from my house to conroe (hour and a half) and didn't go pee-pee in the car, but he had no qualms whatsoever about opening fire in the vet's office just 10 minutes away! anyways, weighing in at 21.2 lbs and $305.00 later, my baby's okay. he's in good health, in his teen years and just has some filling out to do. he'll only gain about two or three more pounds.

all in all, it was a very good weekend. after addie left, the house seemed kinda empty. i'm glad she came in and we got to visit over a long weekend. i'm also glad she got to see S1 and see how much booger has grown.

until next time. i'm sweet t and you're not.
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p.s. as a result of the popups while i was setting up the wireless router, while closing out popup windows, the network key window was closed out as well. i now DO NOT have the network key TO USE MY OWN DAMN WIRELESS CONNECTION!!

SPD holiday visitor

this is a picture of me and my BFF, addie. BFF...how gay is that? being my BFF for way many years now, she has now warranted the position as my MOH (Maid Of Honor). she's coming down this weekend so we can go shopping for dresses, both hers and mine. wish us luck. i think we're gonna need it.


of course, this is not a recent picture. this was a taken about three or four years ago when she came down for a visit. it was also after a nite of shakin' some serious ass! hence, the sweatiness.

p.s. to HM... note the earrings. =)

he needed a cigarette afterwards

doin' the mustang on Vimeo

my brush with fame

so i didn't actually brush up against her and we didn't have a conversation or anything. i said, "hi". she said, "hi" back. but she didn't smile.

this is how i imagine the conversation would have gone had i pushed it further:

me: ohmigod... you look just like jada pinkett! or do you prefer jada pinkett-smith?

jp: really? yeah... i get that alot (pretending all not to be her).

me: yeah, only without the makeup... ew.

jp: uh...thanks?

me: no, i mean you do look like her.

jp: yeah. well i am HER jackass so bug off!

only she used the F word instead of "bug" and was pissed after i said she looked like crap without her makeup. i mean, who wouldn't be, right?

as it is, i only stared and then said hi and walked downstairs. apparently, she was in town for a show last nite. her band was playing at a local bar in the area.

by the way, here's what she looks like with makeup. MUCH better than what she looked like in the gym.


p.s. i gotta give the girl props for not trying to look "pretty" in the gym.

today was a good day

~ ice cube



booger test drive on Vimeo

booger took me for a test drive this weekend. i gotta say, he's not a bad driver. not bad at all. he was scaring me a little cuz i wasn't sure how far we were supposed to go or how many of his buddies' houses we were supposed to drive by. surely, it was more this time than on his test runs with BIL1.

weekend update/recap

first off, i have to say that i did pretty good all by my lonesome, this weekend. HM was off "working" in indianapolis so it was just me and the boys.

friday - i had the girls come over for a sleepover. the girls being, frisky, sweet cheeks, and nat. my plan was to have videos and games and whatever, but as soon as they got there, we migrated to the kitchen, put a frozen pizza in the oven and laughed our asses off for hours. it was a good time.

saturday - got up for the gym. i'm such a good girl. i'm so upset that i didn't have my camera with me. the catholics... they never disappoint. the gym is right across from a cinemark. all the catholics were out there with signs and banners protesting the DaVinci Code. when are these people going to realize the difference between fact and fiction??? the book is fiction people! what is there to protest? geesh!

afterwards, i went to booger's basketball tournament. they had already lost one and won one. they won the third so it was a good day. afterwards, i gave him a ride home and he took me for a ride in his new truck. a 1984 chevy stepside. they don't make those anymore. he looks so grown up in it. addie, do you remember the little 4-year old who used to want the same boots as us cuz he thot they were cool? that's not him anymore. he's 14 now and won't have a license for another two years, but BIL1 got the truck now so they could fix up whatever needed to be fixed for him to drive later.

sunday - not a whole lot of anything. i played on the laptop most of the day and waited for my honey to get home. he called a few times because he was in a few antique stores and browsing thru records. he got me a few of them, including KISS-I was made for Lovin' You. yay!

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i have to tell you about this morning also. this morning, i walk out of my suburban house in my suburban neighborhood in the middle of suburban BFE and there's SOMEONE SLEEPING IN MY CAR!!!! now... of course i screamed and ran back in the house, woke HM up and he ran outside (wrapped in a towel). seeing that my CEO lives right across the street there was no need to have him subjected to the naked HM. anyways, HM tells him to get out of my car. he didn't look more than 17 years old to me and you could tell he was hammered. mexican kid sweating out all his alcohol from the nite before. eewww, my jeep reeked.

he gave HM his name and said he lived in the next subdivision. he told us he thot he was at our house last nite, partying, and was coming back to trade jeep's with his aunt...??? i dunno. we let him go but i was still shaken up a bit. HM told me to call the police just to file a report so i did. we described him as best we could and the cops said they'd keep an eye out. you would think that with all my picture-taking i would have thot just to snap a picture of him, no? no. i was a tad bit shaken.

in all the years of living on the island, where you would expect that to happen, it never did. especially being parked downtown with all the crackheads wandering the streets. HM said they probably stayed in the jeep without me knowing. maybe they did, but even the crackheads had the smarts to get out of it before i went to work!!

have a good day. i'm sweet t and you're not.

SPD in the ghetto

this is the princess after she stole my hat. only it looked more gangsta-style on her than it did on me.

let's get physical

looks like PB wants to start working out, too!



let's get physical on Vimeo

i don't know why you say goodbye i say hello

a couple of weeks ago i had the opportunity to catch up with some old buddies of mine. the team. i rarely get to see them anymore because i don't ride as much as i used to... or at all. since i've moved i'm closer to them now so i'm hoping to see them more and maybe start riding again. maybe.

the reason for this outing was because jeff (shop owner) is leaving his bike shop in the village to open one up on the island. it was actually pretty shocking news. nobody would have ever expected it. at least, i wouldn't have. i guess a woman does crazy things to your mind sometimes.

i think it's kinda cool that there will even be a bike shop on the east end of the island. every time i needed anything, i had to drive 20+ blocks to get it. and they didn't have any cool socks like jeff does. for the last couple of weeks at the shop, the team got 50% off everything! too bad i wasn't really in the market for anything new. i did get a really cute pair of martini socks, tho.

weekend update/recap

friday - so you already know i was going to meet nara out for a walk. i got over there and my prize was a HAMMOCK!! i love hammocks! not only is it a hammock, but it's an all-weather hammock from costa rica! i'm so excited about it! HM said he would cement some posts in the back yard so we can put it up.

when i got home, we went into super clean mode. the moms' were comin' on sunday, ya know.

saturday - went to the gym and afterwards, took my JA fiesta earrings to get cleaned and polished... not even thinking about all the people that would be in there for mother's day. i was thinking, "it's a random saturday. it won't be crowded". HA! it actually didn't take long for my number to be called and when i got up to the counter, the woman looked at me like i was a freak. one, because she probably thot, "why the hell isn't she shopping for her mother?" two, because she looked at the earrings and wondered, "how the hell did she let them get like this?" seriously folks, the earrings were bad! they got to a point that no matter how much i cleaned and polished, they weren't going to look any better. or worse, for that matter.

saturday afternoon, i took some time out to go watch booger play. poor guy had an off day. i don't know what he did before i got there, but i saw him go 0 for 3 at bat and a couple of errors at third. what was funny was that we saw a guy that S1 and i went to high school with. he was amazed that somebody our age already had a kid that age! i guess we're all late bloomers from our generation. S1 just got an early start. it's a good thing, tho. cuz by the time i have kids, they'll be my babysitters.

saturday nite, we went to see the spazmatics. they're an 80's cover band, out of austin, i think. i was pretty excited about going to see them, knowing they might play some of my favorite 80's tunes and take me back to the days of high school and beyond. not so excited when HM asked me where his parachute pants were...? anyways, they totally rocked the house! i hear they're at this bar once a month, so i'm sure we'll be going back to see them. i think it's funny, tho, how there were so many younger people that only know this music by listening to the now "oldies" station on the radio. i was there when it happened, younguns! i knew these songs the FIRST time they came out! it was a fun nite out with woz and HM. i tried to invite my buddy, "travis", but he was out with his son all day. i know he would have totally dug it.

sunday - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all. i took my mom and grandma to the hotel galvez for brunch. oh, and my popo larry, too. it was awesome! full spread of everything you want for brunch. the only thing we missed was the waffle bar and the omelet bar. we thot they just didn't set that up this year. we were wrong. it was off in another room where they had the desserts set up last year! my mom was all upset cuz she didn't get her bacon until after dessert. she wanted that bacon, bad.

in the meantime, HM was at home preparing a late lunch for mamalane and his granna. he made all sorts of good stuff... pork loin, green beans, some kind of potato and the only the best. salad. ever!

we even got to see PB, my newest nephew (to-be). he's so damn cute! he was all 'dora the explorer' at the house - checking everything out, looking around, playing with my super bouncy balls. but, he was actually more amazed by the rain outside than anything else. i kept him occupied while the ladies and papatom enjoyed their meal. i had so much fun with him. it reminded me of how small my booger used to be and how silly i could be with him. these days, the boy barely remembers who i am. unless he's grounded, of course, then it's all good.

good nite. i'm sweet t and you're not.

SPD guest appearance

guest appearance by nara. my neighbor of buildings past. nara just got back from costa rica this week. she's been gone for SIX WEEKS. what a life, huh? she's a great artist and was down there painting a mural for a hotel that a friend of ours opened up... the only hotel in costa rica with A/C! how 'bout that? if we honeymoon in costa rica, that's where we're staying!

anyways, she's back and she brought me a prize, so i'm going to hang out with her after work. she misses her sweet t. =)

happy bloggiversary!

today is the anniversary of my very first blog entry. actually, it was yesterday but i blogged about another anniversary.

happy birthday, blog!

happy anniversary baby, got'choo on my m i i i i i i n d

~ little river band

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so monday made TWO years. two whole years since that fateful day at the shack.

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the day we met. May 8th, 2004.

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WOW! that seems like such a long time ago! for our anniversary, HM took me to dinner at Pappa's Bros Steakhouse. YUM! i also got two really cool gifts! he has promised me CHICAGO tickets and a wireless router!! YAY!! i honestly can't say which one i'm more excited about.

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i missed CHICAGO last time they were in town, with Earth Wind and Fire. i will NOT miss them this time! plus, they're coming with Huey Lewis and the News... that just adds a whole new cheese factor to it and i am SO there! i can't wait for the show!!

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the wireless router is pretty exciting, too. i can finally get online downstairs. i won't be confined just to the game room if i just want to look something up real quick. and there won't be cords all over the place trying to connect me to everything. THAT will be SO cool!

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it was a very good anniversary. we got a special hookup at pappa's with drinks, champagne, appetizers, wine, dinner, AND dessert! diet? what? diet was out the window monday nite. i didn't go overboard, but it was enough to want to spend extra time in the gym this week. yeah... that's why i didn't go yesterday. i had a good reason.

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anyways, i got HM a shirt that he wanted. he totally loved it. he digs the understated buttons on it. i love watching him open gifts. he's like a little kid. it's so sweet. he seriously turns into a little boy when he gets any kind of prize. watching him, you can imagine what he was like as a child, at christmas.

signs in the ladies' room at pappa's

jumpin' on the bandwagon

i've noticed a trend in the blogger world of SPD. that's Self Portrait Day for all you acronym-challenged out there, usually falling on a thursday. i'll change it to friday... just to suit myself. i figure it doesn't really have to be a self portrait of myself so much as just a self portrait. anyone can take a self portrait... especially anyone with as freakishly long arms as mine.

there are other "special" days out in the blogger world, like HNT-Half Naked Thursday. i don't think i'll go there. of course, the ones i've seen aren't always all bad. they show their arms or feet or knee or whatever.

so i'm starting with a pic of myself. i'll do myself that honor. i'll put other self portraits that other people have taken, later, in the fridays to come.

p.s. most of my self-portraits have other people in them, with me. so you'll get a guest appearance every now and then.

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO

i can't drive 55!

so i've been off the island for almost two months now... and driving the bermuda "right" triangle. i guess it's been too long since i've really driven anywhere on a daily basis.

when i would go see HM on the weekends, i was never in a really big rush and rather enjoyed the long slow drive to get there. i noticed cars passing me all the time but i was content going 55-60mph. it gave me time to listen to whatever i put on the sandisk or even full cd's if i wanted.

now, when i get on the freeway after work, i feel SWARMED. cars whizzing by me. fast! i guess people drive faster during the week than on the weekends? i feel like i have to drive 80mph just to stay out of their way. i'm serious! it's pretty scary just getting to the gym.

i'm scared that i'm "getting there" with them, tho. i was taking my friend home the other day and saw him do the "death grip" and he sat way back as if i had just hit warp speed. i asked him what the problem was and he was silent. apparently, scared to speak for fear he'd let up his tension and pee his pants. i didn't think my driving was that bad. and in my defense, i was only trying to keep up with traffic.

how's the traffic in austin, ladies? is it the same? are they driving like maniacs? are you a maniacal driver? and how long before i'm not scared to drive after work???

the politics of dancing

i left work yesterday (YES, this mescan went to work) and on my way off the island i saw a crowd of mexicans standing on the corner of the post office, protesting. all holding up the american flag or signs of "we're not criminals" and "let us work". there was some en espanol that i didn't understand, too.

now, i don't claim to know anything about politics or right wing vs left wing (is there a left wing?) but i do know that immigration has been a huge issue lately. they say it helps our economy, but how does that happen if we're giving them FREE health care??? there's also a mention of cheap labor, but does that mean that americans are just too lazy for that kind of labor? i can tell you, HM has picked up a couple of mexicans on the corner (for yard labor) and they weren't cheap!

driving by, i was wishing i had a camera. well, i did have one, but i was wishing i had it out and was two lanes over. i felt kind of a sense of pride. these are my peeps. they tried to make an impact with mexican labor day. sure, it wasn't the impact that they'd hoped for, but it was something.

where was all this "legalization" when Ellis Island was open to every Fredo, Montana, and Corleone? the mexicans want that same freedom! i'm torn. i'm back and forth on this issue. i think, why punish the ones that are already here? the hardworking mexicans? the school attending mexicans? the idea of criminalizing all illegals is just retarded and how is that supposed to work???? but then i think, how 'bout we just deport them? can they not work in mexico? can they not attend school in mexico? can anyone really, honestly tell me what illegals are doing for our economy? i'm serious. i honestly don't know.

i think if the greedy politicians in mexico would just give their people some INSURANCE, it'd all be okay. then again, i'm naive and not knowing.

weekend update/recap

friday - since i've been sick, HM thot it might be a good idea to sit in the sauna so it could "open me up" a bit. i went to the gym and sat in the sauna for 20-25 minutes. that shit burnt my nose hairs!! not doing that again. or at least, not anytime soon.

the sauna made me very tired, too. i was pretty lazy when i got home and HM had a friend coming over. he wanted me to "sit up" and be nice. i got the be nice part down but sitting up just wasn't happening. it's not like i had to impress this guy or anything. okay, so i got halfway up, but not all the way. besides, i was watching the godfather. don't bug me while i'm watching scarface or THE GODFATHER. at least parts 1 and 2. the third installment of that movie really bites. it's a classic and i will watch it every time it's on. although, last nite, scarface was on and we opted to watch the sunday nite lineup on fox, instead. i love all the classic movie lines that come from those two movies. one of my favorites being, "leave the gun. take the canoli's".

saturday - i was able to make it to my kwando class. yay me! afterwards, it was the usual at home... laundry, vacuuming, etc.

it was also 'date nite' on saturday. HM is so not picky about date nite. he's a pretty cheap date, too. we went to the hole in the wall place down the road and proceeded to order a few beers and every greasy, batter-fried, covered in chili thing on the menu. not feeling good after... imagine that. date nite didn't last as we both passed out as soon as we got home. well, i did. i don't think he was up for much longer, tho.

sunday - almost finished painting the princess' room. that damn pastel pink and yellow was harder to cover than we expected. i think we still need a third coat on the walls and something to break up the white on top. we'll see.

HM also worked alot in the garage. he got alot accomplished! i think this weekend, we'll finally be able to put the mustang back in. my poor baby also hurt his back. he says he now knows how i felt last weekend. and since i know what that feels like, i haven't been as ass to him once.

hope everybody else had a good weekend! have a good nite, i'm sweet t and you're not.

third time's a charm

so i'm skipping the gym, again, today. that will make three days in a row that i didn't work out. the last two days was because of my neck/back/shoulder crick thing and now it's because i have a massive head cold! to S1: i can't breafe!

so i'm stopping on my way home, to pick up some cold medicine. i really hope my trainer doesn't think i'm just flaking out. i had to call and cancel my pilates for today. hopefully, i'll feel better by tomorrow, that i won't have to cancel my weight session.

this is so frustrating!!

weekend update/recap

sorry i'm late, peeps. to tell you about my weekend... not a damn thing happened!

to start with, when i woke up saturday, i had a crick in my neck from sleeping on a hard pillow, i was guessing. i got up and went to the gym anyway. i was late for my kwando class so decided to get on the treadmill for a while. crick still there. then, i got on another machine for a while and decided to go home. i didn't do my full hour of cardio... maybe about 40 minutes or so. plus, i was tired as hell! ...no more happy hour on friday! i was home by 8:30 but passed out soon after.

saturday, after the gym, my "crick" grew into a massive back strain. the whole upper left side of my back/shoulder/neck was frozen! i felt like dogshit because HM and i had planned to clean the garage out this weekend. i couldn't do anything. i couldn't even lift my arm over my head. so, he did alot himself. seriously... today, it still hurts to YAWN! he really thot i was faking it until i asked him to get me something and he smarted off so i called him an a-hole. he knew i wasn't joking, then. he apologized later. i just apologized to him, today.

elias, a friend of HM's, came over saturday just to hang out. billy & lil' bit stopped by to change clothes and get ready for a wedding. thank god for lil' bit. she gave me two vicodin to get thru the nite. if it wasn't for her, i would have never got out of bed saturday.

we ventured out saturday nite (that vicodin really works). we went to a little hole-in-the-wall down the road we've been wanting to check out. very nice. miss mary was very kind to us and told us stories of the fishing and the boats and the jet ski's. it's a place we will go back to.. plus, they had $1.50 beers!! how could you NOT go back to a place with $1.50 beers?!?!?? addie, i'll take you when you come to visit. it's one of those places you would expect me to take you to but you would never go on your own.

sunday, it was more back pain and heating pad. HM even rubbed some ben-gay(ish) type stuff on me. it all helped, but not enough to give myself a shower and get to work on monday.

today, i'm better. i still can't look up or look to my left, but i'm not in serious pain anymore. i missed the gym yesterday and i won't be going today either. i'm going to see if HM wants to take the boys for a walk tonite so at least i'll feel like i'm doing something. i ate pretty bad this weekend, so every little bit will help. speaking of lil' bits... she needs to give me some more of that vicodin!

good nite! i'm Sweet T and you're not.

hippity hoppity easter's gone away

take me out to the ball game

overheard in the restroom stall last nite:

drunk girl: we've been gone for houuuurs

sober girl: we haven't been gone for hours

drunk girl: *hiccup* we've been gone for two five and half hours

sober girl: sigh *groan*
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so, technically, does that mean they've been gone for 22 hours???

CONGRATULATIONS!!

congrats to CGSD3! my little sister and her manny are engaged!

a very sweet engagement story, too. they got engaged during their dance lessons... a ballroom proposal. ooh, i wonder if the disco ball was on? now it's your turn JGSD4.

note: CGSD3 & JGSD4 are my younger siblings. they both live about 40 minutes away from me and we've recently (in the last year) picked up correspondence again. S1, myself, CGSD3, and JGSD4... we have one common denominator, the sperm donor. but we don't let that dampen our spirits as sisters. =)

JGSD4, S1, me, and CGSD3

the bermuda triangle that is my life

weekend update/recap

...and another thing

i have yet to keep up with the daily photo since the move. it might as well turn into the 'weekly' photo at the rate i'm going now!

i also don't have time to even upload what i do have and put it on ofoto for everyone else to see. yes, because i know you are DYING to see all the pictures i puke onto your computer screens. of course, there are pictures you actually might want to see, like pictures from the crawfish boil or pictures of the mustang (for you boy readers) or even pictures of HM in a bubble bath. okay, maybe you don't wanna see that last one, but i like to give you options.

i'm going to try my damndest to fit all of this (it sounds like so much when really, it isn't) in on a daily basis. i did it before. of course, i had almost 2 extra hours of no drive time. and of course, i wasn't at the gym until whenever. as it is, i'm on my lunch break and i have found time to update but still with no pictures. they are all on the laptop. my poor baby, laptop (Lappy). i'm sure she misses me as much as i do her. hold on, Lappy... momma's coming!

life or something like it

it would appear, now, that i have no life. how in the HELL do people have jobs, go to the gym, make dinner, AND have KIDS!?!?!? i don't even HAVE the kids yet and i feel like i can't do it.

here's what the schedule looks like:

6:00am - wake up
6:45-7:00am - leave house (if i leave any later than 6:55, i'm totally screwed with traffic)
7:45am - get to work
work work work work work
4:00-4:30pm - leave work
5:00pm - get to gym
6:30-6:45pm - attempt to leave gym
7:00pm - get home
7:05-7:30 - feed dogs and start dinner
7:30-8:00pm - dinner
10:00pm - bedtime

after dinner, it could be a variety of things. anything from laundry to loading/unloading the dishwasher to getting all my food and clothes together for the next day. it seems like i have no time for anything else. this is the cycle. it's a far cry from getting home at 4:30, watching the end of oprah and taking a nap because you're bored with her. now... there is no oprah and there is no nap. and you'll notice there is NO LAPTOP TIME?!?!?! WHAT THE???

i know i'm doing all this for a good cause and when i reach my goal i may scale down my days at the gym. we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. i think, as soon as i streamline the "getting my food together" process, it'll take no time at all to prepare and i may have an extra 20 minutes to take the boys for a walk or play on the laptop. but for now? it ain't happenin'.

so note to all my kiddies out there: i will be at your games again, one day, in the not so distant future. but for now, it's all about the weekends with you folks. and only after my 9:00am kwando class!

weekend update/recap

friday - DATE NITE! somebody slap me!... if i ever say i want to leave HM. if friday nite is any indication of how "til death do us part" will be, then count me in. i started a new workout regimen last week, friday only being my second day and i was sore. so sore that my legs felt like rubber when coming down the stairs. so sore that i couldn't sit on the toilet without holding onto something. so sore that... you get the picture.

i let him know when i was leaving the gym and told him i was going to stop and get some epsom salt (for soaking). that was all good with him since dinner wasn't quite ready just yet. so when i get home, he already had the tub filled with hot water and bubbles and candles lit all around. how sweet is that? not only did he have it filled but he also had three more pots of water, boiling, to add to the tub.

i was so comatose after about 15 minutes that i had to get out and shower it off. i was that sore!

date nite included salmon, dirty rice, caesar salad, and green beans with pecans. so good. we sat outside with the boys and had a glass of wine after. then, came in to watch a movie. a movie that i don't think we watched after all. something was wrong with the sound or something.

saturday - got up early for the 9:00 am kwando class. afterwards, i went to meet S1 for pedicures. we both seriously needed them. uh... one of us more than the other (i'm not mentioning any names). but there were only two of us there. and it wasn't me. ;)

that evening, we painted some of the game rooom and grilled t-bones. gotta get the good stuff before i start poppin' the kids out. BIL1 said after we have kids, it'll be hot dogs and hamburger helper. can't wait. ugh.

sunday - it was kind of a lazy day. we started to paint the room for the princess. it's now going to be half white and half lime green, instead of the original plan. i'm guessing she'll fill the top half with all the colors she wanted.

that's the weekend in a nutshell. no unpacking, no cleaning the garage. this was our first "down" weekend and we enjoyed every bit of it. good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

3 is a magic number

so it'll be three weeks this weekend. three weeks that we've been living together... and we haven't killed each other. i'd say we're doing just fine. there are little quirks about us both that we've had to get used to, so far.

for example:

morning routine - in the mornings, he likes the 80's station and i like to listen to the oldies. he let me have that one.

tv in bedroom - he likes to fall asleep watching tv. i can't stand to have a tv in the bedroom. we've compromised and he can have one in there only for the morning news and only if we can hide it in an armoire or something similar. i know i sound like a hard-ass, but let's see you wake up to some loud bombing explosion noise in the middle of the night from a M*A*S*H rerun.... you'd be pissed, too, if you couldn't get back to sleep.

dogs on carpet and bed - it's inevitable. there's only one room with no carpet and that's the kitchen. we can't confine the boys to the kitchen if we're upstairs. it just seems cruel. and my poor baby boy ringo dog got tired of being kicked off the bed so many times, that he has now resorted to sleeping alone on a t-shirt on the sofa.

laundry - he is not allowed to do it. my laundry smells better and often i don't dry alot of things. i would think this is a plus for him...?

copenhagen pouches - found in random spots on the floor and bathroom and kitchen island. i don't care how much flavor they have left. PUT THEM IN THE TRASH!!!

last but certainly not least,

trash - when you take out the trash, please PUT A LINER (BAG) BACK IN THE CAN!!! and if there's not a liner in there (cuz you didn't replace the last one) DO NOT throw anything in there! including your stinky ass pouches!! i will break him of this. mamalane said he would be dead if he tried that at her house. i have to go with one of his favorite quotes to me... "don't half-ass it".
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not to bitch about my HM... because he IS very good to me. two (quirks) out of however many i may find later, is not bad. i'm sure there are quirks/habits about me that he hasn't gotten used to, but that's what comments are for.

coming out of the dark

okay, so i meant to post yesterday, but our stUpid roadrunner connection would not allow me to do so. i played with it for about 45 minutes. first off, i think our cable modem is fried. secondly... well, there really is no second. our modem is fried and i can't get online from home. oh, and everyone with wireless, in our neighborhood, is locked down! stingy hacks!

i have a ton of pictures to post. i just uploaded them all to the laptop last nite. i'll get to them. i promise. out of the 350+ pictures i took over the last two weeks, it still feels like i didn't get enough. i really wanted more video of the move just to document it, but i didn't want BIL1 bitchin' at me to get back to work. hence, no video of move.

i'll be back soon. i'm going to screw with the modem and connections more tonite. until then, buh-bye.

here i come to save the daaaaayy

WOZ rocks! woz is a friend of mine. well, she's a friend of HM's that i like and after tonite, i LUV her! she came over to continue helping me with packing. if it wasn't for her, i don't think i would have gotten as much done. she says i have a bit of A.D.D. i'm special.

we got the front bathroom, all the living room, all the kitchen, all the bedroom closet, the office area, my bookcase, and the bar done! all i really have left is the bedroom and back bathroom. after that's packed, i'm hoping to do some laundry and air up the tires on my bikes, just so they'll be easier to move.

lil bit's coming over to help me finish everything up tomorrow nite. i move all my stuff on saturday and then i'm gone. tomorrow will be the last time i walk to work. =(

pack it up pack it in, let me begin

i have to pack! it's almost 6:30 and i just got off of work. today was not the day i needed. it started as soon as i got to work... actually, when i got to the door of my building. first off, i got all the way to work and as i'm opening the door i look down and realize i still have my flip flops on! yes, i wear my flops in the morning because i don't have slippers right now. i ran down my old pair and now i have none. i have to come back home and put shoes on.

* i get back to work and one of the managers is already on the phone, bitchin' about an application that didn't run. i'm on the phone with the vendor immediately.

* then, from the assistant to our director: we're getting new printer/fax/copier/scanners. what's the IP? do they have a data jack in place already? what's the phone number for the fax?

* first of month reports are due. now!

* the data jacks need activation. i have to show the telecomm boys where they're going.

* monday reports are due. now!

* the before mentioned application is still not running.

* the dork wants to put a server station behind one of our most valued employees. i don't want him to because of the distractions. so we get into a big to-do.

* then there was a whole other thing with a person who expects me to do her job. i forwarded it to the dork to handle.

i'm now at home and i need to get crackin' on the packin'. wish me luck.

weekend update/recap

friday - my daddy and stepmonster came into town for the rodeo... with 27 of their closest friends. they only brought seven of them to visit with me. we hung out at the local bar for about an hour or so then they were on their way to the next stop. they had already made rounds all from the airport to the island.

afterwards, i went to see HM and we went to 'deaux to celebrate the sale of his dad's land. we had a really good time. i really enjoy being with him. we're in our own little world when we're out with each other. we're very silly with each other and i like that. he can push it, but for the most part, it's cute. =)

saturday - i took my ringo dog to petsmart to get him a new collar. his is getting too small. that dog needs to quit growing! S1 was right in calling him baby huey. he thinks he's still a little puppy and can fit on top of really small things, like the middle console. he doesn't fit. after the collar, we got his nails clipped and i got all the boys nylabones. yay! they love mommy again!

saturday evening, i spent the better part of it waiting on sweet cheeks. she was supposed to be coming down for the bridal show and had not shown up three hours later. needless to say, i was pretty pissed. when she didn't show up, i was kept company by bailey. bailey is megan's new puppy she rescued from the shelter the other day. i don't want to go into the details, but he's safe now. and totally cute! i didn't take any pictures, i was too busy cleaning up all his pee.

sunday - sweet cheeks got here about 11:00. we went to lunch and talked about her awful day which led to her not coming in last nite. after her story, she's forgiven. she did have a pretty rough day and i couldn't be mad at her. well, i could but she had already gone thru enough.

after lunch, we went to pick up megan and headed to the bridal show. it was smaller than i expected, but there were photographers, videographers, venues, dj's, florists, etc. i won a $50 off coupon for a florist shop i'm sure i won't use. bonus! they also had a "fashion" show. feathers galore. they really should have showed more bridal dresses.

afterwards, we went for a bloody mary and looked thru magazines for ideas. sweet cheeks had some input and i think we kinda got an idea of what kind of dress to get for her and addie. we'll see how that pans out.

i miss you much

a few things i'll miss when islebethere instead of here.

- walking to work

- getting in sadie just to take a drive down the seawall

- looking at the (sometimes) blue water that is the backwash of the mississippi

- friends

- breeze from harborside

- open windows (safety of living on the 4th floor)

- mardi gras

- friends

- walking EVERYWHERE

- lazy saturdays (gone now cuz i know HM will be slaving me)

- early spring volleyball (i might still get that one in every now and then)

- friends

- 21

- CHEAP bar tabs!

- my apartment

- friends

- walking home from work

i am second to the last to leave commerce. nara is all that's left and it won't be long before she's gone, too. i miss everyone that's gone already and i'm going to miss everyone that remains on the island, even long after commerce is but a memory to us all.

weekend update/recap

still sick. here are a few pictures to keep you occupied.

she's throwing in the towel... literally

so we all the know the story of S1 and no hand towels in the guest bath, right? well, guess what??? she has a towel now!! sure it looks like one they may have ripped off from their last vacation stay at the holiday inn, but it's a towel none the less... and last nite, i didn't have to air dry my hands after washing them.

here's a little before & after for ya:


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after

feeling that way

sorry there have been no updates. yeah, cuz i got that big a fan base that i need to apologize...

anyways, been feeling a little under the weather this week. it started last week and hasn't ended. i finally got some cold medicine; nyquil, dayquil and sudafed. nyquil sucks! both nites i took it, i was up half the nite! i took it last nite and was up until 3:45 then had some crazy ass dream... i was in a truck with some mescan (don't know who it was) but he "told" me to do something and i told him to say, "please" and then he started freaking out and driving all crazy and i don't know what happened after that. he never said please and i never did what he told me to. bastard. he'll learn.

on another note, since i've been sick i've been doing nothing at the apt. i need to pick-up again for this coming weekend. it'll be mostly HM's friends coming in from austin and houston. it's gonna be cool! BA is coming in... he's my favorite! my friends flaked. frisky has a test this weekend, franika went to new orleans last weekend (which was probably a lot cooler!), and sweet cheeks says she's been sick. ;0) she'll make it up to me next weekend, tho. i have her coming in for a bridal show thingy at the convention center. she's probably gonna wish she had made it to mardi gras instead.

weekend update\recap

this was week 1 of mardi gras festivities. i started to feel like i was coming down with something but my dumbass never got any cold medicine for myself. i kept forgetting to get it while i was out and when i got back home, i didn't wanna go back out again, in the cold, to get any.

it was a pretty weak celebration. it was too cold and i'm sure people thot it would be raining all weekend. plus, there was the all star game going on this weekend, too.

i didn't have to work and i didn't have boston here to hang out with. i sometimes work a beer booth and that keeps me pretty busy the first weekend. this year, they had everything covered. also, boston's been gone for a couple of years now, but i always think about him during this time. we just always had a lot of fun hanging out and watching the bands.

friday - kinda finished picking up around my place. i wasn't really expecting anyone. it was too damn cold and nobody wanted to leave the warmth of the bars. i ended up hanging out with my telecomm buddies. they were splitting time between my place and another party at the roof garden. it was a good time. we had a few drinks, walked around for a bit, went to 21, and i called it an early nite. i missed my honey.

the telecomm boys and their look-a-like

saturday - telecomm1 called me for breakfast. i met him and his wife out for mescan. it was the first time i'd met his wife and she was glad cuz she said she's heard plenty about me. about how cool i was and all. you know, the usual. afterwards, i took a burrito to my buddy and had a bloody mary. waiting for my annual friend to get into town.

when she got there, we made our way to the seawall where it easily could have doubled as a ghost town. it was the cold. it kept everybody in. we still met up with my co-worker friends at a warm and cozy bar.

co-worker friends and annual friend in the background

a little later, we had some lunch then made our way to jeff's mom's house. thank god brad & dana were there. jeff went out of town. jake, his brother, was shooting the all-star game and gabe is MIA. these are the regulars. also, with jeff and jake not being there, there were NO CRAWFISH TAQUITOS!! how could they?!?!? that's the one thing i look forward to every year! yes... when we move, we (or i, myself) will still make it down for the first weekend and CRAWFISH TAQUITOS!

dana's fluoride infested teeth and a group photo with brad

after the parade and very interesting conversation (another story all on it's own), we made our way back downtown. we made the usual rounds and ended the nite at whiskey's, which also made for interesting conversation. two of the bar peeps are getting married. the groom was really excited to tell me about it. he told me all about the wedding party and his buddy, mike, being "his second". what are we.... racing at thunder road??? anyways, he goes on to tell me that the groomsmen are wearing... are you ready for this... vampire tuxedos. what the hell is a vampire tuxedo??? i googled it and only saw vampire costumes. he also said the bridesmaids were wearing vampiress dresses. he then went on to tell me that she would be the only light surrounded by darkness. his face lit up when he talked about it. in his mind, it was beautiful and that's all that matters.

sunday - i begged the tacqueria to deliver breakfast tacos to us. since the streets were all blocked off we compromised and i met them a block away. that was the best deal ever made! we didn't have to walk the six blocks in the freezing cold and we got to eat in our jammies! and watched bubble boy

while we were eating! how could breakfast get any better?

we pretty much just lounged around until around 4:00. after that, my annual friend went home and i continued watching re-run movies on tbs.

i wanted to play with my new toy... my 400G external hard drive. yes, i am a true gadget geek! instead, started downloading pictures and video from the weekend.

good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

gimme a break!

mardi gras is coming! mardi gras is coming! so, we all know my penchant for procrastination, correct? my place is a wreck and i’ll have people in and out all weekend. it’s the first weekend so it’s not gonna be crazy, but still.

i spent all evening shopping, washing, putting away and cleaning… and i STILL haven’t made it to the living room. except for the bar. i cleaned the bar. priorities. right now, i’m taking a break to watch without a trace only to find out it’s a re-run. i don’t mind re-runs, but this one was kinda lame. since it’s a lame one, i decided to go ahead and break anyway. as you can tell.

i think i may wait until lunch, tomorrow, to finish the living room. or maybe after work. i dunno. the living room just mainly needs “pick-up”. i think i’m done for the nite. i even made a trip to the laundromat to wash all my blankets! damn, i’m good! i needed clean blankies for friends that are staying over next weekend.

to tell you a little bit about the first and second weekends of mardi gras… the first weekend i usually spend on the seawall. there are two parades. the day parade, i hang out with co-worker friends that don’t see a lot. co-workers meaning, i talk to them on the phone a lot but we don’t work in the same department. the nite parade is reserved for the team. my cycling team goes to jeff’s moms. she always has a big bounce thing in the backyard and we watch the parade from a block away. afterwards, we get the grub ON! every year, she has shrimp taquitos, crawfish taquitos, homemade mac & cheese, gumbo, and much more! last year, she let me take some taquitos home! i had ‘em for breakfast the next morning.

another good thing about the first weekend is that my “annual” friend may become my semi-annual friend. she’s coming in saturday to join in the festivities.

p.s. i love you

we've come a long way, baby!

happy valentine's day!