all the things i want...

i have wanted Wally for years! i think he would be great by a front door! when you walk in, you have a place for your keys and purse and cell phone... and that way, there would always be a little something that says 'welcome home!'.

pie.

you wouldn't know it from the post i have put up today... but really, i'm happy as pie!

need change?

by getsuzy

because i do!

it's time i stop screwing around and start to take responsibilities for my wellness. i drink too much coke and not enough water. i eat too much fast food and not enough real food. and the killer, i smoke. {yes, i admit it mother. but only from a distance. when in your presence, i will deny, deny, deny.} i'm not a heavy smoker. maybe, MAYBE a pack a week... unless i hang out with the dittys. but if i stop, they will stop as well... right?

other than that, my body hurts. and i'm tired. and somewhat depressed. and i am fully aware it is all because i am not moving enough. so it's time to get a steppin'.

with that said, last night i decided to jump in and participate in a little thing some yelpers put together. we are competing to see you can lose the most weight by 4th of july. i hope this will give me the motivation to start moving and be a bit more conscious about what i'm doing and how it effects the way i feel.

all the things i buy...

so i know this seems a little stupid... but that is only because you haven't tried Zatarain's Blackened Chicken Alfredo. it's the creamy crack cocaine of the frozen food aisle. posting this probably makes me look like i refer to my freezer for good cuisine but that is not true at all, i know good food when i taste it... i just refer to my freezer for daily nourishment. i do not cook, not because i can't... because i CAN... i just hate cooking for one. it's boring. hell, cooking for two is boring. i enjoy the whole presentation thing alot more than the actual preparation. so... do not ever be surprised if you hop in for a dinner visit and the bowl of pasta on the dining table looks anything like the picture above. i promise, you will love it.

explanation.

a little explanation of why the certain someone at HEB can....
by spidercamp

i was returning a rug doctor this morning because the sweet young man who helped me yesterday said i could return it when the customer service desk was not open, that anyone could help me out.

SO... i left my place super early this morning to swing by the HEB and return what is rightfully theirs. on entering the grocery store, i had not one... not two... not three... but four people tell me i would have to return the rug doctor when the customer service desk was opened. i explained to them, calmly, that i was told otherwise. AND that i was there now. with this huge machine.... so could someone please help me... please.

apparently, someone fetched another employee who came out of some office with a puzzled look on her face, as if i was crazy. observing this, i simply said, pleading... "could someone help me? the book (where i have to sign the machine back in) is kept right there in that drawer... could someone please..." and then i was rudely interrupted with a , ' I KNOW where the book is kept, YOU do NOT need to tell me."

uh... my bad... but wait... hold the fucking phone... did a MANAGER just speak to me in that tone? all sense of calm left my body at that moment.

i kindly replied, "um, you DO work in the customer service business, right? wow, you could have fooled me!"

she continued, "yes, but i KNOW where the book is. thank you."

"no. thank you. i truly appreciate you being rude to me... truly. this has been such a wonderful experience with great employees at my local HEB. "

happy friday people.

not so high fivin' friday

let me start this off the way my happy friday started off... with a SLAP in the face from some disgruntle customer service associate at the local (Braker & 183) HEB. go get your own high five from someone who cares.



no high five for my damn hair dryer and it's plug for getting crushed somewhere, somehow along the way.



and another not so high five to my flat iron that crapped out on me TODAY ... and just the other night i was talking to foodporncess about it's spectacualrness.



lexus of austin does not get my high five this week because no one has called me back about my scheduled appointment for tomorrow.


and i know how much we all love and covet TM, but damn the timing of my wifi subscription running out. this was the straw that broke the camels back this week. with rent, car maintenance, car insurance, gas, bills, food, and on and on... i had to bust out the debit card for another effing thing. NO high five for you, time warner.

kiss.

i can't leave out the other twins in my life. okay... they aren't twins, but you would never know the difference.

all the things i want...

it's the cheese to my macaroni.

twins.

i mean...

all the things i want...

how cute would this be for my carry on while jet setting to NYC?! i think very cute.

all the things i buy...

if God was to make a computer... this is what He would have thought of. it just makes complete and utter sense. i purchased my MacBook at probably the most inappropriate time, my job security was a tad on the rocks, but i have never looked back. not once. i l.o.v.e. my puter.

la pensée de la semaine

by CarolLeeDesigns

"go confidently in the direction of your dreams. live the life you've imagined." -Thoreau

i've been battling with some big decisions lately and it is time to just pick a path and walk it, confidently! i constantly go back and forth about the choices i want to make in my life, as do all of us, but i need to realize i have nothing to lose but my time. and time is our biggest luxury we can not get back. so, my first decision of this unknown path... today i will give my 60 day notice at my apartment complex. where i will go from there will be as much of a surprise to me as it is to you.

oh april fools...

i love how google goes all out.... check out their NEW! G-Mail Custom Time Stamp.

blogger tried but i think it's a pretty lame attempt.

anyone heard of any other little pranksters? please share!

all the things i buy...

this is a fun subscription i picked along the way. i think my friend, sheesho, introduced ReadyMade, Instructions for Everyday Life to me somewhere among the yelp talk threads. anyhow, it is such a fun publication. they DIY projects are unique and for the most part an intermediate skill level... i love how before every project they lay out the difficulty level, all the supplies you should need, about what the project should cost and my favorite, how stupid you can be and still complete the project successfully! it has a plethorea of great ideas, i suggest checking it out. the website is pretty helpful as well.

all the things want...

damn pottery barn... they keep pulling my back in!