A collection of things

Well last night my sister and I witnessed true genius at work:

Sis: (to store employee) “Do you sell Fabric here?”

Employee: “No”

Sis: “ ok Thank you.”

Employee: “Well actually last week a lady was asking me about fabric and there is this aisle. I can take you to it… it has like rugs…..and…”

Sis and I: “No that’s ok…”

Employee walks away…
Sis and I proceed to laugh about it for the rest of the night.

Sis decides he must be watching too much project runway. Rugs Fabric not the same thing. Then we needed to find the Halloween clearance and I suggested asking the employee again I also suggested what his answer would be… “Oh Halloween clearance I have some Halloween stuff in my truck I can take you over to my car…”

What a fun night we had with Melted cheese and chocolate, looking at shoes that are too expensive, shopping fun, and clueless employees! Sister nights are always fun! The only thing to make them better is adding the Queen (mom)! Which will happen Sunday!! Crafty funday!

I have been to two roller derby practices since I wrote so many moons ago. They have been fun and I love it!! Just like I suspected I would!! I still haven’t come close to finishing forever blanket #2. But some day I will and I will tell you all about it… I think.

Well I don’t feel like writing anything else b/c it’s Friday. And somehow by some miracle of God I wish that we would get out of work early today… I doubt that is going to happen. O’well, have a great weekend.

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Can i get a moment?

So lots of things happening and not happening! I finished the baby blanket. It's cute and soft and i gave it to the father to be. he seemed really touched by it. Which leads me to believe that no one gave them a hand made blanket yet.... i guess all their friends and family are buy it types. Interesting. (also he quick put it in his car so that his wife could open it 1st which i think is super cute.)

I attend a really pretty wedding this weekend. It was nice and fun and the bride looked pretty! :O) Not to mention she is super nice and now i have to start working on the blanket for her. (so i have taken it out twice oh wait make that three times and i think i can now really make some head way on it.) Attending this wedding i think woke my honey up or something as to the cost of weddings/receptions. So he had a mini break down over it. I think i have managed to talk him off his ledge. Not sure.

He has perhaps come to the realization that we are paying for whatever we have. (i already knew this and am quite fine with this in fact i like this.) I think that made him realize that you can't just pick a fancy place and go from there. 1st you need a list of how many people and depending on that you then go to the venue. Then the food. I have no doubt that no matter where we have it that we can make it lovely. I already have a thousand and one ideas on decorations... and a theme.... and the list goes on and on. I just need to ease his mind and get him out of fancy pantsy mode i think.

I left my cell phone at my mom's house last night and she is truly hilarious. I called her from the Honey's phone when i got home just to make sure i did leave it there. She said "Oh yeah i was wondering what that fancy calculator was doing on the counter." LOL yes mom i left my fancy calculator at your house. So today with out it i feel a little naked, a little dirty, a little happy, a little sad, a little nutty, and a little free.

I am 90% certain i will be joining a roller derby team real soon! I can't wait!!! it will be awesome! so i hope. I feel like the physical activity of it alone would be awesome. I don't know yet for 100% but i really am excited about it. All the people involved that i have meet so far are so super nice. Fun FUN!

I have a list of exciting things come up soon:
Social Distortion show
Zip Lining
Crafting at the sisters!
The GEM show (gemmy gem gem)
Roller Derby
Roller Derby
Paying of a Credit Card
AND MUCH MORE!!!!

I can't wait for all the fun FUN! OK i suppose i should go now and work or something.

3 day luck

So this weekend was great! 3 days of awesome doesn't happen often and this weekend it did! Friday i jogged/walked/died with my friend Kristin. then we went to dinner with her friends and brother and pretty much spent the rest of the night laughing. Hysterically. I laughed so much my jaw hurt. Saturday Katie and i went shopping and i found a really pretty dress for the wedding i am going to (note NOT in just attending) next weekend! Also everything that i wanted at Target seemed to be on sale! FUN!! Then we went to my other friends house where we proceeded to laugh our butts off (they are still there though) all night. So Sunday was a nice fun day with the honey! No fighting no crazy-ness just fun! we even went to visit Kristin at Uno's where i got yummy flat bread pizza & pizza skins!

I just had to document the 3 days in a row of fun b/c it really happens quite less then you would think. Also in there i stole some music for Topod from my friend's computers! I ate lots of yummy things! and i am now ready for this week to be over quickly.

Oh we didn't get to see the neat-o too good to be true apartment on Sunday b/c the son decided not to move out. Which when you think about it he would have to crazy to want to move out especially in these times. save that money. It's just too bad for us he wised up. but then again maybe it's not b/c what if we were in there and he wanted to come back and we got told to take a hike! UGH that would be awful.

Alrighty i am going to go try and work or something. Have the best Monday ever. or something.

Tuesday

Horrid day. Boring.... wretched. Hoping i don't have to join the meeting. Trying to make pretty reports. Hoping i don't explode and punch someone. He does deserve it, oh how badly he does. UPDATE: I'm off the hook so far! Sweet marmalade! I was about 90% certain i was going to get yelled at today. So far that wont happen.... so far.

So anyhow, crocheting still happening. No soccer last night. Went to my moms last night. She made yummy food. We got into a tiff at the end of the night. Yeah i annoyed her but she didn't have to pinch my fat so hard. Grrrrrr. But we hugged and made up. Fun times!

Pay day needs to come like now i want to:

- Pay off Credit Card #5
- Pay back someone for an iPod
- Buy some new cheap sweaters

Speaking of iPods i got a purple iPod Nano that i seem to be in love with. it's cute and has all these neat things. So what if Apple is trying to systematically control each human by getting them all to buy iPods. I guess I'm a Pod person now. (i know the horror.)

Sunday we had lunch at Honeys Dad's house. It was interesting. His step mom and I had a good conversation about Stores and their customer loyalty base. how some places stay in business and you wonder how. don't get me wrong i <3 the big K but how do they stay in business? while their clearance items are awesome.... their everyday prices on everyday things leave something to be desired. Anyhow, it's all very interesting.... kind makes me interested in business until i realize i hate corporations and selling. I'm to honest and i care too much.

Well I'm done now. You talk.

It's the book end

FRIDAY!

You know around here Fridays are like gold....ok better then gold b/c i don't like yellow gold but gold is worth money so i guess lets look at it that way.....Fridays are like gold. (lol) And it's Friday and though i have no idea what i am really doing this weekend.... it's a weekend. And as long as i'm not going to the dentist, or some other doctor it should be FUN!!

I am rapidly getting done the baby star blanket as i suspected would happen. (Hey sis i will totally make you one in lap size.... pick out some colors!!) I haven't gotten much of the newest forever blanket done....no sweat. I do however need to buy more yarn for the newest forever blanket.

I have over the last year maybe 2 fallen in love with these amazing wedding photographers and thought how awesome would it be to have them there for my wedding. BUT in REAL life i can't afford them and even if could do i want to pay that much? AWESOME PICS yes but i don't want to be paying for my wedding years after my wedding. So i think most likely there wont be a photographer just the people around us pictures. Is that crazy?

My goal for my "wedding" is to not spend too much but still have fun and make it our own. I already have one giant part of it in place and i kind of don't care too much about the rest. As far as the food and such goes....doesn't mass production of food always suck? i kind of just wish i could have yummy appetizers but i know i can't. People going to a party at night would want dinner or they might start getting crabby.

So anyways will this blog become an all about wedding blog.... doubt it. from time to time i might talk about it. but i don't see it becoming an every post topic.

Anyways, my b-day was awesome! SUPER fun! SUPER GREAT! SUPER THANKS TO EVERYONE! :o) (i think i gained 10 pounds....)

28

Today I am now 28… do you think our bodies know it’s our birthday? Do you think they remember being born? Yep those are my deep deep thoughts at the age of 28!!

I am having an awesome birthday it started last night at my sisters! Her Husband and her got me cuppycakes, an Elvis mini suit case (which totally reminds me of the cute little suit cases we had growing up so fun!), an Elvis skull t-shirt, and a Perez notebook! LOL Then she made me a mustache stamp and an angel mail stamp! FUN! My mom made me yummy food and she bought me a pretty flower ring and bracelet, and exercise videos!! Also my mom made me chocolate chip cookies my favorite!! Then we all proceeded to have fun!

At midnight my honey wished me a happy birthday! (although it’s not as neat as the year he wrote happy birthday on his stomach with glitter glue and when he took the glitter glue off it was still there b/c it left a mark….ooops but cute.) Today at work I got flowers, a cookie cake (I didn’t eat any b/c….), my awesome co-workers also got me a giant ricekrispie treat that I wanted!!! They are awesome!! Then we got lunch and we got to take an extra 30 minutes for lunch!!

Tonight is POCOS! And who knows what else! I get to see my awesome friend Julie! She makes me want to be a better person. I can’t wait to hear her stories from this summer and her travels. I also get to see my other awesome friends Katie (hmmmm the topazluvskatie Katie….) and Charis (she has the cute not so baby anymore baby John). AND the honey face will be joining us as well! FUN!

And I appreciate all the happy wishes from everyone…. It’s enough to make a girl think she is important or something. :o) ok bye bye now.

Productive

Well this weekend as weekends go did not go according to plan but it was still fun. Friday my friend Kristin and I jogged/walked/died. then she took me to Rey Azteca for a early b-day dinner! The honey joined us so that was fun. Then we did some light shopping. I got two pairs of tights and that's about it. Kristin however found a few cute things! Good shopping!!

Then Saturday I visited Katie in the morning. where Pumpkin pancakes were made! Yum!! Then i visited my mother. She is cute. Then i visited the storage unit. (it makes me sad inside to see all my pretty things hiding away forever ever ever ever.) Then i went to a b-day dinner for someone else! Heather my honeys sister. Everyone steals my b-day thunder. LOL not really. It's nice to share your b-day!

Sunday oh poor Sunday didn't see it coming. Sunday i let us sleep in only to lead to the demise of our plans. So i ended up.....doing lots of laundry. Discovering the "soak" cycle, the "pre-wash" cycle and the "2nd rinse" cycle on the washing machine. No i didn't use them all for all my laundry just the 2nd rinse was nice for the comforter it needed it. Anyways, i also cleaned my closet (preparing for shopping.....), finished the two bags i have been working on and had a very yummy dinner made by my honey face.

Monday was glorious soccer! There was another girl there and she was really good. Hope she comes back again. The field was wet and there were tons of people there. I think it was the most people i have seen all season! Crazy. And i forgot to give a finished bag to my brother in-law to give my sister. Dang it!!

Today is Tuesday which = buy a meal at chick-fil-a keep the receipt bring it back in October and get the same meal for free!!! So even though it's also an evil place day it has it's good points. Last night i started a baby blanket in the shape of a star and it's really cute! I can't wait to see it finished!! it should go fast enough b/c it's a baby blanket.... i.e. not a giant forever monster blanket that will take over all my free time! (yeah i know i started another one of those as well.)

Tomorrow is magical cuppy cake day/night!!!! Then it's Pocos night (and i guess if you get technical it's my 28th birthday) (and yes i caved and made 3 of my friends agree to go to Pocos with me......what can i say i'm a sucker for Pocos.) Then who knows what the rest of the week holds.

I swear i had something to rant about...but thinking about food has made this foodie distracted. O'well have a yummy day!

I tell you what!

So i am just starting the process of planning my not so wedding wedding.... it's a long process i know even if we most likely wont be getting married until 2011. I'm writing e-mails seeing what is possible and being a ball of nerves waiting. The waiting..... maybe people aren't even taking me seriously....maybe they think I'm joking around....maybe i should call them and hear their laughter first hand....i swear i can't be the 1st person to have this idea....or even the last. I bet i may not be the only one who wants to do it around that time that year. So it begins!

Will i be a bride zilla doubt it. More like a penny pinching patty! I really don't want to spend more then a years worth of paychecks on a wedding. In fact i would like to spend less then $5000 if i had my way. But only time will tell.

Am i getting excited well yeah! wait let me try again YEAH! :) With every conversation we have it becomes more real and that is lovely.

But other things i am excited about:
Zip lining
Snowboarding
Back packing
Crocheting another forever blanket (didn't i just say i wasn't going to be making another one for a long time....)
Paying another bill off (hey did you know my car will be paid off this month and i paid a credit card off as well!)
Oh and least i forget my B-DAY!!!! (Cuppy cakes Ahoy!)

OK it's Friday and i should go be nervous somewhere else. Bye bye now (the miss-spelled words are the ones i made up. LOL)

What you say...

So my birthday plans aren't really coming along mostly because i don't feel like making them. LOL It would be nice to get people together but i'm not lazy maybe worn out or i just don't feel like i know where to begin. I started asking people and the fact that it was already falling apart then made me just putter out. So it will be a first come first serve kind of birthday.... if you want it i'm here if not... o'well.
(and no i'm not saying this to get pity or something i'm just stating the facts i'm too old for trying to get everyone to agree to one day)

i can't believe my birthday is next week! Next week i will be 28. Does it scare me or make me crazy not really. So i'm another year closer to 30 and what? Will i have lost all my youth and charm and have shriveled into an old bag? NOPE already did that. That happened around 2:30pmish on Saturday when i was surrounded by young ladies and their skinny super long legs. There high energy and fabulous looks. Damn Irish dancing little scamps in their short shorts. It was then that i looked around me and thought I am old and shriveled. LOL o'well such is life.

well i should go.....b/c i kinda sorta have to work or something....

An update or something

So you can see what i actually did.

- buy veggies * this indeed did get done. quite fast and come to think of it i still owe honey money for that.... oops.

- make side dish * another actual event of happening. It was ok don't know if i would make it again....no one really told me how it tasted so my guess is they didn't like it o'well.

- clip the last hanging pc of yarn! * that totally happened! Also i finally passed the forever blanket on! she really loved it which was super awesome! Now to get to the other projects ready to be made.

- post pictures * nope didn't happen. maybe next time.

- con someone into going for a hike with me * really didn't happen. I was tired so i let everyone sleep in (by everyone i mean me and the honey.).

- picnic * YES this happened twice! Fun and more fun!!

- play soccer * You bet your sweet tea this happened. I ♥ soccer.

- flea market * Nope. People dropped out and then i slept in. Was being stuck in flea market traffic on the way to soccer a slap in the face....perhaps.

- run * Yes! i know right! It helps when you have some one to run with.

- rest * Yes see not hiking and not flea marketing for further re-enforcement that it happened.

- eat * Certainly did! too much perhaps....but what is a girl supposed to do turn away a pc of banana split cake?

So this labor day weekend was not long enough (are they ever) but it was fun! I still can't believe it's September which also happens to be my birth month! Still trying to figure out when to force my friends to go to Poco's with me for my b-day. See i was thinking on my b-day since it's a Thursday and i know 2 of my friends have free that evening. But it's a mess trying to get people together have you noticed that?

In other news....well i don't know. LOL Oh today is hopefully yummy cupcake bar day! YES! alright I'm out! have a swell well look at that it's Thursday already!

Dark Clouds

I am surrounded by them as of late and chasing them away is getting to be tiring! but I'll keep doing this because who else is going to? before you ask it's not my life covered by dark clouds and yes I'm fine with helping where i can! I just wish i could magically heal the broken. But i am aware only time can do this task. Cryptic? maybe. but it's not my place to be going on and on about someone else's life! Just know that so far I'm 2 out of 3.

I have a long weekend ahead filled with activities that range from friends, family, fun, crazy, exciting, sad, immense, piddly, labours, easy, far, near, and everything in between! I am looking forward to things.

Some of the things to be done:

- buy veggies
- make side dish
- clip the last hanging pc of yarn!
- post pictures
- con someone into going for a hike with me
- picnic
- play soccer
- flea market
- run
- rest
- eat

those are just a few. please do enjoy your day!

Bead................Show

The bead show was awesome! My mom is fun! I made a whole set after the bead show so go me! (with my moms help so it's like we both made things!) So the whole Sears thing....i filled out a survey online and there was a place for you to check if you wanted a customer rep to call you so i checked that. They actually called me on Saturday. They apologized for my terrible experience and are sending me a 25$ gift card for all of Sears not just the Auto part. So that is good. Seriously i was quite distraught over the situation.

Another stress inducing situation....my Capital One card's due date was changed on me. it was made 2 days sooner then the usual date so i was late paying it. So what did i get a late fee. Ugh! So i try calling the customer service to talk to them about it. After going through all their questions and getting each one correct they ask me for a password. Um what i say. I don't recall setting up a password for my card. But there is one and they can' t talk to me about my account unless i have this password. Um....but they will talk to me about my other Capital One card.... so I'm who i am for my one card but not my other one?!?! After 3 phone calls asking for supervisors and trying to get them to talk to me i gave up. I logged on to my online account (and no the password to that was not the password they were looking for believe me i tried) i saw an area to write them an e-mail. So i did.....they responded to my e-mail and reversed the charge....no magical password required....does this make any sense? i thought not. (no hassle my ass!)

In other news they finally brought my favorite tea back from the dead. Vanilla Caramel Truffle! I love this tea so glad to have it back! how i missed you. Please don't stray to far from me again....i don't think i could take it. :O( Ugh is this day over yet. Awful dreadful things Tuesdays are.

And a little more just b/c i can

But worry not I won’t stop there…I will tell you about the rest of our trip to NC. I got to see my old fun nice boss. She is cute and I miss her. I got my favorite chocolate ice Carmel drink thing that they have NO where up North I tell you! I got fresh potato chips (only found in the South I swear). I didn’t get my favorite lunch special but something’s can’t be helped. I did discover that warm croissants with honey on them are so very YUMMY. So are salads with lots and lots of mushrooms! YUM. Dan’s mom (I suppose my future Mother in Law) gave me an early birthday gift a really cute red purse. I have been looking for a new red purse!

I crocheted some of the never ending blanket #2. I read like 2 chapters of my book. I got to see Dan’s fur sisters and brothers. LOL. There was plenty of food I missed out on but when you’re poor that happens, also when you don’t have a car to drive around yourself that happens. A bike can only get you so far in 90+ weather. I did ride Dan’s grandmother’s bike, pink beach bike around a little. I do mean a little. It was hot. I could not even get a hold of my friend Carmen while I was down there. So I didn’t get to see her. Dan’s Grandmother couldn’t make it to the beach either so we didn’t get to see her. She is such a nice kind sweet lady.

But how can I really complain about much I got engaged and really that made me so happy. Beyond words. So upon returning my mom made me tortilla’s and sopapilla’s (did I spell that right?). She is the best ever! My sister was happy about my news she is cute! My friends all screamed in my ear with happiness. LOL And my work bought me pretty flowers. Fun times!

But don’t think it’s all sunshine and staple removers. I got my brakes and oil changed (ha) at sears before I left for NC. Like a week before I left. I spent 300$. I paid for an oil change. I didn’t get an oil change. But I paid 43$ for it. How does one discover this….well their car fails to start on a Monday… they are checking things out only to realize the oil has NOT been changed! That is not the reason for the car not starting but it could have been a reason the engine got ruined sooner. SO then I call the sears to let them know I will be bringing it in to show them it was not done. The manager gives me so much attitude that I call a different sears to see if they can give me my money back but Alas you have to go to the original auto center which is what I figured.

The manager tells me lots of insightful things “Your car is old” “your car has high mileage” “It’s been 10 days” “the oil isn’t going to be clear” “someone checked off that they did your oil change” “we get lots of people that Think we didn’t do an oil change.” Oh and he slips in there after yelling at me that “in this case you were in the right.” And no he does not say this after figuring out that I was indeed right no after he figured that out he slinked into his office with out making eye contact or talking to me. I only got a semi-apology after he argued how great he is with customers to me. WHAT? On the phone he didn’t even give me the chance to calmly tell him that I was bring the car in to show him. He already came at me with defenses. What the hell kind of customer service is that? It’s not. I got my money back. I do fear it cost me about 4 years of my life though.

Also I just found out he is not the manager. So when I asked for a manager its awesome how I didn’t get one. Also double awesome that I called to talk to the store manager and I didn’t even get them. What the hell. But at least the lady that was not the store manager was nice to me. Even though she didn’t believe me that an Elijah worked in her Montgomeryville Mall North Wales Sears Auto location. (Yes I just put that warning in there for you.) If you go there hope PRAY or do a dance that Janice is there b/c JANICE is nice and helpful and friendly and doesn’t make you want to kill baby bunnies.

Not that I’ll ever be taking my car back there but you can if you want. Basically my living nightmare (boy do I have a lot of those) is not having oil in my car and seizing the engine. A girl I once met got her oil “changed” but they failed to put new oil in! She goes and her engine seizes down the road! My oil was getting low and it was dirty. So I can’t imagine what it would have been like in another 3000 miles which is what I would have waited thinking my oil had been changed.

The more I think about this SEARS debacle the more pissed off I am becoming and the more I think I might report them to the better business bureau. I never have done that before but I am pretty dissatisfied with how the situation is being handled and I’m certain my complaint won’t even make it to the store manager or any real manager. So anyways I’ll end this post now.

Have a swell day (look I posted 3 times in one day).

This is what happens after the story....

After you finally get engaged (the damn thing people have been asking you about for months years....so when are you getting engaged?) Guess what the next question is....Whens the date? Um yeah about that i just got the ring on my finger you think i planned the whole wedding non-wedding already? I'm not one of those girls that has been secretly planning a wedding since her 12th birthday. I can't stand the sight of wedding dresses. And don't get me started on how much money people waste on weddings.

PEOPLE can't we all just be happy that the engagement part happened? Can't i be happy and sappy in that for a few months? I'm still shocked every time i see the pretty ring sitting nicely on my finger. HEY where did that come from i say...o....yeah my honey. :O) BUT NO I'm bombarded with "Whens the date?" And i know once you get married it's when you having babies. Well let me put this out there for you:

No wedding....maybe a party....no babies....unless by accident. That's my plan. Do you like it? is it romantic enough for you? captivating? does it draw in the crowds? No? you don't think? Well i guess my bottom line is - LET ME FREAK EN BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS ok?-

Well wishes love them! Whens the date.... Not liking that at all. But i know i know most people just have good intentions. I get that. But just be happy ok.

This is the story.

8-15-09

The day started out normal enough and he is a big photographer so his goal for the day was to catch the pretty sunset, again normal enough thing especially when at the beach. His friend and he went to Jet Ski and I stayed home to relax and crochet. (Yeah I wanted to Jet Ski as well but I get really seasick and after finally feeling normal from having to take motion sickness meds for the ride to NC I did not want to go and take more.) They come back from jet skiing and he suggest we go rent scooters. Cool but in typical us fashion nothing ever works out like it’s supposed to and the place is out of them. (He did call in advance and they failed to tell him on the phone that they only had two and one was broken and the other one was rented so in reality they had none.) The really bad part in this is we walked up there and his legs were already sore from Jet skiing so he was even more upset we had to walk all the way back.

But it did give us a change to walk along the beach which was nice. We get back to the beach house and try to figure out what time the sunsets so we can decide if we have enough time to drive off the island for dinner. I fall asleep, he finds out and we would have had time if he would have woken me up. Oops. Now we have a whole dinner debacle. Now if you have been reading this blog you know….you don’t mess with my food BUT you might also be telling yourself but Topaz…you don’t mess with your sleep either….such a delicate balance.

Well we drive one way on the island and there is no hope of food. He remembers a pizza place he saw so yeah let’s try there. Small parking lot + 6pm = too many people not enough spaces = a giant truck trying to get out of the tiny parking lot (we are in the giant truck) with and a-hole who can’t wait his turn = Dan yelling at some random hick = not exactly fun. We finally get out of the parking lot and head to the only other place we know. I know the place most likely wont have much I want to eat I have accepted this fact. What I could not accept….the 25$ minimum on credit card transactions. Barnacles, I was just going to get fries & a soda and call it a meal. No such luck.

Have to order a salad. I fail to keep my ever present picky radar on when ordering the salad and fail to notice the giant red flag….they didn’t ask what kind of dressing I would like. Not a good sign and this is why…the salad comes out with no chicken and this creepy onion cucumber tomato stuff. Anyone that knows me knows I HATE Onions. Well then they take it back and throw cold chicken on it….that's the “grilled chicken salad? Good thing your main sales point is seafood. He’s upset I’m telling him to just let it go. Let it go I’m past the hungry point on to the “we have to make it to the pier at sunset b/c I did not miss out on good food for nothing!!” So we leave and are headed for the pier to catch the sunset only he is not driving us to the pier. HE just passed the pier….where is this boy taking me?

What is his agenda? Well he used to work for a Doctor when we lived in NC who owns a beautiful 3 story beach house with a 3 story deck. So he is pulling up to the Doctor’s house and I know the Doctor is not there he is in Texas. My boyfriend informs me that he said we could use his deck to catch the sun setting. OK, cool it will be pretty….right?

Well that would be correct only there are too many clouds to even see the sun…but I say once it drops past this one point we can see it and the pretty colors it makes the sky. Also we have found a praying mantis and I declare that we have found our luck and all things will be right now b/c a praying mantises brings good luck!

So it does, the sun gets into a wonderful spot and the sky is lit up with pretty colors. We take pictures (ok mostly he does b/c he is actually good with a camera). Just as the sun is about to do its final drop my boyfriend is standing behind me (how did you get there!?). He asks me what my least favorite memory about us is. Then what my favorite one is. Then he says “well maybe this can be your new favorite.” I’m thinking ok…and I look at him. He is holding a box with a beautiful engagement ring in it. He looks at me and says “Are you ready to begin your life……with me?” I melted!

The ring is a really pretty light blue sapphire. I’m not a diamond kind of girl. Plus sapphire is my birthstone. So right about now I am on cloud LOVE. My boyfriend is my Fiance.

NO....no NO

No Harry Potter last night. UGH. But I did go for a walk with the hon. And I did laundry. NO I didn’t crochet. I should have but I didn’t. Also I had to wash my hair again. I am terrible at the not washing it thing. I sweat far too much. I’m sorry sis.

Work is annoying, boys are retarded, and I had a dream about being I don’t know 200-300lbs. That was a crazy dream. I just woke up and it was like I WOKE up. I was finally seeing myself like the whole time I had been ignoring the fact that I was 200-300lbs and for the 1st time I realized it. So when I woke up in real life I was like….no…no….OK…phew No. I have trust in my sister that she will tell me that my ass is getting too fat. (Also I trust myself to realize when clothes don’t fit and the next size is my age it’s time to lose some weight.) Of course all this might have to do with excising with a skinny person. They can make you feel obese.

So why are boys retarded you might ask. Do you have about 3 years? I kid but for real b/c they tell you to take off Friday and Monday….then they only take off Friday. They don’t tell you until last night at dinner and in fact they don’t even tell you…. It happens to be the dinner conversation.
Tim’s MOM: “so what time will you guys be back?”
Tim: “early Monday.”
Me: (I’m thinking…hmmmm) “so I might be back in time for soccer!”
Tim: “Yeah you’ll be back in time for work.”
Me: “What? I took Monday off.”
Tim/Dan: “You did….why?”
Dan: “Un-take it off.”
Me: “FUCK NO.”

Why the Hell would I un-take a day off. FUCK that plus why the HELL would I go into work after being in a car for 10 hours? Do I look stupid? Yes it’s cussy time. FOR FUCKS SAKE I’m not going to un-take a day off. NO. The End. (boys are stupid and should be stoned or something!) Oh also Tim thinks we can make it to NC in 6 hours with a motorcycle on the back of his truck. IS HE MORE STUPID THEN DAN? The whole thing is beginning to make me NOT want to go. It takes 12 hours to get there if you obey the speed limit. 10 if you speed where you can and there is no traffic. NEVER and I mean NEVER has it taken 6 hours it’s fucking 6 hundred miles of travel. IS he going to go 100 miles the entire time…or even at all NO NO I don’t think so and if he does I PRAY that he gets pulled over or the bike moves and scares him. IDIOTS.

But I am thinking about the pretty beach….the very pretty free beach, with pretty free beach-ness. And yes I mean the beach and not the bead show. Also I better be able to get some yummy food or someone will get stabbed. And I’m not even laughing when I say that. I really hate boys. REALLY.

I better end this before my head implodes.

HA it's another DUMP

So today I actually did my hair. It’s an up do if you will. Anyhow, I prepared myself in the morning for the comments. And come to think of it I chose an interesting day to do this. Tuesdays are my every one in my business days so I should have foreseen this. One guy is telling me I could be his pet parrot if he decides to be a pirate….ass. Another is telling me to lay off the blueberries…double ass. And lord only knows what else I stopped paying attention. Whatever get a life a clue and some style of your own. Then we can talk.

This weekend was fun! I got to ride the lift with no snow in site! The ride down the lift is not something you experience when snowboarding unless your to afraid to go down once you get up there or your injured. Let me tell you the ride down the lift is much more intimidating then just boarding down. At least the 1st time you experience it, which is kind of why I can’t wait to Zip Line!! My friend and I have decided we are defiantly going to do it. It’s just the when. There is a night time one…I think that is the one we are leaning more towards! YES! NIGHT TIME!! I think that would be totally awesome to be zip lining through the woods at night! But it all depends on when they do it and how much.

Also this weekend my lovely sister dyed my hair and I LOVE IT!! I just need to maintain it… so far I have only shampooed it once…with an uber color safe shampoo so it says. It brags about being sulfur free and salt free or something. It was 6.99$ so it better be worth it. LOL and I wore my sweat band during soccer I felt like I should be jamming to some old school hip hop or something but it prevented a lot of color running down my face. So good job Sweat band.

Friday was super fun. I had to get all new breaks and rotors and fluids and such put on my car. I got Moe’s with a coupon and a friend! We saw the movie Funny People. It makes you think Adam Sandler is a jackass. We should have seen 500 days of summer but o’well. We used a coupon for the movie as well. Oh and my friend had good shopping luck! As did I! (I only spent 8$ on two shirts.) We had a good time despite my sick car.

Yes I need to keep working on the blanket. Shut it! LOL and I need to stop ripping lines out and doing them all over again….i can’t help it. (I only ripped the lines out on the bag which is so much better then the blanket b/c there are 171 stitches (is that the right term) per line on the blanket.) yeah I am stuck in an evil place as far as crocheting goes….maybe JUST maybe on this trip to NC I can crochet my heart out b/c I did not plan on visiting anyone. I don’t have a car and my old boss lives and works a million years away from where I am staying so I didn’t want her to feel like she had to visit me. I might still tell her and my one friend….we shall see. Anyways I should get a lot of the blanket done.

What else what else…OH I need to see Harry Potter already!!! I freak’n waited and waited!! And WAITED!! I might just go see it tonight b/c I can’t wait any longer!! I can go to the one theater that is playing it at 8pm. B/c 6:50pm is too soon and 10pm is too late. This has nothing to do with the movies BUT why would a company all the sudden decide to add 2 inches of fabric to the crotch of their panties? You’ve been buying the same ones for like 5 years but this year they decide lets add 2 inches what the hell! UGH! Bastards! Annoying!

Ok I suppose that is all for now. Have a swell day.

It is FRIDAY. Rejoice

So yesterday i went to NYC. It's crowded, dirty, and full of stuff to waste money on. LOL I was late, got lost, had a pen that would only work 30% of the time, the laptop i had would not connect to the Internet, and i was sweaty. I get to the place and you have to check in at a desk...i am literally sweating my face off. The girl behind the desk is like...."do you want a paper towel?" i was like "sweet Mary and Joesph YES!!" She gives me one....tiny thin paper towel....and then proceeds to take my picture....THANKS. She says "look here..." i was like....huh....snap....OH. Who says NYC isn't full of kind gentle souls....I SAY! LOL

The McDonald's on Broadway kind of cracked me up. It's sign is all flashy like a Broadway sign...but its still McDonald's. Dress it up all you want. I did get a really yummy bagel sandwich for lunch. I saw a Baja Fresh, Chipotle, and something else that i was like YUM....lol but you can get them anywhere so refrain yourself Topaz. I got a pack of gum for $1.75. I learned that there are lots of people that didn't want to move from AK to NYC.

I had a fun instructor who basically made fun of the evil place the entire day. Told us lots of secrets. Broke some rules. Gave lots of information. And was just a nice easy to understand person. Refreshing i tell you. She didn't make us do the cheer THANK GOD! I may have went to the bathroom during that part. OH speaking of bathroom. This one girl thought there was only one stall in the bathroom b/c there is a lady in waiting room before the bathroom. So i went into the bathroom she stayed in the waiting room and i thought....does she think there is only one stall? But then i thought NO she must just need a mirror. So i go about my business and finish...Nope she waited in that room...walked into the bathroom after me and i heard her go "OH DUH!" Poor thing.

I had my lunch with the one lady from the class i was taking. She was super nice and i was glad like her to not have to go to lunch by me onesies. She was telling me to go see Bryant park on my way back to the train station. I think i walked past it but i didn't want to stop and take pictures for fear that someone would know i was a tourist and figure out a way to rob and rape me. Yes this was an actual free. I had too many expensive things with me. all in one bag....i was very afraid. Anyways, she told me how she saw Tim Gunn the other day she works in NYC. actually most the people no wait all the people besides the instructors work and live in NYC so i was the out of town transplant.

There was free hot chocolate and water.....if you could figure out how to use the machine (for the hot coco). I also got a soda for 1.30$ i only took a few sips of it. LOL good job wasting money! My new awesome capris were awesome! They were 7.99$ at Ross! I am awesome. They are awesome. AWESOME! The train was crowded going both too and from NYC. I had to sit next to strange people both ways. I was afraid the whole time that i got on the wrong train both ways. B/c i have an uncanny ability to go the anti-way convincing myself its the right way only to waste time going the wrong way. (if that made sense good for you....you have mastered Topaz) I couldn't look out the window to see where i might be headed b/c it would have made me sick. I brought some crocheting....only to get 3 lines done and not be able to continue b/c i didn't bring scissors......... and is it appropriate to ask a stranger on a train for a sharp object?

Lucky i didn't have much down time other then the train ride. Seriously both times i went to get the train the next train was coming within 5 minutes. It's lucky i figured out where to get a ticket quick. Penn station is confusing. But i made it out alive. And due to my wonderful Brother In Laws advice Hamilton was a super place to catch the train and leave the car. I didn't feel like i would get mugged or raped (where my car was that is....NYC different story).

*SIS YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS*

My aunt decided to take Scardie in after all! My uncle called me Wednesday night to let me know. I WAS SO HAPPY!! I am so relived that i don't have heart burn anymore. that is how stressed out i was about it. I hated to think of such a sweet cat rotting away in a basement...in a pet carrier. So happy for such a cute cat.

**DONE NOW SIS**

Wow this post is getting long. This weekend i will get my car fixed hopefully. hang out with my honey. get my hair dyed. See my mom and sister. and most likely other things in between! FUN TIMES!!

Groupie Whore.

I have had the conversation twice in recent times about what a groupie is. and to me (and sis) a groupie is a whore not a fan of the music. i just thought i would throw that out there.

SIS STOP READING **I am a little (a lot) sad that i couldn't find a better or provide a better home for Scardie. She was a very sweet and loving cat. She was so cute and playful. The whole thing makes me sick because i feel like i gave her hope and then took it all away so fast. I feel like an epic fail of person. I could say go back and never try to take her in be ignorant to her plight....would that make me a better person perhaps. So i am sad today. She cried the entire ride to my aunts. Tugging at every heart string and my very soul. She was just too cute for words. I can't understand how i feel in love with her in one day but i did.**

SIS START READING AGAIN -

I think i am giving my mom a perm tonight...not sure. Hopefully so that way she can be a little happier about her hair. Not right away mind you maybe in like a month LOL. I have another full week ahead. NY on Thursday but don't get to excited it's for work. But everything else for the week is fun stuff. Next week at the end of the week is NC which i can't believe. Time is moving fast too bad my debt isn't LOL.

Last night we totally changed every plan we made. Isn't that the way it goes. We had Laura's instead of Moe's. We went to Lowes in Hatfield instead of in Montgomeryville. The only thing we did that we planned was go to the evil place. I returned most of the stuff i got for Scardie :o( I didn't buy anything fun last night unless you think Clorox wipes in a purple container are fun. BUT i did have some fun after everything.

Tell me to Crochet b/c i need to do that!! I need to finish the blanket and rid myself of it!! Purge my crocheting mind of it!! Plus i want the bride to get it and like it. (well how long is she still a bride after being married? Just asking.)

I need a giant Tea iced is preferred. Also maybe something yummy to eat. Can we make that happen please? Much obliged.

Week end trials and such

So the weekend….where to begin…
Friday was normal enough some good food from Pocos and time with my honey. Then enter Saturday. It started out fine I was cutting veggies for a family picnic later in the evening and getting ready to help my friend move. Moving her stuff was easy and I’m glad I could help. Then time for the family picnic. Well it was a going away party for my cousin. She is moving to FL.

Lots of other family were there. This conversation happened with my cousin and myself (note not the cousin moving away but another cousin):

Him: Lehigh will be a distant memory soon.

Me: Oh really when? And what new job did you get?

Him: The business I left you a message about and you never got back to me.

Me: oh

In my mind how I would have loved the conversation to sound:

Him: Lehigh will be a distant memory soon.

Me: Oh really when? And what new job did you get?

Him: Remember that scam I tried to get you to join well I am dumb enough or too stupid to realize it will never support my family.

Me: awesome I’m glad you realized it on your own so I didn’t have to be the one to tell you. And please quit trying to sell it to our Gram.

Then he said he was never going to be anyone’s Tool! That’s why his scam is so great he won’t be anyone’s Tool ever again. To that I wanted so bad to say “nope you’re already a giant tool all on your own.” But I controlled myself I know powerful stuff.

Other Cousin’s are just having very hard times. I feel bad for my one second cousin he is 21 and out of work. He was working and had enough money to get a nice car and now he may get that taken away if he can’t find another job. It’s sad to be that young and worried about money. Times have changed. I couldn't complain about my job being surrounded by people without one. So all I kept saying was “well I have a job and that’s as good as you can get.”

My Aunt (through marriage) lives on the same property as her parents (the place the picnic was). And the mom had food at her house that we needed to bring to my aunts house. And my cousin’s wife and I went to get it. Only to be yelled at….b/c apparently she is the grumpiest old woman, LOL per my cousin’s wife. She said her and her kids are always afraid to go over their b/c they end up getting yelled at for something.

Which then leads me to where I agree to take my cousin’s one cat, a Cornish Rex. I agreed so my honey could have a cat and be all happy and yellow sunshiny inside. Too bad 3-4 hours after having the cat home she gets stuck in the ceiling. Yes you heard that correct in the ceiling for and hour and half. Well stuck might be the incorrect word b/c she was walking around looking at you. She just didn’t want to come to you and be removed from the ceiling through one of the 3 freshly cut holes.

I should have known the kitty was evil when I had to go to the evil place to buy things for it. It was the only place open in my defense. 1st omen of evil-ness. Also when I went to pick kitty up my uncle was tired and frustrated from the weekend of packing his little girls house up. I also suppose my second cousin was being a little shit. So he freaked out on my second cousin. Yelling meanwhile I am there and I am like….hey hi can you not do this now? I want to go kill myself when people yell in front of me. OY Omens all over but I heed not a one.

So poor kitty is going back from where she came….well back to the house of horror. I gather from the state of the cat when I got her that the place she came from isn’t the best. She was dirty and I think the people keep her in the pet carrier a lot. Poor little thing. She can’t be more then 3 pounds. Yes sister I know you don’t care whatever. LOL.

So there you go my fun weekend. Bye now.

Brain Dump Ahead

So many things on my co-fangled mind as of late. The foremost topic I suppose is how women deal with men. How a lot of us take heaping plies of crap after pile and still stay around. How we convince ourselves that either they are worth all this trouble. Or somehow we won’t find better, Or worse yet that we aren’t worthy of better, or that we somehow deserve this awful relationship because it’s just little old us. I have one friend who is living with her ex-boyfriend who cheated on her with too many girls. Then I have a friend that is sandwiched between a guy that she doesn’t like and an ex that cheated on her! Then I have a friend who is about to get out of a bad relationship but I suspect she will be returning to her ex that was never really in their relationship to begin with! I know plenty more ladies like this…

But all these ladies in my eyes worthy of better, deserving of more…If only they could see! I myself I suppose should not talk I have been there in the crap relationship…But I am working hard on making my current one as best as it can be. I do realize that relationships are hard work and compromise. But when is the work too much? When is it time to call it what it is…. DONE? Also I do realize there are many times when the situation is reversed where the girl is the ass that the guy should leave. This isn’t an anti guy blog…not yet at least. (LOL)

Then I have been thinking about young people and their lack of respect for sex. So many young people don’t realize that sex is a big deal despite the way it’s just mis-handled in TV, Movies, and the interweb. They think it’s just some right of passage maybe or that it’s what everyone is doing. They think STD’s can’t affect them or even better maybe if they get one they can have a TV show! Just like the genius that gave 16 and pregnant the go ahead! That show…what is it going to do besides give more young girls the idea of a way to get a show? What’s next 14 and pregnant?

No one is taught to respect their body. Or that sex is a big giant deal. That you can’t just fling it around and do or have it with anyone and that’s that. It makes me physically ill the number of under 16 year olds on myspace or facebook mostly naked with headlines or labels that say “I wanna play” or “come and get me” or “I’m so lonely.” RESPECT your self. You only have one self and one time do you really want Joe dirty bird to be the guy you let have any kind of sex with you (because FYI oral sex has sex in the name for a reason….it’s sex).

And saying kids are different these days is BULL SHIT. Yeah they are having sex sooner but that means nothing that is just and indication no a symptom of the way they are raised. I have noticed that younger people (not all but A LOT) are far less mature then when I was that age. So saying they are different ready at a younger age is again BULL SHIT. Keeping it in your pants should be able to withstand the hands of time! We aren’t back in the dark ages where a person lived to be 30. Then I could see a 16 year old getting pregnant but then again they were most likely married. Don’t get me started on underage drinking and drug use. Or even the media’s wonderful portrayal of alcohol and drugs.

Then this just in…my boyfriend is being accused by some random person of rear-ending them in philly on a day we were driving home from OC MD in my car. MY CAR. He didn’t even take his car out at all that day. I believe we have enough proof to end this before it becomes a big deal. But how does this random stuff happen?! The most random crazy crap happens to us a lot. If this person really got rear-ended by someone and they some how gave out my boyfriends information or the person just got their own info wrong it sucks for the person that got rear-ended. OY the world it’s in shambles.

These are just a few of the things on my mind. The end for now.

Like a breath of not so fresh air

Finally contact had been made and even though the circumstances were terrible i was glad to hear the voice on the other end. Things have changed and yet somethings always stay the same. I never left you just in case you were wondering.

Well it's Friday people and that is a lovely thing indeed. I got a cute new pair of shoes last night b/c my payless had my size! SCORE! My sister and i attempted to fix my hair color well fix makes it sound wrong but she knows what i mean. (and since she is the one who reads this... LOL). After she left i watched the Fashion show. SO GLAD project runway is returning soon!

I need to finish the ever growing blanket! so hopefully my weekend will be filled with some crocheting. Who knows? i surely do not. I'm trying to get more of a weekend not plan but idea and it's just all fuzzy so it's a Roll with the punches kind of weekend a head. Which may hopefully prove to be very fun!

enjoy.

Some wedding pics i stole

Soccer and food

Soccer was fun as always. I blocked some goals (sorry brother in law). I tried to block some goals and failed. I took a ball in the butt, stomach, each arm, thigh, shin, and I think knee…LOL. The one in the butt is the one currently bothering me the others not so much. I got slimmed a couple of times…gross. One guy was wearing a half shirt….eww. Another guy has decided to not wear a shirt and just wear the orange mesh thing…eww. I knocked a guy down asked if he was ok and didn’t help him up….is that wrong? He was sweaty and gross…..I’m mean…o well.

My sister and mom showed up. Can’t wait to hear their commentary on the video they made. Evil ladies! LOL There were girls playing besides me. The one girl I would say was like 19-22 maybe I could be over estimating. I don’t know for sure what her name was because some people called her Jenn, some called her Jess and the one guy who calls every girl Jackie called her Jackie. He called me Jackie and I didn’t even know b/c I figured he wasn’t talking to me. Then two much younger girls joined us. One was super squeaky. LOL as younger girls tend to be. So it was a fun night.

Now on to talk of food: I woke up super early and had breakfast with a co-worker. We like to switch it up every once in a great while and instead of having lunch together we have breakfast. I so wanted a darn scone. Sister and her talk of them! Make some for me! Or help me find good ones near me! LOL. But instead I had egg whites wheat toast and a fruit cup. THEN around 10am I had one of those cookie dough pop-tarts! YUM. Thanks sis! I guess you’re forgiven for the scone problem. I’m hungry again! It’s now 11. UGH. What to have for lunch?

Ok I should go now and work since its Tuesday.

Weekend...no more weddings ok?

So this will hopefully be the last time i write about being in a wedding. I am for real. They can be pretty and fun but a lot goes into it and leads up to it and oy to the vey! This wedding was nice ok....it was drama filled and there were lots of mishaps for the poor bride to have to overcome. Her hair fell out, her florist did exactly the opposite of what she wanted and guess the hell what the florist only had to do her bouquet b/c us bridesmaids had parasols, her make-up took too long so she didn't get all the pictures she wanted (but her photographer was awesome), people were late, the lemon aid had to be Gatorade, the DJ played none of the music she listed for him, her sister in-laws boyfriend then threatened the DJ (to his credit he was just trying to make the bride happy in the wrong way), then her brother in-law was trying to start a fight with her friend's husband who did NOTHING and i mean not one darn thing to the stupid drunk moron brother in-law. BUT despite it all she walked down the aisle looking lovely and i think she had a good time.

I didn't make it to the after party my tummy was hurting and i was super tired. I'm old what can i say. Camping worked out great. it would have been better had we brought stuff for a fire but you live you learn. The weather was perfect and i mean perfect. Their house was super nice that they were staying in i am curious as to what the after prime time rate would be on it....but then again i guess if i was going to rent a house it would be in the outer banks of NC. Anyways, my honey injured himself slightly (or a lotly) by renting a jet ski.... while i was getting ready for the wedding at the fancy house. he can't walk easily now. not good.

I had a strange encounter at the wedding.... that is all i will say about that. Now i want to see the pictures the wedding photographer took! COME ON ALREADY! LOL

Alright tonight is make your sis and mom go to soccer night night so i should go and finish work so i can viva soccer! yes! have a great night!

Life has interesting twists

So an ex that lied so much i still have no idea what the real truth of the matter is, is now going to seminary school i believe... No one saw that coming. And can a person change that much with out going back and analyzing their former self? Or has the former self been analyzed? I don't know. I am not God. I can't judge oh but boy do i want to. I want to point my giant finger in all the directions and make a big scene! But it will do no good other then to make me look like an ass. Even though i don't understand it, i hope it's honest and true what he is doing and not just some ploy.

Moving on. Last night Dan and I had a nice dinner at a place where our orders were taken and correct and on time and everything was butterflies and fairies. LOL. Basically it was the total opposite of that horrid place in New Hope. So we had a great dinner. Then i proceeded to go home and pass out. I did not crochet or load pictures or anything other then sleep. But it was nice i needed it.

Too bad i dreamt that i slept an entire work day away with out calling in sick and i had to apologize an entire day away the next day. I hate those kinds of dreams. Oh i failed to mention that i was working at an old old job but some of my current work people where there too. OK it was actually more like every person i ever hated working with or for working there.....UGH. But somehow i left my desk in a way that looked like i was working on huge projects that would bring tons of money in....so they were happy with me. Very strange.

also i need to stop eating chocolate chip cookies. Who's bright idea was it to buy an entire container of them? WHO?! Oh that was me....dammit. I keep giving them away yet here they are staring at me....6 left and i have eaten 2 so far today...SOMEONE else please eat them....hey skinny little young girl EAT MORE COOKIES! The fat old lady can only allow her ass to spread so far! Critical mass....or should i say ass?

Wow look i can blog an entire blog using ass too much. good job me. i think i'll finish now before i increase my ass anymore.

The rest of size 14

So my last post left off on Friday night. Saturday I woke up and mostly crocheted and watched the rest of “Cry Baby” and most of “House Bunny.” Cry Baby is such a good movie. It’s cheesy but funny and great. Ricki lake did some great movies in her fat years. So after all that I got ready and we went to my aunt’s house for a 4th of July picnic.

Honey butt manned the grill and I manned the bag of chips and container of dip. That was quite the job. My cousin Spence eventually took the chips away from me. It was sad but I suppose my booty was happy because it had reason to stop spreading. Over all, the picnic was fun. Most everyone went to watch the Q-town fireworks and they returned and thought the fireworks were short. Well the reason is one of the firework technicians got killed (we didn’t find this out until the next day). He was only 19 years old. Really super sad. But my mom said the way the thing is set up the firework people are 2-3 hills away from the crowd so there was no way to know that one of them got injured. Also the ambulances are there standing by waiting so you wouldn’t see one rushing in. So that is sad.

Moving on… Dan and I stayed pretty late until like midnight I think. And he left his phone at my aunts so… Sunday morning I wake up to “I NEED your aunt to Forward my phone NOW!” After a few tries of her doing that, I just took a quick shower and drove to her house and back so he could have his phone. Yes I deserve saint hood….or at least a good meal….which leads us to the Villa Vito drunk uncle hot mess-ness of Sunday, which is sad because Dan was trying to feed me good food. We just didn’t count on every person working there being without a brain. But I did get good ice cream. The funny thing about Dan and me going to New Hope very rare do we go into a store.

Now yesterday was Monday and I had did not play soccer. I went to my moms. I just can’t play soccer with out the Brother in Law. He told me to go play but it didn’t happen. My moms was fun, I crocheted a lot. Yes if you must know I am working on a last minute crocheted gift yet again. Why do I do this you might ask? Because I am insane. I think I will be sending it in the mail after the fact. Sometimes that happens in life. The bride will get over it…..hopefully. LOL

Today is Tuesday. Most of us know what that means for me. But on top of that….i am having a not so great day. Day 2 of sis away…..so no chatting her to make the day A. more fun and B. go a little quicker. But at least someone just broke their silence…ok I guess I should like work or something. Have a good day. Please.

Just call me Size 14.

So just yesterday the honey and I decide to go to New Hope. And I’m starving so you know what the means? Feed the Topaz. Well we decided to try Villa Vito. OH boy what a mistake. First, we got seated almost in the dog section which would not be a problem except I’m allergic to some dogs. But not only that what if it were someone like my sister who almost got seated in this section she is VERY allergic to dogs. She would have left once a person with a dog was seated near her b/c she is that allergic! Luckily someone (one of the many, many people working there but not really working) stopped the girl from seating us in the dog section. This girl was not the brightest bulb either let me tell you.

So Then we sit and wait…..and wait……for someone to ask what we want to drink….. Uncle must be drunk takes our drink order with slow girl standing with him. My honey asks him what is in the chocolate martini he says he doesn’t know and will go ask the bar tender. While waiting for him to ask the bar tender about 5 minutes into our wait Slow girl asks us what we would like to drink….UM you were standing with us when he took our drink order…. She would be person #2 to ask us about drinks. So then person #3 asks us about drinks UGH I tell person #3 “Well you’re the 3rd person to ask us and yet we still don’t have drinks.” He then proceeds to tell me that his uncle (our waiter) does whatever he wants….he’s crazy like that. WHAT?!

So Drunk Uncle returns and tells my honey what is in the chocolate martini and my honey declines and orders a dirty martini with grey goose…and the guy repeats it wrong to him so my honey corrects him. Our drinks (or someone’s at a different tables)arrive, I wanted a sweet tea got unsweetened but when I tried to get my waiters attention he kept ignoring me so finally my boyfriend got up and got me sugar for my tea. My boyfriend ordered a dirty martini (remember) only to get the chocolate martini he didn’t want. The waiter tells him that the bar tender wanted him to try the chocolate martini b/c he just had to and if he didn’t like it he would get him what he wanted….my honey does not like it. So the waiter brings him what is supposed to be a dirty martini only its vodka on the rocks. So honey had to go up and get the olives b/c our waiter was no where to be found.

Then comes the food….my meal was supposed to include ziti which I wanted to eat with my chicken and broccoli Alfredo....too bad the ziti came out about 15 minutes after my chicken and it came out with a white wine sauce. Our waiter took forever with everything. I asked to speak to the manager only to get our waiter which either means he was the manager or no one listens to you. I just wanted to complain about how wrong everything was only to have him defend himself to me very poorly. It was awkward to have to talk to him about how awful he was. And it seemed like he was drunk. I love (read hate hate hate) dealing with drunk people. When he finally brought our check we just paid inside instead of waiting the GOD ONLY knows how much time he would have taken to get to us. Oh I failed to mention how he was going to “discount” our check b/c he didn’t want us to leave in a bad mood. Too bad all he did was take off the drink I didn’t order.

Also upon visiting their web site I love how the very last thing it says is that their top priority is making sure their customers are satisfied. RIGHT. Try not letting uncle drunk face be a waiter even if he is an owner. UGH. THIS PLACE left us in a terrible mood the rest of our day. AND me in a bad mood plus mostly empty stomach not a pretty sight!! I have included the picture of their sign with this post of if ever in New Hope do NOT go to the Villa Vito unless you hate yourself.

Other events of the weekend…I did go hiking on real Friday! It was very pretty! And fun! LOVE IT! I hope I hike more! Then I went to the mall. Lucky brand jeans were having there twice annual sale. I love (read hate hate hate) stores that only have sales twice a year and you should get excited about it. Like yippee for once I might be able to afford one thing from your store. Well my honey really likes their jeans. So he wanted me to help him pick out some. He made me try some on. HA. I am too fat for their jeans. In the ladies sizes they only go up to a 32.” ALSO according to them a 32” is = to a size 14! 14! So what I am size 16? 18? Are you f’ing kidding me? But in men’s they go up to like a size 40 something…how does that make sense? FOR the record also when I fit into a size 31” I was wearing size 6. So how a 32 could be size 14 I’m unsure. ALSO way to make customers feel SUPER FAT! Thank you lucky (not so lucky) brand jeans. If you happen to see me after a week of not eating blame lucky brand jeans. SIZE 14!

But Honey face did buy me a really cute shirt from the Limited (FYI one of my favorite stores). He was really trying to buy me stuff for some reason. Yet I could not find anything that fit me and was on sale. So we eventually went home and watched or well partly watched some movies. One movie was very strangely recorded it was super shaky so we had to stop watching it. Then I attempted to watch “Loathing in Las Vegas” but it was just too stupid for me. I guess being straight edge it’s hard to find the humor in a movie where the whole point is these people being messed up. Super. Look super is a sentence all on its own. Fabulous. Oh but not fabulous word does not like that as its own sentence. Anyways, then we watched some crazy anime. Anime can be fun sometimes. Other times it can just make no sense and be super crazy like the amount of sex in anime is kind of out of control. Then again when I think of the people that like it….Never mind.

Ok….next post I’ll continue telling you about my weekend. This post is getting long. So have a great Monday back from a long weekend have a wedding this weekend….you don’t? I do.

Food Now.

I am hungry and i want food. WATCH OUT EVERYONE!! What the heck fake Friday is nice and all but i want food. Breakfast bagel or Breakfast anything would be nice!! I have cream of wheat but i want more!!! FEED ME!! FEED ME!!

Man anyways. This week is a short one! wahoo! And i am going hiking tomorrow! Double Wahoo!! Hopefully i can get the honey to go hiking with me! He will love it. Saturday is family picnic day and i was going to try and visit a baby. But i don't know if that will happen. Plus when i explain my plans to the Honey he sort of thinks I'm insane for always doing so much. I can't help it. The thought of waiting around all day for the picnic to start makes me ill.

But i do have a blanket i need to work on.....SHUT UP I'll get it done before the wedding next weekend....or not....hopefully....maybe...possibly.....might...happen....if i wish on a lucky star, draw a circle using a purple piece of chalk, stomp three times in the middle of the circle, rub my elbows against my knees, shake my head 4 times to the left, and hold a new born baby... isn't that what you do to get something crocheted on time? No not what you do? hmmmmm

My hair is rock'n right now. I am still not sure on the color...but we shall see. The cut is awesome!! LOVE IT! And i like the color just don't know if i like on me. Everyone else likes it which to me usually means something is wrong. Sis knows what I'm talking about. When the Norms tell you that your hair looks good something doesn't seem right...

Also sis's sort of b-day dinner went off great! Us Last minute Juarez's know how to pull something together! :o) Purple finger tip and all. LOL i should post a picture of her one gift on here someday. That however would require effort....I'm not so good at the effort when i get home and there is a bed near by.

Alright i should finish babbling now. You may go about your fake Friday business.

Not A G-Thing I can do

I can’t g-chat or I’ll get into g-trouble. (well now i can before i couldn't) What the g is that about? Well I g darn guess I could g tell you. My co-workers computer isn’t working the one that works in my office. So now the stupervisor is in my office doing…lets just say what she is doing is hilarious and a waste of time. BUT whatever.

Shall I explain further…sure why not. My co-workers computer has been showing up with this error for the past week. I kept trying to tell stupervisor to get it looked at. But she decided since when you hard shut down and re-started the error went away for a few days the computer was fine. Out of sight out of mind I suppose. Well now you can’t even start the computer. Our computer fixing guy went away on vacation for 2 weeks starting this week (hmmmmm if she would have listened to me last week he could have fixed it before he left). So now we either have to use his back-up (i.e. up charge) guy. Or call a totally different person. HA

So my stupervisor is now typing the error that shows up on the screen out on a laptop. Instead of doing what I suggested of taking a picture with the digital camera. (it would have been about 10 times faster.) Just to call or e-mail the IT person. HA. I am pretty sure that something is loose in the computer and that is why the error is coming up. Because years ago at my old job my PC tower used to be located in such a way that I would accidently kick it from time to time and I am pretty sure I would get the same error. My boyfriend (currently) was the IT guy but we weren’t dating yet he still covered me and just tighten the stuff up in it and told me to stop kicking it. But I am also lead to this conclusion b/c I am aware of a key piece of the puzzle that I would never tell my stupervisor…the PC tower was dropped. Oops and o’well.

So that is my morning so far. LOL meanwhile she finished typing it out and has yet to call anyone. Thank goodness it’s not my computer. Guess what? Its Thursday…Awesome!

Don't you love it when....

Something turns out better then you expected? When the world finally seems to be turning in your direction? Well i do. Not to curse anything but the project i have been crocheting is turning out quite nice. Also a side project i did as a surprise for the sis came out awesome! And that's all i can say about that since she is the main person who reads this. But don't worry I'm not leaving the surprise go too long she will get it soon. After all her birthday is coming up!

Tonight i am hoping to make turkey meat balls and visit my mom and ONE very cute and very kind caring young boy i have the pleasure of knowing! He is my maybe second cousin his name is Billy and he is such a sweetheart! When i get to see him or talk to him he brightens my day, heck even my week. His mom is really kind as well and so is his dad so i suppose that is where he gets it from! Anyways, i will also get to see the BEST MOM EVER EVER! I love her! :O)

The one problem in all this fun ness is i may have to be around the dog that makes me very sick. Don't get me wrong i like dogs but not when i react very sick face to them. O'well i guess you have to pay a price for all the fun ness.

The boyfriend took me to his magical bike shop last night. He failed to mention how he put a deposit on a 600$+ bike already. He maybe a little nutty but i still love him. The bikes were nice but I'm still of the stance that get a cheap one first see if you will ride it more then once in a lifetime then spend the money on the expensive one. BUT he is Mr. Buythebestsellitlaterifyouleaveittocollectdust! What can a person do? Kick em! LOL no kicking unfortunately does not solve everything.

So it's Wednesday and that's very nice! I like the sound of that! Have a good one on not me because I'm broke....but on someone rich.

A review for you

A long short weekend that is what I had. I woke up this morning…”it can’t be Monday! I’m not ready for Monday!!” But alas ladies and whoever else reads this it is Monday. (which is soccer day for which I’m on the fence…I want to play soccer don’t get me wrong but my brother in law is not being good to his body and the only way he will be stopped from playing the soccer is if it rains….dang catch 22!) So maybe I will get to play the soccer tonight and maybe I won’t. Also hopefully maybe perhaps my glasses will be ready tonight! Then I can read street signs and see things that are far away instead of just turning and hoping I went the right way!

Saturday was dance, dance, dance day! LOL two of my cousins had their dance recitals. They were good! My one cousin (the book lending cousin) had 7 dances in the one show! 7 dances, all different outfits! She looked super cute in all of them and she did very well! My other cousin did well as well and she looked cute in her little outfit. I went to the Promenade..the PROMENADE! LOL if you have been around my aunt at all she talks about the Promenade like it’s Disney or something. It is a nice strip mall but it’s an expensive shops. I did have a yummy pizza and a yummy mini cookie ice cream sandwich….and there was a candy store! CANDY! I love candy. So that was my Saturday.

Sunday I used a cream and it made my face numb for mostly the whole day. Oops. Other then that I went grocery shopping and bought snacks….and some real food too. But mostly snacks. I love snacks. I should have crocheted yesterday but I didn’t. Naughty topaz I know.

Anywho, I’m done you talk now.

What happens when left by me onesies!

A great way to offer people things that you really don’t want to share say…..”Would you like some of my Swine Flu _____ ?” Fill in the blank with whatever applies: cake, cookies, paper, ice cream, burrito, taco, chips…. You get the point. Not that I have put this in practice but I will in the future. (I know now I am going to get the Swine Flu so bad that I am going to die of it b/c I keep joking around about it…but I can’t help it ok….i have problems.)

So yesterday my co-worker and I went to lunch and she was wearing a coat that belongs to a guy she is staying with but doesn’t really want everyone to know she is staying with him. As we are getting ready to walk back into work she says to me “If anyone asks I stole this coat from him a long time ago and forgot to give it back to him when we broke up.” And I say “yeah like anyone is even going to care!” Well the 1st person we walk by starts commenting about her coat…..thanks for proving me wrong right away universe! Then a few other people commented on it after!! LOL I guess I gave too much credit to my fellow employees and the nature of their noses.

So I was a good girl the other night at the mall and I did not buy a bunch of stuff. Now only to continue to be a good girl and not go back to the mall! I suppose I forget how great the mall is when I stay away….i need to keep repeating to myself…..Crochet….crochet….crochet…..no shop….crochet…. shop…. sales….clothes…..stuff….i like stuff….i like stuff on sale…..i like stuff shopping….i need stuff….i use stuff….i wear clothes……stuff….stuff….must have stuff……wait….. Crochet….stay home and crochet….This will be so easy…..

So NO ONE is at work today! (ok by no one I mean sis and my friend who chat with me!) I’m glad it’s Friday and it was nice to see the sun for a whole 2 hours before it was hidden once again by bastard clouds of doom and gloom! And I being the optimistic type (ppffft) left my darn windows open. How sun…how am I supposed to get rid of my crazy tan before my friends wedding where I have to wear a strapless dress if you never stay out? I don’t want to go to a tanning place….ugh. I don’t even really want to be tan BUT I have these awesome strap tan lines from like the 2 times I was in my bathing suit this year! Damn you CA!

So what else can I ramble on and on about since I have one more hour up front until upfront girl comes in! I really hope we get out super early today instead of pretend early. Stupid pretend early! I guess I’ll know at lunch time b/c if we don’t get lunch that means we will get out early! YES! Keep those fingers crossed for me.

I have been thinking a lot about past relationships. Not just the lovey dovey ones but friendships as well. I know I do this often maybe too often but I suppose I can’t get over how things just disappear sometimes with no warning. How you’re just left with the memories. How does it happen? Maybe I’m thinking of one person or maybe I’m thinking about a whole mountain of people. Facebook makes it stranger b/c some of these people are your facebook friends and you see that they function just fine that there is no real reason they dropped off the face of the planet (in your world that is). Frustrating is just one word for it. I guess at some point you just have to let it go (but not before blaming them for everything! Come on now you didn’t think I was that mature did you? LOL).

Ok I guess I wasted enough of your time with my endless words. Have a good Friday and hey maybe the sun will come out for another 2 hours!

Money Troubles....

So this weekend was fun. Well parts of it were. Like the part where we went to my friends house and played Apples to Apples. It was super fun. Especially when played in our own sadistic way. Also seeing my family (minus some other people) was fun. Going for a walk on Sunday with my baby was fun. Crocheting is always fun.

Things that were un-fun….let us not go there.

SO anyways I was looking at my dismal finances and actually they aren’t as dismal….I may even get my credit cards paid off by October. Yes I will still owe money to my mom and to my boyfriend. BUT my car will also be paid off! Which means I can give my mom more money….and pay her off sooner! I know I bet I talk about this a lot but…ugh. I think about it 10 times more. I think of the glorious day I will stop paying interest for something I purchased over 7 years ago. (that would be the one credit card I have.) And to be honest if you have a shopping problem and you have someone you love and trust in your life enough to give them all your credit cards. Do it. My life has become like 90% better in the money part since I gave over my credit cards to my honey.

I pay in cash all the time and I really think about the things I buy instead of just buying shit b/c it’s A. Cheap or B. there! It’s amazing what a little thing can do. And when I tell people I don’t have the money it’s for real! Also if you have an awesome sister who will let you on her cell phone plan so you can stop bending over to the cell companies do it! Seriously I would be paying more then double what I currently do if it were not for her and her husband!

Such little things but since taking notice and hold of my own money I have cut out at least 100$ in useless money I spend a month. Not to mention the 2 ½ credit cards I paid off (with help from my honey 3 if you count him paying off as part of it). Which is a bunch of money saved over time b/c no more interest payments! And my car is so close to being paid off I can taste it! TASTE THAT CAR! I will have a title in my hands I haven’t had that for 6 if not 7 years! I know why do you care about all this….well you care if you read this b/c you’re reading it! Duh!

So anyways it’s MONDAY and I don’t get to play soccer. Instead I get to go to the eye doctor. So don’t let me forget to ask for more allergy eye drops! Geez! Bye now.

the unController

Hey my name is not Controller. I don't choose who gets paid and on most weeks i don't even print the checks. I don't sign them or assign them. I just enter the FUCKING bills. SO yelling at me for things not being paid, things being approved that you didn't want approved, the kitten across the street crying, and various other things that are not my job will get you no where and fast. I have no control (i.e. i am not THE CONTROLLER) over these things.

Also get better cell service b/c why the hell would i hang up on the person who controls my pay check?

So anyways that is my morning so far. Hope yours is much better!

2 apartments & 2 places people think are apartments

So after the looking at the 3rd place last night i started going into apartment overload but we got one more in before i shut down. UGH. The first place we looked at was nice, cheap, and we could deal with it so i think. It was a 2 bedroom with a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and basement. It's been on the market for sometime and i think that caused them to lower the asking price for rent. The second place we looked at was very nice but way too much money. Way way too much. It has a pool in the complex but it's only open from 11am-7pm? And they have a gym again open 5am-11pm which is better then the pool but what about 24 hour since you have key passes for it anyway? The pool i can understand not being open 24 hour but it could be open till like 10pm at least. Anyways it's a moot point because it's too overpriced.

The third place OH the third place you will forever haunt my memory. Sometimes i feel like i am walking through a convicted felons house. Or a child molester....third place that is what i felt like walking through you. 1st you know it's going to be bad when the stench gets you before the front door is even opened. Then all the peeling paint (yes people peeling paint on ceilings as well). It was dirty, dank, smelly, and OVER priced. It would have been a nice place had it been kept up with. B/c there were neat built ins. but like i said it looked like a convicted felon or child molester had been living there for 20 years never letting anyone inside.

The fourth place was....ok it was....OY! It reminded me of the wardens quarters at the Jim Thorpe prison. It went around in a circle so most of the rooms were connected. They were trying to improve it like make up for not keeping up with it for years. But it failed. Was over priced with no refrigerator or dish washer. It had a big attic that was finished but had no heat or a/c going up to it. Oh but in the attic my nightmare almost came true! I always have dreams where i can't get away from whatever is causing me stress b/c my feet go through the floor/ground and i can't get them back out!! The one floor board was broken and almost had a foot go through it! NOT cool! So yikes to that!

After all the apartment looking we went to Red Lobster. Mind you i felt slightly guilty going there without a mother or a grandmother. They both like the lobster but my grandmother more so....not that I have ever taken her but one day i want to. Anyhow, we had dinner there and tried to regain our sanity. Did it work.....i don't think so. Maybe b/c we lost it a long time ago.

So it's Wednesday now...oh and there is a drawing of the ok cheap apartment complete with stick figure me doing Shred in the living room. LOL. Have a great day!

What a day it shall be.

So today is Tuesday....so it's bend over and take it day for me. It also happens to be pouring and i had the worst dream/nightmare ever. Woke up to my own whimpering. AWESOME. I dreamt that my boyfriend not only broke up with me but he told me that everything he ever said about loving me and wanting to be with me was a total and complete lie said just to keep me around until he was done with me. UGH. BUT to top it off my sister was pregnant with twin girls (shudder) and i was trying to get her shower together before she popped those suckers out! But she refused to go anywhere that might seem like a "shower" location. (that is so her by the way.) So i had just been dumped and I'm trying to be happy for pending doom. What a fun dream.

I think it all leads up to the fact that the boyfriend and i are going to look at two apartments tonight in Ambler (shudder). I don't like apartment hunting, car shopping or lobotomies....and out of the three guess which one i would do first? My boy on the other hand LOVES apartment hunting and car shopping... in fact he shops for cars when he is perfectly happy with his. Crazy man i date i know.

i can't believe it's the second week of June....does anyone else feel like time is swiftly depleting? It's the middle of the year next year will be 2010 and i will have been out of Hell i mean high school for 10 years. Damn i am old! I guess i kind of already knew that since my cousin is graduating this year! Anyways, time in general just feels like it escapes so fast! I sure hope I'm spending some of that time doing worthwhile things......

Which brings me to hanging out with my mom (a worthwhile thing!!). She is cute! We always have fun and last night i almost got her to get pizza with me but the place was closed! UGH! Oh well she made yummy pasta mushroom ness! We watched the Monday night show and she really does not like that one guy or the girl and i decided that then you don't like the show but she disagreed....she said.... "Anyone could do that what they are doing.....anyone.....so why them?" or something along those lines. LOL.

On that note i better go assume the position. Have a swell Tuesday. (no not that kind of swell.)

It's not Cute, funny or anything but annoying!

Ok you call i answer: Good Afternoon Company I slave for.

Stupid man: Is person i want to reach there?

Me: Sure may I ask who is calling?

SM: Sure.......

Me: (ughhhhhhhh not one of these people and no sissy i don't mean THOSE people i mean THESE people) OK...Who is calling?

SM: STUPID MORON MAN WHO THINKS HE IS FUNNY!!

I was glad when he wasn't at his desk to talk to you and i was almost tempted to just put you directly into voicemail so i wouldn't have to hear your lame voice again....BUT i knew better! I knew you would be the guy who called right back and said "you must have made a mistake you put me into voicemail!" Ugh

So it's been almost a week since i wrote and Boy what a week it has been. I am currently bitching about the wedding i'm in. Sorry friend whose wedding i'm in but this blows. All the money i am spending on your wedding (yes people you heard me right YOUR wedding not MINE...YOURS) So far the total is near 500$! I don't have 500$ just lying around. NO no i don't! That 500$ could go towards why here is a nice list of things:

- 2.5 car payments making my pay off month August instead of October
- My mom b/c lord knows i owe her plenty of money
- paying off a credit card
- saving it so that i could get an apartment
-HELL my own wedding... (yeah i know people you should be engaged i'm just saying)
- Food i like food
- Lots of shopping b/c i could buy a mountain of stuff for 500$
- a vacation my ticket to Cali and the money i spent there was less then 500$ (that is awesome)
- supporting several small children in poor countries
- a nice down payment on a new car! (ok not really but i can add ridiculous things if i please)

I could keep going but the more i put on the list the more i die inside. Again Sorry friend having this destination wedding but i might just have to get married so you will be in my wedding and you will pay sums of money for SOMEONE ELSE'S wedding as well.

The shower was nice but we spent too much money b/c as ALWAYS hardly anyone showed up. ALWAYS the story. People don't like to show up to parties i swear. Especially if they have to bring a gift. UGH.

Ok i should stop right now before i get all worked up all over again. THANK GOD it will be FRIDAY soon. Bye now.

token list post

Hello Hello! Let see what I have been up to since I last wrote:

- Finishing bag #3 It’s real pretty someday I will have to post pictures of all the bags I have made…
- Hanging out with my sister
- Going to Rice’s and getting wicked cheap neat stuff
- Getting my love back
- Being on day 6 of the 30 day Jillian Michaels Shred
- Getting at least one other person to Shred as well (I will get more I swear)
- Not playing soccer (Memorial Day and what not)
- Seeing a cute baby
- Going to a picnic at my aunts
- Making rice crispy treats for the picnic
- Getting a nice pink dress for the shower from my sister
- Hanging out lots with my mom and even her dog friend
- Finishing a really good book “Still Life of Crows”
- Trying to figure out other things to do with zucchini
- Scamp scamp scamping
- Getting my hair cut into an awesome fohawk!
- Laundry
- Eating
- Buying produce
- Being annoyed with work (who isn’t really)
- Hating sales people
- Hating trucking companies
- Loving coco roasted almonds (YUM)
- Making jewelry
- Getting an octopus necklace that I should have bought in the 1st place
- Making this awesome list for you
- Looking at Elvis on a mug, post-it, and dashboard…until he fell off.

And NO dude on the phone you telling me my name is cute, does nothing more but make me wish a plague upon your house! And not because my name isn’t cute but because you’re a stupid sales person who thinks that by flirting with me I will get whoever you want on the phone and secretly I was hoping he wouldn’t be available and he wasn’t! Eat that!

Also how good is the Amber Alert if your coworker takes the fax they sent with the information and throws it out. LOL I understand that she most likely had no idea what to do with it or if it was even real but tax money was spent on sending those faxes out and who wants to bet more then just my coworker threw it right out. It’s just funny that’s all. (Ok and maybe a little sad)
TOMORROW is FRIDAY. ~ The end.

Can I get a hand?

So last night was fun…after the food that is. Before the food I was super crabby. Like they always say…make sure you feed the Topaz. My mom made a super cute necklace. We watched some TV. And I started playing with this fake hand thing my mom has. We decided it was a good thing to carry with you b/c you could use it to shake hands with people and even hold hands if need be.

I got my 30 day Shred DVD so I need to start doing that like yesterday!! I want to be cute for the beach time and the wedding I’m in. Also it would be nice to be a little more in shape for soccer. Not that I think the DVD will work miracles just that it might motivate me to do other work out type things. I already feel the burn from soccer…who wouldn’t feel it running back and forth for 2 hours.

A fun thing, I get out early on Friday! Super happy about that!! I think I will be going to the produce junction that day. And maybe trying to find a dress to wear to the shower for the wedding I’m in or some kind of outfit. We have to wear pink or yellow or pink & yellow or yellow & pink. LOL. The pictures should look neat with everyone wearing the same colors. Weddings are so much fun…

Alright on that note have a super fun Wednesday people. And I mean it.

Jim Thorpe, A skull, and food!

Soccer night was amusing as always. Guys knocking into me b/c I am trying to get in their way apologizing to me. LOL “Sorry, sorry, sorry.” But I ran into you… Some of them were asking my name last night I guess they wanted to call me something other then “girl.” “What’s your name?” “Topaz” “Joepaz?” “NO TOPAZ.” “OH Topaz.”

This weekend was awesome! It started out awful. I got out of work at 4:00pm and proceeded to have a flat tire 10 minutes down the road! Lucky for me a nice man put my spare on for me. 200$ and 2 hours later I had 2 new tires and an aligned car. Sounds fun doesn’t it? Come on you know it does!

After the whole tire thing I was on my way with my friend Kristin to Jim Thorpe. Where lots of laughs, talking, picture taking, crocheting, and eating ensued! Angela our host was awesome and her baby girl Lily was super cute! (Still doesn’t make me want to have a kid let alone a girl.) We saw some crazy birds and some Jim Thorpe stores. We visited the Jail with the famous Hand Print (below). We remembered Vietnam veterans in our own special way. I became a member of the snuggie cult. And I found smencils. (Much more exciting in theory…the smencils that is and maybe the joining of the snuggie cult…)

Then Sunday upon my return I got to hang out with my sister and mother! We ate some chips and dip! And warm chocolate chip cookies! We painted! I painted my skull and they were trying to Donna Dewberry which my mom claimed is “Donna Don’t berry.” My sister on the other hand wanted the lady to shut up and go faster. They made up their own pretty flowers. Then we ate some very yummy Italian food and had to head home.

It’s Tuesday now and I await the start of a dreadful day! But fear not for me….i will survive. Have a swell Tuesday.