Wow it's been a while

Every time i sit down to type a post i'm like well... should i write about this... no this... no maybe this... no that seems boring or self involved how about this? nope that's lame...before i know it 20 minutes have passed i'm staring at a blank screen and i start day dreaming of ice cream or tacos or fried pickles and i've closed out the window and let my blog go for yet another week. (ps what is a blog if not self involved... what is wrong with me...)

SO things have been fun and crazy and sometimes not fun. More recently i just came back from a real life grown up vacation!  It all started with going to California LA to be exact to skate in this awesome tournament Battle of the Bank VI. Our league got very short notice so i started a fiverr account with gigs to raise some money. Instead of just asking people for money for nothing. Some people got the concept... some didn't. It's ok. It combined my love for writing and making shit up with raising money. Cool. My fiverr is still active because now i'll just do it for fun. (in case you were interested.)

So back to LA and BOTBVI... Well LA, i still have a friend who lives out there and she had a cute baby in September so i was all about going to LA for this derby event. The husband was all about it too. He gets excited about things that get me excited he is cute like that (you can barf now). So we planned our trip, got excited, some time passed and the husband had the brilliant idea of adding more days and heading to Colorado! Denver, Boulder, and surrounding areas. SO our vacation went from 5 days (1 day of travelish) to 11 days (1 day of travel for certain)!!

The BOTBVI was fun and amazing and i wrote a little about it here... go ahead click on it and read. It made me appreciate OSDA rules more than ever and the game my league strives to play. But i gained a little respect for what other rule sets are doing as well since they have a big arena with everything in it... a guy selling fresh made cookies stuffed with  ice cream that he then rolled in cookie crumbs... come on! A chiropractor and a massage therapist... and a freaking sewing company that makes uniforms and derby wear in general.. you don't have a complete shit game if you have all that going on!

My friend in Cali has a really cute baby. She was a little cranky with the "i'm teething don't even look at me unless your mommy" syndrome kids get. But my friend lives in a very lovely home with a super nice boyfriend. She seems happy for once in her life, are things 100% perfect NO b/c nothing ever is but she seems more adjusted and happy in this life than i have seen her in a really long time. So that was nice to see.

Cali in general was pretty & sad at the same time. it's a giant rolled up ball of feelings for me always. It represents a time in my life when i thought all the members of my little family were happiest. It's were i got to go to Disneyland all the time and my mom had friends and my sister seemed happy. Yes i was like 3 to 9 when we lived there but things seemed great. But it's also sad because it's so crowded and smoggy and there were so many homeless people. It's a rolled up ball of feelings i tell you. Also we took surfing lessons out there... so much fun!

Colorado... was amazing. We ate, hiked, ate, ate, hiked, ate, explored, shopped, ate, saw the rocky mountains, ate, did i say ate?  We relaxed and enjoyed ourselves, each other, and the state of Colorado. I skated with a league out there the Denver Derby Dolls.  They were all super friendly and kind.  Their rules are totally different than my leagues but they were understanding and helpful. I saw them skate some pretty sweet moves on the track even if i don't understand their rules.

So vacation was awesome but now i'm back to real life and this post took me 2 days and in those 2 days a co-worker of mine passed away in his sleep.  He was 49, and i was just talking to him yesterday. They don't know what happened yet and it's all a bit unbelievable still. He was super nice and always did what i asked (which is rare around here).  He will be missed greatly and i feel terrible for his poor wife that went to sleep with a husband and woke up with none. So tonight (tomorrow or whenever you read this) tell the people that are important to you that you love them. Hug them and squeeze them and laugh with them as much as you can. We never know about the next moment, we can only enjoy this one right now! 

The second fantasical post of yarn things

Here are a few other yarn things i made along the way... don't be afraid...

Might i add that NONE of these items where actually for me!!  Further more i'm missing a bunch of stuff.  also apparently i really liked making that bag like i liked making the baby star blanket!  also there is a really neat football hat i made for my uncle (this snake hat was for him the next year... I took over my moms tradition of making him a crazy hat.)

A Fantastical Post of Yarn things

So this post is one i said i would do like a MILLION years ago.  Here we are... finally... phew do i feel old. So i bring you the magical post of yarn things that i have made for babies (i might post another post with other things i have made for not babies...) (and now maybe my sis will be happy inside as if she ate a warm chocolate chip cookie from chick-fil-a which those things are like crack... just saying... but if you get 1/2 a dozen (which i'm not saying i did...) they will NOT warm them up... which i think is a crime!  just saying.)

This was the 1st baby blanket i made... wow...

 And now i do fancy patterns and HATS!!!  i just made that monster hat this past weekend (the day before the baby shower.... shhhhhh)  (and i sometimes need help from my sis face on the logic of a pattern... she is the best.... the pattern whisperer if you will...)

SWEETHEARTS RULE!!!

Here are some photos of my awesome roller derby team!!  (we are missing one player... she will be added soon...)

11 (shhh here i go again stealing)

The 11 post 
(i totally stole this from someone Else's blog b/c that's what i do... i steal things... the photo is of me (in pink and black) blocking with my booty!  and the photo is by King Taco... he is awesome)

1. Post these rules. (you don't have to post these rules...)

2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 random things. 

3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post. 

4. Create 11 new questions and maybe someone will answer them. 

5. I don't tag people or expect others to tag... if you want to do this post cool let me know in the comments that you did so i can visit your blog and comment and we can comment on each others comments and forever have a circle of comments and warm fuzzy feelings...

1.  I will never have enough black stockings (with designs, fish nets, sparkly, never enough).

2.  There is this crack in the ceiling in my apartment that looks like a bug EVERY TIME I see it from the corner of my eye! UGH.

3.  My cell phone is 3+ years old and I secretly hope it lasts another 3+ years… it is not a “smart” phone.

4.  I’m totally obsessed with pretzel crisps… I’m sure their awful for me.

5.  I hate writing things in front of people b/c my spelling is awful and I have no concept of grammar (despite the class I took on it…).

6.  I'm super nosy... i love to know what is going on everywhere!  But i swear i play it cool... LOL

7.   I have inner dialogue with myself that makes no sense.

8. I wish like HELL i could workout in the morning before work again!  where did that super power get to?

9.  I miss swimming.

10. I LOVE HUMMUS. more please all the time!

11. I really really really really really really (i don't think that was enough reallys) LOVE my MOM!!!!

11 Questions from the blogger i stole this from!!!

1.  What is your favorite fashion era and why? Maybe the 50's loved the BIG skirts!

2.  What is your least favorite fashion era and why? 70's or now... LOL
3.  What is your favorite blog post of yours? Maybe the last day of my 30 days of running before 30.  that felt good!

4.  What is your proudest accomplishment? Not doing all the stupid shit people did around me in high school, drugs, smoking, drinking, or sexing.  (not that I do the drugs, smoking, or drinking now or ever for that matter.)

5.  If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be and why? Unless someone alive or dead wants to give me a new job or money at this dinner I’ll stick with the people I already have dinner with in real life!

6. If you had to eat the same type of food for the rest of your life, what would it be?  (Like you can have any flavor ice cream, but only ice cream.)  Cheese?  Or pretzel crisps!  LOL

7.  Is the glass half-empty or half-full? It’s empty man… so empty.
8.  If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be? Right now I’d give New Zealand a try!
9.   If you could only shop at one store for the rest of your life, what store would you choose? I guess I’m going with Target.  They have clothes, shoes, purses, food, candy, soap, EVERYTHING and they aren’t wal-mart. 
10. Do you think leggings are pants or not? NOT pants… I have seen one too many bare asses through them or under ware to say they are pants…. NOT PANTS.
11.  If you were a fruit or veggie, what would you be and why? I’d be mushrooms b/c they are so yummy and people would love to eat me on lots of things!

My 11 Questions...

1. What is your favorite hair color (on yourself)?

2. If you could set any one person/place/thing on fire and get away with it, what would it be?
3. If you could change out one human contact for something else what would it be?  (example i'd exchange the Hand shake for a surprise cut!  SO instead of shaking a person's hand you get to surprise cut them!)
4. What was your favorite childhood stuffed animal or toy?
6. So do you love hummus, why or why not? 
7. What is your favorite workout move?
8. Do you love what you do/ do what you love?
9.  how much water do you drink in a day (do you only worry about this as you get older?)?
10.  Do you wanna learn how to roller skate?
11.  Would you ever wear a hair bow (a bow made out of hair...)? 

Mind numb

The part of my mind that processes unhappiness at work is numb.  It's so over loaded and bogged down that it has chosen to go numb and abandon me.  Which is totally unfair because the poop is getting deep around here.  I was going to wear my rain boot today... i should have.

In other news super excited for my sis date tonight!!  Burritos and ice cream here we come!  Really nervous for my weekend... bank track game and running 10 miles down broad street... so nervous.  But i'm excited as well.  I hope we play a fun game sure winning would be nice but if we don't win i hope it will still be fun.  I'm excited to push my friend along the 10 miles so we can reach the finish again this year BUT this time she can celebrate it fully and not have her parade pooped on.  LOL

Before all that happens (the weekend) i have a practice to get through and flyering in the city to do and nerves to get out!  SO MUCH nervous energy! I guess that is what is fueling this post!  WOOOO.

Oh and i'm super happy and excited that Sharon Needles won the Drag Race title!  She is awesome and i hope to see her live and in person!!  Oh that will be so amazing!!! 

Ok ok ok ok i'll end this have a super Tuesday.

Holy crap blogger changed things.

Yeah i'm guessing that will be a title for many people...

I was going to write hilariously enough about how sites keep "upgrading" things... i just feel like if it ain't broke why are you always trying to fix it (coughfacebookcough)??  But maybe that's the old lady in me that gets use to things and is happy with them being out of date.

I know it's been a really long time since i posted something... lets see what have i been up too... Playing Roller Derby (of course), training for a 10 mile run (that is happening in a week and a 1/2!), working (bleck), and in general trying to not go too insane.

Speaking of Derby... i have a game every other weekend for 4 games in a row... is that sane?  The day after two of those games i'll be doing some sort of run... that might be the more insane part.

The runs (that sounds bad) i'm doing this year:
May 6th - 10 mile Broad street Run
May 19th - RunAMuck (5K)
Aug. 4th (i think) - a Tri which includes Swimming, Bike riding (12 miles?), and running a 5K
Oct. 20th - OMG i'm going to die Tough Mudder follow that link and see the many ways i am going to perish.

This weather is insane... people in western PA getting SNOW?  in April... the END of April... what are you doing mother nature? 

I feel like i should have other very clever and magical things to post but for right now you'll have to settle for this random pile i just created above for you!