Christmas Lights and Snow

Hi.

I got some Christmas lights and put them on my ledge. I like them. They make it warm and cozy in here. They've been on all night.



Also here is a picture out my window. It's snowing and I'm going to have some tea. Mmm.



Happy holidays everyone. :-D

It's 22F outside right now and my computer gave me the peal of thunder warning it does when severe weather is on the way. I looked at the Doppler Radar and saw this (the white splodge is a snowstorm):



What happened to 50F days and 30F nights? It changed so very quickly. Winter is officially here, my friends.

Other than that, everything is just delightful. I woke up inexplicably today at 5:30 a.m. fully awake and (dare I say) refreshed, but everything else is normal. Except for the blizzard on it's way. Heh.

I'm baaaaaaack!

HI!!

I just got back from housesitting for my boss. Boss and her hubby went to the Paul McCartney concert in Vegas (LUCKY!!) so I got to watch her puppy and cat. My weekend was very relaxing. I lunched with my friend Jackie, had a nice visit from SC where we made some EXQUISITE food if I may say so meself, and spent the rest of the time...

...with this puppy...



...and this kitty...



It was SWEET. Have a great week everybody! :-)

TURKEY!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE!!

Le Gateway

Here are some pictures of The Gateway where the Apple Store be at. I think the sporting goods store name is funny. I'm sick so this is all you get today. :-(

Kuh-Ree-Mahs-Ooh

I don't know what happened. I just can't explain it.

I went to the store for some of the usual items...mostly cans of soup...and I was about to leave. To leave my neighborhood Smith's Market, one must pass the seasonal items in the middle of the store. While rolling by with the cart, a white box caught my eye. It said:

"Two Foot Decorated Christmas Tree with LIGHTS!"

I have always poo-poohed holiday decorations. It just seems like a waste of perfectly good paper and plastic products. I've had my own place for awhile now (in various locales) and never, ever, EVER have I wanted to get any kind of holiday decor whatsoever. It just wasn't something worth spending money on.

At least, that's how it was before.

Something took hold of me right then, in front of the box. Something very odd and somewhat twisted. Suddenly I wanted to belt out "Sleigh Ride" and push all the buttons on the singing snowmen displayed on shelves above my head. Hot Apple Cider and Pumpkin Pie started to sound absolutely delicious. I was giddy. I was filling up with the holiday spirit.

I was out of control.

Before I knew what happened the tree box was in my cart. Then it was headed for the register. Then it was being purchased by ME, the BIGGEST ANTI-HOLIDAY person KNOWN in the UNIVERSE. The one who, after helping decorate a 12' Christmas Tree, called it "A waste of glitter." Ebenezer Scrooge 2005! ME!!

I threw the tree in my trunk and fled from the store in a confused stupor. What was I thinking?! It's not even Thanksgiving yet! This was ridiculous! These thoughts were put on hold by the presence of blinking lights in the lobby windows of my building as I turned into the drive.

They were icicle lights. Draped off the portico out front. With wreaths. And blinking, multi-color tree lights AND reindeer sculptures in the lobby...covered in lights!

I didn't feel so bad anymore. I put up the tree and I must say it looks just delightful.

To hell with it. I'm going to like this whether I want to or not.

HAPPY (PAINFULLY EARLY) HOLIDAYS!

Apple Store Funtime!

Here are my pictures. It was so cool!

From the Apple Store

I'm updating from the Apple Store! Wooooo!

This place is awesome! Photos are to come...

Oooh. I hope this is true...

Take a look...

Ikea Salt Lake City?

It would be cool to have one of them there stores over here in Yewtaaw. I hopes it's true, yup.

Gotta go...the Apple Store is open at The Gateway now...woohoo!

Feelin' nicely fine.

Hola.

I just remembered this poem I read for a Spanish competition when I was in 8th Grade. It's kinda cute so I thought I would share. I translated it at the bottom.

Por una mirada, un mundo...
de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Por una mirada, un mundo;
por una sonrisa, un cielo;
por un beso... yo no sé
qué te diera por un beso.

For one look, the world
by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

For one look, the world;
For one smile, the sky;
For one kiss...I don't know
what I'd give you for one kiss.

Go out into the world and have some adventures today, okay? :-)

Badtz Maru and UPS

"Greetings, blog reader, you have *one* unread blog post. To read the post, please press one..."

So my friend in Alabama sent me a Batdz Maru box he found in his bedroom. This is cool because I have the Batdz Maru penguin and would like to have something to go with it. It arrived today via U.P.S. and it was the same driver from before who POUNDED on the door as if trying to raise the dead to let me know, in a very snarky tone, that my camping chair had arrived. This time he knocked politely, was very nice and even smiled! Not only that but he answered my request for inane chatter! Crazy. He must have taken a sedative or something.

Anyhoo I got it all washed and ready for use here in Utah and I must say it's pretty cute. The delivery also reminded me of the package I had to drop off for shipment so I went downtown to find the UPS box. The phone locator deal had given two addresses for UPS drop boxes. The first one was in a store in Old Town which was closed. The second one was in a large, white, ominous looking building downtown.

The box was nowhere around the front so I went inside the lobby and found myself in a courtyard with 5 or 6 mezzanines above and much indoor plantage. Pretty? Yes, but the box wasn't there either. A very nice woman came by and asked me if I needed help. I told her what I was looking for and she tried to help me, but she didn't actually *work* in that building and was only dropping something off so she wasn't sure. Offices and receptionist desks surrounded me behind walls of glass, but nobody was in any of them. It smacked of the Twilight Zone.

Finally a man came by and that really nice woman asked him if he knew where the box was. He told her and she showed me. Turns out it was on the second floor terrace in a breezeway between the building and the parking garage. I pity any new U.P.S. driver who has to find that thing for the first time. The box was dropped off and it all worked out thanks to the initiative that nice lady took to ask where the box was. Thank you nice lady! Whomever you were! You made my day. :-)

Here be pictures of my new Badtz box jammin' with Batdz.

Matzo Balls

Hi there.

This was a nice weekend. I met up with my friend Eric and we went to this cool TexMex restaurant called Lone Star Taqueria that was in a building shaped like a triangle with lime green stucco and shiny black tile everywhere. The chicken quesadilla was AMAZING. I had never gone there before and Eric recommended it. Good call Eric!

Then Eric and I went to Barnes and Noble and milled around until our friend Rebecca called to let us know she was in town. We met her at Hard Rock Cafe for a brownie sundae (HUGE) then decided to go up to Ensign Peak and take pictures. Eric brought his Handycam with night vision and I brought my Photosmart. I WISH we could post the video Eric and I took on this blog. My friends are just as crazy and hilarious as you'd think they would be. After stumbling over boulders and cliff faces galore, we hobbled back to Rebecca's to watch our footage and then all went home (except Rebecca because she was already there). It was awesome. We just bounce of each other's insanity and end up sore from laughter.

Today I went to my parent's house and had a delicious lunch of Matzo Ball Soup, which I had never had before and didn't know I liked (it was REALLY good), then I did my laundry there, walked at the mall with my mom (too cold to go outside), and had dinner there too (cowboy pot roast - yum). I played with Bogie a ton and now I'm home. This has been really great.

Here are the pictures of downtown Salt Lake City I took from Ensign Peak. Notice the freaky one with the steam. I think I was breathing out when I snapped the pic, but maybe it was a ghost. You say tomato...

You'll recognize the last one. He's just too damn cute to not constantly assault with a camera flash.

New Sofalicious FANTASTIC!

My boss gave me her old sofa so I have a new sofa! WOO! Here it is! WOO!!

(Um...that wet spot is cleaner. Not pee. Don't even think about it because I can delete comments).





WOO!!

I LOVE GOOGLE EARTH.

If you have a PC (Mac is in the works), go to GoogleEarth and download that shizzle. It's is SO AWESOME. I love the historic sites on the left column. The Reichstag is striking from the sky.

seriously. This is Google Maps times 300. Go! Go now! Go go go!

So...anyhoo...I'm just here. Doing my thing. Trying to figure out what the HELL I want to do with the rest of my life. I have recently decided the path I was taking was not a good path for me and am in the process of switching it up to something different and more fitting my likes, dislikes, needs and wants. It's something I should have done a long time ago but was too scared to initiate. I'll let you know what develops.

Here's a pic of me as I type this. My digital camera broke (the NEW one) and before my replacement comes (gotta love warranties), I have my goofy webcam thing. Here I am.



Also I have decided to take up walking for fitness and enjoyment. Again, one of those things I should have done years ago. I'll keep you posted on that crap too.

Have a nice day. :-)

Funny funny.

When you create a website, it is very important to ensure the URL does not misrepresent what you are trying to purvey. Here are a few examples.

* Who Represents?: www.whorepresents.com
* Experts Exchange: www.expertsexchange.com
* Pen Island: www.penisland.net
* Therapist Finder: www.therapistfinder.com
* Mole Station Native Nursery: www.molestationnursery.com
* Power-Gen (Italian electric company): www.powergenitalia.com

I suppose nobody would ever forget your web address...but would it be for the right reasons? Hmm??

Chuckled upon and stolen from kjpepper who stolededed it from rook and badwebdesign, who in turn ganked it from the Sun Online.

Whoa. That's a lot of ganking!

Not much to say...???

Yes, I am usually a chatty person but I just don't have much to say tonight. I realized it's been a long time since my last update so I decided to write something if it kills me.

Something if it kills me.

HAH! Bet you didn't see that one coming. :-P

No, really, my BRAND NEW digital camera BROKE, and before the new one comes (Thank GOD for warranties) I am at a loss for a post due to the fact I'm all about the photos. Let me look in my recently taken pictures from a few days back. I'm sure there's something nice there.

Here we go. This is my parent's sweet, adorable dog Bogie who was not expecting me to take his picture. I kind like it. The boxes and National Geographics are mine. Apparently I forgot them when I moved out. Oops. It was nice of my parents to hold onto that crippity-crap for so long. Thanks mom and dad!



See you next time...

Coming soon...

So I decided to move my furniture around. Now you get to see the pics.

Old living room.


New living room.


Old bedroom.


New bedroom.


There you go.

More Pictures.

Here are some more pictures from that day. I like the last one the best.







Until next time...