This week is hardly half over and I can already tell you what I'm grateful for.Fricking SPRING BREAK, baby!!!! WOO HOO!No, we're not going to Cancun or South Beach or anywhere of the sort.Todd and I are making our way to Buena Vista, COand then down to Santa Fe, NMWe leave tomorrow morning, right after … Continue reading Week #13

Happened to me recently. True story.All I was doing was working on cleaning the office to get the house ready for two canine inhabitants.Todd was working on de-cluttering the basement (and did a super-fab job at it) and I wanted to get the office organized in such a way that I could also use the … Continue reading Sometimes, things just hit you out of the blue.

This weekend, Todd and I bought $2000 worth of brand new electronics. This included a 40" Sony 1080p HDTV, a PlayStation 3, a PS3 game for Todd and the movie 300 in Blu-Ray for both of us (because it is, I believe, the quintessential date night movie for Todd and me).It was a rather arduous … Continue reading "When he pulled up on his unicycle, I just knew…."

This week, I'm thankful that the road construction crews for our neighborhood finally got their crap together and repaired the nonsense at the corner of 38th & Tennyson.For as long as I've lived in that neighborhood (since November of 2006), that corner has been a nightmare to turn onto and off of due to the … Continue reading Week #12

I'm pretty sure that my new NOT favorite thing is having St. Patricks Day on a Monday. Who thought THAT was a good idea? Granted, it did make for an ENTIRE weekend of Patrick-ing so that was fun, but still...MONDAY?!?! Not a fan.Our St. Patrick's Day weekend went down a little like this:Friday night: We … Continue reading Why on a Monday?!?!

So Todd and I went skiing on Sunday (more about that in another blog, with photos)...Well, you can buy discounted lift tickets at some area grocery stores, which is nice because the whole skiing adventure cost us about $160.So we head out to the mountains and stop at our neighborhood grocery store to get the … Continue reading Stupid People Amuse Me

i love to karaoke. i think we all know this. and know it well.i like to go to new bars and try to wow the masses with things like Pat Benetar's HEARTBREAKER (a personal favorite) or Aretha's RESPECT (a classic).additionally, i often enjoy coming up with personal "themes" for the evening. one time, i did … Continue reading Adventures in the life of an avid karaoke-er

In an attempt to get this done BEFORE next week, this week, I'm ever-grateful for laughterIn spite of my (probably) bombed Spanish mid-term, I have laughed a lot this week. Between Heater texting me when she's "not in her right mind", Chandra talking about her biochemistry class, Corwin being Corwin, Todd saying generally hilarious things … Continue reading Week #11

Forgot to do this again last Friday so here I am today.Last week, 'round about Saturday evening, I discovered that I was grateful for unlimited texting!Todd & I decided that it was high time he get a decent cell phone. So we canceled his old contract and put him on my family plan. And the … Continue reading Week #10

i'm stressing out right now about my stupid mother-loving health insurance.i hate that i went to get a stupid CT scan now that nothing is wrong with my head and the problem was with my back...and problem my new chiropractor is fixing with much haste.that stupid useless doctor's visit (where he did nothing but ask … Continue reading "She’s started composing…" "MUSIC?!?!"