Random Randomness© on a Saturday hasn't happened in a really, really long time! Sunny's content with a movie and Lonnie & Jameson took off to the grocery store, so I figured what the heck!

The reason Jameson went grocery shopping with Lonnie instead of me going is very simple. Grocery shopping is in no way good for Lonnie's and my relationship! It never fails - we end up arguing every.single.time. For the past few months, I make a list and Lonnie goes and gets the stuff. It's worked magnificently well! No more arguing...he gets to deal with the public, and I get to put all the stuff away.

There are SO many squirrels around here. I looked down to the ground from my balcony the other day and saw four squirrels within about 40 feet of each other! People on the bottom level have a squirrel feeder thing, so it really keeps 'em coming back for more. It makes me wish I lived down there...but I'm definitely thankful for where I do live. Besides, I don't have to hear anyone above me walking around!

Sunny & I are going to do our Spa Day tomorrow. Every Sunday, we set aside a couple hours to devote to pampering ourselves. We do our nails, moisturize our bods, facial masks...the whole niner. Tomorrow we have special plans. We're going to incorporate the sauna, hot tub, and tanning bed into our usual routine! It'll take a while longer, but we figure that if we're going to do it, we need to do it right! It'll be a lot of fun. We both enjoy our Spa Days so much.

I took the camera with me when Lonnie & I took a walk the other day. I'm going to write another blog entry where I'll post the pics. It was a really relaxing walk. Ever since I screwed my knee up, we haven't been able to take the long walks like we were accustomed to. Now our walks are only 20-30 minutes long. The pain just gets to be too much for me, and we end up having to head home. I hate that so much. I really miss being able to be as active as I want to be without worrying about pain. I'm so sick of it!

I did my eye make-up different today. I went with the 'Smokey Eye' look. I'm not used to wearing this dark of junk on my eyes, but everyone says it looks really pretty, so I might have to do it more frequently. It's always nice to play around and find new looks like that.

I've been changing a lot of people's personalized emoticons next to your names lately. If you have any special requests or don't like the one I've chosen for you, please let me know. I don't want you to have something next to your name that you're not fond of. No hard feelings - I swear.

I got a big surprise in the mail a couple days ago! My good friends, Lenora & Rick, sent me a hilarious birthday card...and inside the card was a $15 gift card for Starbucks!!! Can you believe that?! That's just so awesome. I'm the luckiest girl in the whole world to have the awesome friends I have. No, not because I get gifts...but because my friends genuinely care about me. It feels SO good to have such wonderful people watching my back. Thank you again, Lenora & Rickster!

I just put some Cookie Dough flavored Lip Smackers on. I got a three-pack of Lip Smackers for 50 cents at WalMart about two months ago. Can you believe that?! Only 50 cents! They had a bunch of crap on clearance, so I got lucky. The other two flavors in the pack are Cotton Candy and Bubble Gum. I like them all, but Bubble Gum is my least favorite. It smells & tastes nothing like bubble gum.

I forgot to call my brother AGAIN. He probably thinks I really hate him or something. I just keep forgetting 'til it's too late in the day. I have no idea what time he hits the hay. Do you ever space out calling someone like that? I'm going on about a week of me realizing I'd forgotten to call him AGAIN until it's too late. I'm such a crappy sister.

I'm up to 12,472 tweets on Twitter. I have a serious addiction to that thing. I just wish I knew why I feel the need to tweet everything I do. I'm clearly not the only person who enjoys it...but why the heck to we enjoy it so flippin' much? And why is Twitter an either you love it or hate it type of thing? :shrug: These are the questions that'll haunt me forever! (Add me if you want: http://twitter.com/nerdynerak)

I'm on a tiny food kick lately. Not real food...graphics of tiny food. Not a clue what it's all about, but I am positive that the tiny animated food is freakin' adorable! I love it...and I have really been enjoying hunting the graphics down and also making them, myself. I'm not quite sure why I've waited this long to get into creating cute food graphics. I'd thought about it before, but never got around to it. Yay for me - I finally did it!

Speaking of graphics; I still have to finish up the graphics I've been making for my friend, Jason, and get them to him. He's been pretty patient! I feel badly that it's taken me longer than I had intended to finish his stuff up, but I've also been having to do some work for Lonnie as well. Lonnie doesn't see too much humor in me chatting and playing around when I'm supposed to be working. Can't really blame him - I'm a big kid when it comes to working from home. Luckily, I have him here to keep me in line!

I've been tanning, but A LOT less now. I have a base tan and everything...I'm not going in order to get dark. I'm going as a way to fight off the winter blues. So far, it seems to be helping. I only go in there for a few minutes 2-3 times per week, but those few minutes really seem to be helping me with my SAD.

I've been sleeping so much better lately. I think it's because I'm back on a regular schedule now that school has started back up. It feels so good to feel rested! I take two Klonopin around 22:00-22:30, and I'm out by around 23:30ish. No more of this tossing and turning. I hate that I have to take medication in order to get to sleep, but hey...if it's what I've got to do, then I'm going to do it. I think sleep deprivation is worse for me than the medication is, anyway!

You know what question I hate pretty much more than any other question? I'll tell ya'! "What's for dinner?" That's it. I detest that question. Every single day of my life I am asked this question...when I hear it, I want to slam my face into the counter or something.

I'm drinkin' coffee...Mmmm. It's so good. When isn't it, though?

I am not going to enjoy taking this eye make-up off when the time comes. That's the only problem with getting dolled up...you eventually have to un-doll yourself.

My driver's license expired on my birthday. I forgot to call the DMV last week to see what their grace period is. In Montana, it was 15 days...I'm hoping they're at least that generous here. I do NOT want to have to take the entire test all over again. That'd totally blow ass.

I haven't been to church since that whole eviction fiasco happened. Honestly, I've lost respect for several members - including the pastor. The way they handled things was really messed up. I'm doing my best to look at them and the situation as objectively and forgiving as possible. My problem is, though, that I don't want to attend a church where I don't fully respect the elders and more importantly, the pastor. I either need to find a new church, or simply decide that I don't need to attend church. I never really liked going too much, anyway. The social aspect of church is enough to give me ginormous panic attacks. I hate it when people are so IN YOUR FACE and asking who you are, what you do...etc. I'm so not outgoing like that.

Lonnie & Jameson have been gone for over an hour now. I hope Jameson's not too pissy when they get back! I love Lonnie to death, but he is the most irritating person to shop with! He just has to stop and look at everything and read every lable...etc. Not only that, but he's a pretty slow moving guy to start with. It takes him 1 hour to do something it'd take an average person 20 minutes to do. He simply moves at a slower speed. I've always known this and I don't love him any less...I simply cannot shop with him! That's why I'm hoping Jameson hasn't freaked out yet!

I guess I should shut up now. I feel super babbly, so this Randomness could go on for quite a while longer if I let it. I'm still amazed at how many people enjoy reading my babble! My son has even asked me, "Who cares what you're doing?" I kinda shrugged and said, "My friends do. I guess that's how you can tell a true friend from a chump, huh?" So anyway...I hope everyone has a terrific remainder of your weekend. If I'm not on tomorrow (Sunday), I will see you Monday!

Lonnie and I were driving home from the store and I suddenly found myself feeling incredibly bored. It was right about then that I remembered that I always have my camera in my purse! I pulled that mother-futon out and proceeded to record everything that was said and the surroundings...etc. on the way home.


Phonies - Here's your linkage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm0OpZm9qbw


Disclaimer: I realize that our garage looks like a freakin' pig sty. My Mom is currently living with us until she gets a job, saves enough money, and is able to afford her own place. Until then, we've got a cardboard jungle in our garage. We're not slobs. I just had to set the record straight.
So there, Jenn.

I guess it's a good idea I didn't plan a surprise for party him. Then again, we're such geeks that our only friends are on our computers, so that'd have been one Hell of a lame-ass surprise party!




My Beloved Phonies : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMwvkU-bwJc

As you can see, I decided to write my Randomness over here again this time instead of over at my other site. I've been having some technical issues with the server over on that site, so I'm about ready to scrap the whole thing if it doesn't iron out soon. I don't need that much stress just for a blogging site.

Tonight is Parent's Night at the Firstenburg Center, so we're going to be taking the kids there in about an hour. They have a big video game room there with PS2's, PS3's, NES, GameCubes,...pretty much every system you can think of. On the first Friday of every month, parents are welcome to come in and play with their kids. That's out of the ordinary because the rules state that anyone over the age of 17 is not allowed to play in there. So, yay! We get to go play games with the kids for a couple hours. I'm gonna beat some ass...although they will want to play Guitar Hero and I absolutely detest that freakin' game. I'll just play something else while they do that.

I hate it when I'm in a really, really good mood and then someone says one stupid thing and it takes my mood and changes it to being totally bummed out and upset. Why do I let what other people say get to me so much?

My Mom finally got a job. I'm not sure where, but she's doing Accounts Receivable - something she loves. That's good. So now she will either save up and get her own place here in Vancouver, or she will save up and move to Minnesota. The choice is hers to make. I'm fine with whichever way it goes.

I wonder if they'll have free coffee at the Firstenburg? That would rule!

I'm addicted to Cover Girl Wetslicks. I wear that stuff constantly. I love it. The color I use is called TuTu.

Lonnie's being crabby. I hate it when he's like this. It effects my own mood so much. I tend to take on other people's feelings, so I like to surround myself with happy people...which he normally is. Everyone has crappy days, I guess.

I feel like a cow.

I've been using a different shampoo for a couple months now. I must say...I freakin' LOVE it! It's Herbal Essence: Long Term Relationship. They call it that because it's for long hair...which I definitely have. This stuff not only smells amazing, but it works so well! I totally recommend it. They have a whole line of different types - not just the one for long hair.

Lonnie just asked me if we're done fighting. I said, "I didn't realize we were fighting in the first place. I just thought you had a bad attitude." Wow...so weird how two people can take one situation and read it completely differently.

Not a clue what I'm making for dinner tonight. Something with chicken. Maybe I'll just bake some chicken...it's easy and tasty. :shrugs:

I've been making my own croutons lately...for on soups and salads. Mmm...so good. The family goes nuts for them.

I think Spring might be coming soon. While I was walking to meet my daughter at her bus stop this afternoon, I saw some foliage poking up through the ground in someone's flowerbeds. I got all giddy inside when I saw it! I LOVE Spring!

I've been using this tooth powder junk for about a month now. We got it at Whole Foods. (The hippie grocery store that smells like ass.) It's called Eco•Dent Tooth Powder. What you do is wet your toothbrush and then sprinkle some of this junk on your toothbrush and then brush your teeth as normal. It's really, really weird at first...but it doesn't take long to get used to. The reason I bought it was because I wanted something to help whiten my teeth. They're nice looking teeth and aren't all yellow and gross or anything, but I drink a lot of coffee, so it's gotta have some negative effects on the color of my teeth. Anyway, I must say that my teeth really do seem a little whiter. It's been over a month now, but still...I think this junk might work. It's just too bad it tastes so nasty. Once this package of it is gone, I won't get another one. It's just not good enough...I'll go to some whitening toothpaste or something instead. I'm happy to say I tried something new, though.

I just got my work-out clothes on. I figure that while we're at the Firstenburg, I'll do a few laps around the track or something. Might as well use my time wisely. I mean, if they're going to play a game I hate, I might as well go get my fat ass on the elliptical and run a couple miles, ya' know? It'll do me some good. I love the elliptical machine, anyway. I would SO love to be able to buy one of those babies!

There's apparently a Photoshop User meet-up group later this month at Clark College. Lonnie thinks we should go to it. He's probably right. It'd be cool to hang out with a bunch of people with the same interests...and perhaps learn some new tricks!

I'm thinking about joining Facebook again. I am totally undecided, though. The only reason I would really join right now is for my BFF, Sarah. I would love to get to know her family better. She's like a sister to me, after all. I guess I could probably meet up with some people I've not spoken with in years, too. I never give my real last name on those things, though, so that's doubtful...unless I get the nerve to expose the true me. I'm just so paranoid about my name for some reason. I have NO idea why. I mean, I have sent 239487324 Christmas cards to people here on my.opera...so they all have my name AND address. I think my 'fear' is irrational. Probably stems from having a mother who is a freak about everything like that. She shreds EVERYTHING.

I wish we could all have a giant meet-up. Ya' know? A HUGE picnic thingy where all the people of my.opera get together and hang out. Opera can pay for all the air fares (because I said so ) and we can all just hang around for a couple days and really get to know each other better than we already do. Can you imagine how hard it'd be to say Good Bye to everyone, though? Oh boy...that'd kill me. I SUCK at Good Byes.

Lonnie just said he'd like to go to the public library sometime. Yay! I would love that! I've been saying I want to do that since we moved here. Now maybe we actually will do it. I love those places! The only problem is...well...think about all the germs in those books! You don't know who was reading it before you. The thought makes me shudder. Thank God I have giant vats of Germ-X around here!

Okay, I guess it's time to get going to the ol' Firstenburg! I should bring the mp3 player so I can run my ass off to some Death Metal. That stuff usually helps me work out like crazy! Anyway...I hope everyone has a terrific weekend! I'll be on and off of here all weekend, so I'll catch ya' later!

I'm a little late in posting these, but I thought you guys might like to see the pictures I got on Halloween night. As you may or may not know, Lonnie and I went to a Karaoke bar to watch people make jackasses of themselves. We don't drink...just went to laugh.

Well, I got more than I bargained for!
Mario was busted doing some dirty dancing with some Army chick!
(Keep in mind that it was really dark in the bar,
so these pictures are going to suck.)







BTW - I was a nun AGAIN. I really hated being a nun for the third year in a row...but we couldn't afford the costume I really wanted, so I made due. Lonnie was a priest again, too. As usual, we were both 100% naked under our costumes...well, wait. I had fishnets and whore shoes on and he had socks & shoes on...but other than that we were naked. We get a kick out of it for some reason. Here I am being a possessed nun...again...



After we went to the karaoke bar, we went to Denny's and had some coffee. That's a pretty usual date for us...we're broke and Denny's coffee is cheap. So there we sat in Denny's...drinking our overly charred coffee while being total kids taking pictures of each other under the table. He'd lift his costume up and I would take pictures of his goodies....then he'd take pictures of mine. It was pretty hilarious, really. We'd just be sitting there and then FLASH!!!! A big flash of light from the camera would go off under the table. People had to know what we were doing...did we care? Not in the least bit.

Here's my handsome priest doing his best to look around as if to say,
"Where did that big flash of light come from? WTF?!"