I haven't written any Random Randomness© in what seems like forever, so yay for finally getting around to it!

I signed up for a new account over on last.fm the other day. I totally forgot the login info for the account that I had before, so I created a brand spankin' new one. Here's my addy over there in case you use it & want to add me: http://www.last.fm/user/NerdyNerak

Don't forget that I also have buttons in my sidebar that you can click on to go to other profiles I have on other sites!

Speaking of the sidebar buttons; I changed them from hearts to stars. I think it goes with the Mario theme better. What do you think? Should I leave them as stars, or put the standard square icons there instead?

Weird. I just felt a really cold draft like someone just opened the window, but when I turned to see what the hell was going on, nobody was there. I thought Jameson was in the kitchen & perhaps opened the window. Nope.

My friend, Gavin AKA garlingmatthews, was nice & generous enough to send me another pound of coffee. Last time he sent me coffee, it was from Sweden. It was so good, too! This time, the coffee is from Berlin. I am drinking the first pot of it right now. (last cup, so I need to brew another pot) It's SO flippin' tasty! I noticed that it's ground a whole lot finer than how coffee is normally ground. I wonder if they grind all of their coffee to be that fine, or if it's just the stuff I got. :shrug: I dunno, but wasn't that SO sweet of Gavin?! I'm so blessed.

Dustin just sent me THIS link on Twitter. OMG...that's so funny! Like he said to me...read the first comment! (Thanks again, Dustin. Now I know what to get you for Christmas! )

My mother has been looking for a place to move into! She finally has the money saved up to move! Now all she needs to do is stop being so freakin' picky & move into a decent place where she can build up her own life again! I love my Mom to death, but I CANNOT WAIT until she moves out. Having her live with us is in no way good for our relationship. We just do not get along well at all when we cohabitate.

The people who live on the ground floor of our building carved the Volkswagen logo into a pumpkin. How flippin' lame.

The people who live on the second story - above the VW pumpkin people also have a pumpkin they've carved sitting outside their door. Their carving is of Teddy Roosevelt. WTF is with the people around here? Neither of those pumpkins are Halloween worthy!

We haven't carved a pumpkin yet. My mother told Sunny that she was going to take her to the store to buy pumpkins when she gets home from work tonight. I kinda hope she does...I want to roast the seeds! Yummy!

I downloaded Digsby the other day. I absolutely love it and totally recommend it to all of you! It's very stable and connects to all the good messengers & sites. You should check it out if you're the chatting type.

I'm absolutely stunned that I've been seeing Hummingbirds around the tree by our balcony this late in the year. It's getting pretty flippin' cold at night...I can't believe that those little guys can survive such cold temperatures. I mean, they're such tiny little things!

Lonnie has a headache, so he just fell asleep on the couch. He gets really bad migraines. Must be a genetic thing since his Mom gets them really badly, too.

Believe it or not, I'm just not into Halloween this year as much as I normally am. Not sure what that's all about. I just don't feel too excited for it like I normally would. I'm more excited for Christmas! I love Christmas. Decorating for the holidays is one of my favorite things to do. I have Halloween decorations up right now...but I'm still just not groovin' on the Halloween spirit this year. Kinda sucks, huh?!

I told Jameson that he could wear my nun costume this year if he wants to. He's considering being a bearded, dead, & pregnant nun. I think it'd be hilarious, so I hope he does it.

I suppose I'll shut up now. I have a bunch of videos I need to watch, some graphics to make, and an assload of other stuff to do. If I don't post before then, I hope everyone has a very fun & safe Halloween! I hope those of you who do dress up will take pictures and post them! I'd LOVE to see 'em.

I'm feeling kinda gabby, so this is the perfect time for some Randomness.

I'm thinking I want to create some badass backgrounds for the Opera Speed Dial contest thing, but I dunno. I hate failing...and if I failed the contest somehow, I'd feel like complete crap about myself. I realize that it's better to try & fail than not try at all, but I don't deal with failure well. :shrug: I dunno...I might open up Photoshop and see what happens. Time will tell. Anyone know the deadline?

I'm so tan right now! I love it. And not having tan lines is freakin' awesome. I keep catching myself by surprise when I walk by the full-length mirror. I'm so used to being pale!

It started raining today. My thoughts: "Shit. It starts." It rains about 8 months out of the freakin' year here, so when I start to see leaves falling from trees & all the other signs of Fall, I get bummed out. I just love summer & the sun so much...I hate seeing it go.

We have seriously got to get a vehicle soon. Having to borrow my Mom's car is a pain in the ass. Especially now that she's working. I'd be riding my bike or walking everywhere, but since my knee is so screwed up, the doctor said to stay off of it. We have to get a cheap-ass vehicle before my Mom has enough money saved up to move out. I can't imagine having to carry groceries that far on a bum knee.

I just made dinner for everyone, but I'm not going to eat. I'm not hungry for some reason. It'll probably hit me in a couple hours...when I'm in bed trying to wind down & get some sleep. I hate it when that happens.

What the Hell happened to Tina Turner? Is she still alive? If so, where is she? I'm not a fan or anything - I just heard her singing on TV a second ago and it made me wonder.

Fresh green beans freakin' rule! I used to loathe green beans when I was a kid, but I quite enjoy them now...especially when they're fresh. My Mom got some at the Farmer's Market over the weekend, so I cooked 'em up for a side with dinner last night. Soooooo good!

My very awesome friend of about 6+ years, Jason, sent me a gift in the mail the other day! I'm going to do a separate blog post about it. THAT is how badass the gift is! I'll probably take care of the post tomorrow.

Getting adjusted to a 'normal' sleeping schedule was proving to be a pain. My daughter started school back up on the 9th. Since then, I've been hitting the sheets around 22:00 and waking up at 06:30. That's plenty of sleep...if I could actually get to sleep in a timely fashion! The past couple of nights, I've been taking two Klonopin when I go to bed. Genius idea! I don't roll around and try to sleep anymore. I actually get real sleep! It's a terrific feeling. I must admit that I truly miss my late nights, though. I've always been a night owl, so to have to go to bed so early is killin' me! I just can't believe that the Klonopin is helping. Ambien didn't even help!

I think I might go hot tubbing tonight. My neck could use it. It's almost 21:00 now, so I'd better do it soon if I'm going to do it! I just asked Lonnie if he wanted to, and he said, "Maybe. It's a possibility." That means, "Yes, but I don't want to commit to anything."

Lonnie got my site switched over to the new server earlier. It's not up & running yet...I have to do that part. I don't know that I want to, though. I mean, why bother? I was making a few bucks per month on Google ads, but other than that, it really had no purpose. I do most of my babbling here. If I could think of a unique & fun idea to do with the site rather than another blog, I would consider relaunching it. Until then, it'll stay down. :shrug:

Meh. I'm out of things to babble about. I'm too busy doing my thing over on Twitter. I'm an addict. Besides...I've gotta get ready to go tubbin'.

We're all settled into the new apartment and are about 85% unpacked. The only things we have left to unpack are the 29183712983728917312897 computer reference books we own. Yes - that's the exact number.

I'm currently listening to "Hooray For Boobies" by The Bloodhound Gang. Freakin' killer album. I love it - even though it's not Brutal Death Metal. Imagine that...I have a variety of tastes! Who'd a thunk? (The "Hooray For Boobies URL takes you to a video from the album)

I sunburned my freakin' ass. Yes...my tushie is scorched! I failed to read the little instructional thingy on the tanning bed (it comes free w/ the new apartment) and went in for 20 minutes the first time. Then Sunny says, "Umm, I just read this thing and it says you're only supposed to go in for 3 minutes the first time!" Ooopsie!

I had fully intended to take pictures of the new place today, but I cannot locate the proper batteries. I had charged some, but then realized they were the wrong flippin' batteries. As soon as I unpack 'em, I will get to making vids/taking pics. I know you people have been patient so far and I appreciate it. Please continue to be patient, okay?

Man, these headphones I won from Opera/SteelSeries are freakin' life savers! Apartment living would suck major ass without 'em. I can still blast my eardrums out and not worry about pissin' anyone off!

I'm super pissed off because I cannot seem to get Opera to connect to the Net. I'm writing this w/ Firefox. I want my Opera back! I've tried everything. I have NO clue WTF is happening. WHY WON'T IT CONNECT?!

Ms. Pac Man > Pac Man

I chose the bananas in honor of Tamil, BTW. Tamil!

I have missed you guys SO much! I can't even tell you how badly I've been jonesin' for My.Opera! I'm so stoked to have my system all set up and whatnot. I'll be doing a lot more work in the days to come, but at least I'll still be able to check in here, too.

So, about this apartment - I can tell you about it now, I guess, and then show you pics later on. It's on the top floor (3rd) of the building. The building houses six apartments...three on each side. It's three bedrooms, gas fireplace, central A/C, security alarm in each apartment, a balcony off of the dining room, a balcony off the master bedroom, a bathroom in the master bedroom & another bathroom in the hallway where the other two bedrooms are, an okay kitchen...kinda small, but has brand new appliances, washer & dryer in the apartment, nice carpet 'cept in the kitchen & bathrooms - those have linoleum. I can't really think of anything else. It's SO quiet in here. I was afraid we'd always be hearing our neighbors and smelling what they're cooking - like in apartments I've lived in when I was younger. Nope. This place is freakin' solid. I have yet to hear a neighbor or smell raunchy food.

The amenities of the apartment complex are seriously the icing on the cake. Swimming pool that goes to 6', hot tub, fitness room, tanning bed (as you already know ), tennis court, and access to the "Clubhouse" where we can have meetings with clients, parties on birthdays, or whatever else we'd want to use it for. I doubt we ever will, though.

I've gone swimming every single day that the weather has allowed it. I've been getting fairly tan and also losing a shitload of weight. The combination of exercising and not being able to eat has trimmed my fat ass way down!

I have no idea why I'm having a problem eating. This is my theory: When we were in the old house and had SO much stress on our backs, I was unable to eat. I just couldn't do it - too much stress. Now that we're settled into the new place, I think my body is really used to surviving on next to nothing, so my stomach has shrunk all up. Now it takes a fraction of the food to fill me up that it used to...when I eat. I'm honestly scared to eat anymore because I've been vomitting every time I DO eat. WTF?! Like I told Lonnie - I think it's just my body doing it's best to recuperate from the intense stress we went through. I'm sure I'll be piggin' out on Nutella in no time!

Soooo, get this! The day we went to pick up the U-Haul truck so we could begin loading it, we left our SUV parked on the street in front of the house for the first time EVER. When we arrived back at the house with the truck, our fucking ('scuse the language, but this is a touchy subject) SUV was gone. The mothereffin' bastards came and repo'd our SUV! Now we have no vehicle. Lucky for us, my Mom has her car, so she's been letting us borrow it here and there when we need it. Thank God!..and Mom!

Yesterday was my Mom's 62nd Birthday, BTW. She claims she turned 39 AGAIN, but meh...get a grip, woman! She went swimming with Sunny and me yesterday. I also baked her a cake. I couldn't afford to do anything else for her, so I just did my best to be really nice and help her to have a good day.

Back to the SUV - Normally I would be SO incredibly upset over it. But after looking homelessness in the face for two weeks, it hardly even affected me. Who cares about a vehicle? We have a roof over our heads! Besides, the car payment was WAY too high, so now we can save up for a cheap little piece of shit that'll get us from point A to point B. I'm not trying to impress my fellow drivers by any means.

Lonnie's desk is so freakin' monstrous that we had to put our dining room set in our storage thingy and he set the big-ass desk up in the dining room. We eat dinner in the living room hovering around the coffee table. No biggie AT ALL!!! At least we have a place to put our stuff.

Mmmmm....coffee. I missed it so much!

I forgot to mention that we have a garage, too. Apparently the manager woman liked us so much that she threw in the $60/mo. garage for free! She also took off the pet fee because I'm on SSI and she said that I could claim my cats as service animals. The only service they really provide is shitting, pissing, eating, sleeping, and shooting dirty looks, but okay! No pet deposit works for us!!!

Actually, my cat - Araya, is soooo sweet & affectionate. She's a talker, too. Man, she babbles a lot. I have NO idea what makes her think that's okay to do!

OMFG! I have GOT to tell you what just happened! My Mom came over to me and asked me, "You want to harvest my crops, or should I hire a whore to do it?" I said fairly loudly (because I've been blasting music in my headphones), "Go ahead and hire a whore!"....The problem with this scenario is that Lonnie is currently on the phone with a client! Hahahahahahaaaaaaa....can you image talking to him and hearing, "HIRE A WHORE" in the background?! .... (She was referring to Farm Town over on Facebook)

Okay, I think I'll shut up now. Hahaha...I'm just crackin' up too much to be productive. Love you guys!

It's been so long since I've written any Randomness...I just had to get on here and post some. I am craving writing it...which is weird to me.

Sunny just came over and said, "Guess what?!" I asked her what...I don't play the guessing game. She said in a very excited tone, "I finished a whole book of the Bible! First Peter!" Of course, I told her that was awesome and let her know how proud I am. We never make either of the kids read the Bible. If they read it, it's because they want to...which Lonnie and I think is the perfect reason. So yeah...I'm very proud of Sunny for doing that...especially during her summer break!

My toes are SO cold. No big surprise there, I know.

I'm currently listening to "Legend" - the album by Bob Marley. I freakin' love this album! (If you want it, click HERE. )

Sarah called me earlier and we talked on the phone for a while. I'm not sure how long...probably around an hour or so. (Is that about right, Cupcake? ) It was so nice to actually talk with her again. I'll definitely be calling her back some time so we can talk some more. Hatchet burying rules!

I'm sorry to those of you who have missed me on here. To be honest, I just needed a break for a while. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE My.Opera, but I felt like I needed to kinda pull back and take a break from it. Not just that, but I've been really busy, anyway. I wish I could say I've been busy working & bringing in money, but we're still hurting. Instead, I've been busy hanging out with the kids, baking, gardening, cleaning....you know - doing homey stuff. I've actually enjoyed the Hell out of it, too! I absolutely adore having my kids home with me during the Summer. I dread the first day back at school. I miss them both SO much when they're gone during the day.

I'm not sure what to make for dinner tonight. I have a few different options, but I'm just so indecisive! I made homemade pizzas for dinner last night. Everyone really liked them. There wasn't even any left-overs!

Lonnie & Sunny are laying on our bed being snuggly together. She is SUCH a Daddy's Girl! I think that's awesome. That's how I was when I was a kid, too. My Dad was my world!

They keep hiking up the prices of gas. Just when we thought that it had gone back down for good...it starts creeping back up again. Who the Hell do we blame for this? Obama? Why is it like this? Anyone? I want to know why they keep doing this...other than the obvious reason - money. There has to be a logical explanation, doesn't there? What is it???

Lonnie & I have been going on nightly walks for a while now. At least a couple weeks. I'm not exactly sure how long, but I'm positive that it's doing a world of good for both of us as individuals and as partners. Individually, it's helped both of us with our energy levels. We both feel so much more energetic now. Amazing how that works. As partners it's helped us because it's time away from home & the kids where we just walk and talk. No computers, no telephone, no TV...just Lonnie & me talking.

My collar bone keeps itching. WTF? I think a mosquito got to me. The nerve! But then...I'm just so sweet that they cannot resist me! Hehe.

The woman on the TV just referred to a juror as a "Jurorist". This woman is an attorney. Wow.

Yay! My little buddy, Mariah, just messaged me on Yahoo! Messenger. She is one of Sarah's daughters. We are pen-pals...we've been writing letters to each other for quite a while now. It's so much fun and I really enjoy her letters. Sarah had her messenger open, so Mariah just got on there and is talking to me. I love it!!!

I know that I said I was done with it, but I was wrong....I'm still hooked on Farm Town over on Facebook. I seriously cannot help it. I thoroughly enjoy the game...and is that really so wrong?

This edition of Random Randomness© is really boring and sucks! I'm sorry! It's been so freakin' long that I seem to have lost my knack.

When Lonnie went grocery shopping a couple days ago, he got me this Cappuccino stuff to try. I just went downstairs and made myself some. It's actually really, really good! Pretty sweet, but still...quite a tasty treat. I made one for Jameson, too. He had his iced and I am having mine hot since I'm freezin' my buttocks off. It's good either way. Nummy!!!

Lonnie just turned "Family Guy" on. It's the one where Chris is a Freshman in High School and he runs away rather than having to deal with school. Can't say I blame him. School sucks...or at least it did when I was a kid....and I know from my own kids that it certainly isn't fun!

I used the Neti Pot that I won last night. Wow. That's hard to master! Lonnie happened to be in the bathroom while I was doing it and he said that it was the most unsexy thing he's ever seen me do. I was like, "Excuuuuse me for cleaning my sinuses! GOSH!"

That reminds me that I need to send the people I won the Neti Pot from a Thank You thing. It's pretty cool that I got all that stuff for free - two pots and the stuff that goes in 'em. All I had to do to win it was leave a comment...then my name was chosen from those who commented. I was so stoked when I found out that I won. If not for Casey, I wouldn't have even known about it. Thank you again, Casey!

I guess I'll wrap this up for now. I certainly hope this isn't as lame as it feels like it is. I'm so out of practice! Oh well...maybe it's not as bad as I think it is.

It's been quite a while since I've written any Randomness, so I figured what the Hell. Now's as good a time as any.

I pulled my second all-nighter in a row last night. I lost count of how many hours I've been awake, but I know it's well into the 40's. Oddly, I don't feel too crappy. I'm sure the constant coffee drinking is helping me to keep going.

I've been laying out in the sun everyday for the past four days. The first day, I greased myself up, laid down on my blanket with my pillow and totally passed out. A little over an hour later, Lonnie came out to save me from totally frying myself. The second day, I fell asleep again...but only for about 45 minutes. The third and fourth day were only 1/2 hour days. I didn't fall asleep...which amazes me considering the fact that I'm so sleep deprived. I've got a nice base tan started, though. Now all I need to do is go out there for about 20-30 minutes per day until I've reached the perfect color of tan and then I'll chill with it and only do it like once a week. I have it down to a science. My tan last year and the year before was perfect!

I REALLY want to go to the beach. The weather's been perfect for it. The only thing stopping us is the price of gas. We have an SUV, so gassing up isn't a cheap thing...and we're not exactly doing so well in the finance department, so we have to make sure to keep our priorities in order. I'd love to say, "Screw paying bills! Let's gas up and get to the beach!", but then that'd just be stupid. I'll have to be patient. Patience is not exactly one of my strong suits.

I've been washing my hands excessively lately. Not sure why...it's turned into a habit now. I thought about it earlier today, and I'm going to count how many times I wash my hands today. The good thing is that part of my hand washing ritual includes the usage of hand lotion after each time I wash my hands. So at least my skin is all soft and not getting messed up from the over washing. I'm such a freak.

Almost everyone already knows, but for those of you who don't - I've pretty much quit Facebook. I'll go back once in a great while, but I really got sick of all the stupid junk. It's a big time waster, really. I enjoyed the game called Farm Town, but it really sucked up too much of my time. I said, "Screw this!" and decided to come back home...here to My.Opera!

In case you're ever at the store and you see Toffee Nut Coffee Mate creamer and you think to yourself, "I wonder if that'd be good?"...I can tell you that it is most certainly NOT good. Why do I ever even attempt to deviate from my usual Hazelnutty tastiness? You'd think I'd have learned my lesson after the whole Gingerbread creamer incident.

The bulbs I planted at the very beginning of Spring are starting to come up! I cannot wait to see them bloom into beautiful little flowery shrub thingies. I can't remember the name of the bulbs...I've been up too long to remember much of anything at this point. I think I'm going to take pictures of them in stages, though. It'll be neato to see the progression of growth in pictures.

The bird feeder that my daughter and I made has turned out to by quite the success! I have a feeling that a bird will probably build a nest in there. I'm actually kind of hoping so. I realize that means there will be an abundance of bird shit on my back patio, but oh well. I can hose it off daily. No biggie. I love watching little birdies grow up!

Aerosmith sucks.

The highlights I had put in my hair a couple months ago are being lightened by the sun. It's actually kinda cool looking. I'm diggin' it. Lonnie agrees...he says it looks sexy, so hey - I'm not about to go changing it!

I haven't been posting over on my site like I should be. It's like I go through spurts. Now is evidently not the time for one of said spurts. The poor thing is so neglected. Oh well...it's not like it's going anywhere. I'll post whenever the urge strikes me. I seem to get more out of posting over here than over there...which is actually not in my best interest since I can make money from my site. I have ads that I get paid for when people click on 'em over on my site. I'm averaging about $20/mo., but if I were actually posting more often, I could make more than that. Duh. We're financially strained and yet I'm still slacking.

I found a bunch of videos on YouTube this morning...no, wait...yesterday morning. Meh - I have no idea when. I've been up too long. Anyway, they're anti-Obama videos. They make some VERY valid points...and I've never liked him one bit, so, of course, I favorited the videos.

Ummm...just because I mentioned that I don't like Obama does NOT mean that I want to debate and/or discuss politics, so please refrain from arguing with me about how great he is...blah blah blah. It will fall on blind eyes. I don't want to read it. I've got a right to my opinion.

Hey Jenn! When are you going to come to Washington to see Mel & me? We both love you lots and would really love to see you. Besides, I owe you a ginormous hug for being such an amazingly loyal and understanding friend. Love ya'!

I've made a lot of new friends here on My.Opera lately. Pretty flippin' sweet! I love getting to know new people. Especially when I find out how much stuff we all have in common. I SO wish we could all do some sort of My.Opera gathering somewhere. That would kick ass like nobody's business. Too bad we all live so far from each other, though. I mean, some of us live close to each other, but I have friends all the way over on the right coast! I'm on the left coast! We'd have to meet in the middle. Where would that be? Anyone??? I'm geographically challenged. I've not a clue where the center of the country is.

And what about the people who live overseas? I want to meet all of them, too! We need some sort of global gathering! I think Opera should pay for all of us to meet in...ummm...hmmm...maybe like London or something? NOT FRANCE! Anywhere but France. I have my reasons. (Hi Matthew! )

I hate fruit. The only fruit I like are bananas, grapes, and pears. That's it. I don't even care for apples. I wish I could get hypnotized or something so I'd like fruit! It's so good for ya', but I just hate it. Yuck! I love veggies, but fruit? Ewww!!! Peaches can kiss my ass! They're the worst of all fruits. I HATE YOU, PEACHES!!! *shakes fist*

I think I'm getting an ingrown fingernail on my left pinkie finger. No biggie at all. I'll just dig it out, but I'm feeling it as I type this and it's pissin' me off. Apparently I get agitated quite easily when I've gone a couple days without sleep. Imagine that!

We got some Colgate Wisps the other day. I'm an absolute dental hygiene Nazi, so I think these things are the best inventions since coffee! Although coffee wouldn't really count as an invention. Anyway, they're little toothbrushes you can use when you're on the go. They work SO well and I just love 'em. I've never had a cavity and I don't want to start now, so what's better than being able to brush my teeth in the car?! Ummm...nothing!

I made Salmon for dinner last night. It was really freakin' tasty. Man, I loves me some Salmon. Hard to believe there was once a time in my life when I hated it. Weird how our tastebuds change as we get older.

Okay, I guess I've babbled on and on enough for now. I had to make up for lost time. I think my mission is accomplished. I hope everyone reading this is doing well and is having a terrific day! Carol - I hope you get to feeling better soon! I hate knowing you're under the weather. Everyone else - thanks for taking the time to read my incessant babbling & have a truly lovely day.