Make It Monday

Confession Wednesday has moved to Make It Monday. E-Fabulous and I (we’re neighbors across the parking lot) have decided we’re making dinner together once a week. We’ve kept it up for a solid 5 weeks now. Mom, you’ll be happy to know I insist on having a vegetable once a week whether I need them or not.

Tonight we were going to make souvlaki but we couldn’t find lamb. We got some take and bake chicken from Fresh & Easy instead. The potatoes wouldn’t bake though so we ended up taking them out of the oven, cutting them up, and frying them. And then the chicken took twice as long to bake as it should have. I suspect my oven isn’t what it should be.

 

Home Improvements

It’s been an interesting afternoon. I came home fully expecting a quiet afternoon trying to get some boxes unpacked. I emptied one box and two bags. I was actually hanging something on the wall when E-Fabulous arrived. We live in the same apartment complex now so we run errands together to stay motivated. Today I was accompanying her to Home Depot. While we were there I thought I’d ask how on Earth to get my crappy shower head down so that I can put up my nice new one. Bless his heart, the little old man who helped me walked us four blocks, not to hook me up with some sort of super solvent to do battle with the tape gluing the shower head to the wall, but rather to pull a shower head out of a package and demonstrate the act of unscrewing. He actually told me to remember “righty tighty lefty loosey.” No, really. He really was sweet, and his heart was in the right place, but man was it ever an I’m Just A Girl moment.

After Home Depot we went to Target to get “a vase.” This trip resulted in E-Fabulous and I attempting to hang curtains in my bedroom. On two occasions when I thought I would cry E-Fabulous said something like “Yea! She has a hole!” or, “See? Who needs a man when you have power tools!”  Thanks Fabulous!

 

Happy New Year!

I’ll try to be better about posting in 2010. Maybe post something other than on a holiday once in a while. My resolution for 2010? Have as much fun as possible. Rumspringa!

Here’s something fun I ran across today. In 2003 I took one of those silly quizzes online to find my Inner Dragon. Here’s what I got. It was fitting at the time.

and your inner dragon is a ….

Spectral Dragon

In the war between good and evil, a Spectral Dragon tends to walk the fine line of Neutrality….
When it comes to the powers of Chaos vs. those of Law and Order, your inner dragon walks a fine line between Law and Chaos….
As far as magical tendancies, Magical spells come as natural to the Spectral Dragon as breathe from it’s body….
During combat situations, a true Spectral Dragon prefers to defeat opponents by the use of spells and other tactics….

Dragon Description:

The resurrected spirits of fallen dragon warriors, Spectral Dragons usually find no allure in the ways of mortals or ‘flesh-beings.’ To this end most never possess a single gold piece. Instead, they live their unlives by a strict code of mental and metaphysical discipline. Their bodies are honed, focused avatars of dragon gods long-dead. They are leaders and teachers who prefer acolytes to be mages with an intense dedication to the betterment and empowerment of one’s own spirit. However, these creatures can be fierce in combat; because of their nature, Spectral Dragons can change form at will, and their undead state does not mean they have no physical influence. The magnificent blue-and-green flames of a Spectral Dragon are said to burn hotter than the fires of the living. In physical appearance Spectrals are often a shimmering grey-blue-white, much like a ghost; their common form appears similar to that of a shade-dragon. Their eyes glow one of three colors; the eyes of the honorably slain glow a bright green. The eyes of the murdered glow blood-red. And the eyes of the condemned, those whose greed or hatred destroyed their bodies, glow a bright violet.

This Dragons favorite elements are: are rose quartz, black roses, rain, funeral
pyres, and songs sung for the dead

I decided to take the quiz again today. It changed, and it’s a little spooky.

and your inner dragon is a ….

Aurora Dragon

In the war between good and evil, a Aurora Dragon tends to walk the fine line of Neutrality.
When it comes to the powers of Chaos vs. those of Law and Order, your inner dragon is a risk taker and answers to no one.
As far as magical tendancies, Your inner dragon has the ability to conquer the world of magic, but it will not be easy.
During combat situations, a true Aurora Dragon prefers to defeat opponents by the use of spells and other tactics.

Dragon Description:

The Aurora Dragon likes cool air and wide open spaces. It comes out at twilight and shies away from direct sunlight. The Aurora Dragon is independent and opinionated with a firm grasp on its desires. They love adventure and will try most anything once.

The Aurora Dragon appears to be night blue, but something about it’s scales (or perhaps it’s magical nature) creates a multicolor holographic effect around its body, almost as though it is constantly flying through an ever changing cloud of color.

Highly intelligent, The Aurora Dragon likes games of mental challenge and tends to finish in the winners bracket. They are perceptive and intuitive but tend to hold grudges. Very verbal–not a quiet or shy dragon, the Aurora Dragon makes friends easily.It is with great difficulty that The Aurora Dragon puts aside any injustice it has ever received–whether real or imagined. The Aurora Dragon loves freedom and would wither if put in constraints.

This Dragons favorite elements are: Opals, Wind, and Free Spirits

What’s your Inner Dragon?

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow, has it really been since Halloween? I just don’t have time to do anything anymore. But today is not about complaints, it’s about being thankful. This year, I’m thankful to be employed. Not just employed, but employed by a fantastic company. I’m thankful for the new friends I’ve made, my teammates. I’m having a lot of fun with them. I’m feeling alive again.

Don’t get me wrong. Life after divorce has been great, but there were certain areas that I shut off. I’d joke about being dead inside, but it was sorta true. I don’t want to live like that anymore. Thanks for reminding me I’m awesome, and that I deserve to live life.

As always, I’m thankful for family. I’m alone here in AZ, yet I know you’re all there for me. I love your emails, your texts, your participation in the family website, and that you ask Mom about me. I love you.

 

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is a bittersweet time for me in recent years. Once the happiest of holidays for me, it’s now also a reminder of a past life, an alternate reality, a would-have-been. Maybe that’s what’s behind my recent behavior. Those of you at happy hour the past two weeks know to what I am referring. Discretion, please. If any of that ends up on YouTube, you’re in so much trouble! Oh and thank you for being there for me.

For those of you thoroughly enjoying this Halloween, be safe, be happy and may your costumes win Best/Funniest/Scariest/Most Original/Sexiest.

 

Luke Grimes Soars to New Heights

That’s, what, 50 searches for you in 2 days? Nice. And someone wants to see you naked. Not that I wouldn’t want to see you naked, but I swear that search wasn’t me. Yeah, I don’t know what’s up with all the cats all of the sudden either. And funny sleeping animals? Who knows! I’m kinda delighted that someone found me be searching for Quileute people and for Reese’s Dracula commercial.

Today

Search	Views
luke grimes	25
funny bella swan	3
edward cullen golden eyes	2
twilight funny	2
16 year old bodybuilder	1
luke grimes photoshoot	1
+”luke grimes”+”naked”	1
reese’s dracula commercial	1
quileute people	1
luke grimes as edward cullen	1

Yesterday

Search	Views
luke grimes	22
angry cats	5
funny bella swan	3
pictures of angry cats	2
edward cullen naked	2
lolcats star wars	2
skinny cats	2
angry cat	2
funny sleeping animals	2
kiowa gordon	1

 

NaNoWriMo 2009

NaNoWriMo 2009 is upon us. I will do it, but I can tell you I will not finish. I have too much going on this month between moving (new apartment, yea!), a short trip back home, and other fun stuff, I won’t have much time for that kind of writing. Just getting back in the habit of writing will be accomplisment enough this NaNoWriMo. Have a great time, WriMos!

 

I love Halloween

Old Man Bobby and I saw this poor fellow at Target. Apparently he didn’t make it to the candy aisle in time. Clean up on aisle 9!

 

Attention Undead Target Shoppers

 

Congratulations all around!

It’s been a fabulous week for my family. Yesterday we welcomed the arrival of Owen Ryker Garvey, son of my cousin Ben Garvey and his lovely wife, Jeanne. Today we officially welcome Fitz to the family as he marries another cousin of mine, Kelly Q. We have our ups and downs, but when we’re up, we’re really up. Congratulations to the Garveys, Haleys, and Andersons! I have much love for you.

 

Hello Miss Annette!

Dear Annette,

I feel like I have known you for years. Our mutual friend, Patty, has been telling me about your adventures in college for almost as long as I’ve known her. I have long admired the important work you did in the state of Washington. Imagine our surprise when we found out about your new vocation! I had of course already heard about Dazzled By Twilight, but I had know way of knowing that Patty’s Annette and Dazzled’s Annette were one in the same!

It sounds like you and I discovered Twilight around the same time. I can assure you I’m just as devoted a fan even though I’m not quite as out there in the public eye as you are. I have a semi-anonymous Twilight blog, but I don’t do a podcast or run a store devoted to Twilight or anything. Speaking of that, I thought about sending you my resume when I lost my job in January, but then I realized I wasn’t quite ready for that kind of move. Consider me for any locations in Phoenix though. I’d be happy to represent for Bella’s home town.

You’re probably still wondering who I am. I am the one who sent those girls into your store to meet you today. My friend E and her friend M are in Forks for Bella’s Birthday festivities. I sent them with my very own Twilight scavenger hunt, which I hear you took a look at. One of the items on the list was to get a picture with you. E called me from your store today to let me know she’d just met you. I can’t wait for Patty to see the picture. I meant for it to be a surprise, but now I wish I’d talked to her first. She said you would have gotten a kick out of helping them find a Statue of Liberty paperweight.

It’s past my bedtime so I’ll close with a big Happy Birthday To You! Sharing Bella’s birthday is pretty much like being born on the 4th of July for a Twilighter, I imagine. Fireworks and parades and whatnot. Cool. I do know you’ll probably be working hard so I hope you get some time to enjoy the festivities. I also hope to meet you soon, and not just because that’ll mean I’m in Forks.

♥Christa