happy new year....

happy new year everyone! david and i are celebrating by going to ikea atlanta tomorrow to get a tv stand. yippee! hopefully get to eat at zesto. yummmm

five years ago....

david became the luckiest man in the world. haha! we may be goofy, but i wouldn't change a thing. i love him bunches upon bunches. he's a great hubby.

christmas kitties....

if you have not received one of my christmas cards, i do apologize. it is because i either do not have your address, or i wrote the wrong one on the card. but here's the pictures of two peed off kitties who graced our cards this year.
jim jam as santa....














and strat as his very unwilling reindeer....

for your christmas listening pleasure....

christmas tree, my christmas tree....

i put my tree up this weekend, yes, a little early i know, but i have to put it up so the cats can get used to it. i shaped it up all pretty and they did so good. only trying to eat it a little bit. well, i come home yesterday, and the tree looks mighty funny. the branches are all pushed down, it's certainly no longer shaped. so while i'm trying to shape it back up, i look down, and strat has climbed the artificial tree. i didn't even know there was enough to grip to climb an artificial tree. especially on this tree, it's really slim and only 7 ft. it's a wonder he didn't knocked it down. if i wouldn't have been so mad, i would have thought to get a picture. can't wait to see what happens with the lights and ornaments.

screeeeeeechhhh!!!!

ok, it's been a while, but i have to do something to get my mind off the fire alarm system they are testing here at work. oh, it just stopped... thank goodness. a splitting headache and fire alarms don't go too well together....

so i need to talk about survivor last night. it was really good. at first, i could not stand russell, but he has become one of my favorite players. that guy is playing the game and playing hard. i hope he finds the immunity idol for the third time without any clues. those guys left off galou, except shambo, really rub me the wrong way.

david and i are going to bham this afternoon to try to get some christmas shopping done. we have one christmast on thanksgiving, so that makes me get an early start. i say i will every year, and every year i'm trying to find gifts on christmas eve.

what is wrong with me....

i just got asked how old i was, and i aged myself a year. i mean 27 is bad enough, but i'm thinking i'm 28? what the heck? of course that came out of a conversation on when i was going to have children. oh well, i got avon and good genes in the aging department on my side, so maybe my plan not to age past 29 will work. (jill, if you read this, i know you're thinking, i'm already 28 you nerd! haha)

happy birthday gandhi....

"the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

"i hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man."

i wish more people had that mentality.

taking what they're giving....

so i finally got to see one of my favorite bands since i was 5 years old this past saturday... huey lewis and the news!!! yay! they were at the beau rivage in biloxi, and they put on a great show. we were in the front row, i mean, front row! leaning on the barricade. it was awesome. huey looked right at me and smiled. and i got a hand touch... haha. i think bill, the drummer for all you non-fans, looked at me too. i'm such a dork, i know, but it was great. wish i would have broken the rules like half the ppl there and took a camera. i would definitely say to anyone, go see them in concert!!

on my soapbox....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/a-cure-for-cancer-eating_b_298282.html

i got that article off a tweet from peta. it's very interesting. most who know me know i'm a vegetarian. i don't shove it on other people, but occasionally i feel the need to encourage ppl to give it a try.

finally friday...

for this to be a short week, it sure has felt long. i've been so tired this week. i think it's just my allergies acting crazy, but all i've done is lay around and sleep. the house is a mess, so i better get off my tush and get it cleaned up today.

finney looks much better thanks to the salt treatment. her fins have grown back so much in only about 2 weeks time. that makes me happy. david thinks i'm a little off my rocker for worrying about a fish so much, but they're such pleasant little creatures.

ugh....

i need to rant for a second. stupid people really bother me. i'm sure they do you too. but ugh! sometimes i just want to strangle some ppl. and the "have to have it right now" mentality, ARGH! i can't name names, but i'm just really frustrated right now. good thing i'm gonna have the sand between my toes in just about 53 hours.

poor finney....

my beautiful calico fantail goldfish has been suffering from this persistent case of fin rot over the last two months. to be honest, i'm not even sure if it is fin rot. the only symptom she has is jagged fins. no redness, black/white edges, etc. she's got two dips, i'd call them, on her dorsal fin, two on one ventral fin, and three on the other. they just started one day and slowly got worse. good news is they've been pretty stable for the last month, month and a half. bad news is there's been no visible healing. one day it looks a little better, another, it looks a little worse, but for the most part stable. i tried melafix at the first sign of it, but that didn't really do anything. so, i've been trying to keep the tank as clean as i can, still no progress. i started a salt treatment yesterday, which will hopefully work. i'm upping the salinity today a little since she's not acting stressed from it so far. just needed to rant a little bit, i love this little fish and i want her to grow her long pretty fins back.

being lazy with my posts....

i haven't posted in a long time. our trip to gatlinburg was good. i'd never been there before. it was nice, but i'm definitely a beach person. school is back in session, which hopefully means jobs will start opening up for fall 2010. with this *hopefully* being the last year, we'll have to do something. i say *hopefully* because i thought last year was the last one. but, it's been a growing process for me. i know all of this will work out in God's timing and according to His will. i just gotta trust that.

hello kitty birthday...

my birthday is not until monday, but david had me this cake when i got home yesterday from work

we went to bham and ate johnny rockets... one of the few places i can get a good veggie burger. then i picked out my bday presents at the super oriental market, that has an amazing hello kitty selection. and for some reason i can't get the pic to upload... oh well, i'll try again later

will it end....

i'm so glad this is a short week, cause it's really seeming long right now. i know everyone gets sick of stuff now and then, but some things are really getting on my last nerve. i'm only one girl. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm not a genius in all these areas people expect me to be. it just gets really frustrating sometimes. thank goodness i'm going home this weekend and will be away from tuscaloosa. not to say i'm "all that", but sometimes i wonder what some people are going to do when i'm gone. not gone gone, just gone away. haha.. if that makes any sense. i have to be vague.

bleh....

i just ate a huge lunch and i feel like i am going to explode! and i have a really tedious thing to do this afternoon. it's gonna be hard to stay awake. that's why i'm typing right now... taking a break to wake myself up a little. i hope the afternoon goes by fast....

very good....

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20090129jk.html

that's a great article.

ah, the pleasure of saving....

i just saved $168.50 at old navy. how awesome is that. not only were all the men's clothes 1/2 off, but i scored the mega coupon this morning at oldnavyweekly.com. the $75 off a $100 purchase coupon. whoo hoo! it was gone within minutes. it said it would update last night but never did. i was up on and off all through the night checking. lo and behold, it updated at 7:00 this morning and i was one of the few to get it. yeah! david got an almost entire summer wardrobe. i got a couple of shirts, but i really didn't need any clothes or shoes. yeah still!

my reoccuring dream....

i have this dream that repeats itself in some way or form. a little background first. i love halloween. my whole family are halloween fanatics. we almost decorate as much for it as for christmas. so i repeatedly dream that halloween gets here and i don't even realize it. i dreamed it again last night. it was halloween, i didn't have any decorations up, no candy. it's awful. so i'm rushing around trying to get everything ready, but the trick-or-treaters are already out. so strange.

i've been meaning to post about playing with the tiger cubs again. we did it in gulf shores over memorial day weekend. we got four to play with this time! last year they had one. it was so awesome! if i remember to bring my camera tomorrow, i'll post about it. here's me and sheena from last year. she was so sweet and my mouth is so big. haha

up....

i'm excited to see that today. it'll be good. they had a poster up for it last year at disney world... awww.... i was only 2 weeks away from disney world this time last year.

i found a female doc and got right in with her. it just amazes me that it's almost impossible to get established with a doctor these days. i went through the same thing last year.

doctor, doctor....

well, mark one doc i've called off the list. she won't accept me. oh well, at least they were nice about it. i might have to bite the bullet and go to a male doctor. as much as i don't want to. sorry guys, i just really prefer female doctors. oh, wait, i do have a male dentist and a male eye doc. i sure hope the other female doc in that practice will accept me. i shouldn't complain. at least i have insurance and can go to the doc when i need to. i'm thankful for that.

it was a rock, a rock lobster!

ugh, i hate it when songs get stuck in my head.

i also hate being back from vacation. work stunk today. it must be because i haven't been there in a while. i shouldn't complain, at least i have work.

i tried to make a doctor's appt today but was told my doc was booked up til october. OCTOBER! what the heck!? needless to say, i'm searching for another tomorrow. probably with no luck, since nobody accepts new patients anymore. i see why clinics are popping up all over the place. it's the only way you can see a doc anymore. kinda sad.

yum....

brooke just gave me a new addiction. emerald nuts trail mix breakfast blend... so good. a good 3:30 pick me up. especially considering i'll have to eat junk for dinner since we'll be on the way to the beach. yay!

a new favorite....

my day was pretty crapping til i saw this....

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

jim jam loves summer....

jim jam's friend, mr. lizard, mad his first appearance of the summer yesterday. jim jam was very excited to see him. we have a whole family of lizards that live behind the shutters. here he is looking at him.
too bad i don't have a sound clip of him talking to the birds. that would easily win us $10,000, especially the time he was quacking.

pretty flowers

my flowers beds are looking pretty good, thanks to all the rain we've had. i cheated this year and bought plants, with the exception of old faithful, my black-eyed susan vine that comes back every year, and my marigolds in pots. i usually grow everything from seed. it gives me such a sense of accomplishment. i need to weed them today and get some more mulch. from my few years gardening experience, i can definitely say, the almanac knows what it's talking about. by the way, today and tomorrow are good days to week. friday is a good day to plant, so i'll put the other two petunias in the ground then.

gaining plumpness...

apparently i've gained enough weight for our janitor to point it out to me today. i was already feeling cruddy about it when i got on the scale this morning. me and the elliptical have a date after work. not that i'm fat, by no means, but it never feels good to have your weight gain pointed out to you. ugh.

on to more happy topics... it's only 2:30 and i've already finished everything i needed to get done today. i'd rather be busy and have the day pass quickly. at least it's tuesday, so ai and fringe. i definitely don't have an interest in who wins this year. i like danny best, but i know adam will win. fringe, on the other hand, is my addiction. i hate this is the season finale. at least it got picked up for another one. i love that show. so good.

new blog...

i started a new blog. i kinda got worn out on myspace and rarely get on it anymore. but i miss my blog. so here's we go... what have i been up to lately... no much. really, i'm never up to anything. i'm very much in a routine. but that is a rather good thing right now. at least i have a job, and david is going to stay in school another year so student loans won't kick in. i dread that. unfortunately, the arts are always the first to suffer, and pretty much no jobs opened up this year. that's ok, cause we'll get where we're supposed to be, when we're supposed to be there.

on a lighter note, my arms look like a i have a flesh eating disease. i got major sunburn, seriously like second degree burns, at jazz fest two weeks ago, and my arms are peeling horribly. me and my irish skin don't get along with monsieur soleil that well. so that's my update for my first post in my new blog... shudder in the profoundness of it all... hehe