The older we get, the fancier our tastes get...
Then: The Cheesecake Factory was considered expensive and we dressed up to go there.
Now: The Melting Pot is more or less a mid-level restaurant for us - and we will wear business casual attire.
Then: $6 pizza was a luxury we maybe got once a month.
Now: $9 pizza is almost a weekly occurrence.
Then: Spending more than $35 for a dress was a sin. I don't know what Shawn's limit for clothes because he never bought any.
Now: I have no problem spending $70 on a clothing item I really want. Shawn's still cheap - he'll only buy jeans on black friday.
Then: I will never, ever, not in a million years, ever want to own Prada shoes.
Now: O mah gawd! I love these shoes! $600 is a bit steep...but someday I'll own you my pretties.
Then: $150 suit from Men's Warehouse and suit separates found at the Goodwill Store
Now: Custom tailored suits from Louis Bespoke
Then: $60 for men's dress shoes was pushing it.
Now: Really, really wants a pair of Allen Edmonds Park Avenues
Then: Shawn didn't shave because razor blades are expensive
Now: Shawn just bought himself a straight edge razor and is currently shaving with it (though to be fair, he's still such a cheap bastard that he got a refurbished one for $72 from The Whipped Dog instead of buying a new one for $300)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Products
A month ago I posted a Facebook status update about walking to the grocery store (1.7 miles round trip) to pick up some ultra gentle face stuffs to maybe hopefully get rid of a rash I had on my upper lip that made it look like I had been waxing every day for about a month.
I'm not sure why my skin went all wonky, one of my coworkers postulated that it was Demodex mites (same family that causes mange in dogs, but not the same mite), while others thought it was me using harsh face washes (which I do tend to do - I still buy acne products as if I'm in high school even though I don't need to), and Shawn's helpful recommendation was that it was because I was wearing makeup.
Anyhow, after a month of washing my face 2x a day and using some products meant for sensitive skin with rosacea, I think the problem is under control (or enough so that I don't wear makeup).
These products, which I highly recommend are: [NOTE: I'll try to remember to stop and check the prices at the store]
Cetaphil face wash. I meant to grab the sensitive skin version, but grabbed the normal to oily version instead. Whatevs, it's all good. I'm sure the normal to oily version is still more gentle than say Noxema, and it's definitely more gentle than the face wash I had been using - an Avon Anew face wash that has been discontinued (it was anti-wrinkle and anti-wrinkle means that it's harsh)
Simple Soothing facial toner. Remember those astringents you used in high school? The ones that burned a little after you used it? Yeah, this isn't like that at all. If the astringents in high school were more like this one, I wouldn't have tried to save money back then by using rubbing alcohol...so burny...and bad for your skin. This one has no scent to it, it doesn't sting at all, and I seriously figured I was just rubbing more water on my face. But after using it for a month, I do like it. It does help with shine, it helps with pore size so I'll keep using it...though I do dislike the fact that I have to use cottonballs to apply it...they really need to come out with a little spray mister for this (like Clean Start All Over Clear)
Aveeno Ultra Calming Daily Moisturizer (SPF 15). I love this stuff. It's gentle enough that I use it as my eye moisturizer/sun block as well. After all the crap my lip was pulling, this felt amazing. The only problem I had with it (and not a problem unless your skin is so devoid of moisture that you have to use straight Vaseline like I was) is that the moisturizing aspect only lasted until about lunchtime. This isn't a problem now that my skin is acting normally. I like this AM moisturizing/SPF product way more than the other product I had been using (again, anti-wrinkle but with an SPF that made me feel all greasy).
Curel Ultra Healing for Extra Dry Skin. OMG. I'm already a big proponent of "Curel in the blue bottle which is apparently no longer blue and is instead white" and for a long time I was using the blue bottle Curel as my night time moisturizer. So it was no surprise that when my lip went all wonky, I immediately started using the lotion as needed...the problem was 'as needed' quickly became 'waking up in the middle of the night to reapply' hence why I switched to plain ol' Vaseline petroleum jelly. Which, if you've ever done, it works wonders, but it doesn't necessarily seem like it's the best stuff to put on your face even though it's non-comedogenic and hypo-allergenic (it does make one shiny, though). So when I was looking for a night-time moisturizer, and I saw the Curel Ultra Healing with Ceramides (which are a must for rosacea), AND the fact that it was extremely cheap compared to all the other possible night-time moisturizers (I paid $4.97 for 6 oz - I remember this because the Aveeno was 3x more expensive but was only 4 oz), I went ahead and bought it. I figured worst case scenario was that I'd end up using it as regular hand lotion. Instead I ended up carrying this everywhere. Seriously. It resided in my purse for 2 weeks. When my lip would dry out around lunch time, I'd use a little of this stuff and reapply whatever makeup I was using. I usually would wash my face as soon as we got home and would reapply this and it would last until the following morning when I'd wash my face again. The only thing I thought was odd was the citrus scent (it has orange oil in it); not that it smelled bad, but that when you think "calming for irritated skin" you usually don't think "mmmm, acidic citrus fruits."
I'm not sure why my skin went all wonky, one of my coworkers postulated that it was Demodex mites (same family that causes mange in dogs, but not the same mite), while others thought it was me using harsh face washes (which I do tend to do - I still buy acne products as if I'm in high school even though I don't need to), and Shawn's helpful recommendation was that it was because I was wearing makeup.
Anyhow, after a month of washing my face 2x a day and using some products meant for sensitive skin with rosacea, I think the problem is under control (or enough so that I don't wear makeup).
These products, which I highly recommend are: [NOTE: I'll try to remember to stop and check the prices at the store]
Cetaphil face wash. I meant to grab the sensitive skin version, but grabbed the normal to oily version instead. Whatevs, it's all good. I'm sure the normal to oily version is still more gentle than say Noxema, and it's definitely more gentle than the face wash I had been using - an Avon Anew face wash that has been discontinued (it was anti-wrinkle and anti-wrinkle means that it's harsh)
Aveeno Ultra Calming Daily Moisturizer (SPF 15). I love this stuff. It's gentle enough that I use it as my eye moisturizer/sun block as well. After all the crap my lip was pulling, this felt amazing. The only problem I had with it (and not a problem unless your skin is so devoid of moisture that you have to use straight Vaseline like I was) is that the moisturizing aspect only lasted until about lunchtime. This isn't a problem now that my skin is acting normally. I like this AM moisturizing/SPF product way more than the other product I had been using (again, anti-wrinkle but with an SPF that made me feel all greasy).
Curel Ultra Healing for Extra Dry Skin. OMG. I'm already a big proponent of "Curel in the blue bottle which is apparently no longer blue and is instead white" and for a long time I was using the blue bottle Curel as my night time moisturizer. So it was no surprise that when my lip went all wonky, I immediately started using the lotion as needed...the problem was 'as needed' quickly became 'waking up in the middle of the night to reapply' hence why I switched to plain ol' Vaseline petroleum jelly. Which, if you've ever done, it works wonders, but it doesn't necessarily seem like it's the best stuff to put on your face even though it's non-comedogenic and hypo-allergenic (it does make one shiny, though). So when I was looking for a night-time moisturizer, and I saw the Curel Ultra Healing with Ceramides (which are a must for rosacea), AND the fact that it was extremely cheap compared to all the other possible night-time moisturizers (I paid $4.97 for 6 oz - I remember this because the Aveeno was 3x more expensive but was only 4 oz), I went ahead and bought it. I figured worst case scenario was that I'd end up using it as regular hand lotion. Instead I ended up carrying this everywhere. Seriously. It resided in my purse for 2 weeks. When my lip would dry out around lunch time, I'd use a little of this stuff and reapply whatever makeup I was using. I usually would wash my face as soon as we got home and would reapply this and it would last until the following morning when I'd wash my face again. The only thing I thought was odd was the citrus scent (it has orange oil in it); not that it smelled bad, but that when you think "calming for irritated skin" you usually don't think "mmmm, acidic citrus fruits."
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Upcycled
I learned something about myself this last weekend whilst in San Diego...
Wait, let me explain. We went to San Diego. I tend not to mention things of this ilk (aka vacations) on my blog or on facebook or anywhere really. It's mostly because I don't like advertising that we'll be away from our house for extended periods of time. All this because when I was in middle school, my dad created a website and posted EVERYTHING on it. Address, our next planned vacation, our names, our ages, our favorite colors and the names of our pets. My mom made him remove most of that. And so, lesson learned, I never post anything about future plans unless they are way off in the future.
So anyway, we're in San Diego and there's this "Festival of Sail" going on with tours of old timey boats (which we didn't do - I was game, but Shawn wasn't...something about spending $40/person on the zoo and $100 on kayaking that made him not want to spend more money). At said Festival of Sail, there were food vendors and arts and crafts vendors. My two favorite arts and crafts vendors were
Yep, total sucker for upcycling.
Wait, let me explain. We went to San Diego. I tend not to mention things of this ilk (aka vacations) on my blog or on facebook or anywhere really. It's mostly because I don't like advertising that we'll be away from our house for extended periods of time. All this because when I was in middle school, my dad created a website and posted EVERYTHING on it. Address, our next planned vacation, our names, our ages, our favorite colors and the names of our pets. My mom made him remove most of that. And so, lesson learned, I never post anything about future plans unless they are way off in the future.
So anyway, we're in San Diego and there's this "Festival of Sail" going on with tours of old timey boats (which we didn't do - I was game, but Shawn wasn't...something about spending $40/person on the zoo and $100 on kayaking that made him not want to spend more money). At said Festival of Sail, there were food vendors and arts and crafts vendors. My two favorite arts and crafts vendors were
- A vendor who upcycled beer bottles into glasses, liquor bottles into lamps and wine bottles into cheese boards, and
- A vendor who upcycled old boat sails into bags.
Yep, total sucker for upcycling.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Making it Hail
A while back, one of my coworkers was lamenting that he'll never be rich enough to "make it rain."
The other coworker, said, "Yeah, I know how you feel. I can only afford to do that with quarters... I make it hail."
The other coworker, said, "Yeah, I know how you feel. I can only afford to do that with quarters... I make it hail."
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Thoughts, two
Moms everywhere were excited when Marissa Mayer (the new CEO for Yahoo) got hired with full disclosure of her being pregnant. That elation turned to vitriol when Marissa announced that she was going to only take 2 (or so) weeks of maternity leave and planned on working from home throughout that time. My thoughts:
1. She can do whatever the hell she wants, if she wants to work, she can work, if she doesn't, she shouldn't have to or feel obligated to.
2. If Yahoo is like most companies in America, she probably isn't given maternity leave and instead has to use vacation or sick time or take FMLA leave. She may not have the vacation time given to her at the beginning of her tenure, but instead is doled out throughout they year (like my job).
3. FMLA requires that a person has worked for the company for a specified amount of time prior to taking the leave, and it's quite possible that she won't have worked for Yahoo long enough to qualify.
4. Basically what I'm saying is that if someone started at my job (which is the government) 2.5 months pre-due date, she wouldn't have the vacation time, she wouldn't have the FMLA qualification; and while I'm sure that if someone was hired at 6.5 months along with full disclosure, she wouldn't be told she couldn't take the time off, but she also wouldn't be getting paid nor would she have the relief knowing that their job would be held open for her. So yeah, it's quite possible that she feels like she needs to get back to work as soon as possible even if it's only in her head.
5. As with most women at that level in the tech field, I'm sure she's got ideas running around in her head all the time and actually goes cabin-fever crazed within a few weeks of being home anyway and if working from home helps her feel less crazy, then so be it.
Point is - the mommy wars are just things made up in women brains and we really need to get away from who's right and who's wrong. Can't we all just agree that what works for one doesn't necessarily work for everyone?
1. She can do whatever the hell she wants, if she wants to work, she can work, if she doesn't, she shouldn't have to or feel obligated to.
2. If Yahoo is like most companies in America, she probably isn't given maternity leave and instead has to use vacation or sick time or take FMLA leave. She may not have the vacation time given to her at the beginning of her tenure, but instead is doled out throughout they year (like my job).
3. FMLA requires that a person has worked for the company for a specified amount of time prior to taking the leave, and it's quite possible that she won't have worked for Yahoo long enough to qualify.
4. Basically what I'm saying is that if someone started at my job (which is the government) 2.5 months pre-due date, she wouldn't have the vacation time, she wouldn't have the FMLA qualification; and while I'm sure that if someone was hired at 6.5 months along with full disclosure, she wouldn't be told she couldn't take the time off, but she also wouldn't be getting paid nor would she have the relief knowing that their job would be held open for her. So yeah, it's quite possible that she feels like she needs to get back to work as soon as possible even if it's only in her head.
5. As with most women at that level in the tech field, I'm sure she's got ideas running around in her head all the time and actually goes cabin-fever crazed within a few weeks of being home anyway and if working from home helps her feel less crazy, then so be it.
Point is - the mommy wars are just things made up in women brains and we really need to get away from who's right and who's wrong. Can't we all just agree that what works for one doesn't necessarily work for everyone?
Thursday, July 19, 2012
thoughts
Miscellaneous thoughts I've had this week:
-Breast feeding, and therefore by association, pumping, are rights. One cannot be angry about an employee taking a break every 3-4 hours to pump.
-what is the issue with the requirement to have health insurance? How is this any different than having car insurance, homeowner's insurance, or flood insurance? Would people be less angry if it were law, and if you went to the hospital/doctor without health insurance then they could ticket you?
-Google should have some major lessons learned from the launch of the Nexus 7; namely, it is bad form for the people who preordered the device through the parent company to receive said device later than those who ordered it through a third party vendor.
-Smart development in dumb places is non-sustainable.
-Bad news travels faster than good news.
-Man, my homemade blackberry infused vodka is some pretty nasty shit. The raspberry, however, is wonderful.
-Mama (the feral cat I've been feeding in hopes of catching her to get hr spayed) is either super sneaky or I've been feeding two different cats.
-I remember lat year when we didn't have mosquitoes, it was divine.
-Not so devine: the drought we were in in order to accomplish the no mosquitoes.
-I won a pair of sweatpants through a give away on Kristie's blog (the spiteful chef). She is awesome, go read it.
-yep, I think I'm done for now...
-Breast feeding, and therefore by association, pumping, are rights. One cannot be angry about an employee taking a break every 3-4 hours to pump.
-what is the issue with the requirement to have health insurance? How is this any different than having car insurance, homeowner's insurance, or flood insurance? Would people be less angry if it were law, and if you went to the hospital/doctor without health insurance then they could ticket you?
-Google should have some major lessons learned from the launch of the Nexus 7; namely, it is bad form for the people who preordered the device through the parent company to receive said device later than those who ordered it through a third party vendor.
-Smart development in dumb places is non-sustainable.
-Bad news travels faster than good news.
-Man, my homemade blackberry infused vodka is some pretty nasty shit. The raspberry, however, is wonderful.
-Mama (the feral cat I've been feeding in hopes of catching her to get hr spayed) is either super sneaky or I've been feeding two different cats.
-I remember lat year when we didn't have mosquitoes, it was divine.
-Not so devine: the drought we were in in order to accomplish the no mosquitoes.
-I won a pair of sweatpants through a give away on Kristie's blog (the spiteful chef). She is awesome, go read it.
-yep, I think I'm done for now...
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Pictures! the second
Pictures of the family in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hopefully Dani and/or Mary Jo will upload their photos to a location where they can be shared...
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| Butlers in Santa Fe |
Pictures! the first
From Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Carlsbad Caverns
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| Carlsbad Caverns & Guadalupe National Park |
Friday, July 06, 2012
Are Teests
Some of the art that impressed me while in Santa Fe:
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| "Meet and Greet" by Barbara Meikle ($3,800). Barbara was very outgoing and loves talking about her art. You can find her artwork at the Pippin Meikle Gallery. |
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| A giant ball made out of chain link fence - I think it looks like a lantern. I don't remember who was the originator of this piece, but it is located at InArt |
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| "Autumn in Taos" by Pamela Dewitt ($1,200). This picture does NOT do this piece justice. It is a reverse painted piece on shattered glass. The effect is awesome. We were told that this artist is relatively new so her pieces are currently very reasonably priced. Her artwork is currently at InArt. |
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| "Canon del Agua" by David Perez Escudero ($18,500). First, this painting is huge. I was standing at the door to the gallery and this is all I got of the painting (it's 5' x 5.5'). Second, this is pointilism and this guy sure does take it to a whole different level. He was a programmer for Los Alamos before retiring. He now paints full time. His artwork can be found at InArt. |
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| "Wyoming Sunrise" by Carol Shinn ($3,9,50). This is freestyle sewing. SEWING. It's insane! Her artwork can currently be seen at the Jane Sauer Gallery. |
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| "Poppies Whirl" by Gregory Smith ($1,250). Just cuz I like me some botanical artwork. Gregory's artwork can be found at the Ventana Fine Art Gallery. |
Thursday, July 05, 2012
New Mexico Trip
As most of my faithful readers (all 2 of you!) already know, Shawn and I took a trip to meet up with my family over father's day weekend. Since Shawn and I are nerds, we generally keep track of the gas mileage the car gets. We don't have any charts (like Shawn does for our combined Net Worth), but we generally know that in town, the car gets between 32 and 34 mpg and on trips it's usually better.
On trips, we also keep all of the receipts...I'm not really sure why; Shawn claims it's so he knows how much money we spend, but that's not it since we can track that via our credit card statements, so it's gotta be something else. He also used to set our "B" odometer to log the total number of miles for the trip, but I wouldn't let him do that this trip since I use it to track the number of miles between oil changes. ANYHOO, we spent $282.28 on the trip (on things that we wouldn't have had to pay for if we had gone by plane). Of that, $163.57 was spent on gas. If we had travelled by plane, we would have spent an additional $150 (over the $280). The car got some amazing gas mileages with the worst being 30.39 mpg (we had only used half a tank and filled up because gas was cheap). The best, by contrast was 40 mpg. On average, we got 35.68 mpg.
So, do I love my car (2008 Honda Fit)? Yes. Absolutely.
On trips, we also keep all of the receipts...I'm not really sure why; Shawn claims it's so he knows how much money we spend, but that's not it since we can track that via our credit card statements, so it's gotta be something else. He also used to set our "B" odometer to log the total number of miles for the trip, but I wouldn't let him do that this trip since I use it to track the number of miles between oil changes. ANYHOO, we spent $282.28 on the trip (on things that we wouldn't have had to pay for if we had gone by plane). Of that, $163.57 was spent on gas. If we had travelled by plane, we would have spent an additional $150 (over the $280). The car got some amazing gas mileages with the worst being 30.39 mpg (we had only used half a tank and filled up because gas was cheap). The best, by contrast was 40 mpg. On average, we got 35.68 mpg.
So, do I love my car (2008 Honda Fit)? Yes. Absolutely.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Stupid People
You ever have one of those times when you're at work and someone accidentally hits "reply all" in an email instead of "reply"? Yeah, those happen every once in a while.
What happens much more frequently at my work is someone sends an email to a mailing list, someone inevitably on that mailing list replies all when it is unnecessary, and then so on and so forth.
Today, a lady inadvertently sent an email to a mailing list instead of the dummy "I have a question" email address. It happens.
The chain went something like this:
Original Poster: "I need a new password"
Person being a smart ass who has no access to creating a password: "GHJ45qr!"
Person 1: "OMG I don't think I'm supposed to be on this email chain! I don't want to know OP's password!"
Persons 2, 3, 4, and 5: "Yeah, we shouldn't know this"
Person 6: "please remove me from this email chain."
Person 7: "Why is everyone 'replying all'? just hit reply if you feel the need to respond"
Person 8: "PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS EMAIL CHAIN!"
Person 9: "STOP REPLYING ALL!!!!1!!"
Person 10 (who hasn't read through the whole email chain): "OMG! I don't think we're supposed to know what her new password is, are we?"
Persons 11-20: choose any or all of the responses from persons 2, 6 or 9.
Person 21 (OP): "I just figured I'd give you guys your daily dose of computer fun!"
Person 22: same response as person 10.
Person 23: same as person 9.
Person 22 (again): same as person 9.
Person 24: "Don't take me off this list, I LOVE THIS!"
Person 25 (who is new to the game): "What is happening, why are there so many emails about this?"
Person 26 (being a smart ass): "It's a virus"
Persons 27-30: "EEEK! A VIRUS?!?!?!"
Persons 30-35: "I want off this list NOW!"
Person 35 (SysAdmin): "Please disregard this entire chain, the OP accidentally sent an email to the mailing list instead of the dummy email account. Everything is taken care of."
Person 36: "I don't think we're supposed to know what the OP's password is though, are we?"
Person 37: "OMFG! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! STOP HITTING 'REPLY ALL'"
Person 38: "Just to let everyone know, I've let the IT people know about this virus. They're working on it."
Person 39: "I don't want to know what OP's Password is!"
Person 40: "Imma fucking kill you now."
Person 41: "What is going on?"
I'm pretty sure the email chain continued on, but the IT people managed to flag all emails in the system with the same title and didn't send them out. I would have been interested to find out how long it really went on for though...
What happens much more frequently at my work is someone sends an email to a mailing list, someone inevitably on that mailing list replies all when it is unnecessary, and then so on and so forth.
Today, a lady inadvertently sent an email to a mailing list instead of the dummy "I have a question" email address. It happens.
The chain went something like this:
Original Poster: "I need a new password"
Person being a smart ass who has no access to creating a password: "GHJ45qr!"
Person 1: "OMG I don't think I'm supposed to be on this email chain! I don't want to know OP's password!"
Persons 2, 3, 4, and 5: "Yeah, we shouldn't know this"
Person 6: "please remove me from this email chain."
Person 7: "Why is everyone 'replying all'? just hit reply if you feel the need to respond"
Person 8: "PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS EMAIL CHAIN!"
Person 9: "STOP REPLYING ALL!!!!1!!"
Person 10 (who hasn't read through the whole email chain): "OMG! I don't think we're supposed to know what her new password is, are we?"
Persons 11-20: choose any or all of the responses from persons 2, 6 or 9.
Person 21 (OP): "I just figured I'd give you guys your daily dose of computer fun!"
Person 22: same response as person 10.
Person 23: same as person 9.
Person 22 (again): same as person 9.
Person 24: "Don't take me off this list, I LOVE THIS!"
Person 25 (who is new to the game): "What is happening, why are there so many emails about this?"
Person 26 (being a smart ass): "It's a virus"
Persons 27-30: "EEEK! A VIRUS?!?!?!"
Persons 30-35: "I want off this list NOW!"
Person 35 (SysAdmin): "Please disregard this entire chain, the OP accidentally sent an email to the mailing list instead of the dummy email account. Everything is taken care of."
Person 36: "I don't think we're supposed to know what the OP's password is though, are we?"
Person 37: "OMFG! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! STOP HITTING 'REPLY ALL'"
Person 38: "Just to let everyone know, I've let the IT people know about this virus. They're working on it."
Person 39: "I don't want to know what OP's Password is!"
Person 40: "Imma fucking kill you now."
Person 41: "What is going on?"
I'm pretty sure the email chain continued on, but the IT people managed to flag all emails in the system with the same title and didn't send them out. I would have been interested to find out how long it really went on for though...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Family
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| The family at Buffalo Thunder Casino in Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| A photo showing how much space we all were keeping from Sickie Jim (hence why he looks a bit closer to the camera in the photo above). |
Friday, June 01, 2012
Cupboards
Quazi has a new talent. He can shut himself in the cupboards. He goes about this by pulling open one of the cabinets by the floor just enough to get his head in, then the rest of the body follows. Inevitably, he gets stuck. He's not really stuck, all he needs to do is push the cabinet door. But he thinks he's stuck and so he'll sit in there meowing away until Shawn or I go into the kitchen and talk him out of the cupboard (we refuse to open the door for him because then he really does end up being stuck - stuck by his own stupidity, but stuck, nonetheless. Now then, to get him on camera...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Observations
It's a good thing I'm not the depressed type by nature. If I were, I'd weigh a lot more...Yep, I'm totally a depressed stress eater.
The reason for my depression: medical bills. It's a combination of the amount and the fact that I have to talk to people. On the phone. If the amount was just half of what it is, I would have gladly paid it without complaint, but no. Now I have to wade through the medical system and barter (which I hate doing), in order to pay something that my insurance should rightfully be paying since it's not like I WANTED to have surgery. Quite the opposite. But what is one to do when the doctor says "the tumor has doubled in size in 6 months; it needs to come out even though it is benign."?
Boo. Hate. Now, where's my Pillsbury crescent rolls?
The reason for my depression: medical bills. It's a combination of the amount and the fact that I have to talk to people. On the phone. If the amount was just half of what it is, I would have gladly paid it without complaint, but no. Now I have to wade through the medical system and barter (which I hate doing), in order to pay something that my insurance should rightfully be paying since it's not like I WANTED to have surgery. Quite the opposite. But what is one to do when the doctor says "the tumor has doubled in size in 6 months; it needs to come out even though it is benign."?
Boo. Hate. Now, where's my Pillsbury crescent rolls?
Saturday, May 12, 2012
TV
You know how I've mentioned before that we watch an inordinate amount of TV for not having cable? Yeah, since we have two tuners, and access to Hulu, our TV watching has gotten even worse...
What we record and watch religiously:
The Simpsons,
Family Guy
American Dad
The Amazing Race
Once Upon a Time
Nova
Nova Science Now
Nature
House
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Unforgettable
Person of Interest
CSI
CSI: NY
Criminal Minds
Grimm
Survivor
Modern Family
The Office
Community
Rules of Engagement
Bones
Hell's Kitchen
Master Chef
Raising Hope
What we have queued in Hulu:
White Collar
Eureka
Warehouse 13
Top Shot
Burn Notice
Misfits
Suits
Royal Pains
And we're working our way through Battlestar Galactica (the 2003 version)
What we'll watch on Hulu if we don't have anything else to watch:
Hart of Dixie
Being Human
Who Do You Think You Are
Alcatraz
Suburgatory
The Finder
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Psych
Body of Proof
Central Texas Gardener
Yeah, way too freaking much TV
What we record and watch religiously:
The Simpsons,
Family Guy
American Dad
The Amazing Race
Once Upon a Time
Nova
Nova Science Now
Nature
House
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Unforgettable
Person of Interest
CSI
CSI: NY
Criminal Minds
Grimm
Survivor
Modern Family
The Office
Community
Rules of Engagement
Bones
Hell's Kitchen
Master Chef
Raising Hope
What we have queued in Hulu:
White Collar
Eureka
Warehouse 13
Top Shot
Burn Notice
Misfits
Suits
Royal Pains
And we're working our way through Battlestar Galactica (the 2003 version)
What we'll watch on Hulu if we don't have anything else to watch:
Hart of Dixie
Being Human
Who Do You Think You Are
Alcatraz
Suburgatory
The Finder
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Psych
Body of Proof
Central Texas Gardener
Yeah, way too freaking much TV
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Randall Munroe is a Genius
Like we needed any more proof that Munroe was a genius:
But really. I've given up sugared sodas in response to this. As a reward, I now get to eat a Cadbury Bunny Egg whenever I want (assuming that my stash of 20 eggs lasts and Shawn doesn't eat them all [that no-good-stealing husband])
Of course, it also means that I'm now obsessed with looking at the sugar content of things and comparing them to a soda. So 5 peeps equals a Coke. 2 Cadbury Eggs equal a Coke. 11 oz of 100% Juice Pomegranate/Blueberry Blend by Old Orchard equals a Coke...hunh. Yeah...my Juice Consumption has also dropped pretty drastically since I realized that as well...
Also, I just looked it up and the Apple Pancake that Shawn and I have for dinner with some regularity also has the same amount of sugar as a Cadbury Bunny Egg per person. yay for the dye-a-beet-us!
Comic by Randall Munroe and can be found at xkcd
Of course, it also means that I'm now obsessed with looking at the sugar content of things and comparing them to a soda. So 5 peeps equals a Coke. 2 Cadbury Eggs equal a Coke. 11 oz of 100% Juice Pomegranate/Blueberry Blend by Old Orchard equals a Coke...hunh. Yeah...my Juice Consumption has also dropped pretty drastically since I realized that as well...
Also, I just looked it up and the Apple Pancake that Shawn and I have for dinner with some regularity also has the same amount of sugar as a Cadbury Bunny Egg per person. yay for the dye-a-beet-us!
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
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