What is so 'fancy' about McDonalds 'Fancy Ketchup'?
Why is there so much more salt in the salt packets than pepper in the pepper packets?
Why do fast food places give you your drink first, but wait to give you your straw in the bag of food?
Why does the alarm clock on my phone occasionally NOT work?
Why did Burger King stop carrying the Cherry Icees?
Why does being bored all day at work exhaust you?
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Caching
Today, during recess time at work, Wendy and I went and found a geocache in the woods behind the parking lot (where some of the tree-people live). It was pretty fun and now I'm looking around for a cheap handheld gps unit so that I can find some more caches :) I bid for one on eBay, but some douche kept outbidding me and ticking me off... There was another auction that lasts a few more days that I will attempt to bid on later.
I'm lonely :(
I'm lonely :(
Circus
On Saturday (4/25/09) Eowyn, Shayne, Wendy and I went to the circus. On the way to buy our tickets, a lady gave me an extra ticket that she had! So... Eowyn got some extra circus toys while we were there :)
We all had a good time, and Eowyn did better than I thought she was going to. We were able to stay for the whole show! After the circus, we went back to my house and Eowyn played in her sandbox, slid down her slide and played on her trike.
I'm having issues with my laptop (just got it sorted out yesterday). I'll try to post some pictures later tonight.
We all had a good time, and Eowyn did better than I thought she was going to. We were able to stay for the whole show! After the circus, we went back to my house and Eowyn played in her sandbox, slid down her slide and played on her trike.
I'm having issues with my laptop (just got it sorted out yesterday). I'll try to post some pictures later tonight.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Shopping
Shayne and I decided to blow of going to the gym on Sunday. It was too nice out and we kind of just wanted to roam around. We ended up running some errands with my niece, Kassidy, in the morning. After we dropped her off, we went to look at mattresses, then went to Sea Dog to have lunch (YUM!). After lunch, we picked up a few things that I needed to fix the gate to the back fence at my place... then we went to Marden's.
Shayne has decided that we will not be going there again. I think it's because I made him go to the shoe section with me. You CAN'T go to Marden's and NOT check out the stunning collection of hideous shoes they have...
These were both a bit big for me, but I managed to have Shayne participate in my foolishness by taking pictures:
These ones had weird glitter stuff all over the huge heals. They were actually pretty comfy... They also game in a gross brownish/gold color. Kenuskeag Canoe Race
On Saturday, Eowyn and I met up with Wendy and Mel to find the best place to watch the canoe race. We drove to the Hudson road, but there were too many people and we would have had to park way too far away... We ended up going back to Bangor and parking at Shayne's and walking down and finding a nice little spot.
Eowyn did very well. She ended up sharing her rocks and sticks with Wendy and Mel and pretty much behaved herself. She even walked all the way back (including treking up a big hill) without being carried.
It took a little while, but she started to understand that we should clap and cheer for people that made it past the rocky little area that we were by, and to show concern for people who dumped by saying "Uh oh!" or "Oh no!"... her favorite saying ended up being, "They MADE it!"
Monday, April 13, 2009
Critics
So, Saturday night, Shayne and I went to Ruby Tuesday's for dinner. We hadn't been there together, so we decided to try it out. Plus, I had a Victoria Secret secret shopper card (or something like that).
We both ended up getting the salad bar with our meals... and we were disappointed with the selection at the 'salad bar'. Not to mention the stupid 'window shoppers' that were seriously standing in the way, just LOOKING and commenting on the salad bar. We're standing there with our plates partiallly filled while this woman and her husband are standing in the way commenting on what things are and something about the different pasta salads they had. I finally say 'excuse me' and still have to walk AROUND her to get to the other side of the bar. ...Is it wrong that I immediately assumed that she was Canadian??
Anyways... we finally get back to our table... after running a relay-race around this table of about 7 people (dare I assume...Canadians?) that are standing, sitting, and playing with a baby... blocking the way... completely oblivious to our attempts to regain our seats so that we can...gasp!... eat our frigging food.
We finally sit down and Shayne and I are discussing our disappointment with the salad bar...and the scary looking waitress (with WAY too much blue eyeshadow on) at the crazy Candian's table.... I was sad that there were not any olives or chicken.... and Shayne was commenting on the color of the croutons... Then... highlight of the night... he discovers that the 'ham' that he put in his salad... well, it's not actually ham at all....
See those little chunks of meat?? It's bologna... seriously...
Our dinner arrives and Shayne's steak was more 'medium-well' than 'medium-rare'... The best part of his meal ended up being the steamed broccoli and mashed potatoes.
I ordered some spicy chicken noodle thing... "Sonora Chicken Pasta"... The menu claims it is "One of our classics. Pasta tossed in spicy southwestern cheese sauce with baked chicken and black beans. Accented with cillantro and tomatoes." I took a bite and offered a bite to Shayne. At first, the spiciness kind of took over your mouth (which I like)... but then you are left with the aftertaste of Hamburger Helpers powdered cheese/sauce mix. Not a fan.
The plates were cool though.
We both ended up getting the salad bar with our meals... and we were disappointed with the selection at the 'salad bar'. Not to mention the stupid 'window shoppers' that were seriously standing in the way, just LOOKING and commenting on the salad bar. We're standing there with our plates partiallly filled while this woman and her husband are standing in the way commenting on what things are and something about the different pasta salads they had. I finally say 'excuse me' and still have to walk AROUND her to get to the other side of the bar. ...Is it wrong that I immediately assumed that she was Canadian??
Anyways... we finally get back to our table... after running a relay-race around this table of about 7 people (dare I assume...Canadians?) that are standing, sitting, and playing with a baby... blocking the way... completely oblivious to our attempts to regain our seats so that we can...gasp!... eat our frigging food.
We finally sit down and Shayne and I are discussing our disappointment with the salad bar...and the scary looking waitress (with WAY too much blue eyeshadow on) at the crazy Candian's table.... I was sad that there were not any olives or chicken.... and Shayne was commenting on the color of the croutons... Then... highlight of the night... he discovers that the 'ham' that he put in his salad... well, it's not actually ham at all....
See those little chunks of meat?? It's bologna... seriously...
Our dinner arrives and Shayne's steak was more 'medium-well' than 'medium-rare'... The best part of his meal ended up being the steamed broccoli and mashed potatoes.
I ordered some spicy chicken noodle thing... "Sonora Chicken Pasta"... The menu claims it is "One of our classics. Pasta tossed in spicy southwestern cheese sauce with baked chicken and black beans. Accented with cillantro and tomatoes." I took a bite and offered a bite to Shayne. At first, the spiciness kind of took over your mouth (which I like)... but then you are left with the aftertaste of Hamburger Helpers powdered cheese/sauce mix. Not a fan.
The plates were cool though.
Easter Saturday
4/11/09
So, on Saturday morning Eowyn and I celebrated Easter with a bucket full of plastic Easter eggs and a lot of prizes! (Note to self, keep track of what you purchase when you start picking things up early... had WAY too much stuff).
James left for work, and Eowyn and I continued to search for the rest of the Easter eggs... 60 total... What? That's how many came in the basket that I bought. The Easter Bunny hid the eggs in very open spots. A bunch on the fireplace mantle, on the couch, coffee table... UNDER the coffee table, etc. She ended up finding them all and then we opened them. There were a lot of play rings with penguins, dolphins, etc on them. It was funny to see her try to have them on all of her fingers while opening other eggs. Lol. There were finger puppets in a few of the other eggs, little heart & butterfly shaped slinkies, candy, those capsules that you put in water and after a while there's a sponge animal that emerges... and glitter make-up. ...The glitter make-up was something that she spent most of the morning smearing over her face- until it mysteriously disappeared...
So, on Saturday morning Eowyn and I celebrated Easter with a bucket full of plastic Easter eggs and a lot of prizes! (Note to self, keep track of what you purchase when you start picking things up early... had WAY too much stuff).
I heard the door downstairs as James and Eowyn arrived. I was harldy out of bed when James bolted up the stairs saying that I had better hurry... someone was going to town finding their eggies.
I went downstairs and heard a little voice saying, "Here's ANOTHER one! And a PINK ONE! And a GREEN one! Here's ANOTHER ONE!!!!" I had put 10 eggs on the sun porch with a little note wishing Eowyn a Happy Easter (from the Easter Bunny, of course) and the empty basket that the egss came in. By the time I got down to where Eowyn was, she had already found the 10 eggs on the porch and was on her way to filling her basket with the eggs in the Music Room. I had put this huge stuffed (pink) puppy on the piano bench and James told me that when she saw it she said, "AWWW! Look at my pink puppy!"... Lol.
James left for work, and Eowyn and I continued to search for the rest of the Easter eggs... 60 total... What? That's how many came in the basket that I bought. The Easter Bunny hid the eggs in very open spots. A bunch on the fireplace mantle, on the couch, coffee table... UNDER the coffee table, etc. She ended up finding them all and then we opened them. There were a lot of play rings with penguins, dolphins, etc on them. It was funny to see her try to have them on all of her fingers while opening other eggs. Lol. There were finger puppets in a few of the other eggs, little heart & butterfly shaped slinkies, candy, those capsules that you put in water and after a while there's a sponge animal that emerges... and glitter make-up. ...The glitter make-up was something that she spent most of the morning smearing over her face- until it mysteriously disappeared...
Her basket was overflowing... I had picked up a little sundress, some sandals, a movie, a kite, some bubbles, a My Little Pony... and some other stuff too....
There were these really cute chocolate carrots that were in her basket... they ended up having little hooked plastic sticks on them... She really liked those...
After we got settled down and she ate her candy for breakfast, we got ready to go to my mom's with my sister Emily, and niece Kassidy. We had a nice Easter Lunch of ham and veggies... and Eowyn got to hunt for some more eggs. Lol. The Easter Bunny apparently visited Grimmy's house too!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Lost Meltdowns
Sigh... After I picked up Eowyn from school last night, it was seriously one meltdown after another. She was upset that there were no more strawberry fruit snacks, she broke her new Pinocchio DVD in half (and was more upset when she found out that Mommy couldn't fix it), she couldn't find her Dolphin magnet thing... or her Mermaid doll (I think they are both at James'). I have been trying to discuss her 'problems' with her as she starts melting down, and then kind of ignoring it by going back to making dinner or whatever it is that I was doing. You know, acknowledge the problem... and if she isn't receptive, then I move on. When dinner was ready, I went and found her laying under the coffee table with tears and snot streaming down her face. She was at the point where she would let me hold her and tell her that I love her and that she can talk to me if she has things that are bothering her.
HA! What do I expect? She's not even 3 yet. Her idea of fixing a problem is for Mommy to magically summon the fairy of strawberry fruit snacks so that there will be more in the house... Lol.
Anyways... The plus side of meltdowns... It seems to increase the appetite of small children. Last night she chowed down her dinner... it almost seemed like she was having a hard time breathing between bites. Lol.
After dinner, Eowyn had a nice long tubby. She got all winkwy (wrinkly) and then we played a matching game with her Nemo cards on my bed. She only got out of bed once, after I put her down for the night. Then she didn't wake up until this morning.... though she had taken off her PJs and was standing in her room in just her Pull-Up when I went to get her. Lol. She's strange.
I was so exhausted last night. After abusing my body at the gym and hardly getting any sleep the night before, then dealing with the multiple meltdowns of Eowyn, I thought I was going to pass out at 8pm (right after I put Eowyn in bed). I had been tossing around the option of NOT watching Lost. I had missed the new episode last week, but could get caught up this week (they play the most recent episode before the new episode each week). I blew it off. I've been watching Lost more out of habit and the fact that I have invested 4 years in watching it. This season is not grabbing me and has become completely different. The people are there, but it's as if there is a new team of writers that didn't even bother watching the prior shows.
...So... at the point of no return, I opted to read my book instead of catching up on Lost. I feel... almost free... But there is a hint of regret. I can always rent this season after it comes out on DVD. Save myself the agony of dealing with commercial breaks every 10 minutes...
My book is getting pretty good. After I banned it for about a week for having a 42 page prologue, I finally started reading it again. Lol. Some of the characters are pretty funny. I was very surprised that one of them started dropping the F-bomb all over the place. I was actually having a hard time NOT laughing out loud while I read. I'm really a big fan of how Guy Gavriel Kay writes.
I also had a little time (before my mind rendered me completely useless from exhaustion) to make sure that someone knew that they are a good person and hopefully helped them feel better about themself. Sometimes things don't work out. But it's not due to the fault of one person or another. It's just the way this crazy world works.
Though... I do fault the fact that there is no Strawberry Fruit Snack fairy to help bail me out of potential meltdowns.
HA! What do I expect? She's not even 3 yet. Her idea of fixing a problem is for Mommy to magically summon the fairy of strawberry fruit snacks so that there will be more in the house... Lol.
Anyways... The plus side of meltdowns... It seems to increase the appetite of small children. Last night she chowed down her dinner... it almost seemed like she was having a hard time breathing between bites. Lol.
After dinner, Eowyn had a nice long tubby. She got all winkwy (wrinkly) and then we played a matching game with her Nemo cards on my bed. She only got out of bed once, after I put her down for the night. Then she didn't wake up until this morning.... though she had taken off her PJs and was standing in her room in just her Pull-Up when I went to get her. Lol. She's strange.
I was so exhausted last night. After abusing my body at the gym and hardly getting any sleep the night before, then dealing with the multiple meltdowns of Eowyn, I thought I was going to pass out at 8pm (right after I put Eowyn in bed). I had been tossing around the option of NOT watching Lost. I had missed the new episode last week, but could get caught up this week (they play the most recent episode before the new episode each week). I blew it off. I've been watching Lost more out of habit and the fact that I have invested 4 years in watching it. This season is not grabbing me and has become completely different. The people are there, but it's as if there is a new team of writers that didn't even bother watching the prior shows.
...So... at the point of no return, I opted to read my book instead of catching up on Lost. I feel... almost free... But there is a hint of regret. I can always rent this season after it comes out on DVD. Save myself the agony of dealing with commercial breaks every 10 minutes...
My book is getting pretty good. After I banned it for about a week for having a 42 page prologue, I finally started reading it again. Lol. Some of the characters are pretty funny. I was very surprised that one of them started dropping the F-bomb all over the place. I was actually having a hard time NOT laughing out loud while I read. I'm really a big fan of how Guy Gavriel Kay writes.
I also had a little time (before my mind rendered me completely useless from exhaustion) to make sure that someone knew that they are a good person and hopefully helped them feel better about themself. Sometimes things don't work out. But it's not due to the fault of one person or another. It's just the way this crazy world works.
Though... I do fault the fact that there is no Strawberry Fruit Snack fairy to help bail me out of potential meltdowns.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
New Routine
Last night I went to the gym for the first time in about a year. It felt so nice to be able to work out again. I have to admit, I was completely stupid and forgot how to make the elliptical work... I forgot that you had to start working out on it in order for the machine to power on and allow you to make your workout selection... Lol. Luckily, I ended up on a machine next to Wendy and she reminded me =P It was also fun to chit chat a bit with Wendy, like old times.
So far, I am not sure what my goals are. The usual 'get rid of the disgusting stuff' is always on the list... but as far as weight to lose, I am not sure. I ended up gaining about 15 pounds since my last trip to the gym... so I'd at least like to get rid of that again. And with bathing suit season coming up, the gross stomach thing needs to go... though I didn't really make much of a difference in that when I was going to the gym before...
Anyways- it feels good to be doing something healthy. And with spring finally under way, I can't wait to start doing more things outside with Eowyn :)
So far, I am not sure what my goals are. The usual 'get rid of the disgusting stuff' is always on the list... but as far as weight to lose, I am not sure. I ended up gaining about 15 pounds since my last trip to the gym... so I'd at least like to get rid of that again. And with bathing suit season coming up, the gross stomach thing needs to go... though I didn't really make much of a difference in that when I was going to the gym before...
Anyways- it feels good to be doing something healthy. And with spring finally under way, I can't wait to start doing more things outside with Eowyn :)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sleepy Rain
I have been having problems with getting Eowyn to go to bed when it's bedtime. Her main issue is that she wants to sleep in my bed with me, but I don't want her to ONLY be able to sleep in my bed. Over the past few weeks, her fights have become less, but she will strip down and chill out in her room, naked, until I go up and check on her.
Last night, she went to bed without as much of a fight. She didn't even get naked... she just kept getting up and walking to the baby gate and standing there. She didn't even turn on her light (which is the sign that I look for when I'm cleaning up and doing laundry after I put her to bed).
I finally was able to get her to fall asleep in her bed, so I read for a little bit and went to bed myself... seriously... at like 10:30pm!! ...Then around 12:30am, she woke up and I let her get in my bed to snuggle until she fell back to sleep. I had full intentions of putting her back in her bed after she fell asleep again... but I fell asleep...
So, I'm not sure if I consider this a 'fail' in the routine or not. I mean, TECHNICALLY she went to sleep in her own bed... but I never put her back in her own bed. I have to admit, it's nice to snuggle with her :)
On a completely unrelated note, I renewed my gym membership and will be going to the gym tonight. I'm very excited to get rid of this disgusted feeling that I have with myself.
Last night, she went to bed without as much of a fight. She didn't even get naked... she just kept getting up and walking to the baby gate and standing there. She didn't even turn on her light (which is the sign that I look for when I'm cleaning up and doing laundry after I put her to bed).
I finally was able to get her to fall asleep in her bed, so I read for a little bit and went to bed myself... seriously... at like 10:30pm!! ...Then around 12:30am, she woke up and I let her get in my bed to snuggle until she fell back to sleep. I had full intentions of putting her back in her bed after she fell asleep again... but I fell asleep...
So, I'm not sure if I consider this a 'fail' in the routine or not. I mean, TECHNICALLY she went to sleep in her own bed... but I never put her back in her own bed. I have to admit, it's nice to snuggle with her :)
On a completely unrelated note, I renewed my gym membership and will be going to the gym tonight. I'm very excited to get rid of this disgusted feeling that I have with myself.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Something New
I have decided to start keeping a blog in its own place... as in- not associated with MySpace, etc. So far, I am succeeding in confusing myself. As always, I am making things more difficult than they need to be. I have already made 2 blogs... lol... and this is the only one I will be using. Maybe I can figure out how to delete the second one later...
I now have a Facebook subscription. This is... uhhhh... different... I think I am just more familiar with MySpace, but I do like the general idea that I get from Facebook. Again, something that I will have to get myself familiar with.
Saturday was a fun day. Eventhough it was rainy and icky, Eowyn and I got some grocery shopping done (she actually sat in the little seat on the shopping cart without having a fit!!). We got home and had some lunch and then I put her down for a nap. While she napped, I cleaned the house. Due to the dirt road at my mom's being more of a swamp, we changed 'Family Dinner' to my house. Lol... I had JUST enough chairs, and thankfully had decided to purchase a larger dining room table with my tax refund.
While my mom and I were getting the "make your own burritos" stuff ready for dinner, Eowyn went outside with Grandpa Joe. She's finally getting some use out of the rain gear that she has! :)
She's so adorable!
I now have a Facebook subscription. This is... uhhhh... different... I think I am just more familiar with MySpace, but I do like the general idea that I get from Facebook. Again, something that I will have to get myself familiar with.
Saturday was a fun day. Eventhough it was rainy and icky, Eowyn and I got some grocery shopping done (she actually sat in the little seat on the shopping cart without having a fit!!). We got home and had some lunch and then I put her down for a nap. While she napped, I cleaned the house. Due to the dirt road at my mom's being more of a swamp, we changed 'Family Dinner' to my house. Lol... I had JUST enough chairs, and thankfully had decided to purchase a larger dining room table with my tax refund.
While my mom and I were getting the "make your own burritos" stuff ready for dinner, Eowyn went outside with Grandpa Joe. She's finally getting some use out of the rain gear that she has! :)
She's so adorable!
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