Or at least they seem to be. First of all, let me apologize to anyone who has read this blog, (cause chances are that if you read this you are either an old friend from high school, my aunt, or of my cousins, or maybe even one of Jake’s cousins…and someone I talk to regularly, or email regularly, and you have had the unpleasant experience of dealing with my constant bitchiness for the past few weeks). Sorry for being a total bitch! Plain and simple. I have spent the past couple of days reflecting on the past couple of weeks, and what I have come up with is this: CRY ME A RIVER!! This, of course, is something else I have to apologize for doing constantly. Its one thing to cry to yourself, but it is a different story when you do nothing but whine and complain to others. I know that is what friends and family are for, but I was abusing the privilege.
I know my mom doesn’t read this, but I also owe her an apology. My grouchiness towards he has everything to do with her going on the vacation that Jake and I have been planning for ourleves for the past 2 yeawrs. I can live with the fact that she’s going, but I can’t stand to hear her her complain that she wasn’t going to have any fun. Who can honestly say that they are not going ot have any fun Las Vegas? My mom is the most spoiled person I know…jewelry, purses, dogs, vacations…she gets whatever she wants and she always complains that she won’t like it. How many times was she heard saying that she wouldn’t like her new puppy because it was a Carin Terrier and not a Westie? Can anyone now picture my mother without Dasie, her beloved Carin Terrier? I am now happy to report that I talked with my parents last night and they are both having a good time. They went with another couple who have been to Vegas before, and they are pretty much commandeering the sightseeing, and my parents are both too meek to speak up and say, “Hey, we are paying for ½ the rental car and we want to see the siren show at Treasure Island, the lions at MGM Grand, and Hoover Dam!” (Actually, that is what I wanted them to seeJ) But for the most part they are having a good time, and they have a truck-load of Hooker cards to bring home. And if the hooker cards are what does it for them, power to them!
So, why the sudden change in attitude? Ah, I am pleased that you asked. For your convenience, I list:
1. JAKE GOT A JOB!!!
I am pleased, and shamefully proud, to announce that Jake is now a design engineer for Commodore Homes. He starts Monday; he has his own office, a first shift Monday-Friday schedule, and a handsome salary. (He also has an almost hour long drive, but we’re talking about the good points, right?) What an interesting turn of events that he told me that I needed to get out of the manufactured home business, and now look where he is!
2. The greatest Kleenex EVER!!!
I was deathly sick last week with Influenza A, (I guess I am too good for the plain old flu!), a sinus infection from Hell, and a UTI, (which I am still painfully trying to get over). I missed 2 an d1/2 days of work and spent a small fortune on doctors visits, prescriptions, and Kleenex “spiked” with Vicks. I say they are “spiked” because I have become totally addicted to them. I have a box in my office, the kitchen, next to my bed, and in the bathroom. I have been caught countless times just sitting in my desk with my eyes closed and the whole box to my nose, inhaling very deeply. They are Heavenly. Kudos to the people at Puffs…You are my HEROS!!
3. Hard Rock Music
Once my brother turned 12 and 13, he got a little weird. For lack of a better word, I was sort of scared of him. We had always been close but when he reached a certain age got absorbed into his video games and sanctimonious “you-are-going-to-Hell-because-you-like-Harry-Potter- and-listen-to-rock-music” crap, I really tried to avoid him. Enter high school: Derek gets an iPod for his birthday and discovers Metallica. (Finally!) My brother discovered, not at all too soon, that you were not going to go to hell for listening to rock music, (we still don’t agree on the Harry Potter issue). Derek called me up last week and wanted to know if he could borrow my Godsmack cds. I was EXCITED. (When I was his age, Godsmack was my FAVORITE. If there were ever a band that I would have been so crazy to collect memorabilia of, it would have been them. I liked Creed too, and they were neck-to-neck with Godsmack as my favorite, but the Creed thing had about everything to do with Scott Stapp.) I was getting so sick of listening to and hearing about Metallica when I was around my brother. So, finally, if you really do go to Hell for listening to that type of music, then at least I will be in good company with my big-little brother and the guys from Godsmack! Also on Derek’s list of new favorites, Disturbed. Now we just have to get him to accept Korn and Marilyn Manson and his transformation will be complete. Mwahahaha!!!
4. Janet Evanovich
If I have said this once, I have said it a million times: This woman is AMAZING!! I was hooked on her from chapter 2 of One for the Money. I devoured her Stephanie Plum series, moved onto her romance collection, took extensive notes on her autobiographical How I Write, and I used the Alex Barnaby series as a crutch to get better while I was sick. The last Stephanie Plum book came out a few weeks ago and I have been on the waiting list for awhile at the library to get it. Finally it was my turn to check it out and I read it in a day. It was one of the between the numbers novels with Diesel, which are not typically my favorites, but it was still good. I think it was by far the funniest one I have ever read. Between Grandma Mazur and Lula, you just never know what is going to happen…like sneaking a horse into Stephanie’s apartment. I am counting down until June when the fourteenth installment of the Stephanie Plum books, Fearless Fourteen is released.
5. Myspace
Barbra Walters interviewed the two guys that started myspace for her “Most Interesting People of 2007” special. I have to admit I thought it was pretty crazy for the inventors of a socializing website to be such a craze that they land a spot on her legendary annual list. Sure I had a myspace, (doesn’t everybody? I mane, my almost Internet-illiterate grandma has a myspace!). It was not until just a few weeks ago that I learned about the myspace bulletin board and how to surf for friends. What fun! I have become obsessed. I have had the opportunity to reconnect with a couple of friends from high school, our one-legged taxidermist neighbor, and I had added some pretty cool famous people like Gary Allan, Jake Owen, Kat Von D, and I am anxiously awaiting Ted Nugent’s acceptance of my friend request. If anyone reading this has a myspace and you are not already on my buddy list – I’ll add you. (www.myspace.com/kianne121)
6. Dale, Lana, Spike and the Bulldogs, Barbados, and Norwegian Cruise Lines
Jake’s parents have been going on a Norwegian Cruise sponsored by Spike and the Bulldogs for a few years now. This year the cruise took them to Barbados. We visited them once they got home and Dale gave me a necklace, bracelet, and earring set made of blue ocean glass and hematite. It’s not really my style, but it is really pretty and I had just got an outfit that they matched perfectly. I wore the outfit and jewelry to work last Thursday. Sitting in a meeting with 3 other ladies I work with who all have more expensive and impressive jewelry than I do, the one directing the meeting stops what she’s saying and says, “Kianne, your necklace is beautiful. Is it new?” The others looked too and agreed. I can’t tell you how excited I was to have all of them compliment me on something like that. Most of the time I get weird looks from them because I wear jeans on Fridays and my Columbia fleece vest is a staple piece for me and they dress pretty glamorous-like for working in such a laid-back environment.
7. Kohl’s and Goodwill
Hooray for good deals and cool clothes! Last Monday we had to go to Kohl’s to get Jake another dress shirt and tie. Once we found what we came in for, we decided to peruse the clearance racks. I ended up finding a shirt, a pair of earrings, and (this is the best part), an pair of black dress pants with blue pinstripes that fit like they were made for me…80% off!! I paid $9.80 for a pair of pants that were originally $49!! “These will go perfect with that blue button down from NY & Company that I got at Goodwill for $4,” I thought to myself. After leaving Kohl’s we trekked to Columbia City to visit with his parents and pick up his suit jacket that he left in the back of his Jimmy on accident when he dropped off the vehicle at the mechanics. While we were there Dale gave me the jewelry that he and Lana bought for me in Barbados, (see above). While I was examining it I thought, “Wow, these will look great with the pants that I just bought and the blue NY & Co shirt from Goodwill.” I couldn’t have been more right! It’s a rare occasion that I get dressed and look in the mirror and think that an outfit totally works, and it was defiantly a welcome revelation.
8. ADIDAS, painters tape, and Peanut
It’s no secret that Peanut is really a sort of bad dog. This morning was no different. I caught him trying to be sneaky carrying ½ a roll of painters tape to his house. I took it away from him and sat it on the kitchen table. I sat down to put on my old ADIDAS tennis shoes, but I could only find one. I skimmed my eyes around the kitchen, but gave up after a minute or so and just slipped my feet into Jake’s tennis shoes sitting next to my one. I took the dog out and started my car to warm. When I came back inside I happened to glance in the direction of Peanut’s house, which is where I found my missing tennis shoe. Peanut ran ahead into the kitchen and I went about straightening up the laundry room, then it occurred to me that I had not heard any noise out of the dog. I went to inspect thinking he had probably gone upstairs and got back into my bed, (he does this a lot, he is not a morning dog). I immediately noticed one of the seat cushiness missing off the chair that I had been sitting on. I looked under the table and found, to my unsurprised, Peanut sitting on the cushion chewing on a roll of blue painters tape. I looked on the table and didn’t see a roll sitting there anymore. I figure that he jumped onto the chair and then onto the table, grabbed the tape, and the cushion slid off the chair when he jumped back down. He has done this before. I know, what a little freak!! I know that he is bad, but it is hard to stay mad at him when he is so cute, and so funny!
**So now we just need Josh the contractor to get his butt in gear and get our house done, (which will really just give Peanut more hiding places!), and we’ll be golden. Until then…it’s “just another day in Paradise.”
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