Month: June 2007

I like memes

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1. One of your scars, how did you get it?
When I was younger, I jumped on an old armchair in our basement that unbeknownst to me at the time, had a nail sticking out of it. It went into my knee. Ouch!

2. What is on the walls in your room?
Other than the beautiful purple paint, not much. I do have some photos I took on one wall, and then the other has a few photos from our wedding.

3. Do you snore, grind your teeth, or talk in your sleep?
No, no, yes.

4. What type of music do you listen to?
I alternate between alternative and trance for the most part.

5. Do you know what time you were born?
I believe it was 6:58 am.

6. What do you want more than anything right now?
For my husband to get the job he applied for.

7. What do you miss?
When was younger and could eat whatever I wanted and not gain weight.

8. What is your most prized possession?
The afghan my grandmother made.

9. How tall are you?
5’4″.

10. Do you get claustrophobic?
Yes.

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Hotel reservations

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How silly is it that I just had to cancel our hotel reservations for Indianapolis and rebook them so we could get the first night $25 cheaper? I guess booking too far in advance isn’t always the best way to go. And now that I know this, you can be sure I’ll be checking the rates again the day before we leave just in case they go down again.

It’s torture, and I’m almost there

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I’m getting a new PC at work. Or more like, I have the new PC, but I can’t use it yet because I’m waiting on our I.T. department to buy the license for a program I need to do my job. So my shiny new PC is sitting on my desk, mocking me with it’s sleek 19″ LCD. “You know you want to use me, Nicole. I have a cooler version of Outlook, I’m faster, I have a DVD-ROM, and my resolution kicks your old monitor’s butt”. Oh how it mocks me! But I can’t do anything about it. And I found out it might not be until next week that the license is purchased and the software is installed. I’m so sad. Don’t they realize this is torture to a geek like myself?

Making lemonade

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I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. We had a bit of that situation recently. Nothing earth shattering, but we had made plans for Fourth of July, completely forgetting that this is Joe’s year to have the kids. We were kinda bummed at first, not because we don’t want them around, just because we wouldn’t be able to do what we had planned, plus having them one day during the week requires a lot of commuting which sucks. But what can you do?

To avoid having to drive all the way to our place just to drive the kids back home (can’t keep them overnight since we leave for Indianapolis the next day), we decided we should take them to see my parents. My mom loves her role as step-grandma and never declines an opportunity to have us over. Except instead of her making tons of food for us, we’re going to bring steaks, hamburgers, and hot dogs and grill for everyone. I even bought some corn dogs this weekend.

I’ll admit, we do have an ulterior motive – we don’t want my dad manning the grill because he tends to ruin the burgers by cooking them far too long. I like my meat nice and juicy and I’m getting better at grilling all the time, so I relish the opportunity to show off a bit.

Now I’m looking forward to the 4th instead of dreading all the driving around.

I hate thinking of titles for my entries

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We took the kids to the mall today. I think we spent over two hours just checking out store after store which was good exercise for us all since it was raining outside and we couldn’t go to the park. It would figure since I wasn’t specifically intending to get any clothes or shoes that I would find some good stuff. I got two shirts from Steve & Barry’s and a pair of kickass Teva sandals, similar to these but in all black at a place called The Shoe Department. You know how I feel about thongs, so these are perfect. I never heard of Teva before but Joe informed me that they’re good quality shoes. Now if only I could find a pair of white sandals to go with my new dress I’d be set.

After all that walking the kids were begging to be fed, so we headed over to Lonestar Steakhouse. Everyone ordered a burger except me. I was good and got a grilled chicken breast with Texas rice. I did take a little bite of Joe’s burger, however. He drives me nuts because he’s lost 24 lbs. in two months and I’ve lost 5. The worst part is my stomach and waist area got smaller but I still have big hips. Do you realize how hard it is to find pants, particularly jeans, that fit my body type? You’d think all women have a boy’s figure. I tried on a pair of jeans that was huge in my waist and left a monstrous gap in the back, yet was tight on my hips. Real classy. It’s like my waist is a size 10 but my hips are a size 14. So annoying! I tend to look for jeans with some stretch material in them but even then I seem to keep running into the same scenario. Obviously I need to slim down in the hip area fast so I can buy some decent pants/shorts.