25 Things You Had No Desire To Know. . .

Stole, of course, from Carmen. . .
This is becoming a habit of mine.

1. Name someone with the same birthday as you. My nephew Anthony (miss you!). Jennifer Lopez.
2. Where was your first kiss? I have no idea. I guess that's bad.
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else’s property? Nope. Toilet paper is not serious vandalism!
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex? Do you count my trainer?
5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people? One time as a part of a group - karaoke, yes, there was alcohol involved.
6. What’s the first thing you notice about your preferred sex? Probably eyes.
7. What really turns you off? Bad sportsmanlike attitude - bad winners and bad losers.
8. What do you order at Starbucks? Whatever they have with white chocolate, skim milk.
9. What is your biggest mistake? There is not enough space in the Interweb for me to list those. I can't pick just one.
10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose? No, unless you count the pressure point to get rid of my headaches.
11. Say something totally random about yourself. I am addicted to coupons.
12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? Yep - Julia Louise Dreyfus (years and years ago).
13. Do you still watch kiddie movies or TV shows? Nope.
14. Did you have braces? Yes. Not so very long ago.
15. Are you comfortable with your height? Yes, but I am, soon to be, the shorter person in my house.
16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you? Let me think. . .
17. When do you know it’s love? When you can screw up royally, and there is still hugs and kisses and forgiveness. (Not my answer, but I like Carmen's who stole it from Headless Mom's!)
18. Do you speak any other languages? Very small amounts of Russian and Japanese.
19. Have you ever been to tanning salon? Yes, in my young, unknowledgable years!
20. Have you ever ridden in a limo? Nope. . .Don't know that I want to either.
21. What’s something that really annoys you? Teeth scrapping on silverware and smacking.
22. What’s something you really like? Sleep.
23. Can you dance? Nope, but that doesn't stop me.
24. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room? Yep - twice. Once from a car wreck and once from an anxiety attack that work thought was a heart attack.
25. Tag 5 people! Everyone who wants it!

Namaste.

Interesting Twist. . .

I have been very upset about not being able to find my Christmas Tree Pole.
Our Living Room is decorated, but the big containers with the Tree Branches are just sitting there, unopened.

Yeager-Bomb is enjoying the tree skirt that I laid out when I thought I was putting up the tree.
He's not going to be real happy when it gets put away the begining of January.

I guess things happen for a reason. . .
If I had found the pole and put up the tree. . .
I'd be taking it back down. . .

MBB and I have decided to begin another big project.
We are going to have our floors redone in the den and the living room before Christmas.

Yes, you read that right BEFORE Christmas.

We had/have to clear out both rooms, rip up carpets, fix the den's walls, paint the den and find somewhere to put all of the furniture. We made a huge dent this weekend - still lots to do!
It should take a week to do the floors, but the best part - we won't be able to walk on it for two days.

Did I mention we are doing the living room. . .
The room where the stairs to our bedrooms / shower is?
Yep, we've lost our minds.

Namaste.

Searching. . .

. . .For a good deodorant.

Yes, you read that correctly.
Yes, I understand that everyone in blog world who has stumbled across my little area will read this.
Yes, I am getting desperate.

In the past, I was a devoted Degree groupie. . .
Specifically for the kind that was a white powdery-type gel that twisted up through little holes.
THAT STUFF ROCKED!
Seriously!
I would put it on in the morning and still felt / smelled good before going to bed (minus the gym workout times, of course). In fact, there was one Saturday that I hung around the house by myself (Translation: no shower, no deodorant refresh - yes, I did brush my teeth!) and the stuff still worked!

For some reason, Degree no longer makes the white powdery-type gel that twisted up through little holes (I do not know how to better describe it). When I realized this, I searched every Walgreens and CVS that I could find and bought it up (they seemed to have it in stock way after the grocery stores). Even past its shelf life date - the STUFF ROCKED! Seriously!

Unfortunately, my stash has been gone for a few years now.
I have been using different types, different brands, different everything.
I AM FAILING!

I tried the clear gel that twists up through little holes. That stuff is COLD! I also couldn't figure out if the wet feeling was the deodorant or if the deodorant wasn't working (And I haven't seen it in awhile either - did everyone get rid of that too?)
I tried the invisible and regular Degree for Women. Nope.
I tried Secret. Nada.
I tried Ban. It is currently sitting in my bathroom partially used.
I tried Mitchum's - Women's and Men's. Not a repeat, though I did use it up. . .Or did MBB finish it?
I am currently using a Degree for Men (no, I don't smell like a man). It's about to join the Ban.

I'm sure these products are good ones. I am in by no means trying to bash them.
They simply don't work, or don't work for more than three to six hours, for me.

I will continue to hunt for something to replace my white powdery-type gel that twisted up through little holes. In the mean time, I may just have to reapply every three to six hours. SIGH.

Namaste.

Thinking. . .

It will be next summer (if I'm lucky) before we will be able to remodel my craft room.
But I am already looking for furniture / supplies that I will use in my new space.
I figure that will make my life easier when the remodeling time starts and I can keep an eye out for those items to go on sale to make the room more affordable.

Some things I may go ahead and pick up now. . .

I am trying to scrap in my current space and my stickers are OUT OF CONTROL! I need something that I can see what I have without having to do long searches. Hmmm. . .If I find something quick, it may go on that Christmas list MBB has been asking for (though he never seems to use it when I do make one).

I have these great racks for my 12x12 paper. Keeps everything flat and pretty. . .Well, everything but the bottom sheet of paper! I have my paper organized by color, so I do have to pull everything out to find the right shade or the right design. When I put the paper back in, it tends to get caught on the wires and messes up the bottom sheet. I am looking for something to fix that as I like my racks and don't want to buy new ones.

The lighting in my little hole is HORRIBLE! During the remodel, we will significantly improve the overhead lighting, but I'm thinking that a good desk light would be a great investment as well (and help me out NOW).

Anyone have stuff that works well?

Namaste.

Today. . .

. . .Was a rough day.

I tried to balance the frustration of the day with productivity of the evening.
I don't blog about work, so I'll just say that I bit my tongue until I almost bit it off.

After getting supper done, I decided to spend some time in my craft room.
My pre-work of organizing layouts helped big time.
I was able to kick about 20 pages in two hours.
I'm feeling a bit better now.

If I can be that productive a few more times, my To Do list will look much better!

Namaste.

Made it. . .Kinda!

Well, I made blogging for an entire month with only one hick-up.
Glad to cross one thing off of my "To Do" list. . .Now, if I can just find that Christmas Tree Pole!

The next month will be a big one of saving, creating, baking and enjoying the holidays!
I'll try to upload pictures as I go, but I don't think that I'll be able to blog every day in December.

In the mean time, I found a few links to share:
Seal Funeral
Bus Ride


Namaste.

Searching. . .

We have a big search going on in our house.

The kids and I hauled all of the Christmas containers upstairs yesterday.
I started to get out everything and realized that I have a missing part. . .
I can't find the pole that goes to my artificial Christmas Tree.

I also did a search on-line to see if I could buy a new pole.
Nada.

Wish us luck. . .
I really don't want to trash a good tree and buy another one.

Namaste.

Who Dey!

OB and I spent the day in Bengal gear.
Even though we were up early and we are both exhausted, it was a fun, packed full day!

Beastie at the first game of Corn Hole (we don't need to talk about the second).
Taught OB the basics of Euchre.
Spent the second half of the game sitting with Lucy (we don't need to talk about the first half).
Enjoyed a W (a W is a W. . .Doesn't matter what it looked like).


Tickets to a Bengals Game: $138
Food to Tailgate: $24
My share of parking: $10
Spending some quality time with my 12 year old: Priceless

Namaste.

Headache. . .

I'm not going to be very insightful tonight.
I got a headache on Friday - combination of little sleep, not the right pillow and some smell-good stuff not getting along with my nose.

Luckily, the headache is about gone. . .Hoping it goes bye bye while I go nighty night.

Namaste.

B.F.

I am kinda baffled.
I can't believe MBB and I went.
OK, let me rephrase that - I can't believe MBB went.

Yep, we went out on Black Friday.
MommyMarie left the house about 4:20am.
We left about 6:30am.

This is the third time that I have braved Black Friday.
To be even more baffling - we went out to buy a printer. . .For ourselves.

I did buy a few Christmas gifts. . .
In the midst of the printer, the crock pot, the blue tooth. . .

Yes, I know we're crazy. . .But there were no impulse buys.
These were all things that we had been looking for recently and saved $$ on them.

Gives new meaning to Black Friday.

Namaste.