Chas and I have a sorta ritual...we like to look at icanhascheezburger.com at the lol cats together, though he checks more often that I do. We found this one last night and couldn't stop laughing.




( For you non-techies... )

I have to get rid of my car before we move, and the sooner, the better. The thought of that car and all the trouble we have had with it makes me physically ill, and I get panic attacks or general anxiety driving it (which is to day that I have not driven it very far at all or very much). We've been *trying* to get up to Carmax to sell it over the last few weekends but have failed for one reason or another...this last weekend because of the rain and the lack of working A/C in the car to make the drive bearable and safe (ie keep the windows cleared up and not foggy). I have the rest of the week off (Wednesday-Friday) and had really wanted to take care of it now. But my problem goes back to the driving bit. I can't drive it to Carmax. That is 30 minutes away, in heavy trafficked roads. It is a stick shift and I never got comfortable driving it. I start shaking the minute I start the engine, and feel sick driving it.

I wanted to do this now because I need to get my tag transferred to my mom's old van, as she is giving it to us, and I'd rather not have to pay another registration fee or temp tag fee if I can avoid it, but I am running out of time on the 30 day grace period to renew the registration since my birthday was last month. And since I have the time off, now is the best time to sell it and do the van thing. But while *I* have the time off right now, Chas doesn't. And so he can't take time off from work and everything else in his busy schedule to drive the car there while I follow in his car.

I am really at a loss at what to do. I need to get rid of it fast, but I do want to get something back for it, preferably monetarily, after all we invested in it. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do?

Our president is such a freaking disgrace...he can't even get the name of the country he is in correct in his own speech! He said "Austria" instead of Australia, where the APEC summit took place, and in addition to messing up the name of the country he was in, he messed up again with the name of the conference. Instead of saying APEC, he said "OPEC" (oil on the mind Georgie?)!

Can't wait to leave.

EDIT: Video for those who haven't seen or heard this yet. Or don't believe me. :P

...looking forward to Torchwood too. Then maybe this spoof will make more sense, but it is still funny.

I like just about everything from this collection. I want it all! And it is on sale now. When I can't spend money and have to think about packing and purging. Gah!

Examples of the collection:



I like the cayenne option the best...it is the reddish looking color.

Oh my! They have prep bowls and measuring cups in the same pattern!

Last night I decided to use my Floating Island bath melt from Lush as a sorta pre-brithday bath thing since it smells yummy AND ( is shaped like a cupcake. ). I mixed a little of the Pop in the Bath bubble bar in with the bath water too...mine is the green variety so it is a white base with green flower petals and pink center. It made for a nice bath.

Today I have the day off from work, so shortly I have to begin running around to do some errands for a bit, with the hopes I will be able to see warzau_kitten and the kidlets a little later. And dinner, finally, is at Aubergine Bistro in Winter Park. I have been wanting to go there for years and it is always busy but I managed to swing a reservation yesterday for today. I was very happy. This is one of those places I wanted to make sure we get to before we leave.

Well, off to celebrate my day. :)

I'm done! Who wants to chat? Sooner better than later before I start loosing the details! :)

This greeting card phishing scam is driving me nuts. I think mostly because I want them to be real cards. :)

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I have eaten a lot of hot/spicy foods today. I had some leftover sushi from dinner with my brother and his fiance and their friends last night. The Dream Roll has spicy seared tuna in it and a spicy lemon mayo sauce on top. I also had an assortment of pieces leftover from the group, including the dynamite roll. Tonight we were going to go to the Olive Garden for soup since Chas is sick, but the one by me was closed for some reason. We don't know if it is temporary or permanent thing, though there was a note on the door, so had we seen the note, we'd know. Anyhow, we went to Fiddler's Green instead, and I got the Wexford wings...mild of course, but that was spicy enough. :P In some way, even though it was pussy mild, I can't help but not think of my dad and his love for spicy food, and while it was an unintentional channeling of him, I think I have just had a bit of a spice bug as I have been stuffy and as Chas is sick I am trying to boost my body temperature and circulation to fight off any baddies waiting in the wings so to speak.

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Had a most delightful chat with asinglemetaphor today during my lunch hour. I hope to do this more frequently. Things have changed in our relationship, and I value that we are still friends despite the mutual hardships we have both faced in the last year. I wish we could get together for our birthdays in late August as they are 2 days apart, but with present circumstances, I just don't see it happening. I do hope to be able to see her sometime this year or early next. :)

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I had my hair trimmed on Saturday and alaso had it styled as I was going to my brother's engagement party that evening, and since it rained practically the whole day, we decided it was bet to curl my hair rather than straighten, as the curls would hold better in the humidity. She sprayed Paul Mitchell Freeze and Shine on the hair while being curled with the curling iron, and then followed up with Bedhead Hard Hat spray. My hair was so stiff, but to her credit, it did not fall or frizz as much as I had feared it might. However, I washed my hair last night since the curls were starting to fall and my hair was frizzing, but also lack of being able to run my fingers through my hair was maddening. I washed it 4 times and then used a bit of conditioner and as my hair was drying, there were still bits that dried crunchy. I used 2 different types of shampoo but I don't know what to do now. I think this may be the opportunity to try the no 'poo method with baking soda and apple cider vinegar (not together). I think that migh be enough to strip the rest of the gunk off. I can try at least. Though I think I may have read it leaves hair crunchy too, at first. Maybe I should re-read about it first.

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This may be the most important part of this random post today, but..

I started HP7. Our friends Brian and Kenna have finished it and they (among others) really want me to read so they can chat with me, and while they know another friend of ours got me my copy, I haven't gotten it from her yet, so they loaned me their copy. I started yesterday, reading between calls and on lunch/breaks and a little last night, and again today the same way at work, and I am about 100 pages in so far. Not very far yet, but still firmly immersed. I hope to get more reading done tonight.

Well, guess that is all for now...all that I can think of so far.

Ok, well, not really "oops!" as I did this on purpose. Eh, well, I was telling teajade about the series and new movie so I linked the Golden Compass movie website in a comment and I decided to retake the "Find your daemon" quiz thing, and not surprisingly, I got a different form, though I think the description is a little different too. Here is the original post. I don't know what animal that is but the one here is an ocelot, but both cats.