Marvelous Mystery Quote

Today I have a fabulous Mystery Quote for you. Spoken directly to me, today. Let's see if you can unravel the mystery:

"Um, Can you put it in reverse? My hand is kinda gross..."

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Database Dame

My OCD must be flaring up. I have created an access database that will inventory many of my posessions. I began with tables for my scrapbooking supplies and stamps, and then followed with tables for our Movie Collection, Our Appliances, and Books. I am too afraid to do this with CD's as we easily have thousands, and I back all mine up in iTunes and purchase strictly from iTunes, now... so I am not as worried. Now I am beginning to add things into the database. Item numbers, descriptions, model and serial numbers, book authors, formats (hardcover/softcover books, wood or acrylic stamp sets, and dvd/vhs movies) and prices and purchase dates/vendors.

I have created color coded forms for easy addition to the database.

I am thinking that this database could serve many purposes, including acting as a household inventory for insurance purposes. I am also a huge fan of paperless operations, and I have been thinking about scanning all of my paper receipts and getting rid of them (less to store and file) and keeping a copy on the computer as well. But this would also call for a backup copy to be stored offsite in case of fire or computer crash. I am trying to determine if I am dedicated enough to keep up a back-up schedule with offsite media if I am not dedicated enough to run the dishwasher and get the mail. However I could keep the database on my jump drive and enter new items in as soon as I purchase them.

I can also see this as an exciting turning point. If I can force all my fellow scrapbookers and stampers to keep an inventory, we could publish the inventories online in a giant database. Then when you had a stamp set or a tool that you wanted to borrow, you could query the giant online database and find out who has it. Then you could contact that person via email and borrow the stamp set. How cool would that be?

Oh in a perfect world!

Top Ten Reason's it's Great to be a Girl Geek!
10.You can constantly surprise people by your intellect.

9.Car dealers can't frighten you.

8.You can actually contribute to a conversation that isn't about cheerleading, hair and makeup or the latest soap opera.

7.Get to do really cool things like Con's

6.You can smile and nod with the best of them.

5.There are few of us, less competition.

4.You can still pretend to be stupid to sate "his" ego if nessesary.

3.You get to be made to feel like a goddess for just being "you" around male geeks.

2.You can insult most men in such a way they think it's a compliment.

And the Number One Reason it's Great to be a Girl Geek.....

1. You don't have to wait on "him" to get home to fix the electronics.

'SELECT boobs FROM under_the_shirt WHERE gender = 'female' AND size > 'enough' AND leftsize = rightsize LIMIT 2;'

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Kiss My Sweet Irish Ass

Well, Half-Nekkid Thursday is here again, and this time Osbasso requests that we "go for the green" in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. I couldn't decide which picture to use so I made a collage for you this week. Please Give me some comments and May the Luck of the Irish be with ya! And YES I am Irish, in case the red hair and freckles don't give it all away. As always, give the picture a little Clicky clicky to see it larger (I know there are fellow HNT'ers out there who want DETAILS!)

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Have I lost it?

I was talking to a friend today, and I started to think about some things. Mostly things that are different in my relationship with my husband now that we have been together for 9.5 years versus things that happened when we were younger and dating and mostly before we moved in together, or before I gained weight.

I love my husband. I would not trade him for the world and I wouldn't trade our relationship for the world. But as husbands can do, they forget the things that make wives feel good about themselves. I tried to think back to the last time my husband made a comment about me looking "nice" or even "good" or hot, or sexy, or any term representing the fact that I had put some effort into my outfit or hygeine, to which I put great effort on a daily basis. (besides saying you look fine get your ass out of the bathroom so we can get going)

I honestly could not remember a time within the last 4 years. I don't even remember him saying anything to me on our wedding day about how I looked. I remember him saying my flowers were pretty, and that he loved me of course, and other things about the day that made me know how much it meant to him... but never remember anything being said about me. Just me. And how I looked. That I was beautiful, or even pretty, or even cute. I could be wrong. I am sure he would say that he said I looked great, but I can't remember it.

But I do remember that about 4 years ago we went out for Valentine's Day and I wore a little black dress and pantyhose and black dress shoes with really high heels, and jewelry and he said that I looked "hot" and I could tell that the entire time we are he was interested in me. That's the last time I can remember feeling that way. Feeling that I was desireable looking. 4 years. And that makes me sad.

Don't get me wrong, he tells me that he loves me, he kisses me, he rubs my back, he cuddles with me on the couch, it's all fine. But it is just a bit unnerving that I am not "hot" anymore. And we don't even have kids yet. I'm not even 30! It makes me sad. I am very glad to be married. I am happy. But sometimes I think back to what it used to be like, and it makes me sad.

I know that all wives must feel that way. But when talking to a friend who tells his wife that she looks great, and that she is hot.... I feel sad. And Jealous. And fat. And Ugly. But happy for her and proud of him.

Damn it.

Rebel Rebel, you've torn your dress
Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel Rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so!

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Beans, HNT, South Beach

Well, today my gears are turning for HNT. Since this is St. Pat's week, I am looking for some "green" ideas for photos. At osbasso's request. I thought maybe I could start chasing rainbows around and see if I can get any naked leprechaun pictures, but I am not so sure the weather will be cooperating. But I do have batteries for my camera fully charged now.

Besides that, I am just really glad it is Wednesday, that means just a hop skip and jump away from the weekend. I have "stamp camp" this Saturday, but besides that I am free as a bird. The first weekend in the past two weeks that I haven't had to "go to work" or "clean the house" although if the weather cooperates, we will probably try to get those leaves burned that we raked last Saturday. Assuming they are dry. And we will burn the ditch alongside the house where the wildflowers grow. I can't wait till they are blooming and I can take pictures of that to show you.

I made chili last night with 13 types of beans. It's after me today. I knew I would regret that.

All my friends are out and about. AJK at work in Chicago area, CLS growing a baby out in Mormon Country, ALT ready to have a baby girl any minute now, Jackson is cranky today-I think he finally got "old", CB is finally the suga mama she wants to be, and JC and LL finally have a computer of their own, AND internet! How cool is that. But I don't know their email address so I can't even point them to the blog. My mom got a new car, which she highly deserved, and my sister got hers back from the body shop and got new tires.

I personally am just putting one foot in front of the other today. I slept like a rock last night. With the sun out so early, I woke up at 6:30 am and panicked that I had overslept, which is bizarre considering I always sleep till 9am. Then I lay back down and I DID oversleep, till 9:45. Oops. I am not really tired, I am just tired of the same old shit. I ache for good changes, but no matter what I do, they won't come. Long story, not particularly blog material. But I will manage.

South Beach is pretty okay. I am not really making much change into Phase 2, I am pretty much just on phase 1 with the addition of wraps and yogurt. But I am not losing weight. I haven't lost any since the first 10 pounds. So I guess I need exercise, which I get when I work in the yard raking leaves and cutting back plants, and when we cleaned the dog kennels and houses, and when I haul laundry up and down the stairs, and when I clean house.... but apparently that isn't enough. Damn treadmill staring at me. My friend PG said that sometimes with women it takes a longer time for South Beach to take effect. And if anyone knows, it's him.
So I am sticking with it fine but since I only lost ten pounds and then in the next two weeks plateaued... I am not so thrilled with it because it makes me feel like a failure.

Enough of this endless pointless blabber. More when I actually have something to say.

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Shadows Grow So Long, Before My Eyes.... Suddenly the Day Turns into Night

Well, I keep forgetting to take pictures of the living room now that we have FURNITURE! Yeah! I don't know what took so long, except that for the past three days (when I actually remembered) the batteries that were in my digital camera were dead, and Tonight we tried batteries from every appliance, remote, wireless video game controller, and vibrator in the house and they didn't even have enough juice to get the damn camera to turn on. SO we charged some up and NOW I took pictures and have some to share. I am going to put them here in a small thumbnail-ish format, so just click to see them BIG, that way it won't slow down the blog load time any more. It's already excruciating for you dial up fools.

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Bride to Be/Badass

Um, so you know I got married last August, so we aren't talking bout me here.

Welcome my new renter Lindsey. She is soooo adorably cute I approved her bid immediately. I didn't even wait for competition. I knew I wanted to host her! Her blog is pink (Which I love) and clever.

Please go check her out, especially to see how cute she is. Leave her a comment and let her know where you came from (ME! YOU CAME FROM ME! I AM YOUR MASTER {kidding, kidding[kind-of]})

"Foxy Lady"

Okay, I admit it... I love Firefox. I always knew I should switch. I have been using "both" randomly for a while now, but I have officially made the switch. And let me tell you, it's hot. It's sexy. It's FOXY. I am a "Foxy Lady" (but you all knew that, right?) so anyway, I am going to share my firefox extensions of the day. Download them while they are HOT.

Colorful Tabs 1.1 The most beautiful yet the simplest add-on that makes a strong colorful appeal. Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appearance of the interface. An essential. With: A better border and highlight for the selected tab.

IE Tab An extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox. This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your webpage displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.

You Spin Me Right Round Baby Right Round

You know, how is it that if I am in a good mood, all it takes is one person to really turn that mood around and get me cranky? And how is it that if I am in a bad mood, it takes a hell of a lot more than one person to turn a bad mood into a good one.

A wise person once told me that no one can make you feel a certain way. You ALLOW them to get you feeling and reacting to them, when really you control your moods and emotions.

I think alot about that. So today, I was in a great mood. Then SOMEONE in an instant, made me cranky and angry and wanting to throw something. Then I was Jammin Out to Dead or Alive "You Spin Me" (right round baby, right round.. like a record baby right round round round) and thought about how someone can turn my emotions around just like that. How, being me, where I must have control over everything around me, did I let someone else control my emotions? So I guess I have decided to try to remember that no one else can control how I am feeling. Only me.

Open up those lovin arms
Watch Out, Here I Come...

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BACK UP YOUR BLOG

Do you need a reason to back up your blog? Especially if you use blogger. Well, read this blogger news story from this Sunday....

I think I'll go back up my blog now.....Here are some directions if you are interested.
:)

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Housewives Tarot

Umm, okay. Gulp. This is scary www.housewivestarot.com

My very first reading was the best one, but I forgot to printscreen and I can't go back and get it, so here are a few more readings, although I hold the first one to be the most truthful.

Awww shit. What is with blogger and not uploading photos with Mozilla this morning? What a pain in my ass. Let me go try with IE.... otherwise you will have to go get your own reading because the damn pictures of mine won't upload.

Okay, even IE won't upload now. Damn it Blogger! It's been so buggy in the past week.

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Just Call her "Miss DP"

This morning I was behind a soccer mom. But not a soccer mom my age, but one a wee bit older, just a half generation past me. You know the ones, and how some of them are still stuck in the late 80's and early 90's? Still blowdrying their hair away from their face (not feathered, but we called them "wings") and still (somehow) managing to find stores that sell tapered jeans and ankle boots. High Waisted Pants with a belt, You know.... she's just missing the shoulder pads (and she does have them in that suit that she wears on special occasions.) Basically sporting and hanging on to all of the 80's stuff that was so uncool we wish it would NEVER come back. Not the punk rock part of the 80's. The other side. The side that we would never be caught dead wearing.

So anyway, this soccer mom in a Newer Tahoe, just cruising around, her wings blowing in the car vent (sexy, eh?) had something dangling from her mirror (probably some old earrings she saved from her high school years), and her license plates said- "MS DP"

Now I tell you, I am sure there is an explanation for this. I am sure that this must be their initials or something but I tell you, it looks like this queen of the 80's is "Ms. Double Penetration." Talk about a Bad choice for license plates. I mean, granted, I was a kid in the 80's but I tell you, there MUST have been Double penetration then, and it must have been a well known acronym? Tell me that it was. Tell me that this mom can NOT be totally Naive as to what "Ms. DP" can mean to a soccer mom?

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Testing, 1.... 2

Ahhh.... The House is CLEAN! Tonight I was treated to dinner and a drink with some friendsm I loved having CONVERSATION.

Then I was able to come home and Install Firefox/Greasemonkey/Scripts on the final of three machines so that I can blog away with my new tag system. It's great.

There is a dog hogging my bed, and I am starting to feel very very sleepy. It's just shy of 11pm and maybe for once I will be asleep before midnight. Maybe.

I really don't have a whole lot exciting to say. I am not sure why I am posting really, except that I just got firefox and greasemonkey installed on this machine and wanted to test it out.

I am so thrilled with the lack of "running around" in my life right now. It's great.

I am in Phase 2 of South Beach now, but I haven't done much in the line of carbs. I did have whole wheat pasta the first night, which was fine, because I have been eating whole wheat pasta for a couple of years now. Then All I have had carb wise since then is whole wheat tortillas, which I used to roll up either turkey and cheese, or some chicken salad. That's been tasty. And tonight I did have a grilled chicken sandwich on whole wheat toast. And this morning I had whole wheat cereal as mentioned before. So I am doing okay. Not dropping the pounds but CB let me borrow a new book this morning, and I should start WALKING soon. Although all that excercise Saturday did good I am sure.

Here's to a great night's sleep....

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Just another Manic Monday

So we made it through the storm. It wasn't too bad, although it was apparently scary enough to warrant a telephone call between myself and my friend Anya, who lives across town. We both hate storms, so we always call each other if we are a bit freaked out. Plus she is 9 months preggo and due and minute, so the storm was giving her mini-contractions. And it also made Hadley (our dog) pee on the floor twice when huge strikes of lightening hit the ground.

I had a long and exhausting weekend, although I did sleep in both days. We worked in the yard all day Saturday, it was 75 degrees! We cleaned out all the flower beds, raked out all the leaves. We cut back all the dead stuff and pulled the pond up. Last fall I came home one day and it looked as if someone had tried to pull the pond out of the ground. Husband said that it must have buckled but I think there was foul play involved. Anyway, it had been in the ground for I belive 2 years, maybe three years. And it was well established, as were the plants around it and the waterfall into it. Well we have to start from scratch this year, so we removed all the rocks and pulled the liner out. What a pain in the ass.

Then we cleaned the dog kennel and bleached the cement, and took apart the dog houses and washed them, and washed all 6 dog beds from inside and outside. I had to stop by work, and then later that night I was at Brad and Anya's to help Brad install his new Logitech Remote on the computer so that we could configure and program it.

Sunday I picked up around the house, did THREE LOADS of towels, THREE Loads of blankets, TWO loads of sheets, and other laundry, like two loads of rugs and one load of good clothes. It was insanity. I still have about 4 or five loads to wash. I was still awake at 3am this morning. i was so tired but I knew I had so much to do! I got up at 9am and called work to let them know I would be coming in at noon instead of 10, so that I could get some more things done. I washed two sinkfulls of dishes and stoneware, cleaned the foreman grill, emptied the recycleables, put away blankets and clothes, and picked up some more. I also hung out the rugs to dry on the drying rack. I am exhausted! It was a busy weekend!

So that's about it. I did watch Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy... and I TIVO'd War at Home, Simpsons, Family Guy, and that one new show that I can't remember the name of because I have never watched it before. And I also TIVO'd the end of the Banger Sisters, since I have never seen the whole thing. I watched the first hour until Desperate Housewives came on, then TIVO'd the rest.

God Bless TIVO and DVR.

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Stormy

I have a few things to say this evening. Okay, tonight. It IS almost 11pm. Firstly, does anyone else think that after those two great weeks of action on Grey's Anatomy, things seem S-L-O-W? Like maybe the only goal of the writers is to STALL until the end of the season and make pretty much nothing happen? I want ACTION! ACTION I say!

We have severe weather here tonight, tornadoes hitting most of the counties AROUND us, and we have so far been okay, but there is ONE last Cell coming right for us, so I anticipate being awake for a while, especially since the lightening is just now really getting started. So all night there have been tornado warnings and storm updates on the TV interrupting my shows, basically just getting me all freaked out and ruining my regularly scheduled programming. So please send good thoughts that everything is in one piece after this storm hits. For some reason I had this eerie thought just now of what would happen to my blog if I died suddenly *shudder* How would anyone know where I went?

Ohhh here comes the torrential downpour. Just let me grab a flashlight... Okay. The TV still says "Tornado watch" so I am still okay. What I hate about living on the edge of town, is not being able to hear the tornado and storm sirens. Ohhh power is flickering now. Better publish before I lose this. Guess I will have to cover the rest of my weekend adventures later, once the storm passes.

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