o christmas tree

This afternoon I put up our new fake tree. Friday when we went to Target they had a special on a 6 ft tree. Zac put his pouty face on and asked why we needed another tree. I bought a little one about 2 years ago and that was a struggle to get too. I told him I wanted one and I would just buy it anyways when he wasn't around. As I was looking down another aisle here comes Zac with the tree box in the cart. I was so happy! I just like decorating the house for the holidays. I like looking at the decorations and the lights twinkling.

I don't care about fake or real trees. I think fake trees are easier to deal with and I feel bad when I see all those live trees on the curb when people are done with them. If you go to my parent's house you can see how many real trees we've had growing up because they are all planted in our yard. Maybe someday I'll change my mind but for now I'm perfectly content with my fake tree.

Yesterday while perusing the internets I saw that one of my coworkers put up on facebook about going to a restaurant to celebrate her birthday. I did a web search for the restaurant and I noticed a misspelling on the website. I clicked on the contact me button and I sent them a message. They had a real nice website and it just irked me that they spelled executive as execuative. Today I got an email from the VP of the restaurant group thanking me for finding the mistake and offered dinner on him at the restaurant if I wanted to take him up on it! Cool beans! I wasn't expecting anything in fact I've done this before when our own company sent out an email blast spelling independence wrong.

Time to read before bed.

in my jammies

Today is a lazy day. We haven't left the comfort of our couches or our jammies all day. Zac played his video game a lot. We watched Inside Man and then the UA/ASU football game and now we're back to video games. Even Daisy has had an all day snooze fest. It's windy outside and it'll probably get cold tonight but we'll be ok.

Thursday we went to my parent's house. My Tias Olivia and Liz and cousin Brandy came to town all the way from El Paso. Cecelia's dad and step mom also made it for Thanksgiving dinner. It was nice to see family even though it can be exhausting at the same time. After dinner and dessert I overheard my brother asking Brandy if she wanted to do something on Friday. As they were trying to figure out details I said Brandy could come home with me and Zac. If I can save a cousin of mine from having to endure endless chatter and gossip by our moms I will do it! I've been there and know how boring it gets when there isn't anyone that wants to talk to you or hang out with you. Well having a 17 year old that you don't see very often is kind of hard. Zac and I aren't small talkers and she was pretty quiet too. Even though she probably didn't have the time of her life I'd like to think she was better off with us than she would have been at my parent's house. Thursday night we watched a bunch of tv and Friday morning we took her out to breakfast and then a quick little trip to Target. A little later we met up with Xavier, Cecelia and the kids and walked around 4th Avenue. For the first time ever I went into Chocolate Iguana and it was amazing! It was so cute! I really am hitting myself for never going there before! After 4th Ave we went up to University and ate at Pei Wei, not local but Brandy had never been to one. We then took her up and down the UofA. I got into tour guide mode and shared some school history. Friday was really nice and the weather was nice and warm. We said our goodbyes to Brandy later that night as Xavier agreed to drive her back to Marana.

Things to be thankful for-of course the health and well being of our family and friends near and far. My Dad has been given the doctor's release. Even though he can go back to normal we can tell my Dad still has a way to go before he's totally ok. We've had quite a few celebrations this year from weddings to graduation and a new job. We've also had our time to be Bishop's family. Sadly, we had to let him go so he wouldn't suffer anymore. We loved, we lost, and we survived.....that should be a new home decor thing.

new moon

We just got back from seeing New Moon. Zac was gracious enough to take me and suffer through this movie for me. He must love me.

The photo a little too much? Eh...

I got into the Twilight saga right when the first movie came out. A friend and I went to go check it out and not knowing anything about it and having heard very little about the books I enjoyed it. After the movie I read the books and I'll have to admit it was kind of difficult to get through them at times. They just didn't hold my attention to read them fast enough. I sat on the 3rd book forever just because I couldn't get into it. Overall, I enjoyed the series and was somewhat excited to see New Moon. I think I was more excited to see the movie so I wouldn't be left out of the loop. I started late with the Harry Potter phenomenon because I was too stubborn to like what other people liked.

New Moon is a lot better than Twilight. I did not like Kristen Stewart at all in Twilight, I found her overacting to be quite ridiculous. I think they really toned down her eye and face twitching in New Moon. New Moon was slower paced since in the book she spends half the year depressed. I rather enjoyed the parts with the wolves. I wanted more of that. My only other beef was that they left too much of the book in the movie. Usually I hate when they leave stuff out of the movie. A lot of stuff could have been cut but it seems like certain sayings and moments in the book stayed in the movie even though it really didn't move the story along. My favorite scene was when Bella wipes out on her motorcycle and Jacob catches up to her to find her head bleeding so he tears his shirt off giving us an eyeful of "beautiful" Jacob!

I've been thinking about this Twilight thing and why guys don't care for it and why girls swoon over it. Lets face it ladies, we've been brought up with fairy tales where the ordinary girl gets her prince charming even though he may be a monster. Just take Beauty and the Beast. Essentially this is what Twilight is but put in some teenage angst and some vampires and werewolves. Ladies are suckers for romance and stories where the plain jane gets her man. We also have a soft spot for the worst kind of guys for us. These stories and movies reinforce the "bad boy" image and that we can "fix" a guy as long as we love them enough. I think monsters are about as bad boy as you can get. I look back and this is why I love Angel. The vampire with a soul.

Just recently I tried to rewatch Twilight and after some technical difficulties I just didn't care about watching it again. I started listening to the audiobooks and again I was brought back to the books that couldn't hold my attention. The writing is basic and is pretty much brain crack. A quick fix. While listening to Twilight on audiobook I was reading Pride and Prejudice and watching the movies. Elizabeth is Bella and Mr. Darcy is Edward. You start out thinking Mr. Darcy is horrible and eventually you learn that Mr. Darcy is the most decent man of them all. After reading that story and laughing and sobbing like a maniac along with the miniseries I just couldn't see the Twilight saga in the same light. Regardless, I'll still watch the rest of the movies and I'll continue on with the audiobooks and I'll get excited for Eclipse. Now I'm thinking that New Moon and Elipse should have been collapsed into one movie, because really I just want to see some imprinting happen!

free gobble gobble

Sweet!!!! We are getting free turkeys at work tomorrow!

I've heard about this before where your employer gives you stuff for the holidays. There was once something called bonuses but I've never seen one of those.

I'm lucky to have a job that I like and sometimes love. Even with all the cruddy stuff we have to go through I still love this place. Any place that has nacho day, bake sales, sample sales, free turkeys and free lunch day is an A-OK place with me!

Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

My nephew got it stuck in my head and the other night Zac looked it up. Now I can't stop singing it.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

i don't like it!

My memory is horrible, so I need to write down the things I hate.

Words, phrases and other things I detest.

it's like on tv

Here's a story of a young lady....

Around the age of 20 this young lady met a young man. They started dating and YL got pregnant. Young man found out she was pregnant and told her he wanted nothing to do with that. He left them never to be heard from again.

Around the same time YL gets a good job and gets her hair and nails done regularly. Every Friday she'd bring in her going out clothes and at 5pm on the dot she'd change ready for happy hour.

At the age of 24 YL meets another young man. They date and YL becomes pregnant again. This time the young man wants to stick around and be a dad. BUT young man doesn't have a job and has a hard time holding onto a job because all of a sudden the new job isn't what they told him it was going to be.

The baby is born and the young couple decide to move in together. YL has never lived on her own and is excited about moving out. Some might tell her to live in an apartment first and then figure out where to go after that unless you find a great house that you can afford to rent. Our YL wanted a house. A 3 bedroom house with a fenced in yard. During work she spent most of her time looking online and calling to see houses. She finally found a house and moved in with her kids and baby daddy.

Finally it's time to move in and spend the first night. OH NO! The place is haunted! YL and her cousins decide the place is haunted and her oldest son does not want to stay at that house. Oh but wait....YL wants a screen door on one of the doors, another outlet in the kitchen, her walls repainted, another outlet in the bedroom and various other things to be done to the house. The landlord gets so sick of YL's demands that he lets her out of the lease and tells her to move out!

YL finds another house almost immediately. YL then gets all her family to help her move into the new house. The house seems to be nice but the young couple are still having relationship problems. Baby Daddy still doesn't have a decent job and doesn't want to be responsible for his portion of the bills. The relationship fizzles out and YL realizes she can't do this on her own anymore. So she moves back to her parent's house. When asked about breaking the lease YL just shrugs and says she just moved out.

The YL and Baby Daddy are no longer an item. Later we find out that YL put a car in her name for Baby Daddy's use even though Baby Daddy's license is suspended. YL lets Baby Daddy have one day for visitation. Meanwhile, YL started her weekend ritual of going out again on Friday nights. Once again she has mom and dad as instant babysitters.

About a month ago or so another young man friends YL on myspace. They start chatting and decide to go on a date. YL is absolutely crazy about this new guy. He tells her he knows how to treat women because he was raised by a single mom and only has sisters. He also has a young daughter. They go on a couple more dates and all of a sudden YL's facebook and myspace pages are filled with pictures of the happy new couple sitting on each others laps posing for the camera.

Then comes this past weekend. New young man tells YL that he wants to see other women but doesn't want her to see other men. He also untagged himself from all her facebook pictures. Their 2-3 week relationship is over!

Today new young man has reposted the pictures of one of their outings and tagged YL.

YL's life is like a soap opera. At first you feel bad for her because she is so naiive but now you just feel bad that you don't feel bad for her anymore.

already missed

Coming home last night without Bishop was the hardest thing.
He was a wonderful dog.

the world as i see it

-I have the first five books to the Sookie Stackhouse novels!

-I won a gift card at work today! $25 to Apple Store or Barnes and Noble. I wish the card was for Target but oh well. I'll probably take the Barnes and Noble card and buy the next novel in the Sookie series.

-I feel like I'm copying Jenna's posts but mine aren't about sleeping or not sleeping.

-Sleep sounds good right now.

-Spreadsheets are going to make me go blind.

-I like to look at houses, I like to see how houses are designed and how people decide to add on or decorate their space. At the same time I have no desire to work on my own house.

-Lots of people having kids right now. Good for you for having all the sex.

-I love california rolls and soy sauce. No snarky comments about me writing this right after mentioning sex....there was no connection. I don't even know if califonia rolls even have some sort of sexual reference but I'm sure it does.

-I really want a pair of chuck taylor all stars but I think zappos is the only one that has my size and offers free shipping and free returns.

-I think I would be willing to move to Vegas if I could work for Zappos.

-Woke up with a headache this morning because all I could think about was how I forgot to buy a shoe for spring 2010. The shoe is in a March catalog and I probably won't get the shoe delivered until April. Was nervous all day until I finally told my merch buyer about it but she was cool.

-Wondering how I can win more free stuff! I like winning free stuff.

-Keeps thinking how funny facebook is....I talk to more people I went to high school with now than I ever did in high school. I also happen to be friends with the two guys I had the biggest crush on ever. Now they aren't so cute.

-I've been on a Jane Austen kick. I started reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, then I started watching the mini series with Colin Firth (oh how I love Mr. Darcy), then I started listening to the audio version of the real book while at work. I'm almost done with the book but needed more so I started watching Sense and Sensibility. Now I have Zac getting me more audiobooks to listen to while at work and I want to buy the newer dvd of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley.

-done.