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December 18th, 2006
04:45 pm - On Vox: She's crafty!
 So I've already displayed my wonderous pillows and I thought it might be time for me to diplay a few other crafts. This is my first completed dress. In high school I started a dress but it never came to... » Read more on Vox
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December 8th, 2006
12:54 pm - On Vox: Be Present
I'm a worrier, a planner, a "be prepared"-er. I tend to focus less on the moment and more on the future and/or the past. If something small goes wrong - my tendency is to allow it to snowball into a... » Read more on Vox
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November 29th, 2006
01:48 pm - On Vox: Blood relatives
My trip back to Jersey and Maryland for Thanksgiving ended up being a lot more stressful than originally thought.While there were the normal family stressors - one stuck out a little more than usual this year. My mother has somewhat... » Read more on Vox
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November 14th, 2006
10:50 am
I really want to like Kelly Ripa. I used to like her...when she first started the show. And she's just so cute. And she's from NJ.
But now she's just so damn annoying.
Maybe Regis does that to you.
Current Mood:  contemplative
Current Music: Bling (Confession of a King) - The Killers
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November 9th, 2006
03:43 pm - Smooooooth Moooooooove
So far so good with Aje moving in. It's actually been a lot better than I imagined. A few minor tiffs here and there, nothing out of the ordinary and nothing really related to him having moved in. It's really nice to have someone to share household responsibilities.
Current Location: OUR Office :-)
Current Music: Colorblind - Counting Crows
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October 10th, 2006
04:28 pm - Trip to Athens
I suck. I forgot one of the best parts about last week...
Katie, Jeremy and I drove to Athens to visit Jonathan! I was a little worried with just getting over being sick and pulling my back form helping Jimmy and Kimber try to move on Friday...but going out and apparently Jonathan's couch is the cure for feeling sick and backaches :-)
Katie and Jeremy picked me up and then we headed to Willy's While we were enjoying our lunch the woman comes running and yelling frantically into Willy's "Ma'am!!! Ma'am!!!! Ma'am!!!! Call 911!!" She repeats that about 3 times and then explains that there is a horrible car accident outside. I look out the window and it was right infront of where Eric used to live and it looked like a black mustang was in the road which is what is girlfriend drives and I was instantly worried because a few weeks earlier Eric had gotten in an accident at the very same intersection. I ran to the window hoping it wasn't Katherine and then realized that while there was a black mustang in the road it was not part of the wreck and I remembered that Eric moved the week or two before. We finished and then took the back way out of willy's.
We got to Jonathan's after some confusion over Jennings Mill Parkway and Jennings Mill Road. Jonathan's apartment was really nice. I really liked the layout. I'm jealous of pretty much anyone who has a kitchen with more than 4 square feet to move around in but his kitchen was very spacious. So was his living room...and his bathroom...and even his bathtub. I can't wait until I own a house with a garden tub or at least own a house where a garden tub will fit. We watched part of the Tech game and then headed out to walk around UGA. What a huge campus! We walked to the radio station and got a tour from some nice UGA radio person who also threw lots of free stuff (bottles and buttons) at us. We left, hands full, and then walked around a little more with Jonathan as our knowledgeable tour guide and then off to walk around Athens.
Athens was very cute, i really liked the little town feel to it - like you could walk to anything. We went to a bar that i can't remember what it was called but it was really nice. It was very loud downstairs so we went upstairs and out on the patio and relaxed with some cheap-but-not-as-cheap-as-happy-hour-Athens-beer. Yum.
We then left and met Jonathan's friend for some Mexi dinner. Introductions went like this:
"Hi I'm Valeri"
"Hi i'm Mallory"
And that's about all I said to her because I was sitting the corner. She seemed nice. We ordered dinner and then moved on to dessert - I ordered a huge plate of sopapilla...it was tastie!
After dinner, the grocery store, and lots of margaritas I was on a HUGE sugar high. we started playing "Scene It: Music Edition" or something like that and the game was okay...but that last QUESTION was an INSTRUCTION not a QUESTION so I still don't understand that :-) (And no, i'm not a sore loser, i don't care that I lost but it wasn't a question! ) :-) We made cookies that came with edible sugar sticker things and they were very disappointing. And too much sugar. Sugar cookie with icing AND sugar sticker? no wonder i couldn't sleep that night!
We went to bed and katie and I got the high school giggles after hearing some really random unidentifiable noises. Slowly Katie and Jeremy fell asleep as I struggled....the two of them are not loud snorers but they snored together and it was freaking me out. if one of them took a big breath or paused in breathing, the other would wait to breath again so they were back in synch. It was weird.
In the morning we made some delicious garlic and cheese biscuits, eggs and bacon. Yum Yum! We took showers and headed out!
It was a good visit, great to see Jonathan and his new place and his new school. I'd go back :-)
Current Location: MY OFFICE!
Current Mood:  happy
Current Music: Nothing is worth losing that - Telefon Tel Aviv
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October 5th, 2006
10:52 am - MAJOR UPDATE
Wow - it's been awhile.
I'm off the horribly boring project that I have been on since June - yippeee! I've been picked up on a new project and I think I should start on Monday. It's located in Phoenix but I don't have to travel every week - the guy I interviewed with said that it would probably be about 15% travel. Which works out great for me.
Jimmy and Kimber moved out and they had a heck of a time doing it. I was sick and tried to help and ended up killing my back on the 2nd piece of furniture i moved so I was out. A few hours afterwards their huge U-Haul broke down and after over 4 hours of waiting and 2 hours of my driving there I got them back to my house. Saturday apparently U-Haul had a problem with giving them a working U-Haul so they came back on Sunday to get the rest of the little things around the house.
Sunday night Aje came over and I was so excited about having Jimmy's old room back that I had a huge burst of energy and we ended up painting Sunday night. Monday Aje's mom came over with the truck and a carpet steamer and she steamed the dining room while Aje and I used her truck to go to my mom's and move a desk, two bookshelves and my futon. The room looks awesome. We shifted some furniture around...if you've been in my house the black/brown cube bookshelf that was in Jimmy's room is now in the dining room. The only things in my room right now are my bed and two dressers....it's so relaxing now.
Tuesday I somehow convinced Aje to go to IKEA with me. Once he was there he was really into it and we got some stuff...a new TV stand, a few lights, trash can for the office, desk blotter, a shelf, etc.
Wednesday Aje had to go back to work, and I interviewed for a project and got on it. It's located in Pheonix - but i'll only have to travel 15% of the time or so. I'm excited because it deals with some stuff similar to what I did at Wells - workflows and service requests. It sounds like its going to be a little more complicated than that but that also excites me because I really need a challenge. I've been so bored lately. After I got accepted on the project I ran out to get a new phone since my old one was hanging by a thread...literally. I came home and just as I was starting to put the TV stand together Aje came home and he helped. Then we rested the rest of the night...watching Thank You For Smoking (great movie) and then an episode of Law and Order. Aje went to bed and I stayed up sewing and watching TV.
This last week has been great!
Current Location: MY OFFICE!
Current Mood:  energetic
Current Music: When You Were Young - The Killers
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August 29th, 2006
07:28 pm - Sigh
It's sad when the most satisfying thing that you have done with your day in awhile is to get on your hands and knees and scrub the kitchen floor and then a grand finale of vacuuming under the cushions of the couch.
Sigh.
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August 22nd, 2006
04:07 pm - Things that make you go "Hmmmmm..."
Dave Chappelle is on Oprah...
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August 16th, 2006
12:31 pm - I need a new washer
Everytime my washer runs it sounds like a jet engine and it's about to take off out of my house. I'm torn between going and getting a cheap one for about $250-$300 or getting an energy saver, energy star compliant one for about $600. One good thing about themore expensive ones is that they tend to use less water, are more gentle on clothes, use less energy and they leave the clothes more dry so the dryer has to run less.
hmmmmmm
Current Location: My room
Current Music: Delerium -Serenity
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