February 2010
27 posts
January 2010
85 posts
tumblr ups, shoes, ships, and sailing wax
Tumblr up- on hold until further notice. Last time I asked for a head count, I got ONE email, so I figured everyone is just super busy and this isn’t the best time to be trying this. I’d like to wait til warmer weather, and either plan to have y’all out here again, or maybe meet up at Riverside Park somewhere for a picnic or BBQ. Any interest?
Shoes-Has anyone seen any...
chrisfromtheict-deactivated2010 asked: are you still having a meetup on sunday?
state of the union
1) I wish I didn’t have to work tomorrow, or I’d have played the drinking game. I mean, DAMN.
2) I think Obama is trying to hard to make everyone happy…wait, why am I surprised? That’s pretty much his status quo. Just NOW, he’s having to jump between sounding like a repub (we need nuclear power plants and fiscal responsibility NOW) and a die hard hippie liberal (of...
On 'chub rub'
heyfatchick:
This is in response to a question posed to ilovefat (questions asked via tumblr can’t be reblogged).
Anonymous asked:
So I was wondering if all the lovely ladies who follow this blog know anything about “Chub Rub”? You know the rubbing and chaffing between the inner thighs of us larger gals. I suffer from it from time to time and it can get pretty uncomfortable. Are there any...
dilemmas
so…..I have a quandry.
I knew this quandry would happen eventually, and I knew I would have to figure out a solution. So here’s the 411:
Tomorrow I am giving back my spare key to my buddy J’s house. Now, I’ve had this key for a few years now. I rarely use it, usually for one of three reasons. 1) I’m picking up his kid from daycare, and I need clothes/carseat, so I...
eewolfe
I’m sorry to hear about your loss. I wish you didn’t have to go through this. The only advice I can give you is to say “Thank you” when someone offers their sympathies. Don’t feel like you have to make them feel better if you aren’t up to it: grieve at your own pace. That surreal feeling like the world shouldn’t dare to be in full-spectrum color while your...
last week
I am so glad last week is over.
1) It was the anniversary of my Grandmother’s death. Now, this wasn’t just my grandma, but also the woman who basically raised me and was pretty darn important to me. I’m not a very happy person right around the 19th of Jan every year. Imagine that.
2) I was dealing with some gossip that trickled back to me via crap an ex apparently either...
blasty blast
How am I spending MY Saturday night?
Watching re-runs of Burn Notice and doing my ex-husband’s taxes.
Someone buy me a life?
In better news, this proves that we don’t have any trust issues. I know how much he makes, how much he’s going to get back, and in the end, he’ll probably share a little of his return with me since we won’t get one. I think this is somewhat...
Scary Ass Day for the US →
That’s not what the article says. The article says that our beloved leader came out today and announced that Congress is considering increasing regulation on the nation’s biggest banks, including limiting their trading operations. This comes not too long after the Fed announced their plans to start taxing the larger banks, allegedly to raise money in case there ever had to be another...
background
Pet peeve #100,000,000,001: programs that insist on running in the background.
NO! Come on! I have NO extra memory to dedicate to a mostly useless program, or even a moderately useful on (like virus-ware) that insists on running constantly with no way to tell it to STOP.
Grrrr. I’ve reset the perimeters on this program about three times now, telling it to only run every 72 hours to check...
Not always...
thecindykelly:
Guessing that ppl who don’t follow me don’t care if I follow them. Also ppl who haven’t tweeted in 30 to 60 days surely don’t care.
Um, not always. I try to check Twitter regularly, but the fact is that there isn’t a good client for my Blackberry. Ubertwitter refuses to download no matter how often I try to make it work, and I haven’t had time to research any other...
history's demons
Got my copy of Naked City in the mail today. TODAY. January’s copy.
Today is January 20th.
Damn, I’m certainly GLAD I have alternate ways of finding out when and where shit is happening, because if I actually depended on the NC to get a monthly calendar? I’d be royally screwed. Every month, it gets here a little later. Soon, it just won’t show up at all.
I’m not...
Neopets
hazelweatherfield : If you haven’t gotten your period yet, you should not have a tumblr, a twitter, a myspace, a facebook, or an account on any other website where you can interact with others. Most girls get their periods at like 12/13, that’s the age they can join like a Justin Bieber message board or something.But anyone below that age should not be allowed near a computer with...
Diet, Arizona jeans, Drug Reps, and Zumba
Each Wednesday around lunchtime, as many of our doctors as possible try to converge upon the office for a meeting to share concerns, update each other about necessary info, and work out schedule coverage for days off. It works well, because that’s the day we try to schedule a pharmaceutical rep to come in and meet with them as well when they are coming out of their meeting. That way, the rep...
Ok, you're going to laugh at me when I say this.
hazelweatherfield : I’m slightly superstitious and I think my therapist’s sweater is causing me to have panic attacks. Cause the only two times that I’ ve had one during a session is when she wears that sweater. And it’ s a nice sweater, it’s just red and plain but oh my god, it does things to me. Ohmygod, this sounds so crazy. Bring on the laughter :( <——-So, the last...
Baking GALS (Give a Little Support) →
The idea here is that once a month (or less often if you like), you bake cookies, box’em up, and ship them overseas to soldiers stationed in a war zone. That way, they can have some homemade yumminess even when it’s not a holiday. I know most soldiers get treats around the holidays, but even the most dedicated families can’t send stuff all the time, if only because it’s...
Tumblr Up
I’m very nervous about having a “party”, no matter how informal and casual. What if nobody comes? What if EVERYONE comes? My house is pretty small…and messy…and ugly. It is strictly functional at this time (as in, the hubby got frustrated and stapled up our living room curtains-niiiiice, but it does keep drafts out better than hanging curtains do), and I haven’t...
This? Awesome!
heyfatchick : “[Y]ou do not have anything interesting to say to someone who is struggling with obesity. You do not have better willpower than they do. You do not “care about myself” more. You are not more “serious about a healthy lifestyle” because you took off the eight pounds you gained at Christmas. You are no more qualified to lecture the obese on how to lose weight than I am...
Holmes on Homes
When we build our house? I’m going to be sooooo tempted to deliberately mess up a little something so we can have Holmes come fix it. But then I’d be scared he would check out our barn, built with no money out of largely scrap lumber, guesswork, and my husbands’ (current and ex) amazing ingenuity and resourcefulness. Holmes isn’t a big fan of either, preferring to go by the...
“Come on try a little. Nothing is forever. There’s got to be something...”
– The Wallflowers- One Headlight
Prairie Land Food (Communities in Action) →
ucancallmeal : This is a neat program for discounted basic groceries. You volunteer a few hours and pay a discounted price for meat & veggies. This is a great idea and I think more people should know about it. A lot of people say that they can’t eat healthy because eating fruits & veggies & meat are expensive, but this is a great deal! <—- We used to belong to...
bullshit
First of all, let me say that I feel like an asswipe for complaining about my life when in the back of my mind I’m thinking about children who are huddling together in fear, worrying about where the next sip of water will come from in Haiti. Like life was so great for most of them BEFORE this happened. Geez.
Oh, and while I’m on the topic, a BIG round of applause for my...
I have been informed
that indeed, the little people may be more bad-ass than I am.
My husband is so funny sometimes!
Of course, he says these things because he’s a) not afraid of me, b) proving that he’s not afraid of me, and c) taunting me with that little fact. Frustration! My ex always claimed not to be afraid of me, but I’m pretty sure that deep down he had a little worry…if only that he...
Pit Boss! Small People and Big Dogs! →
Has anyone else seen the previews for this new show? Pit Bulls, and little people, or for really non-PC people, midgets.
OMG. NO WAY. There is no effin way!
My HALF pit bull, Bruiser, can haul my ass across the yard and down the road if he decides he wants to and I happen to be holding his leash. He’s 140 lbs of solid muscle, and no brain. Sweetest dog you’ll ever meet…and...
I've decided they're all crooked in D.C.
And “change you can believe in”? Don’t get me started. Peruse the following articles and make up your own mind.
Taxing banks: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/01/14/n_cmr_taxing_tarp_banks.cnnmoney/?hpt=Sbin
Now, the thing to catch in the fine print (well, fine wording, it’s a video) here is that not all these banks even TOOK any bailout money, and some have paid it...
“You have been told that real life is not like college and you have been...”
– Meryl Streep (via nancysun & elizabethanne) (via sheasylvia)
So true.
(via carlyj)
I’m just thankful it’s not like middle school. That’s drama I can’t handle.
Not rushing to stand up for Rush
I’m so tired of this.
He says shit just to see what people will do, i.e., shock jock? Then, people give him exactly what he wants. Attention. Right now, when the attention really needs to be on the people of Haiti, and getting them aid, people Olbermann are busy spewing vitriol at Rush (for two days straight, I might add, making him almost as bad as Rush as far as being an asshole with...
does this make me a total asshole?
I’m watching the DIY channel…and there’s this chick, who is all upset, and claiming she got stuck with a “predatory loan”. She bought a quarter of a million dollar house on a loan where, for the first five years, she actually would be paying LESS than her interest payments, and the difference would be tacked on to the principal of the loan. Now, this woman is at...
Anonymous asked: I seem to remember you making a brief reference to having been shot with a gun. Would you care to share the details of how that happened? Thanks.
apparently, I can't do math
Community of Christ
This is the church Jared and I got married in. Now, I took some heat for getting married in a Christian church, to a man who is just one half step away from being a Mormon. However, his church (reformed Latter Day Saints was their previous name) published this:
The doctrine of human worth or “worth of all persons” in Community of Christ is a well established belief. The Community of...
For the cost of the current proposed HCR, you... →
That’s not what the article says. The article is from The Wall Street Journal. The article says that they are trying to keep the cost under $1T, but it’s currently coming in at $1.6T.
Now, I’m no math major, but I can do some basic math. I can also do some basic research. I have ears. There are 45.7 million uninsured Americans (roughly 15% of our population), or so every media...
DIY Lip Scrub
stephbarnard:
This cold weather is murder on the lips, and moisturizers aren’t very effective if they have to navigate through five layers of dead, flaky skin first. Prepackaged lip scrubs are expensive. So here ya go:
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. brown sugar
Mix in a small bowl. Use an old toothbrush or your finger to scrub on lips. Wipe mouth off with a damp towel. Follow up with some good lip...
Anonymous asked: Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
Anonymous asked: What are you most proud of?
Anonymous asked: How long have you been married? What are the best and worst parts of marriage?
I'm sure
I wish there was a way, on Paypal, to select a button that would convince them once and for all that I do truly want to use my debit/credit card and NOT my bank account to pay for my purchase.
See, Jared and I have seperate bank accounts. In fact, we bank at seperate banks altogether. Weird, huh? Hey, it works for us. Well, I bank at a local bank, and with an online bank. My online banking...
clarification
I probably don’t need to clarify this, but maybe it’s best to.
I may occasionally refer to a crazy chick named Erin. She’s cyber stalking me from time to time. <shrug> Some people have too much free time.
This person is NOT eewolfe.
In fact, this person isn’t even in Kansas anymore.
I’m sure, if she ever comes back, I’ll be the first to know.
awkwardscott-deactivated2010060 asked: I have nothing to ask as of now, but I respect you. A lot.
inthemeantime asked: You write about a lot of issues that are important to you or that catch your eye in the news. If you had to pick just one champion cause/issue, the most important to you, what would it be, and why?