Sweet Catastrophe

Well, I’m enjoying Smallville. I’ve gotten to season 3 and I’m finally getting to stuff I’ve never seen. The story lines are getting more interesting, but we’re still stuck on some of the same things happening over and over again.

Clark pisses his friends off and they get over it without any real interrogation as to what made him act the way he did (red kryptonite), Lana and Chloe have random arguments about their shared love of Clark, Lex and Lionel pretend to have some sort of normal father-son relationship, the little red truck gets smashed up….and apparently they have some really awesome truck accident lawyer because they still haven’t lost the farm and that little red truck just keeps coming back! I know they got a newer one at some point, but they’ve both been totaled more than once, I know. Every main character except for like 3 of them have exposed to meteor stuff in one way or another that’s made them act totally out of character…which has been interesting but really, all this repetitive stuff is what makes it so easy to get bogged down.

I’m keeping a steady momentum though. I figure if I just keep it up, I won’t have much time to over think all the little downfalls and I can just enjoy the story.

[The following post may contain spoilers.]

The Office was fantastic! The Dinner Party was everything ‘awkward’ is made of! I love the Michael/Jan relationship and all their little quirks. Jan has moved in and taken over everything, redecorated adding a wall sconce, a piece of art there–she even has two rooms of her own–best part: Michael is sleeping on a little bench at the FOOT of the bed!

Omg and the argument of Michael always doing what Jan wants–three procedures for a vasectomy, reversal and then another vasectomy!?

And Hunter’s song?!

And the “That’s what she said” in this episode was probably the best one ever….

I wish this one had been an hour long, I really do…

For longtime readers and friends I speak to regularly, some of this will sound repetitive–sorry!

I have acid reflux disease. I get some killer heartburn pretty much daily. I hate taking meds I don’t have to have, so I’ve never been able to get into the habit of taking something for my reflux beforehand, I only ever think about it when it gets to an unbearable point. I hate it.

I was turned onto an old home remedy about two summers ago that I looked into and it looked good. The thing is, chronic heartburn isn’t usually caused by your body having too much acid, on the contrary, it’s because your body doesn’t produce enough. When it does produce acid, it basically overcompensates, thus heartburn and all that fun stuff.

The old home remedy is to swallow a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. Doing this helps teach even things out and teach your body to produce the proper amount.

It takes a little bit of time for things to even out, but you end up doing this less and less often. Some people even report getting to a point where they had heartburn maybe twice a year, if that.

It works. When I learned about it, I gave in and started doing it. It really wasn’t easy. I’m a picky eater to begin with and apple cider vinegar tastes god awful! I just started off taking it whenever I’d get heartburn and it wasn’t long before it had been something like 6 weeks since my last dose.

Unfortunately, I took a teaspoon and choked on it. So I tripled the amount of time I had to taste it, gave myself and asthma attack and gave myself even worse heartburn. As you can imagine, I didn’t do it again after that. Couldn’t bring myself too.

I’ve been taking way too much Zantac lately, so I finally decided to grab a bottle of vinegar tonight.

I’m gonna keep up on my blog with how often I take it and how often I take it, both for myself and for any of you who suffer and might want to try it if my results are pretty good.

Does anyone else feel bad for Meatloaf? I mean really, is he that broke?

How do you save money? I know, living paycheck to paycheck, I’m not in the easiest position to do that, but I know it’s possible…just don’t know where to start.

I’ve tried savings accounts, but I can’t resist transferring when I have such easy access. I always get to a point where I think I need that money, and goodbye self-control.

I’m not too sure about putting it into any kind of account that limits my access much. Again, living paycheck to paycheck doesn’t afford me much wiggle room if something comes up–besides, that’s kind of the point of saving money, so it’s there if I actually need it.

I’ve considered just putting away cash now and then somewhere but I don’t know how comfortable I am with that.

What other options are there? What do you do to save?

These are just really cute. Excuse the formatting, I pasted from an email and just did minimal cleanup.

What Love means to a 4-8 year old . . .

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8
Year-olds, ‘What does love mean?’

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

See what you think:

When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over
And paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it
For her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too.
That’s love.

Rebecca - age 8

‘When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.’

Billy - age 4

‘Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.’

Karl - age 5

‘Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries
Without making them give you any of theirs.’

Chrissy - age 6

‘Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.’

Terri - age 4

‘Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.’

Danny - age 7

‘Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss’

Emily - age 8

‘Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.’

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

‘If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you Hate.’

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka’s on this planet)

‘Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.’

Noelle - age 7

‘Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.’

Tommy - age 6

‘During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.
He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.’

Cindy - age 8

‘My mommy loves me more than anybody
You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.’

Clare - age 6

‘Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.’

Elaine-age 5

‘Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.’

Chris - age 7

‘Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.’

Mary Ann - age 4

‘I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.’

Lauren - age 4

‘When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.’ (what an image)

Karen - age 7

‘Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross.’

Mark - age 6

‘You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.’

Jessica - age 8

And the final one — Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a
Contest he was asked to judge.

The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly
Gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard,
Climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

‘Nothing, I just helped him cry’

I’m officially getting ready for summer. I’ve taken steps to make some changes in my diet and I’ve started exercising.

I was telling Melony last night that I really wish I could get away with doing crunches at work. I often have the time and even semi-privacy via the lack of customers at my end of the store, but it wouldn’t be long before I was spotted on the cameras and questioned.

That’s my problem with exercising though. I’m really lazy outside of things I have to do. Once I get home and sit down, I’m done. There’s this huge mental block against getting off my ass to do anything else. It’s like I’m scared to not have ‘free time.’ So bizarre considering how much extra work I’ll do without a thought when I’m already working.

I think about working out all the time when I’m at work, but then I get home and I just want to relax, or I just don’t think about it until an inconvenient time–like right after eating, or once I’m already cozy in bed. If I could just sneak in some crunches or push ups during downtime, when I’d otherwise be leaning on the counter, it would really help me get back on track. I’ll figure something out…

I wish I could get a tan as part of my preparation as well, but I just don’t tan. I’ve tried every method and the only results I can ever get are to freckle more, or to burn and peel. I’ve mostly come to terms with that though. I’m white. White white–I couldn’t get much paler if I used professional skin lightening techniques. That’s just the way it is! My mom was finally able to tan, but it really aged her skin drastically, so I think I’ll just accept my ability to blind people in the dark

In other summer-prep areas, I’ve registered for a class–but it’s not finalized. If I only take one, it’s gotta be completely out of pocket–meaning no sort of financial aid, loans included. So I’m gonna give it a little time and keep checking in to see if I can fit in another class or decide to drop this one, which I’d hate to have to do.

I’ve been doing some deeper cleaning in the apartment too. I’ve just been working on little sections at a time to go through and dump stuff. I’m hoping to eventually have a decent-looking place here…We’ll see though.

I’m going through all my drafts right now and clearing out the ones I know I won’t be using. I found one I should’ve posted weeks ago–you guys are gonna love this–

And while we’re at it, earlier this week we found a dancing seal!

Almost too much awesome for one post =)

I’ve been so out of it lately! For instance, all week long I’ve known I go to work at 6 tonight, but as of a conversation last night, I got it in my head that I had to go in at 3. I’ve planned my day around going in at 3. Going in at 3 means I get a lunch break, so I’ve even already packed my food and updated my iPod so I’d have something to watch during that break.

I was just thinking about how much of this episode of Smallville I’d be able to watch before I needed to leave and it hit me that I don’t have to be there until 6! I like those kinds of brain farts–they’re so much easier to cope with than if it had been the other way around.

So I’m starting on Smallville today. When it originally aired, I think I only watched season 1 fully, and then I watched bits of season 2. I think I got to where I felt like the stories were bogging down and I believe the lineup on the WB had changed and I just stopped watching.

I’m interested in some of the stuff I know it gets to later on, and Ryan really wants to see it all as well so I had downloaded it for him. He’s about half through season 3 now, so I figure I’ve given him enough head start

We went to Chili’s last night with Keri and Andrew. This was only my second time going to Chili’s and I’m still not all that impressed. I know Chili’s is awesome, but I’ve yet to pick the right thing on the menu to prove this to myself! The Awesome Blossom was awesome though, so there’s that.

After dinner Ryan and I drove around for a while, which I always love to do. We have the best time when it’s just the two of us, no distractions. Anyway, beside the point; we were wasting time before we went to see Superhero Movie. Now, I’ll admit, I actually wanted to see this. From some of the previews, I saw a lot of potential. I should’ve known better. Really, I’d rather watch Balls of Fury again than see Superhero Movie once more. It was horrible–not even worth reviewing. Just know, it was total shit.

I’m looking forward to a weekend full of work! No really, 1-10 and 8-5. I really hate when I get those shifts back-to-back. I’m gonna crash so hard Sunday night if we’re anywhere near as busy as we were yesterday.

I’m off most of next week though and I only have 4 hours of classes total. I’m off work Monday thru the next Monday….maybe even Tuesday–don’t remember, except Friday. I work next Friday. I’m gonna look tonight and see if there’s someone I might be able to switch with and work on Monday so I don’t have a random day of work in the middle of my week off.

Have a great weekend!

6-3 in Lumber on April Fool’s day. Will I survive?