Your Next Disaster

Two previews of the upcoming season of “Dexter” - one from Comic Con and one featuring “Storm” by Lifehouse (love it!). I’m super excited… this season is going to be amazing. How poetic would it be for Dexter to finally go down for a crime he DIDN’T commit. I think that would be an amazing ending.. but I also don’t want “Dexter” to end so I’m a little torn. “Dexter” is the only show I can think of that would have the guts to show a blood soaked infant - it broke my heart to see little Harrison that way! I’m sure the station will get him some new baby clothes pronto but it’s still really disturbing to SEE. Although, we saw it back when Dexter was little but he was much older.. It’s A LOT different when it’s an actual baby. Anyways - the clips look amazing, check them out:

Comic-Con sneak preview

“Storm” promo

In related news… it’s one of my life goals to go to Comic Con someday. Me and Joe are always talking about it but can’t even seem to make it happen.. something is always in the way. Comic-con has become something so different than what it started out as but… it’s kind of my heaven. All the big shows go there each year (sci-fi or not) and … I just can’t even fathom how amazing it would be to go to even half of them! We’re eventually going to do it - someday.. and hopefully not get stabbed in the eye for it.

Joe is finally back at work! He started today at Comcast - I hope it’s going well :) This is the longest we’ve been apart in a month! I kind of miss him, I must admit - but I’m glad he’s back out there earning money for us and that he has something productive to do (so I can get MY productive things done too, heh). He’s going to be in training for 5 weeks, which means an 8-5 schedule for us for a while! We’re definitely happy about that.. we have NEVER had a regular work schedule! I wish it would last.. but it’ll be over soon and then we’re back to crappy, no weekends, crazy hours.. but we gotta do what we gotta do.

We went shopping this weekend and got him a few shirts and pants to adhere with Comcast’s dress code + make him feel better about himself (I know I always like to start something new with a new outfit!). We also got him an Ipod alarm clock (which he LOVES) and a Patek watch - keeping him on time night and day! Believe me; he needs it.

We got the house all situated yesterday; washed all the clothes, organized closets, got everything cleaned - I wanted to start this job off right with good habits and a good home environment to go with it. Hopefully we’ll keep it up! I’m going to try to make Sunday’s “laundry day” so we don’t get TOO far behind again… ::fingers crossed::

It’s storming outside so I’m going to go watch some TV (don’t want the computer to get fried!). I’ll be updating more frequently now that I have more time on my hands so… look out!

So, we’ve got some big family events going down this week! All very exciting stuff! First up on Saturday is my cousin Jessica’s wedding which I am really excited about! It’s in this great old church downtown and it’s going to be BEAUTIFUL! It’s a place we didn’t even consider because it costs so much.. but I’m really looking forward to going in there for the first time and enjoying the scenery! This will be my first wedding (other than my own) so that’s going a big event in and of itself! I bought a dress for the wedding (and I NEVER wear dresses, they always look awful on me) - it cost more than I wanted to.. I might have to start selling seniors term insurance to pay it off but it looks really cute on me so.. worth it? I think so, yes! I’ve always wanted a cute summer dress anyways so I might as well just invest in one now, cost be damned!

Also, on Saturday, Caroline is finally auditioning for American Idol! She went up to Nashville on Tuesday, finally got her wrist band today (after standing in line since 4:30AM) and on Saturday she’ll get to sing for producers and what not! We’re all really ecstatic! We’ve been waiting on her to be old enough for American Idol for a good 10 years! We’re not exactly sure how the process goes - does anyone know when they audition for the actual judges (if they make it that far)? I know the show doesn’t air until January-ish so it may be later in the year… I’m really not sure!

These are the two pictures Caroline has sent us so far - the line and the coveted wristband! Not sure why they’re so small..

Then on Sunday we have Jasmine’s 9th birthday Luau! She’s having a big blow up water slide (which she doesn’t know about) and we just found out the neighbors across the street are having an even BIGGER water slide on the same day so… can anyone say block party?? I’m looking forward to that cause I love water slides ;) I doubt I’ll go on it but it’s just fun to watch other people do it too!

If you know me then you realize this A LOT going on in one weekend for me ;) I’m a home body but I’m looking forward to all events so hopefully it’ll go well and it won’t be too hell-ish outside ::fingers crossed::

It’s a Joe-free day for me ;) He’s out shooting stuff at the range with James (heh, rhymes) and I’m here workin’ on a few thing around the house. I’ve got some of my laundry done, house is clean and I’ve started working on my assessments for the commission for the blind. We work to make sure websites are accessible to the disabled with visual, hearing or physical obstacles. So far, it’s going pretty well.. I just sent in my first assessment so we’ll see if I did it right or if I need to change my technique. Either way, it’s something to do and it’s helping companies be more accommodating - win / win situation! Plus, if I turn out to be a valuable addition to the team, I’ll start being paid for my work! Yes, please!

Later, when Joe gets back from his day out, we’re having spaghetti and meatballs, salad and breadsticks! Yum! Joe makes THE best spaghetti (don’t tell grandmother). We’ll have to break out the apidexin when we’re finished chowing down but it will be worth it ;) I want to learn to cook too… it’s something I’ve been thinking about. They offer cooking classes for the visually impaired at the commission - it’s definitely something cool to think about! I’d love to be able to cook Joe dinner one day and have him come home to dinner on the table after work - haha, I think he might die of shock!

So… we randomly decided to go to the beach yesterday afternoon - bad decision. We had the best intentions - go to tybee island, get a cheap hotel and visit the beach. What actually happened was a completely different story. As soon as we got to Tybee - it started POURING. I mean, hurricane type weather, lightening every second, roads flooding, the works. I was scared to death! I hate driving in the rain as it is but this was terrible.. worst storm either of us had ever seen. We made the wise decision to find a hotel when we got there… and everything was booked. We ended up at the one place that had an extremely overpriced room (I think they gauged us) - it was called the Dunes Inn and Suites. We had to pay $200 for the tiniest room we have ever stayed in - it was the size of our spare room - bathroom included. We had no other choices though… we would have looked around more but the streets were flooded up to our HOOD! It was really scary.. it eventually calmed down and we headed next door for some crab legs - that always makes it better.

After our bellies were full we went back to the hotel ’cause it had started raining again and there was really nothing else to do. I took a shower and we attempted to sleep. There was no fitted sheet on the bed.. not to mention it was the most uncomfortable bed we’ve tried to sleep on so far. Joe ended up just sleeping on the floor. So it was a restless night for both us. I woke up at 6AM and was tired of trying to sleep but Joe was still making an effort so I waited around for him to get up. We eventually headed down to the beach just to say “what’s up”. The water felt great and it wasn’t too terrible hot yet so we hung out for about an hour. By then the worlds best natural weight loss supplements had set in - heat and sweat! We headed back to the hotel, packed our things and went on our way to Fort Polaski so Joe could do his annoying man stuff. It was too hot for me to go exploring around a stupid wall so I stayed inside and watched the movie / looked at the museum while Joe wandered around the fort for an hour and a half.

We had lunch in Savannah and then headed home… it was a pretty lame trip. I regret going and wasting the money - it was a bad idea on my part. I now know that I cannot handle the beach in the actual summer months - pretty sure I’ve learned this lesson several times before but apparently it bares repeating. Remind me next time I have the brilliant idea to take a day trip to the beach - I know for sure it served one good purpose though. It makes me very thankful to be home in my air conditioned comfy house!

Joe had a root canal on Wednesday and he’s been a whiney baby about it :P He’s been all drugged up the whole time so he’s been groggy and grumpy as hell - yay for me! I guess it’s good he got it fixed and that he had the time off to do it.. but damn, be a man! I kid, I kid. Hopefully he’ll be done whining soon and we can have a little fun before he gets scooped up for a new job.

Whenever he does get a new job we are hitting the town! Not sure which town yet.. charleston, myrtle beach, savannah, VEGAS?? I wish! Probably somewhere close and not too expensive - just a little reward trip for us. I hope and pray and hope and PRAY that Joe ends up with a better job than he had and we can rub it in that Jackass friend of his’ face - that’d be the ultimate ;) Even better would be if he could make more money than him - muhahaha, that’d just be the icing on the cake. He’ll be using an epson receipt printer and we’ll be living large eating crab legs and lobster - ah, that’s the dream…

I’ve never had a year where EVERY single show, actor and actress that i felt deserved an emmy nomination got one! This is that year! All the bases were covered in drama and comedy - I’m pretty amazed. It’s going to make it REALLY hard for me to pick winners though because I love so many of them! Let’s just take a look at some of the big categories and all the well deserved nominations - and I’ll highlight my top picks:

Drama Series:
• Breaking Bad
• Dexter
• The Good Wife
• Lost
• Mad Men
• True Blood

Comedy Series:
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Glee
• Modern Family
• Nurse Jackie
• The Office
• 30 Rock

Lead Actor, Drama:
• Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men
• Hugh Laurie, House
• Matthew Fox, Lost

Lead Actor, Comedy:
• Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
• Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Matthew Morrison, Glee
• Tony Shalhoub, Monk
• Steve Carell, The Office
• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Lead Actress, Comedy:
• Toni Collette, United States of Tara
• Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Lea Michele, Glee
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Supporting Actor, Comedy:
• Chris Colfer, Glee
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
• Ty Burrell, Modern Family
• Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
• Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
• Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Supporting Actress, Comedy:
• Julie Bowen, Modern Family
• Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
• Jane Lynch, Glee
• Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
• Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
• Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men

Supporting Actor, Drama:
• Michael Emerson, Lost
• Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
• Terry O’Quinn, Lost
• Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
• Martin Short, Damages
• John Slattery, Mad Men

Guest Actor in a Comedy:
• Mike O’Malley, Glee
• Neil Patrick Harris, Glee
• Fred Willard, Modern Family
• Eli Wallach, Nurse Jackie
• Jon Hamm, 30 Rock
• Will Arnett, 30 Rock

Guest Actor in a Drama:
• Beau Bridges, The Closer
• Ted Danson, Damages
• John Lithgow, Dexter
• Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
• Dylan Baker, The Good Wife
• Robert Morse, Mad Men
• Gregory Itzin, 24

Guest Actress in a Comedy:
• Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
• Kathryn Joosten, Karen McCluskey
• Kristin Chenoweth, Glee
• Betty White, Saturday Night Live
• Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock
• Jane Lynch, Two and a Half Men

Variety, Music or Comedy Series:
• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• Real Time With Bill Maher
• Saturday Night Live
• Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien

SO many good nominations, am I right?? People who have never probably even been to the Emmy’s are going to have to start diet supplements because this is the YEAR! Friday Night Lights have been a deserving crew for a while now… i wish they had been nominated when the show was still great but we’ll take what we can get. I’m of course really happy about John Lithgow and Michael C. Hall + all my GLEE folks! Modern Family was also well deserving - they dominated that comedy category and with good reason - so if you haven’t watched that show, do it! One of the best comedies of the year and one of my favorites in general.

I hate to say it but… GOD, I WISH JOE WEREN’T HERE EVERYDAY! It’s not that I don’t love him or like having him around but he is a SLOB! He is so messy.. the amount of work I used to do on cleaning the house in a week is now what I have to do on a daily basis. It’s ridiculous… I’ve tried yelling, sitting down and talking about it, being nice, crying, etc.. nothing works. It’s driving me nuts! Everyday I get up and the house is a mess AGAIN I just want to scream - it gets a little overwhelming sometimes.

I wish I could just be like other people and ignore it.. but my mother raised me as an OCD psycho so it’s in me and I have to do it.. whether I feel like it or not. All the extra work is a good fat burner though… but I’m slacking in all other areas of my life. Like blogging for instance - things I used to do while Joe was at work. Luckily, it’s not TV season or i’d be freaking out even more!

Hopefully a new job is on the horizon VERY soon - he did a drug test for Comcast today so that is definitely a good sign! Please cross your fingers for him and for my sanity!

Happy belated 4th of July / Jason Wade’s birthday to everyone! 7 years ago today my life completely changed; I met my Lifeho’s and lifelong friends in KY and the rest has been history. One of the best decisions I made in my life was to take that trip with Elissa and Cayte :) Even though they were strangers and could have killed me - we took the chance and all survived!

We had an okay 4th around here.. Joe’s got a tooth ache so he wouldn’t get out of bed until 2PM.. which was fine with me because I was missing my alone time with the TV and there was a discovery health marathon on! We eventually decided to head over to my grandparents house for some free food :P Joe got his to go since he still wasn’t feeling good - I, on the other hand, stuffed my face with hot dogs, chips, cupcakes and coke! That’s what I call a good meal! I couldn’t go swimming since there were SO many people there so we just ended up leaving when my mom and sister did.

We came home, had a fight, made up and then watched some more “Bones” (we’re marathoning). Eventually James came over and we set off some fireworks we’d picked up this weekend on sale. We blew up all kinds of shit - plastic bottles, plastic knobs, the cement… Joe almost lit the forest on fire… good times :P Everyone lived and we didn’t get in trouble so I deem it a successful 4th of July!

The job hunt is going really well so far! We’ve managed to get 4 interviews in a weeks time - Sprint, Comcast, Knology & some air purification place. We’re really excited about all the prospects :) I’m hoping only good things are to come. I started working on applications last week a little before Joe got laid off because we KNEW it was inevitable that bad things were coming.. he needed out . We had hoped he’d get the chance to resign but that didn’t come to pass the way we wanted it to. Oh well… everything happens for a reason and I think this is just something that needed to go down, didn’t HAVE to happen in this way, but it did and in the end it will be a blessing.

We’ve decided that when he DOES get a job we will go to the beach! We deserve it.. we’ve had a pretty shitty year (all things considered). A lot of good stuff has happened to, of course; wedding, house, home buyers credit, etc so I guess it all balances itself out. Just hard to remember that when you’re in the middle of the storm. Until it passes I’ll bide my time writing alli reviews, applying for more jobs and trying to be supportive as I can (even when it’s hard!) - that’s what marriage is all about, right???

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So, it’s 4th of July weekend and we’re trying to decide what we want to do. We were planning to go to the beach this weekend, but that got scrapped once Joe lost his job. We could go to the beach for the day.. and that’s definitely an option but it feels like such a waste to drive 2 hours there and back in the same day - I’m a stay over night type of girl. We could also just stay in town and go to cookouts and fireworks.. which could be fun. So, we’ve got a few options. I was just really looking forward to going to the beach, ever since we got back from St. George I’ve just wanted to get back there!

We’ve had to change a lot of our plans since the job situation changed.. we were going to get new floors for the kitchen, bathroom fixtures, storage unit for the back yard, etc… we had big plans for our home buyers credit but they’re on hold for a bit. It’s a good thing we HAVE that money though - it means we’ll be okay for a bit while Joe is finding another job. That gives us more time to make better decisions and not have to take a crappy job just out of necessity.

I suck at updating this summer.. I have intentions and then I don’t follow through. It’s been a REALLY shitty week for us. Joe got fired from T-Mobile for some twisted reasons. It all started when Joe’s uncle passed away - they wouldn’t let him off or let him have a break and told him that it “shouldn’t effect his work because you knew they was coming” Then they wouldn’t let him off for HIS UNCLES FUNERAL - nice. Even though he had the saved up time, etc. They said they were too busy and that “he wasn’t that close to his uncle anyway” which is some BS if I ever heard any. So he went to his bosses boss and got permission to go to the funeral and then HIS boss got pissed and went on a rampage looking for an excuse to fire him (which he overheard them saying).. and they made up one and here we are today. They called it “call avoidance” because he stayed on the line with a customer while he was helping her get directed to another associate. How dare he! It wasn’t purposely and it wasn’t anything serious but they made it into something because that’s what they were looking for. $*#& you, T-Mobile! You lost a good worker who ALWAYS promoted T-Mobile, whether he was working or not, he went to the stores in his off time and helped people pick out phones because YOU wouldn’t let him switch to retail like he wanted. You have no idea how many people he convinced to join the T-Mobile network - and we’re sorry to all those people. Contracts will end soon enough and we’re ALL switching.

Me and Joe already switched to AT&T (’cause the lovely T-Mobile gave us 6 days to find a new plan before they cut it off). Joe sold his Cliq and got an Iphone and I kept my cliq because I JUST bought it and we got taxed to hell on it from TPTB ($150 on a $200 phone) so I might as well get my moneys worth. James switched to Verizon and got a new blackberry and you would be AMAZED at how much better our service is! I had no idea… My cliq works TEN times better on the AT&T service - no dropped signal every few minutes, aim stays signed in all day, internet is faster and this is a T-Mobile specific phone - T-Maybe at it’s best.

We’ve had a few interviews with competitors and they’re all very interested in getting Joe on their team. T-Mobile is at the point where they’re firing all their “well paid” employee’s and hiring people that will work for $8 - $9 and soon they’ll see what kind of customer service THAT brings. Failure for T-Mobile = happiness and vindication for us. The disgust for T-Mobile is ALL over town because they brought this call center here, hired a ton of people, were a GREAT company to work for at first and then it all changed… anywhere you go you will find a fired T-Mobile employee working for AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, etc. (for higher pay I might add). So, hopefully this will all lead to better things for us. Joe was miserable there and it was a hostile work environment every. single. day. We’re not going to just shut the blinds and be depressed about what we loss, this is a new start for us. - Good things are coming, it’s just going to take a little time.

Alright - tech geeks, I’ve got a problem. Our internet explorer on the laptop WILL NOT work! I’ve tried all the little tips from google searches and none of it is helping… firefox works just fine but IE just gives an error message. This would be fine if that was the only problem but if IE doesn’t work then AIM doesn’t work, Utorrent doesn’t work, antivirus doesn’t work, etc - you get the picture. So.. that’s a problem. It’s a brand new laptop so i don’t know what the hell happened.. does anyone have any different suggestions on what to do about it? I would take it back to Best Buy and have them look at it but they always come up with a reason to charge me for something.. and i hate to pay them for something simple that I am overlooking.

In other news, my actual computer has become a POS as well.. it’s 8 years old, I understand… I’m going to have to get a new one. It’s difficult having a crappy computer and a challenged laptop all at the same time when you LIKE to spend most of your time online and more importantly, that’s how you make your money. So, me and Joe have talked about it and will probably be getting a new desktop with our home buyers credit money (which isn’t much after it’s all said and done). I hate to spend anything, ever, but this is kind of essential I suppose. So, if anyone has any loose diamonds or spare change or pesky $100 bills they want to put towards the “Kristi needs a new computer fund” - send it on over! I also accept checks, money order, credit cards and expensive gifts.

Did I forget to talk about the Lifehouse / Daughtry concert? Oops… my bad. It was actually pretty fun - not like it used to be, of course but we had a good time. Joe got off early that day and went and ran some errands; bank, went to sell textbooks, groceries and to see where the tour buses were parked for future reference, duh! We went to a nice dinner at Red Lobster first (Me and Joe decided to turn it into a date night) and once our bellies were full we headed over to the venue to scope it out. The people were just coming out from the Daughtry VIP so I figured I had missed the LH meet n greet… oh well, I’d live. Then I kept hearing “Lifehouse meet n greet” mentioned as I was walking around (I listen to everyones conversations) so I went and lurked around the radio stations table and listened in. The guy said “we’re ready for the LH meet n greet” and I tried to get Joe to ask the guy if I could go but he wouldn’t.. so I just jumped in the line with the others. The guy asked “whose coming?” and I said “can I come??” and he ignored me so I just jumped in the line with the others… :) Joe was extremely nervous and would not get in the line and I was quiet yelling at him to chill out and COME ON. We got the door and the guy asked Joe if he was coming and he said “yea” and finally jumped in the line. We were in! It was the fastest meet n greet I had ever been to.. the pictures were pre-signed and the only time we got to speak to them was when we were trying to smile for our picture.. oh well, at least i got to see them and they got to meet Joe.

After that we hung around in the venue for a bit until we got caught (’cause Joe can’t stand still) and had to go back outside for the last 5 minutes before the doors opened. We got to our seats and they were MUCH better than I thought they were! We had a great view of the stage - one of the best seats in the house! The radio DJ’s were sitting behind us, that’s how good they were ;) A lady came around and took our picture for the paper:

The show itself was good, Cavo was pretty nice to listen to. Lifehouse was good too.. it was mostly songs from “Smoke and Mirrors” which I do not enjoy (as we know). “HBAM” was fun as always.. It was nothing amazing though. Daughtry was good, lots of energy and tons of songs I know from the radio of course. He put on a great show! So, it was definitely worth the money we spent to have a night on the town and see some good music played live. I’ve got no regrets!

Gosh, we are so busy lately… I haven’t had much time to update or do much of anything around the house besides clean it. I’m assuming things will slow down soon? Who knows.. it’s not been so bad though, I like being busy. I’m not a big fan of what has kept us busy this week though… Joe’s uncle passed away; he was only in his mid 40’s. He was fine at Christmas time.. he always brought his guitar and had Jam sessions after dinner. Soon after that they found out he had a brain tumor and it’s been all down hill since then.. it’s awful. We’ve got the funeral today and even though I barely knew him, it’s going to be hard not to cry… it’s just always heart breaking when someone young passes away and leaves a family behind. Hopefully he’s at peace now though and not in any pain anymore. $&*# cancer is all I can say.

With all that going on we’ve been watching Joe’s niece quite a bit this week; taking her to dinner, playing games, etc to keep her mind off things. It’s been fun, except when Mr. Lames, er, James is around :P - he’s SO mean to children! He’s going to be the most hated teacher in school, I can see it now. He needs to lay off those testosterone boosters and take a chill pill instead.

Anyways… I’ve got to go find something to wear to the funeral today. I’ve only been to one in my life and what I wore then you can’t really wear in June / 102* weather.

We finally got to go swimming yesterday! It looked like it was going to rain but it never did so I’m definitely thankful for that! Me and Joe had a good time. We picked up some subs and took them over to the grandparents house, had lunch and a day of swimming together. Joe swears Papa’s abundence of chlorine is going to make him go on a search for the best acne treatments but I didn’t mind it.. chlorine is good! Keeps the pool clean and cleans the skin, what’s so wrong with that? My obsession with water has only grown since last year - tell me I can’t get in water and that’s the ONE thing I want to do all the time now. Luckily, I can go swimming in Papa’s pool and the ocean.. so it’s enough. Much better than before when I couldn’t get wet above the chest at all… those were horrible times - let’s not speak of it!

After swimming we went to the movies (finally starting to use our many free movie passes from the rehearsal dinner party) and say “Get Him to the Greek”. It was pretty good, we laughed, fun was had. I did not realize it was a follow up, spin off to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (which I loved) - I just wish Jason Segal would have shown up! That would have made it 10x better.. he needs to do more movies - I <3 him.

So, I’m getting more psyched about the Lifehouse show.. my local radio station is giving away VIP tickets that I’m hoping to get my hands on somehow! Lifehouse in Augusta - I’ve GOT to be at all the events.. come on, it’s only right. This will be my 30th show - isn’t that crazy!? Wow.. I doubt I’ll ever see any other band as much as I have seen them. My current rate is 1-2 shows a year now.. when it used to be 15-20 - those were the days.

Wow! I can’t believe I forgot to mention this here! Guess who is going to see Something Corporate on August 15th in Atlanta??? Me! I have been waiting for this for so long, I got chills just writing it! I am so excited… I hate to wish August here already because that would mean summer is over but I just can’t wait! It’s going to be amazing… Jadeline is going too :) We have dreamed of this for a good five years… “Konstantine” and “Hurricane” live! We’re going to be emotional wrecks.. but it’s going to be amazing. Joe is taking off the day before so we’re going to spend two days in ATL finding stuff to do - hopefully Jadeline can join us in other activities as well. I was just talking the other day about how I didn’t have anything to look forward to now that the wedding is over.. well here it is. And it just so happens to be one of my top “must do in life” events. I’m psyched to share it with two of my favorite people in the world :)

Also, the Lifehouse / Daughtry concert is next week.. I don’t know how I feel about it. I’m excited to have them in my hometown but then again, it’s not the same. I don’t feel like I used to.. maybe I’ve grown up? I don’t know.. Things have certainly changed in my life a ton and concerts have taken a back seat in recent years.. I’m hoping to change that though. I know I CAN still feel like I used to about concerts - the paragraph above is an indication of that. I wish I could just slap on some anti aging creams and be transported back to the person I was in 2003 - so excited to see them and meet them! But.. that girl seems to be go or jaded or something. it’s kind of sad because that’s what most of my relationships with my best friends is based on. Luckily, I think most of us, the important ones have grown relationships that go past that. Still, it’ll be cool to go out on the town with Joe, my mom and Terry and have dinner and a show. It’s something to do - and if it turns out awesome and blows my mind then that’s all the better! But I’m not putting too much pressure on it, just viewing it as a fun evening out on the town with people I love. You can’t go wrong with that.

I have had these weird bumps on my arm for like a month and a half now.. I’ve been putting neosporin on it and wrapping it so it wouldn’t rub up against anything and get more irritated. It seems to be healing a little bit.. but I just don’t know WHAT it could be. I’ve done some googling and I know it’s not MRSA or eczema or a break out of some kind.. doesn’t seem like a bug bit either (there’s 3 of them together) - would a spider bite last this long? I’ve never been bitten by a spider.. I’ve never even seen a spider in this house so that doesn’t seem like a logical conclusion to jump to. I asked the Dr. about it last month when i was at my clinic visit and he said it didn’t look like anything to worry about. So, I’m trying to take his word for it and not worry about it too much… it just get irritated every now and then and hurts like hell.. and now it’s starting to scab over so I guess that’s a good sign? Heh, sorry for the rambling, gross, TMI post!

Rainbows and ponys! there, is that better?

So, I took a little time to think about LOST - I didn’t want to jump on here and post my immediate thoughts.. though the time really didn’t change them. I appreciate the way they wrapped things up but.. I still feel let down / disappointed / lead on. They may have explained the past season but what about the PAST FIVE YEARS. Some people say “oh, I totally get it” but they’re just guessing and saying they do.. I just feel like the island should have been explained. All the things that went on there.. it’s not “normal”. I have my own theories, but they are just that - theories. I would have appreciated some answers, like they promised me.. it’s all still elusive like LOST has always been. I just expected more out of this show. It’s still my favorite show of all time - because it was one hell of a ride every. single. week. but as far as finales go.. it’s not up there for me.

Still so many things I want to know… why was Walt special? Why were prenatal vitamins (as ethan called them) able to help claire have a baby? Why couldn’t other people have babies? When did everybody die? WHAT was the island? I know they kind of explained that but.. I need more? The list goes on and on, etc. etc. They just wasted so much time this season telling us nothing purposely when they could have been answering things.. it just seems like a big tease to me. And maybe that was the point.

Now I know there some folks who think it’s the best finale ever and they feel satisfied and like everything makes sense. I respect that, hell, I ENVY that! I wish I could be one of those people! I’m going to go read some theories one last time on LOSTpedia to see if it makes anymore sense now.. and then I’m done. It’s the ending of an era. I really don’t think any other show will live up to this one - it’s one of a kind and I’m glad I was apart of it start to finish.

In related news, THIS was the best thing about the entire night! Jimmy Kimmel is the man.. I’ve watched this so many times and I crack up every single time!

After TONS and I mean, TONS of blood, sweat and tears - we finally own the house! We signed the papers on Friday and this place is officially ours! It took a lot of work to get it done.. 4 months to be exact and it was extremely stressful. More stressful than I ever thought it would be.. but now that it’s over I am glad that we did it. It makes our bills $200 cheaper each month, which is really nice! Plus, we have the first time home buyers credit (also nice!) Also, now that we have the entrance and exit alarm it makes the property value you go up and the home owners insurance go down - win, win!

We plan to go on a celebration trip this weekend if Joe’s glasses come in on time. He ordered some new ones and its taken FOREVER for them to come on.. his current glasses aren’t working well anymore and his eye sight is horrible so I really don’t want to travel anywhere with him ’til he’s rockin’ the 20/20 again.

Here’s a few pictures of the lawn work, improvements we did for the house:

I love it! Home, sweet home :)

My stupid cell phone hasn’t worked ALL DAY. It’s ridiculous - and the cell phone company that shall not be named isn’t open today to do anything about it. It seems to be just the type of phone we have.. Mine, Joes and Katrina’s phones won’t work (we all have the same ones) but James’ will… very odd and annoying. I find it very hard to live without my constant phone updates and texting anymore - I’ve become addicted ut seems. I NEED my barcode scanners - I cannot shop without it!

Hopefully it will be back by tomorrow… I have a lot of calls to make about everything. I’ve got no time for this stuff! Phones are made for communication, now let me communicate, damnit!

I just realized I haven’t blogged in over two weeks! I’m so sorry, my readers. I’ve been SO busy with the break-in, renters insurance, disability insurance finales, buying the house, Dr’s appointments, yard work, etc. that I haven’t had much time for anything else! Not used to being so busy… should be calming down though ::fingers crossed:: I promise I am going to post about all that’s gone on the past two weeks tomorrow!

We had an ok memorial day.. we were going to have a cook out but it poured down rain ALL DAY so we had to have it here. We ordered pizza and played Wii, it wasn’t too bad but I REALLY wanted to go swimming! Hopefully this weeekend..

Joe and I decided to go to the drive in last night… I like the atmosphere (usually) better than a movie theatre. The drive in is about 45 minutes away in a town called Monetta.. so it takes a bit of time to get there. Unfortunately, we had to wait for Joe to get off work so we got there a little late (7:45PM, move started at 9:00PM.. but that’s considered “late”) so we ended up on the back row. I couldn’t see the movie AT ALL but I didn’t care all that much because it was Iron Man 2 (not really interested). The food was good and cheap though! We had a corn dog, 2 bbq sandwiches, 2 nacho’s, boiled peanuts and M&M’s all for $10. It was cheaper for us to go the movies + dinner than just to eat dinner in town!

Now next week we’re going to see a chick flick ;) I haven’t been to the movies to see a “good” girly film FOREVER! I’m thinking “Letters to Juliet” - it looks cute AND it uses Taylor Swift in the credits ;) Throw in an acne solutions commercial and my teenage dreams are made! Take that, Joe! Muhahahaha Romantic comedies, here we come!

Everyones been helping us with the yard work this week - it’s almost done! It looks great. We’ve just got to get a few more bags of mulch - that stuff is expensive! We’ve had to buy 26 of mulch so far… and we still need more, ugh! This better be freakin’ beautiful when we finish! It’s been nice to have everyone pitch in though; Papa, Katrina, James, Mama, etc. have all helped us get it done. Joe’s done his part too :P I’ve done a little sweeping.. that’s about the extent of my abilities at yard work ;) I’m gonna take some pictures for you guys when I get my new Canon camera with my renters insurance money - can’t wait!

We worked on the yard most of the day Friday and then went swimming - very productive day for us! I was exhausted that night and slept good :) Swimming is so much funner now that I have to be so timid around water. I love it and treasure it even more - I certainly don’t take it for granted! I’m going to try to swim as much as I can this summer.

ugh so things have been pretty shaky since the break in with me and Joe… we’re fighting all the time. I don’t even know what it’s about 99% of the time - he just gets pissed off for no reason and goes crazy. I was all excited for him to be home last night - we were going to watch LOST and have pizza… well that didn’t happen. He got mad cause I had the audacity to watch American Idol while he was playing on the laptop… ok? That makes sense. Whatever - it doesn’t matter to me, I try to give him the remote, he won’t take it - etc. So, I end up watching LOST by myself while he sits in the room and sulks. It really makes me mad because I was SO excited and happy yesterday for the episode.. and he just ruined it for no discernible reason. LOST is not a show I like to watch alone - that’s why I’m in a relationship.

Anyways… the episode was really confusing. I don’t know WTF happened… I just hope that THAT isn’t what the shows about ’cause… that chronicles of Narnia shit is not what I want this all the be leading to. It’s GOT to be more than that - HAS TO. If it is I might just have put on my riding boots and walk all over JJ, Carlton and Damon.. We’re down to the last hours here - I feel like I should understand something by now… this episodes plot just came out of nowhere and really didn’t answer anything. There’s SO much that still needs to be answered and theirs only three hours left. They keep wasting time on frivilous things that don’t matter when the real questions have yet to be answered… and when they do answer something - I don’t understand the damn answer!

OMGWTFLOST!

So, we ALL know i’ve been an avid LOST watcher since the beginning. I watched the pilot on torrent when it was originally leaked … the night before I took my first flight I might add (not the smartest move on my part). I couldn’t wait! I had been obsessed with Lord of the Rings and anything that Dominic Monaghan was in - was watching it! Back then we had NO CLUE what this show was going to turn into.. I don’t even think we knew it had a Sci-fi twist. I remember J.J. Abrams specifically saying that everything would have a “logical explanation” - six years later… and I don’t think that’s possible.

This show is bat-shit crazy and I… love every second of it. I don’t think anything could ever take the place of LOST for me. Every single week is an on the edge of your seat, need to wear a finger pulse oximeter to keep from having a heart attack type experience. I’ve spent countless hours reading theories and recaps and thinking about stupid things that have zero relevance to life. And that’s what LOST is - a distraction. Every person on that show has it worse than most of us in the real world and damnit, we like to watch it!

Some seriously weird stuff has gone down.. but this isn’t a post about theories or explanation. This is just me expressing the fact that I have “enjoyed” every Wednesday (now Tuesdays) for the past 6 years. “Enjoyed” is a loose term… I usually end up steaming mad or extremely confused but that’s all apart of the fun! Yelling with Katie over the phone over what just happened or plain asking Koen “what just happened?” ’cause I had no idea what I just watched was all part of the experience. Joe can testify to the fact that sometimes I lie in bed thinking up theories and wondering about things.. and sometimes I’ll blurt it out and he just goes with it (That’s why he’s my husband!).

In exactly two weeks, it’ll all be over. A two and half hour finale, a Jimmy Kimmel special and then it’s done. In the end.. I’m going to be so sad to see it go but I also can’t WAIT to have answers and know whats going on. I hope it’s as satisfying as my mind has made it out to be. I don’t think anyone expected it to end up where it is now - fans nor writers, but what a ride! However it goes down, I’ll be there with tears in my eyes and Dharma beer in my hand toasting the ending of an era.. I’ll miss you.

P.S. Richard is my constant

P.S.S. OMGWTFPOLARBEAR one last time, please?

Things are continuing to get back to normal.. Our landlord came over today to finish fixing the back door (and now we have our storm door too!). I put my security system sticker on it so the crooks know not to mess with us. Tomorrow, someone from a landscaping company is coming over to fix our yard (get rid of all the grass, put down mulch, bricks, etc). That’ll make me feel better! I hate being the person in the neighborhood with the messy yard.. but I also hate yard work so.. catch 22.

We are returning to the gym tonight! Another thing getting back to “normal”, although we only made it one time so far - haha! Not our fault though! I’ve got my hgh supplements, capri’s, tank top and pandora radio - what else could I need?? They have an awesome pool there.. I wish I could swim in it :( Papa’s pool is finally open so HOPEFULLY we can go over there Friday while they’re on vacation and spend a little time lounging in and around the pool.. that sounds fantastic to me right now!

and… OMG, LOST ends in two weeks… I can’t believe it! I need to do a post on LOST - I will go start working on that now.

My mom had the kids all weekend, took them to the zoo and then hung out with them at the grandparents house with Jake for mothers day while Katrina was at the beach. I didn’t think I’d be able to make it over there because Joe gets off so late and my mom was READY to go to bed as soon as the kids left! But Joe got off early so we stopped to pick up a card (forgot to do that part eariler.. oops). I have never shopped this late.. so EVERYTHING was gone and the onyl cards that were left were stupid ones and spanish ones (I had never seen spanish cards until today!) I found her a pretty lame one and then made my way to the house to give her the present me and Joe picked out.

We got her a car bluetooth type thingy… it’s like a speaker / FM transmitter that you put in the car and can talk into. At first we thought it was really cool.. but as you learn more about how it works, it got really annoying and not worth the money. So she’s decided she’s going to take it back.. so now I’ve got to find another mothers day / Birthday present. All she likes are gift cards.. but that seems so impersonal. She doesn’t need any weight loss supplements although, she thinks she does. I can’t pick her out any clothes or accessories because we have completely different taste! I wish I had enough money to just give her a lump sum - I KNOW she’d love that! Hopefully someday I can…

What did you give your moms? Give me some good ideas!

I’ve been meaning to do a follow up to my “Knology vs. DirecTV” post from a few months ago. Pretty much immediately after I wrote it I was contacted by a Knology Rep who read my blog (apparently I’m famous :P) and wanted to get the situation straightened out for me. He found me on facebook and we spoke over the phone a few times to see what he could work out. Since I really didn’t have another option for internet, I was happy for them to work with me - that’s all I wanted anyways! I had no problems with Knology’s internet service - it’s always been solid and RARELY do we have an outage but I couldn’t pay that astronomical price I was being quoted.

The situation got handled all within a days time - my bill was reduced to $33 and I was promised that the bill would reflect that. I wanted to wait until I got the bill to make sure before I made a post about it - Well I got it last week and it’s exactly as he told me it would be, $33. So, I am pleased. Although it took a little work and persistence to get what was deserved / promise, in the end , knology held up their end of the bargain.

So, I wanted to send out a thank you to knology for displaying great customer service finally… better late that never I suppose! Keep up the good work and I’ll continue to be a good customer - deal?

Next up I shall tackle world hunger! nuphedragen for everyone, then no one will be hungry - ever. problem solved! (I kid, I kid). But seriously, blogging and speaking your mind pays off! So, if you want something - find a way to get it! Now if only this approach would work for all my stolen electronics :(

(No you’re not, dude - don’t lie)

So, have you guys heard this song on the radio? “I’m Awesome” by Spose? Hilarious! Catchy as hell too… I have it as my ringtone now ;) I love it! I’ve been playing it for everyone (new phone is helping with that significantly since I can play videos on it). I don’t know what it is about it.. but I find the guy adorable! I don’t usually find rappers adorable but I suppose he’ll be the exception.

Love the fresh prince opening ;) Awesome! I can’t wait to take this song to the gym and work out to it lol - good motivational tune. Probably should invest in the best weight loss pills as well though, just in case i have to eat at McDonalds ’cause Subway is pricey. Preach!

He’s become a hit on the radio apparently, I hear him all the time now and he was #1 on open house party last night. Proof that you can still get played on the radio, get exposure, etc. these days without being backed by a big name if the music is catchy / genuinely good.