So I Like TV Shows....?

He is kinda dreamy...in a total phsycopath sort of way!

Jenkies people, it is February, and I have no idea where the last two weeks have gone!!

That's a total lie. Being snowed in makes way for things like binge-watching on Netflix. "Just one more episode, I can stop after that..." is something I often tell myself.  Yes, I am one of many people who sometimes fall victim to binge watching, and it's 'years worth of series' at your fingertips' charm! My latest addiction...is Dexter. 

It's so good that I am losing tons of sleep over it. I watch way past my bedtime. I watch way into the morning hours... I counted the moments at boot camp tonight until I could get back to my TV!

I even had a dream this weekend that Dexter was my boyfriend. It was a slice of paradise! And in waking life I really think he'd make a great boyfriend. Aside from that serial killer thing, he pretends to be a great guy...really well! Better than most men pretend to be! He's always there for his girlfriend, and he's pretty awesome with her kids. I mean his biggest strike for me was all the animals he killed as a child. (Ok I think killing people is bad...but I can't help sympathizing more with animals...it's what I do)

The fact that I actually typed out that paragraph probably has a lot to say about the fact that I am famous for choosing really poor partners in life.

I've been down the binge-watching road before. There was also Scandal. Orange is the New Black. Hemlock Grove. Breaking Bad.

I think in the near future, there are going to be support groups for people who can't seem to stop pushing "next episode".  Until then, it's me and Dexter until the bitter end!

Plus...watching show after show is pretty easy when you have a pile of adorable animals always willing to snuggle at a moments notice...Just look at those faces!

Mr. Magoo managed to sneak in the cat bed unnoticed!

So I TiVod Porn?....

Recently, I have had to say goodbye to my TiVo, and our 12 year relationship....a person without TiVo, who has been slumming it with a DVR, cannot understand just how heartbreaking this really is.

My new DVR, is merely a glorified VCR. It doesn't have any of the bells and whistles that TiVo has. Sure, it records what I tell it to, sort of, but it doesn't know what I like. We do not share a connection. I guess you don't know what you are missing, if you have never even had it....Maybe my TiVo is a metaphor for love...?

I traded TiVo in for my new box, so I wouldn't be charged for the equipment. I disconnected her in haste, and boxed her right up to send back. I didn't get a chance to erase all my saved shows.

At first thought, I wasn't  worried about the myriad of TV shows still left on there.

But, in addition to seasons of Lost, American Horror Story, many, many Houswives,....I also had a handful of "skinemax" movies I had recorded and saved.....

I guess, when you come right down to it...I cannot possibly be the worst porn offender that has returned a unit, right?

I mean, I really don't think that "Coed Confidential" will land me on any federal pervert lists....Right??!






 

It's a Break....Not a Break Up...

Yes, I just may be a TV addict, but there are way worse things I could admit to.

Sadly...it's the end of an era for me.

I have long been in perfect relationship with my TiVo. Twelve years of happy.

TiVo knows what you like. It finds you awesome things to watch, and when you get home to check TiVo, you often find a show with your favorite person, or something you didn't know about. 

It has the charming "bloop, bloop" sound when you make selections. The peanut remote. The TiVo guy dances for you on your menu screens. TiVo gives you the option to learn more about things that are advertised on TV commercials at the push of a button.

TiVo lost local channels, and a few other cable channels last week. I kept thinking it was a fluke since I still get them on my newer reciever in my bedroom.

An hour with tech support proved I needed to download a software upgrade, either via a wireless router, or my landline. Neither of which I am a proud owner of. Besides, the cost of hooking up a landline or buying a router is greater than a simple box upgrade to DVR.

So, until I save up for the new fancy TiVo box, (which I could lease from Direct Tv, but after the initial fee, and monthly service, costs about 3 times as much as purchasing the new unit...) I am going to be like every other regular Joe in the world and have a plain old boring DVR.

Also, I will have to re-enter approximately 45 season passes into the new box.(This is minus all the ones I never cleaned out, I had about 60 canceled shows in there!!)

And set another 100 wish list items. (if DVR even has a wish list equivelant, who knows.)

I'm probably more sad about the lost relationship with TiVo, than any other in my life thus far.

12 years is a long time.

RIP TiVo. You served me well.

Horror!...

Since my most favoritist show in the world Lost went off the air, I've been wandering around aimlessly from show to show, half heartedly watching week after week. Feeling unfulfilled. Wondering if there will ever come another scripted show that peaks my interest.

Finally! It happened!

American Horror Story!

Whose watching? What do you think? What do you love? I watch each episode about 5 times, and they never get old.

Finally, a show that makes me giddy, and spend time talking about at the water cooler!

Adele - ''Someone Like You''

Just when you think its safe to listen to sad songs again, and you are over "him" something comes along and knocks you back down....I found this to be such a tear jerker last night on the VMA's, and while it makes me incredibly sad to listen to it, I just can't stop. It speaks to me.

Sometimes I feel like a hamster....

I'm tired. Is there a pill for that? One that wont make me stay up all night? Or unable to function without it? Ugh. So this week I have been back to double work outs. I havnt lost weight for a while. I'm stagnant.

Monday. Lunch - 55 minutes running
Monday evening - 30 minutes running, 20 minutes on the glider. Decide the glider is worse than the eliptical, and curse it. Chest weight machines, the leg machine that works your buns.

Tuesday. Lunch - 30 minutes running. 25 minutes on the glider. Still think the glider sucks.
Tuesday evening - 30 minutes running, 20 minutes on the eliptical. Decide since doing the glider, that the eliptical is much easier. No weights.

Today, I'll do something similar.

The only good thing about evening workouts is seeing the old 'crowd' from when I did evening workouts before. And getting a "you can tell you lost weight" compliment from someone. That, and being able to watch Bravo.

Who watched big brother? I hate Ronnie. he's a worm, and you'll hear my cheers for miles when he gets his ass kicked off the show.

Who watched Hells Kitchen? Now......THIS is a good season! I wonder if Gordon and Joe are gonna throw down? And I also hate Van! Those boys all have to much testosterone. They need laid.

Off and Running...

So. Next week is my month end at work. That means its June. Um, hello? Three more months and I've been with my manfriend for TWO years. Where did the time go? I have no clue. I still absolutely adore him, and I thank the universe each night for bringing us together. (Along with thanks for my job, my car, a roof over my head, and my family and friends.)

Speaking of, I was napping Wednesday night (I nap almost every night, I'm telling you I have some sort of defeciency) my phone beeped and I thought it was a text cus I have it set to just beep once either way. It was my ex. Z. The one that calls and leaves me voicemails to pick up cus he calls from a private number.

I had nothing to say to him. He asked was I married. I said no, are you? He said no but he has another kid. I said well good for you, but that doesn't interest me at all. I told him I'm fabulous, and I didn't have anything to say to him. He said he just wanted to see what I was up to.

Why? I honestly never think about him. He never crosses my mind.

Oh wait, I guess when people are talking about sucky things like assholes, and drugs, and abuse, he might come to mind. But I don't think about bad things like that, my life is fabulous.

At work I'm busy. Sparing the boring details, I've been in 18 thousand meetings. I wonder why you have so many meetings the higher up you are in a company? Nothing ever gets accomplished, at the end of the meeting, we decide we'll have another meeting in a week. Meanwhile, my work piles up cus I'm spending so much time in meetings.

This morning:

Coworker: "they didn't have coffee at the grill when I went down (this is a common theme since Eat N' Park took over our food facility they run out of coffee every day! Yes they did put in a Starbucks, but it's like a 5 minute walk to get there) and there was an ambulance out front"

Me: "there's a shocker, an ambulance? What happened?"

Coworker: "so and so cut themselves in the grill, I guess it was pretty bad"

Me: "well, I wouldn't eat downstairs today"

She said she was surpised because I'm always so nice. I have people snowed I guess?

Reason 456,675 I deserve pity.....I tivo'd the Spelling Bee last night. My family cable package is really taking a toll on me. *July 9th can't get here soon enough.

*Big Brother starts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





P.S. I'm trying to win $1000. Which picture should I enter to win the cutest cat contest?

One....

Or two...

make me a bird so I can fly far far away....

Last day for taxes! I still have to file my state. And my city, but we're not going there with the city taxes. State, I'll file as I should be getting a refund. Cha-ching.

I perused flights yesterday to the beach. I admit I suck at this crap,which is something I do for work, but we have a program, and it's not my money I'm spending. Way easier.

Flights to VA Beach are 248 per person round trip in July. This is the same price as last year. How come there are no deals? I looked up other sites, tried to book one way there, and one way back to save money. That way tickets were $69.......Yesssss! Plus, $55 fees/taxes. Nooooo. So, no matter which way you slice it, it's gonna cost $300 when all is said and done to fly to Virginia. I use to work with a girl who could find flights to anywere for like 50 bucks cus she could pick connecting flights and whatnot.

Personally, I don't mind a 10 hour drive, I'm hella fun, and great at I spy. Manfriend says it's a waste of two vacation days. Pffft. I could really use a trip to look forward to. Its rough to have perfect attendance with no vacay.

Living on the cheap, aka... having shitty cable, has turned me on to a few good shows like Southland, and The Unusuals. I'm pretty sick of the Price is Right, while working out, I've turned to the Today Show at 11. I have to Tivo the price now, because I'm so sick and tired of the commercials, which are all for old people. It's the same four commercials, and If I hear this old broad say "BINGO!" one more time, I may barf up a lung!

Repeat after me...I am going to be debt free in 2010. It's going to happen. I even put it on my dream board. Which I'm thinking of posting....

I'm also thinking of finding a group or something to meet new people. I kind of thought this was sad, but I guess its what people do nowadays! I thought about volunteering at an animal shelter but there arent any close to me. And then...I have enough animals, and I know me, and my big soft spot for furry things, and I'd wind up with a billion homeless pets taking up residence in my home. Sucking up more of my income than the ones I already have do...So, thats out.

I win another contest! This one was from Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom! She has all sorts of fun contests you should go check her out! I won a box of South Beach protein bars, and a water bottle, and a beach ball and note cards! It's always fun to get a package in the mail for just entering a contest! I think everyone should have them!

Rosanna...I Love You...

Click to watch this cat video with his head in a bag. He likes it. I saw this on a friend's face book. (yes I said facebook......I gave in like a month ago)

I saw my manfriend on Wednesday. *swoon* It was still daylight when he came over. This was clearly a breakthrough! I dunno if you know this but he's super cute. He bought me a whole pkg of plastic forks. You know, romance. It means that he appreciates the fact that I am kinda goofey and prefer to eat with plastic forks! I can't explain the feeling I get when I'm with him but it's best described as the warm fuzzies mixed with butterflies and lust. Some day I'll go to sleep every night in his arms. *sigh*

I had a dream that he bought me a bunch of scrapbooking stuff for Christmas. Only he made me wait until now to open it, and said that it was hard for him to be patient. It was a bunch of wedding scrapbook stuff. Like to make a wedding scrapbook, brides, and grooms and stuff. he didn't propose to me, just gave me that stuff.

Just like my recurrent dream about forgetting to feed my (nonexistant) fish, has nothing to do with fish, it has to do with fertility. This dream had nothing to do with getting married.

(when I looked up weddings in my dream book, it said they are often negative and represent anxiety and fear...see?)

I didn't lose weight this week. In fact, I gained weight but we're not going there. I'm blaming it on the fact that I've started weights and more resistance with the eliptical. Cus seriously I havn't ate bad. And I have worked out 90 minutes 3 days this week, and 50 the other two. (Three days were double workouts!) I've stared at buckeye cake (chocolate cake w/pbutter middle!!) and not had any. As much as I want a reese's egg, not one! No jellybeans either!

So even though on the biggest loser they say its crap to say you gain muscle weight, that weight gain is weight gain...I'm saying you do. So as not to get discouraged. I'm on the last 21lbs. I think its mostly mental. I'm kicking that 21lbs ass!

P.S. New girl at work said while the classic "Rosanna" by Toto was playing on muzak..."is he singing Rosanna?".

Yea, she'd never heard it before. Never. Heard. Rosanna. This goes up there with her calling Debbie Gibson the oldies. I never thought this would happen to me. When did I get to be older? When did people start being born the year I graduated, and beign old enough to drive a car?

Mission...Possible.

I don't buy junk food. Because I can't stop myself from eating it. Remember this classic moment in Sex and the City history? I wouldn't say I've done that. But I won't say I havn't. If there really was a betty crocker clinic, I might be president and CEO. Same reason I don't make cookies. I can't stop myself from eating them. I need rehab for junk food.

I'm on a mission this week to hit a certain weight, that will bring my total to 75lbs. I didn't weigh last week so I'm not even sure how much I do or don' t have to lose. Which is fun, I like the mystery. I did the eliptical on Tuesday. For 50 minutes. Normally, I either do 20m eliptical/30min walk/jog, or the same thing at 30/20. Fifty straight min on the eliptical, blows. Hate. It. I mean, I totally love it!

Know what's delicious, and not bad for you? Buckwheat pancakes. I've rediscovered their yummee goodness. I can eat them on a log, I can eat them like a hog!

Know what is bad for you? Frappucinno's. I may or may not have mentioned a while back that they were putting in a Starbucks at my place of employment. Gulp. We already have a ginormous grill with all kinds of food, and a salad bar, and breakfasts, and sandwiches, and soups, and chicken and featured pizzas and pastas, and lunch specials, and brownies and cupcakes, and pies. There is this one thing, that is a peanut butter cookie, with a peanut butter bar on top of it.

Ummmm..yea, so again, it's peanut butter cookie, with a delicious peanut butter bar confection on top, covered in chocolate. You have no idea how bad I want to try one. The only thing stopping me is I'm too cheap. One day, I will cave. One day like, when it's my time of the month.

Starbucks? I don't have to get in my car, and drive anywhere. I can walk my happy ass to Starbucks, and have a carmel frappuccino (light!, like it matters) whenever I want. I can also get a massage for $1 a minute on Thursday's. Have I ever complained about my job? Cus, honeslty it's a cool place to work! And should someone drop the bomb on us, I'll survive in the vault, and have plenty to eat.

Happiness Is...

Guess what I did this weekend? Besides spent time with the best manfriend on earth, and did annoyingly cute things? I got my federal income tax check! Which, was perfect, since placing ads in the paper for my lost cat cost me a small fortune, and then my bank apparently raised their overdraft rates from $30 to $37 a day. Seriously? Yes. Overdraft. This sucks balls! By the time I got my tax check, I had enough to buy myself an outfit from Old Navy. (my cat is lucky she is freaking cute) Plus...refund? It's been about 5 years since I got one. It's kinda nice!

I got new jeans....drumroll please.....A SIZE 12!!!! My goal is a size 10. ONE MORE SIZE! When I started this whole weight loss ordeal, I wore a size 18. Tops? XXL. That's two extra's! I bought two new tops, with ONE L! No extra! Of course, I still wear an XL too, but the point is that an L fit more than my head. Rejoice! It kinda makes the times I'm working my ass off, worth it. It seems like I went forever with no progress. It's taken TWO YEARS. TWO!

This weekend I also got several calls about my cat. Who was busy snoozing on my couch. One person called me like 20 miles from where I live. I said is it a persian? "No, but it's orange." Thanks, but I specifically stated I am missing an orange tabby persian. That's like painting that black cat in the looney tunes cartoons with a white paint stripe and calling it a skunk.

....Le mew, le purrrrr....

I'm really happy she's home. She is such a snuggler, who always comes when I call her and lays with me. She left a big hole in my life for 5 days. I didn't realize how much she is always around, until she wasnt. She's snuggly but not needy. She's my mini me! The fact that I said that might really make me an official crazy cat lady.

The good definately outweighed the bad this weekend. I lowered my cable again. I went from 200 channels, to 50. For a savings of $34 a month, which can go towards paying a credit card. I'm not sure how long I can last, because I don't get E!, or TNT, or TBS, or Bravo, or anything. I get God TV, TBN, kids, kids, and more kids. The only channels I watch that I now receive are HGTV, and Nickelodeon. I'm dying inside. (No more housewives of NY...Millionaire Matchmaker, no real world, or talk soup, Paranormal state, ghost hunters...the list can go on forever!)

This fits into my debt free in 2010 plan. In the meantime, anyone have any shows I should be watching, that appear on NBC, ABC, CBS, or Fox? I'm open to new things now I guess. Tivo needs to be used or it might feel neglected.

Good things come to those who wait...

I inherited another support person at work. Which doesn't work in my job but I supervise. (doesn't alleviate my work load) I will know all aspects of the company now my boss said. Which makes me valuable. I like value! My only employee to date, has pneumonia and has been at work like 2 days in 2 weeks, and it's stressing me out. I'm learning the not so new girl's job, and enlisting her help as much as possible.

Well, I didn't go out on St. Patty's day. I think thats the first time in 12 years (since my 21st bday, shhh) that I didn't at least have "a" green beer. It's not socially acceptable to me to go to a bar alone, because I flake when boys try to pick me up. I completely suck at turning people down so they get the picture. So, I stayed home. I did have plans but a friends BF was ill and she stayed home. I watched dancing with the stars. What did you do that was cooler than that?

(don't tell me, I'll feel worse......)

Did you watch Tool Academy, and catch the recap show? Oh-m-gee! I might have had that same fight on national TV back in the day, and put up with a tool like this. It's called insecure. I love reality TV, it reminds me how far I've come in life! It was worth watching the whole season just for this recap show!


Tough love is also a pretty good show. You should watch it for dating advice, its common sense stuff like, if you walk around with your boobs hanging out, guys will look at you as a skank. Or you are so annoying when you are skinny and you say how fat you are in order to fish for compliments from guys. (P.S. girls hate this too) Or, when you put yourself down, it's a turnoff.


In other news, I have been having a hard time sleeping in my bed when I'm not with my manfriend, which is 97% of the time. It bothers me too. It's my bed. I think it bothers me most because I never really enjoyed sleeping with someone before. I liked my space.

But now, sleeping on my couch doesn't make me look at the empty side (empty, aside from one stinky dog) and think about how much I miss him. And then I start to wonder, how he can say that I'm everything he wants, and wants to be with me more, but not want to be with me all the time cus he isn't ready. I'm just at a different point in my own life. So, to avoid thinking about it, and obsessing over it, I sleep on the couch. Distraction.


I get my panties all in a bunch over that stuff, and then I forget it when we're together, and he tucks me in under the blankets, or puts burn medicine on my arm cus I burned it with a curling iron, (after kissing it...*melt*) or the millions of times he tried to help my blisters (which I don't get anymore with mah new fancy shoes, hollllaaaa!)

Or when hes cooking for us he'll bring me in a peice of cheese (I loves the cheese) Or pours my drinks for me in a gentlemanly way, or puts me into a car when we go somewhere. Or, that writing all that stuff actually made me tear up like a sappy fool. He does a lot of cute stuff that makes me mad, because it makes me love him more and I can't help it. Argh. I feel taken care of with him. And....that's why I'm patient. Not because its easy.

Some things are worth waiting for. Plus, I've never had anything worth having that I didn't have to work for in some way. This is what I get for telling the universe years ago that I wanted to learn patience.

Be careful what you wish for.

Hole in the Head....

Do you watch Ellen? Have you seen the studio cat? I just love it! It's been sneaking in at night and caught on the webcam. So she put out a cat condo and food, and now its kitty watch 2009. I just love it!

Someone lost 63 lbs. Who? Me! I do feel better after having invested in more meat. Now I have it for more than just breakfast, I've been having a turkey burger for lunch.

I welcome the weekend. I have had the shittiest week at work. I had a meeting with my boss and she said..."welcome to management". Does that sum it up? You know, everythings your fault, and lies on your shoulders. You have to work over for free and finish projects. Take the flack! I also have to do reviews. And, I have to do 120 for field employees. It's annoying. The people who need that 120 reviews (I enter the statistical information) have harassed me each and every single day.

Then, there is the guy from the other day that was demoted into a position where now I basically give or dont give him the information he needs. And, he seems to think I'm on a power trip, when I am simply restricted in what information I can give him in his new position. He picked two fights with me. He told my boss I am difficult. And we can't communicate. Funny thing is he started shit with me in front of my department. Hello, witnesses? My boss said she told him she knows I didn't argue with him because that isn't me, and eventually told him to get out of her office. He is confrontational. She said she'd have to take this to her boss, and if he wants to talk to me again, to call her into his office with us. Which will make me look bad. It's a huge mess. Yesterday he was sweet as pie to me.

My ex Z called today. I don't know, it's been months since we even talked. I got several private calls and the vm said it was him and to pick up the phone. Excuse me? I didn't. The days of him bossing me around are over. So, Broke up like, 8 years, and he still calls me? I think I'm his one that got away. He's the one I escaped from.

I didn't get to see my manfriend yesterday. This never gets any easier. And I have to think that he loves me and misses me and wants to be with me, but the only way to make that any easier is something he isn't willing to do. I want to buy a house in the next year or so, so I have pretty much stopped looking for apartments. I'm tired of moving. I've moved 9 times since I've been 18. That's almost every year. Almost.

I ordered my credit reports, and I actually have pretty good credit! All the derogatory things, and the bankruptcy, reposession, and forecloseure, are all gone. Gone. I have two things (medical) that are in collections, which I'm going to pay off, and be free and clear, other than two credit cards and a car payment. Hello? Awesome.

I actually thought yesterday about getting another second job so I can save up for a down payment. I think I am sick in the head. I have had almost 1 full year off out of the past five, not working two jobs, and I want to do it again? Obviously I'm lonley. Or crazy. Or stupid. Or determined. Yes....I think I choose to be determined. I want what I want, and no one will give it to me, I have to make it happen.

Universe? I want a house! For me and my menagerie! A manfriend would be nice too, but I don't want to be greedy.

Anyone watch Grey's Anatomy? Ugh, that husband and wife made me cry. Love is a crazy thing. It is fantastic, until someone dies. I can't imagine losing someone you love that much. It makes me tear up thinking about it.

I wanna new Bed....

Last week on Oprah, she had Valentine's suprises. There was this one guy who was going to propose during the superbowl, by buying a 2 million dollar television spot. Only, who has 2 million dollars? He started a website, to raise money, and even got some news coverage, in shadow, with a disguised voice of course. All while his girlfriend had no idea.

So, his website raised 10 grand, not enough for the superbowl. He ended up raising enough for a commercial on the CW during his girlfriend's favorite show, Veronica Mars. This was the commercial. It also shows her reaction. How cute is that? Pretty darn cute! On Oprah she was like "I like to have the remote during my show, and they kept taking it from me, the show was like 10 seconds behind and I wanted to fast forward it"

I could so see myself doing something jacked up like that. Me and my Tivo. I can relate. Watching Lost, on at least a 15 minute delay, as to avoid commercials, and fast forwarding, hardly able to stand the wait until it's back on. I'd surely screw up a super proposal. But, I'm not even living with my manfriend, so I can watch Lost however I want.

If he can get 10 grand for a proposal. Surely I can get a few hundred for a new bed. I'm going to come up with a website, Obama said we should all help each other. And I'm going to get it done. He didn't say if we should do the helping, or be the helpee. But, I'd give $1 if someone needed a new bed.

Or maybe itll just be a blog cus websites take time, and I don't even have a home computer as it's still at my manfriends after being fixed, it is now jacked up again. Maybe I should do a dual Bed/Computer blog begging for 25 cents or something.

Or, does anyone want to just adopt me, and buy me things? And not expect sex or anything gross in return?

So, I'm going to eat more meat and see if that works for my exhaustion. I think I've been thru this before. But the fact that I'm so tired, makes my brain not work.

No I don't Want to see you naked...

I'm all for being comfortable naked. I personally practice this at home. Alone. But the gym? No. I change in a bathroom stall. I've seen all sorts of things in the gym. Some chick is always milking herself in there, all out in the open. I am not maternal, so to me it's like hooking a cow up to a machine and producing a half gallon for me. Gross. Don't wanna see it! Especially how you weigh yourself after milking with all your junk hanging out. Can you really lose that much? Couldn't you tuck your stuff back in?

Yesterday, some chick was bare assed on the scale. It makes me feel uncomfortable.

Oh yea, remember how the gym I go to is IN MY OFFICE BUILDING. And I go on my lunch break! Gawd! I don't want to see contraptions hooked to your boobs, your bare ass on a scale, curling your hair without a shirt on, or you covering yourself with trash bags, and then stand next to you in the lunch line. Akwarrrrrd.

I was enjoying the new season of Heroes last night (I think it might be making a comeback after last season's lame attempt at changing things.....) and my freaking CAT catches her TAIL on fire. It's not the first time for me, having 4 cats, and several candles always lit, it's bound to happen. This is the first time however, the cat took off and I had to chase her flaming ass. Luckily, I apprehended her in time, and neither of us got burned in the process. She just stunk up the joint, and has a melty tail. She's a cotton candy persian, her hair is like cotton balls. It melted. Poor baby.

Pee-ess....Two more pounds and I lost 60. 35 more to goal! I can't even believe it!

My Insurance Woes...

So, as read in my posts titled about vagina's....I havn't had insurance for 2 years. And, as a result, I've been forced to go to Planned Parenthood for my annual hoo-ha exam. Which, is a totally non-fun thing to do. It's so....ghetto. I guess I'm glad I have the opportunity to go, because I could be riddled with 10 kids. So, go Planned Parenthood, you do a great service! But you suck at bedside manner.

I was so excited when I got promoted because that meant I could afford to pay for insurance. Woo hoo! I had to wait until October for open enrollment. It wouldn't be effective until January. Wait... it IS January, right?

So, why did I have to send in yet another order for birth control pills to Planned Parenthood? And why have they not yet shipped them when my new pack starts on Sunday? Interfere with my sex with the manfriend, I might have to blow a joint up. Seriously. I had to call the place for an hour before someone decided to answer the phone. They told me, they shipped my order out, and I should have it Saturday. They besta hope I do. BASTARDS. I have PMS!

Anyway, back to why on earth am I still going to Planned Parenthood instead of a real live gyno that gives you an actual cloth robe that covers your entire naked body vs. a paper towel to barely cover your can-cans. And talks to you, and doesn't just say "Get naked".

I received in the mail my prescription card. My dental card. My vision card. No medical card. I could get a prescription, but couldn't go to a Dr. to write me one. Surely it's coming.......I wait, and wait. Last week was 3 weeks into January when my insurance was effective, so I ask HR where my cards are. "oh, you have to contact the insurance provider" So I do. They tell me they have no record of my being insured. Wait, but they are taking money out of my check each pay. Sooo...

I try to call HR, they never answer. Is it just my work, or does HR seem to not be very humanely resourceful? I marched my ass over to the department where the girl I just called is sitting at her desk doing nothing. She looks at my file, and says "oh, I don't know how this happened. They signed you up for (insert company name) insurance which is for our field employees outside of Ohio".

Oh, cus clearly, I live in Ohio, and I work in the office, as I'm at your desk...not the field. So here I am still uninsured. Fighting with planned parenthood, to plan my non-parenthood, which isn't very easy to do. Supposedly my new insurance card should be in the mail by the weekend.

Last night, my tivo went out. *gasp*. I happen to love TV. It couldnt locate my satellite. Five years never a problem, now? All sorts of shit. I thought maybe its cus I smacked it the other day. After an hour of configuring and messing with it, I hung out my second story window tossing buckets of hot water on it cus there is more ice on it.

Who fixed her tivo? I did. Who has an addiction to TV...maybe I do. But, it was the premiere of Hell's Kitchen! Fuck off! (Gordon says that I totally wouldn't tell you to eff off!)

Pee-essss: I'm going to three parties this weekend. Fri, Sat, and Sun. Talk to you Monday when I'm exhausted....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Think Twice...

I think I said yesterday that I adopted some plants at work. We got to leave around 2:00 due to the snowstorm, so when I got home I decided to put my time to good use, and like, water my plants.


Maybe someone should call child services because clearly I play favorites. Or, I'm neglectful. Whichever, I suck at plants. As is noted in my plants at home....








Of course, there's 12" of snow in my driveway and I cant get up, so I have to park at a church and truck it up in knee deep snow to my apartment.


I decided since I would get plowed in at the church, I would
take the driveway into my own hands, and use a mop to clear the snow. No, seriously, that's all I had. So I put on two pairs of pants, a goofey hat and my snow boots, and made two good passes down the hill of doom, and here comes the snow plow. Thank god, 30 min earlier would have been nice.


When I got inside and thawed out, my satellite wasn't working, couldn't find a signal. For an hour it did nothing. What was yesterday boys and girls? Wednesday. That means LOST was on. Oh, hell no! I went into my spare bedroom, stepped up on a chair, took out my screen, broom in hand and proceeded to hang out my window and smack ice off of my satellite. I checked the TV...pixelated picture....better! I smacked more ice off, and I single handedly fixed my satellite reception with a kitchen broom.

Oh, did I mention how we left early? When I got to work, everyone had their "boyfriends/husbands" drive them to work. For a minute I was like......"I wish I had someone to take me to work"...Then I said no, I'm independant, I don't need someone to take me to work. I loved it even more, when they said we could leave at 2:00, and I got my ass in my car and left, while the rest of those dumb fools had to wait here for their rides. Is there always a silver lining, or what? Seriously!
Nothing gets in the way of my watching Lost, not even a frozen satellite. I still think I'm awesome. Did you watch? OMG! They are 50 years behind now on the island? Charles Widmore is there? I mean what did you think? Obviously the reason Richard visited Locke as a child last season is cus he told him to this season. I love when you connect the past seasons to whats going on now. That's why you have to watch them all you cant just jump in. I'm such a Lost snob, but I don't care. It deserves such dedication.

So, Miles is a ghost whisperer. Good. Maybe he can see what all those whispering people are saying. And, why is Faraday all "you can't change the future" and yet, he's going around screwing with people to change the future. Arrrgh.

Anyone else believe everyone will still be alive in the end? Hell yea they will. Who's alive we know about? Jin is alive people. Last season, Sun was at his grave, sure we saw him blow up, but then in a flash forward before he died, he was in the hospital when Sun gave birth, w/another woman having a baby. Season opener this year, it's him and his wife with that baby in the first scene.

Trust nothing, the world has been jacked up. That's why their not suppose to leave the island. They affect the future.

A coworker said to me yesterday. She had no idea they were time traveling. I said, did you watch last season? Faraday and the rat? The nose bleeds? The dude on the boat? Desmond calling Penny in the future? What the hell. Clueless. She's a lost cause.

Anyone else annoyed with the pop ups? Those are for Lost amateurs. It's insulting to me. And, here's some more snow pictures. We got a lot of snow.

What else did the snow do? It prevented me from seeing my manfriend. I did however, get to talk to him on the phone. While I sewed my super awesome toga for tomorrow's par-tay!

And, here's some more snow pictures. We got a lot of snow.







This is my back door..






























My parking lot/driveway you can't see the driveway of course.


















This is out the front door.




















This is my drive after its plowed.

Morning Inflation...

I'm standing at a coworkers desk today and one of the big wigs told me as he walked by "you are looking thin". Yea, me, and thin in the same sentence. This morning I put on pants I havn't worn in like 10 years. But, they are the same number size as I've been wearing but unable to fit into. Said big wig is always in the gym when I am, and is impressed with my stamina. No, said big wig isn't a perv. He helps me when I want to say, eat a peice of chocolate pound cake someone made by saying "3 miles on the treadmill" and then I'm like....after I already did 4? No thank you.

The scale says I'm down 5lbs since my last weigh in 2 weeks ago. Yes, even though I had junk food, and alchohol. I stuck with my workouts! Friday is the true test. I had been away from bootcamp for over a week, because her holiday hours didn't fit my schedule. Last night was pretty tough, I couldn't do all of the knee to elbow things. But that's also due to the fact that instead of dividing my lunch workout between the treadmill and eliptical, I did the eliptical the whole 45, and for the first time I did a level 3. (I've been on one) I did that because there was no available treadmill with a TV. I can't stare at the wall when I workout. I need distraction.

Yes someone hacked my twitter. I'm waiting to see what they are doing about it, their blog said that 30 accounts were hacked. They said they reset them, but they didn't. I find it hard to believe only 30, and I am one of them. I think I have 13 friends? I'm hardly a target. It's ok though, because Obama's was hacked too. I'm sure my life is just as interesting as the upcoming president. For sure.

New shows. Anyone watch True Beauty? Putting all those people in a house with their inflated egos, has already proven to be hilarious. And, makes me glad I'm not one of them. Kat told me about Tool Academy. Which I think everyone should run out and Tivo. Guy's think they are competing for "Mr. Awesome" but really it's to see who is the biggest tool. You said tool.

Oh yea, speaking of shows, today is the new Biggest Loser. I can't waiiiiit!

I'm feeling much better today about my future. I try so hard to live in the moment, and I go along each day that way, and one thing throws me outta wack? I'm back on track, and confident that the universe has something fabulous in store for me. Whatever it is, and however I get there is yet to be seen.

It's a New Year.....

I'm still recovering from the new year festivities. I'm not hung over, but I'm extremely tired. Like if I stopped typing I could fall right asleep. zzzz



I partied out early on New Year's. Me. It isn't a shock if I tell you that I had almost an entire bottle of Bicardi Coconut to myself. On a mostly empty stomach. I was feeling pretty good up until we left the manfriends shortly after the ball drop, to walk to the Mar's Bar. Where we did cherry bomb shots, and obviously it's never a good idea to mix liquers. We all wore stupid hats. The boys had on sombrero's, and the ladies had on pimp hats. We were awesome to say the least.

We left there to go to the beer engine. Where I knew I shouldn't do a shot and tried to pretend like I did and everyone harassed me to finish it. Then I made intimate friends with the ladies room floor. Which always sucks balls. I had to go outside and find the manfriend to rescue me. His cuteness walked me back to his place, got me changed and fed me some cocoa cola syrup and tucked me into bed. I'm guessing this was around 1:30. I may have mentioned before that I have the cutest manfriend in the world, but it warrants mentioning again. I'm so not use to being taken care of. I'm use to being yelled at and left to fend for myself. I love that boy!

The manfriend told me I got sick because of this.


I had a billion limes in my drink. I simply didn't take the old one out when I got a new drink. This also means I had
like 10 or so drinks. Mind your business.



He went to the neighbors to play beer pong and next thing I know it's 6 am and he's back with one of his friends. So, I got up and we were up talking, and um.....not talking until 10 am. The talking part was a really good talk about our parents. (ha ha Momma) We snuggled up and slept until about 2, and that was it. A mere few hours of sleep.





We got up and hung out in our PJ's and acted disgustingly in love with each other. I had some keilbasa and saurkraut. We watched a few episodes of Brookhaven obesity clinic on TLC. That pissed me off because some of those people in FAT REHAB were having food delivered to the hospital. I know to each his own, but there were people who wanted to change and couldn't get in the hospital cus those people were wasting time in there. We watched the Changeling (which was awesome!) and Star Wars Episode 2. I didn't want to leave, and of course cried on the way home. I hate it. If I dwell on it, I will get mad at the manfriend for not being ready to live with me. So, I have to let it pass. That's his issue, not mine. Sigh.

All in all a happy new years, I had a blast until I puked. Maybe that should go on my headstone?

Well Blow Me Down....

Of course, I have to start out with a ...."yayyy"! I'm so happy about the election. It's exciting to see so many people excited about the future of the country, that is what gets me. Let's see how this pans out! I'm pretty sad that in Ohio our casino didn't pass...again. Especially with all the jobs being lost. People are freaking stupid, and terrified of gambling. Here's a thought. Don't do it if you don't like it.

Today, I feel like I got hit by a car. Everything hurts. I mean, everything. We didn't do crunches and my abs hurt. We didn't do weights, but my arms hurt. Last night I went to an earlier class, and if it's possible, it was harder. We did of course, the 850 jumping jacks. (complimentary of every class) I tried to do some modified, because my legs hurt so bad, I thought, if I fall down because my legs give out, I hope they don't trample me. I was on my second set of modified jacks, and the girl in front of me turned around and told me to "come on, you can do it...don't stop" and counted out the jacks out for me, and did hers facing me until we finished. I wanted to kick her, but it really helped. And I thought...I'm stronger than I gave myself credit for. I kinda rock!

I wanted to vomit. I worked out so hard I could've puked. This reminded me of the biggest loser, when Jillian says if you're not puking keep going. I used breath to push it away, sort of a meditation (if you can call it that with horrific pain in your legs). After all those jacks, and lunges and squats, and stupid stability ball work, we did a thing where you run to the left, squat, jumping jacks, run to the right and repeat. We did that 25 times. I seriously had tears in my eyes. I would never survive the military. They were all counting it out happily doing military-type sing songs. I thought, these bitches are crazy! Someone has warped their minds!

When I got home I could barely walk. I had to go up and down my steps sideways. One at a time. Then I had to clean my carpets, and do my dishes, and clean the rabbit cage, and do a load of laundry. Once I laid down, I was out like a light. I took ibuprofin today and I'm feelin a little better! I also had done a 3 mile walk on lunch yesterday. I'll do another one today. The walking seems to help loosen up the soreness.

I get to see my cute manfriend tonight! I'm excited! I don't get to enjoy a cocktail though. It'll be worth it when I drop 20lbs this month. It's good to have dreams! There are several girls who did that in their first month. It will be mine...oh yes......it will be mine!