well I guess I should post problem is I usually think of something great to blog about when I'm far away from my computer oh well. I guess a good post will be we had Paula's baby shower On Saturday the 18th here's some pics. it was a good baby shower I made the baby a quilt Also this last weekend went to see David Cook in Concert with Jenny and her Mom and my Mom at Mystic lake. fun concert and Mom and I stayed overnight it was fun Mom had some good luck on the slots I did ok. and we had room service on Saturday morning it was yummy. fun little mini vacation.
Well I've had some nice time off the last 6 days, but all good things must come to an end or so they say. I made a quilt in my time off cleaned a little, went to the Mall of America one time saw a movie and just hung out and slept in and it's a bummer when it has to come to an end.time to go back to work. Ironically I just read an article about why getting a job is stupid. lol it's about starting your own business and having money work for you instead of you working for money. and man that would be awesome I'm determined to figure out how to do this. in the mean time I guess I'm stuck working. sigh oh well such is life I guess. oh and also it's Lola's Birthday today she is 6. Happy Birthday little Lola.
Ok I was in California back in May driving around oblivious to any Toll Roads I'm used to the Toll roads in Illinois where you literally have to drive through a toll and throw your change in. never once did I see anything like this when I was out in California and I drove all over Southern California, but yesterday I get a bill for non paid Tolls for over $100 WHAT???? as I said I never noticed any toll roads while I was out there, but apparently I was on one for over an hour and didn't notice no one in my party noticed either. how do they have those stupid things marked because as far as I knew I was obeying all traffic laws I was sure to not talk on my cell phone while driving out there because I knew it was illegal, but I never saw anything about Toll Roads or had heard anything about Toll Roads. what a ridiculous and scammy system they have out there no wonder California is going broke they are a bunch of idiots and scammers. Thank God I don't live in California and I don't think I'll be rushing back there for a visit any time soon what a croc. I'm so annoyed. worst part is I know the girls I went with aren't going to volunteer to help pay this bill either it's not in their name the stupid rental car was in my name just great. it was like pulling teeth just getting them to help pay for the rental car that drove them around everywhere I asked one of them for her portion of the rental car bill and she looked at me like I was nuts asking her something so ridiculous how dare I ask her to help pay for her transportation. argh anyway now I'm just rambling, but argh. I hate California Toll Roads what a croc of shit!!!
went to see 2 movies today Land of the Lost and the Hangover. the Hangover was the better of the 2. I'm going to do a review of both movies in my new movie blog. I see a lot of movies so I figured maybe I should start a blog of movie reviews I'm no professional or maybe not even that articulate when I write, but eh it's something to do. I've changed my going across the pond blog into a regular travel blog it doesn't have anything new on it yet, but atleast I have a plan for it now. I figure I can have a few blogs and try to get some adsense maybe. my goal this year is to find ways to make some extra income outside my job to help me pay off bills and ultimately help me get the house I want to buy. well not a lot else to add at this moment so I'll wrap this up
well I had a crazy weekend spent Friday Night going to see Star Trek the new movie it was pretty good I'm not a huge Trekkie or anything, but I enjoyed it. it was entertaining. Sat I worked so that stunk, but after work I went to see Legally Blonde with my Mom. and it was a really fun show I'll have the songs in my head for a week I'm sure.. Sunday went over to my Bros house for a Mothers day brunchHere's the Mommy to be Paulaafter Matt and Paula's we took the dogs to Dog Day at with the Saint Paul saints I thought it was pretty fun to see all the people and their dogs my Mom didn't agree she was to cold. also turns out the dogs aren't exactly baseball fans. hmm who knew.
Answer it was a lot of fun. we did so many things we started the trip for one night in LA Jenny, her daughter Katelyn and I stayed at a hotel by the Airport met up with my Mom who was there moving my sister. later that day we went to the Airport and picked up the Olson sisters Trisha and Alisha. then we all headed down to San Diego while there we went to the San Diego zoo and Mission Beach, but we were only there for 2 days on Monday we headed back to LA we went right down to Hollywood to go on a Celebrity homes tours which was pretty fun, but the funnest part was before we went on the tour they were setting up for something at the Chinese Man Theater it turns out it was the premiere of Ghosts of Girlfriends past so as soon as the tour was over we went and stood behind the barriers to wait for all the stars to show up. it was such a fun experience for those of us not in LA or NY something that may only happen once in a lifetime (hopefully not cause next time I go to LA I'm totally going to scope out premieres lol) the rest of the time in LA was fun to we went to Universal studios. here we are with Scooby and Shaggy. we went Whale watching which turned out to be kind of a mistake because I got a bit sea sick and actually puked over the side of the boat. um yeah gross and embarrassing , but oh well shit happens right. oh and we didn't even see any whales!! We did get to see Sea Lions and Dolphins though so that was good. On Thursday we went to Disneyland which is fun, but sort of wish we had had a better game plan because we missed a lot of stuff they closed at 8PM which is weird if you ask me. Katelyn just loved anyone in the costume it was cute. our trip wrapped up with a Trip to Malibu . we also went to Newport Beach while we were there. and Hollywood So overall very fun trip.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
In sunny California blogging from my iPod it,a 6am here but I can't sleep cause my body tells me it's 8am still we're having fun though. We haven't done much yet, but we did see the inside of a target and a walmart never seen one of those befor we ate at Jack in the box which was just ok nothing to write home about except oops that's what I'm doing now oh well. Today we are going to go to the San Diego zoo so that should be fun. Then we are going to go find some shops or something. Should be a good day
this has been both the longest week and the shortest week dumb work stuff nothing major just knit picky stuff rules and regulations that I don't necessarily agree with, but whatever. plus I have new responsibilities at work that I haven't quite learned fully yet and it's stressing me out a bit taxes and setting up escrow accounts fun stuff I tell ya er or something like that, but it does make the day go faster when I do that. My Job is not bad I'm thankful I have a job and my company is a good company to work for, but some day I'm going to start my own business now the trick is to figure out what that business is and how to go about doing it I figure start small and work my way up, but some way some how I will truly live my life on my own terms. I'm going out of town next week for a week and will be away for about 8 days I'm so psyched to get out of dodge I just hope my travel companions are on their best behavior. as long as they are then it will be a good trip. that's gonna be good. I'm sitting at home on Friday being lazy I'm really tired, but I did want to go see a movie, but none of my lame ass friends (j/k friends) wanted to go with me maybe tomorrow they will...oh a totally off subject note here tonight I saw about 4 mallard docks waddle right by my house as I was sitting on the patio it was pretty cool to see I was even able to snap some pics with my cybershot camera here's a pic
Well still not really a lot to say just living life going to work coming home from work.. guess I should be grateful I have a job and I am it's just no my dream job, but I guess who has that, but oh well such is life. I've been trying to plan a trip to California which was planned now some revisions are being made, but hopefully it will still be a good trip still waiting to win the lottery really hoping that's gonna happen sometime soon ;) I've also been reading a lot more I've gotten through 6 books since last November which for me is a lot normally it's one per year if I'm lucky lol, but my goal this year is to read every book on my shelf that I haven't already read and then I'm going to get an Amazon Kindle so looking forward to that. well I'm gonna wrap up the entry about nothing. until next time my readerless blog
Well it's my 100th post so some big news for the family. Matt and Paula are having a baby and they made the announcement to us on Sunday it was so cute how they did it they gave my Mom and Dad a gift bag with a onesie in them one said Grandma's Doll and the other said Grandpas my Hero here's the pics from the big announcement.
well not really I just never seem to have anything that interesting to say well this year I'm trying to have a new lease on life a take charge kind of attitude maybe as I start doing some more interesting things I will update my blog more or maybe I won't I guess only time will tell
Lots and Lots of stuff has gone on and I really do a have a lot I could write about and I will, but not tonight tonight I just want to post a pic that I took with my awesome new Nikon D40 Camera. it's of my little Lola of course.
I may be nutty about my animals sometimes, but the reason I like animals so much are that they are Loyal they're innocent little creatures they don't create drama like people do they are forgiving and loving they don't shit around with you like people do people piss me off on a regular basis. Animals however do not.
Just went and got Elvis from the Vet today he had to have his teeth cleaned Elvis is a 16 year old cat I normally wouldn't have had it done if it were just a cleaning, but his teeth were deteriorating and I guess he was in a lot of pain so we couldn't let that continue the vet says Elvis is a very Healthy cat especially for his age he sure doesn't act like an old man cat for the most part. he's a good cat a bit of a troublemaker, but overall a sweet kitty. I was the one who picked him out at the pound when he was a kitten and he called to me then he was sickly and small, but I fell in love I even tried to put him back and go look at other kittens, but as I walked away Elvis stuck his paw outside the cage and started yowling loudly. which maybe would scare some people away because he was loud and obnoxious he still is, but I love him anyway how could you not like Elvis :) here's a picture
I've started a new blog about Lola's Liver problems just for myself to chronicle what's going on and also maybe to help someone googeling liver problems for their dog in some small way here's the link http://lolaspethealth.blogspot.com/
Well just flew back from Florida and boy are my arms tired. hardy har har.. actually I got back yesterday. Mom and I went there to get away for a few days starting on my birthday July 9th-July 13th. It was a great trip the first day we didn't to a lot cause we were tired from getting up at 4AM and flying there we went out to dinner at a place called th Boston Lobster house (or something like that) The next day we went to Universal studios all day and it was lots of fun from the cute ET ride to the to much for Mom Mummy ride it was fun. We went to see the BlueMan group at Universal Studios and let me tell you that is a crazy show it's like nothing I've ever seen before, but it was great definitely go see it if you get the chance in Vegas or wherever. After the show we went and ate at Bubba Gumps we have that here to in MN, but thier Coconut shrimp is delicious so had to go there. The next day in Florida we went to The Beach YAY it was awesome it was a beach called Caledesi island it was literally an island we went to a place in clearwater Florida called Honey Moon Beach State Park from there we took a ferry out to the island on the way out we saw Dolphins in the water and the boat stopped so everyone could get a look so that was great here's a video kinda shaky, but cool to see
The beach itself was just gorgeous white sandy beaches and tons of shells to pick from Also while we were there Dolphins were jumping out of the water just beyond the barriers and everyone on the beach stopped to watch it was definitely awesome to see wild dolphins. The next day we saw dolphins again only this time they were at Sea World SeaWorld was great it's very neat to see all the animals from seal ions and Dolphins to Shamu it's great It was an awesome trip overall I got a sun tan and some relaxation Florida is definitely a good place to visit. Next time I go though I think I'm gonna go back to the Florida Keys just because I haven't been there before. next up a trip to Kentucky for the big family reunion down at Uncle Jeffs house in September!!
Last night I had a weird dream I actually thought it was kind of funny so I thought I'd share it with the one or two people who read my blog. Last night I dreamt that I needed a part time job (in addition to my regular job), So I got a Part time job at Mrs. Fields cookies. (wait I think I already did that in real life) anyway I got the job and in the dream to I had worked there in high school just like in real life. I have today off of work because I have to work Saturday, but in my dream I had to get up to be to Mrs. Fields today at 8:00AM so I get there and the store is not open the gate is down and no one is there now it's my first day back in over 10 years, but somehow I still have a key so I unlock the gate (it actually doesn't have a gate in real life) I digress I go in and freak out because when you open the store you have to be there 2 hours beforehand to bake all the cookies so I rush to the freezer to get the dough and there are barely any frozen cookies left and only 2 different kinds so I pulled them out and was rushing to get them in the oven. ah, but then I woke up so I don't know what happened next. hmm I wonder what this dream means anyone care to dissect it Lol just kidding.
ok so I was watching TV! tonight and I saw this add of this little boy playing baseball saying I'm the greatest batter in the world. I'm the greatest batter in the world and he in fact wasn't, but after the third attempt and he didn't make it he stopped and thought for a minute and said I'm the greatest Pitcher in the world and got a big smile on his face then the message came on the screen optimism pass it on. I thought it was kinda cute, kinda odd. it said brought to you by the foundation for a better life. I was curious so I went online and looked it up. and what I found was this website full of all this positive stuff and since this is the direction I've kind of been moving in being more positive and trying to live to the fullest reading the secret listening to louise hayes kinda deal this fit right in and since there message is pass it on. I thought I would since I found this site they have so much positive stuff on there and such good messages for society in whole. as cheesy as it may be check it out maybe I'm in an odd mood or something, but I'm on the positive vibe so here's a link Foundation for a better life
it was pretty good I'm not a huge Trekkie or anything, but I enjoyed it. it was entertaining. Sat I worked so that stunk, but after work I went to see Legally Blonde with my Mom. and it was a really fun show I'll have the songs in my head for a week I'm sure.
. Sunday went over to my Bros house for a Mothers day brunchHere's the Mommy to be Paula
after Matt and Paula's we took the dogs to Dog Day at with the Saint Paul saints I thought it was pretty fun to see all the people and their dogs my Mom didn't agree she was to cold. also turns out the dogs aren't exactly baseball fans. hmm who knew.
here we are with Scooby and Shaggy. we went Whale watching which turned out to be kind of a mistake because I got a bit sea sick and actually puked over the side of the boat. um yeah gross and embarrassing , but oh well shit happens right. oh and we didn't even see any whales!! We did get to see Sea Lions and Dolphins though so that was good. On Thursday we went to Disneyland which is fun, but sort of wish we had had a better game plan because we missed a lot of stuff they closed at 8PM which is weird if you ask me.
Katelyn just loved anyone in the costume it was cute. our trip wrapped up with a Trip to Malibu
. we also went to Newport Beach while we were there.
and Hollywood
So overall very fun trip.
