Monthly Archives: November 2007

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The Scenery

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MK finally took me on a great tour of where we live.

Here are the pictures.

We went to the La Jolla Beach, drove through more mansions (that’s kind of what they all are here) and up to Mt. Soledad, a really amazing view of the coast from La Jolla to Pacific Beach and back around to the city skyline.

We drove through Old Town, which we’ll have to explore more, and drove over the giant bridge to Coronado, which wasn’t as amazingly ritzy as I had imagined but was still very nice. I wouldn’t say no if you bought me a place there. The beach is incredible, and we could squint and make out pirate ships, which we had to go home and look up immediately. If we ever make any friends down here, we’re throwing a pirate ship party.

I have slightly mentioned to my nomadic husband that I might be perfectly FINE if this is where I end up for a substantial amount of time, we’ll have to see how that goes. The downtown area is super cool. Balboa Park is always crowded but full of things to do. Taking a vacation when we’ve only been here a week put a bump in our exploring, but we’ll see more soon.

NANO TOTAL: 9900 words.
NaBlo Day 20: Check.

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One Load Of Laundry

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And an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. That is, at 1pm, the extent of my accomplishments for the day. My house smells like a cigarette factory and looks like 400 people came to a party and emptied their pockets of loose change, receipts, and gum wrappers, followed by roaming monkeys throwing clothes at each other.

I have so much to tell you internet, but first I have to find the camera to do the pictures, fumigate my house, and wash all my clothes. Oh, and eat and stuff. I promise once I can feel my feet and my eyes can stay open I will catch you up on some truly fantastic adventures. Don’t be mad if that isn’t until next week sometime, it means the stories are that good…

I take full responsibility for the cheaty-ness of this post.

i'm so excited
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NANO TOTAL: 9900 words. Considering quitting.
NaBlo Day 19: Check. Much more manageable than a book.

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What A Week

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Can’t wait to hear more? Too bad, I’m wiped out. This is all you get:
Austin = great. Vegas = great.

Of course our flight was delayed coming back from Vegas.

lame

lame


I’m pretty sure I’ve never gotten out of there on time. They figure you’re too hungover to notice. I had to defend my Patriots in the airport instead of sleeping. Haters. If it makes you happy, in the meantime, you can head over here and see all the celebrities that came out for my trip to Vegas:

Planet Hollywood Opening

NANO TOTAL: 9900 words. That’s worse than nothing, really.
NaBlo Day 18: Check.

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Coming Soon – The Thankful Challenge

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What a neat idea. As suggested here, I’m going to make a list of 100 things that I am thankful for and reveal it to you around Thanksgiving. It’s under construction, and not as easy as I thought, even though I have everything in the world to be thankful for. I’m having issues with putting “mom” three times and trying not to brag. And being too silly. Thankful I’m not a turkey?

😉

We are all so blessed and I think this is a fun way to spread the love and happiness this holiday. Stay tuned!

 

NANO TOTAL: 9900 words.
NaBlo Day 17: Check.

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The Little Things

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If you’re visiting – click here for information. It’s a list game. You can do it.

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Five Things I Love About the Holidays:

  1. Cheating on my diet.
  2. Seeing friends and family.
  3. Parades.
  4. TV specials.
  5. Endless eggnog and fruitcake jokes.

eggnog
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NANO TOTAL: 9900 words.
NaBlo Day 16: Check.

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What’s Missing

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They thought this was an exhaustive list? They forgot one important thing.

Survive Anything

I’ll give you a hint…


www.wdr.de

Hey, you thought I could go an entire NaBloPoMo month without a zombie post? It’s not possible!

NANO TOTAL: 9900 words.
NaBlo Day 15: Check.

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The Nickname Stuck

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The stop in Vegas on the way home from Austin where I meet the husband is a redo of this one, last year.

These people are our San Diego friends, to whom I’m still “the Firecracker”. No one remembers why, but still thinks it’s hilarious. I’ll take it, I’ve been called worse (!)
I love, love, love Vegas, and am happier that I am closer to it than ever. I could spend every other weekend there. I found some hilarious Vegas tips over at Pointless Banter:

Games to Play in Vegas
and
More Truths About Vegas

I added the game from my last trip in the comments, we were celebrity look alike hunting. I found a guy that looked like Flavor Flav, which sent us into fits of laughter. Priceless. One of my favorite times to go is the Super Bowl. Then men and money and cigars and excitement at the sports book is classic. Everyone has a good Vegas story, or should.

I enjoyed the pool at the MGM very much, especially the lazy river wrestling show.

mgm grand pool lazy river
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What’s your Vegas story?

NANO TOTAL: 9900 words.
NaBlo Day 14: Check.

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The Boss Of You

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What’s that behind you? Did you see something? I think it was black…could it be the BlogNinjas? They are the crazy internet group behind the MTC. The members rock the blogosphere in varying degrees, and can sneak up behind you in a moments notice.You can join the clandestine group after undergoing a severe and heavily scrutinized Blog Ninja review that verifies your actual existence and BN worthiness (basically, we read your blog). Post an entry, vote, maybe win, and you may be selecting the next topic. It’s like a blog party. Click here to join. So without further ado, Mr President won my challenge and selected this topic:

If you were President/Prime Minister for a day, with the power to do absolutely anything (Supreme Court? What Supreme Court?), what would you do and why?

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I told husband I’d outlaw fanny packs. It’s an old but good story- why this is so hilarious to me. He tells me there aren’t enough fanny pack wearers for this to be funny. So then I though, maybe outlaw Uggs, or Crocs, or something else I don’t like – but that’s too easy. Exercise? Stop eating fast food? How about no more reality television? There are too many easy jokes.

Wouldn’t the world be a better place if it was free internet for all? If we hit people in the head that littered? Maybe corporations had to donate X dollars to schooling? There are too many little choices. It’d have to be big. Giant. MAJOR.

I’ve got it: no more socks and sandals.

This might even get me re-elected for another day.

Here are your other voting options:

Leaf – Read More
Scott – Read More
BunGirl – Read More
Grumpamoose – Read More

from Reason to Freedom (4 entries)
Peter Namtvedt – Read More
Bob Bachus – Read More
Michelle L. – Read More
MJ Taylor – Read More

Jayne – Read More
Zybron – Read More
lonelygurl – Read More
TooBIG – Read More
An Honest Woman – Read More
Stepford Mom – Read More
ShadyLady – Read More
Debaloo – Read More
Jan – Read More

cooltext65404898.gif to vote for your favorite.
NANO TOTAL: 9800 words.
NaBlo Day 13: Check.

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Forced Against My Will

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I’ve been tagged, which is blog-speak for forced against my will to provide you with substandard about me blog content. Just kidding…

Ben AND Jayne made me do it.

The rules of are:

  • Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
  • Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.
  • Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
  • Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

Without further ado: 7 CRAZY Facts About Me You DON’T Know.
Unless maybe you’re my mother…

  1. I am rather certain that the only real piece of published work out there is my Letter to the Editor from 9th grade regarding the allegation of unfair judging practices at a regional cheer leading competition I was involved in.
  2. I am missing a tooth. I had to have one removed right before we left Austin, which required an implant replacement I never followed up on. I might never be able to fix that, I should probably find out. It’s one I need to chew.
  3. When I was little I was picked on for reading at recess so horribly that I threw a lunch box (a hard plastic one) at a girl and hit her in the head. I think I broke her glasses. This is important since it’s the only time I hit something I was aiming at, and I learned fighting back was okay when I wasn’t grounded, since the brat clearly deserved it.
  4. I always sneeze twice. Like, at a time. I also sneeze super loud, and contrary to what you may think, it is not on purpose. I can not control it.
  5. I worry sometimes about repeating myself on my blog and someone calling me out on it by pouring over my history. I also delete posts when I think of a friend that MIGHT be bothered by anything in it. I think that breaks some blogger’s code.
  6. I recently bought my husband some of those pencils that you use and pull out and put in the top and get a new tip (called push pencils) and pretended it was a gift just so I could have one.
  7. In between the two best roommates in the world, I had a bipolar psycho one that ran out of town after not paying rent (etc. etc.) by stealing one of her friends car. She’s the only person off the top of my head that I think I would try to kill if I ran into.

SO, now you know things you didn’t need to. Here’s my list of poor unfortunate souls:

Rampant Random Rantings
The Blind Leading The Blind
The Misadventures Of Me
Bucees Rules
Mrs. Blogoway
The Cryptic Philosopher
Snippy

NANO TOTAL: 9800 words.
NaBlo Day 12: Check.

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The Whole Problem

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There’s a simple, simple answer – why I’m sucking so bad this year. And it’s not spending all my time at the beach, it’s been a little gray this week.
I’m missing my ugly grandpa writing sweater! Remember this post? Last year, I went out and got a Hemingway-esque writing aide. Yes, it was itchy and hideous, but it obviously worked. And this year, I’m not working. I think it’s because my sweater is miles and miles away, stored away in a box, itching things around it, and not helping me write. I need to blame something.

writing sweater

NANO TOTAL: 7869 words.
NaBlo Day 11: Check.