Icky

An ugly cloud of sickness has been hanging over our home for months.

Seriously, since mid-October Rob, I or both of us have been under the weather (which translates to being whiny and absolutely no fun), thus not one single thing worth blogging about has happened.

I’ve decided that we’re both going to be feeling better by the time 2011 rolls around so that we can start doing things that are blog worthy. And what I say goes, right?

We'll see.

I never thought I'd see the day...

As hard as it is for me to admit it, I have just got to do it.

I am a proud owner of a Snuggie. Not just any Snuggie, a pink Snuggie.

Yep, gag...that's right...a Snuggie.

The Robster gifted it to me (cuz he ♥'s me), and got himself one in blue. I couldn't bring myself to don it though. I tried to fight it for several days, but Rob kept wearing his and he looked so dang warm, while I was just freezing.

Finally the other day he got sick of hearing me whine about being cold so he pulled my pink Snuggie out of the box and wrapped it around me.

No, surprisingly, my flesh didn't burn at the touch. It actually would have purred if it could. Since that moment we've been nearly inseparable, and I don't see our relationship ending any time soon. I just wish he would've gone with something other than pink. ☺

A night of Science(fiction??)

Earlier this week Rob and I went to check out Bodies...The Exhibition. I was super excited to go, and Rob was a little icked out by the idea of it, but agreed to go anyways.

Since it's right up my field of study, I found the exhibit to be extremely interesting. Rob on the other hand, couldn't wait to get out of there! Since it was still fairly early in the evening, we thought we'd see a movie and grab a quick bite.

I figured since Rob had been such a good sport to tag along with me to see Bodies, I would give in and go see whatever movie he chose...which of course meant that it would be something I probably wouldn't choose on my own. ☺

He didn't let me down. He wanted to see The Fourth Kind. Going into it, I had no idea what it was supposed to be about, so I was completely on edge. It ended up not being as scary as I thought it would be, but it definitely isn't something I'll be seeing again! I am not completely sold on the idea that the story is true, but who am I to say?

Never thought I'd see the day

Ever since being a pet owner I swore that I would never be one of those people who treats their pets like they are their kids by dressing them up and taking pictures of them.

Well, it looks like I might be veering a little in that direction. And I don't like it. Not at all. But my friend tells me that it's happening, so I just need to embrace it.

While at Target I got talked into buying this pumpkin shirt for Jackson. At $5 I thought 'Why not? It'd be good for a laugh.'

Turns out Jackson loves it and doesn't like it when we try to take it off him. Total goober!

Then as I was walking him the other afternoon, I thought it would be cute (ugh, I know!) to take a picture of him in the pretty fall leaves.

At this rate, we'll be doing holiday photos with our pets wearing Santa hats. Don't worry, I won't let it go that far. I've got to put a stop to all this nonsense!! ☺

This week...

My mane got a big chop last night. It makes me a little sad.

My bangs look like they were cut by a right-y kindergartner...with left-y scissors. I am trying to make do. :)

All I keep hearing from people is 'they will grow out soon'.

Thanks.

Oh, and I got walked in on by my boss while taking pictures of my new do.  He laughed at me.  Charming guy he is. :)

On a more positive note...we are heading off to Sin City this weekend to meet up with some friends and family and we are so stinkin' excited!!

Nothing big on the agenda so far...we're crashing at Caesar's and plan to take advantage of the pool.

I am hoping to convince Rob to take me to Phantom, but I am not holding my breath. Apparently, if you've seen it once, there is no reason to go again. I think that's debatable.

Oh, and a Happy Birthday to my bestie (and new neighbor!!!) who turns twenty-something tomorrow!!

We're Melting

It is hot up here.

Like 100* hot.

I know this doesn't sound that bad to a lot of you, but up here in the Pacific Northwest central air or even air conditioning isn't standard for most residences. So yes, it is stinking HOT!!

Last night as Rob and I laid on the floor downstairs with three fans blowing on us we realized we'd be much better off to

a.) be sitting in a cool movie theater

b.) drive around in the car with the air on high

c.) be anywhere but where we were

Since we've seen nearly every movie in the theaters we decided it best to put on our shorts and tanks and head over to Alki Beach.

It was SO much cooler by the water! We took a nice stroll and then had an amazing dinner at Cactus. It used to be a grocery store that was recently transformed into this funky Tex Mex restaurant.

We had a great table *bonus point* that gave us a perfect view of the beach *another bonus point*. Since it was our first time there they gave us some yummy appetizers on the house *that deserves two more bonus points* and the dinner was delish *yep, another bonus point*, so all in all, looks like Cactus has made it was into our regular rotation of restaurants.

We decided to head back home around 9:30, certain that our place would have cooled down to a much more tolerable temperature by then. We walked in the door and felt like we were hit by a heatwave. Ugh!

I've already decided that I will be putting in some time at the mall and then catching a movie after work today so that I don't have to endure any more time that necessary at our residence, which appears to have relocated to the Sun.

I FINALLY get it

On a nearly bi-weekly basis for the past eight plus years I have dragged Rob from store to store where I expect him to flip through racks of clothes with me, give his opinion, then critique each and every piece that I try on and carry it for me once it's been purchased. And get this...he says he doesn't really like it. Shocker, I know!

It's taken years for me to catch on, but last night it really sunk in: shopping isn't fun if you aren't the one doing the shopping.

I'd agreed to accompany Rob while he bought some new suits. It was fun for the first seven and a half minutes...maybe, but then I was done. There wasn't any girl clothing to look at, just suits and ties and shirts and dress shoes and cuff links. Boring! After what seemed like days (it was really just a couple of hours) Rob had selected his suits, gotten fitted for them and paid. I thought I was on the verge of death by boredom.

I now have a new appreciation for all the tolerance he shows when we I go shopping and rather than having to reciprocate, I think it's best that we just shop on our own from now on...for the most part, at least. :)

I should point out that it wasn't a total bust...I did get to see His Handsomeness is some mighty sharp suits, and he did buy me some earrings! Of course, in true Rob fashion, we ended the evening with breakfast-for-dinner at IHOP.

Smelly

For the past day or two I have noticed a bit of an odor in my office. After some sniffing around yesterday I couldn't find the culprit, so I just sprayed some body spray to try and mask it and then forgot about it.

I walked in this morning to the stink of all stinks! It was SO bad!! After pulling my entire office apart, I found the culprit...leftover olives from my lunch...on MONDAY!

I had sampled a mix of olives from the deli olive bar. The ones that didn't go over so well were the ones stuffed with feta, which I chose not to eat. They tasted yucky, and apparently smell even worse after sitting around for a few days. I know that I chucked them into the bin, so I have absolutely NO IDEA how they ended up stuck between my desk and the wall. Makes me wonder what the janitor does in my office after hours.

Rotten olives are now outside in the dumpster and my office is back on it's way to smelling as it should...or at least on it's way back there.

Just my luck

For months I have been whining about not being able to find my eyeglasses. I finally got over it and bought this great new new pair.

The VERY NEXT DAY guess what I found buried in Rob's old gym bag in the garage (along with my other rollerblade!!). That's right, my old glasses!

Really, what were they even doing there!?! I have absolutely no idea and neither did Rob. Oh well, now I have two pairs. :)

Quite the tragedy

My beloved laptop has given up on me. I step away for a couple hours and when I come back her wireless ability is non-existent. An hour and forty seven minutes on the phone with tech support left me with only two choices: mark her DNR and buy another one or send her in for an attempted revival. Me, being the sentimental person I am have decided to ship her off to some strange land for repair and I won't get her back for weeks. She probably won't even recognize me when she returns. Bummer!

Search Party

I cannot locate my glasses. I think I lost them when we moved. Yes, that was over six months ago. I thought I would come across them someday when I wasn’t really looking for them. Funny, but it hasn’t happened yet. I finally decided to buy a new pair but my eye doc won’t give me my prescription…says I need an exam first. What a racket this eye game is! Maybe I will just keep looking for my glasses…I never wear them anyways. Oh, boo.

***Sidenote: Blogger spellcheck is total garbage!!!***

Feeling like a teenager again

I have grown a third eye. Right between my existing two. In the form of a pimple. Ugh! I shuddered as I typed that...I am so embarrassed. Aren't I past the age of this!?! I think it might look more inconspicuous if I were to plaster on one of these and attempt to pass it off as a 'sports' injury.

I told Rob I felt like a unicorn. Instead of reassuring me, he laughed. Guess it really is that bad. I am traumatized. Do Dermatologists make office visits? I am too horrified to step out of mine.

Happy Monday.

What's with all of the NOISE!?!

Last week I was thrilled about all of the leaves falling outside my office window. Today I have realized a major downside of that...leaf blowers.

Especially when there are three of them being operated outside my window while I am in the middle of a VERY, VERY, VERY (really, 3 very's are in order!) important conference call. Argh!

Oh well...Happy Friday!

Taking advantage of my LONG commute

Although I love to gripe to Rob about the long commute I have to work now that we have moved, there is an upside to it. I have a lot of time in the car and I have been using it to listen to books on tape/cd. While I love to read, I just really don't have much time to do it. I have just finished a book called 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult (one of my favorite authors!) and am starting another book called Joy School by Elizabeth Berg. The voice of the woman that reads it bothers me, so I think that I might have to switch to another book for now. The next one that I have in line is Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. He is known for his lenghtly novels. I have always wanted to read this book, but the thickness of it has put me off. Now that I have nothing better to do, I figure I ought to give it a listen.

I cannot believe that June is over!

The month has just flown by. The weather up here has been heating up quite a bit. It has been in the 90's these past couple of days. Rob doesn't so much mind the heat, but I cannot stand it. I would definitely rather be cold than hot. I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to go to Las Vegas over the 4th...they are in the 100's. Crazy! This week is going to be a short work week for me and I couldn't be happier. I didn't go into work today (I had to take today off to have an endoscopy) and then Friday we go to Vegas...this week should be a breeze!