Showing posts with label nubblynubbins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nubblynubbins. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
For Obvious and Hidden Reasons....
The original version by Ben Harper is really nice acoustical jam...but this one is softer and still cool too. Our little family. The three of us.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Evidence
....this is what it is like to be married to a nerd. You walk upstairs and find a lair of cords.
Also, this only scratches the mere cord-surface of the multitude of cordage we possess. There are boxes (as you can see in the picture) and vast pits of cords you can find in this household. Which is why I find it hilarious every time we have to purchase a new cord to hook something up - If only the nerd could macguyver this whole cord system up (duct tape?) and connect everything we ever needed to connect again.
hmmmmm.....then again it IS really nice to be able to watch computer stuff on our big TV. Way to go you awesome, cord purchasing, hooker-upper, nerdy husband. Yeah.
Monday, November 17, 2008
4 x 4 blog to your brain
1. Our house loan was FINALLY approved. At least over the phone. We still haven't gotten any official-lookin-documents in the mail. Yargh. Closing should be 11/28. We should be finding some sweet deal on a new computer for me early morning, closing on the house late morning, and jetting up north in the afternoon. That is, if N hasn't gotten a deer dead yet. Sorry for the hunting reference.... It's WI, and it happens. (The worst is driving along the highways and seeing animals hanging off the back of vehicles these next couple of weekends.)
2. It was the unofficial anniversary with the N last week. Yessirree, 6 years since the day we met and never parted. (Yeah, we're "one of those" couples that become inseperable from day 1). It's also been 3 years since the day I was proposed to on the top of Lebanon at a waterfall. A waterfall where, mythologically speaking, Aphrodite and Adonis shared their first kiss and "love began." Looking back, I would have wanted to shout YESSSS to the entire country and to the heavens above....instead I cried/mumbled/gasped out a meager 'yes'. So, anyway, I tend to get a little moopsy schmoopsy around this day every year. The man will never officially admit he gets a little moopsy romantical around this time of the year, but I think I could attest to some extra sparkles of romance.
3. "Sfoofie, if you were born to Sarah Palin, your name would be: Krinkle Bearcat Palin"
*giggles*
aaaand I giggled extra because the certain current job I'm in allows me to see what parents are naming their childrens lately. Let's just say I noticed that some parent had named their kids the following*:
(* names have been altered because I don't want to lose my job!)
- Pepper
- Paprika
- Chandmuth
- Cayenne
....aaaand Katie. Now, I'm not sure how I would feel if I were "Katie" in this scenario. Thankful? Or left out?
4. Oh, peoples, let me tell you a thing about "job satisfaction." I HAS IT!! I finally has it!!! ohboyohboyohboy, tis a great thing.
Peace out fwiendz.
2. It was the unofficial anniversary with the N last week. Yessirree, 6 years since the day we met and never parted. (Yeah, we're "one of those" couples that become inseperable from day 1). It's also been 3 years since the day I was proposed to on the top of Lebanon at a waterfall. A waterfall where, mythologically speaking, Aphrodite and Adonis shared their first kiss and "love began." Looking back, I would have wanted to shout YESSSS to the entire country and to the heavens above....instead I cried/mumbled/gasped out a meager 'yes'. So, anyway, I tend to get a little moopsy schmoopsy around this day every year. The man will never officially admit he gets a little moopsy romantical around this time of the year, but I think I could attest to some extra sparkles of romance.
3. "Sfoofie, if you were born to Sarah Palin, your name would be: Krinkle Bearcat Palin"
*giggles*
aaaand I giggled extra because the certain current job I'm in allows me to see what parents are naming their childrens lately. Let's just say I noticed that some parent had named their kids the following*:
(* names have been altered because I don't want to lose my job!)
- Pepper
- Paprika
- Chandmuth
- Cayenne
....aaaand Katie. Now, I'm not sure how I would feel if I were "Katie" in this scenario. Thankful? Or left out?
4. Oh, peoples, let me tell you a thing about "job satisfaction." I HAS IT!! I finally has it!!! ohboyohboyohboy, tis a great thing.
Peace out fwiendz.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Filed under: Cannot be left alone for a weekend
"At one point I was eating peanut butter with a pen"
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Bad Habits
My dear aunty dauntingly posted her bad habits, so I guess I'm inspired to post my own. You will not see any bad habits of my husband as that subject is termed illegal** by said husband
** "Where?" I wanted to ask. Thinking if it was legal in Slovakia to post them, I'd have a strong urge to google "day trips to Slovakia" and post from there! Oh wait, I don't think I can even reference that he has any bad habits! He's perfect. The End!
Here goes ten of mine I can think of...
1. Number one will always be that I HATE doing dishes. I will put of doing dishes as long as possible...soaking them, rinsing them, doing everything but washing them. I do know I am allergic to soaps and household cleaning products and I think some aversion was born because of that. And, no, I'm not just making up an allergy to put off doing the dishes. There was a summer job in Door County once that made me wash dishes and I was sneezing and miserable I told them to hire someone else. I was blessed in college by a roomate who would always do the dishes. Hey, I made up for it by being a great friend to her.
I have become amazingly better since all other stressors in my life were cleared up. Dishes are done on an almost daily basis and I've learned to use my dishwasher when needed. Just ask The N...oh wait, that's illegal :D
2. I am horrible about sending mail/letters/etc. I have tons of blank cards and postcards purchased for birthdays, aniversarys, "thinking of you", "miss you", etc. I don't quite know how to resolve this. I am trying to send more emails out to family and friends or make quality phone calls. I hope everyone out there knows they really do have a card here with their name on it.... I just have to resolve myself to correcting this bad habit.
3. I have TONS of beauty products in TONS of bins in my bathroom. I have gone through and thrown away stuff, but it is hard. I have 4 different kinds of mousses and about 16 other types of hair products. It is so difficult for me to find a good hair product as I have the "weirdest" hair ever. I have super curly hair, but it is pretty thin and fine. I can't put a heavy product in it to tame the curls, but I can't put in a light product or I will have clown hair. Hence, I am constantly trying out new beauty products to resolve hair situations. Currently I use (wow, this has like 14 different names) "EXTREME STYLE VO5 CURVACEOUS CURLS STYLING MOUSSE 24HR HUMIDITY RESISTANCE" and it works pretty well. I also use very little lotion (hey, maybe that's a bad habit: "needs to use lotion more") but have tons of bottles around.
4. I am an addict to buying towels, pillows, and blankets. I've curbed this addiction since I feel a tad more settled in life, but at some points it could be ridiculous. I have an insane fear of having a household of guests needing to spend a night and not having any bedding for them. I think I'm good now...wanna have a sleepover?
5. I am a generally messy person. (laugh, mom, laugh.) I LOVE clean spaces, but I'm just generally laid back *cough, lazy, cough* and can't always grasp at really cleaning all the time. The good news is that our main bathroom (the one not cluttered with tons of beauty products) is ALWAYS clean. It is the one room that will always be clean. One thing I know is that there is NO such thing as having a "perfect" house where every room will be perfectly clean. So, ahem, back off.
6. I am always forgetting stuff behind when I stay somewhere. Sweatshirt put under a chair at a basketball game? lost. Backpack filled with all of my homework desperately needed in college? Left behind at home. (my mom really had to UPS it to me) I will go over and over and over in my head where I set things down, but always seem to forget something. This is a bad habit that has gotten me in trouble (backpack incident, cell phones left places, etc). LUCKILY, this has gotten better. And, oddly, I am not scatterbrained about keys or other items.
7. I talk on the phone and use up our cell phone minutes... this takes away from time N has calling his family. Across an ocean. D'oh.
8. I can be really really competitive...not at family games or sports, but in school and work. I always did the best in classes where I had a close friend to compete with. This was usually kept to myself, but I would always feel so much better if I got a better grade.
9. I've discovered recently that I haven't been paying much attention to the news. It was always a regular thing to read the news online during my lunch period at work with follow up news checks in the evening at home. All of a sudden last week the N wanted to talk to me about a news story and I had to admit I didn't know about it. "YOU DIDN'T KNOW SOME GUY TRAPPED HIS KID IN A BASEMENT FORCING HER TO HAVE OTHER KIDS AND THOSE KIDS HAVEN'T SEEN DAYLIGHT IN 19 YEARS?" Yep, reality check.
10. I will eat things I know will upset my stomach. 'nuff said.
Coming up in this week's programming schedule:
- One, two, three hours at a DMV: Logging the outrage.
- Top Chef Wedding Wars Better Be Good: I-Team Investigates.
- A jukebox dedication to my Mom: Makes baby kittens perched on rainbows smile
- Scheduled debate: In which countries should blogging about a husband be legal?
** "Where?" I wanted to ask. Thinking if it was legal in Slovakia to post them, I'd have a strong urge to google "day trips to Slovakia" and post from there! Oh wait, I don't think I can even reference that he has any bad habits! He's perfect. The End!
Here goes ten of mine I can think of...
1. Number one will always be that I HATE doing dishes. I will put of doing dishes as long as possible...soaking them, rinsing them, doing everything but washing them. I do know I am allergic to soaps and household cleaning products and I think some aversion was born because of that. And, no, I'm not just making up an allergy to put off doing the dishes. There was a summer job in Door County once that made me wash dishes and I was sneezing and miserable I told them to hire someone else. I was blessed in college by a roomate who would always do the dishes. Hey, I made up for it by being a great friend to her.
I have become amazingly better since all other stressors in my life were cleared up. Dishes are done on an almost daily basis and I've learned to use my dishwasher when needed. Just ask The N...oh wait, that's illegal :D
2. I am horrible about sending mail/letters/etc. I have tons of blank cards and postcards purchased for birthdays, aniversarys, "thinking of you", "miss you", etc. I don't quite know how to resolve this. I am trying to send more emails out to family and friends or make quality phone calls. I hope everyone out there knows they really do have a card here with their name on it.... I just have to resolve myself to correcting this bad habit.
3. I have TONS of beauty products in TONS of bins in my bathroom. I have gone through and thrown away stuff, but it is hard. I have 4 different kinds of mousses and about 16 other types of hair products. It is so difficult for me to find a good hair product as I have the "weirdest" hair ever. I have super curly hair, but it is pretty thin and fine. I can't put a heavy product in it to tame the curls, but I can't put in a light product or I will have clown hair. Hence, I am constantly trying out new beauty products to resolve hair situations. Currently I use (wow, this has like 14 different names) "EXTREME STYLE VO5 CURVACEOUS CURLS STYLING MOUSSE 24HR HUMIDITY RESISTANCE" and it works pretty well. I also use very little lotion (hey, maybe that's a bad habit: "needs to use lotion more") but have tons of bottles around.
4. I am an addict to buying towels, pillows, and blankets. I've curbed this addiction since I feel a tad more settled in life, but at some points it could be ridiculous. I have an insane fear of having a household of guests needing to spend a night and not having any bedding for them. I think I'm good now...wanna have a sleepover?
5. I am a generally messy person. (laugh, mom, laugh.) I LOVE clean spaces, but I'm just generally laid back *cough, lazy, cough* and can't always grasp at really cleaning all the time. The good news is that our main bathroom (the one not cluttered with tons of beauty products) is ALWAYS clean. It is the one room that will always be clean. One thing I know is that there is NO such thing as having a "perfect" house where every room will be perfectly clean. So, ahem, back off.
6. I am always forgetting stuff behind when I stay somewhere. Sweatshirt put under a chair at a basketball game? lost. Backpack filled with all of my homework desperately needed in college? Left behind at home. (my mom really had to UPS it to me) I will go over and over and over in my head where I set things down, but always seem to forget something. This is a bad habit that has gotten me in trouble (backpack incident, cell phones left places, etc). LUCKILY, this has gotten better. And, oddly, I am not scatterbrained about keys or other items.
7. I talk on the phone and use up our cell phone minutes... this takes away from time N has calling his family. Across an ocean. D'oh.
8. I can be really really competitive...not at family games or sports, but in school and work. I always did the best in classes where I had a close friend to compete with. This was usually kept to myself, but I would always feel so much better if I got a better grade.
9. I've discovered recently that I haven't been paying much attention to the news. It was always a regular thing to read the news online during my lunch period at work with follow up news checks in the evening at home. All of a sudden last week the N wanted to talk to me about a news story and I had to admit I didn't know about it. "YOU DIDN'T KNOW SOME GUY TRAPPED HIS KID IN A BASEMENT FORCING HER TO HAVE OTHER KIDS AND THOSE KIDS HAVEN'T SEEN DAYLIGHT IN 19 YEARS?" Yep, reality check.
10. I will eat things I know will upset my stomach. 'nuff said.
Coming up in this week's programming schedule:
- One, two, three hours at a DMV: Logging the outrage.
- Top Chef Wedding Wars Better Be Good: I-Team Investigates.
- A jukebox dedication to my Mom: Makes baby kittens perched on rainbows smile
- Scheduled debate: In which countries should blogging about a husband be legal?
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Today's Revelations
* I dont like peeling oranges. I like cutting them into wedges and eating the delicious part out of the skin.
* Eating oranges made me happy
* Static electricity at the gym is scary. Kept shocking my poor left ear!!
* The internet is an endless resource for learning about static electricity. I think I've cured what the problems were (dry skin, fresh laundered clothes, dry air, cold morning, dry shoes)
* Gimme Arabic bread (thin pita) and melted mozzarella and I am a happy woman
* Pineapple scented things are totally ruined when they contain other totally not necessary scents like coconut. Or mandarin orange. Or "tropical" artificial scents. WHY CAN'T IT JUST BE PINEAPPLE?
--> sidenote: Boo to yankee candle for discontinuing pineapple paradise. That scent was the only reason I ever bought from them...and was the BEST smelling thing EVAR.
* I can totally tune out anything when I'm reading a book.
* Tuning everything out while reading a book is fabulous.
* There is a big crack in our wall that I never noticed
* I really do love and appreciate all my friends
* A band from college that I know totally got 5000 times better with the changeup of the lead singer. I've told the guitarist that they've needed a new lead singer for YEARS. To know how much better they sound now is pretty gratifying
* I need to do dishes. yuck.
* The apartment really is a lot better now that I'm around a lot more
* I don't miss taking a billion phone calls a day and solving horrid insurance cases.
* I keep dreaming about past jobs I've held.
* I dream a lot. and a lot more vividly than most people. I had a dream this week containing some random person from high school. Then I get a message from his wife (who I also went to high school with) that they are expecting a baby girl. So random that I had a dream and an important announcement involving the same RANDOM person.
* Even when I have access to all the cable channels at the gym, I always seem to end up watching a channel I get at home. I'm just used to all the food network, bravo, style, and women's channel entertainment.
* I can't wait until I can go play tennis, go for a bike ride, have a picnic, BE OUTSIDE AND NOT BE COLD, go for morning walks, golf, etc
* I've set my goals for tomorrow: dishes, buying soil to start the patio garden, going to a strength class at the Y, and going through one cupboard in the kitchen to match containers to covers.
* I can't bring myself to get rid of the bridal magazines. Why?
* Enchanted is a delightful movie
* Cuddling and watching Enchanted is the best
* I definitely know which kind of contact lenses I'm going with. I was given two sets to try out and one is a ton better than the ones I'm wearing today.
* You don't need to have a fancy camera to take a good picture
* I love my bestest friend
* Eating oranges made me happy
* Static electricity at the gym is scary. Kept shocking my poor left ear!!
* The internet is an endless resource for learning about static electricity. I think I've cured what the problems were (dry skin, fresh laundered clothes, dry air, cold morning, dry shoes)
* Gimme Arabic bread (thin pita) and melted mozzarella and I am a happy woman
* Pineapple scented things are totally ruined when they contain other totally not necessary scents like coconut. Or mandarin orange. Or "tropical" artificial scents. WHY CAN'T IT JUST BE PINEAPPLE?
--> sidenote: Boo to yankee candle for discontinuing pineapple paradise. That scent was the only reason I ever bought from them...and was the BEST smelling thing EVAR.
* I can totally tune out anything when I'm reading a book.
* Tuning everything out while reading a book is fabulous.
* There is a big crack in our wall that I never noticed
* I really do love and appreciate all my friends
* A band from college that I know totally got 5000 times better with the changeup of the lead singer. I've told the guitarist that they've needed a new lead singer for YEARS. To know how much better they sound now is pretty gratifying
* I need to do dishes. yuck.
* The apartment really is a lot better now that I'm around a lot more
* I don't miss taking a billion phone calls a day and solving horrid insurance cases.
* I keep dreaming about past jobs I've held.
* I dream a lot. and a lot more vividly than most people. I had a dream this week containing some random person from high school. Then I get a message from his wife (who I also went to high school with) that they are expecting a baby girl. So random that I had a dream and an important announcement involving the same RANDOM person.
* Even when I have access to all the cable channels at the gym, I always seem to end up watching a channel I get at home. I'm just used to all the food network, bravo, style, and women's channel entertainment.
* I can't wait until I can go play tennis, go for a bike ride, have a picnic, BE OUTSIDE AND NOT BE COLD, go for morning walks, golf, etc
* I've set my goals for tomorrow: dishes, buying soil to start the patio garden, going to a strength class at the Y, and going through one cupboard in the kitchen to match containers to covers.
* I can't bring myself to get rid of the bridal magazines. Why?
* Enchanted is a delightful movie
* Cuddling and watching Enchanted is the best
* I definitely know which kind of contact lenses I'm going with. I was given two sets to try out and one is a ton better than the ones I'm wearing today.
* You don't need to have a fancy camera to take a good picture
* I love my bestest friend
Friday, January 18, 2008
fantabulous chillaxin....
A cute evening:
Me: Lemondroptini
Him: Blue Kamikaze
Silly conversation ensues
Me: Frenchtini
Him: Appletini
Even sillier conversation ensues
Home. Playin computer games. Crushing on my boy.
Sleep.
Me: Lemondroptini
Him: Blue Kamikaze
Silly conversation ensues
Me: Frenchtini
Him: Appletini
Even sillier conversation ensues
Home. Playin computer games. Crushing on my boy.
Sleep.
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