Snarky Kisses - Part 2

Fabulous Friday!

May 6, 2011

1. What I love most about my home is everything about it in general… for a town home. When we started looking for a house to buy, we initially said no to a town home because we have a German Shepherd and we wanted a place for him to run. However, things change and we decided for our first place that a town home would be just fine, provided we find the right one. We looked originally at several houses but most of the houses we looked at were either short sales or foreclosures and trashed and we didn’t have the money to put into the ones that were trashed. The ones that were short sales, we had our offer accepted by one home that we loved and then we pulled our offer on this one because we found the one we’re in now. Looking back, I’m so glad we did what we did… we found a place with three bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (GASP! I get my own bathroom, no dealing with Chris!), attached 2 car garage, a patio, and open floor plan, it wasn’t a short sale or foreclosure and it was only on the market for a few days and our offer was accepted the same day, only two hours later! AND, it only needed paint, oh and we have some awesome neighbors right next to us! For now it’s perfect and I’m fortunate to have something to call my own.

2. I’m excited because tomorrow is the Sugarland concert and also Little Big Town and Matt Nathanson with Nikki, who lives right next door. Love her! So excited to go, especially considering I haven’t been to a concert in a few years! :)

3. My preferred method for blowing off steam when I’m frustrated is down right yelling… or something, I don’t know. Honestly it really depends on the situation; usually I’m one to just try to look at the positive or try to understand the reason behind my frustration. Although in times when I get really irritated, I tend to either a) be quiet and not say much of anything b) get online and write/read blogs c) play stupid game on iPhone or d) get up and go somewhere, walk somewhere, or cuddle with my puppy. :)

4. Currently I am craving nothing right now, actually. Well, maybe some warmer May weather instead of these 40-50 degree days. It did hit the mid 60′s yesterday so that was nice and today it’s supposed to hit 70s!

5. The thing I love most about my mom is that she gets me and understands why I do what I do… she supports whatever I choose and she is always encouraging no matter what the problem is. She is cute, stylish and always smiling… and I couldn’t ask for a better person to call my mom. I love her, big as the sky!

6. If I was going to write a book about my life, the title would be “Looking at the positive in order to understand the negative.”

7. If I were to eat one thing for the rest of eternity it would be probably something to the effect of something sweet like macadamia nut cookies from Subway. Haha, love those… and let’s pretend that rest of eternity thing doesn’t have to be healthy. K?

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Thought Provoking

April 5, 2011

I was searching on Google for something about questions to answer, questions to ask, etc, and I ended up on a blog with a TON of inspirational, awesome topics. I happened to see a post titled 25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking Questions and I knew I had to post about it. I started looking around on the blog itself and realized on the sidebar all the many awesome posts I have yet to read. These were listed in a category, “Hot Posts” so I assume I’m not the only one that loves these!

This blog also links to a site called Makes Me think and What Money Cannot Buy.

Makes Me Think (MMT)
is a blog where people can sign up and submit whatever they want, usually thoughtful short stories of something significant happening in their life. Here are a few written yesterday and today by various people.

“Today, as I sat alone in the barracks just before sunrise in Afghanistan, I realized it isn’t death that I fear most. It’s the thought of my two little girls struggling to grow up without a father the same way I did that makes me cry and MMT.”

“Today, in my father’s final moments just before he became too weak to speak, he said, “I know it’s silly to say, but I wish I could kiss your mother just one last time.” My mother died from cancer 10 years ago when both my parents were in their late 60′s.”

“Today, about a month after our townhouse burned to the ground with all of our stuff in it, I realized the thing that has affected me most is the fact that my husband and I owned far too many useless, wasteful objects that we never used. We miss very few of them.”

“Today, whoever robbed our apartment last week returned the DV video tape that was in our camcorder by leaving it in our mailbox. The tape contains the birth of our son and the final moments I spent with my dad in the hospital before he passed away last month. MMT”

What Money Cannot Buy (WMCB)
is also a blog where people can sign up and submit whatever they want, and it’s often something quick, powerful, priceless and simple. Here are a few written by various people.

“Immediately finding the start to a roll of tape.”

“Getting a big FedEx or UPS package that you weren’t expecting.”

“Picking someone up curbside at the airport on the first try without having to loop around the terminal.”

“The huge sense of relief when you find your cell phone after you think you lost it.”

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I’m going to post about these things coming up… all of the topics listed above in the bullet points. I suggest you go read the blog Marc and Angel, it’s encouraging and inspiring and if anything, always gives you a topic to write about if you’re having trouble with thinking up something.

Stay tuned for my next post which will be all about 25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking Questions.

Stay well.

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It’s a Problem, shut up.

March 22, 2011

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a problem… I have lots of problems, mentally and physically. Hell, we all have problems.

I'm going to write today about two of my absolute worst habits, ever. These two things probably rank right up on the "top ten worst things about me" list.

Picking. Plucking. Biting.

Those three words define my problem.

I have a pair of tweezers at work, one or two in my desk, one by my bedside and one in a dish in the livingroom. I also have 3 small handheld magnetic mirrors.

I have PCOS so I'm already hairy, eh.

But…this… THIS IS EXTREME. It is a problem and it drives Chris CRAZY!

I'm not kidding.

I was googling the other day about why I do some of the things I do… well whatever, I'll just write them out now.

1. Constantly tweezing my eyebrows and chin and feeling for more hair… them pesky little buggers can pop up and grow within seconds, I SWEAR. And, don't even tell me you're thinking, "Oh my Gawd, GROSS, she has chin hair?" Cause I know you have them too… and you can't tell me otherwise. I do it at home, sitting on the couch (drives Chris crazy, honestly CRAZY), riding in the car, sitting at my desk, laying in bed, anywhere and everywhere… but rarely in front of a bathroom mirror. The normal lighting of a bathroom isn't very good… so I opt to only use my little magnifying mirror that suctions to the back of my iPhone and then I turn on my flash light and get to work. Seriously, try it… best magnifying light you'll ever have.

2. Biting my nails and cuticles… hot, huh? I've always been guilty of nail biting since I was a wee one… I do it when I have anxiety or when I'm nervous… or even boredom. I hate being somewhere and near someone who is biting their nails and I hear that biting, clippy, snippy, teeth clacking noise… it sends my back to shivers, literally… I want to just yell to them, "STOP! STOPPPPPPPP!!!!!" and I then I stop and think… "DO I DO THAT?" and chances are I do… unfortunately… still, gross. Biting Cuticles too… how disgusting is this? But I can't help it. I've been trying to put lotion on my hands more now to avoid the feeling of wanting to "just get that little sharp piece of dry skin!" It's kind of a lost cause and I've had bleeding cuticles and hang nails more than I can count. Gross.

3. Picking at My Face…even hotter, right? I know, awesome, right? I nearly go into convulsions when Chris has a zit on his back that I can pop. It's like a victory lap after I just ran a race when I see one and I get to pop it. I never used to be like this with him and other people's zits because, uh, EW? You should have seen me the first time he asked me to do it… I looked at him in disgust. Then though, there was something so fiercly liberating at the thought of squeezing that pimple until it POPS! BLAHT! "YESssssssssss! Success!!! GOT IT!!" You know how they say not to pick at your face pimples or whiteheads and to just let them pop or release or whatever on their own? NO EFFING WAY am I walking around work with a big whitehead on my cheek. But then again, I think it's okay to walk around with a big red scabby thing, so I guess, maybe I'm not really doing myself a favor?

I'm not afraid to admit these three things because I KNOW I'm not the only one out there that does the same thing… right? RIGHT?

Back to this internet research thing.

So I was searching a little and came across this forum at TotallyADD.com. Let me let you in on a little secret…. I TOTALLY get what they're saying. EVERYTHING. I've got the SAME PROBLEMS! THE SAME!! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!

And I don't know if that makes me feel any worse or any better… other than, uh, I'm glad I'm not the only one.

What are your worst habits that you really don't want to admit? Come on, I just told you three disgusting ones that I have… you should share yours too. Especially if any of them are the same as mine!

COME ON, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

Pretty please?

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