Run AWAY From “The Border”

So, as the Cool Girls II group was gathering around Shana the Beautiful’s pool last week, Aggie had herself some lunch from Toxic Hell. I invited myself to a bite of her nachos (I know I wasn’t hungry, but those nachos just looked so good!) and they were awesome! Ever since, I’ve been having foodie flashbacks from Summer 1993. The one in which I taught community ed classes and had lunch at “the Border” every day. Two burritos (NO ONIONS!) and a Mtn. Dew.

After my haircut this morning I was going to spend the afternoon at StB’s all by my lonesome since she was gone to the Oakland Zoo and I am privileged enough to have a house key. Today was a day for TAN! That is, until I made the fateful mistake of going to Taco Hell for lunch.

2 1/2 hours of sleeping instead of upchucking later….

I WILL NEVER STOP AT THE BORDER AGAIN.

I’m afraid to even drink water now. My family has ditched me (instead of the other way around) and they are all off enjoying the local water park while I am trapped here watching historical dramas of Gettysburg all afternoon. Not entirely torturous, to be sure, but not exactly the joy of upping my chances at skin cancer in spite of all the sunblock in the world.

Peace out, people. And stay away from the Border!!!!

LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION, PEOPLE!

I was cruising around iTunes just now and had a 911 EMERGENCY!!! thought.

What happens when I get a new computer and all my stuff is not on it?  Like, how will all my documents and pictures get moved to the new machine?  More importantly (because you know how my priorities are in perfect order), how will I get all my stuff from iTunes to move to there?!?!?!

This is serious business, folks!  I’ve got 1227 items/2.9 days/3.73 GB of music and 216 items/2.5 days/2.32 GB of podcasts I’d like to keep!  Do I put it all on a portable flash drive?  Can I do that with my photos & docs, too?

I can tell there are going to be many sleepless nights and counseling sessions over this.  We need to get our country’s best minds to work on this.  Somebody call MIT, Stanford & UCLA.  Somebody else call all the major media & news outlets, and one other person should contact the Nobel foundation.  There could be a Peace Prize out there just for this situation!  It is also possible that whoever has the answer to my solution will receive cookies in the mail.  (Provided that the solution is REAL and available to a technological bird brain like myself.)

What are you waiting for?!  Go!  Get working!!  Do not waste time doing crap like your laundry, or tending to your children’s needs!

Tag, I’m It!

One of my long lost girlfriends tagged me, and since you know I can’t resist….

4 Places I visit frequently….
1) Target 2) Netflix.com 3) Shana the Beautiful’s 4) Facebook

4 People who Call/Text/Email me frequently…..  (I have to change this to people I do this to since nobody does it to me!)
1) Shana 2) Ana 3) My Sister 4) My Mom

4 Favorite Foods….
1) Everything 2) Under 3) The 4) Sun

4 Places I’d Rather Be……
1) The beach 2) Lake Yosemite w/Ana Banana 3) Visiting my family 4) My “new” house

4 Movies I’d Watch Over and Over…..
1) Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly 2) Mamma Mia! 3) Nacho Libre 4) Notting Hill

4 Bands/Groups I like to listen to…..
1) Bon Jovi 2) The Fratellis 3) Billy Joel 4) ABBA

4 People I am tagging….
1) Shana the Beautiful 2) Heather 3)  Alison 4) Melanie

I’ve Got The Whine, You Bring The Cheese (Or… IS IT SCHOOL YET?!?!)

Remember all those times before when I said I’d died and gone to Hell?

I was wrong.

NOW I’ve died and gone to hell.

It looks much like my half-packed up apartment.  With me and three over-active boys in it.  And a too-hot temp. outside.  And no car, because Honey’s training on the new math curriculum.  And no money anyway, because have you looked at the price of gas lately?

The house?  The one Honey bought me for our anniversary this year?  Still not a sure thing.  Because some jerk over at the bank hasn’t even assigned our folder to somebody yet.  And then that somebody will have anywhere between 200-600 files on their desk.  Which means, even though it’s been 4 weeks since we made our offer, we still have to wait.

Did I mention we’re trapped inside a half-packed, 1000 sq. ft. apartment?

I Love Tags!

I always think the tags are fun ways to learn about people that we blogstalk.

How to play this game.
Post these rules on your blog;
List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself.
Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names….

JOYS:
1. I love my iPod.  I know that’s shallow, but to have music anywhere, anytime?  It completes me.
2. I have recently begun to make changes in my life that have allowed me to feel like I’m not going to Hell after all.  This feels pretty good.
3. Being surrounded by people who have an enthusiasm and lust for life.

FEARS:
1. Not being true to myself.
2. Losing my husband or children.
3. Misery.

GOALS:
1. To not suck at school.
2. To not suck at being a mom.
3. To not suck at being a wife.

COLLECTIONS/OBSESSIONS:
1. The Cool Girls and I saw “Mamma Mia!” yesterday afternoon.  Now, I’m obsessed with the soundtrack.
2. Experiences.  I collect experiences.  You know how people always ask you what you want for your birthday, or Christmas, or what you’d do if you won the lottery?  I wouldn’t necessarily buy stuff, but I would enjoy all the experiences I could have traveling and even just doing stuff at home with my friends and family.
3. Sea Turtles.  I love them.  I have a smallish collection, and I’d like to keep it that way.  When something gets too big to enjoy, it makes me sad.

RANDOM FACTS:
1. You know that game “Six Degrees to Kevin Bacon”?  I am 2 degrees from quite a few actors.
2. I am a textbook Gemini.  Split personalities all the way, baby!
3. Contrary to popular belief, I am not outgoing.  I’m actually very shy.  I just happen to be loud.  And my wall-builders are quite lazy.  Some of my walls are rock-solid, but most you could turn to dust just by blowing on them.
Now I am tagging Ana, Rachel, Emily, Mom, and Liz.  Go forth and repeat!

Scenes From “That’s Not Right!”

There are 20 days left until the little monsters return to school.  What’s not right about that is it seems to have been that way for about a month now.

There are people out there doing covers of songs that just should not be covered.  Like Jessica Simpson singing “Sweet Child O’ Mine”?  NOT RIGHT.

Honey has some training workshop this week.  He gets paid for it (right), but has to be there at 7:30 a.m., which leaves me car-less for the day (NOT RIGHT!).  What person in their right mind gets up before 9:00 a.m. during the summer?  Oh yeah, my kids do.

It’s July and it’s in the high 80’s, low to mid 90’s.  There’s nothing not right about that, except that it feels like 63′ and is really irritating when you’d like to be drowning swimming with your kids instead of cooped up in the house.  Whoever brought up that global warming crap is smoking something.
The bank has had our offer for exactly 21 days now.  I know they’re busy, but it’s quite obvious that they didn’t get the memo about the world revolving around me and I have exceeded my capacity for patience by 500% !!!  It’s not right to make people wait this long just because you’re understaffed!

It costs more than a penny to make a penny.

Gas is cheaper in towns that are more expensive to live in than mine.

Straight jackets don’t come in children’s size.

Do The Truffle Shuffle

(If you got that, 500 bonus points!)

In the spirit of ripping off Ana’s blog this early morning tonight, I present to you, another (and completely AWESOME) meme:

1. Put your iTunes music list on shuffle (this is the one at the top left corner).
2. For each question, press the “next” button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT!!!
4. Post all answers on your blog and send a shout out back to this blog!

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY? Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul & Mary

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Battle Hymn of the Republic - Slender (from “The Singles Ward” soundtrack)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Boogaloo Chevere - Boogaloo Chevere (No, that’s not a mistake, it’s like Cher singing a song called “Cher”)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Upside Down - Jack Johnson

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE? Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - John Schmidt

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? He Died!  The Great Redeemer Died - LDS Hymnbook No. 192

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Run Free - Hans Zimmer (from the “Madagascar” soundtrack)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS? Dear Friends - Queen

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? No Ordinary Man - David Glen Hatch

WHAT IS 2+2? Come On Eileen - Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Jump, Jive, An’ Wail - The Brian Setzer Orchestra

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? More Today Than Yesterday - The Spiral Staircase

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? I Pray On Christmas - Harry Connick, Jr.

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Joy to the World (Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog) - Three Dog Night

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Beautiful Disaster - Jon McLaughlin

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? When The Time Has Come - Huey Lewis & The News

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? As With Gladness - Lori Line

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Seat Next To You - Bon Jovi

WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS? All For You - Sister Hazel

I have to say, doing this Meme was like reading my horoscope.  I don’t believe in astrology, per se, but everything they say about my sign (Gemini) is 99% true for me.  Just like the answers to these questions!