Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
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5:53 pm - RL update
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I can't believe that the year is almost over already!
Fun stuff I've done: We went on vacation to Folly Beach, South Carolina in September. It was so gorgeous there. We rented a house right on the ocean and the water was still warm enough to swim. I had a great time. There was some anxiety prior to the trip because of Hurricane Irene, but thankfully it missed SC entirely.
I've been enjoying making more ceramics. Practice has made me a much better potter. But now I'm collecting bowls and mugs that I've made, and I need to get rid of some of them. Anybody want a pot?
I've started thinking about Christmas gifts so that I don't end up shopping like a crazy person with no ideas in December. I'd like to get it done early because work has been crazy-busy lately and it looks like it will be continuing through next year.
current mood:  happy
current music: nada
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
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2:59 pm - I'm not your maid
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Really you sent me an email hinting that I should clean the kitchen because eating out is getting expensive for you?! You have two hands and know how to use both the dishwasher and the sink.
Why is it my job to clean the kitchen so you can use it? I'm not the maid. I cleaned it eventually because I needed to use it and I got tired of looking at the mess. This is just like when you went and bought the Dyson and then said something to the effect of 'now you can vacuum'. Cleaning is supposed to be shared between the two of us.
But apparently you'll melt if you touch soap and water or something. Why do I still live with you afterall? Oh yeah you sometimes pay me rent and such so it's cheaper to live with you than live by myself. But I don't know if it's really worth it anymore. I think I'm almost ready to move out and live on my own if this doesn't improve.
Maybe I will try to buy a house in the next year and leave you here. I really won't miss any of your stuff, except maybe the washer/dryer but I should be able to find one.
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
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4:27 pm - sick
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I'm sick for the 2nd time in two months. I just can't seem to get this cold to go away. I'm really sick of being sick.
current mood:  sick
current music: adele - rolling in the deep
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Saturday, January 15th, 2011
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10:29 pm - I'm exercised out
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I'm so sore. >.< So very, very sore. I did the leg lifting portion of P90X on Thursday knowing I would be sore but not this bad. Then I did my normal class on Friday and then today I did Zumba for almost 2 hours. And then I hobbled home and tried not to move around too much.
I really need to do laundry but I'm going to put that off until tomorrow to see if I will heal a little more. Because at this point trying to carry my cloths down two flights of stair is beyond me. But walking is pretty well beyond me at this point.
Every major muscle group: calves, gluts, hamstrings, quads all sore all hurting.
current mood:  sore
current music: jar of hearts
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Sunday, December 19th, 2010
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3:52 pm
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Spent the last few days looking at fics in a new fandom (the losers) and getting nothing else done. I don't know what it says that I really don't want to go and finish my Christmas shopping but I'm only half done. Good thing I have most of Thursday off because I'm probably going to be shopping that day.
current mood:  blank
current music: computer fan
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
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12:28 pm - grass!!!!
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I'm never ever letting the grass get so long again. It was at least 12 inches in some spots. My poor mower. It was push it forward a foot or two and then lift it up when it sounds like it's going to stop. And then shake it because nothing is coming out of the grass shoot. I did both halves of our duplex lawn (b/c my roommate's been doing the neighbors for them) and also because it was so long and I barely got through it that I thought it couldn't wait anymore. So it's done: 1.5 hrs, lots of blisters, mosquito bites, and a lawn that should need to be cut again in a week.
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
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1:38 pm - work
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I'm swamped at work right now. I just went on vacation and all the relaxation from that is gone. I'm so glad I've got Monday off for the holiday because I've been killing my eyes with the fluorescence microscope. I don't want to look at any more fluorescing cells for a while. Only another 40-some plates to do. Seven at a time. Yay!! (sarcasm).
My plants are doing well now that I fixed the problem that was causing a few of the pots to not drain properly. I'm doing my normal peppers and tomatoes this year and I'm trying a few squash plants and one pickle plant. I don't know how those'll turn out. But it looks like I'll have a lot of peppers and even some tomatoes. Last year it never really got hot enough to grow good tomatoes.
Happy 4th everyone!!
current mood:  stressed
current music: micheal buble - i just haven't met you yet
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
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7:29 pm - it's summer!!!
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Planted my garden yesterday. There's 12 or so pots on the patio with tomatoes, peppers, and some new things: yellow squash, zucchini, and a bush pickle. We'll see how they do. Tomatoes and peppers do fine in pots, but I'm not sure about the rest.
My sister graduated from high school yesterday. It seems like such a short time ago she was so little. Her open house is coming up this weekend.
Random buy of the week: I bought gin on clearance at Target. Good gin on clearance.
My cars in the shop getting fixed. Someone backed into the rear passenger side at work. The dent isn't very big but it's getting fixed anyway. So I have this crappy loaner for 3 days or so and it's low on gas. I spent the drive home from work going is the need gas light on or not. Still not but I really don't want to buy any.
The heat and humidity are on full blast here, so we have our air on. It was too humid to be in the house on the computer or anything without it.
current mood:  anxious
current music: us cellular commerical
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
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10:12 pm - computer is up and running!!!!
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Finally got the new computer installed. Had a few problems - namely Windows 7 is weird especially since I'm coming from Win ME in an 9 yr old computer. And then the internet didn't want to work. I'm an internet junkie I NEED my internet to work, but I figured it out and we are up and running. I'll still have some exploring to do and this keyboard is a little strange. But happy, pretty working computer. Yay!
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
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7:24 pm
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Wow, I still have an ij? I pretty much stick any infrequent updates to my lj of the same name. Both journals and the checking thereof have kind of been lost in the shuffle of busy life. Picked up a few too many fandoms, fell out of some of the other previously higher profile ones (CSIs), started doing more stuff in RL, having less free time, the computer's been funky, etc. Some of it's excuses some of it's not.
But for me it was never really about sharing lots of thought with the world. It was a way to follow people's fics.
And I lurk, always have probably always will. I have a hard time putting my thoughts out there for the world to see.
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
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12:09 am - gone
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I've been gone for along time. Been absent from here mostly because I got overwhelmed on fandoms and had to drop something. Life's be going along. Trying out some new things- some habits are sticking some aren't. Watched out for my sister this weekend while my parents were out of town. I need to go downstairs and at least run one load of laundry before tomorrow. And I need to make a salad for our get together at work tomorrow. Three crazy-busy days and then a really nice four day weekend. Yay!gone
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
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1:22 am - icons
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I really need some non-fandom icons. Could anyone point me in a good direction? Thanks in advance if you do.
Did another exercise class tonight. I'm trying to loose a little more, but it would probably help if I stopped eating so much chocolate and got back on the cooking wagon. But as a consequence of that, I am really feeling it. Especially because this is day 1 after weight training yesterday. So tomorrow should be oh so much fun at work when I can't move my arms because they hurt. It's good for me but I'm way, way sore. Ouch.
current mood: still sore
current music: Lord of the Rings - Return of the King soundtrack
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
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8:21 pm - I live!!!!
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Sorry to disappear. RL has been hectic and though I've been on the computer I've not checked in here hardly at all. One of the lists I belonged to recced a couple of stories in fandoms I normally don't read. The stories were very good so that of course prompted me to look for more and so I got sucked in. I tend to try to devour whatever I'm in all at once so some things got neglected.
Plus I've been trying to work out more and eat less junk and train the new person at work and not freak out when things don't go right for no reason whatsoever.
I'm taking a vacation this summer that I'm looking forward to. I'm also taking a pottery class that starts next week. I figure that if I love the stuff so much I should at least try to make some of it myself. I haven't done any pottery since middle school.
Dammit, I just remembered I left the workout tapes in the car in the garage. I'll have to go get those tonight before I forget.
My knee was doing the pain thing tonight at class which means I really need new shoes. I'm going to be so sore tomorrow.
current mood: sore
current music: whirring computer fan
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
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1:38 pm
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I'm still alive! I went through an entire archive which sucked up all my time. Also work's been more stressful lately. I need to buy a new DVD player today - mine's been making grinding noises when it tries to read newer discs. I need a vacation.
current mood:  exhausted
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
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12:28 pm - Merry Christmas
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Happy Holidays everyone! Hope everyone had a good time! I haven't been around much lately - too busy with other things. I have one more family get together this coming weekend and then I'll be finished. I'm happy to see everyone but then I need some time to unwind.
I just wish I had a few more days off. It was back to work today as usual.
current mood: tired
current music: some japanese anime theme
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
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7:34 pm - rrrrrgh
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current mood:  aggravated
current music: computer case fan whirring
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2:22 am
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Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! I had a good weekend. Saw lots of family. I'm not really looking forward to going back to work tomorrow (today).
I put up my fake tree yesterday. For $20 it looks good. I just had to fiddle with the branches to make it look like an actual tree. I need to go buy more lights and retrieve my ornaments from my parents. This will be my first tree in my own place. Before I either had nowhere to set up or I didn't care enough to do anything.
I like paint by numbers sets. I'm not naturally artistic, but I like that I can just follow directions and end up with a pretty picture. I had two that I got from the craft store and I decided to do one yesterday after I got back from eating out. I painted for five hours - totally losing track of time. Until my hand started to cramp and my feet hurt and everything else started complaining. I finished it last night. I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with it. It's not something I'm looking to hang up on the wall. The other picture that I started today is better for that. I didn't finish the one I started today. I stopped when my hand started to tingle.
Have to make more plates at work tomorrow, so I better get some sleep.
current mood:  accomplished
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
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12:31 am - I'm back
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I haven't posted in forever. My back's better though. Took about a week and a half. I think it was a combination of several things that caused it to go out. Probably the most significant was my bed. It was dead, very, very dead. I finally bought a new one last week.
It seems like since we moved into the new place everything is dying, but I know that it's just old. Just lots of kind of expensive stuff all in the same year. You can add the car to it, except it's problem is recurring.
Spent awhile at the Pit (ff.net) looking at Harry Potter fic.
Right now I'm reading a little bit of this and that. Open in my tabs currently are NCIS, Sentinel, Xander/CSI/dueSouth crossover, Xander crossover, CSI NY fics.
Today work sucked, I was late. It was not a good day. Missed my exercise class because I had to work late. I'll have to make that up tomorrow. Please tomorrow must be better and so should Wed and Thurs. We're having a big thing at the lab. We're getting certified so I want everything to go smoothly.
current mood: anxious
current music: 30 seconds to mars
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
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1:42 pm - My back's out
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Yup threw my back out. I've been to the chiropractor. It feels better today but not enough to go to work. I feel bad because I can't go to work and they are really shorthanded this week and getting hammered with samples. But I don't think I'd be of much help since I can't move very well or lean in any direction. I want to be better now. I don't like being in pain.
current mood: ow
current music: sister's itunes stuff
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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10:10 am - owwww
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Kinda threw out my back yesterday. Not sure how. It's making it difficult to work today. I should dig out my pain pills and take something.
Heading to the store tonight to buy some glucosamine for my knees which were aching a whole lot last night. I had to break in new shoes.
I'm liking the new seasons of all three CSIs. Hopefully they'll continue with the case trend and stay away from the personal relationship angles, but I doubt it.
I've been meaning to post more but have gotten sidetracked by fanfic again. I had a craving for Miami Connections by Voracity and so had to read that again. Which in turn led to another story and another etc. Her stories are like potato chips I can't read just one.
current mood: ow
current music: local alt rock station
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