Catching Up...

Well, life has been pretty busy lately. As I stated before, I'm really liking my new job. It's going on 3 weeks now and it feels like I've been there for a long time. Everyone has been commenting on how well I'm fitting in too, so that kinda makes it easier...since it *is* a new job and everything. Anyway, it keeps me busy and I really enjoy it. So, by the time I get home, all I wanna do is go to bed.

My weekends are usually so busy/hectic with stuff that I don't get a chance to rest, but since I started this job, I've been trying to make a point to not do anything on the weekends so I can rest. So far, it's working out. This weekend will be pretty low key. Tonight I'm just laying around trying to catch up on TiVo (which I might add, is totally full of programs that I haven't had time to watch in about 3 weeks). Anyway, tomorrow we're going to the gym in the morning, I'll probably pick a few things up around the house, go the grocery store, and take a nap. Tomorrow night, we're heading to a Halloween party with Beckie and RJ, but we'll probably bail after an hour or so and go find something else to do. Sunday, we're heading over to Beckie & RJ's for another little Halloween gathering. We're also going to pass out candy to the hoards of children that shop their Clayton neighborhood for candy.

That's about it really. Next week is the election and let me just state that I couldn't be more happy. Most of you know who I'm voting for..and for those of you who don't, I'll clue you in..it's the guy with the better hair. Yes, Kerry. Anyway, I just can't wait for it all to be over. I'm tired of the commercials and I'm tired of hearing the political banter everytime I turn around. ENOUGH ALREADY! I'm also tired of the local and state candidates filling my mailbox with fliers. I don't really need a piece of cardstock with Claire McCaskill's picture on it to vote for her. Please, Claire, save your money on my flier and spend it on Botox or something. Really.

I went shopping last night and got 2 new shirts, a hat and an Angels bra from Vickie's. The hat is a Boston hat. And no, I don't hate STL...I love the Cards, but I really liked the look of the Boston hat, so I got it. And, the 2 shirts I got were both on sale and were a GREAT deal! I'm really happy with my purchases! Now, I'm on the lookout for a pair of really cute heels and some trousers and twin sets. I did see a cashmere one I liked but it wasn't the greatest quality of cashmere. And, the way I see it, if I'm going to splurge on cashmere, it's gotta be really good quality. You know what I mean?

Well, I think that's about it. I'm really surprised it's almost November. I really need to start Christmas shopping soon. I love Christmas so much! I can't wait to put up my tree and decorate my house! It's going to be so cute this year..especially with Crate & Barrel opening up in like less than a week! Go Crazy people! Go Crazy!

Don't forget to set your clocks back tomorrow night and have a Happy Halloween everyone!

Busy-

Ive been really busy this week. I will post this weekend. And, I've been getting a ton of hits from google this week. Just thought I'd throw that in.

A Great Monday

I had the best surprise waiting for me this morning when I got to work. When I got in, I started reading my email...flipping through and just browsing the important stuff. Dana (last name) $200.00 WAIT. . I WON $200?!??! I WON $200! Then I see "World Series Winners" in the Subject line. So, after I calmed down and changed my underpants...I realized that I had won the baseball 'pool' that I had put $10 in last week. I couldn't believe it. I never win anything! So, after I screamed I WON $200, to everyone in my area, I went to collect my winnings. I've never been so happy to be at work on a Monday. So, I've decided to take my $200 and try to get a ticket to the game tomorrow night. Hopefully I'll get lucky and find a scalper selling at face value....yeah right! But, just to be on the safe side, I registered for 1 of the 4 pairs of tickets my work is giving away. So, hopefully my baseball luck will continue on to a ticket!

So, I was on a "I won $200" high for pretty much the rest of the day. I don't even remember what happened the rest of the day...but I guess compared to my morning surprise, it doesn't really matter. Now, Chris is making some spicy red beans & rice and I may go workout later.

I'll keep you updated on my quest for a World Series ticket. Wish me luck!

A Weekend In October

Well, first and most important, Go Cards. Yes, they lost last night, but don't count them out. They'll be back.

Now, back to my weekend. It was a pretty good weekend. Friday night, we went out searching for NLCS shirts. I wanted a long sleeved one but nobody had them. So it was a bust. So, I don't remember what we did after that...but whatever it was, it was ok. Saturday morning, I got up and baked cookies ALL DAY. Really. I baked cookies until 4pm and only stopped because I had to get ready for "Trivia Night". Ah, Trivia Night. The biggest waste of my time in a long time. Beckie, RJ, Steve and Chris & I decided to please Carol and go to this fundraiser 'Trivia Night" for the Rescued Racer organization. Well, first let me just say that I did see a flier prior to agreeing to go. The flier stated the 'event' would be hosted by Vic & Trish from 101.1 The River. Tickets were $12.00 and there would be door prizes, trivia, and Fortel's Pizza. So, we get there. Now, I don't know why..but for some reason, I had a picture in my head of what it was going to be like. I pictured a bar scene, with TV's to watch the game, drinks and a pizza type bar. Along with NTN trivia. WRONG. We get there and immediately notice, NO TV. Well, I take that back. Someone had brought a tiny little b&w tv. And there was no pizza bar. There was an order form on the table to buy pizza for $12.00 a pizza. WAIT. BACK UP. The flier said you pay $12 and pizza is included. And we had already paid our $12...so wtf, chuck? Anyway, there was no NTN trivia. There was Vic & Trish reading questions off, that we had to write down the answer to (per table). The crazy thing about it was that every round, there was at least 1 question that they didn't have the right answer to. Oh man it sucked. SUCKED. OH. And, did I mention that we were the youngest people there? The people there were 55+ years old. We so wanted to leave...right away..and find the nearest bar and watch the game. But we couldn't..because we promised Carol we'd stick it out. Shit it was horrible. Finally, we got out of there but only to catch the last 2 innings of the game. Thankfully whoever brought that little tv turned it toward our table..so we could squint and see the score and stuff. So, that was pretty much a big bust. The whole lesson of this story is this. If someone invites you to a fundraiser on the night of the first game of the World Series...first ask if there will be a TV there that's bigger than 19" and does it have cable. Then...if they tell you trivia is involved...make sure you ask if it's NTN. OH, and BTW...Trish from 101.1 The River...isn't so cute. In fact, she looks like she's been rode hard, and put away wet. And yes, I know that's mean, but I can't help it. It's the truth.

So, that brings us to today. I woke up this morning and started baking cookies again. I finished about 20 minutes ago. Those of you who are so lucky to get cookies...expect them this week. They will be sent out tomorrow. Those of you who aren't get cookies, too bad so sad. HA! Just kidding. I also boxed up 2 gift tins of cookies, so I'm kind of excited about that too. I'm anxious to see how they like them. Oh, and I have a ton of cookies to take to my new co-workers. Not that they could love me any more than they already do, but hey...every little bit helps!

Now I'm watching Bridget Jones Diary to refresh my memory on the movie. I can't wait until the second one comes out next month. I was going to watch the first season of Sex and the City but stupid Blockbust sent me the second season, instead of the first. So, I will just keep the second one until they send me the first one. HA. That's about it for today. Later I need to venture out and find some ribbon....That is, if I don't fall asleep watching this movie first.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Anyone have any big plans for Halloween? I don't.

Boston, Here We Come!

CARDS WIN! CARDS WIN! CARDS WIN!

!!!!!

So, I haven't posted in a few days. The past 2 weeks have just flown by. I started my new job and it's been great ever since! I totally love my job. My boss is great too. AND, my co-workers all love me. Mostly because they're social reject nerds...but hey, that's ok. It's good to be loved.

I've been really busy and am working on a bunch of different projects that I'm really excited about. So, all is good again in Danaville.

This weekend, we're going to a trivia night hosted by Vic & Trish from 101.1 for a fundraiser for Rescued Racers with Beck, Ryan, Carol, John, Dan and some other friends of Carol & Johns. It should be a blast! I'm also going to bake some cookies this weekend to send to the 4 lucky people who took me up on my cookie offer. So, look forward to Snickers Cookies and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

That's about it for the weekend. I can't believe it's already nearing the end of October. Christmas is approaching quickly! I made my Christmas list already but I think I have a few more things to add.

I nervously watched the Cards game today, but was so excited when we won, that I jumped up while eating dinner and started screaming and clapping and jumping. Hopefully tomorrow will be in our favor. Keep your fingers crossed guys! And, for the Sox too. They deserve it more than the Yanks.

Well, that's it for now. Happy middle of the week to you all. Wow. That was entirely cheesy of me to say. But, oh well.

The Weekend

Well, I just typed out this big long post and then for some reason, it disappeared. I'm really pissed off at my laptop right now, and I think it's best I keep this short.

The simple version of my post is I had a nice weekend. I visited my Mom & Grandma. I'm going to be busy this week with work, and last week was a good week at work. That's it.

Oh. And I'm pissed that the Cards lost. Put your rally caps on people.

I'll post more tomorrow, when I'm not so angry.

All I Can Say Is...

Go Cards!

Slam-A-La-Ma....Ding Dong!

*Yawn*

Man. It sucks getting up at 6am...to go to work. I'm totally going to have to get used to getting up so early. At my old job, I didn't get into work until I felt like it...which meant I usually got up around 7:30/8am ish. This is difficult. On the upside though, I am going to bed earlier...which is not a bad thing.

Today was my second day on the new job. I got to meet some of the people in my department. So far, so good. Most of the guys I met today are basic, run-of-the-mill geeks. So, I know how to hold a conversation at least. I really think I'm going to like it. So, can I get a 'WOOT WOOT'? Plus, I like it 'cause I get to wear nice suits everyday. And I so love dressing up.

I got a new Coach purse on Sunday. (Did I post this already?) Anyway, it's so cute! I just wish it was a little bigger. I really want a Coach tote, but I wasn't prepared to drop almost $400. Maybe one day soon though.

I'm going to visit my mom this weekend for her birthday. I still need to get her a gift. And, I think I'm going to make her birthday cupcakes. Carrot cake cupcakes to be exact. I usually make carrot cake, but I'm in a cupcake mood this week. So, maybe I'll make those on Thursday.

Well, that's it. I'm going to watch Sex and the City and then probably go to bed.

Woooo

Ok. News. Obviously I'm back from vacation. It was fun and full of German's and Brit's. The food sucked, the beach was nice. That's about it. Upon my return last week, I told myself I *would* have a job by Friday. Amazingly I got a job! My first day is tomorrow and I am so, so excited. The only downside is that I'll be working downtown so the drive is going to suck. I'm not even sure how long it'll take me to get from 94 in St. Chaz to like...Market & Jefferson. Do I take 40 or 70? Decisions Decisions. Anyway, I got a job and that's all that counts. And it's a good job too. I'm the admin to the director of IT. So that should be interesting, to me at least.

Today I spent *all* day (yes, really, all day.) shopping. Retail therapy is the best. The best I say. I got a ton of new clothes and a new purse. Chris is a little pissy that I got a new purse (again) however, as someone who is having a love affair with purses, I could not pass up a Coach purse that was marked down by about $45 with an additional 15% off. So I had to get it. Besides that, it goes well with my suits. Besides that, I also got 2 new pairs of shoes too. After spending all day shopping, I'm really tired. Shopping is hard work.

Chris and I worked out on Saturday and he's in so much pain he can hardly move. We really hit the weights hard. But man, it felt so good afterwards. It was nice. Saturday night, we went to Red Lobster and I got the unlimited shrimp. After the waitress brought my food, she kept asking me if she could get some more shrimp on for me. Well, I kept saying no, I'd wait. As I was eating my food, I got full like half way into my plate. Anyway I got to thinking about it and was like thinking how anyone could eat gobs and gobs of fried shrimp, shrimp scampi, shrimp pasta or popcorn shrimp. Considering that the 2 servings of shrimp they initially bring out is way more than enough. Anyway, I shared my thoughts with the waitress and she started laughing and said she was glad I said that because she always gets people who eat like 10 extra orders of shrimp and she said it was really gross how much people stuff themselves when they hear the word "unlimited". Anyway, when I first started typing this little story, I had a point, but now I don't remember what it was, so nevermind.

I'm sure there's lots more I'm leaving out, but I can't think of it right now. Anyway, I'm going to finish watching Cops and then I'm going to read and then, hopefully fall asleep so I can get up early for my "first day". Later!

I'm Baaaaccck!

I'm back. woo. Pictures soon. Really exhausted right now. Goodnight.