The Best Thing Since......

I really love Christmas. I love the surprises, movies, family, food, cookies, trees, songs and all that Christmas goodness. Best of all I love getting a pile of gifts. For you my dear readers, I offer my Christmas review:

This hair dryer makes me have the best hair ever! Better than a Chi and made in Italy like all good things. Big thanks to Kitt (#1 hair stylist at Van Michael Salon) for helping the fab hub get this for me from the in laws.

Again, all good things come from Italy. If you have not had one of these little pieces of heaven get your ass up and go get some. They have sweet little love notes in them.

I love Justin. I don't care what you say. The fab hub hooked this up. Yummy!

I requested a certain popcorn tin for the tin this year. I got this huge tin with Santa on it. I WANTED THE FLAMINGO TIN. Do people really eat this crap? I will feed it to the office. I will try again next year . I don't want the popcorn.....just the tin. Who needs popcorn when I have hoarded so many cookies?

So I am not a fan of the French, flappy headed, frogs. I do, however, love some champagne. This is the only french contribution I will acknowledge. I believe it is pronounced, "Verve poo poo".

This is almost perfect. See, I am married to a geek. He knows every spec or will fully educate himself on every spec of anything that is quasi electronic. I wanted the Sony. We will exchange.
A self help book and a coffee mug for the fab hub and myself. We can drink coffee and learn the language of love.....um, thanks for thinking of us. Hermph....I needed a coffee mug. I was fresh out of them.....

Now who does not love a time traveling midget? I am too exhausted to expound on this. This is a train wreck that is actually my mother's white elephant gift. She was too tipsy to remember to steal the lottery tickets and ended up with midgets, time traveling midgets.

This is a sample of the Christmas goodness. I am not sharing my cookies. I probably have 5 dozen or so more to fatten myself with.

Llama Llama Duck

Mom came up and brought her cat Sophie with her. Bellini really does not know what to think of the large oddly marked cat. She has looked at her and sniffed her. Then she tried to growl at her. She sounds like a cooing dove. Bellini does not know how to growl. How sweet is my cat? Yeah, that sweet. And let me tell you it is funny hearing a cat growl like a dove trying to be fierce. A naked growling dove cat.....

I know, I know

I suck. I know....
Saying I have been busy is putting it all too nicely. I have been baking, shopping cleaning and planning all sorts of goodness for my favorite time of year. I really frickin' love Christmas. Today we will go to my Gramie's house. Before we go there we will hit the Niemans and Saks outlets since she lives 10 miles past where God stopped creating and for some reason that is where outlets are....
Then we come home clean up and go to my big fat Italian Christmas party. Yes, really, my family is huge, we are such a big family no one knows everybody and all the kids. We eat alot and then drink even more. Then it will be time for the white elephant gift exchange. I must admit I am slightly worried. I pissed a bunch of people off at last years as I got the highly coveted peacock stained glass window. People will be out for revenge.
More on Christmas fun....I shook a gift so much and so hard last night the fab hub thinks I broke it. Crap. I will not be happy opening broken stuff.

Trader Joe: I still heart you!

We went back for more. This time Chuck was there. 2 cases to start went home with us. The fab hub bought 1 beer that was $9. I pointed out that his 1 beer is worth 3 bottles of wine.
When we got to Joe's it was such a mess. I waited for 5 minutes to get a flippin' cart. Yeah, it is that good in there! I think the fire Marshall was tied up in the back. I saw a couple people shopping with Party City carts. Very funny. People doing what they have to do to get the wine.
Whatever. I got more sweet potato fries and snacks in general. Yummy.
Joe, I love you.

I am a Disney Princess

We were digging through Tuesday Morning last night and there I saw it. A cute little pink toaster with Cinderella on it and it puts the cutest little high heel shoe on your toast! How perfect: A shoe on your toast. You know I have become the shoe obsessed.....too bad I don't like toast.

The Crown Jewel of Finials: The Flamingo

The Crown Jewel of Finials: The Flamingo
Originally uploaded by ganners.

We went to the Festival of Trees tonight. The fab hub had already been down there today unknown to me. He worked out a deal on the Radko tree topped finial. I just saw an extra box go in the bag and thought I was lucky. Oh, no.....he had worked it out. It was presented to me over pickle chips at the OK Cafe. Could the world be anymore perfect?

I Heart Trader Joe's

We went to Trader Joe's tonight for grocery getting. I freakin' love that place. I have not been in some time. I think the last time I was in one was when I was in Cleveland for business 2 years ago. The selection. The prices. Oh, there is so much goodness in there. Joe just came to Atlanta. The store we went to is in Sandy Springs. We asked about 2 buck Chuck....they had a 2 month supply that sold out in 3 days......way to go Atlanta! I am being so good right now by not eating the gelato (Italian Chocolate) out of the container. It is still sealed in the freezer. However, the freeze dried pineapple is wonderful. I went in to Whole Foods for a few things as well and noted muffin tops in nice containers. You know, the top really is the best part of the muffin......

Gobble Gobble

So I hosted the Thanksgiving dinner thing this year. I don't like Thanksgiving food all that much, but I would rather eat my own and know what is in it than go to someone elses home for mystery casseroles. I don't eat meat either which makes it all the more fun. I just don't get all the carby heavy food and carcass on the table. I made squash, mashed potatoes, ham, dressing, fresh cranberry relish and picked up a Cajun fried turkey. Bellini thinks Thanksgiving is the best ever.....lots of bread and bird. I hope you had a wonderful turkey day too!

The Rules

1. Get there early and stand in line. Bring a hot drink. Do not squawk that it is cold or early.
2. Do not push or shove.
3. Know where you are going.
4. No kids.
5. No stollers.
6. No walking devices.
7. Have coupons ready and organized.
8. Take the bags back to the car so that you do not walk with Bag Girth.

I love the best shopping day of the year. I made out like a bandit at both Macy's and Parisian. I was there at 4:45am and left around 10:30am took a nap and then headed to the farm in Guyton. It was a good time.

I am that driver

On a recent trip to Costco I was driving. I was behind an old car that was moving at a turtle's pace. So slow it missed going through two green lights. After we sat through one full cycle on the second green light cycle I honked. I honked some more and he started going 5mph and then slowed for the yellow light. The traffic behind me was honking. People beside us were honking. Everyone was honking. Then I noticed it: my beefy horn had turned to a meep-meep. I wore my horn out. The car does not even have 50k on it. I guess sometime you just have to let people know and that is how I do.

Tina, Eat Your Ham!

So there are somethings that need some splainin' Lucy:

1. No, we do not feed our cat chocolate or peanut butter or allow her to drink underage. I had the camera in my lap the split second she started and snapped a pic and shooed her away.
2. Why pick the vegetarian to cook two hams for office party Thanksgiving? My house smells like a HoneyBaked Ham store.
3. I want a part time holiday job for the discount. The money would be good too. I think it will actually have a negative money flow effect.
4. It is NOT too early to decorate for Christmas.
5. It is too early for me to be scraping my windshield in the morning.
6. Wearing calf boots and a mid length (just above the knee) skirt is not slutty.

Breathing Better

Quiet frankly Rumsfeld scares me. Scares me too much. When he (finally) announced he was packing up I must admit I smiled so much my toes curled. As a bonus the Democrates will be in place to keep our president in line. Enough to let the checks and balances system take place like we all learned in 5th grade. All this around Veteran's day. Thank a Vet for giving us the freedom to vote idots in and idots out. Atleast thank a Vet for the sales going on this weekend. And for your viewing pleasure here are highlights from Rumsy's career.....

Monday Part II

It really was a crap day. Rainy and yuck in Atlanta. Someone where I work in a different department thought I was a glorified customer service rep and asked when I would get a real job. Yeah, try doing what I do. It is a craft, an artful "dance", and I enjoy my job or even better career.
I have to go back to the paint store for the 5th time to get a better paint match for the money pit's exterior. Needed to do it today but I could not.
Borat called at 7:30 this morning. He has called every morning this week. I can't wait til he is settled. Glorious! Simply glorious!!
Only Georgia would elect Sonny. It makes me cringe.
The best part of my day was a large gingerbread non fat latte with no whipped cream. Yum.
Here is Bellini gettin' all civic with it!

Girl in a Bubble

This weekend we are having all of the ceiling in the house painted (finally). When we moved in to the money pit 3 years ago we worked on everything but the ceilings. Given that they are 12 foot and I am 5'3" you can see the problem. We did the right thing and hired out for this one. The painters are hard core. They have taped off and put sheets of plastic everywhere. Thus, I am the girl in the bubble. I get stuck in a section of the house as they have rooms blocked off with plastic. I have dust everywhere and most of the ceilings are completed at this point. It looks good.

They are also scraping and painting the outside of the house. We just had it painted 2 1/2 years ago but it needs it already. The joys of an old house!!

The last thing for the money pit I really care about that is on my list is ripping out and replacing our main bathroom. I hope to do it next year.

As for now I have all the hair on my body raised as they sand the joint compound from the filled areas to make it smooth for painting and the house looks like it has Chicken Pox on the exterior.

It has been 2 weeks

It has been two weeks since IT happened. I think I can talk about it now with out stringing together nothing but curse words.

My Purse was stolen.

Not just any purse folks: my Prada purse. I felt so violated. I still do in fact. This happened the week before we were set to leave on a week long cruise. My license, my social security card, my iPod, my credit cards, my MAC makeup, my Tiffany & Company bracelet, but the only thing I cannot replace: my Nana's pill box.

I was shopping at Publix (regional grocery store that rocks) and I was being a good shopper and putting my cart up when it was taken from my locked car. Luckily I still had my keys and cell phone. I was not harme in any way.

This is the only time I have ever yelled at the fab hub in rage. I don't know if he really knew what to think about that. I felt even worse.

After we had searched the parking lot and area trash cans to look for the discarded purse we came up with nothing. He took me to Holiday Lane at Macy's. I love Christmas decorations. All the happiness and sparkley stuff and lights really makes me happy. He took me to the MAC counter so I could replenish my makeup. This made me feel a little better. I love the fab hub. I hate the person that has my bag.

I have replaced the bag with a similar one from Prada. Still not use to it. I got a new wallet from Prada that I love. I wish I could get the pill box back....it was passed down to me.

Where I have been

So I finally had vacation. The fab hub and I had a wonderful 7 day cruise. We hit Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay, Grand Cayman, and Costa Maya. We had such a good time. Had lunch at a Margaritaville and some drinks, swam with sting rays and fully relaxed and rested. The sting rays were my favorite. Carlos with Kirk Sea Tours taught me how to hold them and I fed them octopus. They feed by sucking food in.....I got a sting ray hickie on my hand from feeding them.
We had a 5th deck balcony....this was so nice. Having a snack on the balcony rocks! Our travel agent sent 3 bottles of wine and we traded them in for champagne in the dining room. We had a drink of the day everyday and a new towel animal every night. We were awarded our 25 day at sea pins too. I love Holland America!

For all my love and enjoyment I still have a hint of vertigo.

Two for the Price of One!

I went to the DMV to get a replacement license this morning. It was raining. I waited outside the office in the rain for 20 minutes then once the doors opened I waited another 30 minutes to be told: THE SYSTEM IS DOWN. So they are kind enough to issue me a license receipt on flimsy paper. I have a library card that is more sturdy. The guy hand wrote is for God sakes. I was not happy. My piece of paper was free of charge.
So I go back to the DMV later today to get a license as I want to be able to rent mopeds on our upcoming vacation and I need to be sure I can get a drink as needed. Usually they just reprint your license. No, not today. Since I had stood in the rain this morning and had no clue I would be having my picture taken I looked like ass. My last license photo looked flawless--I had just come from the salon. It expires in May and I will plan my salon visit accordingly.

So after 2 visits to the DMV and $5 I have a new awful looking license! Yay!

Yay for Rain!

It is raining! I will be singing in the rain today!! This means the DMV will not allow road tests and the line will be significantly lower. I will report later what comes of this.....I think it has moved from book status to magazine status.

Pine-Sol Clean

For reasons I cannot go into at this time I had to go to the Social Security office today. I was there for around two and a half wonderful hours. I have seen first hand where our tax money is going. There were people in neck braces, people so over weight they feel they cannot work, people with multiple babies, and then a few new brides with new last names. I simply needed a replacement card. I had my passport ready, I had printed and carefully filled out all the paperwork-but I was stuck behind the finest in locals I could ever ask for.
There was a cop running the circus. He was the best thing the place had going for it! He sent people out who were talking loudly on cell phones, asked people with screaming babies to take them outside, and made the smokers move from huddling around the door. Thank you!
When you get to the office you have to get a number and wait in the chairs. I was scared of the chairs. I don't want to be that close to people. I was scared of the germ factor, closeness, kids, lack of English, someone being chatty, or any other thing with all the people in a small room. I stood for two hours being thankful that I could. The bathroom door was operated by a push button that held the door for 15 seconds or so. Men would go in the bathroom and get frustrated and just wizz with the door open. It was great! Wish you were there!
Once I got to the window the woman helping me told me about her cat, blinds in her apartment, and how she cannot get everything together to get her passport. The lady looked just like the Pine-Sol lady with the pronounced gap between her front teeth. They should mail out my new one in five days....yippy!

Tomorrow is the DMV! I can hardly wait!!

I Can See Clearly Now

Today it finally happened.....the mammoth holly tree bush things on the side of our house are gone. I have a wonderful view from the kitchen and also from the media room. It really is nice.
Then I noticed just how good my view is.....
I can see in to the house next door. It is currently vacant and for sale. Not sure if they would be able to see into out home since we are on a slight hill.
The kitties are a bit mad at me for the tearing down of a tree that squirrels, birds and even chipmunks played in for their viewing pleasure. I am thinking an apple tree or fig tree will be planted in the area.....we will see.
The guys that pick up yard trash will be pissed...the pile is friggin' huge!

Crossing Over

I am so over it. The "Cross-Over" cars are killing me. You are not fooling me. No sir, not at all. You may market them as a non-suv, bigger kind of car type of vehicle, but I know the truth. I even gave one a test drive back when the FX45 came out. I thought it was like a sports car with a back pack. Then I came to my senses:

THEY ARE STATION WAGONS

They may not have the ultra hip backward facing seat where as a child I was stuck in a friend's mom's wagon looking at the cars behind us is Atlanta traffic, but they are station wagons.
I got so scared of anything family oriented that I cannot even have a back seat. I love my TT.

Yaaaarrrd Work

The Atlanta area is perfect this time of year! I took today off of work and cleaned up the house and did some yard work. This is all in preparation to go to the fair and for my momma to come in this weekend.
While in the yard I found Krystal wrappers (this is the norm given the burger place is just down the street) and I found folding money too! While doing my yard work guys like to honk and yell and bark (?) at me. I know I live on a city street. I know this a busy street. But come on. Really, is it necessary to holler at a girl doing yard work?

Seen in Costco

Seen in the check out line in Costco:
The lines were long. I had 2 items. I waited. The crazy guy behind me and his wife wearing camouflage and kids were looking for the shortest line. They were in my line then moved to another line, then stopped to bitch about all the lines. A woman with a bag of coffee came behind us and puts her bag of coffee on the belt. Here comes camo family. He moves her bag back and begins to unload his very full cart. She asks what he is doing. He says he is taking his place back. She corrected him. They have a disagreement. I say that I saw her behind us when he left and agree she is next in line. They go back and forth and the check out girl took her as the next in line. He continues to complain. The fab hub tells the guy to calm down and reminds him that the lady has a bag of coffee. The guy is getting nastier by the second. This guy is too old to be a jerk in front of everyone at Costco over a lady just buying a bag of coffee. Isn't it courtesy to let someone with 1 item go in front of you when you have an over flowing cart?? Jackass....

Driving Miss Daisy

I met the fab hub and our best friend in the world for drinks and eats tonight. We went to Twist. Yummy. I had a cheese plate that was so good. Had some good people watching. Then there was the drive home....This should have been 15-20 minutes. It is 7pm and The City is still working on the sewer, the streets and any other thing to take Peachtree down to 1 lane. I am turning more evil every light change we sit through not moving. We are finally past the mess. I am cruising home. We see a man on a cell phone cross the double line to move into the HOV lane while he is the only person in the SUV with a government tag. I ran a guy off the road into a church parking lot blasting the horn so hard I had an Audi emblem embedded on my hand. I can't handle the idiots driving around. I am so thankful I am 6 miles from work. I would go nuts. After 15 minutes in the car I am done. I am the face of road rage.
We pulled up behind an SUV that had a tow hitch cover like no other. It was a UGA official tailgating cover with a built in beer opener. Classy!

Momma is Home!

I am so glad the new season of Oprah has started. I hate the reruns. I love my girl O. It makes me happy to leave work at 4pm to get home to her. I love Tivo and Oprah. So happy. Happy. Happy. Happy.

The Nerve

I mean REALLY!
When people go to a nice place for dinner they want certain things. For us it was a bottle of wine, great food and a kick ass server. We had it all. The guy comes by and pours the wine. Our cheese fondue appetizer comes out. We are dipping and enjoying the cheese. Then it happens:
Beep Beep
LEAVE YOUR EFFING NEXTEL AT HOME
This is not the Rib Ranch or the gas station. The guy 2 tables over continues on to beep beep back and forth about a worksite job. Nobody wants to hear beep beep. His big haired wife was no better. Loud talkers. I should not know about your job site. Beep Beep. I should have tossed it into the moat with the crocs. Beep Beep.
Then there are the parents that bring out The Kid. If you decide to go out and drop $100 on dinner on Monday night I suspect you can afford a baby sitter. But, no you bring your spawn with you. Do you notice the demon banging silverware on a plate? Oh no, you cannot be bothered with your own child. Then The Kid begins to scream in a way that only is to beckon Satan himself to come. Throw The Kid in with the crocs too.
We had a good dinner once I drowned my nerves in wine.

Celebrate!

Today is our two year anniversary! Yippy!
Last year we got a hot tub....it is so wonderful!
This year a new back yard and I got the fab hub a really cool bat house. I got some fancy flowers with a super sweet note. I also got a card with a Super Lucky Cat on it. I will not be complete with out my Super Lucky Cat......
Bliss....
But alas, it was still Monday. I come in to work and our paperless system is down. Can't get demands, releases...nothing. Oh, yeah, then the phones went down, then the email crapped out. Then I went to Target! I saw 3 people from the office there. Nothing good came from the day at work. Whatever.

We are headed to dine with the Crocs at Dante's Down the Hatch. Yummy!!

Caught Up

This past week has been the week from hell. Work was busy. Home was busy. Everything was just busy. And on top of that I could not sleep. I finally got caught up last night. Feels good.
On Monday the fab hub and I took down more privit in the yard than you would believe. So much that we scared the city pick up and they have left it. If it is not picked up by Wednesday I will make some calls. It covers the walk way on both sides of the fence.
I don't remember Tuesday other than work. It was bad. Really bad.....glad I don't remeber
Wednesday I left work on time and hit Costco. I still owed Bellini a birthday gift. I got her the best cat tree ever! She loves it and it looks cute. I should have some pictures on flickr by the end of the day. I could not sleep-maybe 4 hours if I was lucky.
Thursday was like Tuesday part II. I have blocked that from memory too. I did take a lunch break and went to Target to pick up some needed items. I was looking all through the hair care area for some baby shampoo for Bellini. Finally someone asks to help me, as I must have looked lost in this aisle. I asked, "Where can I find some monkey wash?" The girl looked at me as if I had grown antlers. I tried to explaine my cat seems to be more monkey than cat and I needed some baby shampoo to bathe my naked cat. I finally gave up trying to explaine and went to the baby section to find what I needed. My lack of sleep was to blame....
Friday we went to Aspens for dinner and had a wonderful time. I woke up at 3:30 and could not go back to sleep. It was awful.
Saturday I tried to nap but could not. We killed the back yard in hopes of getting a backyard. Round Up everywhere. Will hope that the seed takes and we have a beautiful lawn like on the bags of seed we have. The fab hub gave Bellini a bath with the baby shampoo that is Lavander sceneted...she smells so good and it worked well. Had dinner at Sal Grosso, aka the meat faucet. It is a Brazilian steak house where they walk around with meat on swords and slice some off for you. I grazed on the wonderful salad bar. I finally slept and feel so good.

Delivered

A note: I could not be bothered with the invasion personally. The fab hub and I were in Savannah. All the photos are found on flickr. There are tons and pools and so forth. I was going to try and hit a few places for food to see what I could see, but taking a weekend to the coast was nice. I saw my momma. Even got some home cooked meals. Met Elvis. Ate at Paula Dean's place. Had a good time at The Crab Shack. Take a step over to flickr for more.

Not Over My Dead Body!

Is it really necessary to have dead bodies in our city? I hate the posters all over the place advertising for it. It grosses me out. Nothing like an exhibit hall full of rotting bodies!
I understand they have been preserved for our viewing pleasure. Brings to mind human beef jerky. Yum! We need these dead folks picked up and buried. I pass two bus stop shelter things on my way to work with this lovely picture on the side. Not what I want to see in the morning. I am so ready for this thing to close.

Updates

Just so ya know....
I still have not found a Super Lucky Cat. I am REALLY bummed, but I will find one come Hell or high water!!
The iPod is still iDead. The hard drive is in the house so there is hope this weekend!
I am still enjoying the 5 cheese lasagna for lunch.
I should be studying more for the LSAT than what I am.
The A/C has not died again since recovery.
I wore hooker shoes to my Gramie's 80th birthday party. They are sweet!

Garden Gnome Show this Weekend!

Yes my fellow Atlantans, it is that time of the year again!

The Gnomes will be upon us downtown at Dragon*Con. Since I made the big decision to purchase a new DSLR camera I should have the ability to report to you on the following:

Men that live in their parent's basement
People that have not seen sunlight for 5+ years
evidence of why an $8 hair cut is not a good idea
People playing dress up all too seriously
Men with 70 sided dice in little bags

I will see what I can do for ya.....

Lunch 101

So I have been trying to find a yummy lunch alternative to my stand by Amy's Cheese Enchiladas. They really are tasty. But variety is the spice of life, right??
I have been trying to branch out. I do some of my grocery getting at Harry's Farmers Market and they have a wonderful variety of organic and vegetarian delights. I have been trying to not eat the same thing everyday for 2 weeks solid, thus burning myself out....
Here we have what looks like to be yummy veggie Lasagna.....
Amy's Garden Vegetable Lasagna

The picture on the box looks great....Into the cart. I took it to work last week and wanted to beat Amy for this. What I thought I learned: Read the Box!!!!
If I had I would have seen:
Gluten free tender rice noodles layered with creamy ricotta blended with a mixture of organic vegetables (spinach, zucchini, broccoli, carrots and peas) and covered with a fresh tasting tomato sauce.
1. I am of Italian heritage. I should have known better and this was a disgrace. And "Fresh tasting sauce"?
2. What, gluten free? Rice noodles? For the love, why?
3. Zucchini
4. Peas
Really, this was a mess. No way I could eat it. It really is wrong to not have an honest pasta noodle in what is alleged as an Italian dish.

After deciding Amy knew nothing about Italian dishes I picked up a spinach and broccoli manicotti. The picture looked great. I liked what was listed on the box, spinach and broccoli. There was no mention of gluten free so I thought I was in the clear....
Wrong! I have no clue what they did to this filling. Really, it is not right.
1. Filling is not suppose to be ground into unidentified bits
2. Said filling should not be neon green.
3. NO CHEESE?!? No, this is not American or Italian. It is just wrong.
4. Tofu is not cheese, nor should they try and mislead me to believe it is with such a pretty picture.
It was so bad I picked out the noodles and ate them for lunch. The filling smelled revolting. Like broccoli if it were treated as poorly as Veg*All if you know what I mean.

This really is on me for not reading and just going by the picture.
So then I got back to basics, after spending $4.99 on each of the above mentioned cartons of hippy nonscene I went to Publix: Where Shopping is a Pleasure.
I really like my Publix. Always clean and friendly, a good variety of stuff, wide aisles and good lighting.

I took a cue from a friend at work and picked up a Michelina's 5 Cheese Lasagna. Wow!
1. No tofu!
2. Real cheese and plenty of it!!
3. The picture was good, but the lunch was even better.
4. Real pasta.
5. Less than $1.50

And the blurb about it is true:
Cheese lovers rejoice! Here’s a lasagna you can really sink your teeth into — guilt free. Michelina’s version features thick pasta layered with a blend of five different dairy-fresh cheeses and Italian herbs, smothered her favorite, tomato-rich Marinara. All this and only 220 calories per serving and just 5 grams of fat. Smile and say “formaggio!”

Formaggio, indeed. Good job Michelina!



What I have learned here is simple:
1. Do not believe the picture under any circumstance.
2. Read the ingredients, all of them. Do not rely solely on the big words
3. I obviously like processed food....

Denied

We went to the local joint for dollar sushi tonight. Yum! We spent $25 and ate like a king and queen. Even had a beer.
As dinner came to a close my thoughts drifted to Super Lucky Cat. He waved to me on the way in. He was waiting by the door the entire time. As we were leaving I reached out my hand to grasp his paw. The fab hub had the block. He says it would be super unlucky to steal a Super Lucky Cat and nothing good could come of it. I reminded him that if i cannot acquire one we will have to go back to Pan Asian, Mexico, et al. town until I find one of proper height and deal with people lying to us about where to find a Super Lucky Cat.
I suppose we will be headed back to the Epcot of Atlanta this weekend. This time it is serious.....I will not leave until I have the Super Lucky Cat of my dreams. I will be sure the camera goes this time. I will not rest until the cat is home.......

It's a Small World After All

So I went on the hunt for my Super Lucky Cat today. Like the good man told me I went to China Town. Which oddly is next to Mexico Town, Korea Town, Japan Town and any other Pan Asian Town. Really much like Epcot, but no rides....
This was a failed mission my friends. I chalk this up to the following:
1. I do not read Cantonese
2. I do not read Mandarin
3. People that do read 1 & 2 do not speak much English
4. The guy in Mexico Town lied about where the Super Lucky Cats are sold
5. Danny Aloha Lied about there being Super Lucky Cats on the open market in Atlanta
I went to the local Asian grocery store. Good ol' Dong Bang. Dong did not know what a Super Lucky Cat was. I am really deflated about this. I checked out eBay. They do not have what I need. I need a BIG Super Lucky Cat. I will not rest.
I recommended any various Asian fare for dinner. I don't think the fab hub will let me near any place that has a Super Lucky Cat within my reach near a door. I tell you: Stealing a Super Lucky Cat is the only way to get one. I bet our local Japanese joint puts up a missing cat sign soon......

Damn that Radio Song

My iPod crapped out last Sunday when I was at the gym. I was so upset. The iPod was upset too. It was making the sick iPod frowney face. The fab hub purchased a new hard drive for it and promised all would be well soon. I think this was more for him than me.
When I was working out the other day at home I asked him to turn on some music. He puts on Cake. Great band, not workout music. Then he puts on the Beatles. Again, great band, not workout music. He asked what I wanted to hear. My request was for some Blackeyed Peas. He asked about REM. I requested JT. He asked about Dave Matthews. I requested Gwen Steffani. He finally sucummed to my requests. Since he was (as usual) working on his computer he had to stay in the same room and listen. He wants my iPod fixed more than I do. He did however, make me some smart playlists.
The hard drive came and to our dismay is the wrong size. Will have to return and reorder for the proper fit. Until then I will have my music blasting from the computer speakers for all to hear from my iTunes library of death. So many gigs of music, so little time........

Super Lucky Indeed

I am so excited. I have been on the hunt for a Super Lucky Cat for some time. I went to the worst possible Chinese, Thai, random Asian restaurant for dinner tonight. It actually is the best for a special reason: SUPER LUCKY CAT
If you take note, you will see most of these restaurants have one. I thought the only way to get one of good size would be to steal it. I was wrong.
At Danny Alhoa's (yes, it is next door to a gas station) I saw it.
A GOLD GILDED SUPER LUCKY CAT THAT WAVES!!!!
It was on the top shelf behind the bar waving to me my entire meal. Otherwise I would have absconded with it had it been in reach. I did however ask where to acquire such a wonderful Super Lucky Cat.
I will be going to China Town tomorrow. I am excited for the trip. I think Bellini will really like the Super Lucky Cat. Yippy!!

Pure Heaven

I was at Costco this weekend and saw something unreal. It was a 2 pound bag of Dark Chocolate M&Ms! Now, if I had gotten that bag I would have eaten probably half of it then put them in the fridge and by the time they were nice and cool I would have been ready to eat what was remaining. I denied myself as I knew the fat cow out come and I was not going to live on the elliptical this week.
I found them today. The snack bag size. They were soooo good. Simple, dark, candy coated, bright, shiny, chocolate! The only way I could imagine them better would be with peanuts or almonds. Ahh....the memory is devine.....

Summer fashion, or lack there of....

Now I may not be the most fashion forward. There is some nonsense going on that we really need to stop....
STOP WEARING THIS!
You do not look "Hott" like Paris would say.
1. The mini skirt has made a come back. If your mini is wider than it is long you need to re-think you look. Please go back inside and change.
2. Crocs. This does not apply to kids 12 years old and younger. Folks, big plastic shoes are not cool. No matter your color selection you look like a garden clown. Please, melt them.
3. The Blue tooth ear piece IS NOT A FASHION ACCESSORY!! Really, when you go through life with this borg implant in your ear you are not impressing anyone. And further, if you are matching anything to the damn thing you need a 12 step program.
4. Goucho pants with a hooker tee and high heels. Need we say more?

No meetings for me

So it is a rainy night here in May-rhett-a. What else do you do other than have a drink? Not really in a beer or wine mood. Out comes the mixologist......I review our liquor stock. Made a little something for the fab hub and I with Midori, Melon Vodka and some sour mix. Pretty good.
So while I was deciding what to mix I noticed something.
We have a freaking ton of vodka. I mean how many flavors do you need?
For your review:
Orange Stoli-this was left in the fab hub's first home. Found in the freezer with some random meat. Skyy Citrus-Made pomegranate martinis for the holiday kick off party. Chopin-The best of the best vodka flavored vodka. Smirnoff Melon-thought about making watermelon martinis, made watermelon margaritas instead. Next is Van Gogh Apple Barrel, don't get this flavored. And last is Apple Smirnoff-not even opened.
Then I noticed I really have a ton of really good tequila. Tequila is my favorite. I don't need anything with it. No lime, no chill, and no salt. Just great tequila. Some people like scotch. Not me. Just a great tequila. Let me introduce you to some friends:

We have silver Cuervo. I use this in anything mixed. You know, where people want a margarita, but do not like tequila. They are not worth the good stuff. Then there is the Tarantula stuff. It is blue. Again, good to mix. And on to the the real men. Patron Silver-this is a wonderful tequila, really if you have not sipped a tequila this is the one to try. Patron Gold-not as perfect as silver in my opinion, still a great drink. One of my new favorites is XQ Silver-this has a great finish, not too oaky. Milagro-bought it because we liked the bottle on a cruise. Kept it around because this is a great tequila. Here is the thing with good tequila-remember you get what you pay for. Do not buy a gimmick. Lay down some good money. The cheapest bottle I have is $40. It will go all the way up to over $100 a bottle. If you want to experiment and you are in Atlanta go have dinner and tequila at Agave in Cabbage Town. They have every tequila under the sun. Go out and have some fun.....

My trip to Africa

Sweet Gawd!
Why, oh why does simple machinery choose to die on special occasions?
Such as tonight, the end of July, beginning of August?
It is the AC. It is dying. A death that you can probably hear now. I apologize to all that have bear witness to the squealing piece of hell. It is so loud I truly am surprised we have not gotten a noise complaint.
It is hot as Africa here. I noticed when I came home that it was a balmy 78 degrees in the house. I thought the fab hub had messed with the thermostat to save more money, thus cranking up the away temp on the control panel. Nah, just the house getting good and warm....
So I go to sleep early since I wake up early. About 12am I am awakened to the sound of AC death. It sounds like the wheel on Wheel of Fortune if it needed 4 gallons of WD-40.
I review what is causing this wonderful sound. Indeed the compressor is praying to the AC God of death to take it. But it does not go without pain. It marches through with the fan trying to spin and belt squeaking for all to hear. I ask the fab hub if we should turn it off for fear of death, or worse a sparky fire. Nah, then we would be too hot.
I finally get up and look at the thermostat.....yes, indeed we have cooled down....to a fridgid 77 degrees. We have crossed 6 hours from my last check.
I am dripping sweat. I am bitchy from heat. I turn on the ceiling fan to try and sleep.
Not happening. The fan is on so high that we may as well have a helicopter landing on the bed. The naked cat is in heaven that it is so hot. She no longer needs to seek heat, as she has hit the heat jack pot up in this camp.
I want to go to a hotel. I would move into the freezer if I would fit.
I wanted to call the HVAC guy in June. Nah, the fab hub says, the AC is fine. No dear, it was not blowing well then either. I am sure when we have the guy come out it will not be something simple. You see, that is not how the money pit works. Everything must cost three times more than what is normal. I bet we need a new system and something will need to be retro fitted and since hippies have screwed us on anything with Freon we will need some fancy expensive item that cannot be used without buying 3 more fancy items......I am betting in the neighborhood of 5k. In fact, given the size of our home I would bet they actually want to install 2 units.
Here is the best part....I purchased our cruise package today. I have this odd feeling I will somehow spend $10,000 by the end of the week. It really does not sound good.
I cannot sleep for a myriad of reasons, including how ruthlessly hot it is, the squealing belt, the sweat in my hair, and the thought of having to endure this for one more night. Makes me think of Toto, The Rains of Africa........I miss the rains down in Africa.......

Lucky Indeed

We went to PF Chang's last night. I tried a wine I had been yearning for. Not as excited about the Farrari Fume Blanc as I thought I would be. Stick to cars and stay out of the vineyards.... Had the usual veggie lettuce wraps that are always perfect. Went out on a limb for the Coconut Curry Vegetables. Gross. Yuck. Two bites and done. Oddly that is a good thing.......
The Lucky 8 my friends is something you must go experiance. It is a new off the chain dessert. They wrap chocolate in wonton wrappers and deep fry. They are served HOT with a warm carmel dipping sauce AND THEN you roll the piece of heaven in toffee crumbles. The chocolate wonton wrapper things are rolled thin, but are as long as a chop stick. I really enjoyed.

The Parting of Veils

Here I am as a crazy girl. I am starting the process of applying to law school and I thought I would give you dear readers a little something. Indeed I know I can be stark raving madd and still function....for God sakes Jeff and I renovated the house, planned a wedding and lost our minds with Home Depot all in just a few months and everyone survived, even Home Depot.
I can do this.......work full time, study my ass off for the LSAT, gather all needed documents for my application(s), and still have a social life. The big one will be swinging law school with work. At this point I really have no other choice. Do people ever say, "Gee, I want to be an insurance claims adjuster!"? Hell no. Moving in to law will be a natural step from where I am now.
Step one of this never ending process is getting the study gear. I ordered the Kaplan LSAT, so we will see what this is all about when the post man makes a visit.