Games Galore

I will not tell you how much time I have logged playing this game....too much. I love it. There is skee ball, the coin push game, a dunk booth, toss a coin onto plates and super wonder prizes. I am simply addicted. It is so much fun. The GA State Fair is here next week....I have my practice in....I can't wait.

Guess who moved in next door!?!

Guess who moved in next door!?!
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You remember my wonderful neighbor, right? Yeah, she has been "gardening" more and more. There is now a scare crow that looks across the drive way at us. It is a crow and it is indeed scary she put this nylon piece of crap in the yard with a bamboo piece up it's butt. I also saw what I thought was a 10 Commandments tablet in the yard but after further investigation I found it is a memorial for a dead dog. I hope there is not a dead dog burried there. I am thinking there will be more plastic flowers for Fall "planted" soon. Don't worry, the patrotic bunting is still up over the front door. So fancy. So classy.

Save the Doors!

I have been saving this one for ya. This is an honest 100% true story. Really.
We had some visitors in earlier this summer. They brought their 3 year old child and half of her belongings in a Honda Odyssey mini van. Not just any Honda Odyssey, a fully loaded and apparently one of the owners feels it will actually go up in value. Who am I to know about a $40k mini van?
We went out to dinner one night. There were 7 of us and due to all the stuff still in said mini van we took two cars to dinner. This was while we were going through the total loss and we were still in the rental. The fab hub parked the rental in the first space. There was the curb and yard on one side of the rental and on the other side was a space. We started to walk into the restaurant when the occupants of the Odyssey yelled at the fab hub to move the rental and let them have the space we were in and get the rental on the other side of the mini van. The fab hub then walks back to the rental and moved it. Unbelievable. They advised that the rental does not matter and they need to protect the Odyssey doors. They even advised how their parents will assist in protecting the glorious Odyssey when they go out. I still cannot believe the fab hub moved the car to indulge this unreal behavior.
Yes, really.

Hotter than two rats screwing in a wool sock

Yeah, that's right. It is hot as effing hell here. The humidity and smog does not help. Think I will go have a heat stroke doing yard work.

I should have gotten this a year ago

We picked up a Tassimo yesterday. Instant love! Really, if you enjoy coffee or fancy coffee drinks go get one. The cappuccinos come out under a buck a piece and are heaven. The milk froths so nice. Yummy
Did I mention the best part? No clean up! It is a dream.
Bed Bath and Beyond will match any brick and mortar store. My plan was: Get 20% off coupon in the mail from BB&B, find a store that has it lower priced (Target in my case, I believe Wally World too), ask BB&B to match said price, use my coupon, get the $30 mail in rebate sent in, get the machine registered to get 2 packs of coffee disks free....yeah, my cheap ass got the $170 coffee maker for under $100. Makes me smile just thinking about it....

SmurFJ II

We grudgingly took delivery last night of our second 2007 Toyota FJ. It is exactly the same as the one we had....but it has a passenger side arm rest added. I have nothing nice to say about Marietta Toyota. Once I am able to put words together other than "Eff them" I will tell you more. It pissed me off to give them one penny, let alone close to $30k. The Smurf is good. The fab hub and I no longer have to carpool. Hopefully this one will not be cursed.....

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I won! Heh.
The difference between the first offer of ACV and what we settled for was close to $5k. Bitch got paid. Should you need help with total loss actual cash value I can give you some pointers. Doesn't hurt being in the business.
Bottom line: There is no reason to be screwed.

FJ + Total Loss = Groundhog

I will be laying on a shrinks couch if this keeps up. I have a huge amount of anxiety about getting the FJ total loss settled. It is making me crazy. Really. My mind continues to go back to it. The rental is has to be turned in tomorrow and we cannot reach settlement so I do not have a check to use for a down payment. So since I have all of this anxiety I cannot sleep. I am getting about 3-4 hours a night. I even had a beer and a ground hog pill last night. I am turning into a zombie again. I need some sleep. I am stressed out.

Just Not Natural

I met the best colorist in the world at Van Michael Sandy Springs, New Talents salon 7 years ago when she just started to learn color at Van Michael and charged $75 for hi lites and base color. I love her. She is a true artist. Aimee France I am talking about you. She got promotion after promotion and even started teaching at the Van Michael school. Then they opened a salon in Norcross about 2 years ago. I made the long haul once. Norcross and Alpharetta are like the New Jersey of Atlanta. Then I went outside the salon thinking that keeping my business local would be a good idea. Worst hair idea ever. EVER. I have seen 4 people since and one other outside of Van Michael. It just is not the same. I think I will have to drive to Jersey for my hair. And of course now I can hardly afford her, but Aimee is worth every single penny plus a 20% tip.
I am seeing someone at Van Michael now that I like. There is not love. She is a really cool person. Last time I went in I told her how much I loved the last color we did. I asked to do the same thing. Yeah, she matched my color faded hair which is just about my natural color and put in some honey hi lights. Eek. I hate my natural color. I hate honey blond, mousy brown, dishwater brown and any other ash type brown. I worked with it for a few weeks. I went to Target today. I bought a semi permanent color. HOLY CRAP MY HAIR COLOR KICKS ASS. I was scared. I had not colored my hair since college. I really like the color. I may just have to try it again when this fades out and save the money to go see Aimee.