dislocated my knee and couldn't go to work for two months?
If you don't, let me enlighten you.
From February 27th(mah burfday!)-March 6th, N and I took a much needed vacation. I expected to be going back to work on the 7th, but my boss gave me an extra two days of relaxation. Cool, right?
WRONG.
Sunday was when I dislocated my knee in the most ridiculous way ever. A little back-story first:
In 8th grade, when we were playing hockey in the gym, I fell on my left knee freakishly hard. Couldn't move even. Had to roll around in a wheel chair. From then on, I've had issues. It would be sore from time to time, and would hurt if I ran long distances. I went to to doctor for it, but all he said was that it was growing pains, and would pass. This pain completely messed me up and kept me from running track and playing softball after my freshman year of high school. I told my family that I wanted to focus on getting a job, but it was just too painful to run, and I knew we couldn't afford to go to a specialist.
2009. I would notice from time to time, after sitting with my legs crossed, when I'd go to uncross them, it would really, really, REALLY, hurt. If only for a few seconds. But it wasn't normal. Did I ever think to go to a doctor again? No. Because I'm an idiot. I just thought it was something I would just have to deal with.
Flash forward to March 7th, 2010. I'm sitting at the computer, as I am now, looking up running paths to train on for the 5k I registered for to do with Charizard the night before. Why I thought I would be capable of walk/running 3.1 miles is beyond me, but I was excited. I went to get up only to experience the worst physical pain I have ever felt in my entire life.
I didn't understand what was happening. I couldn't move my left leg, let alone bend my knee without screaming in agonizing pain. All I knew was that something horrible had just happened, I was home alone, and I couldn't reach my phone as it was charging on my nightstand about eight feet away. That was when I made the mistake of looking down at my kneecap, as it was pointing in the complete opposite direction it was supposed to.
Everything all of a sudden got really quiet, and my ears started buzzing really loud. My vision got white, and I thought to myself "this must be what it's like to about to pass out." I also was on the verge of throwing up, but told myself to stay over the computer mat, so my vomit wouldn't seep into the carpet. wtf, right? I was also burning up, and wanted nothing more than to turn on the fan in my bedroom. I was in this state for about 40 mins.
At that point, I was somewhat able to get control of myself, and knowing that it was going to hurt, I had to call N and figure out how to get to urgent care. So I more or less flopped on my bed, and pulled myself to my phone, screaming and crying the entire time.
He told me that I had dislocated my knee, and would need to straighten my leg to get it back in place. WHAT?! N told me he was going to call his parents to get me a ride to urgent care.
Other than getting my leg straight, I had another problem. I was wearing these ricidulous calf high boots that I had bought only the day before. I knew I was going to need to get into shorts before we left, and wouldn't you know it, not only was I stuck in those boots, I was wearing a pair of jeans that were skin tight.
I ended up cutting the boot off myself. When I say cut, I mean more like hacked at it with scissors. Luckily I only spent five dollars on them. It was still horribly painful to manuver my leg to pull the boot off, but I did it, and was so proud of myself. At that point, I was to bite the bullet and get my leg straight. It hurt, and I didn't even realize I was crying the entire time, but the pain was less severe.
After going to urgent care, to be referred to a knee specialist, who told me I couldn't go to work for at LEAST another month really freaked me out. Luckily I was approved for short term disability, and while it wasn't paying all the bills, it was definitely helpful to have. I did physical therapy and that helped a lot. They even taped up my knee and I was able to run again with no pain whatsoever! However, I wasn't approved to go to work again until I was restriction free, and since I had to more or less live in my knee brace, that took about another month.
Everyone thought I was getting a super long vacation-with pay thanks to those checks. Yeah, deffff not the case. Unless you call a vacation where you can hardly walk around without agonizing pain and needed to be on crutches for 2 1/2 weeks straight.
I still get pain from time to time, and worry about it dislocating again. At least this time I know what to do to fix it. Any questions?
Until next time,
Sarah
5/31/10
5/30/10
The only reason I'm posting is....
to show you this absolutely adorable photo.
This is Mac. Jess' daughter. She's almost four years old and is sweet as can be. We've been playing all sorts of games this evening, and I'm going to get back to them. Be jealous.
Until next time,
Sarah
This is Mac. Jess' daughter. She's almost four years old and is sweet as can be. We've been playing all sorts of games this evening, and I'm going to get back to them. Be jealous.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/29/10
Are you TRYING to turn me into a bridezilla!?
I hope not. However, after the craptastic day I had yesterday, I think it would have been fitting. Too bad I'm always way too nice to people, regardless of how horrible they are to me.
Le sigh.
Remember how positive I was about getting all that wedding stuff done? Yeah. Well, that balloon deflated in about 5 mins after all my errands began.
First, went to the place that I called three different times about printing RSVP cards. I told them what I wanted to do (make my own and have them printed, so I didn't have to use my printer and change all the settings...i.e. less work for Sarah) and I was told all three times, that yes, they could. This business is going to remain anonymous as I wouldn't want to sully their good namecopymax since they basically laughed in my face when I brought in my flash drive and cards, like a good little girl. "Oh, sorry. Those are too small, you'll have to take them somewhere else." Too small? These are a standard RSVP card size...yes, I googled it to make sure before I spent FOUR HOURS cutting paper and making it cute and personalized. So there I was, stuck with 80 cards that I wasted time and money making, and had no clue what to do. (My ever-so-awesome mom stepped in that evening and hand-wrote each card. I love her.) I decided that since the place I was considering having my hair done was just around the corner, I'd go over and get a consult with my hairdresser to be, to see what my options were.
Yeah, so after waiting 20 mins to talk to her as she finished with a client, listening to a kid scream bloody murder about not wanting a hair cut, and trying not to choke on the smell that can only be described as "perm", I found out she wasn't even going to be in town the weekend of the wedding. They only have one other person who can do up-dos, and, she wasn't very friendly. Since my wedding party and I are all getting our hurr didz, I didn't see that working. Luckily, my good friend at work, D, has a sis-in-law that does GREAT hair at a very nice salon. I'm hoping to get in touch with her soon for a hair trial!
Then there was my battle with david's bridal.
In a previous post, you'll have noticed that my two bridesmaids are wearing the same style of dress, but in different colors. It was brought to my attention Friday that Jess' dress was the right color, wrong style. I went in to get it fixed, and was told it said in their notes that while she was interested in the halter style....she asked for the different one. Right, Jess wanted the dress that was cut completely weird, and make her look frumpy.
Then when I was given a printout of everyone's info, I noticed that Shella's dress was also the wrong style.....ugh!! Saleslady was nice enough to call California DB and guess what....the same excuse was given for why they had the wrong dress for her! Really guys? You're killing me here. Long story short, everything got fixed, and no one will be showing up naked (hopefully). HOWEVER, the dresses won't be in now until July 9th. Can you say anxiety?
On a brighter note, work was actually a lot of fun today. It also finally stayed sunny longer than a millisecond. Could spring/summer actually be upon us?!
Here's to hoping I don't give myself a huge ulcer.
Until next time,
Sarah
Le sigh.
Remember how positive I was about getting all that wedding stuff done? Yeah. Well, that balloon deflated in about 5 mins after all my errands began.
First, went to the place that I called three different times about printing RSVP cards. I told them what I wanted to do (make my own and have them printed, so I didn't have to use my printer and change all the settings...i.e. less work for Sarah) and I was told all three times, that yes, they could. This business is going to remain anonymous as I wouldn't want to sully their good name
Yeah, so after waiting 20 mins to talk to her as she finished with a client, listening to a kid scream bloody murder about not wanting a hair cut, and trying not to choke on the smell that can only be described as "perm", I found out she wasn't even going to be in town the weekend of the wedding. They only have one other person who can do up-dos, and, she wasn't very friendly. Since my wedding party and I are all getting our hurr didz, I didn't see that working. Luckily, my good friend at work, D, has a sis-in-law that does GREAT hair at a very nice salon. I'm hoping to get in touch with her soon for a hair trial!
Then there was my battle with david's bridal.
In a previous post, you'll have noticed that my two bridesmaids are wearing the same style of dress, but in different colors. It was brought to my attention Friday that Jess' dress was the right color, wrong style. I went in to get it fixed, and was told it said in their notes that while she was interested in the halter style....she asked for the different one. Right, Jess wanted the dress that was cut completely weird, and make her look frumpy.
Then when I was given a printout of everyone's info, I noticed that Shella's dress was also the wrong style.....ugh!! Saleslady was nice enough to call California DB and guess what....the same excuse was given for why they had the wrong dress for her! Really guys? You're killing me here. Long story short, everything got fixed, and no one will be showing up naked (hopefully). HOWEVER, the dresses won't be in now until July 9th. Can you say anxiety?
On a brighter note, work was actually a lot of fun today. It also finally stayed sunny longer than a millisecond. Could spring/summer actually be upon us?!
Here's to hoping I don't give myself a huge ulcer.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/28/10
Rants and Raves....Friday?
Seeing as I am an utter space cadet, I didn't even realize yesterday was Thursday! As in, Sarah's R n' R Thursday? Okay, I know I only did it one other time, but it was, and is, a tradition I'm going to try to uphold...unless something more interesting comes up.
So here it is! Rants and RavesThursday Friday!
RAVES:
I'm thiiiis close to having my invitations mailed off, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I just need to get some last minute addresses from people at work, get the RSVP cards printed (which I'll be doing after this post, among other things) make copies of directions, and just stuff envelopes. And get postage. Crap. Okay, so it seems like a lot, but I'm determined to finish this DIY project once and for all!
I'm also going to start my beauty plan as of June 1st. Really, all it consists of is to stop chewing on my nails, which I know can be done, just need to actually try....not stuffing my face with fatty snacks at work, which I've actually been accomplishing, go me! And finally, I'm going to try those fancy Crest Whitestrips. I've been doing a LOT of research, and those seem to give the best result, when used correctly. As in, no talking for the time you actually wear them, as they'll slip off, ha ha! I just want to make sure I get my bang for my buck, as all those teeth whiteners are super spendy, and I don't have enough cash to get them professionally done.
RANTS:
Since last week was only rants, I'll spare you just this one. Which I don't really think I'd call a rant, I just think it's more silly than anything else.
This is the cover of the book Precious, based off the movie Precious, which is based of a book Push, written by Sapphire.
So let's get this straight. They wrote a book, based on a movie, that was based on a book.
My only question is, WHY?!
I mean, I'm sure it's a great story, but I personally have no interest in seeing this poor little girl getting beaten and stuffz by her mom...or whatever it's about. I'm sure there's more to it than that, just have no desire to see a movie that I know will make me extremely sad. It's like how Charizard won't ever watch Titanic, because she already knows how it ends, and it's very sad. I prefer a feel good movie, like I Love You, Man. SLAPPA DA BASS MAHN.
Until next time,
Sarah
So here it is! Rants and Raves
RAVES:
I'm thiiiis close to having my invitations mailed off, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I just need to get some last minute addresses from people at work, get the RSVP cards printed (which I'll be doing after this post, among other things) make copies of directions, and just stuff envelopes. And get postage. Crap. Okay, so it seems like a lot, but I'm determined to finish this DIY project once and for all!
I'm also going to start my beauty plan as of June 1st. Really, all it consists of is to stop chewing on my nails, which I know can be done, just need to actually try....not stuffing my face with fatty snacks at work, which I've actually been accomplishing, go me! And finally, I'm going to try those fancy Crest Whitestrips. I've been doing a LOT of research, and those seem to give the best result, when used correctly. As in, no talking for the time you actually wear them, as they'll slip off, ha ha! I just want to make sure I get my bang for my buck, as all those teeth whiteners are super spendy, and I don't have enough cash to get them professionally done.
RANTS:
Since last week was only rants, I'll spare you just this one. Which I don't really think I'd call a rant, I just think it's more silly than anything else.
This is the cover of the book Precious, based off the movie Precious, which is based of a book Push, written by Sapphire.
So let's get this straight. They wrote a book, based on a movie, that was based on a book.
My only question is, WHY?!
I mean, I'm sure it's a great story, but I personally have no interest in seeing this poor little girl getting beaten and stuffz by her mom...or whatever it's about. I'm sure there's more to it than that, just have no desire to see a movie that I know will make me extremely sad. It's like how Charizard won't ever watch Titanic, because she already knows how it ends, and it's very sad. I prefer a feel good movie, like I Love You, Man. SLAPPA DA BASS MAHN.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/27/10
Whoops.
Man oh man ohmanohmanohman!
I've clearly been lacking in the blog dept. For this, I am sorry.
I do have a valid excuse....I've been busy to the umpteenth power.
Monday night, as I was still wrapping my mind around the LOST finale, (btw still don't know how I feel about it) we had an impromptu bbq at our house, which I had to get stuff ready for the second we got home from a very busy day at work. Seeing has half the people who were coming canceled, and I was determined not to get frustrated by that, and still have a good time. Which I did, but it was very late, and I needed some ZzzzZzzzz's.
Tuesday, as you can see, N put a post up in my absence of the WORSTBANDINHISTORY. It did make me feel a little better that the reason I couldn't understand wtf they were saying was because they were screeching in a different language. The name alone is flippin' redonkulous, and quite frankly, really gross. Thanks, honey.
Wednesday I get to close up shop at the bakery. Since the hours have been extended, I'm now there til 9:30pm. Which is okay, I only have to do it two days a week. However, it being memorial day weekend and all, and the store running insanely cheap ad items, there was a lot to do. So I didn't leave until ten. But I felt good about the look of the place (sometimes it's left in complete chaos at night) so that's what mattered.
So now, it's the weekend! Woo-hoo! I need to do some SERIOUS laundry, and stuff envelopes with invites, because my eye is starting to twitch at the thought that they haven't been sent out yet. We're at the 87 day mark people!
Until next time,
Sarah
I've clearly been lacking in the blog dept. For this, I am sorry.
I do have a valid excuse....I've been busy to the umpteenth power.
Monday night, as I was still wrapping my mind around the LOST finale, (btw still don't know how I feel about it) we had an impromptu bbq at our house, which I had to get stuff ready for the second we got home from a very busy day at work. Seeing has half the people who were coming canceled, and I was determined not to get frustrated by that, and still have a good time. Which I did, but it was very late, and I needed some ZzzzZzzzz's.
Tuesday, as you can see, N put a post up in my absence of the WORSTBANDINHISTORY. It did make me feel a little better that the reason I couldn't understand wtf they were saying was because they were screeching in a different language. The name alone is flippin' redonkulous, and quite frankly, really gross. Thanks, honey.
Wednesday I get to close up shop at the bakery. Since the hours have been extended, I'm now there til 9:30pm. Which is okay, I only have to do it two days a week. However, it being memorial day weekend and all, and the store running insanely cheap ad items, there was a lot to do. So I didn't leave until ten. But I felt good about the look of the place (sometimes it's left in complete chaos at night) so that's what mattered.
So now, it's the weekend! Woo-hoo! I need to do some SERIOUS laundry, and stuff envelopes with invites, because my eye is starting to twitch at the thought that they haven't been sent out yet. We're at the 87 day mark people!
Until next time,
Sarah
5/25/10
5/23/10
The End.
Let's keep this short and sweet shall we? As I'm sure you all are still reeling over the photos from yesterdays post...There is a LOST pre-show and a 2 1/2 hour series finale, and I still need to wrap my mind around it.
I hope everybody had a great weekend! Did you do anything fun? Are you obsessing over LOST or any other TV show at the moment? Spill it!
It's the ONLY Jacob team I'll ever be on. Sorry Twi-hards.
I hope everybody had a great weekend! Did you do anything fun? Are you obsessing over LOST or any other TV show at the moment? Spill it!
TEAM JACOB
It's the ONLY Jacob team I'll ever be on. Sorry Twi-hards.Until next time,
Sarah
Sarah
5/22/10
Well, that was awkward.
I love stumbling upon new websites that make me smile/laugh/cringe at the ultimate fail of others. Because, let's face it folks, we live in a world with some pretty idiotic interesting people. And when these said people open their gobs or go out in public....you think to yourself....what the eff?! No one can be that dumb, right? RIGHT?!
Here are a few of my favorite websites that showcase what America has turned into:
Peopleofwalmart.com -if you haven't been here, go, NOW.
Lamebook.com -the funniest and lamest of facebook
YouTube.com -I think this one is kind of obv.
And on to the newest of my collection:
Awkwardfamilyphotos.com!
Where you'll find little gems such as....
No words can even describe the horriblosity of the above picture. Believe me, N and I have tried to come up with something, ANYTHING, but it is really just. that. bad. How'd he get down?
Clearly Dad should have been paying better attention. Little Sammie always HATED baseball, and found the perfect opportunity to seek revenge. He wanted to be a dancer, hence all the rouge on that kid's face.
BTW, I totally thought this picture was photo shopped, until I noticed the lighting/shadows from the bat.
Things that make ya go...wtf?! I'm scared for that baby's future. Nice clorox head and squished spider tattoo bud. Lookin' all Klassy and stuffz.
Now that you've seen all these images that you'll never be able to un-see....let me show you one more.
I don't know whether to be mortified or impressed by this photo. The dude totally looks like Kenny Powers, and he's holding a goddamn parrot like it aint no thang. Is his jump suit sweater made of velour? I can only hope. Don't mind his beezy though, she's only holding a RIFLE with a SCOPE and BAYONET attachment. Maybe the parrot is a home-wrecker. Due to their hairstyles and sunglasses (again, wtf?) I can only imagine this photo is circa 78'.
Engagement photo inspiration? muhahaha.
Until next time,
Sarah
Here are a few of my favorite websites that showcase what America has turned into:
Peopleofwalmart.com -if you haven't been here, go, NOW.
Lamebook.com -the funniest and lamest of facebook
YouTube.com -I think this one is kind of obv.
And on to the newest of my collection:
Awkwardfamilyphotos.com!
Where you'll find little gems such as....
No words can even describe the horriblosity of the above picture. Believe me, N and I have tried to come up with something, ANYTHING, but it is really just. that. bad. How'd he get down?Clearly Dad should have been paying better attention. Little Sammie always HATED baseball, and found the perfect opportunity to seek revenge. He wanted to be a dancer, hence all the rouge on that kid's face. BTW, I totally thought this picture was photo shopped, until I noticed the lighting/shadows from the bat.
Things that make ya go...wtf?! I'm scared for that baby's future. Nice clorox head and squished spider tattoo bud. Lookin' all Klassy and stuffz.Now that you've seen all these images that you'll never be able to un-see....let me show you one more.
I don't know whether to be mortified or impressed by this photo. The dude totally looks like Kenny Powers, and he's holding a goddamn parrot like it aint no thang. Is his jump suit sweater made of velour? I can only hope. Don't mind his beezy though, she's only holding a RIFLE with a SCOPE and BAYONET attachment. Maybe the parrot is a home-wrecker. Due to their hairstyles and sunglasses (again, wtf?) I can only imagine this photo is circa 78'.Engagement photo inspiration? muhahaha.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/21/10
"You have to bend over and just shove them in there."
That is soooooooooooooooo what she said! I wish (not really) I was kidding, but alas, that is not the case.
Today literally revolved anything and everything that is wedding related. My mom and I needed to hunt down a "wedding" bra since all the strapless ones I have suck. I posted on the knot for suggestions, and other than having cups sewn in my dress, bustier came up a lot.
We went to this little bra specialty place in town, and our search began.
Let me tell you, it was quite the...err....experience. The bustiers I were shown were very pretty, and I thought while they were cool, they aren't necessarily practical for everyday wear. Unless you're lady gaga. They also did not fit very comfortably. The consultant? insisted on being in the room the ENTIRE time to help me into these things, in which I was told to bend over and shove my boobs into. Repeatedly. It didn't help that for some reason she kept bringing me a cup size too small. No matter how hard I tried, it just was not happening. Ladies, I know you know what's it's like to try to squeeze into something you know you aren't going to fit into. Bent over. With a stranger behind you.
We ended up getting a basic beige strapless bra, that had very important qualities. 1. I could breathe in it, and 2. was only 27.00! I say "we" because my mom told me she was going to pay for it, along with my wedding dress alterations, which I had been stressing out about. Go mom!
After we finished up there, we headed to meet the woman I had contacted about wedding dress alterations. N and I decided at the beginning of the year, we were going to try to eat healthier. Upon doing so, we've both each lost about 2o pounds! I'm ecstatic with my weight now, it's right where I want to be. However, I bought my dress last June, so the dress that once fit me like a glove, now could barley stay up on it's own. Cool, but again stressful as I had no idea what alterations cost.
L has been doing alterations on gowns for 20+ years. I'm glad my mom came with me, because I always clam up when I meet new people, and wanted to make sure we weren't going to get swindled! It ended up costing 125 since of COURSE my dress can't be let in on their original seams, since there is so much beading. Or something. I was too enamored with how pretty I looked in my dress, I fell in love with it all over again. :D I have two more fittings scheduled after today, so I can't wait to see how it looks in July!
After THAT, I met N and M (one of N's groomsmen) over @ Men's Warehouse for tux fittin' and orderin'. I'm sure I sounded like a complete idiot since I was informed they did color matching with David's Bridal, but They didn't have all the colors available in the vest pattern we chose. Lame. So while there will be three different bridesmaid dress colors, there will only be two shades of blue for groomsmen vests. Oh, well. Everyone will be looking sharp, especially for the price of 150/suit...ugh.
Anyways, I'm beat. I feel like I didn't even have a day off due to all this silly running around. But it was stuff that needed to get done, and hopefully will be one less thing I need to worry about.
Until next time,
Sarah
Today literally revolved anything and everything that is wedding related. My mom and I needed to hunt down a "wedding" bra since all the strapless ones I have suck. I posted on the knot for suggestions, and other than having cups sewn in my dress, bustier came up a lot.
We went to this little bra specialty place in town, and our search began.
Let me tell you, it was quite the...err....experience. The bustiers I were shown were very pretty, and I thought while they were cool, they aren't necessarily practical for everyday wear. Unless you're lady gaga. They also did not fit very comfortably. The consultant? insisted on being in the room the ENTIRE time to help me into these things, in which I was told to bend over and shove my boobs into. Repeatedly. It didn't help that for some reason she kept bringing me a cup size too small. No matter how hard I tried, it just was not happening. Ladies, I know you know what's it's like to try to squeeze into something you know you aren't going to fit into. Bent over. With a stranger behind you.
We ended up getting a basic beige strapless bra, that had very important qualities. 1. I could breathe in it, and 2. was only 27.00! I say "we" because my mom told me she was going to pay for it, along with my wedding dress alterations, which I had been stressing out about. Go mom!
After we finished up there, we headed to meet the woman I had contacted about wedding dress alterations. N and I decided at the beginning of the year, we were going to try to eat healthier. Upon doing so, we've both each lost about 2o pounds! I'm ecstatic with my weight now, it's right where I want to be. However, I bought my dress last June, so the dress that once fit me like a glove, now could barley stay up on it's own. Cool, but again stressful as I had no idea what alterations cost.
L has been doing alterations on gowns for 20+ years. I'm glad my mom came with me, because I always clam up when I meet new people, and wanted to make sure we weren't going to get swindled! It ended up costing 125 since of COURSE my dress can't be let in on their original seams, since there is so much beading. Or something. I was too enamored with how pretty I looked in my dress, I fell in love with it all over again. :D I have two more fittings scheduled after today, so I can't wait to see how it looks in July!
After THAT, I met N and M (one of N's groomsmen) over @ Men's Warehouse for tux fittin' and orderin'. I'm sure I sounded like a complete idiot since I was informed they did color matching with David's Bridal, but They didn't have all the colors available in the vest pattern we chose. Lame. So while there will be three different bridesmaid dress colors, there will only be two shades of blue for groomsmen vests. Oh, well. Everyone will be looking sharp, especially for the price of 150/suit...ugh.
Anyways, I'm beat. I feel like I didn't even have a day off due to all this silly running around. But it was stuff that needed to get done, and hopefully will be one less thing I need to worry about.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/20/10
Rants and Raves Thursdays!
Hello Lover(s)!
What has two thumbs and is incredibly annoyed at the moment?
THIS GIRL.
A lot of blogs have certain days that have a theme. CakeWrecks has Sunday Sweets where they feature awesomely cute cakes, to show the world there's more to life than falker satherhood! Over at Salt Says... there's Open Letter Thursday. I'm sure you're thinking, enough with the linking already! These are just a couple of my faves and I thought I'd share with you. Besides, I thought I would take a hint from these ladies and try my own special day of the week. Besides, who doesn't LOVE craigslist R&R section?!
We'll see if it lasts.
This edition will be filled with a majority of....rants. Sorry. But thank you for enduring.
Last year, I went to the first annual Oregon Ink Tattoo Convention Expo thingamajig. I'm into tats, piercings, ect. and thought it would be cool to go see other people who are into tats, piercings, ect. and ooo and ahh at who was there, and try to find someone to fix my horrendous tribute tattoo to my late father. Long story, and like with my knee, I'm sure I'll get to it, just give me some time.
Who do I decide to go on this adventure with? MY MOM. She's really cool about that sort of stuff, I mean, she was married to a biker (my dad, obv, aka coolest dad anyone could have ever asked for, RIP) for over 20 years. We weren't really sure what to expect.
Long story short, there were a lot of artists who I talked to, and I did find someone (Rusty @Area51!) to fix my tattoo. I will def go back to get some more when I'm done with this whole wedding business. I also got completely swindled by some eastern oregon place on plugs that I were told were one-of-a-kind. The same plugs that caused my breakdown when I had thought I lost them. They were really pretty, and my mom liked them a lot. What we didn't like was the price tag. 35 bucks. Yuck. No thanks. But I got sweet talked, and with another pair thrown in, I paid about 40 something. I think.
Now, this wouldn't bother me normally, until I was writing bodyartforms.com to find out wtf happened to the order I placed almost a month ago and have yet to receive. (count this as rant #2) I was looking up the name of the style I ordered and stumbled upon this.
Umm. Hi, excuse me. These are the EXACT same plugs that I was told were hand-crafted one-of-a-kind-no-one-in-the-history-of-the-earth-would-wear-but-me. Can you believe this douche-chill! What a guy will do to get a sale. Not only that, but these are sooooo much cheaper on the website! Ugh. I should know now never again to stray from you BAF. That is, until I get my order in! Maybe I should have just sprung for UPS.
Oh btw, my fondant class totes mcgoats got canceled! Which is okay, as we were slammed at work, and I don't even want to imagine how they would have made it through the day without me and the fabulous D (hey girl, heyyyy!)((trust me, they wouldn't have)) so it was probably for the best.
Ready for a rave???
I'm getting my wedding dress altered tomorrow! Waaahhh-hooo! It'll be nice to actually have it fit. After N gets off work, we'll be going and finally getting the tux order in. Don't worry if you're having a little dejah-vu (sp?) because I mentioned that we were doing this last friday. However, when that day actually came, we (N) just weren't feeling up to it.
Hope your Thursday was just as entertaining? as mine was!
Until next time,
Sarah
What has two thumbs and is incredibly annoyed at the moment?
THIS GIRL.
A lot of blogs have certain days that have a theme. CakeWrecks has Sunday Sweets where they feature awesomely cute cakes, to show the world there's more to life than falker satherhood! Over at Salt Says... there's Open Letter Thursday. I'm sure you're thinking, enough with the linking already! These are just a couple of my faves and I thought I'd share with you. Besides, I thought I would take a hint from these ladies and try my own special day of the week. Besides, who doesn't LOVE craigslist R&R section?!
We'll see if it lasts.
This edition will be filled with a majority of....rants. Sorry. But thank you for enduring.
Last year, I went to the first annual Oregon Ink Tattoo Convention Expo thingamajig. I'm into tats, piercings, ect. and thought it would be cool to go see other people who are into tats, piercings, ect. and ooo and ahh at who was there, and try to find someone to fix my horrendous tribute tattoo to my late father. Long story, and like with my knee, I'm sure I'll get to it, just give me some time.
Who do I decide to go on this adventure with? MY MOM. She's really cool about that sort of stuff, I mean, she was married to a biker (my dad, obv, aka coolest dad anyone could have ever asked for, RIP) for over 20 years. We weren't really sure what to expect.
Long story short, there were a lot of artists who I talked to, and I did find someone (Rusty @Area51!) to fix my tattoo. I will def go back to get some more when I'm done with this whole wedding business. I also got completely swindled by some eastern oregon place on plugs that I were told were one-of-a-kind. The same plugs that caused my breakdown when I had thought I lost them. They were really pretty, and my mom liked them a lot. What we didn't like was the price tag. 35 bucks. Yuck. No thanks. But I got sweet talked, and with another pair thrown in, I paid about 40 something. I think.
Now, this wouldn't bother me normally, until I was writing bodyartforms.com to find out wtf happened to the order I placed almost a month ago and have yet to receive. (count this as rant #2) I was looking up the name of the style I ordered and stumbled upon this.
Umm. Hi, excuse me. These are the EXACT same plugs that I was told were hand-crafted one-of-a-kind-no-one-in-the-history-of-the-earth-would-wear-but-me. Can you believe this douche-chill! What a guy will do to get a sale. Not only that, but these are sooooo much cheaper on the website! Ugh. I should know now never again to stray from you BAF. That is, until I get my order in! Maybe I should have just sprung for UPS.Oh btw, my fondant class totes mcgoats got canceled! Which is okay, as we were slammed at work, and I don't even want to imagine how they would have made it through the day without me and the fabulous D (hey girl, heyyyy!)((trust me, they wouldn't have)) so it was probably for the best.
Ready for a rave???
I'm getting my wedding dress altered tomorrow! Waaahhh-hooo! It'll be nice to actually have it fit. After N gets off work, we'll be going and finally getting the tux order in. Don't worry if you're having a little dejah-vu (sp?) because I mentioned that we were doing this last friday. However, when that day actually came, we (N) just weren't feeling up to it.
Hope your Thursday was just as entertaining? as mine was!
Until next time,
Sarah
5/19/10
Lapso, sheemo wanny due.
I have a confession.
It's an obsession.
To The Sims.
If this doesn't mean anything to you, consider yourself lucky. The Sims is a PC game (it also came out for playstation but it's just not the same...) that has sucked countless hours away from my live since the year 2000. The premise of the game is you can create a character, a sim, and move them into a house you're allowed to decorate and build however you please, pick a career, ect. It was basically a virtual dollhouse. What ten year old girl wouldn't LOVE that! Did I mention they speak in simish! Hence the blog title today. So thanks to my brother's friend, ten years ago I was exposed to the brilliance of this game.
They started releasing expansion packs, and I bought every one that came out. You could go on vacation in one, you could have pets in another, could go downtown in another! It was great. However, we had a veryyy old computer, so my obsession somewhat fell to the wayside, as it's hard to get into a game that would crash every two minutes. Not even kidding.
The Sims 2 was released a few years later. I didn't even bother at that point, as I was too busy with sports, boyfriends, school, just being a teenager. I wondered about it from time to time, curious as to what changed. In the original game you could invite neighbors over, but you couldn't leave the lot your house was on, unless you went to work. Then when you went to work, the camera would still be at your lot, and you had no idea what your sim was doing. If you wanted to have a baby, you and your partner would decide, and then a bassinet would just appear out of thin air. If you didn't take care of the baby, the social worker would come take it away. I could go on and on and on and on about all the things you could do and couldn't do in the sims. I'll spare you my dorkiness (as it is not even close to being in full-force) and give you the option to this wikipedia link, that will fill you with sim knowledge until your fun meter is full.
What this post was intended for was the sims 3. N and I have a super-sweet computer, which could make any gamer drool. N pointed out to me that the Sims 3 was coming out pretty soon, but I didn't get too excited, until I realized that we had a computer that could support the game. Then I started reading the reviews, and my head exploded.
You controlled the WHOLE town. As in, you could go to other peoples' homes. You could OWN a car, the countless control options were endless. You could pick what they could do at work and that would effect their job performance. The girls had LONG hair. They could also get pregnant, morning sickness and everything! Not only that, there was a Sims creator to where you could make your sim look like anyone. Again, I could go on and on, but I'll link to wiki and you could read more about Sims 3 here.
And again, this is not the original reason for my post tonight. What I'm excited for the is for June 1st. which is when the second big expansion pack to be released for S3. It's called ambitions. You get to control what your sim actually does at work. As in, no more staring at the lot for six hours as you wait for them to come home. I'm pretty sure I peed a little. It is literally the expansion I've been waiting for for the last ten years. You had best believe I will be a Walmart at midnight to get it. I know I sound like such a dweeb but I could honestly care less. Everybody has their hobbies, and while it's not my ONLY one, the Sims is definitely up there.
And then they created Sims, and it was good.
Until next time,
Sarah
It's an obsession.
To The Sims.
If this doesn't mean anything to you, consider yourself lucky. The Sims is a PC game (it also came out for playstation but it's just not the same...) that has sucked countless hours away from my live since the year 2000. The premise of the game is you can create a character, a sim, and move them into a house you're allowed to decorate and build however you please, pick a career, ect. It was basically a virtual dollhouse. What ten year old girl wouldn't LOVE that! Did I mention they speak in simish! Hence the blog title today. So thanks to my brother's friend, ten years ago I was exposed to the brilliance of this game.
They started releasing expansion packs, and I bought every one that came out. You could go on vacation in one, you could have pets in another, could go downtown in another! It was great. However, we had a veryyy old computer, so my obsession somewhat fell to the wayside, as it's hard to get into a game that would crash every two minutes. Not even kidding.
The Sims 2 was released a few years later. I didn't even bother at that point, as I was too busy with sports, boyfriends, school, just being a teenager. I wondered about it from time to time, curious as to what changed. In the original game you could invite neighbors over, but you couldn't leave the lot your house was on, unless you went to work. Then when you went to work, the camera would still be at your lot, and you had no idea what your sim was doing. If you wanted to have a baby, you and your partner would decide, and then a bassinet would just appear out of thin air. If you didn't take care of the baby, the social worker would come take it away. I could go on and on and on and on about all the things you could do and couldn't do in the sims. I'll spare you my dorkiness (as it is not even close to being in full-force) and give you the option to this wikipedia link, that will fill you with sim knowledge until your fun meter is full.
What this post was intended for was the sims 3. N and I have a super-sweet computer, which could make any gamer drool. N pointed out to me that the Sims 3 was coming out pretty soon, but I didn't get too excited, until I realized that we had a computer that could support the game. Then I started reading the reviews, and my head exploded.
You controlled the WHOLE town. As in, you could go to other peoples' homes. You could OWN a car, the countless control options were endless. You could pick what they could do at work and that would effect their job performance. The girls had LONG hair. They could also get pregnant, morning sickness and everything! Not only that, there was a Sims creator to where you could make your sim look like anyone. Again, I could go on and on, but I'll link to wiki and you could read more about Sims 3 here.
And again, this is not the original reason for my post tonight. What I'm excited for the is for June 1st. which is when the second big expansion pack to be released for S3. It's called ambitions. You get to control what your sim actually does at work. As in, no more staring at the lot for six hours as you wait for them to come home. I'm pretty sure I peed a little. It is literally the expansion I've been waiting for for the last ten years. You had best believe I will be a Walmart at midnight to get it. I know I sound like such a dweeb but I could honestly care less. Everybody has their hobbies, and while it's not my ONLY one, the Sims is definitely up there.
And then they created Sims, and it was good.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/18/10
Did you miss me?
Because I completely forgot to post yesterday!
I worked from 1-930 then had to dash over to the movie theater to meet N, and our friends (newlyweds with a baby boy on the way!) J and V. We saw Greenburg....it was....weird. Honestly, I couldn't really tell you what it was about. I was disappointed because it was the same director who brought us The Squid and the Whale, which is a pretty cool movie. Oh, well. Since nothing exciting happened before 1pm, and we didn't get home until after 12, I was beat, and bed was calling my name.
So, in today's post, I wanted to show you a horrifying picture of my dog, Thor. Ready for this?It's something that you can un-see.
Oooooooooooooooh yeah. Now, as you can see in his photo on the sidebar there, Thor is absolutely adorable (you could almost say, he's aTHORable?) but this picture is the complete opposite. It's easier to notice the imperfections if you click on the faux-toe to enlarge it, giving my hopefully funny observations their just desserts.
1. Notice Thor is in mid-yawn, thus making him look like a show off because HE can touch his tongue to his nose. Big deal, bozo. Who are you trying to impress!?
2. Look at his eyes. He looks cross eyed. Maybe he was so mesmerized by touching his nose with his tongue, he couldn't look away. Luckily his eyes aren't stuck that way....for now.
3.Check out the way his hind legs are. NO DOG SITS LIKE THIS. Realize that it's his right leg that's kicked out that way...he must get that from me....I got in trouble for sitting like that, it's not good for your knees! Because of that sitting, now I have knees that naturally turn inward, thus making it hard to do some of the exercises I had to do for phys. therapy when I dislocated my knee.*
4. This is the whole reason I wanted to even take the picture to begin with. I would LOOOOVE to know how he managed to get the remote control to sit on the top of his paw like that. N and I did not put it there.
So, deciding it would be a funny pic as I take about 10,000 of Thor a day...(what, he does a lot of cute stuff! ) I was crying and couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard at this ridiculous-ity of this picture. Then I showed it to N, and we started laughing all over again.
Hopefully you laughed too, or at least smiled!
Until next time,
Sarah
*Someday I will get around to telling the story of my knee dislocation and all the BS that goes along with it. However, as it was more recent, I had to tell it to about 243912390812093 people, which got really old, really fast.
I worked from 1-930 then had to dash over to the movie theater to meet N, and our friends (newlyweds with a baby boy on the way!) J and V. We saw Greenburg....it was....weird. Honestly, I couldn't really tell you what it was about. I was disappointed because it was the same director who brought us The Squid and the Whale, which is a pretty cool movie. Oh, well. Since nothing exciting happened before 1pm, and we didn't get home until after 12, I was beat, and bed was calling my name.
So, in today's post, I wanted to show you a horrifying picture of my dog, Thor. Ready for this?It's something that you can un-see.
Oooooooooooooooh yeah. Now, as you can see in his photo on the sidebar there, Thor is absolutely adorable (you could almost say, he's aTHORable?) but this picture is the complete opposite. It's easier to notice the imperfections if you click on the faux-toe to enlarge it, giving my hopefully funny observations their just desserts.
1. Notice Thor is in mid-yawn, thus making him look like a show off because HE can touch his tongue to his nose. Big deal, bozo. Who are you trying to impress!?
2. Look at his eyes. He looks cross eyed. Maybe he was so mesmerized by touching his nose with his tongue, he couldn't look away. Luckily his eyes aren't stuck that way....for now.
3.Check out the way his hind legs are. NO DOG SITS LIKE THIS. Realize that it's his right leg that's kicked out that way...he must get that from me....I got in trouble for sitting like that, it's not good for your knees! Because of that sitting, now I have knees that naturally turn inward, thus making it hard to do some of the exercises I had to do for phys. therapy when I dislocated my knee.*
4. This is the whole reason I wanted to even take the picture to begin with. I would LOOOOVE to know how he managed to get the remote control to sit on the top of his paw like that. N and I did not put it there.
So, deciding it would be a funny pic as I take about 10,000 of Thor a day...(what, he does a lot of cute stuff! ) I was crying and couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard at this ridiculous-ity of this picture. Then I showed it to N, and we started laughing all over again.
Hopefully you laughed too, or at least smiled!
Until next time,
Sarah
*Someday I will get around to telling the story of my knee dislocation and all the BS that goes along with it. However, as it was more recent, I had to tell it to about 243912390812093 people, which got really old, really fast.
5/16/10
4 8 15 16 23 42
Do the above numbers mean anything to you? How about the image to your right? Does the name Hugo Reyes ring a bell? Have you ever heard anything body sing "you all everybody" and have it stuck in your head all day!?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, that means you haven't been living under a rock for the last six years and know a thing or two about the ABC drama LOST.
Now I could go on for days about conspiracy theories, intertwining of characters, or how the hell J.J. Abrams is going to end the series AND answer all my questions....in only two more episodes.
Admittedly, I didn't watch LOST from the very beginning. I'm sure anyone who's tried to "jump in" in the middle of a season was completely lost (pun intended!) thus, no point in watching as you could care less what's happening to that Sigh-EEED guy. Since N was one of the ones who started watching in the beginning, he wanted to get me caught up so I could watch the last of season 5, and start on season 6-the final season. We own the DVD's (and as of Christmas all the blu-rays) so we would watch it for hours at a time, comercial free! I had some pretty weird show-related dreams, but I couldn't get enough. I'm caught up now, and trying to stick it out to the end since frankly, these "twists" don't hold a candle to the shenanigans in seasons 3/4. Tell me more about Sawyer's story! Why is Ben Linus such a creep? Kate Austin, will you PLEASE stop giving everyone that judging look! YOU know the one I'm talking about.
Another person who was late for the LOST train was my friend, Rebecca. She asked if she could borrow season 1 to see what all the hype was about. She finished it in
a day and a half. Long story short, Rebecca and her gf Mak were caught up to season 6 (which was just about to air) in ONE WEEK. Very impressive. They're now addicted, and we fully intend to watch the 2 1/2 hour series finale together, and hopefully figure out what the deal is with this island.
Seeing as today is Becca's 21st birthday, I thought it would be appropriate for her cake to go a little somethin' like disssss.
LOST nerds rejoice! It isn't exactly how I wanted it to turn out, but Rebecca was thrilled. I've made her cakes in the past, she's basically been my best customer. Although now looking at the original dharma logo, I'm wishing I would have left a little more room to do that thicker outline, but I'm pretty sure everyone gets the point.
Got a weird work schedule this week, split days off (booo) but going to a fondant workshop courtesy of work on thurs. (yay!) Let the madness unfold.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/15/10
In case you didn't notice...
Yesterday's post was from my dear, sweet, N.
I was having one of those days where basically anything and everything I tried to do failed, and I was getting more and more frustrated. I didn't want to vent on here, as I'd like to try to keep the blerggh blog a "drama-free" zone. So N offered to take the day, and as in said post, write something completely different. As he's a movie buff, I should have guessed his post would revolve around a movie review. The picture of Russ though....nice one, sweetie!
Today was busy! I worked on cake orders most the day, and then went home to do more cakes. My friend Aimee had asked me to make a baby shower cake for her mom's friend, as all the places they went to wanted waaay too much money for what they were asking for. Just brown, white, and green color palette, with a monkey. Here's what I did: (with some assistance from Jess!)
Cute huh! I was really happy with how it came out. I ended up not finishing this until later than planned, so I didn't have time to finish Rebecca's Top Secrect Birthday Cake (hee-hee!) but since her birthday isn't for another 70 mins, I think it'll be okay.
Alright folks, I'm exhausted, and have got to get some sleep. BTW I finished my invites! Also started labeling envelopes. Just need to make copies of the directions and get rsvp cards printed....
Until next time,
Sarah
I was having one of those days where basically anything and everything I tried to do failed, and I was getting more and more frustrated. I didn't want to vent on here, as I'd like to try to keep the blerggh blog a "drama-free" zone. So N offered to take the day, and as in said post, write something completely different. As he's a movie buff, I should have guessed his post would revolve around a movie review. The picture of Russ though....nice one, sweetie!
Today was busy! I worked on cake orders most the day, and then went home to do more cakes. My friend Aimee had asked me to make a baby shower cake for her mom's friend, as all the places they went to wanted waaay too much money for what they were asking for. Just brown, white, and green color palette, with a monkey. Here's what I did: (with some assistance from Jess!)
Cute huh! I was really happy with how it came out. I ended up not finishing this until later than planned, so I didn't have time to finish Rebecca's Top Secrect Birthday Cake (hee-hee!) but since her birthday isn't for another 70 mins, I think it'll be okay.
Alright folks, I'm exhausted, and have got to get some sleep. BTW I finished my invites! Also started labeling envelopes. Just need to make copies of the directions and get rsvp cards printed....
Until next time,
Sarah
5/14/10
...and now for something completely different!
Here it is, a blog post about Russell Crowe. So apparently Robin Hood is terrible, I feel like I should just watch the trailer on repeat for 120 minutes. At least it would be free. I'm a big Ridley Scott fan but when the sheer force of ineptitude is being screamed from the highest peaks of the internet, even he can't get me into a theater.
Now don't get me wrong, I really thought that the movie sounded like a bad idea from the start. It changed so much in development and took so long to come out, only the staunchest believer wouldn't have had doubts.
Now that the doubts are confirmed, I think it's time. Time for Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott to start seeing other people. They have made at least 48 movies together since 2000 with Russell Crowe playing basically the same character (except fat Crowe in Body of Lies.) It's gotten to where I see Crowe in a trailer and KNOW that this is the next Ridley Scott film. They aren't even attracted to each other sexually anymore!
In ten more years, Crowe will have beaten a boat valet to death with an oar and Scott will probably have made 4 more Alien movies. With this being an unavoidable destiny, here is my plea: Please don't put each other through this. Crowe fighting Aliens makes me want to watch anything else ever and Ridley cannot possibly take watching his beloved muse splattered in valet blood without having a complete and total system failure.
It has to end.
5/13/10
Everything is falling into place.
As far as the wedding is concerned anyways! Which is very, very exciting for me, as I tend to worry about, well, everything.
I have three bridesmaids. Charizard, Jess, and Shella. Char, as I mentioned in a previous post, lives up north, while Shella moved down to California last summer. So trying to get planning done with everyone all over the west coast has been easier said than done, but we've managed. Thanks to the wonders of Facebook and my textaholism, I've been able to send wedding info to everyone, and get feedback pretty quickly. Thanks ladies!
Shella informed me yesterday that she was able to get her dress order in! Not only that but it will be in by June! Huzzah! (We were told originally she'd have to get a rush on it because it wouldn't be in til August, ugh.) Here is what they will be wearing. The colors transcend from blue velvet, to marine, to capri. I didn't want them to be super matchy, so I thought various blues would be fun, and photograh really well. The girls also all look great in them! Woot!
Didn't you know Jess and Shella were twins?? Kidding. Now the"capri" color on the David's Bridal website is NOT the same as the one in the store. It's not nearly as light, so it creates an awesome contrast with the darker blues. Jess and Shella's dresses will also have a white sash tied around the middle, it looks so pretty! We're still figuring out shoes and whatnot, since it'll be outdoor I don't want to make these poor women attempt to walk in stilettos and get their heels stuck in the ground. Suggestions appreciated! (besides, my sister and Shella are amazon height compared to Jess, so they don't need any help when in that department :P )
In other great news, I got a phone call from our florist, Debbie, with a price quote for the flowers! Tell the nice nice readers what you won, dear!
*Bridal bouquet
*Bridesmaids bouquet
*Flower girl wristlet
*Eight boutonnieres
*Two mom corsages
*Toss bouquet
*Petals to scatter before ceremony
*Flowers for the cake (that will match my bouquet)
For the price of.....$263.00!!!!
I was totes expecting to pay at least double that. Debbie does AMAZING work, and completely understood where we were coming from financially, and got us such a wonderful deal....I've been beaming all day. I'd put up some photos for our flower inspiration, but I really need to start working on the invitations, remember? Maybe I'll get around to it later.
Until next time,
Sarah
I have three bridesmaids. Charizard, Jess, and Shella. Char, as I mentioned in a previous post, lives up north, while Shella moved down to California last summer. So trying to get planning done with everyone all over the west coast has been easier said than done, but we've managed. Thanks to the wonders of Facebook and my textaholism, I've been able to send wedding info to everyone, and get feedback pretty quickly. Thanks ladies!
Shella informed me yesterday that she was able to get her dress order in! Not only that but it will be in by June! Huzzah! (We were told originally she'd have to get a rush on it because it wouldn't be in til August, ugh.) Here is what they will be wearing. The colors transcend from blue velvet, to marine, to capri. I didn't want them to be super matchy, so I thought various blues would be fun, and photograh really well. The girls also all look great in them! Woot!
Didn't you know Jess and Shella were twins?? Kidding. Now the"capri" color on the David's Bridal website is NOT the same as the one in the store. It's not nearly as light, so it creates an awesome contrast with the darker blues. Jess and Shella's dresses will also have a white sash tied around the middle, it looks so pretty! We're still figuring out shoes and whatnot, since it'll be outdoor I don't want to make these poor women attempt to walk in stilettos and get their heels stuck in the ground. Suggestions appreciated! (besides, my sister and Shella are amazon height compared to Jess, so they don't need any help when in that department :P )In other great news, I got a phone call from our florist, Debbie, with a price quote for the flowers! Tell the nice nice readers what you won, dear!
*Bridal bouquet
*Bridesmaids bouquet
*Flower girl wristlet
*Eight boutonnieres
*Two mom corsages
*Toss bouquet
*Petals to scatter before ceremony
*Flowers for the cake (that will match my bouquet)
For the price of.....$263.00!!!!
I was totes expecting to pay at least double that. Debbie does AMAZING work, and completely understood where we were coming from financially, and got us such a wonderful deal....I've been beaming all day. I'd put up some photos for our flower inspiration, but I really need to start working on the invitations, remember? Maybe I'll get around to it later.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/12/10
TGI....Wednesday?
Because Wednesday is MY Friday!
Working in a food service industry, it is inevitable that you will most always work weekends. I'm used to it. N is in the same boat so it's not like we never see each other on our days off. Unless he gets mon-tues off and I thur-fri....that got frustrating quickly. At one point we were convinced our managers were messing with us. And while its still rare for us to get both days off together, we've been lucking out lately with one a week, which ends up getting jam packed due to all the errands we need to run!
This "weekend" I am determined to finish my invitations. I WILL make the rsvp cards, print directions and get stamps. I hope. Friday Thor has to go to the vet in the morning, and then N and I are going to get his tux, squee! Last week, I tried and tried to get an appointment with this loan officer my in-laws-to-be recommended, but it turned into a huge game of phone tag. It would be really nice to know how much money we could get, so we could start looking for houses. I don't want to get set on one, and then find out it's wayyyy out of our price range.
All and all, I really hope it's the productive weekend that I want. I know I'll feel better once I get that stuff done and sent off, but I have a Ph.D in procrastination....
What are you doing this weekend!
Until next time,
Sarah
Working in a food service industry, it is inevitable that you will most always work weekends. I'm used to it. N is in the same boat so it's not like we never see each other on our days off. Unless he gets mon-tues off and I thur-fri....that got frustrating quickly. At one point we were convinced our managers were messing with us. And while its still rare for us to get both days off together, we've been lucking out lately with one a week, which ends up getting jam packed due to all the errands we need to run!
This "weekend" I am determined to finish my invitations. I WILL make the rsvp cards, print directions and get stamps. I hope. Friday Thor has to go to the vet in the morning, and then N and I are going to get his tux, squee! Last week, I tried and tried to get an appointment with this loan officer my in-laws-to-be recommended, but it turned into a huge game of phone tag. It would be really nice to know how much money we could get, so we could start looking for houses. I don't want to get set on one, and then find out it's wayyyy out of our price range.
All and all, I really hope it's the productive weekend that I want. I know I'll feel better once I get that stuff done and sent off, but I have a Ph.D in procrastination....
What are you doing this weekend!
Until next time,
Sarah
5/11/10
A day worth celebrating!
Because it's my BFF Jess' birthday!
We've been friends for nearly ten years now. To which some of you might say big deal, but do the math. We've been friends since we were 12. How many people did you consider to be your friend when you were that age and are STILL great friends with today? Hmm?! Anybody? Yes, yes, I know I'm not the only one, but humor me here.
Jess and I met through a mutual friend of ours. The first thing I'll always remember about J was that she had all this red in her hair. At first I didn't think anything of it, until I heard the story. For halloween she wanted to go as one of her favorite WWF wrestlers (wtf?) so she put some temporary dye in her her that was supposed to wash out. It had been over a week and there were still traces of it in her hair. We were all in band together, but they lived closer to each other, thus it was much easier for them to hang out and ride their razor scooters around, while I had my off-brand one that the handlebars would fall out of, and lived about 2 miles away.
Throughout that school year, Jess and I became pretty fast friends. We always had fun just hanging out, playing MASH, and spending countless hours on the phone. Which is funny, because while we were in middle school, we were both notorious for being very quiet and shy. Jess did beat me out for most shy in our 8th grade poll, but it was very close. :)
Enter High school.
This is where the friendship was supposed to fizzle out right? Not quite. While we definitely had our ups and downs during these four years at Willamette (three for Jess as her family moved sophomore year and she HAD to go to Sheldon...) we managed to stick it out til' senior year.
Now there was a huge misunderstanding that I am not going to go into detail with, as it is irrelevant, and frankly none of your business. Long story short, there was about a year we didn't talk, due to some bad boyfriend issues, but he's out of the picture and Jess and I picked up where we left off.
So here we are, ten years later. She and her daughter Mac moved in about a month ago. It's been pretty awesome having them around, and getting to know this bright 3 year old girl a little better. Through thick and thin, I know I'll always be able to count on Jess. She's there to listen when I need to vent, has a shoulder when I need to cry on one, and someone who I will always be able to say "remember the time when....(insert horribly embarrassing story here)" and get a laugh.
Happy birthday Jessie! I love you so much!
Until next time,
Sarah
Sarah
5/10/10
Happy Monday!
Hey errybaudy.
I literally just got home, and have been going since 7:30 this morning.
Went to work where it was non-stop crazy drama, which at this point, isn't even worth explaining, because I'll just get worked up all over again. Let's just say, it was one of THOSE days.
After getting home and having a mini breakdown tantrum (it had been a loooong day) I was ready to go see Mastodon with N and a couple of our close friends.
It was a good solid 5 hours of music, and very entertaining.
The first band, Valient Thorr(who originally had brownie points with me for having my dog's name in the band)was god awful. They had a song called "the tomorrow police". Don't worry, it was as silly as it sounds. They were also the kind of band where the singer just looooves to hear himself speak. It was really annoying. They also put a big emphasis on the word party in just about everything they said. Just makes my brain hurt thinking about it!
The second band, and my personal favorite of the night, was a little jewel called Baroness. I had never listened to them before, but they were excellent live! Great stage presence, not too heavy, but really really nice. Highly recommend it if you're into heavier music.
The third band, between the buried and me, was really good. They're one of my favorites to listen to, although they have songs that are as long as 14 mins. Their vocalist also plays keyboard, and was pretty cute. (tee-hee)
At this point into the evening, I'm exhausted, trying not to overheat, or choke on the stale smell of beer and weed.
Mastodon finally comes on stage(yay)! N and I went to a show they did in Portland this last October, and it was excellent. They didn't have much of a soundcheck before they came on tonight, and I wish they would have...the mic was so loud for the first few songs it was all you could really hear were vocals. We were pretty sure the band had been drinking earlier, as one of the guitarists was stumbling and singing incoherently...it was somewhat disappointing, compared to the previous performance.
All and all it was a good time. There was this older guy sitting a few rows ahead of us who was really into mastodon, as in, air guitar and dancing. Pretty sure he pounded 4 beers in about 10 mins....
So while I'm cutting it close, I still kept up with my one-a-day blog promise to myself, yay me! So forgive any misspellings you might come across, we can just blame that on my sleep delirium, okay!
Until next time,
Sarah
I literally just got home, and have been going since 7:30 this morning.
Went to work where it was non-stop crazy drama, which at this point, isn't even worth explaining, because I'll just get worked up all over again. Let's just say, it was one of THOSE days.
After getting home and having a mini breakdown tantrum (it had been a loooong day) I was ready to go see Mastodon with N and a couple of our close friends.
It was a good solid 5 hours of music, and very entertaining.
The first band, Valient Thorr(who originally had brownie points with me for having my dog's name in the band)was god awful. They had a song called "the tomorrow police". Don't worry, it was as silly as it sounds. They were also the kind of band where the singer just looooves to hear himself speak. It was really annoying. They also put a big emphasis on the word party in just about everything they said. Just makes my brain hurt thinking about it!
The second band, and my personal favorite of the night, was a little jewel called Baroness. I had never listened to them before, but they were excellent live! Great stage presence, not too heavy, but really really nice. Highly recommend it if you're into heavier music.
The third band, between the buried and me, was really good. They're one of my favorites to listen to, although they have songs that are as long as 14 mins. Their vocalist also plays keyboard, and was pretty cute. (tee-hee)
At this point into the evening, I'm exhausted, trying not to overheat, or choke on the stale smell of beer and weed.
Mastodon finally comes on stage(yay)! N and I went to a show they did in Portland this last October, and it was excellent. They didn't have much of a soundcheck before they came on tonight, and I wish they would have...the mic was so loud for the first few songs it was all you could really hear were vocals. We were pretty sure the band had been drinking earlier, as one of the guitarists was stumbling and singing incoherently...it was somewhat disappointing, compared to the previous performance.
All and all it was a good time. There was this older guy sitting a few rows ahead of us who was really into mastodon, as in, air guitar and dancing. Pretty sure he pounded 4 beers in about 10 mins....
So while I'm cutting it close, I still kept up with my one-a-day blog promise to myself, yay me! So forgive any misspellings you might come across, we can just blame that on my sleep delirium, okay!
Until next time,
Sarah
5/9/10
To all the mom's out there.
You rule!
Really.
Everybody has a mom who brought them into the world, and at one point or another had them threaten to take you out of it.
Let's take my mom Susan, for example.. She's a woman who never even planned on having kids. In her words; "she couldn't afford to." Very practical mindset. However a couple of "blessings in disguises" later, motherhood became a reality for her, in the form of my older brother Chris, and myself (duh). She didn't have me until she was in her late thirties, but better late than never. We've had our blowouts in the past, and regardless of all the bickering we've gone through over the years, I feel lucky to be able to call her my mom.
Her 61st birthday was this Wednesday, and my brother and I took her out to dinner. Even though it seemed like a pretty casual evening, when I talked to her later, she said it was one of the best birthdays she had ever had. I was trying to figure out what made it so great in her eyes, since it was so laid back, but that's just it. My mom has always been really easy going, and not nazi-strict like some of my friends' parents growing up. She doesn't need a huge party to feel special, just the love of her kids...and a few presents. "You didn't spend too much, did you??" -Mom in a nutshell.
You know what doesn't rule? How insanely busy it was at work this weekend. We almost completely sold out of cakes, which lemme tell ya, quite the feat. I wrote Happy Mother's Day! on so many cakes I started to go robotic. Which actually ended up happening when I was trying to leave. I had a customer buying one of the last cakes available, and long story short ended up writing Happy Mother's Shelby and Kristine. Which I spelled Kristine Chris-thinking of my brother. Quickly correcting my mistake, I realized I forgot the word day, and just started laughing hysterically. I went up to the customer and told him what happened, and LUCKILY he just laughed it off too, and told me they would get a kick out of it. I ever so wittily ended our transaction with "well, I hope they're happy mothers, because this cake says it all! Smoooooth. Did I mention how busy we were this weekend?! Maybe that cake will be featured on CakeWrecks! One of my personal favorite blogs!
One more thing, and this is a bit of a rant. Please understand that people who are in the customer service industry are required to greet you, with a smile on their face and a song in their heart, and ready to cater to your every need. Even if they are having the worst day ever. The least you can do is say hello. I had so many people today look at me after greeting them and asking if they needed help, and I'm talking looking me right in the eye, and just completely ignore me. Theeeeen wanting help not 30 seconds later. What got my goat today was when this one customer started snapping his fingers to get my attention.
You've.
Got.
To.
Be.
Kidding.
RIGHT?!
No, it actually happened. Pretty sure I threw up in my mouth. I think that is one of the rudest things you could do to a person you don't even know!! Clearly that guy's mother did NOT teach him any manners....
Happy Mother's Day to all the great mom's out there!!!!
Until next time,
Sarah
Really.
Everybody has a mom who brought them into the world, and at one point or another had them threaten to take you out of it.
Let's take my mom Susan, for example.. She's a woman who never even planned on having kids. In her words; "she couldn't afford to." Very practical mindset. However a couple of "blessings in disguises" later, motherhood became a reality for her, in the form of my older brother Chris, and myself (duh). She didn't have me until she was in her late thirties, but better late than never. We've had our blowouts in the past, and regardless of all the bickering we've gone through over the years, I feel lucky to be able to call her my mom.
Her 61st birthday was this Wednesday, and my brother and I took her out to dinner. Even though it seemed like a pretty casual evening, when I talked to her later, she said it was one of the best birthdays she had ever had. I was trying to figure out what made it so great in her eyes, since it was so laid back, but that's just it. My mom has always been really easy going, and not nazi-strict like some of my friends' parents growing up. She doesn't need a huge party to feel special, just the love of her kids...and a few presents. "You didn't spend too much, did you??" -Mom in a nutshell.
You know what doesn't rule? How insanely busy it was at work this weekend. We almost completely sold out of cakes, which lemme tell ya, quite the feat. I wrote Happy Mother's Day! on so many cakes I started to go robotic. Which actually ended up happening when I was trying to leave. I had a customer buying one of the last cakes available, and long story short ended up writing Happy Mother's Shelby and Kristine. Which I spelled Kristine Chris-thinking of my brother. Quickly correcting my mistake, I realized I forgot the word day, and just started laughing hysterically. I went up to the customer and told him what happened, and LUCKILY he just laughed it off too, and told me they would get a kick out of it. I ever so wittily ended our transaction with "well, I hope they're happy mothers, because this cake says it all! Smoooooth. Did I mention how busy we were this weekend?! Maybe that cake will be featured on CakeWrecks! One of my personal favorite blogs!
One more thing, and this is a bit of a rant. Please understand that people who are in the customer service industry are required to greet you, with a smile on their face and a song in their heart, and ready to cater to your every need. Even if they are having the worst day ever. The least you can do is say hello. I had so many people today look at me after greeting them and asking if they needed help, and I'm talking looking me right in the eye, and just completely ignore me. Theeeeen wanting help not 30 seconds later. What got my goat today was when this one customer started snapping his fingers to get my attention.
You've.
Got.
To.
Be.
Kidding.
RIGHT?!
No, it actually happened. Pretty sure I threw up in my mouth. I think that is one of the rudest things you could do to a person you don't even know!! Clearly that guy's mother did NOT teach him any manners....
Happy Mother's Day to all the great mom's out there!!!!
Until next time,
Sarah
5/8/10
Yeeeaah, about that punch and pie.
Did you REALLY believe that there would be punch and pie?? Clearly you did not see the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. The boys promise punch and pie to get kids to show up to a secret meeting to help save Terrance and Phillip. It didn't go quite as well as they planned, as you'll see in this clip. Oooo youtube.com!
Please don't walk out on me! I have so much to give. :)
Anyways, let's get down to busnizzz, shall we?
I couldn't believe the amount of positive interest there was from my previous blog post! I even have a follower! (shout out to my cheese hustler, T!) I feel like a celebrity, like that Heidi Montag from MTV's the Hills....minus that eerie plastic sheen. And blonde hair. And douche-chill (yes, that's a REAL word) of a husband. heh. Really though, it gives me the motivation to keep this going, so thanks!
As I mentioned before, I'm getting married in August. Since we're trying to keep the costs down, I've been trying to DIY with a lot of the elements of our wedding. That way, we can spend our money on the things we really want, like our fabulous honeymoon to Disneyland! More on that later. One of the biggest DIY projects I was worried about was our wedding invitations. I couldn't justify spending a ridiculous amount of money on fancy-pants paper. I knew in my head how I wanted them to look, I just needed to find just the right paper to pull it off.
Viola! Wait. That's not right. You get the point. Not too shabby right?? The only answer to the question is yes, in case you were wondering. My mom and I found the back paper @BenFranklin Crafts. The vellum overlapping it was another story. I wanted it to be thin enough so you could still see through to the back. I knew it existed SOMEWHERE, as I've used it for projects in the past, but the places around town just didn't have it.
Which meant road trip! My sister, Charizard (what, you don't refer to your favorite sibling as a pokemon?) lives up north near Portland, and I just knew we'd be able to find what I wanted. Thus we ended up at PaperZone. If you have never been there, I highly recommend it! All sorts of great paper and crafty things, for an awesome price. I not only found a thin enough vellum, but found paper to use for our ceremony programs as well. Spent about 40 bucks. Very nice!
Let me tell you though, printing on paper that thin? Somewhat time consuming. Maybe our printer was being difficult, or I was just being too anal about it, but I had to load the vellum in one sheet at a time, and catch it so it wouldn't smudge, then lay it out to dry. I didn't include the wording in the photo, because I want that to be a surprise. N wrote the invite out, and I think it does a great job of setting the tone of our wedding. I still need to hole-punch everything and tie the ribbon through, and address the envelopes, and get RSVP cards printed (construction paper for the win!) stamps might be helpful... but I just have not had the time since I've been back to work.
It's only going to get crazier though. The next couple of weeks are packed! N and I are trying to get an appt. with a loan officer for next Friday, to see how big of a loan we can get for a house, he's also getting fit for his tux! Along with making a couple of cakes for friends at home, celebrating my BFF Jess' birthday, going to see mastodon monday night! and work in between? Wheew. Seeing all that in writing makes me realize all the more how I need to get my butt and gear and get stuff done.
Until next time,
Sarah
Please don't walk out on me! I have so much to give. :)
Anyways, let's get down to busnizzz, shall we?
I couldn't believe the amount of positive interest there was from my previous blog post! I even have a follower! (shout out to my cheese hustler, T!) I feel like a celebrity, like that Heidi Montag from MTV's the Hills....minus that eerie plastic sheen. And blonde hair. And douche-chill (yes, that's a REAL word) of a husband. heh. Really though, it gives me the motivation to keep this going, so thanks!
As I mentioned before, I'm getting married in August. Since we're trying to keep the costs down, I've been trying to DIY with a lot of the elements of our wedding. That way, we can spend our money on the things we really want, like our fabulous honeymoon to Disneyland! More on that later. One of the biggest DIY projects I was worried about was our wedding invitations. I couldn't justify spending a ridiculous amount of money on fancy-pants paper. I knew in my head how I wanted them to look, I just needed to find just the right paper to pull it off.
Viola! Wait. That's not right. You get the point. Not too shabby right?? The only answer to the question is yes, in case you were wondering. My mom and I found the back paper @BenFranklin Crafts. The vellum overlapping it was another story. I wanted it to be thin enough so you could still see through to the back. I knew it existed SOMEWHERE, as I've used it for projects in the past, but the places around town just didn't have it.Which meant road trip! My sister, Charizard (what, you don't refer to your favorite sibling as a pokemon?) lives up north near Portland, and I just knew we'd be able to find what I wanted. Thus we ended up at PaperZone. If you have never been there, I highly recommend it! All sorts of great paper and crafty things, for an awesome price. I not only found a thin enough vellum, but found paper to use for our ceremony programs as well. Spent about 40 bucks. Very nice!
Let me tell you though, printing on paper that thin? Somewhat time consuming. Maybe our printer was being difficult, or I was just being too anal about it, but I had to load the vellum in one sheet at a time, and catch it so it wouldn't smudge, then lay it out to dry. I didn't include the wording in the photo, because I want that to be a surprise. N wrote the invite out, and I think it does a great job of setting the tone of our wedding. I still need to hole-punch everything and tie the ribbon through, and address the envelopes, and get RSVP cards printed (construction paper for the win!) stamps might be helpful... but I just have not had the time since I've been back to work.
It's only going to get crazier though. The next couple of weeks are packed! N and I are trying to get an appt. with a loan officer for next Friday, to see how big of a loan we can get for a house, he's also getting fit for his tux! Along with making a couple of cakes for friends at home, celebrating my BFF Jess' birthday, going to see mastodon monday night! and work in between? Wheew. Seeing all that in writing makes me realize all the more how I need to get my butt and gear and get stuff done.
Until next time,
Sarah
5/7/10
And here, we, go.
Welcome friend! You've stumbled upon the blog of Sarah AKA; the blerggh blog. Titled thus because I honestly don't know what I'm doing, let alone if I will keep it up, or if anyone will really read it. Hopefully I'll be able to entertain you with the exploits of my ever-so interesting life.
*crickets*
Off to a great start, folks.
A little about me:
I'm Oregon born and bred, and wouldn't have it any other way. I will live here until I die.
I'm a huge University of Oregon sports fan. College football is my favorite sport to watch. I love my ducks!
I'm getting married to the most wonderful man, August 22nd, 2010. Which puts us at the 3.5 month mark..eep! We're paying for the majority of the wedding ourselves, so let's just say, I've been DIYing a lot of things, and cutting corners whenever possible. I'm a huge lurker on the knot.com...don't judge me! I'm shy.
Thor, shih tzu-bichon puppy is my little boy! I never thought I would be one of those people who became so attached to a small (but NOT yippy!) dog, but I guess I'm eating my own words. I tend to do that a lot.
I'm currently working in a bakery, which will remain anonymous, but N (my husband to be) and I are slowly working toward opening our very own shop!
Along with trying to buy a home, a new car, and pay for a wedding....did I mention that student loan I had, too?
I could go on and on about all the little fun facts about myself, but I think over time they'll all start to unfold.
If you've come this far, thanks for taking the time to read this. Next time there will be punch and pie! I swear.
Until next time,
Sarah
*crickets*
Off to a great start, folks.
A little about me:
I'm Oregon born and bred, and wouldn't have it any other way. I will live here until I die.
I'm a huge University of Oregon sports fan. College football is my favorite sport to watch. I love my ducks!
I'm getting married to the most wonderful man, August 22nd, 2010. Which puts us at the 3.5 month mark..eep! We're paying for the majority of the wedding ourselves, so let's just say, I've been DIYing a lot of things, and cutting corners whenever possible. I'm a huge lurker on the knot.com...don't judge me! I'm shy.
Thor, shih tzu-bichon puppy is my little boy! I never thought I would be one of those people who became so attached to a small (but NOT yippy!) dog, but I guess I'm eating my own words. I tend to do that a lot.
I'm currently working in a bakery, which will remain anonymous, but N (my husband to be) and I are slowly working toward opening our very own shop!
Along with trying to buy a home, a new car, and pay for a wedding....did I mention that student loan I had, too?
I could go on and on about all the little fun facts about myself, but I think over time they'll all start to unfold.
If you've come this far, thanks for taking the time to read this. Next time there will be punch and pie! I swear.
Until next time,
Sarah
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