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Things Life Has Taught Me

1. Never drink anything blue.

2. Limes make everything better.

3. When life hands you lemons, squeeze them in your enemy's eyes.

4. Don't compromise on quality. Do compromise with your spouse.

5. Stand up for what you believe in.

6. If you think you'll save time by washing a muddy two-year-old boy and a muddy two- month-old puppy at the same time in the same bathtub, think again.

7. People who lie about one thing usually lie about many.

8. Money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure makes life a lot easier.

9. Tequila is evil. Very evil.

10. Reality shows are worthless. If you want reality, live your life, don't just watch it go by.

11. It's good to roll with the punches, but make sure you come up swinging.

12. MacGyver can do anything.

13. Try building something at least once.

14. Try new foods, even if you hate them all.

15. Surprise people.

16. Have a pet. They love you.

17. If the doorknob is slimy, don't ask questions. Just wash your hands.

18. Marker comes out of carpet. Crayon doesn't.

19. Wasp spray kills spiders. So does spray paint. And Windex, if you use enough.

20. Sawing through a roll of tape with a hacksaw is harder than you might think.

21. Goldfish can't play outside.

22. Killing houseplants is easy.

23. Cats can look more condescending than any other animal.

24. Costumes are fun.

25. Money you find in the washing machine always belongs to you.

26. Birds really do poop on some people more than others.

I love Stephan Pastis

Seriously. I laughed so hard I cried. And then my side hurt.

Two months in only four paragraphs

Wow. It's been almost two months. Playoff hockey does that to me, sorry. My Stars had a great run but lost out on the Conference finals. It was very sad. But seriously, the were playing Detroit. Detroit's going to win the Cup, and there's no shame in losing to them. But still, very sad. Boo.

We went to Galveston a couple weeks ago for my friend Jen's wedding and had an absolutely fantastic time. Just Mike and I. I didn't get to see Jen as much as I would have liked, but the weather was great and the weekend was very relaxing and overall it was fabulous. I want to go back!

I FINALLY got the opportunity to get a Bowflex and I love that thing! I bought it off of my neighbor a few weeks ago and it's my new favorite toy. AND it only cost me two hundred dollars, which it the best part!

I finally finished the cabinets I kept saying I was going to build in the garage. My neighbor thought it was hilarious that it was me building them when he came over. He called me Bob the Builder. They turned out all right, but I had to alter the building plans halfway though and so now I have holes in the drywall I have to patch. Oh well. So now I'm ready to start construction on the bar but that has to be put on hold for awhile because Mike lost his job Friday. That's always fun. And the economy is so sucky right now that I really worry about him finding another soon. So. Anyone who knows of anyone hiring, let me know ASAP.

Random ramblings...

I've recently starting running again after a hiatus that was too long to bear thinking about. I'm not sure if I'm going to get back into shape or have a heart attack first, but one of them is bound to happen soon!

The Stars had a phenomenal run in February, at one point coming to within three points of the league lead. But don't worry, they're doing their best to erase that with the worst March ever. And it looks like they'll get Anaheim in the first round...and here we were hoping that they might get past the first round this year.

I got to go to Lowe's the other day. I love that place! If only we could get Mike back into a truck, I'd love it more... I need some MDF, and some 2x4's, and some wallboard... and paneling...

I've got some weddings coming up and I actually bought a dress, which is something that I haven't done in about ten years. That brings the grand total up to two dresses in my closet. And that trim is copper, not red. Give me a month or two and I may even post a picture of me WEARING said dress!
I know you guys all all just dying to know what that would be like...









There was an eclipse awhile back, and not only did the weather cooperate, I actually got some pretty decent pictures. See?


And, speaking of pictures, just in case you were wondering what my kitchen looks like after holiday cookie orders...





I just let my bread rise too long while I was typing this. I hope I didn't ruin it.

We have a vacation coming up and I CAN'T WAIT! Four days, three nights, two adults, one wedding and zero kids. Only thirty-nine more days!

So...not much else. I know you guys all missed me though.

All better

I fixed the network. I rule.

friggin' network

I am seriously about to pull my hair out. Or scream. Or both! I can't get my wireless network working, and in addition to being extremely frustrating, it's quite possibly going to make me crazy. I don't know what went wrong!

Set up this network in January and it works fine for Internet. Only Internet. Both computers are running XP with Service Pack 2, but for some reason, the network will only work to share the DSL connection and nothing else. We've got a Linksys WRT54G, which I've recently been told is great for Internet sharing but difficult for networking.

Great.

I have tried everything. Tried it with all the firewalls off (that was scary), tried changing some of the settings (the ones that didn't require arcane computer knowledge), even tried eschewing Linksys software all together and using Windows Zero Configuration (that sucked!).

Here's the weird part. Both computers are on the same workgroup (I know this because I've checked about a bazillion times). So, when I go to My Network Places, you'd think I could access them... but I can't! @#&%!

From the kids' computer (Killjoy), I click on "view workgroup computers" and I see Killjoy. Not our computer Stewie, just Killjoy. All alone in the workgroup.

From my computer (Stewie), I click on "view workgroup computers", and there Stewie, all alone and lonesome. What the heck!? Which is actually a step up from before when the computer would think for a LONG time and then claim that I didn't have permission to access that network resource. Like hell I don't! I AM the administrator!

SO....please help!! Any ideas would actually be fabulous. I'm at the end of my rope!

Random stories from the past month

New Year's Eve, we were driving in downtown Dallas on the way to the Stars game when I see Mike make this face and crack his window. I said, "Did you just fart?!" Ha said no, but then he starts waving his hand. So I got scared and started helping him wave the smell (liar!) out the window and holding my gloves over my nose. Then I started laughing uncontrollably because I'm thinking how funny this must look to other people...window down when it's freezing and both of us waving out hands and making faces. I would laugh hard if I saw someone else doing that!

Last night, we went out for our anniversary. I don't normally like to paint my nails, especially red, but Mike likes them that way so I thought for him, I'd paint them. So I'm sitting on the edge of the tub while the water's draining out and painting my nails. Just as I put the first coat on my last nail, the ENTIRE FRICKIN' BOTTLE of polish slides off of the (sloped) edge of the tub and into the bathwater. The polish is chugging out of the bottle and beading on the bottom of the tub, and some of it is floating to the top and spreading like an oil slick. What a huge mess. And the bottom of the tub is textured so no amount of nail polish remover and scrubbing will take it off. I'm just hoping it will wear off eventually.

We went to buy a new bottle of vodka and Mike wanted to get something new. I wanted Stoli. I like Stoli. But I let him convince me and we were looking at all the bottles, and we Find Russian Polar Bear vodka. It's got a nice picture of a polar bear on it. Mike said, "Look at this one!" And I said "That much vodka (1.75L) for twenty bucks (actually like twenty-five, it was on sale) can't be very good." But the guy that worked there said it was actually pretty good, so we decided to get it. So we take it up to the register and Mike's paying for it and the lady still insisted on seeing my ID (will this never end?) and took it home.
Should have got the Stoli.
It's not horrible, but I'm not recommending Polar Bear vodka to anyone.

A couple weeks ago, I was bringing groceries into the house and I had the door standing open. My cat (the psychotic one, not the normal lazy cat-like one) was following my in and out wanting to play. I was busy, so I was ignoring her.
Then she disappeared.
I found her about halfway up the doorjamb, one paw in the garage, one paw in the house, just hanging there watching me. I don't know what she was planning but I waited for her to move before I went through the door.

I'm forced to miss another fun gathering of geeks next month. Jon probably just thinks I'm avoiding him, but I can assure you I think the gathering of geeks would be fun. I like geeks, seeing as I am one. But, alas, it's not to be.

I get a long-weekend vacation in May for Jen's wedding. I can't wait!