Summer has ended.
It snowed this morning. Also, the leaves have all turned various shades of brown and yellow and begun to topple to the ground. Most were helped to the ground my the massive amount of wind we had on Friday. Basil Bea blew away at one point. Off went the puppy into the backyard, carried by the wind.
Last weekend, we went hiking around a lake and I was amazed how fall like the world around me had become since i had stopped seeing it due to being encased in fog. I got excited to bring out my sweaters and comfy clothing. I've worn various light weight sweaters since that point in time, as the heavy duty ones aren't made for low 40s sort of weather. However, with fall, comes the annual cold. I feel it setting in and it kind of sucks. At least I finished my fall line for Ireland Scott. Now, I just need to start making Christmas cards. Hopefully I'll get out and get some Christmas stuff this week so I can get started. They won't sell and I don't need them, but I love making them anyways.
On the matter of the giveaway, I had kind of hoped more people would enter it...but alas, only four people entered. I let it run for two weeks to give myself time to remind people, but no one seemed to enter when I reminded. I might run another one after christmas to give rid of some Christmas stuff...I still have a lot left over from last Christmas.
26 September 2010
22 September 2010
And the Giveaway Winner is....
First, I wrote all entries twice on pieces of paper and stuck them in a Teagan Tote bag.
Second, I had Pilot Boy draw out a name.
And third, the name drawn was....
Please contact me at yesterday7@sbcglobal.net so I can send off your purse!
Second, I had Pilot Boy draw out a name.
And third, the name drawn was....
Please contact me at yesterday7@sbcglobal.net so I can send off your purse!
20 September 2010
cannot forget, refuse to regret...
Maroon 5, I just realized, have played a rather large part of my life. Large part meaning their songs are accessories in events of my life. And I just realized it. I am serious. I am currently sitting around watching FUSE and the Maroon 5 Take Over special they are playing at the moment. I just finished watching an interview with Adam Levine and Jess Carmichael. (I think that was his name.) And it just kind of hit me that I think Songs About Jane is the most listened to disk I own. I am serious.
I bought Songs About Jane while I was in Scotland. I went to a music shop on Byers Road I think after I was Done. (Why is that capitalized? Well, because I was Done and it was a big deal. And in being Done, I was through with the strange, made no sense to me not relationship I was having at the time. I was just Done.) I went to the music shop to buy the McFly CD. I had been hearing the McFly song on the radio every morning and decided I liked the idea of British surf rock. I was standing in the music shop and was all ready holding the McFly CD and was staring at the Maroon 5 CD and thought, "Hey, I'm Done, I'm buying both and a latte."
So I bought it and a latte and went to lunch.
The McFly CD wouldn't import on to my computer (Jess, the Evil Laptop), but the Maroon 5 CD did. I ended up importing it and listening to it in one go and then watching the music videos that were on it. I had all ready bought three songs by Maroon 5 off of iTunes when I was back in the states, as "She Will Be Loved" was the theme of the past summer. I ended up falling in love with almost all the tracks on that disk and "Through With You" became one of the most listened to song on my iTunes on Jess the Evil Laptop. For years. I bet if I opened it up now, it'd still in the top ten. The next summer, the disk was ALWAYS in my disk player in my car. It was always in the car and when I would re-discover it I would stick it in and it'd be the player until my husband removed it. When I had the s40 with its 6 CD changer, it was ALWAYS in the player and I was sad when we got the 4Runner, because it only had one spot for CDs.
Today, I realized, while in college I bought bought almost anything Maroon 5 had put out, I had not bought anything since. I had stared at their last CD a lot, but had never bought it as it always was 13.99 and I just never had 13.99 when I saw it.
I have 13.99. iTunes is also no longer dumb. I today, I finally bought their last CD they put out, but did not pre-Order their next disk. I need to hear a few more song before I jump onto the next disk.
Songs About Jane is an awesome disk and if you do not own it, you totally should. But that is just my opinion. I tend to think about various place in Glasgow, Scotland when I hear it, so maybe that is why I like it so much. "Through With You" tends to remind me of the stairway in the Adam Smith Building. "Tangled" for some unknown reason reminds me of crossing the street from Kelvingrove Park to University Ave. "Not Coming Home" reminds me of my dorm room. "This Love" reminds me of sitting in that same dorm room with L and watching the music video with her and her informing me Adam was hot. "She Will be Loved" will always remind me, not of Glasgow, but of Galena, IL, as that was where I first heard it and began to cry while sitting waiting to go somewhere with my family. During my senior year of college I decided I wanted "The Sun" to be the first dance at my wedding (I did not have dancing at my wedding, but the music play list I had made to play during dinner had it on there.)
Certain lines of the songs really stuck with me during this point in my life. Almost every song on there I felt was pertinent to that point in my life. Not many CDs can do that, in all honesty. The McFly CD was just fun music. The Muse CD I bought while I was over there, while much loved by me, did not fit perfectly into my line of thought. (Other than "The Small Print" and maybe "Falling Away With You.")
That is all. You may now go about your won lives again.
I bought Songs About Jane while I was in Scotland. I went to a music shop on Byers Road I think after I was Done. (Why is that capitalized? Well, because I was Done and it was a big deal. And in being Done, I was through with the strange, made no sense to me not relationship I was having at the time. I was just Done.) I went to the music shop to buy the McFly CD. I had been hearing the McFly song on the radio every morning and decided I liked the idea of British surf rock. I was standing in the music shop and was all ready holding the McFly CD and was staring at the Maroon 5 CD and thought, "Hey, I'm Done, I'm buying both and a latte."
So I bought it and a latte and went to lunch.
The McFly CD wouldn't import on to my computer (Jess, the Evil Laptop), but the Maroon 5 CD did. I ended up importing it and listening to it in one go and then watching the music videos that were on it. I had all ready bought three songs by Maroon 5 off of iTunes when I was back in the states, as "She Will Be Loved" was the theme of the past summer. I ended up falling in love with almost all the tracks on that disk and "Through With You" became one of the most listened to song on my iTunes on Jess the Evil Laptop. For years. I bet if I opened it up now, it'd still in the top ten. The next summer, the disk was ALWAYS in my disk player in my car. It was always in the car and when I would re-discover it I would stick it in and it'd be the player until my husband removed it. When I had the s40 with its 6 CD changer, it was ALWAYS in the player and I was sad when we got the 4Runner, because it only had one spot for CDs.
Today, I realized, while in college I bought bought almost anything Maroon 5 had put out, I had not bought anything since. I had stared at their last CD a lot, but had never bought it as it always was 13.99 and I just never had 13.99 when I saw it.
I have 13.99. iTunes is also no longer dumb. I today, I finally bought their last CD they put out, but did not pre-Order their next disk. I need to hear a few more song before I jump onto the next disk.
Songs About Jane is an awesome disk and if you do not own it, you totally should. But that is just my opinion. I tend to think about various place in Glasgow, Scotland when I hear it, so maybe that is why I like it so much. "Through With You" tends to remind me of the stairway in the Adam Smith Building. "Tangled" for some unknown reason reminds me of crossing the street from Kelvingrove Park to University Ave. "Not Coming Home" reminds me of my dorm room. "This Love" reminds me of sitting in that same dorm room with L and watching the music video with her and her informing me Adam was hot. "She Will be Loved" will always remind me, not of Glasgow, but of Galena, IL, as that was where I first heard it and began to cry while sitting waiting to go somewhere with my family. During my senior year of college I decided I wanted "The Sun" to be the first dance at my wedding (I did not have dancing at my wedding, but the music play list I had made to play during dinner had it on there.)
Certain lines of the songs really stuck with me during this point in my life. Almost every song on there I felt was pertinent to that point in my life. Not many CDs can do that, in all honesty. The McFly CD was just fun music. The Muse CD I bought while I was over there, while much loved by me, did not fit perfectly into my line of thought. (Other than "The Small Print" and maybe "Falling Away With You.")
That is all. You may now go about your won lives again.
07 September 2010
The Fall Giveaway
All right, I'm going to run my first giveaway. What do you get? A new purse. Which one do you get? Your choice. You might want this one.
What do you need to do? Read on. I'll list it out.
1. Become a fan on Facebook or follow me on Twitter. Its your choice. If you all ready do this, you're one step closer to being entered. (You can do both if you want.)
2. Step two, go to Ireland Scott Designs and pick out your purse. Return to this blog and in the comments tell me why you want the purse. Also tell me if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook.
3. On September 21st, 2010 at 9 pm my time (Alaskan), I will choose at random one of the comments to be the winner. I'll announce the winner on this blog September 22, 2010 by 3 pm my time (Alaskan time).
What do you need to do? Read on. I'll list it out.1. Become a fan on Facebook or follow me on Twitter. Its your choice. If you all ready do this, you're one step closer to being entered. (You can do both if you want.)
2. Step two, go to Ireland Scott Designs and pick out your purse. Return to this blog and in the comments tell me why you want the purse. Also tell me if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook.
3. On September 21st, 2010 at 9 pm my time (Alaskan), I will choose at random one of the comments to be the winner. I'll announce the winner on this blog September 22, 2010 by 3 pm my time (Alaskan time).
26 August 2010
The Continuing Adventures of Basil the Shedder
Basil sheds a lot. I spend a great deal of time vacuuming up after the fur that doesn't seem to like here and jumps off to hang out on the floor. I can't keep up, due to the fact the sun came out and it warmed up and thus the hair is leaping off the dog at leaps and bounds. I just looked in the bed she has taken to sleeping in, and there are huge clumps of hair in there and I just cleaned it out on Friday. A week later there is another dog worth of hair in there. It is like I'm in the dirt hole again.
Basil Bea and I have been enjoying the sun shine though, Basil more than me. I'm a rain and cloud gal, Basil is a sun puppy. She worships the sun. Its good she has fur, or she's go through gallons of sun screen.
In other news, to fix my teeth will cost some 5,000 bucks. Whoo hoo! I wish I had piles of money to toss around. Then maybe I'd feel better. The number freaked me out so much, I drove over to the fancy building the Anchorage School District is located in and got a sub packet. They totally mean business here. There are like 110 things I have to do and they want professional things too. I can't remember the last time I was professional. Oh, wait, I do. 2006. I don't think I can write a rec for myself, since I have been pretty much working for myself (admit badly) for the past three years. My husband pointed out I don't know how to make a profit or really have the head for business, I'm too nice. This is true. I am too nice, which was why after I spent a year telling everyone I was going to be the CEO of AT&T I realized that was stupid. I wasn't driven enough to be a CEO. Technically, I am a CEO and I'm not very good at it. Trust me, I know I am not good. I know, while running something like Ireland Scott, I need to be nice to a certain degree, as that is how you get loyal customers, but, well, customer service isn't a strong point at AT&T. They are a large, greedy corporation, thus they make the big bucks while I loose tiny bucks. I don't really care, as I am mostly doing ISD to amuse myself and be able to share something with people. I love purses, but I only have two shoulders.
That is it. Other than Basil Bea is sleeping in her won hair, as I didn't clean the bed out after I noticed it was caked in fur. No wonder she smells. That and she licks herself all the time.
Basil Bea and I have been enjoying the sun shine though, Basil more than me. I'm a rain and cloud gal, Basil is a sun puppy. She worships the sun. Its good she has fur, or she's go through gallons of sun screen.
In other news, to fix my teeth will cost some 5,000 bucks. Whoo hoo! I wish I had piles of money to toss around. Then maybe I'd feel better. The number freaked me out so much, I drove over to the fancy building the Anchorage School District is located in and got a sub packet. They totally mean business here. There are like 110 things I have to do and they want professional things too. I can't remember the last time I was professional. Oh, wait, I do. 2006. I don't think I can write a rec for myself, since I have been pretty much working for myself (admit badly) for the past three years. My husband pointed out I don't know how to make a profit or really have the head for business, I'm too nice. This is true. I am too nice, which was why after I spent a year telling everyone I was going to be the CEO of AT&T I realized that was stupid. I wasn't driven enough to be a CEO. Technically, I am a CEO and I'm not very good at it. Trust me, I know I am not good. I know, while running something like Ireland Scott, I need to be nice to a certain degree, as that is how you get loyal customers, but, well, customer service isn't a strong point at AT&T. They are a large, greedy corporation, thus they make the big bucks while I loose tiny bucks. I don't really care, as I am mostly doing ISD to amuse myself and be able to share something with people. I love purses, but I only have two shoulders.
That is it. Other than Basil Bea is sleeping in her won hair, as I didn't clean the bed out after I noticed it was caked in fur. No wonder she smells. That and she licks herself all the time.
16 August 2010
Death by Brownie
I've eaten four brownies today. Why must they be so good? It is tragic they taste so good because I want them ALL.
Plus, I keep eating them with frozen yogurt, so I think tomorrow i need to go do at least two miles on a treadmill somewhere.
Plus, I keep eating them with frozen yogurt, so I think tomorrow i need to go do at least two miles on a treadmill somewhere.
15 August 2010
Lumpy Head Blues
I have a lump on my head from where the airplane fell on me. It makes me kind of grumpy.
I made super dark chocolate brownies. They aren't very pretty, so there are no pictures. They do taste rather good. I might try them again.
I feel like I am out of touch with the world. I'm not sure why. I get this way sometimes. Mostly after I had dreams containing a girl with long curly hair. It is kind of strange, as sometimes it feels like it is totally normal to be completely out of touch.
I took Basil Bea for a walk this morning and it was the strangest thing. I walked out the door and it felt muggy and hot outside. I had to think for a moment where I was. I was in Alaska, as I was pretty sure I had not teleported myself elsewhere. I walked the dog and we both came home and collasped.
"This is like our walks in the Dirt Hole, Dog," I informed her.
Basil Bea fell over on the tile and panted.
"I can't remember the last time I sweat this much when I wasn't attempting to run like a moron," I went on.
Basil dunked her head in her water bowl.
"I think my bra is sticking to me. I did not miss this. Why does the weather channel think it is only 57 out there?"
Basil pulled her head out of her water bowl and fell over on the tile again.
"I'm going to go upstairs."
Basil followed and sat in front of the fan.
Later, after I had showered and was in shorts and a tank, I realized I was freezing.
"Basil, why am I cold?"
Basil stared at me and curled into a tight ball in her cage. She was cold too.
The sun had gone away and it was cloudy. And cold.
I made super dark chocolate brownies. They aren't very pretty, so there are no pictures. They do taste rather good. I might try them again.
I feel like I am out of touch with the world. I'm not sure why. I get this way sometimes. Mostly after I had dreams containing a girl with long curly hair. It is kind of strange, as sometimes it feels like it is totally normal to be completely out of touch.
I took Basil Bea for a walk this morning and it was the strangest thing. I walked out the door and it felt muggy and hot outside. I had to think for a moment where I was. I was in Alaska, as I was pretty sure I had not teleported myself elsewhere. I walked the dog and we both came home and collasped.
"This is like our walks in the Dirt Hole, Dog," I informed her.
Basil Bea fell over on the tile and panted.
"I can't remember the last time I sweat this much when I wasn't attempting to run like a moron," I went on.
Basil dunked her head in her water bowl.
"I think my bra is sticking to me. I did not miss this. Why does the weather channel think it is only 57 out there?"
Basil pulled her head out of her water bowl and fell over on the tile again.
"I'm going to go upstairs."
Basil followed and sat in front of the fan.
Later, after I had showered and was in shorts and a tank, I realized I was freezing.
"Basil, why am I cold?"
Basil stared at me and curled into a tight ball in her cage. She was cold too.
The sun had gone away and it was cloudy. And cold.
14 August 2010
Its Sunny in Fairbanks
Or so Pilot Boy says.
Its been oddly rainy and gloomy here for the past week or so. More so than usual. I decided to try to begin a new story that has been milling around my noggin for the past couple of days. It is not going too good. I remember now why I don't start new stories that I have been milling in my head: they don't turn out. The best ones are the ones I just kind of sit down and start and don't put a lot of thought into.
In other news, an airplane fell on my head last night.
Granted it was a wooden toy airplane, but it still hurt like my head was going to die and roll off. It hurt more than when I'd crack my head on those stupid trees. I hate those damn trees.
Almost as much as I hate that damn wood airplane made in 1997.
At least the Thai can of coke didn't fall on me. That would have hurt and been a sticky mess.
Its been oddly rainy and gloomy here for the past week or so. More so than usual. I decided to try to begin a new story that has been milling around my noggin for the past couple of days. It is not going too good. I remember now why I don't start new stories that I have been milling in my head: they don't turn out. The best ones are the ones I just kind of sit down and start and don't put a lot of thought into.
In other news, an airplane fell on my head last night.
Granted it was a wooden toy airplane, but it still hurt like my head was going to die and roll off. It hurt more than when I'd crack my head on those stupid trees. I hate those damn trees.
Almost as much as I hate that damn wood airplane made in 1997.
At least the Thai can of coke didn't fall on me. That would have hurt and been a sticky mess.
05 August 2010
How I became an Alaskan
I went to the DMV and got a new license. I also changed the color of my eyes, so things are totally cool now.
I am from Chicagoland and I hate DMVs with a flaming passion. Going to the DMV means getting up at the crack of dawn, standing in line waiting for it to open, waiting in line inside the building and then waiting in chairs, then more lines, more chairs and four hours later you might leave with what you want. It took almost 6 hours to get my license the first time when I was 16. When I turned 21, I was in Scotland, so when I got home, I got up early (it was easy, I had been up since about 3 am) and stood in line and was in and our in an hour. After I got married, my parents gave me "my car" and we were in there for only maybe an hour to get plates. We figured that trip would be a 4 hours trip. People fear the DMVs so much in Illinois, they started a sticker program to renew license if you're a good boy or girl.
The only time I got quick treatment in Illinois was when I hunted down the DMV in Belleville, IL. The longest treatment was to get plates for the stupid monstrosity we drove up here.
The only other state I ventured to the DMV was Indiana and I didn't clock how long I was there, I just knew it was rather painless. I didn't have to do anything. I do not belong to Indiana, I have only ever belonged to Illinois.
Till today. I joined Alaska. And, while it did take quite awhile, and there were forms, the forms were not confusing. Which is a huge plus in my book, as I hate forms that make no sense (Illinois has a few of them.) Anyways, I got a new license and we got the car plated. If we were just in there got get new licesnes, the process would not have been too long. If the car we got plated had been new or not a rebuild, that process would have been REALLY fast. All in all, it was a pretty good experience.
Then the sun came out.
I am from Chicagoland and I hate DMVs with a flaming passion. Going to the DMV means getting up at the crack of dawn, standing in line waiting for it to open, waiting in line inside the building and then waiting in chairs, then more lines, more chairs and four hours later you might leave with what you want. It took almost 6 hours to get my license the first time when I was 16. When I turned 21, I was in Scotland, so when I got home, I got up early (it was easy, I had been up since about 3 am) and stood in line and was in and our in an hour. After I got married, my parents gave me "my car" and we were in there for only maybe an hour to get plates. We figured that trip would be a 4 hours trip. People fear the DMVs so much in Illinois, they started a sticker program to renew license if you're a good boy or girl.
The only time I got quick treatment in Illinois was when I hunted down the DMV in Belleville, IL. The longest treatment was to get plates for the stupid monstrosity we drove up here.
The only other state I ventured to the DMV was Indiana and I didn't clock how long I was there, I just knew it was rather painless. I didn't have to do anything. I do not belong to Indiana, I have only ever belonged to Illinois.
Till today. I joined Alaska. And, while it did take quite awhile, and there were forms, the forms were not confusing. Which is a huge plus in my book, as I hate forms that make no sense (Illinois has a few of them.) Anyways, I got a new license and we got the car plated. If we were just in there got get new licesnes, the process would not have been too long. If the car we got plated had been new or not a rebuild, that process would have been REALLY fast. All in all, it was a pretty good experience.
Then the sun came out.
04 August 2010
Back to Life
Pilot Boy returned. He's back to sleeping away the evenings, so things have not changed too much from my point of view. I'm still sitting around talking to myself.
In other news:
Basil Bea is terrified of the back yard. We have no clue why. Pilot Boy mowed it yesterday morning (before 10 am) and since then she will not leave the deck and now she won't even go out the door unless we push her. Each time she's out there, she has to go like no tomorrow. We both have to take her out as one has to lure her into the yard and the other one has to block the entrance to the deck.
Usually, after the lawn is mowed, Basil Bea loves the yard. Crazy dog.
Pilot Boy and I also saw a movie today, our second 3D one. We saw "Despicable Me" and he liked it. He said it had a plot, unlike "Happy Feet" and people spoke in English, unlike "Wall-E." He even laughed a few times, which I have NEVER seen him do at a movie that I thought was funny. So I say go see it.
I'm feeling kinda dumb lately. I cannot put my thoughts into complete words and I cannot for the life of me figure out what to do with myself.
I really want cake. I have eaten more than I have in the past two months since Pilot Boy got home. He claims the reason I managed to loose the ten pounds I gained since we got here was because I starved myself. I did not, I just ate less and gave up most meat. And drank more water and did not drink OJ or large glasses of milk. He's been going through my organic milk like crazy, while yelling at me because he thinks organic milk is stupid. I don't know if its stupid, but I think it tastes better.
In other news:
Basil Bea is terrified of the back yard. We have no clue why. Pilot Boy mowed it yesterday morning (before 10 am) and since then she will not leave the deck and now she won't even go out the door unless we push her. Each time she's out there, she has to go like no tomorrow. We both have to take her out as one has to lure her into the yard and the other one has to block the entrance to the deck.
Usually, after the lawn is mowed, Basil Bea loves the yard. Crazy dog.
Pilot Boy and I also saw a movie today, our second 3D one. We saw "Despicable Me" and he liked it. He said it had a plot, unlike "Happy Feet" and people spoke in English, unlike "Wall-E." He even laughed a few times, which I have NEVER seen him do at a movie that I thought was funny. So I say go see it.
I'm feeling kinda dumb lately. I cannot put my thoughts into complete words and I cannot for the life of me figure out what to do with myself.
I really want cake. I have eaten more than I have in the past two months since Pilot Boy got home. He claims the reason I managed to loose the ten pounds I gained since we got here was because I starved myself. I did not, I just ate less and gave up most meat. And drank more water and did not drink OJ or large glasses of milk. He's been going through my organic milk like crazy, while yelling at me because he thinks organic milk is stupid. I don't know if its stupid, but I think it tastes better.
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