Merry Merry

Hope that everyone is having/had a wonderful holiday! Mine has been swell so far. Right after work on Wednesday, I rushed home shoved laundry, random clothes, and the cat in the Volvo and hit the road. That night the family and I had chinese food, opened gifts, and laughed a lot. Good times. The next morning we woke up and had breakfast, said goodbye to my Dad (a little peeved that he didn't actually stay to see me for more than a night), and then my Aunt and I started baking!

Jerrie and I made kiss cookies and Amish-style sugar cookies. The latter was the most tedious cookies we've made yet. Last year, we made lemon cookies dipped in dark chocolate, these required fridge time, double-boiler, and fishing line. This year, the sugar cookies required me to sculpt them on the cookie sheet since the dough was more of a biscuit consistency. We followed the directions and 20 minutes later we had the largest cookies you've ever seen. Seriously, the size of my face. Needless to say, it took three people to 'test' just one of the cookies, so the recipe was cut in half.

I love family, even if i'm the butt of their jokes. The feeling of home is what is really making me consider moving back.

Cookie disasters, routines, and predictability.

Crud Vol II

A few months ago I wrote about a sadly forgotten word, Crud (original found here: http://yesterdayssweethearts.blogspot.com/2009/01/vocab.html). After rediscovering this post while on the phone with Rob, we decided to bring some new acronyms to the table.

Here is our progress:

Catie Rejects Unanimous Decisions -R
Catie Reaches Under Dresses -R
Catie Runs Under Dinosaurs -C
Catie Rescues Unknown Disco-stars -C
Catie Resides Under Dickheads/Dipshits -R (It's true! I had to call the police!)
Catie Regurgitates Undercooked Duck -R
Catie Reaches Unknown Destinations -C
Catie Resembles Unused Diapers -R (Thanks Rob!)
Catie Regretfully Underestimates Dynamite- C
Catie Remembers Using Diapers -R (Still on this diapers thing, eh?)

..to be continued.

Best Day Ever 2009

Best Day Ever 09 really lived up to it's name!
Nailed final presentation, love my tattoo, went driving, bought The Office season 4, dressed up and went to dinner to celebrate friendship, went to a show, and stayed up late.




Such a great day, I am all smiles.
Now, lets start planning for Best Day Ever 2010! :)

Count Down

The Best Day Ever Summer 2009 edition is right around the corner!

This day will consist of:

-Summer class ending, thus beginning my actual Summer break
-Getting my much anticipated tattoo
-Celebrating a year of a great friendship
-and going to a really good hardcore show

Now tell me that doesn't sound like a perfect day.
Is it Thursday yet?!

Lightning

When I was home, my Dad gave me his old vacuum. So stoked, because that meant I could do all the cleaning that my house was in dire need of.



Feeling adventurous today, I decided to take it on a test run across the 3 inches of cat hair accumulated on my sofa. No sooner had I thought, "Man, this is awesome! Look how good this looks! " My power goes out.

Immediately, nightmares of last Summer come rushing back. Many weekends were spent in the dark due to a breaker box behind a locked basement door, and one too many lights on. I remembered me hunting around public places for an outlet to charge my phone, seeking late night plans to stay out of the house, and getting dressed and being scared of what I actually looked like once in day light. *Shudder*

Maybe I will set up a tent in my house...

Fröhliche Weihnachten!

Tonight was full of laughs. My cheeks hurt!

Grandma started off trying to tell us a Christmas story about a "silver pine cone." It somehow ended up going horribly wrong when she forgot the story half-way through and started improvising. Her new version included virgins and magic beans.

Don't worry, this was all documented in video, soon to be posted.

Times VI

I've started naming certain blog postings "Times #"
Each one of these posts contain a point in time in a certain song that I love.
(They will usually be breakdowns, since the majority of what I listen to is hardcore, but there is not much I can do about that.)

This is partially for me to remember, but partially for you, so you can understand me a little better.

'Cause, if you can't say it, say it through music, right?



Caustic Christ- "Destructive and Desperate"
Minutes:
1:28-1:48

Fact: Caustic Christ was the first punk show I went to. You're jealous.

Make a Circuit with Me

Work didn't blow as hard as I thought it would today- I sold $2,870...
Which is good since I had a $1,900 return on Wednesday, ughhhh!

I love the girls that I work with. There is nothing better then 'Dumb and Dumber' quotes to make a Black Friday actually fun.

The Polar Express is on the tube. That book rang in the holiday season every year for me when I was little. Tom Hanks just doesn't do it for me though.

Cornbread.
Mix tapes.
Sweaters.

"A sweet romance is not for me,
I really need electricity.
If you wanna make me flip-
Come on and hit me with a micro chip...."

Lost Again

My co-worker bought me an electric blanket, saying that she loved me to death and didn't want me to freeze.
Its amazing how giving people can be when you need someone.

In other news, my new electric blanket is my new boyfriend,
so sorry boys, better luck in the Spring.


Life is peachy.

Doh.

Anytime I try to get a picture of my new hairs, this is the face I make.
Maybe something is wrong with my camera?...

.... Or i'm just really awesome.