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Know I have always wished that I could come up with cool sayings or with good come backs to every situation or even to just have my mind work perfectly and come up with odd stories and just craziness. I have a few friends that can do it all the time. It's amazing to listen when they talk and see what they are going to come up with next. I can occasionally do it. Where my mind and mouth are in sink. However what I'm good at is my sarcasticness. I can usually do that without a beat. John our new associate pastor of the church was over at Pastors house and he was in the kitchen about to get something to drink when he asked the Pastors wife if the last cup had been used yet. Without hesitating I jumped in and yes I licked it. He looked at me strange and was slightly horrified asking "really?" Granted that was our first meeting of him so I doesn't know me at all so he could have thought I was being completely serious. It was funny. Finally we told him that no it was clean and that he could use the cup. There are a few other times in my life where my mind and mouth work perfectly. Someday I hope that I get my imagination working again to where I can come up with really cool sayings or really exciting and creative stories.

Time

Time is a strange phenomenon don't you think. Today I was thinking only if I had the power to stop time like Jean Gray or Professor Xavier or even just slow it up or down it would be the most powerful and awesome tool to have at your own disposal. I would use it everyday. I would use it during week days to go really fast so that it only feels like I work one or two days a week instead of five and then on the weekends slow time down so it feels like a weeks worth of vacation in between the days that you work. You could go someplace and not have to worry about taking time off from work. You could stay home and clean the house but only have it take up a quarter of the day as opposed to all day of your two day weekend. Time could be our ally. You could do everything that is needed within your own time frame.

However, time is only what you make it to be though, unfortunately, but we can always dream.

The Invention and Discovery of The Light Bulb

Ah, the discovery of the light bulb. Historians have always told us that Ben Franklin created the light bulb but they lied. The truth has been hushed up for many, many years. Almost everyone that knows the truth have almost died out so here I am to tell the tale of how the light bulb came about. It was actually created before the time of Ben Franklin really before to many people were here on the planet. Electricity has been around for ages. The cavemen for example spun wheels around and around on rocks to create electricity and then harnessing it in wire cages that would shine of there brilliance lighting the rock walls so that they could draw there pictures of light. Historians never wanted people to know that light was created back in the day of the cave men so they erased there drawings off the walls of caves. Later, it was thought that the Romans thought of it and created the first actual light bulb, but it wasn't the Romans either. It was a lone mad scientist that created the first light bulb. Yes a mad scientist from before their were cavemen! This mad scientist, who's name I can't confess to you because that would put to much information into your hands, therefore threatening your way of life and existence, was born into the area of Kadesh. If you don't know where it is that's fine enjoy the unknowing bliss that comes from it. Kadesh was in a mountainous land. Many trees, mountains, snow, and rivers. This mad scientist grew up looking at the waters of the rushing river and thought if only he could produce something that would light up his camp and houses of everyone near him. He began like any mad scientist. Inventions made with wood and rope. Of course that wouldn't work because a current couldn't go through it. He then forged metal into a long thin line and wrapped it tightly around a tree. He then made a water wheel then would turn as the river rushed by. He tied the metal to the water wheel and voulla then became the first bit of light. The next thing that he, the mad scientist came up with was glass. Which that will be another story. He put a glass shield around the wire so no one could touch the wire and electrocute themselves. So there is the story of the light bulb. It wasn't Ben Franklin like historians wanted you to believe but it was that crazy mad scientist that could do anything.

Now the true story is slowly fading away but never fear the truth can never be covered up!! It is resilient like peoples lives. Pass on the truth don't let it die out!!!

Work and Vacation

So I said that I would write of funner blog next so here it is. Renee who I work with is constantly talking incessantly about her near future trip to Las Vegas this Friday. The loser. Just kidding. Whenever she talks about that I instantly think about my 2 trips in the upcoming months. I almost can't wait.

My mom sent me an e-mail about all the things that you can do off the cruise ship all the excursions and what not. It was fun to look at however very expensive. I love cruises but they are expensive. The things that we are looking at doing are being on the Alletian Ballad (Crab fishing boat from the Deadliest Catch), a train ride through the Yukon, and looking at some much fun glaciers of Alaska. I was looking at all the options today during work. It was thrilling.

Nothing exciting has happened lately in my life besides the fact that tomorrow Bill and I are going to apply for Passports so that we can enter into Canada on our trip. That's about it. I really need to start making things up so that I can have a much interesting life.

Here how's this...I really don't work in a bank. I'm really a spy for the English government. I'm a SAS operative and I'm here on the coast to look into the laid back style of the coasties. Soon though I'm going to get called back to the mother land and take my findings and my husband that I forced to marry me 4 years ago so that I could stay in the country back to England where I will hold him hostage until the day that I grow tired of making him hang out with me and from being my man slave. However you won't know when I go because it will be in a blink of an eye and I'm gone never to been seen or heard from again from anyone!!!! dun, dun, duh.

Nothingness

You know when you get the feeling all of a sudden of not being able to snap out of it. I'm there. I've been trying to get myself out of this mood and this line of thinking because it's not very healthy for me but every time I try to not think about it something comes up and I'm thinking about it all over again. The only rest that I'm getting from not thinking about it is when I'm watching my countless movies. Which by the way I'm finally getting tired of. Never thought that I would say that ever. I have been systematically going through all of my movies not watching one twice for the past few months and now I'm down to the movies that are good but that you have to be in the mood for therefore I'm forcing myself to watch these movies thinking to myself only if I can fall asleep during it it would be worth it. Now watching these movies are the great distraction of my life however when something painful or bad happens when I don't want to deal with it. Therefore right now is that time. I however need to get back to praying and reading my bible and take my focus off of the good things and start putting my eyes on something far more rewarding and good.

I'm truly sorry for my boring and slightly depressing blog today. I write a funner one next!

4 Day Weekend

So I thought that my perfectly planned weekend was ruined when Bill and I couldn't go up to camp but in fact it wasn't ruined it was just perfectly great. Now don't get me wrong I am sad that I couldn't go up to camp and play in the perfectly great, cold snow but this weekend turned out a lot better then I could have hoped for. I started out this last week depressed. One reason I really needed to go on a date with Bill and then when that got ruined because I wasn't looking at the time (The restaurant was closed by the time we got there). It got postponed till the next day. It turned out terrific. It was a wonderful date. Then there was the start of my 4 day weekend. Friday started off with me driving down to Tillamook to drop Bill off and then I proceeded to buy many movies from Fred Meyers. My favorite past time. Ruining into a friend, buying movies for myself and Bill, and then finally buying much needed birthday presents for 2 special kids. It was a fun day. The movies, I know you want to know, I got PS I Love You for me, The Rock for Bill and The Closer(TV Series) for Bill and I. I love all of those movies.

Saturday we stopped back by Fred Meyers because the pants that I got for Bill didn't fit and we couldn't find any good looking ones that we wanted so we bought other things instead. You guessed it more movies. I have a sickness I know. Bill bought me the Jurrasic Park Trilogy and the Back to the Future Trilogy. Instead of of bouquet of flowers he bought me a bouquet of movies. Then we took the dogs out to my parents house so that we could do our taxes and the dogs could play with there aunt (my parents dog). Taxes we ended up owing but it turned out fine. Then Bill and I went to Kinkoes got our picture taken for our Passports that we need to get. Finally on the way back home we called into Papa Murphy's to get our traditional heart shaped pizza for dinner. It was a magical night. Eating pizza and falling asleep to a movie.

Next was Sunday. We went to church and went to Snack and Yak which the church puts on and we got our picture taken with a bunch of hearts floating around our heads. It was fun. Then Matthew came over and watched Music and Lyrics with us. If you haven't watched it, it's a must see movie.

Monday. I got it off anyway because you know I'm a banker. I was bored. I tried to take my dogs down to the beach but that didn't pull off because there were so many people of the beach. Not going to happen with my girls. So instead I went out to lunch with my mother in law. It was fun. We had a great conversation and laughed a lot. Then back home to watch more movies because for the life of me I couldn't think of anything to do. It was sad. Now I'm off to make dinner!!!! Thrilling isn't it.

Date Night

So, tonight is my and Bills date night. I can't wait. We haven't gone out and done anything by ourselves in such a long time that I am starting to feel the affects of it. I owed a date, due to losing a bet to Bill in the first place so I asked him if we could go on a date on Wednesday. Of course he said yes.

So came the arduous task of trying to come up with something to do besides dinner. While at work I was e-mailing a friend, Decaf Addict, and was asking her for any advice. I really didn't want to take him to a movie because that is what we usually always do so I wanted something different. Decaf Addict mentioned something about going to seaside and looking in all of the shops. Thinking about that led me to thinking of the arcade. So we are going to Lumberman's and going to the arcade after work. I am so excited that I can't wait. I want to take the day off to have a whole day date.

Summer

So my mom called this last week on the phone with a proposal. The proposal was to make our cruise that we were suppose to take next year to Alaska, move it up to this year, this summer. I was thinking that I would love to but Bill and I are already saving for Utah. My mom continued her conversation telling me that the Princess Cruise Line is having a 2 for 1 sale and that they would pay for us to go. They would pay for the room and then we would pay for drinks and all the extra things. I practically jumped up and down and wanted to scream. I couldn't believe that! I love my parents. Anyway, so I cleared my schedule and Bills and we are going in August. I am so excited to go Alaska. I practically have a love affair with Alaska because of the Deadliest Catch and some books that I have. I think that Alaska would be fun to either live in or vacation at. I can't wait.

Week 5

So this week I have lost 2 pounds!!!! I'm so excited for that. I am now 218! I am getting down there. I have added a couple of things to my workout that a girl that I work out with told me to start doing so I believe that that helped a lot. So I hope that I can keep up the two pounds per week thing up or maybe one day lose even more. Who knows.

Upset and Hurt

So I have a friend that is single. I don't have very many friends that are single anymore, that are in this area, and he is extremely upset about the fact. For awhile we all thought that he wanted help to find a wife or girlfriend whatever you want to call it. So my friend and I decided to try to help and start, not really shoving him at girls but just letting him know that some girls were single and that he should go and talk to them. Now he got tired, annoyed, and upset with us telling him about the girls and trying to set him up but he never told us that we were told that from his sister in law. Therefore we stopped telling him that he should do certain things or that he needed to talk to girls if he wanted a girlfriend. We dropped the whole subject.

So that was a couple of months. Recently I got my hair cut, yesterday, and the girl that cut my hair was also going to cut his later that day. When she was done with mine we called him up and told him to come over so that we could hang out with him and our friend doing the haircuts. He was upset that we kept telling him to come over to the house and eventually got his way because we were tired of arguing about it. He was very persistent. It was odd but whatever. Later my husband and I were at our churches snack and yak, when my husband leaned over to me and said that my friend and I needed to back off from him. Now at first I thought that it was because we were hounding him to come over to have his hair cut. My husband was like no, it's not that, it's that someone had asked him if he had met anyone exciting at the church that he went to that morning. Now that was when I got upset because I hadn't said anything to him. Now I wouldn't have so much of a problem if he told my husband that, I would still be upset of course, but no, it wasn't him it was his mother that told my husband. I found out from my husband that my friend had asked him it he had met anyone at the other church that he went to that day which she didn't do. This whole ordeal had me so upset and crying so much that I went to my friend and ask if she asked him if he met anyone. When I got her on the phone she said no that she hadn't seen him or talked to him recently besides when we all were about the haircut.

She is much better then me with the whole call the source and ask him what happened and confront the problem. Me I hate confrontation and I avoid it at all costs because I tend to cry to much. I do notes.

Therefore, she called him and they talked through things. I guess it was just a misunderstanding taken from his mother which she passed onto my husband which started the whole ordeal. Finally I slightly calmed down and wasn't upset with him anymore. Really it wasn't upset it was hurt well it was a little of both. I became really sad and hurt at his mther by her words and putting my husband into the middle of it.

Now I understand mothers to the point that they get hurt when they see there child hurt and if that child is young enough to say something to maybe the parent of the other child that hurt them but as soon as that child gets old enough to start working out his or her own problems they need to keep there mouth shut. I really like his mother but she is too protective. He is 26. If he has a problem with something that I have said to him or if I have hurt him somehow then he should tell me that not his mother. It is his responsibility. If the mom can't wait or can't control herself then she should actually tell me face to face instead of going through my husband!

I am very hurt to the point that I have to say something usually I can brush it off and slowly get over it by watching a movie or maybe a few movies but this has me all twisted around, hurt, and up at 1 in the morning that I am going to write her a note. Like I said it's easier for me to write a note and cry during that then to tell her face to face and cry. I don't like crying in front of people. To me it shows weakness. Crazy I know, I am!! I am sorry for those of you that actually read all of this. I'm venting, I know, but I just had to. I really like his mom so I don't want this bad air between us at all.

My husband has been good through this and let me cry on his shoulder and yell at him. Which I apologized to him and said that I wasn't yelling at him I was yelling to him about the situation. He felt awful of course because he is just in the middle of everything. He didn't want or have anything to do with it. Poor guy!

Anyway, I am done with my super long tale and vent if you read the whole thing then the ironic, good thing about waking up at 1 in the morning is that I worked out already for today. (Laughing).

Taxes

So this weekend I will hopefully be doing my taxes. You know the sad thing is I actually really look forward to this part every year to see if I get money or if I have to pay which we end up doing both. We need to change Rubber Ducky's W-4 form to claim only 1 instead of 3. He had help on it when he got hired 5 year ago and the lady that helped him told him to always claim 3. Needless to say for the past 3 years we have had to pay for federal. Luckily we get money back from State so it evens itself out.

This year I think that we will get about the same amount as last year hopefully and with the money that we get back, which is usually about 500 dollars, we are going to pay off Rubber Ducky's parents. Our washer died last year in July and they loaned us the money to buy a new washer and dryer therefore we have been paying them off since July. We don't have very much left so it will be exciting to have at least one bill paid and done for!! Next one to go is our Bank of America credit card. I'm excited to see them disappear one by one. It makes me feel like I'm accomplishing things. We are hoping to refinance this next year in June or July so hopefully our payments go down and then we are going to incorporate our credit cards into it so the only debts that we have left is the car and the house! It will be an exciting day to see that!!

Anyway that's my plan. I am hoping that it works out.

Week 4

So Yay, I have lost another pound so I am now down to 220. I am almost into the teens. I am still trying to figure out how to go from one pound to two pounds every week though. If you have any suggestions let me know. I'm counting points which is great and then I work out an hour everyday. That's about all I do and my mind is blank to think of something else. I guess I could still get more active with day to day things. Anyway, Yay for me!!!

THE STEELERS WON!!!!!

Hamster Experimenting

"One day will be exciting. One day will be great." Andy thought while he was driving down the road to a friends house to stay for a weekend. Pulling into the long steep driveway towards the almost looking castle he felt a chill creep down his spine. As he pulled up to the front door the gardener was standing there in the bushes staring at him. The creepiness of his figure and face were astonishing in the amount of hair all over him.

"Very wolf man-esk," Andy taunted. "Did you forget to take your costume off after Halloween."

The gardener turned and smiled devilishly. Andy was sure he winked, but turned quickly to walk the three steps to the gate and buzzed the intercom. The butler answered the door with a grimace on his face. "Please come in, sir." He said with a drawled out tone. "He is in the parlor, sir. Please follow me." Andy followed him taking in the massive high ceilings and off pictures hanging all over the walls. Pictures of odd relatives with bushman hair and missing appendages. Whoever painter them must have went for the scary vampire look. Each one was pale, earthier eyes following his every move. He arrived at the parlor sooner then expected, nearly tripping over an over sized cat. The cat hissed and jumped up on his legs scratching them. "AHHH!" He yelled out. "Bruno, down." Zek calmly told the cat. Bruno jumped down hissing again. "Wow, Zek that cat is really obeying you."

"Andy glad you were able to make it up here so fast."

"No problem I really needed to get out of the house. What's withe menagerie of freakish staff? What did you get out of high school and start experimenting on people instead of hamsters." Andy said jokingly.

"Actually yes." Zek stated slowly.

"Wow, huh, interesting. That's great. So great weather we've been having lately, huh?"

"Sure, Andy. Our staff has lots of perks being experimented on."

"Really. Do they do tricks?"

"Yes." Zek said matter of fact.

While Zek turned to call the butler in Andy tried to wipe the look of astonishment off of his face before Zek noticed. "How on earth do you go from genetically altering hamsters to playing God with human DNA." Andy thought. The butler came in and suddenly Andy noticed the familiarity..."Muff Muff! My Muff Muff!!"

Andy couldn't help but laugh at the sounds the butler was exuding from him. The butler and Zek quickly looked at him. Andy quickly wiped the smile from his face and instantly stopped laughing. Zek smiled, "Please follow me Andy." Zek slowly walked down hallways, up stairs, down stairs, everywhere it seemed. "Here we have arrived."

"Where are we?"

"Your room, don't you recognize it." In a flash Andy was the size of a mouse and locked in a cage. "HELP, HELP!!!" He screamed...then woke up.

Underworld: Rise of the Lichans

Underworld 3. It was actually half decent. I enjoyed all of the action and then some. The story falls into place and helps the first and second movie make a lot more sense. I am glad that they made it. However, There was one scene that I could have done without. Of course you guessed it, the sex scene. So much more then I wanted to see. However, if you can skip over that part I think that the movie is completely worth it. Go and watch it you won't be sorry.

City girl gives it between 1 and a 10, with a 10 being the highest, I give it an 9. If it hadn't have had the sex scene I probably would have given it a 10.

Superbowl Sunday

So this Sunday is Superbowl Sunday. I absolutely love this Sunday. All the food the best commercials of the year or it's great. However the half time show was the losiest show I have ever seen. Whatever his name was who did the singing was atrocious sounding. Although it was better, well not better, then the Janet Jackson debacle. Yikes. These halftime shows are getting worse ever year.

This year the Superbowl has fizzled out once again. Usually it is strong the first half with a lot of people and then by the second half/halftime show everyone goes home or moves on. So now it is just Rubber Ducky, Ratchet and myself hanging out watching the second half of the Superbowl at Ratchets bachelor pad. Everyone here is rooting for the Cardinals except for me. I am roooting for the Steelers!!!! So far so good but you know how games can be so its up in the air for who is going to win.

Keep you updated on who wins but I'm sure that you will already know.