Tuesday, October 28, 2008
KATE IS GREAT!!!!!!
OMG Much love to kate!! Oh my little prego girlfriend how I love you!!! DAMN I'm glad you're around to help me!!! I'm really really glad you are pregnant but OH I wish you could come play friday night! You and the boys be sure to have lots of fun!! You are the bomb baby!!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Tha girls
These two pictures almost didn't make the blog cuz I look like he**. Oh well, what can ya do?
Gail and the kids really went all out to decorate... not only were there some awesome wall decorations (dolphins!) but centerpieces and everything!! I was "bartender" (quotes allowed because bartender usually refers to someone serving alcohol which I )WASN'T although it definately would have helped :-p)and we were drinking sunsets!
Doc is a ROCKSTAR baby!
If you ever want to make doc and kaylee reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallllly happy just give them marachino cherries - doc was SO worried about the cherries and where they were at all times that he barely ate dinner.
Kids. OY!!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Bubbles???
This is officially the weirdest drink ever. One of my friends says shes completely addicted to this and that its called "bubbles". See the black balls at the bottom? tapioca balls, in a coconut type drink (almost like a horchata) mmmm... nothing better than weird gooey balls at the bottom of your drink.
I don't know about this... but its waaaaaay cool for halloween!!! LOL!!
**EDIT** Look at what I found in regards to bubbles!
If you visit Taiwan or Hong Kong you can't help but notice the unique bubble teashops on every corner. Bubble Tea to Taiwan is what coffee or soda is to the U.S.
Just like in Taiwan, Bubble Tea shops are popping up all over the world.
The U.S. is also now feeling the growth. Hundreds of locations serve Bubble Tea in California alone. Bubble Tea originated in Taiwan in the early 1980's at a small tea stand. In 1983 Liu Han-Chieh introduced Taiwan to tapioca pearls. The new fad was to add tapioca pearls into a favorite drink. Most of the time tapioca pearls were served in cold infused tea. After the tea and flavor were shaken well, it topped tapioca pearls that were sitting on the bottom of a clear cup. The tapioca pearls also looked like bubbles, thus also became to known as "Bubble Tea." Bubbles floated on the top your drink and bottom of your drink.
Bubble tea is also known as boba drink, pearl tea drink, boba ice tea, boba, boba nai cha, zhen zhou nai cha, pearl milk tea, pearl ice tea, black pearl tea, tapioca ball drink, BBT, PT, pearl shake, QQ (which means chewy in Chinese) and possible many others.
Tapioca pearls are black, but can sometimes be found to be white or transparent. Depending on the ingredients of the pearl, the color varies. I've been told that the white and translucent pearls are made of caramel, starch and chamomile root extract. The black pearl includes sweet potato, cassava root and brown sugar, which add the black color.
The consistency of tapioca pearls are somewhere between jell-o and chewing gum. They are the size of a marble. They are also known as the "boba" drink in Western China because it is described as to having the same texture as the female breasts. **NOTE Yes and Ewwwwwwwww***
A clear cup with black balls on the bottom can easily identify bubble Tea drinks. Another obvious trait is a huge fat straw. The fat straw is needed so that the tapioca pearls can be sucked up with the drink and eaten. Bubble Tea's appearance definitely makes it unique. One thing is for certain. Bubble Tea is not a fad. It's a trend. This drink is addictive. If you've had a good one before then you know what we're talking about.
I don't know about this... but its waaaaaay cool for halloween!!! LOL!!
**EDIT** Look at what I found in regards to bubbles!
If you visit Taiwan or Hong Kong you can't help but notice the unique bubble teashops on every corner. Bubble Tea to Taiwan is what coffee or soda is to the U.S.
Just like in Taiwan, Bubble Tea shops are popping up all over the world.
The U.S. is also now feeling the growth. Hundreds of locations serve Bubble Tea in California alone. Bubble Tea originated in Taiwan in the early 1980's at a small tea stand. In 1983 Liu Han-Chieh introduced Taiwan to tapioca pearls. The new fad was to add tapioca pearls into a favorite drink. Most of the time tapioca pearls were served in cold infused tea. After the tea and flavor were shaken well, it topped tapioca pearls that were sitting on the bottom of a clear cup. The tapioca pearls also looked like bubbles, thus also became to known as "Bubble Tea." Bubbles floated on the top your drink and bottom of your drink.
Bubble tea is also known as boba drink, pearl tea drink, boba ice tea, boba, boba nai cha, zhen zhou nai cha, pearl milk tea, pearl ice tea, black pearl tea, tapioca ball drink, BBT, PT, pearl shake, QQ (which means chewy in Chinese) and possible many others.
Tapioca pearls are black, but can sometimes be found to be white or transparent. Depending on the ingredients of the pearl, the color varies. I've been told that the white and translucent pearls are made of caramel, starch and chamomile root extract. The black pearl includes sweet potato, cassava root and brown sugar, which add the black color.
The consistency of tapioca pearls are somewhere between jell-o and chewing gum. They are the size of a marble. They are also known as the "boba" drink in Western China because it is described as to having the same texture as the female breasts. **NOTE Yes and Ewwwwwwwww***
A clear cup with black balls on the bottom can easily identify bubble Tea drinks. Another obvious trait is a huge fat straw. The fat straw is needed so that the tapioca pearls can be sucked up with the drink and eaten. Bubble Tea's appearance definitely makes it unique. One thing is for certain. Bubble Tea is not a fad. It's a trend. This drink is addictive. If you've had a good one before then you know what we're talking about.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
WHY?? WHY DO YOU TORTURE ME SO???
Dear BNL fan,
Thank you for your support! With this email you are being given a unique access code which will allow you to purchase tickets for the below BNL shows. Your code is valid for purchase for each of these shows with the below ticket restrictions . Once it is used, it cannot be used again for that show date and time.
December 6th, 2008
TORONTO
2 shows at Massey Hall
1st show - Kids themed SNACKTIME matinee show - 6 Ticket Limit
2nd show - Barenaked for the Holidays evening show - 4 Ticket Limit
2nd show -
December 7th, 2008
Barenaked for the Holidays evening show - 4 Ticket Limit
December 13th, 2008
OTTAWA
2 shows at the NAC
1st show - Kids themed SNACKTIME matinee show - 6 Ticket Limit
2nd show - Barenaked for the Holidays evening show - 4 Ticket Limit
bah. Nothing I can get to anytime soon :-(
Thank you for your support! With this email you are being given a unique access code which will allow you to purchase tickets for the below BNL shows. Your code is valid for purchase for each of these shows with the below ticket restrictions . Once it is used, it cannot be used again for that show date and time.
December 6th, 2008
TORONTO
2 shows at Massey Hall
1st show - Kids themed SNACKTIME matinee show - 6 Ticket Limit
2nd show - Barenaked for the Holidays evening show - 4 Ticket Limit
2nd show -
December 7th, 2008
Barenaked for the Holidays evening show - 4 Ticket Limit
December 13th, 2008
OTTAWA
2 shows at the NAC
1st show - Kids themed SNACKTIME matinee show - 6 Ticket Limit
2nd show - Barenaked for the Holidays evening show - 4 Ticket Limit
bah. Nothing I can get to anytime soon :-(
Sunday, October 19, 2008
OMG! Somebody has way too much time!!
I love this cake!!! I'd never eat it i'd just leave it forever!!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
"The bitch is back in town!!" or "Oops I did it again"
Dang. Well so much for the new nicer jen :-)
So last night I get a call from my neice kaeshia. She asks me when I'm going to be home. I tell her that Its prolly going to be 20 min to a half hour. Several days ago I asked her for her keys to my house back because I was really tired of coming home and not even being able to set my shit down because her and her boyfriend were sprawled all over my living room. If they weren't in the living room they were downstairs doing only-god-knows-what in the TV room or they were using my internet.
Several months ago when kaeshia decided that living with us for $300 a month was just wayyyyy to expensive I told her that I didn't mind if she hung out at the house once in a while. When I said that, I didn't think she would be over ALL THE TIME. She just thinks she can have all the benefits of living with us and none of the expense. well sorry sweetheart but why should i have the inconvience of a roommate and none of the benefits??
Anyway, back to my story. Last night She says to me "well I've got Moose and I need to drop him off to your house" moose would be her dog that we are taking care of until she can get settled back in her mothers house. guess she figured out that bills kinda suck huh? Being a grown up isn't all peaches and cream?? Hmmm... seems to be a lesson a lot of us are learning in whole new ways :-p
So she gets to my house 15 minutes later and calls me again. I tell her to open the back fence and push moose in and he can go in the dog door. She says "but we wanted to hang out with him..." I say sorry and she says "ok what-ever"
I get home 20 minutes later and find that she and boyfriend have broken into my house and have taken the place over yet again. So much for packing all the shit sitting on my coffee table. *sigh* I'm irritated as hell so I take myself and my dog for a ride to go buy halloween. I get back and start cleaning the kitchen... you'd think slamming pans would make you feel better but it doesn't. So after their movie they are about to slide out without even saying thanks or goodby ... as usual... when I say to kaeshia "you know I love you right??" she says yes and i say something bitchy like "cuz I took your keys away for a reason. Don't break into my house again that's not cool. If you want to use my stuff you have to ask me!" she says "Uh I don't see the problem here its not that big of a deal" and I respond with "I know you don't see it as a big deal, that's why I'm telling you it is" I say "You can hang out and watch movie with me if you want to"
to which she stomps out the door.
I tell her as she's stomping off "and you could use your manners and say hello when you get here and goodby when you leave" to which she says "I don't gotta say bye"
Mature.
Anyway 15 minutes later I start getting txted.
"For the record you have no room to talk about manners. Don't worry i won't be hangin out at that house til your moved out"
to which i replied:
"Jon agrees with me so you won't be using him anymore either"
"I don't use my uncle you do"
"You ignore moose when you are here! I have to tell you to pay attention to him! Always laying all over my house and you don't contribute jack shit! Here take care of my dog then I'll come use your shit and not even say THANKS!"
"What the f*** do I use? your tv? Wow! I offered to give you back the keys when I left and you said don't worry about it"
Anyway, the txts got MUCH uglier and meaner after that point and I called her a user and a spoiled brat and she called me .... well she sunk reallllllly low (she IS her mothers daughter after all!! What more can you expect!!) and I know that real life is going to smack the shit out of her just like it has the rest of us.
Opinions? Too much? should I have let it go and just made jon deal with it?? If you know jon you know he's passive aggressive about this sort of stuff. Tell me what you think!!!!
So last night I get a call from my neice kaeshia. She asks me when I'm going to be home. I tell her that Its prolly going to be 20 min to a half hour. Several days ago I asked her for her keys to my house back because I was really tired of coming home and not even being able to set my shit down because her and her boyfriend were sprawled all over my living room. If they weren't in the living room they were downstairs doing only-god-knows-what in the TV room or they were using my internet.
Several months ago when kaeshia decided that living with us for $300 a month was just wayyyyy to expensive I told her that I didn't mind if she hung out at the house once in a while. When I said that, I didn't think she would be over ALL THE TIME. She just thinks she can have all the benefits of living with us and none of the expense. well sorry sweetheart but why should i have the inconvience of a roommate and none of the benefits??
Anyway, back to my story. Last night She says to me "well I've got Moose and I need to drop him off to your house" moose would be her dog that we are taking care of until she can get settled back in her mothers house. guess she figured out that bills kinda suck huh? Being a grown up isn't all peaches and cream?? Hmmm... seems to be a lesson a lot of us are learning in whole new ways :-p
So she gets to my house 15 minutes later and calls me again. I tell her to open the back fence and push moose in and he can go in the dog door. She says "but we wanted to hang out with him..." I say sorry and she says "ok what-ever"
I get home 20 minutes later and find that she and boyfriend have broken into my house and have taken the place over yet again. So much for packing all the shit sitting on my coffee table. *sigh* I'm irritated as hell so I take myself and my dog for a ride to go buy halloween. I get back and start cleaning the kitchen... you'd think slamming pans would make you feel better but it doesn't. So after their movie they are about to slide out without even saying thanks or goodby ... as usual... when I say to kaeshia "you know I love you right??" she says yes and i say something bitchy like "cuz I took your keys away for a reason. Don't break into my house again that's not cool. If you want to use my stuff you have to ask me!" she says "Uh I don't see the problem here its not that big of a deal" and I respond with "I know you don't see it as a big deal, that's why I'm telling you it is" I say "You can hang out and watch movie with me if you want to"
to which she stomps out the door.
I tell her as she's stomping off "and you could use your manners and say hello when you get here and goodby when you leave" to which she says "I don't gotta say bye"
Mature.
Anyway 15 minutes later I start getting txted.
"For the record you have no room to talk about manners. Don't worry i won't be hangin out at that house til your moved out"
to which i replied:
"Jon agrees with me so you won't be using him anymore either"
"I don't use my uncle you do"
"You ignore moose when you are here! I have to tell you to pay attention to him! Always laying all over my house and you don't contribute jack shit! Here take care of my dog then I'll come use your shit and not even say THANKS!"
"What the f*** do I use? your tv? Wow! I offered to give you back the keys when I left and you said don't worry about it"
Anyway, the txts got MUCH uglier and meaner after that point and I called her a user and a spoiled brat and she called me .... well she sunk reallllllly low (she IS her mothers daughter after all!! What more can you expect!!) and I know that real life is going to smack the shit out of her just like it has the rest of us.
Opinions? Too much? should I have let it go and just made jon deal with it?? If you know jon you know he's passive aggressive about this sort of stuff. Tell me what you think!!!!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Deepness ...
Ajahn Chah, our great teacher in Thailand put it this way:
“Sometimes I’d go to see old religious sites with ancient temple buildings, designed by architects, beautifully built by skilled craftsmen. In some places they would be cracked. Maybe one of my friends would remark, “Such a shame, isn’t it? It’s cracked. ” I’d say: “If that weren’t the case then there’d be no such thing as the Buddha, there’d be no Dharma. It’s cracked like this because it’s perfectly in line with the Buddha’s teaching.”
What he’s saying is what the Buddha taught - that whatever comes together, separates. Whatever arises, must decay and pass away. It’s a natural law. All things that arise and cease, are inherently unsatisfactory.
And that includes temple buildings and Blackberries. And everything else in between.
If everything were perfect and satisfactory, nothing would disappoint us. This would be heaven, right here.
We wouldn’t seek for truth or spiritual fulfillment, God or enlightenment. There would be no need to for us to look for perfection, to search for the Ultimate.
But these things we have are not satisfactory. They’re not even supposed to be satisfactory.
“Sometimes I’d go to see old religious sites with ancient temple buildings, designed by architects, beautifully built by skilled craftsmen. In some places they would be cracked. Maybe one of my friends would remark, “Such a shame, isn’t it? It’s cracked. ” I’d say: “If that weren’t the case then there’d be no such thing as the Buddha, there’d be no Dharma. It’s cracked like this because it’s perfectly in line with the Buddha’s teaching.”
What he’s saying is what the Buddha taught - that whatever comes together, separates. Whatever arises, must decay and pass away. It’s a natural law. All things that arise and cease, are inherently unsatisfactory.
And that includes temple buildings and Blackberries. And everything else in between.
If everything were perfect and satisfactory, nothing would disappoint us. This would be heaven, right here.
We wouldn’t seek for truth or spiritual fulfillment, God or enlightenment. There would be no need to for us to look for perfection, to search for the Ultimate.
But these things we have are not satisfactory. They’re not even supposed to be satisfactory.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Life sucks and then ya dye....
Ok so the hair didn't turn out so great... but its not because amy didn't try, god love her :-) I wasn't born blonde and it seems to be very difficult to get my hair to STAY blonde. So we're going dark again for another six months (through the winter) and then I'm chopping it all off and bleaching it blonde again. Whatever.
Speaking of six months, it seems that I'm going to have to "answer to the man" for the next six months despite all my good intentions. I have to get my money situation settled before I decide to really try to fly - which means paying off both of my credit cards, getting myself together, and either getting a nice raise OR getting a new job. It also means moving into my mothers basement. Those of you who know me will know how un-thrilled I am by this development, but it really is better for my financial health. I ran my "numbers" through this (go all the way to the bottom and you'll see the link for the worksheet - type in all the numbers and decide where your money will all go. Anyway I figured out that right now w/car payments et all I would not have ANY thing left over for anything and I would NEVER get away from my credit cards because I would be paying the minimum $30 as they charge me $20 interest.
So I've decided to move in with mom. Yes she smokes, yes its gonna suck, but she's being really cool about everything, trix will be somewhere safe/loved no howling, and I got a mini fridge (its super cute, yes I'm a freakin nerd) I'm planning on always having it two feet away from my couch and full of beer LOL. This way I can get out of debt, get paid better, and figure out my head from my butt. Ok, well I should be able to get out of debt anyway LOL!!
Speaking of six months, it seems that I'm going to have to "answer to the man" for the next six months despite all my good intentions. I have to get my money situation settled before I decide to really try to fly - which means paying off both of my credit cards, getting myself together, and either getting a nice raise OR getting a new job. It also means moving into my mothers basement. Those of you who know me will know how un-thrilled I am by this development, but it really is better for my financial health. I ran my "numbers" through this (go all the way to the bottom and you'll see the link for the worksheet - type in all the numbers and decide where your money will all go. Anyway I figured out that right now w/car payments et all I would not have ANY thing left over for anything and I would NEVER get away from my credit cards because I would be paying the minimum $30 as they charge me $20 interest.
So I've decided to move in with mom. Yes she smokes, yes its gonna suck, but she's being really cool about everything, trix will be somewhere safe/loved no howling, and I got a mini fridge (its super cute, yes I'm a freakin nerd) I'm planning on always having it two feet away from my couch and full of beer LOL. This way I can get out of debt, get paid better, and figure out my head from my butt. Ok, well I should be able to get out of debt anyway LOL!!
Friday, October 10, 2008
When ya got it, ya got it right??
This was created for me by one of my co-workers today.
Perhaps I need to work on having a more professional image. *sigh*
Thursday, October 09, 2008
RANT!
OMG... So I'm listening to Radio from Hell on X96 this morning and they were doing their "Ask-A" feature where they talk to people who are in different area's about their jobs. Today's ask-a was "Ask-a-haunted-house-worker" and featured my ex-boyfriend from a million years ago who has apparently opened up his own haunted house! I caught the website and it links to his myspaz page and I am happy to report that he's a fat-ass! He's also apparently married to a fat-ass who is TEN years younger than his lame ass although they do have three cute kids that I have a hard time believing are his LOL :-)
So anyway there it is... weird start to a wierd morning.
xoxo
So anyway there it is... weird start to a wierd morning.
xoxo
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Zurchers sucks!
Six Months. SIX
Six Months ago...
* I had just dyed my hair blonde.
* I was SO excited and eager for Memorial Day cuz I knew I'd be hanging with the whole crew... ben and rachelle, taner, eren, seth and amy, shy, kaylee, doc, Jen and Mike, faith, heather and destiny, Shelly and shannon and their kids Heidi, little jenny and her boyfriend who I can't remember his name right now, Liz and will, willow. Boating drinking and eating way too much.
* I spent every weekend partying and having a blast even if it was all way too much drama and bullshit.
* I was looking forward to having a fun fun fun summer playing with ALL my friends.
* Alana had just lost the baby that she was adopting from Vietnam and we were stressing about when/if she would get her next referral. She, Scott and Lizzy were going to Disneyland to celebrate liz's b-day!
* Jon worked at Verizon and was looking at starting school and computer classes.
* I weighed about 30 lbs more than I do right now.
* I had just dyed my hair blonde.
* I was SO excited and eager for Memorial Day cuz I knew I'd be hanging with the whole crew... ben and rachelle, taner, eren, seth and amy, shy, kaylee, doc, Jen and Mike, faith, heather and destiny, Shelly and shannon and their kids Heidi, little jenny and her boyfriend who I can't remember his name right now, Liz and will, willow. Boating drinking and eating way too much.
* I spent every weekend partying and having a blast even if it was all way too much drama and bullshit.
* I was looking forward to having a fun fun fun summer playing with ALL my friends.
* Alana had just lost the baby that she was adopting from Vietnam and we were stressing about when/if she would get her next referral. She, Scott and Lizzy were going to Disneyland to celebrate liz's b-day!
* Jon worked at Verizon and was looking at starting school and computer classes.
* I weighed about 30 lbs more than I do right now.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
AMY!!!! GUESS WHAT!!!!
I BOUGHT YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT TODAY!!!!!!!!!
YA WANT A HINT?????
Damn I suck at secrets :-) Sorry - you don't get to have it til May!!!!
YA WANT A HINT?????
Damn I suck at secrets :-) Sorry - you don't get to have it til May!!!!
Monday, October 06, 2008
Oh so this is what a heart attack feels like....
Serious panic attack... I applied for an apartment AND insurance in my own name today. OMG if this is what it's like to be a grown up then you can keep it. This sucks. Safety net all gone, time to fly :-p
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