Faulty Power Supply

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, the power cord on my laptop is failing, making typing on the keyboard near impossible.  I generally have to prop the cord artistically, hold the plug just so, and then facebook as fast as possible, hoping I don't run out of battery.  It's a chronic problem with this laptop, and I've got yet another new one on it's way, but until then, all's well.  Tonight I'm typing while the cord's tucked under my right knee.  Dang, just broke the magical twist, gotta go fuss with it.
-m

Eventually everything becomes normal.

Tonight Colorado & I made an experimental dinner.  It started out with hmmmmm, we've got the stuff for french toast....him saying we could get bacon, me remembering we already had some that needed cooking....and then evolved from there (big surprise I'M AMAZINGLY BAD AT MAKING UP MY MIND).  Anyhow we ended up with bacon and a really strange version of german pancake that had poultry seasoning, white black & red pepper, garlic, freezerburnt stir fry veggies ( I picked out the water chestnuts cuz I thought they'd be too weird) and who knows how long it's been in the freezer chopped spinach.  Topped by the bacon, some chopped ham and 3 kinds of cheese (chipotle white cheddar, mozzarella, and muenster)  For the cost of a few eggs, mystery veggies, and a few spices we had nomy dinner and leftovers worth saving.  Sort of like a crustless quiche (easy to create out of the pantry, but not as fabulous as yours Judy Gail).

So last night was the annual kick off dinner for Utah Professional Florist Association (UPFA) and their Designer of the year competition.  The design contest was awesome, and next year I'll go just to see it.  But I'm not gonna compete.  I didn't want to anyhow, and it showed in my performance.  Just proves that if you want to force me into saying yes, get Fran & my Mom on your side. .... . . sorta hope Scott doesn't read that.  However I paid 30 dollars plus the cost of my entry to attend the thing, had neutral service (Marriott Uof U campus) bland food (the fall vegetable side dish was the highlight), and was more annoyed than entertained by the president of the association monopolizing the program.  So I'm a little pissed.  If my buddy Juan hadn't won the thing and I hadn't had a great time socializing with floral friends I'd be really pissed.

Today was the Teleflora sponsored design show at Ensign Wholesale.  Usually I love the events, enjoy the visit with my mom, and come home full of ideas.  Today I actually got bored.  Maybe my heart was in the wrong place.  Lunch *usually a highlight* was kinda depressing.  Really I can cook hamburger, mix in beans, scoop Pace salsa, and open a bag of lettuce at home for a whole lot less and make it much tastier, also dessert was awkward enough to be inedible.  For $20 and most of my ONLY day off I really expected more.  I'm holding out hope that the next event is much better, if not....

So I've wasted a HUGE chunk of money, but enjoyed my time with friends whom I've been too long without seeing.  However, it's choices I made, so I'll move on and quit being pissy.  Next weekend I'm going to load myself into the camper, enjoy myself, and NOT spend any money.

Sorry for ranting.  I've just had a disappointing day.  At least dinner was a victory.
Live Long & Prosper.
-m

Yay Me!

Mom & Fran coerced me into entering into a professional florists design contest.  I love/hate it.  I'm plain ol' bad at competing.  But as long as I pretend I'm just making flowers for someone I love I'll have fun.  I'm looking forward to time with my florist buddies.  So far there are seven contestants and six prizes.  Even if I don't win I'll have fun...I hope.  I've had a bit of stress pulling a whole design concept together in just a couple days. Sorta hope I won't put this kind of stress on me again.

I'm mentally burnt out.  So I'll finish with a promise of photos and an update on the results either tomorrow or Sunday.

Be well!
-m

Bring your Mom to work Day

Sorry y'all I wrote this the other day and never finished posting it.

Apparently I missed the memo, it was today.  Mom spent the day at the flower shop while Glenn was busy doing testing and certification for his new job.  It was a lot of fun to have her there.  Oscar had a fabulous day with all the people there and things going on.

Somehow Fran talked me into taking a shot of cod liver oil.  OMG, there are no words to express how horrible it was, and I'm fairly tough about such things.  My stomach, along with the rest of me went into full on revolt.  I will not be repeating the experience. BLEHK!

Scott's instant messaging me from his room, strange how that's normal at our house.  Guess it's better than ignoring each other.
G'nite y'all!
-m

All in perpective

sWhile on my fabulous, unplanned boondocking  adventure, I found myself at Lynn's place (Scott's mom) in Bluffdale.  We had a great visit Saturday morning while Danny went to do the shopping, and it was decided that I should wait for Scott to come out and join us for a further visit before I took off on the next leg of my random adventure.  However, when Lynn woke up from her nap (here's me hoping that our fabulous visit isn't what wore her out) she was short of oxygen and couldn't slow her pulse down even with the oxygen machine turned on high. 

Strangely watching Edward Scissorhands helped tremendously with my acceptance of our roomate situation.  It's still absolutely NOT permanent, but I feel more comfortable saying what I need to say to be more comfortable in the short term.  Go figure.

Latest update on Lynn is that she's stable, comfortable, and going home as soon as possible. Fingers crossed!  She deserves a good break!

Scott tuned up the snow blower today...I'm hoping that's a gross perversion of pessimism.  I love snow, but not yet.  Fall is nice while it lasts.

Still craving a family camping weekend with Scotty.  Might be awesome!  Maybe next week.
Scott's attempting to pick up the Spazzy, that's dangerous...now he's taunting her...better go stuporvise!
Watch out for the claws and fangs!
-m

GGGGGRRRRRRRRR!

I'm not blogging today, I'm in an even worse mood than the other day.  Doing a favor for someone and getting taken advantage of is so utterly frustrating.  Dumb thing is I knew it was gonna happen, saw it coming, and did it anyway.  Now I have to put on my bitchy tude and be the bad guy in order to get control of my own life back.  I HATE being bitchy.  I would do just about anything to avoid having a nasty confrontation.  I am SO hating EVERYTHING right now.  Gonna go shower, take a headache pill and pretend I don't care about all the crap that I should be confronting.  Not that it will help, but I can NOT handle this kind of internal stress any longer.  I have GOT to get better at shrugging off the BS that people push at me.  I now see that's the lesson I'm supposed to learn here.  K, can it be OVER?!?
Bleh.
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Feeling a bunch better after deciding to take off for the weekend and be completely irresponsible.  Scott's staying home to kill zombies and make sure our house isn't taken over by strangers.  He even agreed to care for Oscar so that I don't have to pack him up.  I'm not even making up my mind about where I'm going until I get wherever it is.  We have several boondocking favorite spots close by and I'm quite enjoying the lack of plan.  I'll read, watch a few DVDs, sit quietly and think...and hopefully by Monday I'm in a better mood.  Anyhow, don't expect to hear from me anytime soon.  I'm gonna be ok...I think.

Pissy Day

Be ye warned, I'm in a rotten mood that's just beginning to fade.  Take everything with that perspective in mind.  I can't even begin to point out what made today so miserable.  It just was.

On a shinier note, today marks the 8th anniversary of Scott's & my wedding.  That feels pretty strange.  Perhaps it's because neither of us is a real grown up and being an old married couple is what grown ups do.  However, we both managed to remember this anniversary (unlike last year when we both managed to remember it days later).  We went to Taste of Thai and had shitty service and medium good food (perhaps I'm being judgmental because I know they can do better, I hate their new location, and I'm in a bad mood).  Anyhow.  Yay for us.

On our way to dinner we took the back roads through our neighborhood since all of the main intersections within a mile of us are under mega reconstruction.  Along the way a man in a diaper (no pants) crawled into the middle of the road and then turned to stare at us while we maneuvered our car around him.  I can't even begin to understand what all led up to that situation...I just know it was the perfect cherry on top of my pissy day.  Add to that the loud youngsters who's parent brought playing cards to dinner, the server who insisted on telling us what we should order since he was certain we'd never had thai before....AAAAAHHHHGGGG!  Shoulda saved going out for a better mood I guess.  But it sounded like such a good plan yesterday.

Here's hoping tomorrow's a better day!  I'm calling it quits on this one.
-m

A new Adventure

Today our little family signed up a new member.  My friend Colorado is gonna move into Oscar's room and be our tenant.  I hope he can stand us!  It's a short term thing to help him save up cash to get his own place.  He had a nasty hit & run motorcycle accident last week that's left him with pins & plates in his right foot, and a future that's full of crutches for a few weeks.  You can begin to see why we're sympathetic.  It's quite strange for Scott & I to accept someone else into our house, but for some reason I feel like it's the right thing to do.  I learned years ago to just trust that feeling and not fuss the details.  Karma catches up with everyone, and if it doesn't damage me to help I'm gonna.

Oscar already has a unique relationship with Colorado, so they're probably gonna get along great.  Rado spoils the Oscar, and doesn't put up with biting or screaming. If they can't get along Oscar will be moving into the bathroom.....I'm crossing my fingers.

I am disgusted that we haven't been camping this month, but every weekend there seems to be another excuse.  It's gonna happen yet!!!! I don't care if we have to run the furnace the whole time and watch the world out the windows!  I'm looking seriously at a southern Utah trip for Adda & I.  We'll see.
Happy Friday World!!!!
Guy's doin some sort of yummy thing on the food network show Scott's watching & I want to see.
-m