tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72354982011-04-21T18:01:00.696-05:00Knitting, Reptiles and anything else that catches my attention.Knoreply@blogger.comBlogger1191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1130882204566150582005-11-01T16:26:00.000-05:002005-11-01T16:58:20.696-05:00

I just recently got the most awesome package from my secret pal! She had wrapped each thing individually in tissue paper, so it was like a wonderful never ending gift! DH was rolling his eyes as I unwrapped each item and excitedly showed it to him. He just doesn't get the "big deal" over knitting stuff.So, what wonders did I behold? Look and see:Some beautiful merino wool sock yarn from

Knoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1129656393461220312005-10-18T12:03:00.000-05:002005-10-18T12:26:33.516-05:00

I probably won't be posting much for the next couple weeks (yeah yeah, like anyone reads this, I know I'm just babbling to myself here).. at least not until my new job starts. Things are seriously crazy at work and I'm sharing a ride with DH, which means I'm in at the crack of dawn, out late, eat and go to bed.. We got DSL at home now, so once things calm down I'll be able to post more

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1129057550821482882005-10-11T14:05:00.000-05:002005-10-11T14:05:50.826-05:00

I just handed in my resignation.. not quite sure what to feel... scared.. excited.. don't know...

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1128945146735964722005-10-10T06:43:00.000-05:002005-10-10T07:21:18.493-05:00

My friend ended up not coming to visit this weekend. As much as I really want to see her, it worked out for the best. We ended up being really busy and not around much at all.The kid had a football game this weekend. Last week we (along with some other parents) had to have a long talk with his coach because he wasn't playing as much as he is required to (at certain age levels they have to play a

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1128695018373681532005-10-07T09:20:00.000-05:002005-10-07T09:23:38.380-05:00

They JUST called and offered me a position in the 2nd department I interviewed with on Tuesday! I'm so excited! I would really rather work in the 1st department I interviewed with, but the HR manager said she hadn't talked to them yet. She's going to check with them today and see if they were going to offer me a job and get back to me. If they don't I'll take this offer. I can't believe it

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1128628183999453452005-10-06T14:43:00.000-05:002005-10-06T14:55:57.616-05:00

A good friend of mine called last night. I haven't heard from her since a week or two after I sent her the gecko bag months ago. I was starting to get worried. I knew things were getting pretty bad between her & her husband and she wasn't returning my calls. I am so relieved to hear that she is ok (well, as ok as can be under the circumstances). To say the divorce is messy is the understatement

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1128516058468904612005-10-05T07:21:00.000-05:002005-10-05T07:40:58.476-05:00

Well my friend did end up meeting me for lunch before the interviews. It was great to see her again and we had a lot of fun chatting about stuff. She did a great job of taking my mind off from being nervous about the interviews.Interview #1 went fantastic, the interview was only scheduled for 45 minutes, but we ended up talking and whatnot for an hour and a half. I'm very proud of myself for

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1128345992018820632005-10-03T08:20:00.000-05:002005-10-03T08:26:32.256-05:00

I have 2 interviews tomorrow! 2 different departments of the same company! I'm actually looking forward to it somewhat.. of course the stomach clenching nervous wreck hasn't appeared yet.I'm hoping a friend of mine can meet me for lunch before hand. I haven't seen her in a couple years and it would be nice to catch up (and take my mind off from being nervous).

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1128004507274091272005-09-29T09:32:00.000-05:002005-09-29T09:35:50.623-05:00

"In the western Pacific, small but powerful Typhoon Longwang (140 mph) is now on a course for Taiwan. While the typhoon should weaken some, it will remain a powerful system."linki will not make bad penis jokes.i will not make bad penis jokes.i will not make bad penis jokes.i will not make bad penis jokes.i will not make bad penis jokes.i will not make bad penis jokes.i will not make bad penis

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1127997895930309272005-09-29T07:32:00.000-05:002005-09-29T07:47:51.993-05:00

This moring it was cold (30's) and windy and DH asked me to get up early and bring him to work so he didn't have to ride the motorcycle. So I drag my grumpy sleep deprived self out of bed, chisle out the eye boogers and sleepwalk to the truck. click click click. click click click. Oh No You Dont. click click click. I will kill you. click click click. I will drag you into the field and shoot you

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1127850739181396862005-09-27T14:46:00.000-05:002005-09-27T14:52:19.186-05:00

Holy shit the perfect job #1 called me!! They filled the position that I had applied for, but they want me to come in for an interview with TWO different departments! I checked out the job posting on their website and believe it or not these positions are an even closer match to what my degree is for and a better fit with my experience. I really hope this means that they are dedicated to

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1127738008278213772005-09-26T07:18:00.000-05:002005-09-26T07:33:29.946-05:00

The company I interviewed with on Friday is actually a job recruitment agencey for people with scientific degrees. Remember perfect job #1 that I really really wanted? Guess who the job agency was interviewing for? Yup you got it perfect job #1. Figures. They told me that they couldn't resubmit me to them because I had applied already. Figures. BUT the good news is the lady told me that

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1127313040661548932005-09-21T09:18:00.000-05:002005-09-21T09:30:40.666-05:00

I've pretty much given up on wonderful job #1 that I had (what I thought was anyway) a great interview with. That was 2 1/2 weeks ago and I haven't heard from them. I called the other day to find out if they've filled the position and to let them know I was still interested. They never called back.So, yesterday I was feeling sorry for myself and being generally pissy while looking at job

Knoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1127154470222048132005-09-19T13:01:00.000-05:002005-09-19T13:27:50.256-05:00

We've been playing musical vehicals at our house. One breaks we fix it then the other one breaks. This has been an ongoing cycle for over a year now. I don't think we've had both vehicals running at the same time for more than 2 weeks in a row. Its frustrating. During the summer it's not so bad because DH drives the motorcycle (unless it's storming outside).. but it's getting to be fall/

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1127138817272689302005-09-19T09:04:00.000-05:002005-09-19T09:06:57.276-05:00

Ok, I called about the job and got voicemail. I left a message letting them know I enjoyed the interview and wanted to let them know that I was still very much interested in the position if they haven't filled it yet (which according to their job website they haven't). So, now I've got my fingers crossed that they call me back with good (second interview, job offer) news..

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1126876806850614532005-09-16T07:17:00.000-05:002005-09-16T08:21:01.636-05:00

So, we had a little "mishap" about a month ago. DH had built a new rack for our yearling corn snakes. (basically like a bookcase that you slide storage tubs into that the snakes live in). Well, he left a little bit (about 1/8") of a gap between the shelf & the top of the tubs (I really should have take a picture, its hard to describe). Lets just say this gap is big enough that a smaller snake can

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1126715262033420322005-09-14T11:13:00.000-05:002005-09-15T09:25:34.540-05:00

That pretty much sums up what I want to do with my life right now. I Quit.I want to quit my job, but the wonderful job that I had the wonderful interview with has not contacted me. It's been a week and a half. Why are they torturing me?I want to quit smoking. There is no pleasure in it anymore. In fact, the only motivation I have for smoking still is that it gets me out of my office. If I

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1126620657178061292005-09-13T09:07:00.000-05:002005-09-13T09:10:57.186-05:00

Nothing really going on. Someone cooked sausage in the kitchen at work this morning and the smell is making me sick to my stomach. Normally it wouldn't bother me. What's up with that? Been trying to get a hold of my baby brother (the one that got uber-drunk this weekend) and haven't had any luck. Just goes to his voicemail. Same thing with his fiance's phone. I hope everything is ok, I'm

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1126528611376666172005-09-12T07:21:00.000-05:002005-09-12T07:36:51.440-05:00

Well the company I registered my domain with is now ignoring me. I sent them a nasty letter accusing them of dishonest practices, trying to scam me out of my money, and threatened to report them for it. No answer. My website is still active. I still find it suspect that the domain register is trying to get involved in it anyway. If there was spam coming from my website I would think that

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1126211071547247012005-09-08T15:01:00.000-05:002005-09-08T15:24:31.553-05:00

I just re-registered my domain name for another year about 2 weeks or so ago. Now, all of a sudden the company I registered though is accusing me of being a spammer. So, I emailed them back and said (politely) what the hell are you talking about and that I don't send out mass emails. So, they write back with this long ass form letter defining their defination of spam and how they can cancel

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1126199689657974132005-09-08T11:54:00.000-05:002005-09-08T12:14:49.696-05:00

AARRRRR!! The phone just WONT ring. In fact, we haven't even had 1 single call since tuesday. No telemarketers. Nothing. I know the phone is working because I've been obsessively checking the answering machine from my cell phone. I think this is more agonizing than the interview. Sitting here.. waiting.. wondering.. is it too soon to call them without sounding desperate? Probably. I

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1126011103229672012005-09-06T07:36:00.000-05:002005-09-06T07:54:39.323-05:00

Basically, we did nothing all weekend. Absolutely. Nothing. It was great! Well we did pick up the furnace AND a central air unit on friday - got everything for less than $1,200 which is a great deal! We managed to bring the new furnace downstairs, but that's about as far as we got before we decided to be lazy for 3 days.I got a bunch more done on the dragon bag. Hopefully I'll be able to

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1125607367488923652005-09-01T15:28:00.000-05:002005-09-01T15:51:23.123-05:00

I just got a box of goodies from my secret pal! Lookie:I Love the yarn, there's a skein of beautiful varigated hand painted yarn and a skein of cascade in a gray/khaki color!! I can't wait until I find a pattern that makes that yarn jump up and scream use meeeeee! Then there's the beautiful beaded stitch markers that I just adore! Too-cute sock shaped point protectors! Some Awesome hand

Knoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1125603110116132102005-09-01T14:17:00.000-05:002005-09-01T15:46:50.273-05:00

Ok, so I'm now officially nervous. I have an interview tomorrow with the awesome job place. I finally talked to them on the phone! Anyway, the pay is a bit less than I'm making now, but after discussing it with DH we decided that we will find a way to make it work. So, if they offer the job I'm taking it! Just think, 2-3 weeks from now I might actually be working in my field! The interview

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1125414548323744092005-08-30T10:06:00.000-05:002005-08-30T10:09:08.330-05:00

Ok, so I was poking around on some of the knitty folks' blogs and found this on Faerynuff's.Oh yeah baby, I knew I was a nerd, but I guess I'm an ultra-nerd What Famous Leader Are You?personality tests by similarminds.comI have the power to destroy you. Tremble before my might! HA!

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Ok, so other than the fact that the most awesome job people called (I still haven't actually talked to them, I will give them until tomorrow before I call them a second time.) which totally made my day - I had a pretty good weekend. Friday morning the tire was flat on the truck. Of course DH had already left for work and there is no one in my area that I could ask for a ride, so I was stuck

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1125331250672257102005-08-29T10:57:00.000-05:002005-08-29T11:00:50.676-05:00

Remember I sent my resume to the most awesome job ever that I must have about 2 weeks ago? THEY CALLED! There was a message on my machine friday from them saying they would like to schedule an interview!!!! I tried calling back friday and just got voicemail. Hopefully I'll get a hold of them today, I have Wednesday through Friday off this week, so its a perfect time to go to an interview as I

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1124981169318463822005-08-25T09:30:00.000-05:002005-08-25T09:46:09.326-05:00

I just found out that a local yarn store is looking for someone to work evenings & weekends. Hi! Hello?! ME ME ME!!! I'm going over there right after work to wow them with my super perky attitude (ok, so its only perky around DH and yarn, but hey, whatever) and my obsessive love of yarn. Too bad I don't have time to go home and grab some samples to show them (I think the massive doily would

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1124808749635635632005-08-23T09:11:00.000-05:002005-08-25T09:30:47.966-05:00

I went to the eye doctor this morning. For the first time in 6 months I actually have contacts in! I had major pain issue with my other ones to the point that I couldn't even put them in. So far no problems with these. I hope these work out because I hate wearing my glasses, mostly because I'm too cheap to get the photosensitive lenses or to fork out the money for prescription sun glasses and

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1124721839663948952005-08-22T09:31:00.000-05:002005-08-22T09:43:59.670-05:00

I was going though the job openings in the paper and found one that said you had to be 17 to apply, $15/hr and didn't list the company name. Reverse look up of the phone number yielded a private/blocked number. Now I'm curious about it. I wonder what this job is. I'm tempted to call the number and find out. I wouldn't be suprised if it was one of the local strip clubs.I printed off an online

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1124714507133143092005-08-22T07:38:00.000-05:002005-08-22T07:41:47.190-05:00

I got my knitty secret pal match! I'm so excited! It's going to be so hard not to blab about what I'm doing for my sp, I'm so bad at keeping secrets! I'm off to stalk my secret pal! I'll write about the weekend later.

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1124222452192354992005-08-19T07:22:00.000-05:002005-08-19T08:10:06.663-05:00

Hmm, I haven't updated since last week. Not much going on. Last Friday the furnace guy about got laughed out of my house. Free furnace my ass. They were charging way high on their central air units - obviously to offset the cost of the furnace - and trying to bullshit me that the reason their a/c units were so high was because they were higher quality than the other ones out there. Um yeah. I

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1123789738098530052005-08-11T14:07:00.000-05:002005-08-11T14:48:58.146-05:00

I hope the answering machine light is flashing when I get home and that it's a call from the company I sent my resume to. Yeah, I know, 2 days is not long enough to be expecting a call. I can hope though right? Today I dropped my resume off at a vet clinic that's looking for a part time or full time assistant. I didn't specify which I was applying for because I'm willing to take the full time

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1123680683983211302005-08-10T07:56:00.000-05:002005-08-10T08:47:04.913-05:00

These are the needles I have for swap/sale. The ones that say mixed brand are just that. They are two different brand needles, the same size and length. I ended up having a lot of single needles as well, so just let me know if you want an extra needle! I'm not sure what the plastic needles are made of, one set is green and two sets are a weird cream color. Most of the needles are in really

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1123677024537759782005-08-10T07:19:00.000-05:002005-08-10T07:30:24.543-05:00

Sheesh. We lost power AGAIN yesterday at home. This is the 20-something-th time we've lost power this summer. According to the local paper the outage is being caused by some old transistor switch that due to the heat is getting too hot and it thinks there is too much electricity being drawn so it flips off. Our outages last about an hour or two or however long it takes for the electric guys

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1123597782151917472005-08-09T09:22:00.000-05:002005-08-09T09:29:42.153-05:00

I seriously fucked up my back when I was cleaning this weekend. I swear I'm just injury prone lately. Actually, if I hadn't stopped working out I probably wouldn't have hurt it. I really need to get back into shape. My ass is getting droopy. Even my cute ass-lifting jeans are having problems picking it up. It's so sad what age does to you. Things start to sag that shouldn't sag. I guess

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1123526693106761872005-08-08T13:39:00.000-05:002005-08-08T13:44:53.113-05:00

Wish me luck. Cross your fingers.. knock on wood.. do what you have to do! I decided to say to hell with it and I just electronically submitted my Resume/Application to that research firm. I figured the worst that could happen is that they say no or offer me too little money (if its over 35 grand/year I'll take it). I'm terrified at the thought of commuting that far in the winter, but I know

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1123512138228349072005-08-08T09:17:00.000-05:002005-08-08T09:55:40.533-05:00

I got out of work early friday to go to my brother-in-law's college graduation. As far as graduations go it wasn't too bad. The only thing that suprised me is that the main speaker said a couple things that were really kinda rude. First she said that with the economy going the way it is that people who won't or can't get a college degree are basically going to be weeded out and destitute same

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1123161922562641982005-08-04T08:09:00.000-05:002005-08-04T08:25:22.583-05:00

MY TRUCK RUNS!YES! My truck has been dead for how long now? 6 or 7 months I think. DH got it running yesterday! DH drove it today to make sure its safe, so if I'm lucky I'll get to have it back tomorrow! I'm so happy! The Yukon is nice and all, but its a gas hog (not that the truck is a whole lot better) and it's huge and I don't like big cars. Of course, my truck driving is going to be

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1123009266293521382005-08-02T13:41:00.000-05:002005-08-02T14:30:54.103-05:00

Yes, I have actually posted pictures AGAIN without waiting 3 months to do so! Can you believe it? First up, I finally finished the massive lace doily. It took 3 days to do the crochet bind off. I'm not even going to discuss how long it took me to stretch that thing either. It is 29 inches in diameter if you measure from the furthest point of each scallop.So, here it is in all its glory! (

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1122917579712784172005-08-01T12:27:00.000-05:002005-08-01T12:32:59.716-05:00

Well, I changed my mind about applying for that job. DH told me friday that it is a very real possiblity that he will be out of a job by the end of the month. We decided that as much as I would love to try to get a different job that it would be better for me to stay where I am until he knows what's going on with his work. I have massive job security right now and trading that for insecurity

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1122900091210130092005-08-01T07:33:00.000-05:002005-08-01T07:41:31.263-05:00

Well I landed my ass in the E.R. again on Friday. I swear I've spent more time in the hospital this year than I have in my entire life. Around 8:30 am Friday I started breaking out in a rash, by 9:00am it had literally covered my entire body. My co-workers and I figured out that I was having an allergic reaction to the bactrim that they put me on for the burn. So, I call my Dr. to see what I

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1122495586379023402005-07-27T15:03:00.000-05:002005-07-27T15:34:21.266-05:00

I've been watching the newspaper like a hawk lately looking for a new job preferrably something in my field (Neurobiology)to date there has been nothing that didn't require a masters or phd or 5-10 years experience. None of which I have. I just found a company that has several openings with full benefits which will provide full training and education compensation. I don't know what the salary

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1122302959849645302005-07-25T09:42:00.000-05:002005-07-25T09:49:19.856-05:00

AAARRRGGGHHH The itching oooohhhh make it stop! Sure its great, it means the burn is healing but I'm going out of my mind here. I can't scratch it, can't slap it like I do a healing tattoo 'cause that hurts, and putting more cream on it only helps for a second. I scratch around the gauze hoping that the scratchy goodness penetrates down to the burn so I can get some relief. No luck. I would

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1122042965946011842005-07-22T09:36:00.000-05:002005-07-22T10:21:32.233-05:00

Oh yes, shock of all shocks! I finally have pictures of babies, knitting, the house and a bonus gross picture!Click Here For Babies if you want to see my comments on the pictures you have to click each one individually. I wish the comments were visible during the slideshow, but I haven't got a clue how to do that. There were so many pictures I figured it would be better to link them

Knoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1121973673423762512005-07-21T13:56:00.000-05:002005-07-21T14:21:13.430-05:00

I have a love/hate relationship with candy. I loooove to eat candy, but it gives me an upset stomach. I'm guessing that this is because I cannot stop eating it once I start. Point in fact, I just ate an entire bag of twizzlers. By myself. I'm not talking the little snack size with like 5 twizzlers in it. No, I'm talking 1lb bag of twizzlers. Enough twizzlers to keep an entire classroom of

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1121950883247750352005-07-21T07:51:00.000-05:002005-07-21T08:01:23.246-05:00

Story"LONDON (Reuters) - The word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid demoralizing pupils..."Sometimes I just want to cry at the sheer absurdity of it all.. poor babies.. I would love to see how all these kids that are too sensitive to hear the word "fail" are going to survive in the real world. I think the first time

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1121950130838563562005-07-21T07:20:00.000-05:002005-07-21T08:17:24.760-05:00

3 Hours, that's how much time I spent at the urgent care center yesterday to have my burn looked at. 3 Hours for them to say it looks like it *might* get infected, slap on some burn cream and give me an prescription for an antibiotic. 3 Hours. Ridiculous. The burn stuff they gave me really helps. Its not bothering me at all today, I think there's a pain-killer in it.The Dr. told me that its

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1121790848557807592005-07-19T11:25:00.000-05:002005-07-19T11:34:08.566-05:00

Yes, that's right. Poor poor me.. its ok, you'll feel better soon.. here have some candy, and some flowers... you deserve to be pampered you poor poor thing..I get no sympathy. DH smirks every time I mention my leg. He's trying not to laugh. Oh, sure it was incredibly stupid and I wouldn't have burned it if I had been paying attention, but that's not the point. It HURTS. I didn't even take

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1121689705001281022005-07-18T07:17:00.000-05:002005-07-18T07:28:25.196-05:00

Well, my weekend pretty much sucked. The only good thing was that DH bought me a hibiscus & a rose bush on his way home from work on Saturday. He's such a sweetie!That was short lived though, because our female great plains rat snake died that morning. We had a vet appointment for Monday, but she didn't make it. She was egg-bound. Anyway - if you're weak stomached stop reading right now -

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1121445135921986102005-07-15T11:21:00.000-05:002005-07-15T11:32:15.926-05:00

I really need to bring the card reader for my camera to work.. then maybe I'll actually post pictures more.I got home from work the other day and checked my snake eggs, guess what?! I've got BABIES! Whee! For the first time ever I got a bunch of pictures of little snake heads sticking out of the eggs! So far there are 10 out of the egg and 11 with their heads out. Turns out that our snow corn

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1121185233378778562005-07-12T10:24:00.000-05:002005-07-12T12:12:27.420-05:00

Ick. Its that time of year when I get my annual job review. Well, actually its over a month late. I swear they do that so they can get away with not giving me a raise for longer (no, they don't retro back, I wish they did). So, part of my review is filling out this stupid questionnaire. It's the same questions every year except this year they added a new one about my career goals. Every

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1120829438981119862005-07-08T07:58:00.000-05:002005-07-08T08:31:38.950-05:00

Still no baby snakes from the first set of eggs. They are now at 62 days of incubation, which means they could be hatching right now as I type this. Its the 2nd set of eggs that I want to talk about. They're due at the end of this month.I will be utterly amazed if we get a single baby out of the 2nd set. Those poor eggs have been plagued with nothing but trouble. Reptile eggs, unlike bird

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1120659023695490502005-07-06T08:53:00.000-05:002005-07-06T09:10:23.700-05:00

I made this sock months ago. But, like an idiot I didn't order enough yarn to make 2 socks.. so I ended up with a lone sock that I figured I would make the mate to later on. (if you're wondering the arrow is pointing to a ridge on the toe that I don't like)Well, when I bought the yarn to make my bag I also ordered another skein to make the second sock. Last night I was going to cast on the

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1120568927491251052005-07-05T07:39:00.000-05:002005-07-05T08:08:47.516-05:00

Ok, so yes, I know I've had the past 5 days off.. Which means I have no excuse as to why there are no pictures today.. but.. every time I go near the computer at home I get sucked into that game.. it doesn't help that I learned how to design clothes for my Sims.. of course because they are naked the clothes are minimal and a bit bizarre. Yes I'm a freak.. go ahead, roll your eyes.Sunday we went

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1120049226029695942005-06-29T07:26:00.000-05:002005-06-29T07:49:02.250-05:00

Yesterday was mine & DH's 2nd anniversary. It's hard to believe its already been 2 years, it seems like the wedding was just yesterday. Our anniversary gifts this year were the two chairs we bought a few weeks ago. They're supposed to be delivered tomorrow. DH actually woke me up at midnight tuesday morning to tell me happy anniversary. He's such a sweetie.I'm such a pervert. Lately I've

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1119877175416715762005-06-27T07:35:00.000-05:002005-06-27T08:02:00.576-05:00

There are very few things that truly scare me. I love roller coasters, I've jumped out of airplanes, and I share my house with close to 100 reptiles - which according to some people is the ultimate horror. None of that compares to the ride yesterday.DH and I went to his aunt's house for a reception/party for a cousin that recently got married out of state. The temperature was pushing 100F so

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1119616954486737582005-06-24T07:33:00.000-05:002005-06-24T07:42:34.486-05:00

On the advise of my attorney, all posts regarding the saga of the house have been removed and I will say nothing further on the matter until it is resolved. I'm sure you can infer from the word "attorney" what's going on.Anyway, we're anxiously awaiting the hatching of our first set of corn snakes! They're due any day now. We lost a few eggs from the second set to some sort of fly that ate

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1119531419927758992005-06-23T07:40:00.000-05:002005-06-23T07:59:17.623-05:00

I just read this article online that says married men earn more money if their wife stays home and does all the chores.They can't possibly be serious. Right? Oh, but they ARE!Here are some Lovely quotes from the article..."a married man whose wife does not go out to work but is primarily responsible for the cooking and cleaning earns about 3 percent more...""But that wage premium disappears if

Knoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1119357834313476862005-06-21T07:25:00.000-05:002005-06-21T07:43:54.320-05:00

The first baby of the year hatched out this morning! It's a little fat tail gecko! She's so cute. I'll have pictures soon of the house and the gecko. Her clutch mate will probably hatch out during the day today. One of these days I'll actually catch one in the act of hatching and get some pictures of the process. The first set of corn snakes are due to hatch out in a little over a week. I

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1119025418536853662005-06-17T11:10:00.000-05:002005-06-17T11:23:38.543-05:00

Ever feel disconnected from yourself? It's a strange feeling, somewhat like your brain and body are on separate levels and not communicating with each other. That's how I feel right now. Sort of like my brain isn't registering that my body exists and giving me a "floating" feeling. I don't like it. Usually its related to my blood sugar being too low, but today it's something different. I

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1118946595484427722005-06-16T13:11:00.000-05:002005-06-16T14:18:58.150-05:00

I fell in love a few days ago... deeply and sincerely in love, the kind of love that could last forever. Of course, my meanie of a husband had to get in the way of that love... evil man... little does he know that I shall forever and ever covet and mourn my lost love.. with luck, someday we will be reunited and live happily ever after, husband be damned.My love is the perfect size and shape for

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1118929452306017422005-06-16T08:37:00.000-05:002005-06-16T08:44:12.310-05:00

Holy Crap! I know they raise the rates of natural gas during the summer... but this is insane! The cost this month is $0.739 per CCF in addition to the $0.13 per CCF "Distribution Charge". There shall be no more hot water! There shall be no more cooking! There shall be no more heater use on cold nights! I shall protest this insanity! Well... after I eat dinner and take a shower tonight..

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1118683340173137332005-06-13T12:22:00.000-05:002005-06-13T12:34:55.536-05:00

I've decided to do my purse with a dragon on it instead of a snake. I have a problem though. I'm not very good with color coordination and what not... so I have NO idea what background color would look best. I tried 7 different combinations (Brown, Dark Purple, Black, Dark Red, Gray, Tan, & Cream) of what I thought would look ok, but then I'm not sure if what I think looks good - actually does

Knoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1117716900304894052005-06-02T07:55:00.000-05:002005-06-02T08:18:10.740-05:00

I'm going to subject you to my lovely artwork today. 3 or 4 months ago, my truck broke down - it has since been sitting in the driveway. For the longest time it was fine where it sat. Last week we had to push it out of the way so the people we had come in to remove all the debris from remodeling could get in and out of the back yard easily. Well, it never got pushed back to where it was,

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1117554214046112592005-05-31T09:27:00.000-05:002005-08-09T09:22:17.253-05:00

I shall now relate in detail (with pictures) the joy that was my vacation. I must say though, I now understand why people who have remodeled their own home say that it is the most satisfying thing to know you did it yourself. They are sadistic bastards that revel in watching you suffer the pain, frustration and hell that comes with remodeling. Never listen to those people. They are bad bad

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1116262282781769382005-05-16T11:44:00.000-05:002005-05-16T11:51:22.786-05:00

I just went to the store for the sole purpose of buying potato chips & gum drops. If that doesn't just scream PMS I don't know what does.

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1115921110536003672005-05-12T12:00:00.000-05:002005-05-12T13:05:10.650-05:00

I had to go to a funeral yesterday and in order to do so I had to leave work early. Normally, this is not a problem but for some reason yesterday was the exception to that. Yesterday was Wednesday - why is this important? Well its the one day a week my boss decides to grace us with her divine presence for a few hours. I had to run home before the funeral to pick up DH. I hadn't even been in

Knoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1115401265377543862005-05-06T12:25:00.000-05:002005-05-06T12:43:41.240-05:00

What on earth was that? I just saw some girl, probably 17 or so, wearing the most ridiculous outfit. She had on those low cut jeans with a pair of boxer shorts under them. Jeans were unbuttoned, 1/2 way unzipped, and she had rolled the top down to further expose said boxer shorts. She was also wearing a teeny tiny crop top. I must have been channeling my mom, because I nearly went up to her

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1115384313253524752005-05-06T07:49:00.000-05:002005-05-06T07:58:33.350-05:00

Well, I had a pretty good birthday! DH took me out to dinner, which was wonderful! We never seem to get out any more. I bought my lucky lotto ticket! I had eggs from 2 geckos also! Good day!This morning I found another egg from a fat tail gecko and noticed that one of the corn snakes has a nice big bulge just above her cloaca - which means she will likely lay her eggs today! I'll take

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1115296103018229042005-05-05T07:24:00.000-05:002005-05-06T07:36:40.840-05:00

Today I am 28 years old. I don't feel 28 years old. In fact, I find it hard to believe that I'm 28 years old. My dad called at 6am and sang a birthday song to my voicemail - it was so sweet - he sounded like he just woke up. Its a lucky day today, 05/05/05 and my birthday so I'm going to go buy a couple lotto tickets - hey you never know! I'm also going to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my

Knoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1115207798050167392005-05-04T06:51:00.000-05:002005-05-04T06:56:38.130-05:00

I had posted some stuff on epier's auction site. Their auctions run for months if it doesn't get bid on. Well, I forgot about it. Got an email today, sold 2 items on epier! What a great way to start the day! I have been so lazy about listing auctions, maybe I should get off my ass and start doing it again.Now the big question - do I tell DH about it or do I not mention it, keep the money and

Knoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1115123427572913592005-05-03T07:26:00.000-05:002005-05-03T07:30:27.573-05:00

I am so dead! We have one of those locking gas caps on our truck. Well a couple months ago the lock was frozen and I bent my key trying to get it open. DH was irritated, but he gave me his key and instructed me to keep it in the truck. Worked fine for a few months. The other day I had to go in and pay because the pay at the pump thing wasn't working, so I stuck the key in my pocket. You can

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1115036051255090372005-05-02T07:03:00.000-05:002005-05-02T07:37:39.183-05:00

I had a good weekend which made me feel a little better. Saturday we went to visit my little brother and his fiance. We had a picnic in the park then hung out at their place for a little while. It was pretty cold out for a picnic, but it was fun. My mom (never dressed for the weather)was wearing the sweater I knit for DH and decided that she needed one too. So, we got talking about it and

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1114805931032996492005-04-29T15:16:00.000-05:002005-05-02T07:15:06.886-05:00

Can you tell I'm bored at work today?So, someday in the future I'm going to make myself a felted purse like the Gecko Purse I made my friend. I decided that I want a Green Tree Python on mine. I was playing around with colors to see what would work.Choice 1 - Juvenile Green Tree Python, Red PhaseChoice 2 - Juvenile Green Tree Python, Yellow PhaseChoice 3 - Adult Green Tree PythonI left the

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1114801275105965792005-04-29T13:43:00.000-05:002005-04-29T14:01:15.106-05:00

I made myself a logo - see its up in the corner - the gecko & yarn. It is a tribute to my photoshop abilities (ok, not really I can do better). I also changed the color of the background and what not. I think its a start at an improvement. Of course it will probably take me months to get around to adding anything else. Kinda like the pictures that I never seem to remember to bring to work

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1114790643674262302005-04-29T10:04:00.000-05:002005-04-29T11:04:03.676-05:00

Well, I filled out the application for the job. I haven't submitted it yet. I'm afraid that if I do, I'll get the job and I don't want it. I don't want to work a second job. I know that its at the point of necessity, but I don't want to do it. I guess I wouldn't be so apprehensive if DH would offer some damn support and understanding. He's being really callous and discouraging about the

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1114602493899750592005-04-27T06:23:00.000-05:002005-04-27T06:48:13.900-05:00

Both dogs are doing remarkably better. The black one's hole is healing, its now maybe 1/4" wide and slowly closing over. The brown dog greeted me when I got home last night, tail wagging and he jumped on me! Awesome! He even ran along the fence with the neighbor dog a little bit. That is the most he has moved since he got bit by the raccoon. He's also moving his legs more normally, for a

Knoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1114204752080015822005-04-22T16:14:00.000-05:002005-04-22T16:19:12.080-05:00

UUUUUGGGGHHHHHH! We go from having 80 degree weather to being under a "Winter Storm Advisory". According to the weather guy, we're supposed to get 5 inches or more snow in the next couple days. Lovely.Good news: The dog with the hole is still healing very well. The dog that got bit by the raccoon is still walking and moving very very slowly, but otherwise seems to be ok. Not much else going

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1113920416342634342005-04-19T08:31:00.000-05:002005-04-19T09:20:56.146-05:00

I never should have said a word about the dog and paralysis and how much it would suck. Last night when I got home the brown dog was acting strange, he didn't even come greet me. DH said he was the same way when he got home. As the night progressed, we noticed that he seemed to be getting weaker and was having an extremely difficult time getting up and walking. When he did get up he was

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1113833862955919162005-04-18T09:09:00.000-05:002005-04-18T09:19:00.603-05:00

Wow! The weather here was absolutely beautiful this weekend. Nice and sunny and around 75F. Loved it! We took the dog back to the vet on Saturday. He said everything was progressing well and that it didn't appear that he needed to do an exploratory surgery to see if there was anything lodged in there. Of course the other dog got a hold of a raccoon on Friday, ended up getting bit on the chin

Knoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1113581976241268172005-04-15T11:09:00.000-05:002005-04-15T11:22:12.023-05:00

Well the hole in the mutt is looking better. No more oozing and stench. Its a little puffy, but it doesn't seem to be bothering him a whole lot. Looks like we're going to avoid having an exploratory surgery done on him. We'll know for sure Saturday when we take him in for a follow up.In other news, we haven't had any more eggs yet. I have a couple geckos and snakes that look like they're

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1113482530013946112005-04-14T07:26:00.000-05:002005-04-14T07:42:10.013-05:00

Tuesday we noticed our black dog was licking his armpit a lot - way too much. So, we pinned him down and took a look. He had a huge gash about an inch long and a 1/2 inch deep. Nasty, but it wasn't bleeding. Wednesday morning I took him to the vet, by this time he was starting to smell pretty disgusting. The vet said it was a puncture wound and that it was best to leave it open and let it

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112966286032239002005-04-08T07:55:00.000-05:002005-04-08T08:18:06.033-05:00

Our mortgage company called us last night. I guess they have some sort of "special" going on with lower interest rates and what not. DH talked to them for a little while, had them run some numbers and decided to take an equity loan at the low rate (our mortgage is low enough that it wouldn't really change the payment) So, as soon as they send us the paperwork we will be paying off all the

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112899588992131352005-04-07T13:29:00.000-05:002005-04-07T13:46:28.993-05:00

I blame the government for my lack of knitting money. The new spring issue of Knitty came out today and I love it! I am sooo excited to make some of those adorable summer tops. But, there is one problem. No. Money. For. Yarn. Why do I have no money for yarn? Because our evil government demands that I pay them a huge sum of money in 8 days, a sum slightly more than what I make in an entire

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112877413482515972005-04-07T07:08:00.000-05:002005-04-07T07:36:53.483-05:00

Last night we watched the show on National Geographic about the super volcano under Yellowstone park (there's another one on Discovery channel Sunday night). I must admit, the show creeped me out a bit. Just the thought of that time bomb ticking under there. Granted, we don't live in the predicted range of disaster, but they did say that a 2-year or longer global nuclear winter could result

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112786572032488822005-04-06T06:22:00.000-05:002005-04-06T08:10:17.186-05:00

Well, we got our first eggs of the year yesterday, they are from our giant female fat tail and our albino male. We haven't had eggs out of this girl in 2 years, I was beginning to think she was getting too old (she's at least 12 years old), but I guess she's still good to go. I'm really excited because her and another male we have are absolutely enormous. They're much larger than normal fat

Knoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112710248809786692005-04-05T09:08:00.000-05:002005-04-05T09:10:48.810-05:00

DH started having tooth pain on Friday evening, by Monday it was pretty bad. So, he went to the dentist and it turns out he had a massive infection under one of his wisdom teeth. They ended up removing the tooth and digging out the infection. Poor guy can't eat, can't sleep and the pain relievers aren't working for him. I feel so bad for him. I hope he feels better soon.

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112374365965714582005-04-01T11:44:00.000-05:002005-04-01T11:52:45.966-05:00

This morning I discovered the best way to wake up in the morning - and it doesn't include coffee! Get on a motorcycle in 35 degree weather for a 30 minute ride into work. I guarantee you will be awake. I know I was! I may have had numb hands, legs & face - but I was awake! Wide Awake. Here all these years I have been deluding myself into thinking that I had to have 5-6 cups of coffee to

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112113539077867192005-03-29T11:12:00.000-05:002005-03-29T11:25:39.076-05:00

My local library is very small and has a very limited selection of books. I do support them and check out books occasionally, but 90% of what I check out I have them get on loan from another library which can take up to 3 weeks. They don't charge me for this service, but I know it costs them money. They also don't participate in the state library card program which lets you use your card at

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112099675154893802005-03-29T07:25:00.000-05:002005-03-29T07:45:09.470-05:00

Well, I forgot the pictures again. I guess I'm just not coherent enough to remeber them in the morning.It's finally starting to warm up here. Supposed to be in the mid to upper 60's today. DH is bummed out because he still hasn't gotten the new tags for the motorcycle and he's afraid that he'll get pulled over if he drives it without them. The secretary of state is being slow I guess. I mailed

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1112015102914742272005-03-28T07:53:00.000-05:002005-03-28T08:31:23.906-05:00

Well its Monday. whoopee. I took a bunch of pictures over the weekend to put on here, and wouldn't you know it, I left them home again. I also accidentally put my sandwich in DH's lunch bag, so now I have to go out and buy lunch. Oh well.Easter was ok, we went to DH's family thing. I feel terrible though, my mom called 6 times begging us to come up there. She bribed and guilt tripped. We haven't

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1111766324873816142005-03-25T10:42:00.000-05:002005-03-25T10:58:44.876-05:00

All 3 or 4 of you! I decided to completely change the direction of my blog. No more whining and complaining. Instead, I'm going to focus more on my hobbies, interests and the positive things in my life. It was getting to the point where I was searching out things to complain about and I don't want to do that any longer. I even went through and removed alot of posts from the archives.So, here

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1111756850192631412005-03-25T07:40:00.000-05:002005-03-25T08:20:50.193-05:00

Not only is it FRIDAY! I also get out early! Whoo Hoo! Of course I have to stick around town until DH is out of work, but hey, it gives me a chance to go shopping. I've had a couple of gift certificates since christmas that I still need to use. I'll probably end up getting more work pants. For some reason every single pair I have is destroyed in some way or another. Most of which is my

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1111671754664001042005-03-24T08:30:00.000-05:002005-03-24T08:42:34.666-05:00

Well we are now officially switched to the new cell phone carrier. We got the phones yesterday. I got one of those itty bitty flip phones. Its just so impossibly cute! I like it alot better than the Nokia I had. DH was apprehensive about switching away from T-mobile, but the second he found out his phone works in the house he was over it. It used to be we didn't get signal until we were 2-3

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1111409407815288962005-03-21T07:37:00.000-05:002005-03-21T07:50:07.816-05:00

I have cockroaches. Big ones, like 2 inches long big. Ick! Want to know the really scary part? I brought these things into the house on purpose. Yup, you read that right, I brought them home! I got a small colony of them (about 100 or so) in trade for a leopard gecko. See, I heard that they are a very nutritious food source for the geckos and that tokay geckos go absolutely ape-shit over

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1111166697570023282005-03-18T12:16:00.000-05:002005-03-25T11:37:29.396-05:00

Yesterday, my friend got the purse I made her for her birthday! She has called me no less than 5 times since then to tell me how much she loves it! Her daughter wants me to make her one too, which is no problem. I'm so glad she liked it!

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1111067427958241242005-03-17T08:50:00.000-05:002005-03-17T09:00:06.266-05:00

I spend entirely too much time monitoring my reptiles' sex livesRemember when I said we finally got our ball pythons to breed? Well here's the female:Female Ball Python She's "special", although its hard to tell from the picture there isn't a single speck of black on her entire body. We're hoping its genetic! All I need is a male baby. Just one baby. Anyway, they were going at it again when I

Knoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1110996835209121122005-03-16T12:57:00.000-05:002005-03-25T10:30:51.566-05:00

Huh, where did the week go?I mailed the purse I made for my friend on Monday, hopefully she gets it today. I'm dying to know if she likes it.DH and I decided to switch to Verizon Wireless from T-Mobile. We can't get signal at our house with the T-Mobile and we're tired of waiting. When we originally signed up for their service they told us they were putting a tower in near us in the next month.

Knoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235498.post-1110550664461883742005-03-11T08:57:00.000-05:002005-03-11T09:17:44.463-05:00

Yesterday I started going through all my old summer clothes and bagging up stuff to take to Goodwill. I came across a knit top that doesn't fit and just before I tossed it in the bag it occurred to me that I could unravel the yarn and knit something new out of it. I don't remember off hand what kind of yarn it is (I'll have to check the tag), but its a beautiful soft pale green. Then it hits me.

Knoreply@blogger.com0