musings of Mother Hood

Tuesday February 28, 2006

i can't decide which commercial is my favorite. my top 3 are: (in no particular order)

1. the Disney World commercial with the two kids talking in bed about how excited they are about their trip and the mom comes in and tells them to go to sleep and the little boy says "we're too excited to sleep!" it is heaven.

2. the Super Bowl Budweiser commercial with the baby Clydesdale trying to pull the cart and he's too small. and the big clydesdales help him push it from behind but he thinks he did it all by himself. it doesn't make me want to buy beer-- but i love it.

3. another Budweiser commercial-- the little Clydesdale is running along side the big horses pulling the cart and he can't keep up-- and the big horse turns around and winks at him.

Honorary mention goes to the Geico commercial where the gecko is on a tree limb talking about "pie and chips" and then at the end he leans on the branch and almost falls.

Least favorite is ANY and ALL Burger King commercials. They are unbelievably stupid.

Friday February 24, 2006

My tax refund showed up in my bank account this morning! I'm doing a happy dance. Though the entire thing goes to stupid sales tax for my car-- so it's a short-lived happy dance...

I am officially the coolest person you know because I have the cutest new phone. And I bonded with the tanning bed lady last night because she has one too. I am a huge nerd.

Work is busy this week because a couple people on my team are out-- which is good for me because they're giving me things to do that I wouldn't necessarily otherwise get to do. But it's Friday and said people will be back on Monday and things will be back to "normal" which will be nice.

Two weeks from today I will be in San Antonio! with my family! and probably still sleeping

Wednesday February 22, 2006

Fiesta Square Cingular just called me! There is a Pink Razr with MY name on it waiting for me!  I think I startled the girl on the phone with how excited I was to hear from her.

Wednesday February 22, 2006

I should have let someone at work know that buying a 4 pound bucket of animal cookies and leaving them in the kitchen where I can reach them was a bad idea.

Tuesday February 21, 2006

it's been a big technology-week for me-- well camera-wise anyway. i finally figured out how to download pictures from my camera to my computer. AND I'm sure I'm the last person to catch on to this, but you can send pictures from your computer to Walmart.com and get them at the store with 1-hour developing! This is genius in my book. I picked up pictures today from Wal-Mart and I think I'm totally hooked on photos again. I have nearly EVERY moment of high school and the first year or so of college documented on film.  I have 20ish roles of film from the semester I spent in Europe. It verged on ridiculous. and I'm back! not that I do anything really photo-worthy these days, but you better believe that when I DO, there'll be pictures!

Sunday February 19, 2006

pictures of the snow! these are for you, laura.

That last one is of the new car! It has not moved from that spot since the wintery storm.

In related news, I have figured out how my camera works and will, once again, be posting pictures regularly. It wasn't that hard and probably could've figured it out earlier, but... in fact, here's some more.

Friday February 17, 2006

YAH!! New Car!! Yesterday, at lunch, I went to Fayetteville Auto Park (formerly Landers) and picked up my car! It's so cute. I will post a picture as soon as I get home-- well maybe tomorrow. I am supposed to play bartender at the Boat Show tonight, so I probably won't get to mess with the computer, but I promise pictures! I am so relieved to have a car-- and one that was exactly what i was looking for! I put Laura in charge of picking a name for her, she's supposed to get back to me on that.

This has been a big week, I worked Valentine's Day at Outback and it was crazy busy. Yesterday I bought a car. Last night, we drove to Missouri to get Powerball tickets-- I'll definitely be letting you know how you can help me spend $365 million. Yesterday was a fun Mail Day. TWO notes from Mom and a package (Princess Chapstick) from Laura. Yah, Mail! I put my name on not one, but two waiting lists for a pink razr phone. I got a plane ticket to go "home" in March to see my family! I work tomorrow, which should just about do me in, but I am off Monday! So I will be sleeping and cleaning the house--

AND I finally got a copy of the Big & Rich CD, which is fabulous.

Monday February 13, 2006

my sister is ignoring me.

Friday February 10, 2006

I am doing the I-found-some-sucker-to-buy-my-truck dance!

 

Wednesday February 8, 2006

so the car search is slow going. couple things:

1. i've gotten 10ish calls about my truck but no offers, BUT the guys at Landers offered to give me a small trade-in for it, which shocked me

2. i've never had a car note before

3. i had liability only on my 4runner, and insurance on any car i've looked at buying will be about triple what i've been paying

4. i start paying on my student loans come summer

SO! there's that. hopefully i'll have good news on that front soon.

in other bad news-- my new job is making me gain weight. (well, i'm choosing to blame it on the new job, i'm not totally sure the cause of the problem) working evenings had me on a 3-meal-every-2-day schedule. i'd usually eat once a day about 3 or 4 oclock-- sometimes earlier, but i rarely ate dinner because i was at work. NOW, i am on a normal schedule and i am hungry when i get to work if i don't eat something in the morning and i go to lunch with people from work or whatever, and then i'm home at night and am hungry/bored so i eat some more. this 3meals a day thing is for the birds. not sure what to do about this yet, but i'll come up with something.

GOOD NEWS! i am planning a trip south next month! Mom will be home and I'm planning on getting down to San Antonio to hang out with Dad and the girls. I am SO excited.

I got a letter in the mail yesterday about going to pick up my graduation regalia at school. hmm.

I stole this:

Put an X by the movies you've seen.
If you get more than 70, you're a movie whore.

( x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x ) Boondock Saints
( x) The Mexican
( x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
( x) Neverending Story
( x) Blazing Saddles
( ) Garden State
(x ) The Princess Bride (remember searching all of Russellville for that one?)
(x ) Young Frankenstien
(x ) Anchor Man
( x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x ) Saw
( x) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
( x) Anger Management
Total here: 13

( x) 50 First Dates
( ) Jason X
(x ) Scream
( x) Scream 2
( x) Scream 3
( x) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( x) American Pie
(x ) American Pie 2
( x) American Wedding
( ) Harry Potter
( ) Harry Potter 2
( ) Resident Evil I
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x ) The Wedding Singer
(  ) Little Black Book
Total here:  9

( ) The Village
( ) Donnie Darko
( x) Lilo & Stitch
( x) Finding Nemo
( x) Finding Neverland
( ) 13 Ghosts
( ) Signs
(  ) The Grinch
( x ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) Thirteen Going on 30
( ) I Robot
( x) Dodgeball
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( x) Along Came A Spider
( ) Deep Impact
Total here: 6

( ) KingPin
( x) Never Been Kissed
( x) Meet The Parents
( x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( x) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x ) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumb & Dumberer
( x) Final Destination
( x) Final Destination 2
( ) Halloween
(x ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
( x) Practical Magic
( x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
( ) The Day After Tomorrow
(x ) Child's Play
( ) Bride of Chucky
( x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( x) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x ) Sixteen Candles
(x ) Bad Boys
( x) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(x ) Seven (SE7EN)
( x) Oceans Eleven
( x) Oceans Twelve
( ) Identity
Total here: 19

( ) Lone Star
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
(x ) Independence day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
( x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss' Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
( ) Frailty
( ) Best Bet
( x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( x) Sideways
( x) Mars Attacks
Total here: 6

( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x ) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) X-men 1
( ) X-men 2
(x ) Catch Me If You Can
( x) The Others
( ) Freaky Friday
( ) Ring of Fire
( ) The Hot Chick
( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle
( x) Old School
( ) Ray
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
Total here: 4

(x ) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Boogeyman
( ) Hitch
( ) Back Door Sluts 9
( ) Anal Acres 1 
( ) Anal Acres 2 
( ) B-Cup Divas
( ) The Fifth Element
( ) Star Wars episode I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars episode II Attack of The Clones
( ) Star Wars episode III Revenge of The Sith
( x) Star Wars episode IV A New Hope
(x ) Star Wars episode V The Empire Strikes Back
(x ) Star Wars episode VI Return of The Jedi
( x) Troop Beverly Hills
( ) Swimming with Sharks
( x) Air Force One
( x) For Richer or Poorer
( ) Trainspotting
( ) People Under the Stairs
( ) Blue Velvet
( x) Sound of Music
( x) Parent Trap
(x ) The Burbs
( x) The Terminator
( ) Empire Records
( ) SLC Punk
( x) Meet Joe Black
( ) Wild girls
( x) A Clockwork Orange
( ) The Order
( x) Spiderman
( ) Spiderman 2
( ) Amelie
Total here: 14

( ) Mean Girls
( x) Shrek
(x ) Shrek 2
( ) The Incredibles
( ) Collateral
(x ) The Fast & The Furious
(x ) 2 Fast 2 Furious
( ) Sky Captain Of The World Of Tomorrow
( x) Closer
Total here: 5

( x) Titanic
( ) Saved
( x) Bowling For Columbine
( ) Farenheit 9/11
(x ) The Sixth Sense
( ) Artificial Intelligence (AI)
(x ) Love actually
( ) Shutter
( ) Ella Enchanted
( x) Princess Diaries
( ) Princess Diaries 2
( ) Constantine
( ) Million Dollar Baby
( ) Envy
( ) Eurotrip
( ) Malibu's Most wanted
(x ) Big Daddy
(x ) Black Sheep
(x ) The Breakfast Club
( x) West Side Story
Total here: 9

( x) A Christmas Story
( ) Spanglish
( x) Pulp Fiction
( ) Sleepover
( ) The Evil Dead
( ) Killer Klowns From Outer Space
( ) The Seed of Chucky
( x) Vanilla Sky
( x) Nightmare Before Christmas
( x) Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
( ) Interview With The Vampire
( ) The Crow
( ) Purple Rain
( x) Reservoir Dogs
( x) Wayne's World
Total here: 7

(x ) Wayne's World 2
( ) 21 Grams
( ) Blow
(x ) Edward Scissorhands
( ) Clerks
( x) Beauty and the Beast
( ) Guess Who
( ) Monster In-Law
( x) Elf
( ) Stuart Little
( ) Stuart Little 2
( ) Mall Rats
( ) Chasing Amy
( x) Dogma
( x) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Total here: 6

( x) Beetlejuice
( ) The Last Samurai
( ) The Amityville Horror
( x) The Aviator
( x) Romeo + Juliet
( ) Barbershop
( ) Beauty Shop
( x) Legally Blonde
( x) Legally Blonde 2
( ) The Forgotten
( ) Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen
( ) Grudge
Total here: 5

Overall Total:  103 -- which apparently makes me a movie "whore". i'm just glad i didn't have to admit how many times i've seen some of those movies. and most of my top 25 list isn't even on this list. ALSO-- there were some random "adult" films on the list that i am happy to announce i have never heard of, much less seen.