Rampaging Squirrels

I'm moving...

2011-11-05T11:08:00.000-07:00

I'm no longer updating this blog. If you want to read more about what's going on with me.. go here: LINK

Special note: The link listed here is a tinyurl because of the descriptive nature of the url its going to. Once you get there, you'll know what I mean. I didn't want a bunch of bots crawling this and seeing it. It IS a valid url though. You can go to tinyurl.com to convert it back to it's original form if you are untrusting. ;)

Today's Run...

2011-01-25T12:28:00.000-08:00

Three 8-9 minute sets. With walking in between. About 35 minutes or so total. Then shower and get lunch. I've had a busy last hour!

I traced it out on mapmyrun.com and it was about 2.25 miles. Yay!!

Annuities

2011-01-19T12:54:00.001-08:00

Ok, so I'm getting older. I'm 36, and I realize now that time is passing faster as I get older. Stupid routines make days go by in a flash and soon enough I'm going to want to retire. My company isn't sturdy enough to retire from, no pensions or anything cool like that so I'm looking into other ways to make money when I'm old. I think maybe annuities might be the thing for me. Well, at least to start out. I'll let you know when I know more.

PS - I ran today, but didn't yesterday. I got too busy.

Educational note:

What are annuities?
An annuity is a financial product issued by an insurance company. It allows tax-deferred growth of assets. At retirement, an annuity can help to provide a guaranteed income stream for one or more people, in specified amounts, for a specified period or for life.

Icky Sicky

2011-01-18T10:00:00.000-08:00

Feeling kinda yucky today. My nose is really irritated. I got this new stuff for my laundry that's supposed to make your clothes stay fresh for a week. Its kinda perfumy and I'm allergic to most perfumes, so I'm having a hard time. My eyes are itchy, and my nose is just short of a sneeze, and stuffy. I'm hoping that my system will get used to it, but if not, I only have to deal with it till I've dirtied all my clothes and can wash them again. heh. I love the way it smells, but it doesn't love me so much.

Going to run today. I've decided that my jumping back in so fast was not so good. The last time I ran, was on a treadmill last Thursday, and I injured myself. My balance isn't so great and I think my gait was off because I was over compensating. I think that instead, I will stick to outside on any day other than Friday, that way if I hurt myself, I have two days to rest up before coming back to work. :) Anyway, I also decided to start back up the Couch to 5k, just to ease my way back in. Once I get back to 3 miles of straight running (5k) then I will start amping up the miles. I think I'll add a new mile every week.

The couch to 5k is actually a 6 week program, but I'm already part way there, so I'm going to skip the first 2 weeks of it to lower it down to a 4 week program. At the end of that I should be able to easily do 3 miles, possibly even 4. (I can already do 1 mile, no problem.) Then I have 10 more weeks beyond that to get to my goal of 13.1 miles. So that mile per week should do it with a little room to spare, assuming I don't slack too much. lol

So cross your fingers for me! Here's to hoping I don't lose my way!

Happy New Year!!

2011-01-03T11:38:00.000-08:00

Ok, I was home relaxing on New Years and wasn't thinking about blogging. So here's your new years blog. Yay!!

Well, as far as resolutions or goals are concerned here are the top on my list:

Send cards (i.e.; birthday, holiday, etc) every month
Obtain the last name, birthday's and addresses of all my friends (for the cards, heh)
Lose 20 pounds (or more)
Limit candy/sweets to one day a week - Friday?
Keep $500 or more in savings.
Finish my bankruptcy!! dammit.

One more: Blog more!! XD

Ok, those are the big things. Of course, I have a bunch of other little ones, and one other big one but I don't want to list everything darnit.

Do you have any resolutions or goals for 2011?

The end of the year

2010-12-29T09:49:00.000-08:00

...rather thantrying to look at the greener grass ...I decided, f*ck it.

Well, it's the end of the year. Was it productive? Probably not. Did I enjoy it? Most of it, I guess. The beginning of the year, I was ambiguous about my relationship with Rob. In March I decided to end it. April 1st I actually did the deed. I broke it off. Then we decided to give it a trial.

During the trial, which was definitely trying, there were suspicions and tears. Finally I decided, f*ck it. I don't care. I'm with him now, and rather than trying to look at the greener grass, and rather than worrying every second that he's with someone else, I'm just going to go with the flow. It doesn't always work. I still have my off days, but all in all things got better after that.

A few months down the road, we're still doing ok.

As far as other things in my life...

Well, my son is 17, almost an adult - and I'm experiencing the pangs of the impending departure. I know he's growing up and will be out of the house soon, and I'm sad. I'm happy because he's moving on, and leaving the nest, but sad because I will miss him.

My daughter is 13, almost 14 and is showing all the signs of being a teenager. She's taller than me now, and pushing away from me in an attempt to be more independent. Shopping for her for Christmas this year was harder because her tastes are changing. I kept walking down toy aisles and sighing wistfully for the days gone by when I could just bring her a flashy toy or a doll and she'd be happy.

In the weight area, I've hit a place where I've stayed steadily. I'm still in size 14/16. I could stand to lose back the 15 pounds I gained, but it's hard to get motivated again. I'm trying to eat right, but that doesn't always work out how I plan. I exercise, but only about 2-3 times a week (as opposed to the 4-5 times a week I was doing before).

Life-wise I'm trying to learn to be better at paying my bills on time and I really want to fix my credit in 2011. I don't know how well I'll succeed, but I'm trying to reduce the amount of time I spend with my head in the sand hoping it'll all go away.

2010 turned out to be not-so-bad. Here's to hoping 2011 will be one heckuva year!!

- Angi

Funny Picture...

2010-12-01T13:45:00.001-08:00

Bobbleheads!!

Banana Nut Bread Cookies.

2010-09-07T09:12:00.000-07:00

...I'm making BANANA nut bread COOKIES...

So I made some cookies yesterday. Banana nut bread cookies. They were very good, but a little too cake like.I plan to make these slightly differently, later today maybe. I want to reduce the bananas down so there's not so much liquid.

These are the steps I'm going to try for this:

Place 5 bananas in a microwave safe bowl; cover with plastic wrap and make several slits in the wrap to act as steam vents.

Microwave on high until the bananas are soft and have released liquid, about 5 minutes.
Transfer the bananas to a fine mesh strainer set over a medium bowl and let drain, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes (you should have ½-¾ cup liquid).

Sleeping

2010-08-31T14:05:00.000-07:00

2:50 AM - Nope... not time to get up yet.
3:50 AM - Nope... still not time to get up yet.
4:50 AM - Getting closer, little nap, then you can get up.
5:07 AM - Finally. Get outta bed lazy head.

Scott Pilgrim vs. Last Airbender...

2010-08-27T07:40:00.000-07:00

OMG - This had me rolling. Soooo funny. It won't be... as funny ... if you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, and if you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, wtf are you doing reading my blog?? Get out there and watch it you dumbass. lol
Anyway, so funny. Watch:

credit goes to BoingBoing for showing this to me!
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/27/scott-pilgrim-vs-the.html

Random Comic

2010-08-18T07:55:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody. I want to try to make a random comic. Here's the idea, gimme 4-8 lines from a movie, and I'll make a strip from it, interpreting it entirely out of context. If I pick your lines, I'll send you a prize!

Ok, have at it. Leave your movie quotes in the comments please!

I made some funny for you...

2010-08-17T12:09:00.000-07:00

My daughter

2010-08-14T05:09:00.000-07:00

...a zillion-speed mountain bike, that she can modify...

... is awesome-sauce. We decided to open savings accounts for both her and my son a few months ago. Well, decided to, but only her's got opened up at that time (my son's is set up now). Anyway, so we set that up for her and she's been saving money. She initially wanted to buy a small pet, and we said that would be ok, but she'd have to clean it, feed it, and pay for all its necessities. Which means that her allowance will be smaller because of it. Because, as a parent, kids come first. Can't let the poor thing starve because she wants her candy, now can she?

So recently I got a new bike for my birthday. On the condition that we'd be getting a shed to put it in so it was safer from thieves. Well, once we'd talked her out of the mouse, she set her sights on a shiny new bike. We made sure she could ride (she's never really owned a bike) and made sure one would fit in her room till the shed gets put up (we used mine as a tester) then approved it. So we went shopping at Walmart. She had 80 bucks saved up in that savings account, that she'd be able to spend on a bike. Her account doesn't have direct access. She has to go to the ATM and withdraw using her card. So, we went to the store before withdrawing the money, to make sure she made a wise decision, and not an impulsive one.

We looked at all the bikes. She wanted something with gears, but preferrably not many of them. She wanted a comfortable seat, and of course, would like one under 80 bucks, though she was willing to wait till she got allowance again and go higher if there was really a better bike out there. Well, we ended up with a fair bike for her $80. A zillion-speed mountain bike, that she can modify with a better seat later. Apparently it either has no gears or has a bazillion gears. There didn't seem to be any like.. 5 speeds for instance, in her price range. Had she wanted to go a bit higher and get one just like mine, she could have gotten away with a comfortable seat, only 7 gears, and some fat street/some off-road tires.

I'm ok with what she picked though. I'm extremely proud of her for saving that much money and spending it on such a big, useful, item.

In other news, went to date night(afternoon actually) with the boyfriend, recently and saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Good movie!! Funny and actiony. Check it out! :D I couldn't believe the Zelda background music in the beginning. lol. Totally geektastic.

ps - now we have to think of something else to get them for xmas.

People are trying to kill me...

2010-07-28T09:06:00.000-07:00

...in my dreams that is...

..in my dreams that is. For the last few days I've been having dreams that someone is out to kill me. I'm not sure why, and the situations in them change from dream to dream, but it's a common theme. They want me ... Dead.

Also, I've decided I want to try running a tutoring service teaching kids how to read. I've been looking at home business ideas, because I'm getting really burnt out on my current job, and having trouble keeping up my attendance and things. I'm afraid I'm going to get fired, but am having difficulty caring enough to do anything about it. I've always wanted to have my own business, so if I do get fired, maybe I'll just start up my own business. Tutoring is one idea. In my research, I've also thought of deck maintenance, window washing, laundry services, virtual assistant services, pet/house/plant sitting, selling baked goods, and a few others.

I like the tutoring idea the best so far though. I've always wanted to be a teacher, and this is something I'm good at. I taught my son to read at 4, and my daughter later on, when the school didn't do it.

Still Here

2010-05-20T06:48:00.000-07:00

...usually I just smile and nod...

Hey, guess what? I'm not dead yet. Not that you thought I should be, but either way, I'm not. Anyway, I'm here not to talk about life, but to talk about a pet peeve of mine.

Every morning when I come into work I play this game. People are walking to the front door from several directions, and if one gets to the door before you, they tend to hold the door open for you. So I intentionally slow down or speed up to account for this. To stop them from holding the door.

It's not that I don't like having the door held for me. Don't get me wrong... just, I don't think it's entirely appropriate in the morning, coming in to work. Especially when I'm not entirely focused on other people, and the whole small talk and pleasantries that come along with it are a pain.

Now one added caveat; don't slam the door in my face either. If I'm right behind you, then by all means, hold the door. If I have so much in my hands that it looks like I can't open the door.... hold the door. But If I'm 20 feet back, and your holding the door consists of you standing there like an idiot waiting for me to catch up - don't. It makes me feel guilty or rushed. Either I have to speed up to make you not wait so long, or go my normal pace and feel like a clod that I made you wait that long. Hell, I would even extend this to 4-5 feet back. Basically, if your holding the door and my hand can't reach it in 2 seconds under normal circumstances, you shouldn't have been holding the door.

Besides, I hate all that thank you, thank you bit. I don't really like talking much in the morning, especially to people I don't know, and sometimes not even to the ones I do know. Usually I just smile and nod.

So thank you to all those idiots who've held the door for me on the way in to work. It was very polite of you, just annoying. Now stop it.

image borrowed from: http://www.leon56.org/ If anybody at leon HS would like me to take this down, please let me know. I have an email address linked here on this page somewhere. :)

Wally World

2010-03-30T11:24:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I've got one. Not necessarily the best one, but whatever. I recently met a new friend. We've been chatting via email for about a week now... or longer? Ok, a week and a half. Good thing I don't delete these things. I just went back and looked. lol So anyway, we're having a discussion about the bad things that Walmart does and why they are a horrible place to shop.

Any thoughts?

Life

2010-03-17T14:33:00.000-07:00

Imadorkwhowantstodosomethingdifferentwithherlife.ImsickofbeingtakenforgrantedandIwantoutnow.

Are you kidding me?

2009-12-30T00:58:00.000-08:00

..."I'm not your baby ..."

Ok, so true story... the boyfriend is getting ready to go to bed and I'm up making tea because I've got a mild sore throat. We're saying good night to each other and I say "I love you, baby, goodnight!"
He comes back with, "I'm not your baby. Don't get used to saying that. I was your honey last week, what happened to that? What changed?"

...
...
...

Really? It's just a saying. F*ck.

Themata - By Karnivool

2009-12-18T07:31:00.000-08:00

Good song... felt like posting it instead of something I would say. This is cooler. Everybody should hear it. Heh. I posted the video from youtube at the end of the lyrics if you want to hear it. It's awesome.

Themata
Step in this room where I wanna be
Surely you mean this as something
You're bringing me down to a silent breath
When it's the truth that I wanna see

Search myself for the reason
The ever loving greed
I am put off slightly
So what am I to see.. oh my love
In the sensory serenity

So pull the pin inside
Baby let it ride
Never knowin' I'm the next to see
With the fire sign
Never make it mine
Never knowin' I'm the next to be

I am learning slowly
So what am I to see
Every twist and turning
Through my hypocrisy

It's so good to see
This world is alive
It's so good to see
This world is a lie

Like a knot it binds, suffocating minds
Never knowing, I'm the next to see
With the fire sign
Never make it mine
Never knowin' I'm the next to bleed

I am learning slowly
So what am I to see
Every twist and turning
Through my hypocrisy
Search myself for the reason
Forever loving greed
I am bored of silence
So what am I to see?

It's so good to see
This world is alive
It's so good to see
This world isn't mine

Lie awake, still, as I try to breathe
Surely you mean this is something
You're bringing me down to a silent breath
and it's the truth that I wanna see

In the sensory, serenity
how could it be, that I'm the next to see?
In the sensory, serenity
how could it be, that I'm the next to see?
In the sensory, serenity
how could it be, that I'm the next to see?
In the sensory, serenity
could it be, that I'm in ecstasy

It's so good to see
This world is alive
It's so good to see
This world isn't mine

It's So good to see (so good to see)
This world I'm in loves me..
So

Going back in my cave.

2009-12-16T13:44:00.000-08:00

For the last couple of weeks I have made an effort to try to be sociable with my friends, and apparently I picked the wrong time to do so. They all seem to be too busy to chat with me. When I'm anti-social and I don't want to see people they all gang up on me and chatter at me almost constantly. I think they like me better that way.

So I've decided to go back into my cave and stop trying to be social. I'm just not very good at it anyway.

I'm also seriously considering giving up this blog because too many people I know read it. So I don't write as much as I would simply because I don't want everybody to see it. Maybe I just need a regular diary. heh.

It's back!

2009-11-25T07:03:00.000-08:00

...I already have Windows 7 installed on it...

I'm so used to updating my Facebook, I keep forgetting to say things here. Maybe I should give up my blog? My life comes in these little snippets anyway, what do I need a blog for? All the stuff I want to write I feel like I can't put up here. lol

Anyway, on to why I'm in here in the first place... so recently my computer went down. I've been having issues with it for awhile, but then last week or was it the week before?? I tried to install Windows 7 on it. It seemed to go ok, till I rebooted. Then it wouldn't come back up. It would get to the Toshiba screen, where it gave you the option of hitting F12 or F2 to get to settings or BIOS, but you couldn't even hit those buttons. So needless to say, I called Toshiba and said "HELP!". They had me do some things, including holding down the 'o' while the system was booting up, which sets it back to factory settings, apparently.

That irritated me of course. It's a good thing I'd backed up my important data before doing the upgrade to Win 7. And lucky too! Because it turns out it was an issue with the harddrive. I ended up having to send it in, because after the 'o' reset, the system stopped getting even that far. The next time I rebooted it just went black. No lights, nothing. Dead. So Toshiba gave me some numbers and told me to drop it at the UPS store.

I had Rob drop it off for me the next day. It took some time, but I just got it back yesterday!! Freakin' Yay!! I already have Win 7 installed on it. I did it last night.

So anyway, that's pretty much it. I also started up the couch to 5k program again. Hopefully I'll get to week 4 before I have to quit again for surgery. Ok, I just looked at a calendar, it'll be week 3. heh.

Lame update

2009-11-23T08:02:00.000-08:00

I put up a new style on my blog. I'm not sure if I like it, but the old one loaded really slowly, and since I haven't been in much to blog, I figured I'd be nice to people who read this. At some point I'll finish what I started and I'll put up the new layout. it's really fricken' awesome, I just have to get down and do it. I will one of these days I suppose.

So anyway, I had a good weekend. So I'm in a super good mood today. I must have slept pretty well last night or something.

Life is going well. We've got most of our Christmas shopping done. We've been hanging out with friends, and black Friday is coming up. yay!! I've been steadily losing weight, except for last month, when I had an issue with my band. That's fixed now though.

Oh, also... I can braid my hair!! I tried it last night, and got like a 3 inch braid into it. Awesome.

Boob Day!

2009-10-20T06:46:00.000-07:00

...we all have good days and bad days I guess...

Today is Tuesday, which means, it's BOOB DAY! The day I go in and get my boobs pumped up. I'm running low on time though, so I'm going to ask if I can come back in on Friday and get another pump. Cross your fingers for me.

Today is also a day when I woke up with a raging headache. It sucks. My head hurts so bad right now. I really need to buy some smaller tylenol too. I took some a few minutes ago, but because of their coating, they get stuck going down and almost cause more grief than the headache itself. Grr. They are mostly down now though, and so hopefully this headache will get outta here soon too. It hurts all the way down my neck.

Well, we all have good days and bad days I guess. Overall, I'm feeling better with life. I have some great friends now, that I actually hang out with! And some good friends at work too, so it makes my day easier. My weight loss is going brilliantly, even with the lack of exercise, which, by the way, I should be able to start up again tomorrow. Yay!! So it'll be back to the elliptical for me. *grins* I can't wait. I already have been sneaking in a little here and there to make sure my body hasn't forgotten how to exercise. Just nothing too horribly heart pounding.

Well, that's all for now. My head is still pounding, so thinking of what to write is causing me pain.

All is good, I suppose.

2009-10-09T14:53:00.000-07:00

Having an ok day at work. Missing my sweetheart.

I'm reading lolcatz on http://icanhascheezburger.com and playing Cafe World on facebook. I had training earlier today for a product I will be supporting soon. It seems like a pretty ok product, so I might like supporting it. The training was good too. Unlike the one I had last week that I didn't tell you about.

I'm really sleepy right now, could use a nap. I'm off work in a few minutes though, and since I can't sleep and drive, I'll need to be awake to get home! lol

Recently talked to a guy I hung out with in Jr. High. I used to like him alot, but back then I was too young to know what to do with those feelings. Too bad I didn't know him a year or two later. I certainly would have known then! hahaha.

Anyway, that's all. Just dropping in to say hi.

Jerk

2009-10-07T18:47:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I really hate him. He's such a jerk. He expects me to do everything! I'm so sick of being under-appreciated and I'm feeling under-loved. I just wish sometimes he would notice that the house is getting messy, and maybe help pick up. Instead of just insinuating that "had we done it my way, it wouldn't be like this". The coffee table needs cleaned, and the table in the foyer is piled with papers and mail. He has all these stupid piles around the bedroom of clothes and stuff.

Then on top of it all he's getting to be all mean and snippy all the time.

Grr...

Anyway. That's all. I just wanted to gripe.