ammogirl

today is a banner day

ammogirl — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:53:06 +0000

Today, I got my Slanket in the mail. IT. IS. FUCKING AWESOME! When these things first started showing up in commercials I laughed with everybody else but secretly I was like, damn, that’s sort of…a good idea, really. And then I promptly forgot about it like I do most things in my life like, birthdays and communicating with friends and family. But then two weeks ago I went to the best hair girl EVER Casey and she was in a state of high excitement because on that day she had received in the mail HER blanket with sleeves (NOT a Slanket, but a Snuggie. I prefer Slankets, FYI) and after checking hers out and discussing the pros (there are no cons) (unless you count looking like a wizard/monk as a con) I thought, well, GOSH, I WANT ONE TOO. And also Casey colored and cut my hair so exceedingly well that MY OWN DAUGHTERS were like, DANG, mom, you look GREAT and I thought, THE POWER OF THE ARMED BLANKET MUST BE MINE.

So.

I immediately came home and researched the different types, decided I wanted the Slanket, and ordered three. No, not all for me, silly, but for the girls too. They were shipped separately (I don’t know why, perhaps because they are TOO AWESOME to be shipped together. Like, they cannot be contained more than one to a box) but whatever, I received mine and when I got home I immediately put it on and jumped around the house surprising the other occupants with its greatness. Lindsey: You look like a wizard Taylor: Hi Harry Potter. You actually got a SLANKET? (with the most ginormous amount of derision and ridicule that you can possibly imagine in her voice) me: Yes! And I got you one too! Taylor: !!! REALLY!!! (with unmeasurable amounts of happiness because secretly EVERYONE WANTS AN ARMED BLANKET).

Anyway! Right now I am on my bed, laying on top of my covers but feelin’ totally comfy because HI THIS THING IS AWESOME. Why didn’t I think of this? It’s perfect! I LOVE ARMED BLANKETS.

I had to shovel my driveway three times today and you know what? I would not be wasting my time if I went out and did it again. But I can’t shovel in my Slanket. So I won’t.

ohhhh people are so FUNNY

ammogirl — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:16:20 +0000

Open letter time!

Dear person who feels morally superior to the majority,

Being sneaky will always, ALWAYS come back on you. That’s great that you feel what you did was any different than what was already done, but backstabbing is backstabbing regardless. If the actions were so offensive to you, don’t associate with the offendees–unless you waiting to unleash your knowledge of life upon us once more. In the end, you accomplished zero besides making yourself look sneaky. Honestly, I already thought you were not worth my time because of your atrocious attitude towards those you claim to support so strongly. You’re a hypocrite, and I thought you should know.

Sincerely,

Treena

P.S. Your nicknames are stupid.

i am famous

ammogirl — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:43:19 +0000

You know that Facebook bra color meme that’s been spreading like wildfire? Of COURSE somebody got offended and luckily it was in response to one of my FB friends. Well! I couldn’t not A) Respond or B) send it in to STFUBelievers. So I did.

John came home for the holidays, by the way. It was awesome, and then sad, because he had to leave again. Now we’ve all settled down into our regular routine again, with the addition of Lindsey’s boyfriend James who practically lives here. I like to have him around to take out the trash and get things off the high shelves (he’s very tall). Also I like to have him around because no parent could ask for a better boyfriend for their daughter.

Also I’m doing Weight Watchers, and so far I love it. While I don’t necessarily want to lose weight, I did feel like I need a little nudge after the holidays to start eating healthy again. Doing this makes me keep track of my portions and the quality of the food I’m eating, and I realized what I was eating was ginormous amounts of crap. It was really tough the first week, I was hungry and cranky and tired, and then WHAM! One day I woke up and felt GREAT, and the only thing I can figure is that all this healthy eating (vegetables. LOTS of them) with the addition of no sugar or processed foods since the 27th of Dec acted like a detox. For real! I also started up a workout routine again, after taking the entire month of December off. I do a TRX workout three mornings a week (my current fave: Cardio Circuit) and the cross-trainer at the gym on alternate days. I am still on a profile for my foot; I go in for an MRI on the 11th so hopefully things will start to get sorted out. It sucks not being able to do any cardio but the cross-trainer, but it’s so freaking cold and snowy here right now it really doesn’t matter anyway.

I should find out where we’re moving to soon andddd…I’m pretty nervous about the whole situation, but I do have a few irons in the fire on that subject.

Finally, I’m still slogging through school, but after the two classes I’m taking now are done I only have 6 more left plus my final project and I’ll be done! I can’t believe I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I should have the classes wrapped up by October; not sure how long the final project takes.

One of my resolutions was to make up my mind what to do with this site: keep it and resolve to post more, or just shut it down completely. Stay tuned!

Tschuss!!

um…happy holidays?

ammogirl — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:06:52 +0000

You know when you want to call someone or respond back to an email or whatever and then you forget and then you forget some more and then so much time has passed it would just be a brand new conversation and you don’t have the energy for that and then all of a sudden you just suck? I do that to my sisters all the time. Just kidding. Actually, I’m not, but what I’m referring to is THIS DAMN BLOG OMG.

I love having this, and do you know every day I want to write something but then I have hooomework or Facebook or studying or chatting with John. At one point in the last month or so, I even deleted the bookmark from my toolbar AND changed my homepage to Google so I wouldn’t have to look at Nov 28th anymore because THE GUILT.

But THEN, one of the awesome girls from the OTS family FB group I’m a member of told me that she had read my blog (hi Laura!) so I was like, crap. I HAVE A BLOG. Can we all just agree this year has been a wash for me? And then move on? And forget I suck? Great.

What I’m not going to do is give you an update on what I’ve been doing over the past 3 weeks or so. Maybe I’m a spy. Did you ever think of that? Imagine I’ve been doing some super stealthy government work. I did actually go TDY to Tucson. And while I know in the song he went from PHOENIX Arizona all the way to Tacoma what played in my head the entire time (and since then) is…well, you can imagine. Tucson – Tacoma. I usually skip Philidelphia because I’m not a fan of the cold. Anyway.

Tucson was interesting. I don’t know that I’d ever want to be stationed there–SUPER easy to find your way around, and the mountains are beautiful (AND it was 60+ degrees during the day…in December) but. I don’t know, it just didn’t appeal to my sense of inner safety. Although, there are two In-n-Outs, a fact I know for certain as I spent 50 miles and a couple of hours finding both of them my first night there. Not because I’m a complete pig but because the first (closer) one was not open and this girl needed a double-double animal style. God it was good. Sighh.

Moving forward, it’s the holiday season and as an early present I want to pass on some of my current favorite websites. It’s the “STFU” series–and just so you know ahead of time I’m a tree-hugger AND an atheist and if you are not perhaps you should stay away from the last two:

Just to clarify, your own personal choices are your own and I’m not condemning them by promoting those (bottom two) sites, I just think they are super funny in an I can’t believe other people’s views way.

Anyway it’s time for me to get ready for work. So bye!

Tschuss!!

jimmy legs

ammogirl — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:31:29 +0000

After spending the day yesterday in my room studying and doing papers (…really. The ENTIRE day was spent in my room except for the 5 minutes it took to drive to the ATM to get cash for take-out), my body was seriously fuh-REAKING out. I felt like I had ants in my spine, to the point of not wanting to even lay down to sleep last night at midnight. I had a serious case of the jimmy legs and had to keep jumping up and moving around and good lord I am just like my father. Hi dad.

Anyway, today I was supposed to do more papers-slash-studying but I couldn’t take it. Instead I tidied my entire house, did laundry (including sheets), grocery shopped, and made pulled pork and two batches of no-bakes for Tay’s friends who are over here more often than not on the weekends. Which is totally great AWESOME, who knew having a house full of teenagers would be so…(I really want to put “fulfilling” or “satisfying” here but that just does not sound right) happy. It makes me content to cook for them and have them run around and grab sodas and it’s really cool to listen to them having fun.

Another thing I did today was take Taylor to and pick her up from her job, did I mention she was working now, and holy CRAP that girl made $80 bagging groceries today. For six hours of work. Anddd…they only get paid in tips. So lets do the math: 80/6 = 13.33 an hour. Which equals I wish I had a job at the commissary. Right?

I hope everyone had a really fab T-day. I know I did!

Tschuss!!