Jun 18th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | no comment »
This year I love the World Cup for one main reason: Ryan wakes up early to watch the games and takes Cali pee. I take Cali out every morning before I leave for work; I also take her out on Saturday & Sunday and then go back to bed. This must be a sight to my neighbors as I throw on slippers and a hooded sweatshirt and shuffle outside with eyes closed to the nearest patch of ivy.
Ryan’s sole responsibility in regards to taking the dog out, is to make sure she goes pee before we all go to bed, and the later the better! If she pees super late at night, the odds of her sleeping in the next morning and not stepping on your stomach and licking your face at 7:00am are very good.
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Jun 15th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | one comment »
I am a huge radio station surfer in the mornings on my drive to work. I am not a big fan of talk on morning stations especially when stupid listeners call in to bitch about their personal problems in search of advice from other listeners that are in reality, STRANGERS! I mean, come on people, don’t you have a friend or mother you could ask advice from??? Anyway, it’s a huge pet peeve of mine so when the music stops and the talk starts, I surf.
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Jun 14th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | 2 comments »
DISCLAIMER: The information in this blog post may not be suitable for my freak friends. Please, Joyce and Tanya, proceed reading at your own risk.
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Jun 11th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | no comment »
Ryan will be so proud. I just watched the first match (South Africa v. Mexico) online. Actually, I read it online and watched hi-lights when ESPN.com posted them 30 seconds after they happened.
The way I see it, I have to find some kind of peace with soccer because it is such a big part of Ryan’s life. He is on two soccer teams, one indoor and one outdoor, and he has been hanging out socially with his soccer buddies more and more in the past few months. I have even tagged along when I know 100% that I won’t be the only female attending.
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Jun 10th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | no comment »
My friend at work (let’s call her Joyce) is just in love with the vampire Edward from the Twilight series. She has gone ga-ga over the books and the movies and is bouncing off the walls in anticipation of Eclipse, which opens June 30. Below is Joyce’s boyfriend, Edward:
She has tried to get me to read the books since 2008 when the first Twilight movie came out. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a good vampire story. My two favorite TV shows are True Blood (HBO) and Vampire Diaries (The CW). I also started reading a series of books about The Black Dagger Brotherhood.
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Jun 9th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | no comment »
As you may already know, I LOVE The Bachelorette / Bachelor series. It is one of my guilty pleasures in reality TV and I tivo every single episode. This season of The Bachelorette with Ali does not overlap any of my other Monday night shows so I get to watch it live and I love it! I got my friend at work to watch it as well so that I have someone to talk to about it on Tuesdays.
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May 18th, 2010 Posted in Cali, Miscellaneous | one comment »
I counted three squirrel’s dead bodies on my way to work this morning. The first in the intersection outside my house; the second on the left side of the fast lane on the 101 heading South; the third in the middle of a back-road in Encino. I am writing this to all of you to make you aware of these Squirrely Suicides that have been increasing in frequency over the past few weeks.
All of these unfortunate deaths came to my attention while I was out on my usual week-day morning run with Cali in early May. There we were, trotting along and in the distance in the middle of the street, I saw a squirrel hunched over eating something. It was only seconds later when I saw two cars speeding down the street, quickly closing the distance between car and squirrel. Cali and I were both looking at the squirrel as we got closer, but the cars got there first and before I could shout out to warn the creature that its death was swiftly approaching – the squirrel looked at the car and – SQUISH.
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May 3rd, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | no comment »
This morning was my triumphant return to morning running. Cali was super stoked about it as well. For some reason she KNEW we were running this morning because for the last hour of sleep from 5:00am to 6:00am, she was restless. Under the covers – out of the covers – half way in – half way out.
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Apr 29th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | no comment »
My Dad was feeling sickly the last day they were here for their visit so it’s no surprised that 24 hours later, I stared to feel the sick symptoms as well. It did not hit me until Sunday morning and it was so bad that I had to roll out of bed and drive to the Rite Aid in my pajamas to buy medicine. Ryan was away that weekend so unfortunately I had to take care of myself. Well, I did have Cali giving me kisses every third second, so I had THAT going for me.
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Apr 20th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | no comment »
Mom and Dad’s visit was a total success! I picked them up from the Burbank airport Thursday night after I got out of work, then we dined on some lasagna at home that I prepared the night before.
Friday we had breakfast at the house, then made our way to my office so that they could see where I work and go to lunch with a friend of mine. Then we made our way to Downtown Los Angeles where we saw Date Night at the Regal LA Live movie theatre and had drinks at Flemings while we waited for Ryan to arrive. After dinner, Ryan and my Dad went home and my Mom and I went to Staples to see Taylor Swift in concert. Gloriana was the first opening act and then Kellie Pickler. We had a blast! My mom was taking lots of pictures and videos so hopefully she will post them online soon for all of you to see.
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Apr 15th, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous | no comment »
Here come Mom & Dad
Here come Mom & Dad
Right down Mom & Dad Lane!
My Mom & Dad get on a plane headed to Los Angeles in T minus 75 minutes. I CAN NOT WAIT!!! I’ve been so pumped this past week that it has rubbed off on my basenji and she’s been bouncing off the walls with excitement. She likes entertaining visitors, but an over-night-visitor? She just LOVES those!
Apr 6th, 2010 Posted in Cali, Miscellaneous | no comment »
For the past few months I have been following this exercise routine:
- Monday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM only
- Tuesday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM & PM
- Wednesday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM & PM
- Thursday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM & PM
- Friday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM only
- Saturday/Sunday – Long Walks, whatever I feel up to
But recently, I have been switching the afternoon runs for a 2 – 2.5 mile walk. Now that the sun is out an extra hour longer after I get home from work, there’s plenty of time for a long walk. Cali keeps me at a steady pace so while I speed walk, she has time to take in the surroundings and work on her tan.
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