Quick update

I signed a new lease yesterday so I won't be homeless on Jan 12. YAY! Stupid forclosure!!! But, if I'm out on Jan 12, they are giving me a check for $1500. And - my realtor gave me my full security deposit back - even the non-refundable pet deposit. YIPPEE!!!! All will help with 'relocation expenses'. This new house has a BRIGHT RED fireplace and a window seat that is 3x bigger than the one the puppies have now! So, if any of you would like to help me move...it would be GREAT!!!! I'll provide lunch :)

Scott got me a GPS for Christmas....WAHOO!! Now I won't get lost everywhere I go. Funny thing: before we opened presents I was telling him about how I got lost in looking for one of the offices of one of the 900 million people involved in this forclosure thing. So - appropriate and useful gift :D I got him a tent so we can go camping... :D (and a book that I started reading and didn't finish before I gave it to him. he gave it to me to take on the plane. i told him that he wasn't supposed to know that i was reading his christmas present first - oops)

And now, I'm waiting to leave with the puppies to the airport. So far - 2 hour and 46 minute delay because of snow and ice at O'hare. EEK!

I know I am coming from a different side than most people. But, this is appalling!!! I can't believe they won't even let him wear a hat!!!!

WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!

The weather pops up whenever I go to my homepage...Here's what it looks like today!

Today

Do you know what that is........SNOW!!!!!! Seriously...it isn't supposed to SNOW here!!

And, just in case you're wondering...yes, we are under a 'winter weather advisory' until 4am! C'mon people..........rediculous!

And, NO...This is not a dry spot on the ground...it is SNOW outside my window!!!!!!!!

Best Night Ever

Writing Christmas cards (again...since my disappeared somewhere in my house).... and drinking this......

PEPPERMINT PATTY

Ingredients
1 oz. peppermint schnapps
½ oz. créme de cacao
1 tsp. créme de menthe
5 to 8 oz. hot chocolate
About 1 oz. whipped cream
Shaved chocolate

Directions
Pour liqueurs into a glass mug, fill with hot chocolate and top with whipped cream. Garnish with chocolate shavings. YUM!!!!!!!

thats normal...thats normal...thats normal

so, i ran out to my far for something earlier tonight. on my way back to my house...my neighbor drives by. he leans out his window and says....'get in your house before i kidnap you'.....

ummm...what?!?

this is the same neighbor who asked me if i smoked pot a few weeks ago...so maybe his mind was a bit foggy.....

Sneak preview...

No coffee necessary

so this morning was really hectic....you know sometimes you just have one of those mornings that feels like an entire day - all before you go to work. today was one of those mornings. I woke up late to begin with and had a class that was scheduled for earlier than normal. as I was getting dressed, I realized that the make-up powder that I use to draw on my eyebrows was GONE! WHAT!?!?!?! 3 seconds later, my doorbell rings. It is the woman that used to live downstairs from me. It was really great to see her, but I had to finish getting dressed. We chatted while I brushed my teeth and searched for my eyebrow make-up. No luck on finding it! The idea of going around all day without eyebrows was not a pleasant one - so I improvised. I had some brown eyeshadow that was going to have to work. It was darker than my normal make-up and smudged easier...but it was all I had. I shocked my neighbor with my naked face and bald head. She hadn't seen me since all of this started....she laughed about how different people look without make-up. I explained to her (while drawing on my eyelashes, putting on socks, and chasing the dogs all at the same time) that this was a recent development in my life and that when she lived below me I had eyebrows and eyelashes. I whipped off my hat to put on a wig and I thought her eyes were going to bug out of her head. HAHA!! It was really funny!!

After work I finally found my eyebrow make-up....in my pajama drawer?!?! How in the world did it get there????

my dogs are so far behind...

Pictures

a couple of pictures from bekah's wedding.....

It was really fun to see old friends that I haven't seen in a few years. It was really funny to see who did and didn't recognize me with my 'new hair'. Overall, the trip was really fun...up until the last 10 minutes. It was really windy and the plane was bouncing all over the place as we tried to land. And...I wanted to die. I didn't actually get sick...but felt horrible the rest of the day. I went home and went to bed shortly after that. My whole little adventure drained all the energy out of my body. Feeling better today though...and it was back to work