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????