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Jun 22

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We had a wine tasting – nay…guzzling – nay, just a tasting, can’t lie.  Twas last Friday with my white-gloves-wearin’ friends aka Junior League small group.  Good times were had; it was completely blind and we used the ‘easy’ score sheet.  I had to use it for the exclamation points alone: “I don’t really care for this wine!” gets one point. 

 

 

 

 

We all brought 2 bottles of the same wine and set one aside for the winnings.  The people who brought the winning wine took home ALL THE BOTTLES.  And we didn’t manage to rig it (damn). 

Allow me to introduce you to the winning wine….

You know you have been in North Carolina too long when NASCAR table wine is the best around.  Triple oy.

And you’ll notice on the sidebar, chickadees, that ‘booze’ now has its own category.  I mean, if god has one… um, what?

Any of yall watch Entourage?  The character Bob?  “Is that something you might be interested in?”  Hulu it.

Well after a very crummy day (week, month), I emailed Shane and told him I wasn’t sure what time I’d make it out of the office.  His response?  “I’m happy to tell you there are a dozen or so half-empty bottles of leftover wine waiting for you.  Is that something you might be interested in?”  Ah, that Shanester.  He knows just the right thing to make a girl say ”hell yes!”

Stay tuned, because there are more stories – like how I’ll be famous by-proxy when LiLu scores a sweet gig at MTV.  Follow herz on Twittah.  www.twitter.com/livitluvit

Oh, and also, classless women.  God why are there sooooo many classless women stories?  Why are you all so foul?  I hate you all.

A nice little weekend planned…

Nov 23

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Yes, I’m poking fun at Old School, but seriously.

Saturday – Bed, Bath, & Beyond, Crate & Barrel, Costco, World Market.

We got a nice new couch for the bonus room which magically transforms into a sleeper bed.  From World Market.  It’s cocoa colored and makes the new throw pillows really POP (I hate that phrase but oh well).  Here’s a pic:

It’s nice to have a couch on which to watch our free HBO!  We only get it upstairs because there’s no box up there. 

Today – Crate & Barrel, IKEA, TJ Maxx HomeGoods (love it)

Got a new desk and filing cabinet for the office:

And new towels (bamboo towels, so soft, num num num).
And new bedding for our room – long time coming!  We haven’t had a bedroom set in the two years we’ve lived together and have made do with a white duvet, throw quilts my grandma makes us, and Shane’s sister’s comforter from college.  I KNOW.  Even our guest room is all done up.  But now we have one and it’s so pretty – pic to come because our room now looks all moditional (that’s modern and traditional at the same time, fyi).

Oh yeah!  Totally forgot we also went to Kohl’s yesterday – got 4 items of clothing for 30 bucks.  Love that place. 

Now what do I have left to buy?  Linen napkins for Thanksgiving, new bath sets (wastebaskets, soap dispensers), and a little off the topic but a new dress for holiday parties.  Yay!

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Jul 14

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Looks like it’s time…

Jul 8

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…for some old pics to make their debut!

Shane and I on our four year anniversary at Melting Pot…delish!  Officially 3.5 months til we get married…I can’t wait!  Our ketubah shipped today!  Beautiful.

A sweet Macker enjoying his carrot toy.  Also, judging from the computer cord, checking his email. 

Lovely pic of our living room…and, minimally, the dining room!

Peace up, A-town. 

YOU DO NOT STEAL!

Jul 1

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Our garden….our beautiful garden!  After I washed and vacuumed my sweet Civic, I couldn’t wait to take Mac outside and head over to the garden.  This is a picture of it (obviously).   One grape tomato plant, one regular tomato plant, two jalepeno plants, two bell pepper plants, and two cucumber plants (which have sprouted and are adorable).  Shane’s toesies in the picture are also adorable.

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So anyways…excitement….we had two HUGE grape tomatoes ripening yesterday, and I was very anxious to track their progress.

Except…they. were. gone.  My blood started boiling.  I marched back inside and promptly drafted a note:

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About a half hour after I wrote this Shane convinced me it might be a little harsh for the kiddos (not that I care, cause what the hell are people’s kids doing on our property anyways?  I DARE parents to complain). 

So it now reads….This is NOT a community garden!  Do not STEAL our vegetables* 

*You goddamned brats.  

Good stuff.

Jun 17

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Ok, now that THAT’S all out of my system, I can focus on real stuff.

By the way, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is quite possibly one of the funniest (and smartest) things I’ve ever seen.  I feel so blessed to have been touched by His Noodly Appendage.  RAmen. 

My parents are coming July 4th!  We’re having a cookout!  I can’t wait!  Fun….

Also, we finished our first AND second new house projects.  The half-bathroom downstairs (pictures to come….I know I always say that) AND the dresser in the guest bedroom is stained black (already mentioned?) and looks beautiful and antiquey.  The Shanester is quite handy around the house.  AND we will be able to have fresh veggies when my parents come!  Our garden has produced about six HUGE grape tomatoes, some adorable bell peppers, newly-sprouted Big Boy tomatoes, and a bunch of jalapenos.  The only thing we’re waiting on still are the CUCUMBERS! 

Pics to come, promise.

Quick blog before bedtime.

May 27

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I don’t really want to discuss my recent trip to Dallas, as it was quite terrible.

Though it was Marisa’s birthday and we had great fun going out to Sushi Zushi and getting my sister into an Uptown bar at the ripe ol’ age of 20.

I just feel like my never-ending downward spiral is seriously not going to end.  Like I’m being swallowed whole.  Like I’ll never be someone I was meant to be because I’m held back by a disease that’s out of my control.  It’s hard to get out of bed every morning when you think like that.  I mean, what am I supposed to tell my doctor tomorrow?  Yeah, everything’s great, keep feeding me these meds.  Or no, actually, don’t….because nothing you can give me will ever fix me. 

Anyways.

I know I have every reason to be happy now.  My little doggie Mac is all cuddled up right next to me.  And he’s so cute, he really missed his Mommy when I was in Dallas.  He attacked my face with kisses and love nips for two straight minutes when I got home.

I spent the majority of tonight watching really bad TV…The Hills, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.  And eating soup.  And ice cream. 

I just finished reading Sammy’s House while in Dallas, a follow-up to Sammy’s Hill.  Both by Kristin Gore (Al’s daughter).  She really is quite witty.  Next on my list is called God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.  Um, right?  Not the most uplifting read, but I’m sure the sociology major inside me will love it. 

Peace. 

Livin it up…grandma-style!

Apr 21

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Best Friend Jess’ visit was everything we expected….FABULOSITY!  We had a great time with our massage, hair, nails, shopping, and other girly fun.  Murdery Mystery was wonderful too…everyone had a great time, with plenty to eat and drink. 

Here’s a shot of the dining room table, set for MURDER….

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And my guests pretending to kill one another…yes, Jess is holding the salad dressing.  She’s gonna kill us with calories!  Ashley looks like she believes her.  Shane is about to cut Matt with the cheesy pizza slicer.  And well, Phil’s stranglin’ Erin.  Although if you ask me, she enjoys it.  And it turns out, Phil WAS the killer.  Or should I say Bo Jalais?  Or, as we called him, Bojangles?

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A close-up pic of me and my husband-elect…

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 Other fun festivities of the night included card games, sweet-tea-tinis, and no-hands-cupcake-eating contests.

And now I’m back to my grandma lifestyle.  Just the way I like it.  I just drank my raspberry tea and popped a Benadryl…bout to get this party started!

Looking forward to…

Apr 16

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A very fun weekend.  Well, starting tomorrow.

I’ve been absolutely swamped at work, pretty stressed (awesome zit breakin out on my chin, perfect).  I worked like a horse today trying to get some stuff off my desk, but of course as soon as I get one thing done, two more things come up out of nowhere.  Although I must say, even though I fell into Human Resources, it really is my calling.  I love helping employees, and recently in my spare time I’ve been helping laid off friends find jobs in their cities.  I do resume and cover letter touch-ups as well as mock interviews.  For free, of course, it’s not like I charge them!  Jeez.  It’s so rewarding, though.  Knowing that I’m really contributing to the backbone of a company.  Because who doesn’t need their rockin HR dept?!  Ok, enough about work. 

Tomorrow night will be very relaxing.  Shane and I are getting gussied up for our four-year anniversary (even though we have known each other/been “talking” for even longer than that!).  Four years is a long time, I realized.  We are heading to The Melting Pot.  Shane’s never been!  And I already ordered our menu and everything so it will be a surprise for him.  All we have to order is wine. 

Jess comes in town late Friday night.  We’ll certainly stay up til the wee hours of the morn, especially since I don’t have to teach dance in the morning.  Then we have a strict itinerary to which we MUST adhere:

10am massage at Zen Massage (got the couples Swedish so we chan chit-chat throughout our rubdown).
11:30am hair appts at Modern Salon & Spa
Lunch at Dean & Deluca
Mani/Pedis at Polished

And then…drumroll….murder mystery party!  Italian-themed!  Yummy food!  And I finally get to wear my New Year’s Eve dress that I didn’t actually get to wear, since it was oh, I dunno, NINE degrees in NYC or something when we were there. 

Should be fun indeed. 

Too old for this s-h-i-t!!!!

Apr 13

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So uh.  We have this coffee table.  In our living room.  A coffee table that is as big as a regular table.  And naturally Mac likes to run circles around it… who wouldn’t?!  So I’m chasing Mac around various rooms and he starts to run around the coffee table, the coffee table that is as big as a regular table, and I decide to cut him off at the pass and jump ONTO and OVER the table.  However….I forget I’m wearing my badass slippers I got in Amsterdam, the ones that look like clogs.  I jump onto the table, and promptly slip and crash the entire right side of my body (hip, knee, rib cage, ouch) into the table and crumple onto the floor like a piece of paper.  I did this with such force that my books actually flew off the table and onto the floor and the glass of wine I had been drinking slid across and skidded to a halt at the VERY edge, thank God.  And yeah, basically I’m too old for this shit.  I’s a-gonna feel that tomorrow.  Shane was like, “Well yeah, stupid, it’s not like you’re 22 anymore!”…correct.  I’ll be 24 a week from today!  My lucky number!  Anyways.  So it hurt, I mean, I took a bigger spill than Natasha Richardson….oooo, too soon?  Probs.

I also made these Kosher for Passover matzah brownies which smell and taste like shit.  Oh, and look like.  Yeah, the little girl I babysit?  It looks like I opened up her diaper, tossed it in the (included!) tinfoil pan, and baked it.  Friggin nastayyy.   I ain’t eatin it.  I’d rather starve, which will probably put me in a large lead for my company’s Biggest Loser competition.  Who doesn’t love a dose of self-prescribed anorexia?!

Ok, that’s all, I’m off to eat some eggs (my congenitally high cholesterol is positively SKYROCKETING during Passover….all I have been eating is eggs and potatoes). 

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